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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
Effective from January 1983
The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign
Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
OPPORTUNITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)
Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
Effective from May 1983
Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
Effective from August 1983
The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)
Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
Effective from March 1983
The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
Effective from October 1997
Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)
The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc
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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
Effective from April 1984
Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)
Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:
* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).
Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
Effective from July 2001
Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
Effective from August 1989
Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOM: Chief of Mission
Effective from March 2004
Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCRM: Criminal Activity
Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
Effective from May 1991
Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
Effective from December 2007
Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
Effective from August 1986
Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
Effective from May 2007
Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
Effective from September 2006
Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
Effective from June 2000
Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
Effective from August 2006
Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)
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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
Effective from January 1999
Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.
(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
Effective from August 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
Effective From October 1999
Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Effective from April 1984
Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
Effective from February 1984
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
Effective from May 2000
Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
Effective from November 1984
Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
Effective from August 1996
Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
Effective from March 1993
Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)
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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
Effective from February 1983
Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
Effective from October 1997
Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)
Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
Effective from July 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
Effective from June 1984
Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
Effective from September 2008
Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
Effective from November 1995
Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
Effective from June 1995
Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
Effective from January 1983
Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
EXCHANGE OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
Effective from January 1983
Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
Effective from October 1999
Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
Effective from January 1983
A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)
The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
Effective from January 1983
Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
Effective from January 1985
The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)
People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
Effective from January 1983
The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
Effective from March 1995
The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)
The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN
SECRET
SECRET//NOFORN
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
By year:
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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
Effective from January 1983
The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign
Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
OPPORTUNITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)
Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
Effective from May 1983
Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
Effective from August 1983
The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)
Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
Effective from March 1983
The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
Effective from October 1997
Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)
The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc
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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
Effective from April 1984
Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)
Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:
* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).
Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
Effective from July 2001
Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
Effective from August 1989
Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOM: Chief of Mission
Effective from March 2004
Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCRM: Criminal Activity
Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
Effective from May 1991
Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
Effective from December 2007
Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
Effective from August 1986
Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
Effective from May 2007
Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
Effective from September 2006
Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
Effective from June 2000
Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
Effective from August 2006
Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)
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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
Effective from January 1999
Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.
(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
Effective from August 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
Effective From October 1999
Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Effective from April 1984
Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
Effective from February 1984
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
Effective from May 2000
Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
Effective from November 1984
Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
Effective from August 1996
Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
Effective from March 1993
Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)
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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
Effective from February 1983
Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
Effective from October 1997
Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)
Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
Effective from July 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
Effective from June 1984
Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
Effective from September 2008
Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
Effective from November 1995
Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
Effective from June 1995
Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
Effective from January 1983
Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
EXCHANGE OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
Effective from January 1983
Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
Effective from October 1999
Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
Effective from January 1983
A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)
The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
Effective from January 1983
Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
Effective from January 1985
The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)
People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
Effective from January 1983
The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
Effective from March 1995
The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)
The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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GC GCC GCCC GE GEF GEORGE GERARD GESKE GF GG GH GI GIPNC GIWI GJ GKGIC GL GLOBAL GM GN GO GOG GOI GON GOVPOI GPGOV GPI GPOI GPOV GR GRQ GS GT GTIP GTMO GTREFTEL GU GUAM GUANTANAMO GUIDANCE GUILLERMO GUTIERREZ GV GWI GY GZ GZIS HA HARRIET HARRY HAWZ HCOPIL HDP HE HEAVEN HEBRON HELGERSON HERCEGOVINA HG HHS HI HIGHLIGHTS HIJAZI HILARY HILLARY HILLEN HIPC HIV HIZ HK HKSX HL HLSX HN HNCHR HO HOA HOSTAGES HPKO HR HRC HRCS HRICTY HRIGHTS HRKSTC HSI HSTC HSWG HT HTCG HTSC HU HUD HUM HUMAN HUMANITARIAN HUMANR HUMANRIGHTS HUMOR HUMRIT HUNRC HURI HURRICANE HYDE HYLAND HYMPSK HZ IA IACHR IACI IACO IACW IADB IAEA IAES IAHRC IAIE IAII IASA IATTC IAZ IBB IBD IBET IBPCA IBRB IBRD IC ICAC ICAO ICC ICCAT ICCROM ICES ICJ ICRC ICRS ICSCA ICTR ICTY ID IDA IDB IDLI IDLO IDP IDR IE IEA IEAB IEF IF IFAD IFC IFIN IFM IFO IFR IFRC IG IGAD IGF IHO IICA IINS IIP IK IL ILAB ILC ILEA ILO IMC IMET IMF IMMIGRATION IMO IMSO IMTS IN INAUGURATION INCB IND INDO INF INFLUENZA INL INMARSAT INNP INPFC INR INRA INRB INRD INRO INRPAZ INS INSC INT INTEL INTELLECTUAL INTELSAT INTERNAL INTERPOL INV INVI IO IOC IOM IP IPET IPGRI IPK IPPC IPR IPROP IQ IQNV IR IRAN IRAQ IRAQI IRAQI FREEDOM IRC IRCE IRDB IRE IRL IRLE IRM IRMO IRNB IRPE IRS IS ISA ISAAC ISAF ISCA ISCON ISLAMISTS ISLE ISN ISNV ISO ISPA ISPL ISRAEL ISRAEL RELATIONS ISRAELI ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISSUES ISTC IT ITA ITALIAN ITALY ITECIP ITEIND ITELTN ITER ITF ITIA ITRA ITRD ITU IUCN IV IVIANNA IWC IWI IX IZ IZAORC JA JAM JAMES JAPAN JAT JAWAD JCIC JE JEFFERY JEFFREY JHR JI JIMENEZ JIMENEZ CHILDREN JK JKUS JM JN JO JOHNNIE JOSE NEY MILA ESPINOSA JOSE RAMOS HORTA JOSEPH BIDEN JP JS JSRP JUAN JUS JY KA KACP KACT [+] KACW KADM KAID KALM KALR KANSOU KAPO KARIM WADE KATRINA KAUST KAWC [+] KAWK KAWL KAWS KAWX KAYLA KBCT KBDS KBEM KBIO KBNC KBTC KBTR KBTS KBWG KCCP KCEM KCERS KCFC KCFE [+] KCGC KCHG KCIP [+] KCIS KCM KCMA KCMR KCOG KCOM [+] KCOR [+] KCPS KCRCM KCRI KCRIM KCRM [+] KCRN KCRO KCROM KCROR KCRP KCRS KCRT KCSA KCSI KCSY KCUL KCUM KCVM KCWI KDCM KDDEM KDDG KDE KDEM [+] KDEN KDET KDEV KDGOV KDGR KDHS KDM KDMR KDP KDRG [+] KDRL KDTB KDUM KE KEAI KEBG KECF KEDEM KEDM KEDU KEIM KEM KEMPI KEMR KEMS KEN KENV KERF KERG KESO KESP KESS KEVIN KFAM KFCE KFE KFEM KFGM KFIN KFIU KFLD KFLO KFLU KFOR KFPC KFRD [+] KFRP KFSC KFTFN KFTN KG KGCC KGCN KGHA KGHG [+] KGIC [+] KGICKS KGIT KGIV KGKG KGLB KGOR KGOV KH KHDP KHGH KHIB KHIV [+] KHJUS KHLS [+] KHMN KHOURY KHPD KHSA KHSL KHUM KI KIBL KICA KICC KICCPUR KICR KICT KID KIDE KIF KIFR KIIC KIIP KIL KILS KIMMITT KIMT KIND KINF KINL KINP KINR KINT KIPR [+] KIPT KIRC KIRF [+] KIRL KIRP KIS KISC KISK KISL [+] KISM KISR KITA KIVP KIVR KJAN KJRE KJU KJUS [+] KJUST KJWC KK KKIV KKNP KKOR KKPO KLAB KLAP KLBO KLEG KLFLO KLFU KLHS KLIG KLIP KLPM KLSO KLTN KM KMAC KMAR KMCA [+] KMCC KMCR KMDR [+] KMEPI KMFO KMGT KMIG KMNP KMOC KMPF KMPI KMPIO KMPL KMPP KMPT KMRD KMRS KMSG KMVP KMWN KN KNAO KNAP KNAR KNDP KNEI KNEP KNET KNMP KNN KNNA KNNB KNNC KNNF KNNO KNNP [+] KNNR KNOP KNP KNPP KNPPIS KNPR KNPT KNRG KNRV KNSD KNUC KNUP KO KOC KOCI KOCM KOEM KOGL KOLY [+] KOM KOMC KOMCCO KOMCSG KOMH KOMO KOMS KOR KOSOVO KOUYATE KPA KPAD KPAI KPAK KPAL [+] KPALAOIS KPAM KPAO [+] KPAS KPBT KPDD KPEM KPEO KPER KPET KPIN [+] KPIR KPKO [+] KPKP KPLS KPMI KPMO KPO KPOA KPOKO KPOL KPOP KPOV KPOW KPPAO KPPD KPRD KPRM KPRO KPROG KPRP KPRV KPSC KPTD KPTS KPWG KPWR [+] KQ KQM KQRDQ KR KRAD [+] KRAL KRCIM KRCM KRCS KRD KRDP KREC KREF KREL KRF KRFD KRFR KRG KRGY KRIC KRIF KRIM KRKO KRM KRMS KRV KRVC KS KSA KSAC KSAF KSCA [+] KSCI KSCS KSCT KSEAO KSEC KSEI KSEO KSEP KSI KSIA KSKN KSLG KSMT KSOC KSOCI KSPA KSPR [+] KSRE KSTC KSTCC KSTCPL KSTH KSTS KSTT KSUM [+] KSUP KT KTAO KTBD KTBT KTCRE KTDB KTDD KTDM KTER KTEX KTFIN KTFM KTFN [+] KTFR KTFS KTIA [+] KTIP [+] KTLA KTNBT KTNF KTPN KTRD KTRF KTSC KTSD KTTB KTTC KTTP KU KUAE KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR [+] KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG [+] KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN [+] KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR [+] MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS [+] MATT MB MBM MC MCA MCAP [+] MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCONNELL MCCP MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC [+] MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS [+] MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC OASCC OASS OAU OBAMA OBS OBSP OCBD OCEA OCED OCHA OCII OCRA OCS OCSE ODAG ODC ODIP [+] ODPC OECD OECS OECV OES OESC OEXC [+] OEXP OF OFDA OFDC OFDP [+] OFDPQIS OFFICIALS OFPD OFSO OGAC OGIV OHCHR OHI OHIP OI OIC OICCO OIE OIF OIG OIIP [+] OIL OIM OLY OLYAIR OLYMPICS OM OMB OMIG OMS ON ONA OPAD OPBAT OPC OPCD OPCR OPCW OPDAT OPDC [+] OPDP OPEC OPET OPIC OPID OPOC OPPC OPRC [+] OPREC OPREP OPS OPSC OPVIP ORA ORC ORCA ORECD ORED OREG OREP [+] ORGANIZED ORP ORTA ORUE OSAC OSCE OSCI [+] OSD OSEC OSHA OSIC OSTA OSTRA OTA OTAR OTP OTR OTRA [+] OTRABL OTRAO OTRAZ OTRC OTRD OUALI OVIP [+] OVP OXEC OXEM OZ PA PAARM PAC PACE PAGE PAGR PAHO PAIGH PAK PAL PALESTINIAN PAMQ PAN PANAM PAO PAR PARALYMPIC PARCA PAREL PARK PARLIAMENT PARM [+] PARMS PARN PARP PARR PARTIES PARTM PARTY PAS PASS PATTY PAUM PB PBGT PBIO PBK PBOV PBPTS PBS PBT PBTS [+] PCI PCON PCOR PCRM PCUL PD PDA PDD PDEM PDIP PDOV PDRG PE PEACE PEACEKEEPINGFORCES PEDRO PEL PELOSI PEMEX PENA PENV PEPFAR PEPR PER PEREZ PERL PERM PERSONS PET PETER PETERS PETR PETRAEUS PETROL PF PFIN PFLP PFOR PFOV PG PGGOC PGIC PGIV PGKV PGO PGOC PGOF PGOG PGON PGOR PGOT PGOV [+] PGOVE PGOVQL PGPV PGREL PGREV PGV PH PHALANAGE PHARM PHAS PHEM PHIM PHM PHSA [+] PHU PHUH PHUM [+] PHUMHUPPS PHUN PHUS PHYTRP PI PIA PICES PIF PIN PINB PIND PINER PINF PING PINL PINO PINR [+] PINS [+] PINT PINV PIR PIRF PIRN PJUS PK PKAO PKBL PKFK PKISL PKK PKMN PKNP PKO PKPA PKPAL PKPO PKPRP PKST PL PLAB PLAN PLEC PLN PLO PLUM PM PMAR PMAT PMDL PMIG PMIL PMIN PMR PMUC PN PNAT PNET PNG PNIR PNNL PNR PNRG PNS PNUC PNUK PNUM PO PODC POG POGV POINS POL POLG POLI POLICY POLINT POLITICAL POLITICS POLM POLMIL POLS POLUN POREL PORG POSTS POTUS POUS POV POWELL PP PPA PPAO PPD PPEF PPEL PPKO PPOL PQL PQM PRC PRE PREC PRED PREF [+] PREG PREJ PREK PREL [+] PRELEVU PRELM PRELPLS PRELTBIOBA PREM PREO PREP PRER PRES PRESIDENT PRESL PREV PREZ PRF PRFE PRFL PRGO PRGOV PRIL PRL PRLE PRM PRO PROB PROCESS PROG PROL PROLIFERATION PROP [+] PROPERTY PROTECTION PROTESTS PROV PROVE PRT PRTER PRWL PS PSA PSCE PSEC PSEPC PSHA PSI PSNR PSO PSOC PSOCI PSOE PT PTBS PTE PTEL PTEP PTER [+] PTGOV PTIA PTR PTRD PU PUAS PUBLIC PUNE PUNR PUOS PV PVIP PVOV PVPR PVTS PWBG PWMN PY QA QADRI QEL QI QIZ QM QT QU QUAN QUOC RA RAED RAID RAS RATIFICATION RBI RCA RCMP RE REA REACTION REALTIONS RECIN REF REFORM REFPAN REFUGEE REFUGEES REGION REGIONAL REID REIN REINEMEYER REL RELAM RELATIONS RELFREE RELIGIOUS REMON RENAMO RENE PREVAL REO REPORT REUBEN RF RFE RFIN RFREEDOM RGOV RGY RHUM RI RICE RICHARD RIGHTS RIGHTSPOLMIL RIMC RIVERA RL RLA RM RMA RO ROK ROME ROSS ROW ROY RP RPEL RPTS RQ RR RRB RREL RS RSO RSOX RSP RSZ RTT RU RUEHZO RV RW RWANDA SA SAAD SAARC SACU SADC SAFE SAIR SAIS SAMA SAN SANC SANR SAO SARB SARGSIAN SARS SASC SASEC SB SBA SC SCA SCCC SCE SCENESETTER SCHUL SCI SCIENCE SCNV SCOI SCOL SCOM SCPR SCRM SCRS SCRSERD SCUL [+] SCVL SD SE SEC SECDEF SECI SECRET SECRETARY SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV [+] SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG [+] SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR [+] SNUC SO SOC SOCI [+] SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STET STP STR SU SUCCESSION SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO [+] TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN TNDG TNGD TO TOPEC TORRIJOS TOURISM TP TPHY [+] TPKO TPP TPSA TPSL TR TRAD TRADE TRAFFICKING TRBIO TRBY TRD TREAS TREASURY TREATY TREL TRG TRGV TRGY [+] TRIO TRSY TRT TRV TRY TRYG TRYS TS TSA TSLP TSPA [+] TSPL TSRL TSRY TSY TT TTFN TU TURKEY TV TVBIO TW TWRO TX TY TZ TZBY UA UAE UAID UAM UB UDEM UE UEU UG UGA UK UKR UKRAINE UM UMIK UN UNA UNAF UNAIDS UNAMA UNAMSIL UNAORC UNAUS UNBRO UNC UNCC UNCDF UNCDN UNCHC UNCHR UNCHS UNCITRAL UNCND UNCOPUOS UNCRED UNCRIME UNCSD UNCSW UNCTAD UNDC UNDEF UNDOF UNDP UNECE UNEF UNEP UNESCO UNFA UNFC UNFCYP UNFF UNFICYP UNFIYCP UNFPA UNGA UNGAPL UNGO UNHCR UNHRC UNICEF UNIDCP UNIDO UNIDROIT UNIFEM UNIFIL UNION UNKIK UNM UNMEE UNMIC UNMIK UNMIKI UNMIKV UNMIL UNMIN UNMOVIC UNO UNODC UNOMIG UNOPS UNP UNPAR UNPUOS UNRCCA UNRCR UNREST UNRWA UNSC UNSCAPU UNSCD UNSCE UNSCER UNSCR UNSCS UNSD UNSE UNTAC UNTERR UNTZ UNUS UNVIE UNYI UP UPU UPUO UR US USAID USAU USCC USCG USDA USDELFESTTWO USEU USG USGS USMS USNC USOAS USOP USPS USPTO USSC USTA USTDA USTR USTRD USTRIT USTRPS USTRUWR USUN UUNR UV UX UY UZ VA VANG VAT VC VE VELS VEN VENZ VETTING VI VINICIO VIP VIS VISIT VM VN VO VOA VT VTEG VTFR VTIS VTPREL VTTBIO VTWCAR VXY VY VZ WA WAEMU WAKI WAR WB WBEG WBG WCAR WCI WCL WCO WE WEBG WEBZ WEET WEF WEOG WET WEU WFA WFP WFPAORC WFPO WGC WGG WHA WHITMER WHO WHTI WI WILCOX WIPO WIR WJRO WM WMD WMDT WMN WMO WOMEN WPO WRTO WS WSIS WTO WTRD WTRO WTRQ WW WWARD WWBG WWT WZ XA XAAF XB XC XD XE XF XFNEA XG XH XI XJ XK XL XLUM XM XO XP XQ XR XS XT XTAG XU XV XW XX XXX XY XZ YE YEH YI YL YM YMCS YS YU YURIY ZA ZANU ZB ZC ZCTU ZEALAND ZF ZFR ZH ZI ZIM ZJ ZK ZKGM ZL ZM ZN ZO ZP ZR ZS ZT ZU ZW ZXA
AA AADP AALC ABER ABLD [+] ABLDG ABLG ABMC ABT ABUD AC ACABQ ACAO ACCOUNT ACDA ACEC ACKM ACOA ACOTA ACS ACTION ADANA ADB ADCO ADCP ADEL ADEP ADIP ADM ADMIRAL ADPM ADRC AE AEC AECL AEGR AEIR AEM AEMED AEMR [+] AER AESC AF AFARI AFDB AFDIN AFFAIRS AFGHANISTAN AFIN [+] AFL AFLU AFOR AFR AFSA AFSI AFSN AFU AFZAL AG AGAO AGENDA AGENGA AGIT AGMT AGOA AGR AGS AGUIRRE AI AIAG AID AIDAC AIDS AIEA AIHRC AIN AINF AINFCY AINR AINT AISG AIT AJ AK AL ALAB ALBE ALEXANDER ALI ALJAZEERA ALL ALNEA ALOW ALOWAR AM AMAT AMB AMCHAMS AMCT AME AMED AMEDI AMEMR AMER AMERICAS AMEX AMG AMGE AMGMT AMGT [+] AMIA AMLB AMPR AMT AMTC AMTG AN ANARCHISTS ANC AND ANET ANTITERRORISM AO AOCR AODE AOIC AOMS AOPR AORC [+] AORD AOREC AORG AORL AOWC AP APCS APDC APEC APECO APER [+] APR APRC APRM AQ AR ARAB ARABBL ARABL ARABLEAGUE ARAS ARC ARCH ARENA AREP ARF ARG ARM ARMITAGE ARMS AROC ARR ARRMZY ARSO AS ASA ASAC ASC ASCC ASCE ASCEC ASCH ASE ASEAN ASEC [+] ASECARP ASECE ASECM ASECSI ASECVE ASED ASEDC ASEG ASEK ASES ASEX ASFC ASIC ASIG ASIR ASJA ASO ASOC ASPA ASR ASSEMBLY ASSK ASUP AT ATFN ATPDEA ATRA ATRD ATRN AU AU-1 AUC AUNR AUSGR AUSTRALIAGROUP AV AVERY AVIAN AVIANFLU AVIATION AW AX AY AZ AZE B. BA BAGHDAD BAIO BAKOYANNIS BALKANS BAPOL BARACK BASHAR BATA BB BBG BBSR BC BCW BCXP BD BE BEAN BEN BERARDUCCI BESP BEXB BEXP [+] BEXPC BEXPPLM BEXT BF BFIF BFIN BFIO BG BGD BGMT BH BHUM BI BIC BIH BILAT BIMSTEC BINR BIO BIOS BIOTECH BIOTECHNOLOGY BIT BITO BK BL BLR BLUE BLUNT BM BMENA BMGT BMOT BN BNUC BO BOIKO BOL BOND BOQ BORDER BOSNIA BOU BOUCHAIB KAKA BOUTERSE BP BPIS BPTS BR BRIAN BRPA BRUSSELS BS BSSR BT BTA BTC BTIO [+] BTIU BTRA BTT BU BUD BULGARIA BURMA BUSH BV BW BWC BX BXEP BY BZ CA CAC CACM CACS CAFTA CAIO CAJC CAMBODIA CAN CAPC CARC CARE CARIB CARICOM CARSON CAS CASA CASC [+] CASCC CASCR CASE CASTILLO CAVO CB CBC CBD CBE CBG CBIS CBM CBSA CBTH CBW CCSR CCY CD CDB CDC CDCC CDCE CDG CDI CE CEA CEC CEDAW CEN CENTCOM CENTRIC CEUDA CF CFE CFED CFG CFIS CFSP CG CGEN CGOPRC CH CHAD CHALLENGE CHAO CHELIDZE CHENEY CHERTOFF CHG CHIEF CHN CHR CHRISTIAN CHRISTOF CHRISTOPHER CI CIA CIAT CIC CICTE CIDA CIO CIP CIS CITEL CITES CITIBANK CITT CIVAIR CIVS CJ CJAN [+] CJUS CK CKGR CKOR CL CLEARANCE CLINTON CLMT CLO CLOK CM CMAE CMFT CMGT [+] CMP CMT CN CNAR CNARC CNC CNO CO CODEL COE COL COLIN COLLECTIVE COLOMBO COM COMESA COMMERCE CON CONAWAY CONDOLEEZZA CONDOLEEZZA RICE CONEAZ CONG CONGO CONGRINT CONS CONSULAR CONTROL CONTROLS CORRUPTION COSI COUNTER COUNTER TERRORISM COUNTERTERRORISM COUNTRY COUNTRYCLEARANCE CP CPA CPAS CPC CPCTC CPPT CPUOS CQ CR CRIM CRIME CRIMES CRM CROATIA CROS CRS CRUZ CS CSCE CSEP CSIS CSW CT CTBT CTER CTERR CTM CTR CTRYCLR CU CUCO CUIS CUL CV CVIA CVIC CVIS [+] CVISU CVPR CVR CW CWC CWCM CWG CX CY CYP CYPRUSARMS CZ DA DAC DAFR DAN DANFUNG DANIEL DAO DARFR DARFUR DAVID DAVID LEE HOWES DAVID WELCH DAVID WILLIAM RAY DB DC DCDG DCG DCHA DCI DCM DCOM DCRM DE DEA DEAX DEFENSE DEFENSEREFORM DELTAVIOLENCE DEM DEMARCHE DEMOCRATIC DENNIS DEOC DEPT DEPT FOR DS COMMAND CENTER DESI DHA DHLAKAMA DHLS DHRF DHS DHSX DIEZ DIPLOMACY DISENGAGEMENT DJ DK DKEM DMIN DMINE DO DOC DOD DOE DOJ DOMC DOMESTIC DOMESTICPOLITICS DONALD RUMSFELD DOT DPAO DPKO DPM DPOL DPRK DR DRC DRIP DRL DS DSR DSS DTFN DTRA DTRO DU DVC DY EAC EAD EADI EADM EAG EAGER EAGR [+] EAI EAIC EAID [+] EAIDB EAIDCIN EAIDEGZ EAIDMG EAIDNI EAIF EAIG EAIO EAIR [+] EAIS EAIT EAOD EAP EAPC EAR EARI EASS EATO EAUD EAVI EB EBEXP EBRD EBUD EC ECA ECCP ECCT ECE ECIN ECIP ECLAC ECN ECOIN ECOM ECON [+] ECONCS ECONEGE ECONOMIC ECONOMICS ECONOMY ECONOMY AND FINANCE ECOR ECOS ECOSOC ECOWAS ECPC ECPN ECPO ECPS [+] ECPSN ECRM ECTRD ECUN ED EDA EDEV EDRC EDU EDUC EE EEB EEC EENG EENV EEOC EET EETC EFI EFIC EFIM EFIN [+] EFIS [+] EFLU EFN EFND EFNI EFQ EFTA EG EGAD EGAR EGEN EGHG EGOV EGOVSY EH EI EIAD EIAID EIAR EIB EICN EID EIDE EIDN EIFN EIN EIND [+] EINDIR EINF EING EINN EINO EINR EINT [+] EINV [+] EINZ EIPR EIQ EISL EISNLN EITC EITI EIVN EK EL ELA ELAB [+] ELAD ELAINE ELAM ELAN ELAP ELB ELBA ELBR ELEC ELECTIONS ELF ELIN ELN ELND ELNT ELTD ELTM ELTN [+] ELTRN EMAIL EMED EMI EMIN [+] EMN EMS EMW EN END ENDURING ENEG ENER ENERG ENERGY ENFR ENG ENGR ENGRD ENGRG ENGY ENIV ENLT ENNP ENR ENRC ENRG 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| 09BRUSSELS1263 | EXPANDING THE CHORUS ON IRAN [...] (SBU) USEU Poloff met on 9/18 with EU Council Secretariat official Lene Lindholdt Hove to discuss EU efforts to broaden the chorus on Iran. Hove noted that EU member states' Foreign Ministers UNGA statements on Iran had been coordinated, the first time the EU had pre-coordinated its message o [...] | 2009-09-18 17:17:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR PREL AORC PTER EUN |
| 09BRUSSELS1266 | EU FOREIGN MINISTERS MEET (GAERC) TO DISCUSS AFGHANISTAN, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: EU Foreign Ministers (FMs) met in Brussels on September 14-15 as the General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) to review EU foreign policy priority areas. Discussions in the External Affairs Council centered on Iran, Afghanistan, and the Southern Caucasus, with the [...] | 2009-09-21 09:04:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EINT ECPS PTER EUN |
| 09BRUSSELS1270 | UNDER SECRETARY TAUSHCER TO EU: BE READY TO [...] (C//NF) Summary: Under Secretary Ellen Tauscher's September 1 visit to Brussels was an important opportunity to reinforce to the EU that Iran has until September 24, between the start of UNGA and the G-20 meeting in Pittsburgh, to respond to the U.S. and P5 1 offers to negotiate on the nucl [...] | 2009-09-21 14:18:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM ETTC PREL XF IR EUN |
| 09BRUSSELS1271 | UNDER SECRETARY TAUSCHER DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 1, during her first trip to Europe as Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security, Ellen Tauscher held separate meetings on non-proliferation and disarmament issues with the EU's envoy for non-proliferation, Annalisa Giannella, EU Council Director [...] | 2009-09-21 14:19:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL XF EUN ETTC |
| 09BRUSSELS1277 | EU/DPRK SANCTIONS: OPPORTUNITY TO INFLUENCE [...] (U) Action Request: Please see paragraph 8. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C//NF) European Union contacts expect to formalize any unilateral DPRK sanctions over the next several weeks. The deadline for the Swedish Presidency's call for proposals has now passed, but key EU members are s [...] | 2009-09-22 11:44:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETTC KNNP EFIN KCRM KHLS UNSC PINR FR UK EUN |
| 09BRUSSELS1301 | U.S.-EU TROIKA CONSULTATIONS ON DISARMAMENT AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The semi-annual U.S.-EU Troika consultations on disarmament and nonproliferation took place on September 9, 2009. The two sides were generally on the same wavelength on key armation issues. ISN DAparticular that the EU crt in this area, so that Egypt could not say nothing had [...] | 2009-09-25 14:15:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR PREL AORC PTER EUN XF |
| 09BRUSSELS132 | AFGHANISTAN: CAN THE EU BE A STRONGER PARTNER IN [...] (C/NF) Summary and comment. We currently have a window of opportunity to lay the groundwork for more EU contributions in Afghanistan. The current window may close as soon as April 3-4, 2009 -- the dates of the NATO Summit. It is unlikely that the 21 out of 27 EU member states who are also N [...] | 2009-01-29 16:36:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER SNAR NATO MARR AF AID BE EAID |
| 09BRUSSELS1338 | JOSCHKA FISCHER DISCUSS NABUCCO WITH AMB. [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: On September 17, Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Richard Morningstar, DoE PDAS for Policy and International Affairs Jonathan Elkind, and Charge d,Affaires a.i. Christopher Murray met with former German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer, now a special advisor to [...] | 2009-10-02 09:36:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET EUN |
| 09BRUSSELS1345 | BELGIUM: MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS VIEWS ON EU [...] (C) SUMMARY: Belgium's foreign policy priorities in the EU include the EU's policy towards Belgium's former colonies, toward those countries where Belgian soldiers are posted, enlargement, and ensuring that EU foreign policy is developed according to agreed-upon standards. Belgium remains de [...] | 2009-10-02 16:22:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BE EU |
| 09BRUSSELS135 | JANUARY GAERC - EU FOREIGN MINISTERS DISCUSS GAZA, [...] (C) Summary: Meeting in Brussels January 26, EU Foreign Ministers focused their energies primarily on recent political and economic developments affecting the EU. The General Affairs Council discussed the incoming Czech presidency's priorities and energy security, while the External Affairs [...] | 2009-01-29 18:53:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EUN ETTC KTFN IR SR BO XF ZI UP RS |
| 09BRUSSELS1354 | EU OFFICIALS REQUEST INFORMATION ON SANCTIONS [...] (SBU) On September 29 USEU officers delivered reftel points on the Iranian covert reactor site at Qom to Hans Grundberg, who handles the Iran portfolio for the Swedish EU Presidency. We reviewed points again the following day with EU Council Secretariat Iran desk officer Lene Hove. Neither h [...] | 2009-10-08 11:22:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR PREL EUN |
| 09BRUSSELS1360 | BELGIAN VIEWS ON IRANIAN PROLIFERATION AND [...] (C) Summary: In a joint demarche, political officers from the United States, the United Kingdom and France urged Werner Bauwens, the Belgian MFA's Special Envoy for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, to show concern about the recently revealed clandestine uranium enrichment facility in Iran, an [...] | 2009-10-09 14:28:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PREL PGOV IR BE |
| 09BRUSSELS1363 | SCENESETTER FOR OCTOBER SEMINAR ON UN TARGETED [...] (C//NF) Summary: In preparation for the Belgian-hosted UN Targeted Sanctions Seminar of Like-Minded Countries, post provides the following information on Belgian attitudes toward reform of 1267 sanctions and other counterterrorism (CT) issues. This is in part based on Treasury Assistant Sec [...] | 2009-10-09 15:08:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER KTFN ETTC PGOV EFIN PREL PINR KJUS PHUM |
| 09BRUSSELS1368 | EU/IRAN SANCTIONS: CURRENT STATE OF PLAY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-13 14:31:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETTC KNNP PARM PREL PINR MNUC EFIN ETRD UNSC |
| 09BRUSSELS1371 | EP: CHARGE PRESENTS THE US PERSPECTIVE TO THE DELEGATION [...] (U) SUMMARY. A large crowd of Members of Parliament (MEPs) and staffers attended the Charge's presentation on U.S.-EU relations during the September 30th meeting of the European Parliament's Delegation for Relations with the U.S. This was the delegation's first meeting of the new session of p [...] | 2009-10-13 16:00:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EPET EUN |
| 09BRUSSELS1374 | EU/IRAN SANCTIONS: CURRENT STATE OF PLAY [...] (C//NF) EU/Iran sanctions officials are currently focused on internal review procedures, but the USG can help make their discussions more forward-leaning by responding to EU requests for information and engaging in high-level diplomacy. On October 13, EU Council Director for Politico-Militar [...] | 2009-10-14 07:47:00 | USEU Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC KNNP PARM PREL PINR MNUC EFIN ETRD UNSC |
| 09BRUSSELS1399 | EU COMMISSIONER DE GUCHT’S TRIP TO ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The EU Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid, Karel de Gucht, along with the Swedish International Development Cooperation Minister Gunilla Carlsson, traveled to Zimbabwe on 12-13 September with an EU delegation including representatives of the Council, Commission, and th [...] | 2009-10-20 13:34:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ZU EU |
| 09BRUSSELS142 | SOLANA SPEAKS ON MIDDLE EAST PEACE, GUANTANAMO, [...] (C//NF) Summary. EU Council Secretary General and CFSP High Representative Javier Solana addressed the final session of a "Study Day" on transatlantic relations organized by the EPP-ED political group at the European Parliament. During the January 29 event he discussed EU relations with the [...] | 2009-01-30 17:01:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ENRG KPAL EUN |
| 09BRUSSELS1421 | EU STANCE ON NABUCCO WORRIES ITGI [...] (SBU) Summary: A representative of the Italy-Turkey-Greece Interconnector (ITGI) pipeline project believes the Commission,s public bias towards Nabucco is prejudicing ITGI,s ability to secure a gas deal. Commission officials told him that their support for Nabucco is driven by USG pressure. [...] | 2009-10-22 14:13:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG IT ZJ RU EU |
| 09BRUSSELS1469 | BELGIUM'S PERSPECTIVE ON THE 12TH SESSION OF THE [...] (C) Summary: The Belgian MFA Human Rights Department coordinator, Lieke Biesemans, requested earlier consultation on resolutions similar to the one brought by the U.S. on Freedom of Expression in the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) 12th Session in the future. She said Belgium was concerned abo [...] | 2009-10-29 10:26:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UN PINR BE |
| 09BRUSSELS1481 | OCTOBER GAERC - AFGHANISTAN AND U.S.-EU SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Summary: During the October 26-27 General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting in Luxembourg, EU Foreign Ministers (FMs) discussed a range of topics including Afghanistan, the Lisbon Treaty and upcoming summits, including the November 3 U.S.-EU Summit. The General Af [...] | 2009-10-30 18:21:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EUN AF BK CE MK IR |
| 09BRUSSELS1494 | BRUSSELS DISCUSSIONS ON DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 28 Danika Walters from State/NEA and Ricki Gold from USAID/ME met with EU officials from the Directorate General for External Relations (RELEX),EuropeAid Development Cooperation Office, and Council of the European Union's General Secretariat Unit for the Middle East to [...] | 2009-11-04 14:37:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID IR PREL EUN ECON |
| 09BRUSSELS1532 | DPRK DEMARCHE DELIVERY TO EU COUNCIL SECRETARIAT [...] (C//NF) SUMMARY: USEU discussed DPRK sanctions non-paper with the EU's Council Secretariat. Staffers welcomed non-paper but cautioned that EU Member States ("EUMS") were unlikely to take suggested actions immediately. EUMS are politically keen to differentiate their autonomous DPRK program [...] | 2009-11-17 15:22:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN ETTC EUN FR KCRM KHLS KNNP PINR UK UNSC |
| 09BRUSSELS1554 | BELGIUM: JEWISH LEADERS CONCERNED BY ANTI-SEMITISM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A diverse range of opinions were voiced at the October 21 Jewish Leader roundtable. Anti-Semitism in Belgium expresses itself through youth violence and a common fear of wearing Jewish religious symbols in public since the second intifada in 2000. At one tenth the size o [...] | 2009-11-20 12:57:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SCUL IS BE |
| 09BRUSSELS1555 | EU RENEWS IRAN SANCTIONS DESIGNATION LIST [...] (U) During the November 17 General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC),EU Member States adopted a Council Decision and Regulation updating the list of persons and entities in Iran to which targeted EU sanctions apply. Member States have committed themselves to review this list reg [...] | 2009-11-20 14:45:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETTC KNNP PARM PREL PINR MNUC EFIN ETRD UNSC |
| 09BRUSSELS1556 | BELGIUM: JEWISH LEADERS CONCERNED BY ANTI-SEMITISM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A diverse range of opinions were voiced at the October 21 Jewish Leader roundtable. Anti-Semitism in Belgium expresses itself through youth violence and a common fear of wearing Jewish religious symbols in public since the second intifada in 2000. At one tenth the size o [...] | 2009-11-20 15:21:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SCUL IS BE |
| 09BRUSSELS1562 | U/S BURNS TO EU: NEED TO INCREASE THE PRESSURE ON [...] (S) Summary: On November 20, Under Secretary Burns pressed upon EU Political and Security Committee (PSC) Ambassadors a sober outlook on Iran's nuclear program and policies. We are rapidly reaching the limits of what existing pressure measures on Iran can achieve, he said. Burns noted that [...] | 2009-11-20 18:38:00 | USEU Brussels | SECRET | PARM PREL ECON EUN UNSC IR ETTC |
| 09BRUSSELS1569 | EU NOVEMBER GAERC - SELECTIONS FOR EU POSITIONS [...] (U) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers met November 16-17 in Brussels for their biannual "jumbo" or "super" General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) that included a November 16 informal meeting with EU Defense Ministers and a November 17 meeting with EU Development Ministers. Highli [...] | 2009-11-23 14:54:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN AF AL BO BK MK UP RS MOPS |
| 09BRUSSELS1580 | SCENESETTER FOR BILATERAL MEETINGS WITH BELGIAN [...] (C) Summary: Madame Secretary, Embassy Brussels welcomes your visit to Brussels on December 3-4 and your meetings with the in-coming Belgian Prime Minister, Yves Leterme, and the Foreign Minister, most likely Steven Vanackere. Your visit occurs at a moment when Belgians are poised to take a leading [...] | 2009-11-24 14:00:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET | PREL PGOV MARR ECON BE AF |
| 09BRUSSELS1596 | BELGIUM: U.S. POSTURE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff met on November 24 with the Belgian Special Envoy for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, Werner Bauwens, before Bauwens left for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) meeting on Iran. Bauwens harbors little hope that Iran will cooperate with the IAEA and said that [...] | 2009-11-27 06:32:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP IR PREL BE |
| 09BRUSSELS1637 | SRAP HOLBROOKE'S DECEMBER 3 BILAT MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan (SRAP) Richard Holbrooke held a bilateral meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on December 3 in Brussels to discuss the President's December 2 speech, Afghanistan's scheduled Parliamentary elections in May 2010, [...] | 2009-12-04 12:49:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV EAID KDEM AF EUN |
| 09BRUSSELS1639 | HOLBROOKE & FM BILDT ON AFGHAN ELECTIONS, CIVILIAN [...] (S) SUMMARY: Sweden's Foreign Minister Carl Bildt told Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke in a December 3 meeting in Brussels that he agreed that Afghan elections due to be held in May 2010 must be postponed. He advocated using the upcoming releases of OSCE, [...] | 2009-12-04 18:28:00 | USEU Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR MOPS EAID PINS PGOV PREL EUN SW PK IN |
| 09BRUSSELS1666 | SCENESETTER FOR BELGIAN DEFENSE MINISTER PIETER DE [...] (C) Summary: Belgian Defense Minister Pieter De Crem has been in office since March 2008 and is one of the United States' strongest friends in the Belgian government. Under his leadership, Belgium has returned its focus to NATO as the orienting factor in its defense policy. Now, Belgium is p [...] | 2009-12-11 15:40:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET | PREL PGOV MARR MNUC BE AF |
| 09BRUSSELS1701 | EUROPEAN COMMISSION WILL CONSIDER AFRICAN URANIUM [...] (SBU) On December 18, poloff delivered REF A non-paper and demarche to Lars-Gunnar Wigemark, Head of the Security Policy Unit in the External Relations Directorate of the European Commission. Poloff emphasized that as part of our engagement with the European Union to deny Iran the means to [...] | 2009-12-18 16:43:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IR KNNP MNUC PARM EUN |
| 09BRUSSELS174 | IRAN: EU DESIGNATIONS AFFECTED BY U.S. POLICY [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: In light of German and Italian interventions over the past twenty-four hours, the Czech EU Presidency has decided to postpone an EU-level experts meeting on new Iran proliferation-related designations that was scheduled for February 11. The Italian delegation requested that th [...] | 2009-02-06 17:41:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KNNC ETTC ETRD EFIN IR EUN |
| 09BRUSSELS1740 | DEMARCHE TO EU ON AMCIT CASES IN IRAN [...] (C) On December 21, 2009, USEU Senior Consular Representative delivered ref A non-paper and talking points to Giorgio Porzio, Head of the Consular Communication Unit at the EU Council's Joint Situation Center. Porzio promised to relay the non-paper to Ambassador Maria Victoria Morera Villuen [...] | 2009-12-31 14:12:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC EUN IR PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER |
| 09BRUSSELS205 | IRAN: FEBRUARY 6 EU DEBATE ON SANCTIONS AND U.S. [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On February 6, EU Political and Security Council Ambassadors debated next steps on Iran policy. Council Secretariat DirGen Robert Cooper briefed the EU-27 on the P5 1 meeting earlier in the week. Given U.S. reaffirmation of the dual-track policy and the fact of t [...] | 2009-02-12 19:04:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KNNC ETTC ETRD EFIN IR EUN |
| 09BRUSSELS227 | CENTCOM'S GEN. PETRAEUS MEETS WITH BELGIAN FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: CENTCOM Commander David Petraeus gave Belgium's Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht a tour d'horizon of political-military challenges in the CENTCOM AOR, engaging De Gucht on Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Petraeus contrasted the situation in Iraq with that in Af [...] | 2009-02-18 10:48:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | BE IR MARR MOPS PREL IQ |
| 09BRUSSELS245 | DAS HENGEL TALKS ENERGY SECURITY WITH THE EU [...] (SBU) Summary. On February 5 DAS Doug Hengel gave a well received presentation on "Oil and Gas Pipelines: the US Perspective" to a conference on "Investing in Europe's Energy Future" organized by the French Institute of International Relations (Ifri) in Brussels. Following the conference on [...] | 2009-02-20 15:58:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET EUN |
| 09BRUSSELS250 | BELGIAN VIEWS ON NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY [...] (C) Summary: Belgium's main objective for the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) 2010 Review Conference is making progress not only on non-proliferation but also disarmament, showing concrete results. The GOB would like to see the United States engage Iran on a bilateral basis. The USG [...] | 2009-02-23 09:24:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA |
| 09BRUSSELS294 | YOUR MEETING WITH BELGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER DE GUCHT [...] (C) Madame Secretary, your meeting with Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht will reinforce U.S.-Belgian cooperation on Afghanistan, on counter-terrorism, on Iran, and on Africa. Your meeting--our first cabinet-level exchange since a new government was formed under Prime Minister Herman [...] | 2009-03-03 18:42:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BE |
| 09BRUSSELS31 | RUSSIA/UKRAINE: PIEBALGS SEES SHADOW, PREDICTS [...] (C) Summary: EU Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs told Ambassador Silverberg January 9 that Russia and Ukraine agreed to accept an "international" monitoring team to restore gas deliveries through Ukraine to Europe. Gas flows should resume by Saturday, January 10. Piebalgs remains concerne [...] | 2009-01-09 19:07:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET EUN RS UP |
| 09BRUSSELS310 | YOUR MEETING WITH BELGIAN PRIME MINISTER VAN ROMPUY [...] (C) Summary: Mr. Vice President, your meeting with Belgian Prime Minister Van Rompuy can reinforce U.S.-Belgian cooperation on Afghanistan, counter-terrorism, resettlement of Guantanamo detainees, Iran, Kosovo and Africa. The meeting is an opportunity to recognize Belgium's expanding contri [...] | 2009-03-05 15:24:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BE |
| 09BRUSSELS355 | EU'S ROBERT COOPER AND S/P SLAUGHTER DISCUSS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-13 09:42:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS AF PK PBK EUN |
| 09BRUSSELS361 | IRAN: MARCH 3 EU DEBATE ON SANCTIONS AND U.S. [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: On March 3, EU Political and Securty Council Ambassadors held an inconclusive debate on Iran policy with a view toward framing a response to the U.S. Iran policy review. Council Secretariat DirGen Robert Cooper circulated a draft paper detailing the purely military nature of th [...] | 2009-03-13 14:39:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KNNC ETTC ETRD EFIN IR EUN |
| 09BRUSSELS381 | BELGIUM REQUEST URGENT INFORMATION ON IRAN [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) Werner Bauwens, Special Envoy for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation called Poloff in to deliver two messages regarding Iran and proliferation: the name change of an Iranian shipping company and a Belgian company's request to expo [...] | 2009-03-17 16:46:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET | KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY ENRG EMIN ETTC IR BE |
| 09BRUSSELS41 | EU TERRORISM FINANCE LISTINGS: TROUBLE AHEAD [...] (SBU) EU and Member State courts are rendering judgments that may hinder our ability to secure EU-wide designations of terrorist entities. The new problem for us is higher standards of evidence, and judicial review of the sufficiency of that evidence, that will make the EU and its Member Stat [...] | 2009-01-13 10:59:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KTFN PTER EFIN KCRM KJUS KHLS EUN UNSC IR |
| 09BRUSSELS411 | Experts Meeting on Regional Economic Cooperation on [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The European Commission hosted a meeting of experts March 17 in Brussels to develop tangible areas for regional projects centered on Afghanistan ahead of the Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan (RECC),to be held in Islamabad, perhaps in May. Experts repres [...] | 2009-03-23 12:36:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV OPIC BE AF |
| 09BRUSSELS425 | Experts Meeting on Regional Economic Cooperation on [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The European Commission hosted a meeting of experts March 17 in Brussels to develop tangible areas for regional projects centered on Afghanistan ahead of the Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan (RECC),to be held in Islamabad, perhaps in May. Experts represen [...] | 2009-03-25 15:03:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV OPIC BE AF |
| 09BRUSSELS450 | EUROPEAN COUNTERPARTS SEEK MORE ROBUST DEVELOPMENT [...] European counterparts within the Commission, Czech Presidency, and EU Member States have indicated strong interest in elevating development to a more important place on the trans-Atlantic agenda. In their view, the new U.S. Administration is likely to be receptive to these efforts, given a s [...] | 2009-03-27 15:43:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL ECON EFIN ETRD EUN IO EAGR |
| 09BRUSSELS453 | EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT CALLS FOR UPGRADED TRANSATLANTIC TIES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-30 14:19:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EUN |
| 09BRUSSELS456 | AFRICOM DEPUTY COMMANDER YATES' MARCH 12 MEETINGS [...] (S/NF) Summary: AFRICOM Deputy to the Commander for Civ/Mil Activities (DCMA) Mary Carlin Yates received a wide variety of opinions and input March 12 during meetings with representatives of the NGO community in Brussels, a lunch with Belgian parliamentarians, and a dinner with several Africa [...] | 2009-03-30 15:27:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI MARR MOPS MNUC CG BE |
| 09BRUSSELS464 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: EU ON URGING IRAN TO RELEASE [...] (C) On March 30, USEU Mission officers delivered reftel demarche to EU Council Secretariat and Czech Presidency officials on the need for diplomatic pressure on Iran to release detained American citizen Roxana Saberi. Mission officers reviewed the case separately with Daniel Mic, Counselor [...] | 2009-03-31 13:50:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL EUN IR |
| 09BRUSSELS476 | MIDDLE EAST: NOTES FROM MARCH 27-28 INFORMAL [...] (C/NF) An EU member country contact gave to the Charge the following text (paras 2-5),based on a Czech Presidency readout of the informal discussion on the Middle East among EU foreign ministers at the March 27-28 Gymnich, held in Hluboka in the Czech Republic. As is usual with the semi-annu [...] | 2009-04-01 15:31:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KPAL EUN |
| 09BRUSSELS496 | CENTRAL EUROPEAN EXPERIENCE SHOWS COALITION [...] (C) Summary and Introduction. Experts agree that effective EU policymaking is driven by coalitions among member states. They also agree that the Central European states that joined the EU since 2004 have only recently begun to employ coalition building. As a corollary, some EU experts cont [...] | 2009-04-02 16:20:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM EUN XG ECON EFIN SENV |
| 09BRUSSELS536 | IRAN SANCTIONS: AA/S GLASER BRIEFS EU ON PRIORITY [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: During a March 2-3 visit to Brussels, Daniel Glaser, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes, assured an uncertain European Union that the United States remains committed to the dual track approach to Iran and said [...] | 2009-04-08 12:23:00 | USEU Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC KNNP PARM KTFN PTER EFIN KCRM KJUS KHLS |
| 09BRUSSELS537 | IRAN SANCTIONS: AA/S GLASER CONSULTS KEY AMBASSADORS IN BRUSSELS REF: A. BRUSSELS 205 B. BRUSSELS 41 C. 2008 BRUSSELS 1468 D. BRUSSELS 101 [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On March 2 and 3 Acting Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Daniel Glaser briefed EU-27 non-proliferation and Iran experts on U.S. sanctions against Iran's illicit conduct in the areas of nuclear proliferation and terrorism. On the margin of the formal briefing (reporte [...] | 2009-04-08 12:24:00 | USEU Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC KNNP PARM KTFN PTER EFIN KCRM KJUS KHLS |
| 09BRUSSELS567 | SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY MITCHELL'S VISIT TO [...] (C) We warmly welcome your visit to Brussels. The members of the European Union's Political and Security Committee (PSC) look forward to meeting with you April 22 and exchanging ideas on Israeli-Palestinian and broader regional peace. The President heard from EU heads of state/government in [...] | 2009-04-16 14:41:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | OVIP MITCHELL AMGT PREL EUN |
| 09BRUSSELS577 | SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY MORNINGSTAR'S VISIT [...] (SBU) Welcome to Brussels. Your visit comes as the EU struggles to develop a common energy policy, internally and externally. The Europeans view energy security in broad terms -- to include alternative sources and supply of gas, development of additional renewable resources, research into c [...] | 2009-04-17 15:29:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET EUN |
| 09BRUSSELS601 | SPECIAL ENVOY MITCHELL'S EU MEETINGS [...] (U) 22 April 2009, EU Council Justus Lipsius Building, Brussels. 2. (U) U.S. Participants: Special Envoy George Mitchell NEA DAS David M. Hale NEA/IPA Payton L. Knopf NEA/IPA Alon Sachar NSC Mara E. Rudman USEU Charge d'Affaires, a.i., Christopher Murray USEU PolMinsCouns Christop [...] | 2009-04-27 18:02:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EUN IS XF |
| 09BRUSSELS616 | EU TERRORISM SANCTIONS: TROUBLE CONTINUES [...] (U) This message contains an urgent Action Request (paras 31-32). Please see also Summary and other Action Requests paragraphs 6-7, 12, 17-18, 23, 25, 29 and 37. 2. (S//NF) SUMMARY/COMMENT: Due in part to recent European court rulings, EU implementation of UN and autonomous sanctions ag [...] | 2009-04-29 16:28:00 | USEU Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC KTFN PTER EFIN KCRM KJUS KHLS UNSC PINR |
| 09BRUSSELS648 | TOUR D'HORIZON WITH BELGIUM'S PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy told Charge May 5 that he was very impressed by President Obama during their recent contacts in Strasbourg and Prague, especially the President's active role at the NATO summit in forging unanimity on the selection of a new NATO Secretary [...] | 2009-05-07 11:22:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN SENV PGOV ECON PINR BE |
| 09BRUSSELS670 | SPECIAL ENVOY MORNINGSTAR DISCUSSES EU ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary. On April 22-23 Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Richard Morningstar met with EU and industry officials to discuss U.S.-EU cooperation on energy security. In these meetings, Ambassador Morningstar gave his European counterparts an overview of the Administration's Eurasian ene [...] | 2009-05-12 07:39:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET EUN |
| 09BRUSSELS672 | ISRAEL DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER AYALON DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary: The Deputy Foreign Minister of Israel, Daniel Ayalon, met for two and a half hours in an informal May 7 session with ambassadors who make up the EU's 28-member Political and Security Committee (PSC),which helps set EU common foreign and security policy. Several EU diplomats an [...] | 2009-05-12 10:40:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL EU |
| 09BRUSSELS723 | EC RESPONSE TO PAKISTAN IDP CRISIS [...] USEU Brussels delivered reftel demarche to European Commission officials the week of May 18, including EC Humanitarian Aid Department (ECHO) Director General Zangl. EC officials share USG concerns regarding number of IDPs; strain on existing camps and families hosting IDPs, and need to provide [...] | 2009-05-22 14:32:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PK PREF SOCI |
