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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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07DAMASCUS636HAMAS LEADERS IN SYRIA,SARG OFFICIALS EXPRESS
[...] (C) Summary: SARG officials and the Damascus-based leaders of Hamas are offering divergent views in their assessments about the necessity and impact of the Hamas takeover in Gaza, with the SARG MFA officials expressing concern and Hamas leaders here -- after some initial uncertainty -- proje [...]
2007-06-25 15:20:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG SY
07DAMASCUS638Syria/Japan, Syria/Italy, Palestinian Territories, Lebanon,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on June 26 reported President Asad's meeting on June 25 with Japanese First Deputy Foreign Minister Katso Hito Asano, who conveyed a message from Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to President Asad on bilateral relations and means of enhancing them, particularly on the [...]
2007-06-27 04:30:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS639 Lebanon, Palestinian Territories, Syria/Iran,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on June 25 reported the car bomb that killed six UNIFIL peacekeepers from a Spanish contingent patrolling a road in the southern Lebanese village of Khiam on June 24, the first such attack on the UN Interim Force in Lebanon since it was reinforced last summer after the [...]
2007-06-27 04:31:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS643Golan, Rice, Lebanon, Palestinian Territories, Iraq,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on June 27 marked the 33rd anniversary of the liberation of Al-Qunaytirah with reports and articles glorifying the "heroism" and sacrifices of Syrian forces during the October 1973 war and stressing that the occupied Golan will definitely return to Syria. Papers cited [...]
2007-06-27 12:50:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS651SYRIA PROPOSAL FOR 2007 AMBASSADOR FUND FOR
[...] (U) Request: Post requests $20,000 from the Ambassador Fund for Refugees for the NGO LIFE for Relief and Development for a 10-day summer camp in August 2007 that would benefit 80 Iraqi and 20 Syrian children from eight to 12 years old. 2. (U) Background and justification: LIFE for Relief [...]
2007-06-28 14:14:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDPREF SY
07DAMASCUS664Syria/PDRK, US/Syria, Syria/EU, Lebanon, Iraq, Palestinian
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on July 2 reported the July 1 meeting of Assistant Secretary General of the Ba'ath Party, Abdullah al-Ahmar, with Kim Tai Jung, Deputy Chairman of the Foreign Relations' Bureau at the Central Committee of the Democratic Korean Work Party. The two reviewed current devel [...]
2007-07-02 12:48:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS679 Syria/Denmark, Syria/Japan, Golan, Palestinian
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on July 3 reported Foreign Minister Mouallem's meeting on July 2 with Danish Foreign Minister Per Stig Moeller, who reiterated the importance of the pivotal role Syria plays in achieving security and stability in the region, particularly supporting efforts to restore Ir [...]
2007-07-03 13:19:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS683SYRIA UPDATE ON IRAQI REFUGEES
[...] (U) Summary: PRM/ANE Office Director Richard Albright visited Damascus from June 12-15 and June 20-21, meeting about the Iraqi refugee crisis with interlocutors from a range of organizations, including: the Iraqi Embassy, the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC),the Internation [...]
2007-07-05 12:26:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV SY IZ
07DAMASCUS684Syria/Denmark, Syria/US, Syria/Sudan, Syria/Russia,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on July 4 reported President Asad's meeting on July 3 with Danish Foreign Minister Per Stig Moeller, focusing on bilateral relations and efforts to revive the peace process. Discussions also dealt with the situation in Iraq and the political process there. The two sid [...]
2007-07-05 13:15:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS690 Syria/Sudan, Syria/US, Lebanon, Iraq, Palestinian
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on July 7 reported the visit to Sudan by Prime Minister Mohammad Naji Otri and his meeting with Sudanese President Omar Hasan al-Bashir on July 5. Their talks focused on bilateral relations and means of boosting them in all domains. The Sudanese President hailed Syria' [...]
2007-07-08 13:15:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS70 Syria/Norway, Syria/China, Bush's Iraq Strategy, Rice's
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on Jan. 18 reported FM Walid Mouallem's meeting on Jan. 17 with Svein Sieve, Advisor of the Norwegian Foreign Ministry for Middle East Affairs. Sieve reiterated the importance of Syria's role to cement security and stability in the region. FM Mouallem emphasized the n [...]
2007-01-21 08:05:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS701SYRIAN OPPOSITION LEADER ON HIS STRUGGLE WITH
[...] (C) Summary: On July 3, prominent Syrian opposition leader Riad Seif provided an update on his unsuccessful efforts so far to obtain permission to travel overseas for treatment of his prostate cancer, including his meetings with a Syrian VP and intelligence chiefs. He observed that the rela [...]
2007-07-10 14:15:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM SY
07DAMASCUS716Primakov, Syria/China, Syria/Iran, Mousa, Lebanon,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on July 11 featured a press conference on July 11 held by Yevgeny Primakov, Chairman of the Russian Chamber of Trade and Industry and former Russian Premier, at the headquarters of the Rossiiskaia Gazeta newspaper on July 10 emphasizing that it is impossible to achieve [...]
2007-07-13 09:02:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS717 Amr Mousa, Syria/Iran, Lebanon, Iraq, Palestinian
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on July 10 reported the visit to Damascus by Secretary General Amr Mousa and his meeting with President Asad on July 9 focusing on regional Arab developments. President Asad expressed support to the Arab League Secretary General mission in Lebanon aiming at achieving ac [...]
2007-07-13 09:03:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS718 Syria/Kuwait, Syria/UAE, Lebanon, Iraq, Palestinian
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on July 12 reported that President Asad on July 11 received al letter from Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad al-Jaber Al Sabah connected with bilateral relations between the two sisterly countries and issues of common concern. The letter focused on the latest devel [...]
2007-07-13 09:04:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS723 Syria/US, Syria/UAE, Syria/Guinea-Bissau Syria/France,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on July 13 reported President Asad's meeting on July 12 with Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, Archbishop Emeritus of Washington, and Catholic Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio of the Brooklyn Diocese, focusing on the tense situation in the Middle East. President Asad reiterated the [...]
2007-07-15 14:14:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS727 Syria/UAE, Syria/Netherlands, Syria/Sudan,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on July 16 reported that President Sheikh Khaifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan of the United Arab Emirates arrived in Damascus July 15 on an official 2-day visit. He made a statement upon arrival expressing satisfaction with cooperation in recent years in the economic, trade and [...]
2007-07-16 13:45:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS730 Asad, Cousseran, Lebanon, Bush/ME Peace, Iraq, Palestinian
[...] Summary: President Asad's oath-taking ceremony and speech at the People's Assembly on July 17 was the main topic in Syrian papers on July 18. Banner headlines were dedicated to the speech, which was carried in its entirety. President Asad said that "Syria has emerged stronger a fter facing [...]
2007-07-19 10:40:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS731 Syria-UAE, Syria/Iran, Syrian Press, Lebanon, Iraq,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on July 17 reported President Asad's meeting with UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan on July 16. The presidents reviewed bilateral relations and means of strengthening them and hailed the role played by the Syrian-Emirates Joint Committee. They discussed [...]
2007-07-19 10:41:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS74 Syria/PLO, Syria/Iran, Syria/Libya, Syria/Belgium, Iraq,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on Jan. 22 reported President Asad's and VP Shara's meetings with Ali Larijani, Secretary of the Iranian Supreme National Security Council, on Jan 21. Talks focused on current regional developments. Larijani conveyed a message from President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad about [...]
2007-01-22 13:46:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS745 Syria/Iran, Peace/Bush's Call for International
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on July 20 reported Iranian President Ahmadinejad's summit with President Asad on July 19. Talks focused on regional developments and bilateral relations. Banner headlines featured the joint press conference at the conclusion of their talks. The Iranian President call [...]
2007-07-22 13:49:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS746Syria/Iran, Syria/Iraq, Lebanon, Palestinian Territories,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on July 23 featured a statement by Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Mohammad Ali Husseini on July 22 reiterating the importance of the recent talks between President Asad and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad which aimed to improve the strong relations between the [...]
2007-07-23 10:09:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS751Lebanon, Syria/Ukraine, Syria/Iraq, Syria/Israel, Peace
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on July 24 reported the July 23 broadcast by al-Jazeera television of an interview with Hizbollah Secretary General Hasan Nasrallah. Nasrallah said that Syria was SIPDIS ready to engage in the July 2006 war on Lebanon, but Hizbollah did not see any reason for Syria [...]
2007-07-24 09:48:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS755SYRIAN PRESIDENT LAUNCHES SECOND TERM WITH FOCUS
[...] (C) Summary: Despite the focus on domestic issues in Syrian President Bashar al-Asad's July 17 second-term inaugural speech, contacts have concluded that the speech was most significant in its reference to Syrian-Israeli negotiations. Asad used the speech to respond to Israeli PM Olmert's J [...]
2007-07-25 14:23:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF SY
07DAMASCUS765MATCHING FOOTPRINTS: FIRST TIME ADULT AMCIT APPLICANTS FROM IRAQ AND IRAN, IN SYRIA
[...] A growing number of men in their early-to-mid 20s who claim to have been born in the United States are now applying for their first U.S. passports. Of the six individuals in the last two weeks, five came to Syria from Iraq (including two brothers) and one from Iran. One of the Iraqis was prev [...]
2007-07-26 13:31:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDCPAS KFRD KWMN ASEC SY IZ IR
07DAMASCUS772Lebanon, Peace Process, Palestinian Territories, Iraq,
[...] Summary: All Syrian papers on July 29 featured Hizbollah leader Sayed Hassan Nasrallah's speech on July 28 in mass rally in Bint Jbeil in south Lebanon commemorating the anniversary of the July 2006 war with Israel saying that the Lebanese resistance has foiled US plans for a new Middle East [...]
2007-07-30 06:16:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS773DAMASCUS FRAUD PREVENTION MANAGEMENT REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-30 10:15:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS CPAS KFRD KCRM CMGT ASEC SY
07DAMASCUS775 Iraq, Lebanon, Islam, Palestinian Territories, Peace
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on July 30 reported Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal al-Miqdad's meeting on July 29 with Under Secretary of the Iraqi Foreign Ministry Mohammad al-Haj Mahmoud focusing on bilateral relations, developments in Iraq and the effects of the increasing influx of Iraqi citizens [...]
2007-07-30 14:22:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS776SARG SAYS "DCS MUST BEGIN LICENSE PROCESS" TO
[...] (C) Summary: MFA delivered July 30 the official answer to Embassy's three-month effort to get visas for teachers/staff at the Embassy-managed Damascus Community School (DCS). MFA stated Embassy had to "begin the registration process" for DCS as a private school in Syria with the Ministry of [...]
2007-07-30 15:07:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALAMGT SY
07DAMASCUS778 Peace Process, Lebanon, Iraq, Palestinian Territories,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on July 31 reported FM Mouallem's meeting on July 30 with Norwegian Foreign Minister Special Envoy for Middle-East Affairs Sven Sevje. Discussion centered upon recent developments in the Middle East and efforts to revive the peace process. FM Mouallem expressed Syria [...]
2007-07-31 13:18:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS782 Syrian Army, Syria/Spain, Peace Process, Lebanon, Iraq,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on August 1 featured a speech by President Asad marking the 62nd anniversary of the Syrian army's creation published July 31 in the military journal "Army of the People", in which he called for the return of the Golan Heights. He said that the latest events in the regi [...]
2007-08-01 13:02:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS793COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FIVE USG PERSONNEL
[...] Embassy Damascus welcomes and grants Country Clearance for the proposed visit of Ms. Karen H. Sasahara, Mr. Stephen Mangino, Colonel Cheryl Smart, Mr. Daniel F. Landers, Mr. Brian Gilligan and Mr. Thomas Meek. Travelers will be met and assisted at the airport by an Embassy driver, expediter, [...]
2007-08-06 10:01:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALAMGT EAGR IZ JO OTRA PREL PTER SY
07DAMASCUS796 CONSULAR OPERATIONS IN A STATE SPONSOR OF TERRORISM -
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-07 06:46:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CVIS CPAS KFRD KCRM SY IZ IR
07DAMASCUS797 CONSULAR OPERATIONS IN A STATE SPONSOR OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: Consular Operations at Embassy Damascus are impacted by the fact that the Syrian Arab Republic is a State Sponsor of Terrorism, as well as by our growing Iraqi workload. This cable focuses on the salient features of conducting consular work in this special environment. End Sum [...]
2007-08-07 08:55:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CVIS CPAS KFRD KCRM SY IZ IR
07DAMASCUS801 Bilal, Baath Party, Palestinian Territories, Lebanon,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on August 4 featured a lecture by Information Minister Muhsen Bilal saying that the US project currently aims at lessening the value of victories achieved by the Lebanese resistance and imposing its schemes on Palestine, Iraq and other countries with the aim of seizing [...]
2007-08-07 13:26:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS802Syria/Italy, Iraq, Lebanon, Palestinian Territories, Peace
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on August 7 reported that President Asad received a phone call from the Italian Prime Minister on August 6 focusing on the situation in Iraq, Lebanon and the Palestinian territories. On Iraq, papers continued to report the increasing number of US casualties in Iraq. [...]
2007-08-07 13:26:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS806Syria/Iraq, US Arms Shipments, Lebanon, Palestinian
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on August 8 reported Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal al-Miqdad's meeting on August 7 with Iraqi Foreign Ministry Deputy Labid Abbawi on bilateral relations between Syria and Iraq and means of developing them in all different domains. During the meeting, both sides exchan [...]
2007-08-08 14:08:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS82 Syria/Belgium, Syria/Iraq, Syria/Iran, Syria/Pakistan,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on Jan. 23 reported President Asad's meeting on Jan. 23 with Anne-Marie Lizin, Chairwoman of the Belgian Senate. Talks centered on bilateral relations and regional developments. President Asad reiterated the importance of continuing Euro-Syrian communication and Belgi [...]
2007-01-23 14:13:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS824 Syria/India, Britain, Italy, Lebanon, Iraq, Peace
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on August 14 reported the visit to India by FM Mouallem on August 13. Mouallem conferred with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh who praised President Asad saying that "Syria has achieved remarkable progress (which) showed wisdom in dealing with the developments of t [...]
2007-08-14 12:54:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS825Syria/Lebanon, Lantos, Iraq, Peace Conference (8/13)
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on August 13 reported a statement by Kabalan Kabalan, Chairman of the Southern Lebanon Council on August 12 announcing that the Lebanese authorities started to execute a project to rebuild houses in the Lebanese southern towns of Qana, al-Qulaila and Seddiqin, destroyed [...]
2007-08-14 13:13:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS835 Shara, Syria/India, Nasrallah, Iraq, Palestinian
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on August 15 reported a meeting with journalists in Damascus by Vice President Shara on August 14 confirming that Syria has no intention of waging war against Israel to restore occupied Golan, but he accused Israel for seeking "any excuse to launch a war." "Israel know [...]
2007-08-15 13:47:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS836SARG REPORTS ON BORDER SECURITY EFFORTS DURING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Syrian Interior Ministry hosted the Border Security Working Group (BSWG) of Iraqi Neighbors in Damascus August 8-9 (Reftel). Although official Syrian commentary during the two-day meeting was limited, Syria's Interior Minister Bassam Abdel Majid provided opening remarks and M [...]
2007-08-16 05:15:00Embassy DamascusSECRETPINS PREL PTER SY
07DAMASCUS838 Syria/Israel, Syria/Argentina, Lebanon, Iraq, Palestinian
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on August 16 featured a statement by Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak saying on August 15 that "Israel is not interested in war with Syria, and Israel believes that Syria does not want war either," adding that "war shouldn't erupt, therefore." Barak made the stateme [...]
2007-08-16 11:50:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS847 Syria/Saudi Arabia, Syria/Iraq, Lebanon, Palestinian
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on August 19 featured a statement by an official source expressing regret over a Saudi official statement regarding statements attributed to VP Shara, which "were unrightfully changed," stressing at the same time Syria's insistence on not being dragged into disputes tha [...]
2007-08-20 10:25:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS85 Syria/Qatar, Syria/Brazil, Golan, Lebanon, Iraq,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on Jan. 25 reported that President Asad returned to Damascus after a short visit to Qatar on Jan. 24, where he reviewed with Qatari Prince Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani developments in the region, especially in Iraq and Palestine. The leaders also reviewed bilatera [...]
2007-01-25 13:42:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS853Syria/Iraq, Syria/Palestinians, Syria/Israel, Lebanon,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on August 21 reported the visit to Damascus by Iraqi PM Nouri al-Malki and his meeting with PM Mohammad Naji Ottri on August 20. Talks focused on bilateral relations and mutual cooperation between the two countries and means to improve them. PM Ottri expressed Syria's [...]
2007-08-22 04:39:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS857Syria/Iraq, Lebanon, Palestinian Territories, Peace
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on August 22 reported President Asad's meeting on August 21 with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in which he reiterated Syria's support for the current political process in Iraq and stressed the need to intensify efforts to create a suitable foundation for achievin [...]
2007-08-22 11:51:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS913Syria/Iraq, Syria/Iran, Middle East Peace Conference,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on September 4 reported that President Asad chaired a meeting the Central Leadership of National Progressive Front. During the meeting, President Asad briefed the Front's members on the latest political developments in the region. He referred to the role played by "some [...]
2007-09-06 12:31:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS92 Russia, Syria/Argentina, Lebanon, Iraq, Palestinian
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on Jan. 28 reported that Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated that Tehran and Damascus must be involved in the Middle East peace process. "We are deeply convinced that Iran and Syria must not be isolated, but, rather, brought into the peace process," Lavrov to [...]
2007-01-28 15:38:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS920Syria/Israel, Syria/Rome, Asad CBS Interview, Algeria,
[...] Summary: The main story in Syrian papers over the weekend was the Israeli warplanes violation of Syrian airspace on September 6. Government-owned Al-Thawra, the only paper to appear on September 7, quoted a Syrian military spokesman as saying that Syrian air defenses opened fire on the Israel [...]
2007-09-09 12:53:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS927Syria/Turkey, Petraeus-Crocker Report, 9/11 Events,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on September 10 reported the visit to Turkey by FM Mouallem on September 9 to convey a message from President Asad to President Gul congratulating him on his election as President. FM Mouallem's talks with Turkish officials focused on the recent Israeli warplanes viola [...]
2007-09-11 13:53:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS932 CONSULAR SECTION ACTIVITIES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the SARG's continuing efforts to restrict Embassy contact with large segments of Syrian society, the Consular Section continues to run an active outreach program. Below is a list of events in August and September. End Summary. 2. (SBU) Student Visa Talks -- Our NI [...]
2007-09-13 12:19:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CVIS CPAS KFRD KCRM SY IZ
07DAMASCUS937Bush's Speech, Syria/Russia, Syria/North Korea, Palestinian
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on September 15 reported President Bush's televised speech on September 13 announcing gradual pullout of US forces from Iraq. Isan Dari, Chief Editor of government-owned Tishreen criticized Bush's speech saying that the speech cannot conceal "the failures and defects" o [...]
2007-09-16 13:20:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS95 Syria/Yemen, Syria/Iraq, Lebanon, Palestinian Territories
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on Jan. 29 reported President Asad's meeting in Yemen on Jan. 28 with Yemeni Prime Minister, Abdul-Qader Bajmal. Talks focused on regional and international developments and meetings of the Syrian-Yemeni Higher Committee. On the issue of Iraq, papers reported Foreign [...]
2007-01-29 14:18:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS958Lebanon, Syria/UK, Syrian-North Korea, Syria/Israel, Peace
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on September 20 featured a statement by a Syrian media source on September 19 strongly condemning the blast in Sin al-Feil, east of Beirut that claimed the lives of Lebanese MP Antoine Ghanem and other Lebanese citizens. "This criminal act targets efforts and endeavors [...]
2007-09-20 13:54:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS99 Asad/Mubarak, Syria/EU, Israel, Lebanon, Iraq, Palestinian
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on Jan. 30 reported that President Asad had a telephone conversation with President Mubarak on Jan. 29, during which the leaders discussed the intra-Palestinian clashes and means to stop them. On Syrian-EU relations, papers reported that VP Shara on Jan. 29 hailed ef [...]
2007-01-30 13:16:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DARESSALAAM1055TANZANIA: FOREIGN MINISTER BRIEFS DIPLOMATS ON
[...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Bernard Membe briefed the European and Americas diplomatic corps recently on the deepening crisis in the Union of the Comoros and requested proactive diplomatic efforts to resolve the issue. Membe announced that at the African Union (AU) meeting in Accra (July 2-3),Ar [...]
2007-07-29 12:01:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM TZ
07DARESSALAAM1075ZANZIBAR IMPASSE TO CONTINUE, SAYS CUF SECRETARY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In contrast to his public statements that reconciliation talks between Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) and Civic United Front (CUF) are going well, CUF Secretary General Maalim Seif Sharif Hamad recently stated privately that the talks are unlikely to resolve the political impasse in [...]
2007-08-01 11:40:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM TZ
07DARESSALAAM1119TANZANIA: FORMAL REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE TO TRAIN
[...] (SBU) The Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Patrick Mombo, has delivered to the Deputy Chief of Mission a formal request for USD 4.25 million in financial assistance to support the Tanzanian People's Defence Force (TPDF) training of 1,000 Somali officers (see para [...]
2007-08-09 13:33:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS SO TZ
07DARESSALAAM1136SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY LEAVITT'S AUGUST 23-26
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The U.S.-Tanzanian bilateral relationship has witnessed a sea change over the past two years. With the election of a charismatic, pro-Western President, and increasing levels of U.S. assistance, cooperation has expanded in areas ranging from health and education to counterter [...]
2007-08-14 15:46:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP EAID PREL PGOV ECON TZ
07DARESSALAAM1183TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS UPDATE FOR TANZANIA
[...] (U) The Government of Tanzania (GOT),International Organization for Migration (IOM) and NGOs are addressing trafficking in persons (TIP) on a number of fronts. The Ministry of Health is working with IOM to increase awareness of TIP and IOM is finalizing the report of its 2006 research asses [...]
2007-08-21 14:23:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL HSTC SOCI EAID PREF PGOV KWMN SMIG KCRM
07DARESSALAAM1215TANZANIA: AMBASSSADOR RETZER,S AUGUST 30 FAREWELL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-31 11:05:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID TZ
07DARESSALAAM1249BOEING AND AIR TANZANIA: THE STRUGGLE TO ENSURE
[...] (C) As Air Tanzania shops for new airplanes for its aging fleet, we remain troubled by separate press reports, quoting Air Tanzania leadership and most recently the Minister of Infrastructure, that a decision has been made in favor of Airbus. This decision would have been made without any ser [...]
2007-09-13 11:25:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON PGOV BEXP TZ
07DARESSALAAM14TANZANIA: TEXT OF CONDOLENCE LETTER FROM
[...] President Jakaya Kikwete sent a condolence letter to President Bush on behalf of the people and Government of Tanzania following the death of former United States President Gerald Ford. The letter was transmitted by Diplomatic Note AB 428/710/01 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 27 Dec [...]
2007-01-03 14:02:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV TZ
07DARESSALAAM1483SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY PAULSON'S NOVEMBER 2007
[...] (SBU) The U.S.-Tanzanian bilateral relationship has witnessed a sea change over the past two years. With the election of a charismatic, pro-Western President, and increasing levels of U.S. assistance, cooperation has expanded in areas ranging from health and education to counterterrorism and [...]
2007-11-07 14:33:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL PGOV EAID ECON TZ
07DARESSALAAM170 TANZANIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2007
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-06 12:53:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR TZ
07DARESSALAAM260TANZANIA: A/S FRAZER AND PRESIDENT KIKWETE
[...] (C) In a February 9 meeting with A/S Frazer, President Jakaya Kikwete outlined the Government of Tanzania's plans to train up to 1,000 Somali armed forces officers in Tanzania over the next 12 to 18 months. He confirmed that the Government of Tanzania (GOT) has no plans to deploy ground troop [...]
2007-02-28 19:42:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM MOPS SU SO TZ
07DARESSALAAM353TANZANIA: GENERAL WARD AND PRESIDENT KIKWETE
[...] (C) In a March 3, 2007 meeting with General William Ward, the Deputy Commander of the European Military Command (EUCOM),President Kikwete warmly welcomed mil-to-mil cooperation with the United States in a number of areas, including peacekeeping training under ACOTA and deployment of a U.S. Ci [...]
2007-03-13 13:52:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS TZ
07DARESSALAAM434RIFT VALLEY FEVER SPREADS IN TANZANIA, FROM
[...] (SBU) Rift Valley Fever (RVF),an acute fever-causing viral disease that affects livestock and humans, has spread from northern to central Tanzania, with Dodoma Region the hardest hit. While most RVF cases are not fatal, the 18 deaths in Tanzania since the February 2007 outbreak have sparked [...]
2007-03-26 06:20:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV CASC PREL EAID PBTS TZ
07DARESSALAAM519ICTR: AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON DISCUSSES TRIBUNAL
[...] (U) Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson met with key leadership and working-level officials at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and toured the United Nations Detention Facility in Arusha on March 7 and 8, 2007. Williamson,s discussions centered on [...]
2007-04-10 14:56:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNGA ICTR TZ
07DARESSALAAM739TANZANIA: TEXT OF DIPLOMATIC NOTE REGARDING GLOBAL
[...] (U) The Government of Tanzania responded May 15 to the Embassy's Diplomatic Note 052/07 dated March 7, 2007 that requested the Government of Tanzania's (GOT) support for the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism by endorsing the Statement of Principles. The GOT advised that the USG re [...]
2007-05-18 09:40:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL TZ
07DARESSALAAM798TANZANIA'S UNSCR 1737 AND 1747 REPORTS IN PROGRESS
[...] (SBU) Justin Seruhere, Minister Plenipotentiary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' (MFA) Department of Multilateral Cooperation, told Poloff on June 4 that he hoped Iran would change course and suspend its nuclear weapons program. Seruhere emphasized that Tanzania had an interest in preventin [...]
2007-06-05 07:32:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP EFIN IR UNSC AORC ETRD TRGY TZ PREL
07DARESSALAAM84PRESIDENT KARUME AND AMBASSADOR RETZER DISCUSS APP
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During their January 16 meeting, President of Zanzibar, Amani Abeid Karume, asked Ambassador Retzer to consider a "special request" that the new American Presence Post (APP) in Zanzibar offer consular (i.e. visa services) in Zanzibar. Explaining that the APP would not offer consu [...]
2007-01-18 14:14:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamCONFIDENTIALCMGT CVIS CASC PREL PHUM ECON TZ PROG
07DARESSALAAM894ISLAMIC RADICALS BLOCKS AMERICAN MUSLIMS FROM
[...] (C) American Muslims visiting Tanzania from May 27-31 as part of the Citizen Dialogue Program (reftel) were surprisingly refused entry to a mosque in downtown Dar es Salaam. As the American visitors arrived for evening prayers, a group of about 30 men congregated at the mosque's gate to block [...]
2007-06-21 14:35:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR TZ IR
07DARESSALAAM928INDEPENDENCE DAY CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE FROM
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-29 09:23:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDPREL TZ
07DHAKA1011AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON FOREIGN ADVISER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During the Ambassador,s June 18 farewell call on Foreign Affairs Adviser Iftikar Chowdhury, the two discussed human rights (including GOB efforts to address those associated with the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)),challenges facing the government, the ongoing corruption cases (i [...]
2007-06-20 01:39:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM BG
07DHAKA1025AMBASSADOR PAYS FAREWELL CALL ON CHIEF ADVISOR
[...] SUMMARY: On June 19, the Ambassador paid a farewell call on Chief Advisor Fakhruddin Ahmed. Also present were America and Pacific Wing Director General Shahidul Islam, Personal Secretary to the Chief Advisor Kazi Aminul Islam, Deputy SIPDIS Press Secretary Helaluddin and Deputy Chief of Mis [...]
2007-06-21 08:52:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PHUM PGOV PREL BG
07DHAKA1221BANGLADESH URGENT DEMARCHE FOR WHO SINGAPORE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-26 09:09:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU TBIO AORC PREL BG
07DHAKA1236COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE LANDERS +2
[...] Embassy Dhaka welcomes CHRISTOPHER LANDERS, DOUGLAS DAHL, and GARY STUBBLEFIELD on their August 4 Q 13, 2007 visit and grants country clearance contingent upon obtaining a Bangladeshi visa prior to arrival (see Paragraph 4.D. below). Although country clearance has been granted, visitors should [...]
2007-07-30 06:38:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP PARM OTRA BG
07DHAKA1263BANGLADESH AI WORKING GROUP UPDATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. With the pace of the outbreak's spread slowing over the past month, post's Avian Influenza (AI) Working Group met to share updated information about coordination between GOB ministries, between USG agencies, and between USG and GOB entities. While there has not yet been a confi [...]
2007-08-05 07:03:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU ELAB PREL PGOV BG
07DHAKA1265CHEVRON'S INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Chevron Bangladesh filed for international arbitration of a dispute with Petrobangla pursuant to their contracts and treaties signed by Bangladesh. In response, Petrobangla filed a local case in Bangladesh seeking to stay that arbitration and recently received a court order gran [...]
2007-08-06 02:14:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALEINV ECON ETRD EPET PREL KTIA BG
07DHAKA1282BANGLADESH: DEMARCHE FOR CONVENTION AGAINST
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-07 08:14:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA BG
07DHAKA1295CDA MEETS WITH HOME SECRETARY TO DISCUSS SECURITY,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 8 meeting, Bangladeshi Home Secretary Abdul Karim assured CDA that Bangladesh would SIPDIS enhance security in light of recent threats by Al-Qaeda against U.S. diplomatic missions. In response to CDA's expressions of concern for those detained under the State of [...]
2007-08-09 08:34:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL BG
07DHAKA134MFA ADVISER ASKS FOR USG PATIENCE, SUPPORT FOR
[...] (C) Summary. MFA Advisor Iftikar Chowdhury asked Ambassador for patience and support for his government's broad reform agenda, which he said is essential for curing Bangladesh's acute political problems before holding elections "say in November." Ambassador stressed the importance of credibl [...]
2007-01-24 10:24:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PHUM PREL BG
07DHAKA1341GENERAL DISSATISFACTION WITH CARETAKER GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Rumors of changes in the caretaker government have been a popular parlor game in Dhaka since January 2007. Growing frustration over rising prices, energy shortages, and a lackluster response to flooding have fueled speculation and criticism about the caretaker government. Scenari [...]
2007-08-16 03:16:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PREL BG
07DHAKA1578BANGLADESH: UN COMMITEE AGAINST TORTURE
[...] Embassy delivered reftel demarche requesting Bangladesh's support for the re-election of Felice Gaer to the Committee on Torture. Demarche points were delivered to the Acting Director, Americas and Pacific Wing, Ministry of Foreign Affairs on September 26. 2. The Acting Director informed [...]
2007-09-27 10:27:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM UNHCR
07DHAKA1601BANGLADESH: WILL SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR U.N.
[...] The Embassy received a positive response to the demarche (reftel A) requesting Bangladesh's support for the re-election of Felice Gaer to the Committee on Torture on October 8. 2. The Acting Director of the Americas and Pacific Wing at the Ministry of Foreign AFfairs informed POLOFF the Min [...]
2007-10-04 08:38:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM UNHCR
07DHAKA1604BANGLADESH: LABOR-GSP PETITION -- STAKEHOLDER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Government, labor, and manufacturing representatives are preparing for a Washington review of Bangladesh,s labor rights regime following a petition to suspend Bangladesh,s access to the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) submitted by the American Federation of Labor ) Congre [...]
2007-10-04 10:37:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALELAB ETRD EFIS EIND EAID PREL SOCI KTEX KWMN
07DHAKA1763HOME SECRETARY ON COUNTER-TERRORISM COOPERATION,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Bangladeshi Home Secretary Abdul Karim, in a November 6 meeting with the Charge d'Affaires a.i., expressed interest in expanded bilateral cooperation on counter-terrorism, including another look at the potential for installing a PISCES program here. Karim reiterated the GOB's de [...]
2007-11-07 08:20:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER CASC PHUM SNAR ASEC BG
07DHAKA1797 BANGLADESH CYCLONE SIDR SITREP FOR NOVEMBER 17
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bangladesh is slowly beginning to assess the damage caused by Cyclone Sidr. Unofficial estimates of the number of deaths reached 2,000 by late afternoon November 17. As many as a million homes and an estimated 250,000 acres of crops may have been damaged or destroyed. Loss of [...]
2007-11-17 14:38:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV
07DHAKA1815 USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidhr Assessment Cable #1: USAID/OFDA
[...] Summary. Heavy rainfall from Tropical Cyclone Sidr has caused severe flooding and destroyed crops and houses throughout southern Bangladesh, resulting in the death of 2,625 people and affecting more than 4 million others, according to the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) and the U.N. World Food [...]
2007-11-20 18:37:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV
07DHAKA1816 USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidhr Assessment Cable #1: USAID/OFDA
[...] Summary. Heavy rainfall from Tropical Cyclone Sidr has caused severe flooding and destroyed crops and houses throughout southern Bangladesh, resulting in the death of 2,625 people and affecting more than 4 million others, according to the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) and the U.N. World Food [...]
2007-11-21 01:29:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV
07DHAKA1817 USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidhr Assessment Cable #1: USAID/OFDA
[...] Summary. Heavy rainfall from Tropical Cyclone Sidr has caused severe flooding and destroyed crops and houses throughout southern Bangladesh, resulting in the death of 2,625 people and affecting more than 4 million others, according to the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) and the U.N. World Food [...]
2007-11-21 04:12:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV
07DHAKA1818 USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidhr Assessment Cable #1: USAID/OFDA
[...] Summary. Heavy rainfall from Tropical Cyclone Sidr has caused severe flooding and destroyed crops and houses throughout southern Bangladesh, resulting in the death of 2,625 people and affecting more than 4 million others, according to the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) and the U.N. World Food [...]
2007-11-21 07:34:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV
07DHAKA1819 USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidhr Assessment Cable #1: USAID/OFDA
[...] Summary. Heavy rainfall from Tropical Cyclone Sidr has caused severe flooding and destroyed crops and houses throughout southern Bangladesh, resulting in the death of 2,625 people and affecting more than 4 million others, according to the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) and the U.N. World Food [...]
2007-11-21 08:20:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV
07DHAKA1820 USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidhr Assessment Cable #1: USAID/OFDA
[...] Summary. Heavy rainfall from Tropical Cyclone Sidr has caused severe flooding and destroyed crops and houses throughout southern Bangladesh, resulting in the death of 2,625 people and affecting more than 4 million others, according to the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) and the U.N. World Food [...]
2007-11-21 09:13:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV
07DHAKA1925 USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidr Situation Report #11:
[...] Summary. With the approach of the one-month anniversary of the November 15 cyclone in Bangladesh as well as improvements in humanitarian indicators, USAID's Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) will demobilize. USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) will now [...]
2007-12-11 10:13:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV
07DHAKA1933Trip Report- from Barisal through SidrQs destruction to
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Three weeks after cyclone Sidr struck Bangladesh, the response has transitioned from the critical first phase, which included U.S. military aircraft assisting in relief supply movement, to the second phase, which will be more centered on longer-term rebuilding and economic rehab [...]
2007-12-13 04:06:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID SOCI PINR PREL BG
07DHAKA1952007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - BANGLADESH
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-05 09:03:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV OPIC KTDB USTR BG
07DHAKA1953GOVERNMENT, EMBASSY LIAISONS HOLD FIRST MEETING ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY. At a meeting on December 13, the Bangladesh government's designated point of contact on Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-related issues agreed, in principle, to share names of those officers disciplined for "gross human rights offenses." He also shared statistics on those disciplined, [...]
2007-12-18 11:34:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL BG
07DHAKA1987BANGLADESH: COMMITTEE FOR THE ELIMINATION OF
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-31 10:05:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM UNGA
07DHAKA237MEETING WITH HOME SECRETARY KARIM
[...] (C) Summary. In a wide-ranging meeting the Charge d'Affaires a.i. and the Home Secretary discussed USG concerns over recent changes in Bangladesh's visa regime for visitors, U.S.- GOB counterterrorism cooperation, the recent wave of anti-corruption arrests, allegations of police torture, the s [...]
2007-02-12 02:33:00Embassy DhakaSECRETPREL PGOV PTER KDEM BG
07DHAKA305CONGRESSMAN CHABOT CALLS ON ACTING FOREIGN AFFAIRS
[...] (C) Summary. The acting Foreign Affairs adviser told Congressman Chabot that the government is committed to early elections once the proper environment is in place, assured him that journalist Shoaib Chowdhury would receive fair treatment, and hoped that new visa requirements for visitors in B [...]
2007-02-26 00:51:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CVIS CASC BG
07DHAKA422BANGLADESH: SANCTIONS FOR PURCHASING CONTROLLED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-13 09:12:00Embassy DhakaSECRETPARM PREL ETTC IR BG
07DHAKA529AMBASSADOR RAISES DEMOCRACY CONCERNS TO FOREIGN
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Affairs Adviser Chowdhury and the Ambassador discussed USG concerns about Bangladesh's democracy, custodial deaths, Shoaib Choudhury's sedition trial, and continuing registration problems for American visitors to Bangladesh. End Summary. 2. (SBU) On March 28, the Ambas [...]
2007-04-01 08:13:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM CVIS PTER BG
07DHAKA538BANGLADESH: DESIGNATION OF IRAN'S DEFENSE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-02 07:29:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KNNP PARM BG
07DHAKA587HOME SECRETARY ON JMB EXECUTIONS, KIBRIA AND OTHER
[...] (C) Summary. On April 5, Deputy Chief of Mission and Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) Secretary Abdul Karim met to discuss issues, including the recent Jamaatul Mujahedin Bangladesh (JMB) executions, GOB changes to its visa regime, trafficking in persons, the restarting of the Kibria investigati [...]
2007-04-11 09:37:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV EAID CASC PHUM BG
07DHAKA588HOME SECRETARY ON JMB EXECUTIONS, KIBRIA AND OTHER
[...] (C) Summary. On April 5, Deputy Chief of Mission and Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) Secretary Abdul Karim met to discuss issues, including the recent Jamaatul Mujahedin Bangladesh (JMB) executions, GOB changes to its visa regime, trafficking in persons, the restarting of the Kibria investigati [...]
2007-04-11 09:45:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV EAID CASC PHUM BG
07DHAKA654AMBASSADOR CALLS ON CHIEF ADVISOR
[...] (U) Ambassador Butenis and Econoff (note taker) met April 16 with Chief Advisor Fakhruddin Ahmed to discuss elections and political reform, governance, and anti-corruption. Fahim Munaim, Press Spokesman for the Chief Advisor, and Shahidul Islam, Director General Americas & Pacific Wing, Mi [...]
2007-04-18 09:51:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KCRM BG
07DHAKA655SHAMSHER CHOWDHURY OFF-MESSAGE: MFA CORRECTS
[...] (S) Summary: MFA Director General Islam confirmed that the MFA directed Ambassador Chowdhury to personally ask the airlines not to permit Hasina to board any aircraft but only to inform the U.S. of his actions, admitting he exceeded his instructions in requesting USG assistance. Separately, A [...]
2007-04-19 11:06:00Embassy DhakaSECRETPHUM PREL PGOV BG
07DHAKA684AMBASSADOR VISITS MADHUPUR, DISCUSSES CUSTODIAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. No charges have been filed and no action taken in the case of Choilesh Ritchil, the Christian Garo activist from Madhupur who was killed by the army on March 18. This was the situation as described to the Ambassador by Garo activists when she visited the Pirgachha Catholic Missio [...]
2007-04-26 04:12:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL BG
07DHAKA703BANGLADESH SPECIAL 301 2007
[...] (U) POSITIVE RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE. Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Abida Islam, Director of America and Pacific Wing, Ministry of Foreign Affairs on April 30. Ms. Islam acknowledged the expressed USG intent to increase engagement on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) issues and agreed [...]
2007-04-30 09:02:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD KPIR BG
07DHAKA713BANGLADESH: SHIP RECYCLING - INTERNATIONAL TRADE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-02 07:51:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDEIND PHSA SENV ETRD BG
07DHAKA729DEMARCHE ON U.S. WTO TAFT PROPOSAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-03 09:26:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON WTRO BG
07DHAKA734BANGLADESH: DEMARCHE ON WTO ARTICLE XXI PROCEDURE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-06 06:24:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON WTRO BG
07DHAKA738 DEPT OF ENERGY TEAM CONDUCT ASSURANCE VISITS AT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A three person team from the U.S. Dept of Energy visited Bangladesh to inspect USG funded security upgrades and to determine if further upgrades are necessary to ensure adequate protection of radiological materials. Overall, the team concluded that progress had been made since [...]
2007-05-06 23:18:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP PARM OTRA PREL PGOV BG
07DHAKA744 DEPT OF ENERGY TEAM CONDUCT ASSURANCE VISITS AT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A three person team from the U.S. Dept of Energy visited Bangladesh to inspect USG funded security upgrades and to determine if further upgrades are necessary to ensure adequate protection of radiological materials. Overall, the team concluded that progress had been made since [...]
2007-05-07 01:31:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP PARM OTRA PREL PGOV BG
07DHAKA758BANGLADESH: REQUEST FOR DETAILS AND
[...] (SBU) On May 6, Econoff delivered demarche (reftel) to Ms. Abida Islam, Director, America and Pacific Wing, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. (S) On May 9, Ms. Islam reported to Econoff that Bangladesh Bank (the central bank),through its Deputy Secretary Ruhi Rahman, (8802) 955-4940, issued [...]
2007-05-09 06:57:00Embassy DhakaSECRETKNNP EFIN PARM BG
07DHAKA759BANGLADESH: DEMARCHE ON KEY U.S. OBJECTIVES AT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-09 06:57:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU TBIO AORC PREL BG
07DHAKA79BUSINESS SUPPORTS STATE OF EMERGENCY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Business leaders support the January 11 declaration of a state of emergency, expecting it will allow commerce to return to normal under conditions of political stabilty. They believe the general public accepts the state of emergency, say the new Chief Advisor is well regarded [...]
2007-01-16 09:42:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PGOV PREL KDEM BG
07DHAKA867NEW ARRESTS NET HIGH-PROFILE POLITICAL PLAYERS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The latest wave of high-profile political detentions includes Awami League General Secretary Abdul Jalil, other Sheikh Hasina loyalists, and two reputedly corrupt former BNP ministers, Lutfozzaman Babar and Altaf Hussain Chowdhury. Meanwhile, the government has asked the high cou [...]
2007-05-29 10:46:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KGOV BG
07DHAKA872BANGLADESH: NOMINATION OF NEW WORLD BANK PRESIDENT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-30 07:48:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN IBRD BG
07DHAKA951GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATION INTO DEATH OF INDIGENOUS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The retired judge appointed by the government to investigate the death of Garo activist Choilesh Ritchil in Madhupur on March 18 has had Ritchil's body exhumed for autopsy. Meanwhile, the recent wave of anti-corruption arrests in Dhaka has netted the Chief Conservator of Forests, [...]
2007-06-12 08:33:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL BG
07DHAKA952FOUR MONTHS INTO STATE OF EMERGENCY, BANGLADESH'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY. As Bangladesh passes the four-month anniversary of its state of emergency, the human rights record is mixed. According to local NGOs, deaths caused by law enforcement officials, including "crossfire" killings and deaths in custody, have gone down. While there have been many alleg [...]
2007-06-12 08:34:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV KDEM PHUM BG
07DHAKA977FAREWELL CALL ON JAMAAT ISLAMI CHIEF
[...] (C) Summary. Jamaat Islami amir Nizami stayed rigidly on point in assuring the Ambassador that his party remains committed to democracy, dialogue, and moderation. JI members, he said, have not been approached about joining a so-called king's party, but quipped he wishes the party well so the [...]
2007-06-17 05:17:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL BG
07DHAKA990BANGLADESH: ICAO ASSEMBLY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-18 04:32:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON ETRD BG
07DILI106CONTINUED SYMPATHY FOR REINADO IN WESTERN DISTRICTS
[...] (C/NF) Summary: In a March 11-13 visit to East Timor's western districts Emboffs and US Defense Representative found that dissident military leader Major Alfredo Reinado retains strong backing across the region, though it remains unclear if his supporters would be willing to go beyond their cur [...]
2007-03-14 12:54:00Embassy DiliSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL MAAR ASEC KPKO AU TT
07DILI120SECURITY SECTOR POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: As detailed in reftel, Post has become increasingly concerned regarding the direction of developments in the security sector, including both the East Timorese armed forces (F-FDTL) and the East Timorese National Police (PNTL). In light of these concerns, we have reviewed our policy [...]
2007-03-23 09:58:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MAAR ASEC KPKO UN TT
07DILI14SUSPECTED INTERNATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKERS DETAINED
[...] (C) Summary: UNPOL has arrested a Nigerian and a Lebanese national in Dili suspected of involvement in an apparent attempt to traffic young Timorese women to Syria, possibly for prostitution. The Nigerian detainee, found in possession of a large number of fraudulent documents, is confirmed to [...]
2007-01-16 11:23:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPHUM KJUS KPKO KCRM ASEC UN SY NI LE TT
07DILI154EAST TIMOR STABLE THROUGHOUT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
[...] (C) Summary. The government of East Timor conducted its first round of presidential elections April 9 largely without a significant security incident. In fact East Timor has been remarkably calm over the past two months, aside from the occasional martial arts group fight and minor clashes b [...]
2007-04-17 10:08:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALKPKO MOPS MARR PGOV PREL ASEC UN TT
07DILI243EMBASSY DILI EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING, JUNE 28
[...] (SBU) Embassy Dili's Emergency Action Committee (EAC),chaired by Ambassador, convened at 1030 June 28 to assess the security environment in preparation for post's participation in observing national elections throughout East Timor on June 30. Regional Security Officer (RSO) noted that in meeti [...]
2007-06-28 08:01:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC AEMR CASC KDEM TT
07DILI251AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS, DISCUSSES ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Hans Klemm presented his letter of credence to President Jose Ramos-Horta on July 4 in a ceremony hosted at the President's office. In a meeting following the ceremony, both vowed to strengthen bilateral relations. Ramos-Horta expressed his appreciation for U.S. suppo [...]
2007-07-05 12:31:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM TT
07DILI327PACOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL KEATING MEETS TIMOR-LESTE'S LEADERS
[...] (SBU) Summary. In his September 19 visit to Timor-Leste, USPACOM Commander Admiral Timothy J. Keating extended an offer to provide training and assistance appropriate to the country's security needs. PACOM, he said, would work with Timor's leaders to identify which programs and forms of train [...]
2007-09-25 09:32:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS TT
07DILI395USS PORT ROYAL CONDUCTS SUCCESSFUL VISIT TO DILI
[...] (SBU) Summary. The USS Port Royal visited Dili on December 10-12, a visit that all of Post's contacts characterized as extremely successful. The ship's engagements with the host nation, the United Nations Integrated Mission to Timor-Leste, and the Australian-led International Stabilization [...]
2007-12-28 05:28:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MOPS PREL TT
07DILI61RICE SHORTAGE: POLITICAL AND SECURITY IMPLICATIONS IN TIMOR
[...] (U) Summary: A severe rice shortage in East Timor has caused both a dramatic increase in the price of rice and in many cases a total lack of availability at any cost. Although the UN has emphasized that the rice shortage does not translate into an overall food shortage, the immediate political [...]
2007-02-22 09:57:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAGR EAID ASEC CASC KPKO TT
07DILI83UPDATE ON REINADO STANDOFF AND SECURITY SITUATION
[...] (S/NF) Summary: At day's end March 2, there had been no significant change to the situation on the ground in Same, where dissident military leader Alfredo Reinado remains surrounded by Australian Defense Force (ADF) soldiers. ADF reinforcements have arrived in East Timor, but there are indica [...]
