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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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06LISBON1819PORTUGAL - COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR JULIETA
[...] Embassy Lisbon warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for Julieta Valls Noyes, DRL Director for Multilateral and Global Affairs to travel to Lisbon, Portugal, from September 1-2, 2006. The purpose of the trip is for an overnight stay in Lisbon awaiting a flight connection to Luanda. [...]
2006-08-28 07:36:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AO PHUM PO SF SZ
06LISBON1921AMBASSADOR - FOREIGN MINISTER TOUR D'HORIZON
[...] (S/NF) Ambassador Hoffman's meeting with Foreign Minister Amado on September 8 covered the waterfront of issues. The Minister said that he would push hard with the Prime Minister to allow Lajes to be used as a transit point in repatriating Guantanamo detainees (ref a). During recent closed testimon [...]
2006-09-08 16:57:00Embassy LisbonSECRETMOPS PREL PTER PO US VE
06LISBON1937PORTUGUESE DISCUSS COCAINE TRENDS WITH STAFFDEL
[...] (U) Summary: Staffdel Brennan, a delegation made up of House International Relations Committee (HIRC) and House Judiciary Committee staffers, visited Portugal from August 30 - September 2 to meet with local law enforcement and politicians to discuss narcotrafficking trends from Latin America t [...]
2006-09-11 14:03:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP SNAR ASEC PO
06LISBON2002SOCRATES' BRAZIL TRIP WINS FRIENDS, INFLUENCES NO
[...] (U) Summary: Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates visited Brasilia, Sao Paolo and Rio from August 9 to 11 on his first official visit to Brazil. The trip received wide press coverage and aimed to establish closer economic links to Brazil as well as generate additional Brazilian investment [...]
2006-09-15 16:03:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALETRD PREL SMIG PO
06LISBON2134PORTUGUESE POLITICAL DIRECTOR EXPOUNDS ON RUSSIA,
[...] (U) Summary: The Portuguese MFA's Director General for Foreign Policy expounded on several issues to us recently, including Russia, Iran, Latin America, Iraq, Afghanistan, the NATO Summit, and the EU Presidency. The consonance between his views and ours speaks clearly to Portugal's reliabilit [...]
2006-09-26 15:50:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PREL PTER AF
06LISBON2162PORTUGAL: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SUBCOMMITTEE
[...] At the September 21 Bilateral Commission Science and Technology (S&T) Subcommittee Meeting, Embassy officials reviewed the Embassy Science Fellow program, NASA/C3P activities, forest fire cooperation, and fuel conversion at the nuclear research reactor. The Portuguese delegation focused on t [...]
2006-09-28 16:12:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDSENV PREL TBIO TSPA PO
06LISBON2265PORTUGAL REJECTS EDA FRIGATES
[...] In a letter from Vice Admiral Viegas Filipe, Director General for Weapons and Defense Procurement, to Embassy Lisbon's Office for Defense Cooperation, the Government of Portugal formally renounced any claim to the two Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates offered through the Excess Defense Arti [...]
2006-10-12 13:41:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PREL MASS PO
06LISBON2266US-PORTUGAL BILATERAL COMMISSION HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (U) Summary: Portugal hosted the semi-annual meeting of the U.S.-Portugal Bilateral Commission on October 3 to discuss ongoing bilateral cooperation items as well as coordination on international military engagements. The U.S. delegation noted Portugal's military contributions worldwide, incl [...]
2006-10-12 14:21:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR ETRD PO
06LISBON2269PORTUGAL'S EU PRESIDENCY PLANS; A SHIFT FROM THE
[...] (C) Summary: Portuguese interlocutors relayed their views regarding their government's preparations for the EU presidency. They noted that Germany's policy prescriptions would dominate the agenda through the new coordinated presidencies process, but that Portugal had some opportunities to aff [...]
2006-10-13 07:21:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON XA XF PO
06LISBON2365PORTUGUESE FM OFFERS TO RESIGN IF CIA FLIGHT
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Portugal's Foreign Minister offered to resign if opposition forces can demonstrate any complicity on the part of the government regarding alleged illegal CIA rendition flights through Portuguese territory. While a government investigation has refuted these allegations, the saga [...]
2006-10-20 16:52:00Embassy LisbonSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV MOPS PO
06LISBON2383PORTUGAL: WHA DAS MADISON DISCUSSES CUBA
[...] (C) Summary: During WHA DAS Madison's visit, Portuguese officials stressed a desire to support deeper coordination between the U.S. and EU on Cuba policy. Portugal's new interest in Cuba is largely due to its upcoming EU Presidency, but also is affected by its desire to broaden the trans-Atl [...]
2006-10-23 16:16:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID CU PO
06LISBON2406PORTUGAL: VENEZUELA SPECIAL COORDINATOR DISCUSSES
[...] (C) Summary: In an October 3 meeting with WHA Special Coordinator for Venezuela Deborah McCarthy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Latin America Director Helena Coutinho stressed Portugal's commitment to a fair Venezuelan presidential campaign with a viable opposition to prevent Chavez from [...]
2006-10-25 16:08:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV VE BR PO
06LISBON2544PORTUGAL DOES NOT AGREE ON CUBA EMBARGO AND ONE
[...] (C) Summary: Portugal agrees with many of the U.S. issues regarding pending Third Committee resolutions, except for the Cuba Embargo Resolution and the retaliatory Protecting Human Rights and Freedoms while Countering Terrorism Resolution. Interlocutors noted that Portugal will consider any EU [...]
2006-11-09 16:50:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PO
06LISBON2585PORTUGAL: COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CBP CLARK,
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-15 14:19:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT OTRA PO
06LJUBLJANA101SLOVENIA: DARFUR, KOSOVO, A NEW MOVEMENT: WHAT IS PRESIDENT DRNOVSEK UP TO?
[...] (C) Summary: In the past four months Slovenian President Drnovsek has dramatically increased his activities on both the international and domestic scenes. He has put forward an initiative on resolving the status of Kosovo, publicly called for the EU to drop cap subsidies in WTO trade negotiat [...]
2006-02-15 03:05:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL DARFR EAID SI PGOV
06LJUBLJANA129SLOVENIA: ROUNDTABLE ON ISLAM AND THE WEST FOSTERS
[...] (U) SUMMARY. On February 21, the Embassy and the University of Primorska co-organized a roundtable on "Islam and the West" at the newly open American Corner in Koper. With excellent organization provided by the University and exceptional attendance by Slovenian citizens, students, and the med [...]
2006-02-24 07:30:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KPAO SI
06LJUBLJANA173SLOVENIA: REACTIONS TO 2005 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Reaction to the 2005 Human Rights Report was varied. The GOS reaction contrasted with last year, as MFA State Secretary Bozo Cerar called in COM to complain about passages in the Report on trafficking in persons, rape, and the government's relations with Slovenia's Muslim minori [...]
2006-03-21 08:33:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KPAO SI
06LJUBLJANA221SLOVENIA STRENGTHENS ECONOMIC TIES WITH RUSSIA
[...] (SBU) Summary Slovenia has long prided itself on its unique relationship with Russia, which lacks most of the political baggage collected by its eastern neighbors during years of Communist repression. While the GOS's policy declaration at the beginning of its mandate in late 2004 specifically [...]
2006-04-12 00:53:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON RU SI
06LJUBLJANA252SLOVENIA: INTERIOR MINISTER HIGHLIGHTS REGIONAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: At an April 13 lunch hosted by COM Minister of Interior Dragutin Mate discussed Slovenia's regional anti-crime efforts and bilateral assistance to Macedonia; recent changes in the asylum law; latest thinking on dealing with the "erased," and the Hoehn-Saric case, a denationaliz [...]
2006-04-25 21:41:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM SI
06LJUBLJANA42 Government of Slovenia Publicly Defends Decision to
[...] Summary: Media reaction to Slovenia's decision to contribute four soldiers to the NATO Training Mission in Iraq (NTM-I) has been intense, dominating headlines since the January 12 announcement by Foreign Minister Rupel and Defense Minister Erjavec. The opposition and its media sympathizers h [...]
2006-01-20 07:56:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PARM PREL KPAO PINR SI
06LJUBLJANA530SLOVENIA: FINDING PRACTICAL WAYS TO MATCH
[...] (U) A/DCM and PolMilOff delivered Reftel demarche to Mirko Cigler, Director of the Department for North America, and Damijan Bergant, Deputy Director of the Department for International Organizations and Human Security, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on August 16. 2. (C) Cigler echoed t [...]
2006-08-16 14:06:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL SI
06LJUBLJANA567PETROL DOES DEAL WITH LUKOIL AND HARRAH'S SHOULD
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-01 15:11:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALECON EINV ENRG PINR RU SI
06LJUBLJANA577SLOVENIA BIOTECH: EMBASSY HOSTS FARMER TO FARMER
[...] Summary. On September 5, 2006 Embassy Ljubljana and FAS Vienna rounded out a year-long effort to create an open, science-based dialogue on agricultural co-existence in Slovenia. Our aim has been to help shape new legislation to reflect a fair and balanced approach to a sometimes emotional iss [...]
2006-09-08 14:48:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON ETRD SI
06LJUBLJANA611SCENESETTER: SECDEF'S SEPTEMBER 27-29 TRIP TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Mr. Secretary, we welcome your visit to Slovenia for the NATO Defense Ministerial in Portoroz, September 27-29, 2006. Since your November 2002 visit, Slovenia has assumed greater responsibility for the projection of security and promotion of democracy abroad and has emerged as [...]
2006-09-21 12:01:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS NATO PGOV PREL PTER SI
06LJUBLJANA63SLOVENIA'S DIVERGENT VIEWS ON NATO/EU COOPERATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The public debate in Slovenia over the government's January 12 decision to send four trainers to the NATO Training Mission in Iraq (NTM-I) has led to the crystallization of two distinct views on the relationship between NATO and EU security policy. The first sees NATO as a criti [...]
2006-01-31 03:53:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS NATO PGOV PREL SI
06LJUBLJANA66SLOVENIA'S PRESIDENT SEES LEGACY IN DARFUR
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-31 07:48:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PGOV PHUM KCRS EAID PINR SU SI
06LJUBLJANA675AMBASSADOR GREG SCHULTE TALKS NONPROLIFERATION IN
[...] (C) Summary. During a public diplomacy visit to Slovenia October 16 US Ambassador to UNVIE Greg Schulte met with leaders and policymakers from government, media, and academia to talk about nuclear nonproliferation, US policy towards Iran and North Korea, and Slovenia's role as the Chairman of [...]
2006-10-23 05:23:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPARM SI
06LJUBLJANA709SLOVENIA IN LINE WITH EU ON AMENDMENT TO CUBA
[...] (C) COM delivered reftel demarche to MFA State Secretary Bozo Cerar on October 26. Cerar was well aware of the issues, noted his sympathy for the US position, but said that the GoS had problems with combining language critical of the Cuban human rights situation with the embargo resolution. H [...]
2006-11-03 05:16:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA SI
06LJUBLJANA74SLOVENIA: MOE HELPS MAKE INTERNAL CONTROL PROGRAM
[...] (U) As part of the Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) program, Department of Commerce (DOC) subcontractor Arctur conducted a very successful two-day Internal Control Program (ICP) workshop January 31 -- February 1 in Ljubljana for Slovenian industry representatives. The workshop [...]
2006-02-02 05:11:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALKSTC PARM PREL ETTC SI
06LJUBLJANA743GOS HEARS PITCH ON BLANKET END USE RETRANSFER AND
[...] (U) Embassy Ljubljana delivered reftel diplomatic note asking the Government of Slovenia to consider joining the USG's blanket end use retransfer and security assurance program. A copy of the diplomatic note will be faxed to PM/RSAT on November 16. 2. (C) PolMilOff followed up on the diplo [...]
2006-11-16 12:50:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALMASS SI
06LJUBLJANA774SLOVENIAN PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO IRAQ A BIG
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-04 14:33:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL SI
06LJUBLJANA786SLOVENIAN CHIEF OF DEFENSE TACKLES HOST OF HOT
[...] (C) Summary. Slovenian Defense Chief Gutman told COM the MoD is working to lift caveats, eager to take on troop deployment in Kosovo, enthusiastic about USG military education programs, and committed to realizing its spending target of 2% of GDP soon. Gutman shied away from discussing defense [...]
2006-12-07 12:56:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MOPS PGOV PINR PREL SI
06LJUBLJANA822SLOVENIA: PRIME MINISTER ON BOARD WITH U.S.ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: DURING A SHORT ONE HOUR LUNCH DECEMBER 19 WITH COM ONE-ON-ONE, SLOVENIAN PRIME MINISTER JANSA EXPRESSED SUPPORT FOR SPECIAL ENVOY AHTISAARI'S WAY FORWARD ON KOSOVO, SAYING HE HAD ARGUED AT THE EUROPEAN SUMMIT LAST WEEK THAT THERE WAS NO REASON TO DELAY INTRODUCING THE PLAN ONCE SER [...]
2006-12-20 15:16:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL SI
06LJUBLJANA96SLOVENIAN DEPUTY FM MOVING THE BILATERAL AGENDA
[...] (C) Summary. In a recent meeting with COM, Deputy FM Bozo Cerar expressed a strong interest iour Democracy Agenda and how Slovenia might adapt this approach to foreign relations. Cerar's interest led to a deeper discussion of a number of bilateral and multilateral topics. On UN reform, Ce [...]
2006-02-13 02:19:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM SI
06LOME474GILCHRIST OLYMPIO IN TOGO, TALKS ABOUT NATIONAL
[...] (U) Summary: Gilchrist Olympio, the absentee head of the principal Togolese opposition party, the Union des Forces de Changement (UFC) called on the Ambassador on April 28 during a rare visit to Togo. Olympio was in Togo to celebrate the 43rd anniversary of Togolese independence April 27. [...]
2006-05-03 15:16:00Embassy LomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM TO
06LOME889AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH TOGOLESE NATIONAL
[...] (SBU) Ambassador welcomed Togolese opposition party leader and chairman of the recently concluded national political dialogue Yawovi Agboyibo at the residence September 10 for an hour long, one-on-one meeting. An attorney by profession, Agboyibo is president of the Action Committee for Renewal [...]
2006-09-12 18:07:00Embassy LomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EAID PINR TO
06LONDON1623(SBU) GUANTANAMO: LABOUR MP DISCUSSES OMAR
[...] (U) Action Request - please see paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Poloffs met with Labour backbench MP Des Turner March 2 at his request, to hear his concerns about Guantanamo detainee Omar Deghayes, a Libyan national with longstanding legal residency status in UK as a refug [...]
2006-03-03 14:15:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER PHUM UK
06LONDON4184IRANIAN EXILE GROUP DEDICATED TO REGIME OVERTHROW
[...] (C) Summary. The Iranian Solidarity Congress (ISC),an umbrella organization designed to unite disparate Iranian exile groups, held the third in a series of meetings June 3-5 in London. The ISC's stated goal is to develop a common strategy to bring about the nonviolent overthrow of the curr [...]
2006-06-12 15:13:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM IR UK
06LONDON5547INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO): REPORT OF THE
[...] SUMMARY: The International Maritime Organization (IMO, or "the Organization") held meetings in London from June 13 through June 23, 2006, consisting of the Technical Co-operation Committee's fifty-sixth session (TCC56) and the Council's ninety-sixth session (C96). Significant agenda items dur [...]
2006-07-28 15:46:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHSA EWWT ECPS MOPS AORC IMO KTIA US UK KE XA
06LONDON6159COUNTERDRUG: ONDCP DIRECTOR WALTERS IN LONDON
[...] Summary. The Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy John Walters was in London August 8-9 to present at an international demand reduction conference entitled: "The Future of Drug Policies Globally - UNGASS 2008 and Beyond: Reconciling Research with Reality, Rights with Respon [...]
2006-08-22 13:07:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR UK
06LONDON6324UK TRADE UNIONS CONFERENCE WILL OFFER SNEAK
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Delegates to the upcoming TUC Conference will greet PM Blair with the question "When are you leaving?", Trades Union Congress (TUC) International Relations Department Head Owen Tudor told Lab Couns and ECON Asst Aug 30. The TUC will also debate recent moves to privatize parts [...]
2006-08-30 17:08:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PGOV PREL UK
06LONDON6591UK AGREES TO LIMITED LOBBYING FOR GUATEMALA'S UNSC
[...] (C) The FCO agreed to our request to lobby Ghana, Kenya, Namibia and Singapore in support of Guatemala's bid for the Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC) seat on the UN Security Council. FCO Director for International Security Stephen Pattison told DCM September 9 that the UK supported [...]
2006-09-12 13:30:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC GT VE UK
06LONDON6761UK TRADE UNIONS ALTERNATELY PURSUE ENLIGHTENED AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: The British trades union movement's annual convention was an exposition of both the broad and narrow visions of its members. At times it pursued the lofty goals of workplace equality, better conditions, skills training and opportunity. At others, its members called for the p [...]
2006-09-19 11:10:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PGOV UK
06LONDON7035(SBU) BLAIR'S AFRICA PROGRESS PANEL IS TAKING SHAPE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Blair has decided to convene an Africa Progress Panel to ensure that the promises on Africa made at G8 and UN Summits are kept. Kofi Annan has agreed to chair it; Bob Geldof, President Obasanjo, Michel Camdessus, Graca Machel and Peter Eigan (founder of Transpa [...]
2006-09-29 16:14:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL EAID
06LONDON7078(SBU) BLAIR, BROWN BOTH STRONGER AFTER LABOUR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Tony Blair and Chancellor Gordon Brown both emerged stronger from the Labour Party's annual conference (September 24-28) in Manchester. It was Blair's last as Prime Minister and party leader and his speech was a "magnificent valedictory," as guest-speaker form [...]
2006-10-02 16:04:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR UK
06LONDON7311(C) PAKISTAN: ARD CHAIRMAN IN LONDON
[...] (C) The Chairman of Pakistan's Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy (ARD),Makhdum Amin Fahim, is visiting London and met with Poloff October 13. He said former Prime Ministers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif (whose parties, PPP and ML/N respectively, are the main components of ARD) wil [...]
2006-10-13 14:35:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM PK UK
06LONDON7623(C) CENTRAL ASIA: SCA DAS FEIGENBAUM'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum met in London October 23 with officials of the UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and the Department for International Development (DFID),to exchange views on policy and programs in Central Asia. Key policy points: - Both countries seek to bol [...]
2006-10-26 16:24:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL ECON EAID ZK KZ KG TI TX UZ
06LONDON8066(C) SOMALIA: MUSEVENI TELLS A/S FRAZER UGANDAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Uganda's President Museveni told AF A/S Frazer November 21 that he is ready to send a battalion to Baidoa to protect the Somali Transitional Federal Institutions, provided there is a clear UNSCR, adequate funding and a tacit agreement with Ethiopia. He was expecting Ethiopia to [...]
2006-11-22 15:17:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PTER UNSC SO UG ET
06LONDON8372U.S. JOURNALIST: TEHRAN MAN IN THE STREET LOVES
[...] Summary: (C) An American journalist just back from her third working visit to Iran reports a paradox in popular feeling in Tehran: the man in the street has a positive view of America and hates the current high level of political oppression, but at the same time takes great patriotic pride i [...]
2006-12-15 17:51:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KISL KPRP PHUM IR UK
06LUANDA1233GENERAL WARD PROPOSES BILATERAL WORK PLAN TO
[...] (U) Summary: Deputy Commander EUCOM, General William (Kip) Ward, proposed the drafting of a work plan to increase the pace and scope of bilateral military cooperation between the U.S. and Angola during his October 22-23, 2006, visit to Luanda. The work plan will likely combine current coop [...]
2006-11-24 11:37:00Embassy LuandaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR AO
06LUANDA277ANGOLAS NEW ECONOMIC DIPLOMACY
[...] (SBU) Since the end of Angolas 27-year civil war in 2002, the GRAs strategy for international economic relations has evolved significantly, particularly with respect to multilateral institutions like the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Paris Club. While the GRA formerly viewed the [...]
2006-03-21 13:43:00Embassy LuandaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ETRD AO
06LUANDA548PDAS Pittman Meets with Angolan Ministry of
[...] Summary: During a meeting with the Ministry of External Relations PDAS Bobby Pittman committed to additional high- level State Department visitors to Angola; discussed how best Angola might benefit from AGOA, and exchanged views on the voter registration and election timetable in Angola, not [...]
2006-05-30 09:29:00Embassy LuandaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON EAID AO
06LUANDA812ANGOLA - CABINDAN PEACE ACCORD SIGNED
[...] (C) On August 1, 2006, the GRA and the Cabindan Forum for Dialogue (FCD) officially signed the Memorandum of Understanding for Peace in Cabinda. In attendance at this event were the highest officials of all three branches of the GRA, including the acting President Roberto de Almeida. The FCD [...]
2006-08-04 08:42:00Embassy LuandaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PTER AO
06LUSAKA1340ZAMBIAN ELECTIONS: MINOR GLITCHES, BUT GENERALLY ORDERLY,
[...] (U) Voting in the September 28 Zambian national tripartite (presidential, parliamentary, municipal) elections has been for the most part orderly, peaceful, and transparent throughout the first three-quarters of the balloting. Some voting stations, especially in rural areas, opened an average [...]
2006-09-28 14:51:00Embassy LusakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ASEC CASC ZA
06LUSAKA1349Zambia Election Observers' Observations
[...] (SBU) Zambia's September 28 tripartite elections were generally conducted in an orderly and peaceful manner, in the view of Embassy observer teams, which coordinated with observers from six other missions to observe the vote in 342 polling stations in eight of Zambia's nine provinces. Observer [...]
2006-10-02 04:59:00Embassy LusakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ZA
06MADRID1035SPAIN/CUBA: TITLE III OF LIBERTAD ACT
[...] (C) Spain is believed to be the largest foreign investor in Cuba, though Spanish companies avoid publishing precise data out of concern that such information will be used to further U.S. enforcement actions under the Libertad Act. Cuba is the third-largest market for Spain in Latin America, after M [...]
2006-04-25 12:56:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL CU SP
06MADRID1075LETTER TO THE SECRETARY FROM SPANISH FM MORATINOS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-27 16:27:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA PREL SP
06MADRID1088SPAIN ON ELECTION SUPPORT FOR HAITI AND GUYANA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-28 16:29:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALKDEM PREL PGOV HA GY
06MADRID1253SPAIN'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON THE UN DECLARATION
[...] (U) Poloff accompanied poloffs from the Australian and New Zealand Embassies to deliver reftel demarche to Fernando Fernandez-Arias, MFA Deputy Director General for Human Rights. Fernandez-Arias said that Spain understood the tripartite position and acknowledged the concerns expressed in refte [...]
2006-05-19 09:59:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SP
06MADRID1260SPAIN ON EU-LAC SUMMIT: "IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE"
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a broad discussion on May 17 that included Spain,s plans for the EU review of Cuba policy in June, MFA DG for Latin America Javier Sandomingo told Polcouns that Spain was satisfied with the outcome of the recent EU-Latin America/Caribbean (EU-LAC) Summit in Vienna. He said tha [...]
2006-05-19 14:25:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP
06MADRID1262MUSLIMS IN SPAIN: FINDING A WAY FORWARD
[...] (U) Summary. Spain's diverse and rapidly growing Muslim community is new to the country and does not yet identify itself as Spanish. The community's national representation has recently been experienced significant upheaval, prompting many to question the structure of a Muslim religious leader [...]
2006-05-19 14:49:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKISL SP
06MADRID1476SPAIN: FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE POWELL MEETS
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Former Secretary of State Colin Powell took advantage of a private visit to Spain on May 23 to meet with Spain's Foreign Minister Moratinos. Moratinos told Powell that Spain is working to rebuild US-Spain relations - which Moratinos said went sour after Spain's pullout from Ir [...]
2006-06-08 16:28:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV SP
06MADRID1490AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH VICE PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met with Vice President Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega on June 8 to review bilateral relations and to discuss regional issues of joint interest, including developments in Peru, Bolivia, Iran, Syria, and North Africa. Regarding the CIA flights issue, Vice President de [...]
2006-06-09 16:46:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SP
06MADRID1526SPAIN: SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S MEETING
[...] (C/NF) Madame Secretary, your meeting with Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos comes at time when the Spanish government believes that it has significantly improved its relations with the US by supporting our efforts in Afghanistan, Iran, the Broader Middle East, and lately even Ir [...]
2006-06-13 17:12:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV SP
06MADRID1562SPAIN'S SUPPORT FOR MONITORS FOR NICARAGUAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-16 11:14:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALKDEM PREL SP NU
06MADRID1564SPAIN ON IRAN, SYRIA, HAMAS, NATO, WESTERN SAHARA,
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: During meetings at MFA, MOD, and the presidency on June 1, top GOS policymakers told EUR PDAS Kurt Volker and NEA DAS Scott Carpenter that Spain strongly supports the recent US announcement on Iran and will continue its significant commitment to Afghanistan. They said that th [...]
2006-06-16 13:57:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL NATO SP AF VZ IR IZ WI IS MO GG RS
06MADRID1774SPAIN ON VENEZUELA: UNSC ELECTION AND VISIT TO
[...] (C/NF) A/DCM delivered ref A and B demarches regarding Venezuela to MFA DG for Latin America Javier Sandomingo on July 11. She said that Spain's influence with countries in Latin America and Africa could help prevent Venezuela from becoming a troublesome member of the UN Security Council. A/D [...]
2006-07-11 17:13:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL UNSC VZ SP
06MADRID1808SPAIN TO MAKE ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTION TO HAITI
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-17 13:33:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN PREL HA SP
06MADRID1832SPAIN'S DEPUTY FM ON IRAQ HOSPITAL DONATION,
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Spain's Deputy Foreign Minister Leon confirmed to Ambassador Aguirre on July 18 that Spain will donate USD 22 million to the Basrah Children's Hospital and should have no problem delivering the funds by September 1. Leon reiterated that Spain will vote for Guatemala rather than [...]
2006-07-20 13:26:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL SP VZ IZ BO
06MADRID1834SPAIN/CUBA: SPANISH VIEWS ON CUBA TRANSITION
[...] (C) Summary. There is intense public interest and curiousity in Spain regarding what will happen in post-Fidel Cuba. While both the US and Spain clearly share the common long-term objective of a democratic Cuba, it is also clear that we have divergent views on how to achieve that objective. [...]
2006-07-20 15:14:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL CU SP
06MADRID1835EDUCATION SECRETARY SPELLINGS MEETS WITH KEY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During her June 29-July 2 visit to Madrid, Education Secretary Margaret Spellings met with Vice President de la Vega, Foreign Minister Moratinos, Education Minister Cabrera, and Madrid Community President Esperanza Aguirre. Vice President de la Vega emphasized the need for co [...]
2006-07-20 15:22:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPAO SCUL SP
06MADRID1861SPAIN WITH EU CONSENSUS ON NICARAGUA ELECTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-24 12:41:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KDEM SP NU
06MADRID1873SPAIN: HIGH LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT 61ST UN GENERAL
[...] (SBU) PROVISIONAL ATTENDANCE LIST: A. King Juan Carlos the First has no plans to attend. B. President Zapatero has no plans to attend. C. FOREIGN MINISTER -- Mr. Miguel Angel Moratinos Cuyaube, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation -- Arrives in New York September [...]
2006-07-25 11:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA SP
06MADRID1897SPAIN CONCERNED ABOUT GIBRALTAR SHIP VISIT
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: On July 26, a top Foreign Ministry official called the Ambassador on orders from his minister to register Spain's concern with the upcoming visit of a US nuclear-powered submarine to Gibraltar. The GOS did not specifically request cancellation of the visit, but suggested that [...]
2006-07-27 11:46:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR SP GI
06MADRID1923SPAIN: AMBASSADOR'S JULY 27 MEETING WITH FM
[...] (C//NF) Summary: Ambassador Aguirre had a wide ranging discussion with Spanish Foreign Minister Moratinos on July 27, the day after Moratinos, return from the Lebanon Core Group meeting in Rome. Moratinos was very pleased with his treatment by the Secretary during the meeting and especially [...]
2006-07-31 11:02:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALOTRA SP
06MADRID1960SPAIN ON CASTRO SUCCESSION
[...] (C) Summary. Responding to REF A points on the situation in Cuba, MFA Director General Javier Sandomingo told the Ambassador that Spain believes Fidel Castro is suffering from a serious illness and may not resume full control over the Cuban state. Sandomingo cautioned, however, that significa [...]
2006-08-03 07:06:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CU SP
06MADRID1966PLAN AFRICA: SPAIN INTRODUCES SELF TO NEIGHBORS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 26, Vice President Fernandez de la Vega officially rolled out Plan Africa, an ambitious project developed by the Zapatero government to address what it perceives to be a glaring hole in Spanish foreign policy. Prompted both by fears of international terrorism and by more [...]
2006-08-03 15:30:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID SMIG SOCI SP XY
06MADRID205SPAIN: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF WHA A/S SHANNON
[...] (C) Spanish interlocutors are very much looking forward to your visit, which they see as the next step in our bilateral high-level effort to spur cooperation in Latin America and an opportunity to hear USG perspectives in anticipation of key regional elections. On the USG denial of authorizati [...]
2006-01-25 16:48:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP
06MADRID2075SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC LABARTHE,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Darwin Labarthe, Director of Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention; Umed Ajani, Epidemiologist, and Patricia Poindexter, Public Health Advisor, NCCDPHP, HHS/CDC, to travel to Barcelona, September 2-6, to attend the World Congress on Cardiology Co [...]
2006-08-18 11:47:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA CDC SP
06MADRID2084SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAS GEORGE ATKINSON
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to STAS George Atkinson, August 23 - 25, to participate in the reception for The International Congress of Mathematician Madrid at the U.S. Embassy. Post understands that no assistance is requested. 2. Visitors are reminded that bearers of di [...]
2006-08-22 10:11:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEU IT OTRA SP
06MADRID2085SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. SOPKO
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. George Sopko, Health Service Administrator, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH, to travel to Barcelona, September 1-7, to attend the Steering and Executive Meetings for STICH (Surgical Treatment for Ischemic Heart Failure). Post [...]
2006-08-22 10:12:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO OTRA SP
06MADRID2093SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Martin Tobin, Director, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, VAMC to travel to Barcelona from September 21 to September 28. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 19th ESICM Annual Congress. 2. Post understands no assistance is necessa [...]
2006-08-22 15:23:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
06MADRID2094SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA25/NNTRAV
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Timothy Gregoire, Craig Stinson, and Mark Melany representatives of the National Nuclear Security Administration to travel to Madrid from August 27 to September 5. The purpose of this visit is to conduct follow-up performance testing and repair [...]
2006-08-22 15:23:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP PARM OTRA SP
06MADRID2108SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/EH:MOHANDAS BHAT
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Mohandas Bhat, Environment, Safety and Health Scientist to travel to Madrid and Almeria on September 11 to September 15 to visit the Palomares accident site. 2. Post will assist with appointments per reftel. Ken Forder is the control officer and can be [...]
2006-08-23 15:13:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA SP
06MADRID2109SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/EH JOHN COOK
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to John Cook, Special Assistant to Assistant Secretary for Environment, Safety and Health to travel to Madrid from September 10 to September 14 to meet with staff at the US Embassy and CIEMAT scientists. 2. Post will assist with appointments per reftel. Ke [...]
2006-08-23 15:14:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP SP
06MADRID2110SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Robert Maxwell, National Nuclear Security Administration's office to travel to San Sebastian on September 9 to September 14 to attend the Fourth International Conference on Polyment. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors ar [...]
2006-08-23 15:14:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP SP
06MADRID2113SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/EH STEVEN CARY
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Steven Cary, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health to travel to Madrid from September 10 to September 14. The purpose of this visit is to meet with CIEMAT and US Embassy personnel. 2. Post will assist with meeting per reftel. Embassy cont [...]
2006-08-24 07:17:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG SP
06MADRID2114SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. MASCETTE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Alice Mascette, Program Director, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH, to travel to Barcelona, Spain from September 2 to September 4, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to attend a meeting of the Occluded Artery Trial. 2. Post understands [...]
2006-08-24 07:18:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TBIO SP
06MADRID2115SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. VICTOR
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Victor Marquez, National Cancer Institute, NIH to travel to Barcelona and Madrid from September 8 to September 17, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to give a presentation at the University of Barcelona and the Ministry of Education and Science in Madrid [...]
2006-08-24 07:18:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KSCA OTRA SP
06MADRID2116SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. ANDREW ARAI
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Andrew Arai, Senior Investigator, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH, to travel to Barcelona, Spain from September 3 to September 4, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to present a lecture at the World Congress on Cardiology. 2. Post unde [...]
2006-08-24 07:19:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO OTRA SP
06MADRID2117SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EPA OFFICIAL NOHA GABER
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Noha Gaber, Office of Research and Development to travel to Santander, Spain from August 26 to September 2, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to participate in a water management seminar sponsored by the Spanish Ministry of Environment. 2. Post understa [...]
2006-08-24 07:19:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDSENV OTRA SP KSCA TPHY EPA
06MADRID2120SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF THOMAS WEBER
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NSF Official Dr. Thomas Weber, Division Director to travel to Santander, Spain from August 26 to August 30, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to participate in a meeting at the Menendez Pelayo International University. 2. Post understands that no assist [...]
2006-08-24 12:08:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDSENV OTRA SP KSCA TPHY EPA
06MADRID2121SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA, CHARLES EDWARDS
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Charles Edwards, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to travel to Valencia, Spain from Septembter 30 to October 6, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to attend the International Astronautical Conference. 2. Post understands that no assistance is requi [...]
2006-08-24 12:09:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
06MADRID2122SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA, THOMAS GREENE,
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Thomas Greene, NASA Delegate to travel to Madrid, Spain from September 28 to September 30, 2006 to participate in the meeting of the James Webb Space Telescope Mid-Infrared Science Team. Bonnie Dalton, Brian Glass and Serdar Uckun, NASA Delegation will tra [...]
2006-08-24 12:09:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
06MADRID2143SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA, JOHN BURRIS
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to John Burris, Goddard Space Flight Center to travel to Valencia, Spain from September 22 to September 30, 2006 to attend and present at the Second International Symposium on Recent Advances in Quantitative Remote Sensing. 2. Post understands that no assi [...]
2006-08-29 08:07:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
06MADRID2144SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA, SASSAN SAATCHI
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Sassan Saatchi, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to travel to Valencia, Spain from September 25 to September 30, 2006 to attend the second International Symposium on Recent Advances in Quantitative Remote Sensing. 2. Post understands that no assistance [...]
2006-08-29 08:08:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
06MADRID2145SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA, CHRISTOPHER
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Christopher Catherasoo, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to travel to Barcelona, Spain from September 22 to October 8, 2006 to attend the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Conferences on Grids and Clusters. 2. Post understands that no as [...]
2006-08-29 08:08:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
06MADRID2146SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GERALD SCOTT, MAURICIO
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service Gerald Scott, Mauricio Ortiz, Elizabeth Brooks, and Clarence Porch to travel to Madrid, Spain from September 3 to September 9, 2006. The purpose of t [...]
2006-08-29 08:09:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY OTRA KSCA EFIS SP
06MADRID2147SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC ALLEN MINTON
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Allen Minton, Research Chemist, NIH to travel to Madrid, Spain from September 21 to September 28, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to present a lecture at the Sixth Ibero-American Congress of Biophysics in Madrid. 2. Post understands that no assist [...]
2006-08-29 08:09:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO SP OTRA
06MADRID2148SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC VINCENT HEARING
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Vincent Hearing, National Cancer Institute, NIH to travel to Barcelona, Spain from September 16 to September 28, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to attend and present a lecture at the 13th meeting of the European Society for Pigment Cell Research. [...]
2006-08-29 08:09:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO SP OTRA
06MADRID2149SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC ANDREW ARAI
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Andrew Arai, Senior Investigator, NIH to travel to Barcelona, Spain from September 3 to September 4, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to present a lecture at the World Congress on Cardiology. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3 [...]
2006-08-29 08:09:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO SP OTRA
06MADRID2150SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV,
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Joshua Griffin, National Nuclear Security Administration's Office to travel to Madrid, Spain from August 30 to September 5, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to present at the 2nd International Congress on Mathematical Software Conference. 2. Post under [...]
2006-08-29 08:10:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG OTRA SP TRGY KNNP
06MADRID2159SCENESETTER FOR DASD FATA VISIT TO MADRID
[...] (C/NF) Embassy Madrid, implementing Secretary Rice's US-Spain strategy, has worked with considerable focus over the past year to put the Spain-US relationship back onto a productive footing. As an important player not only in NATO but also in Latin America, the Middle East, and increasingly a [...]
2006-08-30 11:24:00Embassy MadridSECRET//NOFORNPREL SP
06MADRID2205SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TREASURY ANALYST
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Jeremy Kuester, Treasury Analyst to travel to Madrid, Spain from September 20 to September 23, 2006. The purpose of the trip is for consultations with Embassy personnel. 2. Post will assist with meetings as requested in reftel. The control officer for [...]
2006-09-01 15:07:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN OTRA SP
06MADRID2206SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Darryl Drayer, National Nuclear Security Administration's office to travel to Madrid, Spain on September 9 to September 16. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Future of the Electric Utility Industry Seminar. 2. Post understands that no assistan [...]
2006-09-01 15:07:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP SP
06MADRID2207SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC COUNTRY
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Meghna Desai, Epidemiologist, NCID, CDC, HHS to travel to Barcelona, Spain from September 25 to September 30, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to represent the CDC and participate in the Malaria in Pregnancy Consortium. 2. Post understands that no assi [...]
2006-09-01 15:07:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA CDC SP OTRA
06MADRID2208SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC COUNTRY
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Charlene Sanders, Public Health Nutritionist, NCCDPHP, CDC, HHS to travel to Barcelona, Spain from September 29 to October 1, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to attend and present at the First World Congress of Public Health Nutrition. 2. Post underst [...]
2006-09-01 15:07:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA CDC SP OTRA
06MADRID2209SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC COUNTRY
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to George Mensah, Director of Medical Affairs, NCCDPHP, CDC, HHS to travel to Barcelona, Spain from September 1 to September 7, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to attend the World Congress on Cardiology Conference and to meet with the Federation Leadership o [...]
2006-09-01 15:07:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA CDC SP OTRA
06MADRID2210SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA GLEN MARTIN HEWITT
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Glen Martin Hewitt, Scientific and Technical Advisor to travel to Madrid, Spain from October 24 to October 31, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to coordinate with Eurocontrol on research and development projects related to safety in air traffic management [...]
2006-09-01 15:37:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ASEC OTRA SP
06MADRID2232SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA, MARK LUPISELLA
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Mark Lupisella from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center to travel to Valencia, Spain from September 30 to October 8, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to participate and attend the Fifty Seventh International Astronautical Congress. 2. Post understands [...]
2006-09-07 09:06:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
06MADRID2233SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA, DELEGATION
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NASA Headquarters Senior Delegation, Michael Griffin, William Gerstenmaier, Michael O'Brien, Michael Wholley, David Mould, John Hairston, Douglas Cooke, Dean Acosta, Gilbert Kirkham, Jefrey Volosin, Jennifer Troxell, Garvey Mcintosh, and Donald Miller to tr [...]
2006-09-07 09:07:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
06MADRID2234SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA, DAVID FOLTA
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to David Folta from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center to travel to Valencia, Spain from September 30 to October 6, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to participate as a full member of the International Astronautical Federation. 2. Post understands no as [...]
2006-09-07 09:07:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
06MADRID2235SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA, ANTHONY CARRO
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Anthony Carro from NASA Headquarters to travel to Madrid, Spain from September 22 to September 30, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend Deep Space Network Status and Personnel Reduction programs. 2. Post understands that assistance is not requi [...]
2006-09-07 09:08:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
06MADRID2236SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA, RHODA HORNSTEIN
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Rhoda Hornstein, from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center to travel to Valencia, Spain from September 28 to October 10, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to participate and attend the Fifty Seventh International Astronautical Congress. 2. Post understa [...]
2006-09-07 09:08:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
06MADRID2237SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DRS. GASIOR
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Maciej Gasior, Staff Scientist, and Dr. James Stables, Program Director, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, to travel to Sitges, Spain from September 9 to September 16, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to attend and speak at [...]
2006-09-07 09:08:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO OTRA SP
06MADRID2238SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF: ADAM SCHULTZ
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Adam Schultz, Program Director in the Division of Ocean Sciences, to travel to Sitges, Spain from September 18 to September 24, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to attend and present at the 18th International Workshop on Electromagnetic Induction in the [...]
2006-09-07 09:09:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TPHY OTRA NSF SP
06MADRID2239SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR VA JEFFREY M. DAVIDSON
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Jeffrey Mark Davidson, PHD, Senior Research Career Scientist, VA, to travel to Costa Brava and Barcelona, Spain from September 30 to October 8, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to attend and present at the Molecular Biology and Pharmacology of Tissue Repai [...]
2006-09-07 09:09:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
06MADRID2240SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR VA: AMAL JUBRAN
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Amal Jubran, Staff Physician, VA, to travel to Barcelona, Spain from September 22 to September 28, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to attend the 19th ESICM Annual Congress. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors are re [...]
2006-09-07 09:10:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
06MADRID2281SPAIN: FM MORATINOS ON MIDEAST, NORTH AFRICA,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During his trip to Ronda in southern Spain's Andalucia region, Ambassador Aguirre spent the afternoon and evening of September 9 with Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos. Ambassador pressed Moratinos on recent incendiary comments from President Zapatero regarding Iraq, and he raise [...]
2006-09-13 08:12:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SMIG SP
06MADRID2288SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS: PAUL BEDROSIAN
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Paul Bedrosian, Research Geophysicist, to travel to Barcelona, Spain from September 16 to September 25, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to present at the 18th International Workshop on Electromagnetic Induction of the Earth. 2. Post understands that n [...]
2006-09-14 08:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TPHY KSCA ECON SENV SP
06MADRID2289SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS: SUSAN CANNON
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Susan Cannon, Research Geologist, to travel to Barcelona, Spain from September 16 to September 22, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to attend and participate in the workshop for the Development of Guidelines for Landslide Susceptibility, Hazard and Risk Zo [...]
2006-09-14 08:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TPHY KSCA ECON SENV SP
06MADRID2290SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEPARTMENT OF
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Rose McMurray, Associate Administrator to travel to Barcelona, Spain from September 23 to October 9, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to lead the international discussion on identifying and dealing with obstacles to successful road safety programs. 2. [...]
2006-09-14 08:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDELTN OTRA SP
06MADRID2291SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. HEINZ
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Heinz Arnheiter, Chief, Mammalian Development Section, NIH to travel to Barcelona and Madrid, Spain from September 23 to September 30, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to attend and present at the European Society for Pigment Cell Research Conference i [...]
2006-09-14 08:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO SP OTRA
06MADRID2292SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. JOSEPH
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Joseph Shiloach, Senior Investigator, NIH to travel to Barcelona, Spain from September 20 to September 25, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to present and chair a workshop at the Fourth Recombinant Protein Production meeting. 2. Post understands th [...]
2006-09-14 08:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO SP OTRA
06MADRID2293SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DRS. VALENCIA,
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Julio Valencia, Visiting Fellow, Dr. William Pavan, Senior Investigator, and Dr. Marian Huizing, Staff Scientist, NIH to travel to Barcelona, Spain from September 22 to October 2 (Valencia),September 22 - 29 (Pavan),and September 23-27 (Huizing). The [...]
2006-09-14 08:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO SP OTRA
06MADRID2294SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. GEORGE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. George Thoma, Staff Scinetist, National Library of Medicine, NIH to travel to Alicante, Spain from September 17 to September 23, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to attend and present at the 10th European Conference on Research and Advanced Technology f [...]
2006-09-14 08:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO SP OTRA
06MADRID2295SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. JENNIFER
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Jenniver Lippincott-Schwartz, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Child Health and Human Develpment, NIH, to travel to Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain from September 24 to September 28, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to attend and speak at the s [...]
2006-09-14 08:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO SP OTRA
06MADRID2296SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. JORDI CAMPS
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Jordi Camps, Postdoctoral Fellow, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Barcelona, Spain from September 16 to September 25, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to meet with a collaborator and pick up DNA material. 2. Post understands that no a [...]
2006-09-14 08:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO SP OTRA
06MADRID2297SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. EDWARD EDDY
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Edward Eddy, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH to travel to Madrid, Spain from September 16 to September 28, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to speak and meet with collaborators at the 10th International Sym [...]
2006-09-14 08:49:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO SP OTRA
06MADRID2298SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. MICHAEL
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Michael Rogawski, Chief, Epilepsy Research Section, NIH to travel to Sitges, Spain from September 10 to September 15, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to attend and present at the 8th Eilat Conference on New Antiepileptic Drugs. 2. Post understands [...]
2006-09-14 08:49:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO SP OTRA
06MADRID2299SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/EH: GERALD PETERSEN
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Gerald Petersen, National Nuclear Security Administration's office to travel to Madrid, Spain on September 10 to September 15. The purpose of this visit is to meet with staff at the US Embassy Science Counsel. 2. Post understands that no assistance is [...]
2006-09-14 13:18:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP SP
06MADRID2300SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA DELEGATION,
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Brent Buffington, Kar-Ming Cheung, Stephen Edberg, Robert Mitchell, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory delegates to travel to Valencia, Spain from September 28 to October 9, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to attend the International Astronautical Conferenc [...]
2006-09-14 13:18:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
06MADRID2301SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA DELEGATION,
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Jaime Esper, Shaida Johnston, and Nona Minnifield-Cheeks, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center to travel to Valencia, Spain from September 27 to October 8, 2006 to attend, present and chair at the 57th International Astronautical Congress (IAC). 2. Post u [...]