| 09BRUSSELS768 | EU: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON IRAN AS AN ENTRY POINT [...] (SBU) On June 2, 2009 Econ Officer delivered reftel demarche to EU Commission officials Heinz Hilbrecht, Director for Security of Supply and Energy Markets at DG-TREN, and Brendan Devlin, Principal Administrator under Hilbrecht charged with shepherding the Nabucco Intergovernmental Agreement [...] | 2009-06-03 15:08:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET EUN IR IZ TU |
| 09BRUSSELS770 | EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ELECTIONS III - A WHO-WILL-BE-WHO [...] (U) SUMMARY: Key posts in the European Parliament (EP) will be distributed in July. The five-year EP Presidency is likely to be shared between Jerzy Buzcek (EPP-ED, Poland) for the first half-term and Martin Schulz (PES, Germany) for the second, although other contenders are in the wings. T [...] | 2009-06-03 16:20:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR EUN ECON |
| 09BRUSSELS802 | BELGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER DE GUCHT'S MAY 27-28 [...] (SBU) Summary: Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht traveled to Iraq on May 27-28. While Belgium has been absent from Iraq for several years, his visit indicates a new willingness to be more active and cooperative with efforts to build security and good governance in the country. De Gucht [...] | 2009-06-09 11:39:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EINV EPET BE IZ |
| 09BRUSSELS812 | BELGIAN CANDIDATE FOR IAEA DIRECTOR GENERAL [...] (C) Poloff spoke on June 11 with Werner Bauwens, Belgian Special Envoy for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, about the candidacy of Jean-Pol Poncelet for Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency. Bauwens was in Budapest. He said that he was disappointed that Poncelet had n [...] | 2009-06-11 14:59:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC ENRG PARM BE |
| 09BRUSSELS84 | EU FOREIGN MINISTERS PRESS LIVNI ON OPENING GAZA, [...] (C) Summary: Tomas Smetanka, Middle East Advisor at the Czech Permanent Representation in Brussels, told us that, during their January 21 dinner meeting with Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, EU Foreign Ministers pressed for an immediate humanitarian opening of Gaza, for a permanent ope [...] | 2009-01-22 17:20:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PHUM EU |
| 09BRUSSELS854 | JUNE GAERC - GUANTANAMO, IRELAND, THE MIDDLE EAST, [...] (C) Summary: Meeting in Luxembourg on June 15, EU Foreign Ministers prepared the June 18-19 European Council summit meeting on guarantees for Ireland and financial regulation, and they addressed the Middle East, Western Balkans, and Cuba. Significantly, they announced the approval of joint US-EU jo [...] | 2009-06-19 17:11:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ECON EUN AF BK CU HR IR IZ MD PK |
| 09BRUSSELS859 | U.S.-EU EXCHANGES ON SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA [...] (C) Summary: During the June 8 U.S.-EU meetings on South and Central Asia, SCA Bureau Deputy Assistant Secretary Michael Owen stressed the need to work together to produce internationally credible elections in Afghanistan. The European Commission's James Moran responded the EU would do "whate [...] | 2009-06-22 12:16:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | AF EAGR ETRD ETTC EU EUN IN KDEM MARR MOPS |
| 09BRUSSELS876 | NABUCCO IGA ENTERS AND EXITS SILENT APPROVAL PHASE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Nabucco parties reached tentative agreement on the text of the Nabucco intergovernmental agreement in Vienna on June 21. At that point the Commission notified the parties that the process had entered the "silent approval" phase, meaning that if no one raised objections by [...] | 2009-06-25 15:28:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET EUN |
| 09BRUSSELS920 | EU AND NORTH KOREA [...] (U) Action Request: Please see paragraphs 4-5. 2. (C) SUMMARY: USEU shared Ref A and B points with Commission and Council General Secretariat functional, regional, and technical experts. Commission sanctions experts request additional information about how the USG will implement the UN [...] | 2009-07-06 09:53:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN EWWT EAIR PARM PREL KNNP MNUC MTCRE |
| 09BRUSSELS970 | SACEUR: JULY 15 MEETING WITH THE BELGIAN GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Admiral Stavridis, Embassy Brussels welcomes your visit to Brussels and wishes to provide you background for your upcoming meetings with Belgian King Albert II, Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy, Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, Defense Minister Peter De Crem, and Chief of Defense General C [...] | 2009-07-14 06:15:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PGOV ECON BE |
| 09BUCHAREST147 | MFA DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR STRATEGIC POLICY ON BLACK [...] (C) Summary: POLMILOFF met with MFA Director General for Strategic Policy Calin Stoica on February 27 to discuss Black Sea strategy issues, including Romania's interest in the proposed Black Sea Defense Ministerial (BSDM). Stoica noted that Black Sea littoral states have not yet reached a com [...] | 2009-03-05 05:46:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG RO |
| 09BUCHAREST25 | CHARGE CALL ON NEW FOREIGN MINISTER DIACONESCU [...] (C) Newly-installed Foreign Minister Cristian Diaconescu met with Charge on January 14 to share his thoughts on those foreign policy issues Romania will emphasize during his tenure. He first focused on neighborhood concerns, including the importance of improving Romanian-Ukrainian relations. [...] | 2009-01-15 05:45:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RO |
| 09BUCHAREST306 | ROMANIA: IRAN GAS AND TURKISH TAKE-OFF DEMANDS ARE [...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Director General and lead Nabucco negotiator, Calin Stoica, summoned EconCoun and EconOff to the MFA on May 5 to provide a readout on the latest round of Nabucco Inter-State Agreement (IS [...] | 2009-05-08 04:45:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON PREL IR RO |
| 09BUCHAREST370 | ROMANIA: ACTIVE IN ENERGY DIPLOMACY [...] (C) Summary. According to Ministry of Economy State Secretary (SS) Tudor Serban, Romania has been engaged in active energy diplomacy efforts with Russia, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, and Armenia. Underpinning Romania's efforts are a desire to advance the Nabucco project and secure for Romania b [...] | 2009-06-02 10:24:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EINV PREL RO |
| 09BUCHAREST385 | ROMANIA: DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON IRAN AS A SOURCE OF [...] (C) Acting DCM and EconOff delivered ref A demarche points to Romania's chief negotiator for the Nabucco inter-state agreement (ISA),Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Director General (DG) Calin Stoica, on June 2. (Stoica had been unavailable earlier, as he was in Vienna for the latest roun [...] | 2009-06-05 13:41:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON PREL RO |
| 09BUCHAREST425 | ROMANIA: BECOMING MORE 'LIKE MINDED' ON 1267? [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) In response to questions raised by USEU in ref emails, EconOff met with Elena Paris, Head of Unit at the Office for the Implementation of International Sanctions, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),to discuss current Romanian v [...] | 2009-06-22 13:52:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EFIN PREL RO |
| 09BUCHAREST613 | ROMANIA REACTION TO IAEA REQUEST [...] (SBU) POLOFF delivered REF comments September 3 to Nineta Barbalescu, Director of the MFA Directorate for OCSE, Asymmetric Threats and Nonproliferation. Barbalescu said Romania agreed that Iran, and to some extent Syria, would attempt to use procedural issues to prolong debates and in effect [...] | 2009-09-04 09:37:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP PARM IAEA MNUC TRGY PREL IR SY RO |
| 09BUCHAREST663 | ROMANIAN RESPONSE TO THE EXISTENCE OF A COVERT [...] (SBU) Deputy POL Chief coordinated with representatives from UK and French Embassies in Bucharest to jointly deliver Reftel demarche on the existence of a covert uranium enrichment facility in Iran to the Deputy Director of the Asymmetric Risks and Non-Proliferation Division of the MFA, Anca J [...] | 2009-09-30 12:53:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | IR KNNP MNUC PARM RO |
| 09BUCHAREST679 | ROMANIAN RESPONSE TO OUTCOME OF P5+1 TALKS WITH [...] (SBU) Deputy PolCouns and UK Emboff jointly briefed MFA Deputy Director for Asymmetric Risks and Non-Proliferation Anca Jurcan on the results of the October 1 P5-1 talks with Iran in Geneva. Jurcan reiterated Romanian support for the American and British positions and expressed cautious optim [...] | 2009-10-07 12:27:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | IR KNNP MNUC PARM RO |
| 09BUCHAREST714 | ROMANIA: VP BIDEN MEETING WITH PRESIDENT BASESCU [...] (U) Summary. Vice President Biden met with President Basescu on October 22, 2009. The Romanian President and Vice President Biden discussed the motivations for Biden's trip to Europe; the U.S. and Romanian relationships with Russia; missile defense; and the coalition strategy in Afghanistan [...] | 2009-10-23 13:59:00 | Embassy Bucharest | SECRET | PREL ENRG CONS XH XD RO |
| 09BUDAPEST101 | BUDAPEST NABUCCO SUMMIT: SOME NEW MOMENTUM BUT NO [...] (SBU) Summary: The GoH-hosted Nabucco Summit in Budapest brought together twelve national delegations representing potential Nabucco suppliers (including Iraq, Egypt, Turkmenistan, and Kazakhstan),transit states, and consumers, including three EU prime ministers, the EU Energy Commissioner, [...] | 2009-02-04 05:48:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PGOV EU HU |
| 09BUDAPEST113 | HUNGARY: NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT) [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 5. 2. (U) Post provides the following responses provided by the MFA's Security and Non-proliferation Department, keyed to questions outlined in ref A, paragraph 8. 3. A. (C) What are the host government's objectives for the NPT in general, and [...] | 2009-02-09 11:17:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PARM NPT MNUC ENGR HU |
| 09BUDAPEST310 | REQUEST: HUNGARIAN HCOC OUTREACH [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 4. 2. (C) MFA Security and Non-Proliferation Department Deputy Chief, Gabor Horvath, contacted PolOff April 20 to request USG concurrence for their proposed outreach to several countries under the aegis of Hungary's current Hague Code of Conduct [...] | 2009-04-21 12:45:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA HU |
| 09BUDAPEST34 | HUNGARIAN COMMENTS ON THE EU-SYRIA ASSOCIATION [...] (C) PolOff met with MFA EU External Relations Section Head Andras Dekany on January 9 to discuss reftel. Dekany first stated that there was no information from their EU representative in Brussels that the EU-Syrian Association Agreement would be on the January 26-27 GAERC agenda. He commente [...] | 2009-01-12 14:22:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU SY HU |
| 09BUDAPEST389 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NABUCCO PIPELINE ENTRY POINTS [...] (SBU) Charge d'Affaires delivered reftel talking points to Mihaly Bayer, Hungary's ambassador-at-large for the Nabucco project. Bayer promised to pass the points to Hungary's delegation to the negotiations on the interstate agreement (ISA),which he expected to conclude today (May 29). 2. [...] | 2009-05-29 13:31:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ECON PREL HU |
| 09BUDAPEST422 | HUNGARIAN COMMENTS ON THE JUNE GAERC AGENDA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-12 23:00:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU HU |
| 09BUDAPEST423 | HUNGARIAN COMMENTS ON THE JUNE GAERC AGENDA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-12 23:00:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU HU |
| 09BUDAPEST533 | HUNGARIAN VIEWS ON JULY 27-28 FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] (U) MFA EU External Relations Section Chief Andras Dekany discussed issues on the agenda of the July 27-28 GAERC Meeting with EmbOff on July 24. Dekany noted that the agenda will focus on three items: Iran, Georgia, and Somalia. He provided the following summary of the MFA's position on the [...] | 2009-07-24 13:25:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN HU |
| 09BUDAPEST637 | HUNGARIAN COMMENTS ON UNGA 64 GOALS AND OBJECTIVES [...] In a September 2 meeting with PolOff to discuss reftel, the MFA's UN desk officer, Bernadett Kollar, expressed appreciation for the information covering USG priorities for the upcoming UNGA session. Lamenting the shortfall in MFA staffing that impacts preparation of a similarly detailed agen [...] | 2009-09-04 08:08:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA HU |
| 09BUDAPEST638 | HUNGARIAN COMMENTS ON THE SEPTEMBER GYMNICH [...] MFA EU External Relations and Crisis Situations Section Chief Andras Dekany discussed ref email topics with PolOff on September 3 and provided the following comments concerning the agenda items: 2. (C) Israel-Palestinian Peace: -- Referring to the September summit, Dekany said that Hunga [...] | 2009-09-04 11:16:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU HU |
| 09BUDAPEST669 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: HUNGARY SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. [...] (C) Emboff delivered reftel talking points to Sandor Racz, Senior Advisor to the Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Section within the Hungarian Foreign Ministry's Department for Security Policy and Non-Proliferation. Racz expressed Hungary's concurrence with the U.S. position on the IAEA Gene [...] | 2009-09-15 15:01:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PARM PREL KNNP IAEA EG IS HU |
| 09BUDAPEST709 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: HUNGARY SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION [...] (C) POL Counselor discussed reftel points September 28 with Dr. Bernadett Kollar, Head of the Global Organizations Unit of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' International Organizations and Human Rights Department. Dr. Kollar welcomed the U.S. demarche. She said Hungary was following the issu [...] | 2009-09-28 16:27:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP MNUC PARM IR HU |
| 09BUDAPEST734 | BRIEFING THE HUNGARIANS ON P5+1 TALKS WITH IRAN [...] (C) POL/ECON Counselor and POL Officer briefed Ministry of Foreign Affairs Political Director Gabor Iklody and Sandor Racz, Iran Desk Officer in the Security and Non-Proliferation Department, October 5 on the outcome of the P5 1 talks in Geneva. We emphasized that although progress had been m [...] | 2009-10-07 15:19:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM IR HU |
| 09BUDAPEST779 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: HUNGARIAN VIEWS ON THIRD [...] (U) PolOff and EmbOff delivered reftel points October 22 to Anna Miklos, the Ministry of Foreign Affair's UN Desk Officer. Miklos expressed appreciation for the opportunity to discuss Third Committee agenda items in advance, adding that the Hungarian position parallels USG priorities. She sa [...] | 2009-10-26 17:36:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UN EU HU |
| 09BUDAPEST844 | HUNGARY'S VIEW ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM AND NEXT [...] (C) PolOff met November 23 with Mark Horvath, the MFA's Office Director for non-proliferation issues to discuss reftel. Although not a member of the IAEA Board of Governors, Horvath said that Hungary will use its "small voice" to promote active IAEA action on the Iran issue. He commented th [...] | 2009-11-25 07:24:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU PARM IR HU |
| 09BUENOSAIRES1031 | GOA SHARES ITS CONCERN ABOUT INTERPOL STATEMENT ON [...] (C) Argentine Vice Foreign Minister Victorio Taccetti voiced concern with Charge d'Affaires on September 14 over a press statement quoting the Secretary General of Interpol, Ronald Noble, discussing efforts to resolve the dispute between Argentina and Iran over Iranian suspects in a 1994 terro [...] | 2009-09-16 19:36:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PTER MNUC PREL AORC IR AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES1044 | MEDIA REACTION; OBAMA'S DECISION TO ABANDON MISSILE DEFENSE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international opinion pieces are focused on President Obama's decision to abandon the missile defense shield in Europe; the impact of the Argentine broadcasting draft legislation on Washington; as well as a proposal of foreign banks to Argentina for t [...] | 2009-09-18 18:26:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
| 09BUENOSAIRES1049 | MEDIA REACTION; G-20 SUMMIT; ARGENTINE PRESIDENT KIRCHNER [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories are related to Argentina's attendance at the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh; expectations over Argentine President Cristina Kirchner's trip to New York; the current status of the US-Argentine bilateral relationship; as well as the UN General Assembly [...] | 2009-09-21 15:17:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
| 09BUENOSAIRES1051 | ARGENTINA: WILL CONSIDER U.S. UNGA REDLINES [...] (SBU) Political Officer met with Mateo Estreme, a member of Foreign Minister Taiana,s staff, to discuss the reftel demarche. Estreme welcomed word of anticipated high-level U.S. participation throughout the UNGA. He offered no objections to the U.S. redlines, noting with approval in particul [...] | 2009-09-22 11:58:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES1069 | FOREIGN MINISTER TAIANA DECIPHERS ARGENTINA FOR [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Martinez presented copies of her credentials on September 18, the day of her arrival in country, to Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana. A friendly and expansive Taiana emphasized the high priority the Government of Argentina (GOA) placed on securing a meeting for President [...] | 2009-09-23 19:53:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PARM ECON AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES1078 | MEDIA REACTION: UN CALL FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT; HONDURAS; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international opinion pieces are focused on the UN call for nuclear disarmament; the implications of Zelaya's return to Honduras; and the status of the US-Argentine bilateral relationship. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "UN makes an historic [...] | 2009-09-25 20:03:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
| 09BUENOSAIRES1080 | MEDIA REACTION: ARGENTINA AT THE G20 SUMMIT; US-ARGENTINE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international opinion pieces are mostly related to Argentina's bid to position itself for a return to international capital markets; the status of the US-Argentine bilateral relationship; Iranian President Ahmadinejad's blunt rejection of Argentine President Kirchn [...] | 2009-09-28 18:24:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
| 09BUENOSAIRES1095 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY SOLIS' VISIT TO ARGENTINA, OCTOBER 6-8 [...] (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your October 6-8 visit to Argentina. I will have been in the country a little less than three weeks when you arrive, and I am honored to have you among my first visitors. The Government of Argentina will also be extremely interested in [...] | 2009-10-02 14:02:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ELAB PGOV ECON ETRD AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES1126 | MEDIA REACTION; NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT; PRESIDENT OBAMA [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international opinion pieces and editorials are related to UN Security Council Resolution 1887 in favor of nuclear disarmament; President Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize; the Project Syndicate association of newspapers' seminar on climate change; and Argentina's [...] | 2009-10-13 18:20:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
| 09BUENOSAIRES1165 | AMBASSADOR MEETS ARGENTINE CABINET CHIEF FERNANDEZ [...] (C) Summary: In her introductory call on Argentine Cabinet Chief Anibal Fernandez (AF),the Ambassador thanked AF for his role in strengthening bilateral relations and expressed appreciation for GOA cooperation on law enforcement issues. AF said he had always had good relations with the Emba [...] | 2009-10-27 18:13:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SNAR KTIP SENV AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES1168 | ARGENTINA TRIP REPORT OF A/S TREASURY DAVID COHEN [...] (U) Summary. Treasury Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes David S. Cohen traveled to Buenos Aires, Argentina, on October 2 to address members of the U.S.-Latin America Private Sector Dialogue (U.S.-LA PSD) and conduct meetings with the Central Bank of the Republic o [...] | 2009-10-28 15:22:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES1169 | MEDIA REACTION; OCTOBER 19-23 INTERNATIONAL OPINION PIECES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-28 17:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
| 09BUENOSAIRES121 | ARGENTINA: GOA CONDEMNS ANTI-ISRAEL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Argentine Jewish community continues to express concerns over the lack of official condemnation of recent anti-Israel protests featuring anti-Semitic imagery (reftel) led by pro-Kirchner "piquetero" social activist leader Luis D'Elia. In response to these concerns, the GOA [...] | 2009-02-05 11:38:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ASEC PTER AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES123 | Argentina: Codel Costello Supports Expanding Bilat Ties, [...] (SBU) Codel Costello, a delegation of eight U.S. Representatives plus professional staff from the House Transportation and Infrastructure Civil Aviation Subcommittee, met with representatives of U.S. civil aviation companies and with senior GoA officials, including Planning Minister De Vido and [...] | 2009-02-05 17:28:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL EAIR EWWT ETRD AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES1231 | ARGENTINA RECEPTIVE ON NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE GOALS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. During meetings in Buenos Aires on October 26-27, Special Representative of the President for Nuclear Nonproliferation Susan Burk successfully identified areas of common interest and support going in to the 2010 Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference. Candid [...] | 2009-11-17 19:45:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IAEA ENRG AR KNNP |
| 09BUENOSAIRES1233 | ARGENTINA: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON IRAN RESOLUTION AT THE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-19 11:52:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA UN AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES1282 | MEDIA REACTION: WEEK OF NOVEMBER 17-23; 11/23/09; BUENOS [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international opinion pieces and editorials last week were mostly related to President Obama's trip to Asia and its impact on the US-Sino bilateral relationship; President Obama's policy on the Middle East; the Guantanamo Bay detention center; and the outcome of the FOA [...] | 2009-11-23 19:47:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL |
| 09BUENOSAIRES1300 | MEDIA REACTION: WEEK OF NOVEMBER 24-30; 11/30/09; BUENOS [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT The most important international stories were related to: the outcome of the Honduran presidential election; expectations for the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit; and implications of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's visit to Brazil and Bolivia. 2. HONDURA [...] | 2009-11-30 20:38:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL |
| 09BUENOSAIRES1305 | (C) Argentine MFA Shares Some Concerns About Brazilian [...] (C) Summary: Argentine MFA nuclear non-proliferation officials shared concerns about the direction of Brazilian security policy in the final years of the Lula Government during a meeting December 10. These were "yellow lights" only, but the Argentines were concerned by Brazil's outreach to Ir [...] | 2009-12-24 16:03:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP PARM PGOV BR AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES1311 | (C) ARGENTINE GOVERNMENT TAKES UMBRAGE AT WHA A/S [...] (C) Summary: The GOA responded with heavy artillery to a remark WHA A/S Valenzuela made during a December 16 press roundtable. Immediately after the press roundtable, Argentine media started focusing almost exclusively on A/S Valenzuela's remark that the American business community in Argentina had [...] | 2009-12-31 13:44:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OVIP ECON KPAO |
| 09BUENOSAIRES1338 | Argentina: Well-Received Visits by Shimon Peres and Mahmoud [...] (SBU) Summary: President Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) received separate visits from Israeli President Shimon Peres (November 16-18) and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (November 23-24),and joined top GOA officials, and a wide range of Argentines, in offering both very warm recepti [...] | 2009-12-10 15:16:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PHUM AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES1366 | MEDIA REACTION: 12/8/09 - 12/14/09; CLIMATE CHANGE SUMMIT; [...] SUMMARY Most newspapers reported the massive world demonstrations against climate change in 130 cities, with veiled criticism of the lack of cooperation among developed countries to reach an agreement. English-language "Buenos Aires Herald" carries an opinion piece that stresses Presiden [...] | 2009-12-15 12:19:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL |
| 09BUENOSAIRES1378 | MEDIA REACTION: A/S VALENZUELA VISIT TO ARGENTINA; 12/18/09; [...] SUMMARY December 17 newspapers reported on Assistant Secretary Valenzuela's remarks during his December 15-16 visit to Argentina about the views of U.S. investors regarding legal insecurity and excessive state intervention, which he contrasted with the more positive mood during a 1996 vi [...] | 2009-12-18 15:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL |
| 09BUENOSAIRES1414 | Scenesetter for Codel Engel Visit to Argentina, January 5-7 [...] (SBU) Mr. Chairman, on behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome you and your delegation to Argentina. I will have been in the country for about four months when you arrive, and I am honored to have you among my first Congressional visitors. The Government of Argentina is interested in [...] | 2009-12-29 19:44:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OREP PGOV ECON ETRD ELAB PHUM PTER KTIP |
| 09BUENOSAIRES1418 | Argentina: 2009 Country Report on Terrorism [...] (U) Buenos Aires Country Report on Terrorism submission for 2009 follows. Contact is Pol-Mil Officer Ted Craig, at craigtj@state.gov. 2. (SBU) Begin text: Argentina and the United States cooperated well in analyzing possible terrorist threat information. During 2009, Argentina [...] | 2009-12-31 15:42:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL ASEC PGOV AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES229 | ARGENTINA: GOVERNMENT TELLS STAFFDEL LEWIS IT WELCOMES THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentina MFA Chief of Staff D'Alotto and Sub-Secretary for Latin American Relations Colombo Sierra told visiting U.S. Congressional Staffdel Lewis on February 16 that it welcomed a perceived opportunity to deepen and improve bilateral ties at the outset of the Obama Administrati [...] | 2009-03-04 18:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON SNAR KTIP AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES247 | ARGENTINE JUDGE ORDERS ATTACHMENT OF ADDITIONAL [...] (SBU) As anticipated in ref A, Argentine Special Prosecutor Alberto Nisman obtained from federal judge Rodolfo Canicoba-Corral an order for the attachment of real estate property in Buenos Aires province allegedly belonging to former Iranian Embassy Cultural Attache in Argentina Mohsen Rabbani [...] | 2009-03-06 22:07:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER KJUS FBI AR IR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES365 | IAEA DG RACE: ARGENTINA WILLING TO CONSIDER [...] (C) Summary: According to senior Argentina MFA advisor Rafael Grossi, Argentina will consider endorsing Argentine citizen Rogelio Pfirter as a compromise candidate for Director General of the IAEA if it receives high-level requests from the United States and a couple of other European or P5 go [...] | 2009-03-27 20:59:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IAEA PARM KNNP AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES401 | THE SECRETARY'S APRIL 7 MEETING WITH ARGENTINE FM [...] (C) Your April 7 meeting with Argentine FM Jorge Taiana is an opportunity to encourage his continued support in keeping the overall tone of relations positive, even in the face of occasional disagreements. As populist and liberal democratic models vie in South America, Argentina is a swing sta [...] | 2009-04-03 22:15:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES592 | ARGENTINA: AMIA SPECIAL PROSECUTOR READY TO [...] (C) Special Prosecutor Alberto Nisman called on the Ambassador May 19 to notify us that the following day he would ask Judge Rodolfo Canicoba-Corral to indict a new suspect in the 1994 bombing of the Argentine Jewish Mutual Association (AMIA). Nisman described his painstaking effort to establ [...] | 2009-05-19 22:45:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL ASEC MASS PHUM SNAR KJUS IR LE AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES597 | ARGENTINA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL THOMPSON VISIT [...] (U) On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your May 28-30 visit to Argentina, which occurs one week before I leave post for my next assignment, in which I will oversee U.S. non-military assistance to Afghanistan. We propose to schedule meetings for you with Argentina's Minister o [...] | 2009-05-21 13:31:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM OREP ECON PTER MASS ASEC AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES599 | ARGENTINA: 15 ARRESTED FOR ANTI-SEMITIC VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentine police have arrested 15 persons for their involvement in a violent attack on a Buenos Aires city celebration May 17 marking the 61st anniversary of the founding of Israel. The attack left five persons injured, including two federal police officers. On May 18, two sy [...] | 2009-05-21 13:37:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER PREL ASEC AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES631 | ARGENTINA: SUPREME COURT OPENS THE DOOR FOR AMIA [...] (SBU) On May 27, Argentina's Supreme Court ordered the reopening of the investigation into the so-called "local connection" involved in the 1994 bombing of the Argentine-Jewish Mutual Association (AMIA). The court ruled 4 to 2 that Carlos Telleldin, who was previously acquitted, should be tri [...] | 2009-05-29 15:11:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL ASEC MASS PHUM SNAR KJUS IR LE AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES694 | ARGENTINA: DEMARCHES ON IAEA FUEL BANK DISCUSSIONS [...] (C) Political Officer spoke June 12 with Dr. Carlos Cherniak in the Argentine Foreign Ministry's Directorate for International Security, Nuclear and Space Affairs (DIGAN),to deliver Ref A demarche. Cherniak was familiar with the Director General's latest reports on Iran and Syria and said th [...] | 2009-06-12 22:31:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IAEA PARM KNNP AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES794 | ARGENTINA: PROFILING KEY KIRCHNER-ALLIED PIQUETERO LEADERS REF: (A) BUENOS AIRES 0526 (B) 08 BUENOS AIRES 1550 AND PREVIOUS (C) 08 BUENOS AIRES 1715 (D) BUENOS AIRES 0315 (E) BUENOS AIRES 0750 AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite sharing the same goals -- job creation, social inclusion, and state intervention in the economy -- the leaders of Argentina's social activist movements, known as ""piqueteros,"" differ on how to achieve those objectives. Indeed, former President Nestor Kirchner's efforts t [...] | 2009-07-07 21:35:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PHUM SOCI ASEC PTER AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES86 | Argentina - Scenesetter for Codel Costello [...] (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your visit to Argentina January 30 - February 1. We have arranged meetings for your Transportation Committee delegation with U.S. private sector civil aviation representatives and have requested meetings with senior Government of Argent [...] | 2009-01-26 20:36:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP CODEL ECON PREL BEXP AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES869 | ARGENTINA: JEWISH COMMUNITY STILL SEEKS JUSTICE 15 [...] (C) Summary: The Argentine Jewish community commemorated the fifteenth anniversary of the terrorist attack on the Argentine Jewish Mutual Association (AMIA) with a small, informal gathering on July 18. The CDA attended the gathering, as did Chief Cabinet Minister Anibal Fernandez, who afterwa [...] | 2009-07-24 22:22:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER PREL PGOV KJUS KTIP SNAR KCRM AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES876 | ARGENTINA: ISRAELI FM VISITS ARGENTINA AND [...] (C) Summary: In what the Israeli Foreign Ministry called an effort to counter "Iran's heightened activity in South America," Israeli FM Avigdor Lieberman visited Argentina July 23-26 during the first trip to South America by an Israeli FM in over two decades. Argentina was the second stop on [...] | 2009-07-29 21:15:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IS IR AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES911 | ARGENTINA: URIBE VISIT POSITIVE BUT CANNOT HEAD [...] (U) Summary: Despite a relatively cordial exchange between visiting Colombian President Uribe and Argentine President Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK),Argentine Government sources told the press both before and after the meeting that Argentina opposed the Colombia-U.S. agreement allowing USG force [...] | 2009-08-07 18:19:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MASS SNAR PARM PGOV CO AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES964 | ARGENTINA ENTHUSIASTIC AND RESPONSIVE ON [...] (C) Summary: A delegation led by White House Special Assistant and WMD Coordinator Gary Samore visited Argentina for consultations on August 10, generating significant goodwill and enthusiasm among Argentine interlocutors to continue bilateral consultations and cooperation on key nuclear arms [...] | 2009-08-24 20:37:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PTER ENRG ETTC TRGY SENV AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES966 | ARGENTINA: GOVERNMENT JOINS JEWISH COMMUNITY IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Argentina on August 21 condemned Iranian President Ahmadinejad's August 19 nomination of Ahmad Vahidi as Minister of Defense, labeling the selection an "insult to Argentine justice and to the victims of the brutal terrorists attack against the Argentine Jewish [...] | 2009-08-25 14:29:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PARM ETTC ENRG IR AR |
| 09BUJUMBURA103 | SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-02 05:03:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER BY |
| 09BUJUMBURA301 | BURUNDI -- VIEWS OF A DEPARTING AMBASSADOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: After three years as Ambassador to Burundi, I am convinced that this small, poverty-stricken, conflict-ridden nation has the potential to fulfill its promise as a durable African success story. Despite the just-resolved 15-year civil conflict, lack of infrastructure, deep-roote [...] | 2009-06-30 15:28:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | CONFIDENTIAL | BY CH LY MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL RW SU |
| 09BUSSELS1666 | SCENESETTER FOR BELGIAN DEFENSE MINISTER PIETER DE [...] (C) Summary: Belgian Defense Minister Pieter De Crem has been in office since March 2008 and is one of the United States' strongest friends in the Belgian government. Under his leadership, Belgium has returned its focus to NATO as the orienting factor in its defense policy. Now, Belgium is p [...] | 2009-12-11 15:40:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET | PREL PGOV MARR MNUC BE AF |
| 09CAIRO102 | EGYPT: REQUESTING GOE SEIZURE OF M/V MONCHEGORSK [...] (S/NF) Summary: Ambassador met with Chief of the Foreign Minister's Cabinet Ambassador Wafaa Bassim on January 21 to request the GoE's assistance in preventing the passage through Egyptian waters of the M/V Monchegorsk, a Cypriot-flagged merchant vessel which is carrying ammunition, explosive [...] | 2009-01-21 12:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER MOPS EG |
| 09CAIRO1089 | UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' JUNE 7 MEETING WITH ARAB LG [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-15 12:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL SY LE IZ IR SU IS EG |
| 09CAIRO1177 | EGYPTIAN MFA ON ARAB LG MINISTERIAL; LEBANON; YEMEN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-23 12:33:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV YE LE EG |
| 09CAIRO118 | ASSESSMENT OF EGYPT'S REGIONAL ROLE IN THE WAKE OF [...] (S/NF) The serious intra-Arab rifts exposed by the Gaza crisis also highlighted both the extent and limitations of Egypt's role in leading the moderate Arab position. The Gaza crisis was only the most recent, and significant, event to expose the polarization of Egypt and Saudi Arabia at one en [...] | 2009-01-23 15:33:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KPAL IS EG |
| 09CAIRO1185 | SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL PETRAEUS' VISIT TO EGYPT [...] Key Points: -- (S/NF) Since your last visit in December 2008, President Obama's well-received Cairo speech has reinvigorated the tenor of our bilateral relationship. -- (S/NF) However, a sense of renewal in our bilateral relationship has not yet resulted in tangible improvements in our m [...] | 2009-06-24 08:19:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM MASS MOPS IR IS KPAL PHUM KDEM |
| 09CAIRO119 | SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY MITCHELL'S JANUARY 26 VISIT TO CAIRO REF: CAIRO 118 (ASSESSMENT POST-GAZA) Classified By: Ambassador Margaret Scobey Reasons: 1.4 (B) and (D) [...] (S/NF) Summary and Introduction: Senator Mitchell, welcome to Egypt. Your visit will be, we hope, the first in a regular process of dialogue and consultation with senior Egyptians on what they consider to be the primary regional political issue -- the Arab-Israeli conflict, particularly the Palesti [...] | 2009-01-23 19:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KPAL IS EG |
| 09CAIRO1194 | MFA ON HIZBALLAH CELL, SMUGGLING, CT COOPERATION [...] (C) On June 23, MFA Coordinator for Counterterrorism and Deputy Assistant Minister Ashraf Mohsin told visiting S/CT officer Patrick Worman that the MFA believes Hizballah should be part of the political process in Lebanon. Mohsin said the GOE views Hizballah's terrorist operation in Egypt as [...] | 2009-06-25 14:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER CT UN IR LE EG |
| 09CAIRO1196 | EGYPTIAN BLOGGERS FIXATED ON IRANIAN UNREST [...] KEY POINTS -- (U) Egyptian bloggers remain fixated on the unrest in Iran, even as the story drops from the front pages of local newspapers. -- (U) Bloggers have reported on developments, using traditional and "new" media sources, and posting photos and videos of the protests and killings. [...] | 2009-06-25 15:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM IR EG |
| 09CAIRO1220 | U.S.-EGYPT STRATEGIC DIALOGUE OF JUNE 7 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-30 03:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PTER SCUL PHUM SU SO IR AF PK SY |
| 09CAIRO1260 | DISCUSSION WITH EGYPTIAN MONEY LAUNDERING UNIT [...] (C) Per reftel A instructions, we have informed the relevant Egyptian government authorities of UNSCR 1874, shared with them the associated non-paper, and urged the necessary actions be taken. Dr. Samir el Shehad, the Director of the Egyptian Money Laundering Combating Unit (EMLCU),told us h [...] | 2009-07-02 13:22:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | ECON EFIN ETTC KN KNNP PARM PREL EG |
| 09CAIRO1265 | READ-OUT OF MUBARAK-KING ABDULLAH MEETING IN SHARM [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-02 14:47:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PGOV PREL EG SA |
| 09CAIRO1333 | EGYPT'S SPEAKER OF THE PEOPLE'S ASSEMBLY ON [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-13 12:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KWMN PHUM SOCI EG |
| 09CAIRO1341 | EGYPTIAN IDEAS ON SOMALIA [...] (S/NF) Key Points: -- Assistant Minister for African Affairs Mona Omar told the Ambassador that the Government of Egypt (GoE) considers the current situation in Somalia to be the most important on the African continent, and it has put together a plan to try to prevent Al Shibaab from succeed [...] | 2009-07-13 14:08:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER KTFN ER SO QA EG |
| 09CAIRO1349 | GENERAL PETRAEUS' MEETING WITH EGIS CHIEF SOLIMAN [...] Key Points: -- (S/NF) During a June 29 meeting with CENTCOM Commander General Petraeus, Egyptian General Intelligence Service (EGIS) Chief Omar Soliman shared his views on Iraq, Iran, and ongoing efforts on Palestinian reconciliation. -- (S/NF) On Iraq, Soliman assessed that Arab leaders [...] | 2009-07-14 11:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM MASS IR IZ KPAL IS EG |
| 09CAIRO1350 | GENERAL PETRAEUS' MEETING WITH DEFENSE MINISTER [...] Key Points: -- (S/NF) During a June 29 meeting with CENTCOM Commander General Petraeus, Minister of Defense Tantawi discussed bilateral military cooperation, counter smuggling, and Iraq. -- (S/NF) Tantawi thanked General Petraeus for opposing Congressional conditioning of U.S. assistance to Egypt a [...] | 2009-07-14 11:46:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM MASS IR IZ KPAL IS EG |
| 09CAIRO1351 | GENERAL PETRAEUS' MEETING WITH PRESIDENT MUBARAK [...] Key Points: -- (S/NF) During a June 29 meeting with CENTCOM Commander General Petraeus, President Mubarak shared his views on Iraq, Afghanistan/Pakistan, Iran, Palestinian reconciliation, and counter smuggling. -- (S/NF) On Iraq, General Petraeus thanked Mubarak for naming a new Egyptian [...] | 2009-07-14 11:48:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM MASS IR IZ KPAL IS AF PK EG |
| 09CAIRO1352 | SUDAN: SLA-MINAWI ADVOCATES FOR CONTINUING U.S. ROLE IN DARFUR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-14 12:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU CD EG |
| 09CAIRO1412 | NAM SUMMIT IN SHARM EL SHEIKH FOCUSES ON RICH-POOR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-22 11:53:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PORG PARM EG |
| 09CAIRO1457 | EGYPT'S SHI'A CRACKDOWN [...] Key Points -- (C) According to Mohamed al-Darini (ref A),a leader of the Egyptian Shi'a Supreme Council of the Descendants of the Prophet, Egyptian security forces have arrested approximately 300 Shi'a since mid-April. The Council's headquarters has been shut down by authorities. -- ( [...] | 2009-07-30 04:29:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KIRF KISL PTER EG IR |
| 09CAIRO1525 | NCP AND SPLM CAIRO OFFICE HEADS DISCUSS U.S. AND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-09 06:08:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU EG |
| 09CAIRO1559 | PDAS COUNTRYMAN MEETS WITH MOD OFFICIALS TO [...] Key Points: -- (C) On August 2, PM PDAS Tom Countryman led an interagency visit to Cairo to discuss recent potential violations of the Government of Egypt,s (GOE) end-use, retransfer, and security obligations involving U.S.-provided defense articles and defense services with the Ministry of [...] | 2009-08-11 11:41:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS ETTC PARM EG |
| 09CAIRO1617 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: AFGHANISTAN - MANAGING THE [...] (S/REL GBR) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Afghanistan and Pakistan Desk Officer Ahmed Berkly. Poloff shared U.S. concerns on the potential for violence following the elections and urged Egypt to publicly and privately stress the need for calm while the electoral authorities work though an [...] | 2009-08-20 13:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV AF EG |
| 09CAIRO1618 | EGYPTIAN MFA ADDRESSES PIRACY AND SOMALIA [...] He said the fisherman had "nothing to lose" because the GoE refused to pay a ransom to the pirates, and had discouraged the ship owners from doing the same. Marzouk had met personally with the families of the men to explain the GoE position and assured them that the MFA and Egyptian intelligence we [...] | 2009-08-20 14:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS MARR EWWT KCRM SO EG |
| 09CAIRO1743 | EGYPTIAN VIEWS ON IAEA GC NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Key Egyptian interlocutors say Egypt has worked in good faith to achieve consensus in Vienna, including showing substantial flexibility on the GC President's initiative. They are willing to continue to work toward this goal via the now-circulated MES text. In the Egyptian view, Israe [...] | 2009-09-09 15:46:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP PARM IAEA IS IR EG |
| 09CAIRO1804 | FM ABOUL GHEIT ON UNESCO, NONPROLIFERATION, IRAN , [...] Key Points: -- (C) FM Aboul Gheit said the USG "campaign" against UNESCO candidate Farouk Hosni stemmed from a misunderstanding of his record. Egypt continues to work with the USG on the range of bilateral and multilateral issues. However, citing mounting press criticism, the FM said the basis for [...] | 2009-09-16 15:19:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL IAEA KNNP PARM IR IS KPAL EG |
| 09CAIRO1842 | EGYPT AND THE IAEA GENERAL CONFERENCE [...] (C) Embassy Cairo commends the efforts of US Mission Vienna to engage Egypt and Israel on the Middle East Safeguards (MES) text at the IAEA GC meetings in Vienna, described in ref a and b, and the positive outcome achieved on that resolution. We believe it represents in part a new approach from the [...] | 2009-09-24 12:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP PARM EG |
| 09CAIRO1857 | ENGAGING AYMAN NOUR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-27 14:45:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM EG |
| 09CAIRO1858 | EGYPT ELECTIONS WORKING GROUP, STEP ONE REACHING [...] (C) Key Issues: -- Egypt's 2010 parliamentary and 2011 presidential elections come at a time of increased scrutiny following other high-profile and flawed elections in the region. -- In order to ensure comprehensive engagement on upcoming elections in Egypt, Embassy Cairo has initiated an Elections [...] | 2009-09-27 14:47:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM EG |
| 09CAIRO1924 | PRIME MINISTER DISCUSSES ESF, ELECTIONS, SINAI DEVELOPMENT, AND POST SAID EXPANSION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-08 15:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PREL PGOV EWWT ETRD EG |
| 09CAIRO1926 | TRADE MINISTER ASSESSES BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) Following a discussion of general trade and economic issues (Cairo 1793),Minister of Trade Rachid asked for a few minutes alone with the Ambassador. He asked her assessment of the bilateral relationship. She noted that it had obviously improved, if for no other reason than that our two Preside [...] | 2009-10-08 16:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | BBSR BMGT EAGR EAID ECON PREL |
| 09CAIRO196 | ARAB LEAGUE COS ON "BLEAK" REGIONAL DYNAMICS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-04 10:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL IS EG |
| 09CAIRO1960 | AMBASSADOR GOLDBERG DISCUSSES NORTH KOREA WITH MFA [...] (C) Key Points: -- During an October 4 meeting with Ambassador Goldberg, Deputy Assistant Foreign Minister for Disarmament Khalid Shamma said Egypt supports the implementation of UNSCR 1874 and Six-Party talks aimed at denuclearizing North Korea. -- He noted that MFA shares information on [...] | 2009-10-14 14:55:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP PTER EFIN ECON PARM KN IR EG |
| 09CAIRO2044 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE PRIORITIES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-26 16:04:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN EG |
| 09CAIRO2133 | ASD VERSHBOW'S NOV 3 MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-15 12:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MOPS PTER PARM SU IR EG |
| 09CAIRO2137 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNGA COUNTRY SPECIFIC HUMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-16 14:07:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNGA EG |
| 09CAIRO2209 | MUBARAK'S ANNUAL SPEECH TO PARLIAMENT OFFERS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-25 15:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KJUS ECON EG |
| 09CAIRO2210 | GAMAL MUBARAK CHAMPIONS HEALTH CARE REFORM AND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-25 15:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM ECON EG |
| 09CAIRO2268 | MIXED CIVIL SOCIETY REACTION TO UN ANTI-CORRUPTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-08 12:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UN EG |
| 09CAIRO231 | SCENESETTER FOR REQUESTED EGYPTIAN FM ABOUL GHEIT [...] (S/NF) Madame Secretary, Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit has been looking forward to meeting you since your nomination was first announced. The Egyptian leadership, including President Mubarak, are encouraged by the Administration's immediate attention to the Middle East and your and the Preside [...] | 2009-02-09 16:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL KPAL EG IS QA IR SY |
| 09CAIRO2331 | DNI MEETS WITH DEFENSE MINISTER TANTAWI [...] Key Points: -- (S/NF) During a December 10 meeting, Defense Minister Tantawi provided Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Blair with an overview of Egyptian security concerns, including potential instability in Sudan and Iranian interference in the region. -- (S/NF) DNI Blair stressed the impor [...] | 2009-12-21 11:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MASS PTER IR PK AF EG |
| 09CAIRO2350 | EGYPTIAN OFFICIALS DISCUSS NPT REVIEW WITH UNDER [...] (C) Key Points: -- During a December 3 meeting, Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Ellen Tauscher and Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit discussed preparations for the May 2010 Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) review conference. -- Tauscher stressed that a successful review confere [...] | 2009-12-22 13:32:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL KNNP PARM IS IR SY EG |
| 09CAIRO2388 | ARAB LG COS ON ARAB DEVELOPMENT, IRAQ, IRAN, YEMEN, AND MOUSSA'S FUTURE PLANS Classified By: MINISTER-COUNSELOR DONALD A. BLOME REASONS: 1.4 (B) and (D) [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-29 14:11:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV YE IR IZ EG |
| 09CAIRO2402 | SCENE SETTER FOR SCIENCE ENVOY ZEWAIL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-30 15:21:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPAO OVIP EG |
| 09CAIRO254 | EGYPTIAN MFA ON DONORS CONF, CEASEFIRE AND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-11 14:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV KPAL IS EG |
| 09CAIRO265 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LIEBERMAN'S VISIT TO CAIRO [...] (SBU) Senator Lieberman, welcome to Egypt. Your visit comes at a pivotal time for Egypt and the region. A ceasefire is almost in place between Israel and Hamas, which the Egyptians are seeking to cement. The U.S., European countries, and regional governments are searching for ways to put in p [...] | 2009-02-12 14:37:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON PGOV OREP KPAL EG IS |
| 09CAIRO267 | UNHCR UPDATES ON REFUGEE SITUATION IN CAIRO [...] (C) Summary: We attended the Cairo Office of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees' (UNHCR) multilateral meeting on February 4 to discuss refugee developments and UNHCR's plans for 2009. UNHCR partners, NGO's, and western embassies also participated. Following the meeting, UNHCR Re [...] | 2009-02-12 15:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM PGOV ECON ELAB SU ER ET SO |
