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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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05SOFIA604BULGARIAN COUNCIL OF MINISTERS CONSIDERS DECISION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Bulgarian Council of Ministers (CM) is considering a proposal on March 31 to withdraw its troops from Iraq on 31 December 2005 in accordance with the GOB's understanding of UNSCR 1546. During a meeting with Foreign Minister Solomon Passy on March 30, Passy informed Deputy Sec [...]
2005-03-31 13:14:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PGOV IZ BU
05SOFIA616BULGARIA: GOVERNMENT SENDS IRAQ EXIT STRATEGY TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Bulgarian Council of Ministers (CM) approved and sent to Parliament on March 31 a proposal to set 31 December 2005 as the deadline for the end of Bulgaria's military participation in the Multi-National Force in Iraq (MNF-I). The CM also asked Parliament to reduce the country [...]
2005-04-01 13:33:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PGOV IZ BU
05SOFIA933TOP GENERAL DISCUSSES WAY AHEAD FOR BULGARIAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On the eve of his renewed mandate, Bulgarian Chief of the General Staff (CHOD) General Nikolai Kolev gave us an overview of the direction of the Bulgarian Armed Forces for the next calendar year during a meeting on May 16. Kolev sees Bulgaria as a strategic partner of the U.S., wi [...]
2005-05-25 13:52:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL MOPS BU
05STATE15400FUTURE OF IRAQ COALITION
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 5. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (S) Status of the coalition: Many MNF partners are considering troop reductions or withdrawals after Iraq,s January elections. Others have mandates that will expire this summer and will be more diffic [...]
2005-01-26 22:35:00Secretary of StateSECRETIZ MARR MOPS PREL UNSC
05STATE183800REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT ASSISTANCE OF
[...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraphs 5 - 6. 2. (C) Background. There are 22 Chinese nationals of Uighur ethnicity under USG control at Guantanamo. DoD has determined that 15 of the 22 are no longer of intelligence/law enforcement value, and have been approved for release. [...]
2005-10-04 00:12:00Secretary of StateSECRETMOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR
05TAIPEI4092TAIWAN MOFA AGREES TO CONSIDER RESETTLEMENT
[...] (S) AIT Deputy Director met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General for North American Affairs Victor Chin October 5 to request assistance in resettling the Chinese Uighurs who have been approved for release. Using the talking points provided reftel, DDIR summarized the situation; he [...]
2005-10-05 10:18:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiSECRETMOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR TW
05TEGUCIGALPA1693SEND LAWYERS, FUNDS AND GUNNY: SA/LW DESTRUCTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Department of State Small Arms and Light Weapons (SA/LW) program officer (PM/WRA) and Department of Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) ordnance destruction team visited Honduras August 1-5 to review possible future technical assistance. Team and PolMilOff met with Vice Minis [...]
2005-08-12 23:27:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALMASS MARR PARM PREL PTER MOPS SNAR KLIG HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1753HONDURAN MOD REQUESTS SA/LW DTRA SEMINARS FROM
[...] (SBU) This is an Action request for PM/WRA and DTRA: Post requests that the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) provide the Government of Honduras (GOH) with Physical Security and Stockpile Management Program (PSSMP) seminars. Post received a formal request from Minister of Defense Federic [...]
2005-08-23 22:38:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL MARR MASS PTER MOPS SNAR KLIG HO
05TEGUCIGALPA2155MEDIA REACTION ON SECRETARY OF DEFENSE MEETING WITH
[...] On 10/14 the San Pedro Sula-based liberal daily "Tiempo" ran an editorial entitled "Regional Security." "The Secretaries of Defense and Security of Central America met SIPDIS in Key Biscayne, Florida, with the Secretary of Defense of the United States, Donald Rumsfeld, with the main objecti [...]
2005-10-20 15:10:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO MOPS PREL PGOV HO
05TEGUCIGALPA2207COUNTERNARCOTICS BATTLE IN HONDURAS: GOH POLITICAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Recent maritime interdictions, air radar tracks, and drug seizures, along with corroborated source information, indicate that Honduras has become a significant transit point for narcotics destined for the United States. There is evidence of the existence of an illicit trade in [...]
2005-10-28 18:40:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL KCRM PTER EFIN MOPS PGOV PINR HO
05TEGUCIGALPA2239REQUEST FOR EMERGENCY HELICOPTER ASSISTANCE FOR
[...] This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. Based on the deteriorating conditions and lack of food in Puerto Lempira in the remote Mosquitia region of Honduras due to the effects of Hurricane Beta, Post requests immediate emergency DoD assistence to airlift food, medicine, and hygie [...]
2005-11-02 14:21:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS EAID PREL HO
05TEGUCIGALPA2249HONDURAN MOD REQUESTS SA/LW DESTRUCTION AND
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-02 19:48:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM MASS PREL MARR PTER MOPS SNAR KLIG HO
05TEGUCIGALPA2338MARITIME DISPUTE BETWEEN HONDURAS AND NICARAGUA
[...] (U) Summary - The long standing maritime territorial dispute between Honduras and Nicaragua has gained prominence recently, with a decision in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague not expected until 2006. This territory has been sharply disputed since the 1980s with intention [...]
2005-11-17 17:01:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPBTS PREL PGOV MOPS ECON EFIS EPET PINR HO
05TEGUCIGALPA2576HONDURAS SENT C-130 ENGINES ABROAD FOR
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (S) Post has received confirmation from the Honduran Air Force that Honduras has shipped at least three C-130 engines to an unnamed facility and country for repair/maintenance without prior Department of State approval. Although in [...]
2005-12-23 16:42:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETKOMC ETTC PARM PREL PGOV MOPS PINS PINR HO CI
05TELAVIV4894IDF CHIEF OF STAFF SAYS DISENGAGEMENT HAS NOT
[...] (S) SUMMARY. In an August 3 meeting with Deputy National Security Adviser Abrams, the Ambassador and Gen. Ward, the IDF Chief of the General Staff, Lt. Gen. Dan Halutz, said that disengagement has not harmed the IDF as an institution. It has, however, created problems, particularly in the area [...]
2005-08-09 08:23:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETMOPS PGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY
05TELAVIV5104A/S WELCH DISCUSSES DISENGAGEMENT AND GAZA
[...] (C) Summary: A/S Welch, Ambassador Kurtzer and General Ward met with Minister of Defense Mofaz and his key staff on August 16 to review the status of settler evacuation from Gaza, and to discuss the status of an Israel-Egyptian protocol on troop deployments along Egypt's border with Gaza. A/ [...]
2005-08-18 07:57:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS ASEC KWBG KPAL PINS ETRD IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5219IDF DEPUTY COS KAPLINSKY UPDATES A/S WELCH ON
[...] (C) Summary: In an August 22 meeting, IDF Deputy Chief of Staff MG Moshe Kaplinsky told Assistant Secretary Welch, the Ambassador, and Security Coordinator General Ward that disengagement is proceeding ahead of schedule. Kaplinsky praised ongoing GOI-PA security coordination and expressed hop [...]
2005-08-24 05:48:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS KWBG KPAL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV6606UNSCO DE SOTO URGING ISRAELIS TO TURN OVER
[...] (C) In a discussion about recent Hizballah-IDF clashes along the Israel-Lebanon border, UN Special Coordinator (UNSCO) Alvara de Soto told the Ambassador at mid-day November 22 that: -- he has helped to broker a "fragile cease-fire" that has led to a momentary calm along the Israel-Lebanon b [...]
2005-11-22 13:20:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR MARR PTER PBTS MOPS PINS KPKO LE COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV7112ISRAELI DEBRIEF ON KATYUSHA ATTACK ON KIRYAT
[...] (S) Israeli MFA and MOD sources provided Embassy with details concerning the December 27 Katyusha attack from Lebanon on northern Israel. At 2309 local time, Israeli forces reported three explosions in northern Israel, but the debris has not been located to date. MOD contacts said several r [...]
2005-12-30 15:54:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PINS MOPS PTER LE IS KPAL KPKO SY GOI EXTERNAL MILITARY RELATIONS
05THEHAGUE1201ONE YEAR SOFA FOR NETHERLANDS ANTILLES AND ARUBA
[...] (SBU) In accordance with ref A, Embassy Legal Counselor exchanged diplomatic notes on May 3, 2005, concluding an exercise specific status of forces agreement with the Netherlands to provide privileges and immunities for U.S. forces in Aruba and the Netherlands Antilles. The agreement entered [...]
2005-05-04 09:29:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT APER ASEC KTIA MARR MOPS PREL NL NA
05THEHAGUE1876NETHERLANDS: TOUR D'HORIZON WITH FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Ambassador Sobel, DCM, and POLCOUNS met with Dutch FM Bot on June 30 for a tour d'horizon discussion of outstanding issues. Bot praised the excellent (and improving) state of U.S.-Dutch relations, but identified four irritants to be addressed through ongoing consultations: Dutch d [...]
2005-07-01 12:38:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPREL PGOV MOPS IZ IR AF NL EUN
05THEHAGUE2064NETHERLANDS: DUTCH THINKING ON ISAF III; FUTURE OF
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador, DATT and ODC Chief met with Dutch CHOD Gen. Dick Berlijn on July 19. Gen. Berlijn reviewed Dutch thinking on participation in ISAF III, including a PRT consisting initially of 1000 personnel (later to be expanded to 1200) deployed most likely to Uruzgan province. Later disc [...]
2005-07-27 08:12:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS NL PGOV PREL NATO
05THEHAGUE2126NETHERLANDS/UZBEKISTAN: MORE ON DENIED DUTCH
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-03 05:52:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PGOV PINS PREL PTER UZ NL
05THEHAGUE235DUTCH ISAF AND OEF DEPLOYMENTS
[...] (S) Summary: PolMilOff met with MFA and MOD officials on January 26 and 28 to discuss the current status of Dutch commitments to NATO's ISAF mission and Operation Enduring Freedom. The GONL is not contemplating use of its contingent in NRF IV in support of the parliamentary elections in Afgh [...]
2005-01-31 16:38:00Embassy The HagueSECRETMARR MOPS PREL AF NL
05THEHAGUE2444NETHERLANDS/UIGHURS: DUTCH WANT UNHCR INVOLVEMENT
[...] (C) On September 2, POLCOUNS delivered reftel demarche regarding the possible resettlement of 15 Uighur detainees from Guantanamo to Anneke Adema, Head of the Dutch MFA's Office of Human Rights Affairs. Adema said that she would circulate the request to the relevant Dutch ministries and provi [...]
2005-09-08 13:09:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PREF PINR MOPS KAWC NL
05THEHAGUE2465NETHERLANDS/NATO: DUTCH THOUGHTS ON NATO INFORMAL
[...] (C) Summary: Polmiloff met with Sebastian Reyn (Deputy Director, Department of General Policy Affairs, MOD) September 9 to discuss Dutch thinking leading up to the September 13-14 NATO Informal Defense Ministerial in Berlin. Reyn handed over an 11-point paper (provided below) that Dutch Defens [...]
2005-09-09 16:01:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL NL NATO EUN
05THEHAGUE2565NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: MOD STRATEGY FOR MOVING
[...] (C) Summary: According to Lo Casteleijn (Director, General Policy Affairs, MOD),the Dutch government is expected to make a positive decision by the end of October to deploy 1,000 - 1,2000 troops to Uruzghan province in Afghanistan in support of ISAF Stage III. Casteleijn hoped that parliamen [...]
2005-09-21 15:17:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS AF NL EUN
05THEHAGUE2585NETHERLANDS: ASD FLORY'S VISIT TO THE HAGUE
[...] (C) Your trip to the Netherlands comes at a time when Prime Minister Jean-Pieter Balkenende's coalition government faces the lowest poll figures in Dutch history. Much of the public and parliamentary criticism focuses on the government's ambitious economic reform programs, but Dutch military deploy [...]
2005-09-23 13:37:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL NL MOPS
05THEHAGUE3054NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: WHAT THE DUTCH WANT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Dutch officials have compiled a list of conditions for deploying to Uruzghan province in Afghanistan under ISAF Stage III which they shared with SACEUR on November 8. A key Dutch request is that U.S. forces remain at current levels in Zabol and two northern firebases in Uruzghan [...]
2005-11-09 17:23:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR MARR MOPS AF NL EUN
05THEHAGUE3100NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: CONTINUING DUTCH
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Senior Dutch military and diplomatic contacts say that Defense Minister Kamp feels he has not yet received sufficient assurances from the U.S. to proceed with a proposed Dutch troop deployment to Oruzgan under ISAF Stage III. Kamp hopes to talk directly to SecDef Rumsfeld to res [...]
2005-11-16 16:35:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPREL PGOV PINR MARR MOPS AF NL EUN
05THEHAGUE3164NETHERLANDS/ISAF: STAGE III PLANS STILL ALIVE
[...] (C) Summary: The Dutch government has not yet made a decision on participation in ISAF Stage III in Uruzghan province. Prime Minister Balkenende, Foreign Minister Bot and Defense Minister Kamp decided November 23 to postpone a decision on Dutch participation until Balkenende returns the follo [...]
2005-11-23 17:21:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PGOV PINR MOPS AF NL EUN
05THEHAGUE3291NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: DUTCH SUPPORT FOR IRAQI
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Dutch are supporting the December 15 Iraqi elections by providing voting facilities in the Netherlands and will send six election monitors to Iraq. The Dutch MFA is actively engaged in the training of Iraqi jurists and diplomats, and will shortly revise its travel advisory [...]
2005-12-09 14:28:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KDEM KPAO MARR MOPS IZ NL PROV
05THEHAGUE3325NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: COALITION/NATO SUPPORT FOR IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-14 12:44:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PROV KDEM KPAO MARR MOPS IZ NL
05TUNIS1204GENERAL JONES MEETING WITH TUNISIAN DEPUTY FM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with MFA Deputy Foreign Minister for American and Asian Affairs Chtioui June 3, General Jones urged continued Tunisian cooperation with EUCOM and NATO as both entities expanded their scope to include Africa. Chtioui said Tunisia was ready to work together in a numb [...]
2005-06-06 15:12:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS TS EU
05TUNIS1324 STATUS OF REQUEST FOR SOFA IN TUNISIA
[...] (C) We have no Status of Forces Agreement currently with the GOT. In connection with training exercise Flintlock, we have signed an MOA (administrative agreement) that is valid for the duration of the exercise (June 3-17, 2005). We have a waiver from EUCOM for the Tunisia portion of Fl [...]
2005-06-17 13:43:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL TS
05VIENNA1152AUSTRIAN DEFENSE MINISTER TO RECOMMEND AUSTRIAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting requested by the Ambassador, Austrian Defense Minister Platter informed Ambassador that while he must still obtain approval by the government and the Standing Committee in Parliament, he will propose sending approximately 70 Austrian soldiers to Konduz, Afghanistan, [...]
2005-04-08 06:08:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS AU
05VIENNA1653DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA IN ADVANCE OF THE MAY 23 EU
[...] (SBU) EconPolCouns met on May 18 with Andreas Riecken, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's European Correspondent, to present reftel points and discuss the May 23-24 General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting. 2. (C) Riecken made the following comments concerning the point [...]
2005-05-19 12:01:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS CH SU AU EUN
05VIENNA2893DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT OF
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-29 14:38:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR AU
05VIENNA568DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: SOLICITING DONATIONS FOR
[...] (U) EconPolCouns and Pol Unit Chief delivered reftel demarche on February 28 to Thomas Hajnoczi, the MFA's assistant secretary-equivalent Director for Political Military Affairs, and Robert Zischg, MFA Deputy Director for Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-Proliferation. 2. (U) Hajnoczi an [...]
2005-02-28 16:14:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC MARR MOPS PREL UP AU NATO
05VIENNA72TFXO01: AUSTRIAN AID TO TOTAL 67 MILLION DOLLARS
[...] Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel announced on January 9 that Austrian assistance to the region of the Asian tsunami would total 50 million Euros (USD 67 million at current exchange rates) for 12 assistance projects. Speaking after a meeting with representatives of federal, state and local govern [...]
2005-01-10 15:05:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR EAID PGOV MOPS CASC XO AU
05VILNIUS1012SU-27 CRASH: LITHUANIA TAKING DECISIONS ON BLACK
[...] (C) Summary. The GOL accepted Ukraine's offer of assistance in analyzing data on the black boxes recovered from the Russian Su-27. The Government softened its rhetoric against Russia today, stating that there is no evidence to prove the Russian aircraft willfully violated Lithuanian airspace [...]
2005-09-23 16:28:00Embassy VilniusSECRETMOPS PGOV PINS PREL LH RS UP
05VILNIUS1017UPDATE ON SU-27 CRASH INVESTIGATION
[...] (C) The GOL's leadership continued to take a softer line on September 26 on the crash of a Russian Su-27 in Lithuania on September 15 (ref A). A senior briefer stated today that the GOL has "no evidence" that Russia intentionally violated Lithuanian airspace. Work on decoding the black boxes [...]
2005-09-26 15:18:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV PINS PREL RS UP LH
05VILNIUS103PRT ROADMAP: FROM LITHUANIA TO AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Summary. In order to build upon our diplomatic success securing Lithuanian leadership of a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Afghanistan, the USG should now move quickly to formalize plans to provide tangible deliverables to the GOL. Lithuania is urgently seeking Washington commitm [...]
2005-01-28 14:32:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALMOPS MCAP PGOV PREL LH
05VILNIUS1046SU-27 UPDATE: INVESTIGATION PROCEEDS, PILOT REMAINS
[...] (C) Summary: GOL defense leadership told the Ambassador September 30 that the black box data supports the conclusion that the September 15 intrusion of a Russian Su-27 into Lithuanian airspace and subsequent crash was accidental. GOL leaders publicly and privately express frustration at the [...]
2005-09-30 15:03:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV PINS PREL RS UP LH
05VILNIUS1070SU-27 CRASH INVESTIGATION ENDS, PILOT SET TO
[...] (SBU) Lithuania's Prosecutor General on October 6 closed the investigation of Russian pilot Valery Troyanov's involvement in the September 15 crash of a Russian Su-27 in Lithuania (ref A) and lifted his house arrest. Press reports indicate that Troyanov and his wife plan to depart Lithuania [...]