2007-03-02 12:00:00Embassy DiliSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL MAAR ASEC CASC KPKO UN AU TT
07DILI89TURMOIL IN DILI AS REINADO HUNT CONTINUES
[...] (C) Summary: Dili remained calm but very tense March 6 as the unresolved Reinado operation and the expected March 7 Roserio Lobato court verdict kept the population on edge. No serious injuries or deaths were reported although there were widespread disturbances the night of March 5, continu [...]
2007-03-06 14:16:00Embassy DiliSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL MAAR ASEC KPKO UN AU TT
07DILI94EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR MARCH 8, 2007
[...] Summary: -- Engaging with GOET on Reinado issue; -- Reinado relays new "peaceful resolution" conditions; -- Lobato verdict clarification; -- Security update. End summary. Engaging with GOET on Reinado issue ----------------------------------- 2. (C) Embassy Dili has been reaching out t [...]
2007-03-08 10:38:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MAAR ASEC KPKO UN AU TT
07DJIBOUTI1177COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ETHIOPIA DESK OFFICER
[...] U.S. Embassy Djibouti grants country clearance as requested in reftel and we look forward to your visit. Visitor: JOHN WYSHAM Title: ETHIOPIA DESK OFFICER - STATE SecClear: TOP SECRET Purpose: Official Business Arrive: 10/21/2007 - ET 306 Depart: 10/22/2007 - ET 307 [...]
2007-10-17 13:17:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT OTRA DJ
07DJIBOUTI1470DJIBOUTIANS TELL ADMIRAL FALLON USG PRESENCE
[...] (C) Summary: Admiral William J. Fallon, Commander, United States Central Command, visited Djibouti December 11-12. Accompanied by the Ambassador and Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) Commander Hart and staff, Admiral Fallon met with Djiboutian Prime Minister Dileita, with D [...]
2007-12-17 16:19:00Embassy DjiboutiSECRET//NOFORNDJ ER ET PGOV PINR PREL PTER MASS
07DJIBOUTI425EAST AFRICA REGIONAL STRATEGIC INITIATIVE (RSI),
[...] (S) Summary: East African regional ambassadors and interagency representatives agreed to institutionalize the East African RSI by requesting dedicated, line-item FY09 regional funding for East Africa, along the lines of the Trans-Sahara Counter Terrorist Partnership. In this second RSI (th [...]
2007-04-10 13:38:00Embassy DjiboutiSECRETPTER PREL PINR KPAO PGOV EAID XW YM
07DOHA1040SENIOR MFA OFFICIAL OUTLINES QATAR'S FOREIGN POLICY
[...] (C//NF) Summary: MFA Assistant Minister for Follow-up Affairs Mohamed Al-Rumaihi in an October 23 presentation to a group of recently promoted senior U.S. military officers (CAPSTONE) gave a noteworthy overview of Qatar's foreign policy and made some significant remarks about domestic policy. [...]
2007-11-04 13:42:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV KDEM QA
07DOHA1042PRIME MINISTER OFFERS "SINCERE ADVICE" ON IRAQ
[...] (S) Summary: Ambassador Crocker briefed Qatar's Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani (HBJ) October 31 on the progress in Iraq and asked his assessment of building on this progress with the help of Arab states. HBJ said Qatar was a friend of the U.S. and wanted us to succe [...]
2007-11-05 10:03:00Embassy DohaSECRETPREL PGOV MASS IZ QA
07DOHA1043INFLATION, HOUSING COSTS TAKING TOLL ON QATARI
[...] SUMMARY: Double-digit inflation in Qatar has become the norm, with increases in the housing sector felt most acutely. The high cost of living dominates public and private discourse. The government has begun to take steps to address inflation, though they have been ineffective thus far, and the [...]
2007-11-05 12:35:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN AFSN ALOW AMGT APER ECON ELAB QA
07DOHA1052QATAR FORGES ITS OWN "WAHABI" PATH
[...] (C) Summary: Qatar's brand of Islam, according to three sources, is both traditional and progressive. It is traditional in that it is based on scripture and standing interpretations, but progressive in its tolerance for various Islamic schools of thought and moderate social strictures. Even [...]
2007-11-08 13:51:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KIRF KISL QA
07DOHA1172SCENESETTER FOR DECEMBER 18 GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE
[...] (S) In November, Qatar's Amir told the Commander of CENTCOM, Admiral Fallon, that he wants the Qatari leadership to seek ways to deepen its military partnership with the U.S. at all levels. While a desirable goal given the considerable equities we have in our relationship with Qatar, the Amir' [...]
2007-12-12 14:19:00Embassy DohaSECRETMASS MARR PREL QA
07DOHA168PUTIN VISITS DOHA BUT NO TANGIBLE RESULTS
[...] (C) Summary. Russian president Vladimir Putin met with the Qatari Amir in Doha February 12. The two agreed on the need for a Middle East peace conference, the date and locale of which was undefined. The two also agreed on holding discussions on an OPEC-like organization for gas producers at th [...]
2007-02-14 14:45:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL EPET UNSC RU IR QA
07DOHA206QATARI MFA DOES NOT WANT NATO/ISAF TO BECOME A
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Qatari Deputy Minister for Follow-Up Affairs Mohamad al-Rumaihi told Ambassador and DCM February 25 that U.S. personnel supporting the NATO/ISAF Afghanistan mission out of Al-Udeid Air Base are covered by the bilateral Defense Cooperation Agreement. He nevertheless complained tha [...]
2007-02-25 14:57:00Embassy DohaSECRETMARR NATO PGOV PTER QA XF
07DOHA224U/S HENRIETTA HOLSMAN FORE'S FEBRUARY 15 MEETING AT QATARI
[...] (SBU) Under Secretary of State for Management Henrietta Holsman Fore met February 15 with Qatari Minister of State for Foreign Affairs (Qatar's second-ranking MFA official) Ahmed al-Mahmoud to discuss consular notification of arrested Americans, Iran, Iraq, and other regional issues. Al-Mahmou [...]
2007-02-28 04:18:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL CASC QA
07DOHA285INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES ON QATAR'S ENERGY SECURITY
[...] (C) Summary. Security officials from ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips, and KBR operations in Qatar told Emboffs of their current security measures and future plans. The companies do not have direct influence on the security of the plants they are invested in but some hope to change this in the futur [...]
2007-03-15 14:24:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALASEC ECON EPET QA
07DOHA335INFORMATION EXCHANGE: QATARI BORDER DATABASES AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. THIS CABLE PROVIDES DETAILS OF QATAR'S USE OF IMMIGRATION DATABASES AND BIOMETRICS SYSTEMS AT PORTS OF ENTRY. IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS AT QATAR'S INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT SCREEN ARRIVING AND DEPARTING PASSENGERS FOR PREVIOUS PASSENGER RECORDS AND FRAUDULENT, LOST OR STOLEN TRAVEL DOCU [...]
2007-03-29 13:34:00Embassy DohaSECRETPGOV ASEC PTER KVPR CVIS PINR KHLS QA
07DOHA339RARE PUBLIC DEMONSTRATION IN QATAR: SOLIDARITY
[...] (U) The Qatari Central Municipal Council organized a "rally" the afternoon of March 28 to show solidarity with Iraq. It lasted 1 hour and 40 minutes. The event took place at a central location along the city's corniche. Participants numbered a maximum of 400 and mostly included high-school and [...]
2007-03-29 14:50:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC PREL IZ QA
07DOHA420DEMOCRACY FORUM: LEBANESE PRESIDENT AND SYRIAN
[...] (U) The Amir of Qatar, Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, opened the seventh annual Forum on Democracy, Development, and Free Trade April 23 with a speech that focused on the need for democratic reforms in the Arab region. He described a "sort of lassitude" in Arab movement toward reform in the region [...]
2007-04-24 14:16:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM LE SY QA
07DOHA495WADAH KHANFAR LOSES POSITION AS MEMBER OF AL
[...] (C) Summary: In a long-awaited move, the Amir has appointed a new board of governors for the Al Jazeera Network (AJN). Highlights include: the retention of Sheikh Hamad bin Thamer as chairman; the replacement of Wadah Khanfar as a board member and possibly as manager of the entire AJ Network; [...]
2007-05-16 08:55:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALKPAO PREL QA ALJAZEERA
07DOHA581QATARI-U.S. GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE MAY 24
[...] (C) Summary. State/DOD Gulf Security Dialogue delegation met with Qatari MFA, MOD, and MOI officials May 24 in Doha. The Qataris acknowledged the importance of maintaining ambiguity on whether there might be a military attack in response to Iranian plans to develop a nuclear weapon. Noting per [...]
2007-06-03 08:25:00Embassy DohaSECRETPREL MARR KNNP EPET IR ASEC IZ SU LE QA
07DOHA764FREEDOM AGENDA: SUPPORT FOR DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (SBU) Qatar's April 1 municipal elections, the country's third, served as a focal point for democracy promotion in 2007. Ambassador and Emboffs engaged in a program of support and undertook the following activities: -- Ambassador hosted a series of salons at his residence to discuss election [...]
2007-08-01 10:23:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KMPI KDEM SCUL KPAO QA
07DOHA871(C) SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE'S
[...] (C) Embassy Doha welcomes you on this brief stop in Qatar. You last met with Foreign Minister Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani (HBJ) in Washington in December 2006 in your capacity as DNI. In April 2007, HBJ also became Prime Minister, long an inconsequential portfolio held by the Amir's brother. D [...]
2007-08-31 10:23:00Embassy DohaSECRETPREL QA
07DOHA897DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE'S MEETING WITH QATARI
[...] (SBU) Deputy Secretary John Negroponte met the evening of September 9 at the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs with Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ahmed Al-Mahmoud, the number two official in the Qatari MFA. Joining Al-Mahmoud were Assistant Minister Mohamad Al-Rumaihi, Director of Eu [...]
2007-09-12 10:50:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALIAEA IR IS IZ KWBG PREL QA
07DOHA982CODEL BOYD MEETING OCTOBER 5 WITH QATARI HEIR
[...] (SBU) A congressional delegation led by Rep. Allen Boyd of Florida, and accompanied by charge, met Qatar's Heir Apparent, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, October 5 in Doha. In addition to Boyd, the Delegation included Rep. Roger Wicker of Mississippi, Rep. Wayne Gilchrist of Maryland, Rep. B [...]
2007-10-10 13:01:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV QA
07DOHA983UPDATED DEMOCRATIC REFORM STRATEGY FOR QATAR
[...] (U) Embassy Doha continues to use a combination of programmatic and diplomatic means to assist the GOQ in its efforts to build and sustain democratic institutions. In line with the Mission Strategic Plan, Post has expanded its areas of emphasis to include: promoting democratic elections, pro [...]
2007-10-10 13:23:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KMPI AMGT KDEM ECON KPAO QA
07DUBAI363MOHAMMAD GERGAWI DISCUSSES IRAN, IRAQ AND ISRAEL WITH
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Senator Joseph Lieberman (I, CN) met with Mohammad Gergawi, UAE Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs, on May 29. Gergawi, also a close advisor to UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and Dubai ruler Mohammad bin Rashid Al-Maktoum (MbR),described education as a primary weapon again [...]
2007-06-07 13:23:00Consulate DubaiSECRETPREL PGOV PINS KNNP IR IS IZ SY AE
07DUBAI423MOHAMMED GERGAWI DISCUSSES MBR FOUNDATION
[...] (C) Summary: UAE Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Mohammed Gergawi discussed potential areas of cooperation between the USG, U.S. educational institutions, non-governmental organizations and the Mohammad Bin Rashid Foundation (MbRF) in a 90 minute meeting with the Ambassador and Consul Gen [...]
2007-06-28 11:37:00Consulate DubaiCONFIDENTIALECON SOCI SCUL AE
07DUBAI425GERGAWI DISCUSSES MBR FOUNDATION FUND,
[...] (C) Summary: UAE Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Mohammed Gergawi discussed potential areas of cooperation between the USG, U.S. educational institutions, non-governmental organizations and the Mohammad Bin Rashid Foundation (MbRF) in a 90 minute meeting with the Ambassador and Consul Gen [...]
2007-06-28 13:05:00Consulate DubaiCONFIDENTIALSOCI SCUL AE EAID PTER
07DUBAI491CODEL GRAHAM MEETS WITH DUBAI EXECUTIVE OFFICE HEAD NABIL AL
[...] (C) Summary: In an August 12 meeting with a CODEL led by Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC),Nabil al Yousuf (Director of UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and Dubai Ruler Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum's (MbR) Executive Office) outlined elements of Dubai's strategic plan and highlighted recent gro [...]
2007-08-19 14:25:00Consulate DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON OREP IN AE
07DUBAI614FURTHER DETAILS ON ANNOUNCED AND UNANNOUNCED, PLANS FOR
[...] (U) This is an action cable; see para 12. 2. (SBU) Summary. During a November 1 meeting in the newly established offices of the Mohammad Bin Rashid Foundation (MbRF),Nabil Alyousuf (Director General of the Dubai Executive Office and defacto managing director of the newly established MbRF) [...]
2007-11-01 11:11:00Consulate DubaiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM AE
07DUBAI629ACRIMONIOUS BEGINNING FOR NEW DUBAI GOVERNMENT-SPONSORED
[...] (SBU) Summary. The much-anticipated opening of the Dubai Foundation for Women and Children (DFWC) shelter (the first official government-sponsored shelter for abused women and children in the UAE) and its merger with the unofficial City of Hope (CoH) shelter has been marred by acrimonious accu [...]
2007-11-15 13:08:00Consulate DubaiSECRETPREL PHUM KCRM ELAB CASC AE
07DUBAI661TREASURY PDAS SAEED DISCUSSES SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUNDS WITH
[...] (C) Summary. Department of the Treasury Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Ahmed Saeed met with senior executives from the Dubai-based Sovereign Wealth funds (SWFs) and financial institutions including Dubai International Financial Centre Authority (DIFC),Dubai International Capital, Dubai [...]
2007-12-09 12:36:00Consulate DubaiCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV TC AE
07DUBLIN171IRELAND - SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ireland's awareness of and positive performance on trafficking in persons (TIP) issues increased significantly in 2006, while the overall estimated number of suspected trafficking victims remained small. Numerous public awareness campaigns, sponsored by the Government and NGOs [...]
2007-03-02 08:39:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAP EI
07DUBLIN191SCENE-SETTER FOR PRIME MINISTER BERTIE AHERN'S ST.
[...] (SBU) An imminent, potentially historic opportunity to restore the Northern Ireland Assembly sets the political backdrop for this year's St. Patrick's Day visit to Washington by Irish Prime Minister (Taoiseach, "TEE-shuck") Bertie Ahern. Building on the 2006 UK/Irish-brokered talks among the [...]
2007-03-08 17:04:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON ETRD EINV EAIR MOPPS MARR IE
07DUBLIN286SCENE-SETTER FOR THE APRIL 19-20 VISIT OF EUR PDAS
[...] (SBU) Embassy Dublin eagerly anticipates your visit and the opportunity to join your discussions with ranking Irish Government officials and others on the full range of bilateral and U.S.-EU issues. Your visit comes at an historic moment in U.S.-Irish relations, with the scheduled restoratio [...]
2007-04-13 16:37:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER MOPPS MARR ECON SENV EI
07DUBLIN748SCENESETTER FOR FOREIGN MINISTER DERMOT AHERN'S
[...] (SBU) The twin political successes of restoration of the Northern Ireland Assembly (May 8, 2007) and the re-election of the Fianna Fail party into power (May 24, 2007) will be the backdrop to Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern's meeting with the Secretary on October 3. The Government of Ireland has [...]
2007-09-27 12:36:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON ETRD EINV MOPPS MARR EI
07DUBLIN828IRISH VIEWS ON HUMAN RIGHTS ACTION ON CUBA
[...] (SBU) Poloffs met with the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director for Human Rights Gavan O'Leary on September 26 to encourage Ireland to promote democratic transition in Cuba. O'Leary noted the suggestions and promised to discuss the points with his Human Rights and Americas Desk [...]
2007-10-31 13:37:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNGA PHUM EI
07DUBLIN869IRELAND WATCHING VENEZUELAN SITUATION CLOSELY
[...] (U) Poloff delivered points contained in reftel demarches on November 27 to Karen Miller in the Americas Division of the Department of Foreign Affairs. Miller welcomed the information and told poloff that Ireland was concerned about the recent developments in Venezuela and was monitoring the [...]
2007-11-28 11:24:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PGOV EI
07DUBLIN916TOUR D'HORIZON WITH IRISH FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) Ambassador Foley met with Irish Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern on December 19 to discuss a wide range of issues. In recent days, Ahern has tamped down the public reaction to a report of the Irish Human Rights Commission (IHRC) on extraordinary renditions. Ahern indicated that the 3500-stron [...]
2007-12-20 15:46:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ECIN PBTS EAIR ECON PKFK EUN
07DUBLIN919DELIVERY OF DRAFT U.S.-IRELAND PRECLEARANCE AGREEMENT
[...] (SBU) Per Ref A, on December 18, 2007, Post delivered a hard copy of the draft U.S.-Ireland Agreement on Air Transport Preclearance to the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs under cover of a diplomatic note. The texts of the diplomatic note and draft agreement follow. 2. (SBU) Departmen [...]
2007-12-27 16:35:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON PGOV PREL EI
07DUSHANBE1031AFGHAN VIEWS FROM NORTH OF THE BORDER: PROSPECTS FOR
[...] Summary. Not far from the nearly-completed U.S.-funded Nizhniy Pyanj bridge at the Tajik-Afghan border, Afghan traders ferry goods from Pakistan, China, and Iran into southern Tajikistan. The opening of the Nizhniy Pyanj bridge will open the door for more trade while decreasing the opportuni [...]
2007-07-06 09:29:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD PGOV PREL TI
07DUSHANBE1057TAJIKISTAN PROMISES CONTINUED ANTI-TIP REFORMS
[...] (SBU) PolOff delivered the Russian translation of the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report to Abdurahmon Azimov, head of the Interagency Commission Against Trafficking in Persons, July 5. (Note: PolOff had previously delivered the Trafficking in Persons report to the Ministry of Foreign Affai [...]
2007-07-11 13:20:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM TI
07DUSHANBE1078TAJIK OFFICIALS ATTEMPT TO ARREST AND DEPORT AMERICAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The government of Tajikistan continues to squeeze nongovernmental organizations and religious groups, its latest target being the Jehovah's Witnesses. On July 13, two men identifying themselves as officers of the State Committee on National Security detained an Am [...]
2007-07-17 13:16:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC PGOV PHUM KDEM KIRF TI
07DUSHANBE1080OSCE IN DUSHANBE: BORDER MANAGEMENT AND MANDATE ISSUES
[...] ( C) Summary: OSCE Head of Center Pryakhin told Ambassador that the Tajik government had approved only one our its four proposed border management programs -- creation of a comprehensive border management strategy -- and deferred the other proposals for further study after the strategy is c [...]
2007-07-18 12:08:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID SNAR TI AF OSCE
07DUSHANBE1088JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES CONTINUE TO DEFY SOVIET-ERA RELIGIOUS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following a scheduled court hearing, Greg Olds, Jehovah's Witnesses Associate General Counsel and Vladimir Voyevodin, a Jehovah's Witnesses lawyer from Almaty, Kazakhstan met with PolOff July 20 to update the Embassy on the legal case pertaining to the group's confiscated reli [...]
2007-07-23 05:45:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KIRF TI
07DUSHANBE1090JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES CONTINUE TO DEFY SOVIET-ERA RELIGIOUS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following a scheduled court hearing, Greg Olds, Jehovah's Witnesses Associate General Counsel and Vladimir Voyevodin, a Jehovah's Witnesses lawyer from Almaty, Kazakhstan met with PolOff July 20 to update the Embassy on the legal case pertaining to the group's confiscated reli [...]
2007-07-24 12:23:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KIRF TI
07DUSHANBE1149PUTTING THE BRAKES ON TAJIKISTAN'S BACKSLIDING
[...] (C) Summary: By comparison to some of its neighbors in Central Asia, Tajikistan does not stand out as particularly authoritarian, corrupt or incompetent. Yet even in this context, where the bar has been lowered considerably in terms of good governance, the Tajik government's policies and re [...]
2007-08-10 12:41:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EINV EAID KDEM TI
07DUSHANBE1155TAJIKISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER'S
[...] (U) Embassy Dushanbe welcomes Assistant Secretary Boucher and Senior Advisor Caitlin Hayden to Dushanbe for the Assistant Secretary's third visit to Tajikistan. SIPDIS 2. (U) By now, you have received two reftels describing the current environment in Tajikistan. Ref B contains some ge [...]
2007-08-14 12:31:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON TI
07DUSHANBE1157TAJIKISTAN: DEMARCHE ON PROMOTION OF STANDING COMMITTEE
[...] PolOff informed Ismatullo Nasreddinov, Head of the North America and Europe Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on August 10 of the U.S. support for Steve Carr's candidacy to the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement's Standing Commission. Post also delivered a formal diploma [...]
2007-08-14 21:08:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL PHUM ICRC
07DUSHANBE121A TRUE TRAVEL STORY FROM HELL
[...] SUMMARY: With 67 returning Kazakh hajjis and nearly one hundred tired and hungry expats on board, Turkish Airlines flight 1344 bound for Dushanbe, Tajikistan, could not land for nearly two days due to fog, rain and snow, uncooperative Central Asian governments, indecisive Turkish Airlines rep [...]
2007-01-19 07:33:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL TI
07DUSHANBE1242007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR TAJIKISTAN
[...] (U) Following is our submission per the referenced telegram for the 2007 Investment Climate Statement for Tajikistan. ---------- BEGIN TEXT ---------- 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -- TAJIKISTAN Tajikistan presents selected opportunities for savvy investors who are willing to put in si [...]
2007-01-19 12:10:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR TI
07DUSHANBE1252007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR TAJIKISTAN
[...] (U) Following is our submission per the referenced telegram for the 2007 Investment Climate Statement for Tajikistan. ---------- BEGIN TEXT ---------- 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -- TAJIKISTAN Tajikistan presents selected opportunities for savvy investors who are willing to put in si [...]
2007-01-19 13:28:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR TI
07DUSHANBE1255TAJIK-AFGHAN BRIDGE OPENS IN STYLE
[...] (U) On August 26, after 19 months of construction led by the Afghan Engineering Division of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, $37 million in U.S. funding, 19,100 cubic meters of concrete, and countless demarches and interventions by the Embassy to secure building materials and licenses, Tajik [...]
2007-09-04 11:04:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON EAID ECIN ELTN TI AF
07DUSHANBE1349DUSHANBE: OSCE HUMAN DIMENSIONS MEETING DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (U) Embassy Delivered reftel demarche to the Tajik Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for America and Europe, Ismatullo Nasreddinov, on September 20. Nasreddinov said that Tajikistan would send its Presidential Adviser on Social Issues, Mansur Saffidinov, to the conference along with repre [...]
2007-09-25 04:29:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM ECON OSCE TI
07DUSHANBE135INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING BUREAU LAYS GROUNDWORK FOR
[...] (U) SUMMARY. The International Broadcasting Bureau's Jim Lambert briefed Minister of Transportation and Communications Abdurahim Ashurov January 23 on the history of its broadcasts and transmissions from Tajikistan and proposed that the United States and Tajikistan negotiate and sign a bilate [...]
2007-01-26 13:48:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYABLD ECPS OIIP PGOV PREL KPAO TI
07DUSHANBE1412SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT FIGHTS FOR CONTROL OF OPEN WORLD
[...] SUMMARY: Deputy Chief of Mission and Cultural Affairs Officer met with Speaker of Parliament Sadullo Hairuloyev October 2 to ask him to consent to the participation of four members of the Tajik Parliament in the Open World program. Hairuloyev initially provided several reasons why the participa [...]
2007-10-03 05:50:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO TI
07DUSHANBE1421TAJIKISTAN LEANING TOWARD SUPPORTING RESOLUTION CONDEMNING
[...] (U) On 26 September 2007, PolOff raised the issue of supporting the draft resolution condemning the use of rape as an instrument of state policy (reftel) with Ismatullo Nasreddinov, Chief of the Department of European and North American Affairs at the Tajik Ministry of Foreign Affairs. On 3 O [...]
2007-10-05 05:12:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM AORC SOCI KWMN UNGA TI
07DUSHANBE1437RAHMON SHOWS OFF DUSHANBE FOR THE CIS SUMMIT; DUSHANBE
[...] (U) Summary: The Summits of the Commonwealth of Independent States, Eurasian Economic Cooperation Organization, and Collective Security Treaty Organization, held October 5-7, brought Dushanbe to a standstill, disrupting communications and commerce, and costing a fortune. The Government of Taji [...]
2007-10-10 13:55:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TI
07DUSHANBE1467CONTINUING TROUBLES FOR NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTE IN
[...] (C) Summary: The National Democratic Institute Director in Tajikistan, Harry Bader, has received another one-month, two-entry visa, further blocking his efforts to obtain registration for his organization. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs had previously promised Bader a three-month visa, which [...]
2007-10-17 13:17:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM TI
07DUSHANBE1516SETTING THE SCENE FOR COMMANDER, U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND'S 1
[...] (C) Executive Summary. Embassy Dushanbe looks forward to your upcoming visit to Tajikistan. Besides the opening of the bridge between Afghanistan and Tajikistan in August, little has changed since your introductory meeting with President Rahmon in June. As this is your second visit, you will [...]
2007-10-19 13:36:00Embassy DushanbeSECRETPREL PGOV MASS MCAP OVIP TI AF
07DUSHANBE1561OSCE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION CONFERENCE IN DUSHANBE
[...] (U) Summary: Delegations to the OSCE Central Asian Regional Transportation Conference in Dushanbe October 23-24 agreed to promote streamlined transit routes and enhance public-private partnerships in the transportation sector. The joint statement released by the delegations underlined the role [...]
2007-10-31 16:26:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECIN ELTN ETRD TI
07DUSHANBE1562SENIOR ANTI-NARCOTICS GENERAL FIRED BY PRESIDENT, THEN
[...] (S) Summary: A senior anti-narcotics officer who was fired after he pressed for prosecution of a State Committee for National Security officer (and distant relative of the President) has been temporarily reinstated. He has told the embassy that his reinstatement is only until a replacement is [...]
2007-11-01 06:58:00Embassy DushanbeSECRET//NOFORNPGOV SNAR PREL TI
07DUSHANBE1598MINISTER OF EDUCATION DECLARES UNPOPULAR PUBLIC SERVICE
[...] Summary: PAO and CAO met with Minister of Education Abdujabbor Rahmonov November 5 to coordinate cooperation between the Embassy and the Ministry. Rahmonov was extremely defensive regarding the headscarf ban in schools and demanded at length that the United States open a university in Tajiki [...]
2007-11-08 11:52:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KPAO TI
07DUSHANBE1599DEMARCHE ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: A discussion with the Foreign Ministry regarding the Jehovah's Witnesses and the National Democratic Institute produced a little sympathy but no breakthroughs from the Ministry, and highlighted the need for more personal diplomacy at all levels to educate the Tajik Government ab [...]
2007-11-09 07:05:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV TI
07DUSHANBE1607TAJIK PRESIDENTIAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE - A PEEK INSIDE
[...] (S/NF) The Regional Security Officer met November 7 with Major General Kasim GAFAROV, First Deputy Chairman of the State Committee for National Security (GKNB),to discuss future Anti-Terrorism Assistance training, such as VIP protection training and vital installation security courses. Duri [...]
2007-11-13 07:34:00Embassy DushanbeSECRET//NOFORNASEC TI
07DUSHANBE1650IED KILLS ONE AT CONFERENCE CENTER IN DUSHANBE
[...] (SBU) Per REF A, at approximately 0800 local time on November 14, an improvised explosive device detonated outside Kokhi Vahdat, a prominent conference hall in the center of Dushanbe along the main street (Rudaki Avenue). The Regional Security Officer observed more than 100 Ministry of Inter [...]
2007-11-15 13:46:00Embassy DushanbeSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER PINR TI
07DUSHANBE1665NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTE TAJIKISTAN DIRECTOR GRANTED
[...] (C) Summary: The Tajikistan Director of the National Democratic Institute has been issued a six-month, multiple entry visa, after having received short-term visas for several months. The six-month visa was a prerequisite for obtaining registration for the National Democratic Institute. Embass [...]
2007-11-21 03:10:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM TI
07DUSHANBE1687NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTE TAJIKISTAN DIRECTOR GRANTED
[...] (C) Summary: The Tajikistan Director of the National Democratic Institute has been issued a six-month, multiple entry visa, after having received short-term visas for several months. The six-month visa was a prerequisite for obtaining registration for the National Democratic Institute. Embass [...]
2007-11-23 14:13:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM TI
07DUSHANBE1688HIP HIP HURRAH FOR PRESIDENT RAHMON
[...] (C) Recent events -- the celebrations of the sixteenth anniversary of President's Rahmon's election as Chairman of the Supreme Council of Tajikistan, and a World Cup Soccer match against Singapore -- highlighted the nascent cult of personality springing up around President Rahmon. Publicity fo [...]
2007-11-26 03:35:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALPGOV TI
07DUSHANBE1689PRESS TV: IRAN'S PUBLIC DIPLOMACY ENTERS GLOBAL STAGE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Iran's 24-hour satellite English language news station, Press TV, began operations in July 2007. It has moved quickly to establish itself through widely dispersed correspondents, a large staff in Tehran and London, aggressive recruitment of guests, and generally high quality con [...]
2007-11-26 08:28:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL IR
07DUSHANBE1724NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR
[...] (C) Summary: The Government of Tajikistan, while concerned about Iran's nuclear programs, is unlikely to publicly support calls for Iran to stop Uranium enrichment. Iranian investment and business ties are more important to Tajikistan, and the Government of Tajikistan will not jeopardize them [...]
2007-12-04 12:42:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IR TI
07DUSHANBE1731EMBASSY DUSHANBE,S RULE OF LAW PROGRAM
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Dushanbe,s rule of law priorities have become more sophisticated as we learn the depth to which reforms are necessary. An inter-agency advisory team recently visited Tajikistan to assess the criminal justice sector, and the team will soon provide recommendations on prog [...]
2007-12-06 06:37:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALKJUS PGOV PHUM TI
07DUSHANBE1735EMBASSY DUSHANBE,S RULE OF LAW PROGRAM
[...] (U) This cable is being retransmitted to correct the classification from Confidential to Sensitive But Unclassified. SIPDIS 2. (SBU) Summary: Embassy Dushanbe,s rule of law priorities have become more sophisticated as we learn the depth to which reforms are necessary. An inter-agency ad [...]
2007-12-07 07:31:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDKJUS PGOV PHUM TI
07DUSHANBE17382007 CONTINUED DETENTION DETERMINATIONS REGARDING
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche, on the continued detention determination of JummQan, to Ismatullo Nasreddinov, Head of the Department of European and American Countries at the Tajik Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Nasredinov indicated that he would forward the information we provided to [...]
2007-12-07 11:43:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALPHUM PINR PTER TI
07DUSHANBE1752DEMARCHE REQUEST - MISSING AMCIT ROBERT LEVINSON
[...] (S) PolOff delivered a demarche regarding Robert Levinson on December 14 to Ismatullo Nasredinov, Head of the Foreign Ministry,s Department of European and American Affairs. He said he would forward the information on Levinson to his colleagues at the Department of Asian and African Affairs, w [...]
2007-12-14 12:09:00Embassy DushanbeSECRETCASC KDEM KISL KJUS KPRP PGOV PREL
07DUSHANBE180TAJIKISTAN'S RASHT VALLEY CALM-- FOR THE TIME BEING?
[...] (SBU) Summary: Despite serving as the headquarters of the Islamist opposition during the Tajik Civil War, PolOffs encountered a quiet Rasht Valley during their January 22-24 visit. Local government leaders argued Islamic extremism did not exist in Rasht, due to the "increased religiosity" of [...]
2007-02-05 14:13:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYFOR SCA CEN
07DUSHANBE254MAKING A SPLASH IN TAJIKISTAN WITH WATER ASSISTANCE
[...] Summary: Tajikistan's new water minister Masaid Hamidov appreciates U.S. support for rural water users' programs and water systems rehabilitation, but requested training exchanges to the United States as the best "hands-on" way to expose his staff to new technologies. The World Bank and Asia [...]
2007-02-16 12:15:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD PREL SENV KPWR EAID PGOV TI
07DUSHANBE313TAJIKISTAN'S 2006-2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] Please note that Post's paragraph designation corresponds with reftel. OVERVIEW A. Tajikistan is an origin country for trafficking. International trafficking for the purposes of sexual and labor exploitation is a problem. The most common destination countries include the United Arab E [...]
2007-03-02 13:48:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PGOV TI
07DUSHANBE337TAJIK RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON IRANIAN NON-COMPLIANCE WITH
[...] (C) PolOff delivered ref demarches regarding the Iranian government's non-compliance with United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1737 to Ismatullo Nasredinov, Chief of the American Countries Branch, Tajik Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Nasredinov replied that the Tajik government op [...]
2007-03-09 04:59:00Embassy DushanbeSECRETKNNP UNSC AORC ETRD TRGY IR TI
07DUSHANBE34ENERGETIC FOREIGN MINISTER FULL OF IDEAS -- PUSHING
[...] (C) Summary: Tajik Foreign Minister Zaripov visited the Embassy January 4 to sign the condolence book for President Ford and ended up canceling his follow-on appointments to discuss a number of issues with the Ambassador. Zaripov asked the Embassy's assistance to accelerate and expand U.S. [...]
2007-01-05 12:15:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID EINV ENRG PGOV OVIP TI
07DUSHANBE43TAJIK BANKING DINNER TURNS INTO SERIOUS TALK TO RESOLVE
[...] (C) Summary: In Tajikistan, singing and dancing alongside the President's brother-in-law while discussing business earns the United States diplomatic goodwill. At a private dinner January 8 to talk about banking supervision and economic reform, President Rahmonov's brother-in-law Hasan Sadu [...]
2007-01-09 12:23:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EINV ETRD TI
07DUSHANBE433NDI IN TAJIKISTAN: A GLIMMER OF HOPE?
[...] (C) Summary: After getting the cold shoulder from the Ministry of Justice, National Democratic Institute (NDI) received an encouraging sign from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Deputy Foreign Minister Saidmuddin Yatimov suggested that a visa for National Democratic Institute Tajikistan Di [...]
2007-03-29 11:50:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TI
07DUSHANBE443TAJIKISTAN KICKS OUT FAITH-BASED NGO'S EXPAT STAFF
[...] (SBU) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs Consular Department Chief Bahrom Kholnazarov summoned Paul Linge, Country Director of Operation Mercy, March 29 to inform him that Operation Mercy's foreign, non-Tajik, staff would have to leave Tajikistan within ten days. Kholnazarov instructed Linge to [...]
2007-03-30 12:59:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM TI
07DUSHANBE467COCHRAN INTERVIEWS PROVIDE INSIGHT INTO FARM LIFE IN
[...] "I would like to learn more about artificial insemination," a number of Tajik dairy farmers repeated in recent interviews for an agricultural exchange program. Alexander Simon of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agriculture Service in Almaty spent March 26-30 in Tajikistan intervi [...]
2007-04-02 12:17:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON EAID ELAB PGOV TI
07DUSHANBE509TAJIKISTAN BANKERS EXCHANGE: ANOTHER SET OF CONVERTS
[...] (U) Summary: "Washington is the city of smiles!!" At an International Visitor Program exchange debrief March 28, Tajikistan's top bankers marveled as much about the technical and practical lessons observed in the U.S. banking system, as about at the openness of U.S. society and economy, and [...]
2007-04-04 12:36:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EAID KPAO TI
07DUSHANBE518FAITH-BASED NGO GIVEN BREATHING ROOM
[...] (C) Summary: Operation Mercy got a reprieve April 5 when the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the expatriate members could remain in country on their current visas. Consular Department Chief Bahrom Kholnazarov gave ConOff no reason for the about-face, but we strongly believe this to th [...]
2007-04-06 11:22:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM CASC KDEM TI
07DUSHANBE525TAJIKISTAN AT THE CROSSROADS
[...] (SBU) Five months after the presidential election secured President Rahmonov a third seven-year term, Tajikistan seems to have stalled on the road of reform. Throughout 2006, Rahmonov assured international visitors and his public alike that "after the election," new blood and new ideas would [...]
2007-04-09 07:20:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EAID TI
07DUSHANBE590DAS FEIGENBAUM VISITS NEW ANTI-CORRUPTION AGENCY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: At the top of the agenda for many Tajik officials is attracting private business to Tajikistan. However, Tajikistan's current legal and regulatory environment, infested with corruption, deters American businesses. In a meeting with Sherkhon Salimov, Director of the new State A [...]
2007-04-19 03:42:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM TI
07DUSHANBE591CONFERENCE ON U.S.-TAJIK RELATIONS ALLOWS PRAISE AND CRITICISM OF US ROLE IN REGION
[...] Summary and Comment: The April 13th conference "15 Years of U.S.-Tajik Relations" offered few surprises in terms of opinions or positions, but did provide an open forum for real debate and discourse about the U.S. role and policy in Tajikistan and the region. Some Tajik government officials pr [...]
2007-04-19 07:01:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PINR TI AF SNAR
07DUSHANBE628SETTING THE SCENE FOR DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF COMMERCE
[...] (C) You will be pleasantly surprised by the veneer of Dushanbe's active consumer economy, which hides the underbelly of massive corruption and industrial decay. The government, including the recently renamed Foreign Minister Zarifi and President Rahmon (going back to their Tajik roots),insis [...]
2007-04-25 12:53:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL TI AF
07DUSHANBE690PROVING WHY SABIT IS "SPECIAL" IN TAJIKISTAN
[...] (U) Summary: We may be neighbors, but we aren't well connected. This theme underscored a Central Asian Transportation Infrastructure Conference May 7, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Commerce along with Embassy Dushanbe, to highlight the Special American Business Internship Training prog [...]
2007-05-10 11:11:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON EFIN TI AF KG UZ KZ
07DUSHANBE723COMMERCE DEPARTMENT TO TAJIKISTAN: KEEP WORKING ON IT
[...] Summary: In a series of high-level government meetings in Dushanbe May 6-9, Department of Commerce Deputy Assistant Secretary for Europe and Eurasia Paul Dyck drilled home the SIPDIS message about providing a stable and open business environment in order to attract foreign investment. In [...]
2007-05-16 16:55:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ECON PGOV PREL TI
07DUSHANBE786PERSIAN POWER: TAJIKISTAN'S DEVELOPING TIES WITH IRAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Tajikistan has characterized its ties with Iran as purely economic, but growing political, military and diplomatic relations indicate that more than investment and trade is bringing the two countries closer together. In the last eighteen months, Tajik President Rahmon and Irania [...]
2007-06-01 13:11:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ENRG EAID TI AF IR
07DUSHANBE860AFGHANS IN TAJIKISTAN -- READY FOR BUSINESS
[...] (SBU) Summary: While a common perception amongst Tajik officials and academics is that the Afghans are all poor, coming from a war-torn country with little education and healthcare, Afghan businessmen are surprisingly successful and growing wealthy in Tajikistan, and they have an equally dim vi [...]
2007-06-10 07:45:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PGOV EAID TI AF
07DUSHANBE886SETTING THE SCENE FOR COMMANDER, U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND'S JUNE
[...] (C) Executive Summary. Embassy Dushanbe welcomes you on your first trip to Tajikistan. This will be an important step in forging personal relationships with key Tajik leaders. We enjoy friendly relations with this small but strategic country on the Afghan border. In addition to DoD and CENT [...]
2007-06-13 09:46:00Embassy DushanbeSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL ECON EAID TI
07DUSHANBE924U.S. MILITARY PERSONNEL ASSAULTED AND MEDEVACED
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On June 17 at 0115 hours, three temporary duty military personnel and one private American citizen were severely beaten outside a local night club. Members of the team estimated the assault lasted for twenty minutes and around thirty attackers participated. They subsequentl [...]
2007-06-18 13:54:00Embassy DushanbeSECRET//NOFORNASEC AMED CASC PREL TI
07DUSHANBE928AMEMBASSY DUSHANBE - EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING
[...] (S/NF) The Ambassador convened a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee to discuss Independence Day security planning (ref A),an explosion at the Supreme Court building in downtown Dushanbe on June 16, and an assault against members of a U.S. Central Command planning team on June 17 (ref [...]
2007-06-19 13:32:00Embassy DushanbeSECRET//NOFORNASEC PINR PTER TI
07DUSHANBE933AMBASSADOR' S MEETING WITH HYDRO-POWERED FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met Foreign Minister Zarifi June 20 to discuss a laundry list of outstanding issues, including the upcoming completion of the Nizhniy Pyanzh bridge, our demarches on Afghan refugees (Ref A) and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization's upcoming summit (Ref B),and the [...]
2007-06-21 11:32:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PGOV EAID KDEM TI AF IR
07DUSHANBE935CANARGO PROSPECTS FOR GAS IN DUSHANBE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The heads of U.S. oil and gas prospecting company CanArgo recently visited Tajikistan in order to push the Tajik government to sign a contract on development of oil and gas fields in the southern Kulob region. CanArgo has signed a protocol with the government on development of [...]
2007-06-22 10:14:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EINV EIND TI PGOV
07DUSHANBE967PENJIKENT, TAJIKISTAN: ISOLATED BY REGIONAL BUREAUCRACY AND
[...] Summary: A June 20-22 trip to Penjikent and Aini districts in western Tajikistan illuminated how bilateral problems with Uzbekistan strangle the economy and trade for Tajik districts in the Zarafshan valley. In Penjikent city, officials and citizens expressed support for President Rahmon, but [...]
2007-06-26 11:34:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EAID ECON EAGR ENRG TI UZ
07DUSHANBE969EXTENDED MEETING WITH PRESIDENT RAHMON DOMINATES CENTCOM
[...] (C) Summary. In an unexpectedly long meeting with the Tajik President, which dominated Admiral Fallon's visit June 19, Emomali Rahmon hailed U.S.-Tajik relations as one of the first priorities in Tajik foreign policy and stated that Tajikistan is interested in further development of these rela [...]
2007-06-28 11:25:00Embassy DushanbeSECRET//NOFORNPREL MASS PGOV TI AF IR
07DUSSELDORF13A VISION AND A WAY FORWARD FOR CG DUESSELDORF
[...] Summary: After a thorough review of CG Duesseldorf operations, we have developed a roadmap for the long run that differs radically from the past and implements the Secretary's transformational diplomacy directives. Our vision is to continue advancing vital US interests in Germany and Europe [...]
2007-04-20 15:30:00Consulate DusseldorfUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ECON CMGT PGOV BEXP GM
07DUSSELDORF16REQUEST FOR A NEW CONSULAR AGENCY -- COLOGNE
[...] Summary: Mission requests the establishment of a new consular agency to be located in Cologne, North-Rhine Westphalia (NRW),the most populous and politically and economically important state in Germany. The American Citizen Services (ACS) unit of the U.S. Consulate General Duesseldorf will c [...]
2007-05-09 13:13:00Consulate DusseldorfUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CASC AFIN GM
07DUSSELDORF31NATIONAL MUSLIM GROUP SPOKESMAN WELCOMES GERMAN GOVERNMENT'S
[...] (U) In an October 16 conversation with Duesseldorf Pol/Econ Officer, Bekir Alboga, the new spokesperson for the Muslim Coordination Council (KRM) commented positively on a dinner he attended in Berlin the day before hosted by Federal Interior Minister Schaeuble, to celebrate the end of Ramadan [...]
2007-10-17 15:46:00Consulate DusseldorfUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KISL GM
07DUSSELDORF4NRW MINISTER-PRESIDENT RUETTGERS TO WASHINGTON: MAKING NRW A
[...] (SBU) Summary: North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) Minister-President Juergen Ruettgers will travel to Washington DC, Pittsburgh, and New York City February 12-17 to follow-up on his 2006 trip to the U.S. His primary goals there are to make and renew political contacts and to expand cooperation on [...]
2007-02-08 12:15:00Consulate DusseldorfUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON ENRG ELAB GM
07EFTOATHENS404GREEK NGOS' WORK IN IRAN, BALKANS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Econoffs recently met with two Greek NGOs to talk about their work in the Balkan region and Iran. The European Public Law Center (EPLC) aims to promote democracy and the rule of law in the EU and the surrounding region. Founded in 1995, EPLC also has conducted projects in Iran. [...]
2007-02-23 13:30:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM KPAO PGOV PREL GR IR
07EFTOBAGHDAD1098REFERRAL OF INTERPRETER ANSAM SHIHAB AHMED
[...] Embassy Baghdad would like to refer Ansam Shihab Ahmed to the US Refugee Admissions Program. 2. (SBU) Biographical information: NAME: Ansam Shihab Ahmed DOB: 27 November 1972 POB: Iraq Passport Number: S 285869 Gender: Female Marital Status: Single (divorce) Dependents: N/A 3. [...]
2007-03-29 07:06:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PHUM IZ
07EFTOBAGHDAD1116REFERRAL OF INTERPRETER ESSAM HAMMOUDI AHMED
[...] Embassy Baghdad would like to refer Essam Hammoudi Ahmed to the US Refugee Admissions Program. 2. (SBU) Biographical information: Principal applicant NAME: Essam Hammoudi Ahmed DOB: July 1, 1980 POB: Iraq Passport Number: S 1647887 Gender: Male Marital Status: Single Dependents [...]
2007-03-31 15:19:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PHUM IZ
07EFTOBAGHDAD867US REFUGEE ADMISSIONS PROGRAM REFERRAL OF LOCALLY
[...] Embassy Baghdad would like to refer the following locally-employed staff to the US Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) 2. (SBU) Principal applicant (PA): NAME: Nabil Al-Bassam (a.k.a. Nabil Sh. Ibrahem) DOB: July 22, 1970 POB: Diyala Passport Number: S 487540 Gender: Male Marita [...]
2007-03-12 08:40:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM IZ
07EFTOOTTAWA1217CANADA: DEMARCHE REQUEST FOR ROME RULE OF LAW
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-22 18:58:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKJUS IBRD AF CA
07EFTORABAT171SCHOOL TAX AGREEMENT UPDATE
[...] (SBU/NF) Summary: Following completion of consultations with Department offices and the five officially supported American schools in Morocco, Mission has moved to engage senior GOM officials on the issue of concluding a bilateral agreement to give the schools legal status and shield them from [...]
2007-01-31 11:59:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AMGT ASCH KREC MO
07EFTORABAT264AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER JETTOU ON
[...] (SBU/NF) Summary: In a meeting with Ambassador to discuss our desire to conclude a bilateral schools' agreement, Prime Minister Jettou took on board our concerns about the precarious financial situation of American schools in Morocco and committed to finding a solution to the tax conundrum they [...]
2007-02-09 11:21:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EFIN SCUL MA
07EFTORABAT521PM ADVISOR CATEGORICALLY REJECTS TAX CONCESSIONS
[...] (SBU/NF) Summary: In a meeting to follow up on the Ambassador's February 7 meeting with Prime Minister Jettou on our desire to conclude a school tax agreement governing U.S. schools in Morocco, the Prime Minister's Finance Advisor Abderrezak Lazrak reiterated the Government of Morocco's desire [...]
2007-03-23 14:05:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AMGT ASCH PGOV EFIN SCUL MA
07EFTOSANAA588HELPING ROYG COPE WITH SOMALI REFUGEES AND AN
[...] (U) This is an action request for the Department. Please see paragraph four. 2. (U/NF) In mid-March, UN Assistant High Commissioner for Refugees Erika Feller visited Yemen to underscore the need for additional resources to cope with the continuing influx of refugees from the Horn of Afri [...]