2006-09-14 13:18:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
06MADRID2302SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to National Nuclear Security Administration's office personnel, Jaime Marian to travel to Madrid, Spain on September 23 to September 29, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to meet, inform and share data with Professor Manuel Perlado of Polythechnic University [...]
2006-09-14 13:18:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP SP
06MADRID2303SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to National Nuclear Security Administration's office personnel, Neil Pundit, Richard Graham, Rolf Riesen, Galen Shipman, Keith Underwood and Gregorey Watson to travel to Madrid, Spain on September 23 to October 02, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend [...]
2006-09-14 13:18:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP SP
06MADRID2304SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Chester Weiss, National Nuclear Security Administration's office to travel to Madrid, Spain on September 15 to September 24. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 18th Electromagnetic Induction Workshop. 2. Post understands that no assistance is r [...]
2006-09-14 13:18:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP SP
06MADRID2305SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EPA: JULIE SHANNON
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Julie Shannon, Supervisory Environmental Protection Specialist, to travel to Barcelona, Spain from September 18 to September 23, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to present at the US Green Purchasing Activities. 2. Post understands that no assistance is [...]
2006-09-14 13:18:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KSCA TPHY EPA SP
06MADRID2306SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC COUNTRY
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Robert Berry, Epidemiologist and Jose Cordero, Director, NCBDDD, CDC, HHS to travel to Madrid, Spain from October 18 to October 23, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to speak on folic acid at the Anniversary Conference of the Spanish Collaborative Study of [...]
2006-09-14 13:19:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA CDC SP OTRA
06MADRID2307SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC COUNTRY
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to William Murphy, Research Health Physicist, NIOSH, CDC, HHS to travel to Madrid, Spain from September 23 to September 29, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to attend the International Standards Organization Technical Committee. 2. Post understands that n [...]
2006-09-14 13:19:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA CDC SP OTRA
06MADRID2308SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC COUNTRY
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Carol Ciesielski, Medical Officer, NCHSTP, CDC, HHS to travel to Madrid, Spain from October 18 to October 20, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to speak at an International Symposium AIDS Conference. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. [...]
2006-09-14 13:19:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA CDC SP OTRA
06MADRID2309SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Patrick Brady, National Nuclear Security Administration's office to travel to Lanzarote, Spain on September 18 to September 25. The purpose of this visit is to meet with representatives of the Spanish Nuclear Waste Disposal Effort in technical exchanges. [...]
2006-09-14 13:19:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP SP
06MADRID2310SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA25/NNTRAV
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Cristen Duncan and David Devaney, National Nuclear Security Administration's office to travel to Lanzarote, Spain on September 16 to September 25. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 7th Annual International Common Criteria Conference. 2. Post u [...]
2006-09-14 13:19:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP SP
06MADRID2311SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA STEPHEN SOLTIS
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Stephen Soltis, Chief Scientific and Technical Advisor to travel to Madrid, Spain from September 19 to September 24, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to attend the International Research Council on Biomechanics of Impact Conference. 2. Post understands [...]
2006-09-14 14:01:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ASEC OTRA SP
06MADRID2312SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA RONALD STROUP
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Ronald Stroup, Scientific and Technical Advisor to travel to Barcelona, Spain from October 24 to October 28, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to attend the Eurocontrol Safety Symposium and the FAA/EUROCNTROL AP15 Safety R&D Meeting. 2. Post understands [...]
2006-09-14 14:01:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ASEC OTRA SP
06MADRID2325SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS: DARCY MCPHEE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Darcy McPhee, Research Geophysicist, to travel to Barcelona, Spain from September 15 to September 25, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to present at the 18th International Workshop on Electromagnetic Induction of the Earth. 2. Post understands that no [...]
2006-09-15 15:41:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TPHY KSCA ECON SENV SP
06MADRID2326SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA ADMINISTRATOR,
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Michael Griffin, NASA Administrator and delegation of Senior NASA officials, to travel to Valencia, Spain from September 28 to October 8, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend and present at the Fifty Seventh International Astronautical Congress [...]
2006-09-15 15:41:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
06MADRID2327SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA DELEGATION,
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Lawrence Huebner, Charles Cockrell, and David Glass, from NASA's Langley Research Center to travel to Valencia, Spain from September 28 to October 9, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend and present at the Fifty Seventh International Astronautical [...]
2006-09-15 15:41:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
06MADRID2328SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. JOHN MILNER
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. John Milner, National Cancer Institute, NIH to travel to Barcelona, Spain from September 27 to October 1, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to attend and participate at the First World Congress of Public Health Nutrition. 2. Post understands that no [...]
2006-09-15 15:42:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO SP OTRA
06MADRID2329SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. GERHARD
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Gerhard Hummer, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH to travel to Barcelona, Spain from September 30 to October 3, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to attend and present at the University of Barcelo [...]
2006-09-15 15:42:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO SP OTRA
06MADRID2330SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA22/NNTRAV,
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Lee Balick, National Nuclear Security Administration's Office to travel to Valencia, Spain from September 16 to September 30, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to attend the 2nd International Symposium on Recent Advances in Quantitative Remote Sensing. 2 [...]
2006-09-15 15:42:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG OTRA SP TRGY KNNP
06MADRID2331SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NETL, CUTRIGHT,
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Ron Cutright, George Pukanic, and Diane Madden, Office of Fossil Energy to travel to Madrid, Spain from October 10 to October 13, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to meet with representatives of Shell Global Solutions, Shell Global Solutions International, [...]
2006-09-15 15:42:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG OTRA SP TRGY KNNP
06MADRID2332SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA MELCHOR ANTUNANO
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Melchor Antunano, MD, Director, Civil Aerospace Medical Institute to travel to Valencia, Spain from September 29 to October 7, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to meet with the 57th International Astronautical Congress-Local organizing office. 2. Post [...]
2006-09-15 15:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ASEC OTRA SP
06MADRID2351SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PETERSON AND LAWRIMORE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Thomas Peterson, Meteorologist and Jay Lawrimore, Supervisory Physical Scientist NESDIS officials, to travel to Barcelona, Spain from September 19 to September 26, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to participate in the World Meteorological Organization [...]
2006-09-19 11:47:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TSPA OTRA SP
06MADRID2352SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA DELEGATION:
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Josheph Lavelle and Stefan Schuet, NASA delegation from Ames Research Center, to travel to Madrid, Spain from September 29 to October 11, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend and present at the Optoelectronic Distance/Displacement Measurements and [...]
2006-09-19 11:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
06MADRID2353SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA EUROPE OFFICE REP
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Donald Miller, Head, NASA Europe Office, to travel to Madrid and Valencia, Spain from September 28 to September 29, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to support the Deep Space Network meeting. 2. Post understands no assistance is required. 3. [...]
2006-09-19 11:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
06MADRID2359SCENESETTER FOR A/S FRAZER MEETING WITH ALVARO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In your September 22 meeting with Spanish MFA Director General for Middle East/Africa Alvaro Iranzo (Asst. Sec'y equivalent),he will highlight the fact that Spain is poised to expand its presence in Sub-Saharan Africa. The ongoing migration crisis in the Canary Islands has cre [...]
2006-09-19 15:18:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SMIG EAID AF SP
06MADRID2397SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA, JAMES COSTRELL
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to James Costrell from NASA Headquarters to travel to Madrid, Spain from September 22 to October 3, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend management meetings with Spanish Government officials on the NASA Deep Space Network Tracking Station. 2. Post [...]
2006-09-25 07:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
06MADRID2398SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA DELEGATION:
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NASA delegation Carlos Calle, Robert Mueller and David Bartine to travel to Valencia, Spain from September 29 to October 7, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend the International Astronautical Conference. 2. Post understands no assistance is re [...]
2006-09-25 07:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
06MADRID2399SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA BRENT SHERWOOD
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Brent Sherwood from NASA's Jet propulsion Laboratory to travel to Valencia, Spain from September 30 to October 7, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend the International Astronautical Conference. 2. Post understands no assistance is required. [...]
2006-09-25 07:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
06MADRID2400SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA DELEGATION,
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NASA delegation, Katie Blanding, John Hiarston, Gary Kitmacher, Christopher Moore, Nantel Suzuki, and Jeffrey Volosin to travel to Valencia, Spain from September 29 to October 10, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend the International Astronautical [...]
2006-09-25 07:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
06MADRID2401SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA DELEGATION,
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NASA delegation, Bernice Alston, Ramon De Paula, Steven Dick, Victoria Friedensen, Michael Meyer, Neal Newman, Terrence Reese, John Rummel, Amthony Springer, and Alotta Taylor to travel to Valencia, Spain from September 22 to October 11, 2006. The purpose [...]
2006-09-25 07:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
06MADRID2402SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA DAVID WILT
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to David Wilt, from NASA's GlennResearch Center to travel to Valencia, Spain from September 22 to September 30, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to present at the Seventh World Thermophotovoltaic Generation of Electricity Conference. 2. Post understands [...]
2006-09-25 07:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
06MADRID2403SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR VA: MICHAEL WALTER
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Michael Walter Weiner, Staff Physician, VA, to travel to Barcelona, Spain from October 24 to November 5, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to attend the US Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimage Initiative at the 5th Biannual Conference. 2. Post understands [...]
2006-09-25 07:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
06MADRID2404SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS: JOHN CULLEN
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to John Cullen, Program Analys, USGS to travel to Valencia, Spain from September 26 to October 7, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to attend and participate in the 2006 Session of The International Astronautical Congress meeting. 2. Post understands that [...]
2006-09-25 07:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TPHY KSCA ECON SENV SP
06MADRID2405SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SECURITIES EXCHANGE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Roel Campos, Commissioner, US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to travel to Madrid, Spain from September 25 to September 26, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to attend the IOSCO PIOB IFAC MG meeting. 2. Post understands that no assistance is r [...]
2006-09-25 07:56:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDELTN OTRA SP
06MADRID2406SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/EE2K: MARCY ROOD
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Marcy Rood, Office of Watherization and Intergovernmental Program to travel to Burgos, Spain on September 25 to September 27. The purpose of this visit is to attend and speak at the Annual Civitas Forum and to meet with the European Commission. 2. Post [...]
2006-09-25 07:56:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP SP
06MADRID2407SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/EH: CHRISTIAN
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Christian Reidys, National Nuclear Security Administration to travel to Barcelona, Spain on October 2 to October 7. The purpose of this visit is to attend the European Modeling and Simulation Symposium. 2. Post understands that no assistance is require [...]
2006-09-25 07:56:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP SP
06MADRID2408SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/EH: DIANNA BLAIR
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dianna Blair, National Nuclear Security Administration to travel to Salamanca, Spain on September 25 to October 4. The purpose of this visit is to be a US observer at the Esarda Integrated Safeguards Working Group. 2. Post understands that no assistanc [...]
2006-09-25 07:56:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP SP
06MADRID2409SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SECURITIES EXCHANGE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Ethiopis Tafara, Director, US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Susan Koski-Grafer to travel to Madrid, Spain from September 23 to September 27, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to attend the IOSCO PIOB IFAC MG meeting. 2. Post understands t [...]
2006-09-25 07:56:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDELTN OTRA SP
06MADRID2410SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. NIKOLAOS
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Nikolaos Tountas, Postdoctoral Fellow, National Cancer Institute NIH, to travel to Barcelona, Spain from October 3 to October 8, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to attend and participate in the Drosophila as Model for Human Diseases meeting. 2. Po [...]
2006-09-25 07:56:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO OTRA SP
06MADRID2411SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DRS. CELLI AND
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Jean Celli, Investigator, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases NIH, to travel to St. Feliu de Guixols, Spain from September 23 to October 1, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to attend a Scientific Conference. 2. Post understands th [...]
2006-09-25 07:56:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO OTRA SP
06MADRID2412SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA DELEGATION:
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NASA delegation Charles Chitwood, Dale Ferguson, Richard Grugel, John Horack, Joe Howell, Charles Johnson, Vernotto McMillan, Joseph Minow, John Sumrall, Lawrence Thomas, and Richard Tyson to travel to Valencia, Spain from September 29 to October 10, 2006. [...]
2006-09-25 07:56:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
06MADRID2413SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA DELEGATION:
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NASA delegation John Bacon, Liz Blome, Eric Christiansen, James Clement Pamela Denkins, Sean Fuller, Micholas Johnson, Kenol Jules, Alan Lindenmoyer, Mark Matney, Wendell Mendell, William Paloski, Jennifer Rhatigan, Julie Robinson, Scott Smith, Dennis Stone, [...]
2006-09-25 07:56:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
06MADRID2414SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA DELEGATION: TIBOR
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NASA delegation Tibor Balint, Jeanne Holm to travel to Valencia, Spain from September 29 to October 7, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend the International Astronautical Conference. 2. Post understands no assistance is required. 3. Visito [...]
2006-09-25 07:56:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
06MADRID2421SPANISH MOD ON US ARMS TRANSFER POLICY TO VENEZUELA
[...] (C) DCM discussed reftel demarche with MOD Policy Director Admiral Francisco Torrente and Director General for Defense Policy General Benito Raggio on September 25. DCM emphasized that while the USG and the GOS have discussed arms sales to Venezuela many times over the past year, US policy on t [...]
2006-09-26 13:03:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS SP
06MADRID2455SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA, GREGORY FRAZIER
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Gregory Frazier, from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center to travel to Mallorca, Spain from October 17 to October 22, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Interstellar Boundary Explorer Mission Meeting. 2. Post understands no assistance is r [...]
2006-09-29 13:01:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
06MADRID2456SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA, STEVEN SNOWDEN
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Steven Snowden, from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center to travel to Mallorca, Spain from October 23 to October 28, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend the X-Ray Multi Mirror Newton European Photon Imaging Camera Background Workshop. 2. Post u [...]
2006-09-29 13:01:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
06MADRID2457SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA, GEORGE HOPSON
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to George Hopson, from NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center to travel to Valencia, Spain from September 30 to October 8, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 57th International Astronautical Federation Conference. 2. Post understands no assista [...]
2006-09-29 13:01:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
06MADRID2458SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA, JAMES GRAF
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to James Graf, from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to travel to Valencia, Spain from September 30 to October 6, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 57th International Astronautical Federation Conference. 2. Post understands no assistance is [...]
2006-09-29 13:01:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
06MADRID2459SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA, TERENCE O'MALLEY
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Terence O'Malley and Thomas Sutliff, from NASA's Glenn Research Center to travel to Valencia, Spain from September 29 to October 7, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 57th International Astronautical Federation Conference. 2. Post underst [...]
2006-09-29 13:01:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
06MADRID2460SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA, FENG ZHAO
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Feng Zhao, from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to travel to Madrid, Spain from September 30 to October 5, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Optoelectronic Distance/Displacement Measurements and Applications Conference. 2. Post understa [...]
2006-09-29 13:01:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
06MADRID2461SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMBASSADOR GREGORY
[...] Embassy grants country clearance and warmly welcomes UNVIE Ambassador Gregory Schulte to travel to Madrid, Spain from October 17 to October 19, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to participate in Public Diplomacy events and to meet with Embassy and government officials. 2. Post will coo [...]
2006-09-29 13:01:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
06MADRID2462SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR OES/SAT: LAURETTA
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Lauretta Rayhle, Senior Advisor OES/SAT to travel to Valencia and Madrid, Spain from September 30 to October 9, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to attend the International Astronautical Congress Convention in Valencia and personal leave in Madrid. 2. [...]
2006-09-29 13:01:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TSPA SP
06MADRID2463SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF: JEFFREY LEITHEAD
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NSF officials, Jeffrey Leithead, Contract Specialist and David Elizalde, Director in the Division of Acquisition and Cooperative Support to travel to Madrid, Spain from November 7 to November 14, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to attend the Annual Board [...]
2006-09-29 13:01:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TPHY KSCA ECON SENV SP
06MADRID2464SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS: BRUCE QUIRK AND
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Bruce Quirk, Physical Scientist and Jennifer Willems, Computer Scientist, USGS to travel to Valencia, Spain from September 29 to October 8, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to attend and participate in the 2006 Session of The International Astronautical F [...]
2006-09-29 13:01:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TPHY KSCA ECON SENV SP
06MADRID2465SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA25/NNTRAV
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Lewie Gasaway, and Timothy Welch from the National Nuclear Security Office to travel to Cadiz, Spain on October 5 to October 13. The purpose of this visit is to meet with representatives of the International Armoring Corporation for contract delivery accep [...]
2006-09-29 13:01:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP SP
06MADRID2466SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. LUTZ
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Lutz Birnbaumer, Scientific Director, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, to travel to Madrid, Spain from October 6 to October 9, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to present a seminar at the University Alcala de Henares. 2. Po [...]
2006-09-29 13:01:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO OTRA SP
06MADRID2467SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. SNORRI
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Snorri Thorgeirsson, Senior Investigator, National Cancer Institute NIH, to travel to S'Agaro, Spain from October 3 to October 7, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to attend and present at the Esteve Foundation Symposium XII. 2. Post understands th [...]
2006-09-29 13:01:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO OTRA SP
06MADRID2468SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. JOHN MILNER
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. John Milner, Laboratory Chief, National Cancer Institute NIH, to travel to Barcelona, Spain from October 5 to October 7, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to attend and participate in a meeting of the Working Group of Foods with Health Benefits. 2. [...]
2006-09-29 13:01:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO OTRA SP
06MADRID2480SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA DELEGATION;
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Renee Juhans, Christopher Moore, Neal Newman, and Derek Wang, from NASA to travel to Valencia, Spain from September 29 to October 9, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend the International Astronautical Conference. 2. Post understands no assist [...]
2006-10-02 09:27:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
06MADRID2481SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SECURITIES EXCHANGE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to John Troy Beatty, Senior Counsel, US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to travel to Madrid, Spain from October 3 to October 5, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to attend the IOSCO training seminar. 2. Post understands that no assistance is requi [...]
2006-10-02 09:27:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDELTN OTRA SP
06MADRID2482SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ANGELA CERVETTI
[...] Embassy grants country clearance and warmly welcomes Angela Cervetti, EUR/WE Country Officer for Malta and Spain to travel to Madrid and Barcelona, Spain from October 14 to October 19, 2006. The purpose of this visit is for consultations. 2. Post will coordinate assistance requested in r [...]
2006-10-02 09:27:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
06MADRID2483SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FERC DIRECTOR SUSAN
[...] Embassy grants country clearance and warmly welcomes Susan Court, Director, Office of Enforcement to travel to Toledo, Spain from November 18 to November 22, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend the First General Meeting of Delegates of the PGC B. 2. Post understands that no Emba [...]
2006-10-02 09:27:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG OTRA SP
06MADRID2495SPAIN: VISIT OF CUBA TRANSITION COORDINATOR CALEB
[...] (C) Summary. Cuba Transition Coordinator Caleb McCarry visited Madrid September 26-27 for meetings with Spanish MFA officials, political figures (including former Spanish President Jose Maria Aznar),and opinion leaders, as well as radio and print interviews on Spanish media. In his meeting [...]
2006-10-02 16:18:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CU SP
06MADRID2525SPAIN: GALICIA'S ECONOMY TRANSFORMED BY 20 YEARS
[...] Spain's 1986 entry into the European Union turned on a tap of EU funding which has helped transform the face of modern Spain. To gain a better understanding of the impact of European funding on Spain's 16 regions, Embassy Madrid's Economic section plans to visit many of these regions over th [...]
2006-10-06 07:18:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON SP
06MADRID2543SPAIN: SCENESETTER FOR INL PDAS SCHWEICH'S OCTOBER
[...] (SBU) Your visit will dovetail nicely with the visit in mid September of DEA Administrator Tandy and will provide an important opportunity to educate the Spaniards on the Department's key role in the counter-narcotics effort. In her meetings with members of the Spanish Ministry of Interior, C [...]
2006-10-06 16:29:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SNAR SP
06MADRID2544SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT VISIT TO
[...] (C) Summary: Your visit to Spain is an opportunity to press the GOS and, possibly, private sector entities to move in ways that are key to achieving U.S. foreign policy goals in Iraq and Iran. You should ask Spain to put its money where its mouth is on the Iraq Compact in two ways. First, as [...]
2006-10-06 16:55:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALEFIN EAID PREL SP
06MADRID2564SPAIN ON GUATEMALA/VENEZUELA UNSC ELECTION
[...] (C) In a brief meeting on the margins of a representational event on October 11, the Ambassador and MFA Secretary of State for Ibero America Trinidad Jimenez SIPDIS discussed the status of the Venezuelan and Guatemalan candidacies for a non-permanent UN Security Council seat. Jimenez reiter [...]
2006-10-13 11:02:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA VZ SP
06MADRID2568SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA LES WILLIAMS
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Melchor Antunano, MD, Director, Civil Aerospace Medical Institute to travel to Valencia, Spain from November 6 to November 9, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to conduct Recertification Inspections to FAA repair stations. 2. Post understands that no as [...]
2006-10-13 12:29:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR FAA IFO OTRA SP
06MADRID2569SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SECURITIES & EXCHANGE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance and warmly welcomes Securities & Exchange Commission Officials; Felicia Kung, Julie Ehrhardt, Janet Luallen, Len Jui, and Scott Taub to travel to Madrid, Spain from October 16 to October 20, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend a meeting of the IOSCO S [...]
2006-10-13 12:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON OTRA SP
06MADRID2570SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
[...] Embassy grants country clearance and warmly welcomes Federal Reserve System Officials; Bill Estes, Senior Vice President, Robert Schenck, Vice President, Molly Willison, Director Foreign Bank Analysis, Laurence Bonnemere, Assistant Vice President, Jane Green, Surpervising Examiner and Terry M [...]
2006-10-13 12:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON OTRA SP
06MADRID2571SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA DELEGATION;
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Kathy Laurini, Clarence Sams, and Charles Sawin, from NASA's Johnson Space Center to travel to Barcelona, Spain from October 22 to October 28, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Sodankyla Total Column Ozone Intercomparison Workshop. 2. Po [...]
2006-10-13 12:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
06MADRID2572SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA DELEGATION;
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Pawan Bhartia, Thomas McGee, and Richard McPeters, from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center to travel to Tenerife, Spain from November 5 to November 13, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Sodankyla Total Column Ozone Intercomparison Workshop. [...]
2006-10-13 12:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
06MADRID2573SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA; CARL WALZ
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Carl Walz, from NASA Headquarters to travel to Madrid, Spain from October 22 to October 27, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend the meeting of the International Space Life Sciences Working Group. 2. Post understands no assistance is required. [...]
2006-10-13 12:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
06MADRID2574SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA; DOMINGUEZ AND
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Olga Dominguez and Howard Kass, from NASA Headquarters to travel to Madrid, Spain from October 20 to October 27, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend meetings on the Commercial Power Project. 2. Post understands no assistance is required. 3 [...]
2006-10-13 12:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
06MADRID2575SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA; DAVID LE VINE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to David Le Vine, from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center to travel to Madrid, Spain from October 31 to November 4, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend a meeting of Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity Mission Science Advisory Group. 2. Post understa [...]
2006-10-13 12:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
06MADRID2576SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA; THANGASAMY
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Thangasamy Velusamy, from NASA to travel to Madrid, Spain from November 11 to November 18, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Science with ALMA: A new era for Astrophysics Conference. 2. Post understands no assistance is required. 3. [...]
2006-10-13 12:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
06MADRID2577SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC DONALD BOONE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Donald Boone, Associate Director for Science, NCHM, HHS/CDC to travel to Madrid, Spain from October 21 to October 30, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to chair and attend the European Platform for Patients Organizations, Science and Industry Conference. [...]
2006-10-13 12:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO OTRA SP
06MADRID2578SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC FAYE WONG
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Faye Wong, Health Scientist, NCCDPHP, HHS/CDC to travel to Madrid, Spain from October 18 to October 22, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to attend and participate in the Public Health Conference. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3 [...]
2006-10-13 12:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO OTRA SP
06MADRID2579SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Steen Rasmussen, from the National Nuclear Security Office to travel to Barcelona, Spain on October 14 to October 17. The purpose of this visit is to attend collaboration meetings at the Complex Systems Laboratory. 2. Post understands that no assistanc [...]
2006-10-13 12:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP SP
06MADRID2580SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Paul Mirkarimi, from the National Nuclear Security Office to travel to Barcelona, Spain on October 13 to October 20. The purpose of this visit is to attend and present at the International Symposium on EUV Lithography. 2. Post understands that no assis [...]
2006-10-13 12:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP SP
06MADRID2581SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DRS. WILSON,
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Wyndham Wilson, Chief, Lymphoma Therapeutics Section, Dr. John Janik, Investigator, and Dr. Adrian Wiestner, Investigator, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH, to travel to Barcelona, Spain from October 12 to October 16, 2006. The purpose of [...]
2006-10-13 12:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO OTRA SP
06MADRID2583SPAIN: VISIT OF VENEZUELA COORDINATOR DEBORAH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Special Coordinator for Venezuela Deborah McCarthy met with representatives of the Spanish Foreign Ministry and National Security Council on October 4 to discuss U.S. policy on Venezuela and Latin America. McCarthy also conducted interviews with two Spanish media outlets and on [...]
2006-10-13 14:24:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SNAR UNSC SP VE
06MADRID2584SPAIN: VISIT OF VENEZUELA COORDINATOR DEBORAH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Special Coordinator for Venezuela Deborah McCarthy met with representatives of the Spanish Foreign Ministry and National Security Council on October 4 to discuss U.S. policy on Venezuela and Latin America. McCarthy also conducted interviews with two Spanish media outlets and on [...]
2006-10-13 15:21:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SNAR UNSC SP VE
06MADRID2596SPAIN/CUBA: SPAIN DOES NOT WANT LEAD ON JOINT
[...] (C) MFA Secretary of State for Ibero America Trinidad Jimenez told the Ambassador October 11 that she wanted to preserve her channels of communication with Cuban authorities and therefore did not want Spain to take the lead at this time in developing a US-EU joint statement on Cuba. The Ambas [...]
2006-10-13 16:41:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CU SP
06MADRID2600SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA26/NNTRAV
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NNSA/SLD staff, Michael Fink, Jeffrey Ace, Daniel HartnettCody Hostick, and Craig Stinson from the National Nuclear Security Office to travel to Algeciras, Spain on October 28 to November 6. The purpose of this visit is to meet with Peoples Republic of Chi [...]
2006-10-16 09:49:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP SP
06MADRID2601SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA26/NNTRAV
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Donald Spellman, from the National Nuclear Security Office to travel to Salamanca, Spain on October 21 to October 26. The purpose of this visit is to attend collaboration meetings at the Complex Systems Laboratory. 2. Post understands that no assistanc [...]
2006-10-16 09:49:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP SP
06MADRID2602SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. JUN SHEN
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Jun Shen, Section Chief, Mational Institute of Mental Health, NIH, to travel to Madrid, Spain from October 19 to October 24, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to give a seminar at the Laboratory for Imaging and Spectroscopy by Magnetic Resonance, Instit [...]
2006-10-16 09:49:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO OTRA SP
06MADRID2603SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. ALEXANDER
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Alexander Gorbach, Staff Scientist, Office of Research Services, NIH, to travel to Mallorca, Spain from October 17 to October 22, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to attend and present a lecture at the Second Biosim Conference. 2. Post understands [...]
2006-10-16 09:49:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO OTRA SP
06MADRID2604SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY
[...] Embassy grants country clearance and warmly welcomes Department of Treasury Delegation; Robert Michael Kimmitt, Deputy Secretary, Colleen Eddy, Policy Advisor, Vickie Alvo, Economist for Iraq, Alexander Monsarrat, Financial Economist, and James Freis, Deputy Assistant General Counsel to travel [...]
2006-10-16 09:49:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON OTRA SP
06MADRID2605SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/FDA SUZIE KENT
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Suzie Kent, Investigator, Office of Regulatory Affairs,FDA, HHS to travel to Roto, Spain from October 24 to October 26, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to perform FDA regulatory inspections. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. V [...]
2006-10-16 09:49:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO OTRA SP
06MADRID2606SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/FDA JAMES DUNNIE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to James Dunnie, Consumer Safety Officer Affairs, FDA, HHS to travel to Tarragona, Spain from October 26 to November 1, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to perform FDA regulatory inspections. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visi [...]
2006-10-16 09:49:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO OTRA SP
06MADRID2607SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/FDA KAREN
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Karen Takahashi, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research and Kim Thomas-Cruse, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, HHS to travel to Zaragoza, Spain from October 14 to October 20, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to perform FDA regulatory inspections. 2. [...]
2006-10-16 09:49:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO OTRA SP
06MADRID2608SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS COTTER AND HERMANN
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to USGS Scientists Gladys Cotter and Thomas Hermann to Granada, Spain from October 12 to October 16, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend and participate in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Research and Technology Information Management Committe [...]
2006-10-16 09:49:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
06MADRID2609SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA DELEGATION
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Carl Walz, Director of Advanced Capabilities, Angelene Lee, Program Executive, Human Research Program, Stephen Davison, Human Research Programs, and David Tomko, Program Executive, Stephen Ballard, International Relations Specialist, Kathy Laurini, Director [...]
2006-10-16 09:49:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
06MADRID2610SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA DELEGATION
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Ragvendra Sahai from NASA's Johnson Space Center to travel to Barcelona, Spain from November 11 to November 18, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Science with ALMA: A New Era for Astrophysics Conference. 2. Post understands no assistance [...]
2006-10-16 09:49:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
06MADRID2611SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NE ROBERT PRICE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Robert Price from the Office of Nuclear Energy to travel to Santander, Spain on November 06 to November 10. The purpose of this visit is to attend the International Reactor Innovative and Secure Team meeting. 2. Post understands that no assistance is r [...]
2006-10-16 09:49:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP SP
06MADRID2612SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR US NRC MIRELA GAVRILLAS
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Mirela Gavrillas from the National Nuclear Security Office to travel to Madrid, Spain on October 18 to October 20. The purpose of this visit is to attend the final meeting of the safety margins action plan task group. 2. Post understands that no assist [...]
2006-10-16 09:49:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP SP
06MADRID2613SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR US NRC PAUL CLIFFORD,
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Paul Clifford, Ralph Meyer and Veronica Klein from the National Nuclear Security Office to travel to Madrid, Salamanca, and Juzbado Spain on October 22 to October 27. The purpose of this visit is to participate in TopFuel 2006 international Meeting on Light [...]
2006-10-16 09:49:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP SP
06MADRID2616SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA WILLIAM HUGHES
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA Employees and family members; William Hughes, Albert Schwartz, Kristina Carr, John Carr, Vernon Burch, Michael Johnson, Karen Buondonno, and Gary Buondonno to travel to Madrid, Spain from November 12 to November 19, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to [...]
2006-10-16 10:30:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ASEC OTRA SP
06MADRID2622SPAIN: RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche and non-papers to Spanish MFA Deputy Office Director for Human Rights Cecilia Robles Cartes on August 13. Robles said that she understood the tripartite position on the HRC's text for the declaration, but she indicated that Spain would support the decl [...]
2006-10-16 16:59:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KTIA UN SP
06MADRID2632SPAIN: TOUR D'HORIZON WITH FORMER PRESIDENT AZNAR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador hosted former President Jose Maria Aznar for a private lunch at his residence on October 16. President Aznar offered his opinions on the domestic political situation as well as the outlook in Latin America. He also told Ambassador of his satisfaction at seeing improved [...]
2006-10-18 08:40:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SP
06MADRID2641SCENESETTER FOR SPANISH DEFENSE MINISTER ALONSO
[...] (C/NF) When you meet with Spanish Defense Minister Jose Antonio Alonso on October 23, you are meeting a man who is vastly different from his predecessor. Whereas ex-Minister Bono is a lifelong politician and rival of President Zapatero, Alonso is a judge and lifelong friend of Zapatero. Bono [...]
2006-10-18 15:09:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR SP
06MADRID2685TREASURY DEPSEC'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Moratinos told Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt October 19 that Spain strongly supports the SIPDIS Iraq Compact and that Madrid would transfer the 22 million dollars it had pledged for the Basra Children's Hospital within about one month. He also pledged Spanish supp [...]
2006-10-23 15:13:00Embassy MadridSECRET//NOFORNEAID EINV EFIN PREL PARM ETTC KIPR SP
06MADRID2708SPAIN: ENRIQUE IGLESIAS ON IBEROAMERICAN SUMMIT
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. The Ambassador discussed the upcoming Iberoamerican Summit in Montevideo with Iberoamerican Secretary General Enrique Iglesias (protect) on October 17. SIPDIS Iglesias also spoke about the friction between Uruguay and Argentina, what it would mean if Raul Castro represents Cuba at [...]
2006-10-24 16:50:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL SP
06MADRID2736SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance and warmly welcomes Millenium Challenge Corporation representatives; Michael Grossman, Senior Country Director, Francophone Africa and David Picha, Agricultural Consultant to travel to Madrid, Spain from October 25 to October 29, 2006. The purpose of this vis [...]
2006-10-26 15:13:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAID AFIN OTRA ECON SP KMCA
06MADRID2737SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR VA, GROSZMANN
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Roberto Groszmann, MD, VA Medical Center, West Haven, to travel to Barcelona, Spain from November 8 to November 17, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to attend the Fundacion BBVA De Actualizacion en Hepatologia Conference. 2. Post understands that no as [...]
2006-10-26 15:13:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
06MADRID2738SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF JUDITH SUNLEY
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Judith Sunley from the National Science Foundation to travel to Madrid, Spain on November 06 to November 11. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Alma Board Meeting. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors are reminded [...]
2006-10-26 15:13:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP SP
06MADRID2739SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA26/NNTRAV,
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Donald Spelman from the National Nuclear Security Administration Office to travel to Salamanca, Spain on October 21 to October 26. The purpose of this visit is to present at the 2006 International Meeting on Light Water Reactor Fuel Performance-Top Fuel Con [...]
2006-10-26 15:13:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP SP
06MADRID2740SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV,
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Amy Waters from the National Nuclear Security Administration Office to travel to Madrid, Spain on November 5 to November 11. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Journeys on Stand off Detection of IEDS conference. 2. Post understands that no assi [...]
2006-10-26 15:13:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP SP
06MADRID2741SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/YMSCO: VAN LUIK
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Abraham Van Luik, Senior Policy Advisor for Performance Assessment to travel to San Lorenzo de el Escorial, Spain on November 13 to November 16. The purpose of this visit is to attend and participate in the European Commission Near-Field Project Technical [...]
2006-10-26 15:13:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP SP
06MADRID2742SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/SC25 STAFFIN
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Robin Staffin, Office of High Energy Physics to travel to Valencia, Spain on November 4 to November 7. The purpose of this visit is to attend a meeting of the FALC subgroup on Governance. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visit [...]
2006-10-26 15:13:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP SP
06MADRID2743SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS SAFFER, SIGNELL,
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to USGS Oceanographers Christopher Sherwood, Richard Signell, and John Warner to Barcelona and Madrid, Spain from November 4 to November 11, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend, present and discuss plans for the USGS-led National Ocean Partnership P [...]
2006-10-26 15:13:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
06MADRID2744SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS CASADEVALL
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to USGS Regional Director Thomas Casadevall to Barcelona, Olot and Madrid, Spain from October 22 to November 2, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to participate as a lecturer and lead a field trip in Olot. 2. Post understands no assistance is required. [...]
2006-10-26 15:13:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
06MADRID2745SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA: LABEL
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Kenneth Label from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center to travel to Seville, Spain from November 25 to December 1, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend and participate as a panel member at the Second International School of the Effects of Radiation [...]
2006-10-26 15:13:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
06MADRID2746SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA DELEGATION;
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NASA Delegation, Ingrid Desilvestre, Robert Windhorst, and Robert Haberle, to travel to Granada and Madrid, Spain from November 13 to December 1, 2006. The purpose of Desilvestre's visit is to give a talk at the Jornadas Tecnicas Rediris 2006 Conference in [...]
2006-10-26 15:13:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
06MADRID2748SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA CARLOS RODRIGUEZ
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Carlos Rodriguez, LAAS Program Manager, FAA HQ to travel to Malaga, Spain from October 31 to November 6, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to attend the Giant (GNSS Introduction in the Aviation Sector) user forum. 2. Post understands that no assistance [...]
2006-10-26 15:14:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR FAA IFO OTRA SP
06MADRID2765SPAIN/CUBA: SPAIN WARY OF EU STATEMENT ON CUBAN
[...] (C) MFA Director General for Foreign Policy Rafael Dezcallar confirmed to DCM on October 24 Ref A statements by MFA Secretary of State for Ibero America Trinidad Jimenez that Spain did not believe the time was right for a joint statement on Cuba. Dezcallar went beyond Jimenez in asserting tha [...]
2006-10-30 13:28:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL CU SP
06MADRID2770SPAIN: VISIT OF INL PDAS SCHWEICH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During his October 16-17 visit to Madrid, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) Thomas Schweich met with representatives from the Spanish Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Civil [...]
2006-10-30 14:27:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR SP
06MADRID2786SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA ALMIRA RAMADANI
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Almira Ramadani Williams, Senior Systems Analyst, FAA HQ to travel to Madrid, Spain from November 14 to November 18, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to investigate the current state of system-wide modeling capabilities. 2. Post understands that no ass [...]
2006-10-31 16:16:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR FAA IFO OTRA SP
06MADRID2792SPAIN/CUBA: MIXED SIGNALS FROM MFA
[...] (C) Deputy FM Bernardino Leon told the Ambassador on October 31 that he is working with FM Miguel Angel Moratinos to develop an EU statement on Cuba for the next GAERC meeting in Brussels. The Ambassador had contacted Leon to voice the USG's frustration with Spain's apparent decision to back a [...]
2006-10-31 17:41:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CU SP
06MADRID2810SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR R&D TEAM
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to the U.S. technical representatives; Adam Tarsi, TSWG International Program Manager, Mary Ungar, Executive Director IIHS, Ralph Pasini, Director, IIHS, Timothy Corcoran, Principal, IIHS, Timothy Armstrong, Analyst, IIHS, Jame Boswell, Facility Security Offic [...]
2006-11-02 16:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP PTER
06MADRID2816SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA LES WILLIAMS
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA Les Williams Director, Civil Aerospace Medical Institute to travel to Madrid, Spain from November 6 to November 9, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to conduct Recertification Inspections to FAA repair stations. 2. Post understands that no assistanc [...]
2006-11-03 12:33:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR FAA IFO OTRA SP
06MADRID2818SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR U.S. SECURITIES &
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission officers Deborah Tarasevich, Branch Chief, Devon Brown, Senior Counsel, Colin Rand, Accountant, and Anthony Barone, Special Counsel, to travel to Madrid, Spain on November 06 to November 10. The purpose of this visit i [...]
2006-11-03 16:25:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN OTRA SP
06MADRID2819SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. LICHTEN
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Michael Lichten, Biologist, National Cancer Institute, NIH to travel to Baeza, Spain on November 5 to November 9. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Mechanisms and Biological Consequences of Reocmbinational DNA Repair-Midiate Genome Instability. [...]
2006-11-03 16:25:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TBIO SP
06MADRID2820SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR U.S. SECURITIES &
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission officer Michael Macchiaroli to travel to Madrid, Spain on November 04 to November 8. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Financial Stability Institute and IOSCO Joint Seminar. 2. Post understands that no ass [...]
2006-11-03 16:25:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN OTRA SP
06MADRID2821SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC, MILDRED
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Mildred Pearson, Medical Epidemiologist, HHS/CDC to travel to Barcelona, Spain on November 01 to November 5. The purpose of this visit is to assist in the planning and organization of the scientific program for the 47th Interscience Conference on Antimicrob [...]
2006-11-03 16:25:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TBIO SP
06MADRID2822SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF: P PUXLEY
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NSF Official Dr. Philip Puxley, Program Director, to travel to Madrid, Spain on November 07 to November 17. The purpose of this visit is to attend meetings at the DPTO Astrofisica Molecular. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Vi [...]
2006-11-03 16:25:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TPHY NSF SP
06MADRID2823SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/FDA, JEFFREY
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Jeffrey Hangarnter, and Cynthia Lee, Investigators, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, HHS to travel to Gava, Spain on November 04 to November 9. The purpose of this visit is to perform a regulatory/inspection and audit data. 2. Post understands that [...]
2006-11-03 16:25:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TBIO SP
06MADRID2824SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EPA:AUER AND SHOAFF
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to EPA officials, Charles Auer and John Shoaff, Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, to Barcelona, Spain from November 18 to November 23, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend the EU-Juscanz SAICM regional meeting. 2. Post underst [...]
2006-11-03 16:25:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDSENV OTRA SP KSCA
06MADRID2825SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC, JOHN WARD
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to John Ward, Director, NCHSTP, HHS/CDC to travel to Madrid, Spain on November 22 to November 24. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 29th Viral Hepatitis Prevention Board Meeting. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors [...]
2006-11-03 16:26:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA TBIO SP
06MADRID2828SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA KUZMINSKI, POST,
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA Personnel, Peter Kuzminski, Technical Staff Lead, Joseph Post, Manager, and Diane Liang, Perations Research Analyst to travel to Madrid, Spain from November 14 to November 18, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to present ATO perspectives at the FAA/Euro [...]
2006-11-03 16:35:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR FAA IFO OTRA SP
06MADRID2831SPAIN: CHINESE AMBASSADOR ON NORTH KOREA
[...] (C) Chinese Ambassador to Spain Qiu Xiaoqi called on the Ambassador on October 31 for what Ambassador Xiaoqi described as a courtesy call. The main purpose of his visit was to call for increased cooperation and dialogue between the USG and the Chinese Government on issues of mutual interest, [...]
2006-11-03 17:14:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP
06MADRID2855SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV,
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Stefano Marchesini, from NNSA to travel to Barcelona, Spain on November 28 to November 29. The purpose of this visit is to give a seminar on Imaging with Coherent X-Rays. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors are reminded [...]
2006-11-07 16:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP SP
06MADRID2856SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV,
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Enrique Martinez, from NNSA to travel to Barcelona, Spain on November 16 to November 26. The purpose of this visit is to meet and discuss future lines of work that will be beneficial to Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Laboratory Directed Researc [...]
2006-11-07 16:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP SP
06MADRID2857SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV,
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Avadh Saxena, from NNSA to travel to Barcelona, Spain on November 28 to December 3. The purpose of this visit is to collaborate with Professor Antoni Planes at the University of Barcelona. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Vis [...]
2006-11-07 16:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP SP
06MADRID2859SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA BARRY SMITH
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA Personnel, Barry Smith, Senior Systems Engineer, to travel to Madrid, Spain from November 27 to December 2, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to attend the EUROCAE WG-67 on voice over IP communications for Air Traffic Management. 2. Post understands [...]
2006-11-08 08:04:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR FAA IFO OTRA SP
06MADRID2860SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA KEVIN MICHAEL
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA Personnel, Kevin Michael Corker, FAA Western Pacific Region Engineer to travel to Madrid, Spain from November 13 to November 18, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to provide support for the action plans 5 & 9 Simulation Development meeting. 2. Post [...]
2006-11-08 08:05:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR FAA IFO OTRA SP
06MADRID287SPAIN: CODEL KING DISCUSSES BILATERAL
[...] Summary. A Congressional delegation headed by Representative Peter King (R-NY) met with Vice President Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega, Deputy Foreign Minister Bernardino Leon, Deputy Minister of Interior Antonio Camacho, and opposition Popular Party leader Mariano Rajoy to discuss U.S.-Spai [...]
2006-02-03 07:53:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SP
06MADRID2877PANDEMIC INFLUENZA: PREPARING FOR POSSIBLE
[...] In response to reftel request (para 10),Post has issued a management notice informing all employees and their families of the need to prepare for a potential influenza pandemic. This management notice advised employees to stockpile supplies of food, infant formula and water, and other impor [...]
2006-11-14 11:30:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC AMED KFLU KSAF KSEO TBIO SP
06MADRID2878SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NTSB, ROBERT MCKINLAY
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Robert Mckinlay Macintosh, Chief Advisor, International Safety Affairs, to travel to Madrid, Spain on November 15 to November 18. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the Civil Aviation Conference meeting of EU States' Directors of Accident Inves [...]
2006-11-14 12:41:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ASEC OTRA SP
06MADRID2879SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOT FEDERAL HIGHWAY
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Joseph Toole, DOT representative to travel to Madrid, Spain on November 19 to November 24. The purpose of this visit is to represent and attend the Executive Committee and Technology Exchange and Development Commission Meeting. 2. Post understands that [...]
2006-11-14 12:41:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY OTRA KSCA SP
06MADRID2880SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS: NEWELL
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Wayne Newell, USGS Research Geologist to travel to Madrid, Spain on November 14 to November 21. The purpose of this visit is to present a lecture to faculty of Geology at Complutemse University of Madrid. 2. Post understands that no assistance is requi [...]
2006-11-14 12:41:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY OTRA KSCA SP
06MADRID2881SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/OS EDWIN WALKER
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Edwin Walker, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Programs Administration on Aging to travel to Segovia, Spain on November 10 to November 16. The purpose of this visit is to attend the UNECE meeting. 2. Post understands that no assistance is req [...]
2006-11-14 12:41:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA KSCA SP
06MADRID2882SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA DELEGATION
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NASA delegation; Thomas Friers, Kevin Decker, Gregory Johnson, Kevin O'Toole, Jeffrey Davidson, Luis Muniz, Shannon Lynch, William Johnson, Carl Bierman, Geoffrey Roux, Phillip Baumbach, Pedro Geliga, Scott Satterlee, Robert Swann, Michael Barnes, Richard Va [...]
