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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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09PANAMA710VENEZUELA DETAINS COPA AIRLINES PLANE
[...] (C) Vice President and Foreign Minister Juan Carlos Varela told Ambassador September 21 that Venezuela had recently detained a COPA Airlines 737 in Maracaibo for two days, evidently in retaliation for the GOP having permitted anti-Chavez protests in Panama earlier this month. 2. (C) Varela [...]
2009-09-22 22:41:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAIR PM VE
09PANAMA907Supreme Court Appointees: Panama in Mourning for Justice
[...] (U) Summary: President Ricardo Martinelli and his cabinet's December 16 nomination of Alejandro Moncada Luna and Jose Abel Almengor as the two new Supreme Court justices sparked strong criticism from all major media outlets and from civil society organizations including the bar association and [...]
2009-12-29 14:06:00Embassy PanamaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV KJUS PINR PM SNAR
09PARAMARIBO186STRONG INTEREST IN SUPPORTING MULTI-LATERAL FOOD
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, PolEconPDOff relayed the message to Mr. Tom Kartoebi, the Head of the Americas Division at Suriname,s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, that the United States would like food security to be a key deliverable at the July 2009 G8 Summit in Italy. Mr. Kartoebi told PolEconPDOff tha [...]
2009-06-25 15:10:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID PREL NS
09PARAMARIBO32SURINAME: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009
[...] (U) Post submits the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Suriname. OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ------------------------------- 2. The Government of Suriname (GOS) welcomes Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into the country and has on several occasions identified it as key in achieving [...]
2009-01-26 12:08:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB PGOV USTR NS
09PARAMARIBO356Suriname: 2009-2010 International Narcotics Control Strategy
[...] (U) Post presents its 2009-2010 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) Part I, Drugs and Chemical Control. Suriname I. Summary Suriname is a transit zone for South American cocaine en route to Europe, Africa and, to a lesser extent, the United States. The Government of [...]
2009-11-05 20:09:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR NS
09PARIS102RECENT FRENCH THINKING ABOUT RUSSIA, GEORGIA, AND
[...] (C) Summary: French presidency and MFA officials shared a unified view that amplified current French thinking on dealing with Russia, whether with respect to Georgia or in terms of the ongoing gas crisis involving the Ukraine. Bottom line: Sustaining the Geneva process on Georgia will be a [...]
2009-01-22 16:39:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EPET FR RS UP GG
09PARIS1039FRANCE’S POSITION ON NUCLEAR ISSUES IN THE RUN-UP
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: French officials have made clear that nuclear issues enjoy the sustained attention of President Sarkozy and have become a major foreign policy priority, especially in the run-up to the spring 2010 Review Conference (RevCon) of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). France's concerns go [...]
2009-07-31 06:59:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL MNUC IR CH UK FR
09PARIS1175H1N1 rises sharply in French Pacific Ocean Territories
[...] (SBU) New Caledonia, French Polynesia, and Wallis and Futuna have been hit hard by H1N1 in recent weeks, making up the bulk of all French H1N1 related deaths and infections. The two deaths last week in New Caledonia spark concern as neither victim had any known pre-existing medical conditions [...]
2009-08-27 15:57:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU TBIO CASC FR XV
09PARIS1233SCENESETTER FOR A/S GORDON'S SEPTEMBER 10-11, 2009
[...] (C) Summary. Phil: We look forward to supporting your participation in the annual German Marshall Fund Conference on Transatlantic Trends and your efforts to press forward the priorities we share with the French. The bilateral relationship has seldom been better or more cooperative. The Fre [...]
2009-09-09 16:17:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO AF RU IR FR
09PARIS1287FRANCE INTERESTED IN INFORMAL CTBT MEETING
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-22 12:51:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM KTBT FR
09PARIS1349RWANDA: FRENCH JUDGE ENDS QUESTIONING OF ROSE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The French judge investigating events concerning the 1994 Rwandan genocide has dismissed the first Rwandan official questioned in the case. Rose Kabuye was granted freedom of movement when the judge on September 25 lifted the international arrest warrant that was used to compel he [...]
2009-10-01 14:43:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR KCRM KJUS RW FR
09PARIS135WHY SARKOZY THINKS ENGAGING SYRIA IS WORKING
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Over the past 12 months, President Sarkozy has portrayed his Syria policy as one of performance-based, carefully benchmarked engagement -- engagement that could be easily halted or reversed in the event of Syrian back-sliding. Although Sarkozy has publicly touted this policy [...]
2009-01-30 12:10:00Embassy ParisSECRETFR PGOV PREL SY
09PARIS1355FRENCH OFFICIALS REPEAT DISARMAMENT CONCERNS
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: French officials, including senior presidency staff, have once again stressed their concern that U.S. disarmament policy might lead to political pressure on France to make further cuts to its own nuclear arsenal, pressure France would resist. Nevertheless, the GOF says it wants to e [...]
2009-10-02 16:08:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKNNP MNUC PARM KACT PREL FR
09PARIS1405SYRIAN AMBASSADOR TOUTS BETTER RELATIONS WITH U.S,
[...] (C) Summary. The Syrian Ambassador to France Lamia Chakkour discussed a wide variety of topics with PolMinCouns and poloffs October 13. The Ambassador praised France's rapprochement with Syria and said her country had been helpful in educating the Government of France (GOF) about regional is [...]
2009-10-16 16:02:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SY FR
09PARIS1413France: Total SA's Investment Projects
[...] (SBU) Total SA executives gave Deputy Assistant Secretary Douglas Hengel an overview of investment activities in some of the world's political hotspots. On Iran, they denied talks had resumed on phase 11 of the South Pars gas field but expressed frustration over Chinese companies entering the [...]
2009-10-21 10:24:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ECON EINV PREL FR IR KZ NI RS SU BM
09PARIS1611Scenesetter for EEB A/S Jose Fernandez
[...] (SBU) Mission France warmly welcomes your visit on December 7-8. You will arrive half way through President Nicolas Sarkozy's five-year term, a period marked by strong coordination between the U.S. and France on key strategic issues. The financial crisis and subsequent G20 response, as well [...]
2009-12-03 07:42:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD ENRG EAGR PREL SENV FR
09PARIS1654FRANCE SUPPORTIVE OF VOLUNTARY FUND FOR UNSCR 1540
[...] (SBU) During a December 7 meeting, MFA UNSCR 1540 Officer Paul Furia said France is strongly in favor of the U.S. proposal to establish a Voluntary Fund, as detailed in reftel, to provide resources to the UN's 1540 Committee to be used for technical assistance to UN member states in fulfilling [...]
2009-12-07 15:58:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER AORC UNSC KPAO FR
09PARIS1679Scenesetter: Special Envoy Morningstar Visit to Paris
[...] (SBU) Embassy Paris warmly welcomes your visit on December 14-16. France is a strategic partner on global energy issues, both in its own right, and as a policy leader within the EU. France has a long-standing and statist policy of pursing energy independence. It currently meets 50 percent of [...]
2009-12-10 15:08:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG EPET PREL FR
09PARIS1719FRANCE'S GOT TALENT: REACHING OUT TO YOUNG LEADERS
[...] (SBU) Summary. "Reform" in the political, economic, and social arenas is a common driver behind the diverse activism of the almost 50 young, rising French leaders who participated in an outreach event hosted by the Embassy on December 2. Representing a wide swatch of the French political sp [...]
2009-12-17 15:58:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL FR
09PARIS1749NPT REVCON: FRENCH MFA ON MANAGING THE NAM AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a December 23 meeting, MFA Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) officer Celine Jurgensen presented the latest French thinking on managing challenges from Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) countries in the run up to the 2010 NPT Review Conference (RevCon). She also expressed concern abo [...]
2009-12-23 16:06:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PARM MNUC KNNP FR
09PARIS193FRENCH DOMESTIC CONCERNS DRIVE TIMELINE ON NATO
[...] (C) Summary. Elysee Strategic Affairs Advisor Francois Richier outlined on February 3 some of the French domestic hurdles that will drive developments in the next couple of months on the announcement of French reintegration into NATO, possible authorization of troop reinforcements in Afghanis [...]
2009-02-06 08:25:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALNATO MOPS PREL FR AF
09PARIS260FRENCH FEEDBACK ON NPT GOALS
[...] (C) Summary. On February 18, MFA desk officer for nuclear nonproliferation Celine Jurgensen said France's goal for the third Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) PrepCom is concrete progress in all three pillars of the nonproliferation regime, looking ahead to the 2010 Review Conference. A [...]
2009-02-20 13:19:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALAORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
09PARIS268FRANCE: NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP)
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In 2008 France took significant steps to combat trafficking in persons, ratifying the EU convention on Action Against Trafficking in Persons and changing the French anti-trafficking law to better prosecute forced labor violations. The French government used its anti-trafficking [...]
2009-02-20 18:11:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF
09PARIS315 FRANCE: LATEST ECONOMIC TRENDS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With unemployment near 8% (and rising) and the French economy expected to contract 1.5% in 2009, France is facing up to a deeper recession and slower recovery than anticipated even two months ago. Declining government revenues and an automatic spike in social outlays will drive [...]
2009-03-04 12:48:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV EFIN ECON PREL FR
09PARIS410SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT’S BILATERAL MEETING
[...] (S/NF) Key points: -- Your visit comes at a historic time. Nicolas Sarkozy is the most pro-American French President since World War II and is, at the moment, arguably the most influential leader in Europe. Sarkozy,s goodwill and your prestige give us an unprecedented opportunity to cement the posi [...]
2009-03-20 16:07:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO FR AF RU
09PARIS424DJIBOUTI: REVELATIONS IN THE BORREL CASE SPARK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The French daily "Liberation" on March 18 published an extensive article on the Borrel Case (Djibouti) that could prove damaging to the GOF. Djibouti has lost its suit at the ICJ where it sought French investigative files on Borrel and the circumstances of his death. Mrs. Borr [...]
2009-03-23 14:07:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PHUM DJ FR
09PARIS637SCENESETTER FOR POLITICAL-MILITARY TALKS IN PARIS
[...] (C) Summary. French officials view the upcoming continuation of the 2 plus 2 political-military talks, initially launched in November of last year, as an important affirmation of the new administration's desire for increased bilateral cooperation and coordination with France on major global [...]
2009-05-11 11:59:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNPREL NATO MOPS MARR FR AF PA KN MN SR
09PARIS657SAHEL AND GREAT LAKES: FRENCH OFFICIALS DISCUSS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: French officials at the MFA and Presidency stressed the importance France is placing on the Sahel and the GOF's efforts to promote stability in the region, during meetings on May 7 with INR/AF Director Don Koran and analyst Rick Ehrenreich. The MFA is leading a GOF-wide effort [...]
2009-05-15 07:38:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PGOV PTER EAID XY ZF ML MR NG CG
09PARIS702BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON
[...] (U) The QAMAS division of Emitech is an electromagnetic compatibility testing laboratory for automotive, military, aeronautical and space equipment. On May 26, 2009, post received responses (para 2) to reftel questions from Mr. Bruno Martin, Director General, Emitech, 3, rue des Coudriers, 781 [...]
2009-05-27 14:28:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC FR
09PARIS708READOUT OF U/S BURNS AND USDP FLOURNOY'S
[...] (C/NF) Summary. During a series of political-military discussions in Paris on May 14 between U/S Burns and USDP Flournoy with their French counterparts Gerard Araud and Michel Miraillet, the French pledged support for our non-proliferation efforts with North Korea and Russia and urged close [...]
2009-05-28 08:49:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNPREL MOPS MARR NATO FR AF PA SE
09PARIS769SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR MITCHELL'S VISIT TO PARIS
[...] (S/NF) Summary. Senator Mitchell: The timing of your second visit to Paris could not be better. You will find your interlocutors energized by the President,s speech in Cairo and his subsequent visit to Paris and Normandy. They will be eager to follow up on the President,s bilat with Presi [...]
2009-06-09 16:16:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL FR
09PARIS872AVIATION EXPORT CONTROL MEETINGS JUNE 15-22
[...] (SBU) Summary: On the margins of the Paris Air Show, Post facilitated meetings among USG, GOF, and industry representatives to discuss export control systems related to aviation. A strong turn-out confirmed a common interest in improving awareness and transparency of export licensing systems, [...]
2009-06-26 14:18:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ETRD ECON ETTC FR
09PARIS906GNEP - France Hosts Successful Third Reliable
[...] (U) The third meeting of the Reliable Nuclear Fuel Services Working Group (RNFSWG) of the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) was held in Cherbourg, France on March 20. Twenty participants from ten countries and two international organizations attended this meeting, which was dedicated to [...]
2009-07-02 16:42:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTRGY ENRG KNNP IAEA FR
09PARIS933FRANCE OPEN TO EXAMINING SIX NEW GUANTANAMO
[...] (C/NF) Summary: In a July 2 meeting with Eric Chevallier, Special Advisor to the Foreign Affairs Minister, Ambassador Dan Fried, Special Envoy for Closure of the Guantanamo Detention Facility (S/GC),summarized the results of his efforts to negotiate the resettlement of Guantanamo detainees an [...]
2009-07-09 16:13:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PHUM PTER FR
09PARIS956GOF HAS LIMITED INFORMATION ON ALLEGATIONS OF WAR
[...] (C) Summary: In July 10 discussions with Ambassador Williamson, GOF officials highlighted FM Kouchner's efforts to secure a ceasefire in Sri Lanka and his personal concern over the status of IDPs there. While the GOF is concerned by allegations of violations of international humanitarian law [...]
2009-07-16 09:16:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALBG CB CE IN JA PGOV PREL KAWC FR
09PARIS973 PARIS CLUB - JUNE 2009 TOUR D'HORIZON AND DISCUSSIONS ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: At the Paris Club's June 23 meeting, the U.S. opposed a proposal to give new seniority status to crisis-related bilateral financing. Russia dropped its opposition to extending Afghanistan's Club treatment, clearing the way for continued debt relief as Afghanistan implements its [...]
2009-07-20 10:16:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
09PARISFR201IO ACTING A/S WARLICK'S FEBRUARY 6 MEETING WITH UNESCO
[...] (SBU) Summary: Director-General (DG) Matsuura and IO Acting A/S Warlick discussed on February 6 ways in which UNESCO could reach out and engage the new U.S. Administration, with the DG considering invitations to First Lady Michelle Obama and Jill Biden. Acting A/S Warlick warned that figures [...]
2009-02-10 09:51:00Mission UNESCOUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNESCO PREL AORC KWBG ZL
09PARISFR718 UNESCO: 181ST EXECUTIVE BOARD APPROVES LAUNCHING OF A
[...] Uruguay first proposed a network of national authorities against racism and xenophobia modeled on an existing network of city authorities during the Spring 2007 Executive Board, depicting it as an offshoot of UNESCO's "Integrated strategy to combat racism, discrimination, xenophobia and relate [...]
2009-05-29 09:07:00Mission UNESCOUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNESCO
09PARISFR767 UNESCO AVOIDS IGNITING A ROW OVER CULTURAL PROPERTY
[...] Summary. At its 181st session in April 2009, UNESCO's Executive Board barely averted a dramatic and politically damaging showdown over the issue of cultural objects displaced in connection with the Second World War (WWII). At the core of the dispute was whether the Board should adopt or endo [...]
2009-06-09 14:35:00Mission UNESCOUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL UNESCO JA CH IN
09PERTH30WESTERN AUSTRALIA POLITICS: THE RUDD-BARNETT DUET
[...] (C) Summary: Western Australia (WA) looms large on the federal radar as talk escalates about the state's importance in the next federal election. With Labor currently holding only four of 15 WA federal seats, analysts view WA as a potential pivot for federal Labor to retain power by offering [...]
2009-05-13 08:42:00Consulate PerthCONFIDENTIALPGOV AS
09PESHAWAR120FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, MAY 22 -
[...] (C) Pakistan's security forces continued to capture key locations in Swat during the fourth week of May. However, continuing last week's trend, the Taliban struck back by targeting security forces and civilians in four mass-casualty bombing attacks in Peshawar and one in Dera Ismail Khan, bes [...]
2009-06-04 04:12:00Consulate PeshawarCONFIDENTIALPTER MOPS PGOV PK
09PESHAWAR130BOLD TTP-CLAIMED ATTACKS SIGNAL A TEST OF WILLS WITH THE
[...] (C) Summary: Baitullah Mehsud's Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has claimed a series of bold attacks undertaken over June 9-12. These attacks highlight the TTP's increasing willingness to attack and claim credit for violence within military cantonments, in the Punjab, and against politica [...]
2009-06-16 10:25:00Consulate PeshawarCONFIDENTIALPTER MOPS PGOV KISL PK
09PHNOMPENH1142009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT FOR CAMBODIA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-19 06:06:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CB ELAB KCRM KFRD KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG
09PHNOMPENH148CAMBODIA: 2008 4TH QUARTER REPORT ON TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: During the fourth quarter of 2008, Cambodian police arrested 10 persons on human trafficking charges and two on prostitution charges in connection with two cases in which seven rescued prostitutes were under age 18. During the same period, the Phnom Penh Municipal Court convic [...]
2009-03-05 09:25:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KWMN KTIP SOCI CB
09PHNOMPENH194DPM SAR KHENG SAYS LY VOUCH LENG INVESTIGATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a March 24 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) and Minister of Interior Sar Kheng stated that he, the Ministry of Interior, and the police are not pleased with the recent appointment of former Appeals Court President Ly Vouch Leng to a legal counsel [...]
2009-03-25 10:30:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL KTIP KWMN KJUS CB
09PHNOMPENH203SECOND LARGE METHAMPHETAMINE BUST PUTS CAMBODIA ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over the weekend of March 21-22 a police raid of four separate locations uncovered significant amounts of illicit chemicals and resulted in the arrest of 5 individuals, including 2 Chinese nationals. The amount of chemicals and plant substances seized in the raids, when combi [...]
2009-03-27 09:01:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV ASEC CB
09PHNOMPENH246CAMBODIA BORDER CROSSING VISITS HIGHLIGHT TIP
[...] (SBU) Summary: Cambodian National Police officials from the Anti-Human Trafficking and Juvenile Protection Department (AHTJP) recently joined Emboffs at the Poipet border crossing area of Banteay Meanchey province to highlight the Cambodia-Thailand cross-border trafficking in persons (TIP) s [...]
2009-04-13 10:52:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL KTIP KWMN EAID TH VN CB
09PHNOMPENH272MGSF01: CAMBODIAN RESPONSE TO GLOBAL H1N1 OUTBREAK
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. There has not yet been any evidence suggesting cases of H1N1 in Cambodia. The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) issued a statement April 27 outlining its activities since the outbreak in Mexico began, including increased animal and human health surveillance and inventories of [...]
2009-04-29 11:32:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09PHNOMPENH376CAMBODIA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PASSES LAW PROTECTING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 29, the National Assembly (NA) passed the first law on protecting the rights of disabled persons in Cambodia. In a country that still deals with yearly casualties from unexploded land mines and other ordinance, the legislation is an important step forward for many disa [...]
2009-06-08 06:22:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SOCI EAID PHUM PREL CB
09PHNOMPENH394AMBASSADOR REAFFIRMS CONCERNS ABOUT CORRUPTION,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador June 11 called on Senior Minister and National Counter Terrorism Center (NCTC) Deputy Director Om Yentieng to restate her concern about corruption in Cambodia and to express regret for any misunderstanding about her intentions or the content of remarks at a May 30 [...]
2009-06-12 10:33:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EAID KJUS CB
09PHNOMPENH395Khmer Rouge Tribunal: A Day in the Trial of S-21
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy is sending staff to observe the proceedings of the trial against the notorious Khmer Rouge torture center head, widely known as Duch, at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC). Five judges (three national and two international) are presiding over th [...]
2009-06-12 12:44:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB
09PHNOMPENH411 Khmer Rouge Tribunal: A Day in the Trial of S-21
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy staff routinely observes the proceedings of the trial against the notorious Khmer Rouge torture center head, widely known as Duch, at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) (Reftel). This report summarizes the ninth week of activities inside the cou [...]
2009-06-22 00:56:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB
09PHNOMPENH412 Khmer Rouge Tribunal: A Day in the Trial of S-21
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy staff routinely observes the proceedings of the trial against the notorious Khmer Rouge torture center head, widely known as Duch, at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) (Reftel). This report summarizes the ninth week of activities inside the cou [...]
2009-06-22 00:56:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB
09PHNOMPENH416CAMBODIA SUPPORTIVE OF STRONG ASEAN STATEMENT ON
[...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary of State for ASEAN Affairs Kao Kim Hourn told Pol/Ec Chief June 23 that Cambodia was supportive of a strong ASEAN statement on UNSCR 1874 and North Korea, and would lean toward supporting even stronger language than the ASEAN's joint press statement wi [...]
2009-06-23 11:39:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC MTCRE KN CB
09PHNOMPENH421CAMBODIA H1N1 UPDATE - FIRST 5 CASES DETECTED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. As of June 25, the Cambodian Ministry of Health (MOH) has reported five cases of laboratory-confirmed novel influenza A (nH1N1) in humans, representing the first identified nH1N1 infections in Cambodia. Four of the five cases occurred among a 40-member church mission delegation [...]
2009-06-26 10:06:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09PHNOMPENH426CHIEFS OF MISSION MEET NEW UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The new UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Cambodia, Professor Surya Subedi, made his first visit to Cambodia June 15-26, and met with the heads of several foreign missions on June 19, including Ambassador Rodley. Subedi has billed this first visit as a "listening tour, [...]
2009-06-29 10:54:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL CB
09PHNOMPENH472 Khmer Rouge Tribunal: The Trial of S-21
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy staff routinely observes the proceedings of the trial against the notorious Khmer Rouge torture center head, widely known as Duch, at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) (Reftel). This report summarizes the eleventh week of activities inside the [...]
2009-07-10 09:54:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB
09PHNOMPENH490CAMBODIA H1N1 UPDATE #3: 9 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. There are currently a total of nine cases of laboratory-confirmed novel influenza A (H1N1) in Cambodia. Post's U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) office is waiting for laboratory results on a potential tenth case from Institut Pasteur in Cambodia (IPC). All [...]
2009-07-15 02:50:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09PHNOMPENH492MU SOCHUA TO DEFEND HERSELF AT DEFAMATION HEARING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 14 meeting with the Ambassador, Mu Sochua discussed the impending defamation trial, her long term goals should her immunity be reinstated, and a potential U.S. Congressional hearing on human rights in Cambodia. Claiming that she does not want to put another lawyer at ris [...]
2009-07-15 10:24:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KJUS CB
09PHNOMPENH497 Khmer Rouge Tribunal: The Trial of S-21
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy staff routinely observes the proceedings of the trial against the notorious Khmer Rouge torture center head, widely known as Duch, at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) (Reftel). This report summarizes the twelfth week of activities inside the [...]
2009-07-17 10:12:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB
09PHNOMPENH509RGC HANDLING OF LAND ISSUES CRITICIZED FOLLOWING ANOTHER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Phnom Penh municipal authorities removed the last remaining "Group 78" family July 17 from a disputed neighborhood in the center of the city, after the municipal government persuaded most of the residents to accept one of its compensation packages under threat of forced eviction [...]
2009-07-22 08:46:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM ECON KDEM CB
09PHNOMPENH513 Khmer Rouge Tribunal: The Trial of S-21
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy staff routinely observes the proceedings of the trial against the notorious Khmer Rouge torture center head, widely known as Duch, at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) (Reftel). This report summarizes the thirteenth week of activities inside t [...]
2009-07-24 09:46:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB
09PHNOMPENH514MU SOCHUA DEFENDS HERSELF; NO VERDICT UNTIL AUGUST
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mu Sochua appeared July 24 before the Phnom Penh Municipal Court to defend herself against the Prime Minister's defamation allegations. Over 100 observers packed the small court room, including the Ambassador and representatives of several Embassies, Cambodian human rights NG [...]
2009-07-24 11:16:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL KJUS KWMN CB
09PHNOMPENH521US-FUNDED YOUTH DEMOCRACY FESTIVAL DRAWS THOUSANDS TO
[...] SUMMARY: The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the International Republican Institute (IRI) held an annual Youth Festival in Kampong Cham July 18 - 19 drawing thousands of participants. The festival, a combination of seminars, performances and information booths, [...]
2009-07-27 09:30:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB
09PHNOMPENH539 Khmer Rouge Tribunal: The Trial of S-21
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy staff routinely observes the proceedings of the trial against the notorious Khmer Rouge torture center head, widely known as Duch, at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) (Reftel). This report summarizes the fourteenth week of activities inside t [...]
2009-08-03 01:58:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB
09PHNOMPENH573 Khmer Rouge Tribunal: The Trial of S-21
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy staff routinely observes the proceedings of the trial against the notorious Khmer Rouge torture center head, widely known as Duch, at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) (Reftel). This report summarizes the 15th week of activities inside the cou [...]
2009-08-11 00:43:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB
09PHNOMPENH577SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR JIM WEBB VISIT TO PHNOM
[...] (SBU) Senator Webb: We warmly welcome your August 18 visit to Cambodia. Your visit comes as the tempo quickens in the conduct of U.S.-Cambodian bilateral relations, which exemplifies a broader and growing USG interest in Cambodia. There have been positive developments in several key areas: p [...]
2009-08-11 12:11:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS PREF CB
09PHNOMPENH596 Khmer Rouge Tribunal: The Trial of S-21
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy staff routinely observes the proceedings of the trial against the notorious Khmer Rouge torture center head, widely known as Duch, at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) (Reftel). This report summarizes the 16th week of activities inside the cour [...]
2009-08-17 09:04:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB
09PHNOMPENH60LAND IN CAMBODIA, PART I: POSSESSION AND OWNERSHIP
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Cambodia's 2001 Land Law removed temporary possession as a means of acquiring land and introduced regulations by which the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) could: 1) systematically register state and private land in a national cadastre; and 2) sporadically register private land [...]
2009-01-26 01:56:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM CB
09PHNOMPENH626 Khmer Rouge Tribunal: The Trial of S-21
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy staff routinely observes the proceedings of the trial against the notorious Khmer Rouge torture center head, widely known as Duch, at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) (Reftel). This report summarizes the 17th week of activities inside the cour [...]
2009-08-25 06:47:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB
09PHNOMPENH628STAFFDEL LERNER VISITS CAMBODIA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A Senate staff delegation (STAFFDEL) visited Cambodia from August 15-19 to discuss trafficking in persons, human rights, and refugee issues. The STAFFDEL met with government officials at both the provincial and national levels, opposition politicians, and a variety of non-gove [...]
2009-08-26 08:11:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL OREP KTIP KWMN CB
09PHNOMPENH645 Khmer Rouge Tribunal: The Trial of S-21
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy staff routinely observes the proceedings of the trial against the notorious Khmer Rouge (KR) torture center head, widely known as Duch, at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) (Reftel). This report summarizes the 18th week of activities inside the [...]
2009-09-01 08:31:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB
09PHNOMPENH646 Khmer Rouge Tribunal: The Trial of S-21
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy staff routinely observes the proceedings of the trial against the notorious Khmer Rouge (KR) torture center head, widely known as Duch, at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) (Reftel). This report summarizes the 18th week of activities inside the [...]
2009-09-01 08:31:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB
09PHNOMPENH648KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL: FIVE MORE FOR PROSECUTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Pre-Trial Chamber at the Khmer Rouge Tribunal (KRT) will announce this week that five more high-level Khmer Rouge cadres will be prosecuted, although a small number of the proposed charges against some of the accused may be set aside for lack of evidence. The decision on an [...]
2009-09-01 10:44:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPREL KJUS PHUM KTIA PINR PGOV CB
09PHNOMPENH682 Khmer Rouge Tribunal: The Trial of S-21
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy staff routinely observes the proceedings of the trial against the notorious Khmer Rouge (KR) torture center head, widely known as Duch, at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) (Reftel). This report summarizes the 19th week of activities inside the [...]
2009-09-08 02:13:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB
09PHNOMPENH701 CAMBODIAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY REACTION TO SEPTEMBER 10 TOM
[...] Two Cambodian Parliamentary Commissions: the Commission on Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation, Information and Media; and the Commission on Human Rights, Reception of Complaints, Investigation and National Assembly-Senate Relations, issued a joint statement September 14 in response to [...]
2009-09-16 06:44:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL CB
09PHNOMPENH709CAMBODIAN GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES NEW CRIMINAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) officials announced the creation of a working group focusing on cooperation and consistency between the Ministry of Interior (MOI) and Ministry of Justice (MOJ) in the criminal justice process. The announcement by Prime Minister Hun Sen refl [...]
2009-09-21 05:39:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL KJUS CB
09PHNOMPENH712 Khmer Rouge Tribunal: The Trial of S-21
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy staff routinely observes the proceedings of the trial against the notorious Khmer Rouge (KR) torture center head, widely known as Duch, at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) (Reftel). This report summarizes the 20th week of activities inside the [...]
2009-09-22 08:45:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB
09PHNOMPENH742MU SOCHUA ON SAFETY, RECONCILIATION, AND ROLE OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an October 2 meeting with the Ambassador, opposition Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) parliamentarian Mu Sochua expressed confidence in her personal safety. Mu reiterated her desire to resolve her dispute with the Prime Minister and return to her duties in Kampot Province. END SUMMA [...]
2009-10-07 07:07:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL KJUS CB
09PHNOMPENH811EAP/MLS DEPUTY DIRECTOR PALMER SEES UP CLOSE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: EAP/MLS Deputy Director Matthew Palmer visited Cambodia October 20-26 to take part in a Conference on the Lower Mekong Initiative (septel),meet key counterparts in the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC),address human rights issues, visit bilateral assistance program sites, a [...]
2009-10-30 05:59:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KJUS PHUM EAID CB
09PHNOMPENH840 UPDATE ON FREE SPEECH PROSECUTIONS IN CAMBODIA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two new convictions - one on defamation and one on disinformation charges - have again increased attention on the free speech debate in Cambodia. Both cases involve disputes between private parties. Separately, Minister of Information Khieu Khanarith said November 9 that the f [...]
2009-11-13 11:36:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL KJUS CB
09PHNOMPENH933CAMBODIAN COURT PROSECUTES BOYAJIAN BROKER FOR
[...] (SBU) The Phnom Penh Municipal Court December 17 concluded the trial of Ho Nguy on charges of trafficking and conspiracy to traffick underage girls to have sex with foreign clients. 2. (SBU) Municipal-level anti-human trafficking police initially arrested the 26-year old Nguy in February [...]
2009-12-18 07:26:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KTIP KJUS CB
09PHNOMPENH960CAMBODIA, UNHCR, AND THE UIGHURS: THE MADNESS OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a December 21 meeting with Charge and other diplomatic representatives to discuss the Royal Government of Cambodia's (RGC) refoulement of 20 Uighur asylum seekers December 19 (Ref A),UNHCR Regional Representative Raymond Hall stated that although Cambodia had tried hard o [...]
2009-12-22 10:47:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PHUM PGOV CB
09PHNOMPENH97CAMBODIA'S ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN: AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Hun Sen announced to an assembled audience of the country's top economists and development partners at the Third Cambodia Economic Forum February 5 that projections for Cambodia's economic have been revised downward to 6 percent for 2009, indicating the more sobe [...]
2009-02-12 05:33:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ETRD CB
09PODGORICA152FIRST CASE OF H1N1 INFLUENZA IN MONTENEGRO
[...] (U) The Montenegrin Ministry of Health held a press conference on June 22 to confirm its first case of H1N1 influenza. The case involves a high school student who studied in New York for a year before returning to Montenegro. He is reportedly being treated with Tamiflu and is in stable condit [...]
2009-06-23 13:27:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL CASC KFLU AEMR PINR MW
09PODGORICA195CORRUPTION IN MONTENEGRO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Few countries in Europe have as bad a reputation for fighting corruption as Montenegro. As in other transition societies in this region, egregious weaknesses include extensive cronyism and nepotism, weak controls over conflicts of interest, perceived legal impunity for individua [...]
2009-09-02 13:40:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KCRM KCOR MW
09PONTADELGADA5US MILITARY PRESENCE IN THE AZORES, PORTUGAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. For over 60 years the United States and Portugal have maintained a high level of military cooperation in the Azores. This close cooperation is reflected in the daily leadership and performance of the 65th Air Base Wing at Lajes Field. We continue to look for new opportunities t [...]
2009-01-30 11:22:00Consulate Ponta DelgadaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR ECON SOCI CASC PO
09PORTAUPRINCE317HAITI: LEGISLATORS STEP UP CRITICISM OF PRIME
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Michele Pierre-Louis defended her government's response to the devastating 2008 hurricanes in a noisy session of parliament March 17. Sensing political opportunity, a number of Haiti's legislators have criticized PM Pierre-Louis over her government's handling of hur [...]
2009-03-20 19:27:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM ASEC HA
09PORTAUPRINCE318LEAKING LIKE A SIEVE: HAITI'S NORTHERN COASTLINE
[...] Summary (C) A UN Police technical advisor working in Cap Haitien believes that clandestine boat migration is a highly-organized business and that intercepted passengers almost always try to shield captains and trip organizers from detection and capture by maritime authorities. He also repor [...]
2009-03-20 19:35:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SNAR HA
09PORTAUPRINCE394CITE SOLEIL COMMISSARIAT INAUGURATED
[...] SUMMARY: The postponed inauguration of the USG-funded Cite Soleil Police Commissariat took place on March 25, 2009. With over 130 guests and members of the press in attendance at the event, the dedication of this impressive new building symbolized the positive changes in the Cite Soleil neighbo [...]
2009-04-09 19:08:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV PHUM HA
09PORTAUPRINCE398Cite Soleil's Door is Open: Proving the Concept
[...] Summary: The Haiti Stabilization Initiative's (HSI) integrated approach to civilian-led stabilization and reconstruction is bringing real, palpable change to Cite Soleil. Despite skepticism and stovepipes, it has done what it said it would do. Progress, as in the rest of Haiti, is fragile, u [...]
2009-04-13 14:39:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV EAID PREL SNAR HA
09PORTAUPRINCE412008 ANNUAL OVERSEAS SECURITY ADVISORY COUNCIL
[...] (U) Below is the 2008 OSAC Annual Report on Crime and Safety for Haiti. The Bureau of Diplomatic Security rates Port-au-Prince as CRITICAL for crime and political violence, due to the potential for these types of incidents. Haiti is unique in the Caribbean for its lack of tourism, developmen [...]
2009-01-13 19:47:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDASEC AMGT APER
09PORTAUPRINCE533HAITI ECONOMIC MONTHLY UPDATE FOR MAY 2009
[...] (U) Summary. This is a monthly report on a variety of topics of interest which do not merit full reporting cables. End summary. 2. (U) REMITTANCES CONTINUE SLOWDOWN. April remittances amounted to USD 81.8 million, down 16 percent compared to March. Year-to-date remittances total USD 590 [...]
2009-06-05 16:40:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDECON ENRG EAID EAGR EINV ETRD BEXP HA
09PORTAUPRINCE575DECONSTRUCTING PREVAL
[...] (C) Haitian President Rene Preval has now completed three years of his five year presidential mandate. Widely touted as the "transitional president" poised to lead Haiti into a new era of democracy and economic prosperity, he has had only modest success thus far. Haiti's problems are indeed dauntin [...]
2009-06-16 18:02:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV HA KBIO
09PORTAUPRINCE601HAITI: FEW IRREGULARITIES, LOW TURNOUT IN SECOND
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy observers noted low turnout but few irregularities, better organization, and greater security in the second round of voting in Haiti's partial Senate elections June 21. UN peacekeepers and Haitian police deployed more effectively than in the first round, acting quickly to qu [...]
2009-06-23 19:19:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM ASEC HA
09PORTAUPRINCE617Haiti Response to UN Efforts to Combat Sexual Exploitation
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. This message is Embassy's assessment of sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) by members of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) requested by reftel. Embassy assesses that sexual expl [...]
2009-06-30 12:38:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL HA
09PORTAUPRINCE936PROSPECTS FOR FANMI LAVALAS IN THE 2010 ELECTIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The two main factions of Fanmi Lavalas, the political party of ousted former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide, are collaborating to mitigate the risk of their exclusion from legislative and presidential elections in 2010. Although a united Lavalas would be the largest party in H [...]
2009-11-10 10:42:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM ASEC KINR HA
09PORTLOUIS132SEYCHELLES ARRESTS NINE SUSPECTED PIRATES, BUT
[...] (C) Summary. As reported in the press, the Seychelles Coast Guard recently brought into the country for prosecution nine suspected pirates captured by a Spanish warship in Seychelles waters. The suspects are thought to have attacked an Italian cruise ship, the MSC Melody, before the Melody r [...]
2009-04-30 10:34:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL MASS MOPPS SE
09PORTLOUIS143PROBLEMS WITH PIRACY TRIALS IN SEYCHELLES - LACK
[...] (C) As of 7 May, the Seychelles had 23 suspected Somali pirates in detention on the main island of Mahe. These arrests were largely a result of international partners providing surveillance and pursuit capabilities. GOS legal and political leaders voice no consistent analysis on how to succe [...]
2009-05-12 09:20:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL MASS MOPPS SE
09PORTLOUIS218SEYCHELLES SEEKS GREATER US TIES IN CDA MEETING
[...] (SBU) Charge D'Affaires Virginia Blaser's June 30 courtesy call on President James Michel celebrated the U.S. - Seychelles bilateral relationship and addressed cooperative efforts to combat piracy and secure the seas. Set against the festive backdrop of the first July 4th celebration the Embas [...]
2009-07-14 06:06:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALPHSA PBTS MARR MOPS EWWT SE
09PORTLOUIS255H1N1 CATCHES HOLD IN MAURITIUS
[...] SUMMARY. Since the first confirmed case H1N1 flu in June, the Government of Mauritius (GOM) has confirmed five deaths and 44 laboratory-confirmed cases, and expects the number to grow in coming months. While the GOM urges the public not to panic, hospitals are reporting difficulty coping wit [...]