2007-04-07 11:28:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF YM
07FRANKFURT1182FRONTEX: EU Border Control Cooperation at Frankfurt Airport
[...] SUMMARY: In a February 19-March 9 joint operation, FRONTEX border security guards from seven EU countries are screening passengers at Frankfurt Airport to curb illegal entry to the EU. FRONTEX officials are pleased with the operation, which has netted fifteen detentions, mainly from South Amer [...]
2007-03-12 09:58:00Consulate FrankfurtUNCLASSIFIEDSMIG ASEC EAIR PBTS PREL GM
07FRANKFURT1199FRONTEX: EU Border Control Cooperation at Frankfurt Airport
[...] SUMMARY: In a February 19-March 9 joint operation, FRONTEX border security guards from seven EU countries are screening passengers at Frankfurt Airport to curb illegal entry to the EU. FRONTEX officials are pleased with the operation, which has netted fifteen detentions, mainly from South Amer [...]
2007-03-13 08:36:00Consulate FrankfurtUNCLASSIFIEDSMIG ASEC EAIR PBTS PREL GM
07FRANKFURT320Opel/GM Europe Upswing, Return to the U.S. Market
[...] SUMMARY: Led by German subsidiary Opel, General Motors (GM) Europe posted a profit of $186 million in 2006 (through September) en route to its projected first full-year profit in Europe since 1999. Opel in particular has reason to celebrate since it will soon produce more Saab/Vauxhall model [...]
2007-01-24 06:33:00Consulate FrankfurtUNCLASSIFIEDEIND ELAB ECON GM
07FRANKFURT3223Kurt Beck: Profile of a Pragmatic Social Democrat
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Social Democratic/SPD national chairman and Rheinland-Pfalz Minister-President Kurt Beck rose to power as a centrist leader combining political bridge-building with charm appeal to a working-class and often rural base. Having achieved prominence via hard work and charisma rathe [...]
2007-07-09 10:42:00Consulate FrankfurtUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR GM
07FRANKFURT731TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT MEETS BUNDESBANK
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Robert Kimmitt met February 12 with Bundesbank President Axel Weber to review the state of Germany's economy, financial market regulation, and key transatlantic economic issues. D/S Kimmitt and Weber agreed on the need for open investment regimes [...]
2007-02-15 11:17:00Consulate FrankfurtCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON EINV ETRD GM
07FREETOWN113TFG01: SIERRA LEONE OFFICIALS CONFIRM THEIR BORDER
[...] (SBU) On the morning of February 16, Post learned separately from Sierra Leone's Office for National Security (ONS),the Immigration Office, and the Ministry of Defense that the border between Sierra Leone and Guinea remains open. Also, nineteen American missionaries crossed safely into Sierr [...]
2007-02-16 14:55:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC PREL GV SL
07FREETOWN131 RESUMPTION OF NONIMMIGRANT VISA SERVICES
[...] Embassy Freetown publicly announced on February 20 that it had resumed nonimmigrant visa processing after a ten-year hiatus. Residents of Sierra Leone no longer must travel to neighboring Guinea to apply for nonimmigrant visas at Embassy Conakry as they have done since Freetown last processed [...]
2007-02-23 16:11:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT KPAO SL
07FREETOWN153CHINA INFLUENCE INCREASING IN SIERRA LEONE
[...] (C) China continues to expand its presence and influence in Sierra Leone as it looks to exploit the country's vast mineral wealth and fishing resources. Sierra Leone and China have enjoyed diplomatic relations since 1971. GOSL officials traveled to China last year for the China-Africa Summit [...]
2007-03-05 19:23:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD EFIN ENRG CH ECON SL
07FREETOWN202ESTIMATED TWO MILLION SIERRA LEONEANS REGISTER TO
[...] (U) On March 18 Sierra Leone concluded a three-week voter registration period for the national elections to be held July 28, 2007. Deemed a success by the United Nations Integrated Office in Sierra Leone (UNIOSIL),preliminary results estimate that between February 26 - March 18 nearly 2 milli [...]
2007-03-23 16:50:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SL
07FREETOWN355PARAMOUNT HELICOPTER CRASHES KILLING TOGOLESE MINISTER
[...] On the evening of June 3, a helicopter operated by Paramount Airlines crashed while attempting to land at Lungi International Airport killing a reported 21 people, including Togo's Minister of Sport. News reports state most victims were members of a Togolese delegation attending a soccer match [...]
2007-06-04 13:26:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ATRN EAIR CASC SL
07FREETOWN391MEDIA PLACEMENTS FOR MAY 2007
[...] Post and Mission Activities/Press Releases: A. On May 4, PEN Sierra Leone, a literary club, in collaboration with the United States Embassy in Freetown, celebrated the 37th anniversary of Earth day with an essay competition. In a prize ceremony at the Embassy, the Ambassador said the cele [...]
2007-06-21 14:12:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO SL
07FREETOWN421SIERRA LEONE ELECTIONS ON TRACK AS CAMPAIGNING
[...] (SBU) The official campaign period for Sierra Leone's August 11 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections began on July 10. With the elections under a month away, no party has emerged as the clear favorite to win. Indications are there could be a runoff in the presidential election between the [...]
2007-07-12 17:25:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM PINR SL
07FREETOWN436BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON SIERRA LEONEAN PRESIDENTIAL AND
[...] (U) The National Electoral Commission has announced that seven political parties are registered to participate in the presidential election on August 11. The following is biographic information on the presidential and vice presidential candidates from the three main political parties, the Sierr [...]
2007-07-23 16:09:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PINR SL
07FREETOWN471EMBASSY PLAN TO MONITOR SIERRA LEONE NATIONAL
[...] (SBU) Sierra Leone will hold its Presidential and Parliamentary elections on Saturday, August 11. Post has devised the following plan to monitor voting centers in nine of the 14 districts on election day. Seven monitoring teams, comprised of one to three Direct Hire American Embassy staff acco [...]
2007-08-07 13:29:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM ASEC SL
07FREETOWN479SIERRA LEONE CALM BUT ANXIOUS ON THE EVE OF
[...] (SBU) Sierra Leone will hold its presidential and parliamentary elections on August 11. These are the second national elections since the end of the decade-long civil war in 2002, and the first since peacekeepers departed in December 2005. Seven political parties are running for the presidency [...]
2007-08-10 16:31:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM SL
07FREETOWN535FREETOWN MONITORING PLAN FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION RUN-OFF
[...] (SBU) Sierra Leone will hold a run-off Presidential election on Saturday, September 8, 2007 between APC candidate Ernest Koroma and SLPP candidate Solomon Berewa. Post has devised a plan to monitor 8 of the 14 electoral districts on election day. Five monitoring teams comprised of one to thr [...]
2007-09-04 19:48:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM ASEC SL
07FREETOWN58SIERRA LEONE: 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE REPORT
[...] The Government of Sierra Leone (GoSL) Ministry of Trade and Industry is actively working to increase trade and investment. 2. Investment Laws: A new Investment Code went into effect in 2005. It is designed to put Sierra Leone at par with western countries concerning the protection of compa [...]
2007-01-24 17:46:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDEINV KTBD OPIC EFIN USTR ETRD SL
07FREETOWN589AMBASSADOR PERRY'S ARRIVAL AT POST
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-28 12:50:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN APER SL
07FREETOWN607RUTILE AND BAUXITE PRODUCTION: A BOOST FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Rutile and bauxite production are rapidly growing industries in Sierra Leone, with great potential to quickly become the country's most profitable exports. Since resuming operations in 2005, the Titanium Resource Group (TRG),responsible for the large majority of Sierra Leone's bau [...]
2007-10-09 10:27:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EMIN BEXP SL
07FREETOWN612AMBASSADOR PERRY PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO SIERRA
[...] (U) Ambassador Perry presented her credentials to President Ernest Bai Koroma on Monday, October 8, 2007 at State House in Freetown during an informal session. She also presented the Letters of Recall of her predecessor, Ambassador Thomas N. Hull, III. The meeting was attended by Vice Presiden [...]
2007-10-10 18:34:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIALAMGT APER PREL SL
07FREETOWN613EMBASSY FREETOWN ORGANIZES SUCCESSFUL COMMUNITY IFTAAR
[...] On October 9 Embassy Freetown organized a successful Iftaar program at a new community Islamic and vocational school, the Umar Bin Alkhatab Institute for Vocational and Technical Training and Arabic Islamic Studies. The Ambassador and embassy staff attended the Iftaar and shared take-home meal [...]
2007-10-11 14:18:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KISL KPAO SL
07FREETOWN639PRESIDENT KOROMA INVITATION TO PRESIDENT BUSH TO
[...] The Government of Sierra Leone has announced that the inauguration of President Ernest Bai Koroma will take place in Freetown on November 15, 2007. Embassy Freetown has been asked to convey the following invitation from President Koroma to President George W. Bush, received October 24. The acc [...]
2007-10-24 18:46:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OPDC SL
07FREETOWN713DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH
[...] On November 29, 2007, poloff delivered dipnote and points, per reftel, to Bakie Doherty, Americas desk officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. Mrs. Doherty says no decision has been reached, but she will present our viewpoint to the appropriate parties withi [...]
2007-11-30 06:33:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA IS SL
07FREETOWN746EXPLOSIONS IN DOWNTOWN FREETOWN
[...] On December 20, 2007, the Embassy Emergency Action Committee (EAC) convened to discuss a series of deadly blasts that rocked downtown Freetown earlier the same afternoon. Present were the Ambassador, DCM, RSO, CON, CLO, DAO, LEGATT, USAID, POL, and PAO. The blasts occurred in the bottom floor [...]
2007-12-20 18:28:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER SL
07FREETOWN747AMERICAN COMPANY EXPLORING POTENTIAL FOR IT
[...] SUMMARY: Poloff met a four-person team visiting Sierra Leone to explore the possibility of software development outsourcing to Sierra Leone on November 30. The team, representing an envisioned start-up business named "Blue Ocean IT," was headed by AmCit James Kane, Managing Director of US f [...]
2007-12-20 18:28:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD PREL SL
07FREETOWN754FREETOWN MEDIA PLACEMENTS FOR NOVEMBER 2007
[...] Summary: Embassy Freetown's outreach in November 2007 included articles surrounding A/S Frazer's attendance at the inauguration of President Koroma, newly-arrived Ambassador Perry's courtesy calls on Ministers, the opening of two new American Shelves in Freetown, and the Embassy's commemoratio [...]
2007-12-21 13:43:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO SL
07GENEVA1418Amine Mohammad Al-Bakry, detainee - #40 in Geneva 2006
[...] Mission has received a communication from Leila Zerrougui, Chairperson-Rapporteur for the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention regarding the case of Amine Mohammad Al-Bakry, a Yemeni citizen, detained at the US Air Force Base of Baghram, Afghanistan. Letter dated 11 December 2006 referenced in [...]
2007-06-04 14:31:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHRC
07GENEVA1992DAS SINGH AND AMBASSADOR REES' GENEVA MEETINGS -
[...] (C) Summary: On an August 6-8 visit to Geneva, IO Deputy Assistant Secretary Singh and Special Representative for Social Issues Rees highlighted deep U.S. disappointment with the UN Human Rights Council and explored increasing the use of alternative fora, such as the UNGA Third Committee and t [...]
2007-08-22 15:12:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM UNHRC KUNR PREF UNHCR
07GENEVA2048DAS SINGH AND AMBASSADOR REES' GENEVA TALKS -
[...] (SBU) Summary: IO Deputy Assistant Secretary Singh and Special Representative for Social Issues Rees used a human rights-focused August 6-8 visit to Geneva to also address a range of humanitarian, refugee, and health issues, as well as UN reform. DAS Singh also underscored the importance the [...]
2007-08-29 08:31:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALKUNR PHUM PREF UNHRC
07GENEVA2375UN REFORM: US BLOCKS WIPO BUDGET OVER ACCOUNTABILITY
[...] (U) At the WIPO 43rd General Assemblies, the US succeeded in its goal of forcing discussion of a confidential internal audit report alleging misconduct on the part the Sudanese Director General Kamil Idris. However, on the last day of the 10-day meeting, the African countries rejected a propo [...]
2007-10-11 20:31:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON AORC WIPO
07GENEVA2541UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW: A NEW MECHANISM IN THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A new human rights mechanism is scheduled to get underway in April 2008, with the human rights behavior of a first tranche of 16 countries to be reviewed under the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process. Over the next four years, all UN member states are to undergo such review in [...]
2007-11-30 16:28:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM UNHRC
07GENEVA525VISIT OF UNDER SECRETARY DOBRIANSKY - STAKEHOLDER
[...] Summary. Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula J. Dobriansky visited Geneva February 28 as head of the U.S. delegation to the World Health Organization (WHO) Consultation on Polio Eradication, resulting in continued global commitment to eradication and establishment of miles [...]
2007-03-06 10:41:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO WHO
07GEORGETOWN1042INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT, PART I
[...] (U) Post presents its 2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, Part I, Drugs and Chemical Control Guyana: I. Summary Guyana is a transit point for cocaine destined for North America, Europe, and the Caribbean, but not in quantities sufficient to impact the U.S. market. In [...]
2007-11-26 18:31:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR GY
07GEORGETOWN1075INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT, PART II
[...] (U) Post presents its 2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, Part II, Money Laundering and Financial Crimes. Begin text: Guyana is neither an important regional nor an offshore financial center, nor does it have any free trade zones. Money laundering is perceived as a serio [...]
2007-12-11 11:19:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM EFIN KTFN SNAR GY
07GEORGETOWN109RIO GROUP SUMMIT SET FOR MARCH 3 IN
[...] (U) Summary: The 2007 Rio Group Summit of Heads of State will be held in Georgetown, Guyana on March 3, preceded by a Foreign Ministers meeting on March 1, and a National Coordinators meeting on February 28. GoG insiders characterize the Summit as unlikely to attract a large turnout and larg [...]
2007-01-26 18:17:00Embassy GeorgetownCONFIDENTIALPREL ECIN PINR XM VE GY
07GEORGETOWN111CARICOM CRICKET SECURITY REQUEST - LETTER TO DOD A/S
[...] (SBU) Post received diplomatic note from the CARICOM Secretariat requesting post to transmit the following letter from CARICOM Acting Secretary General Amb. Lolita Applewaite to Assistant Secretary of SIPDIS Defense Peter W. Rodman. The letter request DOD consider deploying maritime assets [...]
2007-01-26 20:44:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPDC MASS MCAP PREL PARM ASEC XL GY
07GEORGETOWN152JAGDEO HITTING CRITICS WHERE IT HURTS
[...] (C) Summary: An escalating conflict between the GOG and the independent Stabroek News over a recent withdrawal of government advertisements (reported reftel) illustrates President Jagdeo's mounting willingness to lash out at critics with more than verbal attacks. As more groups condemn the ad [...]
2007-02-08 18:32:00Embassy GeorgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM GY
07GEORGETOWN207RIO GROUP SUMMIT RSVPS SLOW IN COMING
[...] (C) Summary: With the 19th Rio Group Summit less than a week away, Guyana has only received one definite confirmation of attendance from a head of state. Although President Jagdeo and the local press have touted the Summit as a prestigious event in its own right and an important "dry run" for [...]
2007-02-21 18:08:00Embassy GeorgetownCONFIDENTIALPREL ECIN XM GY
07GEORGETOWN209ANOTHER CARICOM CRICKET SECURITY REQUEST - LETTER
[...] (SBU) Post received a diplomatic note today from the CARICOM Secretariat requesting post transmit the attached letter from CARICOM Secretary General Edwin Carrington to Assistant Secretary of Defense Peter W. Rodman. The letter requests DoD give urgent consideration to deployment to the reg [...]
2007-02-21 19:28:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC MCAP OPDC PARM PREL MASS XL GY
07GEORGETOWN267SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (SBU) The following is Embassy Georgetown's submission of information requested in reftel for the 2007 Annual Trafficking in Persons Report. --------------------------------------------- -- Begin Report: Overview of country's activities to eliminate trafficking in persons: ----------------- [...]
2007-03-12 20:47:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB KCRM KWMN KFRD GY
07GEORGETOWN282VULNERABILITY OF FRC REGIONAL SUPPORT PERSONNEL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-16 17:05:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAPER ODIP AODE AMGT KLIG
07GEORGETOWN295EAB REPORT ON 2006 ELECTIONS: FREE AND FAIR, BUT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: More than six months after election day, the local Electoral Assistance Bureau (EAB) released its Final Report on Guyana's 2006 National and Regional Elections. The EAB declared the elections "free and fair" and found the Final Declaration of Results was "largely representative o [...]
2007-03-23 12:27:00Embassy GeorgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM OAS GY
07GEORGETOWN400DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN CORRUPTION AND CRIME
[...] Guyana: Charge raised the UNCAC and UNTOC April 19 with MFA Director General Elisabeth Harper and MFA Acting Director for Americas and Asia Audrey Wadell. Harper said the Cabinet sub-committee on governance discussed the UNCAC the week before. Wadell was aware of the UNTOC questionaires and s [...]
2007-04-24 20:36:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PTER PGOV KCRM KCOR CARICOM GY
07GEORGETOWN435CARICOM: LITTLE PROGRESS ON CONFERENCE ON THE
[...] (SBU) After a month of trying for a substantive discussion with CARICOM Secretariat on the agenda for the 20/20 Conference, Secretary General Carrington told Ambassador that CARICOM agrees with the broad themes suggested by the U.S. and wished to add another "Migration and Development" that mi [...]
2007-05-04 19:53:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETTC KSUM CARICOM XL
07GEORGETOWN511Foreign Medical Assistance in Guyana
[...] Embassy Georgetown is committed to working with the Department, the Pentagon, and Southcom to carry through successfully the President's mandate that the USNS Comfort's visit will aid "people who might not otherwise get the basic health care they need to realize a better tomorrow." The Guyanes [...]
2007-05-22 17:40:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIEDEAID MASS MOPS PREL SOCI TBIO KPAO GY
07GEORGETOWN59VAT AND CASINO GAMBLING CAUSE PUBLIC DISCORD AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: The PPP/C government,s sloppy implementation of VAT and heavy-handed efforts to legalize casino gambling are giving rise to public discontent and fueling internal dissent within the party. End Summary. 2. (U) The difficult introduction of VAT in Guyana was reported reftel. [...]
2007-01-16 19:39:00Embassy GeorgetownCONFIDENTIALEFIN KCOR SNAR PGOV GY
07GEORGETOWN642DEPORTEES: PROPORTIONALLY, GUYANA DEPORTS MORE
[...] The issue of deportation was raised by President Bharrat Jagdeo and other heads of government at the Conference on the Caribbean. Caribbean interest in deportation is normally presented as a concern over the impact on small nations of the large number of deportees they must absorb. However, [...]
2007-06-29 14:05:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS SMIG PREL CASC GY
07GEORGETOWN776GUYANA PREPARES TO ENTER BIO-ENERGY FIELD
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Guyana recently hosted a two-day, regional agro-energy seminar to discuss the current world bio-energy market and the prospects of developing bio-fuel opportunities in Guyana, Barbados, and Jamaica. The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) pledged US $850,000 to Guyana to help j [...]
2007-08-16 18:50:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EAGR EAID EFIN ECON GY
07GEORGETOWN818MCC SIGNING CEREMONY'S REVEALING INSIGHTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 23rd, Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Deputy Chairman Rodney Bent participated in a signing ceremony for the US$6.7 million two-year Guyana Threshold Program contract. The event was covered by all television and radio news programs and reported in each of the thr [...]
2007-08-31 19:19:00Embassy GeorgetownCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEAID EFIN PGOV PREL GY
07GRENADA156SCENESETTER CABLE FOR WHA/CAR DIRECTOR'S VISIT TO GRENADA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Embassy Grenada warmly welcomes November 12-13, 2007 visit to St. George's of WHA/CAR Director Velia de Pirro. Director De Pirro is visiting Grenada at a time when the United States is seen by Grenadians as losing its dominance in the Caribbean and China is filling the voi [...]
2007-11-06 21:21:00Embassy GrenadaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON ASEC EAID GJ
07GRENADA157GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT OCTOBER 28 - NOVEMBER 03,
[...] (U) Embassy Grenada's weekly activity report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. (U) Begin GWAR Text: A. Cuba's Ambassador In Grenada Attacks Embargo Unchallenged The Cuban ambassador to Grenada, Margarita Delgado [...]
2007-11-07 15:58:00Embassy GrenadaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EPET EINV PGOV GJ CU VE
07GRENADA164WHA/CAR DIRECTOR DE PIRRO VISITS TO GRENADA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: WHA/CAR Director Velia De Pirro met with a range of local government officials and community leaders during her November 12-13 visit to Grenada. In her meetings, De Pirro reiterated continued U.S. engagement in the region and stressed the importance of demonstrating support for [...]
2007-11-21 13:07:00Embassy GrenadaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PGOV CASC CVIS KCRM EFIN ASEC GJ
07GUADALAJARA119EMILIO TAKES CHARGE: JALISCO GETS THIRD SUCCESSIVE PAN
[...] Summary: Former Guadalajara Mayor Emilio Gonzalez Marquez assumed the Governorship of Jalisco March 1, calling upon his constituents to "think big" and work together to make the state a leader in business, education, social services, and environmental protection. He also promised to put grea [...]
2007-03-09 16:22:00Consulate GuadalajaraUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PINR OEXC MX
07GUADALAJARA330TEPATITLAN'S NEWEST EXPORT - ITS WOMEN
[...] Summary: At a recent promotional event for the tourism industry of Tepatitlan, the region's women were promoted as the strongest draw for foreign tourists. According to a local official, the number of prostitution arrests have spiked recently, raising questions about the area's vulnerability [...]
2007-07-03 18:26:00Consulate GuadalajaraUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM SOCI ECON MX
07GUADALAJARA379INCREASINGLY URBAN AND FEMALE CENTRAL WESTERN MEXICO
[...] Summary: According to recent studies, the profile of immigrants to the United States from Central Western Mexico has changed in recent years. Immigrants from urban locales have been on the rise and the female percentage among this population has increased as well. Academics cited the more e [...]
2007-07-31 20:31:00Consulate GuadalajaraUNCLASSIFIEDSMIG PGOV PREL ECON MX XM
07GUADALAJARA610UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA - A LEFTIST ICON'S NEW PRAGMATISM
[...] Summary: Slowly but surely the left-leaning and often anti-U.S. University of Guadalajara is adopting a more practical relationship with the Consulate and USG. As the second-largest public university in Mexico, the University is closely tied to the state library and hospital and owns several [...]
2007-12-18 23:36:00Consulate GuadalajaraUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SCUL ECON PREL MX
07GUANGZHOU1049South China Drug Makers Differ on Impact of Product Safety
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Several pharmaceutical companies in South China appear to have taken steps to improve their quality assurance (QA) procedures and put them more in line with international standards. Product safety and integrity problems interestingly are reinforcing for Chinese companies the need [...]
2007-09-17 23:41:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU108U/S Hughes and PD Envoy Kwan Engage Guangzhou
[...] SUMMARY: The January 21-23 visit to Guangzhou of Undersecretary for Public Diplomacy Karen Hughes, American Public Diplomacy Envoy Michelle Kwan, and Ambassador Clark T. Randt, Jr. was an unprecedented opportunity to showcase American public diplomacy programs reaching out to previously untap [...]
2007-01-24 09:02:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PREL OVIP CH
07GUANGZHOU1183Canton Fair: Seizing the Opportunity to Promote U.S.
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the first ever U.S. Consulate-hosted forum at the Canton Trade Fair, U.S. government and business representatives discussed - with an appreciative Chinese audience - American goods and services available for import and the impact of export controls on PRC companies doing busin [...]
2007-10-31 05:53:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU1186CHINA DECLARES SUCCESS AT THE 102ND CANTON FAIR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Another record-breaking Canton Fair closed yesterday with increases in contract orders; attendance was lower. Attention to toy safety, export tariff policy changes, intellectual property rights and foreign imports all affected the final numbers, with a ten percent decline in toy [...]
2007-10-31 09:01:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV ECON PGOV CH HK TW
07GUANGZHOU1231Pearl River Delta Flotsam and Jetsam, November 19, 2007
[...] (U) SUMMARY: This is the third in a series of periodic cables that will feature snapshots of the Guangzhou consular district. Highlights of this installment include: advanced television flat-panel manufacturing; a HIV/AIDS treatment facility; enforcement of air pollution laws; and PRD labor tre [...]
2007-11-20 08:33:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ELAB ECON ETRD KHIV CH
07GUANGZHOU1249CPSC RICH O'BRIEN VISITS FACTORY THAT PRODUCED TOXIC AQUA
[...] (SBU) Summary: How does a potential toy nightmare and company branding problem get underway? In the case of Aqua Dots, it was partially caused by having just one manufacturing option. The toxic adhesive formula used in the Aqua Dots was developed locally by the Chinese manufacturer after the [...]
2007-11-29 06:53:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EIND TBIO ECON PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU1278China's New Labor Mediation Law Gets Mixed Reviews
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A new national draft law on labor dispute mediation and arbitration will significantly improve labor-employer relations, Guangdong provincial labor officials and lawyers told officials from the U.S. Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS). AmCham South China members di [...]
2007-12-13 08:31:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ECON EINV CH
07GUANGZHOU128Efforts on Sanshui Port Closure Stymied, but Re-opening
[...] (U) Summary: Members of an American Pyrotechnic Association (APA) delegation, the firework industry's main lobby group, told Congenoffs January 26 that the November 1 closure of Guangdong's Sanshui port, which handles approximately 60 percent of all fireworks shipments to the United States, c [...]
2007-01-30 03:44:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EWWT PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU1301Making Themselves Heard: South China Christians in
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a few exceptions to the general rule of silence, especially in instances where Christian government and media officials help facilitate access, Christians in south China have recently enjoyed opportunities to talk (openly or obliquely) about their faith, according to Guangdong s [...]
2007-12-27 05:48:00Consulate GuangzhouCONFIDENTIALKIRF PHUM PGOV SOCI CH
07GUANGZHOU1303Religious Freedom Varies for South China Expats
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Control over expatriate churches in south China -- ranging from heavy-handed to laissez-faire -- suggests that local governments have considerable latitude in how to interpret regulations on the practice of religion. Expatriate church members in Guangzhou report strict Religious A [...]
2007-12-28 08:20:00Consulate GuangzhouCONFIDENTIALKIRF PHUM PGOV SOCI CH
07GUANGZHOU175 Civil Society in South China, Part I: Middle
[...] (U) Classified by Consul General Robert Goldberg. Reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Urban professionals in Guangdong are becoming more aware of their rights and demanding more independent representation and associations to express their interests. The cities of Guangzhou and [...]
2007-02-07 07:33:00Consulate GuangzhouCONFIDENTIALPHUM SOCI PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU197Making Guangxi a Harmonious Society
[...] (U) Summary: Guangxi leaders vow to create a harmonious society in 5 to 10 years through careful implementation of the 11th, and possibly the 12th, Five Year Plans. Leaders emphasized the need to increase urbanization and industrialization, improve rural conditions, and raise the standard of l [...]
2007-02-13 08:34:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCH NOTAG
07GUANGZHOU198General Counsel Sullivan Visits South China to promote
[...] (U) Summary: During a three day visit to South China, the U.S. Department of Commerce's General Counsel John Sullivan met with senior representatives of Guangdong Province, legal representatives and U.S. business representatives, raising U.S. concerns regarding transparency, legal processes, an [...]
2007-02-13 08:44:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIEDETRD BEXP ECON WTRO KIPR CH OCEA
07GUANGZHOU200AmCham Explores Guangxi, Discovers Investment Opportunities
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Provincial-level and city leaders in the Guangxi cities of Nanning, Liuzhou and Guilin told the Consul General, the President of the American Chamber of Commerce South China and a 72-person business delegation that Guangxi was open for foreign business trade and investment. The lea [...]
2007-02-13 08:45:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV PREL CH
07GUANGZHOU223DAS Christensen's Meetings on Cross-Strait Issues
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Official and academic contacts in Xiamen from the local Taiwan Affairs Office and the University's Taiwan research center told EAP DAS Thomas Christensen February 2 that overall they were cautiously optimistic about the future cross-Strait relations. They pointed to economic ties [...]
2007-02-16 03:24:00Consulate GuangzhouCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SOCI CH TW
07GUANGZHOU224General Counsel Sullivan Visits South China to Promote
[...] (U) Summary: During a three day visit to South China, the U.S. Department of Commerce's General Counsel John Sullivan met with senior representatives of Guangdong Province, legal representatives and U.S. business representatives, raising U.S. concerns regarding transparency, legal processes, an [...]
2007-02-16 07:36:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIEDETRD BEXP ECON WTRO KIPR CH OCEA
07GUANGZHOU301The Labor Shortage in the Pearl River Delta
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In the wake of the week-long lunar new year holiday, Guangdong's Pearl River Delta (PRD) businesses and governments are fretting about a labor shortage that has become more pronounced during the past few years. Migrant workers who left for the holiday are switching jobs, staying h [...]
2007-03-05 09:10:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ECON EINV CH
07GUANGZHOU419Natural Gas in South China (Part 2 of 2): Chinese Taking
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Chinese government has renewed efforts to diversify the nation's energy mix and improve the environment by bringing anticipated large offshore gas reserves in the South China Sea (which had previously been ignored, vented or flared) to production. As offshore oil and gas fie [...]
2007-04-03 03:11:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET EMIN ECON SENV KIPR CH
07GUANGZHOU458Guangzhou International Christian Church Faces RAB
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Guangzhou International Christian Fellowship (GICF) faces renewed pressure to move its location, but the Religious Authorities Bureau (RAB) has told prospective landlords that the fellowship is composed of troublemakers and advised them not to rent to them. The RAB appears concer [...]
2007-04-13 04:02:00Consulate GuangzhouCONFIDENTIALKIRF PHUM PGOV SOCI CH
07GUANGZHOU460Seminary Lecturer Discusses Protestantism in Guangdong,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A lecturer at the Guangdong Union Theological Seminary provided an overview of the small but active provincial Protestant community. It has ties with U.S. and Hong Kong religious institutions and seeks to maintain good relations with the government. Local governments have encou [...]
2007-04-13 08:49:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KIRF PGOV SOCI CH
07GUANGZHOU485Fuzhou - Fraud Capital of China - (1 of 2) A Detailed Look
[...] (SBU) Summary: An analysis of the past year's immigrant visa statistics, discussions with other units and consulates, and a deluge of unsolicited tips still point to the Fuzhou area of Fujian province (Fuzhou, Changle, Mawei, Lianjiang, Fuqing, and Putian) as the capital of visa fraud and illeg [...]
2007-04-23 10:03:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCMGT ASEC CVIS KFRD CH KCRM INL HSTC
07GUANGZHOU486Fuzhou Alien Smuggler's advice - study in the U.S.
[...] (SBU) Summary: Through an aggressive outreach program, Post actively encourages Chinese students to attend colleges and universities in the United States. However, Post continues to encounter well-organized attempts by visa brokers and snakeheads to send applicants, primarily from Fujian, to t [...]
2007-04-24 01:39:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCMGT ASEC CVIS KFRD CH KCRM INL HSTC
07GUANGZHOU487Fuzhou - Fraud Capital of China (2 of 2): 3 Days in Fuzhou
[...] (SBU) Summary: A Conoff from Guangzhou's Fraud Prevention Unit and a LES Investigator visited Fuzhou from January 29-31, performing 14 immigrant-visa field investigations. Of the 14, 12 were confirmed to involve fraud and one applicant could not be located. In many cases, neighbors and village [...]
2007-04-24 01:39:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCMGT ASEC CVIS KFRD CH KCRM INL HSTC
07GUANGZHOU494Guangdong IPR White Paper: Criminal Cases, Case Transfers,
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Guangdong's 2006 intellectual property rights (IPR) white paper cites specific efforts against infringement in the audio-visual industry, improved coordination between Customs and PSB, and four new IPR complaint centers for the public. Guangdong courts concluded 113 IPR-related cr [...]
2007-04-26 08:54:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ECON ETRD WTRO CH
07GUANGZHOU498Copyright Infringement at the Canton and Jinhan Fairs
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Representatives from U.S. and Canadian art publishing companies noticed a slight decline in the number of infringing vendors at the Canton Fair on April 25, but spotted numerous repeat offenders. The overall reduction likely owes more to current market trends than IPR enforcemen [...]
2007-04-27 07:42:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ECON ETRD CH
07GUANGZHOU499South China Leadership Changes; Political Highlights
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Guangdong Party Secretary Zhang Dejiang is poised to move to Beijing to become a Vice Premier and current Beijing Mayor Wang Qishan may become the next Guangdong Party Secretary. Beijing, which has long had reservations about whether Guangdong's leaders serve central government i [...]
2007-04-27 07:43:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV SOCI EAGR EINV CH
07GUANGZHOU505Guangzhou Police Raid Underground Church, Seek
[...] (C) SUMMARY: According to a leader of the local Li Jiang Fellowship church, the Guangzhou Public Security Bureau (PSB) raided her underground church on April 22. PSB officials disrupted the gathering of 100 churchgoers gathering in a local restaurant and warned church leaders to cease holding [...]
2007-04-27 09:31:00Consulate GuangzhouCONFIDENTIALKIRF PGOV SOCI PHUM CH
07GUANGZHOU527Dell China: Expanding Amid Concerns of Growing
[...] (C) Summary: In meetings with the Ambassador, executives from Dell-China took note of the critical importance of China to Dell?s future operations in the Asia-Pacific region, expressed confidence in their ability to continue building market share and discussed Dell?s expansion plans, especiall [...]
2007-05-09 06:51:00Consulate GuangzhouCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU543South China Pig Deaths Raise Safety Concerns
[...] (SBU) Summary: An epidemic outbreak in pigs in rural Guangdong, caused by porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV),has killed several hundred pigs in Guangdong's Yunfu Prefecture and the county-level-city of Gaoyao since late April. The Prefectural Government excluded the po [...]
2007-05-10 08:56:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV SOCI EAGR EINV CH
07GUANGZHOU556Guangdong's Pharmaceutical Professional Association Strives
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Guangdong Pharmaceutical Professional Association (GPPA) disclosed that in 2006 it issued a self-regulatory code of standards for the local pharmaceutical sector in the province. GPPA's code appears to be an attempt to preempt Provincial Government investigation and sanction [...]
2007-05-15 00:15:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO ECON ETRD SOCI CH
07GUANGZHOU562 Guangzhou's Software Industry: Perspectives from a
[...] (U) Summary: The development of Guangdong Province's software industry has been a key priority in recent years for China's Ministries of Commerce, Information Industry, and Education, among others. Guangzhou has emerged as a focal point for the establishment of the province's leading software [...]
2007-05-15 08:59:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EINT TSPL CH
07GUANGZHOU622 SOUTH CHINA OUTWARD INVESTMENT IN 2006
[...] (U) Summary: In 2006, Chinese overseas investment surged by 32 percent and reached USD 16 billion, according to China's Ministry of Commerce. Last year Guangdong Province, which accounted for USD 600 million in total overseas investment, was first in the country again. The number of Guangdon [...]
2007-06-01 00:58:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIEDBTIO ECON EINV ETRD CH
07GUANGZHOU631A CLEANER GUANGDONG FACES MORE SEVERE POWER SHORTAGES THIS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Guangdong continues to be confronted by severe power shortages this summer. The provincial government's plan to lower local air pollution discharges and shut down small power stations has been affected by the shortages; rolling blackouts have been applied in different areas, ma [...]
2007-06-03 23:34:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG PGOV ECON KTDB CH
07GUANGZHOU663Energy Efficiency Conference in Guangzhou Provides
[...] (U) Under a U.S.-China cooperation program supported by USD 1.8 million in USAID funding - and convened by Guangzhou's Sun Yat-Sen University School of Law with the Vermont Law School and the Institute for Sustainable Communities - more than 200 government officials, scholars, and business rep [...]
2007-06-11 08:37:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG PGOV PREL CH
07GUANGZHOU670South China Airports: Capacity Shortage,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: To meet the rapidly mounting demands of passengers and cargo transportation, major civil airports in the Pearl River Delta (PRD) region are gearing up to upgrade their infrastructure and service. Fierce competition is expected as both airports and airlines compete for a bigger [...]
2007-06-12 07:28:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON CH HK
07GUANGZHOU681Airline Expansion in South China
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Rich and populous South China has become an air traffic hotspot. To win market share, airlines in the region are sharpening their competitive edge by opening new routes, buying more aircraft, and expanding cooperation with other airlines. As the Chinese Government deregulates [...]
2007-06-13 08:47:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON CH HK
07GUANGZHOU695Guangdong Discusses Anti-Corruption Efforts with Visiting
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Guangdong government is targeting its anti-corruption efforts in the areas of land transaction and commercial development, according to Guangdong officials who met with a U.S. delegation from the bilateral Anti-Corruption Working Group. China's largest construction bidding c [...]
2007-06-15 06:11:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SOCI ECON CH
07GUANGZHOU786Slow Progress in a Tough Neighborhood: Economic and
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: This cable by Guangzhou's departing Economic/Political Section Chief is a brief look at south China after four years, how it has developed economically, the pluses and minuses, challenges and potential, where it's going in the future. The Pluses: South China and part [...]
2007-07-12 05:22:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EINV CH
07GUANGZHOU789South China's Judicial System: Corrupt? Lacking Experience?
[...] (SBU) Summary: Procedural and structural flaws continue to impede the progress of China's judicial system, according to south China legal experts. Oral testimony, a key to perjury trials and many arbitral disputes, remains largely unreliable and thus, underutilized. Increased judicial activi [...]
2007-07-12 09:38:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SOCI ECON EINV CH
07GUANGZHOU832Pearl River Flotsam and Jetsam, July 24, 2007
[...] (U) SUMMARY: This is the first in a series of periodic cables that will feature snapshots of the Guangzhou consular district. We expect to cover items that are timely for Washington consideration but at this point, do not merit fuller treatment. We are, of course, willing to take a second lo [...]
2007-07-24 05:37:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ECON PINR SENV PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU836Consumer Product Safety in South China
[...] (U) SUMMARY: At a time when the safety and quality of goods being exported from China -- not just to the U.S. but elsewhere in the world, from the Philippines to Europe -- has been called into question, foreign companies in this consular district, especially in the Pearl River Delta, are lookin [...]
2007-07-25 07:45:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECIN EINV PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU849Wal-Mart Discusses Product Safety on a Global Scale
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: As part of our series on consumer product safety, we paid a visit to Wal-Mart's Global Procurement team to discuss the company's Quality Assurance program and ways in which its work should assure an increasingly skeptical foreign market about the firm's ability to mon [...]
2007-07-27 05:13:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON EINV PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU850Foreign Banks: Optimistic About Profits, but Face Hurdles
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Fierce competition from Chinese banks, a constantly changing regulatory environment, and difficulties in working with Chinese shareholders are the key challenges confronted by local government and foreign bankers in south China. Despite their concerns, the foreign banking communit [...]
2007-07-27 05:15:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYWTRO ECON PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU862Have You Heard? China Slashes VAT Refunds
[...] (SBU) Summary: What's the impact on local companies in the region of the July 1 cut/elimination of export tax rebates on almost 3,000 products? Local companies are unanimous: the price of most goods imported from China just went up. Even so, foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs) here are not c [...]
2007-07-30 08:15:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECIN EINV PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU897Mentoring: The Guangzhou Way
[...] (U) Summary: Nearly all 25 Entry Level Professionals at Congen Guangzhou serve in the consular section but the intent of management - and the desire of the ELPs - is to provide a varied experience, with mentoring integrated into every aspect of work. The Congen, mostly through a dynamic ELP w [...]
2007-08-09 08:46:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIEDAPER CMGT CH
07GUANGZHOU911Chinese Inspectors Blame U.S. Media and Unlicensed
[...] (SBU) Summary: Guangzhou Technical Supervision Bureau (TSB) Deputy Director General Liu Shu Biao blamed an overly negative U.S. media and unlicensed workshops for China's recent spate of high-profile product safety recalls. Despite the defensiveness of his remarks, he said that the central gov [...]
2007-08-15 09:19:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU993CHINA'S NEW PRODUCT SAFETY REGULATIONS DELAY EXPORTS OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: A U.S. manufacturer in Guangzhou contacted ConGen Guangzhou after exports to the United States were delayed at the port due to new inspection requirements. After an initially haphazard approach, the Chinese inspectors focused on ensuring the quality and safety of the raw materia [...]
2007-08-31 08:41:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON PGOV CH
07GUATEMALA1043GUATEMALA WITHDRAWS NOMINEE FOR INTER-AMERICAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-29 22:12:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV SNAR KCRM KDEM KJUS OAS GT
07GUATEMALA1135LEADING PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES SPEAK OUT AT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Guatemala's leading presidential candidates highlighted the key challenges facing Guatemala and outlined their economic plans during a June 6 public forum hosted by the Chamber of Industry. All five candidates stressed the need for macroeconomic stability and greater economic [...]
2007-06-11 23:57:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAID KDEM PHUM SOCI ELAB GT
07GUATEMALA1136LEADING PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES SPEAK OUT AT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Guatemala's leading presidential candidates highlighted the key challenges facing Guatemala and outlined their economic plans during a June 6 public forum hosted by the Chamber of Industry. All five candidates stressed the need for macroeconomic stability and greater economic [...]
2007-06-11 23:59:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAID KDEM PHUM SOCI ELAB GT
07GUATEMALA115GUATEMALAN UNION LEADER MURDERED
[...] (U) Summary: On January 15 unidentified gunmen assassinated Pedro Zamora, General Secretary of the Guatemalan Dock Workers Union of Puerto Quetzal (STEPQ),as he was driving home with his children. Zamora was shot 20 times and killed at point-blank range. At the time of his death, Zamora wa [...]
2007-01-19 18:50:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALELAB KCRM PHUM KJUS KDEM SNAR ASEC EAID GT
07GUATEMALA1208INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION ASSISTS IN
[...] (U) Summary: International Justice Mission representatives discussed with us the organization's successes in assisting the Guatemalan Attorney General's Office in prosecuting child sexual abuse cases. They estimated a 90 percent conviction rate in Guatemala for the select group of cases it a [...]
2007-06-19 18:37:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KJUS EAID KDEM KCRM PGOV GT
07GUATEMALA1259PRESIDENTIAL FRONT-RUNNER COLOM PRESENTS PLAN OF
[...] (U) Summary: Presidential front-runner Alvaro Colom presented his plan for governing the country if elected. The plan, which represents the culmination of six years of work and the participation of all levels of government and sectors of society, is based on four strategic elements -- solida [...]
2007-06-26 21:26:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAID KDEM PHUM SOCI ECON GT
07GUATEMALA1296GUATEMALAN GOVERNMENT PROMISES COLLABORATION WITH
[...] (U) Summary: Embassy officer and representatives of a private sector IPR association met with the Ministry of Government (MOG) to express concerns over IPR violations and to urge greater collaboration among Guatemalan government agencies on enforcement operations. Minister Torrebiarte acknow [...]
2007-07-02 16:49:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR KCRM PGOV ECON ETRD GT
07GUATEMALA1418GOG REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR RE-ELECTION TO COMMITTEE
[...] Embassy received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs requesting USG support for the re-election of Francisco Cali Tzay as a member of the UN Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination for the period 2008-2011. Elections will be held in 2008. Embassy recommends [...]
2007-07-17 00:51:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDKJUS PHUM PGOV KDEM SOCI PREL GT
07GUATEMALA1505MINISTER OF FINANCE RESIGNS TO BECOME NEW IDB
[...] Summary: Minister of Finance Hugo Beteta has been appointed the new Secretary General of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). Beteta will leave his current post on July 31 and take up his duties at the IDB on September 1, 2007. End summary. 2. At a July 26 press conference, Presid [...]
2007-07-27 20:15:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV PREL GT
07GUATEMALA1552LETTER TO WHA ASSISTANT SECRETARY SHANNON FROM
[...] Embassy received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) regarding the Central American Integration System (SICA) Vice Ministerial on regional security held in Guatemala July 17-18 (ref A). The MFA expressed appreciation for the participation of the U.S. delegation, in p [...]
2007-08-03 00:05:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SMIG KCRM SNAR GT
07GUATEMALA1586U.S. TREASURER CABRAL DISCUSSES FINANCIAL
[...] (U) Summary. U.S. Treasurer Anna Cabral visited Guatemala July 26-29 to promote the Treasury Department's Latin America Regional Financial Inclusion Initiative. The Treasurer met with senior government officials, private sector businessmen and representatives of financial institutions to di [...]
2007-08-07 23:34:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON SMIG PGOV GT
07GUATEMALA1601WOMEN'S RIGHTS GROUPS HOST PRESIDENTIAL FORUM ON
[...] Summary: Three women's rights groups hosted a political forum on reproductive health on August 2. Politicians and NGO leaders discussed contraceptive rights, women's social status, maternal mortality, health care, sex education, and prevention of sexually transmitted infections, specifically [...]
2007-08-08 21:12:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KWMN SOCI GT
07GUATEMALA1619LOGISTICS REMAIN A CHALLENGE AS ELECTION DAY APPROACHES
[...] Summary: With election day only a month away, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) has yet to launch an information campaign to tell citizens how and where to vote and implementation of the bold voting place decentralization plan does not appear to have advanced. Compliance with new campaign [...]
2007-08-10 16:10:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV EAID KDEM PHUM SOCI GT
07GUATEMALA1802LOCAL GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES OPTIMISTIC ABOUT
[...] (C) Summary: During a six-day pre-election trip, poloffs visited 14 municipalities in seven departments throughout western and southwestern Guatemala, including nine municipalities identified as "conflictive areas." TSE delegates expressed confidence in election preparations despite weather [...]
2007-09-07 17:38:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCRM SNAR KDEM SMIG PHUM ECON SOCI GT
07GUATEMALA1916GUATEMALA'S INPUT FOR PRESIDENT'S 2007 UNGA HUMAN
[...] Per reftel, post submits the following information to help inform the discussion at the President's 2007 UNGA Democracy and Human Rights Roundtable. 2. Post strategy for promoting human rights and democracy in Guatemala focuses on helping the government strengthen its democratic institution [...]
2007-09-20 22:28:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL ELAB KCRM KJUS KDEM EAID SOCI PGOV
07GUATEMALA1934DEMARCHE ON U.S. PRIORITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY OF
[...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche on the Community of Democracies (CD) to Luis Carranza, Director of Multilateral Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. Carranza said that the GOG, together with Chile and other Latin American countries, can offer political support to Mali for the Bama [...]
2007-09-24 19:49:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PHUM PREL UNGA PGOV GT
07GUATEMALA1938INVITATION TO GPOI G8 GLOBAL CLEARINGHOUSE
[...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche September 18 to Luis Carranza, Director of Multilateral Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Carranza informed poloff September 20 that he had forwarded the invitation to the Director of Peacekeeping Operations at the Ministry of Defense to forward t [...]
2007-09-24 23:20:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PGOV KPKO GT
07GUATEMALA194GUATEMALA: LIST OF MOST INFLUENTIAL WOMEN
[...] Per reftel request, Embassy has identified the following individuals as the most influential women in Guatemala in the fields of politics, civil rights, and education for the S/WE roster of women leaders worldwide. -- Wendy de Berger, First Lady, oversees the First Lady's Office of Social Wo [...]
2007-01-31 22:12:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PHUM PREL KDEM PGOV KJUS EAID GT
07GUATEMALA1967LEGISLATIVE REFORMS TO COMBAT VIOLENCE AGAINST
[...] Summary: Civil society representatives presented a proposal of legislative reforms to combat violence against women to the Guatemalan congressional Human Rights Committee. The result of coordination among public institutions, civil society groups, and international organizations, the proposal [...]