| 09CAIRO3 | EGYPT: GAZA ROUND-UP: JANUARY 2 [...] (SBU) As of 1500 hrs. local on January 2, we have received no reports of demonstrations, attacks, or other problems at the Rafah border crossing into Gaza; however, local USG staff report clashes on January 2 between police and demonstrators in Al-Arish in North Sinai, about 20 miles from the G [...] | 2009-01-02 14:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAL PGOV PREL PHUM EG IS |
| 09CAIRO323 | PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKER ON UPCOMING LEGISLATION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-23 12:31:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KISL IR EG |
| 09CAIRO326 | SENATOR LIEBERMAN’S FEBRUARY 17 MEETING WITH GAMAL MUBARAK [...] (C) During an hour-long meeting on February 17, Gamal Mubarak discussed with Senator Joseph Lieberman the problems with Gaza and Palestinian reconciliation, as well as the broader political split within the Arab world. Senator Lieberman sought Gamal's advice on ways for the U.S. to engage Iran; Gam [...] | 2009-02-23 13:07:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL KPAL ECON IR SY IZ EG IS QA |
| 09CAIRO327 | LT GENERAL NORTH DISCUSSES GAZA, PIRACY, AND [...] (C) On January 26, AFCENT Commander Lieutenant General North met with MOD Chief of Staff General Sami Enan to discuss Gaza, piracy, and increased bilateral military cooperation. Enan looked forward to an increased U.S. focus on the Middle East under the Obama administration and enhanced bilateral m [...] | 2009-02-23 13:55:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MOPS PARM KPAL IS IR EG XF |
| 09CAIRO347 | SCENESETTER FOR THE MARCH 2 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT MUBARAK [...] (C) Madame Secretary, welcome to Egypt and the March 2nd Gaza Reconstruction Conference in Sharm El-Sheik. President Mubarak is very pleased you are coming and will meet you at 8:30 a.m. on March 2, prior to the start of the conference. He may also host you and the other conference participant [...] | 2009-02-25 17:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL KPAL EAID MASS QA IR SY EG IS XF |
| 09CAIRO358 | WHAT DOES EGYPT WANT OUT OF THE GAZA [...] (C) Summary: The Egyptians see the March 2 Gaza Reconstruction Conference as validation of their role as the regional leader in forging peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians. Their goals for the conference are straightforward: they want to be seen as helping the Palestinian people [...] | 2009-02-26 19:07:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KPAL EG IS XF |
| 09CAIRO470 | DARFURI LEADERS IN CAIRO SUPPORT ICC ARREST [...] Key Points -- (C) We met with Cairo office representatives from the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM),Sudanese Liberation Army (SLA)-Minni Minawi, SLA-Unity, The Sons of the Fur (who have strong ties to SLA-Abdel Wahid al-Nur),and the Darfuri Arab Democratic Popular Front (DPF) on March [...] | 2009-03-18 15:53:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PREF KPKO PHUM KICR KISL EAID QA LY ER |
| 09CAIRO483 | EGYPT RECEIVES INFORMATION ON IRANIAN ARMS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-22 14:34:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL ETTC MASS EG IS SU SY |
| 09CAIRO520 | AMBASSADOR'S DEMARCHE TO FM ABOUL GHEIT ON SUDAN [...] (C) The Ambassador spoke with Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Ghayt at opening of business Wednesday, March 25, conveying reftel points regarding the visit of Sudanese President Bashir to Egypt. She stressed that the U.S. could not accept any justification for denying humanitarian assistance to [...] | 2009-03-25 14:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KPKO PGOV PHUM PREL SU EG |
| 09CAIRO529 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MCCONNELL'S VISIT TO CAIRO [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Senator McConnell, welcome to Egypt. Your visit comes as Egypt continues its efforts to mediate a permanent cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, to facilitate intra-Palestinian negotiations to form a new, interim government, and to stop the smuggling of arms into Gaza. The U.S., [...] | 2009-03-26 14:32:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP MCCONNELL PGOV ECON KPAL EG IS |
| 09CAIRO547 | EGYPTIAN SHI'A LEADER ON RELATIONS WITH GOE, IRAN [...] Key Points: --(C) We met recently with Mohamed al-Darini, leader of the Supreme Council of the Descendants of the Prophet, an Egyptian Shi'a organization. According to al-Darini, there are approximately 60,000 Shi'a in Egypt, not counting Iraqi refugees. --(C) Al-Darini said Egypt's Sh [...] | 2009-03-31 11:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF KISL PREF SOCI EG IR IZ |
| 09CAIRO549 | SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL SCHWARTZ [...] Key Points -- (SBU) U.S.- Egypt military relationship is strong, but should change to reflect new regional and transnational threats. -- (SBU) More focus is needed on combating emerging threats, including border security, counter terrorism, civil defense, and peacekeeping. -- (S/NF) Egypt continues [...] | 2009-03-31 14:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL MASS PARM MOPS KPAL IS EG |
| 09CAIRO567 | INFLUENTIAL SUDANESE BUSINESSMEN ADVOCATE "NO [...] (C) Key Points -- Two influential North Sudanese businessmen in Cairo, Kamal Ibrahim Ahmed (protect),Chairman of TransExport Trading Company and Muhammad Abdel Moneim (protect),Chairman of Wadi El Nil Flour Mills urged the USG not to compromise with the Government of Sudan (GOS),warning t [...] | 2009-04-02 15:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PREF SU EG |
| 09CAIRO568 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL TAUSCHER'S VISIT TO CAIRO [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Representative Tauscher, welcome to Egypt. Your visit comes as Egypt continues its efforts to mediate a permanent cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, to facilitate intra-Palestinian negotiations to form a new, interim government, and to stop the smuggling of arms into Gaza. The [...] | 2009-04-02 15:38:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP TAUSCHER PGOV ECON KPAL EG IS |
| 09CAIRO569 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BOND'S VISIT TO CAIRO [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Senator Bond, welcome to Egypt. Your visit comes as Egypt continues its efforts to mediate a permanent cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, to facilitate intra-Palestinian negotiations to form a new, interim government, and to stop the smuggling of arms into Gaza. The U.S., Euro [...] | 2009-04-02 15:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP BOND PGOV KWBG ECON KPAL EG IS |
| 09CAIRO595 | ARAB LEAGUE COS BRIEFS ON MARCH 30-31 AL SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Key points: -- Arab League (AL) Chief of Staff Hisham Yousef told local diplomats April 2 that said that some progress had been made on Arab reconciliation at the Arab League Doha summit of March 30-31, but that much more needs to be done. -- Yousef strongly criticized the incoming I [...] | 2009-04-07 14:32:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ SY SU LE IS IR LY EG |
| 09CAIRO602 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL LOWEY [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Representative Lowey, welcome to Egypt. Your visit comes as Egypt continues its efforts to mediate a permanent cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, to facilitate intra-Palestinian negotiations to form a new, interim government, and to stop the smuggling of arms into Gaza. The U. [...] | 2009-04-08 13:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EAID KPAL EG |
| 09CAIRO604 | CODEL MCCONNELL'S APRIL 5 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Key Points -- President Mubarak told CODEL McConnell he feared that the new Israeli government would be "very difficult to work with," in particular Foreign Minister Lieberman, whose public statements have already had a very negative impact on Arab public opinion. -- On Palestinian re [...] | 2009-04-08 15:17:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL PHUM KDEM PTER PARM PGOV SOCI SY |
| 09CAIRO611 | FOLLOWING UP WITH EGYPT ON SUSPECTED IRANIAN ARMS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-09 12:22:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC PARM PREL EG SU IR |
| 09CAIRO614 | CODEL MCCONNELL'S APRIL 6 MEETING WITH GAMAL MUBARAK [...] (C) Key Points -- Gamal Mubarak told CODEL McConnell that Egypt remained committed to economic reform despite the global financial crisis. -- Egypt wants increased trade with the U.S.; however, it is looking elsewhere for trade opportunities as well, including the EU, Russia, and China. [...] | 2009-04-12 10:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL PGOV ETRD IZ EG IS IR |
| 09CAIRO615 | CODEL TAUSCHER'S APRIL 9 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Key Points -- Iran: President Mubarak told CODEL Tauscher that using diplomacy and economic sanctions with Iran is far better than using force. Using force to solve the problems with Iran will led to instability in the region and an increase in terrorism. Mubarak has no plans to resto [...] | 2009-04-12 10:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS IR EG SY |
| 09CAIRO618 | CODEL TAUSCHER"S APRIL 9 MEETING WITH FOREIGN [...] (C) Key Points: -- Israel: Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit said that Egypt has a long-standing relationship with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and can work with him, in contrast to new Israeli Foreign Minister Leiberman, whom Aboul Gheit labeled a "problem." --Aboul Gheit does not see [...] | 2009-04-12 15:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KPAL KNNP IS IR EG QA |
| 09CAIRO626 | SOUTH SUDAN LIAISON OFFICE ON ICC AND CPA [...] (C) Key Points -- According to Government of South Sudan (GOSS) officials, the GOSS expected an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Bashir and has encouraged him to work with the ICC and not ignore the warrant. -- Bashir has turned the ICC arrest warrant into a fight with the West. The [...] | 2009-04-13 09:07:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PGOV KISL SU EG |
| 09CAIRO634 | DARFURI ARAB LEADERS IN CAIRO CONCERNED ABOUT [...] (C) Key Points -- Osama El Hassan, Secretary General of the Sudanese Democratic Popular Front (DPF) and Siddique Ander, Chairman of the DPF, told us on April 1 that Darfuri Arabs are fearful of being targeted by the Darfuri Rebel groups as retribution for "past crimes," even though most Darf [...] | 2009-04-14 05:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL PTER SU CD IR EG |
| 09CAIRO65 | CODEL DORGAN VISIT TO EGYPT DECEMBER 13-14 REF: A. CAIRO 2542 B. CAIRO 2435 C. CAIRO 2502 D. CAIRO 2505 Classified By: Ambassador Margaret Scobey for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senators Byron Dorgan (ND),Thad Cochran (MS),Kent Conrad (ND) and Sheldon Whitehouse (RI) visited Cairo on December 13-14. All of their GOE interlocutors asked them to convey to the incoming Obama Administration that the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and Palestinian statehood [...] | 2009-01-14 09:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PGOV PTER PREL EWWT MEPP IR IZ SO EG |
| 09CAIRO659 | CODEL TAUSCHER APRIL 9 MEETING WITH THE EGYPTIAN [...] (SBU) Key Points: -- Egypt's leading thinkers on non-proliferation urged the U.S. to support the concept of a nuclear-free Middle East zone, as a way to get past the Israel-Iran stalemate. -- Egyptian Council on Foreign Affairs proposes adding a seat for an Arab representative to the 5 plu [...] | 2009-04-16 06:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PREL IS IR EG |
| 09CAIRO666 | CODEL MCCONNELL'S MEETING WITH MINDEF TANTAWI [...] Key Points - (S/NF) During an April 6 meeting, Minister of Defense Field Marshal Tantawi told CODEL McConnell that Egypt was "doing its best" to combat arms smuggling into Gaza. - (S/NF) Senior Advisor to the Minister of Defense MG al-Assar categorized the smuggling problem as "a threat [...] | 2009-04-16 14:52:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM MASS MOPS KPAL IS IR EG |
| 09CAIRO667 | CODEL TAUSCHER'S MEETING WITH MINDEF TANTAWI [...] Key Points - (S/NF) During a April 9 meeting, Minister of Defense Field Marshal Tantawi told CODEL Tauscher that the US-Egypt bilateral security relationship was strong. - (S/NF) Senior Advisor to the Minister of Defense MG al-Assar described Egyptian logistical support for the US milit [...] | 2009-04-16 14:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM MASS MOPS KPAL IS IR EG |
| 09CAIRO693 | FOLLOWING UP WITH EGYPT ON SUSPECTED IRANIAN ARMS [...] (S/NF) On April 23, Ambassador raised ref A points on suspected Iranian arms overflights with Egyptian military Chief of Staff LTG Sami Anan during the visit of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mullen. Anan said replied that MOD, along with the relevant GOE authorities, would "i [...] | 2009-04-23 15:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL ETTC PARM EG SU IR KPAL |
| 09CAIRO706 | GENERAL SCHWARTZ'S MEETING WITH COS ANAN [...] Key Points: - (S/NF) During a April 6 meeting, Egyptian military Chief of Staff Sami Anan discussed regional security and bilateral military issues with US Air Force Chief of Staff General Schwartz. - (S/NF) Anan said Egypt is "sparing no efforts" to find a durable cease fire in Gaza an [...] | 2009-04-26 14:18:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM MASS MOPS KPAL IS EG |
| 09CAIRO714 | ENGAGING EGYPT ON E3 PLUS 3/P5 PLUS 1 PROCESS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-27 12:38:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | KNNP MNUC PARM IR EG |
| 09CAIRO722 | SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR ROSS' VISIT TO EGYPT [...] KEY POINTS: -- (S) President Mubarak sees Iran's attempts to exert influence throughout the region as Egypt's primary strategic threat. However, Mubarak's focus on the Iranian threat differs somewhat from ours. While he will readily admit that the Iranian nuclear program is a strategic and ex [...] | 2009-04-28 15:34:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM KPAL IS LE SU IR EG |
| 09CAIRO746 | ADMIRAL MULLEN’S MEETING WITH EGIS CHIEF SOLIMAN [...] Key Points: - (S/NF) During an April 21 meeting with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Michael Mullen, Egyptian General Intelligence Service Chief Omar Soliman explained that his overarching regional goal was combating radicalism, especially in Gaza, Iran, and Sudan. - (S/NF) On Gaza, S [...] | 2009-04-30 15:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MASS MOPS PARM KPAL IS IR SO EG SU |
| 09CAIRO747 | ADMIRAL MULLEN'S MEETINGS WITH FIELD MARSHAL [...] Key Points: - (S/NF) During an April 21 meeting with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Michael Mullen, Minister of Defense Field Marshal Tantawi noted the strong Egypt-U.S. military relationship and looked forward to increased cooperation with the new U.S. Africa Command. - ( [...] | 2009-04-30 15:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MASS MOPS PARM KPAL IS IR SO EG PTER |
| 09CAIRO773 | EGYPTIAN MFA UPDATE ON PALESTINIAN RECONCILIATION [...] (C) Key Points: -- The fourth round of the Cairo Dialogue on Palestinian reconciliation yielded no results. Egypt has temporarily shelved its proposal to create a Palestinian committee to oversee reconstruction, security reform, and the January 2010 elections. -- The Government of Egypt ( [...] | 2009-05-06 12:33:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG IS PA EG |
| 09CAIRO81 | EGYPT: GAZA ROUND-UP: JANUARY 15 [...] (SBU) Gilad visits; leaves disappointed. Demonstrations in support of Gaza continue throughout Egypt. Public opinion is strongly pro-Palestinian and anti-Israeli; Israeli pilgrims are barred from a holy site. Embassy consular officers prepare for a potential evacuation of American citizens an [...] | 2009-01-15 15:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | KPAL PGOV PREL PHUM CASC EAID MOPS EG IS |
| 09CAIRO829 | EGYPT TO HOST FIFTH ROUND OF INTRA-PALESTINIAN [...] (C) Key points: -- The Egyptians will host the fifth round of negotiations between the Palestinian factions beginning May 16 in Cairo. MFA Director for Palestinian Affairs Yasser Osman told us May 13 that he was not optimistic an agreement will be reached on a consensus PA government or majo [...] | 2009-05-14 10:15:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL IS EG |
| 09CAIRO868 | UNDER SECRETARY LEVEY DISCUSSES TERRORIST FINANCE [...] Key Points -- (S) Egyptian interlocutors confirmed to U/S Levey their concern about Iran and their desire to keep financial pressure on Iran. -- (S) Central Bank Deputy Governor indicated that he would discuss with the Governor and others the possibility of a formal policy directive prohi [...] | 2009-05-19 09:46:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | EFIN EG IR IS KDEM KPAL NP PGOV PREL PTER |
| 09CAIRO873 | ARAB LEAGUE ON ISRAEL-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT AND [...] (C) Key points: -- In a May 11 meeting, Arab League (AL) Chief of Staff Hisham Yousef told us that AL SYG Moussa was very encouraged by the Administration's early position on Middle East peace. He said that the AL had agreed to resume Israeli-Palestinian negotiations only if Israel satisfact [...] | 2009-05-19 12:22:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL IS EG |
| 09CAIRO874 | SCENESETTER: PRESIDENT MUBARAK'S VISIT TO [...] (S/NF) Introduction: President Mubarak last visited Washington in April 2004, breaking a twenty year tradition of annual visits to the White House. Egyptians view President Mubarak's upcoming meeting with the President as a new beginning to the U.S.-Egyptian relationship that will restore a [...] | 2009-05-19 12:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV KDEM ECON EG IS IR IZ |
| 09CAIRO937 | SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S CAIRO VISIT [...] (SBU) Mission Cairo welcomes your visit, the first by a U.S. president to Cairo since President Clinton's in 1990. The Egyptian Government will also warmly welcome you, as will the Egyptian people, who are proud that the U.S. has recognized what they view as Egypt's central role in the Arab [...] | 2009-05-26 09:35:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL KIRF EG |
| 09CAIRO975 | UNDER SECRETARY LEVEY DISCUSSES IRAN [...] Key Points -- (S) Egyptian interlocutors confirmed to U/S Levey their concern about Iran and their desire to keep financial pressure on Iran. -- (S) Central Bank Deputy Governor suggested that it would not be difficult to issue a formal policy directive prohibiting Egyptian banks from opening or [...] | 2009-05-28 12:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | EFIN EG IR IS KDEM KPAL NP PGOV PREL PTER |
| 09CANBERRA1043 | AUSTRALIA AGREES WITH U.S. POSTURE ON IRAN'S [...] (C) Summary: Australia is in complete agreement with the P5 1 two track approach to Iran's nuclear program. It has lobbied for this approach at APEC and the East Asian Summit and has made its views clear to Iran. When there is a need for further sanctions because of Iranian refusal of IAEA [...] | 2009-11-25 09:33:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR AS |
| 09CANBERRA1073 | AUSTRALIA: LNG LTD. AND IRAN SANCTIONS ACT [...] (SBU) Econoff spoke with Liquefied Natural Gas Limited (LNG Ltd.) Managing Director and CEO Maurice Brand on December 2. Our former Consul General in Perth last spoke with Brand regarding the Iran Sanctions Act on March 16, 2007 (reftel B). Responses to reftel A follow below. 2. (C) Accor [...] | 2009-12-03 05:19:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET ETTC PREL AS |
| 09CANBERRA179 | AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT VIEWS ON NUCLEAR [...] In response to our January 30 demarche (reftel),John Sullivan, Assistant Secretary for Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT),provided the following responses to our specific questions, drawn from a GOA interagency review. We have not yet rece [...] | 2009-02-20 06:43:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM MNUC KTIA PREL AS |
| 09CANBERRA181 | CORRECTED COPY: AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT VIEWS ON [...] In response to our January 30 demarche (reftel),John Sullivan, Assistant Secretary for Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT),provided the following responses to our specific questions, drawn from a GOA interagency review. We have not yet rece [...] | 2009-02-23 04:08:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM MNUC KTIA PREL AS |
| 09CANBERRA202 | AUSTRALIA DEMURS ON DEMARCHING NAMIBIA OVER [...] (SBU) We presented reftel demarche to John Sullivan, Assistant Secretary for Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT),on February 27. Bill Bryson, Executive Officer for Arms Control, joined on the call. 2. (C) Sullivan reacted with some puzzle [...] | 2009-02-27 06:56:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY ENRG ETTC EMIN IR AS |
| 09CANBERRA204 | CANBERRA - SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE [...] (U) This response has been coordinated and cleared by the EAC. The following responses are keyed to the questions listed in the reftel and cover all constituent posts in Australia. POLITICAL VIOLENCE I.(SBU) Demonstrations A. Yes. There are significant Greek, Malaysian, Lebanese, Ser [...] | 2009-03-02 00:09:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER |
| 09CANBERRA24 | AUSTRALIA CANNOT SUPPORT DELAY IN UNDP PRESIDENCY [...] (C/NF) Australian government representatives advised Poloff in reftel demarche that it is sympathetic to the U.S. position to prevent Iran from obtaining the UNDP Presidency, but agrees with the Western European and Others Group (WEOG) that the election should not be delayed. Lalita Kapur and [...] | 2009-01-08 05:30:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF IR UN EAID AS |
| 09CANBERRA261 | GREENS' LEADER WELCOMES OBAMA, PESSIMISTIC ON [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Green Party Leader Senator Bob Brown told Charge that the Greens could not support the Rudd Government's proposal for a 5-15% reduction in carbon emissions and will continue to press for a 40% reduction from 1990 levels. He said he looked forward to a good relationship with th [...] | 2009-03-17 06:35:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV SENV AS |
| 09CANBERRA320 | REPORTING ON INTERNATIONAL REACTION TO, AND VIEWS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-30 05:49:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | AS PINR PREL ZR |
| 09CANBERRA326 | AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE: URGING IRAN TO RELEASE DETAINED AMERICAN, MS SABERI [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-31 06:26:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL AS EZ IN IR NO NZ TU VT EUN PHUM |
| 09CANBERRA334 | AUSTRALIAN DEMARCHE TO IRANIANS URGING THE RELEASE OF DETAINED AMERICAN, MS SABERI [...] (S/NF) Further to Ref B, April 2, Hugh Jeffry, Director of Iran Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade told Poloff that, in response to Ref A request, the GOA had delivered a message to the Iranian ambassador, Mahmoud Movahhedi, in Canberra requesting the freeing of the American ci [...] | 2009-04-02 06:33:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL AS EZ IN IR NO NZ TU VT EUN PHUM |
| 09CANBERRA34 | GAZA: AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE MAKES ISRAELI [...] (C/NF) Israeli Ambassador Yuval Rotem is very satisfied with the Australian response to the fighting in Gaza. Australian Government statements, including vacationing PM Kevin Rudd's January 5 remarks, have emphasized the need for an end to HAMAS rocket attacks on Israel and halting arms shipm [...] | 2009-01-09 08:03:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IS AS |
| 09CANBERRA365 | AUSTRALIAN AMBASSADOR IN TEHRAN DEMARCHES IRANIAN [...] (S/NF) The Australian ambassador in Tehran demarched Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Akhmondzadeh on April 7 on behalf of Ms Saberi. Akhomdzadeh, just back from The Hague, expressed surprise to learn that Saberi had not yet been released. The Australian Embassy believes that the GOI indictmen [...] | 2009-04-09 06:43:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PREL CASC EZ IN IR NO NZ TU VT |
| 09CANBERRA388 | AUSTRALIA SUPPORTS E3 PLUS 3 APPROACH TO IRAN [...] (S) We met with DFAT Assistant Secretary for Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation John Sullivan April 15 to solicit Australia's support for the latest E3 plus 3/P5 plus 1 approach to Iran, as described reftel. Sullivan was joined by Acting Arms Control Director Chris King. 2. (S) Sulliva [...] | 2009-04-15 07:51:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET | PARM KNNP MNUC IR AS |
| 09CANBERRA413 | U/S BURNS' AUSTRALIAN BILATERAL, APRIL 21, 2009 [...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary Burns held a bilateral meeting with Michael L'Estrange, Secretary of Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, on the margins of the Trilateral Strategic Dialogue Senior Officials Meeting (TSD SOM),in Canberra on April 21, 2009. They discussed the str [...] | 2009-04-28 00:04:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP MARR PARM PGOV EAID AS |
| 09CANBERRA414 | U/S BURNS' MEETING WITH JAPANESE DEPUTY FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: During a bilateral meeting on the margins of the U.S.-Australia-Japan Trilateral Strategic Dialogue (TSD) Senior Officials Meeting in Canberra on April 21, Under Secretary Bill Burns and Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Kenichiro Sasae agreed that the United States and Japan woul [...] | 2009-04-28 00:17:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC KNNP MOPS PARM PHUM PREF PREL PTER AS JP |
| 09CANBERRA418 | TSD SENIOR OFFICIALS MEETING, APRIL 21 [...] (S/REL AUS/JA) Under Secretary Bill Burns joined Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Kenchiro Sasae and Australian Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Michael L'Estrange at the Trilateral Strategic Dialogue (TSD) Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) in Canberra on April 21. The of [...] | 2009-04-29 01:58:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET | PARM PREL MOPS KNNP ECON EFIN SENV JA AS |
| 09CANBERRA451 | REMOVAL OF ANTI-AMERICAN SLOGANS FROM TEHRAN'S [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Australian Embassy in Tehran reports that no anti-American murals have been removed and believe it unlikely that city official responsible for beautification has the authority to remove or change them. End summary 2. (S/NF) May 12, Justin Whyatt of the Middle East section [...] | 2009-05-13 07:14:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR IR AS |
| 09CANBERRA459 | AUSTRALIA THANKED FOR SABERI INTERVENTION [...] (SUB) On May 15, post forwarded a letter to the Foreign Minister, Stephen Smith, signed by the Charg d'Affaires,Daniel A. Clune, thanking the Australian government for its help in the Saberi case and seeking additional assistance in the cases of AMCITS Robert Levinson and Esha Momeni. 2. [...] | 2009-05-15 07:14:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | IR AS JA PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER CASC |
| 09CANBERRA520 | CORRECTED COPY: AUSTRALIA - IRAN RELATED NSG [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, Martin Carrick, Assistant Director, Nuclear Programs, Transnational and Scientific Intelligence Branch, Defence Intelligence Organisation, Australian Department of Defence, will be presenting "Iranian Procurement Activities: Modes of Operation and Possible Future [...] | 2009-06-03 22:33:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PREL ETTC IR AS |
| 09CANBERRA53 | TERRORISM FINANCE: PRE-NOTIFICATION OF DESIGNATION [...] (S) Econoff delivered reftel prenotification January 16 to Peter Scott, Director for Sanctions and Transnational Crimes, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Scott thanked us for the advance word and per usual, said he would contact embassy if Australia had any information on the four ind [...] | 2009-01-16 04:25:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET | EFIN ETTC PINR PREL PTER IR AS |
| 09CANBERRA565 | AUSTRALIA ASKS IRANIAN MINISTRIES ABOUT AMCIT [...] (SBU) In reply to the Charge's letter of thanks, reftel, to Foreign Minister Smith for Australia's help in the release of AMCIT Roxana Saberi, Smith's Chief of Staff, Frances Adamson, wrote on June 9: Start text Thank you for your letter dated 15 May 2009 thanking the Government for its assi [...] | 2009-06-16 07:20:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | IR AS JA PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER CASC |
| 09CANBERRA587 | FOREIGN MINISTRY READOUT OF REPORTS FROM EHERAN [...] (S/NF) Summary: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) officials told poloff on June 24 that the Australian Embassy in Tehran is reporting that any possibility of a compromise government has been removed by the hard stances of both Moussavi and Khamenei. The embassy also has reporte [...] | 2009-06-25 04:14:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | AS IR PGOV PREL |
| 09CANBERRA613 | MESSAGE RE: IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S AU ATTENDANCE [...] (U) On July 1, Jenny Bloomfield, Director of Middle East Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Michael Opie, Iran section officer, DFAT, discussed with us U.S. intended actions should Ahmadinejad speak in Tripoli at the African Union Summit (reftel). They assured us they would [...] | 2009-07-01 06:50:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EUREM IR ET CA IS AS |
| 09CANBERRA802 | RESPONSE TO REPORTING REQUEST - NPT REVIEW [...] (SBU) Australia is a strong partner with the U.S. and the multilateral community in working to prevent nuclear proliferation. As an NPT signatory, the GOA takes a multi-dimensional approach to nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament. The GOA is a major supporter of the Nuclear Non-Prolifer [...] | 2009-08-31 21:59:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA |
| 09CANBERRA828 | AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO US VIEWS ON IAEA REPORTS ON [...] (S) On September 8, Jane Hardy, Director of Arms Control Section, Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) told poloff that the GOA agreed that the IAEA's report on Iran's and Syria's nuclear programs did not give either country a clean bill [...] | 2009-09-10 04:38:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET | KNNP PARM IAEA MNUC IR SY TRGY PREL AS |
| 09CANBERRA829 | AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO US VIEWS ON IAEA REPORTS ON [...] (S) On September 8, Jane Hardy, Director of Arms Control Section, Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) told poloff that the GOA agreed that the IAEA's report on Iran's and Syria's nuclear programs did not give either country a clean bill [...] | 2009-09-10 04:38:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET | KNNP PARM IAEA MNUC IR SY TRGY PREL AS |
| 09CANBERRA830 | AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO US VIEWS ON IAEA REPORTS ON [...] (S) On September 8, Jane Hardy, Director of Arms Control Section, Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) told poloff that the GOA agreed that the IAEA's report on Iran's and Syria's nuclear programs did not give either country a clean bill [...] | 2009-09-10 04:38:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET | KNNP PARM IAEA MNUC IR SY TRGY PREL AS |
| 09CANBERRA831 | AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO US VIEWS ON IAEA REPORTS ON [...] (S) On September 8, Jane Hardy, Director of Arms Control Section, Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) told poloff that the GOA agreed that the IAEA's report on Iran's and Syria's nuclear programs did not give either country a clean bill [...] | 2009-09-10 04:38:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET | KNNP PARM IAEA MNUC IR SY TRGY PREL AS |
| 09CANBERRA833 | AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON SRI LANKAN IDPS [...] (C) Pol/Econcouns delivered on September 8 reftel points on freedom of movement for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Sri Lanka to Gary Cowan, Director of the India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan and Maldives section in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and raised the issue sep [...] | 2009-09-10 05:33:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF PTER MASS SOCI EAID EUN CE |
| 09CANBERRA845 | AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON EXPANDING THE [...] (C) On September 14, Poloff delivered reftel talking points concerning a common position towards Iran at the IAEA and the UNGA to Wendy Walsh, Executive Officer, Arms Control Section, and Jenny Bloomfield, Director of the Middle East Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). [...] | 2009-09-16 06:55:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA PREL AORC AS |
| 09CANBERRA869 | AUSTRALIA SUPPORTS UNGA WALKOUT REDLINES [...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Acting Secretary Gillian Bird told Charge September 21 that she would send reftel points to Prime Minister Rudd and Foreign Minister Smith in New York, but that the walkout redlines are largely in line with standing instructions given to Australian o [...] | 2009-09-21 08:12:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA AS |
| 09CANBERRA881 | AUSTRALIA REPORTS MOHAMMED LARIJANI OPTIMISTIC [...] (C/NF) Summary: Mohammed Javad Larijani, Secretary General of Iran's Supreme Council of Human Rights and the Head of the Office of International Affairs of the Judiciary, told Australian Ambassador to Iran Marc Innes-Brown September 16 that he was optimistic that the three American hikers held [...] | 2009-09-23 07:45:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PINR CASC IR AS |
| 09CANBERRA901 | AUSTRALIA WILL ATTEND LIKEMINDED MEETING ON IRAN [...] (S/NF) Deborah Stokes, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) First Assistant Secretary for South Asia, Middle East and Africa will head the Australian delegation, which will include experts from a variety of departments. Stokes told Poleconcouns that Australia is grateful to be include [...] | 2009-09-30 07:14:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | MNUC PARM PREL ETTC KNNP AS |
| 09CANBERRA916 | SKEPTICAL AUSTRALIA SUPPORTS U.S. APPROACH ON IRAN [...] (C/NF) Australia fully supports U.S. efforts to engage with Iran but remains very skeptical of Iranian intentions. Patrick Suckling, First Assistant Secretary for International Affairs at the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and Andrea Faulkner, Assistant Secretary for South Asia, [...] | 2009-10-07 06:27:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KNNP MNUC PARM IR AS |
| 09CAPETOWN15 | ISRAELI AMBASSADOR TO SA ADDRESSES MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) On January 16, Poloff attended the parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs meeting where the recently-arrived Israeli Ambassador to South Africa, Dov Segev Steinberg, appeared to discuss the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian faction Hamas in Gaza. In general, the proceedings [...] | 2009-01-22 16:49:00 | Consulate Cape Town | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM IS GZ SF |
| 09CAPETOWN189 | PARLIAMENT'S FIRST 100 DAYS-OFF TO A SLOW START [...] (SBU) Parliament's first one hundred days (minus the three week recess) has been marked by new MPs finding their way around Parliament, both literally and figuratively, inefficiency and lack of clear guidance for the task at hand. Because over 60 percent of Parliamentarians are new, many MPs ar [...] | 2009-08-28 07:10:00 | Consulate Cape Town | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM SF |
| 09CAPETOWN195 | PARLIAMENT'S FIRST 100 DAYS-OFF TO A SLOW START [...] (SBU) Parliament's first one hundred days (minus the three week recess) have been marked by new MPs finding their way around Parliament, both literally and figuratively, inefficiency and lack of clear guidance for the task at hand. Because over 60 percent of Parliamentarians are new, many MPs a [...] | 2009-09-03 14:34:00 | Consulate Cape Town | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM SF |
| 09CAPETOWN196 | National Commitee for arms control fails to disclose arms [...] (SBU) On September 2, Poloff attended the Defence and Military Veterans committee meeting in Parliament where Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Jeff Radebe, briefed the committee on the National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NCACC). This was originally supposed to be a [...] | 2009-09-04 15:21:00 | Consulate Cape Town | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM SF |
| 09CARACAS103 | ECONOMIC TIES WITH IRAN GROWING SLOWLY [...] (C) Summary. Emboffs met with a local businessman to discuss his possible involvement in the establishment of a Venezuelan-Iranian Chamber of Commerce. In the private sector, expatriate Iranians cautiously build enterprises within Venezuela, ever wary of the political and economic pitfalls of doing [...] | 2009-01-26 21:44:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL EINV PGOV VE |
| 09CARACAS1062 | GBRV SHIFTS AXIS OF TRADE, TELLS OBAMA TO BUY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent decisions by the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) to halt imports of Colombian beef and suspend sales of reduced-price gasoline to Colombia suggest that the GBRV is determined to reduce bilateral trade. On August 11, President Chavez and Argentine [...] | 2009-08-13 16:12:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON EFIN EIND EINV ELAB EMIN ENRG EPET |
| 09CARACAS1147 | CHAVEZ GIVES OBAMA AFRICAN PRIDE ADVICE [...] (C) Summary: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, on a September 1 state visit to Libya to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Qadhafi's revolution, urged President Obama to "rise to the height of his African blood," adding that although he may have good ideas, his hands are tied by the "North A [...] | 2009-09-02 20:19:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL VE |
| 09CARACAS1167 | VISAS VIPER AUGUST 2009 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT [...] The DCM chaired the Caracas Visas Viper Committee meeting on August 25, 2009. Committee members submitted one name for the Visas Viper program. 2. Committee members agree that Qureshi, Muhammad Zubair Ali meets the Visas Viper criteria. His information is as follows: Name: Qureshi, Muh [...] | 2009-09-04 19:18:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC PINR CMGT VE |
| 09CARACAS1188 | NEW LEGISLATION DECIMATES THE CARACAS METROPOLITAN [...] (C) Summary: Along with a flurry of other legislation, the National Assembly (AN) passed on August 26 a new "Law of Municipal Regimen at Two Levels of the Metropolitan Area" that removes most of the authorities and budget of the metropolitan government. The new law grants opposition Mayor [...] | 2009-09-10 18:58:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM VE |
| 09CARACAS1194 | OPPOSITION PARTY "PODEMOS" ASKS FOR U.S. [...] (C) Summary: At the Podemos party's request, the Ambassador met September 9 with National Assembly (AN) Deputies Ricardo Gutierrez, Juan Jose Molina, and Ismael Garcia. They argued that the 2010 AN elections were the "last chance for democracy" in Venezuela in light of President Chavez's dismantlin [...] | 2009-09-14 11:33:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM VE |
| 09CARACAS1195 | OPPOSITION PARTY "PODEMOS" ASKS FOR U.S. [...] (C) Summary: At the Podemos party's request, the Ambassador met September 9 with National Assembly (AN) Deputies Ricardo Gutierrez, Juan Jose Molina, and Ismael Garcia. They argued that the 2010 AN elections were the "last chance for democracy" in Venezuela in light of President Chavez's d [...] | 2009-09-14 11:33:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM VE |
| 09CARACAS1236 | VENEZUELA: INSIGHT INTO LUKOIL AND THE RUSSIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Russian oil companies in Venezuela understand that government-to-government negotiations are the most expedient way to advance commercial relations in Venezuela. In addition to working through a consortium to sign new oil deals, the individual companies are preparing to transfer [...] | 2009-09-21 11:42:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE |
| 09CARACAS1266 | BANESCO PRESIDENT CONCERNED OVER ALLEGATIONS OF [...] (C) In a September 28 meeting with the Ambassador, Banesco president Juan Carlos Escotet expressed concern that allegations in the blogosphere of Banesco's involvement with Iranian banks, although they were false, could damage Banesco's reputation. (Note: Banesco is privately held and by some measu [...] | 2009-09-30 19:59:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN VE IR |
| 09CARACAS1296 | VENEZUELA: THE POLITICS OF DEVELOPING URANIUM RESERVES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-07 19:33:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG IR KNNP VE |
| 09CARACAS1352 | VENEZUELA: IRAN'S PETROPARS FRUSTRATED IN CARACAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iran's PetroPars is reportedly frustrated by its inability to move petroleum projects forward in Venezuela, especially the development of Ayacucho block 7 in the Faja heavy oil belt. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) XXXXXXXXXXXX told Petroleum Attache (PetAtt) on October 15 that PetroPars is frus [...] | 2009-10-20 17:38:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE IR |
| 09CARACAS1401 | VENEZUELA'S JEWISH COMMUNITY SEES "DARK HORIZON" [...] (C) Summary: In an October 28 breakfast meeting with the Confederacion de Asociaciones Israelitas Venezolanas (CAIV) Board of Directors, XXXXXXXXXXXX, said he privately encouraged Brazilian senators to allow Venezuela to join MERCOSUR. At the same time, Jewish community leaders told PolCouns th [...] | 2009-11-02 21:11:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM VE |
| 09CARACAS1507 | CHAVEZ GIVES IRANIAN LEADER WARM WELCOME; SIGNS MORE [...] (SBU) Summary: President Hugo Chavez provided a warm welcome to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during his November 24-26 visit to Venezuela, declaring he and his Iranian counterpart were , "together to the end." The Iranian's visit attracted small protests from student, Venezu [...] | 2009-11-27 21:36:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL IR VE KISL |
| 09CARACAS1525 | VENEZUELA: IRAN SANCTIONS ACT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a public speech on November 25, President Chavez touted the implementation of 129 joint projects with Iranian cooperation and called the Government of Iran (GOI) a "strategic ally." The same day, the Venezuelan Government (GBRV) signed an additional 45 agreements with Iran to [...] | 2009-12-04 13:39:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL EPET VE |
| 09CARACAS1599 | CHAVEZ PROMOTES TRANSITION TO SOCIALIST ECONOMY, THREATENS [...] (SBU) On December 22, President Chavez inaugurated a chain of government-run retail stores called the Corporation of Socialist Markets (COMERSO). "We're going to defeat speculation. Private individuals can still sell, but they'll have to compete with us and with a people that is now fully awa [...] | 2009-12-29 22:50:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KIPR EINV ETRD EIND EINT ECIN CH VE |
| 09CARACAS1607 | CHAVEZ CLAIMS VENEZUELA HAS "GEOPOLITICAL IMPORTANCE" [...] (SBU) President Chavez and the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry made statements during the week of December 28 regarding the Spanish criticism of Venezuela's role at the Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen and U.S. policy toward Iran. Both statements are suggestive of President Chavez's [...] | 2009-12-31 19:08:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL VE SENV SP KGHG IR |
| 09CARACAS398 | SUPREME COURT INITIATES ANOTHER JUDICIAL [...] (C) Summary: The pro-Chavez Venezuelan Supreme Court (TSJ) has announced an "integral restructuring" to combat corruption, although it is almost certainly a measure to remove judges or court officials who have not sufficiently demonstrated their "revolutionary" credentials. Judicial expert [...] | 2009-03-27 15:46:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV KDEM PHUM VE |
| 09CARACAS422 | CHAVEZ AS HE SEES HIMSELF - THE REVOLUTIONARY [...] (C) Summary: President Chavez claims that he wants to improve relations with the new U.S. administration (Reftel),but his intolerance for what he perceives as criticism and his radical worldview continue to pose major hurdles to bettering bilateral relations. His perennial (mis)treatment [...] | 2009-04-01 19:59:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SNAR PTER VE |
| 09CARACAS495 | CHAVEZ IN TOKYO: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Chavez's April 5-7 visit to Tokyo followed the Bolivarian model - heavy on theater and light on substance. Shifting from the negative rhetoric against the U.S. displayed on previous stops in Iran and Qatar, Chavez hit more positive notes in Japan. While media reports i [...] | 2009-04-20 13:10:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE |
| 09CARACAS728 | VENEZUELA INCAPABLE OF SUBSTANTIVE NUCLEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: A plain-spoken nuclear physicist told Econoff that those spreading rumors that Venezuela is helping third countries (i.e. Iran) develop atomic bombs "are full of (expletive)." He said Venezuela is currently unable to provide such assistance particularly as the Chavez administration "do [...] | 2009-06-11 17:24:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL ETRD EINV ENRG TRGY EMIN PTER |
| 09CARACAS761 | CHAVEZ GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES SUPPORT FOR AHMADINEJAD [...] (C) Summary: The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) announced its official support June 16 for the reelection of Iranian President Mahmoud Ajmadinejad and -- in language typical of President Chavez's worldview -- denounced an alleged campaign to discredit the election [...] | 2009-06-17 21:52:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM VE |
| 09CARACAS79 | FM'S CHIEF OF STAFF PROMISES ACTION ON RECIPROCITY [...] (C) Summary. Chief of Staff to the Foreign Minister Temir Porras met with the Charge January 19 to "turn the page" on ongoing MFA-imposed administrative impediments to normal diplomatic relations, provided the USG reciprocates in the United States. Porras pledged to issue and renew visas for [...] | 2009-01-20 21:26:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AMGT MCAP SNAR VE |
| 09CASABLANCA228 | EXPATRIATE CHRISTIANS EXPELLED FOR ALLEGED PROSELYTIZING [...] (C) Summary: On December 4 a group of Moroccan Christian converts and foreigners gathered in a home in the town of Saidia for a weekend of study and spiritual retreat. Moroccan police raided the house, confiscated personal items and religious material, and detained those present. The Morocc [...] | 2009-12-23 12:33:00 | Consulate Casablanca | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF PGOV ASCH MO |
| 09CASABLANCA47 | MOROCCO/IRAN: THE PHANTOM SHIA MENACE [...] (C) Summary: One of Morocco's top experts on Islam discounted the government of Morocco's (GOM) explanation that the Iranian Shia menace was a proximate cause of the breakdown in relations between the two countries. Whatever Iran's alleged proselytizing activities may have borne, the penetra [...] | 2009-03-23 19:46:00 | Consulate Casablanca | SECRET | PREL PGOV KISL KTER MO AG IR |
| 09CHISINAU694 | MONGOLIA’S CONSULTATIONS WITH DPRK VICE FOREIGN [...] (S) Summary: On August 12, Mongolian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) Deputy Director for Asian Affairs J. Sukhee briefed poloff on the annual Mongolia-DPRK consultations that concluded on August 11. MFAT State Secretary Tsogtbaatar led the Mongolian side, and the North Koreans met with [...] | 2009-09-08 15:27:00 | Embassy Chisinau | SECRET | PREL PGOV MOPS KNNP MG |
| 09CHISINAU73 | MOLDOVA RECEIVED DEMARCHE CONCERNING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-04 12:42:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KNNP PARM IR MD |
| 09CHISINAU771 | DEMARCHE REPLY: EXISTENCE OF A COVERT URANIUM ENRICHMENT [...] We delivered reftel demarche to Dorin Panfil, Head of NATO and Politico-Military Cooperation Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration (MFA),on September 28, 2009. Panfil responded that the Government of Moldova would support the U.S. without question on this issue as the [...] | 2009-10-07 06:03:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM IR KNNP MNUC PARM MD |
| 09COLOMBO1043 | MALDIVES OPPOSES IRAN'S NO-ACTION MOTION ON UNGA [...] (C) On November 16, Vice President Ahmed Shaheed assured Ambassador of the support of the government of the Maldives (GOM) and of the Maldives intention to oppose the &no-action8 motion on the human rights resolution on Iran. Shaheed instructed their mission in New York not to participate in t [...] | 2009-11-17 10:08:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID MOPS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER UNGA MV |
| 09COLOMBO1044 | SRI LANKA REMAINS OPPOSED TO UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) On November 17, Ambassador delivered reftel points urging Sri Lanka to vote against "no-action" motions and for substantive resolutions on human rights abuses in Iran, Burma, and the DPRK to MFA Foreign Secretary Romesh Jayasinghe. Jayasinghe promised to convey our concerns to his princip [...] | 2009-11-17 11:53:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | UNGA PREL PHUM CE |
| 09COLOMBO1045 | FRAUD SUMMARY - SRI LANKA [...] Political insecurity and socioeconomic conditions put pressure on Sri Lankans of all ages and societal classes to migrate legally and illegally to the United States. In May 2009, the Sri Lankan government announced victory over the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),an armed insurgent g [...] | 2009-11-18 07:43:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC CE |
| 09COLOMBO1047 | SRI LANKA WILL NOT OPPOSE UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] (C) On November 18, PolChief delivered ref A points urging Sri Lanka to oppose UNGA resolutions with anti-Israel bias to Sri Lankan MFA U.N. and Multilateral Affairs Director General (DG) Ambassador Aruni Wijewardene. Wijewardene informed us that the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) would continu [...] | 2009-11-18 12:22:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID MOPS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER UNGA CE |
| 09COLOMBO1054 | SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE (SFRC) FACT FINDING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 2-8, Senate Foreign Relations staff members Nilmini Rubin and Fatema Sumar visited Sri Lanka and held meetings with senior government officials, international organizations, political leaders, civil-society activists, and journalists to discuss post war reconciliation [...] | 2009-11-23 02:40:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM CE |
| 09COLOMBO1060 | COLOMBO PLAN NOVEMBER SESSION READOUT: USA TAKES [...] SUMMARY: At the 266th session of the Colombo Plan Council held November 19, the United States took over the one-year rotating Presidency held most recently by Thailand. The minutes from the 265th session were adopted and council members focused on the upcoming 42nd Consultative Committee Meet [...] | 2009-11-23 08:50:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | APER AORC ECON KUNR UN CE |
| 09COLOMBO1144 | Request for Economic Support Funds for the Maldives [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-16 11:20:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON ETRD MV |
| 09COLOMBO155 | MALDIVES: THE NINTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) Post's submission for the ninth annual Anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report for the Maldives follows. Responses are keyed to questions in reftel. Post point of contact is ConOff Joel T. Wiegert, telephone +94-11-249-8635, fax +94-11-249-8590. One officer, FS-04, spent 24 hours in the [...] | 2009-02-16 06:23:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG MV |
