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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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09ASTANA478KAZAKHSTAN: "MOSCOW WANTS YOU TO FAIL IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A Kazakhstani foreign-policy insider told the Ambassador Moscow strongly objects to Kazakhstan playing any kind of military role in Afghanistan, but at the same time Astana is striving to balance its interests and find the best way to be helpful in Afghanistan. He said Kazakhsta [...]
2009-03-17 08:04:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PROP MARR IR RS AF KZ
09ASTANA479 KAZAKHSTAN: SMOOTH OPERATOR
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 13, the Ambassador had lunch with Nurbakh Rustemov, the Chairman of the International Affairs, Defense, and Security Committee of the Mazhilis (the lower house of the parliament),and Romin Madinov, the C [...]
2009-03-17 09:23:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM EAGR SOCI KNNP UZ KG KZ
09ASTANA480 KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, MARCH 2-13
[...] The "Almaty Notes" series from U.S. Office Almaty focuses on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital." ALMATY MASLIKHAT ELECTIONS 2. Bi-elections for the Almaty maslikhat (local legislature) will take place on March 29. According t [...]
2009-03-17 09:52:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM ECON EFIN ELAB SOCI KDEM KZ
09ASTANA481 KAZAKHSTAN: SPECIAL 301 REVIEW FOR 2009
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Over the past year, the Government of Kazakhstan (GOK) has continued to demonstrate a commitment to the development and modernization of its IPR protection regime. The Government of Kazakhstan, and more specifically [...]
2009-03-17 09:58:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON ETRD KIPR KZ
09ASTANA482 KAZAKHSTAN: INTERNATIONAL FUND TO SAVE THE ARAL SEA HEAD
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Almabek Nurushev, Executive Director of the International Fund to Save the Aral Sea (IFAS),told us on March 12 that IFAS would like to fashion a bilateral Kazakhstan-Kyrgyzstan agreement on use of water resources. [...]
2009-03-17 10:14:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON SENV AF ZK KZ
09ASTANA484 KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR DELIVERS, PUBLISHES DEMOCRACY
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 16, the Ambassador delivered a speech on democracy to approximately 100 students and professors at the Kazakh University of Humanities and Law in Astana. The text of the speech was published in full on pa [...]
2009-03-18 00:09:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM KPAO KZ
09ASTANA490 KAZAKHSTAN: PUBLIC-PRIVATE ALLIANCES EXPAND BUSINESS
[...] SUMMARY: On February 25, USAID established separate public-private alliances with Baker Hughes ($1,250,000 over five years),an American drilling company active in Kazakhstan, and with Chevron ($250,000). The partnerships between these two companies and USAID will improve the supply of ski [...]
2009-03-18 09:45:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON EAID SOCI KZ
09ASTANA494 KAZAKHSTAN: NATO REP FOR CENTRAL ASIA BRIEFS ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: NATO Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia Robert Simmons told NATO Ambassadors in Astana on March 18 that the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) Security Forum is administratively on track for June 24-25 in Astana, even though Kazakhstani officials made [...]
2009-03-19 09:43:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR NATO OSCE RS KZ
09ASTANA495 KAZAKHSTAN: ASTANA HOSTS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
[...] (U) SUMMARY: During the International Conference on Sustainable Development and Environmental Integration in Central Asia held in Astana on March 13, newly appointed Kazakhstani Minister of Environmental Protection Nurgali Ashimov said that Kazakhstan's Environmental Code is the first in the C [...]
2009-03-19 10:02:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EPET ECON SENV ZK KZ
09ASTANA497 KAZAKHSTAN: LEAD WTO NEGOTIATIOR REQUESTS FLEXIBILITY
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 18, the Ambassador met with Vice Minister of Industry and Trade Zhanar Aitzhanova to discuss the status of Kazakhstan's WTO accession negotiations with the United States. Aitzhanova expressed frustrat [...]
2009-03-20 02:26:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EINV EFIN EAID RS KZ
09ASTANA498 KAZAKHSTAN: FRENCH AMBASSADOR TO OSCE ENGAGES,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: French Ambassador to the OSCE Eric Lebedel briefed a select group of Western Ambassadors on March 19 that he was in Astana to promote the European Union's perspective on the OSCE and to emphasize Kazakhstan's need to take seriously its responsibilities on democracy, human rights [...]
2009-03-20 05:20:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM SENV OSCE KZ
09ASTANA52 KAZAKHSTAN: EXBS ADVISOR'S REPORTING CABLE (DECEMBER
[...] Starting January 1, a new, simplified customs control procedure has been implemented that is designed to reduce administrative barriers for imports and exports. The list of documents required at the border has been shortened, and processing times reduced. Kazakhstani customs officials will now [...]
2009-01-12 01:58:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL ETTC MNUC KNNP KSTC KZ
09ASTANA521KAZAKHSTAN: PREVENTION OF NUCLEAR SMUGGLING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The State Department's Preventing Nuclear Smuggling Program conducted a table-top nuclear smuggling exercise in Astana February 24-25. Almost 20 Kazakshtani officials from eight government agencies attended the event. Kazakhstan is currently finalizing a national nuclear smuggl [...]
2009-03-20 08:41:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL PTER MARR MNUC KNNP CH KZ
09ASTANA523 KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, MARCH 14-20
[...] (U) This is another in a series of weekly cables drawn mostly from public media, as well as think-tank, NGO, and opposition web-sites, selected to show the diversity of life in Kazakhstan, and information about it available to citizens of Kazakhstan. Our goal is to choose what might interest [...]
2009-03-20 10:50:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM ECON SOCI SENV KZ
09ASTANA529 KAZAKHSTAN: CONOCO'S CEO ON THE N BLOCK NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 20, ConocoPhillips (Conoco) CEO Jim Mulva briefed the Ambassador on the status of negotiations with national oil company KazMunaiGas (KMG) to explore and develop the offshore N Block. Mulva expressed f [...]
2009-03-24 09:46:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON EPET EINV KZ
09ASTANA530 KAZAKHSTAN: THE POLITICS OF PIPELINES
[...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 17-18, Energy Officer spoke with representatives from Kazakhstan's national oil company KazMunaiGas (KMG) and international oil companies about planned oil and gas export projects, particularly the Casp [...]
2009-03-24 09:46:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR ECON EPET EINV KZ
09ASTANA531 KAZAKHSTAN: WILL KAZTRANSGAS LEAVE GEORGIA?
[...] SUMMARY: This report provides a Kazakhstani perspective on the management changes to KazTransGas-Tbilisi (KTG-Tbilisi) reported in reftel A. It is derived entirely from open source material. On March 16, the Georgian National Energy and Water Supply Regulatory Commission appointed the Chief [...]
2009-03-25 08:57:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON EPET EINV KZ
09ASTANA535 KAZAKHSTAN: CHARGES FILED AGAINST FORMER CHAIRMAN OF
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. This cable is based on open source material and local press reports in Kazakhstan. It should be read in conduction with reftel B. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 2, the Government of Kazakhstan, represented by Samruk-Kazyna National [...]
2009-03-25 09:24:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR EFIN KCRM KZ
09ASTANA538 KAZAKHSTAN: ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, MARCH 1-14, 2009
[...] SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press and has not been verified for accuracy. -- News from the Banking Sector -- Samruk-Kazyna Updates -- Unemployment: a Growing Challenge -- 2009 Harvest Projection -- Economic Statistics -- Kazakhstan Seeks Contro [...]
2009-03-26 04:50:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON EPET EINV KZ
09ASTANA540ALMATY AND ASTANA FRAUD SUMMARY SEPTEMBER 2008 - FEBRUARY
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) The following sections correspond to questions in Ref A. --------------------- COUNTRY CONDITIONS --------------------- 3. (U) Kazakhstan is a single consular district with two consular offices, Embassy Astana and Embass [...]
2009-03-26 04:56:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KZ
09ASTANA541 KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, MARCH 21 - 27, 2009
[...] (U) This is another in a series of weekly cables drawn mostly from public media, as well as think-tank, NGO, and opposition web-sites, selected to show the diversity of life in Kazakhstan, and information about it available to citizens of Kazakhstan. Our goal is to choose what might interest [...]
2009-03-27 09:07:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM ECON SOCI SENV KZ
09ASTANA545 KAZAKHSTAN: ADVOCACY GROUP ADDRESSES LETTER TO THE
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 3. (SBU) An ad-hoc advocacy group of journalists and NGO activists sent a letter via public mail received at Embassy Astana to the Secretary, expressing concerns about a [...]
2009-03-30 09:12:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM KPAO KZ
09ASTANA55 KAZAKHSTAN: STATE SECRETARY DECLINES TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of Internal Affairs investigators have recommended that the Prosecutor General charge Peace Corps Volunteer Anthony Sharp with violation of Article 251, Part 1, of the Kazakhstan Criminal Code, illegal possession of firearms (explosives) while trespassing in a restricted [...]
2009-01-12 08:36:00Embassy AstanaSECRETPGOV PREL PINR CASC RS KZ
09ASTANA555 KAZAKHSTAN: AES AGREES TO EARLY BUY-OUT OF EKIBASTUZ
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 20, Kazakhstan's largest private mining company, Kazakhmys, terminated after just 15 months a three-year management agreement for U.S. power company AES to run the Ekibastuz coal-fired power plant. The co [...]
2009-03-31 10:54:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON ENRG EINV KZ
09ASTANA556 KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, MARCH 14-27
[...] The "Almaty Notes" series from U.S Office Almaty focuses on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital." OPPOSITIONISTS RESERVE THE OPTION TO PROTEST 2. On March 17, the leaders of the opposition parties Azat, the National Social Democr [...]
2009-03-31 11:22:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM KZ
09ASTANA557 KAZAKHSTAN: NAZARBAYEV ON AFGHANISTAN, IRAN,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Nazarbayev said on March 30: he wants to be a strong, non-ideological partner with the United States to help on Afghanistan; he continues to advise Tehran to give up their nuclear ambitions, and will do so once again on April 6 when President Ahmadinejad visits Ast [...]
2009-03-31 11:36:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PARM START RS IR AF KZ
09ASTANA558 KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, MARCH 21-27
[...] SUMMARY: During the week of March 21-27, the Kazakhstani media focused on economic issues, ranging from the U.S. government's stimulus plans to the effect the economy is having on pushing young people out of villages and into the cities. A lengthy analysis was devoted to what Presidents Obama [...]
2009-03-31 11:36:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EFIN MARR SOCI KPAO KMDR AF RS KZ
09ASTANA559 KAZAKHSTAN: MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS SEEKS ASSISTANCE
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The Ministry of Interior (MVD) sent a letter to the Embassy seeking guidance on how police in the United States handle large public gatherings and uphold public order while ensuring that the civil rights of participants in [...]
2009-03-31 11:53:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM KCRM KZ
09ASTANA560 KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR ACCOMPANIES NASA DELEGATION TO
[...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During March 25-27, the Ambassador accompanied a NASA delegation to the Baikonur cosmodrome in south-central Kazakhstan to observe the launch of a Russian Soyuz space capsule destined for the International Space S [...]
2009-03-31 12:18:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL TSPA SENV RS KZ
09ASTANA572 KAZAKHSTAN: RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR ON START TREATY,
[...] (C) The Ambassador hosted Russian Ambassador Mikhail Bocharnikov for a one-on-one lunch April 2. The Ambassador briefed Bocharnikov in detail on his March 24 meetings at the Foreign Ministry in Moscow with Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin and Director of the Third CIS Department Maksim Peshko [...]
2009-04-02 10:20:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPREL KACT OSCE RS KZ
09ASTANA574 KAZAKHSTAN: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON
[...] This cable is keyed to reftel, which requests information on the transparency of central government budgets for countries that receive U.S. foreign assistance. 2. The central government of the Republic of Kazakhstan will receive U.S. foreign assistance from FY09 funds. 3. Kazakhstan's [...]
2009-04-02 10:55:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EAID ECON KZ
09ASTANA578 KAZAKHSTAN: MARINE TRANSPORTATION EXPERT ADVISES
[...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 1, Captain Kjell Landin, Marine Manager for Chevron Transport Corporation, briefed Energy Officer on the complexities of the proposed Kazakhstan Caspian Transportation System (KCTS). He said that, from [...]
2009-04-02 13:09:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON EPET EINV IR KZ
09ASTANA58 KAZAKHSTAN: ALMA-ATA INFO EDITOR CHARGED WITH
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 9, the Editor-in-Chief of the newspaper "Alma-Ata Info", Ramazan Yesergepov, was formerly charged with disseminating classified information in an article his paper published on November 21. Yesergepov [...]
2009-01-12 10:41:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KZ
09ASTANA586 KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, MARCH 28 - APRIL 3
[...] This is another in a series of weekly cables drawn mostly from public media, as well as think-tank, NGO, and opposition web-sites, selected to show the diversity of life in Kazakhstan, and information about it available to citizens of Kazakhstan. Our goal is to choose what might interest and [...]
2009-04-03 10:10:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM KZ
09ASTANA587 KAZAKHSTAN: OPINION POLL INDICATES PRESIDENT NAZARBAYEV
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a U.S. Government-funded survey commissioned by the International Republican Institute (IRI) and conducted by Baltic Surveys/The Gallup Organization, 41 percent of respondents had a favorable opinion of the Unit [...]
2009-04-03 10:12:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM KPAO RS KZ
09ASTANA588 KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE IN A SMALL MINING TOWN
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: PolOff visited Ridder, a mining town in East Kazakhstan oblast March 8-12, and had an opportunity to observe the local socio-economic environment. Close to the Russian and Chinese borders, Ridder seems almost lik [...]
2009-04-03 10:19:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM ECON EMIN SENV SOCI CH RS KZ
09ASTANA591 KAZAKHSTAN: JUDICIARY SEEKS TO INCREASE COOPERATION WITH
[...] SUMMARY: On March 17, visiting USAID Democracy and Governance Advisor Gavin Helf and other USAID staff met with Abdrashid Zhukenov, Acting Chairman of the Supreme Court and Chairman of the Collegium on Criminal Cases, and Ilyas Ispanov, First Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Court's Administrati [...]
2009-04-03 12:00:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM EAID SOCI KZ
09ASTANA592KAZAKHSTAN: APPEALS COURT HANDS DOWN SUSPENDED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 3, an Ust-Kamenogorsk appeals court reaffirmed the criminal conviction against Peace Corps volunteer Anthony Sharp -- but, in accordance with the Kazakhstani government's commitment to us, suspended his two-year prison sentence, essentially putting him on probation for t [...]
2009-04-03 12:08:00Embassy AstanaSECRETPGOV PREL CASC KZ
09ASTANA593 KAZAKHSTAN: LEGALIZED PROSTITUTION -- TO BE OR NOT TO BE
[...] SUMMARY: Kazakhstan has struggled for years with the question of prostitution. Though not legalized, prostitution is not technically illegal and this legal grey zone has enabled the country to deflect difficult questions. In a recent, public appeal to the government, Rosa Petraus, Chairwom [...]
2009-04-03 12:08:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SOCI KCRM KTIP KWMN KZ
09ASTANA594 KAZAKHSTAN COMMITTED TO PUBLIC PRIVATE ECONOMIC
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 1, the initial Coordinating Committee meeting of the Public Private Economic Partnership Initiative (PPEPI) was held in Astana. While the initiative has been slow getting off the ground since it was laun [...]
2009-04-03 12:21:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID SOCI KZ
09ASTANA596 KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, MARCH 25-APRIL 1
[...] SUMMARY: During the week of March 25-April 1, there was no one topic that dominated the Kazakhstani media. Independent weekly "Delovaya Nedeleya" ran a lengthy interview with Deputy Defense Minister Bulat Sembinov regarding Kazakhstan's participation in Afghanistan, and pro-government weekly [...]
2009-04-06 08:01:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EFIN MARR SOCI KPAO KCRM AF RS KZ
09ASTANA598 KAZAKHSTAN: SENIOR OFFICIALS DENY GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Mazhilis (i.e., the lower house of parliament) is currently considering draft legislation regarding the introduction of a special currency regime, which would include certain currency control measures. Senior K [...]
2009-04-06 12:12:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EINV EFIN KZ
09ASTANA6 KAZAKHSTAN: YOU WIN SOME, YOU LOSE SOME -- COURTS RULE ON
[...] (U)Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Two Almaty courts ruled on December 26 and 27 on two of the five pending libel cases against the opposition paper Taszhargan (reftel),with one decision in the paper's favor, and one against. On December 26, the Almaty Econo [...]
2009-01-05 08:42:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KDEM KZ
09ASTANA601KAZAKHSTAN: STATE SECRETARY SAUDABAYEV CONFIRMS
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 9. 2. (S) SUMMARY: State Secretary Kanat Saudabayev told the Ambassador on April 7 that Kazakhstan is willing to host the international nuclear fuel bank, just as President Nazarbayev had announced to the press on April 6. He said that the ba [...]
2009-04-07 12:35:00Embassy AstanaSECRETPGOV PREL PHUM MARR KNNP IAEA AF IR KZ
09ASTANA604KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR SARYBAY SAYS
[...] (S) SUMMARY: On April 8, Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Kairat Sarybay gave the Ambassador a readout of President Nazarbayev's April 6 meeting with Iranian President Ahmadinejad. Sarybay said that Ahmadinejad appeared to welcome President Obama's April 5 Prague speech. Ahmadinejad main [...]
2009-04-08 10:14:00Embassy AstanaSECRETPREL PGOV CASC MARR KNNP IAEA AF IR KZ
09ASTANA607KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENT NAZARBAYEV DISCUSSES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad visited Astana April 6-7, where he met with President Nazarbayev, participated in several ceremonial events, and gave a speech at a local university. During a joint press conference following the Nazarbayev-Ahmadinejad meeting, Ahmadinejad d [...]