2007-09-30 22:37:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM SMIG SOCI GT
07GUATEMALA2040GUATEMALA HOSTS USG-FUNDED SEMINAR ON TRAFFICKING
[...] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs hosted a regional seminar on trafficking in persons (TIP) October 3-4. The two-day seminar was organized by the OAS as part of its USG-funded project to combat TIP in the Western Hemisphere. Focused on "Legislation Against Trafficking in Persons in Central Ame [...]
2007-10-10 18:53:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB PGOV PREL SMIG GT
07GUATEMALA2123DEMARCHE ON NEXT STEPS ON OAS INDIGENOUS RIGHTS
[...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche on October 22 to Luis Carranza, Director of Multilateral Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Carranza commented that Guatemala will not be able to support suspension of negotiations on the text of the OAS Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, [...]
2007-10-24 17:19:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KDEM PHUM SOCI KJUS GT
07GUATEMALA2125DEMARCHE ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN INDEPENDENT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-24 19:28:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AORC UN UNGA GT
07GUATEMALA2161GUATEMALA TO SUPPORT ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-30 13:32:00Embassy GuatemalaSECRET//NOFORNPTER ASEC KJUS PREL PGOV IR AR GT
07GUATEMALA2172BANANA WORKERS UNION LEADER MURDERED
[...] (SBU) Summary: Banana workers union leader Marco Tulio Ramirez Portela was murdered on September 23 by unidentified assailants on a farm in Los Amates, Izabal owned by Bandegua, a subsidiary of Del Monte. Embassy Labor Officer met with SITRABI leaders and Bandegua management October 1-2 to di [...]
2007-10-31 17:09:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB KCRM PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV GT
07GUATEMALA2186GUATEMALAN GOVERNMENT PROMISES ADDITIONAL SECURITY
[...] (U) Embassy Labor Officer met October 29 with the Secretary General of the Guatemalan food workers federation SIPDIS (FESTRAS),Secretary General of the Banana Workers Union of Izabal (SITRABI),Regional Secretary of the Geneva-based International Union of Food Workers (UITA),and AFL-CIO S [...]
2007-11-05 22:08:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB KCRM PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV GT
07GUATEMALA2193GUATEMALA REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR CANDIDACY FOR
[...] Embassy received a diplomatic note from the Guatemalan Embassy in Washington, notifying Embassy of Guatemala's candidacy for the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) and requesting USG support during elections in January 2008. We understand that Department already [...]
2007-11-06 17:56:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SOCI KDEM PHUM KJUS GT
07GUATEMALA2213TIP: INTERIM ASSESSMENT OF GUATEMALA
[...] Post submits the following summary (keyed to ref A) of progress made by the GOG in combating trafficking in persons (TIP),specifically in the areas of legislative reform, enforcement, and identification and protection of trafficked victims. The GOG has undertaken serious efforts to address t [...]
2007-11-09 16:21:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KWMN ELAB PHUM PGOV PREL SMIG GT
07GUATEMALA2244FOREIGN MINISTER-DESIGNATE MEETS WITH AMBASSADOR,
[...] (C) Guatemalan Foreign Minister-Designate Haroldo Rodas met November 13 with Ambassador, visiting WHA/CEN Director Feeley, and Pol/Econ Couns. We discussed with Rodas the USG's request to Congress for $50 million to buttress Central American regional security. Rodas conveyed his appreciation [...]
2007-11-16 16:51:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL GT
07GUATEMALA2252SCENESETTER FOR CODEL COLEMAN
[...] Your November 23 - 24 visit will afford you a chance to view adoptions processes and practices in Guatemala. You will also have the opportunity to review our efforts to promote economic development, poverty alleviation, democracy, and rule of law, following the 1996 signing of the Peace Ac [...]
2007-11-19 19:37:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV CONS PREL GT
07GUATEMALA2270WHA/CEN DIRECTOR FEELEY BRIEFS SICA MEMBERS ON
[...] SUMMARY. On November 13, visiting WHA/CEN Director Feeley briefed the Vice Foreign Ministers of the SICA countries on the President's Merida Initiative. He stressed that the proposed $50 million request for Central America within the Merida Initiative was a direct response to the willingness [...]
2007-11-21 16:49:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SNAR KCRM GT
07GUATEMALA2271JOURNALISTS LEVEL DUBIOUS ACCUSATIONS AGAINST
[...] (C) Summary. One the eve of the November 4 presidential elections, journalists investigating alleged ties between Partido Patriota Presidential candidate Perez Molina and the Mendoza drug trafficking organization claimed to have received death threats and said the editors of their paper "El [...]
2007-11-21 20:59:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV SNAR PINR SOCI GT
07GUATEMALA2325CODEL REID'S VISIT TO GUATEMALA
[...] (SBU) Majority Leader Senator Harry Reid led a bipartisan delegation of six senators to Guatemala Nov. 30 - Dec. 2. Reid opened the CODEL's November 30 meeting with President Berger by saying that the USG should give greater attention to social issues in Latin America, noting Guatemala's prob [...]
2007-12-05 17:46:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL PGOV SNAR GT
07GUATEMALA2388GUATEMALA SPECIAL 301 INITIATIVE UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: In 2007, Guatemala conducted a record number of raids against IPR violators and obtained 23 convictions in IPR cases. However, implementation of IPR laws remained weak due in large part to a lack of coordinated action by Guatemalan law enforcement authorities. Guatemala met on [...]
2007-12-21 16:28:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KIPR PGOV
07GUATEMALA375GUATEMALA: POLICEMEN ARRESTED FOR ASSASSINATION
[...] (SBU) In a February 21 press conference, Guatemalan Minister of Government Carlos Vielmann announced the arrests of four members of the Guatemalan Civilian National Police (PNC) on charges of committing the brutal murders of three Salvadoran representatives to the Central American Parliament [...]
2007-02-22 20:02:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCRM PHUM KJUS ASEC PETER SNAR GT ES
07GUATEMALA426CICIG AGREEMENT SENT TO GUATEMALAN CONGRESS FOR
[...] (U) Summary: In the wake of last week's highly publicized and brutal killings of three Salvadoran parliamentarians and four Guatemalan police officers suspected of carrying out the killings, the Berger Administration delivered to the Guatemalan Congress the agreement to establish the Internat [...]
2007-03-01 18:32:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KJUS SNAR EAID PTER ASEC KCRM GT ES
07GUATEMALA438GUATEMALA REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR CANDIDATE FOR
[...] This is an action request (see paragraph 4). 2. We received a request from the Guatemalan Ministry of Foreign Affairs for support for their candidate for the Inter-American Judicial Committee Qthe Organization of AmericanQates, Rodolfo Rohrmoser-Valdeavellano. A copy of the request and a [...]
2007-03-02 17:10:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV GT
07GUATEMALA469GUATEMALA: AMENDMENT TO DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Per previous consultations between PM/PPA and U.S. MILGP Guatemala, post needs to amend a previous diplomatic agreement concerning U.S. Army Corps of Engineers support for the renovation of the Guatemalan Army Regional Peacekeeping [...]
2007-03-06 22:38:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIA MASS MOPS KPKO PREL EAID AFIN GT
07GUATEMALA488GUATEMALAQS 2007 TIP REPORT SUBMISSION
[...] (SBU) Embassy GuatemalaQs point of contact for trafficking in persons (TIP) is PolOff Lucy Chang, telephone [502] 2326-4635, fax [502] 2334-8474. Ms. Chang (FS-2) spent 25 hours on the preparation of this report. FSN Political Specialist Ronald Flores (FSN-9) spent 15 hours, and USAID FSN Pro [...]
2007-03-08 14:33:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB EAID
07GUATEMALA528GUATEMALA'S 2007 TIP REPORT SUBMISSION
[...] (SBU) Embassy Guatemala's point of contact for trafficking in persons (TIP) is PolOff Lucy Chang, telephone [502] 2326-4635, fax [502] 2334-8474. Ms. Chang (FS-2) spent 25 hours on the preparation of this report. FSN Political Specialist Ronald Flores (FSN-9) spent 15 hours, and USAID FSN Pro [...]
2007-03-14 15:32:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB EAID
07GUATEMALA569LETTER TO THE SECRETARY REGARDING INVITATION TO
[...] This is an action request, see para 3. 2. We received from the Guatemalan Foreign Ministry a letter addressed to the Secretary that requests U.S. attendance at a regional conference on armed violence and development to be held in Guatemala on April 23-24. The conference, which is being o [...]
2007-03-20 18:54:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDPRELPLS PARM MASS EAID KJUS KCRM PHUM ASEC
07GUATEMALA650 MORALES AND MENCHU ABSENT FROM INDIGENOUS SUMMIT IN
[...] (U) An estimated 1,800 delegates from various ethnic groups of the Americas gathered for the Third Continental Summit of Indigenous People in Iximch, Guatemala, March 26 to 30. Two prominent indigenous leaders, Bolivian President Evo Morales and Guatemalan Nobel Laureate Rigoberta Menchu, were [...]
2007-04-02 22:49:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SOCI KDEM PHUM GT
07GUATEMALA653 MORALES AND MENCHU ABSENT FROM INDIGENOUS SUMMIT IN
[...] (U) An estimated 1,800 delegates from various ethnic groups of the Americas gathered for the Third Continental Summit of Indigenous People in Iximch, Guatemala, March 26 to 30. Two prominent indigenous leaders, Bolivian President Evo Morales and Guatemalan Nobel Laureate Rigoberta Menchu, were [...]
2007-04-03 15:33:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SOCI KDEM PHUM GT
07GUATEMALA74GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - 003
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-11 21:20:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
07GUATEMALA772INL DAS MCCAMPBELL MEETS WITH HUMAN RIGHTS LEADERS DURING
[...] (SBU) Summary: INL Deputy Assistant Secretary Christy McCampbell met April 18 with UNHCHR, the Myrna Mack Foundation, and the Human Rights Ombudsman's Office during a four-day visit to Guatemala that also included meetings with the National Civilian Police and the new Minister of Government (s [...]
2007-04-24 17:12:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KJUS EAID SNAR KCRM KDEM GT
07GUATEMALA823GUATEMALA?S INPUT ON FY07 LABOR AND
[...] Summary: Per reftel request, post submits the following proposals for trade-related labor and environment projects for FY07 CAFTA-DR trade capacity- building funds. Post input is keyed to reftel para 7. End summary. 2. As requested reftel, this cable outlines post priorities for CAFTA-DR [...]
2007-04-30 18:00:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ELAB ETRD SENV GT
07GUATEMALA832 PROGRESS ON COMPENSATION TO VICTIMS OF CHIXOY
[...] Summary: The Guatemalan government released the outline of a process to reach agreement on compensation for indigenous communities affected by the 1976-82 construction of Chixoy hydroelectric dam. Both the GOG and leader of the organization of affected communities expressed satisfaction with [...]
2007-05-02 16:53:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KDEM ENRG EAID SENV SOCI GT
07GUATEMALA834GUATEMALA'S INPUT ON FY07 LABOR AND
[...] Summary: Per reftel request, post submits the following proposals for trade-related labor and environment projects for FY07 CAFTA-DR trade capacity- building funds. Post input is keyed to reftel para 7. End summary. 2. As requested reftel, this cable outlines post priorities for CAFTA-DR [...]
2007-05-02 17:47:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ELAB ETRD SENV GT
07GUATEMALA858GUATEMALA LAUNCHES 2007 ELECTORAL SEASON
[...] Summary: Guatemala's 2007 electoral season officially opened on May 2, leaving four months of campaigning until general elections on September 9. A second round, if necessary, to elect the president is scheduled for November 4. Approximately 5.7 million citizens are registered to vote for [...]
2007-05-04 19:47:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SOCI KDEM PHUM EAID SNAR GT
07HALIFAX12MAPPING THE BORDER: MAINE-NEW BRUNSWICK CROSSINGS FROM FORT
[...] Uncertainty over the exact requirements and precise entry-into-force date of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) land and sea rule are the main concerns of nearly everyone we met during a recent visit to border communities and border crossing points in northwestern New Brunswick. [...]
2007-03-14 20:55:00Consulate HalifaxUNCLASSIFIEDCPAS PTER PGOV PREL PHUM ELTN WHTI CA
07HALIFAX55HALIFAX STRUGGLES TO KEEP UP WITH U.S. COMPETITORS IN ASIAN
[...] The port of Halifax and the province of Nova Scotia are looking for C$400 million from Ottawa so they can go head-to-head with U.S. ports in handling rapidly increasing volumes of container traffic from China and India. Without federal support for marketing and infrastructure expansion, local [...]
2007-07-23 20:11:00Consulate HalifaxUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT ELTN ETRD ECIN ECON PGOV CA US
07HALIFAX59CAPTURING ASIAN CONTAINER TRAFFIC: INVESTORS PROMOTE NEW
[...] Sensitive but unclassified. Protect Accordingly 2. (U) SUMMARY: A team of local Nova Scotia investors confirmed that they have the financial backing and the right partners to build a new world-class container handling facility in the Strait of Canso at Melford. With Asian trade volumes [...]
2007-08-21 18:00:00Consulate HalifaxUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT ELTN ETRD EINV ECON CA
07HALIFAX89CANADA'S FOREIGN, DEFENSE, AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
[...] Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs held its 10th Annual "Diplomatic Forum for Heads of Foreign Mission" in St.-Andrews-by-the-Sea, New Brunswick, in mid-September. Seventy-seven Ambassadors, including Ambassador Wilkins, and two Consuls General participated in the two-day meeting. Three fe [...]
2007-10-17 12:25:00Consulate HalifaxUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV CA
07HALIFAX9NEW BRUNSWICK USING U.S. REGULATORY PROCESS TO FIGHT MAINE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting in Fredericton on March 2, a senior New Brunswick official told the Consul General (CG) that the province will continue to challenge the two Maine liquified natural gas (LNG) terminal projects using the legal avenues afforded by its intervener status within the Fede [...]
2007-03-06 21:56:00Consulate HalifaxUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EWWT EPET CA
07HAMBURG24ISLAMIC CENTER HAMBURG'S AYATOLLAH SHARES INITIATIVES,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: CG Hamburg and Embassy Berlin Iranwatcher hosted an informal meeting at the CGR with the head of the Islamic Center of Hamburg (ICH),Ayatollah Seyyed Abbas Hosseini Ghaemmaghami on March 20. Ghaemmaghami, an Iranian national who has served as the ICH director since 2004, discu [...]
2007-03-23 11:12:00Consulate HamburgCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL GM IR
07HAMBURG58HAMBURG, GERMANY: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL COSTELLO
[...] (U) Consulate General Hamburg warmly welcomes Congressman Jerry Costello and his delegation to Hamburg, Germany August 24-27. The U.S. has had a strong relationship with the Free and Hanseatic State of Hamburg for almost 220 years. Commissioned in 1790, ConGen Hamburg has been working to fost [...]
2007-08-16 20:34:00Consulate HamburgUNCLASSIFIEDOREP PREL PRGOV ECON GM
07HAMBURG62TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT SPEAKS WITH GERMAN FINANCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The main focus of Deputy Treasury Secretary Robert Kimmitt's and German Finance Minister Peter Steinbrueck's October 16 meeting in Hamburg was the creation of "guidelines" or "best practices" for Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs). Both Steinbrueck and Kimmitt agreed that the discussio [...]
2007-10-23 16:52:00Consulate HamburgSECRETEFIN ECON ETRD GR
07HAMBURG66INVITATION TO NORTHERN GERMANY FOR THE GREAT WHITE FLEET
[...] (U) On behalf of Mission Germany, U.S. Consulate General Hamburg would like to invite the Great White Fleet to Kiel, Germany to commemorate the fleet's historic trip, strengthen U.S. and European naval cooperation, and participate in U.S. public outreach at Northern Europe's largest regatta and [...]
2007-11-14 12:44:00Consulate HamburgUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO MASS MPOS GM
07HAMBURG70HIGHLIGHTS OF 2007 GERMAN FOREIGN TRADE CONGRESS IN BREMEN
[...] SUMMARY: Over 800 participants and several guests of honor, including German Federal Economics and Technology Minister Michael Glos and King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein of Jordan, attended the 7th German Foreign Trade Congress 2007 on November 13-14 in Bremen. Glos stated that Chancellor Merk [...]
2007-11-21 21:13:00Consulate HamburgUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON BEXP BTIO GM
07HAMBURG72AIRBUS GROUNDED BY POWER8 AND THE DOLLAR?
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Airbus, the renowned producer of the new A380 super jumbo jet, is one of the largest and most publicized firms in Europe. The civilian and military aircraft manufacturer has struggled to stay ahead of its competitor Boeing amid a corporate restructuring program, an executive scand [...]
2007-12-18 18:10:00Consulate HamburgUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON ETRD EIND GM
07HANOI1057VIETNAM'S TRADE IN 2006: RAPID GROWTH IN LEAD UP TO WTO
[...] (SBU) Summary: According to recently-released figures from the Government of Vietnam's General Statistics Office (GSO),Vietnam's 2006 trade increased 21.6 percent from 2005, reaching USD 84.02 billion. This growth reflects Vietnam's increasingly international economic policy orientation and e [...]
2007-06-05 09:36:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON KTEX VM
07HANOI1062CPV GENERAL SECRETARY STOKES FRATERNAL TIES HALF A WORLD
[...] (SBU) Vietnam's State-run press has characterized Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) General Secretary Nong Duc Manh's official visits to Venezuela and Cuba from May 30 to June 1 and June 1 to June 3, respectively, as "successes" that have enhanced Vietnam's "solidarity, friendship and traditiona [...]
2007-06-06 10:18:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SOCI ETRD EPET ETTC VM CU VE
07HANOI1099AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PRESIDENT TRIET TO DISCUSS U.S.
[...] (SBU) During a June 13 meeting with the Ambassador, President Nguyen Minh Triet strongly underlined his hope that his upcoming visit to the United States and meeting with President Bush will help to advance the bilateral relationship and deepen Vietnam's friendship with the United States. The [...]
2007-06-13 09:30:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM ECON VM
07HANOI1110LE DUAN: THE MOSTLY VARNISHED TRUTH
[...] (SBU) The Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) recently sponsored several events to commemorate the life of former CPV General Secretary (GS) Le Duan. State-press has characterized Duan as a SIPDIS "bright example of revolutionary virtues," but topics such as his sidelining of CPV luminaries Ho [...]
2007-06-14 08:42:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV SOCI PREL VM
07HANOI1112GVN TO RELEASE LE QUOC QUAN
[...] (SBU) Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang informed A/DCM June 14 that the GVN planned to release former NED fellow Le Quoc Quan later that same day. According to MFA Americas Desk officer Le Chi Dzung, because Quan was never formally charged, he will receive an "administrative reprimand," which [...]
2007-06-14 09:38:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV VM
07HANOI1117VIETNAM: HUMAN RIGHTS TAKES CENTER STAGE AT MID-TERM
[...] (SBU) The World Bank and the Government of Vietnam (GVN) hosted an informal mid-term Consultative Group (CG) meeting on June 1 in Ha Long City. Senior GVN and donor representatives engaged on a variety of economic development issues. The agenda featured an overview of the economic situation a [...]
2007-06-15 08:17:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON EFIN EINV PREL PGOV PHUM VM
07HANOI1139 PEACE CORPS AND GVN FAIL TO CONCLUDE COUNTRY AGREEMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Following three days of meetings, Peace Corps and Ministry of Foreign Affairs were unable to conclude a country agreement concerning a Peace Corps program in Vietnam. Outstanding issues could conceivably be resolved in future discussions, but the GVN would have to gain inter-age [...]
2007-06-21 03:31:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL EAID VM
07HANOI1144LETTER TO PRESIDENT BUSH FROM WIFE OF JAILED DISSIDENT
[...] (SBU) Summary and Background. On June 20, Post received a letter addressed to President Bush from Vu Minh Khanh, wife of jailed dissident Nguyen Van Dai. In the letter, Khanh asks the President to intervene on her husband's behalf during his June 22 meeting with Vietnamese President Nguyen Mi [...]
2007-06-22 03:58:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KIRF HUMANR PGOV PREL VM
07HANOI1218PROPOSED CEREMONY ON CONVERSION OF DALAT REACTOR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-06 08:51:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP KTIA VM
07HANOI1224PERSONNEL CHANGES AFOOT AT MINISTRY OF TRADE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Prime Minister promoted two Ministry of Trade (MOT) officials to replace two of the four recently retired Vice Ministers on June 6. Vice Minister Nguyen Cam Tu, the former Director General of MOT's Americas Department, will be responsible for trade policy with the Americas. [...]
2007-07-09 07:31:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON VM
07HANOI1276NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OPENS SESSION AS PEACEFUL LAND PROTESTS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-19 17:53:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM ECON PREL PGOV VM
07HANOI1300DISSIDENTS, FAMILY MEMBERS REMAIN UNDER PRESSURE
[...] (C) Since May 2007, the GVN has released four high-profile political prisoners on our lists; nevertheless, many more remain sentenced to prison, detained without charges, missing, in exile in Cambodia, or under house arrest. Family members of some released or detained activists often live wit [...]
2007-07-24 17:28:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALKIRF PGOV PHUM PREL VM
07HANOI1322LETTER FROM MOST VM THANG TO NNSA BIENIAWSKI
[...] (U) This is an action request for DOE - please see para 5. 2. (U) On July 25, ESTHOff met with Mr. Le Doan Phac, Director of the International Cooperation Department of the Vietnam Atomic Energy Commission (VAEC). In the meeting, Phac presented an official letter from Vice Minister of Scien [...]
2007-07-27 09:31:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KGIT KNNP PARM OTRA VM
07HANOI1340AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH COMMITTEE ON RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam's point person on religion underscored progress in improving religious freedom, but also admitted that there is still work to be done. Vietnam plans to recognize a number of additional religious groups, including the Baha'i Faith while Protestant congregations in the Cen [...]
2007-07-30 15:10:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV KIRF OTRA ECON VM
07HANOI1352AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT TRIET FOCUSES ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: In his July 31 farewell call on Vietnam's President Nguyen Minh Triet, the Ambassador noted the significant progress in bilateral economic and commercial ties as well as increased USG support for the GVN's reform efforts, while cautioning that important human rights concerns rema [...]
2007-08-01 14:08:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV KIRF ECON VM
07HANOI1385AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL DINNER WITH VICE FOREIGN MINISTER LE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang and the Ambassador discussed a wide range of issues during a cordial August 3 dinner. The Ambassador used the occasion to underscore U.S. concerns concerned over governance and human rights, and raised the cases of imprisoned individuals eligibl [...]
2007-08-06 11:55:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV CONS KIRF ECON VM
07HANOI1390TOP SECURITY OFFICIAL DISCUSSES DISSIDENTS, CHINA
[...] (C) In a long, wide-ranging discussion August 2, Vice Minister of Public Security (MPS) Nguyen Van Huong, Vietnam's head of "general security" and intelligence gave his frank views on a broad range of key bilateral issues including political dissidents, prisoners and detainees, religious freed [...]
2007-08-06 15:43:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALASEC BM CM KIRF PGOV PHUM PINR PREL VM
07HANOI1438AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON NEWLY-ELECTED OOG CHAIRMAN
[...] (SBU) Summary. At his August 9 farewell call with Ambassador Marine, newly-elected Office of the Government (OOG) Minister Chairman Nguyen Xuan Phuc said that PM Dzung has decided that he will retain responsibility for oversight of foreign affairs within the OOG. In that role, he looks forwar [...]
2007-08-10 17:24:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD PREL PGOV PHUM KIPR EAID VM
07HANOI1451 DUE DILIGENCE: MICROSOFT 2007 AWARD FOR CORPORATE
[...] (SBU) Could there possibly be any downside or embarrassment caused by the selection of your post's nominee? Embassy Vietnam is not aware of any information that might prove embarrassing to Post, to the U.S. Department of State, or to the USG with regard to the nomination of Microsoft for this [...]
2007-08-13 17:34:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT BEXP ECON ELAB ETRD KSEP SENV
07HANOI1464AMBASSADOR'S ENGAGES VIETNAMESE LEADERSHIP ON HEALTH ISSUES
[...] (SBU) Summary: As part of his series of farewell calls on Vietnamese leaders, Ambassador Marine met separately with Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Truong Vinh Trong and former Minister of Health (MOH) Tran Thi Trung Chien to discuss health issues, particularly HIV/AIDS. Ambassador Marine pushed [...]
2007-08-14 17:38:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKHIV KFLU TBIO PREL PGOV SOCI VM
07HANOI15BANNED BOOKS REAPPEARING ON THE SHELVES
[...] (C) The GVN recently allowed the publication of two previously banned books, and intellectuals credit the Government's "more progressive thinking" for the change. Coming on the heels of a museum exhibition last year that was highly critical of the GVN's past economic policies, the publication [...]
2007-01-04 09:02:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI VM
07HANOI1501AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH PRESIDENT TRIET SETS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-21 17:15:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV KIRF ECON VM
07HANOI1599SINO-VIETNAM TERRITORIAL DISPUTE ENTANGLES
[...] (C) Summary. The Sino-Vietnam territorial dispute in the South China Sea has now entangled multiple multinational energy companies, including four American and eight other foreign firms. Chinese coercion has persuaded British Petroleum (BP),ConocoPhillips, and Chevron-Petronas/Carigali to p [...]
2007-09-07 16:46:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EPET PBTS PREL VM
07HANOI1623FOREIGN MINISTRY SUMMONS AMBASSADOR TO DISCUSS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Vietnam's Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs, Vu Dzung, called in the Ambassador on September 10 to discuss the ongoing Sino-Vietnamese territorial dispute in the South China Sea. The Vice Foreign Minister urged the Ambassador to press Chevron to resume operations in Block 122; spe [...]
2007-09-11 17:06:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EPET PBTS PREL VM
07HANOI1627AMBASSADOR MICHALAK AND MARD MINISTER PHAT DISCUSS AGRICULTURAL TRADE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AND AVIAN INFLUENZA
[...] (SBU) Summary: During his September 10 courtesy call with Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) Cao Duc Phat, Ambassador Michalak advocated on behalf of U.S. agricultural products, praised Vietnam's adherence to international agricultural standards, and thanked Phat for Vietnam [...]
2007-09-12 08:11:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAGR TBIO SOCI WTRO KFLU VM
07HANOI1637MEETING WITH DEMOCRACY ACTIVIST - TRUTH BEHIND INTERNET
[...] (SBU) Summary: In contrast to an internet report posted on a Vietnamese-American human rights website alleging that the police broke up an August 30 meeting between Poloff and eight pro-democracy activists in Hanoi, the meeting with only one dissident - Mr. Nguyen Phuong Anh - was held at Mr. A [...]
2007-09-12 17:01:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV KIRF VM
07HANOI1642FOLLOW UP ON USCIRF VISIT DATES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-13 17:00:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KIRF PHUM VM
07HANOI1653CODEL CHAMBLISS ENGAGES VIETNAM'S LEADERSHIP,
[...] (C) A bipartisan United States Senate delegation led by Senator Saxby Chambliss of Georgia held meetings in Hanoi August 29 with senior GVN leaders, including SRV President Nguyen Minh Triet, the Vice-Chairman of Vietnam's parliament, and Vice-Ministers of Defense and Public Security. The me [...]
2007-09-14 17:31:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALCN OREP OVIP PGOV PHUM PINR PREL VM
07HANOI1682AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH VFM LE VAN BANG
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-20 14:05:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYABLD AMGT PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF ECON VM
07HANOI1731VIETNAM FRETS OVER ANTI-DUMPING POLITICS DESPITE CONFIDENCE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Vietnamese government (GVN) and apparel industry are confident that the data gathered by the Department of Commerce's import monitoring program will vindicate their claims that the country is not dumping apparel exports to the United States. In his meetings with concerned G [...]
2007-10-02 09:57:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTEX ECON EIND ETRD ETTC VM
07HANOI1746AMBASSADOR PITCHES PRISONER AMNESTY, GOOD
[...] (C) Meeting with the GVN's leading security official, the Ambassador raised a range of human rights issues, flagged the upcoming United States Commission for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) visit, and discussed a number of key security and property issues involving the Mission. In the [...]
2007-10-04 11:51:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALABLD AMGT ASEC KIRF PGOV PHUM PINR PREL VM
07HANOI1798AMBASSADOR AND MIC MINISTER HOP DISCUSS FUTURE COOPERATION
[...] (SBU) This cable contains biographical information for INR/B in paragraph 11. 2. (SBU) Summary: In his introductory call on the new Minister of Information and Communications, Le Doan Hop, the Ambassador noted Vietnam's cooperation in the ICT dialogue, IPR enforcement and technology licens [...]
2007-10-17 00:30:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS ECON ETRD KIPR VM
07HANOI1810CRAWLING FROM THE WRECKAGE: VIETNAM'S DEADLY ROADWAYS
[...] (U) Summary: Traffic accidents are Vietnam's unrecognized killers, leading to many more deaths than HIV/AIDS and avian influenza combined. As Vietnam has become increasingly prosperous, the number of motor vehicles, primarily motorbikes, on Vietnamese roads has skyrocketed. Large numbers of p [...]
2007-10-18 22:37:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSOCI ELTN VM
07HANOI1817VIETNAM'S REGIONAL OVERVIEW: THE CENTER PLAYS CATCH-UP
[...] (U) Summary: Central Vietnam understands that it needs to improve its competitiveness or risk falling further behind the booming urban clusters of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. A visit to three central provinces showed the difficulties in assembling the necessary components of a successful inve [...]
2007-10-19 10:08:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID EIND EINV ETRD OTRA PGOV VM
07HANOI1836USG AND GVN CONDUCT 2007 LABOR DIALOGUE IN HANOI
[...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and Vietnam's Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) conducted their fifth labor dialogue on October 22 in Hanoi. Deputy Undersecretary of Labor for International Affairs (DUS) Charlotte M. Ponticelli led the U.S. delegation a [...]
2007-10-26 05:57:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB EAID ECON ETRD EINV WTRO VM
07HANOI1848USCIRF MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER NGUYEN TAN DZUNG
[...] (SBU) On October 23, five commissioners from the United States Commission on Religious Freedom (USCIRF) discussed human rights and Vietnam's prisoners of concern with Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung. USCIRF members said that Vietnam will not enjoy full religious freedom until its citizens can [...]
2007-10-29 08:17:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KIRF VM
07HANOI1849USCIRF MEETING WITH VIETNAMESE VICE FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-29 08:19:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KIRF VM
07HANOI1862CHANGING VIETNAMESE ATTITUDES ON AGENT ORANGE/DIOXIN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Changes in Vietnam and U.S.-Vietnam relations, combined with a maturing Vietnamese approach to public health, are leading to positive shifts in Vietnamese attitudes on the issue of Agent Orange (AO) and its contaminent dioxin. While long-standing Government of Vietnam (GVN) pro [...]
2007-10-31 03:41:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SENV TBIO KPAO VM
07HANOI1883VIETNAM'S MCC INDICATORS DELIVERED
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, Post delivered MCC indicators and relevant talking points to Deputy Director General Ngoc of the Americas Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) on November 2. Ngoc asked whether Vietnam would become a threshold country. We explained that the MCC Board selectio [...]
2007-11-05 02:04:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL ETRD KMCA MCC ECON VM
07HANOI1891CHOLERA OUTBREAK CONFIRMED IN NORTHERN VIETNAM
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-05 10:23:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR VM
07HANOI1921CHOLERA OUTBREAK CONFIRMED IN NORTHERN VIETNAM
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-09 10:17:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR VM
07HANOI1924 UPDATE OF SERIOUS ACUTE DIARRHEA OUTBREAK IN NORTHERN
[...] (SBU) Summary. Vietnam's acute diarrhea outbreak expanded from 11 to 14 provinces and municipalities throughout northern Vietnam over the past week, with many victims testing positive for cholera. However, informal information from one of Hanoi's major referral centers indicates the epidemic m [...]
2007-11-13 04:15:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR VM
07HANOI1935HANOI REACTION TO USCIRF VISIT
[...] (C) The recent visit to Vietnam by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has generated strong negative reactions within certain circles of the GVN. GVN criticism has centered primarily on what was widely considered inappropriate behavior by USCIRF members in [...]
2007-11-14 10:07:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALKIRF PGOV PHUM PINR PREL VM
07HANOI1950VIETNAM "OPEN FOR BUSINESS": GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESSES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez led a large-scale Department of Commerce Vietnam Business Development Mission to Hanoi on November 5 and 6. This first Cabinet level business development mission to Vietnam carried the theme of U.S. business support for Vietnam's economic [...]
2007-11-16 09:00:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND EINV ETRD BEXP KTEX OTRA OVIP KIPR VM
07HANOI1957MOIT EXPRESSES CONTINUED CONCERNS OVER APPAREL MONITORING
[...] (U) The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) sent Post an October 31 Diplomatic Note addressed to the U.S. Department of Commerce, urging the United States not to self-initiate an antidumping investigation against Vietnam and to revoke its Textile and Apparel Import Monitoring Program. Full t [...]
2007-11-19 06:22:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTEX ECON EIND ETRD ETTC VM
07HANOI1963OOG CHAIRMAN PHUC WILL HEAD VIETNAM'S TIFA COUNCIL
[...] (U) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent Post a November 19 Diplomatic Note announcing that Office of the Government Minister Chairman Nguyen Xuan Phuc, as Chairman of Vietnam's Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council (Reftel),will head the Vietnamese delegation to Washington f [...]
2007-11-20 03:06:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON EINV VM
07HANOI1966SCENESETTER FOR ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR
[...] (SBU) Acting Assistant Secretary Mull: Mission Vietnam looks forward to welcoming you to Hanoi. Your visit will be an important contribution to the growing U.S.-Vietnam relationship, especially in advance of Vietnam taking its seat on the UNSC next year. Your visit comes on the heels of Novem [...]
2007-11-20 07:37:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MOPS PREL PGOV OTRA VM
07HANOI1969AMBASSADOR EXPRESSES DEEP CONCERN OVER ARREST OF AMCIT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-20 11:03:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM PINR CASC VM
07HANOI197VIETNAM CONTINUES TO OPPOSE APPAREL MONITORING
[...] (SBU) The Ministry of Trade (MOT) has again registered its strong opposition to the Department of Commerce's proposed monitoring mechanism on textile and apparel products from Vietnam. The reaction was prompted by the second Federal Register notice, published January 18, calling for public com [...]
2007-01-30 08:52:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTEX ETRD ECON PREL WTRO VM
07HANOI1975AMBASSADOR VISITS HAIPHONG ON THE OCCASION OF HISTORIC U.S.
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador made his first visit to Haiphong City, in part to participate in activities related to an historic port call by two U.S. Navy warships. The Ambassador paid a courtesy call on the Vice Chairman of the Haiphong City People's Committee and expressed concern over an i [...]
2007-11-21 09:29:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON KIRF TBIO KHIV PINS OEXC CVIS PGOV PHUM
07HANOI1978AMBASSADOR AGAIN RAISES VIET TAN AMCIT ARREST CASE WITH
[...] (SBU) On November 21, the Ambassador spoke again with VFM Phan Binh Minh to renew his protest concerning the arrest of U.S. citizen Leon Truong. VFM Minh confirmed that Mr. Truong has been arrested for violating Article 84 of the Criminal Code concerning terrorist activity, literally "to oppos [...]
2007-11-21 11:08:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV CASC CMGT VM
07HANOI1994AMBASSADOR RAISES AMCIT ARREST CASES WITH VICE MINISTER OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: On November 27, the Ambassador met with Vice Minister for Public Security Nguyen Van Huong to reiterate requests for consular access to arrested U.S. citizens Mr. Leon Truong, Ms. Le Helen, and Mr. Le Van Phan, and to inquire about the whereabouts of U.S. citizen Nguyen Quoc Qua [...]
2007-11-27 10:59:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV CASC CMGT VM
07HANOI2006AMBASSADOR MICHALAK'S FIRST WEBCHAT DRAWS A MAJOR RESPONSE
[...] (U) Summary: On November 20 - Vietnam's National Teacher's Day - Ambassador Michalak participated in his first online webchat with VietnamNet Online, Vietnam's most widely read and influential online news outlet. The almost two hour interview was carried live by video and audio stream on the [...]
2007-11-28 09:52:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO OEXC SCUL PREL PGOV PHUM VM
07HANOI2019FOREIGN MINISTER ENGAGES DONOR AMBASSADORS ON HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a November 28 meeting, ambassadors from key donor countries engaged Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem in an exchange on human rights issues. Discussion at the event, hosted by DPM Khiem, focused largely on the recent appellate hearing of two human rights l [...]
2007-11-30 07:16:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM BM CONS VM
07HANOI2029USCIRF MEETS WITH DISSIDENTS IN HANOI
[...] (C) A delegation from the United States Commission for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) met with Hanoi-based political dissidents, attorney Le Quoc Quan and Dr. Pham Hong Son, on October 22 and 23, respectively. According to both, all un-sanctioned political and religious organizations [...]
2007-12-03 09:45:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALKIRF PGOV PHUM PINR PREL VM
07HANOI2051SCENESETTER FOR VISIT BY COMMANDER, UNITED STATES
[...] (SBU) Admiral, your visit to Vietnam is well timed to complement the successes of recent trips by other senior civilian and military leaders and will be an important contribution to the growing U.S.-Vietnam relationship, especially in advance of Vietnam taking its seat on the UNSC next year. [...]
2007-12-07 04:04:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS MOPS PHSA VM
07HANOI2064VIETNAM'S FIRST OIL REFINERY TAKES SHAPE IN QUANG NGAI
[...] (U) Summary: On November 29, members of the Embassy's Economic Section traveled to Central Vietnam's Quang Ngai Province to meet with government officials and tour the site of what will be Vietnam's first petroleum refinery, located in the nearby Dung Quat Economic Zone. Quang Ngai Province i [...]
2007-12-11 04:41:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG EAID EIND EWWT SOCI TRGY EINV EPET ETRD
07HANOI209HANOI ARCHBISHOP NOTES PROGRESS AND PROBLEMS FOR VIETNAM'S
[...] (SBU) On January 29, Hanoi Archbishop Ngo Quang Kiet told the Ambassador that conditions for Catholics in northern Vietnam are steadily improving. Christmas 2006 was festive, and the Church was able to send priests to celebrate Christmas in one previously problematic northern province. That s [...]
2007-01-31 09:41:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KIRF PHUM PGOV HUMANR VM
07HANOI234DPM KHIEM'S VISIT TO UNITED STATES: MARCH DATES ACCEPTED
[...] (SBU) On February 5, the DCM met with the MFA America's Desk Acting DG Pham Van Que. Que confirmed that DPM/FM Pham Gia Khiem would like to visit Washington DC, March 15-16 (text of diplomatic note at para 6). The main purpose of the DPM's visit is to prepare for President Nguyen Minh Triet's [...]
2007-02-05 10:16:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KIRF PREL PGOV ECON VM
07HANOI239HCMC CONSULAR DISTRICT: GVN ASSERTS RIGHT TO CONTROL CONGEN
[...] This is an action cable for EAP and L/EAP. Mission Vietnam requests Department approval of a draft diplomatic note in para 10. 2. Summary: In recent interactions, GVN officials -- citing the 1963 Vienna Convention on Consular Affairs -- are challenging the right of Consulate General Ho C [...]
2007-02-06 09:45:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV AMGT PREL CMGT KFRD VM
07HANOI280VIETNAM'S NOMINATION FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY ACTIVITIES TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: Mission Vietnam submits this activity proposal for consideration under the Avian Influenza Action Group's (AIAG) program to promote public diplomacy and communicate U.S. foreign policy objectives (reftel). The proposal, "Capacity Strengthening for Public Health Journalism to Co [...]
2007-02-14 04:03:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV TBIO KFLU KPAO KSCA EAGR AID AMGT VM
07HANOI288PRM A/S SAUERBREY MEETS WITH INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS IN
[...] (SBU) On February 5, Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees and Migration Ellen Sauerbrey met separately with representatives of UNHCR and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Hanoi. In her UNHCR meeting, UNHCR officials discussed in familiar terms the organizat [...]
2007-02-14 10:11:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PREF KWMN SOCI VM CB
07HANOI308MISSION RECOMMENDS THAT VIETNAM REMAIN ON THE 2007 SPECIAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Mission recommends continued placement of Vietnam on the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative's (USTR) Special 301 Watch List for 2007 because intellectual property rights (IPR) enforcement is still weak, and piracy and counterfeiting in many product categories remain per [...]
2007-02-22 06:34:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON KIPR VM
07HANOI309MISSION RECOMMENDS THAT VIETNAM REMAIN ON THE 2007 SPECIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-22 06:34:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON KIPR VM
07HANOI310USG OFFICIALS DISCUSS TIFA, IPR AND TRADE IMPLEMENTATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Officials from USTR and the Department of Commerce discussed a range of current trade issues with Government of Vietnam (GVN) officials during a Febrary 6-9 visit to Hanoi, including: a potential Tade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA); itellectual property rights (IPR) e [...]
2007-02-22 06:35:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON ECPS KIPR EAGR USTR VM
07HANOI312SUBJECT: MFA DEMARCHE ON STATUS OF THREE POLITICAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: The MFA briefed Embassy Hanoi on February 19 regarding the cases of three prominent political activists. The MFA reported that Father Nguyen Van Ly, an activist resident in Hue, is under investigation and is under administrative restrictions. Separately, Vietnamese officials s [...]
2007-02-22 08:26:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV VM
07HANOI325VIETNAM OFFICIALS EAGER TO ENTER GSP PROGRAM
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with USTR visitors, Government of Vietnam officials expressed a strong interest in applying for the GSP program as soon as possible. USTR GSP Executive Director Marideth Sandler explained the GSP program and eligibility criteria to a 25-person forum of government of [...]
2007-02-23 07:55:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON EAID ELAB KIPR VM
07HANOI362U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSIONER DISCUSSES COOPERATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnamese officials signaled a strong willingness to enter into a cooperative agreement with the United States on nuclear regulatory issues during U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commissioner Jeffrey Merrifield's visit to Hanoi on February 5. Officials told Commissioner Merrifield that [...]
2007-02-27 08:25:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY TECH OTRA KNNP VM
07HANOI367VFM LE VAN BANG ON UPCOMING HIGH-LEVEL VISITS, OUTSTANDING
[...] (SBU) Summary: The GVN is placing great stock in the upcoming visit of DPM/FM Khiem to the United States as "preparing the atmosphere" for President Triet's own travel to the United States later this year, VFM Le Van Bang told the Ambassador February 26. The DPM's visit will also provide the o [...]
2007-02-27 10:20:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM ECON VM
07HANOI440DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER PHAM GIA KHIEM'S AMCHAM LUNCHEON
[...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem delivered a less-than-spectacular performance at an off-the-record American Chamber of Commerce-hosted luncheon on March 7, 2007. Though the self-interested questions of luncheon participants were partly responsible for the q [...]
2007-03-07 10:10:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV ETRD OVIP VM
07HANOI449EAP/MLS OFFICE DIRECTOR RAPSON'S MEETINGS WITH GVN
[...] (SBU) Summary: EAP/MLS Office Director Rob Rapson and the DCM met with GVN officials March 8 on the eve of the departure of Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem and his delegation to the United States. His exchanges covered recent arrests of dissidents in Vietnam and details [...]
2007-03-08 10:36:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV OVIP PREL ECON ETRD OEXC VM
07HANOI547HEAT WAVE, DROUGHT HITS VIETNAM POWER AND AG PRODUCTION
[...] (U) Summary: Record high-temperatures and Vietnam's worst drought in 20 years may lead to power outages and damage agriculture production, Government of Vietnam (GVN) officials say. Northern Vietnam's Red River and the rivers feeding northern Vietnam's hydropower and agriculture systems are fl [...]
2007-03-22 10:08:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EAGR ECON EIND EINV EPET ETRD VM
07HANOI585GVN AGREES TO LET DIPLOMATS WATCH FATHER LY TRIAL ON
[...] (SBU) On March 28, Poloffs met with America's Desk Deputy Director Nguyen Hoang Nam at his invitation to discuss developments in the upcoming trial of Father Nguyen Van Ly. In addition to reiterating standard GVN points that Ly is being prosecuted for violations of Vietnamese law, Nam confirme [...]
2007-03-27 10:44:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV VM
07HANOI622CONSULAR DISTRICTS AND CONSULATES: ANOTHER PROTEST;
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) During a March 29 meeting with the CDA, MFA Consular Department Director General Bui Dinh Dzinh presented another protest complaining of the "out of district" activities of Congen HCMC officials. After rece [...]
2007-04-02 04:48:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV AMGT VM
07HANOI641AMBASSADOR PROMOTES COMMERCIAL DELIVERABLES, TIFA, NEC, HR,
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with the Office of the Government (OOG) Vice Chairman Nguyen Xuan Phuc on April 4 to promote positive Vietnamese government action on commercial projects by U.S. firms and to address a number of prominent bilateral issues, including: Trade and Investment Fram [...]
2007-04-05 10:27:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL ECON ETRD EFIN KOCI CVIS CASC AMGT
07HANOI675CODEL ORTIZ DISCUSSES GROWING U.S.-VIETNAM TIES, EMR
[...] (SBU) On April 6, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem and National Assembly Vice Chairman Nguyen Van Yeu separately told Codel Ortiz that U.S.-Vietnam relations are growing across the board and are bound to expand more in the coming years. Both leaders cited recent landmar [...]
2007-04-11 07:49:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV KIRF OTRA ECON VM
07HANOI684LIKELY MFA RESHUFFLE WOULD SEND NEW AMBASSADOR TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy contacts are suggesting that the MFA's leadership will soon undergo a reshuffle, probably in May. If these reports bear out, three current vice foreign ministers will become ambassadors in Washington, Beijing and Tokyo, and high-level responsibility for the U.S. portfol [...]
2007-04-11 10:26:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV VM
07HANOI69POLITBURO COMMISSIONS STUDIES ON POLITICAL REFORM
[...] (C) Summary: Vietnam's 14-member Politburo has tasked a little-known group of intellectuals and former and current Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) leaders to examine Vietnam's (and other countries') political systems and recommend possible political reforms in accordance with Vietnam's "polit [...]
2007-01-11 10:13:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALPGOV VM
07HANOI782MFA DELIVERS MESSAGE: STOP SUPPORTING POLITICAL ACTIVISTS
[...] (SBU) On April 27, the Ambassador was called in by MFA Americas Department Director General Pham Van Que to receive a message from the "highest GVN authorities" concerning the Ambassador's and Embassy's "support for political activists." The text of the message is provided in paragraph four b [...]
2007-04-27 10:14:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV VM
07HANOI83MFA OFFICIALS DISCUSS RANGE OF CURRENT BILATERAL TOPICS
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a January 9 meeting with the DCM, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Americas Department Director General Pham Van Que said that Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem has not yet decided on dates for travel to the United States. Que proposed several potentia [...]
2007-01-12 10:00:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL AMGT ABLD ECON ETRD VM
07HANOI830VIETNAM 2007 SPECIAL 301 NOTIFICATION DELIVERED
[...] (SBU) Economic Counselor delivered reftel demarche points by a phone call to Ministry of Trade (MOT) Multilateral Trade Policy Department Director General Tran Quoc Khanh on April 30 and in person to MOT Americas Trade Policy Department Deputy Director General Nguyen Hong Dzuong on May 2. Due [...]
2007-05-07 10:19:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KIPR VM
07HANOI836Triet Visit: MFA Confirms June 22 Meeting with President,
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Nguyen Minh Triet has "officially accepted" June 22 as the date of his meeting with President Bush, and is also considering the MFA's recommendations that he stop in New York and Los Angeles and issue a Joint Statement with President Bush. Furthermore, the GVN is pulli [...]