2006-11-14 12:41:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
06MADRID2883SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA DELEGATION
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NASA delegation; Timothy O'Brien, Gregory Johnson, Dana Geiger, Chris Hasselbring, Charles Glisson, John Summers, Robert Eberle, Dayton Reedy, Michael Potts, Terry Walker, Daniel Wells, Roy Krause, Charles Smith, Robert Marsh, Jesus Diaz, Bernard Steinmetz, [...]
2006-11-14 12:41:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
06MADRID2884SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA; ANTHONY CARRO
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Anthony Carro, from NASA Headquarters to travel to Madrid, Spain on November 14 to November 22. The purpose of this visit is to attend Robledo Station oversight meetings. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors are reminded [...]
2006-11-14 12:41:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
06MADRID2885SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR US NRC, HIPOLITO
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Hipolito Gonzalez, Materials Engineer, to travel to Madrid, Spain on November 14 to November 19. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the 10th meeting of the OECD Piping Failure Data Exchange Project. 2. Post understands that no assistance is [...]
2006-11-14 12:41:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY TECH OTRA SP
06MADRID2886SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA, THOMAS WEATHERMAN
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Thomas Weatherman, FAA Safety Inspector to travel to Madrid, Spain on December 11 to December 14. The purpose of this visit is to conduct a recertification inspection on FAA repair stations. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Vi [...]
2006-11-14 15:57:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ASEC OTRA AMGT SP
06MADRID2892SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA; MARK HOFSTADTER
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Mark Hofstadter and John Pearson, from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to travel to Madrid, Spain on November 11 to November 18. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Science with Alma Conference. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required [...]
2006-11-15 16:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
06MADRID2893SPAIN: DEPUTY FM LEON ON MIDEAST CONFERENCE,
[...] (C) Summary. In a wide ranging November 14 meeting with MFA Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Bernardino Leon, DCM reviewed the state of bilateral relations, relayed USG concerns regarding Spain's call for a new major Middle East conference, and discussed U.S. interest in stronger U.S.-Sp [...]
2006-11-15 17:20:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL IS LE SY CU SP
06MADRID2895SPAIN/HSPD-6: THEY SIGNED!
[...] Summary. In a November 15 meeting with A/S for Consular Affairs Maura Harty, Spanish Secretary of State for Security Antonio Camacho agreed to deepen information exchanges with the USG by exchanging terrorist lookout information as contemplated in Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSP [...]
2006-11-16 16:01:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PGOV PREL SP
06MADRID2909SPANISH FM MORATINOS ON SPAIN,S NEW MIDDLE EAST
[...] (C/NF) Summary: During a brief but wide-ranging meeting with Spanish Foreign Minister Moratinos November 17, Ambassador Aguirre discussed he Middle East initiative proposed by Presidents Zapatero and Chirac at their Nov. 16 meeting in Girona Spain. Ambassdor also took a call from Spanish Nati [...]
2006-11-17 17:52:00Embassy MadridSECRET//NOFORNPREL SP
06MADRID2916SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS: DIEFENBACH
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Duane Diefenbach, Research Wildlife Biologist, to travel to Sevilla, Spain on November 17 to November 24. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the Iberian Lynx seminar series on reintroduction issues. 2. Post understands that no assistance is [...]
2006-11-20 13:54:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY OTRA KSCA SP
06MADRID2924SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EPA: LINDA BIRNBAUM
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to EPA Officials, Linda Birnbaum, Division Director, and Kevin Crofton, Research Toxicologist, to travel to Valencia, Spain on December 1 to December 8. The purpose of this visit is to attend and speak at the International Conference on Food Contaminants and [...]
2006-11-21 11:02:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY OTRA KSCA SP
06MADRID2925SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF: A. BAYLOR
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Amy Baylor, NSF Official, to travel to Barcelona, Spain on December 7 to December 13. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age International Conference. 2. Post understands that no assistance [...]
2006-11-21 11:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY OTRA KSCA SP
06MADRID2926SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PAUL TUEBNER
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Paul Tuebner, USAID/HAITI Mission Director, from the Office of Caribbean Affairs, Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean, to travel to Madrid, Spain on November 22 to December 2. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Internatio [...]
2006-11-21 11:04:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
06MADRID2928SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA; DANIEL VACA
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Daniel Vaca, International Program Officer, FAA Brussels to travel to Madrid, Spain on December 8 to December 9. The purpose of this visit is to meet with ATM Security. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors are reminded th [...]
2006-11-21 12:53:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ASEC OTRA AMGT SP
06MADRID2929SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA; HOOD AND, GOULD
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Darrell Lawayne Hood, Manager, Strategic Operations Security, and Douglas Brian Gould, Manager, Stratetic Operations Security, FAA HQ to travel to Madrid, Spain on December 7 to December 8. The purpose of this visit is to represent the FAA in policy and op [...]
2006-11-21 12:53:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ASEC OTRA AMGT SP
06MADRID2947SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV,
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Rodman Linn, from Los Alamos National Laboratory, to travel to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain on December 9 to December 17. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Fire Paradox Conference. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. [...]
2006-11-27 09:14:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP SP
06MADRID2948SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC: FOJO
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Antonio Tito Fojo, Senior Investigator, National Cancer Institute, NIH to travel to Madrid, Spain on November 26 to December 2. The purpose of this visit is to speak at the Spanish National Cancer Research Center. 2. Post understands that no assist [...]
2006-11-27 09:14:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA KSCA SP
06MADRID2949SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS: COUPE, KUIVILA,
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Richard Coupe, Kathryn Kuivila, Michael Meyer and Elisabeth Scribner, USGS Research Geologists and Scientists to travel to Almeria, Spain on November 18 to November 30. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 10th Symposium on the Chemistry and Fate of [...]
2006-11-27 09:14:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY OTRA KSCA SP
06MADRID2950SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA; ERIC WEILL
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Eric Weill, Senior System Engineer, FAA HQ Washington, to travel to Madrid, Spain on November 27 to December 1. The purpose of this visit is to attend the EUROCAE WG-67 on voice over IP Communications for Air Traffic Management. 2. Post understands tha [...]
2006-11-27 12:19:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ASEC OTRA AMGT SP
06MADRID2978MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT
[...] Agriculture: Wheat product import and export 2. KIPR: pursuit of possible patent law change 3. Biotech site visit 4. Basrah Childrens Hospital funds 5. Spain Grants A&T Status to CSI Agents Agriculture: Â [...]
2006-11-30 14:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KIPR EAGR EAID TBIO SP EAIR EINV
06MADRID2983SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TREAS: KATHLEEN O'BRIEN
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Kathleen O'Brien, Special Advisor for International Affairs, Dept. of Treasury to travel to Madrid, Spain on December 11 to December 14. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Joint Forum Working Group meeting. 2. Post understands that no assistance [...]
2006-12-01 15:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
06MADRID2984SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA SARA HEAP
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NASA; Sara Heap from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center to travel to La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain on December 9 to December 16. The purpose of this visit is to attend and present at the 241st IAU Symposium Stellar Populations as Building Blocks of Galaxie [...]
2006-12-01 15:40:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
06MADRID2985SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA25/NNTRAV
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NNSA Personnel: Thomas Deforest, Rita Pool, Craig Stinson, Cody Hostick, Michael Bedke, Stephanie Clarke, Whitney Creer, and Adrian Pidlusky to travel to Madrid, Spain on December 9 to December 17. The purpose of this visit is to meet with Taiwan official [...]
2006-12-01 15:40:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
06MADRID2993A/S Shannon's November 30, 2006 meeting with Haitian PM
[...] (U) November 30, 2006; 11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.; Intercontinental Hotel, Madrid, Spain. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. WHA A/S Thomas A. Shannon USAID LAC A/A Adolfo Franco WHA/CAR Director Brian A. Nichols (notetaker) Stephanie Ragals, Interpreter Haiti Prime Minister Jacques-Edouard [...]
2006-12-04 13:09:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID EFIN KCRM UN HA
06MADRID3008SPAIN/CUBA: TITLE III OF LIBERTAD ACT
[...] (C) Spain is believed to be the largest foreign investor in Cuba, though Spanish companies avoid publishing precise data out of concern that such information will be used to further U.S. enforcement actions under the Libertad Act. Cuba is the third-largest market for Spain in Latin America, af [...]
2006-12-07 10:00:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL CU SP
06MADRID3029SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SECURITY EXCHANGE
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission: Randall Roy, Susan Yashar, and Marianne Olson to travel to Madrid, Spain on December 12 to December 17. The purpose of this visit is to attend the IOSCO Standing Committee 4 and Joint Forum Workin Group meetings. [...]
2006-12-13 13:46:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN OTRA SP
06MADRID3030SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USPTO: JESSIE ROBERTS
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to USPTO officer, Jessie Roberts to travel to Alicante, Spain on December 10 to December 14. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Trademark Trilateral Meeting. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors are reminded that bea [...]
2006-12-13 13:47:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD AORC ASEC KIPR OECD SP
06MADRID3031SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF: J MORALES
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NSF Official, Dr. Juan Morales, Program officer in the Division of Environmental Biology to travel to Tenerife, Spain on January 7 to January 14. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 3rd Biennial Conference of the International Biogeography Society. [...]
2006-12-13 13:47:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TPHY OECD EPA SP
06MADRID3032SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/FDA WILLIAM
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to William Slikker, Jr., Director, Office of the Director National Center for Toxicological Reserach, FDA, HHS to travel to Valencia, Spain on December 2 to December 6. The purpose of this visit is to speak and present at the International Conference on Food [...]
2006-12-13 13:47:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA CDC SP
06MADRID3033SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC TERRY PECHACEK
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Terry Pechacek, Associate Director for Science, NCCDPHP, HHS/CDC to travel to Bilbao and Santander, Spain on December 15 to December 17. The purpose of this visit is to present opening keynote speech in Santander and transit through Bilbao. 2. Post un [...]
2006-12-13 13:47:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA CDC SP
06MADRID3034SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA CARLOS DAVILA
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NASA; Carlos Davila from NASA's Langley Research Center to travel to Girona, Spain on December 8 to December 22. The purpose of this visit is to participate on an evaluation committee for dissertation. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required [...]
2006-12-13 13:47:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
06MADRID3035SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EPA: LES TOUART
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Les Touart, Biologist, Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances to travel to Madrid, Spain on January 21 to January 28. The purpose of this visit is to represent and present status of US efforts in the Development and Validation of Endocrine. [...]
2006-12-13 13:47:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KSCA TPHY OECD EPA SP
06MADRID3037MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT
[...] EWWT: Prestige wreck leaking fuel 2. ECON: Spain's economic situation 3. EUR/ERA Deputy Director for Econ visit to Madrid 4. EAGR: Spanish coexistence decree update 5. EAGR: Water levels/drought conditions in Spain Prestige May Be Leaking Fuel Again: Â [...]
2006-12-13 16:08:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KIPR EAGR TBIO SP EINV EWWT
06MADRID3066SPANISH NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER ON CUBA
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: In a December 1 meeting, Spanish National Security Adviser Carles Casajuana told WHA A/S Tom Shannon and the Ambassador that he would discuss a possible EU statement on the future of Cuba with President Zapatero and Foreign Minister Moratinos. END SUMMARY. 2. (C/NF) A/S To [...]
2006-12-19 17:17:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL SP CU
06MADRID3082USOSCE AMB FINLEY CONSULTS SPAIN ON ITS OSCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: USOSCE Ambassador Finley discussed Spain's plans for its upcoming OSCE Chairmanship-in-Office with Spanish OSCE Task Force Director Lopez Jorrin and his team on December 15. Finley and Lopez Jorrin discussed the importance of focusing the next OSCE ministerial on a few key issues [...]
2006-12-21 14:38:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL OSCE SP
06MADRID3093MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT
[...] ECON: Spanish economic growth 2. EAGR: Ethanol production 3. EAID: Spain sends aid to Phillippines 4. ECON: Spain to stop subsidizing energy prices 5. EAIR: New direct flight to Gibraltar 6. EAID: 700 million USD to UNDP 7. KIPR: Anti-pirating campaign Spanish Economic Growth in 2006 [...]
2006-12-27 14:37:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EAID EAGR TBIO SP EINV EWWT PREL
06MADRID3100SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS: ANDERSON AND WOOD
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Sonny Anderson, Hydrologic Technician and Molly Wood, Hydrologist to travel to Barcelona, Spain on January 23 to January 30. The purpose of this visit is to meet with Spain integrated ocean observations system partners to discuss common issues and potentia [...]
2006-12-28 12:58:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA PHYTRP KSCA ECON SENV SP
06MADRID3101SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA/NOS CARL GOULDMAN
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration employee Carl Gouldman, Observing System Specialist to travel to Madrid, Spain on January 18 to January 23. The purpose of this visit is to meet with Spain integrated ocean observations system partners to disc [...]
2006-12-28 12:58:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
06MADRID3102SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. JENSEN
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NIH Senior Investigator Dr. Samuel Scheiner from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH to travel to Barcelona, Spain on January 9 to January 12. The purpose of this visit is to attend a planning session of Advances in Ne [...]
2006-12-28 12:58:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO OTRA SP
06MADRID3103SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF: SCHEINER
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to NSF Official; Dr. Samuel Scheiner, Program Director in the Division of Environmental Biology to travel to Madrid and Tenerife, Spain on January 8 to January 14. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 3rd Biennial Conference of the International Biogeog [...]
2006-12-28 12:58:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KSCA OTRA NSF SP
06MADRID3106SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA FLIGHT INSPECTION
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to FAA flight inspection personnel; Christopher Lenckus, Pilot, Don Dewitt, Technician, John Hodges, Support, and Edward Lucke, pilot to travel to Rota, Spain on January 17. The purpose of this visit is for certification of navigation aids and/or instrument f [...]
2006-12-28 15:13:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
06MADRID3111SPAIN: CAR BOMB DETONATES AT MADRID AIRPORT
[...] (SBU) Summary. A car bomb detonated at 9 a.m. Madrid local time on December 30 in a public parking garage outside of Terminal 4 at Madrid's Barajas International Airport. Minister of Interior Rubalcaba said that one person is missing and several were lightly injured. Rubalcaba expressed his c [...]
2006-12-30 14:15:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC CASC PGOV SP
06MADRID32SPAIN'S MEASURED WELCOME OF EVO MORALES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Bolivian President-elect Evo Morales met in Madrid on January 4 with the King, President Zapatero, the Foreign and Industry Ministers, and business leaders. The GOS focused Morales' visit on economic issues, including Spanish energy company Repsol's billion dollar investment in [...]
2006-01-05 16:04:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SP BO
06MADRID41Investment Climate Statement, Spain
[...] Openness to Foreign Investment A. The socialist (PSOE) government of Spain that assumed office in March 2004 is interested in attracting foreign investment. There have been no significant changes in Spain's regulations for investment and foreign exchange under the new government. Spanish [...]
2006-01-10 16:34:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN KTDB SP USTR OPIC
06MADRID516SIXTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP)
[...] (SBU) Following is Embassy Madrid,s input for the Sixth Annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Embassy POC is Political Officer Tim Dougherty, tel. (34) 91 587-2294. Staff hours spent in preparation of this report includes the following: Political Counselor - FE-OC: 3 hours Deputy [...]
2006-03-01 18:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM ELAB KCRM KFRD PREF SP KWMN SMIG ASEC
06MADRID568FM MORATINOS ON SYRIA, VENEZUELA, MAGHREB
[...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos on March 2 for discussion of Venezuela's bid for a UNSC seat, developments in Iran and Syria, Spain's reported plans to sell arms to Libya, and Spain's desire for deeper USG engagement in North Africa. Moratinos indi [...]
2006-03-07 17:28:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP
06MADRID621AMBASSADOR SHIRIN TAHIR-KHELI'S VISIT TO SPAIN
[...] (C) Summary. During her two-day visit to Madrid, Ambassador Shirin Tahir-Kheli, Senior Advisor to the Secretary on UN Reform, met with Spanish National Security SIPDIS Advisor Carles Casajuana, MFA Director General for International Organizations Arturo Laclaustra, and MFA Director General for For [...]
2006-03-14 09:37:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL KUNR UN SP
06MADRID76SPAIN/VENEZUELA: REACTION TO DENIAL OF LICENSE FOR
[...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos on January 12 to advise him of the USG decision to deny the Spanish technology transfer license request related to the sale of Spanish aircraft to the Venezuelan government. Moratinos expressed frustration, saying it would [...]
2006-01-12 17:06:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP
06MADRID779SPAIN: AMBASSADOR,S MEETING WITH FM MORATINOS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-31 10:26:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SP UN
06MADRID780AMBASSADOR,S MEETING WITH FORMER PRESIDENT FELIPE
[...] (C) Former Spanish President Felipe Gonzalez told Ambassador Aguirre March 24 that the ETA ceasefire represents the "best chance ever" for ending ETA violence once and for all. Gonzalez, still one of the leading luminaries of the Spanish Socialist Party, but not in the inner circle of current [...]
2006-03-31 10:50:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER SP IR RS WI MO AG AE
06MADRID857SPAIN: ZAPATERO ANNOUNCES SURPRISE CHANGES TO
[...] (SBU) Summary. In a surprise announcement April 7, President Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero named new Defense, Interior and Education Ministers. Jose Bono is out as Defense Minister, to be replaced by Jose Antonio Alonso who moves over from his post as Interior Minister. Current Socialist spokesman i [...]
2006-04-07 15:48:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SP
06MADRID933SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL HASTINGS
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Rep. Alcee Hastings, President, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA) and Ms. Vanessa Griddine, Administrative Assistant from April 18 to 20, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to attend mee [...]
2006-04-17 15:32:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AMGT OREP AFIN OSCE SP
06MADRID958INVITATION TO THE SECRETARY FOR IBERO-AMERICAN
[...] (U) Post received the following letter to the Secretary from Enrique Iglesias, Ibero-American Secretary General, on April 17. This letter, along with enclosed Concept Document, have also been sent as e-mail attachments to the Spain desk. Begin text. Madrid, April 6th 2006 Dr. Condoleez [...]
2006-04-19 14:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SMIG SP
06MANAGUA1002NICARAGUA'S MOST WANTED PART I: THE CRIMES OF
[...] (SBU) In preparation for the November 2006 national elections in Nicaragua, post has developed three "rap sheets" on the records of Daniel Ortega, the Sandinista party (FSLN) and Arnoldo Aleman, highlighting their systematic crimes and abuses. The rap sheets contain short summaries of the crime [...]
2006-05-05 15:56:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM KCRM SOCI ECON EAID NU
06MANAGUA1003NICARAGUA'S MOST WANTED PART II: THE CRIMES OF THE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-05 17:17:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM KCRM SOCI ECON EAID NU
06MANAGUA1004NICARAGUA'S MOST WANTED PART III: THE CRIMES OF
[...] (SBU) This is the third and final cable in a series summarizing the crimes and abuses of power committed by Nicaragua's corrupt party bosses and their associates. The first cable focused on Daniel Ortega and his family, the second highlighted the abuses of the FSLN, both while in power in th [...]
2006-05-05 17:53:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM KCRM SOCI ECON EAID NU
06MANAGUA1023EX-NICARAGUAN MOD BIDDING ON REGIONAL UNDP ARMS
[...] (C) Poloff met with local UNDP official Felipe Molina on May 5 to discuss the UNDP's five-year, $5 million project to reduce small arms in Central America. Molina explained that the plan will cover "all types of weapons transportable by one person" -- including MANPADS. "Arms in poor countrie [...]
2006-05-09 22:18:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPARM MARR PREL NU
06MANAGUA1043IP ENFORCEMENT FUNDING PROPOSAL FOR NICARAGUA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Working with a broad range of Nicaraguan partners, Post has developed a proposal for the intellectual property (IP) enforcement funding outlined in REFTEL A. While the Government of Nicaragua (GON) has recently taken several encouraging actions related to strengthening IP protec [...]
2006-05-11 18:37:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR KCRM ABUD AFIN SNAR ECON ETRD
06MANAGUA1105NICARAGUA: DEMOCRACY PROMOTION PROGRESS REPORT
[...] (C) Summary: This cable update's post's democracy promotion strategy submitted in October and reviewed in December 2005 (refs B and C). Now that the executive will in all likelihood remain in place through the end of President Bolanos' term, we must focus on the results of Nicaragua's nationa [...]
2006-05-19 19:05:00Embassy ManaguaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PINR PREL KDEM KCOR NU
06MANAGUA1184MISKITO CASE NEEDS SUPPPORT TO MOVE FORWARD
[...] (C) During a May 30 meeting with Polcouns and Poloff, Raymond Genie and Marcos Carmona from the Nicaraguan Permanent Human Rights Commission (CPDH) outlined their current activities and plans for their investigation into atrocities committed against the Miskito population during the 1980s Sand [...]
2006-06-02 18:34:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR KDEM ECON SENV EFIN NU
06MANAGUA119CPDH HUMAN RIGHTS NGO REVIEWS EFFORTS TO HOLD FSLN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Leaders of the Nicaraguan Permanent Human Rights Commission (CPDH),a prominent human rights NGO, have informed the Ambassador that they are moving forward with two projects to hold Sandinista (FSLN) leaders accountable for abuses of power committed in the 1980s. They are also i [...]
2006-01-23 15:24:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KCRM NU
06MANAGUA1192CREATIVE PROPERTY FRAUD IN NICARAGUA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Nicaragua's long history of uncertain land tenure and a corrupt judicial system continues to undermine real property rights and perpetuate the instability of land tenure. Recent cases (amounting to extremely creative fraud) demonstrate how deceptive real estate manipulation p [...]
2006-06-05 15:47:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV KIDE ECON CVIS NU
06MANAGUA124NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS REGIONAL REPORTING: JINOTEGA
[...] (C) Summary: Conversations with political, religious, and economic leaders in Jinotega department reveal an affinity across the Liberal spectrum for dissident presidential candidate Eduardo Montealegre, although Liberal leaders acknowledged that local campesinos -- the majority of the populati [...]
2006-01-23 20:56:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA12512006 EXPROPRIATION REPORT: NICARAGUA
[...] This cable provides proposed language for the Nicaragua chapter of the 2006 Report on Investment Disputes and Expropriation Claims. Embassy will send comprehensive annex with details of confiscated property claims by June 10, as requested in Ref A. ---------------------------- Property Co [...]
2006-06-08 21:27:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV KIDE ECON USTR NU
06MANAGUA1309NICARAGUAN PARTICIPATION AT INTERNATIONAL RED
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-14 22:22:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL PHUM ICRC AORC IS NU
06MANAGUA131MANAGUA NOMINEE: SPRING 2006 FSN ECONOMIC TRAINING
[...] In response to reftel, Post nominates Economic Specialist Jadia Y. Lopez for participation in PE 220 FSN Economic Training and PE 222 Trade Agreement Monitoring and Implementation. Information on the nominee is keyed to reftel paragraph 8. A. Jadia Y. Lopez, FSN grade 10 B. DOB: February [...]
2006-01-24 15:14:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDECON AMGT AFSI AFSN ETRD NU
06MANAGUA134NICARAGUA SUPPORTS EU-3 AND USG POSITIONS ON IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-24 16:13:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL IR EU AORC NU
06MANAGUA1344NICARAGUAN CIVIL AVIATION BILL IN 'HOLDING PATTERN'
[...] (U) Summary: In this election year, a proposed civil aviation bill is stuck in a holding pattern in the Nicaraguan General Assembly. The bill, which was approved in general in 2004 but is still awaiting a second vote on individual articles, would bring Nicaragua into compliance with Internati [...]
2006-06-19 19:55:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON NU
06MANAGUA1359VERIFICATION SUCCESSFUL, BUT CSE NOTES SOME
[...] (U) Summary: With over 45 percent of eligible Nicaraguan voters estimated to have verified their status and location on the official voters list (padron),the Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) proclaimed the two-weekend verification process a success. This assessment was supported by observers f [...]
2006-06-20 21:59:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA1383SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF STATE DEPARTMENT
[...] (S) Summary/Introduction: Your visit to Nicaragua allows you to reiterate U.S. opposition to the Sandinista (FSLN)-Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) pact and assure the Nicaraguan people that we share their desire for free, fair, credible, and inclusive elections. Your presence will also co [...]
2006-06-23 17:16:00Embassy ManaguaSECRETPGOV PREL PINR PHUM MARR MOPS KDEM ECON EFIN
06MANAGUA1423EU LIKELY TO SEND OBSERVATION MISSION FOR
[...] (SBU) The European Union Commission official heading the EU election observation exploratory mission to Nicaragua, Andrew Bruce, gave a presentation to the Elections Donor Group on the parameters of a possible EU electoral observation mission (EOM). Although the mission will not conclude unti [...]
2006-06-29 18:55:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM OAS EU NU
06MANAGUA1429AMBASSADORS SHARE ELECTION CONCERNS WITH A/S
[...] (C) Summary: A group of ambassadors resident in Nicaragua, most of whom are contributing funds to election efforts, shared their conviction with A/S Shannon on June 26 that a thorough international observation effort is necessary to prevent fraud during the November 5 national elections. The [...]
2006-06-30 16:35:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM NU
06MANAGUA1438MANAGUA INL REPORT FOR OCT-MAR, FY 2006
[...] (U) Summary: Over the last six months, INL supported Nicaraguan Navy and Police operations have resulted in substantial seizures and arrests. According to DEA statistics, 9.3 kilos of heroin, 1,538.6 kilos of cocaine and 52 kilos of marijuana were seized. Nicaraguan authorities arrested 41 [...]
2006-07-03 18:24:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR NU KJUS
06MANAGUA1505ASSISTANT SECRETARY SHANNON,S MEETING WITH MFA
[...] (C) Summary: On June 26, A/S Shannon discussed with Foreign Minister Norman Caldera election concerns and the OAS' role, the Hugo Chavez factor, and how best to "stop the clock" on constitutional changes due to go into effect in January 2007. Caldera believed the OAS and other observers sho [...]
2006-07-10 16:29:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA1519IRI-EXECUTED HRDF PROJECT TRAINS NEW POLITICAL LEADERS AND ELECTION MONITORS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 28, Foreign Affairs Officer and FSN met with International Republican Institute (IRI) Program Officer Ivania Vega, and with Academic Director William Genet and General Manager Jorge Luis Ayestas of American College to discuss progress on the Nicaragua portion of the "Reg [...]
2006-07-11 13:58:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL NU KCRM KDEM KWMN
06MANAGUA1524FOREIGN MINISTER CALDERA TO A/S SHANNON: IT IS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a June 27 lunch he hosted for A/S Shannon, Foreign Minister Norman Caldera predicted that Central America would sign a free trade agreement with the European Union within the next three years. Caldera touched on the recent free trade agreement between Nicaragua and Taiw [...]
2006-07-11 15:30:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA1552REMOTE RIO SAN JUAN HAS MUCH UNDEVELOPED POTENTIAL
[...] (U) Summary: During a June 21 to 23 trip to the remote Nicaraguan department of Rio San Juan, poloff and political specialist met with political, business, and religious leaders to discuss economic and social conditions in the area. We learned that the economy is largely based on the exploita [...]
2006-07-14 19:49:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID PGOV SOCI NU
06MANAGUA1572MRS CANDIDATE JARQUIN: "WE ARE THE RESPONSIBLE
[...] (C) Summary: New MRS presidential candidate Edmundo Jarquin assured Ambassador that he will continue deceased candidate Herty Lewites' strategy of pursuing "responsible" social and economic policies and a productive relationship with the USG. Jarquin admitted that he struggles with name recog [...]
2006-07-18 22:36:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA1609EFFORTS TO ERADICATE CHILD LABOR IN NICARAGUA
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On June 14, Foreign Affairs Officer and POL Intern met with Bertha Rosa Guerra, International Labor Organization (ILO) Nicaragua National Coordinator for the International Program for the Elimination of Child Labor (IPEC). Guerra believes that due to recent coordinated efforts [...]
2006-07-24 20:03:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KDEM KCRM KWMN NU
06MANAGUA1678SCENE SETTER FOR CODEL BURTON/DAVIS
[...] (U) Summary: Post welcomes the members of Codel Burton/Davis to Nicaragua and has developed an agenda that addresses the Codel's interest in discussing the upcoming elections with major political parties, registering bi-partisan support for free, fair and transparent election process, and witn [...]
2006-07-31 22:22:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON OVIP KDEM NU
06MANAGUA1695NICARAGUA: PROVISIONAL RESPONSE TO DRAFT LIMITED
[...] Embassy received the following diplomatic note in response to reftel. As stated in the note, the GON has not yet completed internal consultations, but Ministry of Foreign Affairs contacts do not predict any major difficulties. Post has faxed a copy of the note to WHA/CEN will report final GON [...]
2006-08-04 15:29:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PARM MARR NU
06MANAGUA177VICE MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT PRESSES FIGHT AGAINST
[...] (U) On January 24, polcouns and poloff met Vice Minister of Government Deyanira Arguello to discuss the status of various GON efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP). As Vice Minister of Government, Arguello has the primary responsibility for overseeing all GON anti-trafficking programs. Sin [...]
2006-01-25 14:32:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB NU
06MANAGUA1839NICARAGUA ELECTIONS UPDATE
[...] (C) Summary: With only two an a half months left before the Nicaraguan national elections on November 5, the Liberals remain divided and the Sandinista dissidents are running low on funds. Five parties continue to contest the elections with the following candidates: Daniel Ortega (Sandinista [...]
2006-08-22 21:52:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA188NICARAGUA WILL PRESS PANAMA AND COSTA RICA ON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-26 16:55:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL MARR MCAP NU
06MANAGUA1953FSLN GOVERNMENT PLAN, PART I
[...] SUMMARY: The Sandinista Front for National Liberation's (FSLN) government plan for the upcoming election promises a world of social programs and "quick fixes" to real problems while ignoring past statements and actions. FSLN presidential candidate Daniel Ortega expanded the plan and made his [...]
2006-09-06 17:00:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA1961MRS: "WE WANT TO BRING ORTEGA DOWN"
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS) spokesperson Israel Lewites (Herty Lewites' nephew) recently asserted to polcouns that the MRS is the only viable option for the 2006 election. Lewites believes that the MRS can capture some of the traditional Sandinista (FSLN) vote, enough t [...]
2006-09-06 22:33:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA1990CAFTA SUCCESS STORIES: "NICARAGUA'S ON TOP"
[...] (U) Trade statistics and investor interest support the view that CAFTA-DR is having an immediate and positive effect on the Nicaraguan economy since coming into effect on April 1. Dramatic increases in exports have been logged, though one has to take the seasonal nature of agriculture into ac [...]
2006-09-11 22:57:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EAGR EINV ECIN ECON NU
06MANAGUA20STATE AND USAID POLICY PLANNING DIRECTORS VISIT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In their joint visit to Nicaragua, State Director of Policy Planning Stephen Krasner and USAID Assistant Administrator for Policy and Program Coordination Douglas Menarchik made clear that State, USAID and the White House are considering ways to reduce the complexity of U.S. fo [...]
2006-01-05 21:09:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALEAID ECIN ETRD PGOV NU
06MANAGUA2044NICARAGUA: ENSURING DEMOCRATIC CONTINUITY IN THE
[...] (S) INTRODUCTION: Our election priorities in Nicaragua have not changed since our February 24 update (Ref. D): support clean, fair, credible, and inclusive national elections; keep Nicaragua on the democratic path; and, end the Ortega-Aleman pact's control of the political system. Our four-p [...]
2006-09-18 19:45:00Embassy ManaguaSECRETPREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2051NICARAGUA: THE OTHER POWER CRISIS
[...] (U) Summary: For the past four weeks the power sector in Nicaragua has been locked in crisis. At the center of the maelstrom is the electricity distributor,s inability to pay its power producers. With national elections only months away, resultant blackouts have taken on an important politic [...]
2006-09-18 21:43:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON PGOV NU
06MANAGUA2065UPDATED SCENE SETTER FOR CODEL BURTON
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Post welcomes the members of Codel Burton to Nicaragua and has developed an agenda that addresses the Codel's interest in discussing the upcoming elections with major political parties, registering bi-partisan support for a free, fair and transparent election process, and visiting [...]
2006-09-19 23:54:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON OVIP KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2093SCENESETTER FOR SECDEF RUMSFELD
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Post welcomes the Secretary of Defense, the Honorable Donald Rumsfeld, to Nicaragua for attendance at the Seventh Defense Ministerial of the Americas. In conjunction with the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Minister of Defense of Nicaragua and the United States Defense A [...]
2006-09-22 16:44:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MARR OVIP KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2096NICARAGUAN INSTITUTE OF CIVIL AVIATION CORNERSTONE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-22 21:51:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR EFTA ETRD DOT FAA NU
06MANAGUA2136ISRAEL LEWITES OPTIMISTIC OF MRS CHANCES
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-27 20:50:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALKDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA2158MONTEALEGRE TELLS CODEL HE'S NICARAGUA'S BEST
[...] (C) Summary: Congressman Burton, the Ambassador, and DCM met with Eduardo Montealegre, Adolfo Arguello, and Mario Rapacciolli on 23 September to discuss the progress of Montealegre's presidential campaign, the strength of his Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) party, and the corrosive effects [...]
2006-09-29 21:53:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALKDEM NU PGOV PINR
06MANAGUA2180ALN PLANNING FOR A ROUGH ROAD AHEAD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Drawing on Emboffs' recent meetings with various members of the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN),this cable provides a comprehensive view of where the party stands five weeks before election day. Although most local polls continue to show Eduardo Montealegre as the second-stro [...]
2006-10-03 17:43:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALKDEM NU PGOV PINR
06MANAGUA2192PRIVATE SECTOR WORRIED ABOUT ORTEGA WIN, BUT STILL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Nicaraguan private sector is in general agreement that an Ortega presidency would have a negative impact on the economy, but its attitude toward the election and supporting the various candidates varies. Individual businesspersons appear unwilling to risk investing significan [...]
2006-10-04 15:33:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALKDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA2195OAS UPDATES ELECTION POSTURE
[...] (C) POL TDYers met on 29 September with OAS country electoral mission coordinator Patricio Gajardo to discuss the OASQ observation mission and election procedural issues. Gajardo noted that the Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) had announced final numbers for the number of registered voters an [...]
2006-10-04 17:26:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALKDEM NU PGOV PINR
06MANAGUA220OAS SENIOR POLITICAL ENVOY READS THE RIOT ACT TO
[...] (C) Summary: OAS senior political envoy John Biehl has placed stringent conditions on the Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) to enable the OAS to participate in Nicaragua's March and November elections. In his recent visit to Managua, Biehl clarified that CSE's invitation for OAS observation of [...]
2006-01-30 22:27:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALKDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR
06MANAGUA2211NICARAGUA OPPOSES NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST,
[...] (U) This cable responds to reftel and contains an action request in para 2. 2. (C) On October 5, Ambassador delivered reftel points to Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Norman Caldera, suggesting that the fact the Nicaraguan government (GON) maintains diplomatic relations with North Korea could [...]
2006-10-05 23:22:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPREL KN PARM KNNP NU
06MANAGUA2222ADVANCING MCA GOALS: THE VISIT OF CEO JOHN
[...] (U) Summary. Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) CEO John Danilovich visited Nicaragua September 20-22 to meet with MCC-Nicaragua board members and staff, inaugurate MCC-Nicaragua projects, and participate in the launch of the first Investor Summit for West Nicaragua with President Enrique [...]
2006-10-06 23:24:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EFIN EAGR ETRD ELTN ECON KMCA NU
06MANAGUA224PLC WRESTS PLUM COMMISSIONS FROM FSLN IN NATIONAL
[...] (U) Weeks after the official date of the Nicaraguan National Assembly's annual re-incorporation of its Junta Directiva and commissions, the deputies finally appointed the new heads of the commissions. The PLC allied with the minority caucuses (bancadas) to wrest control of two important commi [...]
2006-01-30 23:09:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2264NICARAGUA "PERFECTLY IN LINE" WITH USG CONCERN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-11 23:48:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPREL KN PARM KNNP
06MANAGUA2277DETAILS ON THE PROCESS OF THE ELECTRONIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: POL TDYer recently met with officials from the local phone company (Enitel) and the Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) to seek clarification on the process whereby the vote tallies will be electronically submitted to the CSE on election day. Each of Nicaragua's 158 municiaplities w [...]
2006-10-13 21:30:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALKDEM NU PGOV PINR
06MANAGUA23BOLANOS CONFIDENT HE CAN DEMAND KEY LEGISLATION
[...] (C) Summary: In a recent breakfast meeting on January 4, Nicaraguan President Enrique Bolanos told the Ambassador that he could obtain agreement on key legislation during negotiations for the upcoming elections for the National Assembly's Executive Board ("Junta Directiva"). Such legislation [...]
2006-01-05 23:19:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON KDEM SOCI OAS NU
06MANAGUA230EMBASSY MANAGUA SUBMISSION FOR INCLE-FUNDED
[...] Embassy Managua submits the following law enforcement anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) project proposal for INCLE funding by G/TIP. While the Ministry of Government's proposal is broadly similar to its previous (2005) proposal, this year's submission is much more tightly focused on addressin [...]
2006-01-31 16:42:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB PREL SMIG ASEC NU
06MANAGUA2338UCA PRESIDENTIAL POLL -- A PACT PLAY ON THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The University of Central America (UCA) released a poll October 18 showing Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) presidential candidate Daniel Ortega with a clear lead followed at a distant second by Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) candidate Jose Rizo as part of its "El [...]
2006-10-20 21:29:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALEAID KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA2366NICARAGUAN PRESIDENTIAL POLLS -- MORE NUMBERS,
[...] (C) (SBU) SUMMARY: The most recent Nicaraguan presidential polls still point to the likelihood of a runoff in the November 5 presidential election. From poll to poll the candidates have gained and lost percentage points, but Sandinista Liberation Front (FSLN) candidate Daniel Ortega has mai [...]
2006-10-25 15:54:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALEAID KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA2377 NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS: THE SCENE ON THE GROUND TEN
[...] (C) SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION: With ten days remaining before Nicaragua's November 5 elections, three presidential candidates are scrambling to convince voters that they are best suited to beat Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) candidate Daniel Ortega. Ortega remains the frontrunner in [...]
2006-10-25 22:46:00Embassy ManaguaSECRETPREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2383NICARAGUA: LETTER TO USTR SCHWAB FROM TRADE
[...] (U) On October 19, the Embassy received a letter in Spanish dated October 16 and addressed to U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab from the Minister of Trade, Industry, and Development Alejandro Arguello. We offer the following English translation to speed communication while we forward the [...]
2006-10-26 15:41:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAGR WTO NU
06MANAGUA2384NICARAGUA: RESPONSE TO LATIN AMERICA-CARIBBEAN
[...] (U) Summary: Nicaragua,s energy sector is heavily dependent upon imported oil for electricity production. High oil prices and poor regulation of the energy sector have left electricity producers and distributors with empty pockets and consumers without electricity. Nicaragua's climate and so [...]
2006-10-26 15:57:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG SENV ECON PREL PGOV NU
06MANAGUA2428NICARAGUA: IMF NERVOUS ABOUT POSSIBLE ORTEGA WIN
[...] (C) Summary: In an October 24 meeting with the Ambassador, IMF Resident Representative Humberto Arbulu-Neira confessed that he was nervous about an Ortega win, predicting a negative and contentious relationship between Nicaragua and the IMF should this happen. Arbulu-Neira thought that Ortega [...]
2006-11-01 16:56:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PGOV NU
06MANAGUA243NICARAGUAN CENTRAL BANK HOSTS DEBT RELIEF EVENT
[...] (U) Summary: On January 20, 2006, with the encouragement of the Ambassador, Nicaraguan Central Bank President Mario Alonso invited resident G8 and other donor country Ambassadors to a well-attended press conference to showcase debt relief. Alonso devoted half of his regular monthly economic p [...]
2006-02-01 15:09:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN IMF PREL NU
06MANAGUA2432NICARAGUA: OPIC CEO MOSBACHER PROMOTES FUNDS FOR
[...] (U) Summary. Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) President and Chief Executive Officer Robert Mosbacher, Jr. visited Managua on October 18 to announce five OPIC-sponsored investment funds and lending programs available for Nicaragua. In a day-long series of high-level meetings and [...]
2006-11-01 22:33:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ECON ECIN NU
06MANAGUA2434DORA MARIA TELLEZ CONCERNED ABOUT FRAUD, POSSIBLE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS) National Assembly deputy candidate Dora Maria Tellez is concerned about election fraud and the possibility of a Sandinista Liberation Front (FSLN) victory. She believes that the FSLN will resort to fraud to ensure a first-round victory for D [...]
2006-11-02 00:38:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALEAID KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA2450NICARAGUA: ORTEGA SIGNS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PLEDGE
[...] (U) Summary. On November 1, FSLN presidential candidate Daniel Ortega became the fourth presidential candidate to sign the Nicaraguan Chamber of CommerceQs pledge, entitled "Ten Basic Points on Governance and Economic Development." Chamber President Jose Adan Aguerri signed on behalf of the Ch [...]
2006-11-03 19:17:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EIND EINV ETRD NU
06MANAGUA2453VENEZUELAN DIESEL SALES - NOT MUCH BEEF
[...] (SBU) Summary: As of October 24, Venezuela delivered two shipments of diesel fuel to Nicaragua. The first delivery of 84,000 gallons eventually went to mayors for local distribution and sale. Five Managua bus cooperatives agreed to buy the second phantom shipment of 800,000 gallons in exchan [...]
2006-11-03 20:26:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ECON PGOV EINV NU
06MANAGUA2459SIT REP 1 - NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS
[...] (U) Summary: With the Liberal vote split between the Liberal Nicaraguan Alliance (ALN) and the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC),Sandinista Liberation Front (FSLN) presidential candidate Daniel Ortega appears to be the likely victor in Nicaragua's November 5 national elections. The latest r [...]
2006-11-06 18:46:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2463NICARAGUAN LIQUIDITY STRATEGIES COVER JITTERS BUT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Until September, Nicaraguan bank depositors defied expectations by keeping their money in Nicaragua, with pre-election jitters only manifesting themselves in September. By October 31, deposits had dropped 4.6% from their August peak of USD 2.2 billion. To cover heavier than u [...]
2006-11-07 18:35:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV NU
06MANAGUA2470VIEWS ON ORTEGA VICTORY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) and Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS) contacts are resigned to Sandinista Liberation Front (FSLN) presidential candidate Daniel Ortega's victory and many blame his win on the Liberal Constitutional Party's (PLC) disinformation campaign against [...]
2006-11-08 20:32:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2474NICARAGUA: POST'S INPUT FOR THE 2007 NATIONAL
[...] This cable transmits post's input for the 2007 National Trade Estimate Report on Nicaragua. Per reftel instructions, post transmitted this information via e-mail on November 7 to USTR/Gereffi and Blue, STATE/WHA/CEN/Schiffer and Kopolow, and STATE/EB/TPP/Clarkson and Lampron. TRADE SUMMARY [...]
2006-11-08 23:52:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON EFIN EINV NU
06MANAGUA2492ONCE UPON A NICARAGUAN ELECTION: TALES OF A U.S.
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The U.S. Embassy community contributed 46 observers to the international force on November 5th. Traveling to each of Nicaragua's 17 departments, observer teams left by plane and automobile early on Saturday the 4th. Their collective experiences paint a colorful picture of Nicarag [...]
2006-11-09 22:50:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA2518THE TORTOISE AND THE HARES -- WHY ORTEGA WON THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) candidate Daniel Ortega won Nicaragua's presidential election after surpassing the low 35% threshold required to win on the first round and with 4 percentage points below what he received in the 2001 race. While the lion's share of the [...]
2006-11-14 23:02:00Embassy ManaguaSECRETPREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2531SIT REP 6 - NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) has released final results for the presidential and provisional results for the congressional elections amidst complaints from the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN),Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS) and some observer groups that these talli [...]
2006-11-17 00:08:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2546SIT REP 8 - NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS
[...] (U) Summary: The deadline for political parties to submit formal complaints regarding the vote count has passed. The OAS has noted some anomalies in the National Assembly race, but claims they were mostly resolved. According to an analysis of the election observation effort presented by the [...]
2006-11-20 23:27:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2567SIT REP 9 - NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) certified today the final elections results for the presidential election, officially declaring Daniel Ortega of the Sandinista Liberation Front (FSLN) president-elect with 37.99 percent of the vote and confirming Eduardo Montealegre of the Li [...]
2006-11-22 23:55:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2584NICARAGUA: INTEROCEANIC CANAL PROPOSALS MIRED IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: In early October, President Bolanos unveiled the "Grand Interoceanic Canal for Nicaragua (GNIC)" project, a proposed $18 billion, 172-mile long, trans-isthmus "wet canal." The GNIC will compete with three more modest "dry canal" proposals also under consideration. The most adva [...]
2006-11-27 21:32:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECIN EIND ELTN EWWT NU
06MANAGUA2599NICARAGUA: ZOILAMERICA NARVAEZ VOWS TO CONTINUE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Zoilamerica Narvaez, the stepdaughter of Nicaragua's president-elect Daniel Ortega and daughter of future first lady Rosario Murillo, remains committed in her quest to bring justice to the case of alleged sexual abuse by her stepfather during the 1980s, and of the failure of the [...]
2006-11-29 22:32:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALKDEM KWMN NU PGOV PREL
06MANAGUA2608A/S SHANNON'S MEETING WITH NICARAGUAN
[...] (C) Summary: In his cordial yet measured meeting with WHA Assistant Secretary of State Thomas Shannon, Nicaraguan President-elect Daniel Ortega of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) stated his desire for "productive relations" with the USG. Ortega discussed his plans to fight pov [...]