2005-10-06 16:22:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV PINS PREL RS LH
05VILNIUS120LITHUANIA CONGRATULATES IRAQ ON SUCCESSFUL
[...] (C) We delivered reftel A points regarding Iraq's elections to Kestutis Jankauskas, Director of the MFA's Security Policy Department on January 31. The GOL did not release any statements before the elections (reftel B),but Jankauskas was preparing a post-election declaration for Foreign Mini [...]
2005-02-03 10:57:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS LH
05VILNIUS1203LITHUANIA WILL STICK CLOSE TO DENMARK IN IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-10 15:22:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PREL IZ DA LH
05VILNIUS1278TWO U.S. AIRMEN FROM NATO MISSION DETAINED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Lithuanian police detained two U.S. servicemen following a dispute at a local Vilnius club on November 26. A Lithuanian and Somali citizen claim they were assaulted by the American parties, who deny the allegations and claim mistreatment themselves. The Lithuanian authorities ar [...]
2005-12-05 15:28:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS LH
05VILNIUS13LITHUANIA REAFFIRMS INTEREST IN AFGHANISTAN PRT
[...] (C) Summary. Lithuania is seriously considering leading a Provincial Reconstruction Team mission in Afghanistan. The MFA will brief the Foreign Minister and Defense Minister on the issue on January 6. Following the return of a GOL fact-finding team from Kabul and Mazar-i-Sharif on January 1 [...]
2005-01-05 14:32:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR MCAP PGOV PREL LH
05VILNIUS1304LITHUANIA TO DISCUSS FOREIGN DEPLOYMENTS
[...] (C) Summary. Parliamentary Speaker Arturas Paulauskas called on Lithuania's National Defense Council December 12 to develop a long-term strategy for involvement in Iraq and other foreign military missions. Government officials recognize the unfortunate timing of Paulauskas's proposal, coming [...]
2005-12-14 13:30:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL IZ LH
05VILNIUS1323LITHUANIA UNFAZED BY U.S. DRAWDOWN; PLANS TO SEND
[...] (SBU) We delivered ref A and B points regarding the upcoming January Afghanistan Compact in London and the proposed troop drawdown in Afghanistan to Vytautas Leskevicius, head of the MFA's NATO division, on December 21. We also delivered ref B points December 20 to Alvydas Kunigelis, Acting D [...]
2005-12-21 15:11:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS PGOV EAID AF LH
05VILNIUS1354GOL READJUSTING IN IRAQ BASED ON SAME RATIONALE AS
[...] (C) We delivered ref A points on USG troop readjustments in Iraq to Ministry of Defense Undersecretary Renatas Norkus on December 28 and Vytautas Leskevicius, of the MFA's Security Policy Department, on December 29. Both officials said that the GOL's decision not to replace the detachment of [...]
2005-12-30 14:50:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL MARR MOPS IZ PL LH
05VILNIUS198LITHUANIA SOLICITING SUPPORT FOR CHAGCHARAN PRT
[...] (C) Summary. Kestutis Jankauskas, Director of the MFA's Security Policy Department, on February 25 outlined the status of Lithuania's planning for the Lithuania-led provincial reconstruction team (PRT) in Chagcharan, Afghanistan, and GOL efforts to solicit support for the mission from NATO al [...]
2005-03-01 12:57:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALMOPS MCAP PREL PGOV LH
05VILNIUS240LITHUANIA WELCOMES U.S. OFFICER ASSIGNMENTS TO PRT
[...] This cable contains an action request in para 3. 2. DCM informed MFA Undersecretary Dalius Cekuolis March 8, per reftel, of the USG plan to assign a State Department Officer (retired FSO Michael Metrinko) and a USAID officer to the Lithuanian-led Provincial Reconstruction Team in Chagcharan [...]
2005-03-09 15:09:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MOPS AF LH
05VILNIUS253Lithuania Needs Night Vision Devices
[...] I would like to appeal for your assistance in taking a look at a policy that is effectively denying one of our staunchest allies in Iraq and Afghanistan the ability to fully realize its potential in supporting our interests. Lithuania has been seeking for several months the transfer of Night [...]
2005-03-10 15:52:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL LH
05VILNIUS257LITHUANIA'S PRT IN CHAGCHARAN: FILLING THE RANKS
[...] (C) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) Summary. Kestutis Jankauskas, Director of the MFA's Security Policy Department, said the GOL will ask Parliament to double the number of troops deployable to Afghanistan. Jankuaskas provided an update of pledges of [...]
2005-03-15 07:33:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALMOPS MCAP PREL PGOV LH AF
05VILNIUS358LITHUANIAN-LED PRT: TAKING SHAPE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Affairs and Defense Ministry officials told State POLAD designee to the Lithuania-led PRT Michael Metrinko March 30 - April 1 that Lithuania is moving forward with plans to lead a multinational provincial reconstruction team in Chaghcharan, Afghanistan. The Lithuanians, s [...]
2005-04-06 14:28:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALMOPS MCAP PREL PGOV LH AF
05VILNIUS367LITHUANIA PROVIDES UPDATED REQUIREMENT LITH FOR
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The GOL updated and augmented its needs assessment for the Lithuanian-led Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in the desolate Ghowr province of western Afghanistan. Following the March 30 return from Afghanistan of Lithuania's PRT reconnaissance team, the MFA advanced us a copy [...]
2005-04-07 12:59:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALMOPS MCAP MARR PREL PGOV LH AF
05VILNIUS417LITHUANIAN PRT FORCE DEVELOPMENT MEETING: WHERE
[...] (C) Summary. Dainius Baublys, the MFA's designated POLAD for the Lithuanian-led Chaghcharan provincial reconstruction team, April 13 expressed dismay at the lack of partner commitments to support the PRT. Baublys said that only few made firm pledges of support and only Iceland's met the GOL's [...]
2005-04-19 11:56:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALMOPS MCAP MARR PREL PGOV LH AF
05VILNIUS503LITHUANIA WANTS AND DESERVES FLEXIBLE COALITION
[...] (C) Summary. As they gear up to lead a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Afghanistan, Lithuanian authorities were delighted by the recent approval in Washington of coalition solidarity funding. At the same time, in anticipation of receiving a share of these funds in recognition of thei [...]
2005-05-13 14:12:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALMOPS MCAP PREL PGOV LH
05VILNIUS514USNATO AND USEU 2005 TOUR FOR LITHUANIAN
[...] Description of Activity: Four Lithuanian Parliamentarians from committees that play decision-making roles in Lithuania's foreign and security policy participated in a NATO and USEU tour. The group visited USNATO, SHAPE, and USEU headquarters in Brussels. Political officer Alexander Titolo a [...]
2005-05-18 08:34:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL SCUL MARR MOPS
05VILNIUS527LITHUANIAN DEFENSE COUNCIL APPROVES INCREASING
[...] Foreign Minister Antanas Valionis told the Ambassador May 19 that he expects speedy passage through parliament of legislation increasing the number of troops the Lithuanian military may deploy to participate in international operations. The Lithuanian State Defense Council, an inter-ministeri [...]
2005-05-19 15:12:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS MARR PREL PGOV LH AF
05VILNIUS560LITHUANIA'S ESDP CONTRIBUTION NO THREAT TO NATO
[...] GOL Defense Minister Gediminas Kirkilas and representatives of Germany, Latvia, Poland, and Slovakia on May 23 signed a declaration in Brussels to create a joint battle group to serve in the EU Rapid Reaction Force. Kirkilas announced that the joint force will assume its first rotation in 201 [...]
2005-05-31 06:17:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MOPS MARR LH
05VILNIUS57EMBASSY VILNIUS WORK PLAN FOR NEW GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: We are systematically engaging Lithuania's month-old government, including an Ambassadorial meeting with each Cabinet member, on issues of interest to the United States. Our work plan concentrates on the following critical policy goals: 1) GOL Activism in the Global War on Terr [...]
2005-01-18 14:49:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS OFDP EINV AMGT LH
05VILNIUS59LITHUANIA SAYS YES TO PRT
[...] (C) The GOL informed the Ambassador on the evening of January 18 that it will accept NATO's request for it to head a provincial reconstruction team (PRT) in western Afghanistan. The decision followed weeks of intensive Mission and USG efforts to get Lithuania on board, culminating in two sepa [...]
2005-01-18 16:41:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR MCAP PREL PGOV LH
05VILNIUS609LITHUANIA DEPLOYS PRT TO AFGHANISTAN; WILL NEED
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Intensive U.S. airlift operations in support of the Lithuanian-led Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) headed to Chaghcharan, Afghanistan, began from Zokniai airfield June 6. This mission is the most ambitious military undertaking in modern Lithuania's existence, and it enjoys [...]
2005-06-10 14:03:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALMOPS MCAP MARR PREL PGOV LH AF
05VILNIUS627LITHUANIA SEEKS USG ASSISTANCE ON TWO PRT ISSUES
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The GOL has requested USG assistance in concluding an agreement with the Government of Afghanistan to establish a Lithuanian Special Mission. This agreement is a necessary precondition for the deployment of civilians [...]
2005-06-15 14:42:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS MCAP MARR PREF PGOV LH AF HR
05VILNIUS657LITHUANIA ON BOARD FOR IRAQ IN 2006
[...] (S) SUMMARY: President Valdas Adamkus, Foreign Minister Antanas Valionis, and Defense Minister Gediminas Kirkilas told the Ambassador in separate meetings that they fully expect Lithuania to remain part of the Coalition in Iraq (MNF-I) and Lithuanian personnel to be on the ground in Iraq in 2 [...]
2005-06-22 14:39:00Embassy VilniusSECRETMARR MOPS PREL IZ LH
05VILNIUS676LITHUANIAN OVERSEAS TROOP DEPLOYMENTS AUTHORIZED
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-28 14:31:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MOPS PREL IZ AF LH
05VILNIUS930GOL DISINCLINED TO EMBED TROOPS IN IRAQI UNITS
[...] (S) The GOL will likely not embed Lithuanian troops with Iraqi forces as part of the shift of MNF-I's emphasis to building Iraqi capacity (ref A). MOD Undersecretary Renatas Norkus told us that the GOL believes that its soldiers lack the necessary operational experience, language skills, and [...]
2005-09-07 13:11:00Embassy VilniusSECRETMARR MOPS PREL IZ LH
05VILNIUS977RUSSIAN SU-27 CRASHES IN RURAL LITHUANIA; NO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A Russian fighter-bomber reportedly en route from St. Petersburg to Kaliningrad crashed in the Sokiai region of Lithuania shortly after 1500 local time on September 15. Lithuanian authorities have detained the pilot and are investigating the incident. The Russian Government has [...]
2005-09-16 13:28:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS MOPS LH
05VILNIUS993SU-27: THREE ACTION REQUESTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for Washington agencies -- see paras 6, 8 and 12 -- and USNATO -- see para 12. 2. (S/NF) Summary: Several loose ends remain from last Friday's crash of a Russian Su-27 (ref a) in Lithuania. Senior Lithuanian officials believe that inconsistencies in Russian [...]
2005-09-21 13:08:00Embassy VilniusSECRETPREL PGOV PINS MOPS LH NATO RU
05VILNIUS994GOL PRESENTS ITS VERSION OF THE SU-27 CRASH
[...] (SBU) The Lithuanian MFA delivered to the embassy a nonpaper describing the GOL's version of the events surrounding the crash of the Russian SU-27 in Lithuania (reftel). The account particularly highlights Russian authorities' alleged failure to provide accurate information about the plane, i [...]
2005-09-21 13:38:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINS MOPS LH
05WARSAW3044IRAQ-POLAND: JONES-SMITH CONSULTATIONS WITH GOP
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Richard Jones Senior Adviser to the Secretary and Coordinator for Iraq Policy (S/I) led an interagency delegation to Warsaw July 28-29 to consult with senior GOP officials and encourage continued substantial Polish participation in the Iraq Coalition and the Multi-Nati [...]
2005-08-05 11:46:00Embassy WarsawSECRETPREL MOPS MARR PL IZ
05WARSAW4030POLISH FOREIGN MINISTER MELLER'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) Summary: Polish Foreign Minister Stefan Meller travels to Washington next week as the representative of a new center-right government that pledges continuity in foreign policy and sustained engagement in support of democracy throughout the world. Meller is expected to bring a positive mes [...]
2005-12-13 10:17:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS ECON PL
05WARSAW4037IRAQ: POLES SIGNAL READINESS TO STAY, BUT PRESS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Polish officials and parliamentarians who met with Robert Deutsch, Deputy Senior Advisor for Iraq, on December 8 in Warsaw suggested that Poland will likely remain in Iraq past January 2006, but in reduced numbers, and with an eye to withdrawing by the end of 2006. Because Polish [...]
2005-12-13 16:15:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL MOPS MARR IZ PL
05WELLINGTON666REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT ASSISTANCE OF CERTAIN
[...] (C) Summary: New Zealand is willing to consider taking in Uigher refugees from Guantanamo, but would at a minimum need a request from the UNHCR to start the process. Both Minister of Foreign Affairs Goff and Immigration Minister Swain will make the final decision of whether to admit the Uighe [...]
2005-08-31 04:52:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALKAWC MOPS PREL PTER PHUM PREF PINR NZ
05WELLINGTON92NEW ZEALAND SENDS "ONE-OFF" MILITARY LIAISON
[...] (U) The GoNZ announced January 31 that it will station one military liaison officer in Baghdad to work in the UN Assistance Mission. The soldier's work will include liaising with the MNF and the interim Iraqi Government's security forces, and the one-year deployment will be served in two six- [...]
2005-02-01 04:00:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS NZ
05YEREVAN2121 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY EXTENDS GOAM NON-COMBAT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-08 11:02:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MOPS IZ AM
05YEREVAN2214IRAQ FORCE ADJUSTMENT DOESN'T CHANGE ARMENIAN
[...] (S) The Charge d'Affaires delivered reftel points regarding U.S. force level reductions in Iraq during December 22 meetings with Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Arman Kirakossian and Deputy Minister of Defense General-Lieutenant Artur Aghabekyan. Aghabekyan and Kirakossian both noted the A [...]
2005-12-22 13:54:00Embassy YerevanSECRETPGOV PINS PREL MARR MOPS IZ AM
05YEREVAN2225IRAQ FORCE ADJUSTMENT: ARMENIA COMMITTED TO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-27 13:38:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL MARR MOPS IZ AM
05YEREVAN86 ARMENIAN CONTINGENT DEPARTS FOR IRAQ
[...] On January 18, a 46-man contingent departed Armenia to serve with coalition forces in Iraq. The Armenian troops, consisting mostly of truck drivers, will work with Polish forces currently stationed in Iraq. The Armenian media covered the departure in a mostly positive light (septel),and th [...]
2005-01-19 13:13:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR MOPS IZ AM
05ZAGREB183ADRIATIC CHARTER DEFENSE MINISTERIAL BILATERAL
[...] (SBU) The U.S. delegation to the Adriatic Charter (A3) Defense Ministerial, led by Ambassador Frank, met with the State Secretary of the Croatian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 24 January 2005 and the Minister of Defense of Croatia on 25 January 2005. Mr. Alan Van Egmond, OSD Director of Balk [...]
2005-02-07 06:36:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS MOPS HR NATO
05ZAGREB204MOD REPLACES ASSISTANT MINISTER WHO SIGNED EUCOM
[...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Ministry of Defense (MOD) has relieved Dr. Jelena Grcic-Polic from her duties as Assistant Minister of Defense for Defense Policy. She has been replaced by Igor Pokaz, the head of international defense cooperation under Grcic-Polic. While the MOD has reported the mo [...]
2005-02-10 06:34:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MARR MASS MOPS HR NATO
05ZAGREB724CROATIA'S COAST GUARD: A WORK IN PROGRESS
[...] (C) Formation of a Croatian Coast Guard remains a work in progress. Although the Ministry of Sea, Tourism, Transport and Development is nominally the first among equals in the interagency committee created to coordinate Coast Guard (CG) activities, the Ministries of Interior and Defense are a [...]
2005-05-06 12:29:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL MOPS ETTC HR NATO
06ABUDHABI2422FM FEEDBACK ON GCC MEETING; UAE REACTION TO GULF
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ) told Ambassador on June 11 that the previous day's GCC Foreign Ministers meeting in Riyadh had been a "brainstorming" session on Iran rather than a decision-making session. He complained again that he was "very disappointed" with EU [...]
2006-06-12 11:47:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER MOPS IR AE
06ABUDHABI2930SCENESETTER FOR GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE WITH UAE
[...] (S) Summary: Embassy Abu Dhabi looks forward to the June 27 Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD) as an opportunity to clarify key areas of potential cooperation with the UAE, particularly vis-a-vis the very real threat that the Emirates feels from Iran. The UAE is also likely to want to expand the a [...]
2006-07-17 14:35:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PARM MOPS MASS KNNP IR IZ AE
06ABUDHABI3027SCENESETTER FOR SCA A/S AMB BOUCHER TO UAE
[...] (S) Summary: Ambassador Boucher, Embassy Abu Dhabi welcomes your visit to discuss support for Afghanistan with the UAE leadership. We have requested a meeting with a senior member of the ruling family (the Crown Prince or Foreign Minister). We recommend that you acknowledge the UAE contrib [...]
2006-07-25 14:51:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PTER MOPS MASS EINV AF PK AE
06ABUDHABI3140EMIRATES FOCUSED ON SUPPORT FOR AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: During a July 29 lunch with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and his younger brother Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia Richard Boucher pressed SIPDIS for continued support of Afghan reconstruction a [...]
2006-08-02 12:29:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER EAID ENRG MOPS PK AF AE
06ABUDHABI3255DEMARCHE ON UNSCR 1701
[...] (C) On August 12, the Charge and Acting Under Secretary Tareq Al-Haidan (MFA's number two) discussed UNSCR 1701. Reviewing reftel points, the Charge stressed the need for strong support for the current resolution aimed at addressing the requirements 6^JY|Q@uthan previous drafts and took into a [...]
2006-08-12 13:44:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS UNSC UN IS LE AE
06ABUDHABI3257UAE MFA OFFICIAL'S PESSIMISTIC ASSESSMENT OF IRAQ
[...] (C) Summary: MFA's second-in-command, Acting Under Secretary Tareq Al-Haidan, offered the Charge his strong SIPDIS views on the poor security situation in Iraq on August 12. He said the Secretary's call for a "new Middle East" in the context of the Lebanon conflict begged the question of w [...]