2009-04-08 11:32:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EINV ENRG EPET ETTC KNNP IR KZ
09ASTANA610KAZAKHSTAN: HUNGARIAN-LED BOMCA DELEGATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with a Border Management in Central Asia (BOMCA) delegation on April 6 to discuss efforts to implement European Integrated Border Management (IBM) in Kazakhstan. According to the delegation's leader, General Istvan Samu, Deputy National Commander of the Hungarian [...]
2009-04-09 05:04:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR KNNP KCRM KZ
09ASTANA613 KAZAKHSTAN: ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, MARCH 15-28
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press and has not been verified for accuracy. -- Adjusted Macroeconomic Forecast and Budget -- "Wartime" Economy -- Government to Issue Domestic Bonds [...]
2009-04-09 11:19:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON EPET EINV KZ
09ASTANA62 KAZAKHSTAN: WORLD BANK ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Among the several World Bank environmental projects in Kazakhstan, four stand out as noteworthy. The Drylands Protection Project in the Shetskiy rayon of Karaganda oblast promotes sustainable land use by encouragin [...]
2009-01-13 08:49:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ENRG SENV KZ
09ASTANA620 KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, APRIL 4-10
[...] This is another in a series of weekly cables drawn mostly from public media, as well as think-tank, NGO, and opposition web-sites, selected to show the diversity of life in Kazakhstan, and information about it available to citizens of Kazakhstan. Our goal is to choose what might interest and [...]
2009-04-10 12:49:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM ECON SOCI SENV KCRM KZ
09ASTANA621 KAZAKHSTAN: FUTURE LEADERS EXPRESS VIEWS ON FOREIGN
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 19, the Ambassador hosted 10 future Kazakhstani leaders who are alumni of the Marshall Center. The alumni, who represented at least five government ministries and agencies, asked the Ambassador questions [...]
2009-04-10 12:55:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON SOCI KZ
09ASTANA622 KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, APRIL 2-APRIL 8
[...] SUMMARY: This week Kazakhstani media highlighted what the media believes is a possible visit of President Obama to Kazakhstan, spurred by an invitation from President Nazarbayev that Senate Chairman Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev gave the President during his trip to Turkey. The media also focused o [...]
2009-04-12 07:56:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM MARR SOCI KPAO KMDR KZ
09ASTANA623KAZAKHSTAN: U.S. ASSISTANCE HELPS CUSTOMS CONTROL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Post's Export and Related Border Security (EXBS) and Department of Energy (DOE) offices have provided assistance to strengthen border security at many of Kazakhstan's 112 border crossing points. Typical site assessments indicate Kazakhstan's border crossing points typically pro [...]
2009-04-12 07:57:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL MNUC KNNP CH KZ
09ASTANA625 KAZAKHSTAN: OPEN SOCIETY INSTITUTE RELATIVELY
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Soros Foundation's Open Society Institute's (OSI) Executive Director in Kazakhstan judges that the government of Kazakhstan's political will to provide access to government-related information is "spotty but [...]
2009-04-13 09:47:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM EAID SOCI KDEM KZ
09ASTANA626KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR DELIVERS DEMARCHE ON
[...] (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel A demarche on the conclusions of our Afghanistan-Pakistan strategic review and requesting specific Kazakhstani contributions to Afghanistan to Deputy Foreign Minister Konstantin Zhigalov on April 13. He provided Zhigalov with non-papers on both issues, expla [...]
2009-04-13 10:03:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO AF KZ
09ASTANA628 KAZAKHSTAN: EXBS ADVISOR'S REPORTING CABLE (MARCH 2009)
[...] In May, the Kazakhstan Customs Control Committee plans to make a presentation at the World Customs Organization (WCO) meeting in Norway regarding an effort to obtain designation of Kazakhstan as a regional WCO training center and get WCO capacity building assistance in creating a regional custo [...]
2009-04-13 11:27:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL ETTC MNUC KNNP KSTC KZ
09ASTANA629 KAZAKHSTAN: NEW SUPREME COURT CHAIRMAN TALKS JUSTICE WITH
[...] SUMMARY: On April 7, the newly appointed Chairman of the Supreme Court of Kazakhstan, Musabek Alimbekov, met with Paul Magnuson, Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota. Alimbekov stated that the judiciary in Kazakhstan is independent, and is implementing reforms consi [...]
2009-04-13 11:38:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM EAID SOCI KZ
09ASTANA638 KAZAKHSTAN: MFA REASSURES VISITING SCA/CEN DIRECTOR THAT
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: MFA Americas Department Director Askar Tazhiyev told visiting SCA/CEN Director Tom Hushek on April 8 that Kazakhstan is committed to upholding ODIHR's mandate during its 2010 OSCE Chairmanship. Tazhiyev explained [...]
2009-04-14 11:47:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE KNNP TU KZ
09ASTANA64 KAZAKHSTAN HANDS OVER NON-PAPER AND COURT DOSSIER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A government of Kazakhstan non-paper alleges that President Nursultan Nazarbayev's exiled ex-son-in-law Rakhat Aliyev has hired U.S. public relations firms to build the case that he is a political dissident standing up to a tyrannical and corrupt Nazarbayev, with the ultimate go [...]
2009-01-13 10:31:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PROP KCRM KZ
09ASTANA65 KAZAKHSTAN HANDS OVER NON-PAPER AND COURT DOSSIER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A government of Kazakhstan non-paper alleges that President Nursultan Nazarbayev's exiled ex-son-in-law Rakhat Aliyev has hired U.S. public relations firms to build the case that he is a political dissident standing up to a tyrannical and corrupt Nazarbayev, with the ultimate go [...]
2009-01-13 10:31:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PROP KCRM KZ
09ASTANA654 KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, MARCH 28 - APRIL 10
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The "Almaty Notes" series from U.S. Office Almaty focuses on developments in civil society, the media, and the political opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital." OPPOSITION LEADER ABILOV OWES TAX DEBT? 3. (U) Bula [...]
2009-04-17 02:17:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM ECON SOCI KDEM KZ
09ASTANA660KAZAKHSTAN: INTERNATIONAL CANINE CONFERENCE
[...] Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Public Internet 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. INL funded a March 26-27 International Conference on the Role of Canines in the Fight against Drug Trafficking, Extremism and Terrorism in Almaty. Representatives from the canine services of the five Central Asian countri [...]
2009-04-17 10:21:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SNAR SOCI KCRM ZK KZ
09ASTANA661 KAZAKHSTAN: WORLD TUBERCULOSIS DAY -- INSPIRING STUDENTS
[...] SUMMARY: The DCM addressed a World Tuberculosis Day conference for medical students at the Kazakhstan National Medical University on April 7. The conference, entitled "We Can Stop TB," aimed to motivate students to get involved in the country's fight against tuberculosis (TB) -- a disease th [...]
2009-04-17 11:02:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EAID EINV TBIO SOCI KZ
09ASTANA662 KAZAKHSTAN: FUTURE OF LARGEST BANKS REMAINS UNCLEAR
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent developments within the Kazakhstani banking sector -- specifically pertaining to BTA and Alliance banks -- indicate continued instability and increased risk of default on the repayment of foreign obligation [...]
2009-04-17 11:40:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON EINV EFIN KZ
09ASTANA663 KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, APRIL 9 - 15
[...] SUMMARY: Kazakhstani political commentators focused on the domestic political scene this week, weighing the relative merits of the ruling Nur Otan party and its adversaries in the opposition. "Delovaya Nedelya," an independent weekly, published a wrap-up of the G-20 summit in which it mocked [...]
2009-04-17 11:50:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL ECON SOCI KDEM KPAO KMDR KZ
09ASTANA664 KAZAKHSTAN: KAZKOSMOS LAYS OUT SPACE AMBITIONS, REQUESTS
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Kazakhstan's National Space Agency, KazKosmos, expects that Russia and Kazakhstan will sign an agreement this year to allow visits to the Baikonur cosmodrome for tourists. Russia's current Baikonur lease runs until [...]
2009-04-17 12:08:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL TSPA SENV KNNP KZ
09ASTANA666KAZAKHSTAN: INTER-AGENCY DELEGATION TO VISIT
[...] (SBU) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent us a diplomatic note on April 14 requesting bilateral consultations in Washington during May 4-5 to discuss Kazakhstan's interest in joining the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR). The text of the note follows: BEGIN TEXT No. 10-3/1270 [...]
2009-04-20 11:31:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETTC KNNP MTCR KZ
09ASTANA67 KAZAKHSTAN: UNIFICATION CHURCH MISSIONARY SENTENCED TO
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 9, an Almaty court found Unification Church missionary Yelizaveta Drencheva guilty on charges of "instilling a sense of inferiority in citizens based on their tribal and social association," and sentenc [...]
2009-01-14 10:33:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KIRF KDEM KZ
09ASTANA672 KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, APRIL 11-17
[...] This is another in a series of weekly cables drawn mostly from public media, as well as think-tank, NGO, and opposition web-sites, selected to show the diversity of life in Kazakhstan, and information about it available to citizens of Kazakhstan. Our goal is to choose what might interest and [...]
2009-04-20 11:53:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM ECON SOCI SENV KCRM KZ
09ASTANA673 KAZAKHSTAN: ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, MARCH 29-APRIL
[...] SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press and has not been verified for accuracy. -- Banking Sector News -- Etihad Airways to Fly to Astana -- New Commodity Exchange Launched -- Kazakhstan Raises Loan For Europe-China Transit Corridor -- Economic Statis [...]
2009-04-20 11:58:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON EPET EINV KZ
09ASTANA674KAZAKHSTAN: SCENESETTER FOR FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Kazakhstani Foreign Minister Marat Tazhin's May 4-5 visit to Washington is the Obama Administration's first opportunity for face-to-face engagement with the leadership of our most important partner in Central Asia. We have a robust bilateral relationship with Kazakhstan, with cl [...]
2009-04-21 11:45:00Embassy AstanaSECRETPREL PGOV PHUM ECON EPET KNNP AF RS KZ
09ASTANA675 KAZAKHSTAN CASPIAN TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM INFRASTRUCTURE
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The government of Kazakhstan is committed to developing alternative oil export routes, whether by pipeline, rail, or tanker, that reduce its dependence on Russia. From April 9-17, Energy Officer joined a definiti [...]
2009-04-22 07:55:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV RS IR KZ
09ASTANA677KAZAKHSTAN: GOVERNMENT’S ANTI-CORRUPTION CAMPAIGN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kazakhstani authorities recently launched a well-publicized anti-corruption campaign that has resulted in the arrest of several high-ranking individuals, including the Minister of Environment and a Deputy Minister of Defense, and in convictions of a number of others. The campaign a [...]
2009-04-22 11:43:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SOCI KCRM KZ
09ASTANA678 KAZAKHSTAN: CHINA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION ACQUIRES
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On April 16, during President Nazarbayev's state visit to Beijing, KazMunaiGas (KMG) and China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) announced that they will jointly acquire the production assets of MangistauMunaiGa [...]
2009-04-23 07:39:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV RS IR KZ
09ASTANA68 KAZAKHSTAN: GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS HITS HARD, BUT
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The financial crisis continues to hit Kazakhstan hard, but the government has responded in a vigorous, aggressive manner that should maintain social stability and support modest economic growth in 2009, particular [...]
2009-01-14 10:44:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON EFIN EINV KZ
09ASTANA713 KAZAKHSTAN -- MORE EURASIA THAN CENTRAL ASIA --
[...] (C) SUMMARY: From many conversations with top-level officials and other signals, it is clear Kazakhstan is seeking an enhanced relationship with the United States, in part to better balance its relations with especially Russia but also with China. Kazakhstan is different from the other four [...]
2009-04-27 04:08:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PHUM ECON RS AF KZ
09ASTANA714 KAZAKHSTANI FM TAZHIN'S PRIORITIES FOR HIS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Previewing for the Ambassador his May 4-5 visit to Washington, Foreign Minister Tazhin said: -- he hopes to be prepared to make new "strategic non-military proposals" for enhanced Kazakhstani asssistance in Afghanistan; -- he will be fully prepared to discuss with Secretary [...]
2009-04-27 05:39:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL OSCE CH RS KZ
09ASTANA715 KAZAKHSTAN'S EIGHTH EURASIAN MEDIA FORUM:
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Dr. (sic) Dariga Nazarbayeva organized (or at least it was organized in her name),the Eighth Eurasian Media Forum, April 23-24, in Almaty, co-sponsored by CNN and "The International Herald Tribune," with support from EuroN [...]
2009-04-27 06:50:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PROP SOCI KPAO RS KZ
09ASTANA717KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR DELIVERS DEMARCHE ON
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-27 08:45:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON AF PK KZ
09ASTANA718 KAZAKHSTAN: CHANGES TO PROTECTION LAW WILL BENEFIT
[...] SUMMARY: Changes to Kazakhstan's witness protection law will enable the government to more quickly provide a full range of services to crime victims during lengthy, complex investigations. These changes will benefit victims of trafficking-in-persons and other serious transnational crimes. EN [...]
2009-04-27 10:48:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM SOCI SNAR KCRM KTIP KZ
09ASTANA724 KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, APRIL 18-24
[...] This is another in a series of weekly cables drawn mostly from public media, as well as think-tank, NGO, and opposition web-sites, selected to show the diversity of life in Kazakhstan, and information about it available to citizens of Kazakhstan. Our goal is to choose what might interest and [...]
2009-04-27 11:25:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM ECON SOCI SENV KCRM KZ
09ASTANA725KAZAKHSTAN: RECOMMENDATION THAT WE NOT DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-27 11:40:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPREL KV KZ
09ASTANA728 KAZAKHSTAN: ASD BENKERT PRESSES FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-28 02:55:00Embassy AstanaSECRETPGOV PREL KNNP RS KZ
09ASTANA734KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES PED EXTENSION,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During an April 28 meeting, the Ambassador informed Minister of Economy and Budget Planning Bakhyt Sultanov about the U.S government's approval of a three-year extension for the Program for Economic Development (PED) and updated him on the progress of the U.S.-Kazakhstan Public-P [...]
2009-04-28 11:35:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EAID KNNP KZ
09ASTANA744 KAZAKHSTAN: "TASZHARGAN" EDITOR ARRESTED AND RELEASED,
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Yermurat Bapi, editor of the opposition newspaper "Taszhargan," was arrested on April 23 for failing to pay a 30 million tenge ($200,000) court-ordered damage award to a parliamentarian, but was released the same [...]
2009-04-29 10:26:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA748 KAZAKHSTAN: A KCTS SCORECARD OF RISKS AND REWARDS
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: From April 7-17, Energy Officer accompanied a definitional mission from the U.S. Trade and Development Agency to identify potential technical assistance projects in support of the Kazakhstan Caspian Transportation [...]
2009-04-30 05:21:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV RS KZ
09ASTANA759REQUEST FOR FY09 USCENTCOM/SOCCENT COUNTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY. IN ACCORDANCE WITH REFS A AND B, THIS MESSAGE IS AN EMBASSY ASTANA REQUEST FOR FY09 DOD OPERATIONAL SUPPORT UNDER 1004, NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT 1991, AS AMENDED, FOR DEVELOPMENT OF COUNTER NARCO TERRORISM (CNT) TRAINING DEPLOYMENT (CKZ2009CNT021N) WITH THE KAZAKHSTAN S [...]
2009-05-04 10:24:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MASS SNAR KZ
09ASTANA760 KAZAKHSTAN TO PARTICIPATE IN GICNT PLENARY BUT UNCERTAIN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-04 10:49:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM PTER MNUC KNNP KGIC KZ
09ASTANA771 KAZAKHSTAN: EXBS ADVISOR'S REPORTING CABLE (APRIL 2009)
[...] On April 27, Kazakhstan tightened epidemiological control at all airports, seaports, and land border crossings in response to reports of cases of H1N1 influenza virus in other countries. Kazakhstan has prohibited the importation of pork products from certain countries and is using the Fever Sc [...]
2009-05-05 08:49:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL ETTC MNUC KNNP KSTC KZ
09ASTANA778 KAZAKHSTAN: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL'S ACTION PLAN LAYS OUT
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 14, Kazakhstan's Presidential Human Rights Commission (HRC) unveiled its National Human Rights Action Plan for 2009-2012. The Action Plan, the first one the Kazakhstani government has ever issued, outlin [...]
2009-05-06 02:13:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA811 KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON REMOVING H1N1-RELATED
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Akhmetzhan Sultanov, Vice Chairman of the Ministry of Agriculture's State Inspection Committee told us on May 6 that, in response to the H1N1 virus, the Government of Kazakhstan took preemptive steps to prevent the [...]
2009-05-07 08:45:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAGR ETRD ECON SENV KZ
09ASTANA812 KAZAKHSTAN: RESULTS OF BOTA FOUNDATION BOARD MEETING
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) This cable contains an Action Request. See para 13. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY: The BOTA Foundation held a meeting of its Board of Trustees in Almaty on April 29-30. All the items on the fully packed agenda were reviewed, with many [...]
2009-05-07 10:25:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EAID SOCI KZ
09ASTANA813 KAZAKHSTAN: VICE MINISTER OF ENERGY DISCUSSES NUCLEAR
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 6, the Charge d'Affaires met with Vice Minister of Energy Asset Magauov to discuss the Kazakhstani government's financial commitments to the safe storage of spent fuel from the decommissioned BN-350 nuclear [...]
2009-05-07 11:33:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON ENRG EPET EINV KNNP KZ
09ASTANA814 KAZAKHSTAN: ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, APRIL 12-APRIL
[...] SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press and has not been verified for accuracy. -- Financial Sector News -- Updates from Samruk-Kazyna -- CICA the Precursor of an Asian G-20? -- Kazatomprom President Rumored to Have Fled the Country -- Budget Control [...]
2009-05-07 11:43:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON EPET EINV EFIN KZ
09ASTANA816 KAZAKHSTAN: INTERNET LAW PASSES THROUGH FIRST READING IN
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 29, the Mazhilis (the lower house of the parliament) approved at a first reading a controversial draft law on the Internet. The draft now has to go through a second reading before being presented to the [...]