2006-11-30 22:58:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR ECON EAID KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2611ELECTION OUTCOME -- THE WAY FORWARD
[...] (C) INTRODUCTION/SUMMARY: Sandinista Liberation Front (FSLN) President-elect Daniel Ortega realizes that our recognition of his minority government is critical to the continuation of our assistance programs, much-needed foreign investment, and to some degree, the policies of the internationa [...]
2006-12-01 16:02:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2614ASSISTANT SECRETARY SHANNON'S MEETING WITH MFA
[...] (C) Summary: On November 28, Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon discussed with Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Norman Caldera the outcome of Nicaragua's November national elections, predictions for the Ortega government and its regional implications, and Caldera's future plans. While Caldera be [...]
2006-12-01 18:03:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2616A/S SHANNON'S MEETING WITH BUSINESS LEADER KRUGER
[...] (U) Summary: On November 28, Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon, Ambassador Paul Trivelli, and Nicaraguan business leader Erwin Kruger briefly discussed a broad spectrum of post-election business and political topics relevant to President-elect Ortega's upcoming presidency, including the frai [...]
2006-12-01 21:01:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALECON KDEM PGOV PREL NU
06MANAGUA2617BOLANOS TO A/S SHANNON: "WE HAVE TO CORRAL ORTEGA"
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a November 28 lunch hosted for Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon, President Bolanos and his advisors shared their insights and concerns about an Ortega presidency and outlined the key points of a liberal opposition strategy. President Bolanos opined that Ortega has littl [...]
2006-12-01 22:24:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON KDEM NU PGOV
06MANAGUA2624 AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES NEXT STEPS WITH FSLN
[...] (C) Summary: Following up on Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon's recent meeting with President-elect Daniel Ortega (Ref. B),Ambassador, DCM and polcouns met with Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) Foreign Affairs Secretary Samuel Santos to discuss next steps in our bilateral relat [...]
2006-12-04 14:32:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2625ALN EMERGES AS DEMOCRATIC ALTERNATIVE
[...] (C) Summary: The Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance's (ALN) second place finish to the FSLN in the November 5 presidential elections broke a 16-year political party duopoly in Nicaragua and thrust to the forefront an organization committed to democratic change. The election results and recognition b [...]
2006-12-04 14:53:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2691FSLN TRANSITION TEAM SEEKS SOCIAL INVESTMENT,
[...] (U) Summary: Ambassador and country team members recently presented an overview of USG programs and their parameters to President-elect Daniel Ortega's transition team. The Ambassador reiterated our commitment to working with a democratic Nicaraguan government that supports open markets and [...]
2006-12-13 20:18:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA270NICARAGUA: COFFEE IS CAPRICIOUS KING IN JINOTEGA
[...] (U) Summary: The economy of the northern Nicaragua department of Jinotega is almost entirely dependent on one crop: coffee. The international price of coffee drives the fortunes of the region, and a poor transportation infrastructure inhibits the development of other industries. The shaky eco [...]
2006-02-03 23:40:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB EAGR PGOV SOCI NU
06MANAGUA2717NICARAGUA KICKS OFF "CALL AND LIVE" ANTI-TRAFFICKING CAMPAIGN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Inter American Development Bank (IDB),the International Organization for Migration (IOM),the Ricky Martin Foundation, and UNICEF launched the Nicaraguan "Llama y Vive" (Call and Live) anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) campaign December 6 with the participation of the Minist [...]
2006-12-19 19:02:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREL
06MANAGUA2725FSLN ACCORD WITH PRN PRESIDENT TALAVERA PROMISES
[...] (C) Summary: The September 15 accord that Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) leader/President-elect Daniel Ortega signed with Nicaraguan Resistance Party (PRN) President Salvador Talavera includes the formation of a autonomous and decentralized National Peace and Reconciliation Coun [...]
2006-12-20 14:43:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2741DISCUSSIONS ON NEXT STEPS WITH FSLN INTERMEDIARY
[...] (C) Summary: During Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) Foreign Affairs Secretary Samuel Santos' recent meeting with DCM and polcouns, he confirmed his appointment as Foreign Minister and requested to meet with State Department officials in Washington before President-elect Daniel Or [...]
2006-12-21 16:12:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KDEM ECON ENGR MARR PTER NU
06MANAGUA275NICARAGUA ONE STEP CLOSER TO CAFTA RATIFICATION:
[...] (SBU) Summary: Denis Salgado, Nicaragua,s Director General of Animal and Plant Health, told Econoffs on February 2 that the Ministry of Agriculture (MAGFOR) has found the U.S. meat and poultry inspection system &equivalent8 to the Nicaraguan inspection regime. This essential step for entry i [...]
2006-02-06 16:02:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ETRD NU
06MANAGUA277GON WILL RE-SEND REQUEST FOR DOMINICAN ASSISTANCE
[...] (C) The Nicaraguan government will re-send its June 2005 Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) request for Dominican assistance in the money laundering investigation of ex-President Arnoldo Aleman. This time the request will be accompanied by a GON diplomatic note to the Dominican Foreign Min [...]
2006-02-06 16:25:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KCRM KCOR DR NU
06MANAGUA32RAMIRO CONTRERAS ESCOBAR: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR
[...] (SBU) The following comments are submitted in response to A EB/IFC/OIA request for additional details to supplement previously submitted Reftel C. 2. (SBU) Composition of Magnum Company: Corporacion Nucleos Urbanos Magnum, S.A. ("Magnum") ownership is divided equally among Barreto's fa [...]
2006-01-06 16:49:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIDE CVIS ECON EINV NU
06MANAGUA344GOVERNMENT, PRIVATE SECTOR AND UNIONS BATTLE FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nicaragua's government, private sector, and unions all realize that the preferential Tariff Preference Levels (TPLs) for textiles accorded to the country in the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) mean money and power, and they are engaged in an ongoing struggle to de [...]
2006-02-13 14:15:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB EFIN PGOV PREL ETRD KTEX NU
06MANAGUA38NICARAGUA WILL PUSH FOR MEASURED RESPONSE TO U.S.
[...] (SBU) During a meeting on January 6, Foreign Minister Norman Caldera informed the Ambassador that the GON will urge participants in the January 9 meeting in Mexico to respond in a cautious, measured manner to the U.S. immigration proposals passed by the House of Representatives. After the Amba [...]
2006-01-09 22:22:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON SMIG NU
06MANAGUA390GON PUSHING FOR CENTAM UNITY BEHIND GUATEMALA TO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-17 21:25:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPREL UN UNSC GT VE DR NU
06MANAGUA399NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS REGIONAL REPORTING: BOACO
[...] (C) Summary: On February 10, Property Officer and LES Lawyer visited Boaco, the rural capital of the Department of Boaco, located just to the north and east of Managua, to discuss upcoming elections with local leaders. While individuals differed on the merits of presidential and legislative [...]
2006-02-21 17:25:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALKDEM NU PGOV SOCI
06MANAGUA411INFORMATION FOR NICARAGUA SPECIAL 301 REVIEW
[...] (SBU) Summary. Nicaragua is not currently placed on any Special 301 list, and post recommends maintaining this status. This recommendation is offered in spite of the fact that there remains room for improvement on legal structure and judicial attitudes, and that the Dole Food Company has wri [...]
2006-02-22 14:32:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ECON ETRD NU
06MANAGUA418NICARAGUA 2006 ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (SBU) During the 2005-2006 reporting period, Nicaraguan government has made important progress in all areas of its fight against Trafficking in Persons (TIP),including prevention and detection, victim assistance, and prosecution of traffickers. Nicaraguan police dismantled two major traffick [...]
2006-02-23 14:28:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB NU
06MANAGUA432SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF STATE DEPARTMENT
[...] (S) Summary: Your visit to Nicaragua allows you to reiterate U.S. opposition to the PLC-FSLN pact and assure the Nicaraguan people we share their desire for free, fair, credible, and inclusive elections. Your engagement will also facilitate progress on CAFTA-DR implementation and MANPADS des [...]
2006-02-24 22:54:00Embassy ManaguaSECRETKDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL ECON ETRD MARR
06MANAGUA435EMBASSY MANAGUA ENDORSES MODIFIED OPDAT ANTI-TIP
[...] In reftel B, Embassy Managua submitted an anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) project proposal to the Department that focuses on strengthening the capacity of the Ministry of Government to fight trafficking. Subsequently, post learned that the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Overseas Pro [...]
2006-02-27 14:12:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB PREL SMIG ASEC NU
06MANAGUA440IMPASSE ON DBCP LAWSUITS UNDER NICARAGUA'S SPECIAL
[...] (C) Summary: In Embassy,s view, the only way out of the current impasse over Special Law 364, which targets U.S. companies in Nicaragua for past use of the pesticide DBCP on banana plantations, is through a negotiated political resolution. However, such a resolution will be very difficult to obtain [...]
2006-02-27 21:53:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALEINV ETRD KIDE KIPR CVIS PREL BEXP NU
06MANAGUA45NICARAGUA FEELING HEAT FOR PRO-WHALING POSITION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nicaragua's largest daily newspapers have recently published articles critical of the country's pro-whaling votes in the International Whaling Commission (IWC). The Executive Director of the National Fisheries Agency (ADPESCA) told ECONOFF that he has consequently become the ta [...]
2006-01-11 00:19:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV IWC EFIS NU
06MANAGUA514NICARAGUA SUPPORTS "FRIENDS GROUP" TO PROMOTE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-08 17:49:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPREL UN UNSC GT VE DR NU
06MANAGUA519INVESTIGATION OF FSLN ABUSES HAS ORTEGA ON THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The CPDH human rights organization has completed its initial trip to the Atlantic coast to investigate and document 1980s Sandinista human rights abuses in the region. The group's initial findings received widespread media attention immediately prior to the March 5 Atlantic coa [...]
2006-03-08 20:46:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KCRM NU
06MANAGUA576NICARAGUA'S CAFTA ENVIRONMENTAL & LABOR PROJECT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-14 22:17:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ETRD SENV
06MANAGUA579FSLN FOREIGN AFFAIRS CHIEF CLAIMS ORTEGA SEEKS
[...] (C) Summary: Sandinista (FSLN) foreign affairs advisor Samuel Santos insists that Daniel Ortega seeks positive, constructive relations with the U.S. government. Santos decried to polcouns, poloff, and visiting INR analyst on March 13 the USG's "loss of interest" in its American neighbors, wh [...]
2006-03-14 23:45:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALKDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR
06MANAGUA599EMBASSY MANAGUA REQUEST FOR TDY FOR GREG MAGGIO
[...] (U) Embassy Managua strongly endorses a proposed three-week TDY for Greg Maggio of DRL/CRA to Nicaragua in June 2006. Post has established a close, effective working relationship with Greg while collaborating on the 2005 Human Rights Report and numerous cases of Nicaraguan asylum applicants. [...]
2006-03-15 21:58:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALAPER PHUM NU
06MANAGUA643INDIGENOUS REGIONAL PARTY CONTESTS ELECTION
[...] (SBU) The Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) decided in favor of indigenous regional party Yatama on March 18, ruling that the party won 13 seats in Nicaragua's Northern Autonomous Region (RAAN) election instead of the previously reported 12. Yatama leaders contested the election results in the [...]
2006-03-22 20:42:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL
06MANAGUA648TOURISM MAKES RIVAS ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL
[...] (U) The southern Nicaraguan department of Rivas has capitalized on its natural beauty and relatively well developed transportation infrastructure to build an economy increasingly based on tourism. During the civil war of the 1980s, Rivas was not a battleground, but a refuge, and the departmen [...]
2006-03-23 14:37:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV ELAB PGOV SOCI NU
06MANAGUA708ZOILAMERICA NARVAEZ SEEKS USG HELP IN HER IACHR
[...] (C) This cable includes an action request. See paragraph 8. 2. SUMMARY: (C) On March 24, DRL PDAS Jonathan Farrar and poloffs met Zoilamerica Narvaez, the daughter of Rosario Murillo and the step-daughter of Daniel Ortega, to discuss Narvaez's ongoing complaint against the Nicaraguan sta [...]
2006-03-28 21:13:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KCRM USOAS KWMN NU
06MANAGUA710CPDH FINDS MORE EVIDENCE OF SANDINISTA 1980S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Between March 14-23, representatives of the Nicaraguan Permanent Human Rights Commission (CPDH) NGO carried out the second of three planned trips to Nicaragua's Atlantic Coast to document charges of crimes against humanity and genocide brought against Sandinista leaders for acts [...]
2006-03-29 14:42:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KCRM NU
06MANAGUA715LEON: SANDINISTA BASTION WELCOMES AMBASSADOR, MCC
[...] (C) Summary: During Ambassador's recent trip to Leon department, the upcoming November national elections were on the tongues of all interlocutors. The cradle of Liberalism, intellectual Leon is now a Sandinista (FSLN) bastion, with ten of its eleven mayors in the department FSLN militants. [...]
2006-03-30 22:55:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALKDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KMCA EFIN ECON
06MANAGUA721CHONTALES, NICARAGUA: WHERE CATTLE AND LIBERALS
[...] (U) Summary: The Department of Chontales is renowned for its cattle and Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) members. Forty percent of all cows in this cattle nation are raised in this small region, wedged between Lake Nicaragua to the West and the Autonomous Southern Atlantic Region (RAAS) to th [...]
2006-03-31 14:27:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV ELAB PGOV SOCI NU
06MANAGUA725AMBASSADOR MEETS LOCAL ISLAMIC LEADERS, WHO
[...] (C) NOTE: The meetings described below that included the Palestinian Ambassador to Nicaragua took place prior to the receipt of reftel A by Embassy Managua. Prior to the Palestinian Ambassador's February courtesy call on the Ambassador and the subsequent March 28 breakfast with local Islamic [...]
2006-03-31 18:08:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL PTER KIRF NU
06MANAGUA726NICARAGUA SEEKS USG SUPPORT FOR ITS CANDIDATE FOR
[...] On March 23, post received a diplomatic note from the Foreign Ministry dated March 21 stating that the government of Nicaragua (GON) will present former Foreign Minister Alejandro Montiel Arguello as a candidate for the United Nations International Law Commission for the period 2007-2011 when [...]
2006-03-31 18:45:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL UNGA NU
06MANAGUA728AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PLC MAYORS AND PRIVATE SECTOR LEADERS IN JINOTEGA
[...] (C) Summary: After speaking at a CAFTA workforce briefing, touring a milk products plant certified by the FDA, and inaugurating a USAID-sponsored vegetable packing plant in the northern Nicaraguan department of Jinotega, Ambassador took the opportunity to meet with a group of PLC mayors and the Jin [...]
2006-03-31 23:08:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA763NICARAGUA SEEKS USG SUPPORT FOR MEMBERSHIP IN U.N.
[...] On March 31, post received a diplomatic note from the Foreign Ministry dated March 31 stating that the government of Nicaragua (GON) will present Nicaragua as a candidate for membership of the United Nations Human Rights Council when voting for membership takes place in the U.N. General Assemb [...]
2006-04-06 14:53:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PREL UNGA NU
06MANAGUA780NICARAGUAN TRADE IN LARGE NUMBERS OF UNDERSIZED
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the past month, Nicaraguan law enforcement has seized a total of 10,000 illegal undersized lobsters from two tanker trucks. Yet another vehicle, thought to contain thousands more, managed to slip past the police. While officials are confident that they will obtain convictio [...]
2006-04-07 19:38:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIS PHSA SENV NU
06MANAGUA806VISAS DONKEY: REQUEST FOR CORRUPTION 212(F) VISA
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Embassy is seeking a security advisory opinion under section 212 (f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, proclamation 7750, suspending the entry into the United States of Tomas Eduardo Cortez Mendoza, born in Nicaragua on November 30, 1971. Cortez is curre [...]
2006-04-10 20:24:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALCVIS PREL PGOV KCOR KCRM EFIN NU
06MANAGUA833VISAS DONKEY: REQUEST FOR CORRUPTION 212(F) VISA INELIGIBILITY FINDING--DAVID EUGENIO ROBLETO LANG
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Embassy is seeking a security advisory opinion under section 212 (f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, proclamation 7750, suspending the entry into the United States by David Eugenio Robleto Lang, born in Nicaragua on November 26, 1957. David Robleto is [...]
2006-04-17 18:23:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALCVIS PREL PGOV KCOR KCRM EFIN NU
06MANAGUA835NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS REGIONAL REPORTING: MATAGALPA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 30, Property Officer and LES Lawyer visited Matagalpa, capital of the northeastern Nicaraguan Department of Matagalpa, to discuss upcoming national elections with local business, political and civil society leaders and to gauge their views on the prospect of free and [...]
2006-04-17 18:38:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALKDEM NU PGOV SOCI
06MANAGUA863THE GLOVES ARE OFF -- MONTEALEGRE TO RUN ON OWN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Now that it is clear that the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) will neither participate in multi-party primaries nor sideline Arnoldo Aleman (reftel),Eduardo Montealegre and his National Liberal Alliance-Conservative Party (ALN-PC) are determined to run on their own. In Ambas [...]
2006-04-19 22:19:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALKDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL EAID KCOR PHUM
06MANAGUA883NICARAGUA BOLSTERS CENTAM SUPPORT FOR GUATEMALA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-21 23:45:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPREL UN UNSC GT VE DR PM NU
06MANAGUA937NICARAGUAN CIVIL AVIATION BILL CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF
[...] (SBU) Nicaraguan National Assembly (NA) legislators confirm that the NA plans to vote on a civil aviation bill next week. The bill passed on first reading in 2004, but the required second vote on individual articles has languished. Econoff discussed the bill with airline officials and the Nic [...]
2006-04-28 23:03:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON WHA CEN NU
06MANAGUA943FOREIGN MINISTER CALDERA ASSURES DAS MADISON HE
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Norman Caldera recently told DAS Madison, USAID's DAA Magan, and Ambassador that he will continue hammering Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez and Sandinista (FSLN) leader Daniel Ortega on their false accusations of U.S. intervention in Nicaragua's internal affairs [...]
2006-05-02 14:45:00Embassy ManaguaSECRETEAID ECON EFIN KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL MOPS
06MANAGUA944MONTEALEGRE TO DAS MADISON: A VOTE FOR RIZO IS A
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Eduardo Montealegre of the National Liberal Alliance (ALN) predicts that at least four presidential candidates will compete in November's presidential race. He told visiting DAS Kirsten Madison, USAID DAA Mike Magan, and Ambassador that ultimately Nicaraguans must vote for or a [...]
2006-05-02 14:45:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA964MOVING CLOSER TO MANPADS DESTRUCTION?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Conversations with representatives of the different political parties represented in Nicaragua's National Assembly reveal a claimed willingness from all sides to approve the destruction of another 651 MANPADS (leaving Nicaragua with an official stock of 400 MANPADS). Nicaraguan [...]
2006-05-03 14:38:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PARM KDEM SOCI
06MANAGUA967VISIT TO NICARAGUAN DEPARTMENTS OF LEON AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: During their April 25 visit to the departments of Leon and Chinandega, DAS Kirsten Madison and USAID DAA Mike Magan repeated the USG's commitment to strengthening democracy, the rule of law and economic growth in Nicaragua, and explored the views of local business and political [...]
2006-05-03 16:09:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID ECON ETRD KDEM NU PGOV SOCI
06MANAGUA969LEWITES WARNS DAS MADISON THAT AN ORTEGA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In Sandinista (FSLN)-dissident Herty Lewites' April 24 meeting with DAS Madison, USAID DAA Mike Magan, and Ambassador, Lewites warned that if FSLN leader Daniel Ortega wins the November elections, Ortega will impose a dictatorship on the Nicaraguan people and assume total contro [...]
2006-05-03 18:51:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAMA1000DIPLOMATIC NOTE NAMING BAHRAINI OFFICIALS FOR
[...] (U) This is an action request; see para 3. 2. (C) Post received the following diplomatic note on June 3, 2006, from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Begin Text: Ref: 19/1/15-69076 Date: June 3, 2006 Confidential and Urgent SIPDIS The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdo [...]
2006-06-07 13:34:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER BA BILAT CTR
06MANAMA1040BAHRAINIS REACT TO AL ZARQAWI'S DEATH
[...] (C) Privately, all Bahrainis we have been in touch with, whether Sunni or Shi'a, have expressed satisfaction with the death of Al Zarqawi. Public reactions have broken down along mostly sectarian lines. Shi'a Bahrainis, who represent some 70 percent of the country's citizens, expressed their [...]
2006-06-13 12:23:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER BA IZ REGION CTR
06MANAMA1084CITIBANK MOVES REGIONAL OFFICE FROM BAHRAIN TO
[...] (C) Summary. Citibank earlier this month transferred its regional headquarters from Bahrain to Dubai. Although the move received little attention here, Citibank Middle East Managing Director Mohammed Al-Shroogi, a prominent Bahraini and Shura Council member, told the Ambassador that the move [...]
2006-06-18 11:57:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALETRD BA ECTRD REGION
06MANAMA1101GOB FEELS PRESSURE ON REMAINING GUANTANAMO
[...] (C) Activity in support of the remaining three Bahrainis detained at Guantanamo Bay increased following the recent suicides. Anti-U.S. MP Mohamed Khalid said he holds the U.S. Administration responsible for the deaths and called Guantanamo a "U.S. Nazi prison." Former detainee Abdulla Majid [...]
2006-06-19 14:40:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER BA BILAT CTR POL
06MANAMA1116GOVERNMENT COMMITTEES WARN NEWSPAPERS ABOUT
[...] (C) Several Embassy media contacts have told Emboffs that the government recently formed two committees designed to monitor the content of print and broadcast media in Bahrain. The chairman of the board of the independent daily Al Wasat received a letter from one of the committees complaini [...]
2006-06-21 11:17:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KMPI KDEM BA POL REFORM HUMRIT
06MANAMA1163FOREIGN MINISTER FLAGS HARM DONE BY GTMO ISSUE
[...] (S) The Ambassador June 25 delivered Ref A diplomatic note concerning the proposed visit of Bahraini security officials to GTMO to Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa. The Minister thanked the Ambassador for the response and said he would get back to us on proposed travel det [...]
2006-06-28 11:59:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL KAWC PTER OPDC BA BILAT CTR OFFICIALS
06MANAMA117NDI MOVE TO REGULARIZE ITS STATUS PROVOKES PRESS
[...] (C) The MEPI-funded National Democratic Institute (NDI) project's efforts to negotiate with the Bahrain Institute for Political Development (BIPD) to regularize its status in Bahrain have prompted considerable coverage in the local press. While all papers have featured mostly factual reporti [...]
2006-01-25 15:32:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM KMPI PGOV KPAO BA POL REFORM
06MANAMA1197BAHRAIN CONDEMNS ISRAELI ACTIONS IN GAZA
[...] (C) The Bahraini Cabinet, Foreign Minister, and parliament all condemned Israel's attacks on Gaza, arrest of officials and parliamentarians, and destruction of infrastructure in separate statements over the past few days. The statements focused on perceived Israeli violations of internationa [...]
2006-07-03 14:50:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL ASEC BA IS REGION
06MANAMA1205FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS PUBLICLY THAT GTMO OBSTACLE
[...] (U) All newspapers July 5 covered statements by Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa at a press conference in which he called for the release of the three remaining Bahraini detainees at Guantanamo and characterized the detention facility as an "obstacle" in bilateral relations [...]
2006-07-05 09:57:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALKAWC PTER PREL BA BILAT CTR
06MANAMA1214FINANCES, FAST TRACK, AND FISTICUFFS: BAHRAIN'S
[...] (C) The lower house Council of Representatives (COR) July 2 approved a BD 3.79 billion 2007-08 two-year budget following the government's invocation of a fast-track procedure that required the COR to act within 15 days of receiving the draft bill. It now moves to the upper house Shura Counci [...]
2006-07-05 12:53:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EFIN BA POL ECTRD
06MANAMA1277FRACTIOUS IRAQI PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION VISITS
[...] (C) Summary. A diverse group of Iraq parliamentarians, led by Speaker Mashadani, visited Bahrain July 9-11, meeting with a range of officials, parliamentarians, and business leaders. Before visiting Bahrain, the delegation stopped in Iran, where they found a confident Iranian leadership that [...]
2006-07-12 15:12:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL BA IZ REGION
06MANAMA1288TFLE01: ISRAEL-LEBANON: KING'S STATEMENT AND
[...] (C) Developments in Lebanon dominate the news in Bahrain, with focus on Bahrainis in Lebanon, statements by Hezbollah leader Nasrallah, and high-level diplomacy with the visit of Jordan's King Abdullah. King Hamad issued a statement July 14 urging an avoidance of risks and actions that affect [...]
2006-07-15 13:22:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BA REGION
06MANAMA1305TFLE01: LEBANON-ISRAEL-PALESTINE FURTHER REACTION
[...] (U) The Cabinet released a statement July 16 calling for international intervention to halt Israeli military operations and to resolve the conflict through dialogue away from "miscalculated escalation." The King continued diplomatic outreach through a call with Prime Minister Siniora and a v [...]
2006-07-17 12:06:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BA REGION POL
06MANAMA1317TFLE01: PUBLIC PROTESTS, EMOTIONAL STATEMENTS ON
[...] (C) Between five and 15 thousand men, women, and children marched July 18 to express their support for Lebanon and Hizballah. Protesters chanted pro-Hizballah and anti-American statements. Leading Shia political society Secretary General Shaikh Ali Salman spoke at the rally SIPDIS statin [...]
2006-07-19 13:24:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER BA REGION POL
06MANAMA1327DIPLOMATIC NOTE REGARDING THE TRANSFER OF BAHRAINI
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-22 13:42:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPTER KAWC PREL BA BILAT CTR
06MANAMA1329TFLE01: BAHRAIN TEMPERATURE RISES ON LEBANON AND
[...] (C) Activity on the streets has increased with several protests over the Bahraini weekend July 19-21, including the first directed at the U.S. Embassy. Approximately 300 individuals attempted to march towards the Embassy July 21, but were stopped by security personnel several blocks away. Wh [...]
2006-07-22 14:47:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC PTER BA POL REGION
06MANAMA1363GOB PROPOSED DATE FOR SECURITY DELEGATION TO GTMO
[...] (U) This is an action request; see para 3. 2. (S) Post received the following diplomatic note July 25, 2006, from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Begin Text: Ref: 19/1/5-72857 Date: July 25, 2006 Secret SIPDIS The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Bahrain pres [...]
2006-07-26 14:13:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL KAWC PTER OPDC CTR BILAT BA
06MANAMA1366BAHRAINI SHIA MPS URGE CONTINUED EMBASSY ROLE
[...] (C) Shia MPs Mohamed Al Alshaikh and Shaikh Abdulla Al A'ali met with the Ambassador July 24 and urged the Embassy to continue to support Bahrain's democratic reform. Shaikh Abdulla expressed the wish they could have accomplished more for the people, but said that their four years of service [...]
2006-07-29 09:27:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER BA REGION CTR POL REFORM
06MANAMA137BAHRAIN: REACTION TO HAMAS VICTORY
[...] (U) The press reported January 29 that King Hamad, Prime Minister Shaikh Khalifa, and Crown Prince Shaikh Salman each sent telegrams to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas Political Bureau Chief Khalid Mashaal praising them on the success of the parliamentary elections. They also co [...]
2006-01-30 13:10:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KDEM BA OFFICIALS REGION
06MANAMA1391TFLE01: GOB CONDEMNS QANA BOMBING, PUBLIC ACTIVE
[...] (C) The PM's Cabinet expressed July 30 its strong condemnation of the Qana bombing and urged the international community to intervene to stop the bloodshed of innocent civilians. While still relatively low-key and orderly, the number of public events has increased, including plans by leading [...]
2006-07-31 13:43:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC PTER BA REGION POL
06MANAMA1473TFLE01: BAHRAINIS RALLY, RAISE MONEY IN SUPPORT
[...] (C) The conflict in Lebanon continues to move Bahraini citizens and political, religious, and civil society organizations into action in support of the people of Lebanon and Hizballah. With the notable exception of some hard-line Salafis, most segments of Bahraini society are united in their [...]
2006-08-09 09:30:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC EAID BA LE REGION POL
06MANAMA1513BAHRAINIS REACT WITH JOY AND RELIEF TO END OF
[...] (C) Bahrainis have greeted the implementation of a cessation of violence in Lebanon with joy and relief - joy at what many view as Hizballah's "historic victory" and relief that they are no longer viewing daily images of Lebanese civilian casualties and destruction. The Cabinet August 13 rel [...]
2006-08-15 16:27:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC PTER BA REGION POL
06MANAMA1559BAHRAINIS RAISE FUNDS FOR LEBANON; HIZBALLAH
[...] (C) Bahrain's media have been filled with stories about efforts to deliver financial and material assistance to the Lebanese people in the aftermath of implementation of the cessation of hostilities. The government has donated $5 million to the local Lebanon Fund and $1 million to UNICEF. Th [...]
2006-08-23 14:31:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID EFIN PTER BA LE IS REGION POL
06MANAMA1574PRIME MINISTER STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF VISIBILITY
[...] (C) Bahrain would like to host more high-level American visitors in Bahrain, Prime Minister Shaikh Khalifa told the Ambassador in their August 26 meeting. "For us to be seen seeing each other is a very useful deterrent," he said, and helps protect Bahrain's security, stability, and developmen [...]
2006-08-27 08:14:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD EINV BA REGION BILAT POL
06MANAMA1594BAHRAIN'S 2006 UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY DELEGATION
[...] (SBU) Head of State King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa will not attend the UNGA. 2. (SBU) Head of Government Shaikh Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa will not attend the UNGA. 3. (SBU) The head of Bahrain's delegation to the UNGA will be Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed bin Mohammed Al [...]
2006-08-30 10:12:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OTRA OVIP UNGA ASEC BA ROW
06MANAMA1596CROWN PRINCE STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF IDEAS IN WAR
[...] (C) Crown Prince Shaikh Salman told the Ambassador August 29 that he was pleased with the August 1 implementation of the U.S.-Bahrain free trade agreement (FTA). He proposed that the Bahrain Navy join one of the coalition task forces coordinated out of Bahrain, in particular CTF-150, which o [...]
2006-08-30 13:14:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MARR MOPS ETRD BA REGION BILAT
06MANAMA1615BAHRAIN: DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF CAIRO ARAB LEAGUE
[...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief September 3 delivered reftel demarche concerning the Cairo Arab League Ministerial to MFA Assistant Under Secretary for Coordination and Follow Up Shaikh Abdul Aziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa. Shaikh Abdul Aziz pledged to pass the information to Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid b [...]
2006-09-05 08:57:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL BA REGION ROW
06MANAMA1634SCENESETTER FOR CROWN PRINCE'S SEPTEMBER 12 VISIT
[...] (C) Crown Prince Shaikh Salman bin Isa Al Khalifa will visit Washington September 12, his first official trip to the U.S. since March 2006. His visit comes six weeks after the implementation of the U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement, and soon after a concerted effort by the senior-most members [...]
2006-09-07 12:33:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR MOPS BA REGION BILAT
06MANAMA164AMBASSADOR'S FEBRUARY 4 MEETING WITH PM SHAIKH
[...] (C) In their February 4 meeting, Prime Minister Shaikh Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa and the Ambassador discussed Ashoura processions and the appearance of posters of foreign Shia leaders, rule of law, Commerce Secretary Gutierrez's upcoming visit, and U.S.-Bahrain free trade agreement (FTA) [...]
2006-02-06 09:36:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON ETRD BA BILAT OFFICIALS ECTRD POL
06MANAMA1669GOVERNMENT DENOUNCES POPE'S COMMENTS ON ISLAM
[...] (U) The Ministry of Islamic Affairs September 15 issued a statement on behalf of the government denouncing the Pope's remarks about Islam, saying such declarations have bad repercussions on human unity. There should be mutual respect among all people, regardless of their faith. Muslims have [...]
2006-09-18 14:04:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL PGOV PHUM ASEC BA REGION
06MANAMA1700BAHRAINIS TELL COMMERCE DELEGATION THEY ARE
[...] (C) Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce Vineyard's September 12-14 visit to Bahrain served to celebrate the August 1 implementation of the U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement (FTA),the first with a Gulf country. Vineyard stated that the agreement enables the bilateral commercial relationsh [...]
2006-09-25 14:19:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON EINV PREL BEXP BA BILAT ECTRD
06MANAMA1728"BANDARGATE" REPORT ALLEGES SENIOR POWER BROKER
[...] (C) A recently leaked report written by a former strategic advisor for Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Shaikh Ahmed bin Attiyatallah Al Khalifa alleges that Shaikh Ahmed engaged in a complex conspiracy to influence the outcome of upcoming parliamentary elections in favor of friendly Sun [...]
2006-09-28 13:42:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM BA POL
06MANAMA1827SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY HUGHES' OCTOBER
[...] (C) We warmly welcome your October 31-November 1 visit to Bahrain. Your trip comes at an important moment in promotion of the freedom agenda in Bahrain, with parliamentary and municipal elections to be held November 25 and December 2. Of the 221 candidates standing for election to parliament, [...]
2006-10-22 15:24:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL SCUL PGOV OEXC KMPI BA POL REFORM
06MANAMA1828CROWN PRINCE OUTLINES REGIONAL CHALLENGES WITH
[...] (C) CENTCOM Commander General Abizaid October 11 met with Crown Prince Shaikh Salman and discussed Iraq, Iran, the war of ideas in the Middle East, and Bahrain's upcoming elections. On Iraq, the CP said that the United States should adopt a "less forward-leaning position" and allow Iraqi for [...]
2006-10-24 11:33:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS MASS BA IR IZ REGION BILAT
06MANAMA183Bahrain Guantanamo Media Update: "They promised us
[...] Summary: Bahrain's newest Arabic daily recently completed a six-part series of exclusive interviews with former Guantanamo detainee Adel Kamel Abdulla Al Haji, who was returned from Guantanamo along with two other detainees in November. The exposes have given the greatest space and detail so [...]
2006-02-09 07:23:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PREL PGOV BA CTR BILAT
06MANAMA1849KING HAMAD SUPPORTS GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE
[...] (S) King Hamad October 18 told the interagency Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD) delegation that he wants to work with the U.S. on creating a new comprehensive defense strategy for the region in light of recent developments. He commended the U.S.'s bilateral approach to each of the GCC states and [...]
2006-11-01 07:51:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL MARR PARM BA IR REGION BILAT OFFICIALS
06MANAMA1866KING UNMOVED BY NDI EFFORT TO RETURN TO BAHRAIN
[...] (C) Summary. National Democratic Institute (NDI) Chairman Madeleine Albright visited Bahrain October 28 in an effort to find a way for NDI to resume its activities in Bahrain. She received a warm welcome -- both officially and unofficially -- but was unable to achieve a breakthrough on a retur [...]
2006-11-02 08:32:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL BA BILAT POL REFORM
06MANAMA1890CROWN PRINCE, U/S HUGHES DISCUSS IMPORTANCE OF
[...] (C)Crown Prince Salman told Under Secretary of State Hughes November 1 that Bahrain stands ready to enance the bilateral relationship and will support ny initiative that furthers both countries' natinal interests. The phenomenon of "death cult" etremists presents a challenge to moderates in [...]
2006-11-07 06:22:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL SCUL PGO OEXC KMPI BA POL REFORM
06MANAMA1903BAHRAINI ENGAGEMENT ON IRAQ: WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO?
[...] (S) As the only Arab country other than Iraq that has a Shia majority population, Bahrain is very worried about the situation in Iraq and watches closely for signs that increased sectarian tensions and violence in Iraq could spill over into Bahrain. To become more actively engaged with Iraq, [...]
2006-11-08 09:20:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL MARR MOPS BA IZ REGION
06MANAMA1908U/S HUGHES, ISLAMIC AFFAIRS MINISTRY DISCUSS
[...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 10. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) In a discussion with senior Ministry of Islamic Affairs officials November 1, U/S Hughes sought to elicit ideas for continued cooperation to broaden the reach of the message of religious tolerance and to [...]
2006-11-09 05:59:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL OEXC OIIP PTER KISL BA OFFICIALS
06MANAMA1915FOREIGN MINISTER CITES MILITARY COOPERATION AS
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa told the Ambassador November 6 that Bahrain's participation in the late October Proliferation Security Initiative Leading Edge was a sign of the strength of the U.S.-Bahrain relationship. He noted that Iranian Foreign Minister Motakki h [...]
2006-11-13 12:13:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS PHUM KDEM ETRD BEXP BA REGION
06MANAMA192BAHRAINIS CALL FOR BOYCOTT, NOT VIOLENCE, IN
[...] (SBU) Despite being angry and bewildered by the Danish newspaper's publication of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed, Bahrainis have reacted in a relatively restrained manner compared with others in the region and Muslim world. Both Sunni and Shia Bahrainis have participated in entirely peacef [...]
2006-02-13 12:19:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KISL KPAO BA POL ROW
06MANAMA1925BAHRAIN: UPDATE ON RATIFICATION OF ARTICLE 98
[...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief November 13 raised the status of Bahrain's ratification of the Article 98 agreement with MFA Assistance Under Secretary for Coordination and Follow Up Shaikh Abdul Aziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa. Shaikh Abdul Aziz said there had been no further forward progress on ratificatio [...]
2006-11-14 13:43:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL BA BILAT
06MANAMA1938DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER ADDRESSES FTA, NDI, ELECTIONS
[...] (C) In their November 9 meeting, Deputy Prime Minister Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak agreed with the Ambassador's suggestion that the GOB should launch a roadshow led by a senior official to promote the U.S.-Bahrain free trade agreement in the United States. Regarding NDI, Shaikh Mohammed said [...]
2006-11-16 12:34:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD KDEM KMPI BA BILAT OFFICIALS
06MANAMA1953CANDIDATES FOCUS ON LOCAL ISSUES WHILE SPECTER OF
[...] (C) Two hundred seven candidates are contesting Bahrain's parliamentary elections to be held November 25 and December 2. In the run-up to the elections, campaign tents, posters and billboards have blossomed around the country and candidates host events nightly for constituents to get to kno [...]
2006-11-22 13:08:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PHUM KISL BA POL REFORM
06MANAMA1989FOREIGN MINISTER TELLS NAVY SECRETARY U.S. IS
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid November 26 welcomed Secretary of the Navy Winter to Bahrain and thanked him for SIPDIS all the United States does to promote stability and security in the region, saying the U.S. is Bahrain's "number one ally and friend." Referring to the U.S.-Bahrain fr [...]
2006-12-03 12:00:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS BA REGION BILAT OFFICIALS
06MANAMA2009SHURA COUNCIL APPOINTED; TEN WOMEN, POLITICAL
[...] (C) The King December 5 issued a decree appointing the 40 members of the upper house Shura Council. Twenty-three of the appointees are returning members while 17 are new to the Shura, although two of the newcomers previously served as deputies in the elected lower house Council of Representa [...]
2006-12-07 12:44:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PHUM PREL KISL KWMN BA POL
06MANAMA2031MINOR RESHUFFLE BRINGS SOME NEW BLOOD INTO CABINET
[...] (C) The new Cabinet announced by Prime Minister Shaikh Khalifa December 11 brings in five new ministers, changes the portfolio of four existing ministers, and drops three others. Of the 23 ministers, 11 are from the ruling Al Khalifa family with the remaining twelve evenly split between Sunni [...]
2006-12-12 15:10:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BA POL
06MANAMA2046U.S.-BAHRAIN FTA: TRADE, INVESTMENT BOOMING, BUT
[...] (SBU) The U.S. - Bahrain Free Trade Agreement (FTA) entered into force on August 1, 2006 amid a period of booming U.S. trade with the region. A number of U.S. companies, including Tactics Middle East, Microsoft, Westpoint Home, Kraft, and others have announced substantial new ventures, many o [...]
2006-12-14 13:29:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON EINV PREL BEXP BA BILAT ECTRD
06MANAMA2051BAHRAIN: DELETION OF CRS ANNEX IN AIR TRANSPORT
[...] (U) Further to the 2004 GOB agreement in principle (Ref. B),and in response to August 30 subject demarche (Ref. A) delivered by EconOff, the MFA conveyed its tentative agreement November 2 to the deletion of the Computer Reservation Systems (CRS) Annex of the U.S. - Bahrain Air Transport Agre [...]
2006-12-19 11:34:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR KTIA BA BILAT
06MANAMA2060FOREIGN MINISTER COVERS REGIONAL ISSUES WITH
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid told the Ambassador December 14 that Iranian Foreign Minister Mottaki had used "typically harsh" language in his speech at the December 8-10 IISS conference in Bahrain. When asked why the King had met with Mottaki, Shaikh Khalid said that the GOB had not re [...]
2006-12-20 11:12:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL BA REGION BILAT OFFICIALS
06MANAMA2085FOREIGN MINISTER TELLS AMBASSADOR THAT GCC PLUS
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid and the Ambassador December 28 discussed next steps in the GCC Plus Two mechanism, Iraq, Omani Minister Bin Alawi's visit to Bahrain, Somalia, the status of U.S. Navy dependents, and Guantanamo, among other issues. Shaikh Khalid urged that the GCC Plus Two [...]
2006-12-29 07:04:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL BA REGION OFFICIALS
06MANAMA236ISLAMIC AFFAIRS UNDER SECRETARY SUPPORTS ENHANCED
[...] (C) The Ambassador called on Islamic Affairs Under Secretary Dr. Fareed Muftah February 7 to discuss cultural SIPDIS exchanges and religious issues in Bahrain. Muftah characterized the October 2005 visit of Georgetown University Chaplain Imam Yahya Hendi as "very effective" in promoting c [...]
2006-02-19 14:00:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL SCUL OEXC KPAO KISL KIRF BA REFORM OFFICIALS BILAT
06MANAMA238SCENESETTER FOR COMMERCE SECRETARY GUTIERREZ'S
[...] (C) Mr. Secretary, we warmly welcome your February 26-28 visit to Bahrain. Interest in doing business with the United States is at a peak with recent ratification by both countries' legislatures of the U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement (FTA). We are now working closely with the senior Bahra [...]
2006-02-19 14:33:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ETRD BEXP OVIP BA BILAT ECTRD OFFICIALS
06MANAMA264ASHURA PROCEEDS SMOOTHLY; CONTROVERSY ERUPTS IN
[...] (SBU) An estimated 150,000 people participated in Ashura events in downtown Manama on February 8, the climax of the ten-day period during which Shia commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussein in Kerbala in 680 AD. By all accounts, activities went very quietly and smoothly with no reports of v [...]
2006-02-22 12:08:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL PHUM KIRF BA POL
06MANAMA268PRESS, DIP NOTE PROTEST CONTINUED GTMO DETENTION
[...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 7. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) Bahraini newspapers February 22 reported that Bahraini detainee Juma Al Dossary would remain at Guantanamo for at least one more year following an Administrative Review Board (ARB) decision that he contin [...]
2006-02-22 13:54:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALKAWC PTER PREL BA APDC BILAT CTR
06MANAMA288BAHRAIN REACTS TO SECTARIAN VIOLENCE IN IRAQ
[...] (C) Tens of thousands of Bahrainis, mostly Shias, participated in peaceful and orderly demonstrations over the weekend protesting the attack on the Imam Al Hadi Shrine in Samarra. Officials, politicians, and religious leaders denounced the Samarra bombing and revenge attacks on Sunni targets [...]
2006-02-27 13:45:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO PTER BA IZ REGION POL
06MANAMA301BAHRAIN APPROVES CWC HOST COUNTRY AGREEMENT, SEEKS
[...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 4. 2. (C) The MFA informed the Embassy by dip note (text in para 5) that the GOB agrees to sign a Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) Host Country Agreement with the United States, with the text as delivered by the DOD team during its December [...]
2006-02-28 13:19:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MARR OPDC BA BILAT
06MANAMA305SECRETARY DISCUSSES FTA WITH MINISTER OF INDUSTRY
[...] (SBU) Summary. Minister of Industry and Commerce Hassan Fakhro told visiting Commerce Secretary Gutierrez February 27 that the Cabinet would forward most IPR implementing legislation for the FTA to the National Assembly in the coming days, and that the copyright legislation should follow soon [...]
2006-03-01 10:11:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PREL OVIP SECRETARY OF COMMERCE GUTIERREZ REGION OFFICIALS ECTRD BILAT
06MANAMA314COMMERCE SECRETARY GUTIERREZ MEETINGS WITH PRIME
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Shaikh Khalifa welcomed Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez February 27, voicing SIPDIS appreciation for his visit and the Secretary's support for the U.S.-Bahrain FTA. The PM stressed the importance of stability in the region for development and urged the U [...]
2006-03-01 14:59:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALETRD PREL PGOV BEXP BA REGION OFFICIALS ECTRD BILAT
06MANAMA326SECRETARY GUTIERREZ MEETS WITH KING HAMAD: FTA,
[...] (C) Summary. In a February 27 meeting with visiting Commerce Secretary Gutierrez, King Hamad strongly praised the strength of the U.S.-Bahrain relationship, said that Bahrain can never forget what the U.S. has done for it, and stressed the importance of the Free Trade Agreement for Bahrain. He [...]
2006-03-05 09:00:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL BA IS QA ETRD OVIP SECRETARY OF COMMERCE GUTIERREZ BILAT ECTRD OFFICIALS REGION
06MANAMA333AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES SECURITY ISSUES WITH INTERIOR
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador, in a February 12 meeting with Minister of Interior Shaikh Rashid bin Abdulla Al Khalifa, discussed recent Ashoora celebrations in Bahrain, reviewed worldwide reactions to the release of Danish cartoon depiction's of the Muslim Prophet Mohammed, and was provided wit [...]