2006-08-12 15:22:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS EAID IZ AE
06ABUDHABI3851UAE DEFENSE SPENDING
[...] (C) Estimates of the cumulative value of defense procurements by the UAE in recent decades reach well over 20 billion dollars (although the UAE does not publish its overall defense and security expenditures). Funded essentially by the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, that money has been spent on sophis [...]
2006-10-02 14:40:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALMCAPS PREL MASS MOPS BEXP AE
06ABUDHABI3944GENERAL ABIZAID WITH ABU DHABI CROWN PRINCE: IRAN,
[...] (S) On the evening of October 9, CENTCOM Commander General John Abizaid and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) Al Nahyan discussed Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan. On Iran, MbZ pressed for clarity on U.S. "war plans" and cal [...]
2006-10-12 10:18:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL MOPS PARM IR AF PK IZ AE
06ABUDHABI4302GSD ISSUES REVIEWED AT JMC WORKING GROUP MEETINGS
[...] (C) Working groups following up on the June, 2006 Joint Military Commission (JMC) met November 14 in Abu Dhabi, reviewing action items and charting a path towards deeper U.S.-UAE military cooperation. The thoroughness of UAE engagement on a number of items discussed, including topics which a [...]
2006-11-16 11:47:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETMCAP PREL PTER PARM MOPS MASS IR AF AE
06ABUJA1537BAKASSI INDIGENES THREATHEN VIOLENCE
[...] (C) Summary. Representatives of the Nigerian indigene community of Bakassi met with Embassy officers to discuss their concerns over the recent agreement to implement the ICJ decision on the Bakassi. The representatives felt betrayed by the agreement, and threatened violence to impede the im [...]
2006-06-19 15:30:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPBTS MOPS NI CM
06ABUJA1841NIGERIA:IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BAKASSI AGREEMENT
[...] (C/REL TO USA, GBR, FRA, DEU) Summary. From the Nigerian side, plans for implementation of the Greentree Accord on Bakassi are moving forward. The military fully intends to be out of Bakassi in "not a day more" than the sixty days specified in the agreement, the Nigerian police have reques [...]
2006-07-18 12:32:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPBTS MOPS PREL NI CM
06ABUJA1921NIGERIA:BAKASSI UPDATE
[...] (C/REL USA GBR FRA DEU) On 24 July, Post hosted a meeting of the local representatives of the four witness states to the Greentree Accord on Bakassi, though the German embassy was unable to send anyone. No representatives from either the UK or France have yet traveled to the Bakassi area. [...]
2006-07-25 11:22:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPBTS MOPS PREL NI CM
06ABUJA2100DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-15 10:39:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS PREL PTER SG UNSC IS LE
06ABUJA874MILITANTS DETONATE VBIED AT NIGERIAN ARMY BARRACKS
[...] (U) The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND),the militant group responsible for the recent rash of kidnappings and violence in the Niger Delta, claimed credit for the detonation of a VBIED at Camp Bori, a Nigerian Army base in Port Harcourt, the evening of April 19. While [...]
2006-04-20 17:02:00Embassy AbujaSECRETPTER ENRG MOPS NI MILITANTS
06ACCRA1855ILLEGAL SMALL ARMS IN GHANA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ghana has an estimated 150,000 illegal arms. Most are crude locally made guns, but there is an unknown quantity of arms trafficking from elsewhere in West Africa. Ghana,s Small Arms Commission has worked with the UNDP and civil society on the issue since 2003 through the Ghana [...]
2006-08-14 12:11:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL PGOV PHUM KCRM MOPS ASEC GH
06ADDISABABA1154ETHIOPIA: REPORTS OF ATTACKS ON ANUAK REFUGEES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) representative in Addis Ababa and other embassy contacts confirmed mid-April reports of Ethiopian troop movements along the Sudanese border in the Gambella region of western Ethiopia, but deemed media reports of widescal [...]
2006-04-26 04:39:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL MOPS ET SU
06ADDISABABA1194SUDAN/DARFUR: AU COMMISSION DEMARCHED ON GRAIDA
[...] (SBU) Deputy pol/econ counselor delivered ref A points on USG concerns about further violence in south Darfur to Ambassador Ki Doulaye Corentin, Head of the African Union Commission's Darfur Integrated Task Force (AU/DITF),on April 28. Ki Doulaye pledged to share the information with AU Pea [...]
2006-05-01 09:25:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL SU KPKO MOPS AU
06ADDISABABA1284DSRSG ENNIFAR DISCUSSES UNMEE DOWNSIZING,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. UNMEE's outgoing Force Commander now opposes downsizing the UNMEE to an observer mission with half its current force strength, reflecting either pessimism that Ethiopia and Eritrea will proceed with demarcation, or a desire to preserve the large presence of Indian troops who now [...]
2006-05-09 17:39:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER
06ADDISABABA1326ETHIOPIA: GOVERNMENT LAUNCHES MILITARY OFFENSIVE
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Two senior Ethiopian General officers told DATT May 9 and May 11 that Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) have begun an offensive aimed at neutralizing Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) in the Somali region. The Ministry of National Defense advised that Combined Joi [...]
2006-05-12 09:04:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETMOPS CASC PREL ET KN
06ADDISABABA1472AU PLANNERS AND NATO DISCUSS DARFUR PEACE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A meeting between visiting DOD DASD Whelan, African Union officials working on Darfur issues, the NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Planning, and Embassy officials, highlighted challenges in implementing the May 5 Darfur Peace Agreement. The AU DITF POLAD called for co [...]
2006-05-25 13:48:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO SU AU
06ADDISABABA1549SUDAN/DARFUR: MILITARY SUPPORT FOR THE DARFUR
[...] (C) Post is seeking clarity with CJTF-HOA and the AU re the eight additional military personnel to be deployed to support the DPA (reftel, para 2D). On June 6, Charge, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) Commander Rear Admiral Hunt and DCM met with African Union (AU) Special [...]
2006-06-07 08:27:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALKPKO PREL PGOV MOPS MARR
06ADDISABABA1559SUDAN/DARFUR: MILITARY SUPPORT FOR THE DARFUR
[...] (C) Post is seeking clarity with CJTF-HOA and the AU re the eight additional military personnel to be deployed to support the DPA (reftel, para 2D). On June 6, Charge, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) Commander Rear Admiral Hunt and DCM met with African Union (AU) Special [...]
2006-06-08 05:39:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALKPKO PREL PGOV MOPS MARR
06ADDISABABA1568UNSC MISSION REPORTS TO AU THAT SUDAN HAS NOT
[...] (SBU). SUMMARY. On June 7, the visiting UN Security Council delegation visiting Addis Ababa, Chad, and Sudan, briefed representatives of the 15-member African Union Peace and Security Council (AU PSC) and AU partners (i.e., non-member states) on its June 6 meetings in Khartoum with Sudanese P [...]
2006-06-09 07:11:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS KPKO SU AU UN
06ADDISABABA1579ETHIOPIA: DEPUTY FM SAYS HIGH-LEVEL MIL-TO-MIL
[...] (C) Summary: Deputy Foreign Minister Tekeda Alemu told the Charge and CJTF-HOA Commander Rear Admiral Richard Hunt June 9 that the USG military civil affairs team activities need to be defined in terms of the broader US-Ethiopia counterterrorism relationship. Tekeda called into question the [...]
2006-06-09 13:51:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO MOPS CASC
06ADDISABABA1581AFRICAN UNION CHAIRPERSON FORMALLY REQUESTS NATO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. AU Commission Chairperson Konare has formally requested NATO assistance for AMIS in a June 2 letter to NATO Secretary-General Scheffer, but confines the scope of such assistance to manning a handful of advisory positions in AMIS's Forward Joint Mission Headquarters and providin [...]
2006-06-09 16:23:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPKO MOPS NATO PREL SU AU UN
06ADDISABABA1615DARFUR: JEM SEEKS FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO REFORM,
[...] (SBU) Summary. Two members of the Sudanese Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) told poloff June 12 that their organization sought to join the peace process under the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) but urgently needed funds to hold a general congress in order to elect new leadership. End Summary [...]
2006-06-13 12:55:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPKO MOPS PREL SU AU UN
06ADDISABABA1641ETHIOPIA: UNMEE SAYS ETHIOPIA IN COMPLIANCE WITH
[...] (C) Summary: According to the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE),Ethiopia remains in compliance with UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1640. UNMEE is more concerned about Eritrean activities than continued Ethiopian troop movements and training. A Defense Attache c [...]
2006-06-15 13:57:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER
06ADDISABABA1648ETHIOPIA: ETHIOPIAN MILITARY TO RESPOND IF
[...] (C) Summary. On 15 June, DATT met with MG Yohannes Gebremeskel, Head, Intelligence Main Department of the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF). Yohannes said the Islamic Courts are likely using "freelance" militias to expand their control beyond Mogadishu. He said they had taken Jowhar. [...]
2006-06-16 10:31:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS ET SO
06ADDISABABA1655SUDAN/DARFUR: SECURITY ASSISTANCE FOR THE DARFUR
[...] (U) Per reftel, Post has actively engaged African Union officials and Partner representatives on the U.S. initiatives to support the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA). 2. (U) DPA VERIFICATION: -- Prior to the June 9 departure of the joint UN-AU technical assistance mission (TAM) to Sudan, Charge [...]
2006-06-16 16:28:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPKO MOPS PREL SU NATO AU
06ADDISABABA1708ETHIOPIA: SAMORA REITERATES GOE POLICY ON SOMALIA
[...] (C) Summary. LTG Samora Yonus, Chief of General Staff, Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) met with Commander, U.S. Central Command General John Abizaid and the Charge June 19. Topics of discussion included CJTF-HOA presence in Ethiopia, the Somalia situation, Ethiopian military intentio [...]
2006-06-21 15:18:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS ET SO
06ADDISABABA1719ETHIOPIA: FOREIGN MINISTER TELLS ABIZAID
[...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin met with Commander, U.S. Central Command General John Abizaid and the Charge June 19 to discuss the GOE's growing military force along the Somali border and its warning to the UIC that any perceived threat will be met with military action. Seyoum s [...]
2006-06-22 11:58:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS ET SO
06ADDISABABA1736AU AGREES WITH PARTNER NOMINATIONS TO STAFF FJMHQ
[...] Summary. The African Union (AU) notified its partners via note verbale June 22 that it had no objections to the partners providing all six personnel requested as advisors to the AMIS Joint Forward Headquarters in El Fasher. Furthermore, the AU had no objections to the partners' nominations f [...]
2006-06-24 12:56:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPKO MOPS NATO PREL SU AU UN
06ADDISABABA1782AFRICAN UNION: KONARE URGES US SUPPORT FOR SOMALI
[...] (C) SUMMARY: African Union (AU) Chairperson Konare told A/S Frazer in a June 25 meeting that the Union of Islamic Courts was currently probing to see how far it could expand, but intended to take over all of Somalia if possible. An expanding UIC would inevitably provoke war with Ethiopia, he [...]
2006-06-29 16:16:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KPKO MOPS AU SO ET
06ADDISABABA1869ETHIOPIA: GOE SAYS NO INCURSION IN SOMALIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: An Ethiopian government spokesman publicly denied that Ethiopian troops had crossed the Somali border and reaffirmed Ethiopia's desire to work with regional partners on a response to the situation in Somalia. Meanwhile, a senior Ethiopian military official has assured post that t [...]
2006-07-07 15:34:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC MOPS ET SO
06ADDISABABA1904CORRECTED COPY - ETHIOPIA: GOE SAYS NO INCURSION
[...] (S) SUMMARY: An Ethiopian government spokesman publicly denied that Ethiopian troops had crossed the Somali border and reaffirmed Ethiopia's desire to work with regional partners on a response to the situation in Somalia. Meanwhile, a senior Ethiopian military official has assured post that t [...]
2006-07-12 14:45:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETPREL ASEC MOPS ET SO
06ADDISABABA1924ETHIOPIA: PROMINENT EDITOR SAYS SOMALIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Amare Aregawi, a prominent and well connected newspaper editor, told PAO in late June that the GOE perceived increased threats from several sources, including increased fundamentalism in Somalia and hardline factions of the CUDP. Amare pointed to pervasive signs of increasing Mus [...]
2006-07-14 06:45:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS ET SO
06ADDISABABA1961DARFUR: JULY 13 AU DITF BRIEFING HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: African Union planners state that USD 440 million will be needed to extend the AU Mission in Sudan (AMIS) to the end of December 2006 and have it implement the additional tasks required by the May 5 Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA). The degree of AMIS enhancement will depend large [...]
2006-07-19 04:48:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS KPKO SU AU
06ADDISABABA2021NATO REPORTS LITTLE PROGRESS IN BOOSTING NATO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Planning Maurits Jochems and other NATO representatives cite little progress in convincing African Union officials to allow NATO to expand the types of assistance it is now providing to the AU Mission in Sudan (AMIS),despite earlier co [...]
2006-07-24 12:59:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO SU AU
06ADDISABABA2041SOMALIA: TFG REPORTS ICU FORCES' ADVANCE ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Somalia's ambassador to Ethiopia and permrep to the AU, Abdulkarim Farah, expects IGAD foreign ministers to endorse a detailed plan early next week for a peace support operation (IGASOM) to Somalia, following which the AU Peace and Security Council (PSC) may take further action. [...]
2006-07-25 13:49:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO AU SO ET
06ADDISABABA2042SOMALI PERMREP BRIEFS AU PEACE AND SECURITY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 24, the African Union's Peace and Security Council (PSC) met to discuss the situation in Somalia and upcoming elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Prior to closed door deliberations, Somalia's Permanent Representative to the AU Amb. Abdulkarim Farah briefed P [...]
2006-07-25 13:53:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS KPKO AU SO
06ADDISABABA2114MELES ON SOMALIA: NEED UNSC ENDORSEMENT OF IGAD
[...] (C) Summary and Action Report. Prime Minister Meles told Charge Huddleston that the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) in Somalia is unlikely to collapse under pressure from the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) if the UNSC welcomes a Ugandan battalion that would stabilize Baidoa. President Musev [...]
2006-08-01 14:03:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALKPKO PREL MOPS SO ET
06ADDISABABA2118AU PSC REPRESENTATIVES OUTLOOK ON SOMALIA
[...] (C) Summary: During an August 1 meeting with staff members from the African Union Peace and Security Council - PSC Director Geofrey Mugumya, Head of the African Standby Force Maj General Ishaya Isah Hassan, Technical Advisor Dr. Aim Kamubudzi, and Conflict Management Director El-Ghassim Wane - [...]
2006-08-02 12:25:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO AU SO ET
06ADDISABABA2130DARFUR: AU SAYS NEW PLEDGES ALLOW AMIS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At his first briefing for donors and other partners since the July 18 pledging conference for the AU Mission in Sudan (AMIS),the head of the African Union's Darfur Integrated Task Force (DITF) said that the conference's main outcome was the acknowledgement that partners seek t [...]
2006-08-04 09:45:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS KPKO EAID SU AU
06ADDISABABA2178ETHIOPIAN MILITARY ASSESSES BORDER SITUATION WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Ethiopia's senior military officer, Chief of General Staff Lieutenant General Samora Yonus, expressed concern that Eritrea, Somalia's Union of Islamic Courts (UIC),and Ethiopian insurgent groups are collaborating to destabilize Ethiopia. Ethiopia plans to train troops for Somal [...]
2006-08-09 15:51:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS MOPS ET SO ER
06ADDISABABA2203SOMALI PERMREP REPORTS THAT BELED WEYNE REMAINS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On August 10, deputy pol-econ counselor met with Ambassador Abdulkarim Farah, Permanent Representative of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (TFG) to the African Union and the TFG's Ambassador to Ethiopia. Farah dismissed press reports that Union of Islamic Court (UIC [...]
2006-08-14 11:35:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETPREL PINS MOPS SO ET UG
06ADDISABABA2245ETHIOPIA: UNSC RESOLUTION ON LEBANON
[...] (C) On August 14 Charge presented reftel talking points, resolution text and Secretary Rice statement to Prime Minister Meles who responded that Ethiopia is in favor of stopping the violence, supports the UN resolution, and wants a lasting peace. Meles went on to point out that Ethiopia fully [...]
2006-08-15 11:54:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PTER ET IS LE
06ADDISABABA2256ETHIOPIA: FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES EEBC MEETING
[...] (C) Summary. Deputy Foreign Minister Tekeda Alemu told the Charge August 15 that Ethiopia was undecided about attending the August 24 Ethiopia-Eritrea Boundary Commission (EEBC) meeting claiming that Eritrea had done little to show its interest in the process. The Charge told Tekeda that Eth [...]
2006-08-16 12:30:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PINR PINS PREF PREL PTER ET
06ADDISABABA2257ETHIOPIA: FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES EEBC MEETING
[...] (C) Summary. Deputy Foreign Minister Tekeda Alemu told the Charge August 15 that Ethiopia was undecided about attending the August 24 Ethiopia-Eritrea Boundary Commission (EEBC) meeting claiming that Eritrea had done little to show its interest in the process. The Charge told Tekeda that Eth [...]
2006-08-16 12:38:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PINR PINS PREF PREL PTER ET
06ADDISABABA2312DARFUR: AUGUST 10 AU DITF BRIEFING HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At an August 10 briefing AU officials reported that the situation in Darfur was "relatively calm" despite serious incidents in northern Darfur (Sector 6),including several alleged attacks by GOS aircraft on an IDP camp and a village, and a suspension of AMIS activities near Ku [...]
2006-08-21 13:27:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS KPKO SU AU
06ADDISABABA2400SOMALIA: ADDIS TFG REP CLAIMS DEAL BETWEEN TFG AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Somalian Transitional Federal Government's (TFG) Representative in Addis Ababa informed A/DCM Sept. 4 and 5 that the TFG had agreed on the broad outlines of a deal with negotiators from the Union of Islamic Courts during negotiations in Khartoum. The tentative deal called fo [...]
2006-09-05 11:16:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS SO
06ADDISABABA2410AU MILITARY STAFF QUESTIONS PLAN FOR IGASOM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. On August 28, the African Union's Military Staff Committee (MSC),comprised of defense attaches or other military representatives of each of the 15 members of the AU Peace and Security Council, reviewed the proposed deployment plan for an IGAD peace support operation [...]