2009-08-20 13:14:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU KFLO KPAO KSAF AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC TBIO MP
09PORTLOUIS271SEYCHELLES: GENERAL WARD/U.S. AFRICA COMMAND VISIT 19
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: General William Ward, Commander, United States Africa Command, visited Seychelles on August 19, 2009. Accompanied by Charge d'Affaires Virginia Blaser, he met with President James Michel, Minister for Foreign Affairs Patrick Pillay, and Chief of the Seychelles Peoples Defense For [...]
2009-09-08 13:08:00Embassy Port LouisSECRETASEC PGOV PREL MASS SE
09PORTLOUIS292SEYCHELLES: OCEAN LOOK TOPS AGENDA DURING
[...] (SBU) This is an action message for Department and Africa Command. Please see paras 3d(i),3h, and 3j below. 2. (S/NOFORN) SUMMARY: On September 18, Charge d'Affaires (CDA) met with President James Michel to deliver ref A points on the issue of piracy and the role of the Ocean Look operat [...]
2009-09-22 13:34:00Embassy Port LouisSECRET//NOFORNMARR MOPS SE
09PORTOFSPAIN198NO CONFIRMED H1N1 CASES IN TRINIDAD, PORT SECURITY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There are no confirmed cases of the H1N1 virus in T&T. Seven individuals returning from Mexico were quarantined, of which six tested negative for Type A Influenza and were released and one is still under observation. No facility in T&T currently has the capacity to test for th [...]
2009-05-01 21:31:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU EAID SOCI TBIO XL TD
09PORTOFSPAIN251TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO CONFIRMS FIRST H1N1 CASE
[...] (U) GOTT Minister of Health Jerry Narace announced Trinidad and Tobago's first confirmed H1N1 case on June 5. The patient was described as an adult female national of Trinidad and Tobago. Her history of recent travel to several countries affected by the virus makes it impossible to pinpoint w [...]
2009-06-05 23:30:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU EAID SOCI TBIO XL TD
09PORTOFSPAIN256US EMBASSY MEETS WITH OPPOSITION TO DISCUSS LEGISLATIVE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy representatives met with leaders of the opposition United National Congress (UNC) party to discuss legislation to deal with Trinidad and Tobago's immense crime problem. The UNC parliamentarians agreed T&T's efforts to reduce crime would be assisted by new legislation (e. [...]
2009-06-09 20:26:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KCRM TD
09PORTOFSPAIN376 BAKR ALLEGATION AGAINST PM AGAIN SURFACES
[...] (SBU) Summary: A judge has directed that the 2006 allegation by Jamaat al Muslimeen (JAM) leader Yasin Abu Bakr that he cut a deal with Prime Minister Manning on the eve of the 2002 election to provide foot soldiers for the PNM campaign be investigated. Bakr claims that, in exchange, Manning [...]
2009-09-16 19:51:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER TD
09PORTOFSPAIN38TT POLICE IMPROVES IPR ENFORCEMENT, REQUESTS TASK FORCE
[...] SUMMARY: Following recent INL funded workshops on IPR enforcement, local police conducted two successful raids on brick and mortar stores and a series of raids on street vendors selling pirate DVDs. A senior police official asked Post's assistance in generating support for IPR enforcement. END [...]
2009-01-28 14:45:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIEDTD ETRD KCRM KIPR
09PRAGUE109CZECH FINANCE MINISTER KALOUSEK ON EU, G-20
[...] (C) Finance Minister Miroslav Kalousek stressed to Charge February 25 the importance of global coordination of financial market regulatory reform and noted the Czech Republic favored evolutionary rather than revolutionary changes. The February 22 informal G-5 meeting in Berlin had discussed s [...]
2009-02-27 06:11:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON ETRD PREL EUN EZ
09PRAGUE120CZECH REPUBLIC: INFORMATION REQUEST IN ADVANCE OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Czech Government (GoCR) views the EU response to the financial crisis as an important test of its EU presidency. Within EU fora, the GoCR has consistently warned against protectionism and beggar-thy-neighbor policies, as well as revolutionary changes to regulation and overs [...]
2009-03-04 15:42:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV EUN EZ
09PRAGUE147DEFENSE PROCUREMENT IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC: SHADY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-16 15:04:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PARR EZ KCOR MARR MCAPP
09PRAGUE153SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S PRAGUE VISIT
[...] (C) Summary/overview: We warmly welcome your visit to Prague. Twenty years after the Velvet Revolution, ten years after joining NATO, and five years after joining the European Union, your visit during the Czech Republic,s EU presidency symbolizes this country's remarkable journey from communis [...]
2009-03-19 12:02:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALOVIP OBAMA PREL PGOV ECON ENRG EUN MARR SENV
09PRAGUE159CZECH GOVERNMENT FACES A CRITICAL VOTE OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 24, the embattled government of PM Mirek Topolanek will likely face a critical vote of no-confidence. PM Topolanek has faced down four previous attempts to unseat him. However, the current situation is probably the most significant threat to his government, in a large [...]
2009-03-23 06:08:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EZ
09PRAGUE202CZECH REPUBLIC: AERO VODOHODY NOW FOCUSED ON
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-10 13:40:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEZ MAPP PREL
09PRAGUE22ANNUAL OSAC CRIME SAFETY REPORT 2008 - PRAGUE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-09 18:03:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDASEC
09PRAGUE237MGSF01: PRAGUE EAC REGARDING H1N1
[...] Prague EAC met on April 30, 2009 to discuss the H1N1 influenza in light of the WHO Pandemic Influenza Alert Level increase from Phase 4 to Phase 5. Charge, A/DCM, RSO, POL/EC, DATT, ORA, LEGATT, CONS, MGT, FCS, PAS and MED were in attendance. 2. MED briefed on WHO phase guidelines and prov [...]
2009-04-30 14:15:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO KPAO KSAF PINR PREL
09PRAGUE27A/S FRIED AND EU POLITICAL DIRECTORS' TROIKA
[...] (SBU) Summary: On January 9 Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried met in troika format (Czech EU Presidency and following Swedish Presidency, European Commission, and European Council Secretariat) at the Political Director level. The discussion primarily focused on the Middle East and the Western B [...]
2009-01-14 16:12:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALEUN EZ EG PGOV PREL ZI SO SU CD
09PRAGUE340FOREIGN DEPLOYMENTS PROPOSAL PASSES CZECH LOWER
[...] (C) Summary: On June 16, the Czech parliament's lower house approved a 2010 troop deployment proposal that, among other deployments, includes 535 Czech troops for Afghanistan. Senate approval should follow. This smooth approval is a stark contrast to the contentiousness of the 2009 deployme [...]
2009-06-17 14:47:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR EZ AF
09PRAGUE496CZECH SPECIAL OPERATIONS GROUP IN AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: The Czech Special Operations Group (SOG),composed of 50-100 military police, was investigated by Czech authorities for alleged wrongdoing in Afghanistan, including wrongful deaths of Afghan civilians during its deployment, and irregularities in operations, procurement and chain [...]
2009-08-25 14:25:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MOPS EZ AF
09PRAGUE580CZECH STATEMENT ON IRAN MISSILE LAUNCH
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-30 15:24:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL KNNP MNUC IR EZ EUN
09PRAGUE591SCENESETTER: THE VICE PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO THE
[...] (C) Mr. Vice President: Your visit to the Czech Republic comes at a key moment to shape a vision for the future of our partnership. While Czech transatlanticists have expressed disappointment about the results of our missile defense policy review, they have constructively engaged with us and [...]
2009-10-05 14:27:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALOVIP PGOV PREL EUN EZ
09PRAGUE632 OCTOBER 2009 FRAUD SUMMARY - PRAGUE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Country conditions in the Czech Republic have reacted to the financial crisis but the Czech financial system remains relatively healthy. Public debt is low, the current account is small and manageable, and Czech households have not borrowed in foreign currency. The small, open, [...]
2009-10-23 13:03:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC EZ
09PRAGUE642H1N1 PREPAREDNESS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC
[...] (U) Summary: Although cases of H1N1 in the Czech Republic (CR) have generally been few and mild, the Czech government is taking a number of steps to prepare for a potential pandemic. Steps include anti-viral stockpiles, vaccine purchases, a PR campaign about preventing infection, and updating [...]
2009-10-30 09:10:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU KSTH PREL SENV CDC HHS EZ WHO NIH
09PRAGUE661SCENESETTER FOR VISIT TO PRAGUE OF UNDER SECRETARY
[...] (C) Under Secretary Tauscher: Your visit to the Czech Republic comes as we move forward from Vice President Biden's October 23 visit and the November 6 High Level Defense Group (HLDG) meeting toward shaping a vision for the future of our partnership. While Czech transatlanticists expressed i [...]
2009-11-09 16:59:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALEUN EZ OVIP PGOV PREL
09PRAGUE89Ninth Annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report - Czech
[...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified entire text; not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Czech Republic is meeting the Minimum Standards for the elimination of trafficking in persons as set forth in the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2005, in that: a) The government provide [...]
2009-02-12 15:24:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
09PRAIA178FRAUD SUMMARY - PRAIA
[...] (U) Per reftel, the following is Embassy Praia's semi-annual fraud reporting cable covering March 2009 to August 2009. Responses are keyed to reftel. 2. (U) A. COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Cape Verde is an archipelago located 500 kilometers west of Senegal. Cape Verde gained its independence from [...]
2009-09-30 16:42:00Embassy PraiaUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC CV
09PRAIA208DENGUE FEVER EPIDEMIC IN CAPE VERDE
[...] In a meeting on October 29 with the Diplomatic Corps in Cape Verde, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Health provided information about the mushrooming epidemic of dengue fever that is afflicting the country. The following details were provided: --there are over 3,700 sus [...]
2009-11-03 13:27:00Embassy PraiaUNCLASSIFIEDSOCI CDC TBIO UN CV SG
09PRAIA209DENGUE FEVER EPIDEMIC ACCELERATES, WITH INCREASING
[...] Summary. The Dengue epidemic in Cape Verde has affected almost five percent of the population of the capital city of Praia, and five deaths have now occurred. Eighteen more patients are hospitalized with the hemorrhagic form of the disease. The number of suspected Dengue cases doubled over [...]
2009-11-03 18:21:00Embassy PraiaUNCLASSIFIEDSOCI CDC TBIO UN CV SG
09PRETORIA1009SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY MONTHLY
[...] (U) Summary: This is the South African Environment, Science and Technology Monthly Briefings Newsletter, May 2009, Volume 4, Number 5, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- Scientists Develop New Carbon Emission Reduction Process -- South Afri [...]
2009-05-19 14:53:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV SOCI ETRD SF
09PRETORIA1054SCENE SETTER FOR CODEL WATSON'S MAY 26-31, 2009
[...] (SBU) Charge La Lime warmly welcomes the visit of your delegation to South Africa. The Mission stands ready to do everything it can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, following South Africa's fourth successful democratic election o [...]
2009-05-22 12:44:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON ETRD EINV SF
09PRETORIA1055SCENE SETTER FOR CODEL PAYNE'S MAY 26-29, 2009,
[...] (SBU) Charge La Lime warmly welcomes the visit of your delegation to South Africa. The Mission stands ready to do everything it can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, following South Africa's fourth successful democratic election o [...]
2009-05-22 12:44:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON ETRD EINV SF
09PRETORIA1078SOUTH AFRICA FY07 SPECIAL SELF HELP (SSH) STATUS REPORT
[...] Summary: In FY07, Embassy Pretoria selected ten projects for the Ambassador's Special Self-Help Program with total allocations of USD 100,000. Nine of the projects are ongoing and performing satisfactorily in providing social and economic services to the vulnerable populations of the affected [...]
2009-05-29 09:43:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON SF
09PRETORIA1118SCENESETTER FOR DUSTR MARANTIS VISIT TO SOUTH
[...] (SBU) Charge La Lime warmly welcomes the visit of your delegation to South Africa. The Mission stands ready to do everything it can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, following South Africa's fourth successful democratic election o [...]
2009-06-03 16:33:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EIND ETRD SF
09PRETORIA129SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS LAUNCHES PROBE AFTER CREW IS BUSTED
[...] (SBU) Summary. South African Airways has launched a probe into the arrest of South African Airways crew members in London on suspicion of drug trafficking on January 20. The fifteen-member SAA crew, including three pilots, who were arrested in London and detained for 24 hours, has been releas [...]
2009-01-22 15:08:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON SF
09PRETORIA1482SCENE-SETTER FOR SECRETARY OF STATE VISIT TO SOUTH
[...] (SBU) Charge La Lime warmly welcomes your visit to South Africa. The Mission stands ready to do everything it can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, following South Africa's fourth successful democratic election. 2. (SBU) The A [...]
2009-07-22 15:23:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD MCAP OVIP PGOV PREL SF EINV
09PRETORIA1551G/TIP AMBASSADOR LUIS CDEBACA'S JULY 6-10 VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) In his first country visit as G/TIP Director, Ambassador Luis CdeBaca met on July 6-7 and July 9-10 with South African government officials; police, prosecutors, and judges; civil society organizations and G/TIP grant recipients; and radio and newspaper reporters regarding the country's [...]
2009-07-31 07:48:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KTIP PHUM SF
09PRETORIA1615South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" -
[...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...]
2009-08-07 14:04:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
09PRETORIA1697SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ADVISOR ROBERT J.
[...] (SBU) Ambassador Gips warmly welcomes your visit to South Africa. The Mission stands ready to do everything it can to help make your trip a success. The Control Officers for the visit are Acting Political Counselor Madeline Seidenstricker and Energy Officer David Young, who can be reached at [...]
2009-08-24 08:03:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL IAEA KNNP ENRG SF
09PRETORIA173NRC DISCUSSES 2007 PELINDABA SECURITY INCIDENT
[...] (C) Summary: South African officials attribute the November 2007 Pelindaba break-in to criminal - rather than terrorist - intent. The police have not arrested the culprits. Officials stress that facilities containing nuclear materials were not threatened or impacted by the attack. Official [...]
2009-01-29 13:23:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALENRG TRGY KNNP PREL BEXP IAEA SF
09PRETORIA1752SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER AUGUST 23-AUGUST 29
[...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, o [...]
2009-08-31 06:14:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON
09PRETORIA178SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JANUARY 30,
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 5 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Big Rate Cut Expected as Inflation Plummets - South Africa's Leading Indicator Confirms Dismal Growth Outlook - Sharp Rise in Company [...]
2009-01-30 08:44:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
09PRETORIA1810SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER AUGUST 30-SEPTEMBER 5
[...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, o [...]
2009-09-08 06:24:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON
09PRETORIA1950SOUTH AFRICA: FORMER GENERAL TROUBLED BY THE STATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Brigadier General (Ret) George Kruys, now a lecturer at University of Pretoria, shared with Poloffs his perspective on the current state of the South African National Defense Force (SANDF). Kruys discussed lack of discipline as a function of pressure on the institution from ex [...]
2009-09-25 10:21:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDMCAP PGOV MASS SF
09PRETORIA2030TREVOR MANUEL OFFERS NEW APPROACH TO GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) Minister in the Presidency for National Planning Trevor Manuel's "National Strategic Planning" paper (often referred to here as the "Green Paper") offers a new approach to the way South Africa does government business. The paper suggests that greater planning and coordination will lead to [...]
2009-10-07 14:43:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AU GV
09PRETORIA2070SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 5-OCTOBER 9
[...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, o [...]
2009-10-09 15:01:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON
09PRETORIA21MONTHS SINCE PIETERMARITZBURG COURT DECISION TEST
[...] (C) The months since Pietermaritzburg High Court Judge Chris Nicholson handed down his verdict declaring the state's case against African National Congress (ANC) President Jacob Zuma invalid have been among the toughest times in the ruling party's history. The split between rival ANC factions [...]
2009-01-07 15:33:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALKJUS PGOV KDEM SF
09PRETORIA215NRC STEPS UP COOPERATION WITH SOUTH AFRICA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commissioner Peter Lyons used a January 18-24 familiarization visit to South Africa to visit the Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR) testing facilities and discuss its status; augment cooperation with its counterpart the National Nuclear Regulator (NNR),an [...]
2009-02-04 14:18:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EMIN EPET SENV BEXP KNNP SF
09PRETORIA2166Electricity - Economy's Driver or Achilles Heel?
[...] (SBU) South African power utility Eskom is struggling belatedly to increase capacity to meet demand, while working to engage the private sector, secure financing, and correct its pricing to reflect market realities. The utility suffered an electricity supply emergency, resulting in rolling bl [...]
2009-10-23 14:22:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET EMIN EINV ETRD ECON SENV SF
09PRETORIA2240South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" -
[...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...]
2009-11-03 13:58:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
09PRETORIA2271SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR BONNIE JENKINS'
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-06 11:45:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MNUC PARM KNNP TBIO SF
09PRETORIA2272SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 2-NOVEMBER 6
[...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, [...]
2009-11-06 14:19:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON
09PRETORIA229Announcing an Election Date: What's at Stake
[...] Summary: Following a meeting between President Kgalema Motlanthe and Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) Chief Electoral Officer Brigalia Bam on Wednesday, February 4, the Presidency announced that President Motlanthe would not/not announce the date of upcoming national and provincial in [...]
2009-02-06 06:03:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM SF
09PRETORIA2314SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 9-NOVEMBER 13
[...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers i6Q*Q}th Africa," found on intelink.gov. ------------- Domestic News ------------- Weekly Says President Zuma Faces Real Challenge Over Feuding Po [...]
2009-11-13 14:45:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON
09PRETORIA233SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 6,
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 6 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Reserve Bank Cuts Interest Rate - South African Notes Pare Gains as Inflation Measure Changes - Trade Deficit Revised Lower - January [...]
2009-02-06 10:43:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
09PRETORIA2377SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 16-NOVEMBER 20
[...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, [...]
2009-11-20 12:09:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON
09PRETORIA2387SOUTH AFRICA: Request Funding Re-obligation
[...] Summary: This is a request for approval for the use of funding, previously obligated for the immigration and Border Patrol, under obligation code: 1911461022-0584-0584402002-2721-2156-142204. The re-obligated funds will be used for narcotics detection by the U.S. Customs and Border Protectio [...]
2009-11-23 06:38:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SF KCRM SNAR
09PRETORIA2395AMBASSADOR JENKINS DISCUSSES MOLYDENUM-99 WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins met with Nuclear Energy Corporation of South Africa (NECSA) Chief Executive Officer Rob Adam on November 10. They discussed the Nuclear Security Summit, the bilateral agreement on cooperation in nuclear energy R&D, and cooperation on production of medi [...]
2009-11-24 06:24:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG PREL MNUC KNNP EMIN ETRD TRGY TBIO SF
09PRETORIA245SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY MONTHLY
[...] (U) Summary: This is the South African Environment, Science and Technology Monthly Briefings Newsletter, January 2009, Volume 4, Number 1, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- NATIONAL SPACE AGENCY BILL PASSED INTO LAW -- SOUTH AFRICA CELEBRA [...]
2009-02-09 13:51:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV SOCI ETRD SF
09PRETORIA2463 PRESIDENT ZUMA ANNOUNCES HE WILL TEST FOR AIDS
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Zuma called for a renewed struggle against AIDS in South Africa, leading by example as he promised to have himself tested for AIDS. Zuma emphasized that prevention was the key and called for wide testing. He announced a number of new initiatives to give more AIDS pat [...]
2009-12-01 15:24:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO PGOV EAID KHIV SF
09PRETORIA2478JOHANNESBURG'S TWO BILLION RAND BUS RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM
[...] (SBU) Summary. Emboff tested Johannesburg's new Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) System, the Rea Vaya, on November 20. The Rea Vaya was launched on October 20, to improve public transport infrastructure and alleviate traffic gridlock in South Africa's most congested and economically productive city. [...]
2009-12-03 07:40:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV ELTN SOCI SF PREL PGOV
09PRETORIA2481SOUTH AFRICA: NEW PROSECUTOR APPOINTMENT
[...] (C) President Jacob Zuma has appointed Menzi Simelane as the country's new Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). The selection raised criticism both because of Qmelane's involvement in political infighting at the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) and because of Zuma's continued push to a [...]
2009-12-03 16:49:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KJUS SF
09PRETORIA249SOUTH AFRICA RESPONSE TO TELECOM TRADE AGREEMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary. Information Communications and Technology (ICT) Officer met with the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA),industry analysts, and ICT firms to discuss the ICT regulatory environment in South Africa. Officials noted that ICASA faced major challenges in i [...]
2009-02-10 12:32:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS EINT SF
09PRETORIA2503SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 30-DECEMBER 4
[...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, [...]
2009-12-07 06:33:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON
09PRETORIA2547AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF HEALTH AARON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The meeting between Ambassador Gips and Minister of Health Dr. Aaron Motsoaledi on November 30, 2009 marked a new partnership between the United States and South Africa in health coordination and cooperation. The Minister thanked the United States for the extensive support we ha [...]
2009-12-10 12:22:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALEAID KHIV PGOV SF TBIO
09PRETORIA2602SERIES OF AIRLINK INCIDENTS TESTS SOUTH AFRICAN CIVIL
[...] (SBU) Summary. A spate of recent accidents/incidents involving South African Airlink has raised concerns about the safety record of the carrier. Privately owned Airlink also provides regional service to Lesotho, Mozambique, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe with over 3,500 flights p [...]
2009-12-18 11:01:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON PREL CASC OTRA ATRN FAA ICAO SF
09PRETORIA2611 RURAL SOUTH AFRICA: CHANGE COMES SLOWLY TO MANDELA'S HOME
[...] (SBU) PolCouns and PolAssist visited Nelson Mandela's birthplace of Mvezo, and also the former President's current rural home in Qunu in Eastern Cape Province December 7-8. Qunu is located along the main N2 highway, 30 km south of Mthatha, the district headquarters, in an area that was part of [...]
2009-12-21 14:17:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR SF
09PRETORIA2622SAG'S HOME AFFAIRS MINISTRY IN OPERATIONAL OVERHAUL
[...] The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) is a notoriously dysfunctional bureaucracy long due for an overhaul. Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, formerly Foreign Affairs Minister and ex-wife of the President, is leading a "Turnaround" project aiming to increase efficiency, tighten security, cut out [...]
2009-12-22 16:10:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PREF PHUM PGOV SF
09PRETORIA2671CHAMPIONS FOR CHILDREN CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED IN
[...] (U) On December 8-9, the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund (NMCF),in cooperation with the Department of Social Development (DSD) and numerous civil society organizations, launched the Champions for Children Campaign to ensure the protection and safety of children during the FIFA World Cup 2010 a [...]
2009-12-29 12:41:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KTIP SF
09PRETORIA271PRETORIA INPUTS TO THE 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-12 14:49:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SA KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD
09PRETORIA298PRETORIA INPUTS TO THE 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] Post hereby submits responses to the Department's action request (Refs A,B) for the ninth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, covering the period from March 2008 through mid-February 2009. Following an overview of South Africa's counter-trafficking efforts, and of its unique capacity [...]
2009-02-17 10:44:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SA KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD
09PRETORIA355SUPPORTERS, DETRACTORS VIEW SPRINGBOK SYMBOL OF
[...] (SBU) Few symbols in South Africa are as recognizable, or as controversial, as the Springbok logo worn by the 2007 World Cup champion South African rugby team. Worn by the rugby team since 1906, many saw the logo as a symbol of strength during the years the national team was banned from play [...]
2009-02-24 17:31:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALKJUS PGOV SF
09PRETORIA375GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS PUSHES SOUTH AFRICA INTO BUDGET
[...] Summary. Finance Minister Trevor Manuel announced in his 2009 budget speech that the FY 2010 budget deficit would be 3.9 percent of GDP. To finance the deficit, government debt will increase from 22.6 percent of GDP in FY 2009 to 25.6 percent of GDP in FY 2010. South Africa's short-term econo [...]
2009-02-27 12:33:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG ETRD BEXP KTDB SF
09PRETORIA478SOUTH AFRICAN MINING EXECUTIVES DISCUSS GLOBAL AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A group of South African mining executives expressed concern about the effects of the global commodity downturn on the mining sector and associated social transformation in South Africa. They highlighted a number of challenges of doing mining business in South Africa, many dir [...]
2009-03-12 09:44:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEMIN ENRG EINV ETRD EPET KHIV ZI SF
09PRETORIA533SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER MARCH 20, 2009
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 12 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Manufacturing Production Has Steepest Fall in Almost Two Decades - Gold Production Declines Sharply - Retail Sales Grow - Moody's to Re [...]
2009-03-20 13:39:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
09PRETORIA570SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY MONTHLY
[...] (U) Summary: This is the South African Environment, Science and Technology Monthly Briefings Newsletter, February 2009, Volume 4, Number 2, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- DEBATE CONTINUES OVER QULALITY OF DRINKING WATER IN SMALL TOWNS - [...]
2009-03-25 14:41:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV SOCI ETRD SF
09PRETORIA59SOUTH AFRICA ADOPTS NEW WEAPON IN THE BATTLE
[...] Summary: South Africa's cabinet recently passed a DNA Bill that will allow police officials to collect DNA from suspects of crimes, particularly, suspects of rapes and murders. This is a step in the right direction toward combating Sexual Offenses, but manpower and training still continue to [...]
2009-01-13 11:34:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM SF PHUM KWMN SOCI PREL
09PRETORIA664PART 1 OF 3: SCENESETTER FOR SOUTH AFRICA'S APRIL
[...] (C) South Africa on April 22 will hold its fourth national election since the end of apartheid in 1994. From all indications, the government and its institutions are ready for this poll, and turnout is expected to be the highest since former President Nelson Mandela's victory 15 years ago. [...]
2009-04-03 14:51:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PREL SF
09PRETORIA665LOCAL PERSPECTIVES ON POLITICAL PARTY LISTS AHEAD
[...] (C) Poloff worked with Political Section officers to gain their perspectives and insights into South Africa's main political parties ahead of the April 22 national election. Officers provided thoughts about the parties' candidate lists and how they may help or hinder their electoral chances. [...]
2009-04-03 15:03:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PREL SF
09PRETORIA674SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY MONTHLY
[...] (U) Summary: This is the South African Environment, Science and Technology Monthly Briefings Newsletter, March 2009, Volume 4, Number 3, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- SOUTH AFRICANS JOING EARTH HOUR - REDUCE POWER USANGE BY 15% -- [...]
2009-04-06 12:37:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV SOCI ETRD SF
09PRETORIA684STATE DROPS CHARGES AGAINST ZUMA
[...] (U) The legal saga surrounding African National Congress (ANC) leader, and future South African President, Jacob Zuma continued on April 6 as the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) dropped its case against the former Deputy President. Acting NPA Director of Public Prosecution Mokotedi Mpshe [...]
2009-04-06 15:43:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PGOV PREL SF
09PRETORIA742China Sustains Interest in African Minerals and Energy
[...] (SBU) Summary. The African Mining Indaba in Cape Town February 9-12 provided verve for discussion on China's interest in African resources (Reftel). The consensus view was that China is taking a long-term perspective on its resource investments in Africa, but driving harder bargains in the gl [...]
2009-04-16 07:43:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEMIN EPET ENRG EINV ETRD SF CH
09PRETORIA771SA PERMIT FOR ZIMBABWEANS (PART 2)
[...] There are currently more questions than answers surrounding the SAG's implementation of a temporary permit for Zimbabwean migrants to remain in South Africa (ref A). The Minister of Home Affairs' (DHA) April 3 announcement of the new policy was a surprise, albeit a welcome one, to the rights [...]
2009-04-17 15:08:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREF PREL SF
09PRETORIA810South Africa makes slow progress on renewable energy, but
[...] (SBU) Summary. South Africa is a coal-based economy and little attention to date has been given by the government and the private sector to the country's significant renewable energy potential. Even the minimal target set for renewable energy in the country's energy mix by 2013 is likely to be [...]
2009-04-23 10:30:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET EMIN EINV ETRD SENV SF
09PRETORIA841ANC PREVAILS, WINS GOVERNING MAJORITY
[...] (C) The ruling African National Congress (ANC) prevailed in the April 22 national and provincial election with a total of 65.96 percent of the national vote; slightly down from their total of 69 percent in 2004, and 67 percent in 1999. The second highest vote total went to the multi-racial De [...]
2009-04-28 14:31:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PREL SF
09PRETORIA88SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JANUARY 16,
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 3 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - South African Economy to "Feel Pressure" - Manufacturing Output, Business Confidence Dive - South Africa's House Prices Fall - Stadiums [...]
2009-01-16 12:08:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
09PRETORIA893SCENE-SETTER FOR USTR AMBASSADOR RON KIRK'S MAY
[...] (SBU) Charge La Lime warmly welcomes the visit of your delegation to South Africa. The Mission stands ready to do everything it can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, following South Africa's fourth successful democratic election o [...]
2009-05-04 13:54:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EINV PREL PGOV SF
09PRETORIA953PART 2 OF 3: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF SOUTH AFRICA'S
[...] (SBU) This is the second of three messages that aim to reveal a comprehensive background picture of Jacob Zuma, the President of the ruling African National Congress party (ANC),who was inaugurated as the fourth post-apartheid president of South Africa. The first message was released befor [...]
2009-05-12 08:36:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PREL SF
09PRISTINA114KOSOVO: DS PARTY SHOWING NEW ASSERTIVENESS IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In recent weeks, Serbian government officials responsible for the southern part of Kosovo (south of the Ibar river) have sounded a seemingly more moderate political line and have even contacted Serbs working in the Kosovo government. These officials, all from Serbian President [...]
2009-03-17 15:04:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL EAID KV SR
09PRISTINA149USAID ROMA RESETTLEMENT PROGRAM: PROGRESS AFTER A
[...] (U) Summary: USAID has initiated a long term resettlement project for 50 Roma families residing in two camps for internally displaced persons in north Mitrovica. The camp residents continue to suffer life-threatening health effects from lead poisoning over nine years after moving into the UN [...]
2009-04-08 17:42:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV PREL UNMIK KV
09PRISTINA257KOSOVO'S DIVIDED OPPOSITION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Kosovo's three opposition parties lack the unity and parliamentary strength to challenge the PDK-led coalition. Ramush Haradinaj has failed to unify the opposition behind him and the remaining opposition parties do not embrace his party's leadership against the government. The [...]
2009-07-04 10:37:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KV
09PRISTINA331KOSOVO: TWO H1N1 CASES CONFIRMED
[...] (SBU) In the past week, Kosovo's National Institute of Public Health (NIPH) has confirmed the country's first two cases of the H1N1 virus. From six samples sent to WHO laboratories for further testing, the first case, a nine-year old resident of the U.K., was confirmed on July 28. The child a [...]
2009-08-06 15:59:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR AMGT CASC ECON PINR PREL KFLU YI KV
09PRISTINA345KOSOVO: DECENTRALIZATION SEQUENCING AND TIMING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During the August 14 Quint meeting, the International Civilian Office (ICO) outlined its plans for establishing additional Municipal Preparation Teams (MPTs) following the August 13 announcement of the formation of the Gracanica MPT. The ICO indicated that it will proceed with i [...]
2009-08-14 17:04:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KV
09PRISTINA404 KOSOVO: URGENT DECISIONS NEEDED IN NKPP PROCESS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In July 2009, the Government of Kosovo (GOK) publicly announced its decision to move forward with the World Bank-funded New Kosovo Power Project (NKPP). The announcement, made in close consultation with key international donors, was long-awaited. After years of delay, it appea [...]
2009-09-15 15:28:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EAID ECON EFIN ETRD ETTC PREL KV
09PRISTINA456KOSOVO: CAMPAIGN OPENS FOR NOVEMBER 15 MUNICIPAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The official campaign period for Kosovo November 15 municipal elections kicked off on October 15. The elections, the first since independence and the first managed by domestic institutions, mark an important milestone in Kosovo's democratic growth. Kosovo Albanian and Serb par [...]
2009-10-19 11:11:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM EAID PINR KV
09PRISTINA461KOSOVO: GOK SET TO REMOVE USG-PROVIDED BORDER
[...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph five. 2. (SBU) The USG-developed product PISCES (Personal Identification Secure Comparison and Evaluation System),Kosovo's current border control system which is installed in all but two of Kosovo's border crossing points (BCP),could be [...]
2009-10-21 05:52:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINR ASEC ELTN PTER SMIG PBTS PGOV PREL KCRM KV
09PRISTINA477KOSOVO: AAK'S NEW BLOOD ELECTION STRATEGY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kosovo's leading opposition party, the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK),is attempting to refashion itself from a regional party dogged by its own corruption-plagued past into a national party that can convince voters to give it a second chance at governing. As part of th [...]
2009-11-02 13:52:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KV
09PRISTINA480KOSOVO: 2009 INCSR REPORT PART ONE
[...] Following is Part One of Kosovo's 2009 INCSR report (narcotics and chemical control). 2. Begin report. I. Summary Though Kosovo is primarily a transit country for Afghan drugs destined for Europe, anecdotal evidence from the Kosovo Police (KP) suggests a growing domestic narcotics m [...]
2009-11-03 15:05:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM KV
09PRISTINA487KOSOVO: H1N1 PREP UNDERWAY AS VIRUS STRIKES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The first suspected cases of H1N1 influenza have appeared in Kosovo, according to the Director of Kosovo's National Institute of Public Health (NIPH). At the same time, NIPH and other elements of Kosovo's public health infrastructure continues preparations to deal with a possibl [...]
2009-11-09 13:50:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV TBIO KFLU KV
09PRISTINA497 KOSOVO: ELECTION PREDICTIONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The November 15 municipal elections in Kosovo, the first since independence in 2008, will test both the relative strength of Kosovo's political parties and the capacity of Kosovo's Central Elections Commission to organize the polls. We expect negative campaigning and concerns a [...]
2009-11-13 09:59:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM EAID PINR KV
09PRISTINA511KOSOVO: FIRST H1N1 DEATH CONFIRMED
[...] (SBU) On November 15 Kosovo authorities reported the first death attributable to the H1N1 influenza virus -- also known as swine flu. The patient was a 31-year old man from Gllogovc/Glogovac, approximately 30 km from Pristina. He was hospitalized in critical condition on November 12 and treat [...]
2009-11-19 05:43:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV TBIO KFLU KV
09PRISTINA518 KOSOVO: PM RETHINKS DISSOLVING COALITION
[...] (SBU) Late-breaking local news on November 19 that Kosovo's junior coalition partner Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) was entering into a pre-election agreement with the opposition Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) for December 13 municipal runoffs, sparked a brief and tense coalition cr [...]
2009-11-20 15:16:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KV
09PRISTINA533KOSOVO: HITMAN'S CONFESSION SHAKES KOSOVO POLITICAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kosovo's political establishment has been shaken following allegations that Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) officials were involved in assassination plots during an effort to consolidate power from 1999 to 2003. A Democratic League of Dardania (LDD) member of parliament, Gani G [...]
2009-12-01 19:29:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR KDEM EAID SR KAWC KV
09PRISTINA541 KOSOVO: SERBIA ATTEMPTS TO HIJACK ELECTRICAL SERVICE AREA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A dispute between Serbia and Kosovo over control of the Valac substation and electricity distribution in the northern part of Kosovo has escalated, with Serbian state-owned firms unilaterally declaring new "service territories" covering Kosovo's northern municipalities. This re [...]
2009-12-08 16:20:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG PGOV KV SR
09PRISTINA543KOSOVO: SECOND ROUND OF MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS COULD SET STAGE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Central Election Commission (CEC) certified the November 15 first round mayoral election results on December 4, which sets the stage for runoff elections on December 13 in the 21 municipalities where no mayoral candidate won an outright majority. The election results, thus fa [...]
2009-12-09 17:24:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR KDEM EAID SR KV
09PRISTINA550KOSOVO: USG's PISCES Border Management System On Track For
[...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraph eight. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) As we reported previously (reftel),the U.S. border management system PISCES is scheduled for removal early next year due to the installation of a new European funded border management system as soon as th [...]
2009-12-17 07:42:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINR ASEC ELTN PTER SMIG PBTS PGOV KCRM KV
09PRISTINA65NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT FOR KOSOVO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-18 17:11:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KTIP KJUS EAID KDEM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC
09PRISTINA66NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT FOR KOSOVO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-18 17:11:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KTIP KJUS EAID KDEM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC
09PRISTINA78KOSOVO: DECENTRALIZATION'S CHALLENGE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ahtisaari-mandated decentralization that, among other things, creates new Serb-majority municipalities empowered with sweeping competencies for local self-governance is building momentum, though the question of whether adequate conditions are in place for successful implementatio [...]
2009-02-24 17:46:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL EAID KV
09QUITO100CORREA ANGRY OVER CONDITIONS ON VETTED UNIT
[...] (C) Summary: During his February 7 weekly radio/TV address, an indignant President Correa, reading from a January 8 letter from the DHS/ICE Attache in Quito, rejected coordinated selection of personnel for an anti-smuggling/contraband unit and announced the Attache's expulsion, apparently un [...]
2009-02-09 21:33:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR SMIG SNAR EC CO
09QUITO121 A Somber U.S. Business Forum Briefs the Ambassador
[...] (C) Summary. On February 13, U.S. companies briefed the Ambassador on the business climate in Ecuador. The tone was somber, as the representative outlined challenges and risks, but also opportunities for their companies, which are representative of many business sectors in Ecuador. Most wer [...]
2009-02-18 20:41:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALETRD EINV EFIN EPET ECON EC
09QUITO145FOREIGN MINISTER ON REBUILDING BILATERAL RELATIONS
[...] (S/NF) Summary. Foreign Minister Falconi told the Ambassador on February 26 that Ecuador wanted to move beyond the difficulties created by expelling two U.S. diplomats and continue counternarcotics cooperation. He said that the GOE is developing ideas on how the two countries can continue to [...]
2009-02-27 17:35:00Embassy QuitoSECRET//NOFORNPREL SNAR EFIN EC
09QUITO176GOE PEACE OVERTURES, THEN ANTI-U.S. JABS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The past week has seen President Correa veer from an awkward attempt to propose a new relationship with the U.S. to outbursts against the use of polygraphs and insinuations that the U.S. Embassy activities did not square with the Obama administration's policy. He also reiterated [...]