2007-05-08 08:49:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV VM
07HANOI888GVN WANTS TO NEGOTIATE ON PEACE CORPS; STICKING POINTS
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (SBU) Summary: EconCouns met with officials of the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on May 14, 2006, to obtain an update on the Government of Vietnam's (GVN's) intentions on the esta [...]
2007-05-15 08:42:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL EAID VM
07HANOI897SCENESETTER FOR EAP ASSISTANT SECRETARY CHRISTOPHER HILL
[...] (SBU) Mission Vietnam looks forward to welcoming you back to Hanoi May 23-24. Your visit will be a key event in the lead-up to the June visit to Washington by President Nguyen Minh Triet. Indeed, I expect your visit to prove instrumental in determining the success of that visit by underscoring [...]
2007-05-16 10:44:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV OTRA VM
07HANOI898AMBASSADOR AND VFM BANG DISCUSS TRIET VISIT, HUMAN
[...] (C) Summary: At a May 15 dinner with Vice Foreign Minister (VFM) Le Van Bang and other MFA officials, the Ambassador stressed that time is short for the two sides to reach agreements on potential deliverables to ensure a successful visit by President Nguyen Minh Triet. The two sides discusse [...]
2007-05-16 11:26:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD KIRF OVIP PGOV PHUM PREL VM
07HANOI997CONSULAR DISTRICTS: GVN REITERATES ITS CASE
[...] (U) Summary: The GVN continues to protest the normal activities of U.S. consular officers based in HCMC, holding that we need prior approval to work in areas in southern Vietnam outside of HCMC itself. The DCM discussed the latest diplomatic note (text below) with the Director General of the M [...]
2007-05-25 10:27:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV AMGT VM
07HANOI998GVN SEEKS COMMENTS ON PROPOSED TEXT AND EARLIER DATES FOR
[...] Action Request - Please see para 7. 2. (SBU) Summary/Comment/Action Request: EconCouns met with Ministry of Education and Training and MFA officials on May 24 to notify them of planned travel of Peace Corps (PC) officials to negotiate a Country Agreement. The Vietnamese welcome the team, [...]
2007-05-25 10:44:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL EAID VM
07HARARE1002BFIF FUNDING ONCE AGAIN CATALYZES PRIVATE SECTOR
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 13. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) On October 2, for the second consecutive year, the American Business Association of Zimbabwe (ABAZ),generously supported by the Business Facilitation and Incentive Fund (BFIF) and the private secto [...]
2007-11-07 14:48:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV PGOV ZI
07HARARE1053KUDOS FOR LUSAKA,S ASSISTANCE IN TRANSFORMATIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-26 15:16:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDAPER ZI ZA
07HARARE1073Zim Notes November 30, 2007
[...] The Embassy Harare Political/Economic Section began producing Zim Notes in July, 2007 to present a perspective on current events in Zimbabwe. Suggestions are always welcome. If you would like to receive Zim Notes by email, as well, please contact Frances Chisholm at chisholmfm@state.gov. Dist [...]
2007-11-30 09:56:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
07HARARE109FY06 BFIF DETAILED ACTUAL EXPENDITURES - ZIMBABWE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-09 08:26:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDABUD BEXP BTIO EINV ETRD AFIN
07HARARE1130ZIMBABWE HUNTING SUPPORTS REGIME INSIDERS AND
[...] (C) Summary. Despite a 50 percent decline in receipts since 2004, the $17.5 million a year safari hunting business remains an important source of foreign currency in Zimbabwe. At least 12 regime insiders on the U.S. financial sanctions list reportedly have interests in the industry. Hunting [...]
2007-12-19 12:36:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL SENV ZI
07HARARE14ZIMBABWE 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE
[...] (U) 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 2007. GDP has declined by 40 percent in the past 6 years, the largest peacetime drop ever recorded. Inflatio [...]
2007-01-05 10:08:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV
07HARARE269MDC UNDER SIEGE: ABDUCTIONS, ARRESTS, GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) Assailants believed to be government agents have abducted and beaten at least nine opposition supporters since March 3. Additionally, the police reported 35 opposition activists were in custody following a series of raids, including on MDC headquarters March 28. Human rights lawyers said [...]
2007-03-30 11:47:00Embassy HarareSECRETPHUM PGOV ASEC ZI
07HARARE275VIOLENCE ANTICIPATED AS LABOR UNION CALLS FOR
[...] (C) The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) nationwide stay-away is set for April 3 and 4. The stay-away is ostensibly a protest against dismal wages and worsening economic conditions. However, it comes in the charged atmosphere caused by the government crack down on dissent and is seen [...]
2007-04-02 15:33:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV ELAB ASEC ZI
07HARARE301LABOR STAYAWAY PRODUCES MIXED RESULTS
[...] (SBU) The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) two-day nationwide stay-away attracted a mixed response. Many businesses in Harare and other major cities closed or had limited operations at the start of the first day with a greater percentage of workers in the country's depressed industria [...]
2007-04-05 16:16:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV ELAB ZI
07HARARE38HARARE BFIF PROJECT PROPOSAL
[...] (U) Embassy Harare proposes to draw on the Business Facilitation and Incentive Fund (BFIF) to sponsor two events: in order of priority, a sequel to the successful October 2006 BFIF-funded "Just Business" forum (Ref A); and a one-day trade fair with the theme of intellectual property rights ( [...]
2007-01-18 09:02:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYABUD AMGT BEXP BTIO ECON ETRD KIPR ZI
07HARARE385DUTY PAYABLE IN FOREX CRASHES BOOMING USED CAR
[...] (SBU) As of April 6, the GOZ is requiring that duty and other taxes be paid in foreign exchange on a range of items recently declared luxury goods, from most passenger vehicles to suitcases and mirrors. The policy shift closed a loophole that had made the used car market the hottest new busi [...]
2007-05-07 15:17:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON PGOV ZI
07HARARE543 2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION
[...] The US Government is aware of eight (8) claims of US persons which may be outstanding against the Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ). All eight claims arise out of the GOZ's Land Resettlement Program, which commenced in 2000. The general pace of land seizure has slowed, as very few non-indigenous c [...]
2007-06-19 15:01:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDCASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV
07HARARE656TREVOR MANHANGA ON MEETINGS WITH MUGABE AND GONO,
[...] (C) Summary. Evangelical Bishop Trevor Manhanga, Chairman of the Heads of Christian Denominations in Zimbabwe, spoke with Poleconchief July 18 and recounted a recent meeting with President Mugabe. According to Manhanga, Mugabe is preparing for elections next year and is confident he will wi [...]
2007-07-19 14:58:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ZI
07HARARE76GIDEON GONO REINVENTS GIDEON GONO
[...] (C) In a January 29 meeting with the Ambassador, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono said that January 31's Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) would be "totally different" from previous statements. Gono said he would confront the governance problems that were the root cause of [...]
2007-01-30 15:07:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEFIN PGOV ZI
07HARARE903 AA/DCHA HESS IMPRESSED BY PROGRAMS, BUT ALARMED BY
[...] Summary: USAID Assistant Administrator for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance (DCHA) Michael Hess, accompanied by Special Assistant Amber Brooks, visited Harare, Bulawayo, and rural areas September 16-20 to assess humanitarian needs and programs and to consult with civil society [...]
2007-10-04 10:11:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID SOCI PHUM ZI
07HARARE964FY07 BFIF DETAILED ACTUAL EXPENDITURES - ZIMBABWE
[...] The following is a detailed accounting of actual expenditures for the "Just Business 2 Forum" and mini trade fair sponsored by the American Business Association of Zimbabwe (ABAZ)and co-funded by BFIF. As instructed in reftel, receipts and supporting documents will be faxed to Gale Gray. B [...]
2007-10-24 11:56:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDABUD AFIN BEXP BTIO ENIV ETRD ZI
07HAVANA1005CUBA DETAINS SOME DIPLOMATIC POUCHES
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: For the second time in a month, the Cuban government detained unclassified pouches destined for USINT Havana. Cuban officials claimed that the contents of these rejected pouches may violate the Vienna Convention by including items for personal rather than offi [...]
2007-10-25 11:24:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALAMGT ATRN CU
07HAVANA1011TSA DELEGATION VISIT TO CUBA: 7-22 OCTOBER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A delegation from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) visited Cuba from 7 to 22 October to assess the security of Cuban airports where U.S. (OFAC-licensed) charter flights operate: i.e., Havana, Cienfuegos, Camaguey, Santiago de Cuba, and Holguin. Interchanges with [...]
2007-10-26 07:59:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALASEC EAIR ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU
07HAVANA1019PRESIDENT'S SPEECH STRIKES CHORDS IN CUBA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The President's October 24 speech on Cuba clearly struck several nerves on the island. Among the dissident community, especially those who attended a live screening of the speech at USINT, the speech and the appearance of close friends and relatives of Cuban political prisoners [...]
2007-10-26 16:37:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALCU ECON PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PREL
07HAVANA1029USINT DISCUSSES POTUS SPEECH WITH LOCAL DIP CORPS
[...] (C) Following up on the President's October 24 speech, USINT hosted meetings with ambassadors or their representatives from 46 embassies in Havana on October 29 and 30 to provide copies of the full text of the speech, highlight the most important points, and answer questions regarding the pr [...]
2007-10-31 18:13:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALCU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07HAVANA1036U.S. CHARTER AIRLINES IN CUBA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This is a follow-up to HAVANA 01011, regarding the 10/7-22 visit by a delegation from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). This cable addresses specifically the operations of OFAC-licensed U.S. charters in Cuba. Based on information gathered during the trip, we [...]
2007-11-02 15:31:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PINR PREL ASEC EAIR CU
07HAVANA1038WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On Wednesday, October 24, Cuban state television broadcast a 14-minute excerpt of President Bush,s speech on Cuba only hours after he had delivered it. The next day,s issue of state-owned newspaper Granma devoted its entire second page to excerpts of the President,s speech, inclu [...]
2007-11-02 18:18:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPINR PREL CU
07HAVANA1052CUBAN NATIONALISM AND THE BOLIVARIAN IDEAL
[...] (C) Statements made by FM Perez Roque in a CNN interview at the UN last week that Cuba is "prepared to give up its sovereignty and flag" to become part of a greater Latin America seem to be arousing still further a dormant nationalism among ordinary Cubans. The first hints that Cubans are gr [...]
2007-11-07 15:35:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALCU PGOV PREL
07HAVANA1068LETTER FROM PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM WINNER
[...] (C) BELOW IS AN INFORMAL TRANSLATION OF A HANDWRITTEN NOTE FROM DR. OSCAR ELIAS BISCET, THANKING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT FOR AWARDING HIM THE PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM. THE NOTE, ROLLED UP LIKE A SMALL STRAW AND TUCKED INSIDE A SANITARY NAPKIN, WAS SNEAKED OU [...]
2007-11-14 21:32:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPINR PHUM CU
07HAVANA107025TH HAVANA INTERNATIONAL TRADE FAIR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The 25th Havana International Trade Fair (FIHAV-07) was held November 5-10 in Havana. This cable contrasts changes and new developments since last year. U.S. sales to Cuba have stagnated since last year and have dim prospects of improving. The Spanish government's policy of e [...]
2007-11-16 13:44:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PINR PREL CU
07HAVANA1076URGING THE SWISS TO PRESSURE THE CUBANS
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (C) The Swiss Ambassador to Havana Bertrand Louis on November 15th met with Teresita Vicente, head of the Cuban Ministry of Exterior Relations (Minrex) Europe division, to request that USINT COM be received to discuss the current unclas [...]
2007-11-16 20:32:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CU
07HAVANA1089BRAZIL'S NEW ENGAGEMENT WITH CUBA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Several recent developments point to Brazil's interest in building stronger bilateral ties with Cuba. The Brazilian government will increase export credits for its companies and will push for an audience with Fidel Castro during President Lula's upcoming visit. Petrobras has a [...]
2007-11-23 16:57:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PINR PREL CU
07HAVANA1096CUBA: COM MEETING WITH POLISH AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) USINT COM and POL officer met with Polish Ambassador Marzenna Adamczyk on 23 November to discuss the recent visit of a Polish delegation to inspect a new embassy facility and the efforts of Poland to engage Cuba,s civil society. Adamczyk reported that the delegation, which was led by the [...]
2007-11-27 13:52:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL PHUM CU
07HAVANA1113PASTORS FOR PEACE SERVE AMERICAN MEDICAL STUDENTS THREATS FOR THANKSGIVING DINNER
[...] (C) On November 23, 2007 at the first ever meeting of USINT's American citizen wardens (SEPTEL to follow),a fifth year medical student at Havana's Latin American Medical School reported that he and the other students receiving scholarships from Pastors for Peace were warned against contact with US [...]
2007-11-30 17:07:00US Interests Section HavanaSECRETCASC CU KDEM PHUM SCUL
07HAVANA1145CUBA TO SIGN UN ACCORDS AS DEMONSTRATIONS MARK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Human Rights Day in Cuba saw a wide variety of activity. The Damas de Blanco held two well attended marches on Sunday and Monday to mark the Day. Although state security forces monitored these activities closely, the authorities avoided any significant confrontation. In contr [...]
2007-12-12 13:26:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALCU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07HAVANA1157SWISS PRESS CUBANS ON USINT TREATMENT, AND DRAW A
[...] (C) SWISS AMBASSADOR LOUIS BRIEFED USINT LATE MORNING 14 DECEMBER, JUST AFTER HIS MEETING WITH CUBAN MINREX DIRECTOR FOR NORTH AMERICA JOSEFINA VIDAL. DRAWING ON INSTRUCTIONS HE HAD RECEIVED LAST WEEK FROM BERN, AT HIS 12/14 MEETING AT MINREX, LOUIS PRESENTED VIDAL A SHORT DIP NOTE ASKING MINR [...]
2007-12-14 23:31:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CU US
07HAVANA1171DAUGHTER OF INDEPENDENT LIBRARIAN HELD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On 12 December, independent librarian Nereyda Rodriguez Rivero reported that she had not heard from her 19 year old daughter Yuricel Perez Rodriguez since 7 December. She said that a state security agent who had infiltrated her organization revealed that Yuricel had been picke [...]
2007-12-18 22:24:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALCU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07HAVANA1190CUBA HUMAN RIGHTS ROUND-UP DEC. 14-28
[...] (C) ACTIVISTS DISTRIBUTE HUNDREDS OF COPIES OF HUMAN RIGHTS DECLARATION: On 21 December on a major thoroughfare in central Havana noted dissidents Martha Beatriz Roque (MBR),Jorge Luis Garcia Perez ("Antunez") and Felix Antonio Bonne Carcasses distributed over 400 copies of the UN Universa [...]
2007-12-28 22:10:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALCU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07HAVANA23LADIES IN WHITE TO CINDY SHEEHAN: VISIT A CUBAN
[...] (U) Summary: Cuba's "Ladies in White," relatives of political prisoners, have written to visiting American anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan and urged her to stop by a Cuban prison during her time on the island. Sheehan and other activists arrived in Havana on January 6 with plans to march to t [...]
2007-01-09 11:15:00US Interests Section HavanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KDEM SOCI CU
07HAVANA317CUBAN REGIME REMOVES JUSTICE MINISTER
[...] (U) Cuban official media announced March 24 that Justice Minister Roberto Diaz Sotolongo would be replaced by Vice Minister Maria Esther Reus. Additionally, Water Resources Institute Director Jorge Luis Aspiolea would be replaced by his deputy, Rene Mesa. 2. (U) Although the regime's public ann [...]
2007-03-30 16:23:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV CU
07HAVANA332CUBA/SPAIN: MORATINOS VISIT CAUSES HARM
[...] (C) Summary: Spanish Foreign Minister Moratinos' high-profile visit to Cuba, which ended April 3, gave a boost to the Cuban regime, at the expense of Cuba's democratic opposition. To the extent that Cuba and Spain have created a Human Rights "mechanism," it does not appear to obligate the Cu [...]
2007-04-04 19:21:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM CU SP
07HAVANA342CUBA: TOURISM'S DECLINE MAKES GOC NERVOUS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Cuban tourism figures for the first trimester of 2007 were dismal: An overall decrease of 15 percent, the worst drop in 15 years. For years the GOC ignored the warnings from foreign hotel companies about addressing weaknesses in the sector. Successful competition from alterna [...]
2007-04-06 14:13:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALETRD EINV PGOV CU
07HAVANA402CUBAN DIPLOMATIC STRATEGY SPELLS A-R-R-O-G-A-N-T
[...] (C) The Cuban regime trotted Fidel Castro out for a meeting with visiting Chinese Politburo member Wu Guanzheng, following soon after Foreign Minister Perez Roque's visit to China. Perez Roque also visited India and used Cuba's presidency of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) to obtain a NAM stat [...]
2007-04-25 10:03:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPREL CU
07HAVANA526CUBA: KEY DISSIDENTS' EXTERNAL NETWORKING
[...] (C) Dissident leaders Vladimiro Roca, Martha Beatriz Roque (MBR),and Oswaldo Paya spoke at length this week to Pol-Econ Counselor about their off-island networking, with most emphasis on Europeans and the exile Cuban community in the USA. Highlights follow: -- Unity for Liberty document: [...]
2007-05-25 19:46:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PHUM CU EUN
07HAVANA597CUBA: MORE NEW CUSTOMS REGULATIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOC has restructured customs regulations for non-commercial imports and exports. Several regulations that were originally independently introduced for different reasons at different times and by different ministries have been modified in what appears to be an attempt to harmo [...]
2007-06-21 13:38:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PINR PREL ETRD CU
07HAVANA610FERMENT IN CUBAN MASONIC MOVEMENT
[...] (C) At the instigation of former Cuban Masonic Grand Master Jose Manuel Collera Vento, the current Cuban Grand Lodge issued a decree recently that dissolves the Masonic Supreme Court, ostensibly for mishandling a misconduct case. Members of at least one regular lodge have formally requested th [...]
2007-06-26 15:34:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PHUM SOCI CU
07HAVANA617HOW TO SHATTER A CASTRO-PHILE'S ARGUMENTS
[...] USINT is pleased to send in this distillation of the best of our briefings and responses to questions about Cuba, usually from audiences that are opposed to U.S. policy towards Cuba. These include foreign diplomats, U.S. university students and professors, U.S. congressmen and staff, U.S. jou [...]
2007-06-28 08:41:00US Interests Section HavanaUNCLASSIFIEDPROP PREL ECON KDEM PHUM CU
07HAVANA619DISSIDENT CUBAN WRITERS LAUNCH PEN CLUB
[...] (SBU) A group of dissident Cuban writers, led by former political prisoner Jorge Oliveira and Victor Manuel Dominguez, founded a PEN Club in Cuba, and held its first activity June 26 at the COM Residence. The event was largely cultural, with a Cuban trio performing Cuban and American music, a [...]
2007-06-28 13:56:00US Interests Section HavanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSCUL KDEM PHUM CU
07HAVANA646CUBA: PROBLEMZ IN SKOOL
[...] (SBU) Summary: A group of independent teachers discussed with USINT COM and staff the many problems facing Cuba's educational system, making it clear that the Cuban regime's self-promoted reputation as an education success story is propaganda based on only some elements of truth. Main proble [...]
2007-07-05 17:03:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALSCUL KDEM PHUM CU
07HAVANA668CUBA: TWO PATHS TO REGIME CHANGE
[...] (C) Summary: Cuba's two most prominent dissident leaders, Martha Beatriz Roque (MBR) and Oswaldo Paya, have described to us their hopes and plans for transforming the Cuban regime, a process that neither of them claims to be able to make happen in the short term. MBR sees her own role as a c [...]
2007-07-12 14:16:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPINS PGOV KDEM CU
07HAVANA677LATAM BISHOPS OPEN AND CLOSE EYES IN CUBA
[...] (C) Summary: The Latin American Bishops Conference (CELAM) met in Havana during the week of July 9-13, addressing matters mostly internal to the Church. They took part in a reception hosted by the Cuban regime, which produced bland statements about Church-State dialog, and also took note of [...]
2007-07-16 16:38:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPHUM SOCI PREL CU
07HAVANA685CUBA: DISSIDENT DAGOBERTO VALDES REAPPEARS
[...] (C) Dissident Church lay leader Dagoberto Valdes appeared out of the blue in Havana July 18, and met with Charge at a Polish Embassy reception. Valdes said he and the staff that worked with him in the Pinar del Rio "Center for Civic and Religious Training" are all no longer involved in any ca [...]
2007-07-19 12:40:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALSOCI PHUM CU
07HAVANA8FOR CUBANS, A NOT-SO-MERRY CHRISTMAS
[...] (C) Summary: At year's end, USINT delivered a letter from U.S. Congress members to Cuban human rights activists, and in the process learned about the subdued holiday season in Havana. The letter, a reply from December CODEL leaders Reps. Jeff Flake and William Delahunt to a message from activ [...]
2007-01-04 18:11:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPHUM KDEM SOCI OREP CU
07HAVANA894POLICE ORGANIZE MOB TO THREATEN HUMAN RIGHTS MARCH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Leading human rights activist Marta Beatriz Roque Cabello told Poloff that on Wednesday a group of ten dissidents participated in a march in the town of Santa Clara. The police organized a group of civilians who threatened the marchers with sticks. However; no one was actual [...]
2007-09-11 11:37:00US Interests Section HavanaUNCLASSIFIEDCU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07HAVANA896CONVERSATION WITH DAGOBERTO VALDES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At a September 5 dinner at the COM Residence, Dagoberto Valdes, former editor-in-chief of Vitral, Pinar del Rio's Catholic review, reflected on life after his resignation from Vitral, the institution of the Church, and his future role as someone who does not want to compete agains [...]
2007-09-11 16:04:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL CU
07HAVANA897THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN CUBAN SOCIETY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: COM's attendance at the September 7 procession of Our Lady of Regla, along with his visit the following day to the Church of Our Lady of la Caridad del Cobre, offered opportunity to observe the dynamics of the Catholic Church,s place in Cuban society. Both events enjoyed large [...]
2007-09-11 16:21:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL CU
07HAVANA913CUBAN DELEGATION AT LASA: GOC APPROACHES ACADEMIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The 2007 International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA) was held in Montreal, Canada, September 5-8. The Cuban delegation was the largest ever to a LASA conference and they portrayed the successful change of venue from the U.S. to Canada as a "victory" [...]
2007-09-13 15:37:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PINR PREL CU
07HAVANA920MEETING WITH MINREX REGARDING DETAINED DIPLOMATIC POUCHES
[...] (C) On 17 SEP 2007 EMBOFFS met with representatives from the Cuban Ministry of External Relations (MINREX),Cuban customs, and AeroVaradero Cargo Company to discuss three crates of diplomatic pouch currently held by Cuban customs. This meeting was requested by MINREX through a 14 SEP 2007 dip [...]
2007-09-18 08:10:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALADPM AMGT KRIM ADCO ASEC CU
07HAVANA977CUBA: SPAIN TO RENEW AID, BUT SLOW TO INCREASE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Spanish Assistant Secretary of State for Cooperation Leire Pajin signed an agreement on September 29 to implement the renewal of development assistance to the island. Separately, the Joint Spanish-Cuban Business Committee ended with both countries discussing the possibility of [...]
2007-10-05 15:57:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PINR PREL CU
07HAVANA993PORTUGUESE AMBASSADOR ON EU-TROIKA METING WITH GOC
[...] (C) Portuguese Ambassador to Cuba Mario Godinho de Matos provided COM with a readout of the September 24 meeting between a GOC team headed by FM Perez Roque and representatives of the EU troika. In general, Godinho de Matos, readout tracked with that obtained by Embassy Lisbon (reftel) with [...]
2007-10-15 16:28:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALCU EU PGOV PREL
07HAVANA996IF YOU INVITE THEM, THEY WILL COME
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Charg d'Affaires hosted an Iftar dinner for the diplomatic community on October 9. The 54 guests in attendance included 11 ambassadors and five charges from 22 countries, most of them with large Muslim populations. The event--the first of its kind offered by USINT--drew [...]
2007-10-16 15:48:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALCU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07HELSINKI162AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER TUOMIOJA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Tuomioja to thank him for his helpful comments regarding the US missile defense initiative with Eastern Europe, but also to note her disappointment with other public comments he had made suggesting that the US made grave mistakes in Iraq and [...]
2007-03-08 09:29:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MOPS MARR FI
07HELSINKI250FINLAND: RESPONSE TO GUANTANAMO RESETTLEMENT
[...] (U) This is an Action Request; please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) Poloff spoke with Finnish officials in the MFA's Political Secretariat and Office for Human Rights about the possibility of resettling Guantanamo detainees in Finland. Finland has previously rejected several US requests to [...]
2007-04-05 09:42:00Embassy HelsinkiCONFIDENTIALKAWC PREL PTER PHUM PINR FI
07HELSINKI321FINLAND'S NEW GOVERNMENT: TURNING A PROMISING NEW
[...] (C) Finland's new center-right government is eager to reverse the malaise that often typified US-Finnish relations after 2003, and from the Foreign Minister on down a palpable shift in tone is already evident. Trans-Atlanticists have replaced notorious US-skeptics at the MFA, the MOD and elsew [...]
2007-05-04 13:21:00Embassy HelsinkiSECRETPGOV PREL PINR MOPS MARR EUN FI
07HELSINKI329FINLAND CONTINUES TO SUPPORT U.S. IWC POSITION
[...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on the International Whaling Commission (IWC) to Mr. Esko Jaakkola, Finland,s IWC representative in the Ministry of the Environment. Jaakkola said Finland will continue to support the consensus and position of like-minded nations during the IWC meeting. [...]
2007-05-09 12:21:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EFIS KSCA PREL IWC ETRD FI
07HELSINKI352NEW SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT BREAKS WITH THE PAST
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During their first meeting, new Speaker of Parliament Niinisto and the Ambassador discussed NATO issues and the EU's approach to Russia. The Speaker spoke warmly both of the new tone in Finnish-US relations and of the "more open dialogue on NATO" his party intends to lead now t [...]
2007-05-14 14:06:00Embassy HelsinkiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN FI
07HELSINKI580FINNISH MINISTER KEEN TO EXPAND BIOGAS USAGE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Finland's Minister of Trade and Industry recently returned from a two-day fact finding mission in Germany to examine German use of biogas and other renewable energy resources. This trip may signal an increased emphasis by Pekkarinen -- a strong advocate of renewable energy -- in [...]
2007-07-30 10:30:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY SENV EAGR PINR FI
07HELSINKI61FINNAIR CEO CONSIDERS IN-FLIGHT REFUELING FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Ware called on Finnair CEO and President Jukka Hienonen on January 16. Hienonen raised the possibility of Finnair providing in-flight refueling for Finland,s F-18 Hornet aircraft and mentioned Finnair,s focus on routes to Asia while its North America traffic decrease [...]
2007-01-31 09:31:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR BEXP EIND MCAP FI
07HELSINKI696HELSINKI: PRESIDENT'S HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDTABLE AT
[...] (U) Finland's main human rights priority over the past several years has been the battle against trafficking-in- persons (TIP),and Post's outstanding cooperation with the GoF in this area has made it a key highlight of our bilateral relationship. Post has engaged very actively with the Finns [...]
2007-09-11 11:13:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL FI
07HELSINKI809FINLAND: CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION AT THE UNGA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-31 12:13:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA ETRD PHUM UN CU FI
07HELSINKI843FINLAND: DEMOCRACY IN VENEZUELA
[...] (SBU) Polchief delivered reftel demarche Nov. 19 to Jukka Pietikainen, Director of the Finnish MFA's Unit for Latin America. Pietikainen said that the UK had initially circulated a draft statement to EU partners condemning the Chavez Regime's proposed constitutional reforms in strong terms an [...]
2007-11-20 11:04:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM WHA EUN VE FI
07HELSINKI886FINLAND PROVIDES ASSURANCES ON USEC'S AMERICAN
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel, the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs issued the following verbal note covering USEC's intent to purchase autoclaves from Platom Oy (Mikkeli, Finland). The full text of the verbal note follows. BEGIN TEXT The Ministry for Foreign Affairs present their complim [...]
2007-12-14 13:41:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP PARM TRGY FI
07HILLAH10"MAYORS' REVOLT" IS HIGHLIGHT OF ATYPICAL RECONSTRUCTION
[...] (U) This is a PRT Babil cable. 2. (C) Summary: The continuation of an unfinished meeting of the Babil Provincial Reconstruction and Development Committee (PRDC) did not check off every agenda item but did yield several unexpected positive developments. Complaints from two mayors about a ke [...]
2007-01-19 16:07:00REO HillahCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON KDEM IZ
07HILLAH101BABIL GOVERNOR DISCUSSES RECONSTRUCTION, SADR MEETING,
[...] (C) Summary: On July 5, Babil Governor Salem Saleh Mahdi Al-Muslimawi discussed his security and reconstruction with Third Infantry Division Deputy Commanding General (DCG),MNF-I Strategic Effects Deputy Commander Brigadier General and PRT representatives at the Regional Embassy Office in Bab [...]
2007-07-10 13:44:00REO HillahSECRETPGOV PTER ECON IZ IR
07HILLAH12EYES ON THE SECURITY PRIZE, BABIL GOVERNOR PUTS HIS BEST
[...] (U) This is a PRT Babil cable. 2. (S) Summary and comment: In a meeting with Babil PRT that proved more of a two-way exchange than previous ones, the Babil governor requested stronger U.S. support for reconstruction projects, spoke somewhat favorably of cooperation with the Coalition in m [...]
2007-01-20 15:12:00REO HillahSECRETPGOV PREL PTER KDEM IR IZ
07HILLAH151NAJAF LEADERS ASKED USG TO HELP FUND IDP CAMP PROJECTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Members of the Najaf Provincial Council (PC) requested USG assistance to fund some Najaf projects, especially at the internally displaced persons (IDP) camp, during a November 8 Najaf PRT visit to the IDP camp in Manathera and a subsequent meeting at the PC offices. Ali Al Faya [...]
2007-11-12 16:40:00REO HillahUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL PGOV SOCI IZ
07HILLAH152NAJAF LEADERS ASKED USG TO HELP FUND IDP CAMP PROJECTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Members of the Najaf Provincial Council (PC) requested USG assistance to fund some Najaf projects, especially at the internally displaced persons (IDP) camp, during a November 8 Najaf PRT visit to the IDP camp in Manathera and a subsequent meeting at the PC offices. Ali Al Fay [...]
2007-11-12 16:40:00REO HillahUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL PGOV SOCI IZ
07HILLAH155BABIL: PRT HOSTS SHEIKHS' ROUNDTABLE
[...] (U) This is a PRT Babil cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: On November 13, PRT Babil hosted a gathering of Sunni and Shi'a tribal sheikhs from throughout the province. The sheikhs criticized the current political leadership of the province while blaming the US for allowing foreign influences to pe [...]
2007-11-15 08:26:00REO HillahUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PTER KISL IZ IR
07HILLAH158DUSD BRINKLEY VISITS KARBALA
[...] Sensitive but unclassified. This is a PRT Karbala cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: DUSD Brinkley and his delegation, GOI spokesman Ali al Dubbagh, and PRT Leader were warmly received by Governor Aqeel for a five hour visit that was covered extensively by local media, and included lunch and a visit [...]
2007-11-18 05:01:00REO HillahUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL IZ
07HILLAH161NAJAF'S KUFA UNIVERSITY: DOORS WIDE OPEN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The President of Najaf's Kufa University (Kufa) warmly welcomed the PRT delegation, including Team Leader and PD officer, during a November 21 campus visit. President Razak Al-Essa, who attained his PhD in the U.K., openly discussed his Western-oriented education model with PRT L [...]
2007-11-25 09:29:00REO HillahCONFIDENTIALPGOV OEXC SCUL SOCI IZ
07HILLAH175DEPUTY GOVERNOR DESCRIBES SOUTH KOREA TRIP, AIRPORT FOLLOW
[...] (U) This is a PRT Najaf cable. 2. (C) Deputy Governor Abtan met with PRT Leader and PRToffs at the proposed new location for PRT Najaf at former Camp Endeavor next to the airport on December 18. Abtan described his travel to the Republic of Korea (ROK) earlier this month. He noted that t [...]
2007-12-28 11:30:00REO HillahCONFIDENTIALECON EAIR IZ PREL
07HILLAH69CLEVER TACTICS, FLAWED ETHICS IN HILLAH MAYOR ELECTION
[...] (U) This is a PRT Babil Cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: As anticipated in ref A, the Hillah District Council (DC) met on April 21 to choose a new mayor. The surprise winner by one vote - his own - was DC member Sabah Al-Fatlawi, after a campaign allegedly marred by bribery and other improprieties. [...]
2007-05-02 14:09:00REO HillahSECRETPGOV PREL PINR KDEM KISL IZ IR
07HILLAH84POOR LEADERSHIP, SCARCE CAPITAL AND POWER TOP BABIL
[...] (U) This is a PRT Babil cable. 2. (C) Summary: In recent meetings with the PRT, representatives of the Babil business and commercial sector highlighted the following as key to the province's near-term economic growth: -- Overcoming the ineffective and/or counterproductive role of governme [...]
2007-06-06 05:33:00REO HillahCONFIDENTIALECON EAGR EAID EFIN EIND EINV ENRG ETRD PGOV
07HILLAH86IRANIAN-SUPPORTED GROUP SAID TARGETING SISTANI AIDES, WOULD
[...] (U) This is a PRT Babil cable. 2. (S) Summary: A civil society activist with strong religious credentials recently warned PRT leader that an Iranian-controlled group called Asa'ib Al-Haq, based in Diwaniya, is serving as a tool in Iran's efforts to take control of the hawza, the Shi'a relig [...]
2007-06-07 04:37:00REO HillahSECRETPREL PGOV PINS PINR PTER KISL IZ IR
07HILLAH95KARBALA: GOVERNOR PUTS HIS HEART INTO THE TRANSFER OF THE
[...] (U) This is a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Karbala classified cable. 2. (U) On June 27, Karbala Governor Aqeel Mahmood al-Khazali met with 3ID Deputy Commanding General (DCG) and PRT representatives at the Regional Embassy Office (REO) in al-Hillah. This was the first meeting betwe [...]
2007-06-30 08:42:00REO HillahCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PTER PINR IZ
07HILLAH96CORRECTED COPY: KARBALA: GOVERNOR PUTS HIS HEART INTO THE
[...] (U) This is a corrected copy of Hillah 00000095 (wrong classification) a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Karbala classified cable. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On June 27, Karbala Governor Aqeel Mahmood al-Khazali met with 3ID Deputy Commanding General (DCG) and PRT representatives at the Regional [...]
2007-06-30 08:50:00REO HillahSECRETASEC PGOV PTER PINR IZ
07HOCHIMINHCITY1079AUGUST VOLUNTARY VISITOR PROGRAM (HO CHI MINH CITY SENIOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Eight senior editors from Ho Chi Minh City newspapers, along with a senior official from the Ho Chi Minh City Journalists Association, recently returned from a highly successful, albeit rare, opportunity to participate in a USG exchange program. As Vietnam's largest media center [...]
2007-10-22 06:42:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO OEXC PREL ASEC SCUL VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY1085JESUITS BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE IN HCMC
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Just three years after the passage of Vietnam's law on religious freedom, Ho Chi Minh City's vibrant and growing Jesuit community are operating a newly-built training facility where 37 future priests and monks are currently studying with the GVN's full permission -- and with no int [...]
2007-10-23 07:48:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SOCI PGOV VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY1131HCMC WELCOMES SECRETARY GUTIERREZ WITH OPEN ARMS
[...] (SBU) Secretary of Commerce Gutierrez led the Department of Commerce Vietnam Business Development Mission to Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) on November 6 and 7, opening the doors of literally hundreds of Vietnamese policy makers, business community leaders and potential customers to the twenty-two U. [...]
2007-11-08 10:35:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND ETRD BEXP KTEX OTRA OVIP VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY1136SHIFTING PRESS PARADIGM IN SOUTHERN VIETNAM
[...] (SBU) Summary: While Vietnam remains far from achieving true freedom of the press, the paradigm is starting to shift across southern Vietnam. Already, the old "total control model" in which the Government of Vietnam (GVN) essentially dictated what papers should publish has given way to a "cens [...]
2007-11-09 08:37:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SOCI PREL PGOV VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY1233USCIRF IN HCMC: PROTESTANT HOUSE CHURCH LEADERS
[...] (SBU) The USCIRF delegation kicked off their visit to Ho Chi Minh City on October 24 with a house church roundtable of Protestant leaders from the Assembly of God, United Baptist Church, United Gospel Outreach Church and Baptist Alliance Church congregations in Vietnam. The pastors were unifie [...]
2007-12-14 03:50:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KIRF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY1265HCMC BOARD OF GOVERNORS OUTLINES AMCHAM PRIORITIES
[...] (SBU) During the monthly American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) Breakfast on December 11, American business leaders in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) expressed frustration about the Government of Vietnam's (GVN) approach to trading rights and distribution rights, explained efforts to improve customs c [...]
2007-12-21 12:59:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR ELTN ETRD BEXP VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY1269HCMC PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP PROPOSAL
[...] (U) Post would like to take this opportunity to thank OBO for its response to post's Public Private Partnership (PPP) proposal for developing the vacant parcel located at 8 Le Quy Don, District 1, HCMC. Post management in HCMC and Mission Vietnam leadership in Hanoi look forward to working cl [...]
2007-12-26 05:48:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIEDABLD AMGT
07HOCHIMINHCITY1276HCMC PRIVATE SECTOR JOINS FORCES TO STEM TIDE OF LABOR
[...] (U) Summary. Vietnam's strict labor safety laws are poorly enforced, allowing a growing epidemic of deadly industrial accidents that is concentrated in the industrialized south. As part of their ongoing corporate social responsibility efforts in Vietnam, AmCham HCMC companies including Intel, [...]
2007-12-28 02:07:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV BEXP SOCI ELAB VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY1281HCMC BUSINESS LEADERS: EVEN INSIDERS INCREASINGLY FAVOR
[...] (SBU) The political influence of Ho Chi Minh City's business establishment has increased as Vietnam's economy has grown. In stark contrast to the days of the command economy, the Government of Vietnam (GVN) now celebrates the business community's contributions to the national development (on [...]
2007-12-28 10:38:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR ELNT ETRD BEXP VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY168FORMER PM KIET: STILL PRESSING REFORM
[...] (SBU) Former Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet, one of the fathers of Vietnam's economic reform and a doyen of the Communist Party, told the Consul General February 12 that improved U.S. ties was one of the biggest milestones for Vietnam in 2006. The "full normalization" of ties with the United Stat [...]
2007-02-15 11:37:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EINV KCOR VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY178USTR DISCUSSES WTO MEMBERSHIP, IT AND IPR WITH HCMC BUSINESS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Area businesspeople discussed new trading rules and changes to Vietnam's legal framework as a result of its WTO membership with representatives of the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) and the U.S. Department of Commerce, during a February 5-6 visit to Ho Chi Minh C [...]
2007-02-26 10:35:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON WTRO KIPR VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY208APPAREL INDUSTRY RESPONDS TO GVN EXPORT LICENSE PLAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of the apparel industry based in Ho Chi Minh City report that the GVN has agreed to implement a system of export licenses for garments exported to the United States. The HCMC branch of the American Chamber of Commerce proposed export licenses as a means of resp [...]
2007-03-06 09:15:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON KTEX WTRO VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY209APPAREL INDUSTRY RESPONDS TO GVN EXPORT LICENSE PLAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of the apparel industry based in Ho Chi Minh City report that the GVN has agreed to implement a system of export licenses for garments exported to the United States. The HCMC branch of the American Chamber of Commerce proposed export licenses as a means of resp [...]
2007-03-06 10:04:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON KTEX WTRO VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY261THE "RECONCILER" RETURNS: THICH NHAT HANH VISITS VIETNAM
[...] (SBU) Summary: Visiting Zen Buddhist Master Thich Nhat Hanh and his aides told us that he found the GVN tougher and more assertive in 2007 than in 2005 when he first returned from exile (reftel). However, by developing the trust of the CPV and GVN, he has been able to expand his activities [...]
2007-03-21 11:05:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF PREF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY45FOOD FOR EDUCATION BENEFITS ETHNIC MINORITIES IN QUANG NGAI
[...] Consul General visited schools in rural Quang Ngai Province participating in the Red Cross school feeding program funded under the Dole-McGovern Act. USDA's Food for Education program reaches a large number of poor ethnic minority children and their families in rural Quang Ngai and has sharpl [...]
2007-01-12 12:29:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON EAGR SOCI PREL VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY523GVN STEPS UP DIVIDE AND CONQUER ATTACKS ON UBCV
[...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam's Ministry of Public Security-affiliated newspaper covered prominently its Vice Minister's April 30 meeting with Thich Huyen Quang, the ailing 90-year old Patriarch of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV),as a gesture of GVN goodwill and reconciliation. The a [...]
2007-05-14 09:13:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KIRF SOCI PINR VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY612HCMC BUSINESS CONTACT ON THE TRIET VISIT, CHINA, AND
[...] (S/NF) Summary: A reliable HCMC business contact with longstanding ties to President Nguyen Minh Triet told us on June 6 that Triet knows he will have a difficult visit because of the GVN's human rights crackdown, but is prepared to go to the U.S. "at any cost." Triet understands that postpon [...]
2007-06-08 10:39:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CitySECRET//NOFORNVM
07HOCHIMINHCITY643EXPERIENCES OF A HARDLINE HOUSE CHURCH IN VIETNAM
[...] (SBU) Summary: Leaders of the Inter-Evangelical Church of Vietnam, a large Protestant house church organization based in HCMC, told us that, with the exception of a recent incident in Binh Phuoc province, their operations in Southern and Central Vietnam are stable. Conditions for the IEM in t [...]
2007-06-19 09:22:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR SOCI KIRF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY66VIETNAM'S MUSIC INDUSTRY: PARTY CONTROL AND IPR ISSUES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Three leading pop musicians told us that Vietnam's music industry remains constrained by rampant violations of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and direct and indirect government controls over content and presentation. The singers were optimistic that Vietnam's global integr [...]
2007-01-18 09:13:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SOCI ECON EINV KIPR ETRD VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY80CENTRAL HIGHLANDS SCENE SETTER FOR VISIT OF PRM ASSISTANT
[...] (SBU) HCMC looks forward to welcoming you and your team to southern Vietnam and the Central Highlands. Humanitarian Resettlement Section (HRS) Chief Tim Swanson will present you with a comprehensive picture of HRS activities here, including the bilateral Humanitarian Resettlement process, VISA [...]
2007-01-24 02:38:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PHUM PREF PGOV SOCI PREL KIRF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY81CENTRAL HIGHLANDS SCENE SETTER FOR VISIT OF PRM ASSISTANT
[...] (SBU) HCMC looks forward to welcoming you and your team to southern Vietnam and the Central Highlands. Humanitarian Resettlement Section (HRS) Chief Tim Swanson will present you with a comprehensive picture of HRS activities here, including the bilateral Humanitarian Resettlement process, VISA [...]
2007-01-24 02:59:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PHUM PREF PGOV SOCI PREL KIRF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY817AMBASSADOR AND USS PELELIU BID FAREWELL TO CENTRAL VIETNAM
[...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Marine traveled to Danang on July 24-25 to attend closing activities related to the USS Peleliu's ten-day Pacific Partnership humanitarian mission to Vietnam. On the same visit, the Ambassador paid farewell calls on Tran Van Minh, Chairman of the Danang City People's C [...]
2007-08-03 06:58:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY821NIV DEMAND IN VIETNAM AT RECORD LEVELS
[...] Demand for nonimmigrant visas in Vietnam is at an all-time high, and shows no sign of slowing. NIV demand in 2007 is up over 40% compared to the same period in 2006 in both Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) and Hanoi. In past years, NIV volume typically peaked in June and then gradually declined until [...]
2007-08-03 09:28:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY841AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL VISIT TO HO CHI MINH CITY
[...] (U) Summary: On August 5-8, Ambassador Marine paid farewell calls on Ho Chi Minh City's political, economic and religious leaders, noting significant progress in the U.S.-Vietnam relationship and highlighting possible areas for improvement. During his visit, the Ambassador met with HCMC Peopl [...]
2007-08-14 21:07:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF ECON VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY846AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL WITH POLITICAL ACTIVIST NGUYEN
[...] (SBU) Summary: On August 7, Ambassador Marine met with Dr. Nguyen Dan Que in Ho Chi Minh City to discuss the state of the democracy and human rights movement in Vietnam as well as to inquire after his health and treatment by the GVN since publication in mid-June 2007 of his critical op-ed in t [...]
2007-08-14 21:12:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SOCI PREL PGOV ECON VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY872FROM IDEOLOGY CZAR TO REFORM ADVOCATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 16, People's Council Chairwoman Pham Phuong Thao and CG discussed issues ranging from the city's plans for attracting private investment to meet much of the city's massive infrastructure requirements to the social and political challenges posed by the widening economic [...]
2007-08-21 09:48:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SOCI ECON PREL PGOV VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY879STAFFDEL GUDES TALKS BUDGETING IN HCMC
[...] (SBU) Summary: During an August 14-15 visit to Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC),Senate Budget Committee Minority Staff Director Scott Gudes and Committee Chief Economist Daniel Brandt discussed bilateral relations (touching on U.S. assistance) with the HCMC External Relations Office, U.S. trade and in [...]
2007-08-27 01:11:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN OTRA OVIP VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY936PROFILES OF ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS PROGRAMS IN SOUTHERN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Women's Union officials in Ho Chi Minh City, An Giang, and Can Tho provinces report that GVN anti-TIP efforts under the GVN National Program of Action are generally uniformly implemented, but the resources made available to the different provinces are not. Meanwhile, NGOs AFESIP [...]
2007-09-11 08:52:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KTIP ELAB KWMN VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY955AMCHAM HCMC SAYS PACE OF REFORM SLOWING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Members of the Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) AmCham Board of Governors (BOG) are united in their sense that Vietnam's forward progress on economic reform has slowed in recent months as the Government of Vietnam (GVN) is in "digestion mode" trying to come to grips with the scope of its [...]
2007-09-17 10:25:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD BEXP VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY995APPAREL IMPORT MONITORING LEADS TO SHIFTING TARGETS IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Domestic and foreign invested garment manufacturers lined up to share tales of market "re-balancing" with USDOC Assistant Secretary for Import Administration David Spooner. Garment exports remain far and away the largest component of our bilateral trade and producers say the ove [...]
2007-09-26 10:40:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND ETRD BEXP KTEX VM
07HONGKONG12U/S LAVIN AND CITB SECRETARY WONG DISCUSS TRADE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Franklin L. Lavin, Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, met with Joseph Wong, Hong Kong Commerce, Industry, and Technology Secretary on December 8 to discuss the Doha Round, the Secure Freight Initiative, anti-dumping, intellectual property rights (IPR),aviatio [...]
2007-01-03 09:45:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON ETRD EINV KIPR WTO HK
07HONGKONG1203MACAU LABOR DAY PROTEST MARRED BY VIOLENCE
[...] (C) Summary: An estimated 2,400 Macau residents participated in labor and anti-corruption demonstrations on May 1 that turned violent after demonstrators veered off the approved march route and clashed with police. Police fired five warning shots into the air and the violent clash resulted in [...]
2007-05-02 10:11:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL ELAB SOCI CH HK MC
07HONGKONG1510SUSTAINABLE GROWTH: MACAU'S PRESSING NEED FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: As Macau's economy booms, local authorities confront the dual challenges of modernizing the territory's infrastructure, while ameliorating the adverse effects of this rapid development. Macau,s air quality is worsening due to manufacturing in Guangdong province, emissions from [...]