| 09COLOMBO22 | SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT UNVEILS ECONOMIC STIMULUS PACKAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 30, the government announced a 16 billion rupee (USD 140 million) economic stimulus package intended to aid various ailing economic sectors and ensure 6% GDP growth in 2009. Actual implementation mechanisms for the plan remain unclear, and certain components of the [...] | 2009-01-07 11:11:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV KMCA CE |
| 09COLOMBO244 | SRI LANKA LIKELY TO REQUEST IMF ASSISTANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GSL appears ready to request IMF assistance to help cope with its otherwise looming economic crisis. IMF officials report that a formal invitation to begin negotiations could come from the government "within a couple of weeks." END SUMMARY It's bad... ------------- 2 [...] | 2009-03-04 11:20:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV CE |
| 09COLOMBO33 | SRI LANKA: AFTER THE FALL OF KILINOCHCHI, WHAT WAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The government of Mahinda Rajapaksa has achieved considerable success in its military campaign against the LTTE. The Defense Ministry under his brother, Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa, has had top priority for funding and other support, and has used this mandate to transform the [...] | 2009-01-09 11:00:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
| 09COLOMBO359 | FRAUD SUMMARY - SRI LANKA [...] Political insecurity, economic and population pressures, and the lure of earning hard currency put pressure on Sri Lankans of all ages and classes of society to migrate legally and illegally to the United States. The violent civil conflict between the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation [...] | 2009-03-30 11:32:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC CE |
| 09COLOMBO460 | COLOMBO PLAN APRIL SESSION READOUT [...] The Colombo Plan Council held a special session on April 2, 2009. Full minutes have been emailed to Colleen Neville and Matthew Goldstein. Representatives from all member countries, with the exception of Sri Lanka, attended. The next Colombo Plan Council Meeting will be held on May 21, 200 [...] | 2009-04-24 12:29:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APECO APER ECON KUNR UN |
| 09COLOMBO492 | Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 66 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Charge attended a meeting of Co-Chair Ambassadors with President Mahinda Rajapaksa on May 5. The UN appealed for 50 million USD in urgent humanitarian needs. The Sri Lankan Army advanced further south within the Government-designated safe zone. ICRC reports delay in food shipment [...] | 2009-05-05 12:21:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE |
| 09COLOMBO516 | SRI LANKA: PROCUREMENT OF LETHAL MILITARY [...] (S) Charge raised reftel points concerning possible GSL purchase of lethal military equipment (LME) from North Korea and Iran with Foreign Minister Bogollagama on May 11. Bogollagama categorically denied that the GSL is attempting to procure weapons or arms from either country. He also underscored [...] | 2009-05-12 05:40:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET | ETTC MARR MCAP MOPS PARM PINR PREL KNNP CE |
| 09COLOMBO523 | SRI LANKA: CB GOVERNOR DISAPPOINTED ABOUT IMF [...] (C) Summary: In a collegial but stern conversation, Central Bank Governor Cabraal told the Charge that the GSL is disappointed by the lack of U.S. support for its IMF Stand-by Arrangement (SBA) and concerned that U.S. attempts to place political conditions on the GSL's request are inappropriat [...] | 2009-05-13 11:51:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL PHUM KDEM CE |
| 09COLOMBO61 | SRI LANKA: ASSESSING IMPLICATIONS FOR U.S. BILATERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Post does not anticipate significant negative implications for U.S. assistance due to the financial crisis, particularly as the majority of assistance is centered in the East, which, with low levels of development, remains predominantly insulated from the crisis. However, post [...] | 2009-01-16 09:46:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN CE |
| 09COLOMBO621 | The Way Forward in the North - A Serious Discussion about [...] SUMMARY: Charge met with Presidential Advisor Basil Rajapaksa on June 15 to ask about Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) priorities for de-mining and to discuss how the U.S. Government (USG) could support those within a strategic framework. M.S. Jayasinghe, Chairman of the National Steering Commit [...] | 2009-06-17 13:16:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM CE |
| 09COLOMBO67 | INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 - SRI LANKA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-21 06:02:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | CE ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR |
| 09COLOMBO823 | JAPANESE QUESTION CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: At an August 19 bilateral meeting, Japanese Ambassador Takahashi told Charge that Japan questioned the effectiveness of the Europeans as participants in the Co-Chairs mechanism, effectively proposing that the U.S., India, and Japan would serve as the most influential interlocutors [...] | 2009-08-21 08:39:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
| 09COLOMBO886 | SRI LANKA AGREES WITH P5+1 ON IRAN BUT SHIES FROM [...] Political Chief discussed reftel points on expanding the chorus on Iran with Sri Lankan MFA U.N. and Multilateral Affairs Director General (DG) Aruni Wijewardene. The DG agreed that Iran needed to be encouraged to cooperate, but that the GoSL took a "balanced position". She pointed out that I [...] | 2009-09-16 12:23:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
| 09COLOMBO919 | SRI LANKA SUPPORTS HOLDING IRAN TO INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) On September 28, PolOff discussed reftel points on existence of a covert uranium enrichment facility in Iran with Sri Lankan MFA U.N. and Multilateral Affairs Director General (DG) Aruni Wijewardene. Wijewardene had prior knowledge of the issue and expressed GSL support for holding Iran [...] | 2009-09-29 11:10:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
| 09COLOMBO968 | SRI LANKA DENIES NEGOTIATIONS TO PROCURE LETHAL [...] (S) In a much-delayed response to our Ref A demarche on possible Sri Lankan procurement of lethal military equipment from North Korea and Iran, Sri Lankan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Director General (DG) Americas Division Kshenuka Senewiratne on October 16 said they appreciated U.S. concerns [...] | 2009-10-21 07:58:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
| 09COLOMBO981 | FINANCE SECRETARY OUTLINES GSL DEVELOPMENT PLANS [...] (SBU) Summary. Influential powerbroker P.B. Jayasundera has returned to the government as the Finance Secretary, following a year-long exile due to corruption issues. In an introductory call with Ambassador Butenis, Jayasundera described government plans to reconstruct the North and Eas [...] | 2009-10-22 11:59:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | CE ECON ETRD PGOV |
| 09COLOMBO999 | Sri Lanka Scenesetter [...] (SBU) Sri Lanka stands at a pivotal point in its modern history. The end of the long secessionist war with the LTTE opens up opportunities for national reconciliation, political reform, economic renewal, and international re-engagement. The question is whether the Sri Lankan leadership has the [...] | 2009-10-30 08:02:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
| 09CONAKRY341 | GUINEA POST-COUP: AN ANALYSIS AND POLICY [...] (S) In assessing Guinea's post-coup environment (septel),Embassy's reporting team has also been looking at the potential longer term implications of our current bilateral foreign policy towards Guinea. Embassy fully supports the condemnation of the December 23 coup and the subsequent suspen [...] | 2009-06-15 16:29:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | PREL PGOV PMIL EAID KDEM ASEC GV |
| 09CONAKRY624 | (C) USG ASKS DADIS TO RESIGN [...] (C) Summary: In a heated meeting with the president of the junta yesterday, DAS of African Affairs, William Fitzgerald, recommended that Dadis relinquish power and allow for the formation of a transition government. Dadis initially seemed shocked by the message and argued that his presidency is [...] | 2009-10-06 13:50:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC PGOV KDEM PHUM SOCI GV |
| 09CONAKRY716 | GUINEA IN THE AFTERMATH OF VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) This comprehensive look at Guinea three weeks after the September 28 killings in the stadium reflects accurately the situation in Conakry at that time. Drafted by then Acting DCM Cazeau who subsequently left post under ordered departure, this piece retains its value. Since the message wa [...] | 2009-11-13 13:29:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC GV |
| 09COPENHAGEN126 | (S) IRANIAN PROCUREMENT ENTITY SEEKS DANISH [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-06 15:02:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MNUC TSPA DA |
| 09COPENHAGEN127 | YOUR MEETING WITH DANISH FM MOLLER MARCH 13 [...] (C) Madam Secretary, your predecessors have known Danish Foreign Minister Per Stig Moller as a good colleague and a capable representative of one of our closest allies in Europe. Your first bilateral meeting with Per Stig will signal our appreciation for Danish contributions to international [...] | 2009-03-09 09:55:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MARR NATO EU DA |
| 09COPENHAGEN21 | DENMARK: OPPOSING IRAN PRESIDENCY AT UNDP [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-08 15:58:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF EAID UN DA |
| 09COPENHAGEN291 | MAJORITY LEADER HOYER'S VISIT TO DENMARK [...] (SBU) Summary. Prospects for U.S. climate and energy legislation and its potential impact on an international climate agreement in December were foremost in the minds of Danish interlocutors as House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer visited Copenhagen May 26 - 29. Hoyer, in meetings with senior Dan [...] | 2009-06-26 15:07:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV DA |
| 09COPENHAGEN32 | DENMARK EXPECTS DELAY ON EU-SYRIA AGREEMENT [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, Danish MFA Head of Department for the Middle East Tomas Anker Christensen indicated that Denmark does not expect that the EU foreign ministers will sign the EU-Syria Association Agreement for many months, and certainly not until the dust settles in Gaza and [...] | 2009-01-14 10:56:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EU SY DA |
| 09COPENHAGEN335 | DANISH COMMENT ON EFFORTS BY FEDCO TO PROCURE [...] (U) This message contains an action request in para 3. 2. (S) We discussed ref A July 30 with Danish MFA Coordinator for Iran Sanctions Nikolaj Harris. Harris told us that MFA had passed ref B non-paper to the Danish Security and Intelligence Service (PET) as well as the Danish Construction [...] | 2009-08-03 09:11:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | SECRET | ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM PREL IR DA |
| 09COPENHAGEN365 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH DANISH FOREIGN MINISTER - MIDDLE EAST PEACE AND AFGHANISTAN MUCH ON PER STIG'S MIND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-27 13:19:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL | DA PGOV PREL |
| 09COPENHAGEN366 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH THE DANISH DEPUTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following her meeting August 25 with Foreign Minister Moeller (septel),the Ambassador met the following day with MFA Permanent Secretary (de facto Deputy Minister) Claus Grube. Grube echoed his minister's comments on Afghanistan and Iran, but -- unlike Moeller -- he lobbied p [...] | 2009-08-27 13:27:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR SENV AF IR DA |
| 09COPENHAGEN395 | (C) IRAN: DENMARK SUPPORTS UNSC SANCTIONS [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, FM Per Stig Moeller told Ambassador September 16 that he supports additional UNSC sanctions on Iran, which cannot be trusted, and that he told his EU colleagues this on September 14. He assessed that the Iranian political opposition had succeeded in making [...] | 2009-09-16 17:29:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA AORC IR DA |
| 09COPENHAGEN425 | IRAN COVERT URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY [...] (C) Pol-EconCouns delivered reftel demarche September 29 to Aron Bonanno, Head of Section in MFA's Security Policy Dept, and Lene Hothes of MFA's Iran desk. Bonanno replied that Denmark is in total agreement with the USG; Iran must live up to its international obligations. MFA is eager to [...] | 2009-09-29 13:51:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL | IR KNNP MNUC PARM PREL DA |
| 09COPENHAGEN445 | (C) NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR ON EU OPT-OUTS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: National security advisor Thomas Ahrenkiel told the Ambassador October 9 that the Government still wants to end Denmark's opt-outs from EU common policies but the time is not right for a referendum. He briefed on relations with Russia, notably the Prime Minister's upcoming visi [...] | 2009-10-09 14:09:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV DA RU GG |
| 09COPENHAGEN451 | IRAN: DANISH RESPONSE ON OUTCOME OF P5+1 TALKS [...] (C) In response to ref A demarche, MFA Head of Section in the Department of Security Policy Aron Bonanno gave Pol-EconCouns an initial response October 6 (conveyed to Stephen Mull in P by ref B): - Denmark is quite supportive of the U.S. position and is ahead of other small EU countries i [...] | 2009-10-14 07:30:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC KNNP PARM IR DA |
| 09COPENHAGEN470 | GAERC DEMARCHE: DENMARK'S RESPONSE [...] (C) Lars Bo Larsen, MFA's European Correspondent, welcomed the USG's demarche ahead of the October GAERC and offered the following response October 20: - Afghanistan/Pakistan: the EU wanted to agree on a comprehensive strategy this month, but the Afghan elections are not yet over and the [...] | 2009-10-22 08:47:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR EAID KPAL AF PK IR IS ZL DA GV |
| 09COPENHAGEN482 | DENMARK: UNGA, THIRD COMMITTEE -- PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) On October 27, poloff delivered talking points and discussed U.S. Third Committee priorities contained in reftel to MFA Acting Department Head Anders Ornemark, Department of Global Security and Economy. Ornemark indicated general overall agreement with the priorities, particularly the [...] | 2009-10-28 14:00:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UN |
| 09COPENHAGEN490 | INCSR - DRAFT REPORT [...] (SBU) There follows post's submission for the annual International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) for Denmark: I. Summary Denmark's relatively central geographic location and status as one of Europe's transportation hubs make it an attractive drug destination and transit cou [...] | 2009-11-03 17:45:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL DA |
| 09COPENHAGEN526 | ISRAELI FM LIBERMAN VISITS DENMARK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Israeli Foreign Minister Liberman visited Copenhagen November 9-10, but failed to get Denmark's support for upgrading Israel's relations with the EU. Foreign Minister Per Stig Moeller and members of the Folketing expressed publicly opposition to Lieberman's objective of asking [...] | 2009-11-23 07:02:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAL IS DA |
| 09COPENHAGEN532 | DENMARK: MESSAGES DELIVERED FOR IAEA MEETING [...] (SBU) Messages concerning current U.S. positions on the Angarsk nuclear fuel bank resolution (reftels A and B),P5 1 efforts on Iran's nuclear program (reftel C),and desired follow-up on IAEA's report on Syrian clandestine nuclear activities (reftel D) were directly conveyed by PolOff to He [...] | 2009-11-24 13:12:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ENRG KNNP PARM PREL IAEA IR TRGY SY |
| 09COPENHAGEN543 | PRESIDENTIAL ENTREPRENEURIAL SUMMIT - ENGAGING [...] (SBU) This message addresses reftel action items due November 30. Post welcomes the opportunity to participate in this initiative, even though the economic context for Muslims in Denmark is substantially different from the norm in the Muslim world. While Denmark's population is largely homo [...] | 2009-12-01 06:33:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PREL SOCI KISL DA |
| 09COPENHAGEN573 | NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE - DEMARCHES DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-23 11:30:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM KNNP NPT PREL IAEA MNUC ENRG DA |
| 09COPENHAGEN61 | DANISH REPLY TO DEMARCHE ON DISCOURAGING NEW DEALS [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) The Charge was convoked on February 2 by MFA Political Director Carsten Damsgaard to follow up on our demarche regarding the present or planned pursuits of a Danish company, Haldor Topsoe, to sell catalytic converters to Ira [...] | 2009-02-02 15:06:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ETTC PREL DA IR |
| 09COTONOU157 | COTONOU REPORTS ON THE PLACEMENT OF STATE AND [...] PAS Cotonou reports the following placements of State Department materials, articles on Mission-hosted activities and U.S. centered articles in the government-owned newspaper, La Nation, and various independent newspapers: February 2 The following articles were published: An article in the [...] | 2009-04-20 11:32:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KDEM KPAO KISL PINR BN |
| 09COTONOU185 | BENIN: TOUR D'HORIZON WITH FOREIGN MINISTER ON [...] (C) Summary: In a May 5, 2009 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Ehouzou, acknowledging USG demarches, said that President Yayi will not visit Iran as planned and approved by the Council of Ministers; urged an end to the embargo against Cuba; welcomed dialogue on the Middle East; ga [...] | 2009-05-11 11:01:00 | Embassy Cotonou | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC CU IR XF BN |
| 09COTONOU227 | COTONOU REPORTS ON THE PLACEMENT OF STATE AND [...] PAS Cotonou reports the following placements of State Department materials, articles on Mission-hosted activities and U.S. centered articles in the government-owned newspaper, La Nation, and various independent newspapers: April 1 The following articles were published: An article in the rig [...] | 2009-05-28 11:01:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL OIIP KPAO BN |
| 09COTONOU595 | COTONOU: OCTOBER 2009 REPORT ON THE MEDIA PLACEMENT OF [...] PAS Cotonou reports the following placement of State Department materials, articles on Mission-hosted activities and U.S. centered articles in the government-owned newspaper, La Nation, and various independent newspapers. 2. Print media October 1 An article in the left-of-center independ [...] | 2009-12-18 05:20:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KMDR KPAO BN |
| 09COTONOU606 | COTONOU: NOVEMBER 2009 REPORT ON THE MEDIA PLACEMENT OF [...] PAS Cotonou reports the following placements of State Department materials, articles on Mission-hosted activities and U.S. centered articles in the government-owned newspaper, La Nation, and various independent newspapers. 2. Print media November 2 The following articles were published: [...] | 2009-12-24 07:39:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO BN |
| 09DAKAR130 | RELIGION IN SENEGAL-THE SHIA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-03 14:40:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS SOCI PINR KDEM KISL KIRF SG |
| 09DAKAR1520 | Ahmedinejad in Dakar; Wade Comments on Iran's Civil Nuclear [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 26, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad made a twelve-hour stop in Dakar, en route to Teheran from Latin America. President Wade took the opportunity to reiterate his support for Iran's right to a civilian nuclear program while President Ahmedinejad announced that [...] | 2009-12-16 09:17:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG |
| 09DAKAR220 | SENEGAL FEBRUARY 2009 SCENESETTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senegal is preparing to hold local elections amid an atmosphere of slowly building social unrest due to ongoing economic difficulties, poor management of the country's public finances, and disillusionment with Senegal's overall governance. The Senegalese are known for and proud [...] | 2009-02-23 13:03:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS ASEC SOCI PHUM PINR KDEM KISL ECON |
| 09DAKAR289 | SENEGAL: MORE INSIGHTS FROM PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR [...] (C) Summary: (SBU) Minister Councilor at the Presidency and Financial Advisor to President Wade, Habib Mbaye (protect),recently shared new insights into the policy world of President Wade. Mbaye is in a new role where he is supposed to coordinate the inter-agency, inter-ministerial efforts t [...] | 2009-03-09 07:41:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KCOR KDEM PINR GV MR IR SG |
| 09DAKAR62 | IMPACT OF GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS ON SENEGAL [...] Summary: In response to REF A request, Post updates its reporting on the impact of the global financial crisis on Senegal (REF D). Senegal's financial sector and businesses are facing a severe tightening of local credit -- the result of both the government's poor budget control and the globa [...] | 2009-01-16 08:03:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EAID SG |
| 09DAKAR667 | Senegal: Key figures in Wade's new cabinet [...] (SBU) On May 1, President Abdoulaye Wade revealed a new cabinet in response to his party's heavy losses following local elections. Aside from a new Prime Minister, the President appointed his son Karim as a "Super Minister" who will handle international cooperation, land use, infrastructure, an [...] | 2009-05-29 15:37:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS PINR KDEM ECON SG |
| 09DAKAR716 | Seniranauto: Senegal and Iran's white elephant. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Seniranauto, a car assembly plant with an estimated 40 billion CFA (80 million USD) investment between Senegal and Iran's automaker Khodro, has been hit by a highly publicized scandal. Three years after its launching, the plant has no production but local media reports have put [...] | 2009-06-11 08:57:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS PINR EINV ECON KCOR SG |
| 09DAMASCUS10 | GAZA: SARKOZY LOOKING FOR SARG SUPPORT OF [...] (C) Summary: French DCM Nicolas Suran (strictly protect) confirmed January 4 that President Sarkozy would visit Damascus January 6 for three hours (approximately 10 am to 1 pm). Sarkozy would arrive after spending the previous day in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, and Ramallah. Sarkozy would then dep [...] | 2009-01-05 13:27:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG KPAL FR SY |
| 09DAMASCUS106 | RE-ENGAGING SYRIA: SYRIA AND HAMAS [...] (C) Summary: Consensus is lacking on the extent of Syrian influence over Hamas; some believe the landlord-tenant relationship gives Syria decisive leverage. Others see a Syrian-Iranian rivalry and give Iran with its financial resources an advantage. SARG officials argue that they deal with [...] | 2009-02-03 16:37:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IR SY |
| 09DAMASCUS11 | PROTESTERS HARASSING EGYPTIAN EMBASSY IN DAMASCUS, [...] (C) Summary: Charge called on Egyptian Ambassador Shawky Ismail December 31 to compare notes and express solidarity. Ismail reviewed his Embassy's security problems, accused Syria of coordinating with Tehran and Hizballah to exploit the Gaza crisis, and explained Egypt's proposal for moving t [...] | 2009-01-05 13:30:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS ASEC KPAL EG SY |
| 09DAMASCUS120 | RE-ENGAGING SYRIA: A FIRST LOOK AT SANCTIONS [...] (C) Top-level SARG officials are increasingly identifying U.S. trade sanctions as a key issue in any diplomatic re-engagement. The Presidential waiver authority codified in the Syrian Accountability Act and operationalized by the Commerce Department's General Order No. 2 authorizes the export [...] | 2009-02-10 13:53:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EPET ETRD ETTC PGOV PTER SY |
| 09DAMASCUS130 | HAMAS REPRESENTATIVE REAFFIRMS CONDITIONS FOR [...] (S/NF) Summary: Almost a week after the February 5 deadline for responding to Egypt's Gaza cease-fire proposal, Hamas appears ready to stand pat on its demands for Israel to agree to re-open border crossings and lift the siege as part of any deal. In contrast to Hamas Politburo Chief Khaled M [...] | 2009-02-12 12:25:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL KWBG KPAL PTER SY |
| 09DAMASCUS132 | SCENESETTER FOR CODELS CARDIN, BERMAN, AND KERRY [...] (C) Summary: Chairman Cardin, Chairman Berman, and Chairman Kerry, Embassy Damascus is looking forward to your mid-February visits. You should expect an enthusiastic reception by government officials of the Syrian Arab Republic (SARG) and from the media, who will interpret your presence as a [...] | 2009-02-12 14:26:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL ETRD ECON PTER PREF PAUM PARM KWBG LE |
| 09DAMASCUS147 | ASAD TELLS CODEL BERMAN SYRIA READY FOR PEACE, [...] (C) Summary: President Asad's February 21 meeting with CODEL Berman focused on the need for frank dialogue between the two countries, U.S. concerns about Syria's relations with Hamas, Iran, and Hizballah, and Syria's desire for an American umbrella in a comprehensive regional peace process. [...] | 2009-02-24 13:51:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL PGOV PTER PHUM IR IS IZ SY |
| 09DAMASCUS149 | SYRIA - SAUDI ARABIA: MOVING TOWARD NORMALIZATION? [...] (C) Summary: The Algerian ambassador provided his understanding February 25 of the sequencing of a normalization in ties between Syria and Saudi Arabia. Initiated by joint concern over Saudi jihadists on the loose, renewed contacts between the two have been expanded from the counter-terroris [...] | 2009-02-25 15:51:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SA SY |
| 09DAMASCUS151 | CORRECTED COPY (CLASSIFICATION) - PARADE OF CODELS [...] (S/NF) Since late January, Damascus has hosted four CODELs who in their sum total had more official face time with Syrian leaders than the Embassy has had in the last four years. All met with President Asad, FM Muallim, and Presidential Advisor Bouthaina Shabaan. All raised, in varying deg [...] | 2009-02-25 18:10:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL SY |
| 09DAMASCUS158 | KERRY - ASAD: DIVIDING IRAQ AND UNIFYING IRAN [...] (C/NF) Summary: Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Senator John Kerry told President Asad that he believed progress was being made in Iraq and the U.S. wanted to withdraw its troops as soon as possible. The recent provincial elections in Iraq had been the first real, positive [...] | 2009-02-27 13:21:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL IZ IR SY |
| 09DAMASCUS159 | KERRY - ASAD: SAUDIS MAY BE SOWING THE SEEDS OF [...] (C/NF) Summary: Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Senator John Kerry asked President Bashar al-Asad February 21 about Syria's activities in Lebanon in the lead-up to Lebanese elections in June. Asad, clearly primed, demanded, "Saudi Arabia has spent millions of dollars in Le [...] | 2009-02-27 13:22:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL SA LE SY |
| 09DAMASCUS160 | KERRY - ASAD: IMPROVING THE U.S. - SYRIA [...] (C) Summary: Syrian President Bashar al-Asad told Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Senator John Kerry that the U.S. position on the Middle East peace process is Syria's most important concern. Kerry said there was consensus among President Obama, Secretary Clinton, APNSA Jo [...] | 2009-02-27 13:57:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY |
| 09DAMASCUS179 | PRESIDENT ASAD AND CODEL CARDIN DISCUSS A NUCLEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: CODEL Cardin, in a February 18 meeting with President Bashar al-Asad, FM Muallim, Presidential Advisor for Political and Media Affairs Shaaban, and Ambassador to the U.S. Mustafa conveyed U.S. concerns regarding Iran's pursuit of a nuclear weapon, Syrian human rights abuses, the [...] | 2009-03-10 10:40:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM IAEA KPAL PGOV PREL PTER IR IS IZ TU SY |
| 09DAMASCUS192 | FELTMAN-SHAPIRO MARCH 7 DISCUSSIONS WITH SYRIAN FM [...] (S/NF) Acting NEA A/S Jeffrey Feltman and NSC Senior Director for the Near and Near Africa Dan Shapiro met Syrian FM Muallim on March 7 and urged him to help normalize operations for the U.S. Embassy in Damascus and the Syrian Embassy in Washington. In particular, they pressed Muallim to fac [...] | 2009-03-15 04:19:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL ASEC CASC ETRD ETTC SY |
| 09DAMASCUS193 | FELTMAN-SHAPIRO MARCH 7 DISCUSSIONS WITH SYRIAN FM [...] (S/NF) Summary: Acting NEA A/S Feltman and NSC NENA Senior Director Shapiro stressed the strong U.S. commitment to achieving a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians and a comprehensive regional peace between Israel and its other neighbors. The U.S. emphasis was no longer on [...] | 2009-03-15 04:19:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL IS SY |
| 09DAMASCUS194 | FELTMAN-SHAPIRO MARCH 7 DISCUSSIONS WITH SYRIAN FM [...] (S/NF) Summary: FM Muallim pronounced the Syrian regime's support of Lebanese independence and sovereignty, expressed a commitment to UNSCR 1701 implementation (while explicitly deferring discussion of Hizballah disarmament until a comprehensive peace settlement),and affirmed the Syrian reg [...] | 2009-03-15 04:19:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER LE IS SY |
| 09DAMASCUS195 | FELTMAN-SHAPIRO MARCH 7 DISCUSSIONS WITH SYRIAN FM MUALLIM ON IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-15 04:19:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER IR IS SY |
| 09DAMASCUS196 | FELTMAN-SHAPIRO MARCH 7 DISCUSSIONS WITH SYRIAN FM [...] (S/NF) Summary: Syrian FM Muallim and Acting NEA A/S Feltman each expressed support for a united, independent, stable, and secure Iraq. Muallim welcomed the U.S. President,s plan for withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq in a responsible fashion. Feltman pressed Muallim to do more in the spir [...] | 2009-03-15 04:19:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER IZ SY |
| 09DAMASCUS198 | FELTMAN-SHAPIRO MARCH 7 DISCUSSIONS WITH SYRIAN FM [...] (S/NF) Summary: Acting NEA A/S Feltman and NSC NENA Senior Director Shapiro emphasized the strong U.S. commitment to achieving a two-state Israeli-Palestinian solution and providing humanitarian relief for Gazans, as demonstrated by the appointment of Special Envoy Mitchell and the U.S. pledg [...] | 2009-03-15 05:37:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL KWBG KPAL IS SY |
| 09DAMASCUS199 | CORRECTED COPY OF DAMASCUS 179 PARA 14 [...] (C) SUMMARY: CODEL Cardin, in a February 18 meeting with President Bashar al-Asad, FM Muallim, Presidential Advisor for Political and Media Affairs Shaaban, and Ambassador to the U.S. Mustafa conveyed U.S. concerns regarding Iran's pursuit of a nuclear weapon, Syrian human rights abuses, the [...] | 2009-03-15 05:49:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM IAEA KPAL PGOV PREL PTER IR IS IZ TU SY |
| 09DAMASCUS209 | NORTHEASTERN SYRIA: IT'S MORE THAN JUST UNHAPPY KURDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On a tour of the Jazirah region of northern and eastern Syria, PD officers witnessed first-hand the cultural complexity of Syrian society, the effect of population and environmental shifts on this mosaic, and the extensive reach of the Syrian security services. From March 10-13 [...] | 2009-03-18 07:52:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINS KPAO OEXC OIIP SCUL SENV SOCI SY XF |
| 09DAMASCUS226 | ASAD AT AL SUMMIT: ASSERTING RIGHT OF ARAB [...] (S) Summary: Syria's Bashar Asad heads this week to the Arab League Summit in Doha seeking to support Qatar's efforts for a productive meeting and to assure moderate Arab states of Iran's desire for better relations. Syria's position on Sudan remains aligned with that of Qatar in support of [...] | 2009-03-26 13:06:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | PREL KPAL KWBG AL IS SU IR SY |
| 09DAMASCUS228 | QAMISHLI KURDS CELEBRATE NOWRUZ WITHOUT SARG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Hundreds of thousands of Kurds gathered throughout Syria on March 21, especially in the al-Jazira region, to participate in Nowruz, the ancient Kurdish and Persian celebration of the new solar year. At 18 different sites in al-Jazira alone, Kurds erected temporary tent cities, [...] | 2009-03-26 13:52:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL PTER SCUL SY |
| 09DAMASCUS251 | SYRIAN SCORE CARD: NO GRAND BARGAINS, BUT POSITIVE FIRST [...] (S/NF) Summary: Four weeks after Acting NEA A/S Feltman and NSC NENA Senior Director Shapiro met with Syrian FM Muallim (refs A-F),Syria has taken some positive steps to facilitate more normal Embassy operations, named an ambassador to Lebanon, and sent Muallim to Baghdad to discuss enhanced secu [...] | 2009-04-06 13:01:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL KPAL PTER IZ LE IS SY |
| 09DAMASCUS252 | CODEL LYNCH MEETS ASAD, MUALLIM [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-06 13:02:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL KWBG IS SY |
| 09DAMASCUS254 | BUSINESSMAN OFFERS HIS SERVICES AS POLITICAL [...] (S/NF) During a March 30 courtesy call, a prominent Syrian businessman offered his services as a political interlocutor to the Syrian Foreign Minister, Director of Syrian Military Intelligence and Deputy Vice President for National Security Affairs. To establish his bona fides, he claimed to h [...] | 2009-04-06 13:50:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL PTER SY |
| 09DAMASCUS27 | FM MUALLIM TELLS CODEL SPECTER BETTER U.S.-SYRIAN [...] (C) Summary: In addition to sharing Syrian views about the situation in Gaza (ref B),FM Walid Muallim told Senator Arlen Specter December 30 the best way to change Iranian behavior related to its nuclear program was to remove the issue from the UN Security Council and pursue a monitoring sol [...] | 2009-01-07 14:46:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM IR IZ LE SY |
| 09DAMASCUS273 | UK SEES MUALLIM TRIP TO IRAN AS ANOTHER POSITIVE [...] (S/NF) British DCM Irfan Saddiq (strictly protect) told us April 8 that British Foreign Minister of State (and MP) Bill Rammell raised Iraq and continuing concerns about foreign fighters with Syrian FM Muallim during their April 2 meeting. Muallim, who had just returned from Baghdad and Doh [...] | 2009-04-09 15:15:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PINR IZ IR SY |
| 09DAMASCUS3 | ASAD DISCUSSES IRAN AND GAZA WITH CODEL SPECTER [...] (C) In a December 30 meeting with CODEL Specter, a relaxed President Bashar al-Asad dismissed Israeli concerns that Iran might use a nuclear weapon against the Jewish state and explained why he could not abandon his political alliance with Tehran. Asad argued that the international discussion [...] | 2009-01-04 12:24:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | IAEA KPAL PGOV PREL PTER IR IS SY |
| 09DAMASCUS300 | LUXEMBOURG/SYRIAN FM'S TUSSLE OVER IRAN [...] (U) Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn visited Damascus April 22 and met with President Asad, VP Shara, and FM Muallim. According to press reports, the discussions between the two countries primarily focused on the finalization of the European Union/Syrian Association Agreement and on [...] | 2009-04-23 14:45:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LU IR |
| 09DAMASCUS301 | LUXEMBOURG/SYRIAN FM'S TUSSLE OVER IRAN [...] (U) Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn visited Damascus April 22 and met with President Asad, VP Shara, and FM Muallim. According to press reports, the discussions between the two countries primarily focused on the finalization of the European Union/Syrian Association Agreement and on [...] | 2009-04-23 14:45:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LU IR |
| 09DAMASCUS307 | CENTRAL BANK ISSUES LICENSE FOR SYRIAN-IRANIAN [...] (S/NF) The Syrian-Iranian Commercial Bank (SICB) recently moved one step closer to opening its doors in Damascus. According to media reports corroborated by Post sources, the Central Bank of Syria issued a license authorizing three Iranian and two Syrian entities to establish the bank. The pr [...] | 2009-04-29 03:44:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL PTER IR SY |
| 09DAMASCUS327 | PART 1: SYRIA'S CHANGING FINANCIAL LANDSCAPE - [...] (C) Nearly 40 years after Syria's banking industry was nationalized, Law No. 28 of 2001 authorized the re-introduction of private banking. Eight years on, Law No. 28 has had the most visible impact of President Bashar al-Asad's many economic "reforms," and has generated significant spinoff le [...] | 2009-05-11 03:44:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL LE SY |
| 09DAMASCUS33 | SYRIAN MP DISCUSSES "SHARED" U.S.-SYRIAN GOALS FOR [...] (C) A veteran 14-year Syrian MP with diverse business holdings told us the primary obstacle to trade with Iraq is no longer insufficient security, but habitually delinquent Iraqi payments. The MP related a recent discussion with Syrian Ambassador to Baghdad Nawaf al-Fares, in which al-Fares c [...] | 2009-01-08 15:47:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PGOV PTER CVIS IZ IR SY |
| 09DAMASCUS335 | MAY 7 FELTMAN-SHAPIRO MEETING IN DAMASCUS: FM [...] (S/NF) Summary: In a wide-ranging May 7 discussion, NEA Acting A/S Feltman and NSC/NENA Senior Director Shapiro heard a litany of complaints from the Syrian side led by FM Muallim over Syria's designation as a state sponsor of terrorism, renewal of U.S. sanctions, and the lack of serious eng [...] | 2009-05-12 14:54:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER KPAL IZ LE IS SY |
| 09DAMASCUS342 | MAY 7 FELTMAN-SHAPIRO MEETING IN DAMASCUS: FM [...] (S/NF) Summary: In a prolonged May 7 discussion on differing U.S. and Syrian approaches to re-engagement, NEA Acting Assistant Secretary Feltman and NSC NENA Senior Director Shapiro stressed the importance of stopping foreign fighters entering Iraq from Syria. They proposed a visit by a CE [...] | 2009-05-14 10:58:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER MOPS IZ SY |
| 09DAMASCUS344 | MAY 7 FELTMAN-SHAPIRO MEETING IN DAMASCUS: SYRIA [...] (S/NF) Summary: In a lengthy May 7 discussion on differing U.S. and Syrian approaches to re-engagement, NEA Acting Assistant Secretary Feltman and NSC/NENA Senior Director Shapiro explained the routine, technical nature of USG's renewal of Executive Order 13338 and agreed to look for possib [...] | 2009-05-14 11:13:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET//NOFORN | EAIR ECON ETRD GE SP SY |
| 09DAMASCUS359 | MAY 7 FELTMAN-SHAPIRO MEETING IN DAMASCUS: [...] (S/NF) Summary: In a wide-ranging May 7 discussion on differing U.S. and Syrian approaches to re-engagement, NEA Acting Assistant Secretary Feltman and NSC/NENA Senior Director Shapiro stressed President Obama's strong commitment to achieving comprehensive peace in the region, including a two [...] | 2009-05-21 13:46:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL KPAL PTER IS SY |
| 09DAMASCUS360 | MAY 7 FELTMAN-SHAPIRO MEETING IN DAMASCUS: HAMAS [...] (S/NF) Summary: In a wide-ranging May 7 discussion, NEA Acting A/S Feltman and NSC/NENA Senior Director Shapiro argued that, while recent Hamas statements suggested the organization could recognize a two-state solution, Hamas needed to renounce violence, recognize Israel, and abide by previo [...] | 2009-05-21 14:17:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER KPAL KWBG IS SY |
| 09DAMASCUS363 | MAY 7 FELTMAN-SHAPIRO MEETING IN DAMASCUS: IRAN [...] (S/NF) Summary: In a wide-ranging May 7 discussion on differing U.S. and Syrian approaches to re-engagement, NEA Acting Assistant Secretary Feltman and NSC/NENA Senior Director Shapiro asked the Syrian side led by FM Muallim for a readout of Iranian President Ahmedinejad's May 5 visit to Dam [...] | 2009-05-21 14:36:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER IR IS LE SY |
| 09DAMASCUS364 | SARG USES TURKISH PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO HIGHLIGHT [...] (C) The SARG is championing Turkish President Abdullah Gul's three-day visit to Damascus as one of three recent examples of Syria's increasing regional economic integration. Syrian official media touted several bilateral agreements resulting from the visit, including Turkish cooperation in Sy [...] | 2009-05-25 03:14:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EINV ETRD PGOV IZ IR TU SY |
| 09DAMASCUS369 | MAY 7 FELTMAN-SHAPIRO MEETING IN DAMASCUS: HUMAN [...] (S/NF) Summary: In a wide-ranging May 7 meeting with a Syrian delegation led by FM Muallim, NEA Acting Assistant Secretary Feltman and NSC/NENA Senior Director Shapiro argued that showing more leniency to Syrian prisoners of conscience would be the right thing to do and could help Syria's im [...] | 2009-05-25 09:18:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PHUM CASC SY |
| 09DAMASCUS371 | CORRECTED COPY - MAY 7 FELTMAN-SHAPIRO MEETING IN [...] (S/NF) Summary: In a wide-ranging May 7 discussion, NEA Acting A/S Feltman and NSC/NENA Senior Director Shapiro argued that, while recent Hamas statements suggested the organization could recognize a two-state solution, Hamas needed to renounce violence, recognize Israel, and abide by previo [...] | 2009-05-26 12:49:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER KPAL KWBG IS SY |
| 09DAMASCUS375 | OIC'S 36TH MINISTERIAL CONVENES IN DAMASCUS: [...] (U) Summary: Syria played host to the 36th meeting of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) ministerial meeting May 23-25. As in past sessions, the ministers focused on issues related to the Arab-Israeli conflict, combating "Islamophobia" and terrorism, the potential for OIC peace [...] | 2009-05-27 09:23:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS SY |
| 09DAMASCUS377 | CODEL KAUFMAN-PRESIDENT ASAD MEETING MAY 28 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-29 16:07:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER KWBG MOPS IS IZ LE SY |
| 09DAMASCUS390 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SPECIAL ENVOY MITCHELL TO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-04 17:30:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER KWBG MOPS IS IZ LE SY |
| 09DAMASCUS42 | HAMAS WARY OF, BUT PARTICIPATING IN, CAIRO TALKS [...] (C) Summary: Hamas Politburo Chief Khaled Mesha'al delivered a regionally televised harangue late January 10 criticizing the international community's response to Gaza, calling on Israel to cease hostilities, withdraw its forces, and lift the siege, and dismissing the possibility of a "perma [...] | 2009-01-12 13:26:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG PTER IS SY |
| 09DAMASCUS426 | BORDER SECURITY: U.S. DELEGATION TAKES FIRST STEP [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a one-hour meeting between the U.S. and Syrian Arab Republic Government (SARG) delegations on June 12, both sides focused on border security and their respective efforts to stem the flow of foreign fighters crossing the Syrian-Iraqi border. Both sides concurred a secure and s [...] | 2009-06-21 13:37:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PINR PTER MARR MCAP MOPS IZ SY |
| 09DAMASCUS431 | SARG CAUTIOUSLY SUPPORTS AHMEDINEJAD VICTORY IN [...] (S/NF) The Syrian government (SARG) appeared pleased by the initial tally of Iranian votes overwhelmingly in favor of incumbent President Ahmedinejad. President Asad sent a letter of congratulations to his Iranian counterpart and the official Syrian press lauded the high voter turnout as a wi [...] | 2009-06-22 13:11:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL IR LE IS SY |
| 09DAMASCUS48 | SYRIA SUCCEEDS IN CONVOKING EMERGENCY AL SUMMIT, [...] (C) Summary: Media sources in contact with Hamas representatives in Cairo and with the Syrian MFA told us late December 13 that "Hamas is done with talks in Cairo." Though Hamas leaders have not formally rejected further dialogue with EGIS director Omar Soleiman, today's headline of Syria's [...] | 2009-01-14 10:04:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY LE |
| 09DAMASCUS51 | (CORRECTED COPY MONTH PARAGRAPH ONE): SYRIA [...] (C) Summary: Media sources in contact with Hamas representatives in Cairo and with the Syrian MFA told us late January 13 that "Hamas is done with talks in Cairo." Though Hamas leaders have not formally rejected further dialogue with EGIS director Omar Soleiman, today's headline of Syria's o [...] | 2009-01-15 09:17:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY LE |
| 09DAMASCUS647 | DAMASCUS MORE SINNED AGAINST THAN SINNING IN SPAT [...] (C) Summary: Syria remains ready to take appropriate action once presented with "concrete evidence" from Baghdad that individuals resident in Syria were behind the recent bombings of the Iraqi Foreign and Finance Ministries, Vice Foreign Minister Faisal Miqdad told diplomats September 2. Repe [...] | 2009-09-03 09:20:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER UNGA IZ SY |
| 09DAMASCUS669 | GAUGING SYRIAN VIEWS OF RISING REGIONAL TENSIONS [...] (S/NF) Summary: After briefly showing signs of more constructive policies towards its neighbors earlier this summer, Syrians are expressing shock over rising tensions in the region and perceive "anti-Syrian forces" at work. The Syrian Government's response has been to harden its position tow [...] | 2009-09-10 08:23:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | PGOV PREL PMIL IZ SY |
| 09DAMASCUS671 | RE-ENGAGING SYRIA: TOWARD A SIX-MONTH PLAN [...] (S/NF) Summary: March 2010 will mark the end of the first year of U.S.-Syrian engagement. As reported reftel, this period poses a series of formidable challenges. Syrian policies continue to impede government formation in Lebanon, support foreign fighters going into Iraq, maintain close [...] | 2009-09-10 13:55:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | PGOV PREL PMIL IZ SY |
| 09DAMASCUS719 | AVENGING AFLAQ (II): USING SYRIAN-IRAQ FLAP TO [...] (S/NF) Summary: The lack of convincing evidence to substantiate Iraqi claims of former regime element (FRE) involvement in the August 19 attacks in Baghdad should not obviate U.S. concerns regarding the Syrian Government's role in supporting actors responsible for past and current violence in [...] | 2009-10-07 13:20:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER IZ SY |
| 09DAMASCUS726 | SAUDI KING'S VISIT TO DAMASCUS: POSITIVE [...] (S) Summary: According to a range of Syrian and diplomatic contacts, the atmospherics of Saudi King Abdullah's October 7-8 visit to Damascus were positive and relaxed. The two leaders reportedly enjoyed a lot of time alone (with the King's son, Prince Abdul Aziz participating) for cordial b [...] | 2009-10-13 09:34:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | PREL LE SA EG SY |
| 09DAMASCUS728 | CBS AND BANK SADERAT OF IRAN INVEST IN NEW SYRIAN [...] (SBU) On September 30, the Syrian Government granted a formal license to the new commercial bank "Aman," a joint venture between the Commercial Bank of Syria (CBS) and Bank Saderat of Iran. Aman will provide CBS with a new outlet to invest excess capital, in particular the Syrian Government's [...] | 2009-10-13 10:54:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL SY |
| 09DAMASCUS747 | MICHEL KILO: FREED DISSIDENT ANALYZES US-SYRIAN [...] (C) Summary: Poloffs met with the prominent dissident Michel Kilo at his home on October 21 for a wide-ranging discussion on the state of Syria's political opposition and its view of U.S.-Syrian rapproachment. Kilo, who was released from prison in May of this year, generally supported U.S. en [...] | 2009-10-22 11:53:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI SY TU |
| 09DAMASCUS75 | HAMAS DECLARES VICTORY FROM DAMASCUS, NOW FOCUSED [...] (C) Summary: Speaking from Damascus late January 21, Hamas Politburo chief Khaled Mesha'al declared victory over Israel and quoted Winston Churchill in praise of Gazan sacrifices in their fight for "liberty." Mesha'al promised to compensate families who suffered losses, argued donors shoul [...] | 2009-01-22 16:21:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL PTER PGOV IS SY |
| 09DAMASCUS759 | TURKISH SUPPORT EMBOLDENS ASAD BUT PROVIDES BEST HOPE FOR COAXING SYRIA FROM IRAN [...] (S/NF) Summary: President Bashar al-Asad's September 16-17 working visit to Istanbul produced agreement on the creation of a high-level strategic cooperation commission, visa-free travel between Syria and Turkey, and a Syrian offer to work to rehabilitate Syrian PKK members. The deliverables [...] | 2009-10-28 05:25:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL TU LE SA IZ SY |
| 09DAMASCUS783 | IS THE SARG INFLUENCING HAMAS'S INCREASINGLY [...] (S) SUMMARY: Hamas distributed a memorandum last week to some Arab ambassadors in Damascus blasting the Palestinian Authority (PA) and PA President Mahmoud Abbas for "obstructing reconciliation efforts." It also condemned Egypt's role in Palestinian reconciliation and expressed reservations H [...] | 2009-11-08 13:27:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV KPAL SY |
| 09DAMASCUS806 | A SUNNI GAMBIT? PM UTRI'S PROPOSED "NEW" PERSONAL [...] (C) Summary: After provoking another controversial debate on religious freedom and women's issues by attempting to amend the Personal Status Law (PSL) in April, Prime Minister Muhammad Naji al-Utri has again introduced a draft that closely mirrors the current PSL from 1953. Some contacts sugg [...] | 2009-11-19 13:09:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF KISL KMPI KWMN SCUL SOCI |
| 09DAMASCUS807 | FRENCH AMBASSADOR UPBEAT ON ASAD TRIP TO PARIS, [...] (C) Summary: The French ambassador to Syria characterized Syrian President Bashar al-Asad,s recent visit to Paris as a &PR success8 for Damascus that allowed Asad to make positive impressions on all his interlocutors. The main focus was Middle East peace and other regional issues. Contrary to [...] | 2009-11-19 13:26:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | FR PGOV PREL SY |
| 09DAMASCUS82 | RE-ENGAGING WITH SYRIA: THE MIDDLE EAST'S [...] (C) Summary: The SARG welcomed the appointment of Special Envoy Mitchell, indicating a willingness to engage with him, but that is only the first step. In dealing with Syrian President Bashar al-Asad, form and substance will be important in near equal measure; previous attempts to elicit con [...] | 2009-01-26 14:12:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY |
| 09DAMASCUS826 | NO DIVIDEND ON SARG-KURDISH BACKCHANNEL TALKS [...] (C) Summary: Kurdish Democratic Front Secretary General Abdul Hakim Bashar (strictly protect) detailed backchannel discussions between the SARG and Kurdish political leaders that took place this summer. Issam Baghdy, a former MP and member of the Syrian Socialist Nationalist Party (SSNP),co [...] | 2009-11-25 15:08:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM SOCI SCUL SMIG SY TU |
| 09DAMASCUS838 | BUS EXPLOSION IN HEART OF SHI,A DISTRICT OF [...] (C) Summary: At approximately 1020 local, media and other Embassy contacts reported an explosion on or near a bus carrying Iranian pilgrims in the Sayida al-Zainab district of Damascus. Sources at the scene indicated there were roughly a dozen casualties. Press accounts suggested several [...] | 2009-12-03 12:33:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PGOV PREL IR SY |
| 09DAMASCUS868 | SPECIAL COORDINATOR HOF'S DECEMBER 16 MEETING WITH [...] (S) Summary: Syrian FM Muallim spent most of the one-hour conversation with Special Coordinator for Regional Affairs Hof lamenting the lack of progress in U.S.-Syrian bilateral relations. Muallim welcomed the possibility of a January visit by Special Envoy (S/E) Mitchell to Damascus, but st [...] | 2009-12-18 10:24:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | PREL KPAL IR LE IZ SY |