2009-03-10 22:56:00Embassy QuitoSECRET//NOFORNPREL SNAR KCRM PTER EC
09QUITO233POLICE UNIT INVESTIGATED WHILE CHAUVIN CASE INCHES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ecuador's "narco-politics" scandal is playing out in perverse ways. The good guys ) key personnel of a specialized police unit that was responsible for most of the GOE's success against narco-traffickers ) are under investigation by the GOE for returning USG computers and fear [...]
2009-04-02 22:27:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALSNAR PTER PREL PGOV KCRM EC CO
09QUITO307ECUADOR'S INITIAL RESPONSE TO H1N1 FLU
[...] (SBU) In response to global outbreaks of H1N1 influenza, the GOE has declared a national "State of Exception." The GOE response is continuing to take shape, but as of today, it has implemented the following measures: --The GOE banned imports of pork and pork products from the United States [...]
2009-04-30 22:50:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC AMED KFLU ETRD EAGR ECON EC
09QUITO36 ECUADOR'S 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] In response to State 123907, Embassy Quito reports the following update for its 2009 Investment Climate Statement. This update has also been sent to EB/IFD/OIA (J. Nathaniel Hatcher) by email. Openness to Foreign Investment Ecuador can be a difficult place in which to do business, althoug [...]
2009-01-20 21:51:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR EC
09QUITO449PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CALL TO PRESIDENT CORREA ADDS TO PRESS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Initial Ecuadorian government and media reaction to President Obama's June 10 phone call to President Correa focused on President Obama's message of congratulation for Correa's reelection and his desire to deepen U.S.-Ecuador relations, but did not include extensive comments on his [...]
2009-06-15 12:06:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KPAO EC
09QUITO521GOE DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON NORTH KOREA
[...] (C) The Foreign Ministry sent the Embassy a diplomatic note on June 4 which states Ecuador's adherence to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, refers to related provisions in Ecuador's October 2008 constitution, and calls for resumption of the Six Party [...]
2009-06-29 15:07:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP EC KN IR
09QUITO597FOUR AH1N1 DEATHS REPORTED IN ECUADOR
[...] (SBU) The GOE Ministry of Health (MOH) reported that four Ecuadorian citizens have died from AH1N1 influenza in the past week. The cases occurred in Chimborazo, Azuay, Tungurahua, and Pichincha provinces of Ecuador. Two of the cases involved patients who received treatment in rural private c [...]
2009-07-16 13:36:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC AMED KFLU ETRD EAGR ECON EC
09QUITO609ECUADOR: REFUGEE CONDITIONS IMPROVING, BUT
[...] (U) Ecuador hosts the largest refugee population in the Western Hemisphere with 25,000 registered refugees and another 135,000 Colombians living in a refugee-like situation. Colombian refugees have poured into Ecuador as a result of Colombia's conflict for the past nine years. The Colombia-E [...]
2009-07-20 21:34:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM KCRM KWMN PGOV SMIG SNAR SOCI EC CO
09QUITO655GOE INTERVENTIONS RE H1N1
[...] (SBU) As of July 29, the GOE reports 17 fatalities from AH1N1 flu in Ecuador, with a total of 534 confirmed cases. However, as many influenza cases go unreported, the real number of AH1N1 cases is probably much higher. 2. (SBU) On July 23, in a widely broadcast interview with the popular [...]
2009-07-29 21:54:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC AMED KFLU ETRD EAGR ECON EC
09QUITO70QUITO'S NEW AIRPORT MAKES PROGRESS BUT FACES BIG
[...] (SBU) Summary: The construction of Quito's new airport has made significant progress. The project is large and complex, however, dealing with an unpredictable political environment, sensitive community relations, and environmental challenges. The builders have made several recent missteps th [...]
2009-01-29 19:28:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAIR EAID EINV ECIN EC MARR MCAP
09QUITO708ECUADORIAN MILITARY REQUESTS MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION
[...] SUMMARY: (C) The Ecuadorian government seeks USG assistance in destroying at least 33 MANPADS and almost 1 million individual missiles, firearms, bombs and other expired munitions under the auspices of the U.S. Small Arms/Light Weapons Destruction Program. After years of inconclusive discuss [...]
2009-08-07 21:49:00Embassy QuitoSECRET//NOFORNMARR MASS MCAP PARM PREL PTER KHDP EC CO
09QUITO849INDIGENOUS PROTESTS FIZZLE IN ECUADOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Confederation of Indigenous People of Ecuador (CONAIE) called for a strike and road closures beginning September 27 in protest of the Government of Ecuador's proposed Law on Water and other laws, old and new, dealing with natural resources. The protests were supposed to beg [...]
2009-09-28 22:06:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPGOV EC
09QUITO873Correa and Indigenous Leaders Talk, Agree to More Dialogue
[...] (SBU) Summary. After a week of protests and the death of one indigenous protestor, President Rafael Correa and over 100 indigenous leaders sat down in Quito for a highly contentious discussion resulting in a six-point agreement to talk more often and about specific issues. The agreement calls [...]
2009-10-08 14:21:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPGOV EC
09QUITO877Correa and Indigenous Leaders Talk, Agree to More Dialogue
[...] (SBU) Summary. After a week of protests and the death of one indigenous protestor, President Rafael Correa and over 100 indigenous leaders sat down in Quito for a highly contentious discussion resulting in a six-point agreement to talk more often and about specific issues. The agreement calls [...]
2009-10-13 16:58:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPGOV EC
09QUITO947Ecuador - Information on Security Dialogue
[...] (SBU) Embassy Quito responds to the questions in Ref A, as follows: 2. (SBU) Does the United States currently have an established security dialogue with your country? Answer. The U.S. and Ecuador have a Bilateral Dialogue mechanism to discuss a range of issues of bilateral inte [...]
2009-11-10 22:18:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MASS EC
09QUITO951CORREA AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS: ATTACKS FROM THE LEFT?
[...] (... id: 234456 date: 11/13/2009 0:05 refid: 09QUITO951 origin: Embassy Quito classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: 09QUITO877 header: INFO LOG-00 AF-00 AID-00 AMAD-00 CIAE-00 INL-00 DODE-00 ANHR-00 DS-00 EAP-00 DHSE-00 OIGO-00 VCI-00 H-00 TEDE-00 IN [...]
2009-11-13 00:05:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB EC
09QUITO98ECUADOR MODIFIES TRADE MEASURES
[...] (U) Summary: On January 27 and January 30, the GOE modified its balance of payment (BOP) safeguard measures and standards conformity procedures, in response to importer concerns. The safeguard measures will not be applied to products in transit before the measure went into effect on January [...]
2009-02-06 21:39:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON EFIN EC
09RABAT132TAOUNATE TOUGH ON CANNABIS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Following success in western Morocco, Morocco's anti-cannabis efforts now focus on Taounate, a province in the Rif mountains on the eastern side of the major growing areas. Provincial authorities are making strong efforts to educate local residents about the negative aspects [...]
2009-02-10 17:50:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCOR KCRM SP MO
09RABAT170GAZA, GUANTANAMO, AND A LEFTIST THAW: MEETING WITH
[...] (SBU) A leftist human rights activist broke a long-standing boycott to meet with us on February 17, after he was barred from entering Tunis for a human rights conference in late January. The fact of the meeting was a sign of a nascent but broad thaw beginning to take place due to the change [...]
2009-02-25 18:37:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS MO
09RABAT221MIXED REVIEWS ON MOROCCO'S LEVEL OF RELIGIOUS
[...] (C) Summary: A range of government, religious, and education leaders told EmbOffs and visiting DRL/IRF officer that while tolerance is broadly observed in practice, some problem remain. Government forbearance for perhaps 150 foreign Christian missionaries was being stretched, they said, as p [...]
2009-03-19 18:54:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM KIRF PGOV PREL SCUL SOCI KPAO MO
09RABAT230MOROCCO: FIRST QUARTER 2009 HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE
[...] (C) Summary: The first quarter of 2009 has seen several incidents of concern in the Moroccan human rights arena. The most significant of these is a late March pressure campaign against Morocco's Shi,a minority, linked to the Government of Morocco's (GOM,s) angry severing of diplomatic relati [...]
2009-03-24 17:43:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KIRF KISL IR MO
09RABAT325MOROCCO'S NEW ENERGY STRATEGY LEAVES A FEW HOLES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Morocco's new energy strategy aims to avert an urgent electricity supply-demand imbalance, as well as lessen Morocco's dependence on energy imports and exposure to price swings, but geography and natural resources make the latter goal elusive. The Ministry of Energy's short term [...]
2009-04-14 16:42:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON EINV SENV MO
09RABAT333NEA DAS SPIRNAK VISIT ENCOURAGES MEPI AND PAS
[...] (U) Summary: The Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) has been a high impact, flexible tool in promoting democracy and other USG goals in Morocco. Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary (A/DAS) for Near East Affairs (NEA) Madelyn Spirnak visited MEPI projects and implementers and participat [...]
2009-04-19 12:21:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID KPAO KPMI MO
09RABAT391TFFLU01: MOROCCAN INFLUENZA PREPARATIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Morocco has reinforced its influenza surveillance and response measures as H1N1 influenza cases draw nearer to the Kingdom. The Government of Morocco (GOM) has instituted surveillance of arriving travelers and is purchasing more anti-viral medication to add to its current sto [...]
2009-05-08 06:56:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC AMED CASC TBIO PINR AMGT TF KFLU KFLO
09RABAT435COMMERCE NEAR THE BORDER: NEW DYNAMISM, OLD
[...] (U) Summary: Historically oriented both commercially and culturally toward Algeria, the Oriental region of Morocco's Mediterranean coast has abandoned hope of an imminent opening of the border with Algeria, closed since 1994. International trade in the region largely depends on smuggled duty- [...]
2009-05-29 15:50:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD ECIN PREL MO AG
09RABAT46MOROCCO SIGNS BILATERAL SEISMIC AGREEMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: As one of his final official acts, Ambassador Riley signed on January 12, "The Bilateral Agreement Between The Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Kingdom of Morocco Regarding the Development and Operation of a Seismic Monitoring Station in the [...]
2009-01-16 15:37:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PARM PREL TPHY KTBT KSCI KTIA MO
09RABAT487LOCAL ELECTIONS IN MOROCCO: LOCAL DECISIONS, BUT A
[...] (U) Summary: The campaign for June 12th local council elections kicked off June 30, following the closure of candidate lists the day before. Despite the limited and limiting window for campaigning, it still took a few days to get the campaign off the ground. There have been lively rallies [...]
2009-06-10 15:42:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PINR PROP KDEM MO
09RABAT542MOROCCO GIVES CLEAR SUPPORT FOR UNSCR 1874
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-26 13:59:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL MNUC MTCRE KN MO
09RABAT545PRIORITY AREAS FOR INL SECURITY ASSISTANCE AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: Mission-wide meetings and encounters with the top Moroccan law enforcement and justice officials with INL and NEA/MAG confirm there is excellent prospect for expanded collaboration across the range of law and justice assistance programs. USG support for Moroccan judicial refo [...]
2009-06-26 22:25:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PHUM EAID EXBS KJUS ASEC KCRM MO
09RABAT604WOMEN LEAD MOROCCO'S "PETITE REVOLUTION"
[...] (SBU) Summary: In what is being hailed in the press as the "petite revolution," a dozen women have been elected by their men and women peers to chair local councils, making them mayors or the equivalent rural executives. Prior to the June 12 municipal elections, only one woman had ever serve [...]
2009-07-14 18:37:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KWMN KISL KDEM KMPI SOCI MO
09RABAT65MOROCCO HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE: ATMOSPHERICALY
[...] (C) Surprisingly positive atmospherics and a less combative tone than in the past characterized the annual Human Rights Dialogue with the Government of Morocco (GOM) in early January. GOM officials described themselves as "satisfied" with the way the dialogue has evolved since its inception [...]
2009-01-22 18:22:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL WI MO
09RABAT720MOROCCO AS NON-PROLIFERATION LEADER
[...] (U) Summary: This message provides substantive answers to the detailed questions posed in Ref A regarding Morocco's policies on non-proliferation issues and regimes. Information requested in Ref A regarding key points of contact in the Moroccan government was provided in Ref B, with updates [...]
2009-08-25 11:40:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL PGOV MNUC ENRG AORC KNNP MO
09RABAT793MOROCCO ACCEPTS U.S. INVITATION FOR INFORMAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-23 19:15:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM KTBT MO
09RABAT858PAM STEAMS AHEAD WHILE PJD SHUT OUT OF UPPER HOUSE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The year-old Party of Authenticity and Modernity (PAM) continues to engineer significant -- and, to some, unsettling -- electoral victories following its impressive showing in June's communal elections. In the latest of many indirect elections that by law follow the communal co [...]
2009-10-20 18:14:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PHUM KDEM KISL MO
09RABAT877PALACE PARTY SEEKS TO DOMINATE THE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: In the short span of two years the Party of Authenticity and Modernity (PAM) has gone from being a loosely defined political association to a political powerhouse that dominated the June 2009 municipal elections. The PAM now controls the upper house of Parli [...]
2009-10-28 19:14:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM MO
09RABAT98Special Media Reaction: President Obama's initial days spark
[...] The Moroccan press has widely and enthusiastically covered the major events of President Obama's first few weeks in office, highlighting the messages directed to the Muslim world in his inaugural address, the initial decisions to close Gitmo and CIA secret prisons and restrict interrogation te [...]
2009-02-03 10:58:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KDEM KPAO EAID KMPI MO
09RANGOON187BURMA: REACTIONS TO THE "AFTER THE STORM" REPORT
[...] (C) Officials from the UN and international NGOs, including International Development Enterprises (IDE),Save the Children, and CARE, have criticized the findings of a recent assessment of Cyclone Nargis assistance conducted by Johns Hopkins and the Emergency Assistance Team (EAT) based in T [...]
2009-03-26 01:47:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALBM EAID PGOV PREL SOCI
09RANGOON205BURMA'S GENERALS: STARTING THE CONVERSATION
[...] (S) As the review of U.S. policy regarding Burma continues amid signs that the military regime wants to engage with Washington, we offer some thoughts about the senior generals, what motivates them, what they might want from engagement, and what the U.S. might place on the table. Burma's milit [...]
2009-04-02 07:33:00Embassy RangoonSECRETPREL PGOV BM
09RANGOON235WHO'S WHO IN BURMA'S OFFSHORE GAS SECTOR
[...] (C) Burma's offshore waters are becoming more crowded, as foreign companies from China, Korea, Russia, India, Malaysia, and Vietnam secure contracts to explore and develop offshore natural gas blocks. To attract additional investment and capitalize on the recent gas discoveries in the A1, A [...]
2009-04-27 04:06:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG PGOV EPET PINR BM
09RANGOON238BURMA: GOB RESPONDS TO SWINE FLU; NO OUTBREAK IN
[...] (SBU) The Burmese Government has informed us, and WHO agrees, that, contrary to a BBC Burma Service radio report, there are no cases of swine flu in either humans or animals in Burma. The GOB continues to coordinate among various Ministries and plans to produce a swine flu action plan short [...]
2009-04-27 07:47:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
09RANGOON240BURMA: ZARGANAR REPORTEDLY ILL
[...] (C) Family members told us imprisoned comedian/activist Zarganar has been suffering from acute symptoms of jaundice and hypertension for well over a week. He was taken from Myitkyina prison to see a specialist for tests on April 27. His sister, who is with him, expects to receive the test res [...]
2009-04-28 06:56:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
09RANGOON241MGSF01: BURMA HEALTH MINISTRY TO MONITOR
[...] (SBU) The Burmese Ministry of Health (MOH) announced it will begin monitoring the temperature of all incoming and outbound passengers at international airports. The MOH has yet to determine whether or how it will quarantine sick passengers. The GOB designated Wei Bagi Hospital in Rangoon f [...]
2009-04-28 07:02:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KPAO PREL PINR
09RANGOON246MGSF01: STILL NO CONFIRMED CASES OF H1N1 IN BURMA;
[...] (SBU) The World Health Organization (WHO) and Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) confirmed that the Ministry of Health (MOH) and Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries' reference laboratories lack the capacity to diagnose A/H1N1. In the meantime, any suspected samples will be sent to refe [...]
2009-04-30 01:50:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KPAO PREL PINR
09RANGOON253TFFLU01: BURMA HEALTH MINISTRY DETAILS A/H1N1
[...] (SBU) During a May 4 meeting with the diplomatic corps, the Burmese Ministry of Health (MOH) detailed its A/H1N1 action plan, including surveillance and quarantine procedures. Since April 28, MOH officials have screened incoming travelers at all ports of entry, including two international a [...]
2009-05-05 06:39:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO EAID KPAO PREL
09RANGOON288BURMA: FIRST WITNESSES IN ASSK/YETTAW TRIAL; AMCIT
[...] (SBU) On May 18, Consul attended the opening session of the trial against Amcit John William Yettaw, Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK),and ASSK's two live-in aides at a special court in Insein prison. Consul was permitted to observe the proceedings, but was told he could not speak with Mr. Yettaw unt [...]
2009-05-18 09:02:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALCASC PGOV PHUM PREL BM
09RANGOON291BURMA: CDA MEETS WITH FOREIGN MINISTER; DAY TWO
[...] (C) CDA met today with Foreign Minister Nyan Win to press for ASSK's release and for direct consular access to Amcit John Yettaw. Nyan Win defended the legal process against ASSK and asked what the U.S. is willing to give in return for her release. He made no commitment on Yettaw but is clea [...]
2009-05-19 07:35:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALCASC PGOV PHUM PREL PINR BM
09RANGOON295BURMA: AUNG SAN SUU KYI ADDRESSES DIPLOMATS AT
[...] (SBU) When the regime allowed foreign diplomats to attend the afternoon session of Aung San Suu Kyi's trial on May 20, ASSK briefly addressed the group from across the court room. She expressed appreciation for international support and a hope to meet later under better circumstances. Inter [...]
2009-05-20 07:34:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALCASC PGOV PHUM PREL PINR BM
09RANGOON301BURMA: AUNG SAN SUU KYI/YETTAW TRIAL, DAY FOUR
[...] (C) The May 21 session of the trial against Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) and John Yettaw focused on the examination of Yettaw's personal belongings, including photos and videos he took inside ASSK's residence. With the exception of Embassy Consul, no diplomats or journalists attended, which was [...]
2009-05-21 07:30:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALCASC PGOV PHUM PREL PINR BM
09RANGOON303BURMA: ASSK TRIAL - ALL PLEAD NOT GUILTY; YETTAW'S
[...] (SBU) Amcit John Yettaw, whose mental state appears to be deteriorating, proclaimed Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) and her two assistants innocent during an unprovoked courtroom outburst May 22. The day's trial focused largely on Yettaw; ASSK attended only the afternoon session. At the conclusion [...]
2009-05-25 13:01:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALCASC PGOV PHUM PREL PINR BM
09RANGOON310BURMA: AUNG SAN SUU KYI TESTIFIES; THANKS DIPLOMATS
[...] (C) Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) took the stand May 26 after the prosecution unexpectedly rested its case on May 25. ASSK answered the judges' questions about a written statement she submitted to the court in which she apparently set forth her version of the events surrounding American citizen Jo [...]
2009-05-26 08:03:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALCASC PGOV PHUM PREL BM
09RANGOON312BURMA: AUNG SAN SUU KYI HOUSE ARREST ORDER
[...] (C) Before the start of the Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) trial session on May 26, Police Director General Khin Yi told her that the GOB would lift her house arrest order on its May 27 expiration date. However, Aung San Suu Kyi remains in custody at an Insein prison guest house because of the Yett [...]
2009-05-27 08:23:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALCASC PGOV PHUM PREL BM
09RANGOON314BURMA: TESTIMONY CONCLUDES IN AUNG SAN SUU
[...] (C) Testimony concluded on May 28 in the trial against Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK),her two assistants, and American John Yettaw. The trial will resume June 1, when the prosecution and defense will present closing arguments. There is no set timeframe thereafter for the judges' decision, but law [...]
2009-05-28 05:37:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALCASC PGOV PHUM PREL PINR BM
09RANGOON320BURMA: NATIONAL LEAGUE FOR DEMOCRACY: PROTESTS
[...] (C) On May 28, police near Insein Prison arrested a solo protestor who unfurled a sign calling for Aung San Suu Kyi's (ASSK) release. Authorities have increased the security presence in Rangoon to guard against mass protests. National League for Democracy (NLD) leaders told us the party has [...]
2009-05-29 06:38:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
09RANGOON324BURMA: CLOSING ARGUMENTS IN TRIAL POSTPONED TO
[...] (C) Burmese authorities have postponed until June 5 the next trial session for Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK),her two assistants, and American John Yettaw. That session is expected to include closing arguments in the trial. ASSK met May 30 with her attorneys for over two hours; they confirm that [...]
2009-06-01 03:51:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALCASC PGOV PHUM PREL PINR BM
09RANGOON335BURMA: ASSK PROCEEDINGS POSTPONED; APPEALS COURT
[...] (C) At a brief hearing on the morning of June 5, judges in the trial against Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK),her two aides, and Amcit John Yettaw announced a delay in the resumption of the proceedings until June 12. ASSK's attorneys appeared at a separate appeals court later in the day to seek rein [...]
2009-06-05 07:14:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALBM CASC PGOV PHUM PREL
09RANGOON341BURMA: APPEALS COURT REINSTATES ONE ASSK DEFENSE
[...] (SBU) ASSK lawyer and NLD spokesman Nyan Win told us that on June 9 the Rangoon Divisional Court announced it would allow Aung San Suu Kyi's defense to call as a witness NLD member and lawyer Daw Khin Mot Mot, one of the three witnesses originally barred by the trial court. However, the Divi [...]
2009-06-09 06:39:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
09RANGOON344BURMA: ASSK LAWYERS TO APPEAL TO SUPREME COURT
[...] (SBU) On June 11, Aung San Suu Kyi's (ASSK) legal team will file an appeal with the Supreme Court to overturn the Divisional Court's decision to exclude two defense witnesses originally denied admission by the trial court. ASSK lawyer Nyan Win told us he expects the trial court will again del [...]
2009-06-10 06:35:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALCASC PGOV PHUM PREL BM
09RANGOON346BURMA: SUPREME COURT TO HEAR AUNG SAN SUU KYI'S
[...] (SBU) Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) lawyer and NLD spokesman Nyan Win informed us that on June 11 the Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments in ASSK's appeal to admit two defense witnesses who were excluded from testifying in her trial (reftel). The Rangoon branch of the high court has scheduled o [...]
2009-06-11 06:43:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALCASC PGOV PHUM PREL BM
09RANGOON370BURMA: MINISTRY OF HEALTH PREPARES FOR A/H1N1
[...] (SBU) During a June 16 meeting with the diplomatic corps, the Burmese Ministry of Health (MOH)reviewed its A/H1N1 action plan, detailing surveillance procedures. MOH asserts there are still no confirmed cases of A/H1N1 in Burma. Since April 28, MOH officials have screened more than 1.3 mil [...]
2009-06-18 00:24:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO EAID KPAO PREL
09RANGOON393ASSK/YETTAW TRIAL DELAYED PENDING SUPREME COURT
[...] (SBU) On June 26 the Divisional Court delayed the trial of Aung San Suu Kyi, her two assistants, and Amcit John Yettaw until July 3, pending the decision of the Supreme Court on whether to allow two additional defense witnesses (reftels). Yettaw broke his 49-day fast on the morning of June 2 [...]
2009-06-26 06:00:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALCASC PGOV PHUM PREL BM
09RANGOON401SUPREME COURT REJECTS ASSK APPEAL TO ADMIT
[...] (SBU) On June 29, the Burma Supreme Court rejected an appeal by the lawyers for Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) to reinstate two defense witnesses. The high court's ruling upholds the decisions by the trial court and Rangoon Divisional (appeals) Court to exclude National League for Democracy (NLD) C [...]
2009-06-29 06:53:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC PGOV PHUM PREL BM
09RANGOON402BURMA: MINISTRY OF HEALTH CONFIRMS FIRST A/H1N1
[...] (C) On June 28, the Ministry of Health (MOH) confirmed in the local press Burma's first case of A/H1N1 -- a 13-year old Burmese girl who recently returned from Singapore. The girl, who was diagnosed on June 27, continues to receive tamiflu treatment at Yangon General Hospital. MOH has place [...]
2009-06-29 07:19:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO EAID KPAO PREL
09RANGOON405TALKING WITH JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREA IN RANGOON
[...] (S) Japanese Ambassador to Burma Nogawa told Charge that on June 29 he conveyed his Government's "serious concerns" about DPRK proliferation to MOFA Deputy Minister Maung Myint and urged Burma to "fully enforce" UNSC Res. 1874. Nogawa added that Japan is willing to help Burma move toward de [...]
2009-06-30 08:10:00Embassy RangoonSECRETPGOV PREL PHUM BM
09RANGOON408BURMA: NO NEW A/H1N1 CASES; MOH ISSUES NEW TESTING
[...] (C) Ministry of Health (MOH) officials continue to aver that there are no confirmed cases of A/H1N1 in Burma other than the one announced last week, and they are denouncing rumors a patient in Lashio died from A/H1N1. MOH refuses to discuss the status of the eight patients who allegedly have [...]
2009-07-02 04:57:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO EAID KPAO PREL
09RANGOON411BURMA - ASSK TRIAL DELAYED; DEFENSE CONSIDERS MORE
[...] (SBU) In a brief session on July 3, judges in the trial of Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) and Amcit John Yettaw announced a further delay in the proceedings until July 10. Defense witness Daw Khin Mot Mot attended the hearing, but was unable to testify. Presumably, she will testify once the trial [...]
2009-07-03 03:59:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALCASC PGOV PHUM PREL BM
09RANGOON429BURMA: MINISTRY OF HEALTH CONFIRMS SECOND A/H1N1
[...] (C) The Ministry of Health (MOH) on July 9 confirmed Burma's second A/H1N1 case -- a 20-year old Burmese man who recently returned from Bangkok. The man, who was diagnosed on July 9, is receiving tamiflu treatment at Wei Bagi Infectious Disease Hospital in Rangoon. The MOH is conducting su [...]
2009-07-10 03:37:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO EAID KPAO PREL
09RANGOON430BURMA: FINAL DEFENSE WITNESS TESTIFIES IN AUNG SAN
[...] (C) Substantive testimony in the trial of Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) and Amcit John Yettaw resumed July 10 after over a month of legal proceedings regarding the admissibility of defense witnesses. Defense witness Daw Khin Mot Mot, who was initially excluded but later reinstated on appeal, took t [...]
2009-07-10 06:51:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALCASC PGOV PHUM PREL BM
09RANGOON432BURMA: INCREASING DRUG RESISTANCE FOR MALARIA
[...] (C) Malaria is one of the most prevalent diseases and leading causes of mortality in Burma. In 2008, the Ministry of Health (MOH) reported more than 564,000 cases, with 959 deaths. NGOs emphasize that these figures grossly underestimate Burma's true morbidity, which they estimate is two mi [...]
2009-07-13 05:45:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALECON TBIO EAID SOCI PGOV AMED BM
09RANGOON440BURMA: NEXT STEPS IN THE ASSK TRIAL
[...] (C) On July 10, the last scheduled witness in the Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK)/Yettaw trial testified (reftel). ASSK lawyer Nyan Win told us he expects closing arguments in the trial will begin when the court reconvenes on July 24. Nyan Win estimated closing arguments could last for as long as two [...]
2009-07-14 06:11:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALCASC PGOV PHUM PREL BM
09RANGOON48RANGOON URANIUM SELLER: FINAL DISPOSITION
[...] (S/NF) On November 26, 2008 and December 4, 2008 DAO Rangoon tested the suspected material described in RefTels A and B. DAO Rangoon used an "identiFinder" Field Spectrometer that detected no evidence of radioactive material at the time of testing. The sample results were forwarded to WashDC [...]
2009-01-23 06:54:00Embassy RangoonSECRET//NOFORNKNNP MNUC ASEC ENRG KCRM PARM TRGY BM PTER
09RANGOON487BURMA'S A/H1N1 CASES RISE TO TEN
[...] (SBU) Burmese health authorities reportedly this week confirmed another case of A/H1N1 -- a 57-year-old man returning on a flight from Singapore -- bringing the number of known cases in Burma to ten. Authorities are monitoring other passengers and airport staff from the July 20 Silk Air flig [...]
2009-07-31 09:48:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
09RANGOON50NLD UNCLES AND CDA EXCHANGE VIEWS ON NEW U.S.
[...] (C) During a collegial January 20 give-and-take with members of the National League for Democracy (NLD) Central Executive Committee (CEC),aka the "Uncles," the Charge reaffirmed the USG's support for a democratic future for Burma, noting that backing for the cause of democracy in Burma is b [...]
2009-01-23 07:48:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINR BM
09RANGOON527NLD UNCLES SEE POSSIBLE OPENING IN THAN SHWE'S
[...] (C) The NLD is taking a two-track approach in responding publicly to the Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) verdict: strongly condemning the trial itself, but also acknowledging the easing of restrictions of her house arrest. Privately, Central Executive Committee (CEC) members welcomed Than Shwe's re [...]
2009-08-13 11:10:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
09RANGOON609BURMA: BUSINESS CANDIDATES WILL RUN, LIKE IT OR NOT
[...] (SBU) Conversations with a range of private sector contacts suggest the regime is in the process of selecting supportive candidates from the business community to run in the 2010 elections. The regime has reportedly vetted individuals based not only on perceived loyalty but also via a candi [...]
2009-09-14 10:04:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV PINR BM
09RANGOON685Voice of America TV programming back on the air in Burma
[...] (SBU) As a result of Embassy outreach to the Ministry of Information, the GOB has allowed state-owned television to broadcast VOA-TV programs. The English language instruction series "Connect with English" began daily broadcasts on Myanmar Radio and Television (MRTV) the morning of October 1 [...]
2009-10-06 10:40:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO PGOV PINR EAID PREL PHUM BM
09RANGOON688BURMA: MEETING WITH AUNG SAN SUU KYI ON SANCTIONS
[...] (C) U.S., UK (representing the EU),and Australian chiefs of mission (COMs) briefed Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) on their governments' respective sanctions policies in a one-hour meeting October 9. ASSK confirmed her willingness to cooperate with the SPDC to lift sanctions, but indicated she fir [...]
2009-10-09 09:32:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
09RANGOON791EMBASSY RANGOON'S NOMINATION FOR THE 2010
[...] (SBU) Embassy Rangoon nominates Burmese HIV/AIDS activist Phyu Phyu Thin for the 2010 Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage. Phyu Phyu Thin demonstrates great courage and leadership and has overcome tremendous obstacles in advancing the cause of HIV/AIDS awareness and provid [...]
2009-12-04 08:38:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO KWMN BM
09RANGOON797BURMA: ASSK DOCTOR DEBRIEFS ON RECENT VISIT
[...] (C) Dr. Tin Myo Win (aka Douglas),personal physician to Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK),told CDA, a.i., that at a December 3 meeting, ASSK asked him to pass on her gratitude for the opportunity to meet with A/S Campbell and said that she has launched her own engagement efforts with the regime to ca [...]
2009-12-09 08:02:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
09RANGOON99BURMA MFA OFFICIAL ON ENGAGEMENT, VISITS, AND
[...] (C) The Government of Burma (GOB) has provided another signal that it wishes to engage with the Obama Administration, perhaps with a two-track, military and civilian approach. During a dinner the Charge hosted for MFA Americas Director Yin Yin Oo, she suggested initial topics for engagement [...]
2009-02-17 07:11:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR OREP OFDP ODIP PINR SNAR BM
09RECIFE63DIPLOMATIC DIALOGUE IN RECIFE: DEEPER ENGAGEMENT SOUGHT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a broad off-the-record discussion of U.S.-Brazil foreign policy issues hosted by the PO and Recife's PD section a select group of Pernambuco opinion leaders attended a breakfast meeting and expressed their points of view about the foreign policy of the Obama administration [...]
2009-09-30 16:17:00Consulate RecifeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO PREL PGOV ECON EPET ETRD EIND SCUL SENV
09REYKJAVIK15ICELAND ECONOMIC SITUATION EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE FURTHER
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-23 16:48:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PGOV IC
09REYKJAVIK170 ICELAND'S PLANS TO COMBAT H1N1 VIRUS THIS WINTER
[...] (U) Summary: The strain of the H1N1 influenza virus present in Iceland has been milder than that experienced in other countries, and only one person has been hospitalized with the illness earlier this year. Occurrences of H1N1 in Iceland have been on the decline recently. However, Iceland's C [...]
2009-09-28 17:07:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AMED PREL TBIO IC
09REYKJAVIK193 Fraud Summary - Reykjavik: March to August 2009
[...] SUMMARY: Iceland is a low-fraud country with no identifiable, consistant fraud patterns involving U.S. passports or visas. No signficant changes or fraud trends were noted in Iceland during the reporting period March 1 to August 31, 2009. END SUMMARY. COUNTRY CONDITIONS ----------------- [...]
2009-10-28 17:04:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC IC
09REYKJAVIK49 NINTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT FOR
[...] (SBU) Embassy point of contact on the trafficking in persons (TIP) issue is Political Officer Brad Evans, tel. +354-562-9100x2294, fax +354-562-9139, unclassified e-mail EvansBR@state.gov. Hours spent on preparation: - Pol Officer (FS 02) 18 hrs - Pol Assistant 50 hrs - DCM 1 hrs T [...]
2009-03-06 16:25:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG KTIP KFRD PREF IC
09REYKJAVIK97 FIRST CASE OF H1N1 INFLUENZA CONFIRMED IN ICELAND
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-26 13:34:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AMED PREL TBIO IC
09RIGA129Embassy Science Fellows Program 2009 (Latvia)
[...] Embassy Riga submits the following proposal for an Embassy Science Fellow (ESF) to assist Latvia in developing forest biomass energy potential. The ESF will work with the Latvian Ministry of Agriculture, in coordination with the Latvian State Forest Research Institute, Forest and Wood Product [...]
2009-03-06 15:27:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG SENV AMGT APER LG
09RIGA257TRANSCOM COMMANDER'S VISIT TO RIGA CONFIRMS STRONG
[...] (C) Summary: The May 5 - 6 visit of TRANSCOM Commander General Duncan McNabb provided an opportunity to thank the Latvians for their support for the Northern Distribution Network (NDN). McNabb assured the Latvians that all arrangements in Latvia are fine; any potential choke points would like [...]
2009-05-08 11:19:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL AF UZ LG
09RIGA377MORE H1N1 FLU CASES IN LATVIA
[...] SUMMARY: The Latvian health authorities have confirmed five new cases of H1N1 in Latvia between July 11 and July 14, bringing the total to six. They report that the actual number might be higher because people with mild cases of H1N1 might be undiagnosed and simply recovering at home. To date [...]
2009-07-17 14:58:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR AMGT CASC KFLU PREL LG
09RIGA434LATVIA'S ECONOMIC CRISIS LEADS TO POLITICAL
[...] (U) Summary: Implementation of austerity budget cuts have revealed intense divides within Latvia,s governing coalition. A particularly divisive political battle intensified in July over cuts in the public health sector, pitting Prime Minister Dombrovskis, and his New Era party, against the Mi [...]
2009-08-21 12:18:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PGOV LG
09RIGA486LATVIA FRAUD SUMMARY: MARCH 2009 Q AUGUST 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-30 14:52:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC LG
09RIGA536LATVIAN PROSECUTOR GENERAL CLAIMS OLIGARCHS ARE
[...] (C) Summary: The Latvian Prosecutor General, Janis Maizitis, believes that Latvia's oligarchs orchestrated Parliament's recent rejection of Maris Vigants' nomination to the Latvian Supreme Court. Vigants is a respected judge that in 2007 ordered the detention of Aivars Lembergs, an oligarch, [...]
2009-10-30 15:44:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCOR LG
09RIGA545LATVIAN BUDGET CRISIS ERODES CAPACITY ON HUMAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Human rights institutions are bracing for severe cuts as a result of belt-tightening in Latvia. Institutions intended to increase integration and ensure basic human rights face either steep cuts or sweeping reorganization. Under the proposed budget, the Naturalization Board, re [...]
2009-11-12 09:25:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL ECON EFIN LG
09RIGA576LATVIA: DAS QUANRUD BOLSTERS ENGAGEMENT
[...] (C) Summary. Latvia's political leadership firmly and unequivocally supports President Obama's Afghanistan policy, and will maintain its own caveat-free troop contribution in the face of severe economic crisis at home. The Government of Latvia appreciates USG assurances of support on NATO co [...]
2009-12-03 15:10:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON MOPS LV
09RIGA9LATVIA RECEPTIVE TO IDEAS ON GEORGIAN CONFLICTS;
[...] (C) Summary: Latvia is open to our thoughts on using carrots and sticks to reintegrate South Ossetia and Abkhazia into Georgia, but wonders if Tbilisi will play the right role when it comes to carrots. To that end, they would like to know more about Georgian reaction to our ideas and what com [...]
2009-01-06 13:35:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID CVIS GG EUN LG
09RIODEJANEIRO14US OIL COMPANIES ONE STEP CLOSER TO PRE-SALT OIL DISOVERY
[...] U.S. oil companies Exxon and Hess, together with Brazilian partner Petrobras, have found evidence of oil in their highly anticipated pre-salt exploration block in Brazil's Santos Basin. Exxon, which operates the well, and Hess each own 40 percent of the concession while 20 percent is held by P [...]
2009-01-21 15:23:00Consulate Rio De JaneiroUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EPET EINV BR
09RIODEJANEIRO190Petrobras Probe a Potential Political Free for All
[...] (SBU) Summary. On August 6, the Brazilian Senate will begin an investigation (Comissao Parlamentar de Inquerito, CPI) into allegations of corruption in state-controlled oil company Petrobras. Members of the PSDB, the lead government opposition party, allege that Petrobras engaged in tax and p [...]
2009-07-22 11:11:00Consulate Rio De JaneiroUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EINV PGOV BR
09RIODEJANEIRO353A VISIT TO A PACIFIED FAVELA
[...] (SBU) Summary: On 16 October 2009 Principal Officer and consulate officers joined Rio State Secretary of Security Beltrame and police officials for a visit to Dona Marta, the first favela formally considered "pacified" under the state government's Favela Pacification Program (ref b). Along wit [...]