2006-03-05 15:13:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNASEC BA PGOV PHUM PTER OFFICIALS BILAT CTR
06MANAMA339POLITICAL ISLAM IN BAHRAIN (PART I): SHARED
[...] (C) Bahrain's three leading Islamic political societies mirror major trends in the country's religious life: Al Minbar, associated with the Sunni Muslim Brotherhood; Al Asala, a Sunni Salafi group; and Al Wifaq, representing the country's Shia community. These three societies represent the [...]
2006-03-06 15:28:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL KDEM SCUL BA POL
06MANAMA362VISIT OF COMMERCE ANTI-BOYCOTT COMPLIANCE STAFF
[...] (SBU) Commerce anti-boycott compliance senior policy analyst Frederick Davidson, Commerce senior compliance officer Cathleen Ryan, and State regional affairs officer Danielle Monosson visited Bahrain February 14-15 and met with government officials and business people concerning the boycott o [...]
2006-03-08 09:24:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ETTC PREL BA ECTRD REGION
06MANAMA378MOSTLY POSITIVE REACTIONS TO FTA CONFERENCE
[...] (SBU) The February 27 conference on "Free Trade in the Middle East," attended by Commerce Secretary Gutierrez, Bahraini Minister of Industry and Commerce Fakhro, and Jordanian Minister of Industry and Trade Zubi, publicized the benefits of the U.S.-Bahrain free trade agreement (FTA) and broug [...]
2006-03-11 13:52:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON BEXP PREL KPAO BA ECTRD BILAT
06MANAMA389BAHRAIN ANTI-TRAFFICKING RESPONSES 2006
[...] (SBU) Post's response to reftel follows. Answers are keyed to reftel questions. Please note that during the reporting period the Ministry of Social Affairs, which has the lead in establishing a shelter for victims of trafficking and abuse, was renamed the Ministry of Social Development. [...]
2006-03-14 04:35:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF BA HUMRIT
06MANAMA39BAHRAIN: AVIAN INFLUENZA CONTINGENCY PLANNING AND
[...] (U) Post has taken a number of measures in anticipation of the potential threat posed by Avian Influenza (AI). Post MED has held Mission briefings to help Embassy staff better understand AI and AI personal risk mitigation strategies. Post has contracted an LES to continually disinfect commonly [...]
2006-01-08 12:04:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT ASEC CASC AMED KFLO AEMR TBIO BA ECTRD
06MANAMA409LUNCHEON WITH KING HAMAD
[...] (C) King Hamad, during a March 13 luncheon, had high praise for the U.S. and its positive role in maintaining stability in the Gulf. "Without you," he stated, "we'd be squashed." He made clear his concern for Iran, both as a regional power and as a meddling force inside Bahrain. Iran can be expecte [...]
2006-03-15 13:42:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM BA IR REGION OFFICIALS POL BILAT
06MANAMA434SUGGESTED BAHRAINI EDITS AND REVISIONS TO CWC HOST
[...] (C) MFA Director for International Organization Affairs Ghassan Shaikho told Pol/Econ Chief March 15 that in preparing the final text of the Chemical Weapons Convention Host Country Agreement Memorandum of Understanding (MOU),the Bahraini side had uncovered several areas that it would like t [...]
2006-03-19 10:51:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MARR BA BILAT
06MANAMA442DEPUTY PM, FOREIGN MINISTER AGREE TO COUNSELOR
[...] (S) State Department Counselor Zelikow met separately with Deputy Prime Minister Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa and Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa March 12 to initiate a strategic dialogue on regional security, including concerns about Iran. They agreed with the [...]
2006-03-20 05:45:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL PARM PTER MARR EFIN KISL KNNP BA IR REGION BILAT OFFICIALS
06MANAMA456POLITICAL ISLAM IN BAHRAIN (PART II): ISLAMISTS
[...] (C) Although their agenda is controversial and opposed by many, Sunni Islamists generally represent the interests of their constituents, in the view of non-Islamist members of the elected Council of Representatives (COR). Despite their success in passing non-binding resolutions on religious- [...]
2006-03-21 12:26:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL KDEM SCUL BA POL REFORM
06MANAMA530SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY JOSEPH'S APRIL 8
[...] (C) We warmly welcome Under Secretary Joseph's April 8 visit to Bahrain. The visit comes during a period of high-level bilateral engagement, which the Bahrainis seek and appreciate. In the past six weeks, Commerce Secretary Gutierrez and State Department Counselor Zelikow came to Bahrain (R [...]
2006-03-29 14:22:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL PARM PTER BA BILAT CTR OFFICIALS
06MANAMA541DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON STATUS OF RETURNED GTMO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-02 14:32:00Embassy ManamaSECRETKAWC PTER ASEC BA CTR BILAT
06MANAMA568BAHRAIN: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2006
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-08 12:17:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR
06MANAMA583MEPI/GOB REGIONAL ARAB WOMEN'S CONFERENCE A
[...] (U) Summary: MEPI and the Bahraini MFA joined forces to co-host a MENA regional conference March 27-28 to celebrate the "Successes of Women as Leaders of Change". More than 120 women leaders from 16 Arab countries shared their recent unprecedented achievements of reform in the legal, economic [...]
2006-04-11 12:54:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDKMPI KWMN KDEM PGOV PREL BA REGION HUMRIT
06MANAMA584FOLLOWING DUBAI PORTS WORLD CONTROVERSY, U.S.
[...] (C) The Dubai Ports World (DPW) controversy has receded from the headlines since Economic Development Board (EDB) CEO Shaikh Mohammed bin Isa Al-Khalifa's reported criticism of the outcome was published in the Daily Telegraph. In the early days following DPW's decision to sell its U.S. operat [...]
2006-04-11 12:54:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALECIN EINV ECON PREL BA
06MANAMA63DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON BAHRAINI DETAINEES AT GTMO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-18 10:17:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKAWC PTER ASEC PREL BA CTR BILAT
06MANAMA694DIPLOMATIC NOTE REQUESTING INFORMATION ON
[...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 3. 2. (C) Post received the following diplomatic note from the MFA on April 17. Begin Text: Ref: 19/1/5-65437 Date: April 15, 2006 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Bahrain presents it compliments to the Embassy of the [...]
2006-04-23 08:05:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALKAWC PREL PTER BA BILAT CTR
06MANAMA710BAHRAIN REFORM STRATEGY: FIRST QUARTER 2006
[...] (C) The reporting period was marked by tumult on the political scene as competing Shia groups jockeyed for the support of their community. Leading Shia opposition society Al Wifaq remained preoccupied with organizing itself internally following its decision, along with several other oppositi [...]
2006-04-25 10:45:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KMPI ECON KPAO BA BILAT REFORM
06MANAMA729GOB MOVES FORWARD ON SHELTER, ANTI-TIP LEGISLATION
[...] (C) In an April 26 conversation with PolOff, Chief of Social Welfare Section and Ministry of Social Development representative to Bahrain's interministerial anti-TIP Task Force Afaf Ahmed Al Aseeri reported that the Minister of Social Development Dr. Fatima Al Balooshi had decided on one of t [...]
2006-04-26 15:23:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPHUM SMIG KHUM KWMN PGOV PREL BA REGION
06MANAMA758SCENESETTER FOR U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND COMMANDER
[...] (C) General Abizaid, we warmly welcome your May 8 visit to Bahrain. Your Bahraini interlocutors are most concerned about heightened tensions with Iran and will want to hear your views on U.S. plans to deal with Iran. The Bahraini government is deeply suspicious of Iran's nuclear program and [...]
2006-05-01 13:26:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS PGOV ASEC BA REGION BILAT
06MANAMA759AMBASSADOR PRESSES MFA FOR FAVORABLE RESOLUTION OF
[...] (C) In an April 26 meeting, the Ambassador briefed MFA Assistant Under Secretary for Coordination and Follow Up Shaikh Abdul Aziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa on the status of the MEPI-funded National Democratic Institute (NDI) project in Bahrain. The Ambassador noted that he had requested to meet [...]
2006-05-01 13:28:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KMPI BA BILAT POL REFORM
06MANAMA829BAHRAIN: IMPLEMENTATION OF BOYCOTT STATUTES
[...] (U) The Government of Bahrain does not require participation in or cooperation with the Arab League Boycott (ALB),nor does it request that U.S. firms comply with boycott requirements. Post is unaware of any ALB compliance on the part of the Embassy's suppliers, venders, and service suppliers [...]
2006-05-10 14:47:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALKBCT ABLD PHUM PINR ETRD ETTC PREL BA REGION
06MANAMA831BAHRAIN: IMPLEMENTATION OF BOYCOTT STATUTES
[...] (U) The Government of Bahrain does not require participation in or cooperation with the Arab League Boycott (ALB),nor does it request that U.S. firms comply with boycott requirements. Post is unaware of any ALB compliance on the part of the Embassy's suppliers, venders, and service suppliers [...]
2006-05-10 14:55:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALKBCT ABLD PHUM PINR ETRD ETTC PREL BA REGION
06MANAMA873SCENESETTER FOR U.S.-BAHRAIN MILITARY CONSULTATIVE
[...] (SBU) Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Long, we warmly welcome you and the U.S. Delegation to the 13th Annual U.S.-Bahrain Military Consultative Committee (MCC) 23-24 May. We have requested meetings with the Minister of Defense, Lieutenant General Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, the Bahrain [...]
2006-05-18 14:08:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL PGOV MARR MOPS ASEC BA REGION BILAT
06MANAMA891BAHRAINI POLITICAL SCENE PART I: GOVERNMENT
[...] (S) The forced departure of NDI's project director on May 12 is just one example of actions taken by elements within the government and ruling family to exert increased control over the political environment in the run-up to parliamentary and municipal council elections later this year. Accor [...]
2006-05-22 14:03:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPGOV PREL KDEM KMPI BA BILAT POL REFORM
06MANAMA899INTERAGENCY DELEGATION DISCUSSES GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE WITH CROWN PRINCE SALMAN
[...] (C) An interagency delegation led by Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense Henry and Assistant Secretary of State Hillen met with Crown Prince Salman May 14 and discussed the Gulf Security Dialogue, the threat posed by Iran, direct contacts between the U.S. and Iran, a declaratory secur [...]
2006-05-23 09:09:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MARR MASS KDEM KMPI BA REGION IR
06MANAMA963REQUEST TO VISIT BAHRAINI DETAINEES AT GUANTANAMO
[...] (U) This is an action request; see para 3. 2. (C) Post received the following diplomatic note on May 30, 2006, from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Begin Text: Ref: 19/1/15-68530 Date: May 28, 2006 Confidential and Urgent SIPDIS The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdo [...]
2006-06-03 11:01:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER BA BILAT CTR
06MANAMA989 "The Sapphire Trio: American Women in the Arts"
[...] The all-women American chamber ensemble The Sapphire Trio performed American and classical music in Bahrain from May 15th through May 17th, providing Bahraini audiences with a glimpse of the diversity of expression and talent in the American musical arts community. Partially funded by a Perf [...]
2006-06-06 07:41:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM OEXC SCUL KPAO PREL BA BILAT
06MANILA1135PAL intends to lease a few Boeing planes
[...] (SBU) Philippine Airlines (PAL) CEO Lucio Tan recently told the Charge that he intends to lease two or three wide body Boeing planes. He said that he wants to test them out before making a decision on re-fleeting for his North American routes, citing reservations over the safety of the twin [...]
2006-03-13 08:09:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ETRD BEXP RP
06MANILA1367UNPRECEDENTED CUSTOMS RAID HAS SMUGGLERS SCRAMBLING
[...] (SBU) Customs Commissioner Napoleon Morales launched an unprecedented, 500-agent raid on March 16 against a Manila mall notorious for hosting hundreds of sellers of pirated and counterfeit goods. Closely guarded plans and a professional approach caught stall owners by surprise. Rather than [...]
2006-03-24 07:34:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON KIPR EINV RP
06MANILA1376VOLCANIC ERUPTION POSES NO THREAT
[...] On March 21, Mount Bulusan, 370 miles southeast of Manila, experienced a moderate eruption. The area around the volcano is uninhabited, and the situation appears to pose no immediate danger to life or property. Sorsogon Province is mainly agricultural and rural with a population of 650,000. [...]
2006-03-24 08:48:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV CACS EAGR SENV RP
06MANILA1567CRITICAL LACK OF RESOURCES FOR AI PREPAREDNESS
[...] (SBU) The Philippines continues to maintain its official status as free of H5N1 Avian Influenza (AI). However the country is regarded as being at "high risk" considering the epidemic in the region and migratory birds, which transit the Philippines to and from affected countries. Post is con [...]
2006-04-07 03:59:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO SENV EAGR EAID PREL RP
06MANILA1647UPDATE ON IPR PROTECTION: KEY RESIGNATION AND
[...] (C) The Executive Director of the Optical Media Board (OMB),Marivic Benedicto, will resign effective April 14 due to what she describes as a "personality conflict" with OMB Chairman Edu Manzano. OMB has not named her successor. Benedicto was responsible for OMB's day-to-day operations and m [...]
2006-04-12 08:38:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON KIPR EINV RP
06MANILA1792REBELLION CHARGES AGAINST SUSPECTED COUP PLOTTERS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-25 10:20:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPINS PREL PTER RP
06MANILA1830 AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH TRADE AND INDUSTRY
[...] (SBU) In her first meeting with Trade and Industry Secretary Peter Favila on April 25, the Ambassador focused SIPDIS discussion on intellectual property rights (IPR),our bilateral trade relationship, and the WTO Doha Round negotiations. Favila and other senior GRP leadership continue to h [...]
2006-04-27 07:22:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAGR ETTC EINV KIPR RP
06MANILA1853AMBASSADOR VISIT TO FORD AND PG PLANTS AND BRENT
[...] Ambassador and Emboffs visited the Ford Motor Company manufacturing plant, the Procter and Gamble factory, and Brent International School during a trip south of Manila on April 21. Ford Philippines' vehicle exports to Southeast Asia have earned $571 million since 2002, making it the only aut [...]
2006-04-28 03:13:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV BEXP ETRD RP
06MANILA1862 GRP ADOPTS CONFLICTED BIOSAFETY FRAMEWORK
[...] (SBU) Summary. President Arroyo issued an executive order (EO) adopting the National Biosafety Framework (NBF) as a compliance mechanism under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB). The NBF, a compromise between pro- and anti-biotech policy makers, promulgates conflicting principles in [...]
2006-04-28 08:50:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ETRD ECON SENV TBIO TSPL RP
06MANILA1885ARREST OF ASG OPERATIVE AL-SHARIE AMIRUDDIN A
[...] (C) Summary. The recent arrest of Al-Sharie Amiruddin y Mohammad Nur, aka Abu Omar, is a significant catch for the Armed Forces of the Philippines. Although a mid-level operative, Amiruddin was an early Abu Sayyaf Group adherent, and involved in intelligence and recruiting activities in Mal [...]
2006-05-02 08:56:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL MOPS KPAL BX ID MY RP
06MANILA190PHILIPPINES: COUNTERTERRORISM ASSISTANCE (PART 2)
[...] (C) Summary. The Philippines faces multiple terrorist threats. The US Mission in Manila coordinates a robust interagency program of counterterrorism training and technical assistance, and hopes further to expand such efforts in FY 2006-2008, if additional funds are available. As part 2 of a [...]
2006-01-13 09:57:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ECON PGOV KCRM KTFN RP
06MANILA1920CUBA: NSC-DIRECTED REVIEW REGARDING SUSPENSION OF
[...] (U) The GRP has diplomatic relations with Cuba. According to Department of Foreign Affairs Director for Central America Ariel Penaranda, after a two-year gap, the newly appointed Philippine Ambassador to Cuba arrived in Havana in April 2006. The Cubans currently maintain an Ambassador and a [...]
2006-05-04 08:56:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETRD ETTC CU RP
06MANILA2160 EMBASSY IPR ROUNDTABLE HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (SBU) At an Embassy-sponsored roundtable discussion on intellectual property rights (IPR) on May 11, private sector participants acknowledged a heightened level of engagement by the GRP, but expressed concern over weak enforcement. Many industries are implementing targeted strategies to impr [...]
2006-05-23 08:19:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD KIPR BEXP RP
06MANILA2228MARINE CASE UPDATE 05/29/06
[...] (U) Summary. Pre-trial hearings have concluded in the case of four U.S. Marines accused of raping a Filipina, and the trial is scheduled to begin on June 2. DCM conveyed to DFA officials the USG's position that the one-year period in the Marine case began on December 27, 2005, when the Marin [...]
2006-05-30 09:23:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA2302PALAWAN: CONFIDENCE ABOUT SECURITY FIVE YEARS
[...] (C) Summary: During POL team's recent visit to Palawan in the western Philippines, GRP officials expressed confidence about the security situation there five years after the terrorist raid on the Dos Palmas Resort in May 2001. The officials said military assets in the area had been reinfor [...]
2006-06-02 06:29:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PTER MOPS RP
06MANILA2308MILITARY GRANT ASSISTANCE: LEGAL REQUIREMENTS
[...] (U) Post received the following diplomatic note from the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) in response to reftel's proposed amendment to the 1974 Exchange of Notes governing the 505 Agreement between the United States and Republic of the Philippines. While agreeing to the U.S. proposal, the [...]
2006-06-02 08:18:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR PGOV KTIA RP
06MANILA2334MARINE CASE UPDATE 06/05/06
[...] (U) On June 2, the trial of four Marines charged with raping a Filipina began in Makati City, Manila. Two Diplomatic Security (DS) Special Agents and a DS investigator from Mission's Regional Security Office accompanied the Marines, who remain quartered on Embassy grounds, to the trial. Mis [...]
2006-06-05 08:57:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA2350 Cybersex a growing problem in the Philippines
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The cybersex industry continues to grow in the Philippines, spurred on by the increasing availability of broadband Internet connectivity, foreign demand, and difficulty in prosecuting operators. [...]
2006-06-06 08:24:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL KWMN ELAB KCRM RP
06MANILA2389PHILLIPINES SECOND CITY GREETS AMBASSADOR WITH
[...] SUMMARY: Ambassadors May 19 and June 2 visits to Cebu highlighted the broad range of U.S. interests and activities in the area. The Cebu metro area is second only to Manila in the size of its population and economy. Over 100 American businesses operate in Cebu, including Timex, Lexmark Interna [...]
2006-06-08 05:01:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON EAID RP
06MANILA241RESPONSES TO USG RETENTION OF CUSTODY IN SUBIC CASE
[...] (U) Summary. Philippine media on January 18 covered extensively the Embassy's public announcement that the U.S. would invoke the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) and retain custody of four Marines accused of rape. Several politicians voiced anti-VFA and/or anti-U.S. sentiments. Court officia [...]
2006-01-18 08:30:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA2418RECENT SUPREME COURT RULINGS REASSERT INDEPENDENCE
[...] (C) Summary: In recent decisions, the Philippine Supreme Court has showed a strong independent streak in the face of accusations that it had been too close to President Arroyo. The Court remains committed to its judicial reform program, to which the USG makes substantial contributions. These [...]
2006-06-09 07:24:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PHUM SOCI EAID RP
06MANILA2426MARINE CASE UPDATE 06/09/06
[...] (U) On June 9, the first full week of trial concluded in the case of four U.S. Marines accused in the alleged rape of a Filipina. Officials from Embassy's American Citizens' Services Unit, JUSMAG, Defense Attache's Office (DAO),and Regional Security Office, as well as from the Third Marine [...]
2006-06-09 08:01:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA2465UPDATE ON AVIAN INFLUENZA - PHILIPPINES
[...] (U) Post's Avian Influenza Task Force met on June 7 to review current initiatives and plans to prepare for a potential outbreak of Avian Influenza in the Philippines. The Task Force is chaired by USAID and includes representatives from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Medical Unit, Ma [...]
2006-06-13 09:07:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO SENV EAGR EAID PREL RP AMGT AMED
06MANILA2523GRP MULLS AN IMO-BASED MULTILATERAL MARITIME
[...] (SBU) On May 22, EAP Security Affairs Officer William Comley met separately with GRP officials and Australian and Japanese emboffs to brief them on recent discussions with the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Secretary General and continue previous discussions on building a mechanism [...]
2006-06-16 05:50:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT ETRD PBTS PREL PTER PHSA KTIA RP
06MANILA2539 NOMINATION FOR CORPORATE EXCELLENCE AWARD: PROCTER
[...] Post is pleased to nominate Procter & Gamble (P&G) Philippines for the 2006 Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE). P&G Philippines has energized its workers with a spirit of social responsibility and philanthropy that makes an excellent representation of American values and character to the l [...]
2006-06-16 09:12:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP EINV ELAB ETRD KSEP SENV RP
06MANILA2554AMBASSADOR AND ADMIRAL FALLON MEET WITH PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Summary. On June 5, the Ambassador and Admiral Fallon met for breakfast with President Arroyo. In a wide-ranging conversation, President Arroyo offered her views on GRP counterterrorism efforts; the peace process in Mindanao; and her upcoming trip to Jolo to visit the USNS Mercy. End S [...]
2006-06-19 08:16:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL MARR PINS RP
06MANILA2570 AMBASSADOR HIGHLIGHTS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN
[...] The Ambassador's trip to Cagayan de Oro on June 8 highlighted U.S. business interests and USAID's active engagement in the commercial center of Northern Mindanao. Cagayan de Oro is a gateway and regional market for eight cities representing five provinces in the region. It is a medium-sized [...]
2006-06-20 06:12:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV PREL EAID RP
06MANILA2634MARINE CASE UPDATE 06/23/06
[...] (U) Summary. The trial of four U.S. Marines accused of raping a Filipina is proceeding slightly more slowly than anticipated, and may move to a five-day-a-week schedule in July. Developments during the week of June 19 included a concession by prosecutors that physical evidence in the case w [...]
2006-06-23 09:18:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA2637AMBASSADOR VISITS CLARK AND SUBIC ECONOMIC ZONES
[...] SUMMARY: During June 15-16 visits to two former U.S. military bases, the Subic and Clark special economic zones, Ambassador Kenney highlighted continuing U.S. involvement in both regions. Managers of these economic zones briefed the Ambassador on recent infrastructure projects and investment [...]
2006-06-24 04:33:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON EINV EAID RP
06MANILA2680AMBASSADOR CALLS ON PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE
[...] (U) Summary. In a June 23 courtesy call on the Philippine National Police (PNP) Director General, the Ambassador expressed the U.S. Mission's appreciation for PNP contributions to our security, encouraged good coordination between the PNP and the Armed Forces of the Philippines as they battl [...]
2006-06-27 06:37:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ASEC PHUM RP
06MANILA283CONGRESS CALLS FOR TERMINATION/RENEGOTIATION OF
[...] (C) Summary: The Philippine Congress' Legislative Oversight Committee on the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) unanimously passed a non-binding resolution on January 19 calling for the termination of the VFA within six months and its renegotiation into a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA). Appa [...]
2006-01-19 10:03:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA2852MARINE CASE UPDATE 07/07/06
[...] The trial of the four Marines accused of raping a Filipino woman continued during the week of July 3 with the cross examination of Analisa Franco, stepsister of the complainant, and direct examination of the complainant herself on July 6. There was no hearing on July 7 due to the "distraught [...]
2006-07-07 09:44:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA2998PHILIPPINES: MOUNT MAYON VOLCANIC ACTIVITY
[...] Mount Mayon, 300 kilometers (180 miles) southeast of Manila, is experiencing high levels of seismic activity and lava flows reaching 800 meters downwards from the summit. Experts here expect minimal impact on Manila, possibly increased particulates in the air. Residents within the 6-kilometer [...]
2006-07-18 09:12:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TPHY EINV CASC EAGR PREL EAID RP
06MANILA3095ESPERON - THE BATTERING RAM
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Lieutenant General Esperon succeeded General Senga as the 35th Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines on July 21. He has a reputation as a tough combat soldier, and has pledged both to crush Communist rebels and put down any attempt to unseat the Arroyo governmen [...]
2006-07-24 09:57:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALMOPS MCAP PREL PTER PINR RP
06MANILA3143AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PHILIPPINES-U.S. BUSINESS COUNCIL
[...] Summary: Ambassador Kenney and Emboffs met with members of the Philippines-U.S. Business Council on July 21 to discuss areas of cooperation between the U.S. and the Philippines, including agriculture, tourism, English language proficiency, regional hubs, and trade and investment. The Ambassa [...]
2006-07-26 09:31:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV BEXP ETRD RP
06MANILA3226 A/S HILL'S MEETING WITH TRADE AND INDUSTRY SECRETARY
[...] (SBU) In a breakfast meeting July 31 with Assistant Secretary Hill and the Ambassador, Philippines Finance Secretary Gary Teves and Trade and Industry Secretary Peter Favila expressed confidence in the Philippines' strong economic growth, improving fiscal situation, and solid cooperation betwe [...]
2006-08-02 04:17:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAGR ETTC EINV KIPR RP
06MANILA3234EAP A/S HILL VISITS MILITARY ACADEMY AND U.S.
[...] SUMMARY: EAP A/S Hill stressed themes of military transformation and cooperation -- especially on natural disasters -- among the U.S., the Philippines, and other ASEAN countries in speech to the cadets at the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) in Baguio City on July 30. He participated in a r [...]
2006-08-02 05:40:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PHUM CASC KPAO RP
06MANILA3248A/S CHRISTOPHER HILL FOCUSES ON PHILIPPINES GROWTH
[...] Summary. During his visit to Manila on July 31, EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher Hill gained a firsthand view of advantages and SIPDIS challenges to U.S. business investment in the Philippines by touring two E-services facilities and attending a working lunch with representatives from U [...]
2006-08-02 09:23:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EAGR PREL ETTC EINV KIPR RP
06MANILA3369EXPLOSIONS IN CENTRAL MINDANAO LEAVE TWO DEAD AND
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) An explosion from a hand grenade occurred at approximately 1:55 p.m. local time at the main gate of the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) Governor's Office in Cotabato City, reportedly killing t [...]
2006-08-10 10:09:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PINS ASEC PREL KISL MOPS RP
06MANILA3414 CHARGE' AND PRESIDENT ARROYO INAUGURATE U.S. CALL CENTER;
[...] Charge' d'Affaires Paul W. Jones traveled to Pampanga in Central Luzon to join President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in cutting the ribbon for a new U.S. call center in the Clark Special Economic Zone. While in the area, Charge' also visited the Clark Air Base Cemetery and Asian Aerospace Corpora [...]
2006-08-15 08:54:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EINV EAID EAIR SOCI RP
06MANILA3450SENATOR INOUYE MEETS WITH PRESIDENT ARROYO
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Arroyo presented Senator Inouye with the Philippines' highest award, the Order of Lakandula, on August 14 in recognition of his contributions to the U.S.-Philippines partnership. Senator Inouye praised her policy achievements in fiscal reforms, counterterrorism, and [...]
2006-08-17 09:20:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER MOPS ECON EFIN BM AS BX RP
06MANILA3453CODEL HYDE: OVERVIEW
[...] Summary. Chairman Hyde, Congressmen Rohrabacher, Faleomavaega, Watt (and Mrs. Watt) , and Flake (and Mrs. Flake),and their accompanying staff had a packed, productive August 11-13 trip to the Philippines. Highlights were a well-publicized wreath-laying ceremony at the Manila American Cemet [...]
2006-08-17 09:37:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OREP HYDE ECON RP
06MANILA3472CODEL HYDE DISCUSSES ECONOMY AND COUNTER-TERRORISM
[...] (SBU) Summary. Chairman of the House International Relations Committee Henry Hyde and members of his delegation met with President Arroyo and senior GRP officials over dinner August 12. They discussed the improving economy; a potential U.S.-Philippine FTA; plans for the Philippine chairmanshi [...]
2006-08-18 07:58:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAID PREL SCUL OREP KPAO RP
06MANILA3479SENATOR INOUYE SUPPORTS PHILIPPINE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Senator Inouye stressed publicly and privately his admiration and support for the Philippine-US approach to counterterrorism and defense reform during his August 11-15 visit to the Philippines. Inouye enthused at the "Philippine model," which extends a "hand of friendship" to [...]
2006-08-18 08:54:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OREP PTER MCAP MOPS MARR RP
06MANILA3491 SENATOR INOUYE'S VISIT: OVERVIEW
[...] Summary. During Senator Daniel K. Inouye's August 11 - 15 visit to the Philippines, he traveled to Zamboanga and dined with President Arroyo (see Reftel); met U.S. business leaders; and, called on the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House, and Defense Secretary Cruz. Given the Se [...]
2006-08-22 04:28:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OREP ECON EINV ETRD PTER MARR PGOV RP
06MANILA3561LIFTING ENGLISH PROFICIENCY TO RAISE ECONOMIC GROWTH
[...] English language proficiency has steadily declined in the Philippines over Qe past 30 years, mostly due to decreased use of English by teachers, the exodus of qualified English teachers to overseas jobs, and the lack of education infrastructure, including classrooms and supplies. The GRP reco [...]
2006-08-25 08:04:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ETRD PREL SCUL KPAO RP
06MANILA3656 NEW SECRETARY OF EDUCATION EMPHASIZES STRONGER MANAGEMENT
[...] Summary. President Arroyo's impressive new Education Secretary outlined his priorities and received a briefing on USG support for education in the Philippines during a call on Charge August 28. Given President Arroyo's strong desire to improve English-language education to enhance Philippine [...]
2006-08-31 09:43:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EPET PGOV EAID SCUL RP
06MANILA3692SENIOR IP JUDGE DEMOTED AMID RUMORS OF CORRUPTION
[...] (C) The Supreme Court of the Philippines recently demoted Judge Antonio Eugenio, who was the senior executive judge assigned to handle intellectual property rights (IPR) cases. Citing "the interests of the service," the Supreme Court stripped Eugenio of his executive judicial authority and di [...]
2006-09-05 07:21:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EINV KIPR RP
06MANILA3718 SENATE PLANS RADICAL REVISIONS TO INVESTOR INCENTIVES
[...] (SBU) Following up on President Arroyo's 2004 promise to increase government revenue, the Philippine Congress is poised to reduce and reform investment incentives. The Senate proposal under discussion draws from a USAID-funded study that recommends eliminating income tax holidays as inefficie [...]
2006-09-06 07:56:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV ECON RP
06MANILA3783PRESIDENTIAL SPEECH ON TERRORIST DETAINEES
[...] (U) Acting Political Counselor informed Department of Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary of American Affairs Rey Carandang September 7 of President Bush's decision to move al Qaeda detainees from CIA to DOD custody in order to bring them to justice for their crimes, passing him a summary of [...]
2006-09-08 09:06:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL RP
06MANILA3784NAM SUMMIT: PHILIPPINES TO PUSH GUATEMALAN UN
[...] (C) Charge discussed reftel points September 5 with Foreign Secretary Romulo. Romulo immediately volunteered to lobby for Guatemala and to coordinate with the Guatemalan delegation to build support for Guatemala's Security Council bid during the September 11-16 Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Sum [...]
2006-09-08 09:10:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA PHUM CU RP
06MANILA3805BELEAGUERED OPTICAL MEDIA BOARD CONTINUES TO FIGHT
[...] (C) Summary: The Philippine Optical Media Board (OMB) faces insufficient funding, bureaucratic infighting, and unjustified criticism as it attempts to deal with the difficult piracy problem of the Philippines. Under-funding hampers the agency's ability to effectively enforce the Optical Med [...]
2006-09-11 04:19:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EINV KIPR RP
06MANILA3812DEMARCH ON IRANIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM FOR NAM SUMMIT
[...] (SBU) Acting Political Counselor passed reftel points September 11 to Executive Director Ramon Cardenas of the Americas Division of the Department of Foreign Affairs. Cardenas promised to give them to Assistant Secretary Carandang, who is leaving this evening to attend the NAM Summit. He als [...]
2006-09-11 07:48:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PTER IAEA UNSC IR RP
06MANILA3875MARINE CASE: EMBASSY RECEIVES SUBPOENA
[...] (U) On September 13, Embassy received a Diplomatic Note from the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) officially conveying the subpoena directing NCIS to "appear and present" the clothes worn by LCpl Smith on November 1, 2005. The subpoena requests NCIS appear on September 11, tho [...]
2006-09-13 10:11:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA3913MARINE CASE UPDATE 09/15/06
[...] SUMMARY. The Defense case in the trial of four Marines accused of raping a Philippine woman commenced the week of September 11 with testimony from the accused LCpl Daniel Smith, and another Marine LCpl Justin Bamberger. The subpoena served to the Embassy requesting presentation by NCIS of t [...]
2006-09-15 09:38:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA3914SEPTEMBER 15 UPDATE ON JOLO OPERATIONS
[...] (C/REL AUS) SUMMARY. The Armed Force of the Philippines (AFP) is showing no let-up in its seven-week old effort to capture or kill the Abu Sayyaf Group and Jemaah Islamiyah terrorist leadership on the island of Jolo. While the operation is far from over, the Filipino military can point to s [...]
2006-09-15 09:56:00Embassy ManilaSECRETPTER PREL MOPS MCAP RP
06MANILA3991EDUCATION ON THE MOVE WITH INCREASED FUNDING AND NEW
[...] (U) As interest in education reform and English language training continues to make headlines, the Ambassador called on Secretary of Education Jesli Lapus September 15. The Secretary reported on his ambitious plans to revitalize the deteriorating education system by taking advantage of increas [...]
2006-09-21 06:20:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EPET PGOV EAID SCUL RP
06MANILA4067MARINE CASE UPDATE 9/22/06
[...] The trial of four Marines continued the week of September 18 with testimony from forensic obstetrical and gynecologist expert Dr. Teresita Sanchez, who testified that the injuries sustained by the complainant do not suggest rape. SSgt Chad Carpentier followed and testified that his first impr [...]
2006-09-25 08:07:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA4126 AMBASSADOR HIGHLIGHTS STABILITY AND ECONOMIC SUCCESSES IN
[...] During a visit on September 22, Ambassador gained a firsthand look at the economic successes in General Santos City and the surrounding area. USG investment in the region's infrastructure has transformed the economy. Investments have dramatically increased, particularly in the tuna and agric [...]
2006-09-27 09:13:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV PREL EAID RP JA
06MANILA4144 TYPHOON MILENYO UPDATE: EMBASSY CLOSED A SECOND DAY
[...] Summary. The embassy closed on September 28 and 29 due to the strongest typhoon to hit Metro Manila directly in 11 years. The storm toppled trees and billboards, triggered flash floods and landslides, shut offices and the financial markets, and caused a Luzon-wide power outage on Thursday. [...]
2006-09-29 06:59:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EINV CACS EAGR AGMT ABLD SENV RP
06MANILA4162RESPONSE TO DEVASTATION OF TYPHOON MILENYO
[...] Summary: Manila continues to recover from its worst typhoon in eleven years, while reports of devastation from outlying provinces of Southern Luzon continue to pour in. Four days after the typhoon, electricity and water is off in large parts of Manila, including Mission employee neighborhoods [...]
2006-10-02 10:09:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID SOCI EAGR SENV RP
06MANILA424 MADRASAH PROJECT: AFTER COMPLETING U.S. TRAINING,
[...] (U) This Message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: Twenty-eight madrasah educators from Mindanao have completed training courses in the U.S. on American educational practices and values, as part of a USD 400,000 USG-sponsored "Madrasah Teacher Tr [...]
2006-01-31 09:11:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM PTER SOCI KISL RP
06MANILA4257MARINE CASE: VERDICT PLANNED FOR NOVEMBER 27
[...] The Prosecution announced in a brief hearing on October 5 that it will not after all present rebuttal evidence before the court in the case of the four Marines accused of raping a Filipino woman. At the hearing, Judge Benjamin Pozon gave the Prosecution and Defense 30 days to file Memoranda o [...]
2006-10-06 06:22:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA4344STATEMENT BY THE ASEAN CHAIRMAN ON NUCLEAR TESTS
[...] (SBU) Ambassador on October 13 congratulated Foreign Secretary Romulo for the strong statement he issued as ASEAN SIPDIS Chair on October 12 protesting the North Korean nuclear test and urging North Korea to abide by UN Security Council resolution 1695 (full text in para 3). Secretary Rom [...]
2006-10-13 08:36:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM KNNP KN RP
06MANILA4349UN DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
[...] (SBU) Jointly with officers from the New Zealand and Australian Embassies, poloff on October 12 delivered reftel demarche on the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Director Noel Servigon. Servigon said [...]
2006-10-13 09:16:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KTIA UN RP
06MANILA4430 AMBASSADOR HIGHLIGHTS AMERICAN INVESTMENTS AT CHAMBER OF
[...] Summary. The Ambassador spoke to approximately 1,000 Philippine Chamber of Commerce members about American investments in the Philippines on October 18. The Ambassador underscored the long history of American investors in the Philippines and urged the business audience to focus on exploiting [...]
2006-10-20 06:39:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ENRG EPET PGOV EAID RP
06MANILA4436MARINE CASE UPDATE 10/20/06
[...] Makati Regional Trial Court Judge Benjamin Pozon publicly promised to take a two week period exclusively to review the evidence in the case in order to render a verdict November 27. 2. In a television interview aired by ABS-CBN October 17, two of the Marines again professed their innocen [...]
2006-10-20 08:10:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA4500MARINE CASE UPDATE 10/27/06
[...] (C) A verdict in the case of the four Marines accused of raping a Filipino woman is expected November 27. While we cannot predict what the verdict might be, the Embassy's Marine Case Working Group (with input from visiting III MEF officers) is finalizing post-verdict plans that take into acc [...]
2006-10-27 08:06:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA4523 U.S. SUPPORT FOR MINDANAO CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE
[...] As part of the Embassy's broader Mindanao strategy, the U.S. Commercial Service in Manila hosted a roundtable meeting on October 20 with representatives of twelve Chambers of Commerce from Mindanao. Ambassador Kenney met with the group and exchanged views of prospects for economic growth and [...]
2006-10-30 07:17:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ECPS ETRD EINV RP
06MANILA4553 AMBASSADOR'S OUTREACH TO MUSLIM AUDIENCES IN MARAWI CITY,
[...] Summary. During an October 26 visit to "The Islamic City of Marawi," the Ambassador and senior Embassy officials emphasized the U.S.-Philippine partnership in promoting peace and prosperity in Muslim Mindanao in an address to a Muslim Women's conference on the environment, a radio interview, [...]
2006-11-02 09:12:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KISL KPAO RP
06MANILA4656U.S. STRATEGY FOR MINDANAO PEACE-BUILDING
[...] (C) Summary. USG strategic efforts are paying off significantly in building peace in Muslim Mindanao and transforming its once-lawless areas from safehavens for domestic and international terrorists to ever-larger zones of peace and prosperity. While peace talks under Malaysian sponsorship [...]
2006-11-09 08:27:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS PTER EAID RP
06MANILA4666DCM HIGHLIGHTS US ENGAGEMENT IN PHILIPPINE'S SECOND CITY
[...] SUMMARY. DCM Jones highlighted U.S. business, USAID and Peace Corps involvement in the central Philippine port city of Cebu on October 27. Together with Commercial Counselor and Cebu Consular Agent, DCM met with local business, religious, and political leaders in the Philippines' "second cit [...]
2006-11-13 05:36:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON EAID RP CMGT
06MANILA4689AMBASSADOR HOSTS VETERANS DAY COMMEMORATION AT MANILA
[...] (U) Summary: On November 11, 2006, the Ambassador hosted the Mission's Veteran's Day Commemoration at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial. Secretary of Foreign Affairs Romulo represented the Government of the Philippines as representatives of nine allied missions, two veterans' organiz [...]
2006-11-14 08:16:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV RP
06MANILA4712BACKGROUND ON THE MARINE CASE IN ADVANCE OF
[...] SUMMARY (C) A verdict is expected on November 27 in the legal case in a Philippine court against four U.S. Marines charged with raping a Filipino woman on the evening of November 1, 2005 in Subic. This message re-caps evens that occurred as well as efforts by the USG to assure a positive at [...]
2006-11-16 02:28:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA4803EMBASSY MANILA-SPONSORED JAZZ AND CLASSICAL CONCERTS
[...] SUMMARY: In a four-day period, Embassy Manila sponsored a classical piano concert at the Ambassador's residence and a series of three jazz concerts featuring Filipino and American artists. Each of the events targeted a different audience, ranging from top embassy contacts to the general public. [...]
2006-11-22 09:40:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL RP
06MANILA4810MARINE CASE: VERDICT POSTPONED TO DECEMBER 4
[...] (C) The verdict in the Marine case has been postponed one week and is now expected Monday, December 4. The Embassy's Working Group, with input from representatives of the III Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) in Okinawa, is finalizing post-verdict plans. Immediately following the judge's ver [...]
2006-11-24 07:29:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA4856SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL FALLON'S VISIT TO THE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Fox, I am looking forward to seeing you! General Esperon and I will meet you in Zamboanga and accompany you on your trip to Jolo, where you will have a chance to see for yourself some of the successes in the ongoing Armed Forces of the Philippines operation to eliminate terror [...]
2006-11-30 07:46:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPTER MARR MOPS MCAP RP
06MANILA4877 Typhoon Reming Casualties Over 1000 in Southern Luzon
[...] Heavy rains from Typhoon Reming on November 30 caused the massive flow of volcanic debris from the slopes of recently erupted Mount Mayon in the southern Luzon province of Albay. The mudslides buried villages and outlying homes and farms, leaving over 1000 people dead or missing and causing m [...]
2006-12-04 09:22:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR CASC SENV SOCI RP
06MANILA4896MAKATI COURT DEFERS RECONSIDERATION OF CUSTODY OF
[...] (C) Summary and comment: Despite promises from the seniormost Philippine Government officials that they could work with the judge in the alleged rape case to rescind his custody order and return Lance Corporal Smith to U.S. custody, Smith will spend at least one more night at the Makati Cit [...]
2006-12-05 11:00:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR CASC KCRM RP
06MANILA4918PHILIPPINE TERRORIST ACTIVITY REPORTS PROMPT EAC
[...] The Ambassador chaired an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on December 7, 2006, to discuss reports received by various agencies within the Embassy of possible terrorist activity in the province of Cebu, an island in central Philippines. Cebu is the site of the on-going ASEAN Summit an [...]
2006-12-07 08:48:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER CASC RP
06MANILA4972NORTHRAIL PROJECT SYMBOLIZES LARGER PRC ROLE IN
[...] (U) Summary: The PRC and the Philippines have launched a major "Northrail Project" that will ultimately span between Manila and key points in northern Luzon, including the former U.S. base at Clark and perhaps onward to Subic Bay. China provided a concessionary loan worth about $421 million [...]
2006-12-13 06:28:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL ELTN EAID CH RP
06MANILA4977BAGUIO WELCOMES US AID, INVESTMENT, AND INTEREST DURING
[...] SUMMARY: The signing of a USAID-funded healthcare grant and a speech at the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) anchored the Ambassador's fourth visit to Baguio, the former summer capital of the Philippines under U.S. administration. Visits to a local American company and conversations with lo [...]
2006-12-13 08:45:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON ETRD EINV EAID PGOV CVIS MASS SCUL KPAO
06MANILA5003DCM SPOTLIGHTS U.S. PROGRAMS IN PROSPEROUS PROVINCIAL
[...] SUMMARY. Deputy Chief of Mission Paul Jones visited Iloilo City, the relatively prosperous capital of pastoral Iloilo province on the Visayan island of Panay, December 7-8. He toured a U.S. Department of Agriculture funded dairy plant which supplies milk to more than 2,000 undernourished chi [...]
2006-12-14 09:43:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON EAID EAGR RP
06MANILA5095Country Clearance Granted for A/S Raj Chellaraj, Jennifer
[...] Embassy Manila warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Assistant Secretary Chellaraj, Jennifer Wicks, Kenneth Wilkinson, Alan Greenfield, and Frederick R. Cook for January 23-25, 2007. 2. Contact Information: Reservations have been made at the Shangri-La Hotel in Makati. - The ho [...]
2006-12-28 05:22:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC OTRA RP
06MANILA5101PHILIPPINES TO SEND VICE PRESIDENT TO FORMER
[...] (SBU) Action request: The Department of Foreign Affairs confirmed on December 28 that President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo had appointed Vice President Noli de Castro to be the representative of the Philippine Government at the funeral of former President Gerald Ford. The Vice President's offi [...]
2006-12-28 09:15:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV OVIP RP
06MANILA5107ARROYO CALLS FORD "A DEDICATED LEADER"
[...] (U) As widely reported in the local media, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo praised former President Gerald Ford in a December 28 letter to his widow, calling him a "dedicated leader" who "led the country through a challenging period of transition for all Americans." President Arr [...]
2006-12-29 07:49:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL RP
06MANILA5108SCENE SETTER FOR THE VISIT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY
[...] A warm welcome to the Philippines! We are developing a dynamic program for your January 23-25 visit, to include a tour of the Regional Printing Center and Regional Training Center on the Mission's Seafront Compound, an ICASS Council Meeting and events with Mission personnel at the Chancery, [...]
2006-12-29 08:25:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC OTRA PREL ECON RP
06MANILA526DAVAO MAYOR CHANGING TACK ON EXTRA-JUDICIAL
[...] (C) Summary: Extra-judicial killings in Davao, Mindanao, continue, but at a lower level than in 2005. So far, there have been five summary killings in 2006, which is less than 2005's roughly 13 per month average. Observers believe that the Mayor of Davao, Rodrigo Duterte, may be worried a [...]
2006-02-06 07:49:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PINR RP
06MANILA641HOUSE SPEAKER AND SENATE PRESIDENT ON "CHA-CHA,"
[...] (S) Summary: In a January 30 meeting with Charge, House Speaker De Venecia expressed confidence that the GRP would amend the Constitution and switch to a parliamentary form of government by July 2006 by means of a referendum. De Venecia was optimistic that the House would pass an anti-terror [...]