2009-05-08 02:00:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA818KAZAKHSTAN: SCIENTOLOGISTS, JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES HAVE
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 22, USAID's State and Society Advisor met with representatives of the Church of Scientology and the Jehovah's Witnesses in Almaty. The two organizations offered contrasting views of progress on religious f [...]
2009-05-08 08:59:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM EAID SOCI KIRF KZ
09ASTANA819 KAZAKHSTAN: UK ENERGY ENVOY TOURS REGION
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 29, the Ambassador met with UK Caspian Energy Envoy Angus Miller (protect throughout) to discuss his six-week tour through the Caucasus and Central Asia. Miller said that an investor from the United Arab [...]
2009-05-08 09:56:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV RS GG TX KZ
09ASTANA822 KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, May 1-8
[...] This is another in a series of weekly cables drawn mostly from public media, as well as think-tank, NGO, and opposition web-sites, selected to show the diversity of life in Kazakhstan, and information about it available to citizens of Kazakhstan. Our goal is to choose what might interest and [...]
2009-05-08 11:45:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM ECON SOCI SENV KCRM KZ
09ASTANA825 KAZAKHSTAN: PETROCHEMICAL PROPOSAL ATTRACTS INVESTORS
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 29, Energy Officer met with Raushan Sarmurzina, Director of the Petrochemicals Department at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR),to discuss Kazakhstan's plans to develop a domestic petroc [...]
2009-05-12 09:35:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV KZ
09ASTANA827NEW LAW ENFORCEMENT BLOCK IN KAZAKHSTAN
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: In early April, President Nazarbayev reshuffled the heads of nearly all of Kazakhstan's law agencies. General Major Serik Baimagambetov, a member of the Majilis (i.e. the lower house of parliament),was named Ministe [...]
2009-05-12 11:38:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR SNAR KCRM KTIP KZ
09ASTANA828 KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, APRIL 30 - May 6
[...] SUMMARY: A draft law on Internet regulation, which passed the lower house of Parliament this week, drew a fusillade from opposition and independent media outlets who object to what they see as potential for overbearing government control over new media. Though the Internet law was the hot top [...]
2009-05-12 12:04:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL ECON SOCI KDEM KPAO KMDR KZ
09ASTANA829KAZAKHSTAN: ISLAMIC LEADERS DISCUSS THEIR WORK, COOPERATION
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: During the week of April 20, USAID's Regional Society and State Advisor met in Astana with the Deputy Imam of the Nur Astana Mosque, Beibit Alikpekovich Mirzageldiyev, and in Almaty with the Deputy Mufti of Kazakhstan [...]
2009-05-13 01:32:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM EAID KZ
09ASTANA83 KAZAKHSTAN: SPECIAL ENVOY CUMBER ENCOURAGES ASTANA TO
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a January 9 meeting with U.S. Special Envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Sada Cumber, State Secretary Kanat Saudabayev underlined Kazakhstan's commitment to promoting inter-confessional u [...]
2009-01-15 10:33:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KISL KDEM KZ
09ASTANA830 KAZAKHSTAN: KAZAKHSTAN WELCOMES REVITALIZED TIFA
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 24 and April 27, Deputy Assistant United States Trade Representative (DAUSTR) for South and Central Asia Claudio Lilienfeld held meetings in Almaty and Astana to discuss the future of the Central Asia Trad [...]
2009-05-13 03:35:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EINV EFIN EAID KZ
09ASTANA837 KAZAKHSTAN: TRIALS, TRIBULATIONS, AND TRIUMPHS OF THE
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 6, AES Vice President Mike Jonagan (protect throughout) met with Energy Officer and a visiting delegation from the Department of Energy's Office of Russian and Eurasian Affairs to discuss the state of Kazakh [...]
2009-05-14 09:00:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON ENRG EINV KZ
09ASTANA852 KAZAKHSTAN: KOREAN PRESIDENT LEE'S STATE VISIT PROMOTES
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On May 12, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak arrived in Kazakhstan for a three-day state visit (reftel A). Lee and Kazakhstan's President Nazarbayev signed a series of documents during the visit, including a joi [...]
2009-05-15 10:55:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON ENRG EPET EINV RS CH KS KZ
09ASTANA853KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, APRIL 27 - MAY 8
[...] The "Almaty Notes" series is intended to maintain focus on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital" following the move of the Embassy to Astana. AZAT'S ABILOV -- THE CHOSEN ONE? 2. Rumors are swirling around Azat party leader Bulat Ab [...]
2009-05-15 11:05:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM ECON SOCI KZ
09ASTANA854 KAZAKHSTAN: MFA CALLS APRIL 28 SUMMIT OF CENTRAL ASIAN
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Kazakhstan's MFA regards the April 28 Summit of the Presidents of the Founding States of the International Fund to Save the Aral Sea as "successful," despite disagreements over water management issues. Kazakhstan h [...]
2009-05-18 04:31:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ENRG ECON SENV ZK KZ
09ASTANA855 KAZAKHSTAN: ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, APRIL 16 - MAY 9
[...] SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press and has not been verified for accuracy. -- New Refinancing Rate -- Banking Sector News -- Government Procurement Legislation Signed -- Presidents Discuss Customs Union -- Government to Enhance Control Over Anti- [...]
2009-05-18 06:36:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON EPET ENRG EINV EFIN EAGR CH KZ
09ASTANA862 KAZAKHSTAN: SMALL OIL COMPANY HOPES TO MAKE IT BIG
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 14, the Chief Executive Officer of Canamens, an independent oil and gas exploration and production company with headquarters in London, briefed the Charge on the company's plans and activities in Kazakhstan [...]
2009-05-19 10:42:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV IR KZ
09ASTANA870KAZAKHSTAN: ALGA LEADER DISCUSSES ABLYAZOV, TWO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 18, the leader of the unregistered opposition party Alga, Vladimir Kozlov, told us that he recently met in London with ousted BTA bank chairman Mukhtar Ablyazov, who is Alga's principal financial backer. According to Kozlov, Ablyazov will soon declare himself "in open opp [...]
2009-05-21 04:36:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ECON SOCI KDEM KZ
09ASTANA871 KAZAKHSTAN: RENEWABLE ENERGY PLANS AND PROGRAMS
[...] SUMMARY: Kazakhstan's Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources has announced its intention to increase the share of renewable sources of energy in Kazakhstan's overall energy mix from 0.02 percent at present to 5.0 percent by 2024. Parliament endorsed the initiative and is now reviewing draf [...]
2009-05-21 07:19:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON ENRG EINV KZ
09ASTANA89 KAZAKHSTAN: OIC SPECIAL ENVOY CUMBER DISCUSSES DEMOCRACY,
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a January 9 dinner with U.S. Special Envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Sada Cumber, ambassadors and other diplomats from several OIC-member countries and India freely exchanged views [...]
2009-01-16 10:20:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM KISL KZ
09ASTANA898 KAZAKHSTAN: MAZHILIS HOSTS "PATH TO EUROPE" CONFERENCE
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 21, the Mazhilis (the lower house of parliament) hosted a conference entitled, "Modern Kazakhstan and the Path to Europe." The high-profile event, attended by high-ranking government officials and foreign [...]
2009-05-27 09:37:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA90 KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, JANUARY 10-16
[...] The following is the first in a new series of weekly cables from Embassy Astana with tidbits on daily life in Kazakhstan. MASIMOV JOINS BLOGOSPHERE 2. Prime Minister Karim Masimov has joined the Kazakhstani blogosphere by starting his very own weblog ("primeminister. government.kz"). In [...]
2009-01-16 10:39:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON SOCI SCUL KPAO KCRM KZ
09ASTANA909 KAZAKHSTAN: ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, MAY 10 - MAY 23
[...] SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press and has not been verified for accuracy. -- Banking Sector News -- Current Account Statistics -- New Currency Preference? -- Calls for a New Financial System -- Minister of Industry and Trade Replaced -- Kazakhsta [...]
2009-05-28 10:37:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON EPET EINV EFIN KZ
09ASTANA91 KAZAKHSTAN: MFA DIPLOMATIC NOTE CONFIRMS GOVERNMENT'S
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The Embassy has received a diplomatic note from the Kazakhstani Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirming the government's approval of the transit of non-military goods for Afghanistan shipped through the Distribution Network [...]
2009-01-16 11:37:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MARR AF KZ
09ASTANA924 KAZAKHSTAN: BTA SAGA CONTINUES
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Questions remain about how BTA, Kazakhstan's fourth largest commercial bank which is already in partial default, and its self-exiled former chairman, Mukhtar Ablyazov, managed to wind up in such dire straits. Forei [...]
2009-05-29 12:17:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON EPET EINV EFIN KZ
09ASTANA925KAZAKHSTANI FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT VISITS UNITED
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY. A delegation from the Committee of Financial Monitoring of the Ministry of Finance participated in an FIU orientation program presented by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). The orientation program wa [...]
2009-06-01 06:33:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SNAR KCRM KCOR KZ
09ASTANA927 KAZAKHSTAN: EXBS ADVISOR'S REPORTING CABLE (MAY 2009)
[...] On May 22, the proposed visit of the Kazakhstan Customs Control Committee Chairman Kozy-Korpesh Karbuzov to the U.S. was postponed until the fall, in order to organize a fully coordinated program that will be successful in advancing the broad goals of mutual cooperation. On May 23, Kazakhstan [...]
2009-06-01 10:15:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL ETTC MNUC KNNP KSTC KZ
09ASTANA928 KAZAKHSTAN: PUBLIC-PRIVATE ALLIANCE LEADS TO INCREASED
[...] SUMMARY: The Sustainable Dairy Global Development Alliance (SD-GDA),initiated in 2006 by USAID in cooperation with U.S. and Kazakhstani based dairy farms and dairy service providers, is a public-private partnership designed to increase the profitability of small and medium sized dairy farms. [...]
2009-06-01 10:26:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EAID EAGR SOCI KZ
09ASTANA929 KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, MAY 11 - 22
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) The "Almaty Notes" series from U.S. Office Almaty focuses on developments in civil society, the media, and the political opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital." TRIAL OF OPPOSITION LEADERS ENDS 3. (U) The trial of [...]
2009-06-01 10:36:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL ECON SOCI KIRF KDEM KZ
09ASTANA94 KAZAKHSTAN: CENTCOM CDR PETRAEUS MEETS PRESIDENT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-20 00:53:00Embassy AstanaSECRETPGOV PREL AF IR RS KZ
09ASTANA941 KAZAKHSTAN RATIFIES COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION
[...] (U) On June 2, President Nazarbayev signed legislation ratifying the extended and amended Umbrella Agreement for our bilateral Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) program. The Presidential Administration released a press statement marking the event which received coverage in the Kazakhstani med [...]
2009-06-03 10:44:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PGOV PREL ECON MNUC KNNP KZ
09ASTANA943 KAZAKHSTAN: CHANGES AND CHARGES AT KAZATOMPROM
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 21, former Minister for Industry and Trade Vladimir Shkolnik replaced Mukhtar Dzhakishev as head of the state-owned nuclear company Kazatomprom (KAP). On May 22, the 45-year old Dzhakishev was arrested on [...]
2009-06-03 11:22:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR EMIN ENRG EINV ELAB KNNP KZ
09ASTANA948 KAZAKHSTAN: SECOND ANNUAL EITI CONFERENCE
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On June 3, Minister of Energy Sauat Mynbayev opened the second national conference on the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in Astana. Mynbayev announced that Kazakhstan will complete the process [...]
2009-06-04 10:19:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON EMIN EPET EINV KZ
09ASTANA949 FINANCIAL POLICE ACADEMY TRIP TO U.S.
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: INL sponsored a visit to the United States by General Major Tleukhan, director of the Academy of the Financial Police. Tleukhan had the opportunity to study the structure and programs of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) in Glynco, Georgia, and the FBI Academ [...]
2009-06-04 11:15:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SNAR KCRM KCOR KZ
09ASTANA95 KAZAKHSTAN: CENTCOM CDR PETRAEUS MEETS PRESIDENT
[...] (S) SUMMARY: President Nazarbayev told CENTCOM Commander General Petraeus: -- the situation in Afghanistan greatly worries him; the Taliban should never be allowed to become a coalition partner in the Afghan government; -- Iran cannot be allowed to become a nuclear state, but the United States need [...]
2009-01-20 05:56:00Embassy AstanaSECRETPGOV PREL AF IR RS KZ
09ASTANA953 KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, MAY 22 - 29
[...] SUMMARY: Mukhtar Dzhakishev, the head of the state nuclear company, Kazatomprom, was arrested this week as a part of a continuing government anti-corruption campaign. The other major story was the publication and banning of "Godfather-in-Law," a book written by the former son-in-law of Presi [...]
2009-06-05 05:46:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL ECON SOCI KDEM KCRM KPAO KMDR AF KZ
09ASTANA957KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON LETHAL TRANSIT
[...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche on June 5 to Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Kairat Sarybai. 2. (C) The Ambassador explained that the initiative for the possible transit of lethal materiel across Russian territory came from President Medvedev, and he told Sarybai that he want [...]
2009-06-05 11:15:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR RSZ TI TX UZ KG KZ
09ASTANA959 KAZAKHSTAN: KOSTENAI, THE WHEAT AND SLAVIC HEARTLAND OF
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 24-26, the Charge d'Affaires visited Kostanai -- a northern city of 250,000 people located in a heavily agricultural area -- to attend a concert by visiting American jazz musicians and to open Kazakhstan's n [...]
2009-06-08 02:37:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON EAGR ENRG SCUL SOCI KPAO KZ
09ASTANA982 KAZAKHSTAN: CHINESE AMBASSADOR COMMENTS ON KEY FOREIGN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 5, Chinese Ambassador Cheng Guoping hosted the Ambassador for dinner at the restaurant on the 23rd floor of a striking new hotel built in Astana and owned by the Chinese National Petroleum Company. During a fascinating, wide-ranging, three-hour tour d'horizon, the Chinese Amb [...]
2009-06-08 10:08:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EPET AF GG RS IR KN ZK KZ
09ASTANA983KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BILATERAL
[...] (S) SUMMARY: On June 5, the Ambassador delivered demarches on a possible Kazakhstani arms sale to Syria and on U.S.-Russian discussions on the transit of lethal supplies to Afghanistan to Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Kairat Sarybay (see reftels),and briefed Sarybay on his recent visit [...]
2009-06-08 10:13:00Embassy AstanaSECRETPREL PINR MNUC CASC KNNP NATO KZ
09BAKU314AZERBAIJAN: CONOCO-PHILLIPS SAY NOW IS KEY TIME
[...] (C) SUMMARY: According to a Conoco-Phillips executive, the project for moving Kazakhstan crude oil from the Kashagan mega-field to market is at a stage similar to where BTC was in 1997-1998, where major decisions are being made that will shape the project's future and its commercial viability. [...]
2009-04-17 11:49:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AJ TU KZ
09BAKU377NEXT STEPS ON EURASIAN ENERGY STRATEGY
[...] (U) Embassies Ashgabat, Ankara and Astana have provided input for this cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. The USG needs to intensify its engagement on Eurasian energy issues, and do it quickly. In Azerbaijan, lack of progress on creating a "Southern Corridor" for Caspian gas, due primarily to Turkey [...]
2009-05-10 08:20:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AJ ENRG TU KZ TX
09BAKU693AZERBAIJAN: SE MORNINGSTAR, PRESIDENT ALIYEV
[...] (C) Summary: President Aliyev and Foreign Minister Mammadyarov separately told Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Richard Morningstar August 27 that, despite Baku's diplomatic efforts, Turkmenistan largely remains a mystery. The Turkmen President's recent statements on Ashgabat claims to the A [...]
2009-09-02 07:09:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET AJ KZ TX
09BAKU739THE AQTAU SUMMIT: MUCH TO DO ABOUT NOTHING
[...] (C) Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Khalaf Khalfov told Eurasian Energy Senior Advisor Daniel Stein that the September 11 Caspian Summit (minus Iran) in Aqtau was "short, informal and not exclusively about Caspian delimitation." Khalafov attended the Summit, but was not in the 90-minute i [...]
2009-09-16 11:16:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALAJ ENRG IR KZ PREL TX RU
09BAKU895AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR PREDICTS THAT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-17 10:58:00Embassy BakuSECRETPREL ENRG AJ RU TX KZ IR
09BAKU900AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR PREDICTS THAT
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Charge, Naval Attache, and Regional Energy Officer met on 16 November with Ali Asadov, senior energy advisor to President Aliyev, to discuss recent movements of the Iranian Alborz drilling rig into Azerbaijani claimed territorial waters. Asadov told us that President Aliyev was [...]
2009-11-17 13:23:00Embassy BakuSECRETPREL ENRG AJ RU TX KZ IR
09BEIJING2814 U.S. CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U. S.
[...] (SBU) Summary: In mid-September, a request for technical consultation by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S. CDC),and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (U.S. HHS) experts working in China on 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) was made by Dr. WANG Yu, Director of the [...]
2009-10-06 23:24:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SENV TBIO SOCI CH GT KE EG TH KZ
09BEIJING3326PRC: Central Asia-China Pipeline Opens,
[...] (C) PRC President Hu Jintao's December 12-14 working level visits to Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan to inaugurate the Central Asia-China pipeline demonstrated China's growing energy cooperation with Central Asia and increasing demand for imported natural gas, according to two researchers at CNPC' [...]
2009-12-14 22:51:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EPET EINV PREL KZ TX CH
09BERLIN601GERMAN COMPANY MARKETING SATELLITE IMAGERY TO US DESPITE FRENCH OPPOSITION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-20 16:50:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALETTC PGOV PINR MCAP PREL TSPA FR KZ AE TU GM
09BISHKEK428ARAL SEA SUMMIT A SUCCESS, SAYS KAZAKH AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Kazakh Ambassador Bakyt Ospanov called on the Ambassador April 30 to give her a readout of the April 28 Aral Sea Summit in Almaty. Ospanov termed the summit a success, and confirmed press reports that Kazakh President Nazarbayev had rebuked President Bakiyev for trying to widen [...]