2009-10-27 17:34:00Consulate Rio De JaneiroUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSOCI SNAR PGOV BR
09RIODEJANEIRO440DOES RIO'S FAVELA PACIFICATION PROGRAM RESPECT HUMAN RIGHTS?
[...] (SBU) Human rights and favela community representatives generally support Rio de Janeiro's Favela Pacification Program and report no killings related to the 450 Pacification Police Unit (UPP) officers that patrol the four favela shanty towns now under "pacification." While acknowledging there [...]
2009-12-11 17:22:00Consulate Rio De JaneiroUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV ASEC BR
09RIYADH1107EDUCATION REFORM AND THE NATIONAL DIALOGUE:
[...] (C) King Abdullah's national dialogue campaign addressing the Saudi population's reluctance to embrace reforms is taking on new forms. Recent episodes of the popular television program "Tash ma Tash" underscore national dialogue is not just an empty slogan but a vehicle that can give courage, [...]
2009-08-26 16:55:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETKISL KWMN PGOV PREL PHUM SA SOCI
09RIYADH1177SAUDI ARABIA: JINDAN TALKS KAUST, REFORM, AND
[...] (C) During Charge Ambassador Erdman's September 8 farewell call, Saudi Deputy Foreign Minister for Bilateral Affairs Ambassador Khalid Al-Jindan admitted that oil wealth could no longer solve all the Kingdom's problems, and that the time had come for reforms; voiced qualified support for an i [...]
2009-09-09 14:03:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM IR LE YM SA SY IZ
09RIYADH1299MISSION NOMINEES: 2010 EDUCATIONUSA ADVISER PROFESSIONAL
[...] Embassy hereby nominates three Mission education advisors to attend the 2010 EducationUSA adviser professional development (REFTEL 089093). Over 21,000 Saudis are now studying in the United States. Increasing the number of Saudis studying in the U.S. is a Mission priority. Education advising is [...]
2009-09-30 13:30:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL SA
09RIYADH1402SAUDI SUCCESSION: NAYIF RISING
[...] (C) Saudi Prince Nayif has taken full advantage of the opportunity provided by his March 2009 appointment as Second Deputy Prime Minister to establish himself as the de facto Crown Prince-in-waiting and heir apparent to the Saudi throne. Some observers see Nayif's October trip to Egypt, wher [...]
2009-10-23 09:58:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PINR PREL SA
09RIYADH1417SAUDI HEALTH MINISTER LAUDS CDC, CALLS FOR BROADER
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Saudi Minister of Health is very pleased with ongoing cooperation with the U.S. Center for Disease Control (CDC),which is working on a three-stage program to protect the health of Hajj visitors and improve the Kingdom's ability to track and respond to outbreaks of infection [...]
2009-10-27 05:05:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO SENV ECON SCUL PREL SA
09RIYADH1435WHAT DOES "SAUDI SUPPORT FOR IRAQ" REALLY MEAN?
[...] (C) Saudi Second Deputy PM Prince Nayif's recent call for Iraq's Arab neighbors to "stand together with Iraq" was a rare public statement expressing firm Saudi support. However, Nayif's statement notably failed to acknowledge any improvements in Iraq's security situation, which Foreign Minist [...]
2009-10-28 14:48:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPREL PGOV SA IZ SY
09RIYADH1459GCC WANTS MORE TRADE ENGAGEMENT WITH U.S.
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a frank discussion with visiting AUSTR Wilson, GCC Assistant Secretary General Al-Mazrouy called for deepened U.S. trade relations with the GCC. Al-Mazrouy noted progress on trademark and data protection laws, and agreed to address industry concerns over the implementation of [...]
2009-11-03 10:35:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR ECON EINV PREL SA
09RIYADH1461SAUDI ARABIA ANNOUNCES CARBON CAPTURE
[...] (U) On October 14, Assistant Minister for Petroleum Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman announced in London that Aramco and the Ministry of Petroleum were working on a demonstration project to inject carbon dioxide into the Ghawar oil field by 2013 to increase oil production. This project is intended [...]
2009-11-03 11:36:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALSENV ENRG EPET PREL SA
09RIYADH1466SAUDI ARABIA: SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION ON SECRETARY
[...] (U) Summary: Editorial comments have criticized the Secretary for what they view as a reversal of the U.S. position with her statements in Israel. Editorial comments have yet to surface regarding her statements made in Marrakech, other than those noting her attempts to "soften" her previous s [...]
2009-11-03 20:10:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KMDR KPAO PHUM PREL SA
09RIYADH1467 Saudi Arabia: Special Media Reaction on Secretary
[...] Summary: Editorial comments have criticized the Secretary for what they view as a reversal of the U.S. position with her statements in Israel. Editorial comments have yet to surface regarding her statements made in Marrakech, other than those noting her attempts to "soften" her previous stat [...]
2009-11-04 04:16:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAO KDEM PHUM SA
09RIYADH15WORRIED ABOUT IRAN, SAUDIS TRY TO MOLLIFY PUBLIC
[...] (C) IMMEDIATE CEASE-FIRE: Both publicly and privately, Saudi officials have made clear that their first priority is an immediate cease-fire, which they believe needs to be crafted through multilateral channels. The Saudis strongly prefer to take action through regional, Arab and Islamic orga [...]
2009-01-05 15:52:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SA IS
09RIYADH1507SAUDI-IRANIAN "WAR OF WORDS" ESCALATES
[...] (C) The constant low-level tensions that have historically characterized the Saudi-Iranian relationship appear to be escalating in recent weeks, amidst an atmosphere of uncertainty in the region and increasingly angry rhetoric surrounding the Hajj. Spillover from the conflict in Yemen has inc [...]
2009-11-10 14:02:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SA IR
09RIYADH1520SAUDI MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM RETHINKING GAS USE
[...] (C) Summary: The Saudi Ministry of Petroleum continues to grapple with how best to use Saudi Arabia's available natural gas resources. While international oil companies working in the Empty Quarter have found some new deposits of gas, they are very deep and will pose technical challenges to de [...]
2009-11-15 11:58:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG EINV PREL SA
09RIYADH1543FIRST-EVER SAUDI REFERRAL OF COPYRIGHT VIOLATION
[...] (SBU) Deputy Minister of Culture and Information Abdulrahman Al-Hazzaa told Econoffs that the Violations Review Committee (VRC) would refer two copyright violation cases to the Board of Grievances with recommendations for 150,000 SAR fines and 15 days imprisonment in both cases. Al-Hazzaa said [...]
2009-11-22 06:46:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR ECON EINV PREL SA
09RIYADH1553INCREASING OUR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ENGAGEMENT
[...] (SBU) In light of our robust and rapidly expanding cooperation with Saudi Arabia in the areas of environment, science, technology, and health, Post recommends posting an ESTH officer in Riyadh. Ongoing activities under the December 2008 Science and Technology MOU, as well as ongoing health co [...]
2009-11-23 12:28:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG ECON ETRD PREL AMGT SA
09RIYADH1572 Saudi government input to U.S. Special 301 OCR
[...] (SBU) Embassy received the following Saudi government input to the U.S. Special 301 out of cycle review for Saudi Arabia from the Chairman of the Saudi Ministry of Commerce and Industry Standing IPR Committee on November 22. Begin text: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ministry of Commerce and Indus [...]
2009-11-24 14:10:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR SA
09RIYADH1596IMPACT OF DUBAI DEBT RESTRUCTURING ON SAUDI ARABIA
[...] (C) Despite initial concerns that Dubai's debt crisis could impact the Saudi economy, all indications are that any effect here will be minimal. Senior government officials, bank officers, and analytic reports from major international banks all suggest that Saudi banks have minimal exposure to [...]
2009-12-08 15:43:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV SA
09RIYADH1626SAUDI REMOVAL FROM IPR WATCH LIST DURING
[...] (SBU) The Saudi government continues to make progress on copyright and patent protection, including recent accession to two significant patent treaties, following their November 23 on-time submission to the Special 301 Out-of-Cycle Review (OCR) committee. Upon return from the Eid holiday, key [...]
2009-12-15 14:05:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR ECON EINV PREL SA
09RIYADH173THE THIRTEEN DAYS OF ASHURA IN QATIF
[...] (SBU) This year's Ashura was overshadowed by the war in Gaza and Saudi security forces were in full force for fear of any impromptu political demonstrations. In late December, EP authorities arrested close to 30 Shi'a who had demonstrated against the Israeli offensive in Gaza, making for an e [...]
2009-01-27 14:27:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALKIRF KISL PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PREL SA
09RIYADH294PROSPECTS FOR WOMEN AND DEMOCRATIC REFORM IN SAUDI
[...] (C) KEY POINTS & COMMENT: -- Ref A requested post's views on prospects for women's participation in 2009 Saudi municipal elections and the 2009 Majlis Al-Shoura session. -- The municipal elections may take place in ten months (December); women as yet have not been enfranchised (septel). [...]
2009-02-11 15:04:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KWMN SA
09RIYADH296TURKISH PRESIDENT PUSHES TRADE & MEDIATION DURING
[...] (C) SUMMARY & COMMENT: Turkish President Abdullah Gul emphasized trade and Middle East mediation attempts during a four day state visit to Saudi Arabia February 3-6, according to Turkish Embassy Counselor Cihad Erginay (protect). Gul responded to King Abdullah's request for help with Syria by [...]
2009-02-11 15:26:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL ELTN SA TU
09RIYADH447COUNTERTERRORISM ADVISER BRENNAN’S MEETING WITH
[...] KEY POINTS -- (S) Saudi King Abdullah welcomed White House counterterrorism adviser John Brennan, S/WCI Ambassador Williamson, and Ambassador Fraker to his private palace March 15 for a 90-minute discussion focused on U.S. Saudi-relations, counterterrorism cooperation, the Yemeni Guantanamo Bay det [...]
2009-03-22 10:14:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPREL PTER KWBG SA AF IN PK IR IZ
09RIYADH716SAUDI INTERIOR MINISTRY BRIEFS SPECIAL ADVISOR
[...] Key points: -- (SBU) Special Advisor Ambassador Richard Holbrooke and Treasury DAS Glaser were briefed on Saudi terror finance efforts at a May 16 meeting with Interior Ministry (MOI) officials at the Security Forces Officers Club in Riyadh. Holbrooke also received a briefing on Saudi counter [...]
2009-05-29 11:46:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER EFIN AF PK SA
09RIYADH761H1N1: SAUDI HEALTH MINISTRY ACTS EXPEDITIOUSLY IN FIRST
[...] (SBU) Key Points and Action Request: -- The Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed two cases of H1N1, both involving persons who contracted the disease abroad. -- MOH will adhere to WHO guidelines and has imposed neither travel nor import restrictions. -- MOH is gearing up for the Hajj/U [...]
2009-06-09 08:16:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV TBIO KFLU CASC ASEC AMGT SA
09RIYADH800SAUDI ARABIA H1N1 UPDATE
[...] (SBU) On June 14, the Ministry of Health (MOH) spokesman Dr. Khalid Al-Mirghalani confirmed a total of 14 cases of H1N1 since June 3, and new cases are being reported steadily. The Ministry identified infected persons via thermal screening at airports in Jeddah, Dammam, Medina, and Riyadh, an [...]
2009-06-16 14:06:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV PREL TBIO KFLU CASC ASEC AMGT SA
09RIYADH828TREASURY DAS PRESSES TERROR FINANCE COOPERATION IN
[...] (S) Summary: On 16-17 May 2009, Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary Daniel Glaser visited Riyadh to advance counter terror finance cooperation with Saudi government and private sector officials. DAS Glaser explored developments pertaining to the Saudi charities commission, encouraged an act [...]
2009-06-22 13:20:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNECON EINV EFIN KTFN SA
09RIYADH837SAUDI ARABIA H1N1 UPDATE: 48 CASES, NO TRAVEL
[...] (SBU) On June 23, the Ministry of Health (MOH) confirmed 45 cases of H1N1 in Saudi Arabia since June 3, and on June 25 the Arab News reported three additional cases. The Ministry has reported no fatalities to date, and 17 of the H1N1 patients have been released from the hospital. Several pat [...]
2009-06-25 06:09:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV PREL TBIO KFLU CASC ASEC AMGT SA
09RIYADH910SCENESETTER FOR TREASURY SECRETARY GEITHNER'S JULY
[...] (S) Embassy Riyadh warmly welcomes you to the Kingdom. While it's not exactly magical, it is unique and it is important. Unique because it's the only country in the world that is named after the ruling family and where almost all the senior government positions are filled by either brothers o [...]
2009-07-12 09:12:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNECON PREL EAID EFIN EINV KTFN PINR OVIP SA
09RIYADH929SAUDI MINISTER OF HEALTH ON H1N1, OTHER HEALTH
[...] (SBU) Saudi Minister of Health Abdullah Rabeeah briefed Charge July 8 on his Ministry's priorities, including preparations for the upcoming Hajj pilgrimage season. Rabeeah requested Embassy assistance delivering a letter to the Centers for Disease Control regarding the distribution of H1N1 tes [...]
2009-07-15 16:08:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL TBIO KFLU CASC ASEC BEXP SA
09RIYADH933H1N1 UPDATE: 232 CASES, OUTBREAKS IN INTERNATIONAL
[...] (SBU) The Ministry of Health (MOH) announced July 14 that the number of confirmed cases of H1N1 in Saudi Arabia since June 3 has risen to 232. There have been no known H1N1 fatalities to date and 90 percent of those infected reportedly have recovered fully. The Ministry of Education, at the [...]
2009-07-18 04:39:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV PREL TBIO KFLU CASC ASEC AMGT SA
09ROME1004 ITALY H1N1 UPDATE: 1800 CONFIRMED CASES, NO DEATHS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed A(H1N1) infections in Italy reached the total of 1800 as of August 26. So far, only a few hospital admissions and no deaths are reported. However, a 24-year-old man is currently in an intensive care unit; his case strengthened calls for a nation-wide de [...]
2009-09-01 08:15:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR IT
09ROME1035ITALIAN GOVERNMENT PLEDGES TO FOLLOW-THROUGH ON
[...] (C/NOFORN) SUMMARY: On August 28, Italian Embassy officials in Washington cited the case of the Edison company as an example of GOI "moral suasion" efforts to stop investments in Iran, implying that the company's project in that country has been halted. But a senior Edison official told us on [...]
2009-09-08 06:40:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNIT IR FR
09ROME1118FRAUD SUMMARY - ROME
[...] (U) Italy is a highly developed European nation. Despite recent negative economic growth, Italy remains a popular destination for labor coming from eastern European countries, especially Romania. 2. (U) In the past two years, the population of Romanian residents in Italy has almost double [...]
2009-09-30 15:58:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CVIS CPAS CMGT KFRD
09ROME1125ITALY: REACTION TO REPORT OF QOM URANIUM
[...] (C) Post delivered reftel points to Minister Filippo Formica, Deputy Director General for Multilateral Political Cooperation, accompanied by the French Political Counselor to Rome, and a political officer from the UK Embassy. After presenting points, we emphasized the U.S. desire to work fully [...]
2009-10-02 15:28:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IR KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA
09ROME1187ITALY: SCANDALS TAKING TOLL ON BERLUSCONI’S
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Though PM Berlusconi's parliamentary majority is strong, and nobody is yet willing to predict his political demise, a growing list of scandals, adverse court decisions and health issues have weakened him and led some erstwhile Berlusconi allies to begin hedging their bets on his pol [...]
2009-10-27 15:17:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL IT
09ROME1240G-8 NONPROLIFERATION DIRECTORS GROUP MEETING
[...] (C) The last Nonproliferation Directors Group (NPDG) meeting of Italy's G8 Presidency was held October 28 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) in Rome. Chaired by Minister Filippo Formica, deputy director of the MFA's Office of Multilateral Political Affairs, the agenda covered regional i [...]
2009-11-10 16:42:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM UNSC KNNP KSUM
09ROME1342ITALY IRAN SANCTIONS ACT DEMARCHE: GOI INFORMED;
[...] (C) Summary: Post delivered the Iran Sanctions Act (ISA) demarche to the GOI, and to Eni and Edison energy companies. As expected, GOI officials defended their "moral suasion" actions and claimed their companies are cooperating. Eni officials continue to claim that they have halted any new act [...]
2009-12-04 15:41:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EPET ETTC IR PREL
09ROME144U/S BURNS' PARTICIPATION IN G8 POLITICAL DIRECTORS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Bill Burns participated in the first Political Directors Meeting of the Italian G8 Presidency in Venice, February 2-3. All participants showed great interest in the new Administration's approach to major policy issues -- most notabl [...]
2009-02-06 13:16:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PARM MNUC IT AF PK IR KN BM
09ROME171INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 - ITALY
[...] SUMMARY: Following is Post's submission for 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Italy. End Summary. OVERVIEW AND UPDATE ------------------- 2. A January 2008 article in London's Financial Times likened investing in Italy to "driving with the brakes on." It cited the dearth of global [...]
2009-02-12 11:44:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR PGOV IT
09ROME227IPR SPECIAL 301 REVIEW -- MISSION ITALY INPUT
[...] (U) Summary: The fall of the Prodi government in 2008 understandably interrupted what had been strong momentum on IPR issues in Italy. Post has recently seen a renewed executive branch determination to tackle IPR issues, in particular, on-line piracy. Problems still exist, especially the cur [...]
2009-02-27 14:59:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDIT KIPR ETRD ECON EINT
09ROME252ITALY REDUCES EXPORT CREDITS TO IRAN, BUT WORRIES
[...] (C) Summary: Over the past three months, Italy's Export Credit Agency (SACE) has reduced its exposure in the form of insurance guarantees on trade and investment to Iran from 1.5 billion euros to about 1.3 billion euros as existing debts have been repaid. SACE's managers have chosen not to [...]
2009-03-04 07:19:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP EFIN ETRD IT IR
09ROME325BLUE LANTERN CHECK ON LICENSE 050109951: RIFLES
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) Summary: Post performed a Level 3 Blue Lantern Post Shipment End Use Check on Ditta Individuale Adriano De Rossi, a Rome-based bona fide gun dealer. The sensitive items -- license number 050109951 -- were properly sec [...]
2009-03-19 10:30:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC IT
09ROME427U/S BURNS' PARTICIPATION IN G8 POLITICAL DIRECTORS
[...] (U) This message has been cleared by Under Secretary Burns. 2. (SBU) Summary: Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Bill Burns participated in the second Political Directors meeting of the Italian G8 Presidency in Taormina, Sicily, April 6-7. The Political Directors discussed a [...]
2009-04-14 16:42:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALMNUC PARM PREL PTER AF BM GG IR IT KN PK
09ROME513BLUE LANTERN LICENSE 050079832: STELIT EMITTER
[...] (SBU) Summary: On 28 April Econoffs performed a site visit of Stelit SRL, pursuant to license 050079832 for Emitter Memory Modules. Stelit appeared to be a bona fide Foreign Intermediate Consignee. Company management was familiar with restrictions on re-export of US defense items. End Sum [...]
2009-05-07 09:50:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALETTC KOMC IT
09ROME653ITALY PROPOSES LOW-CARBON TECHNOLOGY COLLABORATION WITH
[...] Summary. At a May 26 low-carbon technology conference organized by the Embassy and Italian co-sponsors, Environment Director General Corrado Clini called for Italy-U.S. collaboration in developing and deploying clean energy technology in China and other countries. He highlighted three sector [...]
2009-06-09 13:31:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG KGHG TRGY KSCA KPAO CH IT
09ROME776TRIESTE G8 FOREIGN MINISTERIAL: FOCUS ON IRAN,
[...] (C) Under Secretary Burns headed the U.S. delegation to the G8 Foreign Ministers meeting in Trieste June 25-27. The G8-only portion of the meetings focused on global and regional challenges but the forum grew on June 26th to include meetings between the G8 and Afghan and Pakistani foreign m [...]
2009-07-06 05:58:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MNUC PTER AF IR IT KN PK YM
09ROME95LESSONS LEARNED - ROME DVC CRISIS MANAGEMENT
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (U) Summary: In November 2008, the Tri-Mission in Rome participated in a Foreign Service Institute- facilitated Crisis Management Exercise (CME) conducted via Digital Video Conference (DVC). The exercise reinforced expectatio [...]
2009-01-26 10:43:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR AFSI AMGT ASEC CASC IT
09RPODUBAI121IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE - WINDOW ON IRAN - MARCH 17,
[...] [C/NF] Iranian Visa Applicants in Dubai Generally Unenthusiastic About Mir Hossein Mousavi: IRPO Conoff queried visa applicants regarding their views of former Iranian Prime Minister and now presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi. None professed particular enthusiasm with his candidacy and [...]
2009-03-17 12:36:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV EAGR ECON KDEM IR
09RPODUBAI297IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE DUBAI: WINDOW ON IRAN - JULY
[...] (S) IRGC Assumes Control: An Iranian journalist working for a Western wire service told us July 18 that the IRGC had asserted its authority "to protect the revolution" and assumed control of the IRIG's response to the protest. In the process, he said, the Ministry of Intelligence and Security [...]
2009-07-22 13:44:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV ECON IR
09RPODUBAI315IRANIAN JEWISH YOUTH "CONFESSES" TO SPYING FOR ISRAEL;
[...] (S/NF) Summary: A former Jewish MP said that at least one Jewish youth was among the hundred defendants subjected to the first show trial that began August 1 and the 18-year old has already made a videotaped confession to spying on behalf of Israel. His arrest has sparked fears that more membe [...]
2009-08-03 10:51:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPHUM PGOV SOCI IR
09RPODUBAI319IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE DUBAI:WINDOW ON IRAN-AUGUST 5,
[...] (S) Endorsement, Inauguration Initiate Ahmadinejad's Second Term: Supreme Leader Khamenei officially endorsed Ahmadinejad for the presidency on August 3 and today Ahmadinejad took the oath of office during his inauguration. Both events have been scrutinized for their clues to the elite infight [...]
2009-08-05 12:41:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PHUM ECON EINV ENRG EPET ETRD SOCI IR
09RPODUBAI466IRAN PRESS/NUCLEAR: IRAN SEEKS GRADUAL NUCLEAR FUEL EXPORT,
[...] (U) As of 1600 hours (Tehran time) October 29, no Iranian official has made any substantive public comments on Iran's response to the IAEA draft proposal to provide fuel to the Tehran Research Reactor (TRR),although IRIG IAEA Representative Ali Asghar Soltanieh has been quoted in the Iranian p [...]
2009-10-29 12:31:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETPGOV PREL PARM IR
09RPODUBAI502IRAN: SUSPICIOUS DEATH OF DETAINEE ABUSE WITNESS REIGNITES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The suspicious death of a 26-year old doctor assigned to a notorious detention facility during the aftermath of the government's crackdown on election protest has refocused attention on detainee abuse and the lengths to which the regime will go to suppress criticism of its behavio [...]
2009-11-19 14:31:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM IR
09RPODUBAI525IRAN: REGIME TAKES STUDENT DAY PROTESTS IN STRIDE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iran's December 7 'Student Day' demonstrations appear to have been largely confined to campuses and their immediate surroundings, but drew significant participation and in several cases ended in violent confrontations between protestors and security forces and/or government support [...]
2009-12-08 15:05:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM IR
09RPODUBAI543Iran Opposition Hopes Montazeri's Death Will Help The Cause
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The December 21 funeral of Grand Ayatollah Montazeri brought tens of thousands of mourners to Qom streets but resulted in no appreciable clash with the substantial security forces turned out for the occasion. Official statements of condolences ranged from perfunctory ones by regime [...]
2009-12-22 14:59:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV IR PREL
09RPODUBAI56IRAN'S HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM - AN INSIDE LOOK
[...] (C) Summary: Iran's best universities largely focus on engineering, which the country's top students pursue for its supposed financial reward. Our interlocutors ranked Iran's best schools similarly, starting with Sharif University of Technology and generally concluding with the Islamic Azad U [...]
2009-02-05 09:18:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV ECON SOCI SCUL IR
09RPODUBAI75IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE - WINDOW ON IRAN - FEBRUARY
[...] [S/NF] Larijani's Speech at Munich Security Conference Calls for Strategy Change: In his speech to the conference on 9 February, Iranian Majles Speaker Ali Larijani listed the failures of US and Western strategy on a wide array of issues, but welcomed the opportunity for a strategic reset unde [...]
2009-02-10 12:45:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL ECON KDEM IR
09SANAA1007NORTHERN TRIBAL LEADER THROWS LOT IN WITH
[...] (S) Sheikh Mohamed Naji al-Shaif told the Ambassador on May 26 that he has met repeatedly with southern leader Ali Nasser Mohamed and had committed to give financial support to another prominent dissident. He further claimed that if Yemen's southern governorates secede, the northern governora [...]
2009-05-27 14:35:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV YM
09SANAA1101FOREIGN MINISTER URGES LOW-KEY U.S. APPROACH,
[...] (C) In a June 13 meeting with the Ambassador, Yemen's Foreign Minister opined that USG support for Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) should be subtle. He also noted that the need for a unified international voice on Somalia had been agreed upon at a recent GCC Foreign Ministers' [...]
2009-06-14 07:54:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL SM YM
09SANAA1430SALEH TELLS PETRAEUS: "NO RESTRICTIONS" ON CT
[...] (S) SUMMARY. During Commander of the U.S. Central Command General David Petraeus' second visit to Yemen on July 26, President Saleh stated that no restrictions or conditions would be placed on the USG-ROYG CT partnership. The President also agreed to increase the tempo of military training [...]
2009-08-09 06:30:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL MARR MCAP PHSA PINS PTER MOPS OTRA YM
09SANAA1633PEAK REFUGEE SEASON: INCREASING NUMBERS OF
[...] (U) This cable was drafted in coordination with Embassy Addis Ababa. Summary ------------ 2. (C) SUMMARY: Press reporting on the &12,0008 refugees crammed into Bossaso, Somalia waiting to transit to Yemen in September has been largely exaggerated. Many of these refugees have already arr [...]
2009-09-02 14:17:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV PHUM PREL DJ ELAB ER ET SMIG UNHCR
09SANAA1729FRAUD SUMMARY - SANA'A
[...] COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Yemen is the poorest country in the Middle East, with an illiteracy rate of over 50% and unemployment rates over 30%. Yemen is also home to upwards of 500,000 - 600,000 refugees, mostly of Somali origin. Due to lack of opportunities in Yemen, the impetus for and volume of [...]
2009-09-29 04:21:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC YM
09SANAA1832TALE OF TWO HOSPITALS HIGHLIGHTS ROYG'S MISPLACED FISCAL PRIORITIES
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-06 05:38:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALECON GM PGOV PREL SOCI UK YM
09SANAA1850SITREP: YEMEN'S H1N1 PANDEMIC AND PANIC
[...] (U) Summary. Yemen has 266 confirmed H1N1 influenza cases, and the number is increasing across the country. Since the end of August, most of the H1N1 cases in Yemen have come from local transmission. The 266 infected people have been treated with Tamiflu and either sent home or hospitalized [...]
2009-10-07 10:57:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09SANAA1882HAMID AL-AHMAR TRIES HIS HAND AT COORDINATING
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Citing his desire to throw President Saleh off balance, Hamid al-Ahmar, prominent businessman, opposition leader, and de facto head of Yemen's largest tribal confederation, told EconOff on October 6 that he is trying to coordinate the efforts of the Houthi rebels and the Southern Movem [...]
2009-10-12 13:14:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPGOV PREL PINR SA SY GM EG TU LE YM
09SANAA1983WHO'S THE BOSS IN ABYAN? SOUTHERN MOVEMENT, AQAP,
[...] (S) SUMMARY. In the largely ungoverned spaces of Yemen's southern governorates, a complex political battle is taking place between the central government, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and members of the secessionist Southern Movement. This struggle is especially apparent in Abyan, where [...]
2009-10-28 12:53:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPGOV PTER YM
09SANAA2002SITREP: H1N1 PANDEMIC HAS THE POTENTIAL TO
[...] (U) Summary. Yemen has 415 confirmed cases of H1N1 influenza, and health officials suspect an additional 800 cases. The ROYG has a 50,000 supply of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) to prevent the spread of the virus and 100,000 doses of Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) to treat H1N1 patients, but h [...]
2009-11-03 12:07:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09SANAA2040SAUDI AIRSTRIKES AT YEMEN BORDER
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Local sources confirm that Saudi Arabia continued to launch airstrikes against Houthi rebels in Jebel al-Dukhan area on the Saudi-Yemeni border, despite ROYG statements to the contrary. In an unusual twist, the Houthis are now casting themselves as defenders of Yemen's sovereignty agai [...]
2009-11-09 13:33:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PTER PREL SA YM
09SANAA204265 JEWS MAKE THEIR EXODUS FROM YEMEN, RESETTLE IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Despite bureaucratic, logistical, cultural and personal hurdles, 65 Yemeni Jews traveled to the U.S. in 2009 as part of the special P-1 refugee resettlement process. The most recent group of Jewish refugees traveled on October 26 amid death threats from an estranged ex-husband a [...]
2009-11-09 13:42:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF KIRF YM
09SANAA204357 JEWS MAKE THEIR EXODUS FROM YEMEN, RESETTLE IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Despite bureaucratic, logistical, cultural and personal hurdles, 57 Yemeni Jews traveled to the U.S. in 2009 as part of the special P-1 refugee resettlement process. The most recent group of Jewish refugees traveled on October 26 amid death threats from an estranged ex-husband a [...]
2009-11-10 04:27:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF KIRF YM
09SANAA2073ALI NASSER MOHAMMED: YEMEN'S ONCE AND FUTURE
[...] (S) SUMMARY. As the overall political situation in Yemen continues to deteriorate and the secessionist Southern Movement continues to gain strength, former People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (PDRY) President Ali Nasser Mohammed has emerged as the most-talked about ) if not the most likely [...]
2009-11-17 08:53:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPGOV PREL PINR PTER YM
09SANAA2080YEMEN: NOMINATION FOR 2010 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-18 07:03:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PREL KPAO PHUM YM
09SANAA2116SITREP: YEMEN'S MOST VULNERABLE REFUGEES IN BASATEEN AND
[...] (U) Summary: Although still a minority segment of Yemen's vast and growing refugee population, the 15,000 residents of the UNHCR-run refugee camp in Kharaz and the 40,000 plus residents of the urban slum of Basateen are among the most vulnerable. During a November 16 - 18 visit to these areas, [...]
2009-11-23 14:46:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM PREL PGOV UNHCR YM
09SANAA2250YEMEN ABUZZ WITH TALK OF CT OPERATIONS; TTENTION SLOWLY TURNS TO U.S. ROLE
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Yemenis have talked of little else but the counterterrorism operations against al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula since news broke of the pre-dawn raids on December 17. Official media and ROYG officials have focused on the successful aspects of the operation, including an alleged 34 te [...]
2009-12-21 13:28:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPTER PGOV PREL MOPS MASS YM
09SANAA401YEMEN VOLUNTARY INPUT FOR 2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW
[...] In response to reftel, Post input for the U.S. Trade Representative's 2009 Special 301 review follows. 2. Yemen continues to face many obstacles to intellectual property rights (IPR),including a non-TRIPs-compliant IPR law, which it is seeking to amend. Copyright protection of optical med [...]
2009-03-04 14:10:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD KIPR YM
09SANAA875SITUATION REPORT: YEMEN'S H1N1 PANDEMIC
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Although H1N1 influenza (informally known as swine flu) has not yet arrived in Yemen, the ROYG has mobilized resources in preparation for its arrival. The Ministry of Health has set up a 24-hour operations room and distributed Tamiflu to cities throughout Yemen. A quarantine [...]
2009-05-06 11:23:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09SANJOSE1140Costa Rica: National Trade Estimate
[...] U.S. goods trade surplus with Costa Rica was $1.7 billion in 2008, an increase of $1.1 billion from $639 million in 2007. U.S. goods exports in 2008 were $5.7 billion, up 24.0 percent. Corresponding U.S. imports from Costa Rica were $3.9 billion, down 0.1 percent. Costa Rica is currently the 38 [...]
2009-12-15 20:03:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EINV PREL PGOV CS
09SANJOSE127 PART 1 OF 2: COSTA RICA'S NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (U) Part 2 of this report is being sent septel. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) The most significant progress the GOCR made since the November 2008 TIP Interim Assessment (Ref A) - and during the reporting period in general - was its February 12, 2009, passage of a Victim and Witness Pro [...]
2009-02-27 22:07:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG KTIP ASEC CS
09SANJOSE342009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - COSTA RICA
[...] Costa Rica's investment climate is generally favorable and has been for many years. Consequently, foreign direct investment is high and has been a significant contributor to Costa Rica's economic growth. Nevertheless, the country continues to present stumbling blocks to investors. The Januar [...]
2009-01-21 19:03:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV
09SANJOSE489DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DRAFT RESOLUTION ON THE DPRK
[...] (SBU) On June 12 we met with Costa Rican MFA Coordinator of U.N. Security Council issues Adriana Murillo and Disarmament Chief Carlos Cordero to discuss reftel talking points. In parallel we also contacted Elaine White, COS to FM Bruno Stagno. Murillo thanked us for the information, and expr [...]
2009-06-12 22:15:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM UNSC CS
09SANJOSE499COSTA RICA: SHIP VISITS IN A TIME OF INFLUENZA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: USN and USCG ship visits to Costa Rica should now be able to resume, thanks to an agreement reached June 2 with the GOCR on the use of a health questionnaire introduced to track possible H1N1 cases. Starting in mid-May, the Health Ministry had insisted that disembarking crew mem [...]
2009-06-17 19:20:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MASS MARR SNAR CS
09SANJOSE727THE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY REVIEW
[...] (SBU) Summary: Costa Rica, which abolished its military over fifty years ago, considers itself a leader on non-proliferation and disarmament issues. President Oscar Arias recently wrote an op-ed piece in the Washington Post calling for the abolition of all Latin American militaries. Costa Ri [...]
2009-08-25 14:24:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP AORC ENRG MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
09SANJOSE772COSTA RICA: MERIDA SPOT REPORT #1: POLICE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: From August 26-28, Merida Information Technology (IT) Representative Frank Swain visited Post and host nation law enforcement authorities to validate Costa Rica's Merida Initiative-related communications/police equipment requests. We also validated the police equipment list tha [...]
2009-09-09 15:14:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PINR SNAR CS
09SANJOSE895BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-LICENSE/PRE-SHIPMENT
[...] Per Ref A request, on September 8, we met with Randall Gazel of El Hispano gunshop in San Jose, and established the bona fides of the company. As a result of this check, we consider El Hispano a legitimate recipient of United States Munition List (USML) items. Gazel is familiar with the regu [...]
2009-10-19 22:02:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC CS
09SANJOSE954Costa Rica: National Trade Estimate Sections on SPS and
[...] Under current regulations, the Ministry of Health must test and register domestically produced or imported pharmaceuticals, feeds, chemicals, and cosmetics before they can be sold in Costa Rica. As implemented, this system appears to be enforced more rigorously on imported goods than on domes [...]
2009-11-05 22:15:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EINV PREL PGOV CS
09SANJOSE985COSTA RICA AND CHINA EXPLORE AN EVOLVING RELATIONSHIP
[...] (SBU) Summary: Costa Rica and China continue to strengthen their marriage of convenience, increasing ties that are proving beneficial for both countries. Of late, this has focused on the negotiations surrounding a free trade agreement between the two countries, which both governments hope to c [...]
2009-12-09 18:11:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM CH CS PREL PINR
09SANSALVADOR169EL SALVADOR FRAUD SEMI-ANNUAL SUMMARY FY09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-24 22:54:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC ES
09SANSALVADOR219EL SALVADOR ELECTION UPDATE: MARCH 12
[...] (C) Summary: This is the final update regarding the presidential elections scheduled for March 15. This report includes an Attorney General investigation of the (left-wing) Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) presidential candidate, the FMLN and the (center-right, pro-U.S.) Natio [...]
2009-03-13 16:27:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ES
09SANSALVADOR260ARENA'S RODRIGUEZ SEES CONSTRUCTIVE OPPOSITION
[...] (S) Summary: Polcouns met March 23 with Luis Mario Rodriguez, ARENA member and one of the party's final five pre-candidates for the 2009 presidential campaign. Rodriguez was optimistic about the future of ARENA, suggesting that now was a good time for the party to undergo an overhaul. He tal [...]
2009-03-24 22:52:00Embassy San SalvadorSECRETPGOV PREL ES
09SANSALVADOR37EL SALVADOR ELECTION UPDATE: JANUARY 9
[...] (U) Summary: This is an update regarding the Salvadoran municipal and legislative elections scheduled for January 18, and the presidential elections scheduled for March 15. This report includes results of the December 21 Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) test of the electronic data system, an o [...]
2009-01-13 18:19:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPLS KPEM ES
09SANSALVADOR391MGSF01: EAC MEETING: H1N1 FLU UPDATE
[...] Post's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) held a follow-up meeting on April 29, 2009 to review the Mission's preparedness as the USG had upgraded the level health emergency for H1N1 Flu. (Note: per reftel, EAC had an initial meeting on this same subject on 4/26. End note.) Charge Blau chaired t [...]
2009-04-30 21:52:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR ASEC CASC
09SANSALVADOR445YOUR VISIT TO EL SALVADOR
[...] (S) Summary: Embassy San Salvador welcomes you to El Salvador and considers your visit a timely and necessary exertion of U.S. influence over a new Salvadoran government that is still seeking its own identity. President-Elect Mauricio Funes, who ran as a U.S.-friendly moderate, has stated hi [...]
2009-05-21 15:36:00Embassy San SalvadorSECRETPGOV PREL ES
09SANSALVADOR47EL SALVADOR: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Per reftel, following is Embassy San Salvador's submission for the 2009 Investment Climate Statement. Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. The Government of El Salvador views foreign investment as crucial for economic growth and development and has taken numerous [...]