2007-06-05 09:40:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDCH HK MK SENV PGOV ENRG
07HONGKONG1579HKSAR - AFTER THE FIRST DECADE: ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
[...] (U) SUMMARY: At the ten-year anniversary of its reversion to the PRC, Hong Kong's economy is strong, led by a potent services sectors and robust consumer demand. Over the past decade, Hong Kong has solidified its position as a regional transportation hub, an international interface for the m [...]
2007-06-13 01:31:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SOCI EWWT SENV
07HONGKONG1600HONG KONG COMPANIES REGISTRY: STARTING TO FEEL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Alan Fong, Assistant Principal Solicitor at the Hong Kong Companies Registry, acknowledged to EconOff that Hong Kong's quick and efficient corporate registration procedures -- heretofore believed by the Registrar to be plus -- is bringing unwanted attention on the Hong Kong gove [...]
2007-06-14 11:00:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCH ECON ETRD HK KIPR
07HONGKONG1661CLIMATE CHANGE DEMARCHE: ENGAGING HONG KONG AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: AmConGen Hong Kong has actively engaged the governments and the general public of the Hong Kong and Macau Special Administrative Regions on U.S. climate change, renewable energy and other environmental programs. Post developed and actively promoted the Pollution Prevention and [...]
2007-06-21 06:19:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENGR SOCI EAID EPET TRGY KPAO CH HK MC
07HONGKONG1692U.S.-CHINA COMMISSION VISIT TO HONG KONG: AMCHAM
[...] (SBU) Summary: American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) representatives discussed IPR issues in Hong Kong and mainland China with a visiting delegation from the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) on April 30. One AmCham representative observed that there was "very little le [...]
2007-06-25 07:13:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR KIPR SENV CH HK
07HONGKONG1779SENIOR IPR ATTACHE MARK COHEN DISCUSSES PRC AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: Legislative Councilor Sin Chung Kai told visiting Beijing Intellectual Property Senior Attache Mark Cohen and ConGen Hong Kong staff that Hong Kong's amended copyright law should generally please copyright owners, including U.S. companies, although he noted that a statutory "fa [...]
2007-07-05 03:44:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCH ECON ETRD HK KIPR KJUST PINR PGOV
07HONGKONG1800HONG KONG SCENESETTER FOR HUD SECRETARY JACKSON
[...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. Consulate General Hong Kong warmly welcomes to your visit next week. U.S. trade, investment, and business with Hong Kong flourish in a largely open environment. Hong Kong is our 15th largest export market, and the United States enjoyed a USD 9.8 billion trade surplus [...]
2007-07-09 00:40:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL PTER EINV KIPR HK CH SENV MC
07HONGKONG1801MACAU SCENESETTER FOR HUD SECRETARY JACKSON
[...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. Consulate General Hong Kong warmly welcomes your visit to Macau next week. U.S. interests in Macau have increased tremendously since 2002, when Macau liberalized its gaming market. The U.S. is now one of the largest investors, behind only Hong Kong and mainland China [...]
2007-07-09 00:40:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL PTER EINV KIPR HK CH MC SENV
07HONGKONG1866G/TIP DIRECTOR VISITS MACAU
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Mark Lagon, Director, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP),and his Senior Coordinator for Reports, Mark Taylor, visited Macau on June 27 to discuss with Macau cabinet officials actions the Macau Special Administrative Region government (MSARG) s [...]
2007-07-16 08:29:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKCRM SMIG SOCI PGOV PHUM HK CH MC MG
07HONGKONG2252HONG KONG'S NEW COPYRIGHT AMENDMENTS WELCOMED BY
[...] Summary: After more than a year of consultations with industry and consumer protection groups, the Hong Kong Government (HKG) has passed amendments to the Hong Kong Copyright Act. Industry associations and IP rightholders are pleased with revisions that lower the bar for Hong Kong Customs to [...]
2007-08-29 10:30:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDECON KIPR ETRD HK
07HONGKONG2313HONG KONG AIR POLLUTION DETERRING EXPATS, SAYS
[...] (U) Air pollution increasingly is harming Hong Kong's attractiveness as a posting for expat executives, according to the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong's second annual environment survey. Fifty-one percent of respondents claimed difficulty in recruiting professionals to work in the [...]
2007-09-06 07:56:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG PGOV HK
07HONGKONG232 CBP'S LABUDA URGES HKG TO IMPROVE TEXTILE ENFORCEMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Janet Labuda, Director of Textile Enforcement and Operations Division, Office of International Trade at U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP),and Scott Quesenberry, USTR Special Textile Negotiator, met with Hong Kong government (HKG) officials to discuss the Memorandum of Un [...]
2007-01-24 08:46:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD KTEX HK CH
07HONGKONG2414STAFFDEL NELSON PURSUES FOOD/TOY SAFETY AND TRADE
[...] (SBU) Summary: House Energy and Commerce Committee Staff Delegation Nelson visited Hong Kong and Macau at the end of August to investigate import food and product safety, intellectual property rights and unfair trade practices. Meetings with Hong Kong and Macau government officials and private [...]
2007-09-17 01:29:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON ETRD PREL TBIO HK CH
07HONGKONG2466HONG KONG IS WORKING TO IMPROVE CHINA PRODUCT
[...] (SBU) Summary: A series of recalls of potentially dangerous "Made in China" toys and defective consumer goods has resulted in intense international scrutiny of Hong Kong-invested China industries. Hong Kong companies operate some 80,000 production facilities in mainland China, employing app [...]
2007-09-21 10:16:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON ETRD PREL TBIO HK CH
07HONGKONG2533CONSUL GENERAL AND CALIFORNIA AIR EXPERT URGE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Consul General James Cunningham and former California Environmental Protection Agency Secretary Dr. Alan Lloyd urged Hong Kong's new Secretary for the Environment Edward Yau to take action on Hong Kong's growing air pollution problems, in a meeting on September 20. The Consul G [...]
2007-10-03 08:12:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ECON ENRG PREL HK
07HONGKONG255AMERICAN PUBLIC DIPLOMACY SPECIAL ENVOY MICHELLE KWAN'S
[...] SUMMARY: American Public Diplomacy Envoy and figure skating champion Michelle Kwan put in two days (Jan. 23-24)of extremely effective outreach to Hong Kong youth organizations and schools, both in concert with Under Secretary Karen Hughes and on her own. Ms. Kwan shared with over 1,500 studen [...]
2007-01-26 07:11:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OVIP HK KPAO
07HONGKONG256UNDER SECRETARY KAREN HUGHES' VISIT TO HONG KONG
[...] SUMMARY: U/S Karen P. Hughes put in one very busy day of active and extremely effective public diplomacy outreach in Hong Kong on Jan. 23, both jointly with American Public Diplomacy Envoy Michelle Kwan in programs pitched to youth and Hong Kong's elite, and separately in a meeting with the H [...]
2007-01-26 07:20:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SCUL OVIP HK KPAO
07HONGKONG2596MARTIN LEE TO VISIT WASHINGTON AS HONG KONG
[...] (C) Summary: Democratic Party founder and legislator Martin Lee will visit Washington October 18-19 for discussions at State and the NSC (requested) on the political state of play in Hong Kong. His visit comes during an unusually busy Hong Kong political season, which this year includes the C [...]
2007-10-11 10:40:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR SOCI CH HK
07HONGKONG2806ALLEGATIONS OF U.S. "INTERFERENCE" IN HONG KONG
[...] (C) Summary: With the approach of Hong Kong local elections on November 18 and December 2, public criticism of pro-democracy legislator Martin Lee has abated, possibly due to fear of a voter backlash against the harsh commentary. Even before the Lee controversy, however, anti-foreign and anti- [...]
2007-11-09 08:46:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR SOCI CH HK
07HONGKONG465HONG KONG CUSTOMS INCREASES COUNTERFEIT RAIDS FOR
[...] (U) Summary: Hong Kong Customs and Excise (CED) officers recently broke up a multi-million dollar counterfeit pharmaceutical ring and a separate triad syndicate that sold pirated optical disks. In the first case from late January, CED officers arrested the 37-year old leader of the counterfe [...]
2007-02-16 09:22:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDCH ECON ETRD HK KIPR
07HONGKONG647HONG KONG ECONOMISTS HIGHLIGHT CHINA'S ECONOMIC
[...] (SBU) Comments from Hong Kong-based economists made in a series of meetings with visiting Beijing Finance Attache and Econoff suggest the following: Chinese economic policy makers understand the negative byproducts of the current macroeconomic policy mix: including overcapacity in some industr [...]
2007-03-07 06:12:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV HK CH
07IRANRPODUBAI1FORMER IRGC GENERAL DISMAYED WITH POLITICIZATION OF IRGC
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-03 16:50:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV IR PTER
07IRANRPODUBAI10CRITICISMS OF US NUCLEAR POLICY FROM AN IRANIAN SECULARIST
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-06 09:35:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL IR KNNP PGOV
07IRANRPODUBAI12IRGC, BASIJ, ANSAR-E HIZBALLAH: INSIDERS' VIEWS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-22 10:52:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL IR IZ MOPS
07IRANRPODUBAI14A PRO-VELAYATI CONSERVATIVE DISCUSSES IRANIAN POLITICS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-27 14:26:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL IR KNNP
07IRANRPODUBAI16IRAN'S EXTERNAL RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-28 14:01:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV IR IS IZ PTER AE
07IRANRPODUBAI18IRAN ESCALATING TENSIONS TO DISTRACT FROM DOMESTIC WOES?
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-02 11:30:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETPGOV ECON MARR IR
07IRANRPODUBAI2FORMER IRGC GENERAL ON US-IRAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-03 17:02:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV IR
07IRANRPODUBAI20RELIGIOSITY CONTINUES AMONG IRANIANS -- MODERN IRANIANS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-05 14:10:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV IR PHUM SOCI SCUL KISL KIRF
07IRANRPODUBAI21IRANIAN REACTIONS TO BRITISH DETENTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-09 12:12:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV IR MOPS UK IZ
07IRANRPODUBAI23REFORMIST MP ON POLITICAL STATE OF PLAY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-18 06:05:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETPGOV PREL IR
07IRANRPODUBAI24IRAN OIL OFFICIAL SHOPS AROUND FOR FOREIGN INVESTMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-19 10:48:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETEINV EPET ENGR PREL IR
07IRANRPODUBAI25IRANIAN MP COMMENTS ON POLITICAL STATE OF PLAY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-22 05:21:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETIR PREL PGOV
07IRANRPODUBAI3FORMER POLICE GENERAL SAYS RAFSANJANI UP, AHMADINEJAD DOWN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-04 16:01:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV IR IZ LE PTER
07IRANRPODUBAI30IRANIAN ECONOMIC POLICY: AN EASY TARGET FOR CRITICS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-03 13:42:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON IR
07IRANRPODUBAI33IRANIANS COMPLAIN INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MEASURES IMPACTING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-10 15:35:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPREL IR ECON EFIN ETRD
07IRANRPODUBAI36IRANIAN PERCEPTIONS OF TALKS WITH THE US (C-NE7-00968)
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-22 15:20:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPINR PGOV PREL IR
07IRANRPODUBAI38SUPPORT DEEP IN IRAN FOR US TALKS, IN ONE VIEW
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-24 15:41:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV IR IZ PHUM
07IRANRPODUBAI39SENATOR LIEBERMAN TALKS TO IRANIANS IN DUBAI
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-30 15:24:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETPREL PGOV IR OREP
07IRANRPODUBAI45PROFESSOR DISCUSSES DETAINED AMERICANS, NUCLEAR DISCUSSIONS,
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-28 14:56:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETIR PGOV PREL KNNP KPLS
07IRANRPODUBAI50IRAN ANNOUNCES ESFANDIARI, TAJBAKHSH INVESTIGATION OVER, BUT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-13 13:14:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV IR CASC
07IRANRPODUBAI52USG-INVITED IRANIAN FILMMAKERS FACE REPRISALS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-16 14:26:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNIR PGOV PREL SOCI SCUL
07IRANRPODUBAI56PRESIDENT AHMADINEJAD ATTEMPTS TO TONE DOWN TENSIONS BUT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-28 18:50:00Iran RPO DubaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIR PREL PGOV KNNP IZ
07IRANRPODUBAI60NEW IRGC HEAD JAFARI DESCRIBED AS A BETTER SOLDIER AND
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-04 16:20:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNIR PGOV MARR PTER
07IRANRPODUBAI63ABRUPT RESIGNATION OF IRAN'S TOP NUCLEAR NEGOTIATOR MAY SIGNAL HARDENING REGIME POSITION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-22 12:53:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR IR MASS
07IRANRPODUBAI64DUTCH AMBASSADOR SEEKS OUT IRPO TO PREP FOR DG VISIT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-06 15:34:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALIR PHUM KNNP PGOV PREL
07IRANRPODUBAI68FINANCIAL ANALYST SAID CAPITAL STILL FLOWING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-21 15:11:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETPGOV PREL ECON IR EFIN
07IRANRPODUBAI69PRESS TV - IRAN'S PUBLIC DIPLOMACY ENTERS GLOBAL STAGE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Iran's 24-hour satellite English language news station, Press TV, began operations in July 2007. It has moved quickly to establish itself through widely dispersed correspondents, a large staff in Tehran and London, aggressive recruitment of guests, and generally high quality con [...]
2007-11-26 11:19:00Iran RPO DubaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PROP SCUL IR
07IRANRPODUBAI70IRPO PUBLIC DIPLOMACY: YEAR ONE - A PROMISING START
[...] (C) Summary: One of IRPO's primary mandates upon commencing operations in August 2006 was the revival of US-Iran public diplomacy programming - which focused largely on supporting US-Iran educational and cultural exchanges. In this three-part report on IRPO Year One PD programming, part I will [...]
2007-11-27 12:07:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALOEXC OIIP PHUM PINR
07IRANRPODUBAI9RAFSANJANI ISOLATING AHMADINEJAD?
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-01 16:17:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV IR ECON
07ISLAMABAD119EMBASSY PROTESTS ASSAULT ON NEW YORK TIMES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-09 09:18:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPHUM PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1234VIOLENCE ERUPTS AT DEMONSTRATIONS OVER CHIEF
[...] (C) Fighting broke out between the police and demonstrators in front of Pakistan's Supreme Court the afternoon of March 16, the second day of the Supreme Judicial Council's proceeding against Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry. Demonstrations in other cities around Pakistan were tense [...]
2007-03-16 12:29:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALAF PK PNAT PREF PREL
07ISLAMABAD1240COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STATE/DOE DELEGATION
[...] American Embassy Islamabad grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of SCA/RA Director John Schlosser and ISN/RA Kahtryn Schultz from the Department of State, and Kelly Cummins, Anne Kohnen, Jimmie Collins, Chis Landers, and Greg Herdes from the Department of Energy to Islamabad M [...]
2007-03-17 11:17:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDPK PREL KNNP
07ISLAMABAD133STATUS OF FRONTIER CORPS
[...] (SBU) On December 29, 2006, PolCouns raised with the MFA's America's Desk post's request for information regarding the legal status of the Frontier Corps. (Reftel) Post had twice earlier requested the MFA's assistance in parsing the legal underpinnings of the Frontier Corps, as the issue ha [...]
2007-01-09 13:31:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD1456CHIEF JUSTICE UPDATE
[...] (C) Summary: The Supreme Judicial Council deciding the fate of Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry is scheduled to meet again on April 3. Islamabad police are planning for a possibly large demonstration that day, but public interest in the Chief Justice controversy has declined markedly during [...]
2007-04-02 14:18:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD16473,000 WOMEN, A MOSQUE, AND GUNS: A STORY ANY
[...] (C) Fiery headlines in the Pakistani and international press about Islamabad's Red (Lal) Mosque and the adjacent women's madrassah (seminary) could lead readers to believe that talibanization has spread to Islamabad -- or that extremism has appeared suddenly at the Red Mosque. In reality, [...]
2007-04-13 06:36:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1815MUSHARRAF OFFERS TO HELP ON ISRAEL-PALESTINIAN
[...] (C) During an April 20 interview with the Al-Arabiya television network, President Musharraf offered to help ameliorate the Israel-Palestinian impasse any way he could. He volunteered to travel to Jerusalem if the parties involved thought it would be helpful. His offer followed months of hi [...]
2007-04-23 13:38:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALIS KPAL PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD2157VIOLENCE IN KARACHI: RUMOR MILL ACTIVE WHILE CITY WAITS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-14 11:10:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD2316SCENESETTER: CHAIRMAN JCS GENERAL PACE MEETING
[...] (C//NF) Embassy Islamabad welcomes your meeting with Chief of Joint Staff General Ehsan Ul Haq of the Pakistan Army. Your meeting comes at an important time in U.S.-Pakistan relations: Politicians, opinion makers, and the press are paying close attention to what Pakistanis view as unfair pu [...]
2007-05-23 11:44:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPREL PK AF IN
07ISLAMABAD2525POINTS DELIVERED TO SENIOR OFFICIALS
[...] (S) On June 6, Charge delivered reftel points to President Musharraf's Deputy Chief of Staff, Major General Akhtar Iqbal, National Security Advisor Tariq Aziz, and Ministry of Foreign Affairs Additional Secretary for the Americas Shahid Kamal. The Acting Deputy Chief of Mission delivered the [...]
2007-06-06 12:48:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPK PREL PGOV
07ISLAMABAD256MUSHARRAF TELLS BOUCHER ABOUT PAKISTAN’S PLANS FOR
[...] (S) Summary and introduction: In his January 12 meeting with Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher, Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf spoke of irritants in Pakistan's relationship with Afghanistan and Pakistan's tactical adjustments to enhance security i [...]
2007-01-17 06:41:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETEAID MOPS PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD2648SHANGHAI COOPERATIVE ORGANIZATION DEMARCHE
[...] (C) Summary: Poloff delivered reftel demarche June 12 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Assistant Director of the Americas Kamran Mansoor, who stated the Government of Pakistan would consult the appropriate offices and respond within approximately one week. BODDE [...]
2007-06-14 05:44:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD2780BOUCHER'S FOREIGN MINISTRY DISCUSSIONS FOCUS ON CURRENT EVENTS, STRATEGIC DIALOGUE AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-22 11:22:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALAF ECON IN PGOV PHUM PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD2796BOUCHER AND VICE CHIEF DISCUSS NEW STEPS IN THE
[...] (C) Summary: While he demurred from speaking about Pakistan's political situation, Vice Chief of the Army Staff General Ahsan Saleem Hyat was eager to discuss a variety of topics during his June 13 meeting with Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia Richard Boucher. Hyat reported tha [...]
2007-06-23 05:57:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNAF MOPS PGOV PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD2905SITREP ISLAMABAD 20:00 LOCAL -- CONFRONTATION AT RED MOSQUE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-03 15:55:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PHUM PK PTER
07ISLAMABAD2907RED MOSQUE -- SITREP ISLAMABAD 15:30 LOCAL
[...] (C) Summary: The Pakistan Army has taken command of government forces in the immediate area of the Lal Masjid (Red Mosque). Approximately 700 people inside the mosque surrendered at the urging of the government; approximately 3,200 remain. Prime Minister Aziz told visiting Codel Davis July [...]
2007-07-04 11:57:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PHUM PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD2908RED MOSQUE -- SITREP ISLAMABAD 15:30 LOCAL
[...] (C) Summary: The Pakistan Army has taken command of government forces in the immediate area of the Lal Masjid (Red Mosque). Approximately 700 people inside the mosque surrendered at the urging of the government; approximately 3,200 remain. Prime Minister Aziz told visiting Codel Davis July [...]
2007-07-04 12:09:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PHUM PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD2932RED MOSQUE -- SITREP 16:00 LOCAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Lal Masjid leader mullah Abdul Aziz was arrested July 4 while trying to escape disguised as a woman in a burqa. Pakistan Army Rangers estimate close to a thousand people have surrendered from the mosque. Abdur Rashid Ghazi, the remaining mullah in the mosque, reaffirmed his [...]
2007-07-05 11:57:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PHUM PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD2934RED MOSQUE -- SITREP 16:00 LOCAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Lal Masjid leader mullah Abdul Aziz was arrested July 4 while trying to escape disguised as a woman in a burqa. Pakistan Army Rangers estimate close to a thousand people have surrendered from the mosque. Abdur Rashid Ghazi, the remaining mullah in the mosque, reaffirmed his [...]
2007-07-05 13:01:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PHUM PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD2979BIOSECURITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM HELPS STRENGTHEN S&T
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Biosecurity Engagement Program team's second visit to Pakistan June 12-23 further strengthened the collaboration on the Science and Technology Agreement, part of the Strategic Dialogue between Pakistan and the U.S. The team met with high-level GOP officials and various membe [...]
2007-07-09 11:35:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO PTER TSPL ETTC PK
07ISLAMABAD3224PRIME MINISTER: GOP COMMITTED 200 PERCENT TO
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador, DCM and Economic Counselor (notetaker) met with Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz at his request at his residence July 24. Aziz took Ambassador to task over recent statements by U.S. officials regarding terrorist threats emanating from Pakistan. Aziz stressed to Ambassador tha [...]
2007-07-25 14:03:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ENRG PK
07ISLAMABAD3269RED MOSQUE FLARES UP AGAIN, SUICIDE BLAST AT
[...] (U) Security forcces have re-taken the Red Mosque after July 27 demonstrations. Hundreds of unarmed religious students and local attendees of Friday prayers protested the re-opening of the Red Mosque. Refusing to pray behind the government-appointed prayer leader Maulana Ashfaq, protesters rem [...]
2007-07-27 13:41:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3397 NEED TO GET IMET PROGRAM BACK ON TRACK
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request -- see para 8. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy needs help urgently in getting our IMET program back on track. Nothing is more important to our long-term relationship in Pakistan than contact with mid-grade Pakistani military officers. We have lost 39 stu [...]
2007-08-04 09:00:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD3534MUSHARRAF AND SENATOR DURBIN DISCUSS WAR ON
[...] (C) Summary: Senator Durbin called on President Musharraf August 7 to discuss Pakistan's role in the war on terror, the state of Islamic extremism in Pakistan, relations with the U.S., and education in Pakistan, particularly in religious schools. Senator Durbin recognized Pakistan had been A [...]
2007-08-13 07:01:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPGOV PREL PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD3714 IPR LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING A SUCCESS
[...] SUMMARY: August 13-18, ECON presented the "Intellectual Property Rights and Cyber Investigative Techniques & Resources" law enforcement training program in Islamabad for Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) officers, provincial police, Ministry of Interior (MoI) officials, and academics on tool [...]
2007-08-25 05:45:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EFIN EINV KIPR PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3922006 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM -- PAKISTAN
[...] Embassy Islamabad submits the following draft text for inclusion in the 2006 Country Reports on Terrorism: Few countries play as central a role as Pakistan in the long war on terrorism and few have experienced as much suffering at the hands of terrorists. Credible reports estimate that as [...]
2007-01-22 09:16:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDPK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD3957COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL BOEHNER
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of Rep. John Boehner, Rep. Peter Hoekstra, Rep. Pat Tiberi, Rep. Tom Latham, Rep. Devin Nunes, Rep. Charles Wilson, Rep. Peter King, Ms. Jen Stewart, Mr. Brian Kennedy, COL Paul Kennedy, and GySgt Ramses Cypress, from September 14 to Se [...]
2007-09-12 12:18:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC OTRA PK
07ISLAMABAD4008REASSURING PAKISTAN ON THE F-16 SALE
[...] (C) Summary. In meetings with the Deputy Secretary last week, President Musharraf, Prime Minister Aziz and Foreign Secretary Khan told us the U.S. had violated the F-16 SIPDIS agreement with Pakistan. A series of misunderstandings and delays, including important ones on our part, has promp [...]
2007-09-17 12:09:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPREL MARR PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4083DEPUTY SECRETARY'S PAKISTAN MEETINGS ON REGIONAL
[...] (C) During a lunchtime session of the Strategic Dialogue September 13, the Deputy Secretary and Foreign Secretary Riaz Khan discussed regional issues. Khan said that despite some successes, Pakistan is disappointed about the lack of progress on "real" issues in the Indo-Pak dialogue. Khan q [...]
2007-09-21 10:03:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PK
07ISLAMABAD4084DEPUTY SECRETARY'S BILATERAL MEETINGS IN PAKISTAN
[...] (C) Summary. Deputy Secretary Negroponte held bilateral meetings September 12 during the U.S.-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue with Foreign Secretary Riaz Khan and Foreign Minister Kasuri. Khan raised concerns about the negative impact of the U.S. NIE, the 9/11 Commission legislation's Pakistan [...]
2007-09-21 10:06:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD430PAKISTAN OFFICIALLY PROTESTS JANUARY 22 ISAF
[...] (S) Summary: On January 23, the Foreign Ministry convened the Ambassador to protest the January 22 death of a Frontier Corps soldier and the wounding of two others during the bombing of a militant target in Afghanistan near the Pakistan border. The Ambassador expressed regret for the loss [...]
2007-01-23 12:54:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETAF MOPS PK PNAT PREL
07ISLAMABAD4302TERADATA: AMERICAN COMPANY WITH PAKISTANI TIES GOES
[...] (SBU) A/DCM and Economic Officers watched (via satellite feed) American company NCR spin off its new subsidiary Teradata into a stand-alone company by ringing the New York Stock Exchange opening bell on October 1. The new Managing Director of Teradata, Khuram Rahat (also the former Managing Di [...]
2007-10-04 11:20:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PREL EINV EIND EINT PK
07ISLAMABAD4439AMCITS SHOULD AVOID KARACHI OCTOBER 18
[...] (SBU) Expecting up to a half million people to turn out for the October 18 arrival in Karachi of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Benazir Bhutto, the U.S. Consulate in Karachi has issued the below Demonstration Notice (para 2). Bhutto's arrival party alone will be in the hundreds, includin [...]
2007-10-17 11:07:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC PREL PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4531BHUTTO ASKS AMBASSADOR FOR SECURITY ASSESSMENT ASSISTANCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador and Consul General Karachi met with Benazir Bhutto and members of her staff October 23 regarding a range of issues, but most urgently about her security. Bhutto requested, in writing, that USG "undertake an evaluation of existing executive security procedures and recommenda [...]
2007-10-23 14:50:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ASEC PK
07ISLAMABAD4599DISCUSSION WITH BHUTTO DESIGNEES REGARDING SECURITY
[...] (C) Summary: RSO met October 26 with two individuals empowered by Benazir Bhutto to discuss her security. As per reftel, RSO provided names of three security contractors who can provide security assessments and a full range of security services. There has been no reduction in police protection for [...]
2007-10-27 11:26:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC PTER CASC PINR PK PGOV
07ISLAMABAD4652UK AND US AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH INTERIOR
[...] (C) Summary: UK and US ambassadors reiterated October 29 the offer of law enforcement assistance to Interior minister Sherpao and MOI secretary (and former Karachi police chief) Kamal Shah. Sherpao said the investigation into the October 18 Karachi bombing was proceeding well. A formal reque [...]
2007-10-31 13:13:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PTER PINR PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD4713MGPK01:SITREP 05, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD; LAWYERS'
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Despite growing scattered protests by lawyers, the streets in Pakistan remain largely quiet. The number of lawyers, human rights activists, and opposition figures detained by the Government of Pakistan continues to grow. During a briefing for the diplomatic corps, Musharraf appear [...]
2007-11-05 09:31:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL AEMR AMTG ASEC CASC KFLO PINR PK
07ISLAMABAD4751PAKISTANI BUSINESS COMMUNITY CAREFULLY WATCHING
[...] (SBU) Summary: Economic Section spoke with a wide range of contacts to gauge local business reactions to the November 3 imposition of a state of emergency. While the overall consensus is that it is too early to determine any long-term effects of the current crisis on Pakistan's economy, mo [...]
2007-11-06 11:51:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EINV PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4890MUSHARRAF NAMES CARETAKER CABINET
[...] (C) Summary: As expected and provided for under the constitution, Musharraf named a caretaker cabinet when the National Assembly's term ended on November 15. Caretaker governments will be named for the provinces beginning November 20. These caretaker governments will serve until new assembli [...]
2007-11-16 12:56:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PK PREL PINR AEMR KFLO CASC
07ISLAMABAD4895MGPK01: SITREP 23, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: NEGROPONTE
[...] (C) Summary: Deputy Secretary met with National Security Advisor Tariq Aziz and telephoned Pakistan People's Party leader Benazir Bhutto November 16; he met with President Musharraf and Vice Chief of Army Staff Kayani on November 17. The GOP officially shut down Geo TV overnight, which had s [...]
2007-11-17 10:09:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PK AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PINR PREL
07ISLAMABAD494BOMB EXPLODES IN MARRIOTT HOTEL PARKING LOT
[...] (U) On January 26 at approximately 1430, a bomb exploded at the back area of the Islamabad Marriott hotel. According to media reports an hour after the event, two people were killed, and seven injured (two critically so). Initial reports indicate that a suicide bomber detonated himself at the [...]
2007-01-26 12:39:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC CASC PK
07ISLAMABAD4964PAKISTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IDENTIFIER INFORMATION ON
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-21 13:11:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEFIN IR KNNP PARM PK
07ISLAMABAD4994PAKISTAN: SLOW PROGRESS ON RESTORING POLITICAL
[...] (C) Summary: The government of Pakistan is making slow progress on restoring political rights under the still enforced state of emergency. The GOP's apparent "catch and release" policy and the bureaucratic lag between national release announcements and actual action at the local level make it [...]
2007-11-23 15:32:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD5017AMERICAN BUSINESSES EXPRESS VIEWS ON STATE OF EMERGENCY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador spoke November 20 at the Islamabad monthly American business breakfast meeting to share U.S. views the political and economic situation and to gauge business reaction to the state of emergency. Opinions diverged among the executives on the current state of affair [...]
2007-11-26 12:34:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON ETRD EFIN EINV PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD5037AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ELECTIONS WITH FAZLUR REHMAN
[...] (C) Summary. Responding to an invitation, Ambassador met for lunch with Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) leader Fazlur Rehman on November 20. Ambassador reiterated that the USG supporting lifting the state of emergency and steps to ensure the elections are free and fair. Rehman agreed, but he affirmed [...]
2007-11-27 08:18:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KISL PK
07ISLAMABAD5085MUSHARRAF'S LEGACY AND THE RETURN OF THE TROIKA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-29 12:41:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD5138AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NAWAZ SHARIF
[...] (C) Summary. During a one and a half hour meeting December 3 with Pakistan Muslim League-N party leader Nawaz Sharif and his brother Shahbaz, Ambassador outlined USG support for free and fair elections with the participation of all parties. Nawaz indicated that he would boycott the electio [...]
2007-12-04 15:36:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD5192GOP STEPS TOWARD NORMALIZATION
[...] (C) Summary. Pakistan's Attorney General outlined to Polcouns several steps in the GOP plan to restore constitutional normalcy. The constitution will be fully restored and the state of emergency will be lifted on December 15; all judges will re-take an oath to uphold the constitution; poli [...]
2007-12-08 07:59:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PK
07ISLAMABAD5267GOP URGES U.S. TO BACK OFF PUBLIC CRITICISM
[...] (C) On December 5, MFA convoked Polcouns and the Ministry of Information convoked Press Attach to complain about public statements by in-country Mission officials. MFA's Acting Director of Americas Sohail Mahmood told Polcouns that our consuls general were making "inappropriate" "political" [...]
2007-12-14 05:03:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD528PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF MEETS SPEAKER PELOSI AND 110TH
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 27 meeting lasting more than an hour-and-a-half, Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi and Committee/Sub-Committee Chairs of the Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, Intelligence and Appropriations Committees called on Pakistani President Musharraf. The Speaker [...]
2007-01-31 12:21:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALAF IN MOPS PK PREL PTER XF
07ISLAMABAD5336DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON FATF STATEMENT AND GUIDANCE ON IRAN
[...] (SBU) On December 10, Econ Off informed officials at the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Americas Section of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) statement on Iran. Officials at both ministries pledged that the USG points will be conveyed to relevant agencies of [...]
2007-12-20 12:23:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL MNUC EFIN KTFN PK
07ISLAMABAD5361CODEL SPECTER'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF
[...] (C) Summary. In a December 27 meeting with Codel Specter, President Musharraf outlined ongoing Pakistani efforts to fight extremism, expressed support for increased IMET funding, and defended his decision to impose a state of emergency. Senator Specter pressed for Pakistan to capture Usama [...]
2007-12-27 19:11:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD5390MGPK02: SITREP 4: BHUTTO'S FUNERAL FOLLOWED BY
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Countrywide protests, violence and widespread arson followed the December 28 afternoon interment of Benazir Bhutto. Today has brought greater calm in many areas with most businesses closed and light traffic on the streets, but unrest continues in some cities, especially Karachi. [...]
2007-12-29 11:56:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PK PREL AEMR ASEC AMGT CASC PINR MARR
07ISLAMABAD5393MGPK02: SITREP 5: PPP POST-BENAZIR STRATEGY;
[...] (C) Summary: Order was being restored in much of Pakistan on the last day of the 3-day mourning period in memory of Benazir Bhutto. In Sindh and its major city of Karachi, violence and casualties continued with widespread property loss. Shops remained closed, but airports and roads reopened [...]
2007-12-30 12:04:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO MARR
07ISLAMABAD616LATEST STEPS ON CURRICULUM REFORM IN PAKISTAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-06 12:36:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PK PTER SCUL SOCI
07ISLAMABAD830COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMBASSADOR TAHIR-KHELI (MAR
[...] American Embassy Islamabad warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of Ambassador Shirin Tahir-Kheli, Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State for Women's Empowerment to Pakistan from March 9-March 19. The purpose of visit is to meet with Pakistani officials, politicians, an [...]
2007-02-21 11:20:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALAMGT ASEC OTRA OREP AFIN PK
07ISLAMABAD872GOP INQUIRY INTO GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request -- please see para. 5. 2. (C//NF) During a January 26 lunch with visiting SCA DAS John Gastright, MFA officials queried emboffs regarding the prospects for the release of Pakistani detainees currently in custody at the Guantanamo Bay detention ce [...]
2007-02-24 06:18:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKAWC PK PREL PTER
07ISTANBUL1011SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CONGRESSMAN ROHRABACHER
[...] (C) Summary: Your visit to Istanbul follows President Bush's successful November 5 meeting with PM Erdogan in Washington and Secretary Rice's constructive Ankara meetings with Erdogan, President Gul and FM Babacan on November 2. The President and Secretary Rice greatly improved Turkish-Ameri [...]
2007-11-23 08:50:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN TU
07ISTANBUL103CALIK ON ASHGABAT LEADERSHIP
[...] (C) Ahmet Calik, Turkish oligarch and longtime Ashgabat insider, shared his views on Turkmen developments February 11 in Istanbul with visiting SCA PDAS Mann. We convey them as an additional window on Turkmen issues. 2. (C) Calik has known interim President Berdimukhammedov since 1997 wh [...]
2007-02-12 14:48:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDEPET PGOV TX
07ISTANBUL1036ISTANBUL DEPUTY GOVERNOR TOES PARTY LINE WITH
[...] (C) Summary. The Istanbul Deputy Governor responsible for minority issues told a small delegation of influential U.S.-based "Archons" of the Ecumenical Patriarchate that the vandalism recently conducted by Turkish Forestry Ministry employees on a Greek Orthodox church had been carried out in [...]
2007-12-04 15:55:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL1046CODEL SHAYS CONFRONTS SKEPTICAL BUSINESSMEN IN
[...] (C) Summary. Codel Shays' November 29 meetings in Istanbul underlined contrasts in Turkish thinking on Iraq, the PKK and the U.S. image in Turkey. President of Karadeniz Holding Orhan Karadeniz told Congressman Shays Iraq remains a mess, despite military accomplishments. Turkey is very sen [...]
2007-12-11 08:50:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER ETRD TU IZ
07ISTANBUL1049THE AKP BRINGS WATER TO ISTANBUL
[...] (U) Prime Minister Erdogan presided over the official opening of the Melen Project, a massive endeavor to provide residents of Istanbul with sufficient water. This project diverts water from the Melen River and pipes it about 150 km westward to Istanbul. The ceremony celebrated the complet [...]
2007-12-11 10:45:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ETRD SENV PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL1058ISTANBUL WRITER SAYS TURKISH/U.S. MISUNDERSTANDING
[...] (C) Summary and comment. Many western ideas have not penetrated the Turkish mindset, including some as basic as limited government. This sometimes leads to misunderstandings between Americans and Turkish counterparts. Prevailing non-western ways of thinking often give life to conspiracy the [...]
2007-12-13 12:57:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM TU
07ISTANBUL106AHMET CALIK ON ASHGABAT LEADERSHIP
[...] (C) Ahmet Calik, Turkish oligarch and longtime Ashgabat insider, shared his views on Turkmen developments February 11 in Istanbul with visiting SCA PDAS Mann. We convey them as an additional window on Turkmen issues. 2. (C) Calik has known interim President Berdimuhammedov since 1997 whe [...]
2007-02-13 07:40:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALEPET PGOV TX
07ISTANBUL110NEW TUSIAD CHAIRMAN: US CAN HELP CURB RISING
[...] (C) Summary: Newly elected Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen's Association (TUSIAD) Chairman Arzuhan Dogan Yalcindag and the head of TUSIAD's parliamentary commission Pekin Baran told Ambassador that the loss of EU and US credibility in Turkey has contributed to the recent rise of natio [...]
2007-02-14 09:48:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON TU AM
07ISTANBUL116AMCONSULATE ISTANBUL RECEIVES PURPORTED OCALAN
[...] (C/NF) Consulate has received a letter purporting to be from jailed PKK leader Abullah Ocalan. The envelope was postmarked January 11, 2007, from Beyoglu, Istanbul and addressed to ConGen Istanbul's former Beyoglu office building. The Asrin Law Firm, responsible for Abdullah Ocalan's lega [...]
2007-02-15 11:45:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER TU IZ
07ISTANBUL136ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH DISCUSSES HALKI OPTION
[...] (SBU) Summary. While in Istanbul to attend a session of the U.S.-Turkey Economic Partnership Commission, EUR DAS Matthew Bryza met separately with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and Armenian Patriarch Mesrob II (septel.) In his meeting with Bartholomew, the two touched on issues related t [...]
2007-02-23 05:17:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL TU
07ISTANBUL148ISTANBUL JANUARY PD ACTIVITIES
[...] Summary: Istanbul PAS activities in January 2007 included organizing an official visit by the Consul General to Kocaeli, an industrial province east of Istanbul; a round-table discussion with a group of young journalists; and a radio interview with one of Turkey's leading intellectuals. In a [...]
2007-02-23 15:10:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO PREL TU
07ISTANBUL150REP HARMAN DISCUSSES ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RESOLUTION
[...] (C) Summary. Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA) met February 21 with Turkish PM Erdogan, Armenian Patriarch Mesrob II, and reform-minded NGO leaders Can Paker and Etyen Mahcupyan to hear Turkish views on the Armenian genocide resolution pending in the House. PM Erdogan highlighted Turkey,s close work [...]
2007-02-26 12:47:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU
07ISTANBUL159PRIVATE SECTOR MEETINGS INFORM U.S. - TURKEY EPC
[...] (U) Summary: The third meeting of the U.S. - Turkey Economic Partnership Commission began in Istanbul with a full-day session devoted to the private sector. These private sector meetings were designed to inform the government-to-government meetings that followed on February 9 (septel.) Priv [...]
2007-02-27 13:00:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV ETRD TU
07ISTANBUL167FROM THE VISA LINE: WINTER'S TALES
[...] (SBU) Summary: From the Visa Line is a reporting vehicle encompassing vignettes, anecdotes and observations from Istanbul Consular officers' daily interactions with applicants. In recent months, some applicants have cited the increasingly nationalist climate in Turkey as a factor motivating th [...]
2007-03-02 10:45:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL CVIS SOCI CASC KFRD KPAO TU
07ISTANBUL187S/P KRASNER DISCUSSES IRAQ, MIDDLE EAST,
[...] (C) Summary. Following policy/planning consultations with the Turkish Foreign Ministry in Ankara, S/P Director Stephen Krasner met with the secular, nationalist-leaning Marmara group as well as academics in Istanbul on February 23-24. Lecturer and writer Soli Ozel questioned how a revolutio [...]
2007-03-08 08:40:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU IZ IR
07ISTANBUL209SCA'S FEIGENBAUM AND DEUTSCH IN ISTANBUL:
[...] (SBU) Summary. SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum and Senior Advisor Robert Deutsch held meetings in Istanbul February 27 with business and NGO interlocutors regarding Central Asia (reftels),with a heavy focus on Turkmenistan. Businessman Ahmet Calik counseled a step-by-step approach to working with [...]
2007-03-15 12:51:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL TX
07ISTANBUL252TURKISH OPINION MAKERS ON PM ERDOGAN AND THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: In what was meant to be an hour and a half tour d'horizon with three of Turkey's most prominent opinion makers, Ambassador was only able to get one question in: Will PM Erdogan be a candidate for President? The heated debate that ensued was a sharp contrast to the backdrop of [...]
2007-03-26 13:38:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPAO TU
07ISTANBUL346FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR DAVUTOGLU'S MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary. Senior Advisor and Iraq Coordinator David Satterfield met with Prime Minister Erdogan,s senior foreign policy advisor Ahmet Davutoglu on Saturday, April 21, 2007, to discuss U.S. and Turkish policy toward Iraq and related issues. Ambassador Oguz Celikkol, special representative [...]
2007-04-24 15:54:00Consulate IstanbulSECRETPGOV PREL TU IZ XF
07ISTANBUL347ISTANBUL FEBRUARY-APRIL PD ACTIVITIES
[...] Summary: During the February-April period, PAS Istanbul's efforts concentrated on addressing press reports claiming U.S. "inactivity" on the PKK in northern Iraq and on speculations that Armenia "Genocide" resolutions in both the House and the Senate were expected to pass. We also organized [...]
2007-04-25 08:55:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO PREL TU
07ISTANBUL349CONSUL GENERAL DISCUSSES SECURITY, MINORITIES WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Consul General met Istanbul Governor Muammer Guler on April 20 to express condolences and address security concerns for American citizens and minority community members in Turkey following the April 18 murders of three Christian bookstore employees in Malatya (ref A). Guler conde [...]
2007-04-25 13:20:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV ASEC TU
07ISTANBUL353A GATHERING OF GULENISTS, WITH A SPLASH OF SCOTCH
[...] (C) Summary. An April 17 gathering of journalists, academicians, religious and political leaders either merely familiar with, sympathetic to or loyal followers of Fethullah Gulen painted a picture of the self-exiled, U.S.-based Turkish religious leader as a compassionate and tolerant humanit [...]
2007-04-27 14:41:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM TU
07ISTANBUL406ISTANBUL: A TALE OF THREE OUTLOOKS
[...] (C) Summary. In separate meetings, an entrepreneur and founding member of the Justice and Development Party (AKP),a representative of Turkish tradesmen and craftsmen, and a Kemalist academic each commented on today's politics; the first resentful of secularist prejudice, the second aggrieved [...]
2007-05-15 12:36:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU
07ISTANBUL417ISTANBUL BRINGS NGO EXPERT TO ADDRESS TRANSPARENCY,
[...] Summary: As part of mission's ongoing support of Turkish NGO development, PAS Istanbul designed an April 30 - May 7 program with U.S. Speaker Alan Kumamoto, Partner of Kumamoto Associates and board member of NCIV Los Angeles. Kumamoto reached a wide variety of grassroots organizations, civic [...]
2007-05-16 13:22:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SCUL KPAO KDEM TU
07ISTANBUL42SITREP 2. DINK ASSAILANT ARRESTED; HIGH LEVEL
[...] (U) In the aftermath of the January 19 murder in Istanbul of Agos weekly editor and founder Hrant Dink, his suspected assailant, 17-year old Ogun Samast, was arrested by Turkish National Police Saturday evening as he stepped off a bus in Samsun en route to his home in Trabzon after his father [...]
2007-01-22 12:27:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV TU
07ISTANBUL449ENERGY REGULATORS DISCUSS POSSIBLE RELATIONSHIP
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Energy Regulators Regional Association (ERRA) met in Istanbul May 21-22 to discuss regional energy market development, energy security, renewable energy, and energy efficiency. The conference was partially funded by USAID. Yusuf Gunay, President of the Energy Market Regul [...]
2007-05-29 11:38:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TU
07ISTANBUL46TURKEY'S FOREIGN MINISTER OUTLINES POLICY FOR AKP
[...] (C) Summary. Several thousand Istanbul Justice and Development Party (AKP) precinct captains and party faithful jammed an auditorium January 13 to hear Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul acclaim Turkey's foreign policy achievements and goals as the party continues its campaign to energize its coh [...]
2007-01-24 09:51:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU
07ISTANBUL475ZEYNEL ERDEM DISCUSSES GULENIST SCHOOLS
[...] (C) Zeynel Erdem, a wealthy local businessman and self-described 'advocate for America' (please protect) used a May 31 appointment with CG to raise two cases of Fetullah Gulen (FG) adherents who'd recently been barred from entering the United States. (See reftel for more detail on Gulen and t [...]
2007-06-04 12:35:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV CVIS TU
07ISTANBUL476CONGRESSIONAL STUDY GROUP ON TURKEY MEETINGS WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Religious minority leaders from the Armenian Orthodox, Greek Orthodox and Jewish communities met separately May 30 with the Congressional Study Group on Turkey. Discussions at the Armenian and Ecumenical Patriarchates focused on the possible effect of a congressional Armenian [...]
2007-06-04 12:40:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PREL TU
07ISTANBUL498MEETING WITH GENC PARTY ISTANBUL CHAIRMAN
[...] (SBU) Summary. Soner Cokbilgin, the current Istanbul chairman of the Genc ("Young") Party, discussed Genc Party,s brief history, the July 22 parliamentary elections, and future goals with us on May 23 in Istanbul. Genc Party is a vehicle for the political aspirations of Cem Uzan, a controve [...]
2007-06-08 13:14:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV TU
07ISTANBUL509ANAVATAN WITHDRAWS FROM ELECTION, HOPES TO
[...] (C) Summary: Motherland Party (ANAVATAN) Istanbul Branch Chairman Sinan Gedik confided his party withdrew on June 8 from upcoming parliamentary elections because it anticipates the elections will result in a three-party parliament unable to elect a president and consequently forced to dissolv [...]
2007-06-13 08:01:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU
07ISTANBUL52BIBLE SOCIETY'S EXPERIENCE TRANSCENDS RELIGIOUS
[...] (C) Summary: The Bible Society in Turkey, established by Congregational Protestant missionaries in Istanbul in 1820, continues to enjoy freedom from government interference in its operations. Notably, its recent publication of a Kurdish language Bible received little GOT attention and was ev [...]
2007-01-25 11:07:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL531PRO-KURDISH PARTY: A FRESH APPROACH TO GAINING
[...] (C) Summary. The Kurdish nationalist Democratic Society Party (DTP) is running one "independent" candidate from each of Istanbul's three electoral districts; the party claims each is likely to attract enough support to gain seats in parliament. Nationwide, 40% of the party's candidates are [...]
2007-06-22 10:41:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV TU
07ISTANBUL542TUSIAD LUNCHEON WITH COMMERCE DEPUTY SECRETARY
[...] (SBU) Summary. Deputy Secretary of Commerce David Sampson, joined by Ambassador Wilson and Consul General, met with leaders of the Turkish Industrialists, and Businessmen,s Association (TUSIAD) on June 7 at TUSIAD,s headquarters in Istanbul. The discussion focused on the organization's missi [...]