2009-05-04 09:21:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SENV KZ KG
09DUSSELDORF10IJU/"SAUERLAND CELL" TERRORISM TRIAL OPENS IN DUESSELDORF
[...] (SBU) Summary: The trial of the "Sauerland Cell" charged with membership in the Islamic Jihad Union (IJU) and planning terrorist attacks in Germany against American and other targets began on April 22 amidst strict security and enormous media attention at the High Security Court in Duesseldorf [...]
2009-04-22 17:46:00Consulate DusseldorfUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KISL PGOV KCRM KZ PK UZ GM
09GENEVA436JCIC-XXXIV: (U) OPENING OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIV-001. 2. (U) The Thirty-fourth Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC) opened on June 8, 2009. Addressees are requested to route cable traffic on all START-related issues, as well as Moscow Treaty implementation issues, to U. [...]
2009-06-09 15:13:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA437JCIC-XXXIV: (U) U.S. DELEGATION LIST FOR
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIV-002. 2. (U) Following is the text of the U.S. Delegation List for JCIC-XXXIV, dated June 8, 2009. Begin text: Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission U.S. Delegation for JCIC-XXXIV June 8, 2009 Mr. Jerry A. Taylor [...]
2009-06-09 15:28:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA438JCIC-XXXIV: BELARUSIAN, KAZAKHSTANI, RUSSIAN AND
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIV-003. 2. Paragraphs 3, 4, 5 and 6 below contain the official translations of the texts of the Delegation Lists for the Belarusian, Kazakhstani, Russian and Ukrainian Delegations, respectively, for JCIC-XXXIV. 3. Begin text (Belarus): [...]
2009-06-09 16:30:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA439JCIC-XXXIV: (U) BELARUSIAN OPENING PLENARY
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIV-005. 2. (U) At paragraph 3 below is the official translation of the text of the Belarusian Statement that was delivered at the Opening Plenary Meeting of the Thirty-fourth Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the R [...]
2009-06-09 16:45:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA440JCIC-XXXIV: (U) RUSSIAN OPENING PLENARY
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIV-007. 2. (U) At paragraph 3 below is the official translation of the text of the Russian Statement that was delivered at the Opening Plenary Meeting of the Thirty-fourth Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the Russ [...]
2009-06-09 16:58:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA441JCIC-XXXIV: (U) UKRAINIAN OPENING PLENARY
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIV-008. 2. (U) At paragraph 3 below is the official translation of the text of the Ukrainian Statement that was delivered at the Opening Plenary Meeting of the Thirty-fourth Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the Ru [...]
2009-06-09 17:07:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA442JCIC-XXXIV: (U) U.S. OPENING PLENARY STATEMENT,
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIV-004. 2. (U) At paragraph 3 below is the text of the U.S. Statement that was delivered at the Opening Plenary Meeting of the Thirty-fourth Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the Russian Mission on June 8, 2009. [...]
2009-06-09 17:33:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA460JCIC-XXXIV: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON CLOSURE
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIV-009. 2. (U) Meeting Date: June 8, 2009 Time: 3:30 - 4:30 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Working Group (WG) Meeting was held at the Russian Mission on June 8, 2009, to discuss closure of [...]
2009-06-11 09:18:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA462JCIC-XXXIV: (U) HOD MEETING ON SS-27 RVOSI, PK
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIV-010. 2. (U) Meeting Date: June 9, 2009 Time: 10:30 - 11:45 A.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) Meeting was held at the Russian Mission on June 9, 2009, to discuss U [...]
2009-06-11 14:32:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA463JCIC-XXXIV: QUESTIONS FROM THE U.S. DELEGATION TO
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIV-014. 2. (U) At paragraph 3 is the text of the U.S. Delegation Paper on "Questions from the United States Delegation to Help Resolve U.S. Concerns on SS-27 RVOSI Procedures." The paper was provided to the other Parties on June 9, 2009. 3. (S) Begin text: [...]
2009-06-11 16:05:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA466JCIC-XXXIV: U.S. DELEGATION PAPER DATED JUNE 9,
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIV-015. 2. (U) At paragraph 3 is the text of the U.S. Delegation Paper entitled "U.S. Response to Russian Aide-Memoire dated March 10, 2009" that was provided to the Russian Delegation at the Heads of Delegation Meeting on Courtland Missile Assembly Facility and RS-24 [...]
2009-06-12 13:04:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA467JCIC-XXXIV: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON UPDATED
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIV-011. 2. (U) Meeting Date: June 9, 2009 Time: 3:30 - 5:00 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Working Group (WG) meeting was held at the Russian Mission on June 9, 2009, to discuss the U.S. r [...]
2009-06-12 13:05:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA468JCIC-XXXIV: (U) HOD MEETING ON COURTLAND MISSILE
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIV-012. 2. (U) Meeting Date: June 10, 2009 Time: 10:30 - 11:30 A.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) Meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on June 10, 2009, to discuss Russi [...]
2009-06-12 13:19:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA469JCIC-XXXIV: (U) BELARUSIAN CLOSING PLENARY
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIV-017. 2. (U) At paragraph 3 below is the official translation of the text of the Belarusian Statement that was delivered at the Closing Plenary Meeting of the Thirty-fourth Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the U [...]
2009-06-12 13:34:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA470JCIC-XXXIV: (U) RUSSIAN CLOSING PLENARY
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIV-019. 2. (U) At paragraph 3 below is the official translation of the text of the Russian Statement that was delivered at the Closing Plenary Meeting of the Thirty-fourth Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the U.S. [...]
2009-06-12 13:52:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA471JCIC-XXXIV: (U) UKRAINIAN CLOSING PLENARY
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIV-020. 2. (U) Paragraph 3 below contains the official translation of the text of the Ukrainian Statement that was delivered at the Closing Plenary Meeting of the Thirty-fourth Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the [...]
2009-06-12 14:12:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA472JCIC-XXXIV: (U) U.S.-UKRAINIAN BILATERAL MEETING
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIV-006. 2. (U) Meeting Date: June 9, 2009 Time: 3:30 - 4:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva U.S. Ukraine Mr. Taylor Mr. Nykonenko ----------------------- UKRAINE ADAMANT ABOUT BEING INCLU [...]
2009-06-12 14:34:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA473JCIC-XXXIV: (U) KAZAKHSTANI CLOSING PLENARY
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIV-018. 2. (U) At paragraph 3 below is the official translation of the text of the Kazakhstani Statement that was delivered at the Closing Plenary Meeting of the Thirty-fourth Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the [...]
2009-06-12 14:46:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA475JCIC-XXXIV: (U) U.S. CLOSING PLENARY STATEMENT,
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIV-016. 2. (U) At paragraph 3 below is the text of the U.S. Statement that was delivered at the Closing Plenary Meeting of the Thirty-fourth Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the U.S. Mission on June 11, 2009. [...]
2009-06-12 15:02:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA476JCIC-XXXIV: (U) HOD MEETING ON B-1 HEAVY BOMBER
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIV-013. 2. (U) Meeting Date: June 10, 2009 Time: 3:30 - 5:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on June 10, 2009, to discuss the con [...]
2009-06-12 17:00:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA477JCIC-XXXIV: CLOSING OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH SESSION
[...] This is JCIC-XXXIV-022. 2. This is the end of operations for JCIC-XXXIV. The next meeting of the JCIC will be conducted at a date yet to be determined. Washington and other addresses are requested to continue to include U.S. Mission Geneva, slugged "Geneva for JCIC" on all cables concer [...]
2009-06-12 17:15:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA478JCIC-XXXIV: LIST OF REPORTING CABLES
[...] This is JCIC-XXXIV-021. 2. Following is the listing of Geneva cables for JCIC-XXXIV reporting activity during the period June 8-12, 2009. JCIC-XXXIV-001 (GENEVA 436) JCIC-XXXIV: OPENING OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH SESSION OF THE JOINT COMPLIANCE AND INSPECTION COMMISSION, JUNE 8, 2009 JCIC [...]
2009-06-12 17:22:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09KYIV1715DEMARCHE REQUEST: INAUGURAL FLIGHT OF U.S.-RUSSIA
[...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel talking points to Head of MFA's Military Technical Cooperation Unit Viktor Matsko on October 2. After confirming that the flight would carry materiel to Afghanistan and the proposed flight route, Matsko noted that he would not expect there to be any issues with [...]
2009-10-03 14:29:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL UP PL KZ RU
09KYIV1716DEMARCHE REQUEST: INAUGURAL FLIGHT OF U.S.-RUSSIA
[...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel talking points to Head of MFA's Military Technical Cooperation Unit Viktor Matsko on October 2. After confirming that the flight would carry materiel to Afghanistan and the proposed flight route, Matsko noted that he would not expect there to be any issues with [...]
2009-10-05 03:54:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL UP PL KZ KG RU
09KYIV525JCIC-DIP-09-003: RESPONSE TO RUSSIAN AND
[...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel demarche to Oleksander Bondarenko, Directorate for Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on March 24, 2009. Bondarenko said that Ukraine finds the U.S. proposal acceptable, and noted that the first week of June would be part [...]
2009-03-25 14:54:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALKACT PARM UP RU KZ
09KYIV577INFORMING UKRAINE OF U.S. INTENTIONS TO PURSUE
[...] (SBU) Embassy delivered reftel demarche to Oleksandr Bondarenko, Directorate of Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on March 31. Bondarenko's reaction was measured, and he noted simply that the U.S. position was predictable. TAYLOR [...]
2009-04-01 03:49:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKACT PARM START UP US RS KZ BO
09LONDON712(C) KAZAKHSTAN: OUSTED BTA BANK HEAD ABLYAZOV
[...] (C) Summary. After what he labeled a "political ouster" from the Chairmanship of BTA Bank at the behest of President Nazarbayev, Mukhtar Ablyazov maintained to London Poloff that BTA Bank was Kazakhstan's "healthiest bank." Dismissing the recent Kazakh legal case against him as unfounded, Ably [...]
2009-03-23 15:03:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EFIN EINV KDEM KZ UK
09MOSCOW1074NONPAPER DELIVERED: JCIC-DIP-09-002: PROVISION IN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-24 13:05:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDPARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09MOSCOW1147U.S. PROPOSAL FOR THE ELEVENTH MEETING OF THE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-05 11:32:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09MOSCOW1464U.S. RESPONSE TO RUSSIAN AIDE MEMOIRE ON B-1 HEAVY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-04 11:47:00Embassy MoscowSECRETPARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09MOSCOW169NONPAPER DELIVERED: JCIC-DIP-09-001:
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-26 13:36:00Embassy MoscowSECRETPARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09MOSCOW2188DIPNOTE DELIVERED: JCIC-DIP-09-007: U.S. RESPONSE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-25 11:02:00Embassy MoscowSECRETPARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09MOSCOW2204THE CUSTOMS UNION IS GOING TO GENEVA - TO SEE WHAT
[...] (C) Summary: During the August 12 Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan Customs Union (RBKCU) Summit, the members agreed to negotiate WTO accession using a joint negotiating team headed by Maxim Medvedkov, Russia's lead WTO negotiator. Medvedkov and his new tri-country team will go to Geneva in early Se [...]
2009-08-27 05:47:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON PREL RS WTO KZ BO
09MOSCOW2248Progress on the Russian International Uranium Enrichment
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy representatives visited the Angarsk Electrolysis Chemical Complex (AECC) uranium enrichment facility on July 15, 2009 and received a briefing in Moscow on August 3, 2009 on the status of the International Uranium Enrichment Center (IUEC). The briefing was provided by re [...]
2009-08-31 11:04:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP ENGR IAEA TSPL SENV KZ NO AM UP SW RS
09MOSCOW2324NONPAPER DELIVERED: JCIC-DIP-09-010: U.S.
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-09 13:25:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALKACT PARM START US RS UP BO KZ
09MOSCOW2381MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS ON CUSTOMS UNION
[...] (C) Summary: In an attempt to understand the form the Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan Customs Union (RBKCU) will take on its planned implementation day of January 1, 2010 and its potential effect on the external trade of the three countries, post has put together this backgrounder on the Customs [...]
2009-09-17 06:44:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON PREL RS WTO KZ BO
09MOSCOW2603Ambassador and NASA Administrator Attend Launch and Docking
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: From September 28 through October 3, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden traveled to Russia and Kazakhstan for the first time as the NASA Administrator to participate in the launch and docking activities for the Soyuz 20S (TMA-16) flight to the International Space Station (ISS). [...]
2009-10-19 04:07:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTSPA KNNP ENGR TSPL SENV PREL KZ RS
09MOSCOW2611U/S BURNS' OCTOBER 12 MEETING WITH DFM KARASIN
[...] (C) Summary. Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin told Under Secretary Burns October 12 that Presidents Sargsian and Aliyev had made little progress in their recent talks on Nagorno-Karabakh. Russia does not consider a joint statement on the recent Turkey-Armenia protocol necessary. The Minsk G [...]
2009-10-20 12:07:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RS GG UP MD AM AJ TU AF TI KG KZ
09MOSCOW2724PAPER DELIVERED: JCIC AGREEMENT ON THE EXCHANGE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-03 14:20:00Embassy MoscowSECRETKACT PARM START RS US KZ UP BO
09MOSCOW2767PAPER DELIVERED: COMMEMORATING THE SUCCESS OF THE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-10 15:07:00Embassy MoscowSECRETPARM KACT START RS US KZ UP BO
09MOSCOW2768U.S. PROPOSED TEXT FOR A U.S.-RUSSIAN AGREEMENT ON
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-10 15:09:00Embassy MoscowSECRETPARM KACT START RS US KZ UP BO
09MOSCOW2943ALLEGED NUCLEAR SMUGGLING INCIDENT AT THE RUSSIA-KAZAKHSTAN BORDER REF: TELEPHONE CONVERSATION BETWEEN FSN AND RUSSIAN CUSTOMS OFFICER RELAYED TO EXBS ADVISOR Classified By: DCM ERIC RUBIN FOR REASONS 1.4 (B, C, D).
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-04 14:08:00Embassy MoscowSECRETASEC KCRM KNNP KZ MNUC PARM PINR PTER RS UP
09MOSCOW3082WHAT RUSSIA'S TRADE NEGOTIATORS ACCOMPLISHED IN
[...] (U) Introduction: This cable is the first in a three-part series presenting major features of the Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan Customs Union (RBKCU),which was finalized on November 27 with the signing of most binding agreements. This cable covers the major structure and decision-making proces [...]
2009-12-23 04:13:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALETRD EAGR ECON PREL RS WTO KZ BO
09MOSCOW3083THE CUSTOMS UNION AND TRADE- HARMONIZED TARIFFS
[...] (U) Introduction: This cable is the second in a three-part series presenting major features of the Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan Customs Union (RBKCU),finalized on November 27 with the signing of most binding agreements. This cable reviews the principal points regarding tariffs and non-tariff [...]
2009-12-23 09:52:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALETRD EAGR ECON PREL RS WTO KZ BO
09MOSCOW3084THE CUSTOMS UNION AND A UNIFIED WTO ACCESSION
[...] (U) Summary: This cable is the third in a three-part series presenting major features of the Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan Customs Union (RBKCU),which was finalized on November 27 with the signing of most binding agreements. The first cable covered the major structure and decision-making proce [...]
2009-12-23 10:06:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALETRD EAGR ECON PREL RS WTO KZ BO
09MOSCOW802INFORMING BELARUS, KAZAKHSTAN, AND UKRAINE OF U.S.
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-31 13:27:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM KACT START US UP BO KZ RS
09MOSCOW835RUSSIAN EXPERTS DISCUSS CENTRAL ASIA AND THE CIS
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified and is not intended for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary. In conversations with U.S. Ambassador to Kazakhstan Richard Hoagland March 23-24, Russian experts on the CIS listed maintaining dominance in the region, protecting Russia's ec [...]
2009-04-02 09:14:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDPREL RS CH AF KZ ZK
09MOSCOW839MFA DISCUSSES CENTRAL ASIA, AFGHANISTAN, AND
[...] (C) Summary. In a March 24 meeting with U.S. Ambassador to Kazakhstan Richard Hoagland, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin reaffirmed GOR readiness to cooperate with the U.S. on Afghanistan but stressed the need for transparency and openness, particularly with regard to U.S. conversati [...]
2009-04-02 09:48:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL RS KZ AF ZK
09MOSCOW909RUSSIA'S MFA ON BAIKONUR TSA STEPS TOWARD ENTRY INTO FORCE
[...] (SBU) On Friday, April 3, ESToff presented and discussed the reftel points on steps toward entry into force of the Baikonur Technical Safeguards Agreement (TSA) with MFA Department for Security and Disarmament Affairs Outer Space Affairs Senior Counselor Georgiy Yurivich Barsegov. Barsegov co [...]
2009-04-09 13:16:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTSPL TPSA KZ RS
09NEWDELHI190REPUBLIC DAY GUEST OF HONOR: KAZAKHSTAN PRESIDENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev's visit to India as chief guest at the 2009 Republic Day celebration resulted in the signature of five substantive agreements, including an MoU on civilian nuclear cooperation. Nazarbayev did not create the media splash other Republic Day [...]
2009-01-30 10:47:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL EPET ENRG TRGY PHUM PINR KDEM KZ IN
09NEWDELHI354CICA SENIORS MEETING CALLS FOR MORE ACTION; TURKEY
[...] (C) Summary. The February 18-20 Senior Officials Committee/Special Working Group meeting of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) included the usual litany of decisions taken on past agenda items and recommendations for future discussions, but was not [...]
2009-02-25 12:04:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KZ TU IN
09PARIS1393FRENCH MFA ON RUSSIA, BOSNIA, KARABAKH, KAZAKHSTAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Government of France is "reflecting" on ways to improve the strategic relationship between Russia and the West, and may consider the potential value of entering into new negotiations on the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty, according to Roland Galharague [...]