| 09DAMASCUS871 | SYRIA: 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (SBU) Junaid Munir is the Embassy POC. Unclassified e-mail: MunirJM@state.gov. Tel: (963) 11-3391-3785. 2. (SBU) Designated in 1979 as a State Sponsor of Terrorism, Syria in 2009 continued political support to Palestinian terrorist groups. It also provided political and material support [...] | 2009-12-20 10:13:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC SY |
| 09DAMASCUS88 | SYRIAN FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN SEES [...] (C) Summary: Suleyman Hadad, Chairman of the Syrian People's Assembly Foreign Affairs Committee, told us January 26 that Syrians were eager to restore good relations with the U.S. Suleyman rolled out familiar Ba'ath Party talking points on Israel's "rejection of peace" and the need for armed [...] | 2009-01-28 15:19:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPAL PTER SY IS LE |
| 09DAMASCUS880 | SYRIAN-IRANIAN SHOW OF SOLIDARITY MASKS TENSIONS [...] (S/NF) The successive visits of three high-level Iranian officials to Damascus in early December appear at first glance to reaffirm strong Iranian-Syrian security ties and other forms of bilateral cooperation, but they may, in fact, mask deepening rifts over Iraq, Yemen, and the possibility of war [...] | 2009-12-22 03:40:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL IR LE IZ TU SY |
| 09DAMASCUS884 | SYRIAN MFA HOPES REVOKING BANK AMAN LICENSE NOT [...] (C) Charge and Pol/Econ Chief delivered Ref A demarche on December 23 to Husam Aala, Chief of Staff for Vice Foreign Minister Faisal Miqdad. Aala recalled Miqdad had discussed the subject of Bank Aman during his late-September meetings with State, Commerce, and Treasury officials and underst [...] | 2009-12-23 10:02:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC PGOV PREL PTER CASC IR SY |
| 09DAMASCUS89 | RE-ENGAGING WITH SYRIA: THE FRENCH EXPERIENCE [...] (C/NF) Summary: Aware that relations with the SARG are under review in Washington, French Ambassador Michel Duclos, who played a key role in restoring French-Syrian bilateral relations offered his recommendations for re-engaging: ignore rhetoric and focus on actions, understand the Syrians' [...] | 2009-01-28 16:58:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL FR SY |
| 09DAMASCUS94 | CODEL SMITH: ASAD POSITIVE ON NEW BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: In a January 31 meeting with CODEL Smith, President Bashar al-Asad expressed hope for better relations with the new U.S. administration, called for immediate and sustained U.S. engagement in the region, and defended Syria's relations with Iran, Hizballah and Hamas. On Iran, Asa [...] | 2009-02-01 14:43:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IAEA KPAL PGOV PTER IR IS IZ SY |
| 09DARESSALAAM372 | TANZANIAN MUSLIMS POSITIVE, BUT AWAITING ACTION FOLLOWING [...] SUMMARY: President Obama's Cairo speech to the Muslim world received positive feedback in Tanzania, but Muslims say they are now "waiting for action." Opinion leaders thought the speech "marks the beginning of new relations with the Muslim world" but were reserved awaiting follow-on actions. [...] | 2009-06-05 12:16:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KIRF KISL KDEM KPAO TZ |
| 09DARESSALAAM60 | TANZANIA AND IRAN SIGN DEFENSE MOU [...] (C) Summary. Tanzania and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding on military cooperation and technology transfer during Tanzanian Minister of Defense Hussein Mwinyi's visit to Tehran in late January. The announcement of the MOU in the Iranian press came as a surprise to many in Tanzania, [...] | 2009-01-29 14:36:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL PGOV UNSC TZ IR |
| 09DARESSALAAM65 | SCENESETTER FOR UPCOMING SHIP VISIT TO TANZANIA [...] (U) Embassy welcomes the upcoming ship visit to Tanzania. This cable provides background information on the U.S.-Tanzanian bilateral relationship and Tanzanian domestic issues. This cable has been cleared by DATT. 2. (SBU) Although the U.S. and Tanzania do not have a Status of Forces Agre [...] | 2009-02-02 03:07:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EAID MARR TZ |
| 09DARESSALAAM73 | TANZANIA'S RELIGIOUS LANDSCAPE [...] (U) Summary and Introduction: Tanzania's current religious identification demographics are 62 percent Christian, 35 percent Muslim and three percent other (traditional beliefs, Hindu, Sikh, Baha'i). The Tanzanian state does not gather religious identification census data as a matter of policy [...] | 2009-02-04 12:53:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF KISL KDEM KPAO PHUM PGOV TZ |
| 09DARESSALAAM735 | UNGA/THIRD COMMITTEE: TANZANIA TO ABSTAIN ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Tanzania plans to repeat its practice in 2008 of abstaining on all country-specific resolutions and related no-action motions. Tanzania will support the U.S. election resolution, but shares concerns about the OIC's resolution on defamation of religions. The GOT expects to sup [...] | 2009-10-28 09:04:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AROC KJUS PHUM APER PREL UNGA UN TZ |
| 09DARESSALAAM747 | TANZANIA INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-03 12:12:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PGOV PREL TZ |
| 09DARESSALAAM814 | IRAN/IAEA: TANZANIA AGREES WITH U.S. POSITION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-24 15:19:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR TZ |
| 09DHAHRAN187 | SCENESETTER FOR AA/S FELTMAN'S VISIT TO THE EASTERN PROVINCE [...] (SBU) The U.S. Consulate General Dhahran welcomes you to the Eastern Province (EP) of Saudi Arabia. In addition to being the Kingdom's largest province, the EP also represents the industrial engine of Saudi Arabia and sits atop the world's largest oil reserves. Saudi Aramco, the well-run and [...] | 2009-07-24 16:16:00 | Consulate Dhahran | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV ENRG EPET SA |
| 09DHAHRAN210 | SAUDI SHI'A CELEBRATE IMAM AL-MAHDI'S BIRTHDAY [...] (C/NF) The Shi'a of Qatif openly celebrated the birthday of Imam al-Mahdi -- who is recognized by most Shi'a as the twelfth and final (hidden) Imam -- on August 6 with impromptu public plays, free food, and candy for the children. PolOff and two EmbOffs from Riyadh visited Qatif during the fes [...] | 2009-08-10 16:02:00 | Consulate Dhahran | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KIRF KISL PGOV PHUM SA |
| 09DHAHRAN234 | FORMER SAUDI ARAMCO EXECUTIVE BULLISH ON OIL PRICES [...] (C/NF) Saudi Aramco's former Executive Vice President, Dr. Sadad al-Husseini (strictly protect),recently commented on the likelihood of oil prices rising sharply over the next couple of years. In his view, the bearish energy analysts arguing that the oil price shocks of last summer are not li [...] | 2009-09-02 13:39:00 | Consulate Dhahran | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG EPET ECON PGOV SA |
| 09DHAHRAN266 | EASTERN PROVINCE SHIA FRUSTRATED [...] (C) Three prominent local Shia report that economic marginalization, combined with religious discrimination, are generating increased frustration in the Eastern Province (EP). This is compounded by a growing generation gap in the Shia community with an impatient younger generation inclined to [...] | 2009-11-01 07:34:00 | Consulate Dhahran | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KIRF KREL PHUM SA |
| 09DHAHRAN295 | SAUDI BORDER CONFLICT WITH YEMEN RAISES FEAR OF SECTARIAN [...] (C) Prominent members of the Eastern Province (EP) Shia community are growing increasingly worried that the conflict in Yemen will spur a backlash against their community. The attitude is prevalent among Shia youth as well. Statements by a Yemeni official, as well as a recent circular issued b [...] | 2009-12-19 12:06:00 | Consulate Dhahran | SECRET | PGOV KIRF PREL SA YM PINR PHUM |
| 09DHAHRAN40 | SAUDI HEZBOLLAH LEADER WARNS OF SECTARIAN VIOLENCE [...] (C/NF) Key Points: --------------------- -- XXXXXXXXXXXX (strictly protect),a popular Shi'a cleric and alleged leader of Saudi Hezbollah, met with PolOff after years of refusing to meet with USG officials (ref A). -- XXXXXXXXXXXX declared that the USG could persuade the SAG to adopt se [...] | 2009-03-22 08:19:00 | Consulate Dhahran | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SA LE IR PGOV PTER PHUM KIRF KISL KDEM |
| 09DHAHRAN8 | SHI'A UNREST CONTINUES TO BUILD AFTER THE MEDINA INCIDENT [...] (C) Key Points: ----------------- -- The Shi'a clashes with Saudi security forces in Medina in February have set off a wave of demonstrations, protests, and calls on the government for justice. -- Members of the Shi'a communities from the Eastern Province were involved in the Baqi'a cemet [...] | 2009-03-02 16:22:00 | Consulate Dhahran | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KIRF KISL PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER SA IR LE |
| 09DHAKA1039 | WILLING TO PLAY BALL: BANGLADESH FOREIGN SECRETARY [...] (C) In a wide ranging meeting with the Ambassador on November 15, Bangladesh,s No. 2 diplomat, Foreign Secretary Mohamed Mijarul Quayes, emphasized the importance of close ties with the United States and discussed the potential for some movement on UN- related concerns and recognition of Kosov [...] | 2009-11-17 08:51:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN KVIR PINR BM KN BG |
| 09DHAKA1071 | BACK TO THE FUTURE? BANGLADESH SWITCHES UN VOTE [...] (C) In a return to the position of the previous democratically elected government, the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) chose to abstain on a UN General Assembly (UNGA) resolution condemning the human rights situation in North Korea. By doing so, the Government reversed the stance taken by t [...] | 2009-11-25 07:58:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN PINR BM KN BG IR |
| 09DHAKA301 | BANGLADESH INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] This is Embassy Dhaka's submission for reftel tasking. 2. Begin text of the 2009 Bangladesh Investment Climate Statement: Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ Bangladesh actively seeks foreign investment under its industrial policy and export-oriented, private [...] | 2009-03-29 09:26:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR BG |
| 09DHAKA302 | MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S NOWRUZ MESSAGE TO IRAN [...] Summary: President Obama's Nowruz message to Iran received extensive coverage in the local media, both English and vernacular. Newspaper editorials across the political spectrum praised the President's message and called on Iran to accept the U.S. offer of dialogue. President Obama's messages [...] | 2009-03-29 10:34:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL BG IR |
| 09DHAKA303 | MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S NOWRUZ MESSAGE TO IRAN [...] Summary: President Obama's Nowruz message to Iran received extensive coverage in the local media, both English and vernacular. Newspaper editorials across the political spectrum praised the President's message and called on Iran to accept the U.S. offer of dialogue. President Obama's messages [...] | 2009-03-29 10:34:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL BG IR |
| 09DHAKA579 | PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CAIRO SPEECH BIG HIT IN BANGLADESH [...] Summary: President Obama's Cairo speech received extensive and positive coverage in the local media. Five local television stations available to millions of cable or satellite subscribers throughout the country broadcast the speech live or on tape delay. Nine newspapers, including two of the [...] | 2009-06-09 00:57:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL KISL BG |
| 09DHAKA735 | FOLLOW UP TO THE CAIRO SPEECH: ENGAGING WITH THE MUSLIMS [...] (U) Muslims in Bangladesh have shown great enthusiasm for following up with the U.S. on many of the themes unveiled in the President's Cairo speech. Mission Dhaka recommends the following areas of opportunity to foster dialogue with Muslims here: -- Bring the Peace Corps Back to Bangladesh. [...] | 2009-07-28 07:18:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON OEXC OSCI PREL SCUL SENV SOCI TNGD TSPL |
| 09DHAKA974 | BANGLADESH MEDIA CONGRATULATE PRESIDENT OBAMA FOR WINNING [...] Summary and comment: President Obama's selection for this year's Nobel Peace Prize received extensive and positive coverage in the local media. Newspaper editorials across the political spectrum generally applauded the President's selection. Most mainstream commentary agreed with the Nobel c [...] | 2009-10-14 23:59:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL KISL BG |
| 09DILI250 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: IRAN CHORUS [...] Post delivered reftel demarche on Iran to the MFA's Acting Director for External Relations, Elisa Da Silva, on September 14. 2. Ms. Da Silva expressed her appreciation for the information on the U.S. position and indicated she would convey it to Foreign Minister Da Costa, currently o [...] | 2009-09-16 05:02:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV IR TT |
| 09DILI37 | JOSE RAMOS-HORTA VISITS WASHINGTON [...] (SBU) Summary. On February 24-26, 2009, Jose Ramos-Horta will make his first visit to Washington as President of Timor-Leste. The Nobel Peace Prize laureate hopes to acquaint himself with leaders of the new Obama Administration and renew old friendships among members of the U.S. Congress. He [...] | 2009-02-11 15:19:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OVIP JOSE RAMOS HORTA |
| 09DJIBOUTI101 | PRESIDENT GUELLEH PRAISES PARTNERSHIP WITH USG, AFRICOM [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a February 5 meeting with AFRICOM Commander General Ward, President Guelleh accepted thanks for Djibouti's hosting of the Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA),reiterated the GODJ's interest in maintaining a strong partnership with the USG, and praised AFRICOM' [...] | 2009-02-08 14:11:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHSA MASS SO ER IR DJ |
| 09DJIBOUTI1143 | DJIBOUTI: FOREIGN MINISTER SUPPORTS DIALOGUE WITH IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-23 15:16:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL IR DJ |
| 09DJIBOUTI1423 | DAS WYCOFF DISCUSSES REGIONAL SECURITY CHALLENGES WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. On the same day that DAS Wycoff had separate meetings with Djibouti's Foreign Minister and Prime Minister (septels),President Guelleh engaged in a 90-minute exposition of the interlinking security challenges facing Djibouti. Chief security concerns for Djibouti are Eritrea's cont [...] | 2009-12-27 12:41:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PREF DJ SO ER YM |
| 09DJIBOUTI147 | IRANIAN PRESIDENT VISITS DJIBOUTI [...] (C) SUMMARY. During an official visit to Djibouti by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad February 24, Djiboutian President Guelleh praised the "good relations" between Djibouti and Iran, and underlined his support for Iran's right to develop "peaceful nuclear technology." President Guelleh v [...] | 2009-02-26 15:33:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OVIP KNNP PBTS ECON ER IR DJ |
| 09DJIBOUTI150 | FRENCH FM KOUCHNER'S VISIT FOCUSES ON DJIBOUTI-ERITREA, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. FM Kouchner's surprise February 21-22 visit to Djibouti focused on Djibouti-Eritrea, Somalia, and countering Somali piracy, but did not address bilateral issues, according to the French Ambassador. Despite the expiration of the 5-week deadline imposed by UNSCR 1862 for Eritrea [...] | 2009-03-01 08:40:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHSA PBTS MOPS KPKO FR SO DJ RS |
| 09DJIBOUTI261 | DJIBOUTI-Security Environmental Profile Questionnaire [...] (U) Post provides the following responses to questions raised reftel. 2. (SBU) DEMONSTRATIONS A. (U) ARE THERE ANY ETHNIC OR RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES IN COUNTRY CAPABLE OF CARRYING OUT SIGNIFICANT ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS? No. In December 2008 and January 2009, the Min [...] | 2009-04-01 14:43:00 | Embassy Djibouti | SECRET | ASEC PTER DJ SO |
| 09DJIBOUTI307 | CONGRESSMAN PAYNE DISCUSSES REGIONAL ISSUES WITH GODJ [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During an April 11-13 visit in Djibouti, CODEL Payne discussed regional challenges with Djiboutian President Ismail Omar Guelleh and other top GODJ officials. After speaking with President Guelleh about the ongoing Eritrea-Djibouti border dispute, Representative Payne traveled [...] | 2009-04-15 05:39:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PGOV PREL PBTS PHSA PTER PHUM PREF ECON EAID ET |
| 09DJIBOUTI443 | DJIBOUTI CHOD ON MILITARY CONTACTS WITH IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-05 15:02:00 | Embassy Djibouti | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS MASS DJ IR |
| 09DJIBOUTI657 | MEDIA REACTION TO JUNE 4 POTUS SPEECH [...] SUMMARY: Government-owned press in Djibouti devoted considerable media attention to the June 4 POTUS speech in Cairo before, during, and after the event. Prior to the speech, French-language newspapers carried a lengthy opinion piece reflecting the Government of Djibouti's expectations that t [...] | 2009-06-09 16:22:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KISL KPAL DJ |
| 09DJIBOUTI87 | Somalia - Stage Set for Unity Government Presidential [...] (C) Summary: With the transitional Parliament expanded to include 200 Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia (ARS) MPs (reftels),and the candidate registration process complete, the stage is set for the presidential election. The fifteen candidates for office are scheduled to make brief c [...] | 2009-01-29 16:13:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL SOCI SO |
| 09DJIBOUTI88 | SOMALIA CAMPAIGN SPEECHES IDENTIFY FRONTRUNNERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On January 29, the fifteen candidates for President each made a speech to Parliament. At the end of the presentations, most MPs agreed that TFG Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein Nur Adde and ARS Chairman Sheikh Sharif Ahmed remained the frontrunners. Nur Adde focused on his r [...] | 2009-01-30 16:26:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM SO DJ |
| 09DOHA128 | QATAR BELIEVES USG IRAN POLICY HURTING DOHA'S GAS [...] (C) EEB DAS Doug Hengel met February 16 with Minister of Energy and Industry Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah. Also attending the meeting for Qatar were Minister of State for Energy and Industry Dr. Mohammad Al-Sada, Minister Al-Attiyah's Office Director Abdulaziz Al-Malki, and QP Director of Oi [...] | 2009-02-19 04:51:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET EINV ETTC PREL QA IR RU EK BL VE |
| 09DOHA177 | MFA STATE MINISTER DESCRIBES UPCOMING ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) Ambassador asked Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ahmed Al-Mahmoud March 10 for an overview of the March 29-30 Arab League Summit agenda and for insights into its preparations. 2. (C) Al-Mahmoud was optimistic the Arab League Summit meeting in Doha would go well based on his recent [...] | 2009-03-11 12:02:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL QA |
| 09DOHA180 | SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL OLSON'S MARCH 15-16 VISIT [...] (SBU) Admiral Olson, Embassy Doha welcomes your visit to Qatar. I personally very much look forward to seeing you again and to joining you for meetings with the Qatari leadership. You are the highest ranking military officer to visit Qatar since General David Petraeus visited February 13-16. [...] | 2009-03-12 10:57:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PREL MOPS PGOV QA |
| 09DOHA193 | ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT: QATAR DESCRIBES PRE-SUMMIT [...] (C) In a March 18 meeting with Ambassador, MFA Minister of State Ahmed bin Abdulla Al-Mahmoud said there is a move underway by unidentified Arab countries to move the March 30 Arab League Summit from Doha to Khartoum. The change of venue would be designed to show Arab solidarity with the peop [...] | 2009-03-18 14:14:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NL SU QA |
| 09DOHA202 | QATAR PUBLICLY WELCOMES PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE TO IRAN [...] (U) On March 21, an unidentified source at the MFA made an official statement welcoming President Obama's recent videotaped message to the people of Iran. The statement was issued through the Qatar News Agency, a copy of which MFA provided to the Embassy. 2. (U) The following is an unoff [...] | 2009-03-22 10:41:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR QA |
| 09DOHA204 | ADM OLSON DISCUSSES MILITARY RELATIONSHIP WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-24 10:13:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PGOV QA |
| 09DOHA205 | KEY TRENDS IN QATAR OVER THE NEXT 36 MONTHS - AN [...] (C) Embassy Doha's second interagency off-site was held March 3, 2009 at CENTCOM Forward HQ at Camp As-Saliyah (see ref A). This was the second such off-site (see ref B). These interagency off-sites will be held twice yearly, with the objective of reviewing and updating our field interagency [...] | 2009-03-24 13:11:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | AMGT ASEC ECON KSPR PREL QA |
| 09DOHA210 | SCENESETTER FOR LIEUTENANT GENERAL BURGESS'S MARCH [...] (SBU) Lieutenant General Burgess, Embassy Doha welcomes your visit to Qatar. I personally very much look forward to meeting you and joining you for meetings with the Qatari leadership. 2. (SBU) We have requested the following meetings for the morning of March 30: -- The Crown Prince, Sh [...] | 2009-03-25 13:29:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PREL MOPS PGOV QA |
| 09DOHA214 | QATAR: 2009 CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (C) Qatar shares with Iran the largest non-associated gas field in the world. Qatar's portion contains an estimated 900 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, giving it the third-largest reserves of natural gas in the world. Qatar is believed to have an agreement with Iran providing a set extract [...] | 2009-03-26 13:41:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC EAGR EAID ECON EFIN ENRG ETTC KCIP PGOV PREL PTER QA |
| 09DOHA219 | QATAR'S IRAN POLICY OUTLINED AS EU-USG DEMARCHE ON [...] (C) The German Ambassador, Dr. Dirk Baumgartner, delivered the points on nuclear issues. (See his talking points below in para. 9.) 2. (C) Before Al-Mahmoud responded to Ambassador Baumgartner's points, he described Qatar's general policy towards Iran: -- Qatar's relationship with Ira [...] | 2009-03-29 14:42:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PGOV QA |
| 09DOHA222 | BASHIR DEFIES ICC, ATTENDS ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT IN [...] (U) Defying an International Criminal Court (ICC) indictment against him, Sudan's President Bashir arrived in Doha the evening of March 29 to attend the Arab League Summit. Since the ICC issued the arrest warrant against him on March 4, Arab countries have voiced general support for Bashir, a [...] | 2009-03-30 12:34:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG KPAL QA SU |
| 09DOHA224 | DOHA CONFERENCE PREDICTS SHORT-TERM NATURAL GAS [...] The Seventh Doha Natural Gas Conference, held March 9-12, provided industry experts an important forum for debating current trends in the natural gas markets. The Amir of Qatar opened the conference, and the sessions featured a wide range of government officials, business representatives, and [...] | 2009-03-30 12:43:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET ECON QA |
| 09DOHA225 | ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT: GOOD TURNOUT AS QATAR TILTS [...] (U) Following are highlights of the "Doha Declaration" issued at the close of the March 30-31 Arab League Summit: SUDAN: Arab leaders expressed their support of Sudan in face of "all threats targeting its security, stability, and territorial integrity" and rejected all actions that threaten [...] | 2009-03-31 09:30:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON KPAL KWBG SU QA |
| 09DOHA23 | QATAR COULD SEVER TIES WITH ISRAEL IF PART OF [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani, acknowledging the pressure Qatar faces to close Israel's trade office in Doha, said in a press interview on Al Jazeera television's Arabic service January 11 that Qatar would consider severing its relations with Israel, if "there is a collective [...] | 2009-01-12 13:21:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG KPAL QA |
| 09DOHA233 | FEUDS AND RECONCILIATION BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE [...] (C) Based on Al Jazeera reports and those of other regional media as monitored by the Open Source Center in Doha and its sister offices, reconciliation was a general theme of the Arab League Summit in Doha. Five days before the March 30-31 Summit convened, Syrian President Bashar Al-Asad call [...] | 2009-04-01 13:41:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG SU QA |
| 09DOHA235 | IN THE SHADOW OF AL-BASHIR AND CHAVEZ, ARAB AND [...] (SBU) The Second Arab-South America Summit was held in Doha on March 31. Amir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani welcomed the delegates on behalf of the Arab League, and Chilean President Michelle Bachelet delivered opening remarks on behalf of the South American states. 2. (SBU) With characterist [...] | 2009-04-01 15:05:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL WBG XR AL QA SU |
| 09DOHA24 | QATAR'S UNBALANCED POSITION ON GAZA SETS BACK ITS [...] (C) Embassy Muscat's very useful cable (reftel) reports the Egyptian allegation that Qatar mounted a determined effort at the recent GCC summit in Muscat to get the GCC to formally endorse an emergency Arab League Summit to address the Gaza crisis. That allegation is almost certainly correct. [...] | 2009-01-12 13:36:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG QA |
| 09DOHA245 | Saeb Erekat Uses Brookings Event to Address Netanyahu [...] (U) Speaking at an event organized by the Brookings Doha Center on March 31, Palestinian Chief Negotiator Saeb Erekat, addressing himself to the Al Jazeera camera taping the event, conveyed several messages to new Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, President Obama, the Quartet, Hamas, and Arab l [...] | 2009-04-06 10:29:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAL KPAO IS QA |
| 09DOHA25 | QATAR COULD SEVER TIES WITH ISRAEL IF PART OF [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani, acknowledging the pressure Qatar faces to close Israel's trade office in Doha, said in a press interview on Al Jazeera television's Arabic service January 11 that Qatar would consider severing its relations with Israel, if "there is a collective [...] | 2009-01-12 13:49:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG KPAL QA |
| 09DOHA252 | THE RISE OF THE GULF STATES AND THE USG POLICY [...] (U) The Embassy Doha analysis below is designed to contribute to the discussion and debate about the future of the region and the U.S. government response to it. ------------ Introduction ------------ 2. (C) The "Rise of the Gulf" is one of the most prominent features of a changing Midd [...] | 2009-04-14 09:31:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PREL ECON ECIN EAID ENRG EFIN EINV PGOV QA ZP |
| 09DOHA253 | SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY MITCHELL'S APRIL [...] (C) Embassy Doha welcomes your visit to Qatar. I look forward to hosting you at my residence, while the delegation accompanying you stays at the Sharq Hotel. We have requested host-country meetings for you with the Amir and the Prime Minister. You met with the PM in Washington earlier this [...] | 2009-04-15 05:56:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PREL KWBG KPAL QA |
| 09DOHA260 | MFA MINSTATE PROMIQ THAT GOQ WILL STUDY E3 [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche April 19 to Minister of State Al-Mahmoud, requesting Qatar,s public support for the new proposal to Iran advanced by Javier Solana on behalf of the E3 plus 3. Ambassador stressed that the U.S. continues to believe that the E3 plus 3 process provides a [...] | 2009-04-20 08:36:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KNNP MUNC IR QA |
| 09DOHA27 | DOHA TO BE HEADQUARTERS FOR GAS EXPORTERS' [...] (C) Qatar Petroleum Director of Oil and Gas Ventures Sa'ad Sherida Al-Ka'abi told DCM Ratney and Econoff Fabrycky January 12 that one of the main reasons for recent Russia-Iran-Qatar "troika" discussions was to help facilitate the more formal organization of a broader gas forum. (Note: On Dec [...] | 2009-01-13 11:25:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET EINV ETTC PREL QA IR RU |
| 09DOHA271 | SCENESETTER FOR SE GRATION'S APRIL 27-29 VISIT TO [...] (C) Embassy Doha welcomes your visit to Qatar. You have a confirmed appointment with the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs (and principal point man on Qatar's Darfur initiative) Ahmed Al-Mahmoud. France's Special Envoy on Darfur, Issa Maraut, has been posted to the French Embassy in Doha [...] | 2009-04-23 14:26:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PREL PHUM QA SU |
| 09DOHA290 | QATAR'S ATTORNEY GENERAL REPORTS ON CONTACTS WITH [...] (S) On April 27, 2009, Ambassador and Legat met with QAG Dr. Ali Al-Marri regarding the Ambassador's upcoming meeting in Washington, DC with U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. Ambassador also inquired as to the results of Dr. Al-Marri's efforts to obtain information on the status of missing Am [...] | 2009-04-30 13:56:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM QA IR |
| 09DOHA316 | QATAR: REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY FOR [...] (C) Most of Qatar's multilateral discussions on functional issues take place within established organizations such as the 6-member Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and 22-member Arab League. Qatar's multilateral and functional participation outside of these institutions tends to be in the socia [...] | 2009-05-14 05:15:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ QA |
| 09DOHA329 | SYNCHRONIZING USG ENGAGEMENT WITH QATAR ON [...] (C) Reftel is Post's review of the critical infrastructure in Qatar, which if destroyed, disrupted or exploited might have an immediate and deleterious effect on the United States. The following report is a description of Embassy Doha's interagency approach to engage GOQ entities in a synchro [...] | 2009-05-20 12:09:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL PGOV ECON ETTC EAID EFIN EAGR ASEC |
| 09DOHA376 | SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE HOLBROOKE'S [...] (C) Embassy Doha welcomes your visit to Qatar. We have requested host-country meetings for you with the Amir, Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani, and the Prime Minister (also Foreign Minister),Hamad Bin Jassim Al Thani. 2. (C) We know that your focus is Afghanistan-Pakistan issues. Accordingly, [...] | 2009-06-03 13:03:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PREL EAID QA AF PK |
| 09DOHA393 | SCENESETTER FOR A A/S JEFF FELTMAN'S JUNE 16-18 [...] (C) Embassy Doha welcomes your visit to Qatar. We have confirmed a meeting for you with the MFA Minister of State, Ahmed bin Muhammad Al Mahmoud, and he will host a lunch in your honor. Also, the MFA informed us today that the Prime Minister is returning from the United States (where he has [...] | 2009-06-15 10:53:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PREL PGOV QA |
| 09DOHA401 | EXPATS SHARE VIEWS ON QATAR WITH FELTMAN [...] (SBU) On June 16, Acting Assistant Secretary for Near East Affairs Jeffrey Feltman met over dinner at the Ambassador's residence with five thoughtful expatriates who have worked in Qatar for a number of years. Each offered his views of why Qatar pursues the foreign and domestic policies that i [...] | 2009-06-18 12:56:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO SOCI QA |
| 09DOHA402 | QATARI INTELLECTUALS TO FELTMAN: PROBLEMS? WHAT PROBLEMS? [...] (SBU) On June 16, Acting Assistant Secretary for Near East Affairs Jeffrey Feltman met with seven influential Qatari intellectuals at the Ambassador's residence to hear their views on Qatar. Dr. Hassan al-Ansari, who is simultaneously a professor of political science at Qatar University, Edit [...] | 2009-06-18 12:56:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO SOCI QA |
| 09DOHA403 | EMBASSY DOHA RESPONSE TO IRANIAN OFFICIALS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-18 13:27:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ODIP IR QA |
| 09DOHA416 | AL JAZEERA CHIEF APPLIES FOR VISA, DISCUSSES IRAN [...] (SBU) Al Jazeera Director General Wadah Khanfar said Al Jazeera's relationship with the Government of Iran (GOI) is "antagonistic to say the least." 2. (C) He said doing business in Iran is difficult for all journalists. Al Jazeera had originally posted four international correspondents an [...] | 2009-06-24 13:30:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAO IR QA |
| 09DOHA417 | MFA MINSTATE TO A/AS FELTMAN: IRAN WILL NOT [...] (C) On June 16, accompanied by Ambassador, Staff Assistant, and Poloff, AA/S Jeffrey Feltman met with Qatari MFA Minstate for Foreign Affairs Ahmed bin Abdullah Al Mahmoud. Also present in the meeting on the Qatari side were the Foreign Minister's Assistant for Follow-Up Affairs Mohammad Al-R [...] | 2009-06-25 07:52:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR SU QA |
| 09DOHA42 | DOHA'S GAZA SUMMIT -- QATAR LURCHES TOWARD THE [...] (C) Besides the host, Qatar's Amir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, six Arab League heads of state attended: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, Sudanese President Omar Hasan al-Bashir, Algerian President Abdel Aziz Bouteflika, Mauritanian coup leader, General M [...] | 2009-01-19 15:02:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER QA |
| 09DOHA428 | QATARI ENERGY MINISTER SETS STAGE FOR GAS [...] (C) Al-Attiyah told Ambassador, as he has previously, that the GECF is not intended or structured "as the press talks," and the organization will never concern itself with contracts or supply matters. He projected that natural gas will not see a real spot market develop for years, and noted t [...] | 2009-07-01 12:04:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET EINV PREL TRGY QA RU IR |
| 09DOHA429 | EMBASSY DOHA'S ANALYSIS OF QATARI PRIME MINISTER'S [...] (U) Further to Ref A, Embassy Doha offers the following analysis and reporting on the Prime Minister's rare and important interview on Al Jazeera about Qatar's foreign policy in the region. The subjects covered in the interview, if not the questions themselves, almost certainly were worked ou [...] | 2009-07-01 12:30:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO QA EG IS SA IR SU |
| 09DOHA435 | GAS EXPORTING COUNTRIES SEEK TO REVERSE SAGGING [...] (C) The GECF statement released at the end of their meeting this week in Doha noted (hopefully) that increased cooperation between producers should ensure a stable market for "the mutual benefit" of producers and consumers. The market backdrop to this statement, however, suggests a reality qu [...] | 2009-07-02 10:53:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL RU IR QA |
| 09DOHA440 | NEW GULF FIBER OPTIC CABLE TO SIGNIFICANTLY EXPAND REGION'S [...] (SBU) Ambassador and Econoff Fabrycky met July 6 with Gulf Bridge International (GBI) CEO and Board Member Ahmed Mekky and Business Consultant Mohamed Elagazy to discuss GBI's plans to build a new fiber optic network in the Gulf which will eventually link all GCC states, Iran, Iraq, and perhaps [...] | 2009-07-08 06:54:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EINV EFIN QA IZ KU |
| 09DOHA442 | QATAR: BALANCING GEOGRAPHIC INTERESTS WITH IRAN, [...] (U) On June 14, just two days after the Iranian election, Qatar's Amir Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani became one of the first world leaders to publicly congratulate Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on his re-election, despite the uncertainty and accusations of massive fraud. He later followe [...] | 2009-07-09 09:57:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR QA |
| 09DOHA454 | CROWN PRINCE ON QATAR'S RELATIONSHIP WITH IRAN [...] (C) In a July 14 meeting, Ambassador asked Crown Prince Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani for his views on Iran following the recent Iranian presidential elections. Noting that Qatar's Chief of Staff for the Armed Forces had visited post-election Iran and Iran's Parliament Speaker had traveled to Doha, [...] | 2009-07-15 12:51:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL QA IR |
| 09DOHA458 | EMBASSY DOHA'S FOLLOW-UP TO THE PRESIDENT'S CAIRO SPEECH [...] OVERVIEW: This cable is structured to provide Embassy Doha's assessment - based on consultations with key stakeholders - of the best ways to engage on the three priority areas listed in the President's speech and in Ref A. After describing how we sought feedback to the speech, we call for buil [...] | 2009-07-22 04:45:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON OEXC OSCI PREL SCUL SENV SOCI TNGD TSPL |
| 09DOHA464 | THE GROWING STRATEGIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TURKEY [...] (U) This Ministerial was the annual high-level meeting mandated by the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed by Turkey and the GCC at their first ministerial summit in September of 2008 held in Jeddah. -- Although Turkey and the GCC consider the 2008 MOU to be the "launching point" for th [...] | 2009-07-22 12:34:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ECON TBIO SCUL IR IZ TU ZP |
| 09DOHA467 | SCENESETTER FOR U/S KENNEDY [...] (U) Embassy Doha welcomes your visit to Qatar. 2. (SBU) Your visit is one of great importance to us, as it signals top management concern for our Embassy at a time where we are building a strategic partnership with Qatar to implement the President's vision of a new beginning with Muslim comm [...] | 2009-07-22 13:47:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AFIN AMGT MG |
| 09DOHA468 | QATAR RESHUFFLES AMBASSADORS [...] (U) On July 22, 2009, a local Arabic-language newspaper, Al Arab, published a wide-ranging list of new ambassadorial appointments by the Government of Qatar. 2. (U) Of note, the Amir appointed Mishaal Bin Hamad Bin Mohammad Al Thani, a member of the ruling family, as Qatar's Permanent Repre [...] | 2009-07-26 09:50:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL INRB PINR QA IR EG DJ JA PK PL GM NL |
| 09DOHA472 | AMERICAN OIL & GAS ATTORNEY DOWNPLAYS "GAS OPEC" [...] (SBU) During a July 23, 2009 meeting with Ambassador, William Cattan, a former attorney with Qatar's RasGas, commented on the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF). His remarks follow. 2. (C) Cattan told the Ambassador that the GECF was an organization defined and controlled by its three le [...] | 2009-07-27 12:07:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON QA IR RS |
| 09DOHA473 | QATAR CHIPS AWAY AT RUSSIAN DOMINANCE IN THE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-27 16:24:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON PREL EINV TRGY RU IR QA BE |
| 09DOHA489 | INTERNET REPORTS RUMORS OF FOILED COUP ATTEMPT IN [...] (C) Various websites and blogs, relying largely on information from Ilaf.com, reported recently that the Qatari leadership had foiled a coup attempt on July 30. The reports said that 16 senior military commanders had been placed under house arrest. As many as 30 officers overall, among them 5 [...] | 2009-08-03 14:54:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PGOV PINS QA |
| 09DOHA493 | IRAN'S AMBASSADOR IN QATAR -- CROWN PRINCE TO [...] (SBU) In a press conference held July 27 in Doha, Iranian Ambassador to Qatar Abdullah Sohrabi announced that Qatari Crown Prince Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani would visit Tehran at the end of Ramadan. 2. (SBU) He added that several political and Islamic issues would be addressed during that vis [...] | 2009-08-04 12:02:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG IR QA |
| 09DOHA495 | QATAR CHIPS AWAY AT RUSSIAN DOMINANCE IN THE [...] (C) According to diplomatic sources in Doha, Qatar has recently moved ahead with investment and infrastructure plans in Poland with the goal of augmenting its list of current LNG clients. The first stage of this engagement was the purchase of two Polish shipyards that are able to produce the n [...] | 2009-08-04 13:42:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON PREL EINV TRGY RU IR QA BE |
| 09DOHA502 | ASD VERSHBOW'S MEETINGS IN QATAR [...] (C) During their July 20-21 visit to Qatar, Assistant Secretary of Defense (ASD) for International Security Affairs, Ambassador Alexander Vershbow, and State Political-Military (PM) Assistant Secretary Andrew Shapiro held meetings with Qatar's military Chief of Staff, Major General (MG) Ha [...] | 2009-08-10 11:57:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS QA XF ZP ZR YM IR JO LE |
| 09DOHA538 | OFFICIAL VISITS BETWEEN QATAR AND IRAN ESCALATE, [...] (U) Post has knowledge of only one high-level meeting between Qatari and Iranian officials during 2008. This was an August 2008 visit by Qatar's Amir, Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani, to Tehran, where he met with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The leaders made public statements indicating [...] | 2009-08-30 13:17:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL QA IR |
| 09DOHA54 | AMIRI DIWAN OFFICIAL DEFENDS QATAR'S ACTIONS ON [...] (C) P/E Chief Rice expressed disappointment January 21 to Hassan Al-Ansari, a public relations adviser to the Amir, over the January 17 meeting in Doha, especially the inclusion of Iran and terrorist organizations. P/E Chief added that against this backdrop, the GOQ decision to close the Israe [...] | 2009-01-22 13:43:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IR QA |
| 09DOHA603 | QATAR NATIONAL BANK DENIES FINANCING IRANIAN OIL [...] (SBU) On October 4, Qatar National Bank (QNB) issued an official statement denying an October 3 Reuters report that QNB would invest 400 million euros (USD 581 million) in the development of Iran's Esfandiar offshore oil field. In the statement, which was aired on Al Jazeera Arabic television [...] | 2009-10-05 14:03:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET EINV SA KU IR QA |
| 09DOHA605 | PRIME MINISTER ON GENEVA TALKS ON IRAN: WE'RE [...] (C) On October 5, Ambassador, accompanied by UK Ambassador John Hawkins and French CDA Alain Peucler, met with Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Shaykh Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani. The purpose of the meeting was to deliver the demarche requests each had received concerning the recent discover [...] | 2009-10-06 14:00:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP MNUC IR QA |
| 09DOHA620 | SKEPTICISM GREETS IRANIAN STATEMENT ON GAS PRICING [...] (C) Media reported 21 September that Iran,s representative to the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF),Mohammed Ali Khatibi, announced Iranian government plans to seek consensus among GECF members over a pricing formula for gas supplies to world markets. However, the expatriate country manag [...] | 2009-10-15 12:02:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON QA IR RS |
| 09DOHA628 | QATAR CONDEMNS OCTOBER 18 EXPLOSION IN IRAN [...] (SBU) Qatar's Ministry of Foreign Affairs distributed October 19 to all diplomatic missions in Doha a diplomatic note expressing "the State of Qatar's...condemnation of the explosion that took place (October 18) in the Iranian province of Sistan-Baluchestan." 2. (SBU) The statement notes th [...] | 2009-10-19 13:37:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER QA IR |
| 09DOHA660 | AMIR OF QATAR VISITS AHMADINEJAD IN TEHRAN [...] (U) A delegation headed by the Amir of Qatar, Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, who was accompanied by Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani, visited Tehran November 5 for a day-long visit. According to press reports from both Qatar and Iran, the Amir and Iranian President Mahmo [...] | 2009-11-05 13:48:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL QA IR |
| 09DOHA664 | REPORTED QATARI MEDIATION IN FORMATION OF LEBANESE [...] (C) Talal Karami, the nephew of former Lebanese Prime Minister Omar Karami, told P/E Chief Rice November 6 over dinner that the GOQ remains actively involved behind the scenes in mediating Lebanese political conflicts. He reported that Qatar's Prime Minister, Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani, himse [...] | 2009-11-09 09:51:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LE QA |
| 09DOHA675 | QATAR: MOD COS AL ATTIYAH ON IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Qatari MOD Chief of Staff Maj Gen Hamad bin Ali Al Attiyah met with the Ambassador and U.S. Air Forces Central (AFCENT) Commander Lt Gen Mike Hostage on November 8. He accepted Gen Hostage's invitation to fly a C-17 sortie over Afghanistan, indicating he understood that onerou [...] | 2009-11-18 11:39:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS QA IR YM |
| 09DOHA678 | DEMOCRACY FOUNDATION TO OPEN CONFLICT RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) Ambassador met November 12 with Arab Democracy Foundation (ADF) Director Mohsen Marzouk. The meeting was held at Dr. Marzouk's request. Also present at the meeting were ADF Deputy Director of Programs Wafa'a Omar and Poloff Caudill. At the meeting, Marzouk revealed that the ADF would [...] | 2009-11-22 13:04:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM QA |
| 09DOHA728 | QATAR,S PRIME MINISTER ON IRAN: "THEY LIE TO US; [...] (C) Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman and Ambassador met December 10 with Prime Minister Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani. Also present on the American side was State Department Coordinator for International Energy Affairs, David Goldwyn. DepSec Poneman thanked the Prime Minister for the mee [...] | 2009-12-20 12:14:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | ENRG PREL TRGY EPET QA |
| 09DOHA729 | QATAR SEES SLOW PROGRESS ON ITS GCC COMMON [...] (S) MFA Director for GCC Affairs Yousef Al-Jaber told P/E Chief Rice December 20 that Qatar's proposal encouraging GCC member states to work as a group and establish common positions on military and security postures and policies is still under review by GCC members. Qatar's Prime Minister, [...] | 2009-12-21 11:51:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PREL PNUC ECON EFIN QA IR |
| 09DOHA733 | VISIT OF QATAR'S PRIME MINISTER TO WASHINGTON [...] (S) Prime Minister Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani (who serves concurrently as Foreign Minister) of Qatar will visit Washington beginning January 4 to continue the strategic consultations that Qatar and the USG have pursued since June, when Near Eastern Affairs Assistant Secretary Feltman first prop [...] | 2009-12-21 12:36:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER KPAL KWBG EAGR QA |
| 09DOHA85 | QATAR MFA MINSTATE UNDERSCORES STRATEGIC ALLIANCE [...] (C) Ambassador expressed to Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ahmed Al-Mahmoud February 2 Washington's concern that Qatar's hosting of the January 16 meeting on Palestine, at which the Iranian President, as well as Hamas and PIJ leaders, were present, signaled a tilt toward the radical cam [...] | 2009-02-03 13:04:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG KPAL QA |
| 09DOHA97 | QATARI MFA MINSTATE: RELATIONS WITH IRAN PROTECT [...] (C) In a February 2 meeting with Ambassador, Minister of State Ahmed Al-Mahmoud categorically rejected the notion that Qatar stands outside the Arab "moderate camp." He asserted that only Qatar "can trust itself to protect (its) interests." It's in Qatar's interest, for example, to maintain [...] | 2009-02-09 05:53:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL QA IR |
| 09DUBAI12 | DUBAI'S REAL ESTATE PRIMER [...] (SBU) Summary. A substantial portion of the Dubai real estate boom (and subsequent bust) was fueled by regional excess liquidity, negative real interest rates, and speculators and longer term investors riding the rocketing price wave. However, the Dubai market differs substantially from the t [...] | 2009-01-13 06:45:00 | Consulate Dubai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD PGOV AE |
| 09DUBAI241 | DUBAI'S LOW-COST AIRLINE LAUNCHES INAUGURAL ROUTES [...] (U) During its first two weeks of operation, flydubai--Dubai's new low-cost airline--launched inaugural routes to Beirut and Amman on June 1 and additional routes to Damascus and Alexandria on June 8 and 9, respectively. The new airline will focus on destinations four hours or less from Dubai [...] | 2009-06-10 14:29:00 | Consulate Dubai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PREL AE |
| 09DUBAI242 | DUBAI'S CITY OF HOPE CLOSED [...] (C) As presaged in reftels A, B, and C, Dubai's only non-governmental women's shelter, City of Hope (CoH),closed on June 2, 2009 with neither fanfare nor press coverage. As reported, this unfortunate event followed political controversy about suspect allegations reported in some local newspap [...] | 2009-06-11 09:39:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CACS PGOV AE |
| 09DUBAI300 | DUBAI: AFGHANISTAN'S PRIVATE SECTOR IN EXILE [...] (C) Summary: Acting Consul General, accompanied by PolOff, met with Afghan Business Council Chairman Haji Obaidullah Sader Khail on July 15. The Afghan Business Council in Dubai was established in April 2005 and its 160 members serve as Afghanistan's private sector in exile. About 1000 of Af [...] | 2009-07-23 12:48:00 | Consulate Dubai | SECRET | ETRD EFIN ECON PREL AF AE |
| 09DUBAI408 | FRAUD SUMMARY - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, SEPTEMBER 2009 [...] Country Conditions Fraud at Embassy Abu Dhabi and Consulate General Dubai is low. Concern about visa fraud in the UAE is generally limited to visa applications from Third Country Nationals (TCNs) living in or visiting the UAE. UAE citizens ("Emiratis") are a minority in their own country, c [...] | 2009-10-05 10:51:00 | Consulate Dubai | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC AE |
| 09DUBAI447 | UAE'S RAS AL KHAIMAH: ROGUE OR REFORMER? [...] (S/NF) Summary: Ras Al Khaimah (RAK),the UAE's northern-most emirate, has emerged into the media spotlight amidst a blitz of recent accusations by a deposed former Crown Prince that, among other things, RAK facilitates illicit trade with Iran, in particular cargo related to Iran's nuclear and [...] | 2009-10-18 08:13:00 | Consulate Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER KNNP ETRD ECON ETTC AE IR |
| 09DUBAI473 | DUBAI CUSTOMS STOPS ILLICIT AIR CARGO SHIPMENT AS A RESULT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 26, Dubai Customs acted on intelligence from Dubai-based DHS/ICE officials in seizing an in-bound air shipment originating in Canada containing what is believed to be dual-use nuclear technology slated for re-export from Dubai to an undetermined destination. This interd [...] | 2009-11-03 12:44:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KIPR EFIN ECON PREL AE |
| 09DUBAI505 | DUBAI RULER SHAKES UP SENIOR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: A shake-up in Dubai's financial services and investment nerve centers over the weekend has brought down four of the principal architects of Dubai's rapid, debt-fuelled economic expansion. Dubai Ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum (MbR) replaced Dr. Omar bin Suleiman as he [...] | 2009-11-23 12:25:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KIPR EFIN ECON PREL AE |
| 09DUBLIN351 | IRISH UNGA PRIORITIES FIT WITH U.S. GOALS [...] (C) Summary: The Irish goals taking shape for UNGA appear to dovetail quite well with U.S. priorities (reftel). Nonproliferation is a top Irish objective, with strengthening the NPT singled out especially. On human rights, the Irish are focusing on Iran, DPRK, Burma and Sudan. The Irish appr [...] | 2009-09-03 12:27:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNGA EI |
| 09DUBLIN358 | IRELAND ON GYMNICH, GAERC [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 9, Poloff spoke with Peter Ryan, European Correspondent in the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) about the September 4-5 EU FMs, Gymnich meeting and their upcoming GAERC meeting on September 14-15. According to Ryan, EU FMs, concerned by developments in Afg [...] | 2009-09-10 14:26:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EI EUN |