2006-09-05 16:11:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS KPKO SO AU
06ADDISABABA2420DARFUR: AU MINISTERIAL MUST DECIDE FUTURE OF AMIS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. African Union Peace and Security Commissioner Said Djinnit reported to international partners that in September 4 discussions with the AU, Sudan disavowed press reports that say it seeks the immediate expulsion of the AU Mission in Sudan (AMIS),but confirmed its rejection of a [...]
2006-09-06 17:55:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS KPKO AU SU
06ADDISABABA2523DARFUR: SEPTEMBER 14 AU DITF BRIEFING REPORTS AMIS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to African Union officials, Sudan has requested that AMIS suspend rotation of peacekeeping troops to Darfur, pending the outcome of the September 18 ministerial-level PSC. The AU confirmed that the Rwandan rotation is on hold, but suggested that the September 16 rotat [...]
2006-09-15 10:29:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS KPKO SU AU
06ADDISABABA2524DARFUR: SEPTEMBER 7 AU DITF BRIEFING REPORTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On September 7, African Union officials reported to AU partners that recent cash contributions would allow the AU Mission in Sudan to continue operations beyond September 30, but that any decision on either extending or strengthening AMIS by two additional battalions would have [...]
2006-09-15 13:35:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS KPKO SU AU
06ADDISABABA2526ETHIOPIA: DEPUTY MINISTER TEKEDA TALKS SOMALIA,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Foreign Minister Tekeda Alemu told AF DAS Yamamoto Sept. 16 that although the GOE does not see increased risk of conflict with Eritrea, it nevertheless would prefer a six-month extension of UNMEE. In Somalia, the GOE now hopes only to contain the Council of Islamic Courts [...]
2006-09-16 13:17:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MOPS AU ET ER SO
06ADDISABABA2572ETHIOPIA: GENERALS' DEFECTION MAY SIGNAL DEEPER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent defections of senior Oromo military officers have shaken the Ethiopian military establishment. Brigadier General Kemal Gelchu of the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) defected to Eritrea on Aug 8, taking as many as two hundred soldiers and lower level officers with [...]
2006-09-21 13:21:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETPGOV KDEM MOPS ASEC ET ER
06ADDISABABA2610DARFUR: SEPTEMBER 21 AU DITF BRIEFING CONFIRMS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While the AU PSC extended the mandate of AMIS to December 31, and Sudan has allowed the rotation of AMIS troops to resume, AU officials expressed concern that transition to a UN peacekeeping operation remains an unresolved issue. The AMIS Force Commander remained in Addis Abab [...]
2006-09-25 15:45:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS KPKO SU AU
06ADDISABABA2763PM MELES: ETHIOPIA WILL CONTAIN THE ISLAMIC COURTS
[...] (C) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Theresa Whelan met with Prime Minister Meles, Minister of State Tekeda and Defense Chief of Staff Samora on October 10. Whelan was accompanied by DATT Col. Zedler, OSD Rep Lt. Col. Atallah and myself. Meles argued that the best way to conta [...]
2006-10-12 13:02:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALET MOPS PREL PTER
06ADDISABABA2776PM MELES: ETHIOPIA PREPARING TO GO AGAINST CIC IN
[...] (C) Summary. Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi told Business Executives for National Security (BENS) President and CEO General Charles Boyd, U.S. Air Force (Ret.),CJTF-HOA Commander Rear Admiral Richard Hunt, and Charge October 13 that he sees a UN-supported IGAD/Ugandan battalion station [...]
2006-10-14 10:58:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PTER ET
06ADDISABABA2793ETHIOPIA: ERITREAN ARMORED FORCES INITIATE
[...] (S) SUMMARY. AS OF MID-DAY ON 16 OCTOBER 2006, ERITREAN ARMORED FORCES HAD INITIATED BATTALION-SIZE MOVEMENT INTO THE UNITED NATIONS TEMPORARY SECURITY ZONE (TSZ) IN THE VICINITY OF OM HAJER (BR 468 858); MALUBA (CNA),BARENTU (CS 583 570),KARAKASH (CS 633 656) AND SHAMBIKO (CS 745 515). NO E [...]
2006-10-16 15:36:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETMOPS PREL PTER ER ET
06ADDISABABA2810ETHIOPIA: UNMEE SAYS ACTION NECESSARY TO PREVENT
[...] (C) Summary. The United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) Deputy Special Representative Ambassador Azouz Ennifar invited representatives of the United Nations Security Council permanent members to a briefing October 17 to discuss Eritrea's movement into the temporary security zon [...]
2006-10-17 15:52:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PTER ER ET
06ADDISABABA2818ETHIOPIA: DEPUTY FM TALKS ON ERITREA INCURSION,
[...] (C) Summary. Deputy Foreign Minister Tekeda Alemu told Charge and United Kingdom Ambassador Bob Dewar October 18 that he had "absolutely no concern" about Eritrea's incursion into the TSZ and Ethiopia would not be provoked into action. He said that Ethiopia will continue to monitor the border, [...]
2006-10-18 14:53:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PTER SO SU DJ ER ET
06ADDISABABA2832ETHIOPIA: DEPUTY FM REACTS TO CONTACT GROUP
[...] (C) Summary. Deputy Foreign Minister Tekeda Alemu told Charge October 20 that the statement from the Somalia Contact Group was positive in that it confirmed the international community's support of the TFG, but it would have been better if the contact group had publicly supported a partial lif [...]
2006-10-20 12:13:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PTER SO SU DJ ER ET
06ADDISABABA2872ETHIOPIA: MELES HOPES TO DELAY SOMALIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Meles told visiting Gen. Fulford and SFRC staffer Michael Phelan that delays and problems with IGASOM deployment might leave Ethiopia to face the Council of Islamic Courts (CIC) alone, but that he hoped to hold off on military intervention until around mid-November. He said th [...]
2006-10-26 17:12:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS ASEC PTER UNSC SO ET
06ADDISABABA2910ETHIOPIA: MFA EXPERT OFFERS THOUGHTS ON SOMALIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The MFA's Somalia expert sees a "dangerous situation" arising in the next two to three weeks if the international community takes no concrete action to assist Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) in its struggle against the extremist Council of Islamic Courts (CIC). H [...]
2006-11-01 16:09:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PTER SO ET ER EG AU
06ADDISABABA2914THE ISLAMISTS BATTLE FOR BAIDOA AND BEYOND
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Meles met with Admiral Rick Hunt, DATT Don Zedler and Charge at our request October 30. We were particularly concerned by reports of the Council of Islamic Courts' (CIC) military preparations for an attack on Baidoa, and the possibility that even with Ethiopian mili [...]
2006-11-02 05:21:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PGOV PINR PREF PTER SO ET
06ADDISABABA2921PUNTLAND VICE PRESIDENT URGES SUPPORT FOR SOMALI
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Puntland Vice President Hassan Dahir Mahamud blamed Islamic extremists in Somalia's Council of Islamic Courts (CIC) for fanning Ethio-Somali tensions in order to destabilize Somalia's Transitional Federal Government. He claimed that the current (EPRDF) GOE had done much to reduce [...]
2006-11-02 13:00:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS MOPS MASS KPKO ET ER SO
06ADDISABABA2936DARFUR: AMIS FORCE COMMANDER REJECTS FJMHQ CONCEPT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. African Union civilian and military officials, including the new AMIS Force Commander, had few conclusions to share from a recently concluded internal "brainstorming" session on operational challenges facing the AU peacekeeping mission in Darfur. Sudan's recent acceptance of 1 [...]
2006-11-06 05:58:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS KPKO SU AU
06ADDISABABA2948DARFUR: AMIS FORCE COMMANDER ARGUES FOR UP TO NINE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a November 2 briefing to major AU partners, officers from the AU Mission in Sudan (AMIS) highlighted two areas of continued fighting in Darfur: North Darfur, where GOS aerial reconnaissance and bombardment of suspected NRF strongholds continues; and the Darfur-Chad border, [...]
2006-11-06 14:26:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS KPKO SU AU
06ADDISABABA3011DARFUR: UN A/SYG FOR PEACE-KEEPING DISCUSSES UN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. UN A/SYG for Peace-keeping Operations Annabi said November 11-12 meetings with President Bashir, FM Lam Akol and other GOS principals resulted in an affirmation that the GOS would accept UN packages of "light" and "heavy" assistance to the AU Mission in Sudan, despite Sudan's c [...]
2006-11-14 15:28:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS KPKO SU CD AU UN
06ADDISABABA3012ETHIOPIA: FM SEYOUM ASKS WITNESSES TO STOP EEBC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: GOE Foreign Minister Seyoum summoned representatives from the permanent five members (P-5) of the UN Security Council and Witnesses to the Algiers Accords to a meeting Nov. 14 to denounce the plans of the Eritrean-Ethiopian Boundary Commission (EEBC) to complete demarcation the b [...]
2006-11-14 17:29:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO MOPS UNSC ET ER
06ADDISABABA3114ETHIOPIA: DEPUTY FM TALKS ABOUT DIALOGING WITH
[...] (C) Summary. Deputy Foreign Minister Tekeda Alemu told Vicki Huddleston on November 20 (during a farewell call) that Ethiopia preferred to dialogue with the CIC rather than enter into armed conflict. Tekeda said that Ethiopia had invited the CIC to talks in Addis Ababa, and the "ball was now [...]
2006-11-28 10:22:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PTER SO SU DJ ER ET
06ADDISABABA3115ETHIOPIA: PARLIAMENT CONSIDERS AUTHORIZATION OF
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In a remarkable session on Nov. 23, Prime Minister Meles asked Parliament to approve a resolution stating Ethiopia's desire for peaceful relations with Somalia, but authorizing "any measures necessary" to respond to the Council of Islamic Court's (CIC) declared jihad against Ethi [...]
2006-11-28 10:24:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS PREL ASEC ET SO ER
06ADDISABABA3175ETHIOPIA: SEN. FEINGOLD TALKS SOMALIA, HUMAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Meles told visiting U.S. Senator Feingold Nov. 30 that while the GOE was trying to avoid war with the Council of Islamic Courts (CIC) in Somalia, armed conflict was likely in the coming weeks. Meles expected that the CIC would move against Somalia's Transitional Federal Govern [...]
2006-12-04 05:50:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS ASEC PHUM ET SO
06ADDISABABA3206ETHIOPIA: PM MELES MEETS WITH FMR SECSTATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. While visiting Addis Ababa to promote the UNDP's Commission for the Legal Empowerment of the Poor, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright met with Prime Minister Meles Zenawi December 1 to discuss Ethiopia's support of the Commission and her concern about the deterioratin [...]
2006-12-06 06:17:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS PREL PTER SO SU DJ ER ET
06ADDISABABA3211ETHIOPIA GIRDS FOR HIGH-RISK IN SOMALIA
[...] (C) Summary: Indications suggest that Ethiopia is preparing to increase its military involvement in Somalia in the coming weeks. The GOE feels ever more compelled to intervene in southern Somalia to counter what it sees as the growing threat of an extremist Islamic regime in Mogadishu that [...]
2006-12-06 13:26:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETMOPS PREL PGOV PINS ET SO ER
06ADDISABABA3212SOMALI PRIME MINISTER GEDI HIGHLIGHTS FOREIGN EXTREMIST SUPPORT FOR ICU
[...] (C) SUMMARY. TFG PM Gedi reported that over 3,000 foreign Islamic militants are assisting the CIC, including fighters from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Chechnya, and Libya. Eritrea and Saudi sources have provided weapons and funding respectively to the CIC, while Somali Hawiye are increasingly back [...]
2006-12-06 14:51:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS KPKO SO ET KISL MOPS
06ADDISABABA3240ETHIOPIA: MELES ALTERS STANCE ON MILITARY ACTION
[...] (C) Summary: Recent U.S. visitors to Ethiopia have advocated a message of caution to Prime Minister Meles and raised potential consequences of Ethiopian deployment of troops in possible military action in Somalia. While Meles has consistently underscored the threat of al-Shabaab and other ex [...]
2006-12-08 11:42:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS KISL KPKO ET SO ER
06ADDISABABA3243DARFUR: DECEMBER 7, AU DITF BRIEFING PROVIDES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. According to African Union officials, the head-of-state-level November 30 AU Peace and Security Council (PSC) meeting affirmed Sudan's acceptance of UN assistance to the AU peacekeeping mission in Darfur, but highlighted that Sudan continues to oppose full transition to a hybrid [...]
2006-12-08 13:54:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS KPKO SU AU
06ADDISABABA3289SOMALIA: ETHIOPIA TAKING TIME TO CONSIDER NEXT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Ethiopia welcomed the UN Security Council's authorization of an IGAD/AU mission for Somalia, but did not foresee deployment until January 2007 or later, due to uncertainty relating to funding and troop contributing countries, according to Ethiopian MFA Somalia expert Fiseha Shawe [...]
2006-12-14 06:54:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO KISL ET SO
06ADDISABABA3316DARFUR: NOV. 16 SPECIAL ENVOY NATSIOS BILATERAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Separate November 16 bilateral consultations with UK Secretary of State for International Development Hilary Benn, French MFA Africa Director Jean de Gliniasty and Special Envoy for the Peace Process in Sudan Henri Benoit de Coignac, and Chinese PermRep to the UN Guangya Wang hig [...]
2006-12-18 16:18:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO SU AU UK CH FR
06ADDISABABA3317DARFUR: NOV. 16 SPECIAL ENVOY NATSIOS MEETING WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 16 bilateral meeting prior to UN-AU-GOS consultations on Darfur, Egyptian FM Gheit asserted that Sudanese FM Lam Akol was "very forthcoming," and highlighted Sudan's acceptance of UN assistance to the African Union's peacekeeping operation in Darfur. While the GOS [...]
2006-12-18 16:20:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO SU AU EG
06ADDISABABA3318DARFUR: SPECIAL ENVOY NATSIOS WARNS SUDANESE FM TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a bilateral meeting with Sudanese Foreign Minister Lam Akol and other GOS principals, just prior to November 16 high-level consultations on Darfur chaired by the UN SYG and AU Commission Chairperson Konare (septel),Presidential Special Envoy for Sudan Natsios outlined USG pri [...]
2006-12-18 16:21:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MOPS KPKO SU AU
06ADDISABABA3390SOMALIA: PM MELES PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGES "DEFENSIVE
[...] (U) SUMMARY. In a national address broadcast live on December 24, Prime Minister Meles acknowledged that Ethiopia had launched military operations within Somalia, describing them as "defensive measures" taken against "terrorist forces" who had infiltrated insurgents into Ethiopia. Citing the [...]
2006-12-26 16:02:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PINS MOPS KISL ET SO
06ADDISABABA3410CORRECTED COPY: SOMALIA: GOE PM MELES SAYS
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (S) SUMMARY: Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles told Charge that the "Jihadist" leaders of the Council of Islamic Courts (CIC) had fled Mogadishu as ENDF and TFG forces closed in on the Somali capital. ACTION REQUEST: Meles ask [...]
2006-12-28 14:14:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETMOPS ASEC PREL PGOV SO ET
06ADDISABABA3411SOMALIA: TFG AMBASSADOR REPORTS MILITARY CAMPAIGN
[...] (S) SUMMARY. In a December 28 meeting with USAU Amb. Courville and deputy pol-econ counselor (note-taker),the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia's (TFG) PermRep to the AU and Ambassador to Ethiopia, Amb. Abdulkarim Farah, responded to a series of questions asked by Amb. Courville on [...]
2006-12-28 14:56:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETPGOV PREL PTER MOPS KPKO KISL ET SO DJ
06ADDISABABA3413SOMALIA: PM MELES REPORTS ETHIOPIAN FORCES HAVE
[...] (S) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. Prime Minister Meles Zenawi informed Charge in the evening of December 28 that Ethiopian troops had not entered Mogadishu, and that Ethiopia would wait until the following day to assess circumstances and decide whether to intervene in Somalia's capital. Meles [...]
2006-12-28 19:47:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETPREL PTER MOPS KISL ET SO
06ADDISABABA385A/S FRAZER AND UNMEE SRSG DISCUSS NEXT STEPS ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Following her visit to the Ethiopian-Eritrean border, AF A/S Frazer told UNMEE SRSG Legwaila that current residents of the disputed town of Badme oppose the 2002 boundary commission decision awarding the town to Eritrea. Badme was administered by Ethiopia, but the EEBC places it [...]
2006-02-08 05:41:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER
06ADDISABABA419UNMEE SRSG ADVOCATES REDUCING UNMEE TO "TOKEN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Eritrea continues to restrict freedom of movement by UNMEE MILOBs within the Temporary Security Zone, and to flaunt previously agreed upon protocols relating to UNMEE's right to challenge and inspect police and militia within the TSZ, according to UNMEE SRSG Legwaila. Such restr [...]
2006-02-13 16:18:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER
06ADDISABABA615 DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER TEKEDA ASKS FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. Ethiopia's State Minister for Foreign Affairs Tekeda and Charge had a good exchange on the question of Ethiopia's attendance at the March 10 EEBC meeting with Tekeda promising to consider responding favorably to the EEBC invitation but with a caveat that the fi [...]
2006-03-01 10:54:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER
06ADDISABABA941ETHIOPIAN FOREIGN MINISTER REAFFIRMS DESIRE FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin hailed the importance of U.S. engagement in addressing Ethiopia-Eritrea tensions, but voiced continued concern about Eritrean intentions and the presence of Eritrean troops in the Temporary Security Zone, where UNMEE had become "a hostage." FM Seyou [...]
2006-04-07 09:15:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER
06ADDISABABA945DSRSG ENNIFAR DISCUSSES UNMEE DOWNSIZING,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. UNMEE's outgoing Force Commander now opposes downsizing the UNMEE to an observer mission with half its current force strength, reflecting either pessimism that Ethiopia and Eritrea will proceed with demarcation, or a desire to preserve the large presence of Indian troops who now [...]
2006-04-11 08:59:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER
06ALMATY1662KAZAKHSTAN: A/S BOUCHER AND NSC DIRECTOR MILLARD
[...] (U) Summary: On May 4, Assistant Secretary Boucher and National Security Council Senior Director Elisabeth Millard met with Kazakhstani Minister of Defense Altynbayev to discuss the continuing cooperation between the U.S. Department of Defense and MOD. Altynbayev's staff provided briefings on [...]