2006-02-13 06:00:00Embassy ManilaSECRETPGOV PREL PTER MARR PINR RP
06MANILA755FUNERALS FOR FIL-AM SOLDIERS UNDERSCORE CLOSE
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Military funerals for two Filipino-American soldiers killed in Iraq were recently held in the Philippines. The funerals drew large crowds and generated highly positive local press play. In sp [...]
2006-02-22 03:38:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SOCI MOPS KPAO RP IZ
06MANILA839SITREP 2: MORE ON DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY RULE
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with the diplomatic corps late February 24, Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo and National Security Advisor Norberto Gonzales downplayed the impact of the State of Emergency Declaration made earlier that day, defending it as a necessary response to Opposition and l [...]
2006-02-24 11:30:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPINS ASEC CASC PREL RP
06MANILA945SITREP 20: PRESIDENT MULLS LIFTING OF STATE OF
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: In a brief televised address mid-day on March 1, President Arroyo said she wanted to lift the State of Emergency at "the soonest time possible." She asked for reports from key offices on the s [...]
2006-03-01 09:02:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINS ASEC ECON RP
06MAPUTO1026COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION (MCC) TO TRAVEL TO MOZAMBIQUE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-14 12:51:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDKMCA EAID ECON OVIP AFIN OTRA MZ
06MAPUTO1081COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION (MCC) VISIT TO TRAVEL TO MOZAMBIQUE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-24 13:04:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDKMCA EAID ECON OVIP AFIN OTRA MZ
06MAPUTO1118COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION (MCC) VISIT TO TRAVEL TO MOZAMBIQUE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-01 08:03:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDKMCA EAID ECON OVIP AFIN OTRA MZ
06MAPUTO1158MOZAMBIQUE: BRAZILIAN COMPANY CVRD OPTS AGAINST
[...] (SBU) Summary. Recent developments between the OPIC-supported US/Mozambican consortium managing the Nacala Corridor, CDN, and the Brazilian company CVRD indicate that CVRD probably will not, as previously thought, buy the Nacala railroad corridor to transport coal from the Moatize mines. Inst [...]
2006-09-12 14:54:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EAID ECON ELTN ETRD MZ
06MAPUTO1162Mozambique - August Economic Digest
[...] This is a brief summary of significant economic developments in Mozambique during August 2006. We provide it as a supplement to our other reporting. The items discussed are: -- Economic Growth Estimated at 10 percent -- Oil/Gas Exploration of Zambezi Delta to Begin April 2007 -- Cook [...]
2006-09-12 15:34:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ
06MAPUTO1190COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR PERLITA MUIRURI, PRM OFFICER, TO TRAVEL TO MOZAMBIQUE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-18 14:07:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL OTRA SOCI MZ
06MAPUTO1253COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MCC STAFF AND PROVISIONAL COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON STAFF TO TRAVEL TO MOZAMBIQUE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-28 08:21:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDKMCA EAID ECON OVIP AFIN OTRA MZ
06MAPUTO126MOZAMBIQUE 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-26 14:53:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ECON EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB MZ PGOV
06MAPUTO1260Mozambique: Visit to two Northern Provincial
[...] (U) This report summarizes observations from an August 28 - September 1 trip taken by the Econ/Pol chief to Lichinga, the small town that serves as the capital of Niassa province in Mozambique's far north, and Nampula, the bustling capital of neighboring Nampula province. Lichinga's most strik [...]
2006-09-29 09:27:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP ECON MZ
06MAPUTO1274COUNTRY CLEARANCE GANTED FOR AF/EPS JANET POTASH TO TRAVEL TO MOZAMBQUE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-03 10:26:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ETRD MZ
06MAPUTO1275COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USDA-APHIS-IS, NAGATA AND MANSELL TO TRAVEL TO MOZAMBIQUE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-03 10:28:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR MZ
06MAPUTO1287COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ASSISTANT USTR, FLORIZELLE LISER AND PATRICK COLEMAN TO TRAVEL TO MOZAMBIQUE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-05 08:55:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ETRD AORC USTR MZ
06MAPUTO1295MOZAMBIQUE - RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR
[...] On October 10 Post delivered reftel talking points and the statement by President Bush to Elias Zimba, Director for North America and Europe in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. In response, Zimba said that his government shared the position of the United States on nuclear non-proliferatio [...]
2006-10-11 06:48:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM KNNP KN MZ
06MAPUTO1297COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR SCOTT REYNOLDS TO TRAVEL TO MOZAMBIQUE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-11 09:45:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR MZ
06MAPUTO1299COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR SCOTT REYNOLDS TO
[...] Embassy Maputo welcomes and grants country clearance for Scott Reynolds from 15 Oct 2006 until 17 Oct 2006 to attend U.S.-Mozambique Trade Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council meetings. Please advise as soon as possible regarding any schedule or itinerary changes; refer to paragraph 1 [...]
2006-10-11 10:02:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR MZ
06MAPUTO130MOZAMBIQUE 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-26 16:10:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ECON EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB MZ PGOV
06MAPUTO1302COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MCC, NICOLE HEWITT AND BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON ASSOCIATES TO TRAVEL TO MOZAMBIQUE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-11 10:05:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDKMCA EAID ECON OVIP AFIN OTRA MZ
06MAPUTO1350COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USTDA DEPUTY DIRECTOR LEOCADIA ZAK AND COUNTRY MANAGER URSULA ISZLER TO TRAVEL TO MOZAMBIQUE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-19 08:06:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDEAID USTDA OTRA MZ
06MAPUTO1352COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USTDA DEPUTY DIRECTOR LEOCADIA ZAK AND COUNTRY MANAGER URSULA ISZLER TO TRAVEL TO MOZAMBIQUE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-19 08:22:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDEAID USTDA OTRA MZ
06MAPUTO1382COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MCC, SALLY CAMERON AND JAMES RIORDAN TO TRAVEL TO MOZAMBIQUE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-27 12:52:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDKMCA EAID ECON OVIP AFIN OTRA MZ
06MAPUTO1423COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MCC MARK HUISENGA AND CASSIA CARVALHO-PACHECO TO TRAVEL TO MOZAMBIQUE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-03 11:30:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDKMCA EAID ECON OVIP AFIN OTRA MZ
06MAPUTO144COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF LABOR OFFICIALS AND CONTRACTOR TO TRAVEL TO MOZAMBIQUE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-31 07:00:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB OTRA AFIN AO SF KE MZ
06MAPUTO1448COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MCC, BRIAN APP AND
[...] Embassy Maputo welcomes and grants country clearance for Brian App and James Riordan to travel to Mozambique, from 11 Nov 2006 until 18 November 2006 to discuss and develop compact procurement strategies with the MCC and MCA. Please advise as soon as possible regarding any schedule or itinerar [...]
2006-11-09 15:17:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDKMCA EAID ECON OVIP AFIN OTRA MZ
06MAPUTO1449COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MCC, BRIAN APP AND
[...] Embassy Maputo welcomes and grants country clearance for John Arnold from 11 Nov 2006 until 18 November 2006 and Donald Hart from 13 November 2006 to 25 November 2006 to travel to Mozambique, to conduct pre- feasibility studies for the Nacala Free Trade Zone component. Please advise as soon as [...]
2006-11-09 15:17:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDKMCA EAID ECON OVIP AFIN OTRA MZ
06MAPUTO1450COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR TOM RUSH TO TRAVEL
[...] Embassy Maputo welcomes and grants country clearance for Tom Rush to travel to Mozambique, from 13 Nov 2006 until 15 November 2006 to research and prepare a conference briefing book highlighting issues and opportunities in the information and communications technology sector of Sub-Saharan Afr [...]
2006-11-09 15:17:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDBEXB USTDA OTRA MZ
06MAPUTO146COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MOZAMIBQUE DESK OFFICER HERB TREGER TO TRAVEL TO MOZAMBIQUE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-01 08:02:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB OTRA AFIN AO SF KE MZ
06MAPUTO1510COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ELEANOR THORNTON TO
[...] Embassy Maputo welcomes and grants country clearance for Eleanor Thornton from 03 Dec 2006 until 15 December 2006 to travel to Mozambique, to conduct a diagnostic mission for the WCO on the framework of standards and its implementation in Mozambique. Please advise as soon as possible regardin [...]
2006-11-21 14:37:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDETRD OTRA CTM MZ
06MAPUTO1545U.S. - Mozambique Trade Investment Framework
[...] (U) Summary. Assistant United States Trade Representative (AUSTR) Florizelle Liser led an interagency visit to Mozambique October 16 through October 18. The purpose of the visit was to conduct the first bilateral Council on Trade and Investment (TIFA Council) under the Trade Investment Fram [...]
2006-11-30 04:50:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ
06MAPUTO1584COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MCC STEPHEN GAULL
[...] Embassy Maputo welcomes and grants country clearance for MCC Stephen Gaull and Darius Mans to travel to Mozambique, from 17 December 2006 until 21 December 2006 to meet with Mozambique's Minister of Planning and Development, Aiuba Cuereneia, to discuss MCA-Mozambique compact signing and progra [...]
2006-12-08 10:09:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDKMCA EAID ECON OVIP AFIN OTRA MZ
06MAPUTO1626November Economic Digest: Mozambique
[...] This is a brief summary of significant economic developments in Mozambique during November 2006. We provide it as a supplement to our other reporting. The items discussed are: -- Macroeconomics: Inflation And Growth Figures -- CVRD's Moatize Viability Study Under Review -- Additional [...]
2006-12-21 15:48:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ
06MAPUTO1630COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR LAUREN CHITTY FROM
[...] Embassy Maputo welcomes and grants country clearance for Lauren Chitty to travel to Mozambique, from 3 January 2007 until 15 January 2007 to monitor 5F program grant in Lichinga and meet with USAID partners in Maputo. Please advise as soon as possible regarding any schedule or itinerary chang [...]
2006-12-26 13:11:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR OTRA MZ SF
06MAPUTO1631COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR LAUREN CHITTY FROM
[...] Embassy Maputo welcomes and grants country clearance for Lauren Chitty to travel to Mozambique, from 3 January 2007 until 15 January 2007 to monitor 5F program grant in Lichinga and meet with USAID partners in Maputo. Please advise as soon as possible regarding any schedule or itinerary chang [...]
2006-12-27 06:19:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR OTRA MZ SF
06MAPUTO187MOZAMBIQUE: FEBRUARY 9 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT
[...] (U) Summary: Ambassador met with President Guebuza February 9, at his invitation. This request was prompted by a meeting Ambassador and DCM had the week before with Presidency Secretary-General Ambassador Antonio Sumbana on U.S. programs and priorities in Mozambique. The President had been [...]
2006-02-13 14:29:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALETRD EINV PGOV PHUM PINS PREL PTER MARR MZ
06MAPUTO278MOZAMBIQUE - PRESIDENT GUEBUZA'S FIRST YEAR
[...] (C) Summary. On balance, Guebuza's first year in office has been positive. His main tasks for that year as we see them were to confront the Chissano-era spirit of "deixa andar", maintain economic policy continuity to allow continued growth, and set the stage for reductions in absolute povert [...]
2006-03-07 07:37:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KOR EAID MZ
06MAPUTO319MOZAMBIQUE TRADE MINISTER LETTER TO AUSTR ON WTO
[...] Following is the text of a letter post has received from the Minister of Industry and Commerce Antonio Fernando to Assistant USTR Florizelle Liser. Post has faxed this text to USTR for Patrick Coleman. Please advise if any reply is anticipated. 2. Begin Text: Dear Mrs. Liser, Let [...]
2006-03-13 14:45:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD MZ
06MAPUTO396U.S. TOBACCO COMPANY DEPARTING MOZAMBIQUE OVER
[...] (SBU) Summary: American loose-leaf tobacco merchant Alliance One International has decided to discontinue all operations in Mozambique. The withdrawal comes as the result of the GRM's decision in August 2005 to seize Alliance One's most profitable Mozambican concession and grant it to another [...]
2006-03-31 07:43:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ETRD EINV MZ
06MAPUTO422Mozambique: Brazilian CVRD Considering Buying Out
[...] (U) Summary: On March 31 the Brazilian company CVRD and the OPIC-supported US/Mozambique consortium managing the Nacala railroad corridor, CDN, reached an agreement giving CVRD the option, until the end of 2006, to purchase CDN. CVRD is currently assessing prospects in the Moatize coal basin [...]
2006-04-11 08:10:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ
06MAPUTO423COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION (MCC) VISIT TO TRAVEL TO MOZAMBIQUE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-11 08:10:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDKMCA EAID ECON OVIP AFIN OTRA MZ
06MAPUTO450COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ACOTA PROGRAM
[...] Embassy Maputo welcomes and grants country clearance for John M. Sevold, ACOTA Program Representative, to travel to Mozambique on April 27-29, 2006. Please advise as soon as possible regarding any schedule or itinerary changes; refer to para 8 regarding visa requirements. 2. Control O [...]
2006-04-17 15:11:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PREL OTRA ASEC MZ
06MAPUTO451COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR RACHEL BICKFORD
[...] Embassy Maputo welcomes and grants country clearance for Rachel Bickford, AgAttache, Pretoria, to travel to Mozambique on April 19-22, 2006 to attend the Africa Regional Technical Seminar for Codex Alimentarius and to assist with the upcoming USDA/GOM Title I agreement. Please advise as so [...]
2006-04-17 15:12:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR MZ
06MAPUTO461COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MILLENNIUM
[...] Embassy Maputo welcomes and grants country clearance for MCC staff to travel to Mozambique on the following dates to conduct kick off meetings for 609(g) financed contractors and to follow up on governance structure. Beverly Watson, Associate Country Director, Operations Arrival: 20 April [...]
2006-04-20 14:29:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDKMCA EAID ECON OVIP AFIN OTRA MZ
06MAPUTO471COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ANA GUEDES TO
[...] Embassy Maputo welcomes and grants country clearance for Ana Guedes, VOA Africa Division Portuguese to Africa Chief to travel to Mozambique on April 20-30, 2006 to conduct journalism training for VOA's affiliates in Mozambique and initial contacts with potential and/or future VOA's health and [...]
2006-04-24 12:56:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDBBG MZ
06MAPUTO479COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR RACHEL BICKFORD
[...] Embassy Maputo welcomes and grants country clearance for Rachel Bickford, AgAttache, Pretoria, to travel to Mozambique on May 9-11, 2006 to meet with USAID and Embassy Officials regarding USDA/GOM Title I program. Please advise as soon as possible regarding any schedule or itinerary change [...]
2006-04-27 06:15:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR MZ
06MAPUTO527COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR PHIL HARLAN TO
[...] Embassy Maputo welcomes and grants country clearance for Phil Harlan, to travel to Mozambique on May 9-11, 2006 to brief U.S. Embassy and Mozambique government officials on the Borlaug Fellows Program (selection, implementation procedures and follow up),share with the government officials st [...]
2006-05-08 07:22:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR OTRA SF MZ
06MAPUTO585Mozambique - Possible Activity Involving Violation
[...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see para 4. 2. (SBU) On May 19 one of the leading newspapers in Mozambique, Savana, published a story that the American tobacco company, Universal, has opened an investigation into an internal report that one of its employees in an unnamed country had [...]
2006-05-22 09:47:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON EAGR ETRD MZ
06MAPUTO633COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MILLENNIUM
[...] Embassy Maputo welcomes and grants country clearance for MCC staff to travel to Mozambique on the following dates to further program design for the MCA- Mozambique Program. Jonathan Saiger, Director, Infrastructure Arrival: 05 June 2006 Departure: 10 June 2006 Mark Huisenga, Director, A [...]
2006-06-02 09:15:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDKMCA EAID ECON OVIP AFIN OTRA MZ
06MAPUTO669MOZAMBIQUE - 2006 Report on Investment Disputes and
[...] Post is aware of one (1) claim that may be outstanding against the Government of the Republic of Mozambique (GRM). 2. Claimant A. 3. This potential claim arose on or around August 5, 2005. 4. In 2001 Claimant A received authorization for a foreign investment project from the GRM's [...]
2006-06-08 06:15:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID EINV ETRD PGOV KIDE CASC MZ
06MAPUTO673COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR JUDITH PHILLIPS,
[...] Embassy Maputo welcomes and grants country clearance for Judith Phillips, Africa and Middle East Branch Chief, to travel to Mozambique from 24 June 06 to 01 July 06, to review status of USDA food assistance programs in Mozambique. Please advise as soon as possible regarding any schedule or [...]
2006-06-08 07:47:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR MA SF MZ
06MAPUTO674COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DOUG SHUSTER TO
[...] Embassy Maputo welcomes and grants country clearance for Doug Shuster, USTDA, to travel to Mozambique from 15 June 06 to 17 June 06, to perform business development research and to identify FY 07 projects. Please advise as soon as possible regarding any schedule or itinerary changes; refer [...]
2006-06-08 07:49:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDMZ
06MAPUTO682COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NED CABOT AND
[...] Embassy Maputo welcomes and grants country clearance for Ned Cabot, Regional Director, USTDA, and Ursula Iszler, Country Manager, USTDA, to travel to Mozambique from 14 June 06 to 17 June 06, to develop new business and possibly sign grants. Please advise as soon as possible regarding any [...]
2006-06-09 07:11:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDEAID OTRA USTDA SF ET KE MZ
06MAPUTO761COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR RACHEL BICKFORD
[...] Embassy Maputo welcomes and grants country clearance for Rachel Bickford, Ag Attache, Pretoria, to travel to Mozambique on June 26 - 30, 2006 to review the status for USDA food assistance programs in Mozambique and from June 30 - July 5, 2006 to take leave in Inhambane. Please advise as so [...]
2006-06-22 06:13:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR MZ
06MAPUTO785MOZAMBIQUE: BUILDING SUPPORT FOR GUATEMALA IN
[...] (C) On June 30, Charge delivered reftel demarche to Elias Jaime Zimba, the Foreign Ministry's Director for the Americas and Europe. Charge noted that former Ambassador La Lime had raised this issue twice (note: before Zimba's recent assumption of his position) with Minister Abreu, who was well [...]
2006-06-30 12:54:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC UNGA GT VE MZ
06MAPUTO786MOZAMBIQUE: PRESSING AU MEMBERS TO STAND FIRM ON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-30 13:04:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALKPKO PREL MARR PINS SOCI MZ
06MAPUTO794COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR GARI MAYBERRY, PAUL SPUDICH, ARTHUR MCGARR, WALTER MOONEY TO TRAVEL TO MOZAMBIQUE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-05 12:00:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDMZ
06MAPUTO796COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR JOHN L. BOWERS TO TRAVEL TO MOZAMBIQUE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-05 12:00:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDMZ
06MAPUTO816COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MARK HUISENGA TO TRAVEL TO MOZAMBIQUE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-07 08:57:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDMZ
06MAPUTO868COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MICHAEL MCNAMARA TO TRAVEL TO MOZAMBIQUE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-19 05:56:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR OTRA SF MZ
06MAPUTO890COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR TAWFIK RAMTOOLAH
[...] Embassy Maputo welcomes and grants country clearance for Mr. Tawfik Ramtoolah, Treasury Budget Advisor, to travel to Mozambique from August 1, 2006 to August 5, 2006 to attend the IMF/WB African Executive Directors Caucus meeting. Please advise as soon as possible regarding any schedule or [...]
2006-07-24 11:24:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN MZ
06MAPUTO94COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION (MCC) VISIT TO TRAVEL TO MOZAMBIQUE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-20 07:25:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDKMCA EAID ECON OVIP AFIN OTRA MZ
06MAPUTO953COUNTRY FRAUD PROFILE: MOZAMBIQUE
[...] (SBU) Consular Fraud Summary: Mozambiques porous borders, underpa and ill-equipped border security forces and lack of technological infrastructure make it an inviting transit country for mala fide travelers, immigrant smugglers and immigrant traffickers. Mozambican passports and residency perm [...]
2006-08-02 13:45:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS KFRD MZ
06MAPUTO97EMBASSY MAPUTO'S FY06 BFIF PROPOSAL
[...] Post requests funding in the amount of USD 27,882 under the Business Facilitation Incentive Fund (BFIF) for FY06. 2. In order of priority, we propose the following two projects for FY06: --------------------------------------------- -------------- Project 1: Commercial Outreach, AGOA P [...]
2006-01-20 09:55:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP BTIO ECON ETRD AMGT EINV ABUD MZ
06MASERU140UNSC ELECTIONS (GRULAC)
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, Ambassador raised points on Venezuela and Guatemala as contenders for the GRULAC seat for the UN Security Council (2007-2008) during March 16 discussions with the GOL Foreign Minister. 2. (SBU) Venezuela's troubling disruption of international events, including the disru [...]
2006-03-17 14:19:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UN UNSC GT VE LT
06MASERU15MASERU TERRORISM INFORMATION
[...] (S/NF) On January 6, Post Security Officer was advised by a cleared American employee that a "good acquaintance" had claimed to her that people who work at or own a pizza restaurant "Mediterranean" in downtown Maseru are heavily associated with Middle-East terrorism. The term "Al-Qaida" was u [...]
2006-01-11 10:02:00Embassy MaseruSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER LT
06MASERU170COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GEORGE BICEGO
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for M&E Specialist, George Bicego to travel to Lesotho for the period a/o April 6 to a/o April 7, 2006. 2. The purpose of the travel is to attend HIV/AIDS USG Task Force meeting. 3. Control Officer for your visit is U.S. Embassy HIV/AIDS Coor [...]
2006-04-04 12:21:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AMGT LT
06MASERU172AMBASSADOR'S QUARTERLY SECURITY REPORT
[...] (SBU) The crime threat level in Lesotho remains at the critical level. The resources of the police have not increased and donors are receiving renewed requests for assistance. In light of the situation, international community representatives are seeking a meeting with the Deputy Prime Minist [...]
2006-04-07 06:23:00Embassy MaseruCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNASEC PREL LT
06MASERU211COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR M&E SPECIALIST, GEORGE BICEGO
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for M&E Specialist George Bicego to travel to Lesotho for the period a/o May 3 to May 4 , 2006. 2. The purpose of the travel is to assist in planning discussions on laboratory infrastructure, M&E at the National Aids Commission, NAC. 3. Contr [...]
2006-05-03 07:40:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT OTRA LT
06MASERU223COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JAMES CREIGHTON, GEORGE BICEGO
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for James Creighton, Regional Director, and George Bicego, M&E Specialist, to travel to Lesotho for the period a/o May 16 to a/o May 17, 2006. 2. The purpose of the travel is to attend HIV/AIDS Task Force meeting. 3. Control Officer for your [...]
2006-05-09 06:07:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT OTRA LT
06MASERU225ATLANTA'S MAYOR AND LESOTHO'S YOUNGEST AIDS VICTIMS
[...] SUMMARY ----------------- Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin visited Lesotho from 10 April - 13 April 2006 as a guest of CARE International. Ambassador June Carter Perry met with the Mayor on three separate occasions, an introductory meeting with the Ambassador in the Chancery, celebrations at a [...]
2006-05-10 10:50:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDKOCI KHIV OEXC OVIP PREL SOCI PGOV SCUL PHUM LT
06MASERU254UNGASS: HIGH LEVEL AIDS ISSUES
[...] (SBU) In recent discussions (May 29) with The First Lady of Lesotho and Prime Minister Mosisili, we have learned their major concerns about combating HIV/AIDS in Lesotho. We have advised them that the U.S. Delegation will be led by First Lady Mrs. Laura Bush, and that a number of U.S. expert [...]
2006-05-31 11:53:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNGA PREL PGOV KHIV LT
06MASERU261AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON PRIME MINISTER
[...] (C) Ambassador called on Prime Minister Mosisili May 31 prior to his departure for the UNGASS on AIDS. The agenda included Article 98 Agreement status which is awaiting Cabinet review; positions on Iran, Iraq and democratic growth; HIV/AIDS, education and the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA [...]
2006-06-02 14:04:00Embassy MaseruCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PGOV KICC KHIV LT
06MASERU334VISIT OF FORMER PRESIDENT CLINTON AND BILL AND MELINDA GATES
[...] On 12 July 2006, Former U.S. President William Jefferson Clinton visited Mafeteng, Lesotho, in connection with his AIDS foundation. The Embassy provided vehicle and security support (as requested by USSS),assistance with motorcade and liaison with the GOL. Mr. William Gates and Mrs. Melinda [...]
2006-07-14 09:42:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDKHIV OVIP PREL PGOV LT
06MASERU335ECONOMIC REPORT
[...] SUMMARY: --Letseng Diamond Mine sold to Gem Diamond Mining Company; --More Mining Licenses Granted; --Law Society Appeals to Chief Justice; --Standard Bank and Lesotho Bank Announce Merger; --Lesotho Textiles Make a Comeback. --------------------------------------------- -------------- [...]
2006-07-19 08:32:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID PGOV LT
06MASERU341COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MS. BHAVNA LAL
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for Chemonics International Inc.Women's Legal Rights officer Ms. Bhavna Lal to travel to Lesotho for the period a/o July 29 to a/o July 31, 2006. 2. The purpose of the travel is to monitor existing women's legal rights initiatives, develop futur [...]
2006-07-25 07:45:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA LT
06MASERU346LESOTHO: AMBASSADOR'S QUARTERLY SECURITY REPORT
[...] (C) The security situation in Lesotho continues to be critical as indicated below by the security incidents over the past several months. We believe it is important to note again to the Department the importance of having a full time Regional Security Officer (RSO) here. As has been previous [...]
2006-07-25 11:52:00Embassy MaseruCONFIDENTIALASEC PREL LT
06MASERU491LESOTHO: OBLIGATION OF FY06 DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS FUND
[...] Subject grant agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Law Office (632-DHRF-06-001) for the purchase of law books has been cancelled in its entirety in compliance with DHRF requirements as per refs A and B. Amendment No. 1 to effect this change was signed by COM [...]
2006-09-29 14:17:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID SOCI XA LT
06MASERU501RESIDENITAL FURNITURE ORDER, PO MASERU-06-M-0164
[...] Accessory Table 133-345 2 EA DOLS 210.88 TOTAL DOLS 421.76 2. Table 995-419 2 EA DOLS 203.45 TOTAL DOLS 406.90 3. End Table 995-300 2 EA DOLS 259.90 TOTAL DOLS 519.80 4. Lamp 704-PMM 2 EA DOLS 81.56 TOTAL DOLS 163.12 5 [...]
2006-10-05 16:02:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASUP AMGT
06MASERU524UNSC: LESOTHO REAFFIRMS SUPPORT FOR GUATEMALA
[...] (S) MFA Europe and Americas Division Director Pitso Makosholo (the most senior MFA official available) told Charge on October 17 that Lesotho's top-level decision to support Guatemala's UNSC candidacy was firm (ref B). He said that the GOL had issued instructions to its PermRep in New York to [...]
2006-10-18 15:44:00Embassy MaseruSECRETPREL UNSC GE VT LT
06MASERU555AMBASSADOR'S QUARTERLY SECURITY REPORT - JULY THROUGH
[...] (C) The critical threat environment remains in Maseru (see incidents below) and has been exacerbated by considerable political disruptions. The former Communication Minister resigned, formed a new political party and gained support (allegedly "bought") from 17 ruling party parliamentarians. [...]
2006-11-03 10:18:00Embassy MaseruSECRETASEC AMGT LT
06MASERU578CARDINAL MCCARRICK VISITS LESOTHO: GRANTS CRS GROWING
[...] SUMMARY. During a November 9 call on Ambassador June Carter Perry, Washington-based Cardinal Theodore McCarrick thanked the U.S. Embassy for its work fighting HIV/AIDS and poverty. Cardinal McCarrick, on a week-long visit to Lesotho in connection with Catholic Relief Services (CRS) Lesotho's [...]
2006-11-21 07:19:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDKHIV EAID PREL OVIP ASEC VT LT
06MASERU617ACTING PM REQUESTS US LAW ENFORCEMENT HELP TO INVESTIGATE
[...] (C) On December 7, Acting Prime Minister Lehohla requested Ambassador come to his office for a 90 minute one-on-one discussion centering primarily on the GOL's request for professional investigative assistance in finding the murderer of Dutch Clinton Foundation Volunteer Samuella "Ella" Jacobi [...]
2006-12-11 16:48:00Embassy MaseruCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL LT
06MASERU621GOVERNMENT OF LESOTHO EXPELS LIBYAN AMBASSADOR
[...] (S) Summary: The GOL revoked the Libyan Ambassador's credentials o/a December 13 and ordered the envoy to depart Lesotho within 72 hours, apparently for "performing in a manner incompatible" with his duties. Embassy sources indicate that the GOL had become fed up with the Libyan's abusive beh [...]
2006-12-14 16:10:00Embassy MaseruSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR PINS OFDP LY LT
06MASERU631AMBASSADOR'S VISITS REVEAL REMOTE AREAS BENEFIT FROM USG
[...] SUMMARY. On November 28, Ambassador June Carter Perry and post's Special Projects team visited the District of Mokhotlong to review three Special Self-Help (SSH) Fund projects and to meet with Ambassador's Girls' Scholarship Program (AGSP) recipients there. This visible outreach to an isolat [...]
2006-12-27 10:20:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KHIV SCUL KDEM LT
06MASERU77KEY OFFICER CONTACT INFORMATION: MASERU
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-08 11:49:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER LT
06MELBOURNE244GUANTANAMO SUICIDES SPUR NEW CRIES IN AUSTRALIA
[...] (SBU) Three detainee suicides at the Guantanamo Bay Detention facility on June 10 unsurprisingly have brought renewed calls for the release of Australian detainee David Hicks. An Australian Parliamentary motion calling for the closure of Guantanamo and the return of Hicks to Australia narrow [...]
2006-06-20 01:34:00Consulate MelbourneUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPROP PTER PREL PINS AS
06MEXICO1113SIXTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP)
[...] (SBU) The mission's point of contact on the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Report is Poloff Scott C. Higgins. He may be reached by telephone at (52)(55) 5080-2000, ext. 4806, or by fax at (52)(55) 5080-2247. Post requests that the names of the non-governmental organizations (NGOs) working with [...]
2006-03-02 13:24:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF
06MEXICO1174IS MEXICO RUNNING OUT OF OIL?
[...] (SBU) Production from Mexico's Cantarell complex of offshore oil fields, responsible for 61 percent of the nation's oil production, has begun to decline. Recent press reports suggest the decline rate could be as high as 25 percent per year. However, Pemex officials and industry analysts pla [...]
2006-03-03 18:59:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG EPET MX
06MEXICO1277ALL CANDIDATES LOOKING TO SPEND ON INFRASTRUCTURE
[...] (SBU) Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO),Felipe Calderon and Roberto Madrazo have at least one shared plan: increase investment in infrastructure as the catalyst to spur economic growth, generate employment, improve competitiveness, and promote regional development. Funding their plans will [...]
2006-03-08 15:20:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV PGOV PINR MX
06MEXICO1310AGAINST THE WALL: US AND MEXICAN CONGRESSMEMBERS
[...] (SBU) Summary: During the 45th U.S.-Mexico Interparliamentary (IPG) meeting members of Congress from both countries exchanged perspectives on border security and migration. The Mexican delegation stressed shared responsibility for border matters and the contribution Mexican migrants make t [...]
2006-03-09 21:41:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MX
06MEXICO1492MEXICO ENERGY: PEMEX CFO ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
[...] (SBU) The CFO of Pemex, the Mexican oil parastatal, Juan Jose Suarez Coppel painted a rosy picture of the chances for passage of a bill that will allow the firm to operate more autonomously from the government. The proposal would replace most government secretaries and union bosses on the boa [...]
2006-03-20 16:35:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG EPET MX
06MEXICO1609FORGING OPPORTUNITIES WITH CARLOS SLIM'S GRUPO
[...] SUMMARY. The Ambassador hosted a breakfast March 16 with CEOs from various divisions of Mexican mogul Carlos Slim's Grupo Carso to discuss how the U.S. Mission in Mexico can assist U.S. companies (particularly small- and medium-sized companies) in entering the Mexican market, and form allianc [...]
2006-03-27 21:42:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDECIN ECON EIND EINV ENRG MX
06MEXICO1656FORUM HIGHLIGHS CHALLENGES, OPPORTUNITIES IN MEXICO-
[...] The UN Economic Commission for Latin America, the Mexican Senate, and Mexico's Secretary of Foreign Relations hosted a bilateral forum March 6-7 on Sino-Mexican economic relations. Participants in "Opportunities in the Economic and Commercial Relations: China - Mexico in the Latin American C [...]
2006-03-29 21:50:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV PGOV MX CH
06MEXICO1665THE MEXICAN RETAIL SECTOR: A LOOK AHEAD.
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Mexican retail sector is expected to grow aggressively in 2006-2007, driven by rising demand for low-cost goods coupled with expansion into previously underserved areas. Econoff met with industry representatives and government officials who confirmed their widespread expec [...]
2006-03-30 15:54:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EIND EINV ETRD
06MEXICO1839 MEXICAN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS REALISTIC, SOMETIMES
[...] Representatives from various Mexican agricultural organizations gave us their views on U.S.-Mexican agricultural cooperation and trade. The groups held varying views on NAFTA's current impact on their producers and the potential impact of further liberalization, particularly of corn and beans [...]
2006-04-07 15:41:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAGR PGOV MX
06MEXICO1889SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF DEFENSE RUMSFELD'S
[...] (C) Summary: Mexico is the essential partner in U.S. homeland defense, and while the Mexican Navy (Marina) has been an enthusiastic player, the Mexican military (SEDENA) has only recently begun to acknowledge the benefits of cooperation. This visit marks the opportunity to realign our ow [...]
2006-04-10 19:22:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS PREL MX
06MEXICO2097REMITTANCES AND MIGRATION PART II: THE FINANCIAL
[...] (SBU) Summary. Despite record amounts of remittances flowing from the U.S. to rural Mexico, sustainable economic development in those regions has been largely elusive. One factor inhibiting productive investment of remittances has been a scarcity of reliable financial services in rural areas [...]
2006-04-21 15:17:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECIN ECON EFIN ETRD SMIG MX
06MEXICO2154MIGRATION AND REMITTANCES PART IV: CROSS BORDER
[...] (SBU) Summary. According to Mexican authorities, the number of people immigrating illegally to the U.S. in the first three months of 2006 grew to 275,792, an increase of 20 percent compared to the same time period in 2005. Many of these migrants have traditionally lacked financial and invest [...]
2006-04-25 11:12:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECIN ECON EFIN MX SMIG
06MEXICO2220 TEN ECONOMIC CHALLENGES FACING MEXICO'S NEXT PRESIDENT
[...] (SBU) Whoever wins Mexico's presidential election on July 2 will inherit both the economic strengths built and bolstered during the Fox Administration and the daunting challenges that Fox leaves unfulfilled or simply unaddressed. Fox's major economic legacy will be the macroeconomic stability [...]
2006-04-26 19:46:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV PGOV PINR MX
06MEXICO2280PROPOSED LAW TO LIMIT FOREIGN INVESTMENT DEAD FOR
[...] SUMMARY: The Mexican Chamber of Deputies rejected a bill passed by the Senate on April 4 that would have limited foreign neutral investment (i.e. investment in non-voting shares) to trusts, mutual funds, and other investment funds. Although the law would likely have affected investors from E [...]
2006-04-27 20:45:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ECON MX
06MEXICO2333PUNTA COLONET PORT AND RAILROAD PROJECT LOSING
[...] (SBU) Summary: Dep Econcouns and Econoff met February 17 with Union Pacific Railroad's Director General for Mexico Juan Manuel Carreon to discuss the Punta Colonet port development project in Baja California, Mexico. Carreon believes Union Pacific and partner, Hutchison Port Holdings, a Hong [...]
2006-05-02 17:38:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALECON MX EINV BTIO ETTC ETLN EAIR ETRD ENRG
06MEXICO2408AMLO: FOREIGN POLICY STAYS THE SAME BUT CAMPAIGN
[...] (C) On Tuesday 05/02, leftist candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) chaired a foreign policy program hosted by the Consulting Council for an Alternative Project for the Nation. The Council is led by former Mexican Ambassador to the United Nations and AMLO advisor Porfirio Munoz Ledo and [...]
2006-05-04 23:22:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO2409NEW POLLS SUGGEST PAN CANDIDATE CALDERON MAY CROSS
[...] (C) Summary: A flurry of post-debate polls puts National Action Party (PAN) candidate Felipe Calderon ahead of former front-runner Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO)(Democratic Revolution Party - PRD) by between 1-7 percentage points, depending on the poll. PAN party President Manuel Espino [...]
2006-05-04 23:27:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV MX
06MEXICO2517SAN SALVADOR ATENCO RIOTERS DRAW BRUTAL POLICE
[...] (C) Summary. A May 3-4 riot in San Salvador Atenco was the result of long-simmering local political rivalries. We see no direct relation to the coming presidential election, and the group that precipitated the violence appears to have no reach beyond its community. Nevertheless, the GOM dec [...]
2006-05-11 17:52:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MX
06MEXICO2595FRANCHISING IN MEXICO PART I: AN OVERVIEW
[...] (SBU) Summary. Buoyed by increased purchasing power, a commercial real estate boom, and greater investor confidence, franchises are transforming the retail sector in Mexico. The franchise industry is an increasingly important component of the Mexican economy, creating thousands of new jobs a [...]
2006-05-15 22:15:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECIN ECON EFIN EINV MX
06MEXICO2633FRANCHISING IN MEXICO PART II: PRESENT AND FUTURE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Being driven by domestic and foreign investment, the franchise industry grew by 17 percent in 2005. While U.S. companies presently comprise most of the foreign-based franchises in Mexico, a substantial increase in the presence of Central and South American, European, and Chine [...]
2006-05-16 22:01:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECIN ECON EFIN EINV MX
06MEXICO2637WAITING FOR THE WHOLE ENCHILADA: MEXICO REACTION
[...] (SBU) Fox administration officials responded immediately to President Bush's 5/15 speech by stressing there was no "militarization" of the border, the shared responsibility for border security, and their concern over the lack of legislative progress on migration. Mexican commentators focused [...]
2006-05-16 22:59:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MX
06MEXICO2758 BORDER REACTION: MEXICO WORRIES ABOUT "THE WALL"
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy and Consulates continued intensive outreach on border issues with key media figures, the campaigns and political parties. While the GOM initially maintained a remarkably unified public line accepting U.S. border security initiatives, the attitude changed dramatic [...]
2006-05-23 15:56:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MX
06MEXICO2960OAS: MEXICO WILL PERSIST WITH TRADE RESOLUTION
[...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Astrid Diaz-Infante, Acting Director General for OAS Affairs at Mexico's Foreign Relations Secretariat (SRE). Diaz-Infante agreed that opening up the text of Mexico's "trade and investment" resolution would undo years of negotiations and said that the GOM i [...]
2006-06-01 20:06:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MX
06MEXICO3069CALDERON AT MOUNT SINAI
[...] (U) Summary: On May 31, Felipe Calderon, presidential candidate of the ruling National Action Party (PAN),addressed over 500 members of Mexico,s Jewish community, the first of the three major presidential candidates to publicly appear before this community. In his remarks, Calderon focused [...]
2006-06-05 22:50:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO3136VOLATILITY IN MEXICAN FINANCIAL MARKETS
[...] (SBU) Summary: During the week of May 29 econoffs and FSN ECON specialist talked with a broad range of analysts and economists from foreign banks and the Mexican Stock Market. Their reading was that the recent volatility in Mexican financial markets was directly tied to capital flight from eme [...]
2006-06-07 20:12:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN MX
06MEXICO3148PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE: CALDERON ON POINTS, AMLO ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the second and final of the presidential debates, front-running candidates Felipe Calderon of the National Action Party (PAN) and Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) of the Party of the Democratic Revolution were widely perceived to have debated to a near draw. The debate f [...]
2006-06-07 23:19:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL MX
06MEXICO3296ENGAGING THE NEW MEXICAN ADMINISTRATION ON
[...] (C) Summary: This is the first in a series of six cables on transition issues in Mexico. We have an effective relationship with Mexico when it comes to counter-terrorism, particularly on special interest aliens (SIAs) and alien smuggling. The first transition challenge will be to make the n [...]
2006-06-15 00:44:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MX
06MEXICO3297ENGAGING THE NEW MEXICAN ADMINISTRATION ON LAW
[...] (C) Summary: This is the second in a series of six cables on transition issues in Mexico. We suggest three overarching messages on law enforcement for the new administration. First, the steadily improving cooperation over the last six years represents a baseline, not an aberration. Second, w [...]
2006-06-15 00:50:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL KCRM SNAR MX
06MEXICO3321ENGAGING THE NEW MEXICAN ADMINISTRATION ON TRADE
[...] (SBU) Summary: This is the fourth in a series of six cables on transition issues in Mexico. Modern infrastructure, including energy, transport, and telecommunications; respect for the rule of law; and vigorous and open trade under NAFTA will provide the foundation to build a competitive Mexi [...]
2006-06-16 14:42:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON ETRD MX
06MEXICO3322ENGAGING THE NEW MEXICAN ADMINISTRATION ON TRADE
[...] (SBU) Summary: This is the fourth in a series of six cables on transition issues in Mexico. Modern infrastructure, including energy, transport, and telecommunications; respect for the rule of law; and vigorous and open trade under NAFTA will provide the foundation to build a competitive Mexi [...]
2006-06-16 14:47:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON ETRD MX
06MEXICO3338EMBRACING THE WINNER AND RETHINKING BILATERAL
[...] (C) Summary: This is the last in a series of six cables on transiti issues in Mexico. Washington should embrace the winner of the July 2 presidential election early and often (this is all the more important i the winner turns out to be Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador). We hope that senior USG of [...]
2006-06-16 21:49:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR MX
06MEXICO3378MEXICO'S EXPANDING TIES TO ASIA
[...] (C) Summary: In the wake of A/S Shannon's visit to Asia post met separately with Japanese and Chinese embassy and Foreign Ministry (SRE) officials, all of whom welcomed increased consultation with the U.S. on Mexico's relations with Asia. Japanese diplomat Noriteru Fukushima echoed Tokyo off [...]
2006-06-19 23:27:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL EINV MX
06MEXICO3423TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS CONFERENCE IN MEXICO LAYS
[...] (SBU) Summary: With support from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE),Mexico's National Commission for Human Rights (CNDH) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) sponsored a comprehensive conference on trafficking in persons (TIP) in Tapachula, Chiapas, June 14-15. [...]
2006-06-21 19:31:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO3438EMBRACING THE WINNER AND RETHINKING BILATERAL
[...] (C) Summary: This is the last in a series of six cables on transition issues in Mexico. Washington should embrace the winner of the July 2 presidential election early and often (this is all the more important if the winner turns out to be Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador). We hope that senior USG [...]
2006-06-22 14:30:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR MX
06MEXICO3638NEW MANZANILLO LNG PLANT: MEXICO PUTS OUT BIDS FOR
[...] (SBU) The GOM published June 6 a solicitation for bids to construct a liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage and re-gasification plant at Manzanillo on Mexico's west coast, and another solicitation to supply LNG to the plant. Bids are due in by January 16, 2007. GOM officials and experts identi [...]
2006-06-30 15:59:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG EPET MX
06MEXICO3834SRE BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON ELECTION
[...] (SBU) Summary: On July 7, the SRE held its second post-electoral briefing for the diplomatic community. The briefing was presided over by Foreign Secretary Derbez, although Federal Electoral Institute (IFE) Counselor Alejandra Latapi, one of the two IFE representatives in attendance, led th [...]
2006-07-11 18:31:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL MX
06MEXICO4144BANK OF MEXICO CONFERENCE ON POVERTY CHALLENGES,
[...] (SBU) Mexican economic leaders and World Bank economists discussed the causes and potential solutions for the country,s persistent poverty at a July 19 Mexico City conference &Growth and Reduction of Poverty in Latin America: Virtuous Cycles and Vicious Cycles.8 At the conference, Central Ban [...]
2006-07-26 17:54:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ENRG MX PGOV PINR PREL
06MEXICO4189LEADING MEXICAN ECONOMIST ON TAX AND FISCAL REFORM
[...] (C) Econoff met with Dr. Fausto Hernandez, Economics Professor at Mexico,s Center for Economic Research and Teaching (CIDE),to discuss Mexico,s fiscal policy. Dr. Hernandez has done extensive research and published numerous studies on the subject. He discussed the origins of low tax collect [...]
2006-07-27 18:24:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ENRG MX PGOV PINR PREL
06MEXICO4222EMBASSY MEXICO CITY 2006-2007 IPR PROTECTION
[...] (U) Despite the increases in raids and seizures carried out over the last year by Mexican Customs (Aduanas) and the Specialized IPR Unit within the Attorney General's office (PGR),markets selling counterfeit goods are ubiquitous and abuse of intellectual property rights (IPR) remains rampant. [...]
2006-07-31 21:08:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KIPR KPAO WTRO MX
06MEXICO4239PLAYING WITH A CRYSTAL BALL: PREDICTING CALDERON'S
[...] (SBU) Summary: Even as AndrQs Manuel L"pez Obrador continues to challenge the July 2 election results, Felipe Calder"n is quietly planning his transition to power, leading to speculation as to who will be invited to join his future administration. Although we believe it is generally too ear [...]
2006-08-01 14:51:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN MX PGOV PINR PREL
06MEXICO4288MEXICAN TRANSPORT U/S ON CROSS-BORDER
[...] (C) Econ Mincouns and Econoff met with Mexican Undersecretary of Communications and Transport (SCT) Aaron Dychter on July 31, 2006. Dychter is concerned that leaks about a proposed cross-border trucking pilot program could have negative effects on the ability to implement the program in the [...]