2009-10-14 16:35:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RS BK KZ AM AJ FR
09PARIS1413France: Total SA's Investment Projects
[...] (SBU) Total SA executives gave Deputy Assistant Secretary Douglas Hengel an overview of investment activities in some of the world's political hotspots. On Iran, they denied talks had resumed on phase 11 of the South Pars gas field but expressed frustration over Chinese companies entering the [...]
2009-10-21 10:24:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ECON EINV PREL FR IR KZ NI RS SU BM
09PARIS1565FRANCE: TOTAL SA LEADS THE NORTH CASPIAN OPERATING COMPANY
[...] (C) Summary. The North Caspian Operating Company (NCOC) will oversee planning and development of Kazakhstan's rich North Caspian petroleum resources, but the seven NCOC partner companies are on their own to get the crude to the market. NCOC faces numerous challenges: a harsh climate, sensit [...]
2009-11-24 16:55:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALEPET EINV ENRG BEXP FR KZ ETRD PREL
09SEOUL753ROKG, KOREAN COMPANIES REACHING OUT TO CENTRAL ASIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ROK President Lee Myung-bak will be visiting Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan May 10-14. His meeting with Uzbek President Islam Karimov will be his third in 15 months, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) Eurasia Division Director Lim Soo-suk told Poloffs on May 7. Seoul is in [...]
2009-05-12 01:07:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EAID EAIR EINV ENRG EPET KS UZ KZ
09STATE102964(U) KUDOS FOR REPORTING ON KAZAKHSTAN ARRESTS
[...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS GREATLY APPRECIATED REFTELS' COVERAGE OF THE ARRESTS OF KAZAKHSTANI GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ON CORRUPTION CHARGES AND RECENT CAMPAIGN TO FIGHT THE SYSTEMIC NATURE OF CORRUPTION. THE INSIGHTS ON THE ENDEMIC LEVEL OF CORRUPTION, AND THE EPIDEMIC OF RECENT ARRESTS OF MU [...]
2009-10-02 18:49:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPINR ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV KZ
09STATE109026OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: DENIAL OF APPEAL OF
[...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the October 21 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. The United States notes with concern that on October 20 the Almaty Oblast Court upheld last month's troubling conviction and sentenci [...]
2009-10-22 00:17:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV OSCE KPAO PHUM PREL KZ
09STATE111229U.S. START TREATY ITEMIZED COST LISTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for Embassy Astana (DTRO-A),Embassy Kyiv (DTRO-K),and Embassy Moscow (DTRO-M/ACI). Please see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) In accordance with Annex 14 to the START Treaty Inspection Protocol, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) has prepared and forwarded t [...]
2009-10-28 14:58:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09STATE111464OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO THE REPORT
[...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the October 29, 2009, meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna: Begin Text: Thank you, Madam Chair. The United States warmly welcomes Ambassador Vollebaek back to the Permanent Council and thanks him for his thorough and tho [...]
2009-10-28 22:46:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM OSCE UP RS KV MK KZ HU LO GG
09STATE112533SFO-VI GUIDANCE-003/JCIC-DIP-09-012: JCIC
[...] (U) This is an action request. Astana, Kyiv and Moscow, see paragraph 3 below. Geneva, see paragraph 5 below. 2. (S) BACKGROUND: Washington believes it would be useful for the START Parties to exchange and release the final data for each category of data contained in the START Memoran [...]
2009-10-31 21:43:00Secretary of StateSECRETKACT PARM START RS US KZ UP BO
09STATE115348U.S. PROPOSED TEXT FOR A U.S.-RUSSIAN AGREEMENT
[...] (U) This is an action request for Moscow (see paragraph 3). 2. (S) BACKGROUND: The START Treaty will expire on December 5, 2009, and the new START Follow-on treaty currently being negotiated will not have entered into force by that date. Therefore, the United States seeks to agree with [...]
2009-11-08 18:00:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM KACT START RS US KZ UP BO
09STATE115554COMMEMORATING THE SUCCESS OF THE START TREATY'S
[...] (U) This is an action request for Moscow and Geneva (see paragraph 6). 2. (S) BACKGROUND. Recent discussions between officials at the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) and the Russian Nuclear Risk Reduction Center (RNRRC) indicate that the RNRRC intends to host a ceremonial eve [...]
2009-11-09 18:49:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM KACT START RS US KZ UP BO
09STATE116297SFO-VII GUIDANCE-001: RESPONSES TO SVO-GVA-VI
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-11 04:03:00Secretary of StateSECRETKACT PARM START RS US KZ UP BO
09STATE118936SUCCESSFUL LEGISLATIVE DRAFTING EXPERT WORKSHOP
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In coordination with experts from the Terrorism Prevention Branch (TPB) of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC),the Department,s Nuclear Smuggling Outreach Initiative (NSOI) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) held a Legislative Drafting Expert Workshop with [...]
2009-11-18 14:11:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM PTER KNNP KCRM KZ
09STATE119331SFO-VII GUIDANCE-003: STREAMLINED PACKAGE ON
[...] (S) Background: The United States believes the START Follow-on treaty must continue to recognize the inherent difficulty of monitoring mobile ICBMs by including some verification provisions and operational restrictions that apply only to mobile ICBMs, but that the number and type of such uniq [...]
2009-11-19 02:28:00Secretary of StateSECRETKACT PARM START RS US KZ UP BO
09STATE120541CONSULTATIONS ON THE FUTURE OF GOVERNMENT TO
[...] (U) This is an action request for DTROs in Astana and Kyiv, and for Pol-Mil in Minsk. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) Background: The START Treaty expires on December 5, 2009. The START follow-on treaty will be a strictly bilateral treaty between the U.S. and Russia. There will thus be [...]
2009-11-23 16:13:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBO KACT KZ PARM RS UP
09STATE122735SFO-VII GUIDANCE-004
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-01 03:32:00Secretary of StateSECRETKACT PARM START RS US KZ UP BO
09STATE123224SFO-VII GUIDANCE-005: RESTRICTIONS ON MOVEMENT FROM
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-02 03:36:00Secretary of StateSECRETKACT PARM START RS US KZ UP BO
09STATE123343BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050095697 for the export of International Traffic in Arms (ITAR)-controlled high powered amplif [...]
2009-12-02 13:46:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC KZ SP
09STATE12835OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON NEW
[...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the February 12, 2009 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin Text: Mr. Chairman, At the Madrid Ministerial meeting in 2007, the United States welcomed the selection of Kazakhstan as Chairman in Office for 2010. At that ti [...]
2009-02-11 21:37:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM OSCE KZ
09STATE128597OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON THE DENIAL
[...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the December 17, 2009, Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman, The United States is disappointed that a judicial panel of the Almaty District Court refused to review the conviction of human [...]
2009-12-16 19:04:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV OSCE KPAO PHUM PREL KZ
09STATE27631JCIC-DIP-09-003: RESPONSE TO RUSSIAN AND
[...] (U) This is an action cable (see paragraph 4). 2. (C) Background: On March 11, 2009, Russia proposed a meeting of the Parties to the START Treaty in the Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC) from March 31 to April 3, 2009, in Geneva (Ref A). Similarly, Ukraine proposed a JCI [...]
2009-03-23 16:42:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09STATE27733U.S. DISPUTE OF RUSSIAN START BILLS
[...] This is an action cable (see paragraph 3). 2. Summary and action request. The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) has reviewed itemized cost lists and bills associated with the implementation of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) (totaling 592,377.62 USD),and supporting docu [...]
2009-03-23 19:07:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09STATE29419BAIKONUR TSA: STEPS TOWARD ENTRY INTO FORCE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-26 21:36:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKZ RS
09STATE30048INFORMING BELARUS, KAZAKHSTAN, AND UKRAINE OF
[...] (U) Secure communications with Minsk remains unavailable. Post is requested to pass SBU points to appropriate host government officials. 2. (U) This is an action cable. Astana, Minsk, Kyiv, and Moscow: please see appropriate paragraphs below. Posts should be aware that the information [...]
2009-03-28 01:13:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09STATE30895(U) KUDOS FOR BIOGRAPHIC REPORTING JANUARY -
[...] (C) INR/B CONTINUES TO BE AMAZED AND PLEASED WITH THE QUANTITY AND QUALITY OF BIOGRAPHIC REPORTING PRODUCED BY POST. INR/B RELIES HEAVILY ON POST,S REPORTING IN PULLING TOGETHER BIOGRAPHIC REPORTS ON KAZAKHSTANI OFFICIALS FOR USE BY US POLICYMAKERS. REFS A-J AMOUNT TO MERELY A SAMPLE OF POS [...]
2009-03-31 18:35:00Secretary of StateSECRETPINR KZ
09STATE40874JCIC-DIP-09-002: PROVISION IN ADVANCE OF DATA ON
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. See paragraph 4 below. 2. (SBU) Background: In Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC) Joint Statement Number 21, the parties are obligated to provide, "in advance,[?] information on ICBMs and SLBMs used to deliver objects into the upper atmosp [...]
2009-04-23 18:14:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09STATE43205U.S. START TREATY ITEMIZED COST LISTS
[...] This is an action request for Embassy Astana (DTRO-A),Embassy Kyiv (DTRO-K),and Embassy Moscow (DTRO-M/ACID). Please see paragraph 2. 2. In accordance with Annex 14 to the START Treaty Inspection Protocol, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) has prepared and forwarded to embassie [...]
2009-04-29 13:21:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09STATE44001U.S. PROPOSAL FOR THE ELEVENTH MEETING OF THE
[...] (U) This is an action cable. 2. (C) BACKGROUND: Under the terms of the Moscow Treaty, the Parties are obligated to meet twice a year in the Bilateral Implementation Commission (BIC). The last meeting of the BIC was in November 2008. The United States proposes that the next BIC meeting b [...]
2009-04-30 17:23:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09STATE46263OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: KAZAKHSTAN INTERNET DRAFT
[...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the May 7 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Madame Chairwoman, The Internet is a powerful tool for information exchange and free expression that we believe has generally furthered the social and cultu [...]
2009-05-06 21:01:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV OSCE KPAO PHUM PREL KZ
09STATE50149BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests the assistance of Embassy Canberra and Embassy Almaty in conducting a pre-license check on application 050169554 for the export of gyroscopes to be incorporated [...]
2009-05-15 19:26:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC AS KZ
09STATE50910U.S. NON-PAPER ON ELEMENTS OF A START FOLLOW-ON
[...] (SBU) Background: A U.S. delegation led by Assistant Secretary for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation, Rose Gottemoeller, is scheduled to begin negotiations regarding a START follow-on agreement with a Russian delegation led by Russian MFA Director of Security and Disarmament Affair [...]
2009-05-19 02:18:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09STATE50911GUIDANCE FOR U.S. DELEGATION TO THE U.S./RUSSIA
[...] (U) Assistant Secretary for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation, Rose Gottemoeller, is scheduled to begin negotiations regarding a START follow-on agreement with Russian MFA Director of Security and Disarmament Affairs Anatoliy Antonov, during meetings of the U.S. and Russian Delegati [...]
2009-05-19 02:19:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09STATE5392OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON JOURNALIST
[...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the January 22, 2009, meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna: Begin Text: Madam Chairwoman, The United States notes the concern expressed by the Representative on Freedom of the Media Miklos Haraszti and by the European Un [...]
2009-01-21 19:27:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KZ
09STATE54767INFORMING THE CENTRAL ASIANS ON LETHAL TRANSIT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-28 18:39:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL RS TI TX UZ KG KZ
09STATE55556JCIC-XXXIV-GUIDANCE-001 -- OMNIBUS GUIDANCE
[...] (U) These instructions must be received by the JCIC Delegation in Geneva by opening of business June 8, 2009, for use during the JCIC session that convenes that day. The United States proposed that the Parties meet for JCIC-XXXIV (State 043464) and the Russian Federation accepted (State 04648 [...]
2009-05-30 00:32:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09STATE58439JCIC-XXXIV GUIDANCE-002: ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE
[...] (U) This is the second tranche of guidance for JCIC-XXXIV. These instructions must be received by the JCIC Delegation in Geneva by opening of business June 8, 2009, for use during the JCIC session that convenes that day. JCIC-XXXIV-GUIDANCE-001 (Omnibus Guidance) is contained in Reftel. [...]
2009-06-06 02:24:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09STATE58456JCIC-XXXIV GUIDANCE-003: U.S. OPENING STATEMENT
[...] (U) Delegation is authorized to deliver the text in paragraph 2 below during the opening plenary meeting of JCIC-XXXIV. 2. (C) Begin text: STATEMENT BY THE UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE TO THE JOINT COMPLIANCE AND INSPECTION COMMISSION AT THE OPENING PLENARY MEETING OF THE THIRTY-FOURT [...]
2009-06-06 05:05:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09STATE60633KAZAKHSTAN--2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND
[...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]
2009-06-12 01:09:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDELAB KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG KPAO KTIP KZ
09STATE71819REQUEST TO EXPAND THE AGENDA OF THE LEGISLATIVE
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 4-5. 2. The entire text of this cable is UNCLASSIFIED. 3. BACKGROUND ON WORKSHOP: The Terrorism Prevention Branch (TPB) of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has proposed to hold a workshop with the Government of Kazakhstan [...]
2009-07-10 15:38:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KNNP KZ
09STATE73196(U) KUDOS FOR BIOGRAPHIC REPORTING APRIL - JUNE
[...] (C) INR/B WISHES TO THANK POST FOR ITS BIOGRAPHIC REPORTING. INR/B RELIES HEAVILY ON POST,S REPORTING IN PULLING TOGETHER BIOGRAPHIC REPORTS ON KAZAKHSTANI OFFICIALS FOR US POLICYMAKERS. REFS A-J REPRESENT POST,S OUTSTANDING REPORTING ON KAZAKHSTANI OFFICIALS. A. (C) INR/B APPRECIATED [...]
2009-07-14 21:13:00Secretary of StateSECRETPINR KZ
09STATE73786OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON INTERNET LAW IN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-15 21:55:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KZ
09STATE74733(S) KUDOS FOR REPORTING ON JUNE 2009 SCO SUMMIT
[...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS GREATLY APPRECIATE REF REPORTS, INSIGHTS ON THE OUTCOME OF THE SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION (SCO) SUMMIT IN YEKATERINBURG, RUSSIA. CHINA'S ECONOMIC OUTREACH IN CENTRAL ASIA CONTINUES TO ATTRACT CONSIDERABLE SENIOR POLICYMAKER INTEREST, AND ANY FURTHER REPORTI [...]
2009-07-17 17:05:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPINR ETRD KSUM PREL CH KG KZ RS TI TX UZ
09STATE76452(S) CHINA'S ASSESSMENT OF THE JUNE 2009 SCO
[...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ARE VERY INTERESTED IN CHINA'S ASSESSMENT OF THE SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION (SCO) SUMMIT HELD IN JUNE 2009 IN YEKATERINBURG, RUSSIA. CHINA'S ECONOMIC OUTREACH IN CENTRAL ASIA IS OF POLICYMAKER INTEREST, AND ANY FURTHER REPORTING POST CAN PROVIDE, TIME AND RE [...]
2009-07-22 15:46:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPINR ETRD KSUM PREL CH KG KZ RS TI TX UZ
09STATE76696(S) CHINA'S ASSESSMENT OF THE JUNE 2009 SCO
[...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ARE VERY INTERESTED IN CHINA'S ASSESSMENT OF THE SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION (SCO) SUMMIT HELD IN JUNE 2009 IN YEKATERINBURG, RUSSIA. CHINA'S ECONOMIC OUTREACH IN CENTRAL ASIA IS OF POLICYMAKER INTEREST, AND ANY FURTHER REPORTING POST CAN PROVIDE, TIME AND RE [...]
2009-07-22 20:51:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPINR ETRD KSUM PREL CH KG KZ RS TI TX UZ
09STATE78715U.S. START TREATY ITEMIZED COST LISTS
[...] This is an action request for Embassy Astana (DTRO-A) and Embassy Kyiv (DTRO-K). This is an info message for Embassy Moscow (DTRO-M/ACID) since DTRO-M has already delivered the START cost lists (Reftel). Please see paragraph 2. 2. In accordance with Annex 14 to the START Treaty Inspecti [...]
2009-07-28 20:31:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09STATE78724U.S. START TREATY ITEMIZED COST LISTS
[...] This is an action request for Embassy Astana (DTRO-A) and Embassy Kyiv (DTRO-K). This is an info message for Embassy Moscow (DTRO-M/ACID) since DTRO-M has already delivered the START cost lists (Reftel). Please see paragraph 2. 2. In accordance with Annex 14 to the START Treaty Inspecti [...]
2009-07-28 20:55:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09STATE80778JCIC-DIP-09-009: U.S. MINUTEMAN III FRONT
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 8 below. 2. (S) BACKGROUND: Russian complaints about Minuteman III (MM III) RVOSI date almost to the beginning of START Treaty implementation. While we are confident the original U.S. procedures were Treaty compliant, the United States made [...]
2009-08-04 02:03:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09STATE8300ENCOURAGING KAZAKHSTAN'S ADVOCACY FOR MANAS
[...] (C) Summary: This is an action request; please see paragraph 4. In addition to press reports, Embassy Bishkek is receiving strong signals that the Kyrgyz government may decide in the near future to close the coalition airbase at Manas. Kazakhstani Ambassador to the United States Erlan Idri [...]
2009-01-29 23:47:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR KZ KG RS
09STATE88234(SBU) KUDOS FOR REPORTING ON VIOLENCE IN WESTERN
[...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ARE FOLLOWING THE RECENT VIOLENCE AGAINST ETHNIC UIGHURS IN XINJIANG, CHINA. REFTEL OFFERED KEY INSIGHTS INTO THE CONTENTIOUS RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HAN CHINESE AND UIGHURS FUELING THIS UNREST. REFTEL ALSO INDICATED THE NEGATIVE EFFECT THAT CONTINUED UNREST MAY HAVE [...]