2006-05-10 11:39:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MARR MOPS PREL KZ
06ALMATY2393KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR'S JULY 3 MEETING WITH
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-06 11:10:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM MOPS PREL KZ AF
06ALMATY2403KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR'S JULY 3 MEETING WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a July 3 meeting with the Ambassador, Security Council chair Marat Tazhin responded favorably to a suggestion that Kazakhstan allocate funds to supplement FMF funding for the purchase of UH-II helicopters through the Foreign Military Financing program, stated that Kazakhstan [...]
2006-07-07 06:53:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM MOPS PREL KZ AF
06ALMATY3273BOUCHER TO DZHAKSYBEKOV: CONCRETE PROGRESS ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a September 8 meeting with Presidential Administration head Dzhaksybekov, Assistant Secretary Boucher outlined U.S. hopes for President Nazarbayev's upcoming visit to Washington, pressing on the importance of showing concrete progress on democratic reform. In the context of [...]
2006-09-18 06:45:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM ETRD MOPS AF KZ
06ALMATY3396KAZAKHSTAN: INVITATION TO IRAQ CONFERENCE DELIVERED
[...] (U) Pol-Econ Chief conveyed reftel demarche and invitation letter addressed to FM Tokayev to Daniyar Sarekenov of the MFA's Middle East division on September 22. 2. (SBU) Sarekenov noted that in the absence of FM Tokayev, currently in New York for UNGA, he would forward the letter to Deputy [...]
2006-09-25 06:30:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MOPS PREL IZ KZ
06ALMATY425KAZAKHSTAN: GENERAL WALD,S MEETING WITH SECURITY
[...] (U) Participants: U.S. European Command Deputy Commander General Charles F. Wald Deputy Assistant Secretary for Defense James MacDougall Charge Mark Asquino Lieutenant Colonel Michael E. Corson Lieutenant Colonel Richard Lee Kazakhstan Security Council Chairman Bulat Utemuratov Deputy [...]
2006-02-03 10:31:00US Office AlmatyCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS OVIP KZ
06AMMAN1315CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION HOST COUNTRY AGREEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-22 16:02:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS KTIA JO
06AMMAN1606DIPLOMATIC NOTE REGARDING USE OF KASOTC DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-06 13:41:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PREL PM JO
06AMMAN179VETTING FOR JORDANIAN COESPU STUDENTS COMPLETED
[...] Post possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by any of the Jordanian police listed below. They have been nominated for training at the Center of Excellance for Stability Police Units (COESPU) in Vincenza, Italy. Name: Captain Ramadan Al Battah DOB: 03/01/1962 [...]
2006-01-09 16:25:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MOPS PHUM MASS IT JO
06AMMAN2109JOINT USG-GOJ FLOOD RELIEF PROVIDED TO ALGERIA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-22 14:38:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS PREL EAID AL JO
06AMMAN2403GOJ AGREES TO KASOTC ARRANGEMENT
[...] (SBU) Post received a diplomatic note dated April 2 from the Foreign Ministry accepting ref A proposals regarding the King Abdullah Special Operations Training Center (KASOTC). 2. (SBU) The substantive portion of the note's text follows: With reference to the Embassy's diplomatic note no. [...]
2006-04-05 06:37:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PREL JO
06AMMAN5269TFLE01: DEMARCHE ON MIDDLE EAST RESOLUTION
[...] ( C ) Ambassador, along with visiting A/S Welch and DAPNSA Abrams, made ref A points July 12 to FM Khatib, intelligence chief Dhahabi, the Director of the King,s Office Bassem Awadallah, and government spokesman Nasser Judeh (ref B and septel.) The GOJ officials agreed that the vote on the [...]
2006-07-13 13:57:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPAL KWBG IS JO
06AMMAN5889TFLE01: JORDANIAN FM ON AL MINISTERIAL AND DRAFT
[...] ( C ) Summary: Jordan welcomes the draft UNSCR, but FM Khatib warns the Arab League ministers may feel a need to endorse Siniora,s seven points without amendment. Khatib plans to work for a communique that glosses over differences between the draft UNSCR and the seven points. A UNSC vote before the [...]
2006-08-06 11:00:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS UN LE IS JO
06AMMAN6023FEELING MORE DOMESTIC PRESSURE, JORDAN,S KING
[...] (C) Summary: Following up on statements August 2 to domestic media, King Abdullah expressed concerns about Lebanon and other regional conflicts in an August 8 BBC interview that was widely covered by the local print media. The King is feeling the heat from Jordanians' resentment of perceived U.S. b [...]
2006-08-09 13:29:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS IS LE JO
06AMMAN6088LEBANON UNSCR DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-12 09:07:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS UN UNSC IS LE JO
06AMMAN6471JORDANIAN DETAINEES SHARAFAT AND HILAL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-24 05:50:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS IZ JO
06AMMAN6542LEBANON: STOCKHOLM DONORS, CONFERENCE
[...] (S) Summary: Jordan's Foreign Minister will probably attend the August 31 donors' conference in Stockholm. Jordan is providing important support and facilitation for Lebanon's recovery. Some of the GOJ's most useful help stems from its good relations with Israeli security and military services; the [...]
2006-08-27 13:39:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL EAID EAIR MOPS LE JO IS
06AMMAN7924DEMARCHE ON PRESERVING SINIORA,S GOVERNMENT
[...] (S) A/DCM delivered reftel demarche October 15 to Thamar Al-Adwan, FM Khatib's chief of staff. Al-Adwan took careful notes and undertook to brief Khatib immediately, but offered no substantive comment. 2. (S) During a follow-up demarche October 16 with Jaffar Hassan, foreign affairs advi [...]
2006-10-17 14:44:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS LE SY JO
06ANKARA1021AEGEAN: TURKEY STOPS FILING DAILY FLIGHT
[...] (C) Summary: Turkey stopped filing Daily Flights Schedules with NATO for military flights over the Aegean as of Jan. 18, but the GOT only informed us Feb. 28. MFA officials are concerned about rising tensions over the Imia/Kardak islets. End summary. 2. (C) During a Feb. 28 meeting on anot [...]
2006-03-01 16:09:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS NATO MARR TU GR
06ANKARA1069TURKISH PRESS DOUBTS U.S. INTENTIONS IN BLACK SEA
[...] (C) The Turkish press on March 1 and 2 has been full of speculation that the U.S. has an aggressive policy to gain dominance over the Black Sea. When asked, we are explaining to the media and the diplomatic community that U.S.-Turkish cooperation and dialogue on potential threats in the Black [...]
2006-03-03 05:56:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL NATO MOPS TU US
06ANKARA1101TURKEY READY TO ENGAGE ON MAKHMOUR, SEEKS SECURITY
[...] (C) MFA's Director General for Security Affairs, Hayati Guven, told us March 1 that Turkey is ready to engage on closing the Makhmour refugee camp and that it considers such a step as an important objective in its battle against the PKK. The GOT seeks assurances that there will be sufficient [...]
2006-03-03 14:35:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREF MOPS EAID SOCI PHUM PREL PTER IZ TU
06ANKARA1153TURKEY: LAWSUIT AGAINST ARMY COMMANDER RAISES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish Land Forces (TLFC) Commander GEN Yasar Buyukanit (slated to take the top job in TGS this Aug.) is again at the center of public controversy. On Mar. 5, the Van Public Prosecutor filed a complaint against Buyukanit for allegedly trying to influence the trial of Jandarma off [...]
2006-03-08 11:53:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PGOV TU
06ANKARA135AVIAN INFLUENZA: REQUEST FOR MILITARY AIR SUPPORT
[...] This is an action request. See para 3. 2. Based on information received January 13 from Washington, we expect an interagency team to arrive in the next few days to assess the AI situation in Turkey and what role the USG could usefully play to support GOT and international agencies' efforts [...]
2006-01-13 12:36:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS PREL OTRA TU AR GG AZ
06ANKARA1442INDICTMENT OF TURKISH LAND FORCES COMMANDER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Turkish General Staff (TGS) has reviewed the indictment issued against TLFC Commander GEN Buyukanit (ref a) and determined that there is no reason to approve a trial, while the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Justice Minister has launched an investigation into the p [...]
2006-03-20 12:13:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS TU
06ANKARA1464NEVRUZ HOLIDAY SPURS CONCERN OF INCREASE IN PKK
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Protests in major Turkish cities and in the southeast in advance of a traditional Kurdish holiday may harbinger the escalation of PKK/Kongra-Gel-related violence and tensions in Turkey. Although we expect an increase in violence -- including rural military clashes and urban te [...]
2006-03-21 05:34:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPTER MOPS PREL PGOV TU IZ
06ANKARA1468SCENESETTER FOR THE 23-26 MARCH VISIT OF CHAIRMAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Your March 23-26 visit comes at a time when progress has been made in improving the character of US-Turkish relations that frayed badly in 2003-2005. Senior level dialogue, including on the military-to-military side, has resumed; Turkey has downplayed its whining about the PDD and [...]
2006-03-21 08:27:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNMARR MASS MOPS PREL PGOV TU IZ AF RU
06ANKARA1627ANOTHER LOOK AT TURKEY'S BLACK SEA MARITIME
[...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para. 13. Summary ------- 2. (C) Turkey welcomes U.S., NATO, EU and others' active involvement in political and economic challenges facing the greater Black Sea region, such as frozen conflicts and energy flows. However, Turkey prefers that th [...]
2006-03-27 13:46:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL NATO MOPS TU US RO
06ANKARA1659CJCS GEN PACE'S MARCH 23 MEETING WITH PM ERDOGAN
[...] (C) Summary: Turkey continues to support the Iraqi people and coalition efforts, but the PKK, ethnic and religious strife, and Kirkuk remain difficult issues for the GOT, Prime Minister Erdogan told CJCS Gen Pace March 23. Erdogan praised the U.S.-Turkey strategic partnership and hoped the re [...]
2006-03-29 07:17:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALOVIP PACE PETER PREL MOPS MARR PTER TU US
06ANKARA1821TURKEY, PKK TERRORISM, AND NEXT STEPS BY THE USG
[...] (S) SUMMARY: PKK terrorism in Turkey is on the upswing. Violent protests in the southeast and bomb attacks in Istanbul have resulted in over 15 deaths in under a week. On April 3, the Kurdish Freedom Falcons issued a warning to foreign tourists to avoid Turkey and called on Kurdish youth to j [...]
2006-04-06 04:34:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPTER PREL PGOV MOPS TU IZ
06ANKARA2226TURKISH PRESS EXAGGERATES TROOP BUILD-UP IN THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent Turkish press reports claim the Turkish Land Forces Command (TLFC) has initiated a movement of its headquarters to southeast Turkey and undertaken a massive build-up of troops there to fight the PKK. Some go further to suggest this will include cross-border operations int [...]
2006-04-22 14:38:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS TU
06ANKARA2246TURKISH PRESS PUTS PKK FRONT AND CENTER ON EVE OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On the eve of Secretary Rice's April 25 visit to Ankara, Turkish and regional press reporting is increasingly focused on the PKK in general and Turkish military activity against the PKK in specific, presenting wildly divergent accounts of operations in the southeast on both sides [...]
2006-04-25 04:21:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS TU
06ANKARA2333GOI PROTESTS PRESENCE OF TURKISH TROOPS IN
[...] (S/REL GBR, AUS) The Government of Iraq has requested the removal of the 1500 Turkish troops who have long been stationed in northern Iraq to monitor the PKK, according to the Turkish MFA. We understand from Embassy Baghdad that this request may not have been fully coordinated within the Iraq [...]
2006-04-28 04:26:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETMOPS PREL TU IZ IR
06ANKARA2449TURKISH TROOP MOVEMENTS: WHAT DO THEY MEAN?
[...] (S/NF) The deployment of troops along the Iraqi border appears to be consistent with GOT practice in past years when PKK terrorism threatened Turkey: The military is apparently sealing the Iraqi border in order to block PKK infiltration. This is what FonMin Gul told the Secretary during their April [...]
2006-05-03 15:19:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPREL MOPS PTER TU IZ IR
06ANKARA2450TURKEY ON UNAMI AIRCRAFT: RECEPTIVE BUT NO FINAL
[...] (C) We and Washington have raised the UN's need for a C-130E aircraft for UNAMI with the GOT (refs). We have been receiving generally positive responses, but no firm answer yet. On May 3 MFA Deputy Iraq Coordinator Fazli Corman told us that MFA supported our initial request on March 24, but [...]
2006-05-03 15:23:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS TU IZ
06ANKARA2482BLACK SEA: ROMANIA/BLACK SEA HARMONY AND BLACK SEA
[...] (C) Summary: Turkey appreciates our efforts to persuade Romania and Bulgaria to join Operation BLACK SEA HARMONY (OBSH),and asks that we weigh in again with the GOR prior to a May 9 Turkey-Romania bilateral on the subject. MFA told us May 4 that Romania has agreed to begin negotiations on jo [...]
2006-05-05 05:00:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR NATO UP RS TU GG BU RO
06ANKARA2506NO APPARENT INTENT -- NOW -- FOR TURKISH
[...] (S/NF) Summary: We continue to see no evidence of Turkish cross-border activity across the northern Iraq border. A senior staff general told us May 3 that two developments would almost certainly precipitate a cross-border operation (CBO): a spectacular attack in Turkey or an attack against Tu [...]
2006-05-05 14:47:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPREL MOPS PTER TU IZ IR
06ANKARA2508MAKHMOUR: MFA OFFICIAL READY TO DISCUSS SECURITY
[...] (C/REL GBR) Per ref b, we discussed the way forward on steps required to close the Makhmour refugee camp in northern Iraq with MFA Director General for Security Affairs (S/CT-equivalent) Hayati Guven on May 3. Guven reported that he was prepared to travel to Geneva for discussions with U.S. a [...]
2006-05-05 15:26:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPTER MOPS PREL PREF TU IZ UN
06ANKARA2618AEGEAN: GREECE REPORTEDLY RESPONDS POSITIVELY TO
[...] (C) TGS J5 Greece/Cyprus Chief RADM Mucahit Sislioglu told us April 28 that Greece had accepted Turkey's long-standing offer of Aegean-related confidence-building measures (CBMs). These offers had apparently been outstanding since late last year. 2. (C) While Sislioglu touts the CBMs as sig [...]
2006-05-10 13:36:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR TU GR
06ANKARA2671DEMARCHE: MAY 9-13 D-8 SUMMIT IN BALI
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-12 10:53:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PTER MOPS IS IR TU
06ANKARA2699TURKEY REQUESTS LIMITED SUPPORT FOR SECOND MISSION
[...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para. 6. 2. (C) Summary: The Turkish MFA continues to plan to re-open its consulate in Mosul. We have emphasized the need for Turkey to be self-reliant in this endeavor. While we believe MFA understands this, the CG-designate has made some limite [...]
2006-05-12 14:08:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS TU IZ
06ANKARA2793MAKHMOUR: GOT CONTEMPLATING UNHCR OPERATIONS PLAN,
[...] (C) UNHCR-Turkey informed us May 12 that UNHCR-Geneva had forwarded its draft Operations Plan for effecting durable solutions for the residents of Makhmour refugee camp in northern Iraq to the U.S. and Turkish permanent missions in Geneva, and that UNHCR-Turkey had forwarded the plan to MFA Di [...]
2006-05-16 13:34:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPTER MOPS PREL PREF TU IZ UN
06ANKARA2869TURKEY/IRAQ: TURKEY REQUESTING HELO SUPPORT FOR
[...] (C) Turkish government Iraq Coordinator Oguz Celikkol contacted Ambassador May 18 to request urgently U.S. support for a trip he plans to make to Baghdad immediately after the new Iraqi government is announced. Celikkol said he had been advised by his embassy in Baghdad to limit his visit to t [...]
2006-05-18 14:22:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS IZ TU
06ANKARA2876TURKISH TROOPS MOVEMENTS OUT OF THE NEWS--FOR NOW
[...] (S/REL GBR) Summary: Other events have pushed the issue of PKK violence and troop movements within Turkey to deal with it off the front pages, but this is likely only temporary. PKK violence and Turkish countermeasures continue. Turkey may/may have fired two mortar rounds near an Iraqi village [...]
2006-05-18 15:32:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER MOPS TU IZ IR
06ANKARA2904MONTREUX CONVENTION: MILITARY LIMITS ON THE
[...] (C) Summary: The Montreux Convention (MC) obligates Turkey to keep the Dardanelles and the Bosporus open to commercial shipping and to limit naval passage into and out of the Black Sea. In addition, non-littoral navies face limits on both tonnage and duration of stay in the Black Sea. Civil [...]
2006-05-23 05:48:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALKTIA MOPS EWWT XH ZJ TU
06ANKARA2923AEGEAN: TURKISH AND GREEK WARPLANES COLLIDE
[...] (C) Summary: A Greek F16 and Turkish F16 collided in midair in international waters near the Greek island of Karpatos at mid-day May 23. The Turkish pilot was rescued; it appears the Greek pilot died. Turkish FonMin Gul called Greek FonMin Bokayannis to express regret over the incident and c [...]
2006-05-23 15:01:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMOPS MASS PREL TU GR NATO
06ANKARA3020TURKEY REVISES REQUEST FOR SECOND MISSION TO MOSUL
[...] (C/REL USA, GBR, AUS, CAN) Turkish Mosul Consul General-designate H. Avni Botsali contacted us May 24 to convey the GOT's revised request for limited CF support for his next mission to Mosul. Botsali reported that the Governor of Ninewah Province has undergone successful surgery at an Ankara [...]
2006-05-25 13:54:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS TU IZ
06ANKARA3031UNAMI PLANE: TURKEY HAS YET TO HEAR FROM UN
[...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para. 3. 2. (C) We understand per ref b that while Denmark has agreed to provide a C-130 for UNAMI, the aircraft will not be available until November. We had been pushing Turkey to provide an aircraft for UNAMI, and we understand from the Turkish [...]