2009-01-15 22:28:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ECON ETRD EFIN OPIC KTDB USTR ES
09SANSALVADOR503EL SALVADOR/MCC: POSITIVE FIRST MEETING WITH NEW
[...] (C) Charge and MCC Country Director met on June 3 with Alex Segovia, President Funes's Chief of Cabinet, at his request to discuss his new role as Chairman of the Board of Fomilenio, the local MCC accountable entity. Segovia discussed the composition of the board of directors and the responsi [...]
2009-06-04 16:41:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PGOV ES
09SANSALVADOR507FUNES GOVERNMENT'S SPLIT PERSONALITY
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 8 below. ------- SUMMARY: ------- 2. (S/NF) President Mauricio Funes has assembled a cabinet that combines individuals from the leftist FMLN, some of whom have a violent, radical past; with others from an organization that coalesced around hi [...]
2009-06-05 17:14:00Embassy San SalvadorSECRET//NOFORNES PINR PREL PTER
09SANSALVADOR53SALVADORAN FINANCIAL SYSTEM READY FOR JANUARY ELECTION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Salvadoran financial system is prepared for possible significant capital flight and/or bank runs following the January 18 legislative elections, according to the executive director of the private banking association ABANSA. Reserves stand at 29 percent of deposits and the Ce [...]
2009-01-16 21:51:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV ES
09SANSALVADOR556MFA CONCERNED ABOUT NORTH KOREA; KOSOVO TBD
[...] (U) DPRK: Poloffs met June 16 with new Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Carlos Castaneda on a courtesy call and to deliver reftel details about Resolution 1874. Castaneda raised the issue of the North Korean nuclear tests before we did. He called it a very delicate and complex subject, but s [...]
2009-06-17 20:28:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM UNSC KN KV ES
09SANSALVADOR924EL SALVADOR ON NEW IRANIAN NUCLEAR SITE
[...] (C) PolCouns met with Joaquin Maza Martelli, Director General of Foreign Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),September 28 to discuss Iran's continued development of its nuclear program. Maza was familiar with the issue and expressed concern with Iran's recent missile tests. Maza [...]
2009-09-30 15:26:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PREL HO IR ES
09SANSALVADOR947REORGANIZING ARENA: THE PARTYS FUTURE AFTER
[...] S/NF) Summary: On October 11, the The National Rpublican Alliance (ARENA) party will hold its annul convention, marking the first time in 20 years that it has held the convention as an opposition arty. The party emerged from its March 15 presidential election defeat in chaos. In June, long-b [...]
2009-10-06 21:20:00Embassy San SalvadorSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL ES
09SANSALVADOR958EL SALVADOR FRAUD SEMI-ANNUAL SUMMARY FY09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-07 19:27:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC ES
09SANTIAGO1016Santiago Oct. 26 Media Report
[...] The public school teachers' strike forced the government to postpone the national assessment test for fourth and eighth graders (Conservative, independent La Tercera, 10/24). U.S. Related News ---------------------- 2. Brazilian daily "O Globo" said yesterday that Pr [...]
2009-10-26 20:06:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1022FRAUD SUMMARY - CHILE
[...] Chile is a democratic country with a developing free-market economy. Chile is a key U.S. partner in promoting democracy, human rights, and free trade in the region and beyond. The United States and Chile have a Free Trade agreement that took effect January 1, 2004. Compared to other countr [...]
2009-10-29 18:07:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC CI
09SANTIAGO106CHILEANS, HUNGRY FOR CHANGE, EYE PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Progressive Chilean leaders admit that their Concertacion coalition's nearly twenty year rule has left the Chilean public largely uninspired by the prospect of another Concertacion president and has led to stale party politics. Concertacion has been hurt by a series of relative [...]
2009-02-04 10:35:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON SOCI CI
09SANTIAGO1070Santiago Nov. 9 Media Report
[...] The national scholastic test for fourth graders shows that only 24% have the level of language skills required for that grade. The test also confirms that the gap that exists between private and public education remains unchanged; only 12% of low-income school students achieved adva [...]
2009-11-09 20:12:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1114STAFFDEL MEACHAM - CHILE'S ECONOMY AND DEVELOPMENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senior Senate Foreign Relations Committee Staff Member Carl Meacham traveled to Chile October 26-28 to review the state of the economy, the history of Chile's development, and the work of international financial institutions (IFIs) in country. The Chilean economy suffered a rece [...]
2009-11-18 20:17:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD EINV PREL OVIP CI
09SANTIAGO1204Santiago Dec. 10 Media Report
[...] President Bachelet will celebrate the International Human Rights Day today with a visit to Talagante, the location where the first victims of the military regime were found in 1978. Bachelet and presidential candidate Eduardo Frei have been highlighting human rights in the final portion o [...]
2009-12-10 20:15:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1216Santiago Dec. 15 Media Report
[...] Minister Carolina Toha, the government's spokesperson, resigned yesterday to head Eduardo Frei's campaign for the January runoff election (Conservative, independent La Tercera, 12/15). U.S.-Related News 2. Excerpts of an interview with U.S. Ambassador Paul Simons: "One of Presi [...]
2009-12-15 20:08:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1224Santiago Dec. 16 Media Report
[...] The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) officially invited Chile to join (All dailies, 12/16). OECD 2. After over two years of work and six million Euros spent on missions and reports, the Bachelet administration achieved one of its major goals: Chile [...]
2009-12-17 11:55:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1226Santiago Dec. 17 Media Report
[...] Paul Fontaine, chief economist of independent presidential candidate Marco Enriquez Ominami, joined Sebastian Pinera's campaign team. Cristian Larroulet, of Pinera's Economic Council, underscored similarities with Enriquez-Ominami's economic program, adding that some of those proposals cou [...]
2009-12-17 18:59:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1238Santiago Dec. 18 Media Report
[...] "Why didn't the FBI detect mustard gas in 2005, when Justice Madrid claims there are (traces of it)?" At the end of 2004, the judge investigating the death of former President Eduardo Frei Montalva, Alejandro Madrid, requested the FBI's assistance to confirm if the exhumed remains belong [...]
2009-12-18 19:54:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1246Santiago Dec. 22 Media Report
[...] The results o the National College Admissions Tests confirm once again the gap that exists between private and public schools (Conservative, afternoon La Tercera, 12/22). U.S.-Related News 2. Forensic expert Laura Borgel, owner of the Servitox laboratory, explained how it was t [...]
2009-12-22 17:49:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO156 CHILE: 2009 TIP REPORT
[...] (U) The following information is Post's submission per ref A. Post will continue to gather information on TIP and submit relevant updates prior to April 15. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOC made progress during the reporting period in its efforts to confront TIP. Individual agencies, most notably [...]
2009-02-20 19:51:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KTIP ELAB KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF KCRM CI
09SANTIAGO157PRESIDENT BACHELET IN CUBA -- A FOREIGN POLICY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Fidel Castro's statement bashing Chile following a private meeting with President Bachelet has generated unusually heated debate in Santiago. Critics -- including the Concertacion's Christian Democrats -- call the visit an "embarrassing" policy setback, some contending the sole [...]
2009-02-20 20:06:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM CU CI
09SANTIAGO167CHILE SCENESETTER FOR CHAIRMAN OF JOINT CHIEFS OF
[...] (C) The U.S. Mission in Santiago welcomes your visit to Chile on March 2-3. Your presence is an excellent opportunity to further strengthen military-to-military relations and to encourage Chile to exercise greater regional leadership. We have had several successful high-level defense and security-r [...]
2009-02-24 19:45:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL OVIP MASS MARR CI
09SANTIAGO174 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - FEBRUARY 25
[...] A U.S. Federal court sentenced Chilean Felipe Moreno to 25 years in prison on charges of terrorism in connection to arms deals carried out by Monzer al Kassar. Dailies also reported on remarks by the FED President that the recession will end in 2009 and the economy will recover in 2010 if the [...]
2009-02-25 20:16:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO188 CHILE - INPUT FOR 2009 SPECIAL 301 REVEW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post recommends Chile remain on the 2009 Special 301 Priority Watch List (PWL) for a third year. There was less progress on intellectual property rights (IPR) than hoped for in 2008. Post has identified four priority areas for GOC action: anti-piracy and counterfeiting, data [...]
2009-03-02 19:32:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV ETRD KIPR PREL CI
09SANTIAGO207 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 5
[...] Former government official Patricio Rojas testified in the framework of a long-lasting investigation regarding the autopsy of former President Frei (father of the current candidate) in 1982. The recent stabbing of a teacher by a student has prompted reports on violence against teachers. U.S [...]
2009-03-05 18:10:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO248 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 16
[...] Dailies highlighted that Wall Street is beginning to show signs of economic recovery. Dailies also reported on the plebiscite held in the Municipality of Vitacura to vote on the community's urban development projects. This is the first ever such plebiscite held in Chile. U.S.-Related News [...]
2009-03-16 20:25:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO313 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 2
[...] Chile tied 0-0 with Uruguay yesterday in a qualifying match for the 2010 World Soccer Cup. Dailies continue to report extensively on the status of the collusion investigation of pharmacy chains that allegedly hiked prices beginning in 2005. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Editoria [...]
2009-04-02 20:08:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO321 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 3
[...] Dailies noted the G-20 Summit agreement produced "euphoria" in global stock markets. Other stories highlighted that large agricultural producers in southern Chile are concerned with the appearance of bands of thieves in the region. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. The U.S. Embassy [...]
2009-04-03 22:13:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO324VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN'S MARCH 27 MEETING WITH BRITISH PRIME MINISTER GORDON BROWN
[...] (U) March 28, 2009; 8:30 am; Vina del Mar, Chile. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Joseph Biden, Vice President Antony Blinken, National Security Advisor to the Vice President Brian McKeon, Deputy National Security Advisor to the Vice President Brian Harris (notetaker),Political/Economic Officer, U. [...]
2009-04-03 22:17:00Embassy SantiagoSECRETOVIP PREL ECON PGOV SOCI UK PK JOSEPH BIDEN
09SANTIAGO327MAJOR EDUCATION REFORM LAW APPROVED BY CHILEAN CONGRESS;
[...] (SBU) Summary: Both houses of Chile's Congress on April 1 passed a new General Law for Education (LGE) that aims to broadly reform primary and secondary public education. The LGE is based on a widely-applauded bipartisan agreement signed between the Concertacion government and opposition lea [...]
2009-04-06 21:25:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SOCI SCUL CI
09SANTIAGO346FRAUD SUMMARY - SANTIAGO (SEPTEMBER 2008 - FEBRUARY 2009)
[...] Chile is a democratic country with a developing free-market economy. Chile is a key U.S. partner in promoting democracy, human rights, and free trade in the region and beyond. The United States and Chile have a Free Trade agreement that took effect January 1, 2004. There is relatively littl [...]
2009-04-14 20:48:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC CI
09SANTIAGO349 CHILE'S ENERGY HIGHLIGHTS MARCH 2009
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This cable provides highlights of activity in the Chilean energy sector during March 2009. Energy Minister Tokman discussed potential collaboration on renewable energy with Vice President Biden's delegation. Expert teams from the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the Asia [...]
2009-04-15 19:59:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG KNNP SENV TRGY PGOV CI
09SANTIAGO364 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 17
[...] FASA pharmacy chain announced it would compensate consumers who bought any of the 220 products listed in the collusion suit. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. La Moneda views President Obama's meeting with UNASUR tomorrow as a validation of the bloc. However, it is concerned with th [...]
2009-04-17 19:11:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO393 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 24
[...] Unemployment figures in the Metropolitan Region reached a record high of 12.8% in March. Peak unemployment is expected between June and August during Chile's winter months. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Chile's Wood Corporation (CORMA),which encompasses about 200 private forest [...]
2009-04-24 16:59:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PTER ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO401 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 28
[...] Chile's Health Ministry has implemented nationwide measures, equivalent to the World Health Organization's (WHO) level 4 alert, to identify and contain any outbreak of swine flu in the country. Thus far, suspicious cases have all tested negative. Dailies also reported extensively on the impact [...]
2009-04-28 20:32:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO402 CHILE'S SWINE FLU RESPONSE -- AIRPORT SCREENING AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: No human cases of swine flu have been reported in Chile. The Chilean government on April 24 began scanning passengers arriving from Mexico and the U.S. at Santiago's International Airport, for fevers using non-invasive fever detectors. Consul General observed the screening pro [...]
2009-04-28 20:54:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT AMED CASC TBIO KFLU KSAF KSEAO KPAO KSTH ECON
09SANTIAGO410 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 29
[...] Chile has no confirmed cases of swine flu. Dailies also report that Chile's Air Force bought 18 F16s from Holland, making Chile's fleet the largest in Latin America. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. The President of industrial holding COPEC, Roberto Angelini, commented on the subsi [...]
2009-04-29 20:20:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO415 SCENESETTER FOR CAPSTONE COURSE
[...] (SBU) The Embassy looks forward to your visit to Santiago, which comes as Chile's presidential campaign begins to heat up. President Michelle Bachelet -- who is currently enjoying the highest approval ratings of her presidency -- is constitutionally precluded from seeking a second term. The e [...]
2009-04-30 21:10:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON PREL ENRG CI
09SANTIAGO425 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MAY 5
[...] Polls show that PS Congressman Marco Enriquez-Ominami is just 14 points behind the Concertacion's presidential candidate Eduardo Frei. Dailies also report that a Mapuche organization has claimed responsibility for the arsonist attack on a building owned by the Association of Chilean Farmed Sa [...]
2009-05-05 17:39:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO438 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MAY 7
[...] The National Scholastic Test for fourth graders shows an overall increase in language skills, but not in math. Dailies continue to report on the decision of Senator Fernando Flores -- a former Allende government official and military regime political prisoner -- to join the campaign of right- [...]
2009-05-07 18:12:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO452 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MAY 11
[...] The National Scholastic Test (SIMCE) shows a significant gap between private and public school students, which increases largely during the sophomore year. Dailies also report that pharmacy chains will have to stock 255 generic products, making them available to the public at all times. U.S [...]
2009-05-12 21:50:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO456 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MAY 14
[...] The Central Bank projects an economic recession for 2009, with an estimated growth rate that ranges between -0.75 to 0.25%. Dailies also reported that all undersecretaries and 600 other high-ranking government offices will be drug tested regularly for use of illegal substances. Those who tes [...]
2009-05-14 19:38:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO470 TFFLU01: CHILE CONFIRMS FOUR H1N1 CASES; GOC MAINTAIN
[...] According to Chilean press reports and the Ministry of Health's website (www.minsal.cl),as of May 18, Chile has four confirmed cases of H1N1 influenza. THREE CASES ON SAME VACATION TOUR, FLIGHT ----------------------------------------- 2. Three of the cases are women who arrived in San [...]
2009-05-18 20:34:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT AMED CASC TBIO KFLU KSAF KSEAO KPAO KSTH ECON
09SANTIAGO487 TFFLU01: CHILE HAS 29 CONFIRMED H1N1 CASES; THE MOST IN
[...] According to the Ministry of Health's website (www.minsal.cl),as of May 21, Chile has twenty-nine confirmed cases of H1N1 influenza. There have been no H1N1-related deaths. Many of the cases are school children with mild symptoms, who are being treated at home. 29 CONFIRMED CASES OF H1N1 [...]
2009-05-22 16:11:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT AMED CASC TBIO KFLU KSAF KSEAO KPAO KSTH ECON
09SANTIAGO514 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JUNE 1
[...] Chilean health authorities have confirmed 276 cases of AH1N1. Given the spread of the disease, the authorities are no longer screening at the airport and have instructed that now all cases of influenza as should be treated as if it were AH1N1. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Chilea [...]
2009-06-02 18:19:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO516 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JUNE 2
[...] Chilean health authorities have confirmed 313 cases of AH1N1. All dailies report on the search operations to locate the Air France commercial flight that disappeared over the Atlantic Ocean. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. In accordance to Chapter 19 of the Chile-U.S. FTA and the E [...]
2009-06-03 13:36:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO517 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JUNE 2
[...] Chilean health authorities have confirmed 313 cases of AH1N1. All dailies report on the search operations to locate the Air France commercial flight that disappeared over the Atlantic Ocean. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. In accordance to Chapter 19 of the Chile-U.S. FTA and the E [...]
2009-06-03 13:43:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO521ALARM BELLS RING IN CHILE OVER EPHEDRINE LINKED TO
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 11. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Alarmed by recent events that culminated with the March 23 seizure of 1100 kgs of ephedrine linked to Mexico, the GOC is taking steps to strengthen precursor chemical controls. Ephedrine-based drugs now require a docto [...]
2009-06-04 13:01:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SNAR PGOV CI
09SANTIAGO547 CHILE MEDIA REPORT -- JUNE 11
[...] Chile is on the verge of qualifying for the 2010 World Cup (soccer) with its 4-0 victory over Bolivia in Santiago last night. Dailies also reported Chile has a total of 1,694 cases of AH1N1, and an expert from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) from Atlanta arrived in Santiago to analyze the [...]
2009-06-11 18:19:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO557 CHILE MEDIA REPORT -- JUNE 12
[...] The Health Ministry issued a decree as a result of the WHO's declaration of a pandemic, placing human influenza as the first priority in terms of resources, allocation of medical personnel and medications. Dailies also report that the Investigations Police suspended six of its detectives in [...]
2009-06-12 17:52:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO579CHILE'S PRESIDENTIAL RACE: AMBASSADOR'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Senator Eduardo Frei, Concertacion presidential candidate, received the Ambassador at his home June 17, hours before re-launching his campaign at a massive rally. The Senator predicted that he would win against Alianza candidate Sebastian Pinera in a second-round run-off. He cr [...]
2009-06-19 22:40:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI CI
09SANTIAGO610CHILE: Over 5,100 Confirmed A/H1N1 CASES;
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As of June 23, Chile's Ministry of Health (MINSAL) reported 5,186 cases of A/H1N1 confirmed by laboratory testing and related 7 deaths. If clinically diagnosed cases are included, the total number of infected people is significantly higher. According to MINSAL, emergency measur [...]
2009-06-30 15:02:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL CI
09SANTIAGO62 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 21
[...] Chilean dailies prominently featured the Inauguration ceremony of President Barack Obama. All newspapers highlighted the event with front-page headlines, photos, and excerpts of the President's inaugural address. U.S. -Related News ------------------ 2. The front-page headlines read: "T [...]
2009-01-21 16:43:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO639 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 9
[...] The Health Ministry has instructed public hospitals to postpone 5,000 surgeries so that the respective physicians and resources can be used to treat the high number of patients with respiratory emergencies related to the outbreak of AH1N1. Chile-U.S. Military Sales ------------------------- [...]
2009-07-09 20:43:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO686 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 22
[...] Health authorities report that Chile has 11,293 cases of AH1N1, and only 68 deaths. The number of cases is beginning to decline in all regions, except two: Arica-Parinacota and Vaparaiso (La Nacion, 7/22). Chile-U.S. ---------- 2. Russian-American mathematician Boris Weisfeiler disappeare [...]
2009-07-22 14:58:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO761BRISTLING AT THE "BOLIVARIAN PROJECT": REMARKS BY
[...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Concertacion presidential candidate Eduardo Frei and Foreign Minister Mariano Fernandez publicly criticized populist leaders in the region during a seminar on Latin America held in Santiago August 4-5. Frei warned that the "Bolivarian project" could threaten political and socia [...]
2009-08-10 19:26:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV VZ CI PE BO
09SANTIAGO768SCENESETTER FOR SOUTHCOM COMMANDER GENERAL DOUGLAS
[...] (C) I would like to warmly welcome you to Chile on August 16-20. Coming shortly after President Bachelet's meeting with President Obama in Washington on June 23-24, your visit is an excellent opportunity to further strengthen military-to-military relations and to encourage Chile to exercise g [...]
2009-08-12 17:44:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV OVIP MASS MARR CI
09SANTIAGO788 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 19
[...] Opposition Deputy Gonzalo Arenas reacted aggressively against Minister of the Interior Edmundo Perez Yoma during his testimony at the Chamber of Deputies yesterday. Minister Perez Yoma was testifying on the violent events in Region Nine involving Mapuche indigenous, but his explanations did not [...]
2009-08-19 13:45:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO800 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 24
[...] Tests show that the virus affecting two turkey breeding farms in the Fifth Region is the AH1N1 virus that affected humans this winter. This makes Chile the first country to detect the virus in turkeys. The World Health Organization (WHO) is also monitoring the two farms (Conservative afternoo [...]
2009-08-24 20:17:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO811 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 28
[...] President Alvaro Uribe will confront at a UNASUR meeting today Hugo Chavez' criticism of Colombia's agreement with the United States (Conservative, influential newspaper-of-record, El Mercurio, 8/28). U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. The U.S. Embassy in Santiago opened a condolence [...]
2009-08-28 18:33:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO84 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 24-26
[...] Chilean dailies highlighted the cancelling or postponing of investment projects worth US$18 billion dollars, primarily in Chile's mining and real estate sectors, because of the economic crisis. Front-page coverage continued about the Obama administration's first week in office. U.S.-Relate [...]
2009-01-26 19:43:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO840Sept. 8 Santiago Media Report
[...] The rain caused three mudslides in the area of Farellones near Santiago. A woman died and her 2-year old remains missing (All dailies, 9/7). U.S.-Related News ------------------------ 2. Starting tomorrow, the capital of the Second Region, Calama, will be the center of the Des [...]
2009-09-08 21:29:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO850CHILE's UNGA 64 Goals and Objectives
[...] (SBU) Poloffs delivered reftel demarche on UNGA 64 goals and objectives to Ambassador Juan Eguiguren, Director of Multilateral Affairs. Poloffs emphasized the Obama Administration's commitment to re-engagement with the international community and highlighted the following issues: non-prolife [...]
2009-09-10 22:02:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNGA CI
09SANTIAGO859Scenesetter for Secretary of Commerce Locke's September
[...] (SBU) On behalf of Ambassador Simons, I would like to warmly welcome you to Chile on September 27-29. In hosting the Americas Competitiveness Forum (ACF) for the first time outside of the United States, Chile has worked closely with us to strengthen the ACF because it shares with us an awaren [...]
2009-09-23 20:45:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON OVIP CI
09SANTIAGO86 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 27
[...] Headlines noted Minister of Interior Edmundo Perez-Yoma will testify over the 1994 Belgium sale of Mirage aircraft to Chile. Former Air Force Commander-in-Chief Ramon Vega is one of several officers arrested on suspicion of embezzlement in this case. Dailies also highlighted that Eduardo Frei [...]
2009-01-27 20:07:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO883Chile's Presidential Race: Political Elite See Isolated
[...] (C) Summary: Well-connected politicians and observers describe President Bachelet and some Concertacion congressional candidates as maintaining a distance from Eduardo Frei's lagging presidential campaign. Opposition candidate Sebastian Pinera is reportedly testing his talking points against [...]
2009-10-23 17:28:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPGOV CI
09SANTIAGO899Introducing Eduardo Frei: Chile's Center-Left Presidential
[...] (C) Summary: Smart, dependable, honest, and dull, Concertacion candidate Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle is attempting to regain the presidency that he held from 1994-2000 and that his legendary father, Eduardo Frei Montalva, held from 1964-1970. Despite many successes during his first four years as presid [...]
2009-11-16 15:18:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON PINR CI
09SANTIAGO937CHILE: Six Charged in Death of Former Chilean President
[...] (SBU) Summary: On December 7, Judge Alejandro Madrid charged six individuals with assassinating former President Eduardo Frei Montalva in 1982. Frei, who is the father of the current presidential candidate Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, died ostensibly of a bacterial infection after undergoing routine su [...]
2009-12-11 20:22:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KCRM CI
09SANTIAGO943CHILE'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: ALL BETS ON PINERA
[...] (C) Summary: Days after the December 13 first round presidential election, the picture for center-left presidential candidate Eduardo Frei is bleak. The former president, who in 1993 was elected to his first term by the largest margin in Chilean history, this time received 29.6% of the vote- [...]
2009-12-17 19:54:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON CI
09SANTIAGO99 CHILE MEDIA REPORT -FEBRUARY 3
[...] Dailies highlighted that Chile will host the Summit of the Progressive Governance Network in Vina del Mar in late March, and the leaders of Australia, Germany, Great Britain, Spain, Argentina, and Brazil are expected to attend. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. 14-year old Marcos Ro [...]
2009-02-03 15:22:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTODOMINGO1164GODR INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT FOR PROSECUTORS IN PAYA
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Supreme Court, in response to threats against judicial authorities by some of the 25 defendants accused of complicity in the 8/5/08 slaying of seven suspected narcotraffickers in Paya, Bani Province, transferred the trial from a provincial court to a tribunal in Santo Domingo [...]
2009-10-02 17:26:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KJUS PGOV DR
09SANTODOMINGO1235 FRAUD SUMMARY - SANTO DOMINGO
[...] (U) Santo Domingo submits its semi-annual fraud report for the period March 2009 - August 2009 following format in ref A. ---------------------- A. COUNTRY CONDITIONS ---------------------- 2. (SBU) Country conditions generally remain as reported in previous Fraud Summaries, refs B [...]
2009-10-21 20:10:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC DR
09SANTODOMINGO1253CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ON
[...] (C) Summary: Dominican Central Bank Governor Hector Valdez Albizu, during a 10/22 meeting with Charge, expressed his optimism that the Dominican Republic (DR) would register 2.5 to three percent growth this year, rising to above five percent growth in 2010. He acknowledged that the Government [...]
2009-10-27 13:26:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV PREL DR
09SANTODOMINGO1257POLICE UNDER SPOTLIGHT FOLLOWING DEATH OF TWO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The role of the police in the recent deaths of at least two suspects in a high-profile kidnapping case has focused attention on the problem of extra-judicial killings in the Dominican Republic. In the latest case, police claims that the two suspects died in an "exchange of g [...]
2009-10-28 14:07:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PINS PGOV DR
09SANTODOMINGO1408Socialist International Holds Second Council Meeting in the
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-07 16:20:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM ECON DR
09SANTODOMINGO156(U) HUMAN SMUGGLING VIA AIR APPEARS BROADER THAN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Dominican Civil Aviation Institute (IDAC) officials told EmbOffs January 28 that two recent incidents of charter flights ferrying illegal migrants into or toward the United States have revealed the existence of well-organized networks of human smugglers using Dominican airspace an [...]
2009-02-04 10:04:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALECON EAIR KCRM DR
09SANTODOMINGO1586DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] Dominican Republic Country report on terrorism submitted in compliance with reftel. 2. Begin Text. While there were no reported terrorist attacks in 2009, the Dominican Republic is considered a transit point for human trafficking and contraband, which can also be exploited by s [...]
2009-12-21 16:26:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC DR
09SANTODOMINGO256DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - 2009 SPECIAL 30 REVIEW INPUT
[...] Summary. Post recommends that the Dominican Republic remain on the Special 301 Watch List in 2009. Despite the approval of new legislation in 2006 to implement CAFTA-DR requirements, intellectual property rights (IPR) enforcement in the DR remains weak. While there has been a slight increase [...]
2009-03-02 13:41:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD KIPR DR
09SANTODOMINGO278TIP REPORT 2009 Q SUBMISSION FROM EMBASSY SANTO DOMINGO,
[...] (U) This constitutes Embassy Santo DomingoQs initial submission and response to ref A for the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) annual report. Post may add information if/as GODR officials or other sources provide any further details. Per ref A paragraph 1, the following is submitted in resp [...]
2009-03-06 10:45:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF DR
09SANTODOMINGO4ANNUAL OSAC CRIME/SAFETY REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-02 20:07:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC DR KSAC
09SANTODOMINGO402SANTO DOMINGO ECONOMIC-POLITICAL ROUNDUP, MARCH
[...] Chevron Settles Dispute with Union Drivers 2. First Arrests Made Under 2007 Electricity Theft Law 3. GoDR Energy Officials Receptive to Proposed Regional Partnership 4. Government Caught in Orwellian Incident 5. Think Tank Event Publicizes Dominican-Haitian Cooperation  [...]
2009-04-01 11:45:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG PGOV PHUM HA DR
09SANTODOMINGO715ASSESSING LABOR AFTER TWO YEARS OF CAFTA-DR
[...] (SBU) Summary: During the two years following the entry into force of CAFTA-DR, the GODR has made several advances towards meeting its White Paper goals, but nearly all of the major problems noted a year ago remain. While progress has not always been smooth, and significant problems remain, th [...]
2009-06-26 18:59:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PGOV PHUM PREF ECON ETRD DR
09SANTODOMINGO734SCENE-SETTER FOR SENATOR GILLIBRAND
[...] (SBU) As much general information has been provided to the Senatorial Delegation Gillibrand about the Dominican Republic (DR),this scene-setter will focus on key issues relevant to the visit: Education, Dominican emigrant issues and economics, as well as the meeting with President Fernandez [...]
2009-07-01 14:56:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EIND USAID DR
09SAOPAULO257MEDIA REACTION: Obama's First One Hundred Days; SAO PAULO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-29 21:47:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO260Media Reaction SAO PAULO Doha-Ahmadinejad-H1N1 Flu and
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-04 16:04:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO27FX2: VIEWS FROM AVIBRAS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 12, the Ambassador met with Sami Yousseff Hassuani, the President of Defense Contractor AVIBRAS, to discuss the company's views on the current Brazilian fighter competition. Hassuani stated that the final decision on the fighter will be largely a political determina [...]
2009-01-14 16:06:00Consulate Sao PauloCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC MARR BR
09SAOPAULO366BRAZIL:AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH FORMER PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Ambassador Sobel met June 15 with former Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso (FHC) to discuss the activities of FHC,s think tank and possible areas of cooperation. Cardoso spoke at length about Sao Paulo Governor and presumptive 2010 PSDB Presidential candidate Jose Serra. FHC [...]
2009-06-25 13:35:00Consulate Sao PauloCONFIDENTIALBR ECON EFIN PGOV PINR PREL
09SAOPAULO396MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: HONDURAS, COUP; GLOBAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-08 16:07:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO55SOFT POWER GOLD: PRESIDENT OBAMA INSPIRES AFRO-BRAZILIANS
[...] (U) Summary: Sao Paulo's leading Afro-Brazilians organized a packed (300-plus person) dinner event attended by the community's leading figures, from celebrities to successful business persons, to celebrate President Barack Obama's inauguration on January 20. The atmosphere was euphoric. The [...]
2009-01-27 16:41:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ETRD KPAO BR
09SAOPAULO609MEDIA REACTION: BRAZIL AT THE SECURITY COUNCIL AND U.S.
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-20 10:01:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO644MEDIA REACTION: COLOMBIA BASES
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-04 16:34:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC OIIP XM XR BR XF KMDR
09SAOPAULO652BRAZIL'S AUTO SECTOR'S SUCCESS TO BE TESTED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a largely successful effort to mitigate the worst impact of the global financial crisis, the Brazilian government provided tax breaks for industrialized products (IPI) at the end of 2008 to boost Brazil's auto sector. As a result, the sector has served as one of the engines i [...]
2009-11-06 14:37:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV EFIN BR ELAB
09SAOPAULO653Scenesetter for SR Farah Pandith's Visit to Brazil: Sao Paulo's Muslims
[...] (U) Post is delighted to host Special Representative (SR) Farah Pandith's first visit to Latin America, November 22-23. Brazil offers a unique context for engaging the local Muslim communities. The country hosts a significant (400-500 thousand) Muslim minority that lives within a larger society t [...]
2009-11-20 12:18:00Consulate Sao PauloCONFIDENTIALPGOV OEXC OIIP PHUM PINR PINS PROP SCUL PTER BR
09SAOPAULO686MEDIA REACTION: AHMADINEJAD VISITS BRAZIL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-24 19:09:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC OIIP BR XM XR KMDR IR
09SAOPAULO70 LAY OFFS LEAVE THE GOB AND UNIONS PLAYING CATCH UP
[...] (SBU) Summary: After years of economic growth and relative labor calm, a sudden spate of layoffs and rumors of further cuts seem to have caught both Brazilian labor unions and the government off-guard. The swift deterioration in the labor market has led to public demonstrations and much fin [...]
2009-02-02 16:11:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ECON EIND EFIN PGOV PHUM PINR BR
09SAPPORO15IN NORTHERN JAPAN LOCAL POLITICS IS LOCAL: LOOKING AT THE
[...] (U) Japan's latest politics and money scandal highlights in big round numbers the long and cozy relationship between construction companies and northern Japan politicians of both major political parties. Names have been named, including aides to the sitting Akita governor, the colorful DP [...]
2009-03-20 08:20:00Consulate SapporoUNCLASSIFIEDJA ECON PGOV
09SAPPORO30TOMARI: JAPAN'S NORTHERNMOST NUCLEAR COMMUNITY
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Sapporo Conoffs recently visited the town of Tomari, home to Hokkaido's only nuclear power facility. As a new nuclear reactor there that will be capable of burning mixed plutonium-uranium oxide (MOX) fuel prepares to come online, the community continues to benefit from subsidies an [...]
2009-07-29 10:26:00Consulate SapporoUNCLASSIFIEDJA ENRG ECON PGOV TRGY
09SARAJEVO107BOSNIA - PRUD III YIELDS PROGRESS ON BRCKO AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD) President and Republika Srpska (RS) PM Milorad Dodik, Party for Democratic Action (SDA) President Sulejman Tihic, and Croatian Democratic Union-BiH (HDZ-BiH) President Dragan Covic met on January 26 to discuss their ongoing efforts to [...]
2009-01-27 15:48:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KDEM BK
09SARAJEVO1207SARAJEVO FRAUD SUMMARY, SECOND SEMI-ANNUAL CY2009
[...] This semi-annual fraud summary covers 1 March 2009 to 30 August 2009. ------------------ Country Conditions ------------------ 2. Fourteen years after the 1992-95 Balkan conflict, Bosnia and Herzegovina is still recovering from the displacement of two million of its citizens. Of the [...]
2009-10-22 14:37:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CMGT CPAS ASEC BK
09SARAJEVO122BOSNIA: INL-FUNDED PROGRAMS MAKING STRONG
[...] (U) U.S. Department of Justice International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) and Overseas Prosecutorial Development Assistance and Training (OPDAT)-implemented rule of law projects, funded with INL-managed SEED funds, make important contributions to several high pri [...]
2009-01-30 16:03:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EAID EFIN KAWC KCRM KJUS BK
09SARAJEVO123BOSNIA: INL-FUNDED PROGRAMS MAKING STRONG
[...] (U) U.S. Department of Justice International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) and Overseas Prosecutorial Development Assistance and Training (OPDAT)-implemented rule of law projects, funded with INL-managed SEED funds, make important contributions to several high pri [...]
2009-01-30 16:28:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EAID EFIN KAWC KCRM KJUS BK
09SARAJEVO1253WAR CRIMES AMBASSADOR RAPP'S OCTOBER 13-15 VISIT
[...] (C) Summary: S/WCI Ambassador Stephen Rapp traveled to Sarajevo October 13-15 to discuss extension of the mandate of international judges and prosecutors past December, implementation of the National War Crimes Strategy, and Bosnia's efforts to pursue regional cooperation agreements. Most of A [...]
2009-11-04 16:59:00Embassy SarajevoSECRETPREL PGOV KAWC KCRM KJUS BK
09SARAJEVO1387BOSNIA: HIGHREP EXTENDS MANDATE OF INTERNATIONAL
[...] (C) HighRep Valentin Inzko, supported by the Steering Board Ambassadors of the Peace Implmentation Council (PIC),on December 14 used his Bonn Powers to extend for three years the mandate of international judges and prosecutors working on war crimes cases at the State Court and the State Pro [...]
2009-12-18 17:04:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL KCRM KJUS ASEC BK
09SARAJEVO1419BOSNIA: SLIGHT DELAY IN IMF SECOND TRANCHE
[...] (SBU) It appears that Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) is on track for receiving the next tranche of assistance from the country's IMF Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) in January 2010. However, given political squabbling, particularly as 2010 is an elections year, we will not be surprised by delays as a [...]
2009-12-28 07:17:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV IMF SOCI BK
09SARAJEVO180BOSNIA - SUBMISSION FOR THE 2009 TIP REPORT
[...] (U) Summary: This cable constitutes Post's submission for the 2009 TIP report for Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). Post's point of contact for trafficking issues is Poloff Patrick Hanish, tel: 387-33-445-700 x2312, fax: 387-33-659-722, e-mail: HanishPN@state.gov. Time spent preparing the repo [...]
2009-02-12 12:05:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG
09SARAJEVO181BOSNIA - SUBMISSION FOR THE 2009 TIP REPORT
[...] (U) Summary: This cable constitutes Post's submission for the 2009 TIP report for Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). Post's point of contact for trafficking issues is Poloff Patrick Hanish, tel: 387-33-445-700 x2312, fax: 387-33-659-722, e-mail: HanishPN@state.gov. Time spent preparing the repo [...]
2009-02-12 13:44:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREF KTIP AADP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN
09SARAJEVO190BOSNIA - BRCKO AMENDMENT BEGINS LONG AND ARDUOUS PATH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Now that the Brcko amendment has passed in the Council of Ministers (CoM),Parliament has begun the legislative process necessary for its eventual passage. The Collegia of both Houses of Parliament (i.e., the Speaker and two Deputy Speakers from each House) are working to prepar [...]
2009-02-18 06:56:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV BK
09SARAJEVO2BOSNIA - MOSQUE FIRE SPARKS MUTUAL RECRIMINATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: A mosque in a predominantly-Bosniak village in Eastern Republika Srpska (RS) caught fire on December 7, the eve of a major Islamic holiday. Almost immediately, political and religious leaders, led by SBiH President Haris Silajdzic and Mostar Mufti Seid Smajkic, politicized the i [...]
2009-01-05 11:40:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BK
09SARAJEVO233BOSNIA - SPECULATION ABOUNDS ON FUTURE OF BOSNIAK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: We are anticipating a tumultuous time in Bosniak politics as spring approaches. The main Bosniak party, Sulejman Tihic's Party of Democratic Action (SDA),will hold an election on May 26 for its party presidency, and speculation on the candidates and outcome is already captivatin [...]