2009-08-24 21:25:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPINR PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI CH KG KZ TI
09STATE90920BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050095697 for the export of International Traffic in Arms (ITAR)-controlled high powered amplif [...]
2009-09-01 13:10:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC KZ SP
09STATE91695OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: THE SENTENCING OF
[...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the September 3 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. The United States shares the concern expressed in the August 11 statement of OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Haraszti on [...]
2009-09-02 21:53:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV OSCE KPAO PHUM PREL KZ
09STATE92051BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 4 - 5. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on license 050187693 for the export of rifles and ammunition to Kazakhstan. Post is requested to complete [...]
2009-09-03 18:29:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC KZ BU
09STATE92657JCIC-DIP-09-010: U.S. RESPONSE TO RUSSIAS START
[...] (C) Background: The United States conducted a Trident II SLBM flight test on December 10, 2008. On April 7, 2009, the Russian Federation provided the United States a START Format 81 notification (Reftel) regarding the incompleteness or insufficient quality of the recording of telemetric inf [...]
2009-09-05 02:36:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09STATE92658JCIC-DIP-09-010: U.S. RESPONSE TO RUSSIAS START
[...] (C) Background: The United States conducted a Trident II SLBM flight test on December 10, 2008. On April 7, 2009, the Russian Federation provided the United States a START Format 81 notification (Reftel) regarding the incompleteness or insufficient quality of the recording of telemetric inf [...]
2009-09-05 02:46:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09STATE93694OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: THE SENTENCING OF
[...] (U) Post is authorized to deliver the following statement at the September 10 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. The United States Government would like to add its voice to those of Kazakhstani and international human rights non-governmental or [...]
2009-09-09 17:30:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV OSCE KPAO PHUM PREL KZ
09STATE97434AUSTRALIA GROUP: SUPPLEMENTARY GUIDANCE FOR
[...] (U) This message provides supplmentary guidance on membership and regional nonproliferation issues for the U.S. delegation to the Australia Group plenary in Paris, September 21-25, 2009. ---------- MEMBERSHIP ---------- 2. (C//REL AUSTRALIA GROUP) Russia: -- The Del may not suppor [...]
2009-09-18 22:00:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL ETTC RS KN IR SY KZ BR CI MX
09STATE99779JCIC-DIP-09-011: PROVISION IN ADVANCE OF DATA ON
[...] This is an action request. See paragraph 4 below. 2. (U) BACKGROUND: In Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC) Joint Statement Number 21, the Parties committed to provide, in advance, information on ICBMs and SLBMs used to deliver objects into the upper atmosphere or space, i [...]
2009-09-24 21:10:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09TASHKENT100UZBEKISTAN: NEW STUDY ON LABOR MIGRATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: In December, the United Nations Development Program's (UNDP) office in Tashkent published a new study on labor migration from Uzbekistan based on surveys conducted in 2006 and 2007. While the study does not reflect the impact of the current financial crisis upon labor migratio [...]
2009-01-23 11:48:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ECON KIRF KTIP PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI RS KZ UZ
09TASHKENT22UZBEKISTAN: TIP PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN CONTINUES;
[...] (U) Summary: In the past few months, the government has continued a wide-ranging public awareness campaign on trafficking-in-persons (TIP) in the government-controlled mass media (ref A and B). Conducting a relatively non-extensive survey, poloff uncovered more than 70 separate TIP-related st [...]
2009-01-07 12:07:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM ECON ELAB KCRM KTIP KWMN PGOV PREL SOCI KZ RS UZ
09TASHKENT343IOM Predicts Slim Pickings for Uzbek Migrants and Increase
[...] (SBU) Summary: International Organization for Migration (IOM) Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan Country Director Mahmoud Naderi told poloff on February 10 that he expects the going to get tougher for Uzbek labor migrants and that he foresees an increase in TIP cases as desperate would-be workers seek [...]
2009-03-23 11:19:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPREL KTIP ELAB PHUM ECON KCRM PINR KCOR RS KZ UZ
09TBILISI2255GEORGIA: SOUTH OSSETIANS SPURN OSCE WHILE
[...] (C) Summary and comment. During a December 11 trip Tskhinvali, South Ossetian de facto representatives made clear to outgoing Greek OSCE Chairman Special Representative Christopoulos and his incoming Kazakh successor Bolat Nurgaliyev their lack of interest in an OSCE roving team, their tough [...]
2009-12-21 12:11:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS EPET RS KZ GG
09TBILISI843GEORGIA: DFM NALBANDOV ON UN, OSCE
[...] (C) Summary. Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Nalbandov summoned the Ambassador April 29 to request further U.S. help in encouraging the UN Secretary General to title his report "Situation in Abkhazia, Georgia." He also identified particular redlines for Georgia in the negotiations for a new [...]
2009-05-01 14:21:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPREL OSCE GR RS KZ GG
09TELAVIV1562PRESIDENT PERES VISITS ASTANA AND BAKU
[...] (SBU) Summary: Israeli President Shimon Peres, along with 3 ministers and a 60 person commercial delegation, visited Astana and Baku June 29 - July 1. The stated purpose was to advance the Israeli industrial and business agenda in these countries not traditionally considered close diplomati [...]
2009-07-16 10:43:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL IR AJ KZ IS
09USOSCE184OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: JULY 27 - 31, 2009
[...] (U) A team of election experts from the OSCE/ODIHR Mission arrived in Kabul July 26 to support conduct of the August 20 presidential and provincial council elections in Afghanistan. The 20 experts from the mission will assist election stakeholders in Afghanistan, including election administra [...]
2009-08-06 15:21:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALMARR OSCE PGOV PREL RU KZ GG KG MK BK
09USOSCE187CHARGE FULLER MEETS KAZAKHSTAN DFM ZHIGALOV
[...] (C) In an August 20 meeting with Charge d'Affaires Fuller, Kazakhstani Deputy Foreign Minister Konstantin Zhigalov reiterated his country's priorities in anticipation of its 2010 role as OSCE Chair-in-Office (CIO),including focusing on frozen conflicts, the Corfu process, energy, transportati [...]
2009-08-20 15:34:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALAF KZ OSCE PHUM PREL
09USOSCE199OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: SEPTEMBER 1 - 3, 2009
[...] (SBU) At the weekly U.S.-CiO meeting September 1, Greek PermRep Marinaki reaffirmed the ChairmanshipQ,s intent to delay its decision on opening the proposed two-person Office of the Special Representative in Tbilisi until after the September 17 round of Geneva discussions. Marinaki said Athe [...]
2009-09-10 13:55:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALMARR OSCE PGOV PREL KZ GG RU
09USOSCE206OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: SEPTEMBER 8 - 11, 2009
[...] (SBU) At the weekly U.S.-CiO meeting September 8, Greek PermRep Marinaki said she intends during the Greek Chairmanship to complete the process for replacing OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM) Miklos Haraszti whose term expires in March 2009. Marinaki said the announcement fo [...]
2009-09-22 06:32:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALMARR OSCE PGOV PREL KZ GG RU
09USOSCE207OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: SEPTEMBER 8 - 11, 2009
[...] (SBU) At the weekly U.S.-CiO meeting September 8, Greek PermRep Marinaki said she intends during the Greek Chairmanship to complete the process for replacing OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM) Miklos Haraszti whose term expires in March 2009. Marinaki said the announcement fo [...]
2009-09-22 06:32:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALMARR OSCE PGOV PREL KZ GG RU
09USOSCE210OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: SEPTEMBER 14 - 18, 2009
[...] (U) In her video greeting to the September 14 opening session of the 9th Alliance against Trafficking in Persons Conference, Secretary Clinton spoke of the personal, societal, and economic harm caused by human trafficking. She emphasized the "three Ps" of the anti-trafficking fight - prosecu [...]
2009-09-28 07:24:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALMARR OSCE PGOV PREL GG RU KZ
09USOSCE243KAZAKHSTAN'S CHAIRMANSHIP OF OSCE: A SLIPPERY SLOPE
[...] Following an October 21-25 visit to Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, some of the participating nine OSCE Chiefs of Missions shared notes and perspectives. Although the consensus was that we must take steps to ensure "normality" during the Kazakh chairmanship of the OSCE in 2010, the group suspected [...]
2009-10-29 15:27:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOSCE PGOV PREL KZ
09USOSCE272OSCE AND INCOMING CHAIR KAZAKHSTAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Although the Kazakhstanis reiterate on every occasion their commitment to the principles of the OSCE "acquis" and swear to protect the third dimension during their 2010 chairmanship of the OSCE, their negotiating style at the OSCE Ministerial Conference in Athens December 1-2 [...]
2009-12-08 11:19:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALKZ OSCE PREL
09USOSCE275OSCE MINISTERIAL FOCUSES ON EUROPEAN SECURITY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The seventeenth OSCE Ministerial Council, held December 1-2, 2009 in Athens, focused mainly on the ongoing European security dialogue known as the Corfu Process. Although Russia,s proposed European security treaty (EST) dominated the headlines, the U.S. achieved its highest pri [...]
2009-12-11 17:55:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOSCE RS KZ GR PREL
09USOSCE276DAS KROL MEETS WITH TAJIK AND KYRGYZ FOREIGN
[...] (C) In a series of meetings on the margins of the OSCE Ministerial Council in Athens on December 1, SCA DAS George Krol met with the Foreign Ministers of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan as well as the Political Director from the Lithuanian MFA ahead of Lithuania's 2011 Chairmanship of the OSCE. Taj [...]
2009-12-14 07:08:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KG KZ TI LH
09USOSCE280SCA DAS KROL'S MEETINGS WITH OSCE INSTITUTION
[...] (C) In a December 1 meeting on the margins of the OSCE Ministerial Council in Athens, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) Director Janez Lenarcic expressed concern to SCA DAS Krol that incoming Chair in Office of the OSCE, Kazakhstan, aimed to solve the "problem" o [...]
2009-12-15 13:07:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KZ
09USOSCE292OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: DECEMBER 9 - 18, 2009
[...] (SBU) Staff in the OSCE Secretariat's Conflict Prevention Center (CPC) told PolOff December 8 that Special Representative Christopoulos and Special Representative-designate Nurgaliev intend to visit Tbilisi and Tskhinvali December 14 and 15 to revisit the idea of establishing a small team to s [...]
2009-12-24 11:40:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALMARR OSCE PGOV PREL PHUM RU MD HR AF KZ
09VIENNA296Austrian Outlook on Central/ Eastern
[...] SUMMARY: As leading investors and bankers in Central/Eastern/Southeastern Europe (CESEE),Austrians have developed broad expertise on the region. The latest forecast by the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (WIIW) paints a negative but differentiated picture. As a group, [...]
2009-03-12 15:35:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ELAB EUN XH TU RS KZ CH
09WARSAW1027POLAND APPROVES INAUGURAL FLIGHT OF U.S.-RUSSIA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-02 15:24:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL RU KZ KG UA PL
10AQNA272 KAZAKHSTAN: ZHOVTIS UNDERSTANDABLY PESSIMISTIC ABOUT REFORM
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-26 09:09:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KDEM KZ
10ASHGABAT130TURKMENISTAN: BRITISH DIPLOMATS TALK CENTRAL ASIA
[...] (C) On January 26, econoff met with the new British Ambassador to Turkmenistan Keith Allen and the British Regional Energy Officer Martin Child. The British Ambassador stated that he had brought up the UK's increased interest in securing natural gas for Europe at his first meeting with Presid [...]
2010-01-27 12:31:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALEPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO KZ UK TX
10ASTANA10 NORTHERN KAZAKHSTAN WELCOMES CUSTOMS UNION
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a series of visits to Kazakhstan's two northernmost provinces, local officials praised their regions' economic stability and growth potential. Accounting for the largest share of Kazakhstan's 20.8 million [...]
2010-01-08 10:12:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EAGR ETRD SOCI RS KZ
10ASTANA109 KAZAKHSTAN: ZHOVTIS CASE TO SUPREME COURT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Vitaliy Voronov, lawyer for imprisoned human-rights activist Yevgeniy Zhovtis filed on January 27 a motion to request the Supreme Court review the case. The court has one month to decide whether to accept the case and an additional month to issue a decision. Cautiously optimisti [...]
2010-01-28 10:33:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KZ
10ASTANA119 KAZAKHSTAN: U.S. OIL EXECUTIVES DISCUSS CORRUPTION,
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 26, the outgoing and incoming CEOs of U.S. oil services company J. Ray McDermott conveyed to the Ambassador their optimism about the investment climate in Kazakhstan, and asserted that strong, fundament [...]
2010-01-29 08:04:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET SOCI KZ
10ASTANA122 KAZAKHSTAN: SECRETARY CLINTON'S SPEECH EVOKES DEBATE ON
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Following a viewing of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's speech on Internet Freedom, a roundtable discussion by Kazakhstani Internet activists on January 22 in Almaty revealed broad agreement that Kazakhstani a [...]
2010-01-29 10:27:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL KPAO KDEM KZ
10ASTANA13 KAZAKHSTAN: A TALE OF TWO NORTHERN CITIES
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On recent visits to Kostanai and North Kazakhstan Oblasts, PolOff visited American corners in Kostanai and Petropavlovsk. Local residents claimed their regions are "the most peaceful in Kazakhstan," and expressed [...]
2010-01-11 03:11:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON SOCI KPAO RS KZ
10ASTANA131 KAZAKHSTAN: PREPARED FOR SHERPA MEETING IN THE HAGUE
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 29, the CDA and the Dutch Ambassador jointly delivered the invitation to the February 9-11 preparatory meeting for the Global Nuclear Security Summit. Umarov, who said Kazakhstan had no objections to t [...]
2010-02-01 01:05:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PTER ENRG KNNP TRGY IAEA KZ
10ASTANA132 KAZAKHSTAN: GALA CELEBRATION MARKS 50 YEARS FOR
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 27, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry -- a state-sponsored business association that supports the development of small- and medium-sized enterprises -- held a lavish, gala celebration to mark its 5 [...]
2010-02-01 03:22:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR ECON EINV SOCI RS KZ
10ASTANA133 KAZAKHSTAN TO ASSOCIATE WITH COPENHAGEN ACCORD
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On January 27, the Embassy delivered reftel points on the Copenhagen Accords to Kazakhstan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs via diplomatic note. The CDA then reiterated the U.S. position to Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Umarov [...]
2010-02-01 06:54:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KGCC SENV KZ
10ASTANA134 KAZAKHSTAN: ENERGY OFFICER COMMUNITY POINT OF CONTACT
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) U.S. Mission Kazakhstan applauds EEB's initiative to establish an interagency energy officer community and website to exchange information, facilitate policy discussions, and coordinate bilateral and multilateral energy prior [...]
2010-02-01 08:33:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG EPET KZ
10ASTANA138 KAZAKHSTANI FOREIGN MINISTER'S TRIP CLEARS CTR LOGJAM
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Over the past eight years, implementation of the Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) program, also known as the Nunn-Lugar Program, has been grinding along, ever more slowly, as the Kazakhstani bureaucracy matures. In advance of State Secretary-Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev's [...]
2010-02-01 10:17:00Embassy AstanaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR KNNP KZ
10ASTANA141 KAZAKHSTAN: EXBS ADVISOR'S REPORTING CABLE (JANUARY
[...] January 14: EXBS Advisor and GSO visited two hotels in Astana as possible venues for the Annual EXBS Advisors Conference to be held in Astana, April 20-22. 2. January 20: EXBS Advisor met with OSCE Political Officer Andy Offenbacher to discuss OSCE engagement in border management in Kaz [...]
2010-02-02 09:43:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL ETTC MNUC KNNP KSTC KZ
10ASTANA154 KAZAKHSTAN: STATE TO REGULATE FUEL PRICES
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Since independence, the government has attempted to manage gasoline prices through various means, including direct ownership of Kazakhstan's three refineries, crude export duties, bulk procurement, and state contr [...]
2010-02-04 08:32:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET SOCI KZ
10ASTANA158 KAZAKHSTAN: MINISTRY OF JUSTICE AND AN NGO JOIN FORCES TO
[...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Prior to a February 3 press conference to discuss joint Kazakshtan-U.S. efforts to combat trafficking-in-persons (TIP),Charge and INL Officer visited the newly-opened, government-funded TIP shelter operated by lo [...]
2010-02-05 10:14:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ELAB SMIG SOCI KCRM KTIP UZ KZ
10ASTANA159 KAZAKHSTAN: GE EXECUTIVE DISCUSSES REGIONAL PLANS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An American executive with General Electric's Transportation Division visited the Embassy on February 3 to discuss the company's plans to assemble locomotives in Kazakhstan and expand into the Russian market. He identified financial and political challenges the company faces, [...]
2010-02-05 10:19:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON ELTN RS TX KZ
10ASTANA162 KAZAKHSTAN: LABOR MARKET CONCERNS TAKE CENTER STAGE AT
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Nur Otan National Democratic Party of Kazakhstan co-hosted a roundtable on January 19 at the lower house of parliament (Mazhilis) to discuss the legal definition of "self-employment" and how to implement polic [...]
2010-02-09 03:05:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID ECON EINV ELAB SOCI KZ
10ASTANA163 KAZAKHSTAN: NEW CURRENCY CORRIDOR FOR THE TENGE
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The National Bank of Kazakhstan introduced a new currency corridor on February 5. On average, the exchange rate of the tenge will remain at 150 tenge to the dollar. However, the National Bank said the tenge will n [...]
2010-02-09 07:50:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EFIN KZ
10ASTANA175 KAZAKHSTAN'S DELEGATION TO THE PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: See paragraph 5 for Action Request. All three of Kazakhstan's approved nominees to the Presidential Entrepreneurship Summit have confirmed their participation in the Summit on April 26-27. Post [...]
2010-02-10 09:42:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EINV SOCI KZ
10ASTANA179 KAZAKHSTAN URGES U.S. SUPPORT FOR GLOBAL INITIATIVE
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 7. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) invited the Russian DCM and Political Officer to a meeting on February 9 to urge U.S. and Russia's support for K [...]