2006-05-25 14:52:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS UN TU IZ
06ANKARA3034TURKISH REPRESENTATION AT THE BLACK SEA FORUM
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-26 05:52:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALNATO MARR MOPS RS BU GG RO TU AR AJ
06ANKARA3081TURKISH MFA PROTESTS U.S. SHIP VISITS TO RHODES
[...] (SBU) We received a diplomatic note from the Turkish MFA dated May 17 protesting the May 2-4 visit of two USN vessels to Rhodes (text of note below). The GOT's long-standing position has been that the 1947 Paris Peace Treaties bar all navy ship visits to the demilitarized Greek Dodecanese isl [...]
2006-05-26 11:14:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS GR TU NATO
06ANKARA3097TURKEY/IRAQ: SMALL-SCALE ACTIVITY ON BORDER
[...] (S/REL USA, GBR, AUS, CAN) Turkish Special Forces Headquarters near the Iraq border have confirmed that Turkish forces have fired mortars against PKK forces on two occasions (May 16 and 20) just across the border. The military also claims to have received small arms fire and indirect fire (NF [...]
2006-05-26 13:53:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPTER MOPS PREL TU IZ IR
06ANKARA3103MAKHMOUR: GOT GENERALLY PLEASED WITH UNHCR
[...] (C) We met May 26 with MFA Director General for Security Affairs (S/CT-equivalent) Hayati Guven to get Guven's readout of a May 24 GOT interagency meeting he chaired to discuss UNHCR's operations plan for effecting durable solutions for the residents of the Makhmour refugee camp in northern Ira [...]
2006-05-26 14:45:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPTER MOPS PREF PREL TU IZ UN
06ANKARA3131TURKEY'S SECOND MISSION TO MOSUL PLANNED FOR JUNE 5
[...] (C/REL USA, GBR, AUS, CAN) Turkish Mosul Consul General-designate H. Avni Botsali contacted us May 30 to report that the Governor of Ninewah Province was released from the hospital and was returning to Mosul that day. Botsali did not accompany him as he had hoped because security arrangements [...]
2006-05-31 05:12:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS TU IZ
06ANKARA3173MORE REVISIONS TO TURKEY'S PLANNED SECOND MISSION
[...] (C/REL USA, GBR, AUS, CAN) Turkish Mosul Consul General-designate H. Avni Botsali informed us June 1 that he will postpone his arrival in Mosul until June 7. The Turkish military is requesting flight/landing clearances through CENTCOM for June 7; Botsali plans to drive back to Turkey. He plan [...]
2006-06-01 10:07:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS OTRA TU IZ
06ANKARA3201BLACK SEA SECURITY AND TURKISH REPRESENTATION AT
[...] (C) Summary: Turkey has actively participated in preparations for the Black Sea Forum and will be represented at the Forum at the cabinet level. MFA expects the only heads of state to attend besides Romania to be those from the south Caucasus. Ankara is concerned that the Forum not create a [...]
2006-06-02 07:38:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALNATO MARR MOPS RS BU GG RO TU AR AJ
06ANKARA3269PKK VIOLENCE: PRESS REPORTS 12 TURKISH SECURITY
[...] According to press reports -- many of them supplemented by television coverage of soldiers' funerals -- 12 members of the Turkish security forces were killed in incidents of PKK violence over the two-week period of May 22 through June 4. These reports also claim 23 security forces were WIA. Ei [...]
2006-06-05 15:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPTER MOPS PREL TU IZ IR
06ANKARA331SCENE-SETTER FOR THE VISIT OF MARINE CORPS COMMANDANT GENERAL HAGEE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-30 13:38:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETMARR MASS MOPS PREL PGOV TU IZ AF RU
06ANKARA3352SCENESETTER FOR JUNE 14 VISIT OF GENERAL SCHWARTZ TO TURKEY
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-08 06:52:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNMOPS PREL PARM TU IZ IR AJ AF
06ANKARA3435BLACK SEA: ADMIRAL OUTLINES CURRENT TURKISH
[...] (C/REL USA, GBR, AUS, CAN) Turkey is pleased with Russia's continually improving attitude toward Euro-Atlantic cooperation in maritime security, the Turkish Navy's N5 RADM (LH) Cem Gurdeniz told us June 7. Gurdeniz thanked us for persuading Romania and Bulgaria to be more positive toward Oper [...]
2006-06-09 15:04:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR NATO TU RS BU RO GG UP
06ANKARA3476PKK VIOLENCE CONTINUES: TEN YEAR-OLD CHILD AMONG
[...] PKK attacks in southeast Turkey for the week of June 5-11 killed four Turkish security forces personnel and one civilian, a ten year-old child (according to press reports). During the same week, 15 security forces were WIA, as were seven civilians. Two PKK terrorists were killed in a firefigh [...]
2006-06-13 12:21:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL ASEC MOPS TU IZ
06ANKARA3542FM GUL AND FM BAKOYANNIS JUNE 10 MEETING
[...] (C) Summary: The June 10 meeting between Turkish FM Gul and Greek FM Bakoyannis produced no surprises and few concrete results. Coming on the heels of a May 23 collision between Turkish and Greek fighter jets and other recent Aegean incidents, the most remarkable fact about the meeting was t [...]
2006-06-15 12:37:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL NATO KIRF TU GR
06ANKARA3549TURKEY LIKELY TO SEEK COMPENSATION FOR F-16
[...] (SBU) In his weekly press briefing on June 14, MFA Spokesman Namik Tan -- in apparently attempting to dodge a loaded question from a reporter -- stated that Turkey may seek compensation for the F-16 Turkey lost in the mid-air collision with a Greek F-16 on May 23. Tan tersely confirmed that i [...]
2006-06-15 15:13:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR NATO TU GR
06ANKARA3574TURKEY'S IRAQ COORDINATOR ON TURKISH-IRAQI
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Turkey's Iraq Coordinator Oguz Celikkol on June 15 to discuss Turkey-Iraq cooperation. Meetings by Turkish PM Erdogan, FM Gul and other ministers with Iraqi DPM Salih and his delegation on the margins of the Turkey-Arab Economic Forum in Istanbul last week [...]
2006-06-16 13:43:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS IZ TU
06ANKARA3643TRILATERAL PKK TALKS: TURKISH THINKING ON NEXT
[...] (C) MFA Director General for Security Affairs (S/CT-equivalent) Hayati Guven called us in June 20 to provide us the latest GOT thinking on preparing for trilateral (U.S.-Turkey-Iraq) talks on the PKK. He reported that he had discussed the matter with Undersecretary Tuygan and senior ministry [...]
2006-06-20 14:51:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL MOPS MARR TU IZ IR
06ANKARA3671TURKEY: DETENTION OF SCAN BOTHNIA A REMINDER OF
[...] The British-flagged vessel Scan Bothnia, en route from Ukraine to the United Arab Emirates (UAE),was detained on June 9 at the port of Derince near the Bosporous by Turkish Coast Guard and Customs authorities on the suspicion that it was illegally smuggling US military equipment. 2. Actin [...]
2006-06-21 14:44:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MOPS PREL PGOV IZ
06ANKARA3685ISAF CAVEATS: TURKEY NOT LETTING GO YET
[...] (SBU) We delivered reftel points to MFA Head of Section for NATO Affairs Ihsan Kiziltan on May 16. Kiziltan had no substantive reply, but said he would consult with the appropriate authorities. 2. (C) TGS/J3 Plans and Operations Chef MG Mehmet Eroz told us May 19 that Turkey's caveats were [...]
2006-06-22 13:06:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALNATO MARR MOPS PREL TU AF
06ANKARA3692TURKEY REQUESTS CLARIFICATION ON SECURITY MEASURES
[...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para. 5. 2. (C/REL GBR, CAN, AUS) Summary: The GOT is seeking clarification of what security assistance to its consulate in Mosul might expect in the event it were to come under a sustained attack. While a definitive answer may be impossible in t [...]
2006-06-22 14:35:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS TU IZ
06ANKARA3694BLACK SEA: PRODUCTIVE TURKEY-ROMANIA-BULGARIA
[...] (C/REL USA, GBR, AUS, CAN) Turkey, Romania and Bulgaria held a "productive and fruitful" trilateral meeting on Black Sea maritime security issues June 19, according to MFA DDG for Multilateral Security Affairs Serdar Kilic. Romania presented a paper on NATO and broader international community [...]
2006-06-23 05:16:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR NATO TU BU RO
06ANKARA3775PKK AFFILIATE CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY FOR BOMBING
[...] (S) SUMMARY: The Kurdish Freedom Falcons (TAK),a well-known PKK affiliate, has claimed responsibility for the June 26 bombing in Manavgat, a tourist destination near the coastal resort of Antalya. This bombing fulfills previous threats by TAK to target foreign tourists and brings the death [...]
2006-06-27 14:59:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETASEC PTER MOPS PKK
06ANKARA3839TURKEY ALLEGES U.S. UAV FLIGHTS AT TURKEY-IRAQ
[...] (C) Turkish Special Forces in northern Iraq reported to Task Force Band of Brothers Liaison Officer June 8 that Turkish forces just inside northern Iraq and Jandarma forces in Turkey had witnessed significant activity by "one of those American planes with no pilots" (e.g., a UAV) on June 6. TU [...]
2006-07-03 08:50:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS TU IZ
06ANKARA3880IRAQ/TURKEY: GOT INFORMALLY REQUESTS ASSISTANCE
[...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para. 4. 2. (C/REL USA, GBR, CAN, AUS) Turkish Consul General for Mosul Avni Botsali told us June 27 that GOT authorities are concerned that, despite the Ninewah Governor's best efforts, Turkish officials staying on the Governor's compound to carry [...]
2006-07-03 14:19:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS TU IZ
06ANKARA4000ACTION REQUEST: CUSTOMS SCANDAL CAUSES FUEL TRUCK
[...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para. 2. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Due to a police raid and a continuing investigation of the Turkish Customs facility at Habur Gate, virtually no fuel trucks have gone from Turkey to Iraq since June 28. We understand that Coalition Force [...]
2006-07-09 15:40:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL ENRG IZ TU
06ANKARA4061TURKEY INVITED TO AFGHANISTAN PRT EFFECTIVENESS
[...] (SBU) We called on the MFA Deputy Director General for South Asia, Babur Hizlan, on July 10 to invite Turkey to the July 20-21 conference on enhancing Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) effectiveness co-sponsored by the governments of Canada and the United States and hosted by the Government [...]
2006-07-12 06:34:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS TU AF XD AORC NATO
06ANKARA4084SOME FUEL TRUCKS MOVING AGAIN FROM TURKEY TO IRAQ
[...] (C) Summary: We understand from U.S. military channels that, as of late in the day July 12, fuel tankers are once again moving from Turkey into Iraq over the Habur Gate. Also on July 12, Undersecretariat for Foreign Trade (UFT) Director General of Agreements Sevket Ilgac explained to us the c [...]
2006-07-12 15:41:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS ENRG ETRD TU IZ
06ANKARA4200TFLE01: LEBANON EVACUATION: POSSIBLE ARRIVAL OF
[...] (U) In response to Task Force information (ref A) that AmCits may be arriving in the Turkish port city of Mersin on 7/19, Mission made contingency preparations to accommodate and process. 2. (U) Initial information that 100 ) 200 AmCits would arrive late July 19 in Mersin on a Canadian-char [...]
2006-07-19 15:05:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR CASC EWWT PREL CMGT MOPS US TU
06ANKARA4234TFLE01: LEBANON EVACUATION: PREPARING ALTERNATE
[...] (U) In response to Task Force direction, Mission Turkey has prepared to use the port of Mersin as an overflow evacuation point for AmCits departing Lebanon. We intend to bus evacuees to Incirlik Air Base and conduct processing on the base. Mission has directed all available existing resourc [...]
2006-07-20 16:14:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR CASC EWWT REL CMGT MOPS US TU
06ANKARA4252TFLE01: LEBANON EVACUATION: MERSIN/ADANA/INCIRLIK
[...] (U) By evening 7/21 local time, Mission Turkey will have staffed up in Mersin and Incirlik Air Base to accommodate AmCits evacuating Lebanon. As of 7/22 we will be capable of processing the 1400 pax expected on the Rahmah. We understand TDY consular and management assistance is en route; we [...]
2006-07-21 15:46:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR CASC EWWT PREL CMGT MOPS US TU
06ANKARA4326TFLE01: AIRCRAFT NEEDED NOW TO EVACUATE AMCITS TO
[...] (U) This is an urgent action request -- please see para. 4. 2. (SBU) Over 700 of the approximately 1700 American citizens and their dependents evacuated from Turkey to Lebanon on July 23 remain at Incirlik Air Base. Schedules for commercial charter flights from Incirlik to CONUS have come a [...]
2006-07-27 10:25:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC MOPS ASEC TU LE CY
06ANKARA4355SCENESETTER FOR PKK TRILATERAL MEETINGS: THE
[...] (S/NF) Recent pledges by Presidents Bush and Talabani have assured the Turks that we and Iraq take the PKK seriously, and may have averted -- temporarily -- a Turkish cross-border operation. Should the Iraqis follow through on their commitments, this will begin to satisfy long-standing Turkish [...]
2006-07-28 16:18:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER MOPS TU IZ IR
06ANKARA4364TURKEY TO CONSIDER PARTICIPATION IN UN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Undersecretary Tuygan advised State Counselor Zelikow of Turkey's willingness to consider participation in a peacekeeping operation (PKO) in Lebanon following the negotiation of a ceasefire. Zelikow outlined four different organizational options, including NATO, EU, ad-hoc mu [...]
2006-07-31 10:57:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS MARR TU
06ANKARA4374IRAQ/TURKEY: GOT REQUESTS CONVOY SECURITY FOR
[...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para. 4. 2. (C/REL USA, GBR, CAN, AUS) On July 24, we received an MFA request for US military security and escort support for Avni Botsali, the Turkish Consul General-designate to Mosul, and his delegation, which will be traveling by land from Habu [...]
2006-07-31 15:39:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALIZ MOPS PREL TU
06ANKARA4381TURKEY/IRAQ: DEMANDS FOR ACTION ON PKK ACCELERATE
[...] (C) The public mood throughout Turkey is increasingly agitated as PKK terrorism continues to claim lives and Israeli operations in Lebanon spark public claims of double standards and hypocrisy. In a July 31 address to the nation, Prime Minister Erdogan said Turkey's patience on the PKK issue [...]
2006-08-01 10:25:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS IZ TU
06ANKARA444TURKEY OFFERS TO LEAD AFGHANISTAN PRT
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 4. 2. (C) Following up on the Turkish Perm Rep's Feb. 1 announcement to the NAC that Turkey plans to stand up a PRT in Wardak Province in Afghanistan as soon as this summer, we contacted MFA Head of Department for South Asia Murat Ulku. Ulku [...]
2006-02-03 13:12:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL KPKO PARM NATO TU AF
06ANKARA4451TURKEY PROVIDES PKK WISH LIST; CONFIRMS READY FOR
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Deputy Foreign Minister Tuygan presented to Charge on Aug. 2 the GOT list of requested actions to be taken against the PKK before and after a trilateral meeting with the US and Iraq. Tuygan expressed Turkey's readiness to meet bilaterally in a neutral location the week of Aug. 7 t [...]
2006-08-02 15:27:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PTER MOPS TU IZ
06ANKARA4526US-TURKEY SECURITY RELATIONS: INCREASINGLY
[...] (S/NF) After the March 1, 2003 parliamentary vote vetoing a northern front for the Iraq War and the July 4, 2003 arrest (including hooding) of Turkish special forces personnel in Suleymania (an event widely seen in Turkey as a national insult),our security relations were at their lowest point [...]
2006-08-07 14:53:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNMARR PREL MOPS PGOV TU
06ANKARA4527TURKEY: LEBANON SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-07 14:54:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS UN IS TU
06ANKARA4528TURKEY'S NEW CHOD -- DIFFERENT STYLE, SAME STRATEGY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The July 31 announcement of Turkish Land Forces (TLFC) Commander General Buyukanit's appointment as the next Chief of the General Staff (CHOD) five days earlier than expected (ref a) caused few ripples in the press. Buyukanit's appointment was preordained by military tradition and [...]
2006-08-08 05:09:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS TU
06ANKARA4608TURKS CLAIM PKK FRONT OFFICES REMAIN OPEN
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (S) SUMMARY: Ambassador reviewed for MFA Deputy U/S Akgunay on August 9 the US-proposed way forward on the PKK trilateral process and our understanding of the actions taken by the GOI/KRG -- including the closure of some PKK front [...]
2006-08-10 12:23:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
06ANKARA4701REPORTS OF MILITARY ACTIVITY ON TURKEY-IRAQ BORDER
[...] (SBU) Recent Turkish press reports have suggested an escalation of Turkish military activity near the border with Iraq. An August 9 press report quoted Kurdish media sources claiming Turkish forces engaged in sustained artillery fire across the border on August 7-8. Masud Barzani was quoted o [...]
2006-08-11 14:58:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PTER IZ TU
06ANKARA4711URGENT DEMARCHE ON US SECURITY COUNCIL'S
[...] (U) This is an action message. See para 5. 2. (SBU) Ambassador spoke August 12 with Turkish MFA U/S Tuygan to convey reftel demarche regarding UNSCR 1701. In addition to the points provided, Ambassador urged Turkey to express strong support for the resolution. He expected that work will [...]
2006-08-12 12:16:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER MOPS UN UNSC IS LE TU
06ANKARA4726TURKISH MFA STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF UNSC
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-14 13:36:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER MOPS UN UNSC KPAO LE TU
06ANKARA4744TRILATERAL TALKS ON THE PKK -- WHAT DOES TURKEY
[...] (S/NF) The GOT's comprehensive "Measures to be Adopted to Terminate PKK/KONGRA-GEL Activities in Northern Iraq" (ref a) lists Turkey's desired outcomes prior to and following US-Turkey-Iraq trilateral talks on the PKK. The list includes political and public affairs, security, legal, and other [...]
2006-08-15 11:17:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL MOPS IZ TU
06ANKARA4748TURKISH PRIME MINISTRY STATEMENT WELCOMING
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-15 11:56:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER MOPS UN UNSC KPAO LE TU
06ANKARA4761TURKEY: AFGHANISTAN PRT TO OPEN IN NOVEMBER; ISAF
[...] (SBU) Summary: On August 8, MFA Head of Department for South Asia Murat Ulku provided an upbeat account of preparations to establish Turkey's first Afghanistan Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT),slated to open by November. Ulku said construction had begun, staffing is underway, and initial [...]