2007-06-26 09:13:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV TU
07ISTANBUL554YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY'S "DON'T IGNORE, VOTE!"
[...] (SBU) Summary. Playing off an American rap star's "Vote or Die" campaign, a group of Turkish students and their professor at Istanbul's Yeditepe University have launched a popular get-out-the-vote initiative called &Koyverme, oy ver!8 (&Don,t ignore, vote!8) to promote voter turnout in the Ju [...]
2007-06-28 06:16:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV TU
07ISTANBUL60THE DISTAFF SIDE OF AK LEADERSHIP: ROOM FOR MORE
[...] (C) Summary: During a small dinner hosted by Justice and Development Party (AKP) "networker" Mutlu Alkan, State Minister for Women's and Children's issues Nimet Cubukcu expressed confidence in the ruling party's ability to succeed in this year's parliamentary elections, while lamenting the c [...]
2007-01-26 13:49:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAO TU
07ISTANBUL61HRANT DINK MEMORIAL SERVICES INSPIRE TURKISH
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and Consulate staff joined tens of thousands of Turkish citizens of various ethnicities, along with a significant international audience at memorial and funeral services for Turkish-Armenian human rights advocate Hrant Dink, murdered January 19 in front of his Agos [...]
2007-01-26 18:35:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL TU AM
07ISTANBUL624STAFFDEL MAKOVSKY/GUREVICH DISCUSS ELECTIONS, VIEW
[...] (C) Summary. In separate July 7 meetings, House Committee on Foreign Affairs (HCFA) Senior Staff Members Alan Makovsky and Gene Gurevich discussed the July 22 parliamentary elections, the possibility of a cross-border operation (CBO) into northern Iraq, and the effects of a possible U.S. Arm [...]
2007-07-13 06:24:00Consulate IstanbulSECRETPGOV PREL TU
07ISTANBUL638YARGITAY'S RULING ON ECUMENICITY: WHAT DOES IT
[...] (C) Summary. Ecumenical Patriarchate attorney Kezban Hatemi and Ecumenical Patriarch senior advisor Metropolitan Meliton, separately, gave us very different assessments of the implications of the Turkish Higher Court of Appeals' (Yargitay) recent rejection of the ecumenicity of the Greek Ort [...]
2007-07-18 11:36:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL666BSEC OBSERVER STATUS SET TO EXPIRE IN OCTOBER 2007
[...] On July 20, the BSEC Permanent International Staff (PERMIS) notified us by diplomatic note that the observer status of the United States of America with BSEC is due to expire at the end of October 2007. An application for the renewal of observer status should be conveyed via diplomatic note [...]
2007-07-24 08:02:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECIN TU
07ISTANBUL692TURKEY'S SPECIAL ENVOY FOR IRAQ BRIEFS STAFFDEL
[...] (C) GOT Special Envoy for Iraq Ambassador Oguz Celikkol told staffers that Sunnis in Iraq tell Turkey they feel excluded from decision-making; absent consensus-based decisions in Iraq, the community or communities feeling left out will forcefully resist. He reported great Saudi discomfort wi [...]
2007-07-31 12:21:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF TU IZ JO SY
07ISTANBUL70SAKARYA PROVINCIAL GOVERNOR: KIRKUK REFERENDUM
[...] (C) Summary. We met Sakarya Governor Nuri Okutan on a visit to the province's major city, Adapazari, on January 18. What we had anticipated as a 30-minute courtesy call turned into a one-and-a-half hour lecture on Iran's historical influence in Anatolia, Turkish-Iranian relations and current [...]
2007-01-31 07:24:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU IZ IR
07ISTANBUL722TURKEY SCENESETTER FOR CODEL COSTELLO, AUGUST
[...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP),which scored a significant victory in recent elections, was given the mandate to form another single-party government. AKP is expected to continue to pursue its economic and political reform policies. On Iraq, Turkey contin [...]
2007-08-09 12:35:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN TU
07ISTANBUL868ISTANBUL OFFICE CALLS UNDERLINE IMPORTANCE OF
[...] (C) Summary and comment. EUR/SE desk officer Danielle Garbe met recently with TESEV President Can Paker, former Special Envoy General Edip Baser and academician Kemal Kirisci to hear views on Turkey's domestic politics, its foreign relations and the bureaucracy's view of the fight against t [...]
2007-09-25 14:24:00Consulate IstanbulSECRETPGOV PREL TU IR IZ
07ISTANBUL872ISTANBUL BUSINESS TO U/S BURNS: NOW IS THE TIME
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a broad-ranging dinner conversation with two recently-elected AKP members of parliament and four senior business leaders Undersecretary Burns discussed constitutional reform, prospects for resolving conflict with Armenia, the treatment of minorities in Turkey, Turkish press [...]
2007-09-26 12:27:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM TU
07ISTANBUL893AN IRANIAN OIL EXECUTIVE ON ISA'S "UNINTENDED
[...] (C/NF) Summary: On September 26, Consulate Istanbul &Iran watcher8 met with Assadollah Maleknejad, Vice President of Iran,s Pars Oil company, to discuss regional and Iranian hydrocarbon issues. Maleknejad politely criticized USG energy policy in the region, arguing that the Trans-Caspian pi [...]
2007-10-02 06:20:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL ECON ENRG PGOV IR TU AZ
07ISTANBUL896TESEV TO U/S BURNS: CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM IS THE
[...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Leaders of Turkey's most progressive civil society think tank, the Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation, stressed to U/S Burns that while reform of Article 301 was important, the government must c [...]
2007-10-02 13:27:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL TU IZ
07ISTANBUL914NBA AND STARKEY FOUNDATION'S SLAM DUNK IN ISTANBUL
[...] Summary: In the midst of a tense period in U.S.-Turkish relations, there is good news on the sports front, as the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves spent the first week of October in Istanbul practicing people-to-people diplomacy at its best. While the headline event was an exhibition game with Tur [...]
2007-10-11 10:30:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDECON KPAO SCUL TU
07ISTANBUL922CORDIAL ISTANBUL GOVERNOR EXTENDS PROMISE OF ANY
[...] (C) Summary. Istanbul CG Sharon Wiener requested and received a meeting with the Governor of Istanbul to stress the need for appropriate security measures at the U.S. Consulate in the event the Armenian Genocide Resolution (AGR) passes the full House. The CG also expressed condolences for t [...]
2007-10-15 15:10:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER TU
07ISTANBUL928IFTAR SEASON IN ISTANBUL
[...] (C) Summary and comment. Iftar dinners traditionally highlight family, tranquillity and solidarity. While U.S.-Turkey friendship and cooperation were themes at most iftars, guests often noted challenges in the relationship. The Consul General hosted our first Iftar on September 18, in honor [...]
2007-10-16 15:24:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU
07ISTANBUL977CONSUL GENERAL'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON ECUMENICAL
[...] (C) Summary. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I recounted his most recent round of meetings in Ankara with Turkish government officials during the Consul General's November 6 introductory call. Though he had been well received, he had yet to see results on key issues such as re-opening Halk [...]
2007-11-08 10:55:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV TU
07JAKARTA1009INDONESIA ENERGY AND MINING HIGHLIGHTS - March 2007
[...] Summary. The Government of Indonesia (GOI) awarded 37 energy contracts worth at least a reported seven billion dollars in Subang, West Java on March 21. The contracts included exploration deals worth $4.1 billion, domestic gas supply agreements worth $1.61 billion and oil and gas contracts amo [...]
2007-04-10 08:51:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ENRG EINV PREL ID
07JAKARTA1056REFORMER TAKES HELM OF MIGRANT WORKER PROTECTION
[...] Summary. (C) After just a month in office, the head of a newly-formed cabinet-level agency to protect migrant workers is beginning to win the confidence of migrant worker rights activists and to shake up a system notorious for exploiting workers. Jumhur Hidayat, Chairman of the National Agen [...]
2007-04-13 09:41:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL ELAB KWMN SMIG ID
07JAKARTA1077ANNOUNCEMENT OF FAA CATEGORY 2 DOWNGRADE OF
[...] (U) This is an action request for the Department of Transportation and/or Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); please see para 6. 2. (SBU) We delivered news of the FAA's decision to downgrade Indonesia to Category Two under the International Aviation Safety Assessment (IASA) program to Mi [...]
2007-04-16 22:36:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR CASC ID
07JAKARTA108JAN 12 UPDATE RE ADAM AIR; PIECES OF WRECKAGE FOUND; SEARCH CONTINUES
[...] (U) Summary: Villagers and Government of Indonesia (GOI) search and rescue personnel found small pieces of wreckage from Adam Air flight KI-574 on various beaches in South Sulewesi on January 11th. Small wreckage debris continues to wash on shore. U.S. Military personnel continue to assist with [...]
2007-01-12 09:21:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC EAIR ID
07JAKARTA1098CHARGE URGES SUPPORT FOR AHTISAARI KOSOVO PLAN
[...] (C) Summary. On April 18, a key Department of Foreign Affairs interlocutor articulated a more nuanced position on Kosovo, which we interpret as an indication that Jakarta might be looking for a way to support a UNSC Resolution based on the Ahtisaari plan. While reiterating that Indonesia opp [...]
2007-04-19 07:45:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC UNMIK IR YI ID
07JAKARTA1101VIRGINIA TECH UNIVERSITY CONDOLENCE LETTER FROM
[...] (SBU) On the margins of a dinner late April 18 in honor of the participants of the Indonesia/United States Strategic Dialogue, we received the following letter from Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda to the Secretary: Begin Text: Dear Secretary Rice, I join a shocked world in grieving ove [...]
2007-04-19 08:53:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL MARR PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1129 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS SOLICITATION FOR G/TIP FY 2007 ESF
[...] U.S. Mission Jakarta submits to G/TIP the following five Indonesian Anti-Trafficking in Persons project proposals for consideration of funding from FY 2007 INCLE and ESF appropriation. Also listed are two regional proposals. These are listed in the rank order recommended by a Mission panel com [...]
2007-04-23 08:27:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PREL ELAB KWMN SMIG ID
07JAKARTA1130PRESIDENT SIGNS ANTI-TRAFFICKING LAW
[...] Summary. President Yudhoyono signed the comprehensive Anti-Trafficking Law on April 19. Passed by Parliament on March 20 (reftel),the law would have gone into effect automatically but the President's signature was a signal of his personal support of the law. NGOs which lobbied for over tw [...]
2007-04-24 00:13:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PREL ELAB KWMN SMIG ID
07JAKARTA1148NEWMONT POLLUTION CASE: NOT GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: American citizen Richard Ness and U.S. mining firm Newmont were declared not guilty on all counts of environmental pollution by a five judge panel in Manado, North Sulawesi on April 24. In dismissing all counts, the chief judge Ridwan Damanik said both Ness and Newmont had "th [...]
2007-04-24 08:18:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEMIN CASC EINV PREL KPAO ID
07JAKARTA12MUTED INDONESIAN REACTION TO SADDAM'S EXECUTION
[...] Reaction to Saddam Hussein's execution has been muted in Indonesia, largely overshadowed by media coverage of domestic air and maritime transport tragedies that claimed the lives of more than 500 people this holiday weekend. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) released a short statement o [...]
2007-01-03 09:04:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KISL KJUS IZ ID
07JAKARTA122NAMRU-2: PROGRESS TOWARD AN AGREED MOU TEXT
[...] (C) Summary: U.S. and Indonesian delegations held on January 9-10 a first round of technical negotiations toward a Memorandum of Understanding for the Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU-2) in Jakarta. Following on the Ambassador's initial presentation of the U.S. position to a more senior gr [...]
2007-01-16 09:58:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL TBIO AMED AMGT KFLU KTIA ID
07JAKARTA1226BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 - PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON
[...] Summary: The Indonesian firm PT Multijaya Sparindo (Sparindo) verified on April 3 its order of T-56 engine for C-130 aircrafts detailed in reftel. Sparindo supplies the Indonesian Air Force (IAF) with engines and aircraft spare parts. It also serves as a local representative for U.S. aircraft [...]
2007-05-01 08:43:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDKOMC ETTC ECON ID
07JAKARTA1290INDONESIA - RESPONSE TO TSUNAMI, EARTHQUAKE WARNINGS
[...] Per reftel, Embassy Jakarta provides the following responses to listed questions. 2. Question: Does a duty officer of Mission Disaster Relief Officer (and alternate MDRO) receive tsunami and earthquake warnings on a 24-hour basis from the Ops Center or other service? --Response: Yes, th [...]
2007-05-08 03:45:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY AORC EAID AMGT CASC ID
07JAKARTA1296DEMARCHE TO INDONESIA ON "ASIA DEMOCRACY
[...] (SBU) We met with Ms. Trini Gunarti, Deputy Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs Office of North and Central American Affairs, to outline our ideas for creation of an Asia Democracy Partnership (reftel). We pointed out that Indonesia's experience in transitioning to democracy meant t [...]
2007-05-08 08:56:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM XB ID
07JAKARTA1332NEWMONT CASE: GOI TO APPEAL ACQUITTAL
[...] Summary: (C) The Government of Indonesia (GOI) filed a Motion of Appeal on May 7 seeking a reversal of the April 24 acquittal of American citizen Richard Ness and Newmont Mining Corp. subsidiary PT Newmont Minahasa Raya (PTNMR) on all criminal pollution and regulatory permit charges. The Mana [...]
2007-05-11 08:30:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALEMIN CASC EINV PREL ID
07JAKARTA1388USTR FINDS IPR PROGRESS, CHALLENGES IN INDONESIA
[...] (SBU) Summary. Visiting USTR officials Barbara Weisel and David Katz reviewed efforts related to intellectual property rights (IPR) protection and enforcement in Indonesia during their May 3-4 visit to Jakarta. Members of the National IPR Task Force noted that difficult and ongoing challenges [...]
2007-05-16 08:56:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR EINV ECON EMIN KCOR ID
07JAKARTA1424Indonesia/East Java: PRC Consulate Offers
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The recently established PRC Consulate General in Surabaya (ConGen China) is actively promoting Chinese interest in infrastructure and natural resource investment projects in Eastern Indonesia. Chinese Consul General Fu Shuigen (CG Fu) has worked hard to connect Chinese investo [...]
2007-05-21 07:32:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PNAT PINR KISL EINV ID CH TW
07JAKARTA144TERRORIST FINANCE - VIEWS ON RIHS DESIGNATION, USG
[...] (S) Summary: Given our recent experience with the designation of the International Islamic Relief Organization (IIRO) Indonesia branch, and Indonesia's new status on the UNSC, it is difficult to predict how the GOI would react to a proposed Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS) designat [...]
2007-01-18 03:14:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPTER EFIN ETTC PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1452SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT A/S HILL
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy Jakarta and ConGen Surabaya welcome your upcoming visit to Indonesia. Rumbles within the U.S. House of Representatives of possible legislation that would jeopardize normalized military-to-military relations with Indonesia would unravel our recent progress in this area an [...]
2007-05-23 07:20:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS MARR SOCI ID
07JAKARTA1460MIGRANT WORKERS ASSOCIATION PROTEST CASE OF
[...] Summary. Migrant worker rights activists demonstrated in front of the U.S. Embassy May 23 protesting Indonesian and U.S. protection of migrant workers' rights in light of the case of two Indonesian domestic workers recently rescued from alleged enslavement from an affluent Long Island home. [...]
2007-05-23 11:06:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PREL ELAB KWMN SMIG ID
07JAKARTA152Central Sulawesi: Police, Laskar Mujahiddin Clash After
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Central Sulawesi police and Detachment 88 raided two safe houses in Poso, Central Sulawesi on the morning of January 11, 2006 killing two and capturing 4 members of Laskar Mujahiddin (LM) on their "most wanted" list of 29 terrorists operating in the province. A Poso police offic [...]
2007-01-18 09:26:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PINS PGOV PNAT PHUM KJUS KISL CACS ID
07JAKARTA1560TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS ON THE INDONESIAN-MALAYSIAN
[...] (C) Summary: During a recent visit to the Indonesian town of Entikong on the border with Malaysia, we observed both diligent police interdiction against trafficking in persons as well as possible complicity in corruption by immigration officials. Interviews with Indonesian police and immigra [...]
2007-06-06 07:55:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL ELAB KWMN SMIG ID
07JAKARTA1561USG SUPPORTED EMBEDDED PERSONNEL IN INDONESIA
[...] (SBU) Summary: In keeping with Secretary RiceQs Transformational Diplomacy objectives, US Embassy Jakarta really took stock of our successes in placing USG personnel directly into Indonesian government offices. We are pleased to report that we currently have 27 positions embedded within key G [...]
2007-06-06 09:20:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAPER EAID PREL PGOV ECON EFIN KCOR KIPR ID
07JAKARTA1621 BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON
[...] (U) Summary: Chief of Equipment at the Special Force Command, the Indonesian Armed Force, Lieutenant Colonel Kuswara Harja confirmed on June 7 that he is familiar with the Singaporean firm, Golden Opportunity Trade Industry Pte. Ltd. (Golden Opportunity). He also confirmed that his office or [...]
2007-06-12 02:07:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDKOMC ETTC ECON ID SN
07JAKARTA1629IRAN AND EAST JAVA MUDFLOW: DPR QUERIES YUDHOYONO)
[...] (C) Summary. On the heels of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's refusal to appear personally before the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) in a June 5 query over Indonesia's vote in favor of UNSCR 1747, sanctioning Iran over its nuclear program, the DPR is now threatening to "interp [...]
2007-06-12 08:17:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON UNSC IR ID ENRG EINV KISL
07JAKARTA1646WAHID INSTITUTE, WIESENTHAL CENTER CO-HOST
[...] (U) On June 12, the Wahid Institute, an Indonesian non-governmental organization (NGO) founded by former president Abdurrahman Wahid (aka Gus Dur),co-sponsored a one-day conference in Bali on "Tolerance between Religions: A Blessing for All Creation" with the Simon Wiesenthal Center's Museum [...]
2007-06-13 10:21:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KISL ID
07JAKARTA1652INT'L WOMEN OF COURAGE AWARD RECIPIENT CALLS FOR
[...] (U) On June 6, CDA hosted a lunch for Dr. Siti Musdah Mulia, a recipient of the Secretary's 2007 International Women of Courage Award. Mulia appreciated receiving this award and found her visit to Washington very valuable, especially her meeting with Secretary Rice. 2. (U) During the lun [...]
2007-06-14 04:39:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO OEXC ID
07JAKARTA1672WEST KALIMANTAN - DWINDLING FORESTS AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: West Kalimantan's abundant forest and fresh water resources are under threat from logging and plantation companies, though the government has recently cracked down on some illegal loggers. The majority of tribal peoples in the province rely on forest resources for a livelihood [...]
2007-06-15 10:54:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EAID ECON TBIO ENRG ID
07JAKARTA1690INDONESIA TRANSPORTATION MINISTER MEETING
[...] (U) Summary. Charge d'Affaires met with newly appointed Minister of Transportation, Jusman Syafi'i Djalil on June 15 to discuss a variety of transportation issues. The Minister welcomed the July 9 date for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) technical review and hopes it and the July 2 [...]
2007-06-19 06:45:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON ETRD ID
07JAKARTA1733INDONESIAN OFFICIAL ON KOSOVO, IRAN AND
[...] (C) Summary: Charge on June 21 discussed Kosovo, Iran, and the Palestinians with Desra Percaya, a key Foreign Ministry official on UNSC and Middle East issues. Percaya welcomed recent changes in the draft Kosovo resolution and requested one additional change: that the reference to "sui gene [...]
2007-06-22 09:46:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC OSCE PARM ID
07JAKARTA1735THE AWARD OF THE PRIME CONTRACT FOR THE USG
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-22 11:51:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PGOV PREL SENV KCOR ID
07JAKARTA1835HAWAII GOVERNOR LINGLE VISITS INDONESIA: NATIONAL
[...] Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle (R) in Jakarta on June 10-12 explored potential partnerships related to disaster preparedness, investment and trade, women's leadership, health, education and regional development. Her interlocutors included Vice President Kalla, Defense Minister Sudarsono, Legisl [...]
2007-07-06 09:18:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR PGOV EFIS ID
07JAKARTA1845CODEL PAYNE MEETS INDONESIAN PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO
[...] SUMMARY: In a cordial 45 minute meeting on July 5, Congressman Donald Payne (D-NJ) and President Yudhoyono agreed on the need to build the capacity of the Indonesian Parliament. Congressmen Payne, David Dreier (R-CA) and James Moran (D-VA),who were in Jakarta for two days of meetings with [...]
2007-07-09 06:18:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EAID KDEM ID
07JAKARTA1871GROWING IMPORTANCE OF REGIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) Summary: Indonesia's future increasingly depends on the provinces and regencies, whose recent constitutional changes are taking hold. Over the medium-to-long term, how will provincial and local governments handle their enhanced revenue flows? How much political power will direct electio [...]
2007-07-10 08:33:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EFIN ID
07JAKARTA1874REP. FALEOMAVAEGA MEETS WITH PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO
[...] Summary. During a July 3-6 visit to Jakarta, Rep. Eni Faleomavaega met with the President, Vice President and the Foreign Minister, receiving promises from all three that he could go to Papua the next time he visits Indonesia, despite being refused permission on this trip. President Susilo [...]
2007-07-11 00:21:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM ID PREL KDEM EAID
07JAKARTA1892CODEL PAYNE'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF DEFENSE
[...] SUMMARY: Meeting in Jakarta on July 6, Congressmen Donald Payne (D-NJ),David Dreier (R-CA) and James Moran (D-VA) complimented Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono for Indonesia's remarkable democratic progress. The Congressmen voiced concern about the slow pace of military reform, lack of ac [...]
2007-07-12 01:23:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR PGOV PHUM ID
07JAKARTA1909East Java - Joint Police Anti-Human Trafficking Operations
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ConGen Surabaya launched a joint operation with local police May 29 targeting East Java human trafficking (TIP) rings. The primary goal is rescuing some of the thousands of child prostitutes in Surabaya and arresting traffickers, pimps and child sex tourists. Operation XXX init [...]
2007-07-13 00:08:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PHUM ELAB EAID KJUS KCRM KCOR ID
07JAKARTA1921REQUEST FOR BLANKET RETRANSFER END-USE SECURITY
[...] (SBU) We delivered Department's offer and rationale (ref a) to Harry Purwanto, Director for North and Central American Affairs at the Indonesian Department of Foreign Relations, on June 12. We noted we had encouraged the government of Indonesia to consider a blanket agreement when completing t [...]
2007-07-13 07:54:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1933SCENESETTER FOR EEB A/S SULLIVAN VISIT TO JAKARTA
[...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy Jakarta welcomes you to Indonesia. Yours will be the first high-level State Department economic visit here in several years. We encourage you to make a strong pitch for OPIC to facilitate U.S. investment, for exploratory discussion of a Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT [...]
2007-07-16 11:04:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON ENRG KCOR PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1948IOM: AMBASSADOR SWING DG CANDIDACY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-18 02:35:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SMIG PREF AORC ID
07JAKARTA1986NSC SENIOR DIRECTOR MEETS GOI ON ASIAN DEMOCRACY
[...] (C) Summary: Indonesian legislators and senior Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) officials commented favorably on the Asia Democracy Partnership (ADP) initiative during July 18 meetings with William Inboden, Senior Director for Strategic Planning, National Security Council (NSC). Legislat [...]
2007-07-24 00:59:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALID KDEM KISL PGOV PHUM PREL
07JAKARTA2005NOTICE OF FINAL DISPOSITION OF COMBATANT STATUS
[...] Post on July 25 informed Director for North American Affairs Harry Purwanto at the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs of reftel decision and its context. Purwanto had no official comment. 2. Post has also informed the appropriate Indonesian security services of the determination. HU [...]
2007-07-25 09:42:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PINR PREL PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2025DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PROMOTION OF STANDING
[...] We discussed reftel candidacy of Steve Carr for the ICRC Standing Committee with Harry Purwanto, Director for North American Affairs at the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs. We appealed for Indonesia's support of Carr's candidacy and provided a nonpaper with relevant information. Purw [...]
2007-07-26 10:12:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL PHUM ICRC ID
07JAKARTA2064INDONESIA'S 2007 SUBMISSION FOR 527 REPORT ON INVESTMENT
[...] (SBU) Below please find Post's 2007 submission pursuant to the requirements of Section 527 of the FY 94-95 Foreign Relations Authorization Act (FRAA). 2. (SBU) The United States Government is aware of one (1) claim of United States citizens against the Government of Indonesia (GOI). This c [...]
2007-07-31 08:43:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC EINV KIDE ECON OPIC PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2121JI CO-FOUNDER SUES INDONESIA'S KEY ANTI-TERROR UNIT
[...] (C) Abu Bakar Ba,asyir, co-founder of the terrorist group Jemaah Islamyah, has filed a lawsuit against the Indonesian National Police (INP) anti-terrorist strike-force, Special Detachment 88 (SD-88). The suit demands the disbanding of SD-88 on the grounds that the unit is anti-Muslim. The [...]
2007-08-06 09:45:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALASEC ID PGOV PHUM PTER
07JAKARTA2140FORESTRY ISSUES DOMINATE VISIT OF OES A/S MCMURRAY TO
[...] (U) Summary. In a visit to Indonesia July 26-29, OES A/S McMurray discussed deforestation and climate change with senior Government of Indonesia (GOI) officials from the Ministries of Forestry and Environment, non-governmental organizations, and a policy advisor to President Yudhoyono. The GO [...]
2007-08-08 00:26:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EAID ECON TBIO ENRG ID
07JAKARTA2167CENTRAL JAVA: CONTACTS FLAG TRAFFICKING, RELIGIOUS
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloff and Pol FSN recently traveled to Semarang, Central Java. Key contacts raised concerns about human trafficking, but also described positive inter-faith relations in the Semarang area. Po [...]
2007-08-09 08:43:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL KPAO ID
07JAKARTA2185THE PEACE CORPS IN INDONESIA
[...] (SBU) Dear Director Tschetter, I want to thank you personally for sending the superb Peace Corps Assessment Team here to Indonesia last February. The Team was able to travel through six provinces over two weeks and meet a wide variety of local leaders, international volunteers, and government [...]
2007-08-10 09:21:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ID
07JAKARTA2188AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH TRADE MINISTER PANGESTU
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Hume paid a courtesy call to Government of Indonesia (GOI) Minister of Trade Mari Pangestu on August 10. The Ambassador congratulated Pangestu on the success of recent Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) enforcement efforts and observed that improvements to Indonesia's [...]
2007-08-10 09:39:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNBEXP ECIN EIND ETRD KIPR EINV ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2201MUNIR CASE: SENATE STAFFER GETS UPBEAT APPRAISAL
[...] (SBU) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Indonesian police expressed optimism that new evidence they have submitted to the Attorney General's Office (AGO) in the case of murdered human rights leader Munir will lead to successful prose [...]
2007-08-13 09:30:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PREL PINR KCRM KJUS ID
07JAKARTA228DEMARCHE DELIVERED: INVITATION FOR INDONESIA TO
[...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel invitation to Indonesia National Police (INP) Headquarters Director for Personnel Development BG Hendy and his Chief for International Cooperation, Bekti Suhartono, on January 25. Hendy is the INP's designated point of contact for international training assistance. [...]
2007-01-26 07:26:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PGOV PREL ID
07JAKARTA2296PDAS MCNERNEY'S IRAN CONSULTATIONS IN INDONESIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ISN PDAS Patricia McNerney visited Indonesia on August 14 for productive consultations regarding Iran's nuclear program. Senior diplomat and Middle East expert Alwi Shihab reiterated Indonesia's commitment to a peaceful settlement of the Iranian nuclear issue and said Indonesia w [...]
2007-08-22 08:54:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM UNSC MNUC ID IR
07JAKARTA2297APEC ASEAN-7 LUNCHEON INVITATION PASSED TO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-22 09:59:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL APEC ID
07JAKARTA2322PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO ON INTER-RELIGIOUS DIALOGUE,
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: On August 24, Ambassador Hume spoke with President Yudhoyono after SBY's address commemorating 50 years of American Field Service (AFS) activity in Indonesia. Yudhoyono stressed the need for cultu [...]
2007-08-24 07:25:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM SENV ECON ID
07JAKARTA2335SCENESETTER FOR U/S JEFFERY'S SEPTEMBER 9-12 VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) Embassy Jakarta welcomes you to Indonesia. Yours will be the first high-level State Department economic visit here in several years. We have structured your visit to highlight the important themes of investment climate reform, anti-corruption efforts, energy security and climate change, [...]
2007-08-24 10:25:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON ENRG KCOR PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2363ISPS DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (U) We formally demarched on August 24, Director General of Sea Transportation, H. Harijogi, Secretary Ajiph Anwar, and Director of Sea Transport Djony Algemar that the U.S. has determined Indonesia is not significantly implementing the International Ship and Port Facility (ISPS) code. Failur [...]
2007-08-28 08:50:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER EWWT KHLS ECON ETRD ID
07JAKARTA2392INDONESIA: DISCUSSIONS ON THE COMPLIMENTARY
[...] (C) In response to Reftel A, Mission offers the following list of current and former senior GOI officials who have spoken publicly in support of democracy and the complementary nature of Islam and democracy. (Note: Nearly all prominent Indonesian officials, including President Yudhoyono, fit t [...]
2007-08-30 10:04:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM ID
07JAKARTA2408MUNIR: PROSECUTORS CONTINUE TO PRESSS HARD
[...] (C) Summary: In an August 29 hearing, prosecutors in the case of murdered human rights activist Munir presented testimony to refute a key witness who had recanted his statement to police. A forensic expert also confirmed the time that police say the alleged murderer, Pollycarpus, poisoned M [...]
2007-08-31 07:38:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS KJUS ID
07JAKARTA2409GOI OBJECTS TO U.S. TOBACCO LEGISLATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 31, Embassy received official correspondence from Government of Indonesia (GOI) Minister of Trade Mari Pangestu addressed to United States Trade Representative (USTR) Susan C. Schwab. The letter details GOI objections to draft tobacco control legislation under conside [...]
2007-08-31 09:24:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP EINV ECON ID
07JAKARTA2438INDONESIA - CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY REQUIREMENT
[...] (U) Summary. The new limited liability company law has created great confusion in the business community by mandating that "natural resources" companies engage in corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities. The law is very vague and domestic business leaders have already raised objectio [...]
2007-09-05 02:20:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON EFIN PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2468AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON CHAIRMAN OF INDONESIA'S
[...] (C) Summary: During Ambassador Hume's September 5 courtesy call on Hasyim Muzadi, Chairman of Nahdlatul Ulama, Indonesia's largest mass-Muslim organization, Muzadi spoke candidly about his concern over U.S. foreign policy. He also emphasized NU's efforts to promote mainstream Islam. The Amb [...]
2007-09-06 10:22:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KISL PINR ID
07JAKARTA247RECREATING THE CALIPHATE: HIZBUT TAHRIR INDONESIA
[...] (C) Summary. Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI) spokesman Ismail Yusanto told us about his organization's ideology, structure and goals, most notably the re-establishment of an Islamic caliphate and imposition of Islamic law. HTI is a hard-line Islamist movement that, while ostensibly non-violen [...]
2007-01-30 07:43:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KISL PREL SOCI ID
07JAKARTA2470DAS MARCIEL MEETINGS ON INDONESIA'S ECONOMY,
[...] (SBU) Summary. EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel, during his August 27-28 visit to Jakarta, heard complaints that Indonesia is not attracting as much investment as neighbor Vietnam. Reasons include the Indonesian government and Parliament's ambivalence towards foreign companies and [...]
2007-09-06 11:08:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EFIN ENRG PGOV KGHG ID
07JAKARTA24991540: COMPROMISE PROPOSAL ON POSTING MATRICIES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-10 10:04:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER UNSC KNNP ID
07JAKARTA2500PRESSING FOR INDONESIAN SUPPORT ON BURMA IN UNSC
[...] (C) Summary: DCM emphasized reftel points on Burma with the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) Secretary General, September 7. Pol/C also underlined points at DEPLU office director level. GOI is committed not to praise in any way the regime's so-called "National Convention," but did not [...]
2007-09-10 10:05:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC ID BM
07JAKARTA2504STATUS OF INDONESIAN WORKERS REPORTEDLY IN IRAQ
[...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (SBU) Summary. Laboff met with the Department of Foreign Affairs' Director of Overseas Indonesian Workers Protection September 7, who gave us the names of 72 Indonesians reportedly working in Iraq, asking for consular access and t [...]
2007-09-10 10:43:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ID IZ
07JAKARTA2518 USG-supported Counter-Narcotics Center gains official GOI
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono has signed legislation officially recognizing the Joint Interagency Counter Drug Operations Center as part of the Indonesian National Narcotics Board. While USG assistance he [...]
2007-09-11 08:40:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SNAR PREL KCRM ID
07JAKARTA2549INDONESIAN/IRANIAN RELATIONS: MARGINAL SUBSTANCE,
[...] (C) Summary: Many elements of a strong bilateral relationship remain underdeveloped between Indonesia and Iran. The two countries maintain marginal trade and investment links. Defense and security cooperation is virtually nonexistent. Despite this, much of the public and Indonesian legislat [...]
2007-09-13 06:31:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPREL MNUC PARM ETRD UNSC ID IR
07JAKARTA2580BUSINESSMEN TRAVELING WITH ACEH GOVERNOR ARRESTED
[...] (C) Summary. The deal was too good to be true. Two businessmen traveling with Aceh Governor Irwandi Yusuf's delegation to the U.S. were arrested September 11 in New York City after printing a $32 million check from a scam internet site and trying to cash it at Citibank in Manhattan. The two [...]
2007-09-14 08:17:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD EINV EAID PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2596INDONESIA ICAO COUNCIL PART III CANDIDACY
[...] (U) Post transmits the official correspondence from the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs regarding its request for support for its candidacy on the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Part III for the 2007-2010 time period. Please see the unofficial translat [...]
2007-09-17 06:51:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON ETRD ID
07JAKARTA2598CENTRAL SULAWESI - POSO: ECONOMIC RECOVERY KEY TO
[...] (U) This is a joint Surabaya - Jakarta message. 2. (C) Summary: While interlocutors describe the current security situation in Poso, Central Sulawesi, as "good," all agree that economic development is critical to Poso's stability. Extremists continue to eye Central Sulawesi's young and po [...]
2007-09-17 07:44:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EAID ID
07JAKARTA2604SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON: INDONESIA TO
[...] (C) Pol/C met with Hari Purwanto, Director of the North American Office at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU),on September 17 to encourage an Indonesian contribution to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (reftel). Pol/C noted that the United Nations had established a budget for the Spec [...]
2007-09-17 09:40:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER UNSC ID LE
07JAKARTA2605IAEA: IRAN FOLLOW-UP WITH INDONESIA
[...] (C) Pol/C met September 17 with Hari Purwanto, Director for North American Affairs at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU),to review reftel points. Pol/C emphasized the importance of a united front re Iran in order to halt its pursuit of a nuclear weapons capability. To achieve that go [...]
2007-09-17 09:46:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL IAEA MNUC KNNP ID IR
07JAKARTA2606COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES: INDONESIAN RESPONSE
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) On September 17, Pol/C met with Hari Purwanto, Director of the North American Office at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU),to convey U.S. priorities regarding the Community of Democracies (CD). Po [...]
2007-09-17 09:49:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM UNGA KDEM ID
07JAKARTA2607GPOI CLEARINGHOUSE: INVITATION DELIVERED TO GOI
[...] (U) Pol/C met September 17 with Hari Purwanto, Director of the North American Office at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU),to extend an invitation to Indonesia to send two participants to the U.S.-hosted Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI) G8 Global Clearinghouse Conference Octobe [...]
2007-09-17 09:59:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR MASS PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2642SECOND DEMARCHE REQUEST -- UN COMMITTEE AGAINST
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) On September 17, poloff met with Hari Purwanto, Director of the North American Office at the Department of Foreign Affairs, to request GOI support for U.S. candidate Felice Gaer's reelection to the UN C [...]
2007-09-19 08:56:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNHRC ID
07JAKARTA2649U/S JEFFERY MEETS WITH ECONOMISTS AND BUSINESS LEADERS
[...] (SBU) Summary. U/S Jeffery discussed Indonesia's economy and investment climate with economists and business leaders September 10-11 in Jakarta. Outlying regions such as Aceh and Papua face infrastructure and development challenges. Large established western companies with good local partners [...]
2007-09-20 00:33:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PGOV EINV ID
07JAKARTA2679INTEREST IN ASIA PACIFIC DEMOCRACY INITIATIVE, BUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission recently briefed the GOI and a key figure in the Indonesian national legislature re the latest on the Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership (APDP) initiative. Interlocutors expressed great interest in the proposal, but were otherwise non-committal. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU [...]
2007-09-21 07:58:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNGA KDEM ID
07JAKARTA2695Invitation to COP-13 Trade Ministerial
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 24, Embassy received official correspondence from Government of Indonesia (GOI) Minister of Trade Mari Pangestu addressed to United States Trade Representative (USTR) Susan C. Schwab. The letter is an invitation to attend a trade ministerial on the margins of the C [...]
2007-09-24 08:47:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP EINV ECON ID
07JAKARTA2712NOAA ASST. ADMINISTRATOR SPINRAD'S VISIT TO INDONESIA
[...] (U) Summary. Assistant Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR),Richard Spinrad, participated in a series of meetings on tsunami monitoring, climate change, and future collaboration on September 17-21 in [...]
2007-09-26 02:22:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID TPHY ECON PREL ID
07JAKARTA2723SOROS' INTEREST IN ACEH SPARKS ANTI-SEMITIC
[...] (SBU) Summary. A September 21 statement by Aceh Vice Governor Muhammad Nazar on American financier George Soros' possible plans to invest in palm oil plantations in Aceh sparked an anti-Semitic backlash among national Islamic political party leaders in Jakarta. The alleged plan-reportedly d [...]
2007-09-26 08:57:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM EINV EAID PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2737INDONESIA REACTS, SPURRED ON BY REGIME'S BLOODY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: FM Wirajuda broke the government's silence on Burmese events, calling September 26 for the regime to exercise restraint and noting that the matter will be discussed in the ASEAN context. Mission continues to press the GOI to use all levers available to try to pressure the regime [...]
2007-09-27 10:07:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ID BM KPAO
07JAKARTA2740U/S Jeffery Visits Sumatra
[...] (SBU) Summary. During a September 12 visit to Sumatra, U/S Jeffery visited the Palm Oil Research Center and toured its model biofuel production facility. He also met with the Governor of North Sumatra Rudolf Pardede and his economic team. He took an aerial survey of plantations and the Leuse [...]
2007-09-28 00:08:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV EINV SENV ID
07JAKARTA2819PAPUA -- ENCOURAGING INDONESIA TOWARD GREATER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Seeking GOI support for planned USG visits to Papua, poloff met October 4 with key Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) Papua contact. Poloff--more generally--also pressed for greater access for diplomats and foreign media. Contact responded that DEPLU was committed to greater [...]
2007-10-04 09:52:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS KPAO ID
07JAKARTA2821BURMA -- MISSION MAKES POINTS, BUT INDONESIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY -- Per Ref A, Charge urged a key Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) contact to support a formal UNSC meeting and a Presidential Statement (PRST) on Burma. Indonesia continues to prefer dealing with Burma in the UN Human Rights Council--not the UNSC--however. Without a very quic [...]
2007-10-04 10:13:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC ID BM
07JAKARTA2829BURMA AND INDONESIA: KEEPING THE PRESSURE ON FOR A
[...] (C) SUMMARY -- As part of Mission's continued public outreach efforts, Charge will appear for a live television interview late October 5 focused on the Burmese situation. In other news, Pol/C thanked Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) contacts for the GOI's support for a formal UNSC meetin [...]
2007-10-05 07:25:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS PHUM UNSC ID BM
07JAKARTA2843INDONESIAN ELECTIONS -- NEW COMMISSIONERS FAIL TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian legislature (DPR) has unveiled the names of the new members of the Indonesian Elections Commission (KPU). The new commissioners are not highly thought of--one is entangled in a corruption case--and are widely believed to be the by-product of political horse-tradin [...]
2007-10-09 08:54:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PHUM PINR ID
07JAKARTA2870INDONESIA/BURMA -- PRESSING FOR ASEAN LEADERSHIP
[...] (C) Pol/C reviewed ref A demarche with Harry Purwanto, Director for North American Affairs at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU),and also with Gudadi Bambang Sasongko, DEPLU's Deputy Director for East Asian-Pacific Affairs. Pol/C underscored that ASEAN members have a unique obligation [...]
2007-10-11 07:40:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ID BM
07JAKARTA2874YOGYAKARTA: CHALLENGES, OPPORTUNITIES FOR DECENTRALIZATION
[...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: Yogyakarta's decentralization framework is robust, yet its implementation and results incomplete. Following major earthquake damage and economic decline in 2006, the Special Province of Yogyakarta is working to attract investment and improve the investment climat [...]
2007-10-11 09:47:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV KJUS KPAO ID
07JAKARTA291AMBASSADOR STRESSES AID, INVESTMENT IN PAPUA
[...] (U) Introduction and Summary. On a January 21 - 24 visit to Papua Province, Ambassador B. Lynn Pascoe stressed the importance to Papua's development of both foreign aid and foreign investment. He said that the U.S. was examining ways to increase assistance to Papua, especially in the form of [...]
2007-02-02 06:36:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM EINV EAID EMIN SOCI CASC ID
07JAKARTA2917BURMA -- URGING INDONESIA TO SUPPORT GAMBARI'S
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Pol/C reviewed Ref A points with GOI officials. They expressed full support for UN Special Envoy Gambari's efforts and said Indonesia is examining steps meant to facilitate his mission. As part of his SE Asia trip, [...]
2007-10-16 10:40:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO PHUM ID BM
07JAKARTA2934RESUMING ENGAGEMENT WITH KOPASSUS, THE ARMY'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The time is right to resume gradual engagement with KOPASSUS, the Indonesian Army's elite Special Forces unit. The basis for engagement remains the Secretary's waiver of legislative restrictions on military SIPDIS cooperation with the GOI issued in November 2005, which opened [...]
2007-10-19 05:29:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS ID
07JAKARTA2947LIAISON OFFICERS REACH ACROSS INDONESIA
[...] SUMMARY: Embassy Jakarta launched a liaison officer (LO) program to key strategic areas in Indonesia: Yogyakarta, Kalimantan, Semarang and Papua. Two person teams of entry level officers and officers with content area expertise were designated as the Embassy's primary representatives to these [...]
2007-10-22 01:48:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO ECON CMGT APER ID
07JAKARTA2958UNGA -- URGING GOI SUPPORT ON THIRD COMMITTEE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY -- Pol/C met Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) contacts, October 22, reviewing U.S. views on key UNGA Third Committee issues. Pol/C also reviewed the recent Troika discussions re Kosovo. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) THIRD COMMITTEE: Pol/C met with Ramadansyah Hasan of DEPLU's Di [...]
2007-10-23 04:23:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA ID KV PHUM
07JAKARTA2988BURMA/ASEAN -- RAISING CONCERNS ABOUT REGIME
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Pol/C reviewed Ref A points with Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) contacts. They said the GOI was under a great deal of pressure domestically not to treat upcoming ASEAN-related summits as "business as usual." That said, Indonesia and other member-states had not yet decide [...]
2007-10-25 09:12:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ID BM
07JAKARTA2989UNGA -- PRESSING FOR A NO VOTE ON CUBAN EMBARGO
[...] (C) Pol/C reviewed Ref B points with Trini Gunarti Sualang, Deputy Director of the North America Desk at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU),October 25. Pol/C stressed that Indonesia should vote against Cuba,s annual UNGA embargo-related resolution or--at the very least--abstain. Pol/ [...]
2007-10-25 09:22:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV UNGA ETRD UN CU ID
07JAKARTA2992CENTRAL JAVA -- SUCCESSFUL OUTREACH AT AN ISLAMIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff spoke at a pesantren (Islamic school) during an October 23-24 visit to the Central Javan region. Poloff underlined the importance of the U.S.-Indonesian relationship and the need for additional efforts to foster dialogue. Students asked questions about U,S, policy in the [...]
2007-10-25 11:18:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KISL KPAO ID
07JAKARTA3020INDONESIA'S UNSC PRESIDENCY: PROCESS ABOVE ALL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia is looking forward to assuming the UNSC presidency--a largely procedural position--in November. The GOI agenda is likely to be shaped by Jakarta's preference for consensus-driven multilateral approaches to foreign policy issues. On some key issues--including Iran and B [...]
2007-10-29 09:51:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC ID BM IR
07JAKARTA3033IRAN -- SUPPORTING ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR
[...] (C) Per reftel instructions, poloff on October 30 contacted Diego Alonso Garces of the Argentine Embassy in Jakarta to discuss the request for INTERPOL approval of Red Notices against Iranian officials charged in the AMIA bombing of 1994. Garces confirmed that the Argentine Embassy had raised [...]
2007-10-30 10:10:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ID AR IR
07JAKARTA3035USABC SEEKS BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES IN JAKARTA
[...] (SBU) Summary. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) and seven cabinet ministers told a U.S.-ASEAN Business Council (USABC) delegation that Indonesia desires closer business and investment ties with U.S. companies. The five-day trade mission to Jakarta ran from October 22 - 26. Vice Presi [...]
2007-10-31 06:16:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV ENRG ETRD EFIN PGOV ID
07JAKARTA304SITREP ON FLOODING IN JAKARTA
[...] DCM chaired a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on February 5 to assess the flood situation in Jakarta and its implications for the Embassy. Rain in the greater Jakarta area continued over the weekend, exacerbating flooding caused by heavy rains the latter part of last week. Loc [...]
2007-02-05 09:22:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC AMGT CASC PGOV ID
07JAKARTA3040COUNTERNARCOTICS -- INTELLIGENCE CENTER PROVES ITS
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified )- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The DCM visited the GOI's counternarcotics intelligence center, October 25. The center is located in Jakarta and was created with USG funds to assist the Indonesian government track and roll up [...]
2007-10-31 10:53:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR PREL KCRM ID
07JAKARTA3046GUS DUR ON INDONESIA'S CHALLENGING ROAD AHEAD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Former President Abdurrachman Wahid (aka Gus Dur) underscored to Ambassador Hume that corruption was Indonesia's single biggest impediment to development. Looking and sounding more fragile than in recent memory, Gus Dur welcomed the Ambassador to Indonesia during the Ambassador's [...]
2007-11-01 09:06:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KDEM KISL ID
07JAKARTA3047COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES -- INDONESIA LIKELY TO
[...] (U) Mission delivered demarche points ref a to Director for Public Diplomacy Umar Hadi and to Director for North American Affairs Harry Purwanto at the Department of Foreign Relations on October 31 and November 1, respectively. Mission is in regular touch with Hadi on this issue and will conti [...]
2007-11-01 10:20:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PREL PHUM UNGA ID
07JAKARTA3050DEMARCHE DELIVERED: LEBANESE PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) Mission discussed reftel themes with Harry Purwanto, Director for North American Affairs at the Department of Foreign Affairs, on November 1. We noted that Indonesia would appear to share U.S. objectives, given the participation of an Indonesian peacekeeping battalion in UNIFIL. 2. (C [...]
2007-11-01 10:45:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER EUN SY LE IN
07JAKARTA3058WEST JAVA -- OUTREACH IN INDONESIA'S MOST POPULACE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Pol/C visited Bandung, the capital of West Java, October 31 - November 1. Pol/C--in a public outreach event--underscored the close links shared by the U.S. and Indonesia to a large, lively group of university students, who had many questions about U.S. policy in the Middle East [...]