2010-02-11 08:28:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MNUC KNNP RS KZ
10ASTANA184 KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENT'S SON-IN-LAW TRIES, BUT FAILS, TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Timur Kulibayev, the President's influential son-in-law and Deputy Chairman of the National Welfare Fund Samryk Kazyna, sued four independent newspapers for publishing articles alleging that he received major kick-backs from the Chinese for oil contracts signed in 2003-05. The [...]
2010-02-12 09:33:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM KZ
10ASTANA185 KAZAKHSTAN OPEN TO INCREASED PRESSURE ON IRAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge delivered reftel points on Iran's nuclear capability on February 10. In response, Deputy Foreign Minister Nurlan Yermekbayev said that Kazakhstan "regrets" Iran's rejection of the P5+1 offer and its refusal to cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). K [...]
2010-02-12 09:48:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL UNSC KZ
10ASTANA186 KAZAKHSTAN: OSCE HEAD TAKES ADVANTAGE OF
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Alexandre Keltchewsky, Head of the OSCE Center in Astana, told the Charge d'Affaires during a luncheon on February 1 that the OSCE and Kazakhstan have politely differed over words and perceptions, a te [...]
2010-02-12 10:10:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KZ
10ASTANA187 KAZAKHSTAN: MFA PUSHES ABC GOALS AS SUMMIT PROSPECTS LOOK
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Over a working lunch on February 15, MFA Americas Director Askar Tazhiev told Charge that State Secretary-Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev was very pleased with his February 1-4 visit to Washington and wants to g [...]
2010-02-16 02:17:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET SOCI KZ
10ASTANA198 KAZAKHSTAN: FIRST PRESIDENT OF KAZAKHOIL CALLS FOR
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 10, Nurlan Balgimbayev -- former Prime Minister and first president of KazakhOil -- shared his strident opinions of the national oil company he helped to create, the degree of local content in oil and [...]
2010-02-16 06:48:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET SOCI KZ
10ASTANA2 KAZAKHSTAN EXPRESSES PIQUE OVER HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a December 31 meeting (reftel),Kazakhstan's Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Umarov raised concerns about the human-rights certification process. He told the Ambassador that Kazakhstan is ready to refuse al [...]
2010-01-05 06:37:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM EAID UZ KZ
10ASTANA225 KAZAKHSTAN: SCENESETTER FOR SRAP HOLBROOKE
[...] (U) Sen... [...]
2010-02-18 00:31:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET SOCI KZ
10ASTANA226 KAZAKHSTAN: SCENESETTER FOR SRAP HOLBROOKE
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-18 00:31:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET SOCI KZ
10ASTANA227 KAZAKHSTAN: SCENESETTER FOR SRAP HOLBROOKE
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-18 00:32:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET SOCI KZ
10ASTANA23 ETHNIC HARMONY IN NORTHERN KAZAKHSTAN
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During recent visits to Kazakhstan's Kostanai and North Kazakhstan Oblasts, interlocutors emphasized the tolerant nature of Kazakhstani society and government efforts to encourage ethnic harmony. According to Vik [...]
2010-01-12 04:27:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON SOCI RS KZ
10ASTANA24 NORTHERN KAZAKHSTAN PROMOTES INTER-RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE FOR
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During recent visits to Kazakhstan's Kostanai and North Kazakhstan Oblasts (refs A-C),officials, civil society representatives, and leaders of the Russian Orthodox and Islamic communities emphasized the regions' r [...]
2010-01-12 05:04:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON SOCI KIRF RS KZ
10ASTANA248 KAZAKHSTAN: S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSALS
[...] (SBU) Post nominates three projects, in order of priority, for funding consideration under the small grants initiative of the Office of Global Women's Issues. A brief summary and budget for each project follows below. PROJECT 1: GENDER ISSUES IN THE SPREAD OF HIV/AIDS A) NGO: Central As [...]
2010-02-21 02:26:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM KPAO KWMN KTIP KZ
10ASTANA249 KAZAKHSTAN: DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER INSISTS ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This is an action cable (see para 6). The Ambassador met Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Umarov on February 19 to discuss a range of issues, including the Annual Bilateral Consultations (ABC),the visit of Special Representative Richard Holbrooke, tarmac access, FSN income taxe [...]
2010-02-22 05:52:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON KZ
10ASTANA251KAZAKHSTAN: SCENESETTER FOR CENTCOM COMMANDER
[...] (SBU) General Petraeus, on behalf of Ambassador Hoagland, and the Department of Defense and Embassy Astana country teams, we extend a warm welcome on the occasion of your upcoming visit to Astana, Kazakhstan. Visit overview 2. (S) The Office of the Defense Attache and your staff are working towa [...]
2010-02-22 07:03:00Embassy AstanaSECRETPGOV PREL ECON EPET PINR MARR SNAR KZ
10ASTANA253 KAZAKHSTAN SEEKS TO BE COMPETITIVE IN SCIENCE AND
[...] SUMMARY: During the annual Public Roundtable on Collaboration in Science and Technology, participants heard that the development of science is one of Kazakhstan's most important priorities, and the government plans to increase the government budget allocated to scientific research and develop [...]
2010-02-22 08:09:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV SENV SOCI TSPL KPAO KZ
10ASTANA255 KAZAKHSTAN: WEEKLY SPOT-REPORT DIGEST, FEBRUARY 16-19
[...] (SBU) This is the first edition of a new weekly cable to disseminate spot reports based on Embassy conversations with interlocutors, as well as from the mass media. Our goal is to draw attention to information that might not merit a full cable report. POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS - NAZARBAYEV TAL [...]
2010-02-22 09:12:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM ECON EPET ENRG SOCI SENV KCRM KDEM KZ
10ASTANA257 KAZAKHSTAN: CHINESE LAND-LEASE DEAL STIRS UP CONTROVERSY
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite a December 23, 2009, Interfax press report that President Nazarbayev instructed the prosecutors to punish those who disseminate information about the sale of land to foreigners, opposition leaders have con [...]
2010-02-22 09:38:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EAGR SOCI CH KZ
10ASTANA258 KAZAKHSTAN PROPOSES DATES FOR OSCE INFORMAL
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) At close of business on February 22, Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Umarov called the Ambassador to propose two possible dates for the OSCE Informal Ministerial in Almaty (vice Astana, as reported ref): June 19-20 or July [...]
2010-02-23 01:50:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL OSCE KZ
10ASTANA259 KAZAKHSTAN: CITES DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-23 03:44:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDECON SOCI UNDP UNGA EU KZ
10ASTANA260 KAZAKHSTAN: TRANSCRIPT OF S/SRAP HOLBROOKE'S FEBRUARY 21
[...] Following his meeting with State Secretary-Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev, Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Ambassador Richard Holbrooke met briefly with the media. Transcript follows. 2. BEGIN TRANSCRIPT: Ambassador Holbrooke: We've just completed some excellent [...]
2010-02-23 06:50:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MARR KPAO GG UZ KG AF KZ
10ASTANA261 KAZAKHSTAN: CONOCOPHILLIPS ON OIL TRANSPORTATION,
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 22, ConocoPhillips' John Dabbar called on the Ambassador to discuss relations between the Kashagan consortium and national oil company KazMunaiGas (KMG),expansion of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (C [...]
2010-02-23 09:03:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET SOCI AJ TX KZ
10ASTANA265 KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED IN SUPPORT OF ANTHONY LAKE
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-24 09:33:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KZ
10ASTANA267KAZAKHSTAN: SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE HOLBROOKE DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, ZHOVTIS, OSCE SUMMIT WITH FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-26 05:19:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALAF KZ MARR PGOV PREL
10ASTANA268 KAZAKHSTAN: SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE HOLBROOKE'S
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Ambassador Richard Holbrooke met with Prime Minister Karim Masimov in Astana on February 21. Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Umarov and MFA Americas Director Askar Tazhiyev, as well a [...]
2010-02-26 05:26:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR AF KZ
10ASTANA270 KAZAKHSTAN: SECOND PREPARATION MEETING FOR THE 2010
[...] SUMMARY: Astana hosted the Second Advisory Council Meeting in Preparation for the Ministerial Conference on Environment and Development (MCED) to be held in Astana in 2010. This year's MCED will focus on "green growth." The meeting presented the MCED's projected schedule, which will include [...]
2010-02-26 08:05:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV SENV SOCI TSPL KPAO KZ
10ASTANA272 KAZAKHSTAN: ZHOVTIS UNDERSTANDABLY PESSIMISTIC ABOUT REFORM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PolOff visited internationally known human rights activist Yevgeniy Zhovtis at the minimum-security penal colony in Ust-Kamenogorsk on February 24. Zhovtis summarized his view of the possibilities for the resolution of his case, including the Supreme Court, an amnesty, or parol [...]
2010-02-26 09:09:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KDEM KZ
10ASTANA275 KAZAKHSTAN: MINISTER OF JUSTICE PRAISES COOPERATION WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 25, the Ambassador met with Minister of Justice Rashid Tusupbekov to discuss ongoing legal reforms and the possibility of a general amnesty that could include jailed prominent Kazakhstani human rights defender Yevgeniy Zhovtis. Tusupbekov praised cooperation with the [...]
2010-02-26 10:00:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM SOCI SNAR KDEM KTIP KZ
10ASTANA276 KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DESIGNATION OF FOUR
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-26 10:01:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM EFIN MNUC KNNP IR KZ
10ASTANA278 KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. VIEWS FOLLOWING
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-26 10:08:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM MNUC KNNP IR KZ
10ASTANA32 KAZAKHSTAN: CONCURRENCE WITH EXBS FY2010 PROGRAM PLAN
[...] (U) Post has reviewed and concurs with ISN/ECC EXBS Kazakhstan FY2010 Program Plan (reftel). HOAGLAND [...]
2010-01-14 03:49:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL ETTC MNUC KNNP KSTC KZ
10ASTANA33 KAZAKHSTAN: RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 PRE-LICENSE
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On January 12, PolOff received the Kazakhstani Ministry of Foreign Affairs diplomatic note Number 10-2/4818, responding to Post's diplomatic note Number 0758-09, dated September 28, 2009 (reftel). 3. (SBU) An unofficia [...]
2010-01-14 05:06:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON ETTC MNUC KNNP KOMC BU KZ
10ASTANA36 CIVIL SOCIETY ACTIVE IN NORTHERN KAZAKHSTAN
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During recent visits to Kazakhstan's Kostanai and North Kazakhstan Oblasts (refs A-D),NGO representatives emphasized the growth of a vibrant civil society, especially in Kostanai Oblast. They highlighted key cha [...]
2010-01-14 09:33:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EAID SOCI KDEM KTIP OSCE KZ
10ASTANA37 KAZAKHSTAN OFFERS TO HOST A SPRING GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) This is an action request (see para 9). 3. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 6, Post received a Kazakhstani Ministry of Foreign Affairs' diplomatic note (see para 7),which outlined Kazakhstan's proposal to hold a Global Initi [...]
2010-01-14 12:04:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON MNUC KNNP RS KZ
10ASTANA39 KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PROPOSAL FOR
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) DTRO Deputy Chief delivered to the Kazakhstani Ministry of Foreign Affairs via diplomatic note number 0030/10, dated January 11, the U.S. offer to the Kazakhstani government to jointly develop and conduct a radiological inc [...]
2010-01-15 03:26:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PGOV ENRG MNUC KNNP TRGY KZ
10ASTANA41 KAZAKHSTAN: THE U.S. IOC BIG THREE AND KMG
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Senior executives from the three largest U.S. investors in Kazakhstan -- ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips, and Chevron -- spoke recently about their companies' plans, priorities, and problems with the biggest oil explor [...]
2010-01-15 11:45:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR ECON EINV EPET SOCI RS KZ
10ASTANA44KAZAKHSTAN: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-19 01:00:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EINV ELAB EPET ETRD KTDB KZ OPIC PGOV USTR
10ASTANA45 KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REPORTS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING CASES
[...] The following is a summary of local media reports of human trafficking cases in Kazakhstan May-August 2009. SEXUAL EXPLOTATION 2. May 6, "Interfax," "Zakon.kz": Two women were arrested in Petropavlovsk for pimping and trafficking in persons. The North-Kazakhstan Oblast Department of I [...]
2010-01-19 05:52:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ELAB SMIG SOCI KCRM KTIP UZ KZ
10ASTANA49 KAZAKHSTAN: AES CONSIDERS ALTERNATIVES TO ARBITRATION
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 15, a senior executive from U.S. power company AES told the Ambassador that the company has worked with Kazakhstan's Ambassador to the United States to prepare a settlement letter to the government to r [...]
2010-01-19 09:49:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR ECON EINV ENRG SOCI KZ
10ASTANA51 KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REPORTS ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING CASES
[...] The following is a summary of local media reports of human trafficking cases in Kazakhstan September-December 2009. ANTI-TRAFFICKING OPERATIONS 2. December 14, "Interfax": During a nationwide anti-trafficking operation, December 7-11, police arrested 55 pimps and two traffickers and reg [...]
2010-01-20 03:54:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ELAB SMIG SOCI KCRM KTIP UZ KZ
10ASTANA52 KAZAKHSTAN: OVERFLIGHTS AND NORTHERN DISTRIBUTION NETWORK
[...] (S/NF) This is an action request (see para 8). 2. (S/NF) SUMMARY: Kazakhstan continues to be an important partner for the U.S. government mission to stabilize Afghanistan. Under the 2001 overflight agreement, the United States has completed more than 8000 overflights. In addition, the U [...]
2010-01-20 07:50:00Embassy AstanaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR MARR AF RS UZ KZ
10ASTANA53 KAZAKHSTAN: EUROPEAN DIPLOMATS DISCUSS NABUCCO GAS PIPELINE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Discussion with European diplomats at January 14-15 energy events centered on the Nabucco gas pipeline, and what role -- if any -- Kazakhstan would likely play in supplying natural gas to Europe via a "southern corridor." There was also agreement that Turkmenistan's ability to d [...]
2010-01-20 09:17:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EPET TX RS KZ
10ASTANA54 KAZAKHSTAN: SENATE CHAIRMAN INVITES AMBASSADOR HOLBROOKE
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Kazakhstan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs forwarded via diplomatic note an invitation from Kazakhstani Senate Chairman Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev to U.S. Special Representative Richard Holbrooke to participate in the Second Tran [...]
2010-01-20 10:13:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM OSCE AF KZ
10ASTANA56 KAZAKHSTAN: NUR OTAN DEPUTY CHAIR LAYS OUT HIS PRIORITIES
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The recently-appointed Deputy Chairman of President Nazarbayev's ruling Nur Otan party (Nazarbayev is the Chairman) told the Ambassador on January 19 that Kazakhstan's OSCE Chairmanship is a sign of its growing in [...]
2010-01-21 04:32:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM OSCE KZ
10ASTANA60 KAZAKHSTAN: BEHIND THE SCENES OF KARACHAGANAK AND
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: For more than 90 minutes on January 20, Maksat Idenov, First Vice President of national oil company KazMunaiGas (KMG),briefed the Ambassador on the ongoing dispute between shareholders in the Karachaganak Petrole [...]
2010-01-22 09:31:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET SOCI RS KZ
10ASTANA61 KAZAKHSTAN: BEHIND THE SCENES OF KARACHAGANAK AND
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: For more than 90 minutes on January 20, Maksat Idenov, First Vice President of national oil company KazMunaiGas (KMG),briefed the Ambassador on the ongoing dispute between shareholders in the Karachaganak Petrole [...]
2010-01-22 09:32:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET SOCI RS KZ
10ASTANA62 KAZAKHSTAN: MFA PUBLICLY DENIES POLITICAL PROBLEMS WITH
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov's statement to "Radio Free Europe" that Kazakhstan is delaying full implementation of the U.S.-Russia Transit Agreement, Kazakhstan's Foreign Ministry made public tod [...]
2010-01-22 09:33:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MARR RS AF KZ
10ASTANA67 KAZAKSTAN: CHINA PRAISES ASTANA'S FOREIGN POLICY, WORRIES
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In his farewell courtesy call with the Ambassador on January 22, China's Ambassador to Kazakhstan Cheng Guoping (please protect) highly praised Kazakhstan's skillful balancing of the "great powers." Repeatedly emphasizing the personal nature of the conversation, Cheng highlig [...]
2010-01-25 06:35:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR EPET ECON NATO CH RU UZ KZ
10ASTANA68 KAZAKHSTAN: VIGNETTES OF PUBLIC OPINION: RBK
[...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION: On January 23 in Almaty, the Ambassador was the key-note speaker at the founding session of Kazakhstan's chapter of the Young Presidents Organization (YPO),an international group for CEOs of mid-level (or larger) companies who must meet stringent international standards [...]
2010-01-25 06:49:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ECON ETRD EAID KPAO WTO RS KZ
10ASTANA69 KAZAKHSTAN: HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Nurlan Kapparov, one of the leading entrepreneurs in Kazakhstan, is the founder and CEO of Lancaster Holding. Coming from a traditional Kazakh political family, he commissioned a biography of his forbearers, one of whom was the vizier for the Khan of Khokhand. His grandfather [...]
2010-01-25 06:49:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPINR SOCI KZ
10ASTANA7 KAZAKHSTAN: EXBS ADVISOR'S REPORTING CABLE (DECEMBER
[...] December 7, EXBS Astana received two fund cites from Washington for document translation and additional funding for green-border shelter purchase. Document translation of the Kazakhstani Dual Use list is in progress and the additional funding for green-border shelters has been sent to RPSO. [...]
2010-01-06 08:17:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL ETTC MNUC KNNP KSTC KZ
10ASTANA70 KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE ON DISTRACTED DRIVING
[...] (U) Per reftel, Emboff delivered the demarche on distracted driving on January 25 by diplomatic note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Americas Department and provided a non-paper containing the key issues of concern. Post will follow up in order to obtain a reply. HOAGLAND [...]