2006-08-16 10:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAF AORC EAID MOPS PREL TU XD NATO
06ANKARA4779TURKEY TO CONSIDER UN LIST OF UNIFIL REQUIREMENTS
[...] (C) Ambassador contacted MFA Deputy U/S Uzumcu on August 16 to urge Turkey's immediate decision on a contribution to an expanded UNIFIL force, as called for under UNSCR 1701. He emphasized the need for a quick, robust capability to supplement existing UN troops and asked Turkey to consider su [...]
2006-08-16 15:48:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL TU LE
06ANKARA4780TUREY TO CONSIDER UN LIST OF UNIFIL REQUIREMENTS
[...] (C) Ambassador contacted MFA Deputy U/S Uzumcu on August 16 to urge Turkey's immediate decision on a contribution to an expanded UNIFIL force, as called for under UNSCR 1701. He emphasized the need for a quick, robust capability to supplement existing UN troops and asked Turkey to consider su [...]
2006-08-17 05:24:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL TU LE
06ANKARA4781TURKEY TO CONSIDER UN LIST OF UNIFIL REQUIREMENTS
[...] (C) Ambassador contacted MFA Deputy U/S Uzumcu on August 16 to urge Turkey's immediate decision on a contribution to an expanded UNIFIL force, as called for under UNSCR 1701. He emphasized the need for a quick, robust capability to supplement existing UN troops and asked Turkey to consider su [...]
2006-08-17 05:24:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL TU LE
06ANKARA4804TURKEY TO DECIDE ON UNIFIL PARTICIPATION AFTER
[...] (C) Summary: Turkey will move toward a government decision to approve a Lebanon deployment during the week of August 21, following FM Gul's consultations in Israel on Sunday, according to MFA DG for the Middle East Bozkurt Aran. However, Aran told Ambassador on August 17 that this decision [...]
2006-08-17 15:00:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO MOPS TU LE
06ANKARA4860TURKEY TO PRESS SYRIA TO RESPECT UNSCR 1701
[...] (C) We met with MFA Middle East Department Head Sedat Onal on August 21 to encourage Turkey to emphasize the unambiguous requirement to abide by the arms embargo against Hizballah and UNSCR 1701 and the importance of playing a constructive role in Lebanon's future (reftel) in upcoming meetings [...]
2006-08-22 08:17:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL IR LE TU
06ANKARA4875TURKEY CONTINUES DELIBERATIONS OVER A UNIFIL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Per reftel request, Ambassador met with MFA Deputy U/S Uzumcu on August 22 to urge Turkey to make a substantial contribution to a robust UNIFIL. Uzumcu said Turkey is taking steps to formalize its offer of ports and is willing to contribute to DPKO staff for Lebanon planning. The [...]
2006-08-22 15:09:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL TU LE
06ANKARA4878TURKISH FM GUL'S VISIT TO ISRAEL - ISRAELI
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-23 07:45:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS IS LE TU
06ANKARA4912TURKEY SEARCHES IRANIAN TRUCKS FOR HEZBOLLAH ARMS
[...] (C) Summary: Turkey has intensified its inspections of Iranian trucks in recent weeks following the initiation of aircraft inspections (ref b). Customs officials report that a lack of necessary technology at border crossings limits the number and scope of inspections but claim they have not e [...]
2006-08-24 15:15:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALIR MOPS PGOV PREL TU
06ANKARA5200TURKEY/LEBANON: TURKEY'S LEBANON PEACEKEEPING
[...] (C) Summary. Following a contentious parliamentary vote and the September 6 visit of UNSYG Annan to Ankara, Turkey has promised naval assets as well as the use of seaports and airports for Lebanon peacekeeping operations. In addition, the GOT is planning a ground contingent to engage in huma [...]
2006-09-08 14:40:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PGOV PREL UN LE TU
06ANKARA5249GENERAL (RET) BASER SELECTED AS TURKEY'S PKK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: General (ret) Edip Baser was appointed on September 8 as Turkey's Coordinator for Countering the PKK (Kurdistan Workers Party) terrorist organization. A respected, retired military officer who has good relations with both the government and the military and has fought the PKK in [...]
2006-09-12 12:51:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL PGOV TU IZ
06ANKARA551MARINE CORPS COMMANDANT GENERAL HAGEE WITH TGS AND
[...] (S) BEGIN SUMMARY: US Marine Corps Commandant General Michael Hagee outlined for Deputy Chief of the Turkish General Staff (TGS) General Isik Kosaner and Turkish Land Forces Commander (TLFC) General Yasar Buyukanit in separate meetings on Feb. 2 the Iraqi Coalition's progress to stand up Iraqi [...]
2006-02-08 15:46:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETMARR MOPS PREL PGOV TU IZ SY
06ANKARA5533TURKEY: IRANIANS PROTEST DENIAL OF OVERFLIGHT
[...] (U) The Iranian press published several articles on September 20 lambasting the GOT for refusing to allow an Iranian military plane carrying a delegation of senior GOI officials and parliamentarians to overfly Turkish airspace on its way to Tehran that same day, and for requiring a "forced lan [...]
2006-09-21 14:10:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS TU IR
06ANKARA5735TURKISH MILITARY LAYS DOWN A MARKER AGAINST
[...] (C) Senior Turkish military eaders have made clear, in a recent series of public speeches, that the military is concerned about the twin threats of Islamic fundamentalism and separatism which threaten the secular and unitary nature of the Turkish republic founded by Ataturk. In an October 2 a [...]
2006-10-02 14:55:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR MOPS PTER TU
06ANKARA5838TURKEY/LEBANON: MORE DETAILS ON TURKEY'S UNIFIL
[...] (C) Turkish media is reporting that the frigate "Gaziantep" will depart for UNIFIL duty on October 10 and the Turkish land component will arrive in Lebanon October 20. Turkish General Staff (TGS) J-3 Operations Chief MG Serdar Kocak confirmed to us October 4 that Turkish naval and ground units [...]
2006-10-06 09:41:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PGOV PREL UN LE TU
06ANKARA5922TALK TOUGH FROM TURKEY'S GENERALS: READING BETWEEN
[...] (C) In a carefully crafted series of public messages, Turkey's senior military and President Sezer have warned of imminent danger to the nation's secular order, clearly pointing at the pro-Islam government of PM Erdogan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP). The generals' strident warnin [...]
2006-10-13 14:12:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR MOPS PTER TU
06ANKARA5990PRESERVING LEBANESE PM SINIORA'S GOVERNMENT
[...] (S/NF) Ambassador reviewed U.S. concerns about Syrian plans to undermine the Siniora government with Turkish PM/FM foreign policy advisor Davutoglu on October 17. He reminded Davutoglu of the exchange about Syria and Lebanon during PM Erdogan's meeting with the President on October 2. The tw [...]
2006-10-17 13:51:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS TU LE SY
06ANKARA6082TURKEY REQUESTS CONVOY SUPPORT FOR MOSUL CONSULATE
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (C) On Oct. 19, Turkish Consul General for Mosul-designate H. Avni Botsali contacted us to request CF assistance for a convoy of up to ten Turkish trucks carrying construction materials for the consulate there. Specifically, Botsali requested that the tru [...]
2006-10-26 08:32:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL TU IZ
06ANKARA6163SCENESETTER FOR NOVEMBER 7-8 VISIT OF EUCOM DCDR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey continues to demonstrate its commitment to GWOT in Afghanistan, Lebanon and the Balkans, but is feeling the pinch of resources stretched both internationally and in the southeast, where it is battling a significant up-tick in PKK terrorist activity. The appointment of Ge [...]
2006-10-30 16:03:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS TU
06ANKARA623DEFENSE PROCUREMENT ISSUES DOMINATE AMBASSADOR'S
[...] (C) Summary: Turkish Air Forces (TUAF) Commander Comert, launched his initial meeting Feb. 1 with the Ambassador by laying out a series of defense equipment issues currently frustrating TUAF training and programs. Ambassador countered with USG and US industry concerns that strict Terms and C [...]
2006-02-13 06:02:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS MASS PREL PGOV TU RU IR
06ANKARA6388TURKEY/GREECE: SOLDIERS TAKE THE LEAD IN
[...] (C) Summary: The November 1-4 visit to Athens by Turkey's Chief of General Staff (CHOD) Gen. Yasar Buyukanit, the first such visit in at least 32 years, is the most high-profile of recent firsts in Turkish-Greek military cooperation. Buyukanit reportedly discussed extending Aegean confidence [...]
2006-11-09 16:02:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS TU GR
06ANKARA6392PRESERVING LEBANESE PM SINIORA'S GOVERNMENT:
[...] (S) Ambassador raised ref a points with MFA Deputy U/S Apakan November 8, stressing USG concern that the SARG was using Lebanese political figures to try to bring down the government of PM Siniora. Large-scale demonstrations may be orchestrated during which violence would be encouraged in ord [...]
2006-11-09 16:59:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PROV PTER KDEM MOPS TU
06ANKARA6409IRAQIS BRIEF ON NEW POLITICAL ALLIANCE IN MOSUL,
[...] (C) Summary: A Sunni Arab politician and an independent Kurdish tribal leader from Mosul briefed us Nov. 7 on their new provincial political alliance and their effort to block what they view as Kurdish expansionism south of the green line. The political bloc will seek to knit together moderate [...]
2006-11-14 09:12:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM MOPS IZ TU
06ANKARA6429TURKISH TROOPS IN THE SOUTHEAST STAYING PUT FOR NOW
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In past years, the annual December snowfall prompted the re-deployment of Turkish troops away from the Iraqi border region back to bases in the West. However, given the increased intensity of the PKK terrorist campaign this summer and continued low-level engagement with Turkis [...]
2006-11-16 14:50:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPREL MOPS PTER TU IZ IR
06ANKARA6461HARD-PRESSED TO DO MORE FOR NATO: PREVIEW OF
[...] (C) Summary: Turkey agrees broadly with U.S. positions on NATO Global Partnership and enlargement, and understands the importance of mission success for NATO in Afghanistan, but is hard-pressed to make a bigger military contribution in Afghanistan than it already is, according to the MFA. Lif [...]
2006-11-20 15:42:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS NATO PREL TU
06ANKARA6490LEBANON/TURKEY: GOT CONDEMNS GEMAYEL
[...] (U) The Turkish MFA immediately and strongly condemned the Nov. 21 assassination of Lebanese Industry Minister Gemayel (full text in para. 3). Media reporting was straightforward and tended to place the blame on Syria. 2. (C) The Lebanese Ambassador to Turkey recently told Ambassador that [...]
2006-11-22 15:22:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV KDEM MOPS TU LE SY
06ANKARA6495TURKISH MILITARY SUSPECTS US OF USING UAVS TO
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Major General Hikmet Celik, Command and Control Chief for the Turkish General Staff (TGS),notified us that an unidentified Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) crossed the border from Iraq into Turkey on November 7 and 8. He requested an investigation and re-stated a previous TGS wa [...]
2006-11-24 07:25:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNMARR MOPS PTER TU IZ
06ANKARA6546TURKEY SHARES CONCERNS ABOUT STABILITY OF SINIORA
[...] (S) DCM discussed reftel demarche Nov. 30 with Deputy Undersecretary Uzumcu, who undertook to raise the issue at the higher levels of the ministry. We also double-tracked with MFA Middle East Department Head Sedat Onal. Onal thanked us for sharing our concerns and noted that Turkey has also [...]
2006-11-30 16:28:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS LE SY TU
06ANKARA6563TURKS CONVEY USG CONCERNS TO SARG, BUT STILL
[...] (S) SUMMARY: We further discussed U.S. concerns related to Syrian efforts to destabilize Lebanese Prime Minister Siniora's government December 1 with MFA officials and received a read-out of Deputy PM Sener's November 29 meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. According to MFA, Sener [...]
2006-12-01 16:11:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS LE SY TU
06ANKARA6581TURKEY: HIGH LEVEL DEFENSE GROUP MEETING AN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Relations with Turkey are trending positive but Iraq and PKK terrorism cast a long shadow; a Congressional Armenian Genocide resolution would do further damage. Continued clashes between the military and the PKK, despite the terrorist group's October 1 cease-fire declaration, hav [...]
2006-12-05 13:23:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS PTER TU
06ANKARA6598EUCOM D/COM GENERAL WARD'S INTRODUCTORY CALLS IN
[...] (C) EUCOM Deputy Commander General William Ward restated EUCOM's commitment to work closely with Turkey on security issues during November 7 introductory calls on CHOD Yasar Buyukanit, DCHOD Ergin Saygun, and MFA Deputy Undersecretary for Security Affairs Rafet Akgunay. Buyukanit described his [...]
2006-12-06 11:09:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR IZ IR TU
06ANKARA686ISAF: TURKEY MOVING AHEAD WITH PRT IN WARDAK
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-15 12:25:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MARR KPKO MOPS TU AF
06ASHGABAT107TURKMENISTAN'S MI-8 DOWN IN AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) The GOTX fumbled for three days -- January 21-23 -- before it could come up with a formal request for Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) Coalition Forces' assistance in a search for a GOTX relief helicopter -- probably crashed with seven crewmembers in the mountains in Afghanistan -- which [...]
2006-01-23 13:33:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALMASS MOPS PREL AF PK TX
06ASMARA652ERITREANS JUBILANT AFTER ETHIOPIAN BRIGADIER
[...] (C) Celebrations continue in Asmara with military and government officials following the defection of Ethiopian Brigadier General Kemal Geltu with a number of troops on August 9. Previously commander of Ethiopia's 18th Army Division, Geltu is an ethnic Oromo who reportedly was denied a recent [...]
2006-08-11 10:45:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR MOPS ET ER
06ASMARA756OLF CHAIRMAN SPEAKS ON ENDF AND RECENT OROMO
[...] (C) On September 22, Poloff met with Oromo Liberation Front(OLF) Chairman Daoud Ibsa in Asmara. Daoud provided further insight into the state of affairs of the Ethopian National Defense Force (ENDF) and the OLF efforts in Ethiopia, following the September defections of two high level ENDF gene [...]
2006-09-25 12:09:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS KDEM ASEC ET ER
06ASMARA830UN SRSG GIVES VIEWS ON ERITREA AND SOMALIA
[...] (C) Summary: UN Special Representative for the Secretary General (SRSG) for Somalia Francois Lonseny SIPDIS Fall briefed Emboffs October 5 on his meeting with Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) President Isaias Afwerki and provided his views on the fluid situation in Somalia. Fall ex [...]
2006-10-11 15:15:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS UNSC PINR KPKO ER SO
06ASMARA861ERITREA MOVES TROOPS AND ARMOR INTO THE TSZ
[...] (C) On the morning of October 16, the GSE moved troops, tanks and heavy equipment transporters into the Western Sector of the Temporary Security Zone (TSZ). UNMEE reported at a meeting of the P5 representatives that approximately 1000 troops with 10 tanks had crossed the TSZ checkpoint at Mael [...]
2006-10-17 14:31:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KPKO UNSC MOPS ER
06ASMARA866ISAIAS: WE COULD WAIT NO LONGER; ERITREA,S TROOPS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-18 14:19:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO MOPS PINR UNSC ER
06ASUNCION1192PARAGUAY: NATIONAL WAR COLLEGE FIELD STUDIES
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-30 20:48:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MOPS PA
06ASUNCION683PARAGUAY: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-05 18:54:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PGOV MASS MOPS PA
06ASUNCION684PARAGUAY: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST FOR
[...] Bruno Socrates Monges Asuncin 19-Apr-71 Gomez 2. Ismael Alcides Romero Yabebyry 3-Aug-77 3. Alfirio Romero Muoz Laureles 3-Nov-79 4. Didilfo Vazquez Alfonso Cnel Martnez 9-Dec-66 5. Carlos Rey Cardozo Paraguar 6-Jan-73 6. Edgar Isabelino [...]
2006-07-05 18:55:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PGOV MASS MOPS PA
06ASUNCION757PARAGUAY: PEACEKEEPING FORCE MAY GET BRAZILIAN
[...] (C) On 6/28, Pol Couns learned of the possibility that Brazil would be supporting a team of Paraguayan Peacekeepers for Peacekeeping Operations (PKO) in Haiti. Post has confirmed that Brazil approved USD 1.7 million for the Paraguayan Military forces. The funds are designated to be used to r [...]
2006-07-24 18:40:00Embassy AsuncionSECRETPGOV PINR MCAP MOPS MARR PA BR
06ASUNCION809PARAGUAY: DEMARCHE ON LEBANON SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-08 12:03:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER MOPS UN IS PY
06ASUNCION871PARAGUAY: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST FOR
[...] Miguel Angel Martinez 29 Sep 1952 Horqueta 2. Graciano Federico Antunez Barrios 28 Oct 1959 Asuncion 3. Jose Domingo Lezcano Chavez 19 Mar 1966 Asuncion SOUTHCOM 2006 Military Justice Reform Conference in Miami, FL 4. Emiliano Rojas Ramos 06 Oct 1967 Bo [...]
2006-08-28 20:17:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PGOV MASS MOPS PA
06ATHENS1780GOG WILL PRESS IRANIAN FM TO ACCEPT NUCLEAR
[...] (C) On the margins of a July 11 meeting between Ambassador Ries and Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyiannis (septel),Bakoyiannis conveyed to Ambassador Ries that Iranian FM Manouchehr Mottaki will attend a Socialist International Presidium on Samos island on Saturday, July 15, and that FM Mo [...]
2006-07-11 14:08:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PARM IR GR MARR MNUC MOPS PINR
06ATHENS1781GOG WILL PRESS IRANIAN FM TO ACCEPT NUCLEAR
[...] (C) On the margins of a July 11 meeting between Ambassador Ries and Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyiannis (septel),Bakoyiannis conveyed to Ambassador Ries that Iranian FM Manouchehr Mottaki will attend a Socialist International Presidium on Samos island on Saturday, July 15, and that FM Mo [...]