| 09DUBLIN37 | IRISH SUPPORT EU-SYRIA ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT [...] (C) POLOFF delivered reftel demarche on January 12, 2009 to Pat Kelly, Director, Middle East and North Africa Division, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and his deputy, Stephen Dawson, DFA's Iran/Syria expert. Dawson indicated that the EU intends to continue preparations for the Agreement [...] | 2009-01-22 11:37:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EI |
| 09DUBLIN389 | IRELAND: UNGA WALKOUT REDLINES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-22 10:24:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA EI |
| 09DUBLIN511 | IRELAND ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM, IAEA'S SYRIA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-30 13:50:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM IAEA KNNP SYR IR EI |
| 09DUBLIN59 | IRELAND'S COMMENTS ON THE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION [...] (C) Summary: On February 6, PolOff met with Derek Hannon, Deputy Director of the Disarmament and Non-Proliferation section of the DFA. Hannon noted that Ireland did not, at present, have detailed "informed views" on the NPT, but he did share Ireland's views on the issues submitted in reftel. [...] | 2009-02-09 17:07:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA |
| 09DUSHANBE103 | CENTCOM COMMANDER VISIT WITH TAJIK PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary. U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) Commander David Petraeus completed his introductory visit to Tajikistan on 17 January 2009. The meeting with President Emomali Rahmon, Foreign Policy Advisor Rahmattuloyev, Minister of Defense General-Colonel (U.S. 3-star equivalent) Sherali Khai [...] | 2009-01-26 10:34:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | AF MAS MCAP OVIP PGOV PREL TI |
| 09DUSHANBE1094 | TAJIKISTAN - AMBASSADOR'S INITIAL MEETING WITH FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: In a 40-minute initial meeting, Foreign Minister Zarifi complained to Ambassador Gross about Tajikistan's lack of success in obtaining high-level meetings with the USG, either in Washington or in Dushanbe. He also pressed for a second U.S.-funded bridge to Afghanistan, for more [...] | 2009-09-18 11:53:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TI |
| 09DUSHANBE1145 | ON THE WINGS OF A GOAT: REMOTE PAMIR MOUNTAINS NOT REALIZING [...] (SBU) Summary: The Mountainous Badakhshan Autonomous Region is separated from the rest of Tajikistan by hundreds of kilometers of bad roads and thousands of years of divergent history. Its predominantly Ismaili Shi'a inhabitants have long thought of themselves as distinct from the rest of the [...] | 2009-10-16 04:39:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ECON EAID EINV TI |
| 09DUSHANBE1170 | FOREIGN MINISTRY ZARIFI INDOCTRINATES AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: In an October 16 meeting, Foreign Minister Zarifi rattled off a lengthy list of Tajikistan's desires for infrastructure projects, increased trade, a softer human rights report, assistance on trafficking in persons, and help on relations with Uzbekistan. This appears to have been [...] | 2009-10-21 11:35:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV TI |
| 09DUSHANBE1210 | RUSSIA'S ROLE IN TAJIK ECONOMY -- BIG FISH IN SMALL, MURKY [...] (SBU) Summary: Russia is Tajikistan's largest trade and investment partner. Russian foreign direct investment in Tajikistan amounted to $325 million in 2008, although it has fallen off because of the financial crisis. Russian firms, many of them state-owned, are involved in the energy, banki [...] | 2009-11-09 05:41:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG ELTN PREL RS TI |
| 09DUSHANBE1241 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON COUNTRY-SPECIFIC HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Komron Komilov in the General Section at the MFA on 13 November 2009. Komron agreed to deliver the demarche to the appropriate office though provided no substantive response, as the office responsible was, for the time being, short-staffed and unavaila [...] | 2009-11-16 06:34:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA PHUM TI |
| 09DUSHANBE1348 | RAHMON LAMBASTS UZBEK ENERGY GRID WITHDRAWAL, ASKS FOR DONOR [...] (SBU) Summary: President Rahmon convened a surprise meeting of international donors in Dushanbe on November 20 to discuss the energy situation and request assistance in the face of an economic crisis compounded by Uzbekistan's withdrawal from the regional energy system. He lambasted Uzbekista [...] | 2009-12-03 11:26:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON PGOV ENRG TI |
| 09DUSHANBE1433 | STATE COMMITTEE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY DEFENDS CIVILIZATION [...] (C) Summary: In a 75 minute meeting on December 11, State Committee for National Security (GKNB) Deputy Chairman for Counterterrorism General Abdullo Sadulloevich Nazarov described the terrorist threats facing Tajikistan, argued that authoritarian measures were necessary to defend civilization agai [...] | 2009-12-16 11:32:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER TI |
| 09DUSHANBE1458 | TAJIK ELECTIONS: IRPT CONGRESS; CRONY ELECTION COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Rahmon set February 28 as the date for national Parliamentary polls and appointed mostly pro-government loyalists to the national commission overseeing the election. The Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT) held its congress and nominated a party list of pa [...] | 2009-12-24 05:55:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV TI |
| 09DUSHANBE146 | TAJIK-RUSSIAN RELATIONS COOL, ONLY TO WARM AGAIN [...] (C) Summary: Tajik-Russian relations seem to have hit a rough patch, mainly over perceived Russian support for Uzbekistan in Tajik-Uzbek water sharing disagreements. Resentments over mistreatment of Tajiks working in Russia and lack of work opportunities there has added to tensions. President [...] | 2009-02-06 07:04:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RU TI |
| 09DUSHANBE225 | ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROGRAMS: THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC DIPLOMACY IN [...] (U) Summary: Programs that teach English language and develop the skills of local English teachers are among the most popular and necessary public diplomacy offerings in Tajikistan. Learning English is viewed as the key to a better life for many young Tajiks, and U.S. programs fill the gap crea [...] | 2009-02-23 14:51:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO TI |
| 09DUSHANBE290 | TO WHOM DO TAJIKS LISTEN? MEETING THE IMAMS [...] (C) Summary: As the Government of Tajikistan's credibility deteriorates and economic conditions worsen, Tajikistan's independent imams are becoming increasingly popular. These imams are attracting thousands of worshippers during Friday prayers, expanding their mosques, and enjoying a degree of [...] | 2009-03-04 12:23:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KISL TI |
| 09DUSHANBE345 | TAJIKISTAN: MILITARY SUPPLY ROUTES AND BASE QUESTIONS SPARK [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified - Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: The February negotiations with governments in Central Asia over supply routes for coalition military operations in Afghanistan put Western media on hair trigger alert, so much so that otherwise responsible, fa [...] | 2009-03-19 11:06:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO KDEM TI |
| 09DUSHANBE346 | THREE FACES OF TAJIKISTAN'S SUNNI LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: EmbOffs have reached out to more of Tajikistan's imams to get their impressions of religious life in Tajikistan and perceptions of the United States. The dissatisfaction voiced by Tajikistan's increasingly popular independent imams, as described in reftel, appears to be shared by [...] | 2009-03-19 11:32:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KISL TI |
| 09DUSHANBE401 | THREE FACES OF TAJIKISTAN'S SUNNI LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: EmbOffs have reached out to more of Tajikistan's imams to get their impressions of religious life in Tajikistan and perceptions of the United States. The dissatisfaction voiced by Tajikistan's increasingly popular independent imams, as described in reftel, appears to be shared by [...] | 2009-03-30 13:11:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KISL TI |
| 09DUSHANBE416 | GOVERNMENT SMOTHERS COVERAGE OF RELIGION LAW [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Tajikistan continues to use smoke and mirrors in discussing its religious policy. Government officials deflected criticism of the new religion law (reftel A) at a March 30 press round table without providing any substantive basis for their comments. The governmen [...] | 2009-04-06 11:36:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KISL TI |
| 09DUSHANBE45 | TAJIKISTAN - SCENESETTER FOR JANUARY 17 VISIT OF [...] (SBU) Embassy Dushanbe welcomes the upcoming visit of General Petraeus. Following are an overview of the situation and key issues we face in Tajikistan. OVERVIEW -------- 2. (C) The poorest former Soviet republic, Tajikistan borders Afghanistan (1200 kilometers),China, Uzbekistan and [...] | 2009-01-09 09:33:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EINV PREL PGOV PHUM TI |
| 09DUSHANBE474 | TAJIKISTAN: UPDATE ON POWER PROJECTS [...] (U) Summary: The power situation in Tajikistan has eased since the winter crunch. Water levels at the Nurek hydropower station remain low, although this spring's abundant rains may help. The fourth and final generator of Russian-built Sangtuda-1 is expected to go online in mid-May. Iranian-b [...] | 2009-04-15 10:26:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON PREL PGOV TI |
| 09DUSHANBE475 | TAJIKISTAN SCENESETTER FOR DAUSTR CLAUDIO LILIENFELD'S APRIL [...] (SBU) Embassy Dushanbe welcomes the upcoming visit of Deputy Assistant United States Trade Representative Claudio Lilienfeld. Following is an overview of key economic and trade issues in Tajikistan. Overview -------- 2. (SBU) The poorest former Soviet republic, Tajikistan is critically [...] | 2009-04-15 10:30:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PGOV TI |
| 09DUSHANBE489 | BOUCHER FINDS COOPERATION ON AFGHANISTAN, BUT REFORM ON THE [...] (C) Summary: In meetings in Dushanbe on April 20, 2009 South and Central Asia Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher emphasized several key issues with Tajik President Rahmon and Foreign Minister Zarifi: -- the need for increased cooperation and engagement on Afghanistan; -- the need [...] | 2009-04-24 12:04:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PREL PGOV PHUM TI |
| 09DUSHANBE64 | 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -- TAJIKISTAN [...] Tajikistan presents selected opportunities for savvy investors who are willing to put significant research and effort into market development. Tajikistan, which lags behind most of its neighbors economically, remains not only the poorest of the former Soviet republics but one of the poorest co [...] | 2009-01-16 08:12:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR TI |
| 09DUSHANBE724 | TAJIK AUDIENCE CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC AND RECEPTIVE TO OBAMA [...] (U) Summary: In Tajikistan, an extremely poor country where 97% of the population is Muslim, few people watched the speech, either because it was broadcast in English or because it was available only via satellite and few had receivers. An audience of 40 came to watch the speech at the embassy [...] | 2009-06-09 11:27:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO KISL KDEM PHUM TI |
| 09DUSHANBE785 | TAJIKISTAN SCENESETTER FOR A/S BLAKE'S JULY VISIT [...] (SBU) Embassy Dushanbe welcomes the upcoming visit of A/S Blake. Following is an overview of the key issues in Tajikistan and some talking points for your meetings with senior government officials. Overview 2. (C) Tajikistan has the potential to be a stabilizing influence and a [...] | 2009-06-25 10:50:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | SECRET//NOFORN | EAID ECON EINV PREL PGOV PHUM TI |
| 09DUSHANBE831 | THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF LABOR MIGRATION AND BRAIN DRAIN [...] (SBU) Summary: Extreme levels of outmigration from Tajikistan have left the country with few skilled citizens to address its complex problems, and at the same time, is warping the social fabric in ways that have serious consequences for future stability. While skilled professionals leave with t [...] | 2009-07-10 11:01:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON SOCI EAID AMGT RU TI |
| 09DUSHANBE840 | TAJIKISTAN - A/S BLAKE'S MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENT AND FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: In Dushanbe on July 6, 2009 South and Central Asia Assistant Secretary Robert Blake gave an overview to President Rahmon and Foreign Minister Zarifi of the new U.S. strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan, emphasizing the importance of Tajikistan in this effort. He proposed the Unite [...] | 2009-07-13 12:28:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PREL PGOV PHUM TI |
| 09DUSHANBE95 | TAJIKISTAN BANS THE SALAFIS - WHO'S NEXT? [...] (C) Summary: The Tajik Supreme Court pronouncement outlawing the Salafis is the latest step in the government's attempts to reduce the influence of religion in Tajik politics. The measure may reduce the influence of the group, primarily because ) unlike other government restrictions ) traditi [...] | 2009-01-23 08:44:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV TI |
| 09DUSHANBE954 | CHINESE INTEREST IN TAJIKISTAN INCREASES [...] (SBU) Summary: Tajikistan's largest and most powerful neighbor, China plays an increasingly central role in Tajikistan's economic development. It has made massive state-led investments in Tajikistan's infrastructure, including roads and energy transmission lines, and Chinese imports increasin [...] | 2009-08-07 10:46:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EINV PREL ENRG ELTN TI CH |
| 09DUSHANBE957 | PROMINENT FORMER OPPOSITION LEADER TURAJONZODA SHARES VIEWS [...] (C) Summary: On July 30, Embassy PolOffs and two DRL representatives met with Hoji Akbar Turajonzoda, a charismatic religious leader who was among the top leaders of the United Tajik Opposition during Tajikistan's civil war. Despite his continued harsh criticism of President Rahmon, Turajonzod [...] | 2009-08-07 12:04:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF KISL TI |
| 09DUSHANBE990 | TAJIKISTAN - MANAGING AFGHANISTAN'S NEIGHBORS [...] (C) Summary: Tajikistan's leadership wants stability in Afghanistan, and sees President Karzai as the country's best bet to continue toward that goal. The Tajik government insists it takes no sides in the election, and is not interested in meddling in the ethnic power balance in Afghanistan. [...] | 2009-08-20 12:36:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AF TI |
| 09DUSHANBE997 | IRAN'S ROLE IN TAJIKISTAN: LIMITED BUT INCREASING? [...] (SBU) Summary: After a slow start, Iran has become a major economic player in Tajikistan. The vast bulk of Iranian investment in Tajikistan is direct state loans and grants for major infrastructure projects, including the Sangtuda-2 hydropower station, the Istiqlol tunnel, and several highway [...] | 2009-08-25 11:19:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG ELTN PREL TI IR |
| 09DUSSELDORF30 | U.S. MILITARY PERSONNEL IN GERMANY WERE PRIME TARGETS, IJU [...] (U) Summary: The leader of the "Islamic Jihad Union" (IJU) Sauerland cell, Fritz Gelowicz (29),made a full confession in the ongoing terrorist trial at the Duesseldorf Higher Regional Court (reftels) on August 10, confirming that U.S. military personnel in Germany were the primary target for [...] | 2009-08-12 15:44:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV PREL KISL KCRM PK UZ GM |
| 09DUSSELDORF39 | SPD RECEDES DRAMATICALLY IN TRADITIONAL STRONGHOLD: NORTH [...] (U) Summary: Until now, North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and its industrial Ruhr region were Germany's Social Democratic heartland. No longer. The CDU is now the strongest party in NRW. The Bundestag election returns in Germany's most populous state of NRW, with few exceptions, reflected the na [...] | 2009-10-02 15:18:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL GM |
| 09EFTOHELSINKI235 | IRANIANS DELIGHTED TO BE INVITED, BUT DON'T ATTEND [...] (U) Embassy Helsinki invited Iranian Ambassador and Deputy Chief of Mission to the Independence Day reception, which was held on Wednesday, June 17. (July is the traditional holiday month in the Nordic region.) The invitees regretted the invitations, and did not attend. 2. (SBU) During [...] | 2009-06-22 09:48:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | ODIP PREL IR FI |
| 09FRANKFURT1722 | FRANKFURT'S IRANIAN VISA APPLICANT VALIDATION STUDY [...] SUMMARY: Consulate General Frankfurt conducted a validation study of Frankfurt's 2007 Iranian B-1/B-2 travelers. Of the 288 applicants who traveled to the United States, 19 (6.6%) claimed asylum, adjusted status or overstayed. For the vast majority who returned from the United States without [...] | 2009-07-01 08:52:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KFRD IR GM |
| 09FRANKFURT2648 | FRAUD SUMMARY - GERMANY - MARCH - AUGUST 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-09 12:57:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC GM |
| 09FREETOWN217 | MAY POLITICAL ROUND-UP - FREETOWN [...] (U) Summary: President Koroma continued to focus in May towards reconciling the country's two major political parties, urging them to implement the communiquQ signed following the unrest in March. On the heels of the Cabinet reshuffle, Ministers have signed new performance contracts. The disin [...] | 2009-06-12 11:00:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SL |
| 09FREETOWN229 | CORRUPT OFFICIAL WITH TIES TO IRAN BACK IN BUSINESS [...] (S/NF) Ambassador Umaru Wurie, ousted Director-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, resurfaced on June 18 as the newly-appointed Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Mineral Resources and Political Affairs. Wurie's insubordination and alleged corruption (reftels A, B) led to his remov [...] | 2009-06-18 14:31:00 | Embassy Freetown | SECRET | PGOV ENRG EMIN MNUC PREL PINR IR SL |
| 09FREETOWN434 | OCTOBER POLITICAL ROUND-UP - FREETOWN [...] (U) Summary: October highlights include an investigation into acts of political violence and intolerance, concern over the Bankole Thompson Commission of Inquiry report on the March riots, intra-party tensions, and new commercial interest in Sierra Leone from the Iranians. The country hosted a [...] | 2009-11-03 18:13:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SL |
| 09FREETOWN51 | IRAN, RUSSIA, LIBYA VIE FOR URANIUM IN SIERRA LEONE [...] (S/NF) A single source reported that Russia, Iran, Libya, and others are competing for the mining rights to recently discovered uranium deposits in Kono, Sierra Leone, and that key local players have sent out feelers for the best international offer. The source fears that the Russian governmen [...] | 2009-02-12 17:05:00 | Embassy Freetown | SECRET//NOFORN | EMIN PINR PREL IR RS LY SL |
| 09FREETOWN78 | KOROMA MAKES PROGRESS ON DRUGS; WE URGE SWIFTER [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with President Koroma on February 27 to discuss the new administration's policy goals and pending bilateral issues, underlining the President's importance in the region as a bulwark of stability. The meeting was also attended by Foreign Minister Zainab Bangura, DCM, [...] | 2009-03-03 17:12:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID PHUM MASS SNAR PINR SL |
| 09FREETOWN96 | IRAN'S ACQUISITION OF URANIUM DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-16 17:12:00 | Embassy Freetown | SECRET | PGOV KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY ENRG EMIN ETTC AF IR AL |
| 09GABORONE486 | BOTSWANA AND IRAN: FOOTBALL AND DIPLOMACY [...] (C) On June 9, the Botswana Football Association (BFA),the governing body for soccer in Botswana, announced plans for a match between the Iranian national soccer team and Botswana's national team the Zebras to be held July 5 in Gaborone. Botswana, like the rest of the Southern Africa, is try [...] | 2009-06-19 06:00:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR BC |
| 09GABORONE873 | BOTSWANA: RESPONSE TO THIRD COMMITTEE DEMARCHE [...] Pol/Econ Chief met October 29 with Ms. Punkie Molefe, the Director for Multilateral Affairs at the Botswana MFA, to discuss Botswana's position on upcoming UNGA Third Committee matters. Emboff noted that the GOB and USG seemed to share common views in 2008 on UNGA human rights issues, and that [...] | 2009-10-30 11:49:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM UNGA BC |
| 09GENEVA1089 | START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VII-049. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 24, 2009 Time: 1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva Participants: U.S. RUSSIA A/S Gottemoeller Amb Antonov [...] | 2009-11-30 17:04:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START |
| 09GENEVA1113 | START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VII-056. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 25, 2009 Time: 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) The sixth meeting of the Inspection Protocol Working Group (IPWG) was held at the U.S. Miss [...] | 2009-12-03 13:49:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START |
| 09GENEVA1203 | START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VII-117. 2. (U) Meeting Date: December 9, 2009 Time: 5:00 P.M. - 5:30 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva Participants: UNITED STATES RUSSIA U/S Tauscher Amb Antonov [...] | 2009-12-20 13:52:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START |
| 09GENEVA1265 | 98TH IOM COUNCIL - GENERAL DEBATE AND RESOLUTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: IOM Director General William Swing presided over the organization's Ninety-Eighth Council meeting November 23-26, which focused on a number of institutional issues, including budget and structural reform initiatives. Member States agreed to a 1.5 percent increase in IOM's 2010 [...] | 2009-12-23 11:09:00 | Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL SMIG |
| 09GENEVA133 | DURBAN INTERSESSIONAL WORKING GROUP - DAY 1 [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (U) This cable reviews interactions that the USDel to the Durban Inter-Sessional Working Group (ISWG) had on February 16. 3. (U) As discussed on the evening teleconference with Washington, post requests the following actions: -- updated [...] | 2009-02-16 20:41:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC |
| 09GENEVA252 | ENERGY PACT CONFERENCE [...] SUMMARY: A new foundation, the Energy Pact, hosted a conference in Geneva March 16-17, featuring Ministers of Oil from Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Oman; Swiss and Danish Ministers of Environment; and several academics. Oil Ministers gave assurances about the adequacy of the supply of oil and argu [...] | 2009-03-24 13:37:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON SENV |
| 09GENEVA281 | UNHCR 44TH STANDING COMMITTEE: FOCUS ON REFUGEE [...] (U) SUMMARY. During the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees' (UNHCR's) March 3-5, 2008 Standing Committee meeting, UNHCR managers briefed Member States on progress made in three thematic areas: a) return and reintegration of displaced populations; b) the global work p [...] | 2009-04-06 07:51:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF PREL |
| 09GENEVA434 | CHARGE HOSTS IRAQ REFUGEE DISCUSSION WITH GENEVA [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: During a lunch for key donor country reps, the Charge outlined the new US strategy for Iraq and made a pitch for additional funding, particularly for UNHCR's new proposal to lay the groundwork for sustainable returns for Iraqi refugees and internally displaced. Par [...] | 2009-06-09 11:07:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM IZ |
| 09GENEVA520 | START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA (SFO-GVA-II): [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-II-002. 2. (U) Meeting Date: June 22, 2009 Time: 1:30 - 3:00 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) The Russian Delegation hosted a lunch on June 22, 2009, at the Russian Mission. U.S. Delegation m [...] | 2009-06-25 13:27:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START |
| 09GENEVA597 | WIPO on Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and [...] SUMMARY: Member States at the 14th session of the WIPO Intergovernmental Committee (IGC) on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (GRTKF),which was held in Geneva from June 29 to July 3, 2009, failed to reach an agreement on a recommendation to the 2 [...] | 2009-07-20 09:33:00 | Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR WIPO |
| 09GENEVA635 | UNCTAD Working Party on the Budget [...] SUMMARY: The United Nations Conference for Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Working Party met June 8-12 in Geneva to discuss UNCTAD's draft program budget for the 2010-2011 biennium. The budget fascicle was presented along with the results of a survey UNCTAD conducted on the quality of its publi [...] | 2009-07-29 13:59:00 | Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON UNCTAD USTR |
| 09GENEVA730 | WIPO Conference on Public Policy [...] SUMMARY (SBU): During the July 13-14 World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Conference on Intellectual Property (IP) and Public Policy Issues in Geneva, Switzerland, participants explored and clarified the connection between IP and several major public policy issues such as climate ch [...] | 2009-09-03 15:58:00 | Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KIPR SENV WIPO |
| 09GENEVA77 | DURBAN REVIEW TURNS EVEN MORE SOUR: CAN THE [...] (C) In turbulent negotiations from January 19-23, observers told us the Durban Review process and discourse became "poisonous" and the draft text -- at over 200 paragraphs -- even more problematic. The UK, the Netherlands, and Denmark are considering withdrawing from the process (Canada and [...] | 2009-01-28 16:36:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC PGOV KISL |
| 09GENEVA819 | START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA (SFO-GVA-V): [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-V-004. 2. (U) Meeting Date: September 22, 2009 Time: 10:00 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) At the September 22 plenary meeting chaired by U.S. Head of Delegation (HOD) A/S Gottemoel [...] | 2009-10-01 10:43:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START |
| 09GENEVA901 | 60TH SESSION OF UNHCR EXCOM: FOCUS ON ASIA [...] (SBU) Summary: UNHCR's operations in the Asia Region received much attention during the 60th Session of the Executive Committee (EXCOM) from September 28 to October 2. High Commissioner Guterres described UNHCR's efforts to provide assistance to large numbers of refugees and internally displa [...] | 2009-10-22 16:31:00 | Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL |
| 09GENEVA905 | 60TH SESSION OF UNHCR EXCOM: FOCUS ON ASIA [...] (SBU) Summary: UNHCR's operations in the Asia Region received much attention during the 60th Session of the Executive Committee (EXCOM) from September 28 to October 2. High Commissioner Guterres described UNHCR's efforts to provide assistance to large numbers of refugees and internally displa [...] | 2009-10-23 15:32:00 | Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL |
| 09GENEVA920 | START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA (SFO-GVA-VI): [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VI-009. 2. (U) Meeting Date: October 21, 2009 Time: 10:00 A.M. - 12:20 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) At the first Ad Hoc Group meeting chaired by Secretary of Defense Representative Dr. Warner [...] | 2009-10-28 11:08:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START |
| 09GENEVA936 | START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA (SFO-GVA-VI): [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VI-012. 2. (U) Meeting Date: October 22, 2009 Time: 10:00 A.M. - 1:10 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) At the plenary meeting on October 22, chaired by U.S. Negotiator Assistant Secretary Gottemoeller and Russian Negotiator Ambassador Anto [...] | 2009-11-02 12:16:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START |
| 09GENEVA949 | START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA (SFO-GVA-VI): [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VI-013. 2. (U) Meeting Date: October 22, 2009 Time: 3:30 - 5:30 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva Participants: U.S. RUSSIA A/S Gottemoeller Amb Antonov Mr. Connel [...] | 2009-11-03 11:27:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START |
| 09GEORGETOWN566 | Demarche Delivered: Country-Specific Resolutions at UNGA [...] (U) Per reftel, on November 18 Political Officer delivered demarche to Government of Guyana (GoG)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas Head Candida Daniels. Regarding upcoming UNGA human rights resolutions on Iran, Burma and DPRK, Daniels offered no substantive response. WILLIAMS [...] | 2009-11-19 19:38:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNGA GY |
| 09GRENADA25 | GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT FOR MARCH 22 - 28, 2009 [...] Embassy Grenada's weekly report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. Begin GWAR text: a) IMF team visits Grenada An International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff team headed by Catherine Pattillo visited Grenada last week [...] | 2009-03-31 22:23:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PREL GJ |
| 09GRENADA73 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON 64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY, THIRD [...] (U) Charge d'Affaires delivered demarche provided in reftel to Grenada Minister of Foreign Affairs Peter David on October 22, 2009. The meeting took place in David's office and in addition to Charge Kate Riche, included Permanent Secretary Sybil Alexander. UNGA 2. (SBU) [...] | 2009-10-22 18:42:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UN GJ |
| 09GUANGZHOU304 | LNG Plans Delayed - Supply Problems Threaten Progress on [...] (U) Summary: High liquefied natural gas (LNG) prices and difficulty securing long-term LNG supplies have stalled the much-anticipated Zhuhai Jin Wan LNG terminal project. Without a secure, long-term supply contract, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) refuses to give final a [...] | 2009-05-14 07:32:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EMIN SENV PGOV TRGY CH |
| 09GUATEMALA1035 | WHA DAS Reynoso's Visit Reaffirms Partnership with Guatemala [...] (C) Summary: During her December 13-16 visit to Guatemala, WHA DAS Julissa Reynoso met with President Colom, First Lady Sandra Torres de Colom, senior members of government, CICIG Commissioner Castresana, and representatives of civil society, the press, and the business community. Col [...] | 2009-12-24 18:16:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON SNAR PGOV PHUM UN HO GT |
| 09GUATEMALA1176 | Demarche on 64th UNGA Third Commitee Prorities [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-29 23:52:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UN GT |
| 09GUATEMALA931 | Guatemala Shares U.S. Concerns About Covert Uranium [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-09 15:10:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC PARM KNNP IR GT |
| 09GUATEMALA985 | Iran's Nuclear Program: Guatemalan Response [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-24 22:37:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR GT |
| 09GUAYAQUIL23 | COASTAL YOUTH ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT NEW U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: To celebrate President Barack Obama,s inauguration, Consulate General Guayaquil invited 25 young Ecuadorian leaders to participate in an informal discussion on what his election means for the world. The participants uniformly applauded the fact that the U.S. had elected an Afric [...] | 2009-01-29 21:43:00 | Consulate Guayaquil | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EC |
| 09GUAYAQUIL243 | CORREA'S STATE RUN BANANA COMPANY - A GOOD IDEA OR JUST [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-27 14:36:00 | Consulate Guayaquil | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINT AGR EC CH IR LY |
| 09HANOI101 | VIETNAM ON THE SECURITY COUNCIL: MORE CONFIDENT, [...] (C) SUMMARY: As Vietnam enters its second year on the UN Security Council, few here anticipate significant changes in policy or approach. Contacts in the MFA, Party, and think tank community express satisfaction that Vietnam was able to acquit itself professionally in its first year and had [...] | 2009-02-10 06:01:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV USUN ECON VM |
| 09HANOI112 | VIETNAM'S VIEWS ON THE NPT [...] (SBU) In a February 11 discussion with the MFA IO officer responsible for non-proliferation matters, Vu Tran Phong, Deputy PolCouns outlined U.S. priorities for the NPT in anticipation of the third Preparatory Committee meeting in May prior to the NPT Review Conference in 2010. He emphasized [...] | 2009-02-11 07:50:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PREL PGOV UNGA IAEA |
| 09HANOI1298 | Embassy Hanoi Delivers Iran Demarche [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-03 10:01:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC KNNP PARM IR VM |
| 09HANOI1426 | Setting the scene for CODEL Faleomavaega's visit to Vietnam [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S.-Vietnamese relations have advanced significantly over the past three years and are arguably at their most productive since relations were reestablished in 1995. We are Vietnam's largest export market, its third-largest trading partner, and one of its largest foreign invest [...] | 2009-12-29 08:27:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PREL PGOV PHUM MARR ECON SENV VM |
| 09HANOI192 | CHARGE AND MFA DISCUSS BURMA, NORTH KOREA, DARFUR; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging lunch discussion March 2, the CDA and the MFA's Director General for International Organizations, Le Hoai Trung, exchanged views on Burma, North Korea, and Darfur; Vietnam's territorial claims under the Law of the Sea; and nonproliferation. The CDA urged DG T [...] | 2009-03-03 09:51:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV ECON MNUC PARM UNSC NPT BM CH |
| 09HANOI297 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MCCAIN'S VISIT TO VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Your April 6-8 visit to Vietnam comes at an opportune moment. Our bilateral relationship with Vietnam has progressed much since your last visit to Hanoi in April 2000 and is arguably at its highest point since relations were normalized in 1995. Propelled by a series of senior bilateral [...] | 2009-03-31 07:58:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD MARR VM |
| 09HANOI336 | CODEL McCain Visit to Vietnam [...] (SBU) Summary: In their April 6-8 visit to Vietnam, CODEL McCain covered a wide range of issues with the Vietnamese leadership, including the recent DPRK missile test, the need for a new bilateral agreement on adoptions, the GVN's desire for market economy status and the need for greater respec [...] | 2009-04-13 10:09:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL ECON ETRD SENV PHUM CASC VM |
| 09HANOI444 | Demarche to Vietnam on Aung San Suu Kyi [...] (SBU) DCM delivered reftel demarche to MFA Americas Director General Nguyen Ba Hung on May 12, emphasizing that, while we are reviewing our policy on how best to promote human rights in Burma, the continued imprisonment of Aung San Suu Kyi casts doubt on the Burmese regime's commitment to meani [...] | 2009-05-12 09:36:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL BM VM |
| 09HANOI520 | A BEHIND-THE-SCENES LOOK AT VIETNAM'S UPR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vietnam's recent Universal Periodic Review (UPR) before the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva was a lesson in the manipulation of process, according to the Canadian lead for the "troika" that coordinated Vietnam's UPR. The GVN clearly understood that only 60 countries would be ab [...] | 2009-06-05 03:07:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL VM |
| 09HANOI582 | BUILDING VIETNAM'S MILITARY DETERRENT WITH RUSSIAN [...] (C) Summary. Increasingly concerned about China's assertive behavior in the South China Sea, the Government of Vietnam (GVN) is pressing ahead with its military modernization program. To better defend its territorial claims and economic interests and present a more potent deterrent to Chine [...] | 2009-06-23 10:31:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP PINR PINS PREL RS VM |
| 09HANOI683 | DG FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS COMMENTS ON VIETNAM'S [...] (C) Summary: Over lunch July 21, MFA Director General for International Organizations Le Hoai Trung commented on the evolving role of the Communist Party in overseeing government operations and said Vietnam's leaders understood that the current crackdown, including arrests of American citizens [...] | 2009-07-23 09:35:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV UNSC VM |
| 09HANOI740 | SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR WEBB'S AUGUST VISIT TO VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Senator Webb: Your return to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City comes at an important moment in the U.S.-Vietnam relationship. Overall, bilateral ties have advanced significantly over the past two-three years, and are arguably at their highest point since relations were reestablished in 1995. Th [...] | 2009-08-06 09:28:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD MARR VM |
| 09HANOI819 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: IRAN CHORUS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-18 07:47:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR VM |
| 09HANOI846 | SETTING THE SCENE FOR U.S.-VIETNAM POLICY PLANNING TALKS, [...] (SBU) Director Slaughter: Your Policy Planning Talks with the Vietnamese, the second since discussions were inaugurated last October, comes at an important moment in the bilateral relationship. Overall, ties between our two countries have advanced significantly over the past two-three years, and [...] | 2009-08-26 06:18:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD MARR VM |
| 09HANOI847 | DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S SEPTEMBER 27, 2009 MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) September 27, 2009; 2:15 p.m.; The Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Hanoi. 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Michalak Joseph Donovan, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Scot Marciel, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, EAP Rear Admiral Ch [...] | 2009-09-30 08:40:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ASEAN KN BM VM |
| 09HANOI848 | President Triet Assures Ambassador that Relations Good, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a cordial meeting August 18, State President Nguyen Minh Triet assured the Ambassador that Vietnam's leadership remained committed to deepening reform and viewed its relationship with the United States as positive and improving. Noting that Vietnam would chair ASEAN in 2010, [...] | 2009-08-26 06:38:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD BM VM |
| 09HANOI851 | DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S SEPTEMBER 27, 2009 MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) September 27, 2009; 2:15 p.m.; The Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Hanoi. 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Michalak Joseph Donovan, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Scot Marciel, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, EAP Rear Admiral Ch [...] | 2009-09-30 09:40:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD ASEAN BM KN VM |
| 09HANOI861 | Vietnam's "Track II" Engagement with Burma - U.S. Urged to [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vietnam sees 2010 as a promising year to engage with Burma but is nervous that election-related unrest there could derail efforts to host a successful ASEAN summit, according to Dang Dinh Quy, Vice President of the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam (DAV). Quy, who recently met with [...] | 2009-10-07 09:59:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR ECON ASEAN BM VM |
| 09HANOI863 | Vietnam's Reaction to P5+1 Discussions in Geneva [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-08 06:36:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KNNP MNUC IR VM |
| 09HANOI889 | Ambassador, VFM Minh Discuss Human Rights, Nuclear MOU, [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph eight. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On October 30, the Ambassador met with Vice Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh to reiterate U.S. concerns about the conviction of political dissidents and the forced expulsion of Lang Mai followers fr [...] | 2009-11-03 10:03:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KNNP KIRF UNSC ECON CVIS ASEAN BM IR |
| 09HANOI925 | Vietnam's 2010 ASEAN Chairmanship [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vietnam considers its turn as ASEAN chair to be the leading foreign policy priority for 2010. Substantively, Vietnam's leadership wants to be seen as a responsible member of the international community -- professional and well-briefed, acting as an "honest broker" when possible - [...] | 2009-12-11 07:39:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ECIN ASEAN SENV KFLU BM KN VM |
| 09HANOI978 | Setting the Scene for Deputy Secretary Steinberg's September [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S.-Vietnamese relations have advanced significantly over the past three years and are arguably at their highest point since relations were reestablished in 1995. We are Vietnam's largest export market, its third-largest trading partner, and one of its largest foreign investor [...] | 2009-09-18 10:33:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD KIRF SENV MARR KHIV KHDP BM |
| 09HARARE42 | 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - ZIMBABWE [...] The Government of Zimbabwe's corruption and mismanagement have severely crippled the local economy making it unlikely to attract or absorb significant foreign direct investment in 2009. GDP has declined by roughly 50 percent in the past eight years, the largest peacetime drop ever recorded. [...] | 2009-01-15 14:55:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC ZI |
| 09HARARE909 | HARARE: AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALLS ON BULGARIAN [...] (U) Ambassador Ray is in the process of making courtesy calls on Ambassadors to diplomatic missions accredited to Zimbabwe. This is the first report on visits of interest. -------- BULGARIA -------- 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A meeting on November 17 with Atanas Budev, Charge d' Affaires of t [...] | 2009-11-24 06:22:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI |
| 09HAVANA16 | DR HILDA MOLINA AND THE VISIT OF ARGENTINE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Though she would dearly like to travel to Argentina to visit her family, Dr Hilda Molina says she has little real hope that anything will come out of the upcoming visit to Cuba of Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK). End Summary. 2. (C) Dissident neurosu [...] | 2009-01-12 12:43:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | AR CU PHUM PREL |
| 09HAVANA283 | CUBA HOSTS FINAL NAM MINISTERIAL OF ITS PRESIDENCY [...] (U) April 28-30, Cuba played host for a reported 60 minister-level participants in its last act in the NAM chair before Egypt takes over. As might be expected from this group in this venue, the ministerial was long on rhetoric--including lavish praise for the host government and criticism of [...] | 2009-05-18 15:30:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL |
| 09HAVANA33 | INTERPRETING CUBA'S 2008 ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE [...] (SBU) On January 7, the Cuban Office of National Statistics published a Panorama of Economic and Social Indicators for 2008 providing some detail behind the data reported to the National Assembly (ref A) by Raul Castro and his economic team December 26-27. While the availability of statistic [...] | 2009-01-15 16:24:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU |
| 09HAVANA344 | FIDEL CASTRO IMPRESSED BY POTUS AFTER CAIRO SPEECH [...] (C) The Government of Cuba has offered no official reaction to President Obama's June 4 speech in Cairo. Former president Fidel Castro, however, previewed his interest in the Cairo speech in a Reflection article on June 6 that he started with "Yesterday afternoon, while I was carefully analyzing Ob [...] | 2009-06-10 18:05:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CU |
| 09HAVANA361 | CUBANS DISAPPOINTED BY MICROSOFT; INSPIRED BY IRAN [...] (C) The decision by Microsoft and others to block certain internet communication services in Cuba works directly against U.S. goals to advance people-to-people interaction. The growing Cuban virtual community has privately and publicly expressed its disappointment. Bloggers remain undeterred [...] | 2009-06-19 18:58:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | EINT PREL ECON CU IR |
| 09HAVANA697 | TRADING WITH THE ENEMY - DISAPPOINTING CUBAN TRADE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Representatives of U.S. exporters told us they received an unusually cool reception from the Cuban Government at this year's Havana trade fair. While some exporters reported business more or less as usual, we heard more complaints than in previous years regarding everything f [...] | 2009-11-19 17:29:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EAGR PGOV PINR PREL ECON CU |
| 09HELSINKI149 | FINLAND: COMMENTS ON APRIL GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY. PolOff met with Finnish MFA Deputy European Correspondent Markku Lampinen on April 23. Lampinen previewed all of the EU agenda items. The Government of Finland (GoF) believes that efforts should be made to encourage the new Israeli government to honor the commitments made by the [...] | 2009-04-24 13:47:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN PGOV FI |
| 09HELSINKI177 | FINLAND ON THE MAY GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Finns doubt stronger language on Iran will issue from the May GAERC, given the lack of consensus regarding tougher sanctions. Though discussion within the EU has been limited, early signs are positive regarding continuation of Operation ATALANTA off the Horn of Africa. Signs [...] | 2009-05-15 14:30:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN FI MARR PGOV PREL |
| 09HELSINKI239 | FINLAND: MUSLIM POPULATION AND DEMOGRAPHICS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Over the last two decades, Finland has experienced significant growth in its Muslim population, albeit based on smaller numbers than other European countries. In the last decade, the growth occurred mainly due to refugee acceptance programs. Analyzing that growth proves chall [...] | 2009-06-24 10:42:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR KISL KPLS FI PHUM PGOV |
| 09HELSINKI284 | FINLAND: DEMARCHE COMMENTS ON JULY GAERC [...] (C) Summary: PolOff delivered demarche to Finnish MFA Deputy European Correspondent Markku Lampinen on July 23. Somalia: The Government of Finland (GoF) would like more concrete political action on Somalia from the EU. The GoF supports the Djibouti Peace Process and the Somali Transitional [...] | 2009-07-24 10:58:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER EUN ER SO IR GG SW FI |
| 09HELSINKI287 | FINLAND: RESPONSE TO PRESIDENT'S REQUEST FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 20, PolOff and PolAsst met with Dr. Pekka Tuomola, Director of the Helsinki Deaconess Institute Centre for Torture Survivors in Finland. The Centre for Torture Survivors provides a unique holistic approach to therapy, offering a range of treatments from psychological [...] | 2009-07-27 11:36:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM UN FI |
| 09HELSINKI355 | FINLAND: HALONEN ASSUMES TRADITIONAL POSTURE [...] (C) SUMMARY. On August 11 Finnish President Halonen met, dined and relaxed with Russian President Medvedev and Prime Minister Putin for five hours in the Black Sea city of Sochi. This was the third presidential meeting this year, and Finnish officials describe each as a warm encounter. Typic [...] | 2009-09-28 10:58:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | FI PGOV PREL RS |
| 09HELSINKI374 | FINLAND: IRAN'S CLANDESTINE ENRICHMENT FACILITY [...] (C/REL FRANCE/UK) On October 8 DCM delivered REFTEL points to MFA Political Director Teemu Tanner, accompanied by French DCM Frederic Joureau and British DCM Philip Malone. Joureau and Malone reinforced DCM's points: Joureau raised specific concerns about the clandestine uranium enrichment fa [...] | 2009-10-09 14:43:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KNNP MNUC IR FI PHUM |
| 09HELSINKI442 | FINLAND RESPONDS: U.S. POSTURE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR [...] (C) On November 25 Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel points to Anu Laamanen, MFA Deputy Director General of the Political Affairs Unit. Laamanen was careful to keep the discussion of Iran in an EU context, but did say that Finland welcomes the consideration of all options within a process that s [...] | 2009-11-25 15:55:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | FI PREL |
| 09HELSINKI52 | FINLAND: VISIT OF AFGHAN NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Afghanistan's National Security Advisor, Zalmai Rassoul, offered his government's appreciation for Finland's assistance during a visit from February 2-5. In meetings with the Foreign and Defense Ministers and other government officials, Rassoul listed as the top problems in Afgha [...] | 2009-02-12 13:25:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR FI PREL |
| 09HELSINKI62 | FINLAND AND THE MAY 2009 NPT PREPCOM [...] (C) PolChief met on February 10 with Outi Holopainen, the MFA's Director for Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, to discuss the Finnish government's (GOF) views on upcoming non-proliferation meetings (REF). Holopainen said that, regarding the NPT review cycle, the GOF had not form [...] | 2009-02-19 13:56:00 | Embassy Helsinki | SECRET | AORC CDG ENRG FI KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL |
| 09HELSINKI9 | FINLAND: OPPOSING IRAN PRESIDENCY AT UNDP [...] (SBU) PolOff discussed the Iranian candidacy for UNDP President with Marko Laine, Counselor, Unit for Development Issues (UNDP Desk for Finland). He plans to discuss the candidacy further with the political section at the Finnish MFA, but noted that their unofficial position will be to vote i [...] | 2009-01-08 11:09:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL IR UN EAID FI |
| 09HILLAH11 | BABIL VOTE: EARLY SIGNS OF A DECISIVE DAWA VICTORY [...] (C) In a late February 1 conversation, Babil Governorate Election Office Director Hussein Al-Khalef confirmed that Da'wa had won a decisive victory. Although IHEC has not yet released the initial vote results and the exact distribution of PC seats may take several weeks to determine, according [...] | 2009-02-02 09:37:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR IZ |
| 09HILLAH14 | BABIL'S DA'WA LEADERS UNDER THREAT WHILE AWAITING WORD FROM [...] (S) Babil Da'wa party leader Abu Ahmed Al-Basri and his deputy, Dr. Neama Jassim, the outgoing Provincial Council Deputy Chairman, are under threat of assassination from Special Groups that have recently slipped into Iraq from Iran to carry out targeted assassinations, according to Dr. Jassim [...] | 2009-02-14 19:06:00 | REO Hillah | SECRET | PGOV PINR PINS IZ |
| 09HILLAH2 | BABIL'S POLITICS HEADING TOWARD ELECTIONS: CHANGE AND [...] Summary. (C) Babil's political landscape is sure to change after the elections, but the scope may be less than some opposition politicians seek. ISCI's dominant position is sure to be weakened, but it may not be broken altogether. Dawa may assume a greater political role in the province, if [...] | 2009-01-13 20:11:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM IZ |