2007-11-02 08:21:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO KISL ID BM
07JAKARTA3083WEST JAVA -- OUTREACH AT INDONESIA'S MOST
[...] (U) SUMMARY: During a November 5 visit to the University of Indonesia (UI),poloff and econoff held a wide-ranging dialogue with about 30 students and faculty. Emboffs engaged the energetic audience in a spirited discussion about U.S. foreign policy and the U.S. presidential race, and used t [...]
2007-11-06 07:13:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KPAO SOCI ID
07JAKARTA3086INDONESIA PORT SECURITY ADVISORY UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Port Security Advisory (PSA) for Indonesia will go into effect on or about November 24, 2007. In an October 22, 2007 meeting with Embassy and U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) officials, Directorate General of Sea Transportation (DGST) officials told the Embassy they would not attempt [...]
2007-11-06 09:56:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EWWT PBTS ID
07JAKARTA3088Greenpeace "Forest Defender Camp"
[...] (SBU) Summary: Greenpeace has established a "Forest Defenders Camp" in Sumatra's Riau Province to protect the forest and climate ahead of the COP-13 climate change conference in Bali. The 60-odd camp members, including one American and 11 other foreigners, are ostensibly investigating forest [...]
2007-11-06 10:51:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC EAGR PGOV PREL SENV SOCI ID
07JAKARTA310AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) SAMPLE SHARING UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Mission continues working to reverse the January 11 verbal directive from the Indonesian National Institute of Health and Research Development (NIHRD) instructing NAMRU-2 to no longer ship AI specimens to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) until NAMRU- [...]
2007-02-06 07:41:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA3105UNSC -- ENGAGING INDONESIA ON ETHIOPIA-ERITREA AND
[...] (C) Pol/C reviewed reftel points with Harry Purwanto, Director for North American Affairs at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU),November 8. Pol/C--noting ongoing tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea--urged Indonesia to avoid commenting publicly on the substantive merits of any decisi [...]
2007-11-08 07:55:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC ID ER ET
07JAKARTA311 February 6 Update On Flooding In Jakarta
[...] Extremely heavy rains overnight were mitigated somewhat by a dry and partly sunny day in Jakarta as of 15:00 Tuesday. Morning rush-hour was difficult with standing water sporadically throughout the city, but improved as the day wore on. Meteorologists continue to anticipate further rain over [...]
2007-02-06 08:06:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC AMGT CASC PGOV ID
07JAKARTA313AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES STRATEGIES WITH ACEH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Aceh Governor-Elect and former leader of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) Irwandi Yusuf met with the Ambassador on February 5, three days before Irwandi's inauguration, to discuss strategies for the new administration. The discussion focused largely on economic development, with the [...]
2007-02-06 09:18:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EINV EAID ID
07JAKARTA3145INDONESIA'S NATIONAL LEGISLATURE WORKS TO STRENGTHEN U.S. CAUCUS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) has moved quickly in recent months to invigorate its U.S. Caucus. Membership in the Caucus has swollen to over 50 representatives and contains some of the most influential members of the DPR, including the Speaker. Mission has supp [...]
2007-11-13 09:48:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PGOV ID
07JAKARTA3160RESOURCE NATIONALISM IN INDONESIA
[...] (C) Summary. Indonesia has a long history of tension between economic nationalists and those who welcome foreign investment. However, our contacts report no upsurge in resource nationalism-inspired actions. Indeed, the increase in resource nationalism described in ref A has benefited Indone [...]
2007-11-14 10:54:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALEPET EINV PREL PGOV ID
07JAKARTA3180NATIONAL LEGISLATURE FLEXES MUSCLES ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's national legislature (DPR) is pressing the GOI to explain several of its recent ambassadorial nominees. Legislators are--in particular--criticizing picks for Kuala Lumpur, London and New Delhi, asserting that they are either not competent or are corrupt. The Chair [...]
2007-11-16 07:34:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL PREL ID
07JAKARTA3199DEFENSE COOPERATION -- INDONESIAN MILITARY WANTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior Indonesian defense officials have expressed broad support for moving forward on cooperation with the U.S. Their near-term objectives are practical and tied to Indonesia's immediate need to rebuild its military capabilities after more than a decade of sanctions. Primary a [...]
2007-11-19 10:05:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS PGOV ID
07JAKARTA3204IAEA: PRESSING INDONESIA ON NEED FOR FULL IRANIAN
[...] (SBU) On November 20, Pol/C reviewed reftel points with Albert Matondang, a senior official at the Coordinating Ministry for Political, Security and Legal Affairs. On November 19, Pol/C also delivered points to Trini Gunarti, Deputy Director for North American Affairs at the Department of For [...]
2007-11-20 04:04:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC KNNP PARM IR ID
07JAKARTA3230UNGA -- PRESSING GOI ON ANTI-ISRAEL RESOLUTIONS
[...] (C) Pol/C reviewed reftel points with the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU),November 23. Pol/C firmly underscored to Andi Rachmianto--the Deputy Director of DEPLU's UN and International Security Affairs Office--that the annual cascade of Israel-related resolutions are thoroughly unbalan [...]
2007-11-23 06:16:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA ID IS
07JAKARTA3260U.S.-IRAQ BILATERAL DECLARATION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-27 11:25:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR IZ ID
07JAKARTA3273CENTRAL JAVA -- OUTREACH IN KEY REGION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Pol/C visited Semarang, the capital of Central Java, November 27-28. Pol/C--in a public outreach event--underscored the close links shared by the U.S. and Indonesia to a large, friendly group of university students. Pol/C met Central Java's Governor, who discussed the province' [...]
2007-11-29 09:35:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO PTER ID AS
07JAKARTA3278"Cooking the Climate" or Cooking the Books? Greenpeace's
[...] (U) Summary: In a recently released report, "How the Palm Oil Industry is Cooking the Climate," Greenpeace blames American and European companies for the destruction of Indonesia's forests and peat swamps. If this destruction continues unabated, Greenpeace writes, vast amounts of carbon will be [...]
2007-11-30 02:50:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC EAGR PGOV PREL SENV SOCI ID
07JAKARTA3298PAPUA -- U.S. REPRESENTATIVE'S VISIT
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Congressman Faleomavaega--accompanied by the Ambassador--visited Papua, November 26-28. He met a wide range of government officials and civil society figures in Biak and Manokwari, and toured [...]
2007-12-03 10:14:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINS EMIN ENRG ID
07JAKARTA3306IRAN -- REVIEWING U.S. INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE WITH
[...] (C) Pol/C reviewed Ref B points with the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs' Office of International Security Affairs and also with the North America Office. Mission also provided the points to Albert Matondang, a Deputy for international issues in the Coordinating Ministry for Politica [...]
2007-12-04 05:40:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC KNNP PARM IR ID
07JAKARTA3334IRAN -- ENGAGING INDONESIA ON U.S. FINDINGS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Based on our soundings, the Indonesian government does not plan to react publicly at this point to recent U.S. intelligence findings about Iran's nuclear program. The GOI continues to support diplomatic engagement on outstanding nuclear issues. A legislator told us that he welc [...]
2007-12-06 10:45:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC KNNP PARM IR ID
07JAKARTA3343UNGA PLENARY -- PRESSING FOR INDONESIAN SUPPORT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Pol/C reviewed points re upcoming UNGA human rights-related resolutions with GOI contacts. They did not make specific commitments, but noted that the Indonesian Mission in New York will have a great deal of influence on how the GOI ultimately votes. While Mission continues to r [...]
2007-12-07 08:20:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA ID BM BO IR KN
07JAKARTA33592007 CHILD LABOR UPDATE FOR INDONESIA
[...] SUMMARY. The GOI has a strong legal framework to prevent the Worst Form of Child Labor. Implementation of these safeguards is lacking but improving. Passage of a robust anti-trafficking law in 2007 represented a step forward. Issues that need to be addressed include: child exploitation in [...]
2007-12-10 10:38:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ELAB PREL PHUM ID
07JAKARTA3363INDONESIA -- SENATOR KERRY DISCUSSES BURMA WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Senator Kerry expressed concern about the Burmese situation in a meeting with President Yudhoyono on December 10. Yudhoyono noted that he was also concerned and had urged the regime to take needed steps, but ASEAN had limited influence and needed U.S. help to push China and Indi [...]
2007-12-11 08:18:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ID BM CH IN
07JAKARTA3390ISRAEL -- VISIT BY INDONESIAN MUSLIM SCHOLARS
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The visit of five moderate Indonesian Muslim leaders to Israel December 2-8 has created small ripples of criticism in Indonesia, with a few officials and religious leaders quietly criticizing the visit. T [...]
2007-12-13 08:06:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KISL ID IS XF
07JAKARTA3479U.S. ELECTIONS -- OUTREACH TO ISLAMIC STUDENTS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: A group of approximately 45 students gathered at Pol/C's residence on December 27 for a forum devoted to the 2008 U.S. elections. Pol/C reviewed the presidential election process, while U.S. Library of Congress (LOC) Director discussed Congressional and gubernatorial races. Th [...]
2007-12-28 06:22:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PINS KPAO ID
07JAKARTA390USITC ANTIDUMPING INVESTIGATION ON POLYESTER STAPLE FIBER
[...] Summary: This cable responds to reftel request for Indonesia industry-wide information related to certain polyester staple fiber. End Summary. 2. Post obtained information and data contained in para 4 through the Indonesian Synthetic Fiber Production Association (ISFPA) and through pub [...]
2007-02-14 01:17:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON ID
07JAKARTA403EMBASSY JAKARTA'S NOMINATIONS FOR SECRETARY OF STATE'S
[...] (U) Embassy Jakarta is pleased to nominate two outstanding candidates for the Secretary of State's Award for International Women of Courage. Our two candidates are: --Suciwati Munir, widow of prominent human rights worker Munir Thalib and a courageous human rights activist who has turned her [...]
2007-02-14 09:16:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PHUM PREL KPAO
07JAKARTA427AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON VP KALLA
[...] (C) During a Feb. 15 farewell call, the Ambassador congratulated Vice-President Kalla on the successful election process in Aceh; expressed support for government efforts to control violence in Sulawesi; urged the GOI to open Papua to foreign visitors; raised plans to increase USG technical a [...]
2007-02-16 05:23:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ECON EPET PINS ABLD ID
07JAKARTA474AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO
[...] (C) During a Feb. 16 farewell call on President Yudhoyono (SBY),Amb. Pascoe raised conditions in Papua and explained U.S. plans to help build capacity there. SBY said the national cabinet and the two provincial governors have agreed on a development strategy. SBY endorsed the provision of [...]
2007-02-22 07:46:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPREL PGOV ABLD PHUM ID
07JAKARTA588Peace Concert Shows that the Acehnese are Putting the Past
[...] (U) Summary: In Central Aceh, a remote district which was formerly the scene of some of the Aceh conflict's worst violence and which is still sees relatively little NGO activity, the people have put the past behind them and are looking to agriculture for prosperity. Syariah Islam and the relig [...]
2007-03-01 10:01:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINS SOCI KDEM ASEC ID
07JAKARTA590 INDONESIA ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP)
[...] (SBU) Indonesia remained a major sending country for international trafficking in persons (TIP) and faced a very significant internal trafficking problem. Indonesia was also a receiving country for trafficked prostitutes, though their numbers were very small relative to Indonesian victims. [...]
2007-03-01 10:06:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
07JAKARTA597Newmont Trial Update; Visit to Buyat Bay
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Newmont trial continues to inch towards a conclusion within the next two months. The prosecution's February 23 response to the defense's final arguments yielded no significant new twists or surprises. After the court proceedings, we visited and dived on Buyat Bay and found [...]
2007-03-02 04:09:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV PGOV ID
07JAKARTA672 INDONESIA ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP)
[...] (SBU) Indonesia remained a major sending country for international trafficking in persons (TIP) and faced a very significant internal trafficking problem. Indonesia was also a receiving country for trafficked prostitutes, though their numbers were very small relative t Indonesian victims. Th [...]
2007-03-08 10:08:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
07JAKARTA698 INDONESIA ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP)
[...] (SBU) Indonesia remained a major sending country for international trafficking in persons (TIP) and faced a very significant internal trafficking problem. Indonesia was also a receiving country for trafficked prostitutes, though their numbers were very small relative to Indonesian victims. [...]
2007-03-12 02:05:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
07JAKARTA699 INDONESIA ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP)
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-12 02:05:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
07JAKARTA700 INDONESIA ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP)
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-12 02:05:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
07JAKARTA701 INDONESIA ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP)
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-12 02:06:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
07JAKARTA727DAS JOHN ENGAGES PARLIAMENTARIANS AND GOI ON BURMA
[...] (C) During a March 6-10 visit to Jakarta, EAP DAS Eric John discussed Burma with members of the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) Caucus on Burma and, in a separate meeting, with GOI Secretary General for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Imron Cotan. DAS John emphasized that Indonesia' [...]
2007-03-14 00:05:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KISL UNSC BM ID
07JAKARTA738KOSOVO NEXT STEPS
[...] (C) PolCouns met March 14 with Department of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director for Disarmament and International Security Mohammad Hery Saripudin to follow-up the ref B demarche made by the Charge and deliver the points contained in ref. A. Saripudin attempted to explain away some of the press [...]
2007-03-14 08:29:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ID
07JAKARTA740CDA COURTESY CALL ON NEW SAUDI AMBASSADOR TO
[...] (C) Summary. On March 13, the CDA made a courtesy call on the new Saudi ambassador to Indonesia, Abdulrahman Mohammed Amen A. Alkhayyat. The Ambassador told us that the Saudi Embassy engages with the GOI primarily on labor and religious pilgrimage issues. When asked for his opinion of Indo [...]
2007-03-14 23:43:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KISL ID
07JAKARTA766INDONESIA ESTH HIGHLIGHTS - FEBRUARY 2007
[...] Summary: On February 1, "Eyes on the Forest", a coalition of three non-governmental organizations (NGOs),protested a Government of Indonesia (GOI) plan to auction 130,000 hectares of former concession areas in Riau and Jambi for plantation use. On February 13-16, the Indonesian Ministries of [...]
2007-03-16 09:07:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TPHY TBIO TRGY ENRG ID
07JAKARTA767THE SECRETARY,S MARCH 22 MEETING WITH INDONESIAN
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Wirajuda appreciates the Secretary's invitation to meet with her in Washington and looks forward to the opportunity to exchange views on the Middle East and UNSC issues. FM Wirajuda is the GOI point man behind Indonesia's recent activism on Israel-Palestinian issues and S [...]
2007-03-16 09:14:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS MARR ID
07JAKARTA768UNSC/IRAN: INDONESIA WANTS MORE TIME ON UNSC ACTION
[...] (C) Summary. On March 16, Charge and PolCouns pressed several Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs officials and advisors to President Yudhoyono to support the P-5 UNSC resolution on Iran (reftels). Foreign Minister Wirajuda, who is currently traveling in Europe, will ultimately decide th [...]
2007-03-16 09:30:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC IR ID
07JAKARTA853THE PEACE CORPS AND INDONESIA
[...] (SBU) Mr. Director, I wanted to thank your personally for sending an excellent Peace Corps Assessment team to Indonesia on short notice. The Embassy staff, a number of whom are former Peace Corps volunteers, set up an outstanding program for the team, with visits to a range of potential Peace [...]
2007-03-23 09:00:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID
07JAKARTA882WEST JAVA'S GREEN UNIVERSITIES: ISLAM ON CAMPUS
[...] (C) Summary. On February 28-March 1, poloffs traveled to Bandung, West Java, the wellspring of Indonesia's hard-line "tarbiyah" student movement, which is modeled after the Muslim Brotherhood and originated there in the 1970s. The development of the tarbiyah movement arguably brought about a [...]
2007-03-27 07:17:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KISL PREL SOCI ID
07JAKARTA897JAKARTA HIGH COURT UPHOLDS VERDICTS IN TIMIKA CASE
[...] (SBU) On March 7, the Jakarta High Court announced that it had upheld the Central Jakarta District Court's guilty verdicts (reftel) of Anthonius Wamang and his co-conspirators Agustinus Anggaibak (AKA Johnny Kasomol),Yulianus Deikme, Ishak Onawatme, Esau Onawatme, and Yairus Kiwak in connectio [...]
2007-03-28 09:14:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS PHUM ID
07JAKARTA906JAKARTA: EAC MEETING, MARCH 29, 2007
[...] (C) Summary: The Embassy held an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on March 29, 2007, to discuss the issues of airline safety in Indonesia and the recent arrest of 8 Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) members in East Java. The CG and ECONCOUNS discussed a recent media release by the Indonesian Dire [...]
2007-03-29 06:26:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPTER CASC AEMR ASEC PGOV EAIR ID
07JAKARTA947INDONESIAN DEFENSE MINISTER PLANS WASHINGTON VISIT
[...] (SBU) On April 2, we received the following letter dated March 28, 2007 from Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono: The Honorable John Heffern Charge d'Affaires/Deputy Ambassador Embassy of the United States of America Medan Merdeka Selatan 3-4 Jakarta 10110 Dear Deputy Ambassador: I am [...]
2007-04-02 07:53:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR PGOV ID
07JAKARTA972HEAT STILL ON PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO FOLLOWING IRAN
[...] (C) A number of members of the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) from across party lines, including the Speaker himself, continued their vocal assault on Indonesia's decision to vote for UNSCR 1747. Despite the heated rhetoric and highly public critique of the administration's decision [...]
2007-04-04 10:41:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPREL PGOV UNSC IR ID
07JAKARTA990INDONESIA - NOTIFICATION OF FAA DOWNGRADE
[...] This is an action request - see para 9 2. (SBU) Summary. On April 4, The Charge informed Minister of Transportation M. Hatta Rajasa of the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) decision to downgrade Indonesia's safety oversight category to Category Two (reftel). Rajasa made few comments [...]
2007-04-05 08:59:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON ETRD ID
07JAKARTA994ASSESSMENT OF INDONESIA'S POSITION ON KOSOVO
[...] (C) Summary: Indonesia will resist taking a clear position on the Ahtisaari proposal for Kosovo until the last minute and will look for UNSC consensus and a solution agreed by both Serbia and Kosovo. We see little prospect for Indonesian leadership on Kosovo, nor even tacit support for Kosov [...]
2007-04-09 10:33:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC KPAO UNMIK PGOV YI EU ID
07JEDDAH481VISIT OF STAS FEDEROFF TO KAUST GROUNDBREAKING
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Science and Technology Adviser to the Secretary attended the groundbreaking ceremony of the King SIPDIS Abdullah University for Science and Technology on October 21. The university is part of a development plan to also include a Petroleum Complex and King Abdullah Economic C [...]
2007-11-24 06:15:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON TNGD TPHY KISL SA
07JEDDAH512ABHA 2030: ASIR DEPUTY GOV DISCUSSES REFORMS,
[...] (S) SUMMARY: While in Abha to open the American Culture and Commerce Festival organized by Consulate General Jeddah, the CG met with the Deputy Governor (DG) of Asir to discuss the status of ongoing reforms in the province. These reforms, collectively known as "Abha 2030," include modernizing [...]
2007-12-15 18:27:00Consulate JeddahSECRETECON EIND ELAB SCUL SOCI
07JERUSALEM1254BIOGRAPHIES OF NEW PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY CABINET
[...] (SBU) Biographies of new Palestinian Authority (PA) Cabinet members are listed starting in para. 2. According to PM Salam Fayyad, this government will likely be expanded in the next 30 days to include more ministers from Gaza and to reduce the number of ministers responsible for multiple por [...]
2007-06-18 15:20:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV KWBG IS KPAL PREL PINR
07JERUSALEM1279CONSUL GENERAL MEETS NEW PA MINISTERS; NEW
[...] (C) Summary: Consul General and USAID West Bank/Gaza Mission Director met June 19 with two newly-appointed Palestinian Authority (PA) Cabinet members, explaining to them that the USG is resuming broad-based assistance and suggesting that discussions and planning on best use of this assistanc [...]
2007-06-21 04:41:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL
07JERUSALEM1296GAZA HOSPITALS STRUGGLE TO SERVE PUBLIC; JORDAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Critical health care assistance is being supplied to Gaza hospitals, including a truck load of dialysis equipment funded by USAID. ICRC and other international organizations have resumed their work in Gaza. Twenty-one truck loads of food aid were shipped into Gaza June 21. [...]
2007-06-22 11:01:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM
07JERUSALEM1575OPIC-BACKED LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM LAUNCHED
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC),the Aspen Institute, and the Palestine Investment Fund (PIF) signed a loan guarantee agreement on July 25 that will leverage up to USD 228 million in loans to small and medium-size Palestinian enterprises (SMEs). The agreeme [...]
2007-07-30 07:00:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ETRD KWBG
07JERUSALEM1653FAYYAD SEEKS AN "IMPRESSIVE" AID PACKAGE FROM
[...] (C) Summary. Palestinian PM Salam Fayyad told CODEL Lantos August 7 that an immediate and "impressive" aid package for the PA will send an important message of political support and focus the attention of Palestinians and people throughout the region. He called the present PA government the [...]
2007-08-09 15:01:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALIS KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL EAID
07JERUSALEM1795FAYYAD SAYS TERROR LITIGATION POSES "EXISTENTIAL
[...] (C) Summary. Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Salam Fayyad told a visiting interagency team that the suits brought against the PA in the U.S. and Israel pose an "existential threat" to the Palestinian cause. Fayyad urged the State Department to provide a Statement of Interest in supp [...]
2007-08-27 10:09:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALEFIN EAID ECON KWBG IS PTER KPAL EINV
07JERUSALEM1802UNGA ATTENDANCE FROM THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY
[...] (U) In response to reftel action request, information regarding Palestinian Authority (PA) attendance at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) meeting follows. A. (U) Attendance of the Head of State: PA President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) will attend the UNGA meetings. Post does not [...]
2007-08-27 12:40:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDKWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS KDEM
07JERUSALEM1829BEIT JALA RESIDENTS CONCERNED ABOUT ROUTE OF
[...] (C) Summary. On August 21, Poloffs saw workers along Route 60 continuing construction of the security barrier around Beit Jala, south of Jerusalem, which Beit Jala mayor Raji Zeidan said will separate his town from nearly fifty percent of its total land, once completed. Mayor Zeidan and mun [...]
2007-08-29 16:27:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM1851REPORT ON SUPPORTING DEMOCRATIC REFORM AND THE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Post is supporting democratic reform in the West Bank and Gaza and expansion of Palestinians, personal freedoms through a daily policy dialogue with the Palestinian Authority (PA),programmatic support to Palestinian civil society, and a concerted media campaign. This report of [...]
2007-08-31 14:03:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDKWBG PGOV PREL KDEM KMPI KPAO IS
07JERUSALEM1918SHILO, OFRA ARE NUCLEI FOR ILLEGAL OUTPOSTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff visited Shilo and Ofrah, two major settlements north of Ramallah on August 31. Surrounding outposts included Amona, where the GoI destroyed nine permanent structures in February 2006 and where there are now over fifty caravans. There are clusters of caravans on most hill [...]
2007-09-11 15:52:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM193640,000 ULTRA ORTHODOX SETTLERS NOW IN MODIIN ILLIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Founded only thirteen years ago, the ultra-orthodox settlement bloc of Modiin Illit now has 40,000 inhabitants, according to Mayor Yakov Gutterman. The residents of this settlement east of the green line and west of the separation barrier are motivated primarily by economic and [...]
2007-09-12 14:12:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM1952SETTLERS LEVERAGE CHRISTIAN SUPPORT FOR THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff visited the northern West Bank settlement of Karnei Shomron on 15 August to meet with Sondra Oster Baras, the Jewish director of the Israel office of Christian Friends of Israeli Communities (CFOIC). Baras is a well-known settler activist and Amcit who, in her words, work [...]
2007-09-19 08:42:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM1965HEBRON: 450 SETTLERS IN THE CENTER OF A
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Hebron settler spokesman David Wilder led Poloff on a September 7 three hour tour of downtown Hebron. Hebron's 450 settlers (plus 250 yeshiva or religious school students) are known for their disruptive presence in the center of a large Palestinian city. Wilder told PolOff that [...]
2007-09-20 07:51:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL ASEC IS
07JERUSALEM2060MAALE ADUMIM MAYOR: NEXT PHASE OF E-1 CONSTRUCTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Maale Adumim Mayor Benny Kashriel told Poloffs September 25 that the E-1 police station is "finished, except for the road" and the next step is to construct 1200 housing units. Kashriel said he is frustrated with American resistance to the expansion of Maale Adumim into E-1 an [...]
2007-10-02 13:06:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2100SETTLERS AND ACTIVISTS ENGAGE IN TIT FOR TAT AT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 25 Poloff visited the Susiya settlement in the Southern Hebron Hills. Susiya is small, but known for its extremism (and proximity to the Hebron settlers). Susiya settlers have claimed five nearby hilltops since 2001 and have difficult, even violent relations with [...]
2007-10-09 11:47:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2342QUARTET ENVOYS MEETING: SUPPORT FOR ANNAPOLIS
[...] (C) Summary. Quartet envoys expressed support November 1 for the Annapolis meeting and agreed to meet before it takes place. Envoys discussed rallying Arab support for the meeting. A/S Welch stressed that that meeting will not be an "end in itself," but rather a catalyst for negotiations. [...]
2007-11-09 11:01:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2347NABLUS OPERATIONS NOVEMBER 9: PASF SEIZE ILLEGAL
[...] (C) Summary. National Security Forces (NSF) soldiers are operating checkpoints and mobile patrols throughout Nablus November 9, and Friday prayers proceeded without incident. The security situation is quiet as of 1630 local. PA police and intelligence units report seizing several weapons in [...]
2007-11-09 16:15:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PINS IS PGOV PTER
07JERUSALEM2374SENIOR PA OFFICIALS COMMENT ON ANNAPOLIS MEETING
[...] (C) Summary. In November 13 meetings with PolChief, senior PA officials, Minister of Local Government Ziad al-Bandak, Chief Justice Issa Abu Sharar, and Minister of Prisoners' Affairs Ashraf al-Ajrami offered support for the Annapolis meeting, but said the USG must push the GoI for changes o [...]
2007-11-15 14:43:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2458GUSH ETZION LEADERSHIP: ANNAPOLIS "INSANE"
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Gush Etzion Regional Council chairman Shaul Goldstein told PolOff November 28 that USG efforts toward a two-state solution are "insane" and will result only in increased terrorism. He blamed PM Olmert and DefMin Barak for the language in President Bush's speech on settlement gro [...]
2007-11-30 10:32:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2463HEBRON HILLS SETTLERS: STOPPING GROWTH "IMPOSSIBLE"
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff met with Hebron Hills Regional Council chairman Zviki Bar Hai at Otniel settlement November 27. Bar Hai told PolOff the USG cannot understand the importance of a Jewish presence in the West Bank and that it is "impossible" to stop settlement growth. Bar Hai dismissed US [...]
2007-11-30 14:56:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2527SECRETARY ALBRIGHT MEETS WITH PALESTINIANS
[...] (C) Summary. PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) told former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright December 6 that the Annapolis conference was a "big success" and that permanent status negotiations, which are scheduled to start December 12, and the December 16 Paris Donors' Conference wi [...]
2007-12-10 14:58:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2628PA ARRESTS SUSPECTS IN KILLING OF OFF-DUTY IDF
[...] (C) Summary. PM Salam Fayyad and PA General Intelligence (Mukhabarat) have confirmed that PA security officers arrested two suspects in the killing of two off-duty IDF soldiers outside Hebron on December 28 and will prosecute them. PA security officials say the suspects will be moved to Jer [...]
2007-12-31 14:46:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PINS IS PTER PGOV
07JERUSALEM718EASTER BRINGS FEW PALESTINIAN PILGRIMS TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: Pilgrims crowded Jerusalem's Old City for Easter in 2007, with approximately 85 percent coming from abroad, and the rest from within Israel. Despite GOI assurances that more generous access would be provided to Palestinian pilgrims for the holiday, very few Palestinian Christ [...]
2007-04-20 14:54:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDECON EIND PREL KWBG
07JERUSALEM833VIGILANTES TARGET GAZA BUSINESSES/INSTITUTIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary. According to Palestinian media and security sources, militants in Gaza have damaged or destroyed at least five internet cafes, two music shops, one bookstore, and three other businesses, and attacked two schools in recent weeks. In most instances, an Islamist group or groups [...]
2007-05-08 13:17:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG IS KPAL PGOV PTER
07JERUSALEM895PALESTINIAN STOCK EXCHANCE SLIDES; LOOKS TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: Lowered investor expectations following the formation of the PA national unity government have caused the Al-Quds Index of the Palestinian Securities Exchange (PSE) to decline to its lowest level in nine months, closing at 492.76 points on May 15, down from a nine-month high of [...]
2007-05-16 09:23:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN KWBG
07JERUSALEM928MAJOR HEALTH CARE FACILITIES OPEN
[...] (SBU) The American Director of the American Near East Refugee Aid (ANERA) reported to Econoff that ANERA's Gaza office was damaged May 17 by an IAF missile strike on a Gaza City "Executive Force" headquarters (ref B),which took place an estimated 50 meters away. He said that none of ANERA's [...]
2007-05-18 14:24:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PHUM ENRG ETRD EAID KWBG
07JOHANNESBURG230THANKS, BUT NO THANKS--SOME POTENTIAL SOUTH AFRICAN PARTNERS
[...] Summary: Three times in as many weeks, potential PAS partners have reversed course and decided not to accept PAS grants or offers. Though some of our partners were somewhat circumspect and only hinted that this was because of an official disapproval of US foreign policy, one union contact sch [...]
2007-08-03 13:04:00Consulate JohannesburgUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINR PTER PGOV SCUL KPAO SF
07JOHANNESBURG302SOUTH AFRICA: OPINIONS ON CHINA
[...] Summary: Consul General recently received his counterpart, newly-arrived Chinese Consul General FANG Li, and discussed US-China cooperation under the Strategic Economic Dialogue, as well as preparations for South Africa's hosting of the 2010 World Cup Soccer. An October 18 discussion on Ch [...]
2007-10-24 08:37:00Consulate JohannesburgUNCLASSIFIEDECON PREL ELAB SF CH
07JOHANNESBURG35SOUTH AFRICA: MINERALS AND ENERGY NEWSLETTER "THE ASSAY" --
[...] (U) Introduction: The purpose of this monthly newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chrom [...]
2007-02-02 14:47:00Consulate JohannesburgUNCLASSIFIEDEMIN ENRG EINV ECON SF
07JOHANNESBURG3732South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" -
[...] (U) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, zin [...]
2007-10-24 07:16:00Consulate JohannesburgUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
07JOHANNESBURG3738South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" -
[...] (U) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, zin [...]
2007-10-24 09:51:00Consulate JohannesburgUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
07KABUL1017STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP PLENARY LOOKS TO ENERGIZE
[...] (C) The U.S. delegation led by Under Secretary of Defense Edelman and Assistant Secretary Boucher joined its Afghan counterpart for a Plenary Meeting in Kabul on March 13 to reaffirm the importance of the Afghan-U.S. Strategic Partnership. The Prosperity session focused attention on the loomi [...]
2007-03-27 13:37:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL1093INTERVIEW WITH BAGRAM DETAINEE AHEAD OF POTENTIAL
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph seven. 2. (S/NF) Post scheduled our Refugee Coordinator to interview Bagram Theater Internment Facility (BTIF) detainee Abdul Aziz Rashid Al Muteri (US9SA-001816DP) on March 24. As requested in reftel, Refugee Coordinator consulted bef [...]
2007-04-03 14:30:00Embassy KabulSECRET//NOFORNMARR KAWC PINS PREL PTER AF SA
07KABUL1167FM SPANTA'S SENIOR POLICY ADVISOR ON IRAN
[...] (C) Afghanistan is acutely aware of U.S. concerns over Iran's nuclear program and will study U.S. non-paper and UNSCR 1747. Foreign Minister Spanta's Senior Policy Advisor, Davood Moradian, expressed to Embassy April 4 concerns over the formation of both the National Unity Council and Nationa [...]
2007-04-09 14:58:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALASEC MARR PGOV PREL PTER AF IR RU
07KABUL1172SUBJECT: Afghanistan: Aynak Copper Deposit: A Test Case for
[...] (SBU) The large Aynak copper deposit has the potential to generate the first significant, long-term international investment in Afghanistan. Nine companies, including the American firm Phelps Dodge, are in the fray in a competitive bidding process. The bids are due on May 15 and will be foll [...]
2007-04-10 07:21:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEMIN ECON ENRG EFIN ETRD ELTN PGOV AF
07KABUL1173Afghanistan: Aynak Copper Deposit: Request For World Bank
[...] (U) This is an action request message - see para 5. 2. (SBU) Septel reported on the status of the competitive bidding process for the Aynak copper deposit. It also highlighted how important it is that the GOA gets this right. If the process stalls, there is any hint of non-transparent [...]
2007-04-10 07:21:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEMIN ECON ENRG EFIN ETRD ELTN PGOV AF
07KABUL1190IRAN AND FORMER-SOVIET STATES VIE FOR INFLUENCE IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Several sources within the GOA and media community have pointed out increasing efforts by Iran, Russia and former-Soviet Central Asian states to gain influence in the Afghan media. Minister of Information Abdul Karim Khoram has described Afghan culture as "under assault" from Ira [...]
2007-04-10 13:33:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM AF IR
07KABUL1206 Afghanistan Energy: Letter From Ministers of Finance and
[...] (U) On April 4, Embassy received para 4 letter from Minister of Finance Dr. Anwar Ul-Haq Ahady and Minister of Economy Dr. Mohammad Jalil Shams regarding energy sector commitments the GOA is prepared to make. The Ahady/Shams letter is in response to the Ambassador's March 29 letter offering US [...]
2007-04-11 11:50:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENGR EAID ECON ETRD KPWR PGOV AF
07KABUL1327FM SPANTA'S VISIT TO IRAN: CONCERNS AMIDST
[...] (C) During wide-ranging meetings in Iran April 10-12, Afghan Foreign Minister Spanta deflected Iranian pressure for an agreement on water rights surrounding the Harirud River and Salma Dam project, pressed Iran to stop supporting the National Front, and declined (again) an Iranian offer to con [...]
2007-04-18 11:06:00Embassy KabulSECRETPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF IR
07KABUL1340NEW H5N1 OUTBREAK IN KABUL
[...] Three positive cases of Type A, H5N1 avian influenza in birds were found in the Karte Char and Karte Seh areas of Kabul City on April 17, 2007 and were confirmed by laboratory diagnosis at the Central Veterinary Diagnostic and Research Laboratories in Kabul. A total of eight birds were tested. [...]
2007-04-19 06:34:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU SOCI ECON CASC AF
07KABUL1394THE NATIONAL FRONT: POLITICAL FLAME OR SPUTTERING
[...] (C) Officially launched with great fanfare on April 3, the United Front may already be losing momentum as a political movement. Several Afghan VIPs who were reputedly members have turned out to not be officially in the group after all, although they may just be bending with the wind and waiting [...]
2007-04-24 05:22:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR AF
07KABUL1468Afghanistan: Aynak Copper Deposit -- Phelps Dodge Considers
[...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request. The competitive bidding process for the Aynak copper deposit is moving forward. Over the last two weeks, the GOA hosted all nine short-listed prospective bidders, including the US natural resources company Phelps Dodge, to do rounds of GOA Ministries, review [...]
2007-05-01 06:27:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEMIN ECON ENRG EINV BEXP ELTN PGOV AF
07KABUL1478PRT JALALABAD: FALLOUT FROM MILITARY OPERATION IN NANGARHAR;
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On the night of April 28, coalition and Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) conducted an operation against a suicide bomb cell in the vicinity of Bati Kot, about 20 miles southeast of Jalalabad. In the course of the operation, four insurgents as well as a woman and teenage gir [...]
2007-05-02 10:51:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALMCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL1525AFGHANISTAN: OPIC VISIT BOOSTS INVESTMENT AND SECURES
[...] (SBU) OPIC President and CEO Robert Mosbacher came to Kabul on 21 April to accompany Dole CEO David Murdock and to examine potential investments in Afghanistan. The visit coincided with the first, US-assisted Afghan AgFair for agricultural buyers. When Mosbacher left on 23 April, he had not on [...]
2007-05-05 11:38:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV EFIN ENRG ETRD BEXP AF
07KABUL1630Supporting USGS Activities in Afghanistan
[...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: The Embassy has received two letters from President Karzai's senior staff requesting that a specific USGS official be appointed Senior Advisor to the Office of the President. Due to conflict of interest, perceived transparency, and Chief of Mission authority [...]
2007-05-15 11:51:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEMIN ECON ENRG PGOV AMGT AF
07KABUL1749COUNSELOR COHEN DISCUSSES AFGHAN SECURITY WITH
[...] (C) Counselor Cohen reviewed Afghanistan,s internal and external security situation in recQt meetings with Minister of Defense Wardak and Minister of Interior Zarar Moqbel. Wardak emphasized the need for a larger, more capable, and better equipped Afghan National Army. According to his calc [...]
2007-05-25 11:48:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR NATO AF
07KABUL178BOUCHER SEES COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY WORKING IN
[...] (U) During his January 10 visit to Panjshir Valley, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher heard an extensive analysis of the province from its Governor, Haji Bahlul. The Governor portrayed Panjshir as free of terrorist activity, official corruption and popp [...]
2007-01-20 05:38:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL201COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO APHSCT TOWNSEND
[...] (C) U.S. Embassy welcomes the visit of Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism (APHSCT) Frances Fragos Townsend and grants country clearance for her visit February 8-9, 2007. Country Clearance is also granted to members of the APHSCT Townsend delegation: Michele [...]
2007-01-22 06:28:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALAMGT ECON POL INTEL AF
07KABUL2071RECONSTRUCTING AFGHANISTAN - USG PROCUREMENT AS DEMAND
[...] (SBU) Beginning with Combined Forces Command-Afghanistan's (CFC-A) landmark Afghan First initiative, local procurement of goods and services by the U.S. and NATO military establishments and the international community is growing. It needs to grow more. An April 2007 study estimates that of th [...]
2007-06-27 12:46:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR EIND ETRD EINV EAID MOPS AF
07KABUL2244PRT GHAZNI: SECURITY, POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ghazni province is split between the "have's" (Hazara districts in the north/west) and the "have-not's" (Pashtun districts in the south/east). In April 2007 a serious insurgent threat in the Pashtun districts brought reconstruction to a standstill in both areas, heightening anx [...]
2007-07-12 13:14:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL2361DEATH OF MOHAMMAD ZAHIR SHAH - FORMER AFGHAN KING
[...] (U) Summary: The Presidential Palace announced on Monday, July 23, that Mohammad Zahir Shah, the former King of Afghanistan has died. The funeral and burial ceremonies have been scheduled for Tuesday, July 24 from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm. Ambassador Wood will represent the USG at the funeral an [...]
2007-07-23 14:24:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV AF
07KABUL2465KHOST GOVERNOR PRAISES COALITION/AFGHAN
[...] (C) The Ambassador met with Khost Governor Arsala Jamal in Kabul on July 19. Governor Jamal praised the strong coordination between Coalition Forces (CF) and Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF). He also positively assessed his partnership with the PRT. He encouraged more U.S. investment i [...]
2007-07-31 11:37:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALEAID KDEM PGOV AF
07KABUL260KARZAI TELLS SENATOR BROWNBACK IRAN SHOULD IMPROVE
[...] (C) During a January 8 meeting with Senator Brownback, President Karzai was critical of Iranian policy toward the U.S. He reported on his recent meeting with the Iranian Foreign Minister where he called on Iran to improve relations with the U.S. He argued that normalized U.S.-Iran relations [...]
2007-01-25 11:53:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF IR
07KABUL2649PRT HERAT: SIX MONTH REPORT ON SECURITY,
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The mood in Herat Province has soured due to deterioration of the security and economic environment. A wave of murders and the presence of illegal armed groups with connections to old warlords has undermined confidence in the government. Unemployment has increased due to the [...]
2007-08-09 15:48:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV ECON PTER SOCI EAID MARR IR AF
07KABUL2910DAI KUNDI GOVERNOR CONCERNED ABOUT IRANIAN INFLUENCE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Bamyan PRT officer, Dai Kundi Governor Sultan Ali Oruzgani appealed, on behalf of the people of Dai Kundi, for the U.S. to place a PRT in his province. Governor Oruzgani also expressed concern over increasing Iranian religious influence in mosques in Dai Kundi [...]
2007-09-03 05:50:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV AF
07KABUL2968SCENE-SETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE'S
[...] (C) We welcome your first visit as Deputy Secretary to Afghanistan, which comes at an opportune time to advance our effort to establish a self-sustaining multi-channel dialogue between Afghanistan and Pakistan. The inauguration in Jalalabad of a discreet communications channel between the nat [...]
2007-09-05 14:43:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV MARR PREL SNAR PTER ECON EAIDCIN AF
07KABUL307PRT KANDAHAR: CANADIAN PRT GAINING CAPABILITIES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Along with the deployment of ground forces in the province, Canada took over Kandahar PRT (KPRT) in August of 2005. KPRT has experienced considerable change in its size and organizational structure during the ensuing 18 months. The death of Political Director Glyn Berry in an S [...]
2007-01-31 08:32:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER MARR AF CA
07KABUL3208AFGHANISTAN SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDATE FOR COMMITTEE
[...] (C) Post had delivered request for Afghan support for the U.S. candidate to the Committee Against Torture on August 12 and followed up on September 19. 2. (C) G. Seddiq Rasuli, Deputy Director of the United Nations and International Conferences Department of the MFA told Poloff on Septembe [...]
2007-09-22 12:31:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM AF
07KABUL3656DETAINEES: RUNUP TO FIRST TRIALS AT AFGHAN
[...] (S/NF) Summary/Comment: On October 3, the first 12 detainees transferred to the Afghan National Detention Facility (ANDF) from Bagram Theater Internment Facility (BTIF) in April were arraigned before Afghan judges at the ANDF with defense counsel and the Attorney General's (AG) prosecutor pres [...]
2007-10-26 12:48:00Embassy KabulSECRET//NOFORNKAWC MARR PTER PGOV PINS PREL AF
07KABUL4019DEMARCHE ON U.S.-IRAQI BILATERAL RELATIONS
[...] (C) Per Reftel, on December 05, Post delivered talking points regarding the Declaration of Principles recently signed and long-term goals in Iraq to Aimal Zaman of the Fifth Political Division (U.S., Canada, Latin America, Australia and New Zealand) at the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs. [...]
2007-12-09 13:21:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR MOPS IZ AF
07KABUL4020AFGHANISTAN SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDATE FOR COMMITTEE
[...] (U) On December 07, Post delivered reftel points and materials to the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan regarding the candidacy of Pierre Richard-Prosper to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Committee. On December 08, G. Seddiq Rasuli, D [...]
2007-12-09 13:21:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA AF
07KABUL4140 STILL A HARSH WORLD FOR WOMEN IN WESTERN AFGHANISTAN
[...] (U) Summary. Despite Herat's status as the most modern Afghan city, western Afghanistan remains deeply conservative and women are still forced into arranged marriages, suffer beatings and abuse at the hands of family members, and resort to self-immolation as a means of escaping their plight an [...]
2007-12-18 07:03:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREF PREL PHUM AF
07KABUL4141 STILL A HARSH WORLD FOR WOMEN IN WESTERN AFGHANISTAN
[...] (U) Summary. Despite Herat's status as the most modern Afghan city, western Afghanistan remains deeply conservative and women are still forced into arranged marriages, suffer beatings and abuse at the hands of family members, and resort to self-immolation as a means of escaping their plight an [...]
2007-12-18 07:03:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREF PREL PHUM AF
07KABUL4172COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DR. JONAH BLANK
[...] U.S. Embassy Kabul welcomes the visit of Dr. Jonah Blank, Senate Foreign Relations Staffer and grants country clearance for the period December 29 to January 01, for fact-finding relating to ongoing war issues in Afghanistan. Control officer is Political Officer C John Long, email address lo [...]
2007-12-22 08:35:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC OTRA AF
07KABUL466UPDATE ON AMNESTY RESOLUTION
[...] (U) During a press conference on February 6, Presidential Spokesman Karim Rahimi said that President Karzai may reject the draft resolution on amnesty passed by the Wolesi Jirga (Lower House of Parliament) on January 31. Even if Karzai were to reject the resolution, it could still pass if i [...]
2007-02-10 13:15:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER EAID MARR AF
07KABUL663UPDATE ON THREATS AGAINST MP SHAKILA HASHEMI
[...] (SBU) On February 13, PolOff met with Parliamentarian Shakila Hashemi and discussed the details of her daughter's murder, which occurred on January 3 in the front yard of Hashemi's home. Hashemi thought the bullet was intended for her due to her activities in support of women's rights and t [...]
2007-03-01 03:15:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PRM PHUM AF
07KABUL805SCENESETTER II: US-AFGHAN STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP
[...] (SBU) Reftel reported scenesetter for the March 13 U.S.-Afghan Strategic Partnership Plenary meeting. This message provides points for March 13-14 bilateral meetings in Kabul (in order of the meeting schedule). FOREIGN MINISTER SPANTA ----------------------- 2. (S) Under constant press [...]
2007-03-08 17:40:00Embassy KabulSECRETPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL829SHIA ACTIVIST DESCRIBES IRAN'S EFFORTS TO EXPAND
[...] (C) According to Sayed Jawad Husseini, the leader of a minor political party, "Afghan Youth", Iran is stepping up its efforts to influence the Afghan media, education, and influential Parliamentarians. At least four television stations financed by Iran are scheduled to go on the air in April [...]
2007-03-12 07:22:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER IR AF
07KABUL940PRT/KUNDUZ: SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT ON THE NORTHEAST
[...] (SBU) The situation on the ground in the Northeast region of Afghanistan has not changed appreciably in the past six months. The security situation remains relatively calm, with only occasional criminal or terrorist attacks against local officials and ISAF. The primary threat and cause of ins [...]
2007-03-22 09:02:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PTER EAID ECON MASS SOCI AF
07KABUL996PRT/PANSHJIR: FUTURE PLANS OF THE PROVINCE II
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Panjshir Province is changing. Its transformation will continue thanks to agents of change: a new road, radio broadcasts, cell phones, a maturing administration and an active PRT. Provincial officials have formulated specific plans to lay the foundation (ref A). Panjshir's f [...]
2007-03-26 16:46:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID EAGR AF
07KABUL998COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR OFFICE OF WEAPONS REMOVAL
[...] U.S. Embassy Kabul welcomes and grants country clearance for Stuart Harris, Marcus Carpenter and Lauren Frese to travel to Afghanistan April 3-5 2007, per reftel. All travelers who possess U.S. Department of State badges should bring their ID for identification purposes and to obtain an Emba [...]
2007-03-27 02:56:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT ASEC AFIN AF
07KAMPALA1171SLM-Abdelshafi's Faith in UN/AU Roadmap Undermined
[...] (SBU) Summary: Members of the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) Abdelshafi faction were disappointed in the failure of the Center for Humanitarian Dialogue meeting to take place. After being informed by UN/AU officials that the CHD meeting was off, faction members concluded that the UN/AU may h [...]
2007-07-17 03:26:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL UG SU
07KAMPALA1224NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (July 15-28, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...]
2007-07-27 05:15:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA1426SENATOR FEINGOLD RAISES REGIONAL AND DOMESTIC
[...] Summary: Senator Russell Feingold discussed Somalia, the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA),Congo, the war on terror, and the President's plans for the 2011 election with President Yoweri Museveni on August 28. Museveni described potential military action against the LRA in Congo as "easy" and di [...]
2007-09-11 08:24:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PREL PGOV UG SU
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