2010-01-25 07:02:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDECON SOCI UNDP UNGA EU KZ
10ASTANA72KAZAKHSTAN: MONEY AND POWER
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-25 08:14:00Embassy AstanaSECRETPGOV PINR EPET EINV KCOR RS CH KZ
10ASTANA73 KAZAKHSTAN: POC FOR STAFFDEL HELWIG
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Embassy Astana's point of contact for Staffdel Helwig's March 2-10 trip to Kazakhstan is political officer Anna Radivilova. Her contact information is as follows: Name: Anna Radivilova Office phone: +7-7172-70-2397 Cell [...]
2010-01-25 09:01:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT KZ
10ASTANA74 KAZAKHSTAN: CHINA PRAISES ASTANA'S FOREIGN POLICY, WORRIES
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In his farewell courtesy call with the Ambassador on January 22, China's Ambassador to Kazakhstan Cheng Guoping (please protect) highly praised Kazakhstan's skillful balancing of the "great powers." Repeatedly emphasizing the personal nature of the conversation, Cheng highlig [...]
2010-01-25 09:22:00Embassy AstanaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR EPET ECON NATO CH RU UZ KZ
10ASTANA78 KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON U.S. ASSISTANCE TO
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On January 25, the Ambassador delivered reftel points to Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Umarov. Umarov took our points under advisement. Post also forwarded the points to the MFA separately under the cover of a diplomatic n [...]
2010-01-25 10:03:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PREF EAID ECON HA KZ
10ASTANA79 KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON THE NUCLEAR SECURITY
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On January 25, the Ambassador delivered reftel points to Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Umarov. Umarov took the points under advisement. Post also forwarded the points to the MFA separately under the cover of a diplomatic n [...]
2010-01-25 10:03:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM EAID TBIO IAEA NPT PREL KZ
10ASTANA80 KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON LONDON CONFERENCE ON
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On January 25, the Ambassador delivered reftel points to Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Umarov. Umarov took the points under advisement. Post also forwarded the points to the MFA separately under the cover of a diplomatic n [...]
2010-01-25 10:03:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PREF EFIN AF KZ
10ASTANA82 KAZAKHSTAN: APPRECIATION MIXED WITH CONCERN
[...] (S) SUMMARY: During a January 25 meeting, Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Umarov noted the Kazakhstani government's appreciation for Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert Blake's recent remarks on Kazakhstan at the National Press Club in Washington and Special [...]
2010-01-26 04:06:00Embassy AstanaSECRETPGOV PREL PHUM PINR EAID MARR AF RS KZ
10ASTANA89 KAZAKHSTAN: LOCAL CONTENT LEGISLATION AMENDMENTS NEEDED
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 20, Energy Officer received a thorough overview of the laws and regulations governing subsoil use and local content from a well-respected local law firm. Negotiations between the government and foreign [...]
2010-01-26 08:30:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET SOCI KZ
10ASTANA90 KAZAKHSTAN: PARLIAMENT DISCUSSES REVISIONS TO MARITIME
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: At a January 21 roundtable hosted by the Association of Maritime Transportation Entrepreneurs, parliamentarians and representatives of 10 ministries, international shipping companies, and the diplomatic community di [...]
2010-01-26 08:31:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET SENV SOCI KZ
10BEIJING65 U.S. CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U. S.
[...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S. CDC) and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (U.S. HHS) have a strong and valued partnership with China's Ministry of Health (MOH),Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC) and Chinese Academ [...]
2010-01-12 07:45:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SENV TBIO SOCI CH GT KE EG TH KZ
10STATE11161(U) KUDOS FOR BIOGRAPHIC REPORTING ON
[...] (C) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS APPRECIATE AND RELY HEAVILY ON POST'S REPORTING ON KAZAKHSTANI OFFICIALS FOR USE BY U.S. POLICYMAKERS. REFS A-I ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF POST'S OUTSTANDING BIOGRAPHIC REPORTING OVER THE PAST SIX MONTHS. A. (C) REF A PROVIDED EXCELLENT LANGUAGE ON HOW THE NEW MINIST [...]
2010-02-03 22:26:00Secretary of StateSECRETPINR KZ
10STATE12134SFO-VIII GUIDANCE 004: ICBM SILOS; RV
[...] (S) Background: DoD estimates that, in order for the United States to comply with the 800 limit on deployed and non-deployed launchers and nuclear- capable heavy bombers, an additional reduction of such systems will have to be made. For operational and costreasons, it is desirable to minimi [...]
2010-02-05 22:49:00Secretary of StateSECRETBO KACT KZ PARM RS UP US START
10STATE13110SFO-VIII GUIDANCE 005: RESPONSE TO RFG ON
[...] (S) Guidance: In response to Delegation's request for guidance (Ref A),Washington agrees that the four aspects of the Russian telemetry proposal cited in the request are problematic. Washington believes that: 1) The Parties may make proposals for changes during annual reviews; the telemetry [...]
2010-02-13 20:16:00Secretary of StateSECRETBO KACT KZ PARM RS UP US START
10STATE13111SFO-VIII GUIDANCE 005: RESPONSE TO RFG ON
[...] (S) Guidance: In response to Delegation's request for guidance (Ref A),Washington agrees that the four aspects of the Russian telemetry proposal cited in the request are problematic. Washington believes that: 1) The Parties may make proposals for changes during annual reviews; the telemetry [...]
2010-02-13 20:28:00Secretary of StateSECRETBO KACT KZ PARM RS UP US START
10STATE13214SFO-VIII GUIDANCE 006: RESPONSE TO RFG-002 ON
[...] (S) Guidance: In response to Delegation?s request for guidance (Ref A),Washington requests that the Delegation draft the texts enumerated below for Washington review and approval prior to tabling with the Russian delegation: --For a Statement on Vandenberg launchers: Language acceptable to [...]
2010-02-15 22:31:00Secretary of StateSECRETBO KACT KZ PARM RS UP US START
10STATE14948SFO-VIII GUIDANCE 007: RESPONSE TO RFG-003 ON
[...] (S) Guidance: In Ref, delegation outlines two possible options for reaching agreement on monitoring of solid-fueled first stage ICBM, solid-fueled first stage SLBM, and mobile ICBM launcher eliminations. Delegation is instructed to pursue a variant which is a hybrid of Option 1 and Option 2 [...]
2010-02-19 02:29:00Secretary of StateSECRETBO KACT KZ PARM RS UP US START
10STATE14963SFO-VIII GUIDANCE 008: TELEMETRY TEXTS
[...] (S) Guidance: Ref A instructed Delegation to draft Protocol and Annex language on telemetry for Washington review prior to tabling with the Russian delegation. Washington has reviewed the Delegation's draft texts and appreciates the Delegation's efforts. After careful consideration, Washingto [...]
2010-02-19 03:22:00Secretary of StateSECRETBO KACT KZ PARM RS UP US START
10STATE16019SFO-VIII GUIDANCE 009: ARTICLE VI
[...] (S) Guidance: Delegation is authorized to drop Article VI from the Treaty now that the Russian delegation has agreed to codify: the use of unique identifiers on all ICBMs, SLBMs, and deployed heavy bombers; that the sides will provide 48-hour advance notification of new missile exits from prod [...]
2010-02-22 19:56:00Secretary of StateSECRETBO KACT KZ PARM RS UP US START
10STATE17005INSTRUCTIONS FOR U.S. DELEGATION FOR NRRC
[...] (U) In accordance with the Nuclear Risk Reduction Center (NRRC) Agreement, which calls for annual consultations, the U.S. NRRC will visit the Arms Control and Inspection Activity Support Center of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The NRRC Consultations focus on NRRC opera [...]
2010-02-24 16:44:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBO KACT KZ PARM RS UP
10STATE17279OSCE: SCHEDULING THE HDIM IN 2010
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND GUIDANCE: Dept concurs with USOSCE's recommendation to support holding a routine Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM) in 2010. Should there be a decision in June to hold an OSCE summit, Dept will then instruct Post to push for a three-week review conference in Vien [...]
2010-02-24 22:32:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL OSCE KZ
10STATE18190U.S. RESPONSE TO KAZAKHSTAN,S REQUEST FOR SUPPORT
[...] (U) This is an action request for Embassy Astana. Please see paragraph 3. SUMMARY 2. (SBU) This cable provides guidance to Post on responding to the Government of Kazakhstan,s (GOK) offer to host a Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) conference in Astana on or ar [...]
2010-02-26 17:37:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL PTER KGIC KZ RS US
10STATE3585OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO KAZAKHSTANI
[...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the January 14, 2010, Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The United States is pleased to welcome Foreign Minister Saudabayev to the Permanent Council as the OSCE,s 2010 Chairman-in-Office [...]
2010-01-13 23:37:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV OSCE KPAO PHUM PREL KZ AF
10STATE5718OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON THE MURDER
[...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the January 21, 2010, Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: The United States is deeply concerned by recent attacks on and beatings of journalists. Over the past six months, there has been a series of violent incident [...]
2010-01-20 21:00:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV OSCE PHUM PREL KPAO KZ KG
10STATE9670SFO-VIII GUIDANCE 003: AGREED STATEMENTS
[...] (S) Washington has developed guidance for this round as a result of its intersessional review of the December 19, 2009 U.S. proposed JDTs (Refs A and B) and the Russian proposed JDTs, which were handed over to U.S. Embassy Moscow on December 31, 2009. This cable addresses most of the Agreed [...]
2010-01-30 03:48:00Secretary of StateSECRETBO KACT KZ PARM RS UP US START
10STATE9671SFO-VIII GUIDANCE 001: INSTRUCTIONS FOR U.S.
[...] (C) Assistant Secretary for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation Rose Gottemoeller will head the U.S. delegation to the eighth round of New START Treaty negotiations with Russia in Geneva, Switzerland, beginning on February 1, 2010. This is the first of several cables providing guida [...]
2010-01-30 03:51:00Secretary of StateSECRETBO KACT KZ PARM RS UP US START
10STATE9672SFO-VIII GUIDANCE 002: TREATY TEXT ARTICLES AND OTHER
[...] (S) Washington has developed guidance for this round as a result of its intersessional review of the December 19, 2009 U.S. proposed JDTs (Refs A and B) and the Russian proposed JDTs, which were handed over to U.S. Embassy Moscow on December 31, 2009. This is one of several guidance cables f [...]
2010-01-30 03:53:00Secretary of StateSECRETBO KACT KZ PARM RS UP US START
10TBILISI146GEORGIA: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON
[...] (S/NF) In response to ref A the following is further information regarding the Northern Distribution Network in Georgia. A. (C) PLEASE DESCRIBE THE HOST COUNTRY LEADER VIEWS ON THE US MILITARY LOCAL PURCHASE PLAN'S PROGRESS AND ANY BENEFIT TO THE HOST COUNTRY'S ECONOMY. HOW SATISFIED AR [...]
2010-02-02 14:42:00Embassy TbilisiSECRETPGOV PREL PINR MOPS KG KZ TI TX UZ GG
10TOKYO11DEMARCHE RESPONSE: JAPAN TO INVESTIGATE POTENTIAL IRAN URANIUM TRANSFER
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-04 09:52:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPGOV PREL PARM MNUC KNNP IR KZ JA
10UNVIEVIENNA30INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR FUEL BANK -- AMANO ADVANCING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: IAEA Secretariat released its Note on Assurance of Supply January 28 and will offer a technical briefing February 12 to elaborate on that document. Fuel bank point man Tariq Rauf received from us the same day the proposed elements for a Recommended Action that USG favors DG Amano [...]
2010-02-02 15:54:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALTRGY ENRG KNNP AORC IAEA KZ
10USNATO32KAZAKHSTAN'S DEPUTY MINISTER OF DEFENSE BRINGS
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: On January 19 Kazakhstan Deputy Minister of Defense (D/MOD) Bulat Sembinov thanked Ambassador Daalder for U.S. support in both multilateral and bilateral assistance to Kazakhstan's military and informed him of Kazakhstan's intention to contribute staff officers to NATO's operat [...]
2010-01-21 15:04:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL KZ AF OSCE MARR
10USOSCE10OSCE,S MEDITERRANEAN PARTNERSHIP LOOKS AHEAD TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: The OSCE,s annual Mediterranean Conference was held December 14-15 in Cairo, Egypt. All six Med Partners (Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia) attended and took an active part in discussions that focused on conflict prevention and resolution, trafficking in pers [...]
2010-01-15 15:19:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOSCE AG EG IS JO MO TS KMPI PREL KZ
10USOSCE14OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: DECEMBER 22, 2009 -
[...] (C) Kazakhstani DCM Suleimenov told A/DCM December 22 that Kazakhstan had received preliminary inquiries from Iran regarding the possibility of becoming an OSCE Asian Partner for Cooperation. We note that Suleimenov was previously posted to Iran, speaks the language, maintains ties there, and [...]
2010-01-21 07:20:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALMARR OSCE PGOV PREL GG KZ RU AF IR MD TI
10USOSCE15OSCE CENTRAL ASIAN MISSION HEADS STRIVING TO
[...] (SBU) In a series of meetings on January 12 and 13 with OSCE Heads of Mission from four Central Asian States (Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan),all four struck similar themes on Afghanistan, radicalization, border security, and Kazakhstan's proposal for a summit. On Afghan [...]
2010-01-21 09:40:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALOSCE PTER PREL ZK AF KZ KG TI TX UZ
10USOSCE22PERSPECTIVES ON KAZAKHSTAN,S OSCE CHAIRMANSHIP IS
[...] (C) Summary: The visit of Embassy Astana DCM Pamela Spratlen to Vienna January 20-22 helped promote useful exchanges of views on Kazakhstan's Chairmanship, facilitated discussion of OSCE engagement in Afghanistan, and provided an opportunity to promote further interaction among Central Asian P [...]
2010-01-29 07:36:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALOSCE PREL KZ KG TI TX UZ AF
10USOSCE25OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: JANUARY 18 - 22, 2010
[...] (SBU) In a January 14 meeting, Vytautas Nauduzas, a Lithuanian ambassador-at-large and the personal representative of the Chairman-in-Office for transport, told PolOff that Lithuania is leaning very strongly toward choosing energy security as the theme of the Economic and Environmental Forum ( [...]
2010-01-29 07:42:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALMARR OSCE PGOV PREL RS KZ UK SP LH AL AF
10USOSCE31OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: JANUARY 25 - 29, 2010
[...] (SBU) Kazakhstani PermRep Abdrakhmanov formally presented the Chairmanship's Human Dimension (HD) calendar at the well-attended HD Committee's inaugural meeting January 22. True to the Chairmanship's stated priorities, the proposal was heavy on tolerance, gender, and trafficking events at the [...]
2010-02-03 14:56:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIEDOSCE PGOV PREL MARR KZ RS GM AJ
10USOSCE36OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: FEBRUARY 1 - 5, 2010
[...] (SBU) In a January 27 meeting with CDA Fuller, Albanian Deputy Foreign Minister Edith Harxhi sounded hopeful the SP would return to parliament before March and said the GoA was waiting to see what SP Leader Rama's next move would be upon his return from a trip to the United States. On the Balk [...]
2010-02-10 14:59:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALOSCE PGOV PREL MARR KZ KV RS GG AL
10USOSCE41OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: FEBRUARY 8 - 12, 2010
[...] (SBU) In our February 9 meeting with the Chairmanship, Kazakhstani PermRep Abdrakhmanov requested additional information on U.S. expectations for the review conference the Chairmanship has been encouraged to hold in the run-up to a summit. Abdrakhmanov said the subject had come up in Kazakhst [...]
2010-02-17 07:02:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIEDOSCE PGOV PREL MARR KV KZ AF
10USOSCE55KAZAKHSTAN AT THE REINS OF THE OSCE
[...] (C) Representing the Chair in Office (CiO) at the OSCE, Kazakhstan's Vienna representatives have begun to show their mettle in dealing with conflict and their intentions for the coming year. Led by seasoned diplomat Kairat Abdrakhmanov, the Kazakhstani delegation is off to a shaky start in Vie [...]
2010-02-19 06:58:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL OSCE PINR KZ
10USOSCE61OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: FEBRUARY 16 - 19, 2010
[...] (SBU) During the weekly EU coordination meeting February 17, Spanish Ambassador Betanzos Roig (representing the EU Presidency) said she understood Kazakhstan's consultations on the appointment of a new representative on freedom of the media (RFoM) would continue with Russian FM Lavrov's visit t [...]
2010-02-24 14:39:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOSCE PGOV PREL MARR KZ KG
10USOSCE66KAZAKHSTAN BREAKS THE DEADLOCK TO APPOINT A NEW
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Russian Federation (RF) officially withdrew its candidate for the position of OSCE Representative for Freedom of the Media (RFoM) February 25, opening the door for the appointment of the Bosnian candidate - the overwhelming favorite of the participating States. Although the R [...]
2010-02-26 14:57:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL OSCE BK KZ RS
10USOSCE9KAZAKHSTAN INAUGURATES OSCE CHAIRMANSHIP
[...] (SBU) Summary: At its inaugural Permanent Council meeting January 14, the Kazakhstani Chairmanship reiterated its call for an OSCE summit - stressing the importance of building on ongoing discussions of European security - and highlighted its priorities for the year. Kazakhstan urged efforts t [...]
2010-01-15 07:57:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALPREL KZ RU OSCE
96STATE237921IRAN
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY INR TOM FINGAR, DAS/AN. REASON 1.5(C) (D). 2. (S) AS REOUESTED BY AMEMBASSY ALMATY, INR PROVIDES THE FOLLOWING BACKGROUND INFORMATION/TALKING POINTS ON IRAN TO BE SHARED WITH DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER GIZZATOV AND SENIOR KAZAK OFFICIALS. WE HOPE THIS MATERIAL G [...]
1996-11-17 04:47:00Secretary of StateSECRETPINR PREL KZ PTER KNNP
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