2009-02-26 06:52:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KDEM BK
09SARAJEVO281BOSNIA: POST RESPONSE 2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW
[...] (SBU) Summary: Intellectual property rights (IPR) in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) are not adequately protected. The Government suffers from a low level of capacity, primarily technical expertise in policy and law enforcement institutions. While legislation to enforce IPR is in place, enforceme [...]
2009-03-09 10:07:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KIPR
09SARAJEVO361BOSNIA: CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR THE TRADE AND
[...] There have been no legislative or regulatory updates since March 2008 on laws related to child labor. There is no tradition in Bosnia and Herzegovina of forced labor in the production of goods. Known incidents of child labor take place in small, family-owned shops (services) and farms (agri [...]
2009-03-23 10:34:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI
09SARAJEVO515BOSNIA - HIGHREP INZKO DISCUSSES EXTENDING THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: High Representative Inzko met with Quint Ambassadors on April 20 to discuss extending the presence of the international secondees working at the State Court and the State Prosecutor's Office past the legislatively-mandated December 2009 deadline. Inzko expressed strong support for [...]
2009-04-22 15:53:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KCRM KJUS BK
09SARAJEVO563BOSNIA - INL-MANAGED SEED-FUNDED PROJECTS UPDATE:
[...] (U) Summry: Extensive technical assistance in drafting gverning legislation and rules of procedures along with significant USG investment in equipment and taining facilitated the creation and rapid develoment of the new state-level Foreigners Affairs Service from an idea on paper to an effecti [...]
2009-05-05 12:21:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID EFIN KAWC KCRM KJUS BK
09SARAJEVO592BOSNIA'S NEW BIOMETRIC PASSPORT RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT DATA
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Our Consular Section's Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) visited several offices involved in data collection for passport issuance. The visits suggested that even if the Bosnian government hits its January 2010 production target for the new biometric passport, the data used to issue the [...]
2009-05-12 05:57:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KFRD CVIS CMGT CPAS ASEC BK
09SARAJEVO610BOSNIA - RSNA DECLARES "TRANSFERRED COMPETENCIES"
[...] (SBU) On May 14, the Republika Srpska National Assembly (RSNA) concluded its April 23 debate on competency transfers (Reftel) and adopted a set of conclusions that, in effect, declared (erroneously) that 65 "competencies" had been illegally transferred from the RS to the state. Only in three [...]
2009-05-15 12:37:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL PHUM KDEM MARR EU BK
09SARAJEVO641BOSNIA - SACIRBEY TO TESTIFY BEFORE ICTY VIA
[...] (SBU) Per reftels, on May 18 we conveyed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs the urgent need for the Bosnian government to clarify its position regarding Muhamed Sacirbey's travel to The Hague to testify before the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). We made clear that we [...]
2009-05-27 09:05:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCJAN PREL BK
09SARAJEVO645BOSNIA - MFA SENDS SECOND DIP NOTE CLARIFYING
[...] (SBU) Per the Department's request, on May 28 we sought from the MFA additional documentation clarifying the Bosnian government's support for having Muhamed Sacirbey testify before the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia via video-link (Refs A and B). In response to our request, [...]
2009-05-28 14:06:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCJAN PREL BK
09SARAJEVO658BOSNIA - VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN OPENS DOOR FOR USG
[...] (C) SUMMARY: One week after the visit of Vice President Biden to Bosnia and Herzegovina, his signals of clear USG support for Bosnia have begun to shore up the voice of the Bosnian political moderates. During his public speech and private meetings on May 19, the Vice President declared in no [...]
2009-06-02 11:04:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KDEM BK
09SARAJEVO678BOSNIA INCHING CLOSER ON VISA LIBERALIZATION
[...] (U) At its June 4, 2009 session, the Council of Ministers approved and sent to Parliament a package of four draft laws needed to facilitate Bosnia's entry into a visa liberalization regime with the EU. The package includes draft laws on International Legal Aid in Criminal Matters, Border C [...]
2009-06-05 13:37:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EU BK
09SARAJEVO689BOSNIA: SUPPORT FOR REGIONAL COOPERATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Long considered a black hole in the region, Bosnia now appears to be taking some steps towards signing regional cooperation agreements in an effort to bring to justice criminals, particularly war criminals, who are dual citizens and out of reach of the law due to existing bans [...]
2009-06-10 14:33:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KAWC KJUS BK
09SARAJEVO77BOSNIA: COUNCIL OF MINISTERS ADOPTS LONG AWAITED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Council of Ministers (CoM) on December 29 adopted a National War Crimes Strategy that establishes the framework for the prosecution of war crimes committed during the 1992-1995 war. The initiative marks a milestone in Bosnia's efforts to prosecute war crimes and promote na [...]
2009-01-16 17:27:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ICTY KAWC KJUS KCRM BK
09SARAJEVO785BOSNIA: INTENT ON IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1874
[...] (SBU) The Government of Bosnia-Herzegovina shares USG concerns (reftel) about North Korea's May 25 nuclear test and the prospect of the DPRK obtaining WMD material despite UNSC sanctions. Ministry of Foreign Affairs Head of Department for the UN and Other International Organizations Sanja KEN [...]
2009-07-01 13:13:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL MNUC MTCRE KN BK
09SARAJEVO821BOSNIA: IMF GOVERNING BOARD APPROVES $1.57 B
[...] On July 8, the IMF Governing Board approved a $1.57 billion, 36-month standby arrangement for Bosnia-Herzegovina. The first tranche of $282 million could arrive as early as July 10. The funding must be used to service external debt, but Federation Finance Minister Bevanda has said that this [...]
2009-07-09 07:40:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EAID BK
09SARAJEVO857A Tale of Two Cities: the Sarajevo Fraud Prevention Unit
[...] [Summary] The Sarajevo Consular Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) recently visited two adjacent towns in Northern Bosnia, Prijedor and Sanski Most. We wanted to improve our understanding of a region that experienced severe displacement during the war and to examine the living conditions of our visa [...]
2009-07-15 12:13:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CMGT CPAS ASEC BK
09SARAJEVO867EU DENIES BOSNIA ENTRY INTO VISA LIBERALIZATION
[...] (C) The European Commission (EC) announced on July 14 that it had decided to keep Bosnia off the list of countries recommended for entry into the EU's visa liberalization regime at this time. It attributed its decision to Bosnia's shortcomings in the issuance of biometric passports, the fig [...]
2009-07-16 13:58:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KCRM EU BK
09SARAJEVO895BOSNIAKS ATTEMPT TO BLOCK THE WORK OF THE RS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In response to a recent decision by the Republika Srpska (RS) Constitutional Court, Bosniak leaders in the RS announced on July 14 that the Bosniak Caucus in the RS Council of Peoples (RS CoP) will attempt to block all laws passed by the RS National Assembly (RSNA) by boycotting [...]
2009-07-24 13:58:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL BK
09SARAJEVO954BOSNIA: FY09 INL-MANAGED SEED-FUNDED LAW
[...] (U) The U.S. Government's core strategic objective in Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) is to lock the country into a self-sustaining path towards Euro-Atlantic integration. A BiH inside NATO and the EU is the best guarantee that the country's future will be stable, democratic and prosperous. Strong l [...]
2009-08-04 14:35:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ASEC SNAR KCRM KJUS SOCI BK
09SARAJEVO955BOSNIA: FY09 INL-MANAGED SEED-FUNDED LAW
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-04 14:39:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ASEC SNAR KCRM KJUS SOCI BK
09SARAJEVO958BOSNIA: AVDO PALIC FOUND, HIGH PROFILE MISSING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Colonel Avdo Palic, the wartime commander of the Zepa enclave seized in 1995 under a flag of truce and whose whereabouts have been of keen local and international interest since, was finally identified August 4 as being among nine bodies found in a mass grave near Rogatica. But [...]
2009-08-05 14:09:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV BK
09SARAJEVO96BOSNIA -- SEEKING A DEAL ON IMMOVEABLE DEFENSE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with the Minister of Defense, Selmo Cikotic, January 22 to urge him to submit to the Council of Ministers (COM) an agreement giving ownership of immoveable defense property to Bosnia's state level defense institutions. The agreement is in line with the principl [...]
2009-01-23 17:12:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR BK
09SEOUL1000URGING ASEAN IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1874: ROK
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (C) On June 23, POLMC conveyed reftel points to Shin Dong-ik, Director-General for International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, asking the ROKG to seek greater cooperation from the ASEAN (Association of Southeas [...]
2009-06-23 07:44:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC MTCRE KS KN
09SEOUL1005NORTH KOREA SHOWS WILLINGNESS TO KEEP KAESONG
[...] (C) Summary: The third round of Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC) talks on June 19 convinced involved ROK participants that North Korea would not close the KIC, because the North Korean delegation did not walk out during the lengthy meeting and the next meeting date was brought up by the DPRK d [...]
2009-06-24 10:51:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON KS KN
09SEOUL1006SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 24, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-24 23:07:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1022SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 29, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-29 05:28:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1024SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 30, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-30 06:22:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1029SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 1, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-01 04:24:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1049SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 2, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-02 06:14:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1057SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-06 07:03:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL1058SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 6, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-06 07:12:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1059KOREAN-AMERICAN ACADEMIC HEADS TO PYONGYANG TO
[...] (C) Summary: On July 1, Professor Han S. Park from the University of Georgia met with Pol M/C to brief us on his upcoming visit to Pyongyang. Park said that he had made frequent trips to the DPRK and had deep connections with its leaders and members of the Asia Pacific Peace Committee and th [...]
2009-07-06 07:14:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPROP PREL KN KS
09SEOUL1066SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 7, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-07 05:22:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1073NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - JUNE 2009
[...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. In This Issue -- DPRK Intensifies H1N1 Flu Preventive Measures -- DPRK Bond Prices Nosedive Following Launch of DPRK Rocket -- DPRK Opens Limited Internet Cell Phone Service -- WHO Provides Tamifl [...]
2009-07-08 01:21:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN
09SEOUL1081SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 8, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-08 06:44:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1097SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 10, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-10 07:13:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1101ROK NOTIFICATION OF UAV FLIGHT TEST
[...] (S) Park So-yeon of the ROK-U.S. Security Cooperation Division on July 13 notified post of a planned flight test of the Haeseong-II UAV on July 23. 2. (S) Begin text: In accordance with the ROK's New Missile Guidelines adopted on January 17, 2001, the ROKG would like to provide the US [...]
2009-07-13 05:22:00Embassy SeoulSECRETMARR MCAP PARM KPAL KS
09SEOUL1103SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 13, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-13 06:40:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1116SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 15, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-15 05:15:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1134SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 17, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-17 06:25:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1142SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 20, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-20 06:02:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1152SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 22, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-22 05:37:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1162KSLV ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REQUEST DELIVERED (C)
[...] (C) EMin delivered reftel request for additional information to Yoo, Guk-hee, Director of the Space Development Division of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, and Lee Hyo-hee, Deputy Director of the Big Science Policy Division of the same ministry. After reviewing the context [...]
2009-07-23 06:21:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALTSPA MCTRE PARM PREL MCAP KS
09SEOUL1167SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 24, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-24 04:29:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1169A/S KURT CAMPBELL´S MEETING WITH SENIOR SECRETARY
[...] (S) SUMMARY: NSA Kim told A/S Campbell during a July 20 meeting that the ROK believed the North Korean regime could "hold on for sometime" after the death of Kim Jung-il. In the case of a total collapse, Kim unambiguously stated that North Korean territory is part of the ROK and unification is the [...]
2009-07-24 06:36:00Embassy SeoulSECRETPREL KN KS
09SEOUL1171A/S CAMPBELL’S MEETING WITH ROK UNIFICATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 20 meeting, Unification Minister Hyun In-taek outlined Kim Jong-il's health and succession concerns, key figures and the current state of the DPRK for A/S Campbell. Although Kim Jong-il (KJI) remained firmly in control of the regime for now, he was unlikely to live beyond 201 [...]
2009-07-24 07:38:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ECON KN KS
09SEOUL1176SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 27, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-27 07:06:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL118PRESS BULLETIN - January 22, 2009
[...] Korean Peninsula Initiative in Obama's Inaugural Address (Chosun Ilbo, January 22, 2009, Page 26) 2. A Profoundly Changed Foreign Policy (Hankyoreh Shinmun, January 22, 2009, Page 23) 3. Reasons Why Obamanomics Should Not End in Failure (Hankook Ilbo, January 22, 2009, Page 39) 4. Messages [...]
2009-01-22 07:43:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL1182SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 28, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-28 06:00:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1186SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 29, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-29 04:09:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1192SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 29, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-29 06:50:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1194NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - JULY 2009
[...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. In This Issue ------------- -- North Korea Begins Closing General Markets -- DPRK Sets Up Environmental Protection Plan -- DPRK Establishes a Charity Branch in Beijing -- DPRK Engages in Disaster P [...]
2009-07-30 03:04:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN
09SEOUL1195KSLV ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-30 03:10:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALTSPA MCTRE PARM PREL MCAP KS
09SEOUL1200SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 30, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-30 05:34:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1210SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 31, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-31 06:15:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1224SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 04, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-04 05:27:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1233SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-05 05:02:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL1235SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 05, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-05 06:17:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1241SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BERMAN'S VISIT TO KOREA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: CODEL Berman, welcome to Korea. The alliance between the U.S. and the Republic of Korea (ROK) is strong, enduring, and strategically important. Your visit follows the successful June 16 U.S.-ROK Presidential Summit and adoption of the Joint Vision Statement. The Joint Vision Statem [...]
2009-08-06 06:45:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KS KN
09SEOUL1243SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 06, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-06 22:25:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1252SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 07, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-07 06:33:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1254SEOUL ESTH UPDATE - JUNE-JULY 2009
[...] In conjunction with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak's summit with President Obama in Washington DC in mid-June, Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Korean Minister of Knowledge Economy (MKE) Lee Yoon-ho signed a Statement of Intent on June 16 to begin cooperation on research and development in [...]
2009-08-10 03:46:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ELTN ENRG PREL TBIO TPHY TRGY KGHG KFLU KS
09SEOUL1255SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 10, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-10 04:45:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1264SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 11, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-11 06:34:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1274DP CHAIR CHUNG URGES U.S. TO ENGAGE NORTH KOREA;
[...] (C) Summary: At an August 10 lunch with the Ambassador, opposition Democratic Party (DP) Chairman Chung Sye-kyun urged the United States to engage the DPRK in dialogue, asserting the U.S. and the ROK shared responsibility with the DPRK for the breakdown of the Six-Party Talks. Chung said for [...]
2009-08-12 04:37:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPGOV KS KN
09SEOUL1277SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 12, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-12 06:45:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1288EXPERTS FRUSTRATED WITH LEE'S NORTH KOREA POLICY;
[...] (C) Summary: In August 10 meetings with poloff, two leading experts, each of whom is close to the Lee Myung-bak Administration, were sharply critical of Lee's North Korea policy. They also agreed that the succession of Kim Jong-un to his father's place as leader of North Korea is not yet cl [...]
2009-08-13 08:47:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KS KN
09SEOUL129FUTURE ROLE FOR NORTH KOREAN DEFECTORS
[...] (C) Summary: As the total number of North Korean defectors in South Korea crossed the 15,000 threshold in 2008, some scholars, NGOs, and defectors themselves asked whether the former North Korean residents could play a useful role promoting change of the North Korean regime and facilitating e [...]
2009-01-23 07:57:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPHUM SREF PGOV PROP PREL KS KN
09SEOUL1292SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-14 04:09:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL1293SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-14 04:28:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL1294SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-14 04:30:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL1295SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-14 04:30:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL1308SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 14, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-14 07:03:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1316SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 17, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-17 23:52:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1318SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 18, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-18 08:40:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1326SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 19, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-19 08:21:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1344SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 21, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-21 08:04:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1357SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 24, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-24 07:59:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1363SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 25, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-25 08:09:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1374DPRK ECONOMY - 2008 FOREIGN TRADE FIGURES
[...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not rpt not intended for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: According to data compiled by the (South) Korea Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) and the ROK Ministry of Unification (MOU),DPRK foreign trade amounted to USD 5.64 [...]
2009-08-27 01:02:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD ENRG KS KN
09SEOUL1387DPRK PLOTTED CAPTURE OF U.S. JOURNALISTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The DPRK's arrest of U.S. journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee in March 2009 was an orchestrated part of Pyongyang's broader pattern of belligerent behavior in the first half of 2009, according to "Aquariums of Pyongyang" author and DPRK gulag survivor Kang Chol-hwan. Kang, citin [...]
2009-08-28 09:04:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON KS KN
09SEOUL1389NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - AUGUST 2009
[...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. ------------- In This Issue ------------- -- ROK Think Tank: DPRK Faces Worst Economic Crisis since 1994 -- DPRK Develops Wind Power Capacity -- Number of DPRK Mobile Phone Users Increases to 48 [...]
2009-08-31 08:02:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN
09SEOUL1391SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 31, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-31 08:07:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1435ROK RELATIONS WITH UZBEKISTAN: BLOOD, GAS, GOLD
[...] (C) Uzbek Embassy DCM Alisher Okhunjonov gave us an upbeat assessment of bilateral ties with South Korea, which is now Uzbekistan's number one East Asian investor and one of its top trade partners. Using Uzbekistan's large ethnic Korean community as a bridge, the Korea Gas Corporation, the Kor [...]
2009-09-08 07:39:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD PINR PGOV ECON EINV KS UZ
09SEOUL1436SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 8, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-08 07:39:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1451CHUNG MONG-JOON ASSUMES GNP CHAIR; STAGE SET FOR
[...] (C) Summary: Chung Mong-joon assumed the chair of the Grand National Party (GNP) on September 7 after the former chair, Park Hee-tae, resigned to run for an open seat in the October 28 by-elections. Chung, a six-term National Assembly Member, was an independent until joining the GNP in 2007, [...]
2009-09-10 08:41:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPGOV KS
09SEOUL1453SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 11, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-11 07:13:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1463SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 14, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-14 07:00:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1469SEOUL ESTH UPDATE -AUGUST 2009
[...] On August 4, Korea proposed three options to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 2020, saying it will determine the final implementation plan by the end of this year. The Presidential Committee on Green Growth (PCGG) unveiled three scenarios that seek to reduce emissions from 21 to 30 percent [...]
2009-09-15 01:58:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ELTN ENRG PREL TBIO TPHY TRGY KGHG KFLU KS
09SEOUL1471SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 15, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-15 05:53:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1488SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 17, 2009
[...] Deputy Secretary of State James B. Steinberg will reportedly visit East Asia, including the ROK, China and Japan, later this month to discuss U.S.-North Korea bilateral talks and ways to resume the Six-Party Talks, among others. (JoongAng, Hankook) INTERNATIONAL NEWS ------------------ [...]
2009-09-17 06:25:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1495SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 18, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-18 07:47:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1501SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 21, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-21 08:26:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1507SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 22, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-22 07:47:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1531MOFAT Previews FM Yu's Upcoming Visit to Tokyo
[...] (C) In a preview of Foreign Minister Yu's upcoming visit to Japan, MOFAT DG for Northeast Asia Cho Tai-young noted the potential for negative fallout from next year's 100th anniversary of Japan's annexation of Korea. He said a pending Japanese decision on textbook guidelines relating to the L [...]
2009-09-24 08:58:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR SOCI KS JN
09SEOUL1554SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 28, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-28 08:43:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1559SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 29, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-29 07:00:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1569SOUTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - SEPTEMBER 2009
[...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. ------------- In This Issue ------------- -- National Income Resurges in the Second Quarter -- ROKG Sets 2010 Budget at 290 Trillion Won -- KDI Raises 2009 Growth Forecast -- South Korea Ranks N [...]
2009-09-30 08:37:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KS
09SEOUL1572SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 1, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-01 03:51:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1582SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 5, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-05 05:37:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1586SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 6, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-06 07:55:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1591SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 7, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-07 08:07:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1595SEOUL ESTH UPDATE - SEPTEMBER 2009
[...] Korea's top businesses want the government to select the least restrictive option for its greenhouse gas emissions reduction when it decides a mid-term (2020) target later this year, according to a survey released on September 9 by the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry. About two-thirds [...]
2009-10-08 00:56:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EIND ENRG TBIO TPHY TRGY TSPA KGHG KFLU KS
09SEOUL1598SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 8, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-08 06:42:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1618SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 13, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-15 02:21:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL162PRESS BULLETIN - February 3, 2009
[...] No to U.S Return to Protectionism (Dong-a Ilbo, February 3, 2009, Page 27) 2. The World Must Not Repeat Protectionist Mistakes (Chosun Ilbo, February 3, 2009, Page 31) 3. Obama Administration's Protectionist Barriers Are Unsettling (Seoul Shinmun, February 3, 2009, Page 31) Top Headline [...]
2009-02-03 07:45:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL1620SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 14, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-15 02:24:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1628SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 15, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-15 05:59:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1644SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 19, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-19 07:59:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1651SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 20, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-20 07:54:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1670SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 21, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-21 08:02:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1680PROMINENT DPRK DEFECTOR ON REPORTED CLASHES
[...] (C) Summary: Prominent North Korean defector Kang Cheol-hwan asserted on 10/21 that the DPRK's latest labor mobilization campaign has damaged this year's food crop harvest. Mandatory ideological busywork has kept workers out of back alley black markets and forced farmers to neglect their pri [...]
2009-10-22 08:47:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM SOCI ECON KN
09SEOUL1683PARTY LEADERSHIP HANGS IN BALANCE OF BY-ELECTION
[...] (C) Summary: October 28 by-elections to fill five National Assembly seats will be a referendum on the ruling right-of-center Grand National Party (GNP) and the main opposition left-of-center Democratic Party (DP),and are also likely to determine the fate of party leaders Chung Mong-joon (GNP [...]
2009-10-23 02:41:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPGOV KS
09SEOUL1687SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 23, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-23 07:05:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1696SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-26 07:46:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL1697SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 26, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-26 07:51:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1705SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 27, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-27 07:38:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1726OPPOSITION WINS 3 OF 5 IN BY-ELECTION; BALANCE OF
[...] (C) Summary: The opposition Democratic Party (DP) won three of five open National Assembly (NA) seats in an October 28 by-election, including the two swing seats in the Seoul capital region. The ruling Grand National Party (GNP) won two seats and was disappointed not to win one of the seats i [...]
2009-10-30 05:52:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPGOV KS
09SEOUL1740NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - OCTOBER 2009
[...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. ------------- In This Issue ------------- -- ROK Scholar: DPRK Economy Dysfunctional, Not in Crisis -- DPRK Restores Science and Technology Commission -- DPRK Establishes Ship Control Center to [...]
2009-11-02 08:17:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN
09SEOUL1745SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 3, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-03 06:40:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL175PRESS BULLETIN - February 4, 2009
[...] Will North Korea Again Test-fire Missiles? (Hankook Ilbo, February 4, 2009, Page 39) 2. Seoul, Washington Must Stand Shoulder to Shoulder (Chosun Ilbo, February 4, 2009, Page 27) Features 3. Lee, Obama Pledge Cooperation on N. Korea (Chosun Ilbo, February 4, 2009, Front Page) 4. Is [...]
2009-02-04 08:03:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL1770"SURGING" PRIVATE EDUCATION COSTS FUEL REFORM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Lee Myung-bak made educational reform one of his campaign promises in the 2007 presidential election. Since then, the administration has made a number of attempts to effect change, motivated in large part by the enormous financial burden private educational expenditur [...]
2009-11-05 08:24:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KS
09SEOUL1773SEOUL ESTH UPDATE - OCTOBER 2009
[...] (SBU) Korea is the ninth largest emitter of carbon dioxide gas in the world, the government said on October 19, quoting a report using 2007 data by the International Energy Agency (IEA). The country ranked as the tenth largest CO2 emitter in an earlier report using 2005 emissions data. Korea [...]
2009-11-06 03:45:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EIND ENRG TBIO OEXC TRGY TSPA KGHG KFLU KS
09SEOUL1775SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 6, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-06 04:58:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1784SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 9, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-09 09:09:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1811SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 16, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-16 08:16:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1819ROK TEST FLIGHT OF UAV HAESONG-II SCHEDULE FOR
[...] (S) On November 16, Post received notification from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) that the ROK planned to test the Haesong-II UAV on November 19, 2009. The text of the notification is below: 2. (S) "In accordance with the ROK's New Missile Guidelines adopted on January [...]
2009-11-18 01:29:00Embassy SeoulSECRETPREL PGOV PARM PINR KS
09SEOUL1836SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 20, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-20 08:18:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL185PRESS BULLETIN - February 5, 2009
[...] Obama Should Change His Dangerous View of Economy (JoongAang Ilbo, February 5, 2009, Page 26) Features 2. Department Stores to Sell U.S. Beef Next Month (Hankook Ilbo, February 5, 2009, Page 20) 3. Obama Administration's First Move on North Korea was to Impose Sanctions (Chosun Ilbo, [...]
2009-02-05 08:03:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL1867TOP JAPANESE PYONGYANG-WATCHER ON SINO-DPRK TIES
[...] (C) Fresh from detailed discussions with longtime Chinese and North Korean contacts in Beijing, noted Japanese DPRK-watcher Professor Hajime Izumi told us that Premier Wen's October trip to Pyongyang had restored China's influence with the DPRK and put Beijing's relationship with the North bac [...]
2009-11-25 09:07:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PGOV ECON SOCI KN CH KS JP
09SEOUL1925SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 7, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-07 07:58:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1928SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 8, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-08 07:38:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1933SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 9, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-11 00:51:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1935SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 10, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-11 00:53:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1946SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 14, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-14 23:24:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1964SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 16, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-18 02:55:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1972MINISTER OF KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY ON G20, FTA, NUCLEAR
[...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: In a December 15 introductory call, the Ambassador and the ROK's new Minister of Knowledge Economy Choi Kyung-whan discussed renewable and sustainable energy, the KORUS FTA, and [...]
2009-12-18 08:01:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PREL KS
09SEOUL1999SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 24, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-24 02:33:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL200PRESS BULLETIN - February 6, 2009
[...] A Future for Iraq (JoongAng Ilbo, February 6, 2009, Page 27) 2. Financial Protectionism Could Bring Second Crisis (Chosun Ilbo, February 6, 2009, Page 27) 3. Even Though 'Buy America' Provisions Have Softened (Hankook Ilbo, February 6, 2009, Page 36) Features 4. N. Korea "Could Fire [...]
2009-02-06 08:37:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL2018SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 30, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-30 07:53:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL203PRESS BULLETIN - February 9, 2009
[...] Let's Not Let Assessments Hinder Denuclearization (Hankyoreh Shinmun, February 9, 2009, Page 23) Features 2. U.S. Experts Recount Visit to Korea (Chosun Ilbo, February 9, 2009, Page 6) 2 3. Washington's First Diplomatic Homework is Afghanistan... What Kind of Homework Will It Become f [...]
2009-02-09 07:33:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL215PRESS BULLETIN - February 10, 2009
[...] Messages We Should Deliver to Secretary Clinton (Dong-a Ilbo, February 10, 2009, Page 31) 2. What Clinton Has Packed for a Visit to Seoul (Chosun Ilbo, February 10, 2009, Page 31) Top Headlines Chosun Ilbo, Hankook Ilbo, Hankyoreh Shinmun, Segye Ilbo, Seoul Shinmun, All TVs, All Intern [...]
2009-02-10 08:05:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL225PRESS BULLETIN - February 12, 2009
[...] North Korea Has Nothing to Gain with a Missile Launch (Hankook Ilbo, February 12, 2009, Page 39) 2. ROK's Preemptive Afghanistan Aid Diplomacy (JoongAng Ilbo, February 12, 2009, Page 26) 3. Noticing the North (JoongAng Ilbo, February 12, 2009, Page 26) 4. N. Korea Should Heed U.S. Warnings [...]
2009-02-12 07:19:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL232MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-13 04:59:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR
09SEOUL235PRESS BULLETIN - February 13, 2009
[...] Lessons of 'Buy-American' Policy (Hankook Ilb, February 13, 2009, Page 39) 2. National Security Worries (JoongAng Ilbo, February 13, 2009, Page 26) 3. North Korea Should Not Miscalculate Things with a Missile Launch (Hankook Ilbo, February 13, 2009, Page 39) Top Headlines Chosun Il [...]
2009-02-13 07:36:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL240PRESS BULLETIN - February 17, 2009
[...] Welcoming Clinton (JoongAng Ilbo, February 16, 2009, Page 31) 2. "Hillary! Hillary!..." (Chosun Ilbo, February 17, 2009, Page 30) 3. Leader Parties While His People Starve (Dong-a Ilbo, February 17, 2009, Page 31) 4. Even Two Years after Feb. 13 Agreement, Pyongyang Still Engages in Trick [...]
2009-02-17 08:23:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL242MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-17 08:24:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR
09SEOUL249PRESS BULLETIN - February 18, 2009
[...] Agenda for Clinton visit (JoongAng Ilbo, February 18, 2009, Page 30) Features 2. "North Korea Is Operating a Plant to Enrich Uranium at Yongbyon" (Dong-a Ilbo, February 18, 2009, Page 6) 3. Campbell Will Be in Overall Charge of U.S. Negotiations with N. Korea (JoongAng Ilbo, Februa [...]
2009-02-18 07:15:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL258PRESS BULLETIN - February 19, 2009
[...] Don't Even Think About Dispatching Troops to Afghanistan (Hankyoreh Shinmun, February 19, 2009, Page 23) 2. Secretary of State Clinton's Visit to Seoul Should Serve to Enhance ROK-U.S. Cooperation (Hankook Ilbo, February 19, 2009, Page 39) Features 3. Korea Hopes for Clear Message fro [...]
2009-02-19 07:10:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL26PRESS BULLETIN - January 6, 2009
[...] "International Community Should Speak with One Voice about Gaza Situation" (Seoul Shinmun, January 6, 2009, Page 31) 2. Obama Diplomacy and Goldilocks' Rule (Hankyoreh Shinmun, January 6, 2009, Page 30) Features 3. Delayed Relocation of the U.S. 2nd Infantry Division (Dong-a Ilbo, Ja [...]
2009-01-06 07:24:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL269PRESS BULLETIN - February 23, 2009
[...] Alliance Reaffirmed (JoongAng Ilbo, February 21, 2009, Page 26) 2. Effects of Sino-U.S. Relations (JoongAng Ilbo, February 23, 2009, Page 30) 3. Clinton Says, "The U.S. and the ROK Agree on North Korean Issue" (Chosun Ilbo, February 21, 2009, Page 27) 4. Pyongyang Should Not Dare to Igno [...]
2009-02-23 09:48:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL276PRESS BULLETIN - February 24, 2009
[...] 'Hillary's Kiss' and the Korean Peninsula (Hankook Ilbo, February 24, 2009, Page 38) Features 2. NK Raised No. of Special Forces by 60,000: Report (Dong-a Ilbo, February 24, 2009, Page 6) 3. Money Is the Biggest Problem; WEST Participants Should Pay a Lump Sum of $8,500 (Dong-a Ilbo, [...]
2009-02-24 07:59:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL283PRESS BULLETIN - February 25, 2009
[...] After All, the U.S. Is the Problem (JoongAng Ilbo, February 25, 2009, Page 26) 2. How Clinton Stole Korean Hearts (Chosun Ilbo, February 25, 2009, Page 27) 3. N. Korea Will Have to Pay for Missile Test (Chosun Ilbo, February 25, 2009, Page 27) 4. Breaking the Cycle of Brinkmanship (Hankyo [...]
2009-02-26 02:11:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL284MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-26 02:12:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR
09SEOUL289PRESS BULLETIN - February 26, 2009
[...] True Character of Clinton's Diplomacy (Segye Ilbo, February 26, 2009, Page 31) 2. Will 'Clinton Effect' Continue? (JoongAng Ilbo, February 26, 2009, Page 27) Features 3. Obama's Address to Joint Session of Congress Enviable (Hankook Ilbo, February 26, 2009, Page 39) 4. Foreign Minis [...]
2009-02-26 08:10:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL29PRESS BULLETIN - January 7, 2009
[...] ROK-U.S. Response in 2009 to North Korea's Nuclear Issue (Chosun Ilbo, January 7, 2009, Page 31) Top Headlines Chosun Ilbo 93 Public Welfare Bills, including Bills on Easing Criminal Penalties, are stalled by National Assembly standoff; (as a result) Low-Income People (who are unable to [...]
2009-01-07 07:25:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL295ROK DETAILED RESPONSE TO NONPROLIFERATION TREATY
[...] (U) Lee Jangkeun, Director of the Disarmament & Nonproliferation Division within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade on February 24 provided detailed responses to reftel A and an expansion of reftel B. Won Jong-mun, the ROKG point of contact on NPT issues, also attended the meeting. [...]
2009-02-27 02:13:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALMNUC PARM PREL IAEA NPT KS
09SEOUL307PRESS BULLETIN - February 27, 2009
[...] The Only Way Out (JoongAng Ilbo, February 27, 2009, Page 27) 2. A Part-Time Envoy for a Full-Time Task (Chosun Ilbo, February 27, 2009, Page 26) 3. Ratification of the KORUS FTA Is Urgent (Hankook Ilbo, February 27, 2009, Page 39) Features 4. Even If the U.S. Successfully Intercepts [...]
2009-02-27 07:53:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL309MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-27 07:55:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR
09SEOUL318SEOUL ESTH UPDATE - February 2009
[...] The ROKG has issued a public notice on the upcoming introduction of legislation of a "Basic Law on Low Carbon, Green Growth." The draft bill will be an amalgamation of three programs: A) The Basic Law on Climate Change: Draft legislation that had already been pending at the National Assemb [...]
2009-03-02 05:14:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ECON ENRG TBIO TPHY TRGY TSPA KGHG KHIV KS
09SEOUL324PRESS BULLETIN - March 3, 2009
[...] Regrets about Secretary Clinton's Visit to Seoul (Hankyoreh Shinmun, March 2, 2009, Page 26) 2. Critical Moment for the Six-Party Process (Hankyoreh Shinmun, February 28, 2009, Page 23) Features 3. Does the U.S. Put More Emphasis on Direct Talks with N. Korea Than on the Six-Party Tal [...]
2009-03-02 07:46:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL331PRESS BULLETIN - March 3, 2009
[...] What Obama's Reforms Suggest to Us (Hankook Ilbo, March 3, 2009, Page 39) Features 2. N. Korea, UN Command Hold 1st Talks in 6 Years (Dong-a Ilbo, March 3, 2009, Page 6) 3. "The U.S.-North Korea Talks Can Be Viewed Positively If They Are Helpful To the Six-Party Talks" (Hankook Ilbo, [...]
2009-03-03 08:26:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL357ROKG PLANS TO RAISE DPRK CIV AIR ISSUE IN ICAO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General for North American Affairs Chang Ho-jin told Pol M/C on March 6 that the ROKG regarded the DPRK's March 5 statement about not being able to guarantee the safety of ROK civilian aircraft in North Korean air space as a "threat to the safet [...]
2009-03-06 09:40:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALEAIR KS KN
09SEOUL371SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 11, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-11 07:55:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL386SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 12, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-12 07:43:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL392ROK REQUEST TO HOLD UAV TECHNICAL CONSULTATION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-13 06:32:00Embassy SeoulSECRETMARR MCAP KPAL KS
09SEOUL393SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 13, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-13 08:20:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL395SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-13 08:21:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL398SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-16 06:17:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL399SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 16, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-16 06:51:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL408SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 17, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-17 07:28:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL409SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 17, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-17 07:45:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL410SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 18, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-18 07:39:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL429SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 19, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-19 07:44:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL442SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 20, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-20 07:46:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL445DASD SEDNEY'S MARCH 1-3 SECURITY POLICY MEETINGS
[...] (C) Close coordination on North Korea, significant progress in three areas of the U.S.-ROK alliance, and a push for a major ROK contribution in Afghanistan characterized DASD David Sedney's March 1-3 meetings in Seoul. -- (C) Sunday March 1, DASD Sedney reached agreement with MOFAT DDG Lee o [...]
2009-03-20 07:48:00Embassy SeoulSECRETPHSA PINS PREL PTER MARR MASS AF KN KS
09SEOUL44621ST SECURITY POLICY INITIATIVE MEETING
[...] (C) Summary. The 21st session of the Security Policy Initiative (SPI) opened on March 2, at the ROK Ministry of National Defense in Seoul. The meeting covered a wide range of topics concerning the U.S.-ROK security alliance, including: the North Korea (DPRK) missile situation, an update on [...]
2009-03-20 08:13:00Embassy SeoulSECRETMARR MCAP MOPS PREL KS KN
09SEOUL447KIC ACCESS RESTRICTIONS: DPRK'S INEXPLICABLE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite what ROK observers believed was the DPRK's deliberately provocative decision to restrict Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC) access for the second time in a week on March 13, the South Korean government and businesses communities are not yet ready to give up on the six-year-o [...]
2009-03-20 09:08:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR ECON KS KN
09SEOUL456SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 23, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-23 08:04:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL467SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 24, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-24 05:45:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL480SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 25, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-25 06:36:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL492SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 27, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-27 07:45:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL502SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 30, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-30 07:16:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL514CONSIDERABLE PUBLIC DEBATE, BUT ROK PLANS TO JOIN
[...] (C) The Republic of Korea plans to endorse the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Statement of Interdiction Principles, becoming a full participant in PSI soon after the planned DPRK launch of a Taepodong2. The Foreign Minister stated that to reporters on March 20 in an effort to condit [...]
2009-03-31 07:26:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPARM PHSA PINS PTER PREL KN KS
09SEOUL516SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 31, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-31 08:25:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL525SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 1, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-01 07:35:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL532SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 2, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-02 08:13:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL542AMBASSADOR PARTICIPATES IN WORLD TUBERCULOSIS DAY
[...] Summary: On March 24, Ambassador joined with Korean Health Minister Jeon Jae-hee in Korea's main World TB Day event to commend the work done over the years by the Korea National Tuberculosis Association (KNTA). The Ambassador was the only foreign dignitary to participate in the commemorati [...]