2006-08-02 23:25:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEAIR EINV MX ECIN ELTN ETRD PBTS
06MEXICO4291(CORRECTED COPY) PLAYING WITH A CRYSTAL BALL:
[...] (SBU) Summary: Even as Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador continues to challenge the July 2 election results, Felipe Calderon is quietly planning his transition to power, leading to speculation as to who will be invited to join his future administration. Although we believe it is generally too ear [...]
2006-08-03 13:37:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN MX PGOV PINR PREL
06MEXICO4494MESOAMERICAN ENERGY INITIATIVE MOVES AHEAD DESPITE
[...] (SBU) Under the Mesoamerican Energy Integration Plan (PIEM),the GOM is continues to vigorously promote construction a refinery in either Panama or Guatemala to serve as an outlet for heavy Mexican crude, as well as provide development opportunities and reasonably priced energy supplies for t [...]
2006-08-11 18:44:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG EPET MX
06MEXICO4534MEXICO'S "OTHER HALF"--THE VIEW FROM OAXACA (PART
[...] (SBU) On August 1-4, poloff visited the state of Oaxaca in order to learn more about the political and economic dynamics of this region, often characterized as part of Mexico's poor "other half." Academics, journalists, protesters, and indigenous citizens described a state--until recently a PR [...]
2006-08-14 23:01:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB PINR PGOV MX
06MEXICO4857DEMARCHE DELIVERED CONCERNING HIGH LEVEL DIALOGUE
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel talking points to several officials at the Secretariat for Foreign Relations (SRE): Director General for North American Affairs, Bosco Marti Ascencio; Director General for the United Nations, Ulises Canchola Gutierrez; Director of International Organizations, Norm [...]
2006-08-29 17:12:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREF SMIG UNGA PREL PGOV MX
06MEXICO496361ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY: UPDATED LIST OF GOM
[...] ATTACHED PLEASE FIND AN UPDATED LIST OF THE GOM OFFICIALS WHO CURRENTLY PLAN TO ATTEND THE 61ST UNGA. AS MORE INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE REGARDING THE DETAILS OF THEIR ATTENDANCE, POST WILL FORWARD IT. 2. VICENTE FOX QUESADA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED MEXICAN STATES DATES OF ATTENDANCE [...]
2006-09-01 20:03:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA MX
06MEXICO505APOCALYPSE NOT: AMLO ASSURES AMBASSADOR HE WILL
[...] (C) On 01/23, presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) of the leftist-Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) sat down with the Ambassador to discuss his proposals on a number of key issues of interest to the United States. Accompanied by his foreign policy advisor, Dr. Jose Maria [...]
2006-01-31 14:22:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALMX PGOV PINR
06MEXICO5157MIGRANT ASSOCATIONS SPUR DEVELOPMENT IN MICHOACAN
[...] (SBU) Last April Embassy Mexico produced a series of cables (ref. A-D) detailing how the chain of migration and remittances from the U.S. affected life in rural Mexico. At the invitation of our Michaoacano contacts, econoff returned to the town of Venustiano Carranza to meet migrants tempor [...]
2006-09-12 15:51:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDECIN ECON EINV MX
06MEXICO5312MEXICO'S GOVERNMENT, MEDIA PROCESS AMBASSADOR'S
[...] (SBU) Summary: While certainly not uniformly laudatory, public and private responses to last week's consular announcement and ambassadorial statement on rising border violence have so far been measured. The statements generated predictable criticism from some quarters that we have impinged [...]
2006-09-19 21:09:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KJUS MX
06MEXICO5607AMBASSADOR'S PRIVATE DINNER WITH PRESIDENT-ELECT
[...] (C) During a private dinner with Ambassador and Mrs. Garza, President-elect Felipe Calderon expressed his grave concern over the security situation in Mexico. It was heartrending to see Mexico living through such times, he told the Ambassador, and improving security would be a key pillar of [...]
2006-09-29 22:03:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MX
06MEXICO5698SRE'S GUTIERREZ TELLS SHANNON BORDER FENCE A
[...] (SBU) Summary: A subdued Geronimo Gutierrez used his October 2 meeting with A/S Shannon to voice Mexico's deep frustration with last week's Senate vote to fund a border fence, saying it was a "bitter pill" at a bad time that would complicate bilateral relations. Nevertheless, Gutierrez was ho [...]
2006-10-06 17:37:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKSEP MX PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA WHO
06MEXICO5878NATIONAL SPACE POLICY DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-17 13:24:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM MX
06MEXICO6043SRE FIRM ON OAS DECLARATION ON U.S. BORDER SECURITY
[...] Political counselor demarched SRE's Director General for Regional Institutions Andrea Garcia Guerra and her deputy Juan Sandoval the afternoon of October 23, arguing that the Mexican initiative would be counter-productive at this juncture in Washington and could have a negative impact on the u [...]
2006-10-24 12:44:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDMX PHUM PREL PTER SMIG XM
06MEXICO6044PRESIDENT-ELECT CALDERON'S ADVSIORS DISCUSS
[...] (SBU) Begin Summary. During an October 20 seminar on Mexican policy perspectives sponsored by the Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico (ITAM),Transition Team International Affairs Advisor Arturo Sarukhan discussed President-elect Felipe Calderon's foreign policy priorities, placing t [...]
2006-10-24 12:44:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MX
06MEXICO6085PRESIDENT FOX'S NATIONAL SECURITY LEGACY
[...] (SBU) This is the first in a series of four cables assessing the key accomplishments of President Vicente Fox Quesada during his six years in office, including the expansion of bilateral cooperation that helped Mexico advance in areas of greatest interest to the USG. It focuses on progress ma [...]
2006-10-25 17:05:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KCRM SNAR PTER SMIG MX
06MEXICO6182GOM INTERVENES IN OAXACA
[...] (SBU) Begin summary: The five month-old crisis in Oaxaca reached a critical juncture October 29 with the deployment of Mexico's Federal Preventive Police (PFP) to the embattled state following three October 27 fatalities, including the killing of American journalist Brad Will. This cable asse [...]
2006-10-31 13:29:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CONS MX
06MEXICO620MEXICO/CENTAM ENERGY - MEXICANS MOVE ON ENERGY
[...] (SBU) To avoid the appearance that the U.S. is pulling the strings behind the Mesoamerican Energy Integration Plan (PIEM),Mexican Energy Undersecretary Hector Moreira will not send a team to brief U.S. officials until he has the cover of the proposed Binational Commission (BNC) in Washington. [...]
2006-02-03 21:36:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG MX PGOV PREL
06MEXICO6219DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON CUBA AND THE IBERO-AMERICAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-01 18:38:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDCU EU PREL PHUM MX
06MEXICO6275CALDERON WOOS, WOWS, OTTAWA
[...] (C) Summary: President-elect Felipe Calderon's October 26-27 visit to Ottawa exceeded expectations on both sides, with Calderon winning over both his public and private sector interlocutors. Canadian embassy contacts tell us he impressed his Ottawa contacts with his energy, intelligence and [...]
2006-11-03 23:04:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MX CA
06MEXICO6413WHO ARE MEXICO'S MONOPOLISTS?
[...] (SBU) Bank of Mexico and likely incoming Mexican government officials in recent weeks have stressed the importance of opening key sectors of the economy to more competition, but have been hesitant to publicly name the "offending" companies. This telegram spells out which sectors are dominated [...]
2006-11-09 16:22:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX
06MEXICO6461INDIAN REFINER ONLY BIDDER FOR MESOAMERICAN
[...] (SBU) Summary. GOM officials responsible for the Mesoamerican Energy Integration Project (PIEM) have selected only Reliance Refining in the first phase of bidding for construction and operation of a Central American refinery. The Indian firm will now have until July 2007 to prepare a proposa [...]
2006-11-14 17:31:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET ECON MX
06MEXICO6481PRESIDENT FOX'S POLITICAL, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND
[...] (SBU) This is the fourth in a series of four cables assessing President Fox's legacy. In the political area, Fox's greatest achievements were overseeing Mexico's first true political opening, which included a strengthening of the separation of powers and respect for limits on the president's [...]
2006-11-15 17:51:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM MX
06MEXICO6483MEXICO: LATIN AMERICA-CARIBBEAN BIOFUELS INITIATIVE
[...] Summary. Mexican officials, private organizations and energy research centers believe that the country's agricultural production is appropriate for ethanol and bio-fuel manufacturing, but with output of only 45 million liters per year, significant investment and infrastructure development wi [...]
2006-11-15 19:01:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EPET ECON MX
06MEXICO6570CALDERON NAMES ECONOMIC CABINET
[...] Mexican stocks jumped 1.6 percent on November 21 after President Elect-Calderon announced his Economic Cabinet. Many of the members were expected, having worked on the transition team, and/or for the Fox Administration. The new Secretary for Telecommunications and Transport Luis Tellez, SIP [...]
2006-11-22 14:06:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB PGOV PREL ETRD PINR MX
06MEXICO6571CALDERON NAMES ECONOMIC CABINET
[...] Mexican stocks jumped 1.6 percent on November 21 after President Elect-Calderon announced his Economic Cabinet. Many of the members were expected, having worked on the transition team, and/or for the Fox Administration. The new Secretary for Telecommunications and Transport Luis Tellez, SIP [...]
2006-11-22 14:38:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB PGOV PREL ETRD PINR MX
06MEXICO6604CALDERON NAMES SOCIAL CABINET
[...] (SBU) Summary: President-elect Calderon announced his six social cabinet selections November 24, saying their overall mission would be to "equalize opportunities" for all Mexicans. The appointments include: Josefina Vazquez Mota as Secretary of Education; Beatriz Zavala Peniche as Secretary [...]
2006-11-27 14:37:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR MX
06MEXICO6652OAXACA CRISIS WORSENS DAYS BEFORE FELIPE CALDERON
[...] (SBU) Begin summary: The political crisis in Oaxaca worsened over the weekend of November 25 when provocateurs turned what started out as a peaceful protest led by the People's Popular Assembly of Oaxaca (APPO) into a violent confrontation with the Federal Preventive Police (PFP). By the morn [...]
2006-11-28 22:42:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV ELAB MX
06MEXICO6656CALDERON NAMES POLITICAL CABINET
[...] (SBU) Summary: President-elect Calderon announced his four political cabinet selections on November 28, bringing into his government one of his closest aides to run the presidency and naming a controversial Jalisco politician for Secretariat of the Interior. The appointments include: Francisco [...]
2006-11-29 01:15:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO6760US-MEXICO "HYPERBORDER" CONFERENCE
[...] (U) On November 16 and 17, Embassy EconOff and Ciudad Juarez ConOff attended the 2nd Annual Hyperborder Conference in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico and El Paso, Texas. They also spoke with the Director General of the Associacion de Maquiladora A.C. Consul General Donna Blair offered remarks at the op [...]
2006-12-05 22:06:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EIND ECIN ETRD ELTN ETTC ELAB MX
06MEXICO680LOPEZ OBRADOR REVEALS SOME NAMES FOR HIS POTENTIAL
[...] (SBU) Leading presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) revealed the names of three key potential cabinet members on January 30, in an attempt to calm fears that his economic and foreign policies would be too radical. AMLO said his economic advisor, Rogelio Ramirez de la O (ref [...]
2006-02-08 21:47:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV PGOV PINR MX
06MEXICO6823MEXICO'S CALDERON SUBMITS BUDGET TO CONGRESS
[...] (SBU) The new Mexican government of President Felipe Calderon, which took office on December 1, submitted its 2007 budget proposal to the Chamber of Deputies on December 5. The $205-billion budget is based on assumptions of 3.6% real GDP growth, inflation of 3.0%, a Mexican oil mix price of $4 [...]
2006-12-07 23:24:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX
06MEXICO6871CALDERON'S SECURITY CABINET
[...] (SBU) Felipe Calderon security cabinet appointments, made the day before his December 1 presidential inauguration, include: Guillermo Galvan Galvan as Secretary of Defense, Mariano Francisco Saynez Mendoza as Secretary of Navy, Genaro Garcia Luna as Secretary of Public Security, and Eduardo Me [...]
2006-12-11 21:41:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO6933MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, DECEMBER 7 Q DECEMBER 13
[...] (U) The first budget from the Calderon Administration, for fiscal year 2007 (ref A) was met by loud protests over proposed funding levels for education and infrastructure, as well as an increase in the tax for soft drinks. A detailed cable regarding contentious parts of the budget will follo [...]
2006-12-14 23:14:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDECON ENRG ELAB EFIN PGOV PREL MX
06MEXICO6972POST'S NOMINEES AS OAS DEMOCRACY PRACTITIONERS
[...] Per reftel, post would like to nominate the following persons for selection as "OAS Democracy Practitioners." 2. Name: Jose WOLDENBERG Karakowsky Bio: Woldenberg, 54, holds a Bachelor's degree in sociology, a Master's degree in Latin American studies, and a Doctorate in political scie [...]
2006-12-15 23:16:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MX OAS KSUM PHUM
06MEXICO7015SENIOR CONGRESSIONAL STAFFER DISCUSSES MEXICAN
[...] (SBU) Finance Secretary Agustin Carstens for weeks has highlighted publicly the need for fiscal reform in Mexico. At a recent conference in Mexico City, he said that Mexico needs to implement a broad fiscal reform to confront growing pension liabilities, rising payments on financed investment [...]
2006-12-20 23:15:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX
06MEXICO7032MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, DECEMBER 14 - DECEMBER 20
[...] (U) The revenue portion of the budget was first approved by the Chamber of Deputies and then the Senate though the Senate rejected the specific provision regarding the soft drink tax. However, this will probably not prevent the elimination of the discriminatory 20 percent tax on beverages swe [...]
2006-12-21 19:40:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDECON ECPS ELAB EFIN PGOV PREL MX
06MEXICO7055AMBASSADOR MAISTO CALLS ON SRE OFFICIALS
[...] (C) Summary: During a brief visit to Mexico City December 13-14, USOAS Ambassador John Maisto met separately with outgoing SRE Undersecretary for Latin America Jorge Chen Charpentier and his successor, Geronimo Gutierrez Fernandez. Chen offered a readout of the recent South American summit in [...]
2006-12-22 19:15:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV OAS MX VE CI BR BL CU NI
06MEXICO742PAN DEPUTIES DENOUNCE BORDER FENCE PROPOSAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: On February 8, ten members of the National Action Party's (PAN) faction in the Chamber of Deputies met with poloffs to voice their strong opposition to the provision of H.R. 4437 calling for the extension of the fence that now exists along portions of the U.S.-Mexican border. T [...]
2006-02-10 18:10:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MX
06MEXICO743PAN DEPUTIES DENOUNCE BORDER FENCE PROPOSAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: On February 8, ten members of the National Action Party's (PAN) faction in the Chamber of Deputies met with poloffs to voice their strong opposition to the provision of H.R. 4437 calling for the extension of the fence that now exists along portions of the U.S.-Mexican border. T [...]
2006-02-10 18:10:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MX
06MEXICO744PAN DEPUTIES DENOUNCE BORDER FENCE PROPOSAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: On February 8, ten members of the National Action Party's (PAN) faction in the Chamber of Deputies met with poloffs to voice their strong opposition to the provision of H.R. 4437 calling for the extension of the fence that now exists along portions of the U.S.-Mexican border. T [...]
2006-02-10 18:10:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MX
06MEXICO764MEXICAN TRADE NEGOTIATOR ON NAFTA MINISTERIAL
[...] (SBU) Mexican trade negotiator Ken Smith Ramos told us February 2 that Mexico expected the upcoming proposed March NAFTA Ministerial would cover the relationship between NAFTA and the SPP, regulatory cooperation, development of a list of panelists as set out in NAFTA Chapter 20, increased fle [...]
2006-02-10 21:59:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD MX
06MEXICO806CANDIDATES PLAY TO AUDIENCES ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL
[...] (SBU) On the campaign trail the week of February 6, the three main presidential candidates, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO),Felipe Calderon, and Roberto Madrazo, concerned about losing potential votes in a close race have avoided detailed explanations of their economic proposals and focuse [...]
2006-02-14 18:13:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV PGOV PINR MX
06MEXICO956CONTEMPLATING A MADRAZO FOREIGN POLICY
[...] (C) Summary: If elected, we believe Roberto Madrazo would seek to conduct a foreign policy that falls somewhere between the U.S.-centered policy advocated by the Fox administration and the "non-aligned" policy traditionally maintained by presidents from the Revolutionary Institutional Party [...]
2006-02-22 15:49:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MX
06MILAN77Good prospects for Italy's Stock Market
[...] Data from February indicates that 2006 will see an increase in new listings for the Italian stock market (Borsa Italiana) over 2005. The Borsa saw 19 new listings last year, already the highest number of new listings since 2000. This included 15 IPOs and 4 spin-offs, incorporations, or re-l [...]
2006-03-06 15:13:00Consulate MilanUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EINV ECON IT EUN
06MINSK10Belarus' Flailing White Elephants
[...] (SBU) Summary: In recent months Ambassador and Emboffs have visited several of Belarus' larger businesses, including its fourth largest company, the Minsk Automobile Factory (MAZ),its fifth largest company, the Belarus Automobile Factory (BelAZ),and Belshina, one of the world's largest tire [...]
2006-01-05 14:06:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALECON EIND ETRD ELAB PGOV BO
06MINSK1002GOB DENIES ACCESS TO KOZULIN, ANONYMOUS LETTER
[...] (C) On September 8, the Embassy received a diplomatic note from the MFA in response to the Embassy's August 10 request for access to former opposition presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin in prison. Charge had traveled to the prison to seek access to Kozulin August 30, but was told that t [...]
2006-09-13 11:52:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK1050EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - SEPTEMBER 26,
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - Date Announced for CIS October Summit in Minsk (para. 2) - Belarus' Foreign Minister to Address UNGA (para. 3) - Foreign Ministries of Belarus, Iran [...]
2006-09-27 03:33:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG KTDB BO
06MINSK1075EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - OCTOBER 03,
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - Lukashenko Discusses Union State Agenda with Borodin (para. 2) - China's Ambassador Calls Belarus A Friend and Partner (para. 3) CIVIL SOCIETY -- [...]
2006-10-03 11:27:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG KTDB BO
06MINSK108Minsk Election Weekly VII (January 28-February 3)
[...] This is the seventh in a weekly series of election-oriented reports, providing brief items of interest related to the March 19, 2006 presidential elections. ----------------- Signature Results ----------------- 2. After a month of signature collection, the CEC announced the following [...]
2006-02-03 09:14:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK1084NEW EU INTEREST IN VISA BANS ON STATE MEDIA
[...] (C) Embassy Minsk recommends that the Department renew its efforts to persuade European allies to expand the current EU visa ban against top officials of the Lukashenko regime to include twelve state media executives and journalists, who are responsible for some of the most egregious propaganda [...]
2006-10-05 09:55:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK1102AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON FOREIGN
[...] (C) The Ambassador met October 9 with Belarusian Foreign Minister Martynov to present him with copies of the letter of recall for her predecessor and her letters of credence. Martynov welcomed the Ambassador, and made his usual comments about the nature of the relationship Belarus wants to hav [...]
2006-10-11 13:53:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM BO
06MINSK1123"16" NOT SO SWEET: DAYS OF SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN
[...] (C) September 16, 2006 marked the first anniversary of the "Days of Solidarity" opposition campaign in Belarus. Planned as a series of monthly candle-lighting ceremonies on the 16th of each month honoring the memories of disappeared opponents of the Lukashenko regime, the campaign evolved into [...]
2006-10-18 11:44:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK1159EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - OCTOBER 31,
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS CIVIL SOCIETY ------------- - Milinkevich Wins European Parliament's Sakharov Award (para. 2) - Skrebets Will Be Released in November (para. 3) - Activist Arrested Near Presidential Administration ( [...]
2006-10-31 10:15:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON KTDB EPET BO
06MINSK117MFA Wants Positive WTO Answer Now
[...] (U) On February 2, Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Mikhnevich called Ambassador to the MFA to complain again about the U.S., EU and the WTO. Also present were Anton Kudasov, Deputy Director of the MFA's Directorate of Foreign Trade, Sergey Gulevich, Deputy Head of the MFA's Division of Forei [...]
2006-02-06 10:56:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD WTRO PGOV USTR BO
06MINSK1225INDEPENDENT POLLING REPORTS INCREASE IN INDEPENDENT RADIO
[...] Independent Belarusian pollster Manaev November 21 gave Ambassador the results of his sixth and final post election survey. According to his results, both the amount of Belarusians who listen to foreign radio broadcasts and who use the internet continue to increase. Support ratings decreased s [...]
2006-11-29 11:25:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PINR SOCI ECON BO
06MINSK1234LUKASHENKO'S NEW FOREIGN POLICY: A METHOD TO THE
[...] (C) Belarus' rocky relationship with Russia has forced the isolated country to pursue a different course in its foreign policy. The GOB has ratcheted up its efforts to strengthen ties with countries like Iran, Venezuela, Azerbaijan, and China over the past year. Belarus is attempting to div [...]
2006-12-01 14:03:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON CH VE AJ IR BO
06MINSK1294MFA CRITICIZES RAISING BELARUS AT UNSC, FEARS
[...] (C) On December 20, Deputy Director of the MFA's Americas Department Grigoriy Lyashuk presented Ambassador Belarus' concerns regarding possible sanctions resulting from the passage of the Belarus Democracy Reauthorization Act and the United State's use of the UN Security Council to raise the i [...]
2006-12-20 14:07:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC PHUM BO
06MINSK1301LETTER FROM KOZULIN'S WIFE TO USG, AMERICAN PEOPLE
[...] The following is an unofficial trAnslation of a letter from Irina Kozulina, wife of Belarus' imprisonedformer opposition presidential candidate AlekSandr Kozulin. Post will send the original leTter, received December 21, via pouch to EUR/UMB. 2. Begin text: Tothe United States GoverNment [...]
2006-12-22 10:13:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM BO
06MINSK1317EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - DECEMBER 29, 2006
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND INVESTMENT ---------------------------------- - Russian Bank Acquires Belvneshekonombank (para. 2) ELECTIONS --------- - Lebedko Denied Permission to Meet With Voters (p [...]
2006-12-29 13:25:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK147Analyzing Belarusian Trade
[...] (SBU) Summary: Trade figures for the first nine months of 2005 show a strong increase in Belarusian imports and exports, leading to a shrinking trade deficit. Russia remained by far Belarus' largest trading partner, accounting for 48% of trade. However, trade with Russia fell in both relative [...]
2006-02-13 09:29:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PREL USTR BO
06MINSK173STATE MEDIA VILIFIES AMERICA, OFTEN
[...] (C) Summary: In recent months Belarusian state media has become increasingly venomous in its daily attacks against the U.S. and the West. Common themes include charges of espionage, of Western attempts to destabilize the country, and of attempts to overthrow the government in a forced "color" [...]
2006-02-16 14:45:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BO
06MINSK195Belarus Special 301 Review
[...] Summary and recommendation: Post once again recommends placement of Belarus on the watch list for 2006. Little has changed since Post's 2005 Special 301 input (ref B). Pirated optical media remains the norm, being readily available across the country, including in state-owned stores, and enfo [...]
2006-02-23 05:50:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDKIPR ETRD ECON BO
06MINSK208EMBASSY MINSK BIWEEKLY REPORT - February 24, 2006
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ------------ Human Rights ------------ 2. Jailed Businessman Now a Fugitive On February 9, businessman Nikolai Avtukhovich who is facing tax evasion charges disappeared from house arrest in Grodno on the first day [...]
2006-02-27 14:40:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK222DAS KRAMER V. MFA, ROUND II
[...] (C) Summary: Visiting EUR DAS Kramer met on February 23 with MFA America's Desk head Maksim Ryzhenkov. The MFA at the last minute cancelled a higher-level meeting because Kramer refused to allow the GOB to control his schedule. The meeting itself was cordial, despite the repeated accusations [...]
2006-03-02 12:39:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK25Latest Polling: Milinkevich Creeps Ahead in Polls, But Not
[...] Summary: The results of IISEPS' latest polling shows that Lukashenko retains high ratings, around 53 percent. Opposition support remains low, even for the 10+ opposition candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich. Although Milinkevich's approval ratings did climb several points to 6.6 percent, a growin [...]
2006-01-12 12:48:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK281BKGB Claims USG Terrorism on Election Day
[...] At 1100 local on March 16, chairman of the BKGB Stepan Sukhorenko held a press conference to claim the BKGB had uncovered a plot by the Belarusian opposition, funded and organized by Georgia and the United States, to bomb four schools on Election Day (March 19) as part of a coup against Lukashe [...]
2006-03-16 14:40:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PTER PHUM CASC BO
06MINSK294KOZULIN MEETS WITH AMBASSADOR, SEEKS U.S. SUPPORT
[...] (C) Summary: In his March 14 meeting with Ambassador, opposition presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin presented pictures and names of security service officers who beat him on March 2 (reftel),and noted a letter of appreciation to Secretary Rice and his plea to Russian President Vladimir [...]
2006-03-17 16:40:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK306SOME DIGGING STILL AT GRODNO CEMETERY
[...] (C) Summary: On March 13, Poloff visited the site of the controversial Grodno stadium, built on top of a Jewish cemetery. Poloff confirmed that digging continues at the site, but that it is to finish off the expansion of the stadium, rather than as part of any new project. Poloff did not see [...]
2006-03-21 15:19:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KIRF BO
06MINSK311 Lukashenko Gives Victory Speech and Fiery Press
[...] (SBU) Summary: On March 20, a defiant Aleksandr Lukashenko accepted his presidential "victory" at a press conference held in the cavernous Palace of the Republic and spoke to a full audience, including practically the entire Belarusian government, on live television. Lukashenko stressed Belarusians [...]
2006-03-22 15:51:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK314LUKASHENKO GIVES VICTORY SPEECH AND FIERY PRESS
[...] (SBU) Summary: On March 20, a defiant Aleksandr Lukashenko accepted his presidential &victory8 at a press conference held in the cavernous Palace of the Republic and spoke to a full audience, including practically the entire Belarusian government, on live television. Lukashenko stressed Belar [...]
2006-03-23 07:04:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL
06MINSK315LUKASHENKO GIVES VICTORY SPEECH AND FIERY PRESS
[...] (SBU) Summary: On March 20, a defiant Aleksandr Lukashenko accepted his presidential &victory8 at a press conference held in the cavernous Palace of the Republic and spoke to a full audience, including practically the entire Belarusian government, on live television. Lukashenko stressed Belar [...]
2006-03-23 07:04:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL
06MINSK331SITUATION REPORT 5: POLICE BREAK-UP PROTEST
[...] (C) Summary: Just after 0300 March 24, security forces converged on October Square and arrested nearly everyone taking part in the opposition's on-going demonstration. Although estimates vary and authorities have not released any information, Post believes between 150 and 400 people were arres [...]
2006-03-24 12:49:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PREL BO CASC
06MINSK333Sitrep 6: Detainees Exceed 200
[...] (SBU) According to human rights NGO Vyasna, there are now 227 identified protesters who were arrested early this morning. Trials are already underway at many Minsk city courts. According to Vyasna, the sentences of those who have already stood trial range from 5-15 days in jail. Human rights [...]
2006-03-24 16:32:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK335MFA Issues Two Statements In Response To Critical U.S. and
[...] On March 24-26, the Belarusian MFA published two statements in response to the U.S. and EU actions and statements against Belarus. The March 24 MFA statement denounced the U.S.-EU decision to impose travel sanctions on Belarusian officials as a "senseless" and "dead-end policy." The statement [...]
2006-03-27 15:11:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL BO
06MINSK336Sitrep 7: March 25 Protests End In Violence
[...] (U) Summary: When police denied an estimated 7,000 protesters access to October Square for the March 25 "Freedom Day" rally, opposition leaders Aleksandr Milinkevich and Aleksandr Kozulin led the crowd to the alternate meeting point Yanka Kupala Park. Milinkevich used this opportunity to launch [...]
2006-03-27 15:24:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK337Up to 1,000 Arrested, Trials Have Begun
[...] Summary: Trials for those arrested March 24, when police raided the protest tent camp on October Square, started on March 24. Most of the detained are being sentenced to 10-15 days in trails that last 10 minutes at most. Reportedly, so one has been acquitted. Police detained another estimated [...]
2006-03-27 15:31:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK338Ambassador Delivers Demarche On Wave Of Arrests
[...] (C) Summary: On March 24, Ambassador called on MFA Americas Department Director Maksim Ryzhenkov to deliver a joint U.S.-EU message on the recent wave of repression against opposition leaders and activists prior to and following the March 19 presidential elections (ref A). Ambassador noted th [...]
2006-03-27 15:46:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK343Candidates React to Regime Crackdown
[...] (U) On March 26, opposition presidential candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich issued a statement expressing solidarity with all those beaten and arrested by authorities on March 25, including his rival opposition leader Aleksandr Kozulin. Expressing his desire to continue to challenge the illegiti [...]
2006-03-28 16:10:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL BO
06MINSK365BKGB USES COLD WAR TECHNIQUES TO GRAB POLITICAL
[...] (C) Summary: Belarusian security services seem to have employed old tools of the trade to silence a senior opposition activist, Vyacheslav Sivchik. On March 23, unknown persons impersonated Embassy local employees and possibly used falsified diplomatic plates to abduct Sivchik. They then seve [...]
2006-03-31 07:27:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BO
06MINSK383KOZULIN'S WIFE MEETS AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) Summary: On April 4, Irina Kozulin, wife of imprisoned opposition presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin, told Ambassador that her husband is still suffering from back pain and has bronchitis, but visible signs of his beatings have disappeared. However, he is receiving good treatment a [...]
2006-04-07 14:11:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL
06MINSK433EU VISA BAN IMMEDIATELY EFFECTIVE
[...] (C) Summary: On April 10, the EU expanded its visa ban list for Belarus from six to 37 senior GOB officials involved in election fraud and human rights abuses. Switzerland announced on April 12 that it would abide by the ban as well. In the first week of existence the ban has already prevente [...]
2006-04-20 13:07:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR CVIS BO
06MINSK446POLITICAL PROTESTANTS WANT CHANGE
[...] (C) Summary: Prominent Belarusian Protestant leaders recently described for Ambassador their continued registration problems and the increasing hostility that they face from the GOB. Most of the leaders agreed that their communities are ready to bring change to Belarus, claiming that young [...]
2006-04-24 14:02:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK453WOMEN LEADERS READY FOR CHANGE IN BELARUS
[...] (C) Summary: DCM hosted a luncheon discussion on women's roles in Belarusian society and politics for visiting speaker Darryl Glenney and Belarusian women leaders. While the guests admitted that Belarusian women are involved in the country's political life, they denounced the current women o [...]
2006-04-27 08:52:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KWMN SCUL BO
06MINSK456Belarus to Export Sugar to Cuba
[...] Belarusian Prime Minister Sergey Sidorsky led a delegation of GOB officials and state-owned businesses to Cuba April 20 to 23. In addition to the usual exhortations of fraternal socialist comradeship, in a deal only possible between two command economies Belarus agreed to import 100,000 tons of [...]
2006-04-27 09:57:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD PREL USTR EAGR CU BO
06MINSK461IT PARK CONCEPT GOOD, BUT COMPANIES SKEPTICAL
[...] (U) Summary: The GOB is in the process of creating its own Silicon Valley, an IT park in Minsk. The park will offer a number of tax and other administrative advantages to a limited range of high-tech companies. The head of the park also hopes to create a venture capital fund to provide inves [...]
2006-04-28 11:31:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EIND ETTC BO
06MINSK462EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - April 28, 2006
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. -------------- Post Elections -------------- 2. Lebedko Fined $30 for Swearing On April 25, Minsk Sovetsky district judge Oksana Relyavo found United Civic Party chairman Anatoly Lebedko guilty of petty hooliganis [...]
2006-04-28 11:32:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK493EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - May 5, 2006
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ----------------------- International Relations ----------------------- 2. Lukashenko: Consolidation of Political Forces Is No Problem During a meeting in St. Petersburg, Aleksandr Lukashenko told Russian President [...]
2006-05-05 14:25:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK528THE BELARUSIAN PARTY OF FREEDOM: AN ACTIVE PLAYER
[...] (C) Summary: On May 16, Poloffs met with the leader of the unregistered Belarusian Party of Freedom (BPF) Sergey Visotsky at the latter's request to discuss his party's activities. The BPF first appeared in 1993 as a student initiative and, according to Visotsky, remains a youth organization [...]
2006-05-18 10:29:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BO
06MINSK532EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - May 19, 2006
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ----------------------- International Relations ----------------------- 2. Lukashenko Receives Syrian Baath Party Official On May 18, Aleksandr Lukashenko told Abdullah al-Ahmar, assistant secretary general of Syri [...]
2006-05-22 11:32:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK543LUKASHENKO PRAISES SOVIET UNION, CRITICIZES WEST
[...] (SBU) Summary: In his May 9 Victory Day speech, Belarusian dictator Aleksandr Lukashenko lauded the Soviet Union's might and asserted Belarusians would effectively repel today's "foreign interference" just as they did in WWII. Lukashenko looked healthier than he did following his April 8 inau [...]
2006-05-23 12:13:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK545Belarus Supports U.S. ITU Candidacy
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-23 14:10:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDECPS AORC BO
06MINSK555GRODNO/VOLKOVISK TRIP HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: On May 16-17, Ambassador toured the Grodno oblast in the western part of Belarus, stopping first in Grodno and then in Volkovisk. Recently released political prisoner Levonevskiy described his deplorable prison conditions. Free trade unionists noted increasing GOB pressure on [...]
2006-05-26 08:35:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM EINV BO
06MINSK556GRODNO/VOLKOVISK TRIP HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: On May 16-17, Ambassador toured the Grodno oblast in the western part of Belarus, stopping first in Grodno and then in Volkovisk. Recently released political prisoner Levonevskiy described his deplorable prison conditions. Free trade unionists noted increasing GOB pressure on [...]
2006-05-26 08:35:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM EINV BO
06MINSK557GRODNO/VOLKOVISK TRIP HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: On May 16-17, Ambassador toured the Grodno oblast in the western part of Belarus, stopping first in Grodno and then in Volkovisk. Recently released political prisoner Levonevskiy described his deplorable prison conditions. Free trade unionists noted increasing GOB pressure on [...]
2006-05-26 08:35:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM EINV BO
06MINSK565Lukashenko's State of the Republic Tirade
[...] (SBU) Summary: In his May 23 annual address before parliament, Lukashenko declared all is well in Belarus. He raised the trial balloon of establishing a Party of Power, but said he himself did not need it. He ordered the parliament and government to work with the four pillars of society, labo [...]
2006-06-01 12:23:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON PREL PHUM BO
06MINSK581Belarus: Iran Demarches Passed; No Response
[...] On June 2, acting Pol/Econ Chief delivered ref A and B Iran demarches to Oleg Anisimov, Second Secretary in the MFA's America's Department. When Anisimov heard Poloff wanted to discuss a new U.S. proposal for Iran, he commented that, "your policy will of course change for the worse." He di [...]
2006-06-02 10:22:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV IAEA KNNP USNC IR BO
06MINSK582PINSK VISIT NOT IDEOLOGICALLY PURE
[...] (C) Summary: On May 24 and 25 DCM and Econoff visited the southern cities of Pinsk, Beryoza and Beloozyersk, as well as a newly discovered Holocaust mass grave near Bronnaya Gora. Local activists in Beryoza seemed preoccupied with their problems with the BKGB, but activists in Beloozyersk are [...]
2006-06-02 10:40:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON PHUM KNAR BO
06MINSK599BELARUS: 2006 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND
[...] (SBU) Post submits its annual contribution for the 2006 Report on Investment Disputes and Expropriation Claims. During the year the Belarus Government continued with its policy of fundraising through confiscation of transiting goods, although this process appears to be declining. The State Cu [...]
2006-06-09 04:44:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC EFIN EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV BO
06MINSK608REGIONAL OUTREACH TO GOMEL REGION HIGH, SUPERVISED
[...] (U) Summary: On June 1-2, Ambassador traveled to the regional capital city Gomel and surrounding villages to conduct public outreach. Opposition and civil society representatives described the repressive conditions in which they exist, but the civil society representatives also criticized the [...]
2006-06-09 13:33:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON PHUM BO
06MINSK619POST-ELECTION PROFILE OF BELARUSIAN YOUTH GROUPS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 25-27 and May 3-4, Poloffs met with representatives of five Belarusian youth organizations: Zubr, which announced its formal dissolution in May 2006; Third Way; Association of Belarusian Students; Volnaya Moladz; and New Life Church. All of these groups have been direct [...]
2006-06-13 13:35:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR BO
06MINSK628State Forces Competition to the Lowest Common Denominator
[...] (SBU) Summary: On June 8, General Manager for Coca-Cola Beverages Belarus Alexander Denisov listed for Econoff a number of problems Coke faces in Belarus. In recent months the Minsk City government has been removing hundreds Coca-Cola refrigerators the company gave to street kiosks selling Cok [...]
2006-06-14 06:08:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PREL USTR BO
06MINSK640THE NATIONAL LIBRARY: LUKASHENKO'S DIAMOND OR
[...] (U) Summary: The June 9 grand opening of the Belarusian National Library, a 23-story glass diamond-shaped monstrosity on the outskirts of Minsk, was again postponed. Although the authorities did not give a reason for the delay, independent news sources expect it is related to the perennial pro [...]
2006-06-16 05:30:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BO
06MINSK680MFA MEETS WITH AMBASSADOR-DRUMS UP GOB OUTCRY OVER
[...] (C) Summary: On June 23, Head of the MFA's U.S. and Canada Desk Sergey Sergeyev formally relayed GOB irritation with the U.S. imposition of visa bans and financial sanctions against GOB officials. Ambassador reiterated the USG had long warned the GOB the U.S. would take such actions against GO [...]
2006-06-27 12:54:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BO
06MINSK683GOB Mocks U.S. Financial Sanctions But Responds In Kind
[...] (SBU) Summary: The GOB has threatened to freeze the assets of President George Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in response to the financial sanctions imposed by the U.S. on President Lukashenko and nine other members of his regime. Affected Belarusian officials have denied the exis [...]
2006-06-29 11:11:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV BO
06MINSK690BELARUS NAMES FOR ASSET FREEZE, TRANCHE 2
[...] (C) Post provides the following information to supplement that gathered by the Department in consideration of freezing the assets of certain Belarusian regime officials. This is the second cable in this series (reftel). Aleksandr Radkov ---------------- 2. (C) Radkov became Minister o [...]
2006-06-30 12:35:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PHUM BO
06MINSK701LUKASHENKO PRAISES ECONOMY, SEEKS BETTER RELATIONS WITH
[...] (U) SUMMARY: President Aleksandr Lukashenko gave his Independence Day address on July 1 at the Palace of the Republic. He vowed that Belarusians would never forget the sacrifices their families made during WWII and thanked survivors for rebuilding Belarus into a strong nation. He then praised [...]
2006-07-10 06:40:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON PREL PHUM BO
06MINSK740EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - July 17, 2006
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ----------------- Political Parties ----------------- 2. Pro-Lukashenko Communists Proclaim Merger with Opposition Communists On July 15, the leadership of the pro-Lukashenko Communist Party of Belarus (CPB) de [...]
2006-07-18 03:48:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET EAGR ENRG BO
06MINSK787LUKASHENKO FINDS A NEW FRIEND IN HUGO CHAVEZ
[...] Summary: On July 23-25, Lukashenko hosted Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in Minsk, marking the first official visit of a Latin American leader in Belarus' history. During the series of meetings and ceremonies, the leaders lauded each other's political and economic policies and occasionally [...]
2006-07-27 10:57:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ETRD VE BO
06MINSK791 NGO Partnership Case Begins, Families and Observers
[...] (SBU) On July 28, the criminal trial against four young people associated with the NGO Partnerstvo (Partnership) began in Minsk's Tsentralny district. Belarusian authorities accused Timofei SIPDIS Dranchuk, Aleksandr Shalaiko, Nikolai Astreiko, and Enira Bronitskaya of operating an illegal [...]
2006-07-28 12:48:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK857CHARGE EXPRESSES CONCERN WITH LATVIAN DIPLOMAT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-09 12:33:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BO
06MINSK860EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - AUGUST 11, 2006
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ----------------------- International Relations ------------------------- 2. Lukashenko Pushes for Stronger UN Role On August 1, President Lukashenko asserted that Belarus seeks to strengthen the role of the United [...]
2006-08-10 04:49:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET EAGR ENRG BO
06MINSK887KOZULIN'S PARTY PREPARES FOR LOCAL ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: Senior Belarusian Social Democratic Party "Gramada" (BSDP) members corroborated reports that the health of imprisoned BSDP leader and former presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin is degenerating, but insisted the BSDP has no plans to replace Kozulin as party leader. They cha [...]
2006-08-17 06:12:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR BO
06MINSK890EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - AUGUST 11, 2006
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ----------------------- International Relations ------------------------- 2. Lukashenko Pushes for Stronger UN Role On August 1, President Lukashenko asserted that Belarus seeks to strengthen the role of the United [...]
2006-08-17 06:13:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET EAGR ENRG BO
06MINSK911EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - August 18, 2006
[...] (U) The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - Lukashenko Stipulates Eurasian Customs Union (para. 2) - Belarus and Ukraine Discuss Cooperation (para. 3) - Lukashenko Greets Indian, South Korea [...]
2006-08-21 13:36:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET EAGR ENRG KTDB BO
06MINSK964CHARGE'S PRESS CONFERENCE ELICITS INTEREST OF
[...] (U) On August 31, Charge hosted a press conference with members of the Belarusian independent media and local representatives of various international media outlets. After delivering a brief opening statement, Charge and journalists engaged in a spirited hour-long question-and-answer session [...]
2006-09-05 12:52:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL BO
06MINSK965EMBASSY HOSTS VICTIMS AND FAMILIES OF KOZULIN AND
[...] (SBU) On September 1, Charge and A/DCM hosted a reception for family members of imprisoned former opposition presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin, recently released Partnership NGO activists Aleksandr Shalaiko and Enire Bronitskaya and their families, and the family members of still impri [...]
2006-09-05 12:52:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK972MOBILE SATELLITE DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] Poloff delivered reftel talking points to the Americas Desk at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) in the form of a non-paper on September 1. The talking points were received without comment. MOORE [...]
2006-09-07 08:57:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ECPS EU EWWT IMO INMARSAT KHLS BO
06MINSK976PRO-REGIME NEO-NAZIS INTIMIDATE INDEPENDENT MEDIA,
[...] (C) Summary: Following March's stolen presidential elections, the pro-government, pan-Russian, neo-Nazi group "Russian National Unity" (RNE) appears to have undertaken a campaign of intimidation against Belarus' independent media and opposition political parties. This campaign apparently incl [...]
2006-09-11 13:01:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK982NAM ATTENDEES DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] Poloff delivered reftel talking points on the Middle East and terrorism to the Americas Desk at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) in the form of a non-paper on September 8. The talkig points were received without comment. MOORE [...]
2006-09-12 11:21:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA PTER PHUM BO
06MINSK984UNSC RESOLUTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] Poloff delivered reftel talking points to the Americas Desk at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) in the form of a non-paper on September 8. The talking points were received without comment. MOORE [...]
2006-09-12 11:21:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL KNNP MNUC WMD CT KPAO PTER KN KS BO
06MONTEVIDEO1012VAZQUEZ' HONEYMOON IS OVER
[...] (C) Summary: President Vazquez' approval rating dipped below fifty percent for the first time according to an October poll. When he was sworn in eighteen months ago, his approval rating stood at sixty-nine percent. The anti-climax surrounding a possible Free Trade Agreement (reftel),a worsen [...]
2006-10-25 18:47:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON SOCI ELAB MARR UY
06MONTEVIDEO1068LACKLUSTER XVI IBERO-AMERICAN SUMMIT IN MONTEVIDEO
[...] (SBU) Summary: The XVI Ibero-American Summit took place in Montevideo on 3-5 November without major logistical or security incidents. Leaders from 22 Latin American and European countries focused on "Migration and Development," though we detected few concrete accomplishments in these areas. [...]
2006-11-06 19:13:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AORC SOCI XM SP PO UY
06MONTEVIDEO1078URUGUAY DEMARCHED ON COUNTRY RESOLUTIONS AT UN
[...] (C) On November 8, Political Counselor met with the MFA's Director for Political Affairs Alvaro Gallardo, his Deputy Gerardo Pratto and acting Director for Multilateral Affairs Beatriz Nunez to deliver ref A senior level demarche and to discuss country specific human rights resolutions. (Note: [...]
2006-11-09 18:54:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC KTIA UN UY
06MONTEVIDEO1097HOW MERCOSUR HAS CHANGED
[...] (C) Summary and Introduction: This telegram contains a healthy dose of subjective analysis designed to stimulate constructive debate on an issue of regional importance. The Embassy is keenly interested in Mercosur, not only because its headquarters are located here, but also because we have [...]
2006-11-16 13:31:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON PREL AORC SOCI UY
06MONTEVIDEO1155SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF LIBERTAD ACT - URUGUAY
[...] (C) Upon taking office on March 1, 2005, the left-of-center Frente Amplio government immediately renewed diplomatic relations with Cuba, which had been previously suspended by the Batlle administration. This move appears to have been a gesture by President Vazquez to the more radical elements [...]
2006-12-05 15:45:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL CU UY
06MONTEVIDEO1179LEFT USING HUMAN RIGHTS TO DISCREDIT US
[...] (SBU) Summary: Uruguay's leftist groups increasingly resort to human rights as an anti-U.S. rallying cry. Uruguayan press coverage of Augusto Pinochet's death on Human Rights day serves to reinforce the local assertion that leftists are the only "true" defenders of human rights. Recently declassifi [...]