| 09HILLAH23 | TAKING STEPS TO UPROOT THE STATIST LEGACY IN BABIL'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although agriculture is almost certainly the largest employer in Babil Province, a long history of central planning has undermined its competitiveness and long-term sustainability. As the owner of around 70 percent agricultural land in the province, the government micromanages w [...] | 2009-04-05 11:32:00 | REO Hillah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON EINV IZ |
| 09HILLAH24 | TAKING STEPS TO UPROOT THE STATIST LEGACY IN BABIL'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although agriculture is almost certainly the largest employer in Babil Province, a long history of central planning has undermined its competitiveness and long-term sustainability. As the owner of around 70 percent agricultural land in the province, the government micromanages w [...] | 2009-04-05 11:32:00 | REO Hillah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON EINV IZ |
| 09HILLAH28 | MODERATE BABIL SADRIST ON U.S. ROLE IN HELPING WEAKEN [...] (C) In an April 6 meeting with the PRT, outgoing moderate Sadrist PC member Murtada Kamel gave unsolicited suggestions on how the PRT could undermine Sadrist extremists and bolster moderates. In what appeared to be a message from the incoming Al-Ahrar PC member (Kadum Majid Tooman),who is slat [...] | 2009-04-08 13:33:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR IZ |
| 09HILLAH29 | BAGHDAD THROWS A CURVE BALL AT BABIL DA'WA [...] (C) Da'wa officials in Babil and other the southern provinces have been asked -- but not instructed -- by Da'wa leaders in Baghdad to talk to ISCI about forming provincial coalitions, according to several sources. Babil Da'wa party Chairman Abu Ahmed Al-Basri confirmed that he was recently by A [...] | 2009-04-09 12:13:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR IZ |
| 09HILLAH41 | "INDEPENDENT" BABIL GOVERNOR ON A SHORT DA'WA LEASH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Newly elected and nominally independent Babil Governor Salman Nasir Zargany has begun his official duties with a flourish, but there is speculation in Al-Hillah that he is keeping the governor's seat warm until Da'wa Chairman Abu Ahmed al-Basri can replace him. Even though Da'wa [...] | 2009-05-29 12:06:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR IZ |
| 09HILLAH47 | THE NEW ANTI-DAWA COALITION - MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING [...] (U) This is a PRT Babil cable. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Summary: On August 9 Iraqi press reported the formation of a new, 18 PC member coalition, the Babil National Coalition (reftel). The coalition reportedly formed in opposition to the ruling DAWA coalition. Press re [...] | 2009-08-16 13:44:00 | REO Hillah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS IZ IR |
| 09HONGKONG1089 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAN; G8 FINANCE MINISTERS MEETING [...] Iran 2. G8 finance ministers meeting HEADLINES AND EXCERPTS: Â [...] | 2009-06-15 09:29:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO |
| 09HONGKONG1116 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAN; BRIC SUMMIT [...] Iran 2. BRIC summit HEADLINES AND EXCERPTS: Â [...] | 2009-06-18 06:39:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO |
| 09HONGKONG1178 | HONG KONG: EXPORT CONTROLS -- A REVIEW OF CASE DATA [...] (C) Summary. Twelve years after Hong Kong's return to China, the United States and Hong Kong maintain a close and productive relationship on export control matters. Under the U.S. - Hong Kong Policy Act, as long as the United States Government is satisfied that sensitive technologies are pro [...] | 2009-06-26 09:06:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETTC HK PARM PREL |
| 09HONGKONG1521 | (S) DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON FAST ATTACK PATROL CRAFT [...] (S) On August 13, Econ/Pol Chief and EconOff verbally conveyed reftel points to Hong Kong Trade and Industry Department (TID),Strategic Trade Controls Principal Trade Officer Billy Au. Au commented that the evidence provided appeared "flimsy," but said TID will refer our request to the Hong [...] | 2009-08-13 10:54:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | SECRET | PREL PARM ETTC MASS IR HK |
| 09HONGKONG1523 | (S) DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON MALAYSIAN-BASED IRANIAN [...] (S) On August 13, Econ/Pol Chief and EconOff delivered reftel points to Hong Kong Trade and Industry Department (TID),Strategic Trade Controls Principal Trade Officer Billy Au. Au pointed out that, although the items were not controlled by the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR),TID wo [...] | 2009-08-14 01:08:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | SECRET | MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA HK IR |
| 09HONGKONG2038 | EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: (FELTON SUCCESS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-05 02:08:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC |
| 09HONGKONG210 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-04 09:39:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR |
| 09HONGKONG2136 | CHINA WANTS TO LEAD INTERNATIONAL FIGHT ON SOMALI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 13, at a well-attended private sector-organized International Piracy Conference, senior Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy officers stated China was committed to deploying its fleet to the Horn of Africa (HOA) until the region was stable and secure. They ur [...] | 2009-11-20 09:53:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PHSA EWWT ATRN PREL KPIR KCRM SO BA CH HK |
| 09HONGKONG2204 | HONG KONG PREVIEWS OBJECTIVES FOR DC EXPORT [...] (C) The Hong Kong Government's Billy Au (Head of Strategic Trade Controls, Trade and Industry Department) told us December 3 that Hong Kong had two principal objectives for the December 7-8 Interagency Meeting on Strategic Trade Controls in Washington: (1) to discuss the problem of illicit tra [...] | 2009-12-03 10:25:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | SECRET | PREL PARM ETTC MASS MNUC KSCA IR HK |
| 09HONGKONG2249 | EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: COREZING [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. As per reftels A-G requests and at the direction of the Office of Enforcement Analysis (OEA) of the USDOC Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),Export Control Officer [...] | 2009-12-10 02:10:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC |
| 09HONGKONG23 | MEDIA REACTION: SINO-US RELATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-05 09:48:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR |
| 09HONGKONG243 | HONG KONG WANTS U.S. TO MAINTAIN LEADERSHIP ROLE [...] (C) Summary: Commerce and Economic Development Bureau Secretary Rita Lau told the Consul General on February 5 that Hong Kong is increasingly feeling the negative effects of the global economic and financial crisis. Hong Kong's exports decreased in the last quarter of 2008 and unemployment is [...] | 2009-02-09 03:46:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN HK CH |
| 09HONGKONG280 | SCENESETTER FOR FEB 17-19 VISIT OF ADMIRAL KEATING [...] (C) We warmly welcome your February 17-19 visit to Hong Kong. Despite the People,s Republic of China's (PRC) sharp protest in October 2008 against U.S. arms sales to Taiwan, the PRC Ministry of Foreign Affairs has continued to approve U.S. Navy ship and aircraft requests to Hong Kong -- most [...] | 2009-02-13 08:38:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | SECRET | PREL MARR OVIP HK |
| 09HONGKONG547 | MEDIA REACTION: NEW USG PLAN TO DEAL WITH TOXIC ASSETS; [...] New USG plan to deal with toxic assets 2. U.S.-China relations 3. Iran HEADLINES AND EXCERPTS: Â [...] | 2009-03-24 09:36:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR |
| 09HONGKONG680 | TEMPORARY DENIAL ORDER WITH HONG KONG RELATED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-14 11:25:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC HK PARM |
| 09HONGKONG770 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE LICENSE CHECK: BLUE NOVA/SHENZHEN EMISSION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-28 00:05:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC |
| 09ISLAMABAD1029 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 13, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-13 09:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD1065 | THE ALL PARTIES CONFERENCE GAMBLE [...] (C) Summary. Ahead of the All Parties Conference (APC) on May 18, Ambassador called both PM Gilani and Nawaz Sharif to encourage their support for a strong political statement endorsing military action. Gilani assured the Ambassador the APC would yield a broad political consensus for action [...] | 2009-05-17 12:24:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD1118 | TURKISH AMBASSADOR: THEIR TRILATERALS, FRIENDS, [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador, accompanied by EmbOffs, met May 20 with Turkish Ambassador Soysal and other Turkish counterparts. The Turkish Embassy, which has taken on a coordinating role for NATO in Pakistan, advocated greater cooperation with the U.S. vis-a-vis Pakistan. Soysal described Turkey's [...] | 2009-05-24 06:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV PREF EAID MOPS PHUM MARR PREL PK TU |
| 09ISLAMABAD1119 | KAYANI IS “DESPERATE†FOR HELICOPTERS [...] (C) Summary and Action Request. In a two hour conversation with Ambassador May 23, Chief of Army Staff General Kayani told Ambassador he was "desperate" for helicopter support as he had only five MI-17s operational. Kayani insisted that Pakistani technicians were capable of doing required helicopte [...] | 2009-05-25 03:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD1123 | CODEL LEAHY MEETS PRESIDENT ZARDARI [...] (C) In a May 25 meeting with Codel Leahy, President Zardari described his recent trilateral meeting in Iran as being focused on controlling drug trafficking and expressed support for the Obama administration's outreach to Iran. Zardari asserted that he had political consensus for current Paki [...] | 2009-05-26 01:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD1138 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 26, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-26 11:19:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD1189 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: June 1, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-01 11:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD1198 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: June 02, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-02 11:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD1218 | THIRD RECCA SOLDIFIES GAINS, CONFIRMS SUPPORT FOR REGIONAL COOPERATION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-04 03:21:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG ERTD EAID PHUM PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD1243 | Iran-Pakistan Pipeline Moves Closer to Reality as the Two [...] (SBU) Summary: Iran and Pakistan intend to sign a Gas Sales Purchase Agreement in Istanbul on June 5, bringing the long-debated pipeline a step closer to reality. Although India has apparently dropped out of the equation, Pakistan and Iran have agreed to a 25-year proposal for the supply of [...] | 2009-06-05 14:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ETTC ENRG EFIN EINV PGOV PREL IR PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD1266 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 10, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-10 09:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD1267 | FUNDING FOR SYMPOSIUM ON WHEAT STEM RUST FOR PAKISTAN, [...] (SBU) The establishment of a Trilateral Board to support collaborative and applied agricultural research was agreed to at the agricultural breakout session of the May 7-8 trilateral meetings with the U.S., Afghanistan, and Pakistan. In response, the Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC [...] | 2009-06-10 09:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD EAID PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD1312 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 15, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-15 11:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD1321 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 16, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-16 10:11:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD1330 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 17, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-17 09:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD1357 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 19, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-19 12:16:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD1371 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 22, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-22 11:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD1375 | ACTION REQUEST FOR SUBSCRIBER, TOLLS AND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-23 04:43:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR |
| 09ISLAMABAD1377 | ACTION REQUEST FOR SUBSCRIBER, TOLLS AND [...] (SBU) ON JUNE 16, 2009, SA JOSEPH LABENBURG RECEIVED A LIST OF INTERNATIONAL PHONE NUMBERS FROM THE PAKISTAN ANTI NARCOTICS FORCE SPECIAL INVESTIGATION CELL (ANF/SIC) CONCERNING HAJI MIR AHMAD KHAN. KHAN IS THE MAIN CONSPIRATOR LINKED TO THE FOURTEEN (14) METRIC TON ACETIC ANHYDRIDE SEIZURE (X [...] | 2009-06-23 05:42:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR |
| 09ISLAMABAD1380 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 23, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-23 10:35:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD1389 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 24, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-24 13:29:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD139 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 22, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-22 11:36:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD1402 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 25, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-25 12:30:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD1409 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 26, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-26 10:24:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD1421 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 29, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-29 09:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD1435 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 30, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-30 10:21:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD1438 | NSA JONES' JUNE 25 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT ZARDARI [...] (C) Summary: In their June 25 meeting in Islamabad, National Security Advisor General James Jones and President Zardari discussed: Pakistan's military offensive against extremists; GOP capacity to fight terrorism; the nature of extremism in Pakistan; drones; Iran; Afghanistan; Zardari's conver [...] | 2009-06-30 10:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM EAID PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD1440 | PRIME MINISTER GILANI DISCUSSES MILITARY [...] (C) Summary: In his meeting with U.S. National Security Advisor General James Jones on June 25, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani stressed that Pakistan is winning the war against extremists militarily, but needs to win hearts and minds to sustain gains. The country was unified in its support [...] | 2009-06-30 10:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV PHUM KNNP PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD1470 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 02, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-02 09:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD1493 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 06, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-06 10:15:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD1521 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 07, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-07 10:40:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD1528 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 08, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-08 08:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD153 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 23, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-23 11:16:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD1543 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 09, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-09 13:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD1552 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 10, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-10 10:40:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD1562 | PAKISTAN'S OPTIONS ON FISSILE MATERIAL CUTOFF [...] (C) Summary: In late June, Embassy Energy Attach was given a pre-publication draft of a paper (ref) written by Kurshid Khan, an officer formerly with the Arms Control and Disarmament Affairs Section of Pakistan's Strategic Plans Division (SPD). The paper details Pakistan's views and options [...] | 2009-07-13 06:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PREL PTER PGOV MNUC PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD1567 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: July 13, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-13 13:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD1574 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 14, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-14 10:34:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD1592 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 16, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-16 10:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD1671 | FATA: NEW ROUND OF KURRAM SECTARIAN VIOLENCE [...] (C) Summary: The breakdown in Sunni-Shi'a relations in Kurram Agency and ensuing violence over the past three weeks has cost 120 lives and mobilized the local communities on a scale not seen for months. After the intervention of the Frontier Corps and a jirga drawn from local Sunnis and Shi [...] | 2009-07-22 09:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREF EAID PGOV MOPS PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD1688 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 24, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-24 11:36:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD1718 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 28, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-28 11:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD178 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 28, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-28 10:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD1803 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 04, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-04 11:30:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD1823 | DUBAI PROCESS CONFERENCE: AF/PAK CONVERSATIONS ON [...] (SBU) The Canadian Embassy hosted the most recent round of Dubai Process talks between Afghan and Pakistani officials from July 23-24 in Pakistan. Two of the five Dubai Process issues were covered: Movement of People and Counternarcotics. The next session, currently slated for October in Ka [...] | 2009-08-06 05:42:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PK PREF PREL PTER |
| 09ISLAMABAD1830 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 06, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-06 10:51:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD1840 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 07, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-07 12:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD1850 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 10, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-10 10:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD1873 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 11, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-11 11:08:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD1884 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 13, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-13 11:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD190 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 29, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-29 09:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD191 | LATEST DEVELOPMENTS ON FRIENDS OF PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Planning for the Friends of a Democratic Pakistan is moving forward, albeit slowly. On January 27, Jean Arnault negotiated with the MFA a draft framework for his future participation as a UN advisor to the Friends under UNDP auspices. Ambassador met separately with Arnault t [...] | 2009-01-29 10:21:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID ECON PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD1955 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 18, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-18 10:26:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD1976 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 19, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-19 09:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD1996 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 21, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-21 11:35:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD2008 | GFXZ-08-9180/MULLAH YUSEF DTO INTEL PASSED TO PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) ON AUGUST 18, 2009, SPECIAL AGENT (SA) JOSEPH LABENBURG BRIEFED PAKISTAN CUSTOMS-PREVENTIVE, SOUTHERN ZONE, KARACHI, PAKISTAN, WITH THE FOLLOWING INTELLIGENCE ON MULTI-TON HASHISH TRAFFICKER MULLAH YUSEF. THIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING WILL ASSIST PAKISTAN CUSTOMS PREVENTIVE WITH AN ONGOING [...] | 2009-08-24 09:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | DEAX SNAR TI |
| 09ISLAMABAD201 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 30, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-30 13:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD2014 | GFXZ-08-9180/MULLAH YUSEF DTO INTEL PASSED TO PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) ON AUGUST 18, 2009, SPECIAL AGENT (SA) JOSEPH LABENBURG BRIEFED PAKISTAN CUSTOMS-PREVENTIVE, SOUTHERN ZONE, KARACHI, PAKISTAN, WITH THE FOLLOWING INTELLIGENCE ON MULTI-TON HASHISH TRAFFICKER MULLAH YUSEF. THIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING WILL ASSIST PAKISTAN CUSTOMS PREVENTIVE WITH AN ONGOING [...] | 2009-08-25 01:38:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | DEAX SNAR TI |
| 09ISLAMABAD2049 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 27, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-27 10:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD2075 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 31, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-31 10:11:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD2094 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: September 01, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-01 11:29:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD2135 | REGIONAL FOOD SECURITY SYMPOSIUM ON WHEAT STEM RUST [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-04 10:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ECON PREL TBIO AF IN PK IR |
| 09ISLAMABAD217 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 02, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-02 10:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD2184 | INTERIOR MINISTER REHMAN MALIK'S SEPTEMBER 7 MEETING WITH CODEL SMITH [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-10 12:15:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MOPS KNNP IN AF PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD2231 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ENCOURAGING EXPANDED PRESSURE ON IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-15 13:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | IAEA IR KNNP MNUC PARM PK PREF |
| 09ISLAMABAD2245 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 16, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-16 10:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD2263 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 17, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-17 10:47:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD2278 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 18, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-18 09:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD231 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 03, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-03 14:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD2340 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 28, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-28 10:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD2353 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 29, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-29 11:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD2379 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: OCTOBER 02, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-02 12:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD2424 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: OCTOBER 07, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-07 10:42:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD2427 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH KAYANI AND PASHA ABOUT [...] (S) Summary: Ambassador heard a number of complaints about the Kerry-Lugar bill from COAS General Kayani and DGISI Pasha in a two-hour meeting October 6. These focused on the history of Pressler sanctions, particularly a fear that the waiver in Kerry-Lugar would not be used and aid would be suspend [...] | 2009-10-07 13:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD2431 | PAKISTAN WELCOMES PROGRESS ON IRAN NUCLEAR ISSUES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-08 06:32:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | IR KNNP MNUC PGOV PK PREL PTER |
| 09ISLAMABAD2453 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: KERRY-LUGAR BILL, TERRORIRSM, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-09 10:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD2459 | HEATED DEBATE IN PAKISTAN'S NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ON [...] (SBU) Summary: In three days of intense debate in the Pakistan National Assembly October 7-9, the Kerry-Lugar Bill (KLB) has come under fire (reftel). Post has been observing the debates daily. During debates on October 8 and 9, criticism of the bill by opposition members of parliament conti [...] | 2009-10-10 06:24:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD25 | Pakistan: 2009 INCSR Submission, Part I - Narcotics and [...] (U) Pakistan is on the frontline of the war against drugs as a major transit country for opiates and hashish from and precursor chemicals to neighboring Afghanistan. In 2008, Pakistani forces have engaged the militants along the border with Afghanistan, particularly in the Bajaur Agency of th [...] | 2009-01-05 13:27:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD2534 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TERRORISM, KERRY-LUGAR BILL, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-19 10:38:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD2543 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: KERRY-LUGAR BILL, TERRORISM, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-21 03:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD2554 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TERRORISM/MILITARY, KERRY-LUGAR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-21 10:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD2571 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, TERRORISM/MILITARY, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-22 12:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD2576 | EXTREMISM IN SOUTHERN PUNJAB AND NORTHERN SINDH [...] (SBU) Summary: Though the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) continue to grab headlines for terrorist violence, poor and underdeveloped regions in the rest of "settled" Pakistan are increasingly the recruiting and training ground for extremism and mil [...] | 2009-10-23 03:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PREL PTER PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD2600 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, TERRORISM/MILITARY, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-26 13:26:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD2609 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, TERRORISM/MILITARY, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-27 15:03:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD2628 | PAKISTAN-U.S. ENERGY DIALOGUE POINTS TO LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS FOR THE SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Delegations to the U.S.-Pakistan Energy Dialogue of October 23-24 discussed plans for moving beyond the current difficulties and strategies for addressing longer-term planning. It was clear that Pakistan has made measurable progress in addressing the electricity sector's debt pr [...] | 2009-10-28 14:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG PREL PGOV PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD2632 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, SECRETARY CLINTON'S [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-29 10:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD266 | CODEL BIDEN'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT ZARDARI [...] (C) Summary. During a January 9 meeting with President Zardari and Prime Minister Gilani, Senators Biden and Graham reasserted their support for passage of the Biden/Lugar aid legislation. However, Senator Biden noted that the U.S. public was financing its own economic recovery efforts and [...] | 2009-02-06 14:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID PTER PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD2665 | PAKISTAN'S PETROLEUM MINISTRY ON POSSIBILITIES FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to its chronic and worsening natural gas shortage, the GOP will "most likely" award contracts to two firms -- 4Gas and a Vitol-FOTCO consortium -- to build floating LNG re-gasification terminals, according to Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources Special Secret [...] | 2009-11-03 14:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EFIN ECON EAID ENRG PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD2677 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, HILLARY CLINTON'S [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-05 10:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD2692 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY STATE'S VISIT, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-06 09:35:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD2709 | PAKISTAN SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION TO SEYMOUR M. HERSH STORY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-10 11:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD2739 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, U.S. CONGRESSIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-13 11:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD2760 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: NOVEMBER 17, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-17 12:15:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD2787 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, TERRORISM/MILITARY, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-19 10:08:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD2810 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: NOVEMBER 20, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-20 10:30:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD2839 | EMBASSY ISLAMABAD P1 REFERRAL: FAMILY OF JOHN [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Islamabad hereby refers for P1 U.S. resettlement consideration/in-country processing the family of Syed Hashim, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) staff member killed by a Baloch nationalist group on February 2, 2009 at the time of the kidnapping of U.S. cit [...] | 2009-11-24 12:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD2853 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: NOVEMBER 25, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-25 10:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD286 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 09, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-09 13:11:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD2885 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 01, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-01 14:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD2889 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 02, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-02 11:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD2987 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 14, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-14 08:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD304 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 11, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-11 13:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD3043 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 21, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-22 02:32:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD3076 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 23, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-23 14:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD3104 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 30, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-30 11:33:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD3131 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 31, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-31 10:22:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD315 | PAKISTAN'S ENERGY CRISIS - IMPROVING, BUT CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOP is making some headway fulfilling President Zardari's January directive to clear up the "circular" debt situation that is wreaking havoc among power producers, but confidence varies that it will be paid off in its entirety any time soon. Blackouts have been reduced from [...] | 2009-02-13 08:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EFIN PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD320 | PAKISTANI FOREIGN MINISTER QURESHI STEPS OUT ON [...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Qureshi called in the Ambassador, February 13, to review next steps on U.S.-Pakistan strategic coordination following the visit of Special Representative Holbrooke. Qureshi expressed pleasure with the results of the Special Representative's first visit to Pakistan and r [...] | 2009-02-13 14:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD373 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 20, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-20 11:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD385 | FOCUSING THE U.S.-PAKISTAN STRATEGIC DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary. As Foreign Minister Qureshi and his team arrive in Washington for coordination on the Holbrooke/Riedel strategic review, Post offers the following thoughts on issues for strategic engagement. In the coming weeks, Post will detail our suggestions on how to expand political, economic, se [...] | 2009-02-21 12:27:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD451 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 02, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-02 13:27:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD491 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 06, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-06 10:34:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD499 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 09, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-09 11:19:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD511 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 10, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-11 09:36:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD526 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 12, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-12 14:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD561 | BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON THE ECONOMIC ISSUES, 11 MARCH 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-17 08:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD612 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 20, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-20 13:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD619 | AFGHAN REFUGEE UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: UNHCR has suspended operations to assist Afghan refugees in repatriating from Pakistan. Repatriation from Peshawar is suspended until at least April 1, pending an assessment that it is safe for UNHCR personnel and refugees to participate. Repatriation from Quetta is also suspen [...] | 2009-03-23 06:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL AF PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD637 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: March 25, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-25 11:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD659 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 27, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-27 12:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD66 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 12, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-12 11:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD672 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 00, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-30 11:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD707 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 03, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-03 11:05:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD720 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 06, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-06 10:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD738 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 07, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-07 11:19:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD756 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 09, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-09 10:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD803 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 16, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-16 10:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD856 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: April 23, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-23 09:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD867 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: April 24, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-24 12:28:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD894 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 28, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-28 08:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD90 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 15, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-15 11:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD902 | DONORS PLEDGE OVER $5 BILLION IN NEW MONEY AT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: International pledges totaled more than $5 billion at the Pakistan Donors' Conference in Tokyo on April 17. The Donors' Conference was intended to support the implementation of Pakistan's International Monetary Fund (IMF) Stand-By Arrangement agreed to in November 2008. Specia [...] | 2009-04-28 13:16:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID |
| 09ISLAMABAD911 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 29, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-29 10:35:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD930 | ACTION ON PAK-AFGHAN TRANSIT TRADE NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Pakistani Cabinet approved the opening of formal negotiations on a new Afghanistan Transit Trade Agreement (ATT) April 8, a significant step toward replacing the outdated 1965 agreement currently in place. While this is a welcome step forward, challenges ranging from vested [...] | 2009-05-01 08:51:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EINV ETRD PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD98 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 16, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-16 11:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISTANBUL105 | FACEBOOK IN IRAN: DO YOU KNOW WHO YOUR FRIENDS [...] (C) Summary: In early February the Iranian regime reportedly unblocked internet access in Iran to social networking sites like Facebook. Since then tens of thousands of Iranians have signed up, according to Iranian contacts, and use the website not only for socializing but also for politica [...] | 2009-03-13 07:39:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS PHUM ECPS IR |
| 09ISTANBUL121 | RELIGIOUS GROUPS AND AKP VIE TO WIN THE HEARTS AND [...] (C) Summary. A visiting USG research group met with intellectuals and think tanks in Istanbul on March 5-9 to discuss the developing relationship between the government of Turkey (GOT) and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). Various observers told them the religiously conservative Turkis [...] | 2009-03-24 15:48:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE IZ TU |
| 09ISTANBUL131 | A LEADING IRANIAN ANALYST'S ADVICE ON ROXANA [...] (S/NOFORN) Summary: A leading Iranian analyst shared views with us on March 26 on Iranian-American journalist Roxane Saberi's detention, US-Iran engagement, and Iran's presidential elections. Regarding Saberi's detention, he said if the USG follows the model used in 2007 in response to Hale [...] | 2009-03-31 10:20:00 | Consulate Istanbul | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS PHUM IR |
| 09ISTANBUL137 | IRAN/NARCOTICS: ENGAGING IRAN ON COUNTER-NARCOTIC ISSUES IN TURKEY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-10 11:57:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | IR PGOV PINS PREL SNAR TU |
| 09ISTANBUL138 | US-IRAN RELATIONS: "BEWARE THE SPOILERS" [...] (S) Summary: Several contacts who closely watch Iranian politics have cautioned that in the wake of recent positive "atmospheric" developments in US-Iran relations, Washington should take extra care not to "over-extend" its efforts to reach out to the regime. The remaining two months before [...] | 2009-04-10 13:43:00 | Consulate Istanbul | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS TU IR |
| 09ISTANBUL14 | US-IRAN RELATIONS: CONTACTS IN TURKEY AND IRAN [...] (C) Summary: Iranian contacts and local experts have cautioned it would be a mistake if the USG, as it considers whether, when, and how to engage Iran, withheld such an approach in an effort to impact the outcome of Iran's elections, in this case against Ahmadinejad. One expert argued that [...] | 2009-01-09 11:13:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS TU IR |
| 09ISTANBUL167 | TURKISH BUSINESS LEADERS EXPRESS OPTIMISM IN [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 8 U.S. Department of Treasury officials, after a day of meetings in Ankara with high level government officials (septel),came to Istanbul to speak with bankers, economists and real sector representatives about Turkey,s economy. The consensus among the interlocu [...] | 2009-05-15 05:44:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN TU |
| 09ISTANBUL175 | PROMOTING "CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN IRAN" [...] (C) Summary: A Turkish NGO that promotes "corporate social responsibility" (CSR) principles in Turkey has briefed us on its efforts to train an Iranian CSR NGO to survey 100 Iranian companies on the extent to which they implement CSR principles in Iran. Not surprisingly the initial results [...] | 2009-05-20 15:16:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL IR TU |
| 09ISTANBUL183 | IRANIAN ENVIRONMENTAL EXPERTS ENCOURAGE US HELP TO [...] (C) Summary: Several Iranian environmental experts recently decried to us the lack of attention and resources the GOI devotes to water-related issues in Iran. They urged the USG to reach out to Iran indirectly, through UNDP or academic channels, to offer a "cooperative partnership" (i.e., US [...] | 2009-05-27 14:20:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAGR PREL PGOV PINS UNDP IR TU |
| 09ISTANBUL189 | IRANIAN ELECTIONS AND MEDIA: "PRESS TV FOR [...] (C/NOFORN) Summary and Comment: The Istanbul correspondent for Iran's "Press TV" news channel (please strictly protect) told us that a sizable majority of Press TV reporters, editors, and producers openly support Iranian presidential candidate Mousavi and oppose Ahmadinejad. Despite Press TV [...] | 2009-05-29 15:17:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM IR TU |
| 09ISTANBUL198 | IRAN/ELECTIONS: A TURKISH PROFESSOR'S INFORMAL [...] (C) Summary: A Turkish political science professor plans to visit Iran with several colleagues June 9-13 on the pretense of holding academic exchanges with counterparts at Tehran and Esfahan universities, but for the primary purpose of visiting Iranian polling stations and observing the cond [...] | 2009-06-04 15:54:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS KDEM PREL IR TU |
| 09ISTANBUL20 | AN IRANIAN FOREIGN POLICY EXPERT CRITIQUES U.S. [...] (C) Summary: An Iranian expert with a regime-affiliated think-tank who participated in a "study tour" observing U.S. presidential elections has written a draft paper comparing and critiquing U.S. and Iranian election procedures. The paper will be published on a Turkish university website in [...] | 2009-01-14 07:22:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM TU IR |
| 09ISTANBUL206 | IRAN/ELECTIONS: A LEADING IRANIAN ANALYST PREDICTS [...] (S) Summary: A leading Tehran-based economic and political consultant predicts that Mir-Hossein Mousavi will win the Iranian elections in a June 19 run-off against Ahmadinejad. His firm's most recent polling shows Mousavi receiving over 50 percent support from Iranians likely to vote, with [...] | 2009-06-09 13:50:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL KDEM IR TU |
| 09ISTANBUL207 | IRAN/ELECTIONS: "THE MOST DYNAMIC WEEK IN IRANIAN [...] (S) Summary: Former Iranian MFA Director General Kia Tabatabaee (please protect) told us June 10 that not since the 1979 revolution has he seen such a dynamic week in Iranian politics. He said the televised debates (especially the airing of corruption charges and personal attacks),the mass [...] | 2009-06-10 13:46:00 | Consulate Istanbul | SECRET | PGOV KDEM PINS PREL IR TU |
| 09ISTANBUL22 | RAISING CONCERNS WITH TURKISH BANKS ABOUT IRAN'S [...] (C) Summary: We met with representative from the Turkish Bankers' Association and several Turkish banks to highlight our ongoing concerns about Iran's deceptive financial practices and urge them to undertake more rigorous scrutiny of their relationships with Iranian banks. We also shared inf [...] | 2009-01-15 06:50:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KNNP PREL PGOV TU IR |
| 09ISTANBUL220 | IRAN/ELECTIONS: "AN IRGC COUP" NOW FACES THREE [...] (S) Summary: A former IRGC captain maintains that the Iranian regime's claim of an Ahmadinejad presidential victory was "an IRGC coup." He claims to have been told by current IRGC contacts (hinting that they are colonels or brigadiers) that once the IRGC saw on election day that that Mousavi [...] | 2009-06-17 14:24:00 | Consulate Istanbul | SECRET | PINS PGOV KDEM PREL IT TU |
| 09ISTANBUL244 | POST-ELECTION IRAN: "THE SYSTEM IS NO LONGER [...] (S/NF) Summary: Former Iranian MFA Director General Kia Tabatabaee, recently returned from Iran, described how he thinks Ahmadinejad's campaign "stole" the elections, including printing 20 million extra ballots for ballot-box stuffing. He predicted the regime will now work hard to secure in [...] | 2009-07-02 14:56:00 | Consulate Istanbul | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINS KDEM PREL IR TU |
| 09ISTANBUL261 | S/P DIRECTOR SLAUGHTER RAISES HALKI SEMINARY WITH [...] (C) Summary: Visiting S/P Director met June 25 in Istanbul with the Ecumenical Patriarch, Bartholomew I, to discuss religious freedom and interfaith dialogue in Turkey. The Patriarch again praised President Obama's April 6 Ankara speech remarks on the need to re-open the Halki Seminary and we [...] | 2009-07-10 16:00:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU |
| 09ISTANBUL270 | KEY TURKISH BUSINESS GROUPS DISCUSS POST-CAIRO [...] (SBU) Action request - see para 11. 2. (SBU) (Summary) Director of Policy Planning (S/P) Anne-Marie Slaughter met with representatives of MUSIAD (Independent Industrialist and Businessmen's Association) and TAIK (Turkish-U.S. Business Council) in Istanbul to discuss prospects for U.S [...] | 2009-07-15 08:10:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN TU |
| 09ISTANBUL287 | IRANIAN REFUGEES IN TURKEY: NO SIGN YET OF A [...] (C) Summary: In recent meetings with UNHCR and ICMC representatives in Turkey we learned that neither organization has seen a significant surge, yet, of Iranians coming to Turkey to request asylum or refugee status as a result of the post-election crackdown in Iran. However, UNHCR officials [...] | 2009-07-28 11:16:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PGOV PREL PINS IR TU AF |
| 09ISTANBUL290 | IRAN/ELECTIONS: A TURKISH ELECTION EXPERT SAYS [...] (S) Summary: A Turkish professor who informally observed Iran's June 12 elections told us he believes Ahmadinejad really won a majority of votes. He believed Ahmadinejad's campaign added an additional four million fraudulent votes to pad the margin of victory, but claims Ahmadinejad would ha [...] | 2009-07-28 15:18:00 | Consulate Istanbul | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS KDEM IR TU |
| 09ISTANBUL316 | TUSIAD CHIEF QUESTIONS GOT ECONOMIC REFORM [...] (Summary) (C) Arzuhan Yalcindag, President of the Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association (TUSIAD),on August 12 told the Consul General that recent developments and a round of ministerial-level meetings in Ankara left her pessimistic about the GOT's commitment to economic ref [...] | 2009-08-14 11:01:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINT ETRD PHUM PREL TU |
| 09ISTANBUL320 | SESAME SEES ITSELF AS A MODEL CENTER FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The fourteenth meeting of the Council of Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East (SESAME) was held in Istanbul in July. The SESAME project is a scientific initiative currently under construction in Jordan that currently fosters positive in [...] | 2009-08-17 05:33:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | PRELTBIOBA CY EG ENRG IR IS IZ JO PK |
| 09ISTANBUL336 | (C) IRAN: A XXXXX CONTACT SHARES VIEWS FROM A RAFSANJANI BUSINESS ALLY ON KHAMENEI'S CANCER AND RAFSANJANI'S NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Summary: A XXXXXXXXXXXX businessman who represents the XXXXXXXXXXXX company XXXXXXXXXXXX shared with us a discussion he recently had with a XXXXXXXXXXXX he described as close to Rafsanjani. The XXXXXXXXXXXX claimed Rafsanjani told him Supreme Leader Khamenei has terminal leukemia and is expecte [...] | 2009-08-28 14:09:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS ECON ETRD IR TU |
| 09ISTANBUL343 | IRAN: MOUSAVI CAMPAIGN ACTIVISTS RECOUNT [...] (C) Summary: Two Mousavi campaign activists who recently came to Turkey to avoid re-arrest in Iran described their experiences in detention and told us that: the regime is obsessively afraid of former President Khatami, but less so of Mousavi and Rafsanjani; that the purpose of the "show trial [...] | 2009-09-10 06:06:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINS PREL IR TU |