2009-04-03 07:21:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO PREL KS
09SEOUL55PRESS BULLETIN - January 12, 2009
[...] Pyongyang Wants Envoy at Obama's Inauguration (JoongAng Ilbo, January 12, 2009, Front Page) 2. Ambassador Stephens: "Obama Will Take a Package Approach toward North Korea's Nuclear Dismantlement and the Establishment of Diplomatic Ties" (Dong-a Ilbo, January 10, 2009, Page 8) Top Headlin [...]
2009-01-12 06:39:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL551SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-06 07:29:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL552SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 6, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-06 07:40:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL559SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-07 07:46:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL560SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 6, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-07 07:55:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL568SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 8, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-08 07:19:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL588SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 10, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-10 07:05:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL594SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 13, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-13 07:27:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL595SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-13 07:28:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL597ROKG NOTIFICATION OF UAV TEST FLIGHT
[...] (S) Park So-yeon of the ROK-U.S. Security Cooperation Division on April 13 notified post of a planned flight test of the Haeseong-II UAV on April 23. 2. (S) Begin Text: In accordance with the ROK's New Missile Guidelines adopted on January 17, 2001, the ROKG would like to provide the [...]
2009-04-13 08:53:00Embassy SeoulSECRETMARR MCAP PARM KPAL KS
09SEOUL600SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 14, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-14 07:28:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL602FORMER BLUE HOUSE INTER-KOREAN AFFAIRS CHIEF ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The current standoff between North and South Korea will continue for several months, according to former Blue House Senior Secretary for Inter-Korean Affairs Um Jong-sik, but the North's serious food and fertilizer situation might lead to South-North dialogue later in the year. [...]
2009-04-14 07:50:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL KS KN
09SEOUL615SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 15, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-15 23:22:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL62 NORTH-SOUTH RHETORIC: A YEAR OF CHILL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The rapid deterioration in inter-Korean relations since conservative Lee Myung-bak was elected as ROK President just over a year ago was probably inevitable given LMB's commitment to change the ground rules of inter-Korean relations which had been painstakingly established over th [...]
2009-01-13 08:05:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KS KN
09SEOUL626SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 16, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-16 06:15:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL645SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 21, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-21 06:43:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL647ROK NSA AND 6PT ENVOY DISCUSS NEXT STEPS WITH
[...] (C) Summary: National Security Advisor (NSA) Kim Sung-hwan and Six-Party Talks Envoy Wi Sung-lac separately told Staffdel Jannuzi on April 17 that the timing of reengaging North Korea would be important and Seoul and Washington should not appear "anxious." Wi suggested a dialogue should be o [...]
2009-04-21 07:04:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PARM KNNP OREP EWWT KS KN
09SEOUL654SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 22, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-22 07:31:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL655APRIL 21 SOUTH-NORTH MEETING AT KAESONG: NO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: South Korean officials went to the Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC) on April 21 at the North's request for the first civilian inter-Korean meeting since President Lee Myung-bak's February 2008 inauguration hoping to discuss several urgent issues: the welfare of a South Korean en [...]
2009-04-22 10:14:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PARM KS KN
09SEOUL664SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 24, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-24 04:18:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL672MND: DPRK MILITARY RHETORIC AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The DPRK's recent restaffing and expansion of the National Defense Commission (NDC) and its hostile military rhetoric over the last several months are related to the DPRK leadership's "top priority" need to stabilize the DPRK internally in preparation for succession, according to [...]
2009-04-27 06:35:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPGOV KN KS
09SEOUL673SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-27 07:19:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL674SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 27, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-27 07:40:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL683SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 29, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-29 07:23:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL694SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 30, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-30 07:26:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL704SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-04 05:42:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL706SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; May 04, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-04 07:10:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL708REVISING HISTORY: NEW ROK HISTORY TEXTBOOK
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Starting from this spring, South Korean high school students will learn their history from a revised text of their familiar "A Modern and Contemporary History of Korea." The movement to revise the history text kicked off soon after the inauguration of President Lee Myung-bak, s [...]
2009-05-04 09:52:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KS KN
09SEOUL716SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; May 6, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-06 07:23:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL720SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; May 7, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-07 06:41:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL729MGSF01: PUBLIC OUTREACH AND SURVEILLANCE RESULT IN
[...] Summary: South Korea has confirmed three cases of H1N1 influenza during the recent outbreaks. The first case was a nun who had recently returned from a visit to Mexico. The second case was a nun at the same convent who had close contact with the first. The third case was a woman who was o [...]
2009-05-08 07:25:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09SEOUL745SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; May 11, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-11 07:32:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL750ROKG NOTIFICATION OF UAV FLIGHT TEST
[...] (S) Park So-yeon of the ROK-U.S. Security Cooperation Division on May 11 notified post of a planned flight test of the Haeseong-II UAV on May 21. 2. (S) Begin Text: In accordance with the ROK's New Missile Guidelines adopted on January 17, 2001, the ROKG would like to provide the USG [...]
2009-05-12 00:40:00Embassy SeoulSECRETMARR MCAP PARM KPAL KS
09SEOUL751ROKG NOTIFICATION OF UAV FLIGHT TEST
[...] (S) Park So-yeon of the ROK-U.S. Security Cooperation Division on May 11 notified post of a planned flight test of the Haeseong-II UAV on May 21. 2. (S) Begin Text: In accordance with the ROK's New Missile Guidelines adopted on January 17, 2001, the ROKG would like to provide the USG [...]
2009-05-12 01:07:00Embassy SeoulSECRETMARR MCAP PARM KPAL KS
09SEOUL752ROKG NOTIFICATION OF UAV FLIGHT TEST
[...] (S) Park So-yeon of the ROK-U.S. Security Cooperation Division on May 11 notified post of a planned flight test of the Haeseong-II UAV on May 21. 2. (S) Begin Text: In accordance with the ROK's New Missile Guidelines adopted on January 17, 2001, the ROKG would like to provide the USG [...]
2009-05-12 01:07:00Embassy SeoulSECRETMARR MCAP PARM KPAL KS
09SEOUL758SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; May 12, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-12 06:35:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL762SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; May 13, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-13 07:35:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL776NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - APRIL 2009
[...] (U) DPRK Reportedly Bans Wide Array of Goods from Markets: The Korea Institute for Far Eastern Studies (IFES) reported that "North Korea Intellectual Solidarity," a South Korean civic group consisting of 600 North Korean defectors, claimed that North Korean authorities released on March 15 a l [...]
2009-05-15 01:00:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN
09SEOUL790PRESIDENT LEE'S POPULARITY FLUCTUATES;
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The April 29 by-elections, in which the ruling Grand National Party (GNP) failed to win any of the five seats up for grabs (reftel),only served to put further strain on factional divides within the party. The elections were actually a test of the fractures within both the ruling [...]
2009-05-18 07:12:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALKS KN PGOV PREL
09SEOUL791SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; May 18, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-18 23:03:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL797SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; May 19, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-19 05:32:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL805ROKG NOTIFICATION OF DELAY OF UAV FLIGHT TEST
[...] (S) Park So-yeon of the ROK-U.S. Security Cooperation Division on May 20 notified post that the planned flight test of the Haeseong-II UAV in reftel was delayed one day from May 21 to May 22. The planned flight test of the Haeseong-II UAV is now scheduled for May 22. All other information i [...]
2009-05-20 06:32:00Embassy SeoulSECRETMARR MCAP PARM KPAL KS
09SEOUL810SEOUL ESTH UPDATE - APRIL 2009
[...] On April 27, the Korean government unveiled an interim plan for its four major river restoration projects, aimed at flood control, securing sufficient water supplies, upgrading river water quality, and reviving ecosystems, as well as boosting local economies through job creation to carry out t [...]
2009-05-21 05:51:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAGR ECON ENRG TBIO TPHY TRGY TSPA KGHG KS
09SEOUL811ROKG NOTIFICATION OF ROCKET FLIGHT TEST
[...] (S) Park So-yeon of the ROK-U.S. Security Cooperation Division on May 20 notified post of a planned flight test of the NHK-II PIP rocket on June 3. 2. (S) Begin text: In accordance with the ROK's New Missile Guidelines adopted on January 17, 2001, the ROKG would like to provide the US [...]
2009-05-21 06:05:00Embassy SeoulSECRETMARR MCAP PARM KPAL KS
09SEOUL813SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; May 21, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-21 07:02:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL818SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; May 22, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-22 06:06:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL822ROKG REACTION TO 2ND DPRK NUCLEAR TEST: SUPPORT
[...] (S) SUMMARY: ROKG Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security and Six-Party Talks Wi Sung-lac told the Ambassador in a May 25 afternoon meeting that the ROKG agreed with the USG that the test was an "outright challenge" to the international community and required a firm response. H [...]
2009-05-25 09:43:00Embassy SeoulSECRETPREL KN KS
09SEOUL823FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR FORMER PRESIDENT ROH AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Former President Roh's funeral will be held in Seoul on May 29 or 30. Most embassies we spoke to are planning to send delegations headed by their respective ambassadors. Roh's death has evoked an outpouring of public support, and, in some quarters, anger at President Lee's ad [...]
2009-05-25 10:26:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KS
09SEOUL824ROKG SUBMITS ASSURANCES FOR TRANSFER OF FOUR ITEMS
[...] (C) Post received a letter containing assurances from the ROKG on May 22 for the transfer of four items as part of the procurement of the ROK's E-737 Airborne Early Warning and Control Program. 2. (C) The text of the ROKG assurances letter is as follows. May 22, 2009 Mr. David J. W [...]
2009-05-26 06:13:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALETTC KOMC KS MNUC PARM
09SEOUL825CORRECTED: ROKG SUBMITS ASSURANCES FOR TRANSFER OF
[...] (C) Post received a letter containing assurances from the ROKG on May 22 for the transfer of four items as part of the procurement of the ROK's E-737 Airborne Early Warning and Control Program. 2. (C) The text of the ROKG assurances letter is as follows. May 22, 2009 Mr. David J. W [...]
2009-05-26 06:33:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALETTC KOMC KS MNUC PARM
09SEOUL826SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; May 26, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-26 07:31:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL827SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-26 07:32:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL83PRESS BULLETIN - January 15, 2009
[...] ROK-U.S. FTA on Shaky Ground (Dong-a Ilbo, January 15, 2009, Page 27) 2. North Korea's Moves Ahead of the Launch of the Obama Administration (Hankook Ilbo, January 15, 2009, Page 39) 3. Expectations for U.S. Diplomacy in the Obama Era (Hankyoreh Shinmun, January 15, 2009, Page 27) 4. N. [...]
2009-01-15 22:39:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL830ROKG JOINS PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE
[...] (C) Summary: On May 26 at 10:00 AM (Seoul Time),the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade announced the ROKG's official endorsement of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI),an immediate response to the North Korean testing of a nuclear device the previous day (reftel B). Still, the M [...]
2009-05-26 09:14:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPARM PHSA PINS PTER PREL KS KN
09SEOUL831CLUSTER OF INFECTED AMCITS RAISES KOREA'S H1N1 TALLY TO 23,
[...] Summary: On May 23, Korea confirmed the first H1N1 diagnosis of an Amcit in Korea; by May 26, the number of infected Amcits in Korea had risen to 16 (of a total of 23 positive diagnoses in Korea). Thirteen Amcit English teachers of 65 recently recruited from the United States and Canada were d [...]
2009-05-26 21:50:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDCASC TBIO KFLU KS
09SEOUL839SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-27 07:25:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL840SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; May 27, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-27 07:33:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL841KOREAN ECONOMY BEGINS TO SHOW FASTER-THAN-EXPECTED SIGNS OF
[...] (SBU) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not rpt not intended for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Korean economy has proved more resilient than most think tanks expected during the steepest part of the global downturn in January and February. In the first quarter of 20 [...]
2009-05-28 10:19:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KS
09SEOUL843SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; May 28, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-28 10:23:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL846KOREAN ECONOMY BEGINS TO SHOW FASTER-THAN-EXPECTED SIGNS OF
[...] (SBU) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not rpt not intended for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Korean economy has proved more resilient than most think tanks expected during the steepest part of the global downturn in January and February. In the first quarter of 20 [...]
2009-05-28 10:27:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KS
09SEOUL847KOREAN ECONOMY BEGINS TO SHOW FASTER-THAN-EXPECTED SIGNS OF
[...] (SBU) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not rpt not intended for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Korean economy has proved more resilient than most think tanks expected during the steepest part of the global downturn in January and February. In the first quarter of 20 [...]
2009-05-28 10:29:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KS
09SEOUL85PRESS BULLETIN - January 16, 2009
[...] FTA Floundering (JoongAng Ilbo, January 16, 2009, Page 26) Features 2. Obama Ally Calls Korea-U.S. FTA "Unfinished Business" (Dong-a Ilbo, January 16, 2009, Page 3) 3. U.S. Embassy Provides Online Information on Visa-free U.S. Travel (Kookmin Ilbo, January 16, 2009, Page 5) 4. ROK's [...]
2009-01-16 05:56:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL854SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; May 29, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-29 07:01:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL865SEOUL - PRESS BULLETI; June 1, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-01 07:18:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL872SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 2, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-02 07:10:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL877SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 3, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-03 06:58:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL878SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-03 06:58:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL881SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 4, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-04 06:27:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL893SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 5, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-05 06:37:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL90MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-20 07:38:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR
09SEOUL905SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 8, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-08 07:03:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL907SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 9, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-09 06:56:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL91PRESS BULLETIN - January 20, 2009
[...] ROK-U.S. Cooperation Is Leverage in Resolving North Korean Nuclear Issue (Dong-a Ilbo, January 19, 2009, Page 31) 2. KORUS FTA and Hillary Clinton's True Intentions (Chosun Ilbo, January 20, 2009, Page 27) 3. Obama's Train of Hope (Dong-a Ilbo, January 20, 2009, Page 30) 4. The Incoming O [...]
2009-01-20 08:02:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL923SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-11 07:04:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL924SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 11, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-11 07:08:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL930SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 12, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-12 07:02:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL941SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 15, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-15 07:04:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL951SEOUL ESTH UPDATE - MAY 2009
[...] The third biennial summit of the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, held in Seoul from May 18-21, reviewed progress that cities have made in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and assessed future challenges. At the summit, mayors and officials from the world's 40 biggest cities plus 17 affil [...]
2009-06-16 06:46:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG PREL TBIO TPHY TRGY TSPA KGHG KFLU KS
09SEOUL952SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 16, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-16 07:08:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL965SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 17, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-17 07:18:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL973SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 18, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-18 07:13:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL974SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-18 07:14:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL982SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 19, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-19 05:57:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL992SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 22, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-22 05:36:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL997SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 23, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-23 06:16:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SHANGHAI105(SBU) YANGTZE RIVER DELTA PROPERTY DEVELOPERS FEELING THE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Prospective home buyers in the Yangtze River Delta are holding off on home purchases for now, preferring to wait on the sidelines in anticipation that home prices will continue to fall, according to a wide range of Consulate contacts Econoff spoke with in recent weeks. Banks, [...]
2009-03-04 10:28:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCH ECON EFIN PGOV
09SHANGHAI120(SBU) SHANGHAI UNSURE OF NEXT STEPS IN THE WAKE OF THE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Foreign banks have largely been able to regain access to the renminbi interbank market after Chinese banks pulled credit lines this past fall in the wake of the Lehman Brothers collapse, Shanghai interlocutors told a Treasury delegation on February 19-20. The financial sector [...]
2009-03-13 10:53:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCH ECON EFIN PGOV PREL
09SHANGHAI122SHANGHAI AUTHORITIES ON TRANSPORTATION SECURITY, IPR AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a February 15-18 visit to Shanghai, a delegation of 11 U.S. Senate Finance Committee staff members and 4 U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials engaged representatives from Shanghai Customs, Shanghai Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau (CIQ),China Shi [...]
2009-03-17 07:58:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CH CVIS ELTN ETRD EWWT KIPR PREL
09SHANGHAI135(C) SHANGHAI SCHOLARS SAY CHINA CANNOT STOP NORTH KOREAN
[...] (C) Summary: Shanghai scholars believe North Korea will launch its missile (or satellite) as a means to influence U.S. policy and drive a wedge between the United States and its regional allies. Political normalization with the United States is of paramount importance to North Korea, which pr [...]
2009-03-23 06:49:00Consulate ShanghaiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM CH KN KS JA
09SHANGHAI148WORLD EXPO 2010: ENVIRONMENTAL FOCUS ON "BETTER CITY, BETTER
[...] SUMMARY: Shanghai officials and event organizers are already touting the "green" focus of Expo 2010, set to open May 1, 2010 and run for six months. With the theme "Better City, Better Life," the Expo will showcase new approaches to urban development, human habitats, lifestyles, and working c [...]
2009-04-02 08:33:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ETRD ENRG TRGY SCUL BEXP CH
09SHANGHAI151(C) SHANGHAI LAWYER SUING FOR ECONOMIC STIMULUS
[...] (C) Summary. Shanghai-based lawyer Yan Yiming on March 20 described his requests for increased government transparency on the RMB 4 trillion stimulus package announced last fall. Yan is pushing the Central Government to allow National People's Congress (NPC) delegates more time to deliberate [...]
2009-04-03 04:09:00Consulate ShanghaiCONFIDENTIALCH EFIN KJUS PGOV PINR ECON
09SHANGHAI169SHANGHAI PROMOTING ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: To meet Shanghai's energy demands and ambitious Central Government-mandated energy consumption reduction targets, Shanghai officials are working hard to adjust the city's energy mix by reducing its reliance on coal through the use of environmentally-friendly resources and improv [...]
2009-04-14 08:32:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON TRGY SENV EFIN CH
09SHANGHAI178AMERICAN BISHOP SHARES IMPRESSIONS OF EASTER IN SHANGHAI AND
[...] (C) An American Catholic Bishop who was born in Beijing shared his views on celebrating Easter in Shanghai during a lunch with Chinese religious leaders and academics at the Consulate. The Bishop and Chinese guests asserted that much progress has been made for religious believers in Shanghai w [...]
2009-04-17 08:53:00Consulate ShanghaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECON KIRF SCUL CH
09SHANGHAI194IPR - MOVING THE BALL DOWN FIELD IN ZHEJIANG WITH PATENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Building on the Consulate's successful engagement with Zhejiang intellectual property (IP) officials during a roundtable in January 2009 (reftel),the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and China's State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) co-sponsored a joint seminar on [...]
2009-04-28 08:31:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD EINV EFIN PGOV CH
09SHANGHAI201STIMULUS PROVIDES LIFELINE TO CHINA'S TEXTILE AND APPAREL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Government stimulus policies have saved thousands of apparel manufacturers in East China from shutting down production as dramatic drops in volume, sharp price cuts and RMB appreciation erode profit margins. During a series of meetings with Yangtze River Delta (YRD) apparel an [...]
2009-04-30 08:57:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV ETRD ELAB KTEX CH
09SHANGHAI230CODEL PELOSI'S MEETING WITH SHANGHAI CATHOLIC BISHOP JIN,
[...] (U) Summary. Shanghai Catholic Bishop Jin welcomed Speaker Pelosi and her delegation in their first meeting following arrival in China on May 24, and proclaimed himself to be satisfied with the degree of religious freedom now existing in China. He praised President Obama's May commencement [...]
2009-05-25 10:13:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KIRF SOCI PGOV OVIP PELOSI NANCY CH
09SHANGHAI231CODEL PELOSI'S MEETING WITH SHANGHAI CATHOLIC BISHOP JIN,
[...] (U) Summary. Shanghai Catholic Bishop Jin welcomed Speaker Pelosi and her delegation in their first meeting following arrival in China on May 24, and proclaimed himself to be satisfied with the degree of religious freedom now existing in China. He praised President Obama's May commencement [...]
2009-05-25 10:13:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KIRF SOCI PGOV OVIP PELOSI NANCY CH
09SHANGHAI237(SBU) SHANGHAI UPBEAT ON OPENING TO TAIWAN FINANCIAL FIRMS
[...] (SBU) Summary. At a recent financial forum, Chinese officials and financial sector professionals offered an upbeat assessment of the potential for Taiwan financial firms to enter the mainland market. The panelists cited opportunities offered by the current financial crisis, as some Western f [...]
2009-05-27 07:48:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCH ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL TW
09SHANGHAI246S/P DIRECTOR SLAUGHTER DISCUSSES NORTH KOREA, G2, INTERNET,
[...] (C) Summary: During her visit to Shanghai May 28-31, Director of Policy Planning (S/P) Dr. Anne-Marie Slaughter met with Shanghai academics, the local business community, and Shanghai Expo Bureau officials. The scholars said China is upset by recent North Korean provocations and will likely [...]
2009-06-03 02:05:00Consulate ShanghaiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EIND EINT CH KN KS JA PK
09SHANGHAI249SHANGHAI QUIET ON TIANANMEN ANNIVERSARY
[...] (C) Shanghai appeared quiet on the 20th anniversary of the June 4 Tiananmen Square crackdown. CongenOffs visiting People's Square, Pudong, and local universities observed an increased police presence in several areas, but there were few indications that the situation was anything but business [...]
2009-06-04 09:22:00Consulate ShanghaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECON ELAB SOCI ASEC CH
09SHANGHAI257(C) CHINA UNLIKELY TO FULLY IMPLEMENT UN SANCTIONS ON NORTH
[...] (C) Summary: Shanghai scholars believe North Korea, for domestic political reasons, will not bow to international pressure in the near term over its recent provocative actions. Tension on the Korean peninsula is nearing a "climax," after which a "cooling down period" will be necessary to bring [...]
2009-06-12 02:04:00Consulate ShanghaiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM CH KN KS JA TW
09SHANGHAI273CHINA'S HEALTHCARE REFORM/REBALANCING: THE SHANGHAI
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: China released its national roadmap for healthcare reform on April 6, which calls for universal healthcare coverage by 2020 and large investments in key areas. Provinces and municipalities (who will bear a large amount of the implementation costs) are now formulating their own [...]
2009-06-22 06:05:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON SOCI EFIN TBIO CH
09SHANGHAI291HOUSEHOLDS LOOKING AT REAL ESTATE PURCHASES, BUT GROWTH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Chinese households in cities across China began to show renewed interest in residential property during the first four months of 2009, but the boost this gives to the economy is limited because developers are still running down their housing inventory. Speculators, who drove i [...]
2009-07-01 05:46:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCH ECON EFIN EINV ELAB PGOV SOCI
09SHANGHAI320CELEBRATING U.S. INDEPENDENCE DAY IN NANJING
[...] Summary: High level enthusiastic attendance at Consulate General Shanghai's first ever Independence Day reception in Nanjing July 8 provided the capstone to our intensive outreach efforts over the past ten months. Senior leaders of both Jiangsu Province and Nanjing Municipality participate [...]
2009-07-17 10:45:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV SOCI BEXP KPAO ECON CH
09SHANGHAI341(C) SHANGHAI SCHOLARS ASSESS DPRK'S RECENT PROVOCATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: Shanghai scholars said in early July they believe North Korea was reacting to both international pressures and domestic needs with their series of recent provocations. Scholars noted a strong connection between Kim Jong Il's declining health, his potential successor, and the nucl [...]
2009-07-31 08:26:00Consulate ShanghaiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM CH KN KS
09SHANGHAI360SHANGHAI SCHOLARS ON NORTH KOREAN POLICY GOALS AND
[...] (C) Summary: Shanghai foreign affairs experts believe North Korea seeks to be recognized as a nuclear weapons state, and Kim Jong-il has moved close to the views of the North Korean military in order to maintain stability during the transfer of power to his successor. The scholars all conclude [...]
2009-08-17 03:24:00Consulate ShanghaiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM CH KN KS
09SHANGHAI367SENATOR NELSON RAISES CONCERNS OVER CONTAMINATED DRYWALL
[...] (SBU) In an August 11 meeting with senior officials of China's General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ),Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) expressed concern over the devastating impact of contaminated drywall imported from China on U.S. households and indicated [...]
2009-08-20 08:28:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND ETRD PGOV OVIP CH
09SHANGHAI41EXPECTATIONS FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA AND THE FUTURE OF
[...] (C) Summary: Shanghai scholars view U.S.-China relations the past eight years in a positive light and do not expect big changes under President Obama, though they admit they know little about the new President. They emphasize the need for bilateral cooperation on the global financial crisis b [...]
2009-01-21 02:24:00Consulate ShanghaiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD CH PHUM PINR TW
09SHANGHAI55CHINA SETS SIGHTS HIGH FOR NEW REGIONAL JET
[...] (SBU) Summary: China's ambition to produce a domestically designed and manufactured aircraft, the ARJ21 "regional jet", is nearing reality. During a January 8 visit to the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC),Consulate officers talked with company executives and viewed the plane [...]
2009-01-30 11:23:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR EINV ETRD ECON KIPR ELAB CH
09SHANGHAI58CORRECTED COPY: CHINA SETS SIGHTS HIGH FOR NEW REGIONAL JET
[...] (SBU) Summary: China's ambition to produce a domestically designed and manufactured aircraft, the ARJ21 "regional jet", is nearing reality. During a January 8 visit to the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC),Consulate officers talked with company executives and viewed the plane [...]
2009-02-02 03:56:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR EINV ETRD ECON KIPR ELAB CH
09SHANGHAI63SHANGHAI REFORMING MIGRANT CHILDREN EDUCATION, BUT
[...] (C) Summary: Shanghai's large migrant population poses challenges for the Shanghai Government, as it tries to enact reforms of migrant children's education. Interlocutors cited the low quality of teachers, poor infrastructure, and the commercialization of migrant schools, which are run by mig [...]
2009-02-03 08:44:00Consulate ShanghaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV SCUL SMIG PINR SOCI CH
09SHANGHAI73SHANGHAI SCHOLARS ON NORTH KOREA: PROVOCATIONS TO DRAW OBAMA
[...] (C) Summary: Shanghai scholars explained North Korea's recent provocative actions as attempts to draw the Obama Administration's attention and pressure South Korea to continue aid to North Korea. They offered little insight on the succession issue but said recent rumors about Kim Jong-il's t [...]
2009-02-09 09:04:00Consulate ShanghaiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH KN KS JA
09SHANGHAI96ANHUI'S AUTO INDUSTRY HURT BY ECONOMIC DOWNTURN, BENEFITS
[...] (SBU) Summary: After years of double-digit growth, Chery Automobile Company and Jianghuai Automobile Company (JAC),two large Chinese auto manufacturers headquartered in Anhui Province, saw sales slump in 2008 due to the economic downturn, with exports hit particularly hard. Recent government [...]
2009-02-27 01:39:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EFIN EINV ELAB EIND PGOV CH
09SHENYANG134DANDONG VANADIUM SEIZURE PART OF "CONTINUING
[...] (S) Summary. Reports of a July 24 seizure of 70 kilograms of vanadium at the China-North Korea border at Dandong were confirmed by Customs Officials, who portrayed the event as business as usual. A key government contact, however, took pains to tell us that in fact things have tightened up [...]
2009-07-29 04:10:00Consulate ShenyangSECRETCH ECON KN KS PGOV PREF PREL RS
09SHENYANG137CHINESE VANADIUM SEIZURE FOLLOW-UP
[...] (C)Summary. On July 30 Congenoffs went to Dandong to observe land port inspections and meet with Foreign Affairs Office (FAO) officials regarding the discovery of an attempt to smuggle vanadium concealed in fruit containers (reftel). Officials clarified that the vanadium had actually been disc [...]
2009-07-31 04:26:00Consulate ShenyangCONFIDENTIALCH ECON KN KS PGOV PREF PEL RS
09SHENYANG141PRC-DPRK BORDER: DPRK ECONOMY ROBUST, UNSC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Sources agree that the North Korean economy appears to be the strongest it has been in recent memory. Chinese officials may be enforcing UNSC 1874 (Ref A, B) and financial sanctions through stepped-up inspections at the PRC-DPRK border, but there is local skepticism about the abil [...]
2009-08-13 04:02:00Consulate ShenyangSECRETCH ECON KN KS PREL RS
09SHENYANG148PRC EXPERT FORESEES NO INSTABILITY IN DPRK POWER
[...] (C) Summary: Jilin Province's foremost Korean Peninsula scholar does not foresee instability during the transfer of power to DPRK leader Kim Jong-il's successor, but predicated longer-term stability on an improved economic situation. After his reshuffle of the military in early 2009, Kim has [...]
2009-08-21 03:10:00Consulate ShenyangCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM ECON KN KS CH
09SHENYANG168AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO DALIAN FOR THE WORLD
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador's message of mutual cooperation and mutual learning received a warm welcome in Dalian, Liaoning Province, against the backdrop of the World Economic Forum's Summer Davos event. Local officials were eager to discuss increased economic and cultural exchange between [...]
2009-09-18 01:08:00Consulate ShenyangCONFIDENTIALCH ECIN ECON EIND EINT EMIN ENIV ETRD PGOV
09SHENYANG170DPRK CONFIDENT BUT ANXIOUS; PRC ENVOYS; INFORMAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A new consulate contact who has extensive experience in North Korea believes the DPRK's "charm offensive" is the result of newfound confidence stemming from its missile launch and nuclear test. North Korea feels economically and politically dominated by China, so it is anxious [...]
2009-09-25 01:50:00Consulate ShenyangCONFIDENTIALCH ECON EFIN EMIN ETRD KN KS PARM PREL
09SHENYANG194IN THE ZONE: COMPANIES TELL US THEIR DALIAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: The October 26 ) 27 visit of officers from the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) to various development zones in the port city of Dalian, Liaoning Province, provided an opportunity to visit several U.S.-invested and Chinese companies, including Intel, Epoch Internation [...]
2009-11-05 23:28:00Consulate ShenyangUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON CH ETRD WEET PGOV PREL
09SHENYANG200MEETING WITH ROK POLMIN SUNGNAM LIM: FRUSTRATIONS
[...] (SBU) ROK Political Minister Lim Sungnam, a relative newcomer in Beijing (two months, overlapping by his account somewhat awkwardly with his predecessor),dropped by Shenyang briefly on November 9 before jetting off to Harbin as part of a Northeast familiarization tour. Lim asked the Consul G [...]
2009-11-10 03:28:00Consulate ShenyangCONFIDENTIALPGOV CH PMIL ROK
09SHENYANG222Consular Section Outreach on SAO Procedures
[...] Summary: U.S. Consulate Shenyang's SAO officer met with students, professors, and company executives at various institutions and enterprises in Northeast China in an effort to help them prepare adequately for the visa interview. The institutions and enterprises were chosen for their large nu [...]
2009-12-22 02:34:00Consulate ShenyangUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS PREL CH SCUL
09SHENYANG76PRC-DPRK BORDER: CHINESE TENSE, NORTH KOREANS BUSY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In light of the DPRK's detainment of two American journalists, Chinese officials have taken measures to tighten access by foreigners to border areas. Even areas previously open to tourists and foreigners are now restricted. Meetings with government, Public Security Bureau (PSB),[...]
2009-04-24 04:03:00Consulate ShenyangCONFIDENTIALCH ECON KN KS PGOV PREL RS
09SINGAPORE10622009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT
[...] (U) Per reftel instructions, Post submits its draft 2009-2010 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, Drugs and Chemical Control Section, Volume 1. 2. (SBU) Begin text. I. Summary The Government of Singapore (GOS) enforces stringent counter-narcotics policies through strict [...]
2009-11-02 04:38:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM SNAR ECON ETRD PREL SN
09SINGAPORE12SINGAPORE: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] Singapore continued its bilateral and multilateral intelligence and law enforcement cooperation to investigate terrorist groups, focusing on Jemaah Islamiya (JI). As of December, Singapore held in detention 19 persons with links to terrorist groups. Detainees included members of JI who had plo [...]
2009-01-05 03:55:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR SN
09SINGAPORE1224SINGAPORE: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] Embassy Singapore submits the following draft narrative for the 2009 Country Reports on Terrorism. Please note that requests for updated statistics for the first paragraph are pending with the government of Singapore. Post will submit that data separately. For purposes of this draft, we hav [...]
2009-12-21 08:27:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR SN
09SINGAPORE180SINGAPORE: SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE
[...] (S/NF) Post's reply is keyed to Reftel A: STATE 13023. - - - - - - - - - - - 5. POLITICAL VIOLENCE - - - - - - - - - - - I. (SBU) DEMONSTRATIONS A. No. Singapore has a wide range of ethnic/religious communities. Singapore hosts significant numbers of Bangladeshi and Indonesian guest [...]
2009-02-27 10:04:00Embassy SingaporeSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER
09SINGAPORE28 GAO REVIEWS CANCELLATION OF SFI TRIAL IN SINGAPORE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A three-person team from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) visited Singapore December 12 to 19 to meet with GOS officials, private sector representatives, and Embassy personnel regarding cancellation of the Secure Freight Initiative (SFI) trial. At a multi-agency brie [...]
2009-01-09 03:59:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKSLG ETRD ECON SN
09SINGAPORE288SINGAPORE-INDIA: STRATEGIC SYMBIOSIS
[...] (C) Summary: Singapore is working systematically with India to strengthen India's bilateral and regional engagement in East Asia, Ambassador-at-Large Tommy Koh, Indian High Commissioner S. Jaishankar, and other contacts told CDA and Embassy officers. Symbolic of this was Foreign Minister Geor [...]
2009-03-27 10:46:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON MOPS SN IN
09SINGAPORE401 SINGAPORE: SWINE FLU CONTAINMENT MEASURES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There have been no cases of swine influenza detected in Singapore, but the Ministry of Health (MOH) and Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) are taking preventive measures against the spread of the disease. CAAS has installed thermal scanners for arriving passengers at [...]
2009-04-27 10:31:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU EAGR EAIR CASC ECON SN
09SINGAPORE420 SINGAPORE: NO H1N1 CASES; NEW VISA REQUIREMENTS FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There are no confirmed cases of H1N1 type A influenza in Singapore, but the Ministry of Health (MOH) raised its alert level on May 1 from yellow to orange, indicating a potentially greater risk of human-to-human transmission but without declaring a pandemic. The GOS has institu [...]
2009-05-06 01:16:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU EAGR EAIR CASC ECON SN
09SINGAPORE445 SINGAPORE: NO H1N1 CASES; NO MORE VISA REQUIREMENTS FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There are no confirmed cases of H1N1 influenza in Singapore and the Ministry of Health (MOH) lowered its alert level from orange to yellow on May 11. The GOS lifted its visa requirement for Mexican citizens on May 12, but seven-day quarantine requirements for people with recent [...]
2009-05-13 10:05:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU EAGR EAIR CASC ECON SN
09SINGAPORE460CULTURE WAR ROILS SINGAPORE'S FEEBLE CIVIL SOCIETY
[...] (C) Summary: The Association of Women for Action and Research (AWARE),a Singapore women's rights organization, suffered a wrenching leadership fight from March 28 through May 2. Though relatively trivial in itself, the episode offers a window on some developing dynamics in Singapore societ [...]
2009-05-15 10:45:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM SN
09SINGAPORE467 SINGAPORE: NO H1N1 CASES; HOME QUARANTINE REQUIREMENTS
[...] (U) There are still no reported cases of H1N1 Type A Influenza in Singapore. As of 1700 on May 17, the Ministry of Health (MOH) reported that 37 suspected cases have been investigated and, of those, 30 cases tested negative for Influenza A, while seven cases tested positive for typical seasona [...]
2009-05-18 07:58:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU EAGR EAIR CASC ETRD ECON SN
09SINGAPORE495 SINGAPORE: FIRST H1N1 CASE CONFIRMED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Singapore confirmed its first case of H1N1 Influenza in a 22-year-old woman who returned from a visit to New York on May 26. The Ministry of Health continues to investigate other suspect cases and has instituted Home Quarantine Orders for people found to have had close contact w [...]
2009-05-27 10:50:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU EAGR EAIR CASC ETRD ECON SN
09SINGAPORE51 SINGAPORE - 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] (U) In response to reftel instructions, this message is Post's draft chapter of the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Singapore. As requested, we have also provided via email a Microsoft Word version of the document to EB/IFD/OIA. 2. (SBU) Begin text of Statement: 2009 Investment Cli [...]
2009-01-15 09:16:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ETRD EFIN ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR SN
09SINGAPORE518 SINGAPORE: SEVEN H1N1 CASES CONFIRMED, AMCIT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Singapore has seven confirmed cases of H1N1 Influenza as of June 1. Three of the early cases, including an active member of the U.S. military, recovered and have been released from the hospital. Six of the seven cases were contracted during travel to the United States. MFA h [...]
2009-06-03 01:16:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU EAIR CASC ECON SN
09SINGAPORE540 U.S. AND SINGAPORE ENERGY PARTNERSHIPS
[...] (SBU) Singapore is the world's third largest oil-refining center and a highly developed economy with substantial foreign investment in the energy sector. Energy-related projects and research are typically funded by multinational corporations and academic institutions with a presence here. The [...]
2009-06-08 08:41:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECIN ENRG APECO ECON SN
09SINGAPORE559SINGAPORE MUSLIMS IMPRESSED BY CAIRO SPEECH, BUT
[...] (U) Summary: President Obama's June 4 speech in Cairo generated a lot of attention and discussion in Singapore's Muslim community. Singapore's Muslims appreciated President Obama's Cairo speech, but they want to see what actions he will take, especially with regard to the Israeli-Palestinian [...]
2009-06-12 10:22:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPAO SCUL SOCI SN
09SINGAPORE563ANTI-ISLAM PAMPHLETS PROVOKE JAIL TERMS FOR
[...] (C) Summary: A Singapore court found a couple guilty of sedition on May 28 and sentenced them on June 10 to eight weeks in prison for distributing Christian pamphlets offensive to Muslims. The U.S.-published pamphlets, "The Little Bride" and "Who Is Allah?", portrayed Islam as "dangerous" a [...]
2009-06-16 07:28:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALPHUM SN
09SINGAPORE603SINGAPORE: 220 H1N1 CASES; SLOW MOVE TO MITIGATION STRATEGY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Singapore health officials have confirmed 220 cases of H1N1 influenza as of June 24, including numerous cases of local transmission. With community spread of the virus confirmed, the Ministry of Health (MOH) announced June 22 that Singapore would begin the transition from a con [...]