2006-12-13 11:45:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPROP PHUM PREL PINR KPAO UY
06MONTEVIDEO1194URUGUAY VOICES DEEP DISSATISFACTION AT MERCOSUR
[...] (C) Summary: At the Brasilia Mercosur ministerial, Economy Minister Astori publicly expressed some of the strongest criticism of Mercosur to date by a GOU official. Referring to Mercosur's situation as "dreadful," Astori called on partner states to take action on two issues: 1) the Argentine [...]
2006-12-19 20:31:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EINV PREL UY
06MONTEVIDEO149DISPUTE OVER PULP MILLS DEEPENS
[...] (C) Summary: The pulp mill dispute between Argentina and Uruguay (reftel) has only intensified in the past month, and the dispute, which until recently had been a provincial issue for Argentina, has become a national cause in Uruguay for which vital interests are at stake. Uruguay contends tha [...]
2006-02-13 19:08:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SENV SOCI EAGR AR UY
06MONTEVIDEO229VAZQUEZ SAYS HE WANTS A FREE TRADE AGREEMENT
[...] (C) Summary: Charge met with President Tabare Vazquez at the Embassy's request on March 7 to advise the President on his upcoming meeting with the Secretary on March 11 at the margins of Michelle Bachelet's inauguration ceremony in Santiago, Chile. Vazquez explicitly stated that he wanted a F [...]
2006-03-07 16:09:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD PINR KCRM AORC UY
06MONTEVIDEO230THE VAZQUEZ ADMINISTRATION AT THE ONE-YEAR MARK
[...] (C) Summary: The Frente Amplio (FA) Government completed its first year in power on March 1 with more achievements than setbacks. In typical fashion, little fanfare marked the day as President Vazquez had sent his state-of-the-union report to Congress a week earlier. It is clear that his adr [...]
2006-03-07 19:06:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EINV ETRD SOCI ELAB PINR UY
06MONTEVIDEO239OAS CICTE VI DELEGATION PREPARATION
[...] (U) This telegram responds to action requests in reftel. 2. (U) Embassy delivered reftel talking points to the MFA Director of Multilateral Affairs Gustavo Alvarez on March 6. Alvarez said that the Uruguayan delegation to the OAS Inter-American Committee Against Terrorism (CICTE) Sixth Regu [...]
2006-03-09 19:19:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDPTER OAS UY
06MONTEVIDEO254MERCOSUR - LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT? URUGUAY'S QUANDARY
[...] (C) Summary: The GOU's perception of Mercosur has undergone an extraordinary change over the past year, going from wide-eyed enthusiasm to deep disillusion to even questioning the wisdom of full membership. After initial declarations prioritizing the ""deepening of Mercosur"", the GOU experi [...]
2006-03-14 11:47:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PREL PGOV PINR AORC UY
06MONTEVIDEO259 VAZQUEZ'S DEALS IN CARACAS: A GOOD FIRESALE
[...] (SBU) Summary: On March 14-15, President Vazquez visited Venezuela as part of a six-day Latin American tour. Out of eleven bilateral agreements signed on a variety of issues, two stand out, with the remainder of a mostly cultural or technical nature. The GOU managed to dump on the GOV unprofitabl [...]
2006-03-16 20:51:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EINV VZ UY
06MONTEVIDEO298URUGUAY: ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL TOPICS (C-AL6-00402)
[...] (C/NF) This telegram responds to Washington analysts' request for information, per ref A. 2. (C/NF) Summary: Though a small country, Uruguay is important to U.S. national interests as an example of long-standing democracy in a region that has largely lurched to the populist left. Policy makers we [...]
2006-03-28 15:04:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPINR ETRD UY
06MONTEVIDEO3REQUEST FOR U.S. ENGLISH SPECIALIST
[...] (U) PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Post requests an English Teaching Specialist to work with the Office of English teaching of Secondary Education and conduct three, 2-day workshops on writing and speaking skills, for secondary school teachers. 2. (U) PROGRAM DATES: February 13-24, 2006. Post understands i [...]
2006-01-03 14:13:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL UY
06MONTEVIDEO306VAZQUEZ SENDS STRONG SIGNAL ON FREE TRADE AGREEMENT
[...] (C) Summary: Minister of Industry and Energy Jorge Lepra invited me to a private one-on-one meeting in order to transmit an urgent message from President Vazquez. Lepra relayed that Vazquez has not wavered in his commitment to a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the U.S. and that he still expec [...]
2006-03-29 20:44:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD OVIP UY
06MONTEVIDEO309GOU MAKES EARLY PAYMENT TO IMF AND GETS UNUSUALLY
[...] On March 30, Minister of Economy Astori and IMF's Deputy Managing Director Carstens announced that the GOU would make an early payment of its debt with the IMF (principal and interests) maturing in 2006. International markets celebrated the $625 million operation by raising their demand for [...]
2006-03-31 18:18:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV UY
06MONTEVIDEO379 VAZQUEZ DELIVERS CLEAR PUBLIC SIGNAL OF SUPPORT
[...] On an official visit to Mexico prior to his arrival in the U.S. on April 30, President Vazquez delivered his clearest-yet public signal of support for an Uruguay-U.S. bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA). In the press conference that followed his meeting with Mexican President Fox, Vazquez f [...]
2006-04-27 15:29:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON PREL MX UY
06MONTEVIDEO38FTA COMMENTS IGNITE INTERNAL/EXTERNAL DEBATES
[...] (C) Summary: Economy Minister Astori's open advocacy of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the US (ref A) last week has drawn sharp reactions at home and abroad because a ""leftist"" Mercosur government has publicly said it wants to talk with us about free trade. Domestically, there's been the [...]
2006-01-12 18:38:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD EINV UY
06MONTEVIDEO415SCENESETTER AMBASSADOR MAISTO'S VISIT TO URUGUAY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit to Uruguay on May 18 comes on the heels of a very successful May 4 meeting between Uruguayan President Vazquez and President Bush in Washington. Uruguay is important to U.S. interests as an example of temperate, long-standing democracy in a region that has largely lu [...]
2006-05-10 17:24:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL AORC PGOV SOCI UY
06MONTEVIDEO448GOU CRITICAL OF MERCOSUR BUT STILL INTENDS TO
[...] (C) Summary: Harsh criticism of Mercosur continues unabated in Uruguay, fueled by a worsening dispute with Argentina, Brazil's distraction with regional events, and an increased marginalization of Mercosur's smaller members in the decision-making. The trade bloc could tilt towards a more pol [...]
2006-05-19 14:00:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON PREL UY
06MONTEVIDEO459OAS AMBASSADOR JOHN MAISTO'S MAY 18 VISIT TO
[...] (C) U.S. Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States (OAS) Ambassador John F. Maisto visited Montevideo on May 18 to discuss Summit of the Americas follow-up, the June OAS General Assembly, and U.S./Uruguayan bilateral relations. He met with President Vazquez, lunched with [...]
2006-05-24 14:06:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPREL OAS UNSC UY
06MONTEVIDEO46URUGUAY'S PUBLIC UNIVERSITY SYSTEM IN CRISIS
[...] (U) Minister of the Economy, Daniel Astori recently stated that Uruguay must decentralize and strengthen its system of higher education or risk a faltering economy. Post analysis concurs with Astori's assessment. Statistics show that the vast majority of university-age students will never ac [...]
2006-01-13 18:09:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SOCI EINV ELAB UY
06MONTEVIDEO473URUGUAY STILL DITHERING ON PSI
[...] (C) Per instructions reftel, we have at various opportunities urged the GOU to endorse the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Statement of Interdiction Principles and encouraged it to attend the Senior Level Political meeting in Poland, in June. Embassy understands that the embassies of [...]
2006-05-26 17:53:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALMNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP UY
06MONTEVIDEO555SCENESETTER FOR UPCOMING TRADE TALKS IN WASHINGTON
[...] (C) Summary: Following the successful Vazquez/POTUS encounter in the Oval Office on May 4, trade talks between GOU negotiators and USTR have been scheduled to take place at a meeting in Washington during the last week of June. The GOU is now much more focused on discussing a Free Trade Agreemen [...]
2006-06-16 15:32:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PREL AORC UY
06MONTEVIDEO567MERCOSUR: THE ARGENTINE PRO TEMP PRESIDENCY AND
[...] (C) Summary: Argentina's pro temp presidency of Mercosur is seen in Uruguay as a resounding failure that weakened the trading bloc's institutions. The conflict over the paper pulp mills overshadowed the entire presidency, as the dispute spun out of control and Argentina blocked the GOU's att [...]
2006-06-21 20:52:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON PREL PINR AORC UY
06MONTEVIDEO570CHINESE AND KOREAN AMBASSADORS' PERSPECTIVES ON
[...] (C) Summary: Charge met separately with Ambassadors from the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) and South Korea to discuss regional perspectives in the wake of Assistant Secretary Shannon's trip to Asia on April 8-15. Chinese SIPDIS Ambassador Wang Xioyuan said he had been briefed on A/S Shann [...]
2006-06-22 19:26:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ETRD PINR OTRA CH JA KS UY
06MONTEVIDEO574GOU DEMARCHED ON OAS MLAT AND OPTIONAL PROTOCOL
[...] (U) Embassy contacted various GOU interlocutors to discuss reftel demarche, including officials in the MFA's Office of International Treaties and International Law, and a subject material expert on MLATs at the Ministry of Education and Culture. (Note: The GOU does not have a Ministry of Justic [...]
2006-06-23 17:20:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AORC KCRM UY
06MONTEVIDEO616URUGUAY'S FTA AT CROSSROADS WHILE VENEZUELA JOINS
[...] (C) Summary: President Vazquez is caught between wanting a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with us and Brazil's open opposition to it. On June 23, Brazil's visiting Foreign Minister explicitly warned the Uruguayans that an FTA with us would be damaging to Mercosur and Uruguay. On June 26, GOU and [...]
2006-07-05 18:03:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ECON PGOV AORC UY
06MONTEVIDEO746USTR VISIT PROMPTS PRESIDENT VAZQUEZ TO OPENLY
[...] (C) Summary: The recent visit by Assistant United States Trade Representative for the Americas Everett Eissenstat and USTR's Senior Director for Brazil and the Southern Cone, Sue Cronin, sparked an intense internal debate over the future direction of Uruguay's trade relationships and pitted o [...]
2006-08-14 19:07:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALETRD PREL ECON PGOV AORC UY
06MONTEVIDEO785URUGUAY DEMARCHED ON US CONCERNS ABOUT HUMAN
[...] (C) On August 22, PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to the only available officer in the MFA's office of the Director General for Political Affairs Alvaro Gallardo, stressing that the US had genuine concerns that new Human Rights Council (HRC) was less than balanced on its treatment of Israel [...]
2006-08-23 19:08:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNHRC UY
06MONTEVIDEO829URUGUAY ON NAM SUMMIT DEMARCHE
[...] (C) On September 6, PolCouns raised reftel demarche topics of Terrorism, Democracy and the Middle East with MFA Director for Multilateral Affairs Gustavo Alvarez. Alvarez said that Uruguay "tended to be more of an observer than a member of the Non-Aligned Movement" and was unlikely to be activ [...]
2006-09-07 20:00:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA PTER PHUM CU UY
06MONTEVIDEO936URUGUAY ON UNSC RACE
[...] (C) On September 29, per instructions reftel, PolCouns delivered UNSC demarche to the MFA's Director for Multilateral Affairs Gustavo Alvarez and his deputy Beatriz Nunez. Both listened attentively to the points and visibly cringed at the contents of the non-paper quoting excerpts from Preside [...]
2006-10-02 16:08:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALUNSC VE GT UY
06MONTEVIDEO951URUGUAY ON UNSC RACE
[...] (C) This message supplements information provided in Ref A. 2. (C) Ref B indicated that Venezuela is unlikely to pull out of the race before the October 16 UNGA vote that will decide the contested Latin American seat on the UNSC for 2007-2008. However, on October 4 (without any prompting o [...]
2006-10-05 17:20:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALUNSC PREL GT VE UY
06MONTEVIDEO963DICTATORSHIP'S WOUNDS STILL FELT IN URUGUAY
[...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: Uruguay's ongoing debate over the teaching of history and a recent public shouting match between the sons of important actors during Uruguay's dictatorship both illustrate the importance of that period to modern politics and policy in Uruguay. The complex history of [...]
2006-10-11 13:37:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SOCI ELAB UY
06MONTEVIDEO980BIOTECH CONFERENCE HITS THE MARK
[...] (U) Summary: Post thanks EB and IIP for their assistance (ref A),which allowed Post to present a timely and well-targeted biotechnology seminar in Uruguay. A broad cross-section of key biotech decision makers attended the seminar October 12, and the conference achieved positive results. Sp [...]
2006-10-16 19:11:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON ETRD TBIO UY
06MONTREAL255 MONTREAL-BASED TELEMARKETING SCHEMES TARGET
[...] (U) Summary. Montreal's relatively cheap labor and energy costs combined with strict privacy laws and lax telemarketing regulations have made it an attractive location for contact centers of all kinds, and the city now finds itself second only to Toronto for the dubious title of "telemarketin [...]
2006-03-01 20:26:00Consulate MontrealUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PREL ECON CASC CA
06MONTREAL518Montreal Outreach on WHTI
[...] Summary. The visit of DHS US-Visit Director Jim Williams and Department of States Ann Barrett, Managing Director of U.S. Passport Services, gave post an opportunity to get our message about WHTI out to a number of influential audiences and journalists in Montreal. Exports to the U.S. are extr [...]
2006-05-03 20:00:00Consulate MontrealUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CPAS CASC KTRD KPAO PREL CA
06MONTREAL622UPDATE ON HYDRO-QUEBEC'S ENERGY PLANS
[...] (U) Summary: On May 23, Embassy Ottawa EMIN Brian Mohler and ConGen Montreal Econoff Anne Coleman met with Marie-Jose Nadeau (please protect),Hydro Quebec's Executive Vice-President for Corporate Affairs, at the utility's Montreal headquarters. Ms. Nadeau provided an overview of Hydro Que [...]
2006-06-02 18:03:00Consulate MontrealCONFIDENTIALENGR CA
06MONTREAL676MONTREAL REACTIONS TO THE TORONTO ARRESTS
[...] (C) Montreal has a diverse population, receiving 88% of the province's immigrants. According to the 2004-05 report from the Quebec Ministry of Immigration and Cultural Communities, 27.6% of the Island of Montreal's residents are foreign-born. The greater-Montreal area has an estimated Musl [...]
2006-06-16 18:56:00Consulate MontrealCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV CPAS CVIS CA
06MONTREAL820 Montreal Hosts the First Ever OutGames
[...] Montreal is set to host the 1st World OutGames from July 26-August 5. An offshoot of the Federation of Gay Games (held this year in Chicago),which has traditionally focused on providing a venue for homosexuals to openly engage in sports competitions, the OutGames has added a three-day inter [...]
2006-07-28 13:00:00Consulate MontrealUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SOCI CASC CA
06MONTREAL922 Montreal Celebrates OutGames Success - Part 2 of 2
[...] The 1st World OutGames, held in Montreal June 26-August 5, drew some 500,000 spectators, 10,248 athletes, and 5,200 volunteers and has been touted by officials, media, and human rights activists alike as a success. The three-day conference on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Huma [...]
2006-08-24 20:16:00Consulate MontrealUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SOCI CASC CA
06MOSCOW10013RUSSIAN FEDERATION COUNCIL CHAIRMAN ON US,
[...] (C) Summary: In advance of his trip to the US to commemorate 9/11, Russian Federation Council Chairman Sergey Mironov previewed with the Ambassador a fall legislative effort to amend the Law on Extremism. Mironov said the reaction to the announced merger of leftist political parties was en [...]
2006-09-10 08:28:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV RS
06MOSCOW1025MFA HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICIAL ON REGULARIZING TIES, UN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 18 meeting, A/S Lowenkron and Vladimir Parshikov, Director of the MFA Department of Humanitarian Cooperation and Human Rights, agreed to more frequent consultations. Lowenkron laid out the USG position on the UN Human Rights Council, and Parshikov responded that the [...]
2006-02-01 14:15:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL KUNR PHUM RS
06MOSCOW10285RUSSIA PROTESTS JAMESTOWN CONFERENCE ON NORTH
[...] (C) Acting MFA North Americas Department Director Aleksandr Khudin requested a meeting with PolCouns to express GOR concern over the September 14 Jamestown Foundation conference in Washington on "The Future of the North Caucasus." Noting that Jamestown conferences on the North Caucasus had b [...]
2006-09-14 14:45:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER PINR RS
06MOSCOW10370ORTHODOX CLASSES NOW MANDATORY IN SOME RUSSIAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Public schools in the Bryansk, Kaluga, Smolensk, and Belgorod regions have incorporated a mandatory Orthodox culture course into their curriculums. Eleven other regions are offering the subject as an elective. Supporters say the move is needed to counter the spiritual vacuum left [...]
2006-09-18 07:06:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM RS
06MOSCOW105WIDENING PROBLEMS FOR RUSSIAN POLICY IN THE NORTH
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The North Caucasus is a crucible in which the weakness of the Russian state and its ambivalence about how to overcome that weakness are compounded. In part thanks to its failed policy there, the challenge for Russia in the North Caucasus has changed over the last ten years. Jus [...]
2006-01-11 15:03:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM EAID PREL RS
06MOSCOW10620RUSSIA: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH ANATOLIY CHUBAYS
[...] (C) Summary: In a September 19 meeting with the Ambassador, UES CEO Chubays was very upbeat about UES reform and the liberalization of electricity prices. He confidently predicted that strategic investors and IPOs in London and Moscow would raise the investment UES needs to meet its five y [...]
2006-09-22 08:26:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALAF ECON ENRG IAEA KNNP PGOV RS
06MOSCOW10704HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN LUKIN ON NGO
[...] (C) In a September 22 meeting with the Ambassador, Human Rights Ombudsman Vladimir Lukin endorsed moving forward on the proposed U.S.-Russian roundtable on democracy and human rights, and said he was prepared to discuss modalities when in Washington October 10-12. Lukin offered to intercede on [...]
2006-09-25 09:25:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI RS
06MOSCOW10986"NOT WAR, BUT CLOSE:" RUSSIAN REACTION TO GEORGIA
[...] (C) Summary: DFM Karasin told Ambassador September 28 the arrest of Russian officers in Georgia "could have been a casus belli." Russian reaction "will be more reasonable." Russia "has the impression that it cannot rely on its American partners." Karasin asked for U.S. help in freeing the o [...]
2006-09-28 15:11:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NATO GG RS
06MOSCOW11079CPC AND SHTOKMAN: SOME RESIGNATION, SPRINKLED WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On September 28, Ambassador met with Chevron's VP for Business Development Jay Pryor and the company's Russia chief, Ian MacDonald. On Shtokman, Chevron believes it has little chance of affecting the outcome of the now-politicized deal, but noted that market realities (missing t [...]
2006-10-03 07:18:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
06MOSCOW11252RUSSIA: DAS KRAMER MEETINGS ON NGOS AND HUMAN
[...] (C) Summary: EUR DAS David Kramer reinforced US concerns over NGO re-registration and encouraged Human Rights Ombudsman Lukin to finalize details of an "unofficial" human rights/democracy dialogue. Both Lukin and Public Chamber member Nikonov acknowledged bureaucratic difficulties and endo [...]
2006-10-06 07:26:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV RS
06MOSCOW11256RUSSIA: E/CBA FRANK MERMOUD'S ENERGY DISCUSSIONS
[...] (C) Summary: During his September 18-21 visit to Moscow, E/CBA Frank Mermoud's GOR and private sector interlocutors described continued GOR debate on new subsoil and strategic sectors legislation, growing displeasure with Production Sharing Agreements (PSAs) coupled with assurances that existi [...]
2006-10-06 09:55:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
06MOSCOW11275RUSSIA: NGO REGISTRATION UPDATE; DEADLINE
[...] (C) Summary: In an October 5 conversation with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Yakovenko, the Ambassador urged the GOR to extend an October 18 deadline for the re-registration of foreign NGOs and underscored the damage that would result from a suspension in their external programs. Yakovenko [...]
2006-10-06 14:28:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL RS
06MOSCOW11371RUSSIAN ENERGY: RUSSIANS RETHINK SHTOKMAN
[...] (C) Summary. Gazprom's October 8 decision to reject foreign equity participation in the giant Shtokman gas and LNG project in the Barents Sea, in favor of developing the field itself, reflects a growing trend towards energy nationalism, and genuine concern about maintaining control of such a [...]
2006-10-10 15:01:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
06MOSCOW11490PUTIN REACTS TO POLITKOVSKAYA ASSASSINATION
[...] (C) President Putin, three days after the murder of outspoken investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya, issued his definitive public statement that everything would be done to find the killers and bring them to trial. Russia's Prosecutor General, in fact, has already assumed charge of the [...]
2006-10-12 16:18:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PHUM PREL RS
06MOSCOW11698MOSCOW EXPERTS ON DPRK NUCLEAR TEST
[...] (C) Summary. Despite the GOR's strongly negative reaction to the reported nuclear test and its cooperation on UNSC 1718, Moscow's Korea watchers were for the large part critical of U.S. policies, arguing that the impasse over the DPRK program could have been avoided had the U.S. acted differ [...]
2006-10-19 06:40:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MNUC KNNP UNSC KN RS
06MOSCOW11773A/S BOUCHER HEARS RUSSIAN WORRIES ABOUT AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: During October 9 consultations in Moscow, A/S Boucher outlined U.S. intentions in Central Asia, stressed steps we were taking to address terrorism and narcotics trafficking in Afghanistan, and reviewed U.S. nuclear policies in South Asia. Foreign Ministry officials and the Rus [...]
2006-10-19 15:05:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER SNAR ENRG XD ZK RS
06MOSCOW11987EUR A/S FRIED MEETS RUSSIAN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) Summary: In his October 21 meeting with EUR A/S Fried, Russia's Human Rights Ombudsman Vladimir Lukin urged presidential endorsement of the unofficial human rights dialogue initiative organized by his office and the Moscow Carnegie Center, against a backdrop of public disenchantment wit [...]
2006-10-25 13:43:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV RS
06MOSCOW12035OLMERT VISIT: AUSPICIOUS START
[...] (C) Summary. Israeli PM Ehud Olmert's first working visit to Moscow as prime minister coincided with the 15th anniversary of Israel-Russia renewed diplomatic ties. The issues discussed in Olmert's three meetings--with President Putin, FM Lavrov and Defense Minister Ivanov--included the Middl [...]
2006-10-27 10:45:00Embassy MoscowSECRETPREL PGOV PINR IS RS
06MOSCOW1212PUBLIC CHAMBER HEAD VELIKHOV DESCRIBES EFFORTS TO
[...] SUMMARY. In a February 6 meeting with the Ambassador, Public Chamber Secretary Yevgeniy Velikhov expressed hope that the Chamber could positively influence the implementing regulations for the controversial NGO legislation. He dismissed recent spying accusations against NGOs as nonsense. He [...]
2006-02-08 12:35:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINR RS
06MOSCOW12257GEORGIA-RUSSIA: FM BEZHUASHVILI GETS RUSSIA'S
[...] (C) Georgian FM Bezhuashvili told Ambassador November 2 that he "got the message" passed to him bluntly November 1 by FM Lavrov and Security Council Secretary Igor Ivanov: that the Russians believe Georgia will begin military action in Abkhazia or South Ossetia; that Russia will confront Georg [...]
2006-11-02 14:32:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR ETRD GG RS
06MOSCOW12259RUSSIAN MFA CRITICIZES DAS BRYZA'S FINANCIAL TIMES
[...] (C) MFA North America Deputy Director Vladimir Vinokurov contacted Political M/C November 2 to highlight the ministry's critical reaction to comments made about the Northern European Gas Pipeline (NEGP) by DAS Bryza in an October 30 Financial Times of Germany interview. Vinkurov told us the [...]
2006-11-02 15:39:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG RS
06MOSCOW12310MORE NGOS RE-REGISTERED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The re-registration of foreign NGOs is continuing apace, with 148 approved by the backlogged Federal Registration Service. A majority of U.S. NGOs known to the Embassy are re-registered, with Human Rights Watch expecting approval any day. In the North Caucasus, the FRS and tax [...]
2006-11-03 16:15:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV PREF EAID KDEM RS
06MOSCOW12311RUSSIA: NATIONALISTS TO MARCH ON NOVEMBER 4
[...] SUMMARY: On Russia Unity Day, November 4, a large nationalist "Russia March" is planned for several Russian cities, including Moscow. Russia March is being organized by the Movement Against Illegal Immigration (DPNI) and is supported by several other nationalist and fascist groups, and by som [...]
2006-11-03 16:25:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM PHUM PINR PINS RS
06MOSCOW12402RUSSIAN DFM KISLYAK: BILATERAL RELATIONS UPDATE
[...] (C) Summary: In a November 8 meeting with the Ambassador, DFM Kislyak expressed concern over the potential impact of US congressional elections on WTO and bilateral nuclear cooperation. He argued again that US sanctions against Sukhoi were symbolic of the failings in bilateral relations -- [...]
2006-11-09 15:58:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL KNDP ECON ETRD RS
06MOSCOW12441RUSSIAN REACTION TO EVENTS IN GEORGIA
[...] (C) MFA 4th CIS Department Director Andrey Kelin told us November 13 that Georgia shows no willingness to meet Russia's "simple" demands for normalizing relations. He downplayed the effects of the sacking of former DefMin Okruashvili. He fretted that an "alternative election" in South Osseti [...]
2006-11-14 15:13:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PBTS UNSC OSCE GG RS
06MOSCOW12473RUSSIA WELCOMES CONSULTATIONS ON U.S. MISSILE
[...] (S) Oleg Burmistrov, Chief of the Political-Military Section of the Foreign Ministry's North America Department, told us 13 November that Moscow appreciated the 3 November visit of Undersecretary of Defense Stephen Cambone, who briefed Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Sergey Ivanov [...]
2006-11-16 15:08:00Embassy MoscowSECRETMARR MCAP PARM PREL RS
06MOSCOW12482EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: (A) JSC CHOP
[...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, (A) JSC CHOP Vityaz-S (D359202) AND (B) JSC CHOP Vityaz-S (D358555),[...]
2006-11-17 11:15:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC RS
06MOSCOW12528A/S FRIED CONVERSATION WITH RUSSIAN DFM KARASIN,
[...] (C) Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigoriy Karasin focused on Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova in a two hour discussion November 15. Karasin dismissed Georgian conciliatory steps as cosmetic; Fried said they are real and Russia should respond by ending sanct [...]
2006-11-20 13:48:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PBTS ETRD GG MD UP RS
06MOSCOW12631VOLGOGRAD: INTERESTED IN INCREASED ACADEMIC AND
[...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Not for internet distribution. Propriety Information. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During Ambassador Burns' November 16-17 trip to Volgograd, government, business and civil society representatives emphasized their desire to see stronger academic and business coopera [...]
2006-11-27 09:25:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV PGOV EAGR SOCR PINR RS
06MOSCOW12637DUTCH NGO REFUSED RE-REGISTRATION
[...] (SBU) The Federal Registration Service refused the NGO Stichting Russia Justice Initiative (RJI) last week, citing technical problems with its application. The technical reasons included questions about RJI Executive Director Ole Solvang's authority to represent RJI during the process and in [...]
2006-11-27 13:12:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF PHUM EAID KDEM RS
06MOSCOW12702RUSSIA: CEMENTING OUR ECONOMIC RELATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: After thirteen years of tough negotiations, we finally have in hand a bilateral agreement on Russia's accession to the WTO. Understanding that we are not yet out of the woods, with hard work ahead in the multilateral forum, we should take full advantage of the improved atmosphere [...]
2006-11-30 03:56:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALECON EAGR ENRG ETRD PREL RS EINV
06MOSCOW12709A GUIDE TO RUSSIAN POLITICAL YOUTH GROUPS: PART 1
[...] (C) SUMMARY. This is part one of a two-part message describing Russian political youth groups. This cable contains a summary of the major political youth movements in Russia. Russian political youth groups can be broadly divided into two categories: grassroots organizations driven by idealis [...]
2006-11-30 13:46:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL RS
06MOSCOW12757GORDEYEV ON THE WARPATH, AND THE DUTCH STRIKE BACK
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: According to the Dutch AgCouns in Moscow, Dutch veterinary and plant health authorities have run out of patience with their Russian counterparts and are proposing temporarily to halt plant quarantine certification by Dutch authorities of exports of all plant products to Russia. [...]
2006-12-01 20:23:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEAGR ETRD PREL WTO RS
06MOSCOW12784FOREIGN NGO RE-REGISTRATION NEARING ITS END
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Federal Registration Service (FRS) has re-registered 176 foreign NGOs as of December 1, with another 15 still under consideration, and it is nearing the end of this process. Of the 29 NGOs tracked by USAID, 21 have been re-registered, and eight are awaiting decisions from [...]
2006-12-04 16:30:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PREF PHUM EAID KDEM RS
06MOSCOW12857UNITED RUSSIA APPROVES PARTY PLATFORM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: United Russia (YR) approved its party platform and action plan for the next ten years at its convention in Yekaterinburg on December 2. Party luminaries followed a tight script, staked United Russia's claim to the political center with a populist tilt, and rallied its members for [...]
2006-12-08 15:47:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPINR PGOV KDCM RS
06MOSCOW12897AMBASSADOR VISITS NORTH CAUCASUS, DECEMBER 4-5
[...] (C) Ambassador Burns traveled to the North Caucasus December 4-5 -- the first American Ambassador to visit the region in fifteen years. In Kabardino-Balkaria he discussed with President Kanokov prospects for economic development and political reform. Kanokov provided regional views on frozen [...]
2006-12-12 14:27:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ETRD PINR GG RS
06MOSCOW12935EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION:
[...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, Villart Export, Elektrostal, Russia. The company was liste [...]
2006-12-15 06:42:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC RS
06MOSCOW13012Novosibirsk: United Russia Stronghold With High
[...] (SBU) United Russia's (YR) dominance in Russia's regions is evident in Novosibirsk, where YR holds the governorship, has an absolute majority in the regional parliament, does not view the emergence of the second Kremlin party "A Just Russia" as a threat, and dismisses the influence of "democra [...]
2006-12-21 08:38:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ETRD RS
06MOSCOW13092NGO RE-REGISTRATION UPDATE: BACK TO WORK IN THE
[...] (SBU) The Federal Registration Service (FRS) has re-registered 192 foreign NGOs as of December 22, including all of those providing aid in the North Caucasus. According to UN sources, the re-registration of International Rescue Committee (IRC) and World Vision, along with the French NGO Acti [...]
2006-12-26 15:15:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM EAID KDEM PGOV RS
06MOSCOW13175RUSSIA NOTIFIED OF ISNPA SANCTIONS
[...] (S) DCM delivered on December 29 the notification of new U.S. sanctions levied on four Russian entities for violating the Iran-Syria Non-Proliferation Act. In delivering reftel points, the DCM explained the sanctions reflected our serious concern about potentially destabilizing arms transfers [...]
2006-12-29 16:17:00Embassy MoscowSECRETPARM MTCR PREL MNUC ETTC RS
06MOSCOW1322AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO KAZAN: FEDERALISM, ECONOMIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador's February 6-7 visit to Tatarstan featured themes of federalism, economic opportunity for U.S. firms, and Islam. Republic President Shaymiyev, in a lengthy tour d'horizon, noted that he was taking initiatives not encouraged by Moscow, including diversifying the ec [...]
2006-02-10 15:18:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON PREL ETRD PINR RS
06MOSCOW152ANTI-SEMITIC ATTACK ON CHABAD SYNAGOGUE IN MOSCOW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On the evening of January 11, a 20-year-old man broke into a Lubavitch synagogue in Moscow during prayer services and injured eight men, including an AmCit. None of the victims has life-threatening injuries, but some are reportedly in serious but stable condition. The Foreign [...]
2006-01-12 16:04:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL RS SOCI
06MOSCOW1635GEORGIA-RUSSIA: AMBASSADOR PRESSES DFM KARASIN FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador on February 17 outlined to DFM Karasin ongoing U.S. efforts to encourage Georgian restraint on South Ossetia, and urged Russia to act constructively. Ambassador expressed appreciation for FM Lavrov's recent message to the Secretary, and said he expected a formal reply [...]
2006-02-18 06:55:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS GG RS
06MOSCOW18NSC SENIOR DIRECTOR GRAHAM'S MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary. NSC Senior Director Thomas Graham met December 21 with Modest Kolerov, who was named several months ago to run a new Kremlin directorate dealing with Russia's ties to its neighbors. Kolerov rejected the notion that the U.S. and Russia should engage in a dialogue on Russia's nei [...]
2006-01-09 12:56:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RS
06MOSCOW2070SOUTH OSSETIA: DEALING WITH A DYSFUNCTIONAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Moscow's approach to Georgia is driven by frustration with Tbilisi's defiant attitude to Russian interests, reflected in its pursuit of NATO membership, its championing of anti-Russian alliances in the neighborhood, its strategy of trying to compensate for Georgia's weakness in [...]
2006-03-02 14:33:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS RS GG
06MOSCOW2132NGO LEGISLATION: LOOKING AHEAD TOWARD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A bit over a month before Russia's new NGO legislation goes into effect, most independent NGO activists are concerned about its implementation but retain a wait-and-see attitude. In recent weeks, the government has initiated investigations against some independent NGOs, but it h [...]
2006-03-03 14:51:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS
06MOSCOW2974RUSSIA-GEORGIA: LOOKING AHEAD
[...] (C) Summary: Emotions seem to be cooling (at least temporarily) between Russia and Georgia, and we are seeing a return to low-level business. Statements that would have caused an uproar just a few weeks ago are being dismissed with good humor. But that is a long way from making real progre [...]
2006-03-24 06:29:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR ETRD PBTS NATO GG RS
06MOSCOW312TWO FOREIGN AID NGOS REPORTEDLY BANNED IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Russian press reported January 16 that an Ingush court had banned two international NGOs working in the North Caucasus and was also considering banning a USG-funded American NGO. The basis of the court's ruling is unclear, and it appears none of the three NGOs was aware that a b [...]
2006-01-17 15:03:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PGOV PREL EAID RU
06MOSCOW3333U.S. NUCLEAR PRIMACY ARTICLE HITS A NERVE
[...] (C) Summary: A Foreign Affairs article asserting the advent of U.S. nuclear primacy has caused a stir in the Russian political elite and media and forced Russian leaders to defend the viability of Russia's deterrent force. The thesis plays to the belief that the U.S. regards Russia as a pot [...]
2006-03-31 08:33:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MNUC PGOV RS
06MOSCOW3457MFA PROPOSAL ON COUNTER-NARCOTICS EFFORTS IN
[...] (SBU) MFA North America Department Director Igor Neverov recently delivered to the DCM a nonpaper suggesting ways the U.S. and Russia, within the context of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO),can cooperate more closely in the fight against narco-trafficking in Afghanistan. [...]
2006-04-03 14:27:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV AF RS
06MOSCOW3510RUSSIAN VIEWS ON POST-ELECTION UKRAINE
[...] (C) Summary. A week after the Ukrainian election results were announced, reactions in Russia vary widely. Officially, Moscow has been neutral, while the media has buzzed with speculation about the new government's formation and especially Tymoshenko's possible role. Russian pundits are con [...]
2006-04-04 10:57:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG RS UP
06MOSCOW3751CODEL FRIST MEETING WITH FM LAVROV
[...] (SBU) Summary. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) and Senators Judd Gregg (R-NH) and Richard Burr (R-NC),accompanied by Ambassador Burns, met April 10 for with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to discuss current bilateral and multilateral issues. On Iran, Lavrov warned that Rus [...]
2006-04-10 13:19:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL RS
06MOSCOW3803CODEL FRIST MEETING WITH RUSSIAN EXPERTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In an April 10 breakfast meeting with Codel Frist and the Ambassador, Russian experts described the range of challenges facing Russia in the political, economic, and social sphere. Experts agreed that high oil profits disincline the political leadership to push new policy init [...]
2006-04-11 13:56:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM ECON EATO KHIV RS
06MOSCOW396OVERZEALOUS IN INGUSHETIYA: NGO BAN CLARIFIED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: We have confirmed, as reported reftel, that one foreign NGO has been banned from working in Ingushetiya, while Ingush authorities have acknowledged that a republic Procuracy announcement that another was banned was erroneous. A third, American NGO apparently is still under inve [...]
2006-01-19 04:15:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF PHUM EAID RS
06MOSCOW3979INCREASING DIPLOMATIC PRESSURE ON IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-14 12:27:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL AORC IAEA KNNP RS IR
06MOSCOW4265A/S RADEMAKER'S APRIL 12 MEETING WITH DVBR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In an April 12 meeting with Anatoliy Antonov, Director of the MFA's Department for Disarmament and Security Affairs, ISN Assistant Secretary Stephen Rademaker explained that U.S. concerns about Russian treaty compliance were the main obstacles to U.S. support for Russian members [...]
2006-04-21 06:47:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC RS
06MOSCOW4316THE CENTRALIZING RUSSIAN STATE MEETS THE NORTH
[...] (C) Summary: The lesson of 500 years of Russian statecraft is clear: when the Center is strong, it centralizes, eliminating alternative power structures. Putin, seeking to show that he -- and Russia under his leadership -- are strong, is seeking to centralize. He is doing so by eliminating [...]
2006-04-21 14:35:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PBTS RS
06MOSCOW4572$4.5M U.S. Investment, Andy Warhol and American Corner
[...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified - Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Burns' visit to Samara April 17-18 revealed a city ripe for additional U.S. investment and eager for increased contacts and exchanges with American academic and business counterparts. The Ambassado [...]
2006-04-27 12:59:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV PGOV SOCI PINR RS
06MOSCOW504A/S LOWENKRON'S MEETING WITH NGO REPRESENTATIVES
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On January 17, the same day as the announcement that President Putin had signed the controversial NGO legislation, NGO leaders told A/S Lowenkron and the Ambassador that the legislation was flawed and ambiguous. Although the new legislation will come into force around mid-April, [...]
2006-01-20 11:59:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM EAID KDEM RS
06MOSCOW5372IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NGO LAW: SO FAR, MUCH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In the month since Russia's controversial new NGO legislation formally went into effect, there has been widespread uncertainty about how to comply with it and about its long-term impact. Though implementing regulations have been issued, they fail to address many practical questio [...]
2006-05-19 13:29:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPROG PREL PINR RS
06MOSCOW5378RUSSIA'S DEMOCRATIC OPPOSITION TO CONTINUE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met separately May 16 with democratic opposition leaders Nikita Belykh of the Union of Right Forces (SPS) and Irina Khakamada of Our Choice. Belykh insisted that the democratic opposition must do more to rejuvenate the movement and demonstrate that it is capable of i [...]
2006-05-19 16:20:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINR RS
06MOSCOW5532RUSSIAN DFM KARASIN'S REPLY TO LETTER FROM U/S
[...] (C) The Russian MFA on May 25 passed to us without comment a written reply from DFM Grigoriy Karasin to the May 19 letter U/S Burns sent him on South Ossetia (Ref A). The letter echoes the principal arguments Karasin made during his May 23 conversation with the Ambassador (Ref B). We underst [...]
2006-05-25 13:37:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR OSCE GG RS
06MOSCOW5774DELIVERY OF LETTER FROM U/S BURNS TO DFM
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-01 10:55:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL RS
06MOSCOW5821MFA STATEMENT ON THE SECRETARY'S MAY 31
[...] (U) Following in para 2 is the Embassy's unofficial translation of the text of a Russian MFA statement, released on June 1, on the Secretary's May 31 Iran announcement. 2. (U) Begin text of translated MFA statement: Moscow welcomes the announcement by the American side of its willingne [...]
2006-06-01 12:34:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL IR RS
06MOSCOW5870AMBASSADOR'S MAY 26 MEETING WITH FEDERATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador met May 26 with Federation Council Deputy Speaker Dmitriy Mezentsev to discuss interparliamentary relations and cooperation. Mezentsev extended invitations for U.S. participation in the 4th Baikal Economic Forum to be held in Irkutsk in September 2006 and the 15th C [...]
2006-06-02 12:41:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV PREL RS
06MOSCOW5933SOUTH OSSETIA: RUSSIAN MFA ON HEIGHTENED TENSIONS
[...] (C) Summary: The Russian MFA negotiator on South Ossetia assured us June 2 that Russia supports Georgia's territorial integrity and borders, despite a June 1 public statement implying otherwise. He denied that Russia intends a "creeping annexation" of South Ossetia. In a separate June 2 di [...]
2006-06-02 14:37:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS PBTS OSCE GG RS
06MOSCOW6173NGO REPRESENTATIVES CONCERNED ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY. DRL Deputy Assistant Secretary Erica Barks-Ruggles discussed the controversial NGO law and the broader human rights and democracy situation in Russia with a range of NGO representatives on May 30-31. She expressed support for NGOs in Russia and asked about current trends for civ [...]
2006-06-08 11:18:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM EAID KDEM RS
06MOSCOW6563RUSSIAN SCO REPRESENTATIVE ON JUNE 15 SUMMIT
[...] (C) Summary. Russian Ambassador-at-Large for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Vitaliy Vorobiyov gave us a readout June 20 of the June 15 SCO Summit. He encouraged the United States to have more dialogue with the SCO to avoid misunderstandings, perhaps as a formal "dialogue partne [...]
2006-06-21 10:39:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER RS IR AF CN KZ
06MOSCOW6815SOCIAL MOBILITY IN RUSSIA: WHICH WAY TO THE MIDDLE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With real average incomes up 66 percent over the past five years, Russia's middle class has begun to emerge from the shadows -- after all, someone other than the mega rich has to be buying all those TV sets, cars and cell phones. Understanding that the movement is now well unde [...]
2006-06-27 11:10:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON SOCI EINV ELAB EFIN PGOV RS
06MOSCOW7385RUSSIA'S GEORGIA POLICY: "THE CAUCASUS BENEATH ME"
[...] (C) Russia's policies towards Georgia are the product of three factors: anger unleashed by perceptions of betrayal and disrespect, fear of encirclement by a West intent on dismembering Russia's conception of the "Post-Soviet space," and solidarity with the separatist Abkhaz and South Ossetian [...]
2006-07-12 11:08:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS GG RS
06MOSCOW7723RUSSIA: APPEAL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS FOR HAITI INTERIM
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche July 19 to Sergey Tarasov, Caribbean Section Chief in the MFA Latin America Department. Tarasov said he would pass the information to his superiors but could not predict whether Russia would provide any assistance to Haiti. He was aware of the High Lev [...]
2006-07-19 12:44:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN HA RS
06MOSCOW802A/S LOWENKRON DISCUSSES NGO LAW WITH STATE DUMA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On January 18 DRL A/S Barry Lowenkron and EUR DAS David Kramer met with State Duma Deputy Andrey Makarov. Makarov vigorously )- and at times heatedly )- defended the new NGO legislation, insisting that the text met international legal standards, but he conceded there could be prob [...]
2006-01-27 07:34:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM RS
06MOSCOW8427AFTER BASAYEV
[...] (C) Shamil Basayev leaves behind questions about the future direction of Chechnya, the future direction of the North Caucasus, and future prospects for terrorism, extremism, and militant Jihadism in the region. With no unifying enemy, the leadership of Chechnya is beginning to show rifts. M [...]
2006-08-08 07:44:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS PINR PTER RS
06MOSCOW8691URGENT DEMARCHE ON UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-12 10:40:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER MOPS IS LE RS
06MOSCOW873KABARDINO-BALKARIA: AFTERMATH OF OCTOBER ATTACKS
[...] (C) Summary: Few local officials in Kabardino-Balkaria are willing to talk about the October 13-14 attacks in Nalchik by Islamic extremists against government, law enforcement and security sites. Those who did during a January 25-26 visit to the Republic by Embassy officers cited joblessness [...]
2006-01-30 11:25:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ECON EAID RS
06MOSCOW921CIVIL SOCIETY COUNCIL CHAIR PAMFILOVA: "WE'LL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 18 meeting with visiting DRL A/S Barry Lowenkron, the Ambassador and EUR DAS Kramer, Ella Pamfilova, head of the Presidential body that oversees civil society issues, said she had strongly opposed the controversial NGO legislation and had weighed in with President Pu [...]
2006-01-30 12:56:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PINR RS
06MOSCOW9415DFM KARASIN ON UPCOMING RUSSIAN DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS
[...] (C) Summary: After DFM Karasin briefed Friends of Georgia Chiefs of Mission August 28 (Septel),he met with Ambassador Burns bilaterally. They discussed upcoming travel and visits. Karasin favors an end October-early November date for his own meetings in Washington. Karasin briefed on Russ [...]
2006-08-28 14:51:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL MD UP BO RS
06MOSCOW9436A/S LOWENKRON'S VISIT TO MOSCOW
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A/S Barry Lowenkron visited Moscow in July attending "The Other Russia" conference sponsored by opposition political parties on the eve of the G8 summit. He also had consultations with a number of Russian officials, politicians, and NGO leaders. These included: Chairperson of th [...]
2006-08-29 12:32:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM RS
06MOSCOW9817RUSSIAN POLITICAL SEASON BEGINS WITH
[...] (C) Summary: The Kremlin's involvement, with Deputy Head of Presidential Administration Surkov's apparent encouragement and Putin's purported blessing, in engineering a union of three leftist political parties of marginal to moderate popularity as an officially sanctioned opposition is the [...]
2006-09-06 08:55:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PHUM RS
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