| 09ISTANBUL345 | IRAN: TURKISH EXPERTS SEE KHAMENEI IN CHARGE, [...] (C) Summary: We recently pulsed several leading Turkish think-tank experts for latest views on developments in Iran and the Iranian regime's view of engagement with the international community. The common themes we heard were: Supreme Leader Khamenei remains in firm control of the regime, su [...] | 2009-09-11 13:38:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS TU IR |
| 09ISTANBUL346 | CONGRESSIONAL STUDY GROUP GETS BROAD VIEW OF [...] (SBU) Summary. A Congressional Study Group arranged by the Association of Former Members of Congress met with leadership from the Jewish Community, Armenian Archbishop, analyst Hugh Pope, Kurdish intellectual Umit Firat and GOT EU Affairs Minister Egemen Bagis between September 1-3. Both Jewish [...] | 2009-09-11 13:40:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV TU AR GR CY OSCE |
| 09ISTANBUL352 | IRAN: REGIME PRESSURE REACHING SOME ISTANBUL [...] (S) Several Istanbul-based contacts of ConGen Istanbul's NEA Iran Watcher have separately cautioned us in the past week that they been asked (or warned) by Iranian officials to cease contact with "American diplomats asking questions about Iran." In one case, a key contact -- XXXXXXXXXXXX-- i [...] | 2009-09-15 09:52:00 | Consulate Istanbul | SECRET | PINS PREL PGOV PINR IR TU |
| 09ISTANBUL367 | IRAN/ECONOMY: AN IRANIAN NGO REPORT CRITIQUES [...] (C) Summary: A Turkish NGO (CSR-Turkey) is helping a sister NGO in Iran (CSR-Iran) examine how Iranian businesses implement, and whether the Iranian regime supports, "corporate social responsibility" practices in the workplace. CSR-Turkey has shared CSR-Iran's draft "Iran country report", b [...] | 2009-09-29 13:00:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PHUM EFIN PREL IR TU |
| 09ISTANBUL370 | IRAN/RELIGIOUS FREEDOM: ASSYRIAN PENTACOSTAL [...] (C) Summary: According to the pastor of the largest Protestant Evangelical Church in Turkey (who also oversees the global church's evangelical missions in the Middle East),the Iranian Majles's Assyrian community representative, Jonathan Betkolia, asked an Iranian court in March 2009 to clos [...] | 2009-09-30 13:16:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PINS PGOV TU IR |
| 09ISTANBUL374 | IRAN/HUMAN RIGHTS: BAHAI'I TRIAL UPDATE AND [...] (C) Summary: Turkish Bahai'i community leaders told us the trial of Iranian Bahai'i activists remains scheduled for October 18. Given that the prosecutor and judge involved in the case are the same ones who convicted American-Iranian journalist Roxane Saberi of espionage, the Bahai'i are bra [...] | 2009-10-02 07:08:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PINS PREL TU IR |
| 09ISTANBUL394 | IRAN-TURKEY COMMERCE: WARM FUZZIES AND COLD FACTS [...] (C) Summary: Despite a spate of recent Iran-Turkey trade conferences and visits, bilateral trade volume in 2009 is significantly down: USD 2.92 billion in the first seven months of 2009, down 38% compared to the same period in 2008. Many experts suggest the global financial downturn and low [...] | 2009-10-15 05:35:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EFIN PREL PINS PGOV IR TU |
| 09ISTANBUL399 | IRAN-TURKEY COMMERCE: AN "INSIDER" SAYS ITS ALL [...] (S) Summary: A Turkish businessman who deals extensively in Iran told us that the only way to do business there safely is through an Iranian partner with high-level regime connections, in his case a partner he claims is connected to the son of Supreme Leader Khamenei. Our contact cautioned that two [...] | 2009-10-19 06:28:00 | Consulate Istanbul | SECRET | ECON |
| 09ISTANBUL408 | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS COMMUNITY VOICES GROWING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-27 06:36:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EINV PHUM TU |
| 09ISTANBUL421 | AHMADINEJAD IN ISTANBUL [...] (C) Summary: Turkey and Iran have actively courted each other in recent months, including Foreign Ministerial bilats in August, September, and early November, Erdogan's October trip to Iran, and Ahmadinejad's November 8-9 Istanbul visit. Ahmadinejad came for the OIC Summit, but also to furthe [...] | 2009-11-10 17:12:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON KNNP OIC TU IR |
| 09ISTANBUL425 | A TURKEY-IRAN BUSINESS COUNCIL EXECUTIVE URGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: A TURKEY-IRAN BUSINESS COUNCIL BOARD MEMBER TOLD US THAT TRYING TO DO BUSINESS WITH IRAN HAS BECOME INTOLERABLE. HE SAID THIS IS BECAUSE IRAN'S ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS (IRGC) IS MUSCLING OUT OTHER PARTNERS; IRAN REFUSES TO LOWER CUSTOMS DUTIES; BANK MELLAT IS UNRELIABL [...] | 2009-11-13 18:10:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL PGOV PINS TU IR |
| 09ISTANBUL428 | IRAN/FINANCE: TREASURY A/S COHEN URGES MORE [...] (C) Summary: Treasury A/S Cohen met October 19 in Istanbul with representatives from Turkey's two largest banking associations, including eight leading Turkish banks. A/S Cohen urged Turkish banks to adopt the most stringent compliance and enforcement standards to give the international finan [...] | 2009-11-19 10:03:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL TU IR |
| 09ISTANBUL440 | TURKEY-IRAN RELATIONS: MOTIVATIONS, LIMITATIONS, [...] (C) Recent discussions with Turkish and Iranian think-tank, business, and political activist contacts on the issue of Turkey-Iran relations reveal a broad consensus that: (1) Turkey pursues closer relations with Iran out of desires for regional stability and conflict avoidance, recognition of [...] | 2009-12-04 12:36:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS ECON ETRD KNNP TU IR |
| 09ISTANBUL453 | BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to reftel, Consulate economic officers visited the offices of PROFEN Muhendislik (Engineering) Sanayi Ticaret on December 2, 2009 and met with Managing Director Onder Havuzlu, Sales Director Sadettin Avcilar and Sales Director Ilgar Alibeyli. The purpose of this [...] | 2009-12-10 13:12:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC TU |
| 09ISTANBUL456 | ALEVIS WITHOUT A PARTY [...] (SBU) Summary. The definition of Turkish Alevism varies greatly, as do the cultural and political objectives of the rainbow of Alevi organizations in the country. Three significant Alevi organizations/federations share only two demands: official GOT recognition of Alevi places of worship ("c [...] | 2009-12-14 13:02:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL TU |
| 09ISTANBUL457 | IRAN-TURKEY FINANCE: IS BANK CLOSES REMAINING BANK [...] (SBU) A representative from Turkiye Is Bank, one of Turkey's largest private banks, contacted ConGen Istanbul on December 14 to report that it closed Iranian Bank Mellat's USD account at Is Bank as of November 20, 2009. Our Is Bank interlocutor also told us that the bank closed Iranian Bank S [...] | 2009-12-14 16:16:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL PGOV TU IR |
| 09ISTANBUL461 | IRAN/CULTURE: SO YOU WANT TO BE A ROCK AND ROLL [...] (SBU) Summary: An Iranian rock band described to us on December 8-9 Tehran's "small but crazy" underground club scene, where drugs are cheap and easy to find, creative expression is at its most free, and participants are among Iran's most tech-savvy citizens. They said the regime's fierce po [...] | 2009-12-16 14:53:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS SOCI TU IR |
| 09ISTANBUL466 | SURVEY SHOWS HIGH LEVELS OF RELIGIOSITY AND [...] (C) Summary. Sabanci University political scientist Ali Carkoglu, together with Ersin Kalaycioglu, reported new research findings on religiosity in Turkey under the framework of the International Social Survey Program (ISSP) that indicate a high level of religiosity among Turks and high levels [...] | 2009-12-24 07:56:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KIRF TU |
| 09ISTANBUL47 | IRAN/DIPLOMACY: FORMER IRANIAN MFA DG URGES [...] (C) Summary: Kia Tabatabaee, a former Iranian MFA Director General now working for the "Developing Eight" (D8) organization in Istanbul, told us that Iran awaits US steps towards engagement. He urged the US and EU3 to put aside the nuclear issue "for a few months" and cooperate on regional i [...] | 2009-01-29 11:59:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS IR TU |
| 09ISTANBUL78 | TURKISH THINK TANK EXPERTS EXPOUND ON IRAN [...] (C) Summary: We recently pulsed private Turkish experts for latest views on Turkey-Iran and US-Iran relations. The most common themes we heard were: Turkey and Iran, as neighbors and rivals, both seek a stable "balance of power" with each other and usually pursue bilateral relations with t [...] | 2009-02-26 10:34:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS KNNP IAEA TU IR |
| 09ISTANBUL83 | US-IRAN RELATIONS: WHY IRAN REFUSED THE US [...] (S) Summary: A trusted contact claims he was told by a close advisor to Iranian President Ahmadinejad that Iran denied visas for the planned February 4, 2009 visit of the US women's badminton because of the USG's "bad faith" in announcing the visit earlier than Iran had requested. According t [...] | 2009-03-03 06:54:00 | Consulate Istanbul | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS KDEM IR |
| 09ISTANBUL86 | AMCHAM SURVEY HIGHLIGHTS INVESTOR CONCERNS [...] (U) Summary. The third annual American Business Forum Turkey investment survey highlights U.S. investor disillusionment with the pace of reform and concerns regarding macroeconomic stability. A large majority of surveyed investors nonetheless remain confident in Turkey's market potential and [...] | 2009-03-03 14:17:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON ETRD TU |
| 09ISTANBUL94 | TURKEY-IRAN COMMERCE: "MOSTLY JUST NATURAL GAS [...] (C) Summary: Despite two recent trade-related Ministerial visits to Iran and accompanying press suggesting a rapidly expanding bilateral trade relationship, Turkish-Iranian Business Council contacts assured us that beyond Turkey's interest in Iranian natural gas, the trade relationship is "m [...] | 2009-03-06 12:37:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PGOV ETRD IR TU |
| 09JAKARTA1184 | INDONESIA -- OUTLOOK FOR PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono,s decisive victory in Indonesia's recent presidential election gave him a second five-year term and a strong mandate to govern. He will need a stable Parliamentary coalition and a strong Cabinet to implement his reform agenda, however, and neither of these is [...] | 2009-07-14 10:41:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KCOR ID |
| 09JAKARTA1230 | INDONESIA REACTS TO BOMB BLASTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono's public speculation that the July 17 bombings of two luxury hotels could be an attempt to sabotage his new, second administration and destabilize the country met with sharp criticism. Opposition parties claimed he was trying to intimidate them due to their [...] | 2009-07-23 05:48:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL PTER ID |
| 09JAKARTA1372 | PARLIAMENTARY REFORM LAW STEP FORWARD FOR [...] (SBU) Indonesia's Parliament (DPR) recently passed a parliamentary reform law which is a significant step forward for Indonesia's maturing democracy. This new law was intended to shift power from the executive branch to the legislative by increasing Parliament's autonomy over its budget a [...] | 2009-08-20 04:45:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM ID CVIS |
| 09JAKARTA1456 | DCM REVIEWS PARTNERSHIP, PLANNED PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The DCM met September 1 with Ambassador Retno Marsudi of the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU). Marsudi said her visit to Washington last week had gone well. She then reviewed Indonesian perspectives on the Comprehensive Partnership and the GOI's desire for info [...] | 2009-09-01 09:51:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ID |
| 09JAKARTA1471 | GOI RECEPTIVE TO U.S. "FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION" [...] (C) SUMMARY: IO/RHS Director Keshap recently visited Jakarta. Keshap met with senior GOI officials to garner support for a draft resolution on "Freedom of Expression" to be tabled at the upcoming UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) session. The GOI indicated support for U.S. proposals aimed at [...] | 2009-09-03 06:53:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KISL ID |
| 09JAKARTA1525 | IRAN -- WORKING WITH INDONESIA TO EXPAND THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has reviewed points re Iran's nuclear program with the GOI. Pol/C made the key point that it is vital that Indonesia help make Iran understand that it faces the possibility of additional sanctions if it spurns the international community. We urged that Indonesia make c [...] | 2009-09-14 08:37:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC KNNP PARM ID IR |
| 09JAKARTA1526 | IRAN -- PRESSING THE GOI TO HELP ON AMCIT CASES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has urged the GOI to assist with Iran regarding the cases of six American citizens who are missing or detained there. Pol/C emphasized to Presidential Palace and Department of Foreign Affairs contacts that our objective is to ensure the safe return of all the AmCits to [...] | 2009-09-14 10:10:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CASC ID IR |
| 09JAKARTA1658 | IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM -- BRIEFING INDONESIA ON OUTCOME OF GENEVA TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has briefed the GOI on the outcome of last week's P5 1 talks in Geneva. We urged that Indonesia publicly support the dual track approach of engagement plus preparations for increased pressure on Iran. GOI contacts expressed support for the current approach while urging [...] | 2009-10-05 07:26:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC KNNP PARM ID IR |
| 09JAKARTA1820 | SCENSCETTER FOR VISIT OF SPECIAL ADVISOR EINHORN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Special Advisor Einhorn, Embassy Jakarta warmly welcomes your visit. Indonesia and the United States are key partners in promoting democracy and security in Southeast Asia and have growing cooperation on nonproliferation. The GOI is favorably disposed toward what it views as [...] | 2009-11-02 10:47:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PGOV MNUC ECON AORC IAEA ID |
| 09JAKARTA1879 | INDONESIAN FOREIGN POLICY--REALIZING THE POTENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: As he begins his second term in office, which began on October 20, President Yudhoyono seeks an expanded global role for Indonesia. He wants his country to bridge the gap between developing and developed countries in the G20. He also seeks a role building understanding between [...] | 2009-11-12 09:54:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SENV |
| 09JAKARTA1896 | UNGA COUNTRY-SPECIFIC HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) On November 16, Pol/C reviewed the three country-specific resolutions on Iran, Burma, and the DPRK with Astari Daenuwy, international affairs adviser in the President's Office. Pol/C stressed the importance of the resolutions themselves and also explained the firm position of the U.S. ag [...] | 2009-11-16 10:55:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA PHUM ID |
| 09JAKARTA1902 | NONPROLIFERATION COOPERATION WITH INDONESIA -- [...] (C) SUMMARY: During their November 4-6 visit to Jakarta, Special Advisor for Nonproliferation and Arms Control (S/SANAC) Einhorn and Special Representative of the President for Nuclear Nonproliferation Amb. Burk urged their Indonesian counterparts to try to encourage Iran and North Korea to [...] | 2009-11-17 11:00:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC IAEA NPT ID |
| 09JAKARTA1945 | IRAN--INDONESIA INCREASINGLY FRUSTRATED OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia is increasingly frustrated with Iran's continued intransigence on the nuclear issue, GOI contacts told us in response to Ref A demarche. Indonesia supports the P5 1's dual track efforts to engage Iran. While supporting Iran's right to peaceful use of nuclear energy, [...] | 2009-11-25 08:41:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC KNNP IAEA ID IR |
| 09JAKARTA1947 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF UNDER SECRETARY BURNS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Under Secretary Burns, Embassy Jakarta warmly welcomes your visit. Ten years of political and economic reform have made Indonesia democratic, stable, and increasingly confident about its leadership role in Southeast Asia and the Muslim world. Indonesia has held successful, f [...] | 2009-11-25 09:13:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON MARR ID |
| 09JAKARTA2071 | U/S BURNS' DECEMBER 10, 2009, MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) December 10, 2009; 4:15 p.m.; Bali Democracy Forum; Bali, Indonesia. 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- Under Secretary William Burns Ambassador Cameron R. Hume, Embassy Jakarta Scot Marciel, EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Dan Rochman, Embassy Jakarta political officer ( [...] | 2009-12-17 10:05:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP KDEM OVIP ID AF |
| 09JAKARTA2082 | INDONESIA-UNITED STATES STRATEGIC CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the second session of the December 11 inaugural U.S.-Indonesia Strategic Consultations, Under Secretary Bill Burns led the U.S. delegation in a discussion of cooperation on regional and international issues. The USG and the GOI agreed to cooperate in promoting democratic [...] | 2009-12-21 09:42:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR KDEM OVIP ID AF |
| 09JAKARTA211 | INDONESIAN TELKOM PURSUING DEAL WITH IRAN TELCOM [...] (C) Indonesian company Telkom (PT Telekomunikasi, TLKM.JK) President Commissioner Tanri Abeng said that Telkom is pursuing a deal to purchase a stake in an Iranian telecommunications company. Abeng indicated that the Iran venture related to Telkom's mobile phone subsidiary Telkomsel and that T [...] | 2009-02-06 10:57:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC ECPS IR ID |
| 09JAKARTA212 | IRANIAN COMMERCIAL PLANES REPAIRED IN JAKARTA [...] (C) The local Boeing representative for Garuda Airlines, Indonesia's national airline, said that in mid-2008 he observed two Iranian Blue Sky 747-200 airplanes in the Garuda Maintenance Facility (GMF). GMF employees asked him to provide maintenance advice on the planes, which he refused. The B [...] | 2009-02-06 11:03:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EAIR IR ID |
| 09JAKARTA26 | IN ANNUAL SPEECH, FOREIGN MINISTER REVIEWS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a review of Indonesian foreign policy priorities, Foreign Minister Wirajuda portrayed Indonesia as a "bridge and consensus builder" and defender of fundamental principles, particularly in the United Nations. He highlighted Indonesia's role as a key emerging economy and a voi [...] | 2009-01-07 10:33:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ID |
| 09JAKARTA262 | PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO REVIEWS THE SECRETARY'S [...] (U) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono requested a meeting with the Ambassador on February 13 to discuss the Secretary's upcoming trip to Indonesia. Yudhoyono is pleased that the Secretary will stop in Jakarta on her first official trip. He plans to engage the Secretary on ways to move U.S.-Indon [...] | 2009-02-13 11:15:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PREL PGOV OVIP CLINTON HILLARY ID |
| 09JAKARTA347 | SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ), [...] (SBU) Demonstrations A. Are there any ethnic or religious communities in country capable of carrying out significant anti-American demonstrations? Yes. Segments of Indonesia's Muslim and Papuan communities are capable and at times will carry out anti-American protests. Most demonstratio [...] | 2009-03-02 02:06:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER |
| 09JAKARTA848 | SABERI INTERVENTIONS -- THANKING INDONESIA [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche regarding recently released Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi to Dewi Tobing, Acting Deputy Director for American Affairs at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) on May 15. He noted that the USG appreciated the Indonesian Embassy's recent con [...] | 2009-05-15 06:38:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ID IR |
| 09JAKARTA988 | IRREGULAR MIGRANT FLOWS SURGING THROUGH INDONESIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The number of irregular migrants transiting Indonesia this year is on pace to quadruple over last year's flow due primarily to a surge of arrivals from Afghanistan. The number of migrants now in Indonesia has reached a peak not seen in nearly a decade. Many of the migrants were [...] | 2009-06-10 07:52:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF ID BM CE AF |
| 09JEDDAH123 | OIC OFFICIALS, ADDRESSING REGIONAL ISSUES, CALL [...] (C) SUMMARY: At an Organization of the Islamic Conference(OIC) roundtable with visiting American professor William Quandt, OIC Secretariat officials reiterated previous calls for strengthened ties with the US government (refs A,B),including appointment of a new US special envoy. OIC official [...] | 2009-03-31 14:11:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL OPDC OIC SA |
| 09JEDDAH157 | ALBANIA SUBMITTING DRAFT RESOLUTION ON KOSOVO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Albania is submitting a draft resolution on Kosovo recognition at May 4-6 OIC Jeddah meeting preparatory to May 23-25 Damascus OIC Ministerial. En route to Jeddah OIC meeting today, the Albanian ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Admirim Banaj, passed post a copy of Albania's draft reso [...] | 2009-05-04 19:17:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAID KISL OFDP OVIP PREL SA KO XF |
| 09JEDDAH163 | ALBANIA SUBMITTING DRAFT RESOLUTION ON KOSOVO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Albania is submitting a draft resolution on Kosovo recognition at May 4-6 OIC Jeddah meeting preparatory to May 23-25 Damascus OIC Ministerial. En route to Jeddah OIC meeting today, the Albanian ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Admirim Banaj, passed post a copy of Albania's draft reso [...] | 2009-05-06 14:28:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KISL OFDP OVIP PREL SA KO XF |
| 09JEDDAH165 | ALBANIANS REPORT SUCCESS IN MOVING DRAFT [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a May 4-6 OIC preparatory meeting in advance of the upcoming Damascus ministerial conference, the OIC has passed an Albanian-submitted resolution encouraging its 57 member states to consider diplomatic and economic ties with Kosovo. According to the Albanian ambassador, Egypt w [...] | 2009-05-06 15:18:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KISL OFDP OVIP PREL SA KO XF |
| 09JEDDAH166 | ALBANIAN-SPONSORED DRAFT RESOLUTION ON KOSOVO [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Albanian ambassador in Riyadh and representative to the OIC reported that his country's draft resolution on Kosovo recognition is moving forward to the Damascus ministerial despite a last-minute Egyptian attempt to modify and dilute the text. The Kosovo issue will be raised an [...] | 2009-05-08 13:12:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KISL OFDP OVIP PREL SA KO XF |
| 09JEDDAH173 | RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CREATION OF NEW HUMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) is moving forward with plans to create a new human rights organ within the OIC. A senior OIC official passed post a draft resolution as it stands now, with key points noted below. Outstanding issues include membership and composit [...] | 2009-05-19 17:15:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | IR KISL OPDC PREL SA OIC KTIP |
| 09JEDDAH186 | READ-OUT ON OIC MINISTERIAL IN DAMASCUS: SUPPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY. In May 25 conversation with Jeddah poloff, Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) adviser Ufuk Gokcen reviewed developments at the May 23-25 OIC Ministerial in Damascus, which included passage of a "modest" Kosovo resolution along with a watered-down version of a proposal to [...] | 2009-05-26 15:27:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | EG KISL KO PREL RP SA SY OIC OFDP OVIP |
| 09JEDDAH215 | ASKING TO SEE WORDS LINKED TO ACTION, JEDDAH [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Obama's June 4 speech in Cairo to the Muslim world was very positively received by an audience of a dozen Saudi elites, Muslim diplomats, and a senior OIC official at the Consul General's residence in Jeddah. The speech was viewed as setting US-Islamic relations in a new [...] | 2009-06-04 16:43:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF KISL KPAO PGOV PREL SA TU EG |
| 09JEDDAH228 | ASIR,SAUDI ARABIA: EIGHT YEARS AFTER 9/11: [...] (C) SUMMARY: ConGen May 12-13 visit to Abha, Asir Province in Saudi Arabia, revealed a region working double-time to fund quality education for its population, nearly eight years after at least six Asiri natives (assumed by locals to be uneducated, brainwashed youth) took part in the 9/11 attac [...] | 2009-06-15 04:19:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI SA |
| 09JEDDAH260 | WO JEDDAH SHURA COUNCIL MEMBERS WEIGH IN ON [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-12 15:27:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO PREL SCUL KWMN KISL KTIP SA |
| 09JEDDAH265 | TWO JEDDAH-BASED SHURA COUNCIL MEMBERS COMMENT ON [...] (C) Charge's separate July 1 meetings with two Shura Council members in Jeddah, one a reform-oriented, U.S.-educated economist and the other a rather conventional thinking Arab foreign policy intellectual, presented an interesting contrast and a window into the personalities serving on the Cou [...] | 2009-07-18 11:53:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO PREL SCUL KWMN KISL SA |
| 09JEDDAH266 | OIC SYG PRAISES PRESIDENT,S CAIRO SPEECH, URGES [...] (C) During July 13 meeting with Charge (Ambassador Erdman),Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Secretary General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu praised the President,s Cairo speech and the new tone set by his administration toward the Muslim world; hoped to see the Secretary at this fall's UNG [...] | 2009-07-18 13:05:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PGOV PHUM PREL CH SA |
| 09JEDDAH268 | POST SNAPSHOT OF NEWLY-APPOINTED IRAN NUCLEAR [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: The Jeddah-based Organization for the Islamic Conference's (OIC) recent Assistant Secretary for Scientific and Technology Affairs, Ali Akbar Salehi, an AUB grad with doctorate from MIT, has been named chief of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization. In 2008, USG officials dealt [...] | 2009-07-19 16:11:00 | Consulate Jeddah | SECRET | KNNP KISL IAEA PHUM PREL IR SA |
| 09JEDDAH343 | PRESIDENTIAL ASSISTANT BRENNAN'S SEPT 5 DISCUSSION [...] (S/NF) During CDA Richard Erdman's September 5 meeting with Saudi Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Prince Nayif bin Abdulaziz (reftel),John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, stressed USG condemnation of the August 28 terrorist [...] | 2009-09-11 13:28:00 | Consulate Jeddah | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PGOV PREL PTER SA |
| 09JEDDAH367 | THE NEW FACE OF SAUDI ARABIA? SAUDI MINISTER,S [...] (C) SUMMARY: In September 23 meeting with Ambassador Smith and Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Judith McHale, Saudi Minister of Culture and Information Abdul Aziz Khoja held forth on issues ranging from new media and the significance of the Kingdom,s brand-new flagship [...] | 2009-10-01 11:14:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EDU KPAO LE PGOV PHUM PREL SA SCUL |
| 09JEDDAH368 | IRAQI CONSUL GENERAL IN JEDDAH MOVING TO KUWAIT AS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-01 11:43:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | IZ KIRF KISL KU OFDP PAL PGOV PHUM SA |
| 09JEDDAH385 | "SITUATION CATASTROPHIQUE MAIS NON SANS ESPOIR": [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. During October 10 farewell dinner at CG's residence, Iraqi Consul General Dr. Ajwad Sheikh Taha Hamad (strictly protect) had more to say about his posting as Charge d'Affaires in Kuwait. Departing Jeddah and arriving in Kuwait on October 11, Hamad expressed displeasure at the [...] | 2009-10-13 07:50:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | IR IZ KIRF KISL KU OFDP PGOV PHUM SA |
| 09JEDDAH386 | MORE ON ALI AKBAR SALEHI -- "A CIVILIZED FACE" ON [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-13 10:11:00 | Consulate Jeddah | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL IAEA IR IZ KISL KNNP PHUM SA |
| 09JEDDAH415 | READ-OUT FROM OIC ON "DEFAMATION OF RELIGIONS" [...] (C) In October 28 meeting, Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) senior advisor Ufuk Gokcen (protect) told Jeddah Poloff that OIC Secretary Geneal Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu was "upset" by the way te U.S. position was being portrayed in the Arabi media, specifically noting that Arabc daily A [...] | 2009-10-28 16:18:00 | Consulate Jeddah | SECRET | PHUM PREL SA SI UNGA UN |
| 09JEDDAH452 | THREATS OF IRANIAN PROTESTS AND H1N1 LOOM OVER HAJJ [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Saudi Arabian Government (SAG) continues to prepare for the Hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca, which will take place November 25)27. While concerns over the spread of H1N1 may lead to significantly fewer pilgrims participating in this year,s pilgrimage, SAG officials appea [...] | 2009-11-24 11:58:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | IR KIRF KISL PGOV PREL KFLU SA |
| 09JEDDAH466 | HAJJ 2009/1430 -- AN AMERICAN'S INSIDE VIEW OF THE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-08 14:47:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF KISL PGOV PREL KFLU SA |
| 09JEDDAH5 | OIC HOLDS JANUARY 3 MINISTERIAL LEVEL MEETING ON [...] (C) Summary. The Organization of the Islamic Conference issued a communiqu at the end of its January 3 ministerial level meeting strongly condemning Israel for its role in the conflict in Gaza and calling for a series of steps aimed at stopping the violence. The OIC is emphasizing the need f [...] | 2009-01-05 16:36:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL KWBG OPDC PTER AORC GZIS SA |
| 09JEDDAH6 | OIC HOLDS JANUARY 3 MINISTERIAL LEVEL MEETING ON [...] (C) Summary. The Organization of the Islamic Conference issued a communiqu at the end of its January 3 ministerial level meeting strongly condemning Israel for its role in the conflict in Gaza and calling for a series of steps aimed at stopping the violence. The OIC is emphasizing the need f [...] | 2009-01-05 16:37:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL KWBG OPDC PTER AORC GZIS SA |
| 09JERUSALEM1020 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/17): "AHMADINIJAD'S VICTORY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-17 09:52:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM1026 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/18): REACTIONS TO NETANYAHU'S [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-18 10:10:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM1042 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/22): "NATIONAL INTERESTS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-22 11:46:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM1062 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/23): POSITIVE REACTION TO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-23 10:28:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM1063 | CORRECTED COPY - JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/23): POSITIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-23 10:32:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM109 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/12): ISRAEL SEEN AS IGNORING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-12 10:58:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM1137 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/06): Abbas Calls for Cessation [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-06 10:50:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM1161 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/08): Israel Will Not Commit to [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-08 10:45:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM1171 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/10): Egyptian Efforts at [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-10 10:41:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM1190 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/13): "National Unity Should [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-13 10:23:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM1203 | ABU ALA'A ON RECONCILIATION AND THE FATAH CONGRESS [...] (C) Summary. In a July 13 meeting with the Consul General, Fatah Central Committee member Ahmed Qurei (Abu Ala'a) expressed optimism the Fatah General Congress will occur on schedule, but said he "can't exclude surprises." His main concern is whether Hamas will allow Gaza-based delegates to a [...] | 2009-07-14 13:49:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS IS KPAL KWBG |
| 09JERUSALEM1221 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/16): "Qaddoumi: Why did you [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-16 09:08:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM1231 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/20): No change in the US [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-20 10:21:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM129 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/14): U.S. RIGHTWING SUPPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-14 11:08:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM1296 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/30): Palestinians look for [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-30 10:05:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM1308 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/31): Palestinians on growing [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-31 09:07:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM1343 | SETTLER LEADER SHARES VIEWS ON US POLICY, FUTURE [...] (C) Summary and Comment. Radical settler leader Arieh King called U.S. policy in Jerusalem "anti-Semitic" and attacked USG officials, including President Obama, during a meeting with PolOff July 29. He demanded that the ConGen "stop meddling in domestic Israeli legal issues." He accused th [...] | 2009-08-04 13:46:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PTER IS KPAL KWBG |
| 09JERUSALEM1373 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/07): Palestinian Commentators [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-07 08:17:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM146 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/16): EGYPTIAN PROPOSAL - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-16 11:04:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM1527 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/27): Press speculates on [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-27 10:18:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM154 | GAZA UPDATE - JANUARY 16, 1700 LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Hamas Political Bureau Chief Mish'al told a summit of Arab leaders (and the Iranian President) in Qatar January 16 that Hamas would not accept Israeli conditions for a cease-fire. Military operations in Gaza continued. Nine rockets were fired from Gaza into Israel as of 1600 l [...] | 2009-01-16 17:28:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PHUM PGOV PTER KWBG ETRD MOPS IS |
| 09JERUSALEM1565 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/31): Indications of progress [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-31 10:18:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM1703 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/18): Normalization will not [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-18 08:35:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM1721 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/25): Continued Skepticism [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-25 06:17:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM1758 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/02): Palestinians believe the [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-02 07:36:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM1815 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/14): Egypt continues to work [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-14 09:26:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM1832 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/15): UN Security Council [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-15 07:09:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM1834 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/15): UN Security Council [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-15 07:19:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM186 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/26): WEST BANK: "CLEAN, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-26 10:49:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM1897 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/19): Palestinians question [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-19 10:02:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM190 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/27): THE COSTS OF DIVISION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-27 10:37:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM1915 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/21): President Mahmoud Abbas [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-21 06:43:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM1970 | FATAH NEGOTIATOR ON PALESTINIAN RECONCILIATION [...] (S) Summary. Fatah knew in advance that Hamas would not agree to an Egyptian draft proposal for Palestinian reconciliation by an Egyptian-imposed October 15 deadline, according to lead Fatah negotiator Azzam al Ahmad, and Fatah retracted its own agreement after the deadline passed. Now, Abu [...] | 2009-11-02 08:26:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER KWBG KPAL IS EG |
| 09JERUSALEM1971 | EGYPTIAN REPRESENTATIVE TO THE PA UPDATES ON GOE [...] (C) Summary. In an October 28 meeting with the Consul General in Jerusalem, Egyptian Representative to the PA Yasir Othman provided an update on Fatah-Hamas reconciliation efforts. He said the GOE continues to press Hamas to sign a draft Egyptian reconciliation text, but does not anticipate [...] | 2009-11-02 08:27:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KWBG KPAL IS EG |
| 09JERUSALEM204 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/28): HOPES FOR MITCHELL'S [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-29 09:01:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM2047 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/16): The Palestinian Authority [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-16 07:32:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM205 | CORRECTED DATE: JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/29): HOPES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-29 09:03:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM209 | CORRECTED DATE: JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/30): [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-30 15:24:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM215 | HAMAS CALL FOR "NEW PLO" ANGERS PLO, FATAH [...] (C) Summary. Fatah and PLO contacts responded angrily to Hamas Political Bureau Chief Khaled Mesha'al's January 28 call for the formation of a new Palestinian organization to replace the PLO. Mesha'al said in a televised speech that the PLO does not represent "resistance" factions and has lo [...] | 2009-01-30 15:30:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
| 09JERUSALEM218 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/02): PALESTINIAN ALARM OVER [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-02 10:23:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM2276 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/16): President Abbas [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-16 08:09:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM228 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/03): PLO: "NOT JUST AN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-03 12:13:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM295 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/18): "OBAMA - A TURNING POINT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-18 11:30:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM314 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/23): PALESTINIANS SEE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-23 15:08:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM317 | IMPRESSIONS FROM GAZA-BASED LES [...] (S) Summary. ConGen RSO LES who lives and works in Gaza City, said that Hamas remains in firm control of Gaza. He notes that local support for Hamas has decreased since the December 2008 - January 2009 conflict, but decreased support for Hamas does not mean increased support for the current [...] | 2009-02-24 09:29:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | AFSN PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL KISL EG IS |
| 09JERUSALEM331 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/26): WHAT WASHINGTON CAN DO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-26 10:30:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM359 | PALESTINIAN FACTIONS BEGIN RECONCILIATION PROCESS [...] (C) Summary. The Palestinian factions, including Fatah and Hamas, released a joint statement in Cairo February 26 following the opening of reconciliation talks. The statement said that five committees will seek to complete this work between March 10 and 30. Fatah and Hamas officials indicat [...] | 2009-02-27 15:58:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
| 09JERUSALEM376 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/03): "GREAT RECONSTRUCTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-03 14:00:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM381 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/05): PALESTINIANS: [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-05 07:51:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM480 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/17): A CALL FOR A [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-17 11:22:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM481 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/18): THEORIES ON WHO IS TO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-18 11:00:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM487 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/19): "DIMINISHING CHANCES FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-19 11:04:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM546 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/25): PONDERING THE IMPACT OF [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-25 08:25:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM572 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/30): CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM ON [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-30 10:09:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM644 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/10): PALESTINIANS SEE "SLOW [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-10 08:48:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM659 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/13): PALESTINIANS WONDER HOW [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-13 09:25:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM663 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/14): PRAISE FOR PRESIDENT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-14 08:27:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM675 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/17): PALESTINIANS: U.S. BEARS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-17 06:54:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM678 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/20): PALESTINIANS: NEW [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-20 09:12:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM681 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/21): PALESTINIANS: POWERFUL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-21 09:58:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM692 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/23): PALESTINIANS: TANGIBLE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-23 16:21:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM727 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/01): NEW U.S. POLICY OF OPEN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-01 09:21:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM734 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/04): CONCERNS MOUNT OVER [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-04 11:22:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM742 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/05): LOW EXPECTATIONS OF [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-05 10:46:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM751 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/07): PALESTINIANS: LET'S [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-07 09:11:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM773 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/11): PALESTINIAN ANGER OVER [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-11 11:11:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM785 | CODEL WEXLER DISCUSSES PA GOVERNMENT FORMATION [...] (S) Summary. Congressman Wexler discussed PA government formation and other issues with President Abbas and Prime Minister Fayyad on May 9. Abbas and Fayyad assured the Congressman that the new Palestinian government would abide by Quartet principles, and advised the USG to separate the is [...] | 2009-05-13 10:50:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | PREL PGOV OREP EAID PTER IS KWBG KPAL |
| 09JERUSALEM806 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/15): BLEAK PALESTINIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-15 09:38:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM812 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/18): PALESTINIANS: U.S. [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-18 08:01:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM815 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/19): PALESTINIANS QUESTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-19 10:04:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM817 | LATEST ROUND OF FATAH-HAMAS RECONCILIATION TALKS [...] (C) Summary. A fifth round of reconciliation talks in Cairo between Fatah and Hamas concluded on May 18 without significant progress, according to Fatah negotiator Azzam al-Ahmad. The parties failed to reach agreement in any of the substantive areas discussed, including formation of a facti [...] | 2009-05-19 13:34:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KWBG KPAL KDEM IS GS |
| 09JERUSALEM852 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/26): PALESTINIANS: NO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-26 11:06:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM853 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/27): PALESTINIANS: "MEEK U.S. [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-27 09:18:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM870 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/01): CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM OVER [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-01 14:26:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM871 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/01): CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM OVER [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-01 14:27:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM878 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/03): PALESTINIAN ANTICIPATION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-03 08:47:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM900 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/08): PALESTINIANS: WAITING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-09 07:39:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM975 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/11): PALESTINIANS: ISRAELI [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-11 09:31:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09KABUL1000 | PRECARIOUSLY PERCHED BETWEEN CRISIS AND [...] (U) Summary: Between March 21 and 28, representatives from the U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentQs Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) and Office of Food for Peace (USAID/FFP) visited AfghanistanQs Ghor province to monitor Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and World [...] | 2009-04-21 06:00:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID AF |
| 09KABUL1017 | JCMB Approves Afghan Police Increase by 15,000 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Afghan government and international community have agreed to increase Afghan National Police (ANP) staffing, by 4,800 for the "Kabul Security Plan" and, in principle (subject to funding),by another 5,000 to 10,000 officers to be deployed in vulnerable provinces before the A [...] | 2009-04-22 08:25:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS EAID PGOV PREL AF |
| 09KABUL1037 | AFGHAN HIGHER EDUCATION: DEVELOPING THE NEXT GENERATION OF [...] SUMMARY: Afghan higher education was decimated during the civil war and never re-built during the Taliban years. In the past eight years, great improvements have been made, notably in rebuilding infrastructure and reestablishing standards of higher education. However, of the more than 2,300 in [...] | 2009-04-23 12:21:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KIRC SCUL EAID AF |
| 09KABUL1039 | APRIL 27 AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN-IRAN FOREIGN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-23 15:41:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AF IR PK |
| 09KABUL1095 | REACHING THE NEXT GENERATION OF AFGHAN LEADERS THROUGH [...] SUMMARY: Reftel provided an overview of Afghan higher education and post's efforts to engage various institutions throughout the country. As it notes, all major Afghan political movements of the 20th century started among students and faculty of Kabul University, including the communists, the [...] | 2009-04-30 11:05:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KIRC SCUL AF |
| 09KABUL1150 | SHIA FAMILY LAW: MOMENTUM TOWARDS A MORE [...] (U) SUMMARY: In an April 28 meeting with President Karzai, civil society representatives and several MPs discussed specific concerns regarding the Shia Family Law (reftel) and delivered an alternate, progressive draft law. Two days later, faculty at private law school Ketab University held a [...] | 2009-05-06 09:08:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPOL PREL PHUM AF |
| 09KABUL1181 | THE WEEK IN PARLIAMENT, 5/2-5/7: MORE ANGER OVER [...] Lower House MPs exploded in anger Wednesday (May 6) over new reports of civilian casualties resulting from a joint Afghan Army-Coalition forces operation in Bala Boluk district of Farah province this week. Afghan media and NGOs reported between 40 and 160 civilians killed, prompting many MPs t [...] | 2009-05-07 13:03:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM AF |
| 09KABUL1243 | AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN-IRAN MAY 19 TRILATERAL SUMMIT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-17 08:34:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AF IR PK |