2009-06-25 10:25:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU EAGR CASC ETRD ECON SN
09SINGAPORE61JOURNALISTS FRUSTRATED BY PRESS CONTROLS
[...] (C) Summary: Singapore journalists say they are increasingly frustrated with GOS-imposed limits on their domestic reporting. Political leaders put pressure on the Straits Times (ST) staff to ensure that the paper's domestic coverage follows the government line. Reporters say they are eager [...]
2009-01-16 09:57:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI PREL SN
09SINGAPORE715 SINGAPORE ELECTRONICS SECTOR RECOVERING, BUT FUTURE IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Singapore's electronics manufacturing sector is facing a transformative shift as it begins to recover from recession. The economic downturn gave a further push to a trend already underway as high-volume, lower value-added manufacturing departed Singapore for lower-cost produce [...]
2009-07-29 10:20:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EINV SN
09SINGAPORE717 TEMASEK MULLING OPENING FUND TO CO-INVESTORS
[...] (U) Ho Ching, CEO of Singapore sovereign wealth fund Temasek Holdings, disclosed in a July 29 speech that the fund was considering opening up to co-investors from the general public. Ho said a pilot program would organize relevant structures and devise rules of engagement on how to proceed wi [...]
2009-07-30 08:50:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV SN
09SINGAPORE779READOUT OF SOUTHEAST ASIA ISSUES DISCUSSED AT TWELFTH
[...] (U) The 12th annual meetings of the Asia Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG) convened July 5 through 10 in Brisbane, Australia. The APG highlighted challenges in Southeast Asia in anti-money laundering (AML) and combating financing of terrorism (CFT) and identified many acute training need [...]
2009-08-18 10:12:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON ETRD EINV PGOV PREL ID MY SN TH VM
09SINGAPORE876NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT) REVIEW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Singapore is supportive of the United States' global counterproliferation agenda and promotes a targeted, risk-based approach to trade and cargo security initiatives. Singapore is a trade and financial services hub and has a key role to play in monitoring and preventing the f [...]
2009-09-11 00:06:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALKNNP ENRG PARM PREL PGOV UNGA IAEA SN
09SINGAPORE930SINGAPORE ALLOWS FIRST POLITICAL FILM SINCE 1998
[...] (C) Summary: In the first ruling of its kind under Singapore's recently amended Films Act, film censors have reversed a ban on "Singapore Rebel," a film by Martyn See about opposition politician Chee Soon Juan. In rating the film, however, authorities prohibited its exhibition to anyone und [...]
2009-09-24 09:50:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SN
09SINGAPORE965 SINGAPORE'S HEALTHCARE SYSTEM: ADDRESSING COSTS AND CARE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Singapore's first graduate medical school, a partnership between Duke University and the National University of Singapore (NUS),opened September 29. The physicians it graduates will increase Singapore's pool of new doctors and help the island address increased healthcare deman [...]
2009-10-02 09:59:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO SOCI ECON SN
09SKOPJE203FRAUD SUMMARY - SKOPJE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-06 11:25:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KV MK
09SKOPJE214SCENESETTER FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S VISIT TO MACEDONIA
[...] (SBU) Your visit presents an opportune moment to underscore to Macedonians that the Obama Administration is not "pro-Greek," that the United States is prepared to engage in active behind-the-scenes support for developing a reasonable solution to the name dispute -- working with BOTH sides -- [...]
2009-05-12 18:23:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM MOPS GR KV MK
09SKOPJE514MACEDONIA: GRUEVSKI INSISTS ON PROGRESS IN
[...] SUMMARY: (SBU) PM Nikola Gruevski continued to closely monitor and insist on judicial reform in an October 15 meeting with OSCE and the Embassy. While progress has been made on some reforms, most have not been fully implemented, despite promises made by Justice Minister Mihajlo Manevski in Jun [...]
2009-10-27 16:05:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM MK
09SKOPJE538MACEDONIA: DUI LEADER AHMETI OPPOSES NAME ISSUE
[...] (C) Summary: During meetings on October 26 and November 1, ethnic-Albanian coalition party leader Ali Ahmeti and Ambassador Reeker discussed PM Nikola Gruevski's recent trip to Brussels and his meeting with new Greek PM Papandreou. Ahmeti noted that the PM seemed to have a renewed openness to [...]
2009-11-09 18:32:00Embassy SkopjeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL GR MK
09SKOPJE601MACEDONIA: GOVERNMENT USES STATE ORGANS TO ENFORCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Over the past month, it appears that Prime Minister Gruevski and his VMRO inner circle have used the judicial and policing arms of the state to enforce party discipline and quell dissent, which has contributed to an increasing climate of fear. The government has been using a catch [...]
2009-12-14 09:11:00Embassy SkopjeCONFIDENTIALPGOV XG ZL MK
09SKOPJE672009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT FOR MACEDONIA
[...] SUMMARY: During the reporting period the GOM continued to show a strong commitment to combating trafficking-in-persons (TIP) and participated in cross-border operations and other international activities directed at identifying and eliminating human trafficking. High-ranking GOM officials took [...]
2009-02-13 14:52:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM KCRM KTIP KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC ELAB MK
09SOFIA11BULGARIA: RECENT VIOLENCE IN KOSOVO A SERBIAN
[...] (C) Bulgaria views the recent outbreak of violence between Kosovar Serbs and Kosovar Albanians in Mitrovica as a Serbian test of EULEX. According to MFA Head of Western Balkans Krasimir Tulechki, the recent events are another example of "Belgrade provoking Pristina." Tulechki noted that al [...]
2009-01-09 14:23:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SR KV BU
09SOFIA127BULGARIA: THE ECONOMY'S MUDDLING THROUGH, BUT THE
[...] (C) Summary: Bulgaria is finally feeling the effects of the global financial crisis. After years of impressive growth, major indicators are down and the real economy is taking a hit. But years of fiscal conservatism have left Bulgaria with sufficient buffers to avoid the financial turbulen [...]
2009-03-25 07:43:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL PGOV BU
09SOFIA154SOFIA'S MEAN STREETS
[...] (C) Summary: Sofia's streets are a showcase for potholes and uncollected garbage. Lined by decaying soviet style blocks and uncompleted new construction (mixed with some glitzy modern buildings),they are ugly. While the ordinary crime rate is low, organized crime violence is a recurrent [...]
2009-04-02 14:03:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BU
09SOFIA159BULGARIAN FM KALFIN'S WASHINGTON MEETING WITH THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: FM Kalfin arrives just after his sprint to Ashgabat and the NATO and U.S.-EU Summits and just two weeks before Bulgaria's April 24-25 Energy Summit on natural gas. Anxious for a successful summit, Bulgaria is struggling to confirm high-level attendance and thread the needle tha [...]
2009-04-03 15:30:00Embassy SofiaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV ENGY BU
09SOFIA162BULGARIAN FM KALFIN'S WASHINTON MEETING WITH THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: FM Kalfin arrives just after his sprint to Ashgabat and the NATO and U.S.-EU Summits and just two weeks before Bulgaria's April 24-25 Energy Summit on natural gas. Anxious for a successful summit, Bulgaria is struggling to confirm high-level attendance and thread the needle tha [...]
2009-04-03 17:05:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENGY BU
09SOFIA180BULGARIA'S ENERGY DEBUT: GETTING WHAT WE WANT AT SOFIA'S NATURAL GAS SUMMIT
[...] (C) Summary: The April 24-25 Sofia Energy Summit is many things to many people. Bulgaria's ostensible goal is to improve Europe's outreach and relationship with Central Asian and Caspian producers, while at the same time putting Sofia on the energy map. Russia will use it as a way to highlight and [...]
2009-04-14 06:24:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON PREL PGOV BU
09SOFIA186BULGARIA: PRESIDENT VETOES ELECTION LAW AMENDMENTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Parvanov vetoed amendments to the election law that raise the threshold vote for coalitions to enter the parliament (from 4 to 8 percent) and allow for majority vote election of "district deputies" (31 of the parliament,s 240 seats) rather than on a proportional basis. [...]
2009-04-16 15:45:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV BU
09SOFIA19BULGARIA: ADVANCING U.S. INTERESTS IN MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Ivalyo Kalfin has made a strong case for a meeting with Secretary-designate Clinton following her confirmation. Bulgaria is struggling to deal with the energy crisis and to reverse Moscow's long-standing energy dominance - Kalfin wants the United States to be p [...]
2009-01-14 14:21:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR BU
09SOFIA20BULGARIA 2008: PERSPECTIVE ON A TOUGH YEAR
[...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: Bulgaria begins 2009 with a bad hangover. Pervasive disgust over the problems of recent months and the even grimmer prospects of the coming year has led many here to sink into an already deep hole of apathy and cynicism. Tangible improvements in family income and overall [...]
2009-01-15 05:28:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON BU
09SOFIA226NUTS AND BOLTS OF BULGARIA'S JUNE EUROPEAN ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: For the second time since EU accession, Bulgarians go to the polls June 7 to elect 17 members of the European Parliament (MEPs). Generating little public interest on their own, the MEP elections are viewed more as dress rehearsal for national parliamentary elections on July 5. [...]
2009-05-14 14:51:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL BU
09SOFIA259SCENESETTER FOR CONGRESSMAN POE'S MAY 30-JUNE 1 VISIT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Representative Poe, Embassy Sofia warmly welcomes you and looks forward to a very successful May 30 - June 1 visit. Your visit comes at an important time - just one week before European Parliamentary Elections and five weeks before Bulgaria's national elections. The current S [...]
2009-05-28 12:11:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KCOR KCRCM BU
09SOFIA268BULGARIA APPROVES MANPADS TRANSFER TO SWEDEN
[...] (S) The Government of Bulgaria approves the transfer of 20 Bulgarian manufactured SA-7 MANPADS currently in USG possession to the Government of Sweden for countermeasures testing. In a diplomatic note dated June 1, 2009, the GOB approved the transfer of said MANPADS in response to USG's req [...]
2009-06-05 11:51:00Embassy SofiaSECRETMARR PARM PREL PTER BU
09SOFIA324BULGARIAN ECONOMY: STORM CLOUDS DARKEN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The government will barely get past the July 5 general elections before a gathering economic storm erupts. EU, IMF, WB, and think tank forecasts are turning uniformly negative, with economic contraction now expected to range between 7 and 10 percent. Foreign Direct Investment [...]
2009-06-26 13:45:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PGOV EINV BU
09SOFIA362BULGARIA: NEW CHOD, OLD MINDSET
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The nomination of Simeon Simeonov as Chief of Defense (CHOD) is a testament to the lack of appetite for serious reform. In his previous position as Commander of the Air Force, Air Force modernization lagged far behind the other services. A classic, myopic bureaucrat, he stifle [...]
2009-07-07 08:56:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR BU
09SOFIA369 ELECTED OFFICIALS SENTENCED IN LANDMARK HUMAN TRAFFICKING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Varna District Court sentenced two municipal counselors on June 11 to one and three years respectively for leading and participating in an organized crime group involved in drug trafficking, extortion, and human trafficking. The government froze their property and anticipat [...]
2009-07-08 11:53:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
09SOFIA479BULGARIA: INVESTMENT DISPUTES TEST NEW GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) Summary: Several high profile, U.S.-related investment disputes are testing the new government's resolve to turn Bulgaria into a more transparent investment destination. The successful resolution of these cases, many left over from the previous government, will go far in demonstrating [...]
2009-08-25 08:13:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV ENRG BU
09SOFIA507BULGARIA: USG ENGAGEMENT NEEDED AS GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Driven by mounting budget deficits and a desire to step back from the previous government's cozy energy relationship with Russia, PM Boyko Borissov's new government is re-evaulating Bulgaria's participation in all Russia-led energy projects. On the possible chopping block are t [...]
2009-09-11 10:27:00Embassy SofiaSECRETENRG IAEA PREL PGOV BU
09SOFIA508BULGARIA'S MOST WANTED: THE SKULL, THE BERET, THE
[...] (C) Summary: The number and scale of deeply entrenched organized crime (OC) groups operating in Bulgaria present a tremendous challenge to the new government as it strains to enforce the rule of law. The Bulgarian mafia bosses, better known by nicknames such as the Skull, Big Margin, and the [...]
2009-09-11 10:56:00Embassy SofiaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV KCRM KCOR BU
09SOFIA548BULGARIA LAUNCHES PLAN TO REFORM JUDICIARY
[...] (SBU) Summary: On September 9, the Bulgarian government publicly released a 57-point action plan to address the 21 European Commission (EC) recommendations to improve rule of law. The action plan calls for increasing coordination and transparency in government, creating an anti-organized crime [...]
2009-09-29 09:52:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM BU
09SOFIA694BULGARIA: GOVERNMENT TAKES ON ROADS
[...] (C) Summary: One of the most visible results of years of weak governance and corruption in Bulgaria is the condition of the road network. Roads are in poor repair, congested, and among the most dangerous in the EU. Not one highway has been completed in the past several decades despite promis [...]
2009-12-08 14:39:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BU
09SOFIA697REQUEST FOR BULGARIA TO BE ADDED TO THE GLOBAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Sofia urges the inclusion of Bulgaria to the invitation list for the Global Nuclear Security Summit in Washington planned for April 2010. Bulgaria is an active nuclear power producer and a leading nonproliferation partner in Eastern Europe and the Balkans, a strategicall [...]
2009-12-09 15:21:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM KNNP BT
09SOFIA70BULGARIA: MINISTER OF ENERGY ON POST-GAS CRISIS
[...] (C) Summary: Minister of Economy and Energy Petar Dimitrov used a February 13 meeting with the Ambassador to lay out Bulgaria's post-gas crisis energy strategy. Heavy on diversification projects, the as-yet unwritten plan seeks to distance Bulgaria from Russian energy sources. In the two- [...]
2009-02-18 08:11:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON PREL PGOV
09SOFIA88BULGARIA: 2008 ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bulgaria is primarily a point of origin and transit, and to a lesser degree destination for human trafficking. The government's leading anti-trafficking agency - the National Commission for Combating Trafficking in Persons (the Commission) - stepped up its prevention campaigns a [...]
2009-02-27 10:54:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BU
09STATE100282Allowance and Post Differential
[...] Effective September 27, 2009, unless otherwise noted, allowances and/or post differential rates are revised as shown. These changes are issued under TL:SR-717. 2. Please inform local offices of all U.S. government agencies at the posts listed in this cable. 3. Important: Read this enti [...]
2009-09-25 23:17:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDALOW AMGT APER AFIN
09STATE100928UZBEKISTAN: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Uzbekistan to help strengthe [...]
2009-09-28 19:11:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SMIG KTIP UZ
09STATE10122AGREEMENT WITH BAHAMAS ON STATUS OF FORCES FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraph 2. 2. DOD has asked the Department to secure status protections for U.S. military personnel who will be present in the Bahamas from March 4, 2009 through March 18, 2009 in conjunction with Exercise Tradewinds. Post is requested to immediately propo [...]
2009-02-04 14:56:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA MARR MOPS PM PREL US
09STATE101892UPDATE CONCERNING CONVERSION OF SPACE LAUNCH
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) ACTION REQUEST: Department requests Embassy Paris provide the interagency cleared paper "Update Concerning Conversion of Space Launch Vehicles to Ballistic Missiles" in paragraph 3 below to the French Missile Technology Contro [...]
2009-09-30 19:38:00Secretary of StateSECRETMTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA FR BR
09STATE101893BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-30 19:40:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC IN
09STATE102018CONSULAR ISSUES CABLE -- SEPTEMBER 2009
[...] Thank you to all the bidders who have submitted their bid lists via consularbidders@state.gov. If you are planning to bid on consular positions and have not yet expressed your interest to CA, please do so now. It is that time of year. Remember that your bids should be realistic. If a posi [...]
2009-09-30 22:47:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT
09STATE102518ADRIATIC CHARTER FOREIGN MINISTERS' MEET
[...] Classified by EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Stuart Jones for Reasons: 1.4 (b and d) 2. (U) September 23, 2009; 5:00-6:00 p.m.; New York, New York. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Stuart Jones EUR/SCE - Cathy Westley (note taker) Adriatic Charter Al [...]
2009-10-01 20:50:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EUN NATO CR AL BK SR MK MW
09STATE102684BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 2: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK
[...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 4 and 5. 2. (U) The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on licenses 050190991 and 050192065 for the export of night vision devices and rifles to Togo. Po [...]
2009-10-02 13:17:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALETTC KOMC IS TO
09STATE102729COTE D,IVOIRE: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Cote d,Ivoire to h [...]
2009-10-02 14:12:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG IV
09STATE102732GHANA: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Ghana to help stre [...]
2009-10-02 14:23:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG GH
09STATE103130SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR NUCLEAR
[...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Susan Burk, Special Representative of the President for Nuclear Nonproliferation, met with key interlocutors on preparations for the 2010 Review Conference (RevCon) of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) in Japan from August 25-30 on the mar [...]
2009-10-02 21:37:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALAORC CDG CH ENRG FR KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL RS UK
09STATE103561UNDER SECRETARY BURN'S SEPTEMBER 25, 2009
[...] (U) September 25, 2009; 18:00; New York, USA. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Under Secretary for Political Affairs William Burns WHA Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon Bert Kraaimoore (Notetaker) EL SALVADOR Foreign Minister Hugo Martinez UN PermRep Carmen Maria Gallardo Chief of Cabin [...]
2009-10-05 18:48:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EFIN SMIG SNAR ES HO
09STATE103755MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): NORTH
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) ACTION REQUEST: Department requests Embassy Paris provide the interagency cleared paper "North Korea,s Missile Program" in paragraph 3 below to the French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point of Contact (POC) for [...]
2009-10-06 13:14:00Secretary of StateSECRETMTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA FR BR
09STATE104467MALAYSIAN-BASED FRONT COMPANY FOR IRANIAN
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Seoul please see para 3. 2. (S) Background and objective: The United States has information that in June 2009, the Malaysia-based procurement entity Skylife Worldwide Sdn Bhd expressed interest in purchasing U.S.-origin measuring equipment from th [...]
2009-10-07 15:49:00Secretary of StateSECRETETTC PARM PREL MTCRE MNUC KS MY IR
09STATE104643FOREIGN SERVICE NATIONAL EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND:
[...] This cable provides guidance to all Americans and Locally Employed (LE) Staff for making donations to the Foreign Service National (FSN) Emergency Relief Fund (see paras 4-7). As a result of heavy flooding in Manila, Ouagadougou and Dakar, our LE colleagues in those regions are in urgent nee [...]
2009-10-07 19:28:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT KSEP AFIN APER
09STATE105354CCIT TOPS INDIA'S UNGA PRIORITY LIST: A/S
[...] This is an action request. Please see para 6. 2. SUMMARY. A/S Brimmer met with Indian Joint Secretary for UN Political Affairs Asith Kumar Bhattacharjee on September 23 on the margins of the 64th UN General Assembly (UNGA). The discussion focused on India's UN priorities for the coming yea [...]
2009-10-09 00:38:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNGA PREL
09STATE106740IRANIAN-CONTROLLED, MALAYSIAN-BASED PROCUREMENT
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Berlin, please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) Background/Objective: The United States has information indicating that in mid-August 2009, Malaysia's Electronics Component Limited (ECL) ordered $270,000 worth of AC/DC converter modules from the German firm S [...]
2009-10-14 19:15:00Secretary of StateSECRETMTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA GM IR MY
09STATE107552OSCE/FSC: PROPOSAL ON NATIONAL CYBERSECURITY
[...] (U) This is an action cable. See paras 4-6. 2. (SBU) Summary. Based on significant interest expressed for follow up activities to the March OSCE Workshop on Enhancing Cybersecurity, Washington has developed a national cybersecurity self-survey and assessment. Washington requests that Miss [...]
2009-10-16 16:30:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINT KCIP OSCE PARM PREL
09STATE107748SFO-VI GUIDANCE-001: INSTRUCTIONS FOR U.S.
[...] (U) Assistant Secretary for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation Rose Gottemoeller will head the U.S. delegation to the sixth round of START Follow-on treaty negotiations with Russia in Geneva, Switzerland, beginning on October 19, 2009. Following is guidance for the beginning of thi [...]
2009-10-17 07:51:00Secretary of StateSECRETKACT KTIA PARM START JCIC US RS
09STATE109032SRI LANKA: DELIVERING THE "WAR CRIMES" REPORT
[...] (U) This is an action request; see paragraph 5. 2. (U) Background: The Department of State will deliver to Congress on the afternoon of October 21 a report prepared pursuant to the Joint Explanatory Statement accompanying the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 (P.L. 111-32),which direc [...]
2009-10-22 01:09:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PTER PHUM KAWC CE
09STATE109926Allowance and Post Differential
[...] Effective October 25, 2009, unless otherwise noted, allowances and/or post differential rates are revised as shown. These changes are issued under TL:SR-719. 2. Please inform local offices of all U.S. government agencies at the posts listed in this cable. 3. Important: Read this entire [...]
2009-10-23 19:55:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDALOW AMGT APER AFIN
09STATE111350(U) ARF ADVANCES DISASTER RELIEF INITIATIVES AT ANNUAL
[...] (U) The ASEAN Regional Forum's (ARF) 27 members, along with other international representatives, advanced a number of proposals for disaster relief cooperation at the annual ARF Inter-Sessional Meeting on Disaster Relief (ISM-DR) in Honolulu, Hawaii, September 16-18. Working in small discussion [...]
2009-10-28 18:34:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ARF EAID MARR
09STATE111403CAMEROON: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) this is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Cameroon to help s [...]
2009-10-28 19:56:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG CM
09STATE112291MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR):
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) ACTION REQUEST: Department requests Embassy Paris provide the interagency cleared paper "Emerging Technologies for MTCR Consideration" in paragraph 3 below to the French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point of Contac [...]
2009-10-30 17:37:00Secretary of StateSECRETMTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA FR
09STATE112727RESPONSE TO THE OFFICE OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER
[...] Action request: Mission Geneva is requested to convey to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR),the text of the letter in paragraph 3. This is in response to Mr. Ibrahim Wani's letter of July 10, 2009, requesting input from the United States on Human Rights Council Re [...]
2009-11-02 15:11:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHCR
09STATE114215MALI: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Mali to help stren [...]
2009-11-05 16:07:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG ML
09STATE114489AFGHANISTAN: TALKING POINTS FOR SYG BAN'S
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-06 00:13:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNSC AF
09STATE115148Allowance and Post Differential
[...] Effective November 8, 2009, unless otherwise noted, allowances and/or post differential rates are revised as shown. These changes are issued under TL:SR-720. 2. Please inform local offices of all U.S. government agencies at the posts listed in this cable. 3. Important: Read this entire [...]
2009-11-06 21:11:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDALOW AMGT APER AFIN
09STATE115348U.S. PROPOSED TEXT FOR A U.S.-RUSSIAN AGREEMENT
[...] (U) This is an action request for Moscow (see paragraph 3). 2. (S) BACKGROUND: The START Treaty will expire on December 5, 2009, and the new START Follow-on treaty currently being negotiated will not have entered into force by that date. Therefore, the United States seeks to agree with [...]
2009-11-08 18:00:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM KACT START RS US KZ UP BO
09STATE11581BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050088244 for the export of night vision devices (NVDs) to Brunei. Post is requested to comple [...]
2009-02-09 14:23:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC BX
09STATE116027PREPARING FOR A CRISIS
[...] (U) Crisis situations - whether because of political or social unrest, wars or acts of terrorism, natural catastrophes or human accidents - represent some of the greatest challenges facing the Department, our overseas missions, and the broader USG. While they are typically times of tragedy a [...]
2009-11-10 19:12:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO
09STATE116083LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE (TBILISI 1951 )
[...] (U) This cable responds to the action request in reftel requesting human rights vetting for the candidates nominated to attend "Courtroom Testimony and Demeanor" training course at the MOIA Police Academy. 2. (U) The Department of State has vetted the individual listed in reftel and possess [...]
2009-11-10 20:16:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SNAR GG
09STATE116170AGREEMENT WITH TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO ON THE STATUS
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2, 5, 6, and 7. 2. In 2007, Trinidad and Tobago enacted a visiting forces act (VFA),in which designated states, visiting forces and civilian component personnel are accorded limited privileges and immunities. The United States is a designated stat [...]
2009-11-10 21:59:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KTIA MARR MOPS TD
09STATE117711PCG 238 CTBTO: UPDATED GUIDANCE ON CHANGES TO THE
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: This cable provides an update to guidance provided in paragraph 22 of ref 4 on observership in meetings of the Preparatory Commission (PrepCom) of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) f [...]
2009-11-14 00:13:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALABUD AFIN AORC AU PARM
09STATE11819KEEPING SULTAN HASHEM IN U.S. CUSTODY
[...] (U) This cable provides guidance in response to the Action Request in reftel. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy sought Department guidance (reftel) on any grounds, consistent with U.S. legal obligations, to delay or withhold transfer of physical custody of Sultan Hashem to the GOI after Janua [...]
2009-02-09 20:40:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNIZ KJUS PGOV PHUM PINS
09STATE118976BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on application 050198209 for the export of a United States Munitions List (USML)-controlled Transponder/In [...]
2009-11-18 15:11:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC AE
09STATE119085WALK-IN GUIDANCE FOR 2009: HANDLING
[...] (S/NF) This telegram replaces Ref A as the Department's comprehensive guidance on handling foreign national walk-ins, defectors, and asylum seekers - all of whom are generally referred to in this telegram as "walk-ins." This telegram was coordinated with interagency partners, including CIA, [...]
2009-11-18 17:29:00Secretary of StateSECRETASEC CVIS PINR PREF
09STATE119107U.S. NON-PAPERS ON MISSILE DEFENSE AND
[...] This is an action request. See paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) ACTION REQUEST. Please provide the non-papers on missile defense and early warning cooperation at paragraph 3 and nonproliferation at paragraph 4 to Deputy Foreign Minister Ryabkov, in preparation for the December 7, 2009, meeting with [...]
2009-11-18 18:08:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PARM PREL KTIA RS
09STATE11917COPUOS: GUIDANCE FOR THE U.S. DELEGATION TO THE 46TH SESSION OF THE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SUBCOMMITTEE FEBRUARY 9-20, 2009
[...] FOLLOWING IS GUIDANCE FOR THE USDEL TO THE 46TH SESSION OF THE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SUBCOMMITTEE (STSC) OF THE UN COMMITTEE ON THE PEACEFUL USES OF OUTER SPACE (COPUOS). THIS SESSION OFFERS NEW POSSIBILITIES TO ADVANCE U.S. INTERESTS IN COPUOS AND ITS SUBCOMMITTEES. SINCE UNISPACE III IN [...]
2009-02-10 00:25:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA UNGA UNCOPUOS AORC KNNP AU
09STATE119316SEEKING GOK APPROVAL TO BROADCAST FROM NEW IBB
[...] (S/NF) Summary and Action Request. In 2006, the International Broadcasting Board (IBB) began construction of a $5.2 million medium wave (MW) transmitter in Kuwait to broadcast Radio Farda in Iran. Currently, BBG broadcasts Radio Farda on only one MW frequency. Having a second MW frequency [...]
2009-11-18 23:42:00Secretary of StateSECRETBBG KPAO PREL KU IR
09STATE120250ANGOLA: TRANSPORT MINISTER TELLS WASHINGTON
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph 2. Summary and Action Request -------------------------- 2. (SBU) Angolan Minister of Transportation August da Silva Tomas and a delegation of Government of Angola transportation figures discussed future cooperation in supp [...]
2009-11-20 22:16:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALAO EAIR EINV ETRD PGOV PREL
09STATE120288U.S. POSTURE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM AND NEXT
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 3-5. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) Iran's continued reluctance to cooperate with international efforts to build confidence and transparency in its nuclear program will be of increasing concern to U.S. diplomacy in the weeks ahead. Of part [...]
2009-11-21 01:27:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL IR
09STATE121856RESPONSE TO SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS SCHEININ, NOWAK,
[...] This is an action request: Mission Geneva is requested to transmit the response of the United States Government in paragraph 3 to the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism Scheinin, the Special Rapporteur on tor [...]
2009-11-25 23:38:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNCHR
09STATE122234AMPLIFYING THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE ON
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 2 and 4. 2. President Obama will announce a comprehensive strategy on Afghanistan in an address at West Point, NY at 8 pm EST on December 1. I ask your cooperation in actively engaging with the media and publics at your posts to amplify th [...]
2009-11-27 23:21:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO
09STATE122615EGYPT LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE - 99329 THRU 99341
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel Leahy vetting request, the Department has reviewed its files and finds it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the Egyptian officials listed below. Please note that if at any time the Embassy becomes aware of informa [...]
2009-11-30 20:02:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEG MASS PHUM PM PREL SNAR
09STATE122950IRAN'S SHIG USING INTERMEDIARIES IN EFFORT TO
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Berlin, please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background and Objective: We want to advise German officials of information indicating that as of June 2009, two Iranian intermediary firms offered test equipment manufactured by the German firms Rohde & Schwarz [...]
2009-12-01 17:24:00Secretary of StateSECRETMTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA GE IR
09STATE12311CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): GUIDANCE FOR
[...] Guidance in paragraphs 6-8. -------- Overview -------- 2. This cable provides information and guidance to the U.S. delegation for use during 11-13 February 2009 meeting of government experts to consider the report submitted by the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) to the Second Review [...]
2009-02-10 22:20:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDJA KTIA MARR PARM CWC
09STATE123222THE PRESIDENT'S ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE WAY
[...] (SBU) Summary: The President will announce his decision on the way forward in Afghanistan and Pakistan in an address to the nation from the United States Military Academy at West Point on December 1 at 8:00 p.m. eastern standard time. This cable contains information which we hope will be us [...]
2009-12-02 01:30:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AF PK
09STATE123343BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050095697 for the export of International Traffic in Arms (ITAR)-controlled high powered amplif [...]
2009-12-02 13:46:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC KZ SP
09STATE125451STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT WITH THE CENTRAL
[...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAGRAPHS 2, 5, AND 6. 2. DOD has asked the Department to secure status protections for U.S. DOD military and civilian personnel who will be present in the CAR in conjunction with engineering related cooperation activities, medical assessments, humanitarian [...]
2009-12-08 16:50:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIA MARR MOPS PREL US
09STATE126174OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO OSCE/ODIHR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-09 21:05:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDOSCE PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM AF
09STATE126209US APPROACH TO 2010 NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION
[...] (U) SUMMARY: This is an action request (see para 11 below). As we reach the six- month mark before the start of the May 2010 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference (NPT RevCon),posts are requested to use all appropriate opportunities with host government officials and in publi [...]
2009-12-09 22:45:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PARM ENRG PREL IAEA NPT MNUC KTBT
09STATE126714SENEGAL: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Senegal to help st [...]
2009-12-11 02:25:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG SG
09STATE126716SENEGAL: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Senegal to help st [...]
2009-12-11 02:26:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG SG
09STATE126718SENEGAL: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Senegal to help st [...]
2009-12-11 02:26:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG SG
09STATE126720SENEGAL: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Senegal to help st [...]
2009-12-11 02:27:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG SG
09STATE126722SENEGAL: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Senegal to help st [...]
2009-12-11 02:27:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG SG
09STATE126724SENEGAL: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Senegal to help st [...]
2009-12-11 02:28:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG SG
09STATE126725SENEGAL: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Senegal to help st [...]
2009-12-11 02:29:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG SG
09STATE126728SENEGAL: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Senegal to help st [...]
2009-12-11 02:29:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG SG
09STATE126729SENEGAL: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Senegal to help st [...]
2009-12-11 02:30:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG SG
09STATE126731SENEGAL: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Senegal to help st [...]
2009-12-11 02:30:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG SG
09STATE126734SENEGAL: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Senegal to help st [...]
2009-12-11 02:31:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG SG
09STATE126736SENEGAL: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Senegal to help st [...]
2009-12-11 02:31:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG SG
09STATE126738SENEGAL: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Senegal to help st [...]
2009-12-11 02:32:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG SG
09STATE126740SENEGAL: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Senegal to help st [...]
2009-12-11 02:33:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG SG
09STATE126741SENEGAL: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Senegal to help st [...]
2009-12-11 02:33:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG SG
09STATE126742SENEGAL: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Senegal to help st [...]
2009-12-11 02:34:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG SG
09STATE126743SENEGAL: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Senegal to help st [...]
2009-12-11 02:34:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG SG
09STATE126744SENEGAL: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Senegal to help st [...]
2009-12-11 02:35:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG SG
09STATE126746SENEGAL: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Senegal to help st [...]
2009-12-11 02:35:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG SG
09STATE126748SENEGAL: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Senegal to help st [...]
2009-12-11 02:36:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG SG
09STATE126750SENEGAL: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Senegal to help st [...]
2009-12-11 02:36:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG SG
09STATE126751SENEGAL: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Senegal to help st [...]
2009-12-11 02:37:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG SG
09STATE126753SENEGAL: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Senegal to help st [...]
2009-12-11 02:37:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG SG
09STATE126755SENEGAL: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Senegal to help st [...]
2009-12-11 02:38:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG SG
09STATE126757SENEGAL: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Senegal to help st [...]
2009-12-11 02:39:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG SG
09STATE126758SENEGAL: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Senegal to help st [...]
2009-12-11 02:39:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG SG
09STATE126760SENEGAL: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Senegal to help st [...]
2009-12-11 02:40:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG SG
09STATE126762SENEGAL: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Senegal to help st [...]
2009-12-11 02:40:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG SG
09STATE126764SENEGAL: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Senegal to help st [...]
2009-12-11 02:41:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG SG
09STATE126765SENEGAL: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Senegal to help st [...]
2009-12-11 02:41:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG SG
09STATE126766SENEGAL: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Senegal to help st [...]
2009-12-11 02:42:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG SG
09STATE126767SENEGAL: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Senegal to help st [...]
2009-12-11 02:43:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG SG
09STATE126768SENEGAL: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Senegal to help st [...]
2009-12-11 02:43:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG SG
09STATE126769SENEGAL: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Senegal to help st [...]
2009-12-11 02:44:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG SG
09STATE126770SENEGAL: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Senegal to help st [...]
2009-12-11 02:44:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG SG
09STATE126771SENEGAL: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Senegal to help st [...]
2009-12-11 02:45:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG SG
09STATE126772SENEGAL: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Senegal to help st [...]
2009-12-11 02:45:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG SG
09STATE126773SENEGAL: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Senegal to help st [...]
2009-12-11 02:46:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG SG
09STATE126774SENEGAL: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Senegal to help st [...]
2009-12-11 02:46:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG SG
09STATE126775SENEGAL: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Senegal to help st [...]
2009-12-11 02:47:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG SG
09STATE126776SENEGAL: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Senegal to help st [...]
2009-12-11 02:47:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG SG
09STATE126777SENEGAL: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Senegal to help st [...]
2009-12-11 02:48:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG SG
09STATE126778SENEGAL: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Senegal to help st [...]
2009-12-11 02:48:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG SG
09STATE126779SENEGAL: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Senegal to help st [...]
2009-12-11 02:49:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG SG
09STATE126784SENEGAL: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Senegal to help st [...]
2009-12-11 03:30:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG SG
09STATE126785SENEGAL: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Senegal to help st [...]
2009-12-11 03:30:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG SG
09STATE126786SENEGAL: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Senegal to help st [...]
2009-12-11 03:31:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG SG
09STATE126787SENEGAL: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Senegal to help st [...]
2009-12-11 03:31:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG SG
09STATE126801SENEGAL: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Senegal to help st [...]
2009-12-11 09:41:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG SG
09STATE126802SENEGAL: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Senegal to help st [...]
2009-12-11 09:42:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG SG
09STATE126803SENEGAL: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Senegal to help st [...]
2009-12-11 09:42:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG SG
09STATE126804SENEGAL: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Senegal to help st [...]
2009-12-11 09:43:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG SG
09STATE126805SENEGAL: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Senegal to help st [...]
2009-12-11 09:44:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG SG
09STATE126806SENEGAL: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Senegal to help st [...]
2009-12-11 09:44:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG SG
09STATE126807SENEGAL: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Senegal to help st [...]
2009-12-11 09:45:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG SG
09STATE126808SENEGAL: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Senegal to help st [...]
2009-12-11 09:45:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG SG
09STATE126809SENEGAL: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Senegal to help st [...]
2009-12-11 09:46:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG SG
09STATE126810SENEGAL: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Senegal to help st [...]
2009-12-11 09:47:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG SG
09STATE126811SENEGAL: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Senegal to help st [...]
2009-12-11 09:47:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG SG
09STATE126812SENEGAL: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Senegal to help st [...]
2009-12-11 09:48:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG SG
09STATE126813SENEGAL: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Senegal to help st [...]
2009-12-11 09:48:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG SG
09STATE126814SENEGAL: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Senegal to help st [...]
2009-12-11 09:49:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG SG
09STATE126815SENEGAL: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Senegal to help st [...]
2009-12-11 09:49:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG SG
09STATE126816SENEGAL: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Senegal to help st [...]
2009-12-11 09:50:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG SG
09STATE126817SENEGAL: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Senegal to help st [...]
2009-12-11 09:51:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG SG
09STATE126818SENEGAL: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Senegal to help st [...]
2009-12-11 09:51:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG SG
09STATE126819SENEGAL: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Senegal to help st [...]
2009-12-11 09:52:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG SG
09STATE126820SENEGAL: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Senegal to help st [...]
2009-12-11 09:52:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG SG
09STATE126821SENEGAL: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Senegal to help st [...]
2009-12-11 09:53:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG SG
09STATE126822SENEGAL: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Senegal to help st [...]
2009-12-11 09:53:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG SG
09STATE126823SENEGAL: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Senegal to help st [...]
2009-12-11 09:54:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG SG
09STATE126824SENEGAL: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Senegal to help st [...]
2009-12-11 09:54:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG SG
09STATE126825SENEGAL: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Senegal to help st [...]
2009-12-11 09:55:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG SG
09STATE126826SENEGAL: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paras 2-4). 2. (SBU) Begin action request: Drawing from points in para 8, Post is requested to approach appropriate host government officials to highlight the United States' strong commitment to continue to work with the Government of Senegal to help st [...]
2009-12-11 09:55:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG SG
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