2006-07-11 14:08:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PARM IR GR MARR MNUC MOPS PINR
06ATHENS1804IRANIAN FM AND SOCIALIST PARTY LEADERS CONFIRM
[...] (C) Poloff contacted Dimitri Droutsas, advisor to George Papandreou (head of opposition PASOK party and President of Socialist International) to follow-up reftel telcon concerning the attendance of Iranian FM Manouchehr Mottaki at the July 15 Socialist International meeting. Droutsas reporte [...]
2006-07-12 14:52:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PARM IR GR MARR MNUC MOPS PINR
06ATHENS1821GEORGE PAPANDREOU INVITES IRANIAN FM MOTTAKI TO
[...] (C) Summary: George Papandreou's closest foreign policy adviser Droutsas told Ambassador July 13 that Iranian FM Mottaki would be joining the Socialist International Presidium "for coffee" on July 15 on the Greek island of Samos. The invitation was extended when Papandreou visited Tehran o [...]
2006-07-13 14:45:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PARM IR GR MARR MNUC MOPS PINR
06ATHENS1852IRANIAN FM HEARS UNIFIED MESSAGE FROM GOG AND
[...] (C) Summary: During a July 14 meeting between Greek PM Karamalis and Iranian FM Motaki, the PM delivered the international community's common position, imploring Iran to accept the P5 plus one nuclear package delivered to Iran's nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani in early June. Deputy FM Valy [...]
2006-07-17 15:35:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM IR MARR MNUC MOPS PINR GR
06ATHENS2152GREECE LIKELY TO SUPPORT UNIFIL THROUGH NAVAL
[...] (C) Summary: MFA and MoD contacts informed Embassy that Greece plans to respond positively to resolution 1701's call for contributions for a peacekeeping force in Lebanon. Senior Greek military planners are focused on providing a naval force to the future peacekeeping effort in Lebanon, with o [...]
2006-08-17 15:17:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL LE GR
06ATHENS2178FM BAKOYANNIS TRAVEL TO MIDDLE EAST: CRAFTING THE
[...] (C) FM Dora Bakoyannis will depart Athens on Tuesday afternoon, August 22, for a tour of the Middle East. She plans to visit Cyprus, Lebanon, Jordan, and Israel, and also intends to meet with Palestinian leadership. (Her chief of staff told DCM that she will not/not visit Syria.) The annou [...]
2006-08-21 13:18:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALCY GR IS LE MARR MOPS PGOV PREL PTER UN
06ATHENS2201GREECE ANNOUNCES PARTICIPATION IN UNIFIL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Greek Government has decided to send two naval vessels and a military divers unit to participate in peacekeeping operations in Lebanon. For now, however, the GOG has ruled out sending ground forces. MOD officials have stressed to us the suitability of the Souda Bay facililit [...]
2006-08-23 12:17:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL PGOV LE GR
06ATHENS2205BAKOYIANNIS HEADS TO MIDDLE EAST IN LISTENING MODE
[...] (C) DCM met with Ambassador Kostas Chalastanis, Director of FM Bakoyannis' cabinet, on August 22 just prior to their departure for Cyprus, Lebanon, Jordan and Israel. Delivering ref a points, DCM emphasized that, when Greece assumed the UNSC presidency in September, it would immediately face [...]
2006-08-23 13:28:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MARR MOPS UNSC GR CY IS LE
06ATHENS2282LEBANON/IRAN: GREECE FOCUSES ON MIDDLE EAST IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 30, DCM met with Ambassador Kostas Chalastanis, director of FM Bakoyannis' cabinet, for a readout of Bakoyannis' visit to Middle East capitals August 22-25. Chalastanis informed us that, in addition to her consultations in Beirut, Amman, and Tel Aviv, Bakoyannis woul [...]
2006-08-31 12:35:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS UNSC IAEA GR IS CY LE
06ATHENS3232MOD'S MEIMARAKIS: INTERNATIONAL MAN OF MYSTERY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite the importance of his position, Greek Minister of Defense Vangelis Meimarakis remains largely an unknown quantity for the international community. Greeks, however, nearly universally regard him as a fish out of water. A New Democracy party politician and electoral strate [...]
2006-12-21 09:25:00Embassy AthensSECRETPGOV PREL MARR MOPS GR
06ATHENS430GREEK DONATIONS TO IRAQI AND AFGHAN SECURITY FORCES
[...] (C) Greece has contributed and transported to the Iraqi armed forces significant amounts of equipment from the NTECG inventory of hardware needed. In 2005, Greece donated 36 extensively refurbished BMP-1 armored personnel carriers, 1000 AK-47s, and more than one million rounds of ammunition [...]
2006-02-15 11:35:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MOPS PINS PREL AF IZ GR IRAQ
06BAGHDAD101DPM CHALABI UPDATES ON ENERGY AND INFRASTRUCTURE
[...] (C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Ahmad Chalabi, serving at that time as acting Minister of Oil (MoO),hosted a status review on January 8 for the Steering Group for Infrastructure Integrity. According to data he presented, Chalabi claimed that Baghdad has 1.1 days of gasoli [...]
2006-01-11 15:09:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETECON ENRG EPET EFIN MOPS MARR PGOV PREL KCOR IZ
06BAGHDAD1019JOINT DETENTION INSPECTION: SUBSTANDARD
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 22, the Joint Inspection Detention Facility Team (JIDFT) conducted its sixth unannounced inspection. The inspection took place at the Ministry of Interior (MoI) detention facility known as al Baladiyat, located at 3rd Public Order Brigade (POB) Headquarters in Sadr Ci [...]
2006-03-28 12:06:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PHUM PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD1022MCNS APPROVES PLAN TO ADDRESS MILITIA PROBLEM
[...] (C//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: On March 26, 2006, the Iraqi Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) met to review a plan to address the growing problem of militia violence. The committee agreed to approve a five point action plan which calls for (1) discussing the issue with the nationa [...]
2006-03-28 17:26:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD1023PM JAFARI SAYS INVESTIGATION INTO MARCH 26 BAGHDAD
[...] (S) Prime Minister Jafari on March 27 evening told the Ambassador that the conflicting information circulating about the March 26 raid on a compound in Baghdad's Ur district was hurting Iraqi public confidence in Coalition Forces. Jafari said there was not a "crisis of confidence" yet, but t [...]
2006-03-28 17:37:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD1040CODEL WARNER MEETING AT MINISTRY OF DEFENSE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting March 21 with CODEL Warner, Defense Ministry,s Lieutenant General Nasir Abadi reported the Iraqi military is making great progress and increasingly taking the lead in field operations. He took exception to CODEL Warner,s suggestion that ethno-sectarian violence p [...]
2006-03-30 11:41:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PHUM PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD1055FALL-OUT FROM IRAQI SPECIAL FORCES RAID NEAR SADR
[...] (S) SUMMARY: At approximately 1800 on Sunday, March 26, 2006, Iraqi Special Operations Forces (ISOF) launched an assault on a target in the Ur neighborhood near the Sadr City area of Baghdad. The raid was planned and executed by the Iraqi forces with the assistance of U.S. Special Forces a [...]
2006-04-01 14:13:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMOPS PREL PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD1056IRAQ: JOINT COMMITTEE TO TRANSFER SECURITY
[...] (S//REL GBR AUS JAPAN) SUMMARY: The Principals Group of the Joint Committee to Transfer Security Responsibility (JCTSR) met March 27, 2006 at the Prime Minister's Situation Room to review progress made by the Working Group and to approve future steps. The meeting was chaired by National Sec [...]
2006-04-01 14:20:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PINS MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD106IRAQ'S ENERGY TIGHTROPE: ANOTHER PERFECT STORM AT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Electricity has been in chronically short supply for months, and developments of recent weeks have exacerbated even the normally tight situation. Interdictions, low efficiencies caused by unscheduled maintenance, and use of inappropriate fuels have been the usual culprits behind [...]
2006-01-12 10:05:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETECON ENRG EPET EFIN MOPS MARR PGOV PREL TU IZ
06BAGHDAD1141MCNS MEETS TO APPROVE MILITIA ACTION PLAN
[...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: On April 3, Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Ja'afari convened a meeting of the Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) to discuss further the "Prime Minister's Plan to Manage the Issue of Armed Groups in Baghdad" that was approved initially on March 26 (reftel B [...]
2006-04-06 14:27:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMOPS PINS PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD1146SOUTH AFRICAN ARMORED VEHICLES FOR IRAQI SECURITY
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST; PLEASE SEE PARA 6. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (C) A South African company -- Integrated Convoy Protection, Ltd. (ICP) -- entered into a contract on September 16, 2005, with Joint Contracting Command - Iraq (JCC-I) to supply 85 REVA armored perso [...]
2006-04-06 18:46:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALMASS MARR MOPS PREL PGOV IZ SF
06BAGHDAD1149IRAQ PRTS WEEKLY ROUNDUP FOR 23-30 MAR 06
[...] SUMMARY. The Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) report weekly their activities, meetings, and progress towards helping the provincial governments achieve self-governance capability. For the period 23-30 March, the Ninawa Governor looked ahead to utilizing the current PRT site once it rel [...]
2006-04-07 15:07:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON MOPS PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD1169MCNS DISCUSSES ATTACK ON BURATHA MOSQUE AND
[...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: The Iraqi Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) convened at the residence of Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Ja'afari the evening of April 8 to discuss the previous day's suicide bombing attack on the Buratha mosque and the overall security situation in Baghdad. [...]
2006-04-10 09:02:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPINS PGOV MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD1180COALITION SUPPORT FOR RRT ERBIL
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. Post requests that the Department issue instructions to deliver the points in paragraph six to the government of South Korea both in Washington and in Seoul on the establishment of a Regional Reconstruction Team (RRT) in Erbil, Iraq. ---------- BACKGROUND [...]
2006-04-11 17:16:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON MOPS PREL IZ KS
06BAGHDAD1181COALITION PARTICIPATION IN IRAQ PRTS
[...] (U) Please see para 4 for an ACTION REQUEST. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Five of the eight planned U.S.-led Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) have been staffed and have received initial training: three are fully operational, one is at initial operational capability (IOC) and expected to achieve [...]
2006-04-11 17:49:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS PREL IZ AS JA PL KS ES MD LO MK
06BAGHDAD1196MCNS TO REVIEW SECURITY PLANS
[...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: The Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) convened the morning of April 9 at PM Jafari's residence to follow up on discussions held the previous evening (reftel). The Committee first addressed Operation Scales of Justice, on which there is a difference o [...]
2006-04-13 02:42:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PINS PREL MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD1215IRAQ PRTS WEEKLY ROUNDUP FOR 31 MAR - 6 APR
[...] (U) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. The Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) report weekly their activities and progress towards helping the provincial governments achieve self-governance capability. The following paragraphs summarize their activities in several areas for the period 31 March - 6 [...]
2006-04-13 19:01:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON MOPS PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD1241MOI DETENTION FACILITY INSPECTED: OVERCROWDED,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 5, the Iraqi-U.S. Joint Inspection Detention Facility Team (JIDFT) conducted its seventh unannounced inspection of an Iraqi detention facility. The inspection took place at the Ministry of Interior (MoI) National Police Division Headquarters located at Forward Operatin [...]
2006-04-17 10:01:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALIZ MARR MOPS PGOV PHUM DOJ CRIM OPDAT
06BAGHDAD1247MCNS DISCUSSES BAGHDAD SECURITY, MILITIAS,
[...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: The Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) convened the evening of April 13 at the residence of Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Ja'afari. The Commanding General of Multi-National Division-Baghdad (MND-B) gave a briefing on Operation Scales of Justice, highlight [...]
2006-04-17 12:54:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPINS PGOV MOPS PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD1285IRAQ PRTS ASSESS PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS - MAR 2006
[...] (U) INTRODUCTION. The Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) in Iraq report monthly the ability of the provincial level government to function effectively and the obstacles that prevent full self-governance. The PRTs assess provincial governments in the areas of governance, economic developme [...]
2006-04-20 08:13:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON MOPS PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD1290POLISH COALITION SUPPORT FOR PRT IN QADISIYAH
[...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 6. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Post requests the Department to demarche the Government of Poland regarding the Poles' role in leading a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Qadisiyah. The Poles' experience in the region makes them the optimal choice [...]
2006-04-20 13:08:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON MOPS PREL IZ PL
06BAGHDAD1317IRAQ PRTS WEEKLY ROUNDUP FOR 7-13 APR 06
[...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. The Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) report weekly their activities and progress towards helping the provincial governments achieve self-governance capability. The following paragraphs summarize their activities in several areas for the period 7-13 April [...]
2006-04-23 16:17:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON MOPS PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD1398RUBAIE POSSIBLY NEXT MINISTER OF INTERIOR
[...] (C//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: National Security Advisor Muwaffuk Rubaie has informed Ambassador Khalilzad that PM-Designate al-Maliki has offered him the post of Minister of Interior. The Ambassador promised to follow up with MNF-I CG Casey, so that the three could meet to discuss further Rubai [...]
2006-04-29 05:56:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD1451IRAQ PRTs WEEKLY ROUNDUP FOR 14-20 APR
[...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. The Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) report weekly their activities and progress towards helping the provincial governments achieve self-governance capability. The following paragraphs include summaries of their activities in several areas for the period [...]
2006-05-02 12:34:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON MOPS PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD1495MCNS: MILITIAS AND IRAN
[...] (C//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: A MCNS was convened May 2 to propose further actions on militias. GEN Casey pressed for immediate implementation of new directives to control militia activities. MOI Jabr sought agreement on a proposal to integrate directly and immediately 5000 Badr Corps members in [...]
2006-05-06 07:47:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALIR IZ MOPS NATO PGOV PINS PNAT PREL TU
06BAGHDAD1661MCNS - GOI FOCUS ON ELECTRICITY
[...] (C//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: The Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS),which for the first time included PM-designate Nuri Maliki, convened May 8 to address the significant electricity shortage in Iraq. PM Ja'afari called the meeting because, he said, electricity is among Maliki's [...]
2006-05-19 03:25:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ENRG IR IZ MOPS NATO PGOV PINS
06BAGHDAD1683IRAQI VILLAGERS AND SECURITY FORCES FOIL JAYSH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: This is a PRT Diyala cable. A May 11 raid by Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) elements on a Sunni village east of Khan Bani Sa'd was foiled by the response of villagers and the coordinated response of local Iraqi Army (IA) and Iraqi Police (IP) units. Twenty-eight detained members of the g [...]
2006-05-22 08:13:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV MOPS PHUM IZ
06BAGHDAD1844MCNS DISCUSSES NEW PLAN FOR BAGHDAD SECURITY
[...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki convened a meeting of the Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) on May 29 to discuss the Baghdad Security Plan. National Security Advisor (NSA) Dr. Mowaffak al-Rubaie provided a briefing on the political and outreach aspect [...]
2006-06-01 09:46:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPINS MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD1918IRAQ PRTS ASSESS PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS - APR 2006
[...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION. The Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) in Iraq report monthly the ability of the provincial level government to function effectively and the obstacles that prevent full self- governance. The PRTs assess provincial governments in the areas of governance, economic deve [...]
2006-06-07 10:37:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON MOPS PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD1920MCNS APPROVES BAGHDAD SECURITY PLAN, DISCUSSES
[...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: On June 5, the Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) met and approved a new plan for Baghdad security. The group decided that Prime Minister Maliki would be in overall charge of the plan's execution, with Multi-National Force-Iraq (MNF-I) commanders car [...]
2006-06-07 13:23:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPINS PGOV MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD1960SEVERE ABUSE AT MINISTRY OF INTERIOR SITE 4
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On May, a joint U.S.-Iraqi inspection of the "Site 4" Iraqi National Police (INP) detention complex discovered more than 1,400 detainees in squalid, cramped conditions. Forty-one detainees interviewed had bruising and lash-marks consistent with violent physical abuse. Thirty-seve [...]
2006-06-10 04:21:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MARR MOPS DOJ CRIM OPDAT KJUS IZ
06BAGHDAD1973MCNS APPROVES SECURITY MEASURES, DISCUSSES UNSCR
[...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: In the wake of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's death, the Iraqi Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS) agreed to implement the Baghdad Security Plan beginning June 13 and to follow up with a series of speeches and press events by senior GOI officials and others in [...]
2006-06-11 14:32:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPINS PGOV MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD2003ITALIAN DPM AND FM D,ALEMA VISIT TO IRAQ
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Italian DPM and FM D,Alema told Iraqi leaders that Italy would be withdrawing all of its forces from Iraq by the end of autumn. While he did not rule out leading an Italian PRT, he said it would be very difficult to do so without security. Italian Amb Melani told us that the [...]
2006-06-13 12:16:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALMOPS PINS PREL PARM IZ IT
06BAGHDAD2040RUBAIE TELLS EDELMAN OF SECURITY DEFICIENCIES
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On June 8, National Security Advisor Dr. Mowaffak Rubaie told Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, SIPDIS Eric Edelman that establishing a stable Iraq requires improved intelligence coordination, a comprehensive vetting and national ID program, competent leaders, and USG lo [...]
2006-06-16 12:55:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD2041REQUEST: FULL RELEASE U.S. ORIGIN EQUIPMENT
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 9. 2. (S) SUMMARY: The Core Country Team for Security Matters requests the full release of the AN/AAR-47 Missile Warning System and AN/ALE-47 Countermeasure Dispensing System to the Government of Iraq. These systems are currently deployed on [...]
2006-06-16 12:58:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETIZ PINS MOPS
06BAGHDAD2046PLAN FOR SECURITY TRANSFER OF MUTHANNA PROVINCE
[...] (C/REL AU,JA,UK, IZ) The May 2006 Provincial Security Transition Assessment concluded that Muthanna province is ready for transition to Iraqi civilian authority. Muthanna met the four necessary transfer conditions: the threat level is low, Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) have reached a level of [...]
2006-06-17 07:25:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPINS MOPS PREL AS UK JA IZ
06BAGHDAD2080PM DISCUSSES BAGHDAD SECURITY PLAN, SITE 4,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 15 meeting with the Prime Minister, the Ambassador and GEN Casey discussed the Baghdad security plan; the Site 4 investigation; Basrah; military operations in Ramadi; security transition; the Arab League Boycott; and an upcoming detainee release. END SUMMARY. -------- [...]
2006-06-19 14:36:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD2082AUSTRALIAN DEMARCHE: MILITARY PARTICIPATION
[...] (C/ REL AS, UK) SUMMARY: On June 17, Australian Ambassador Howard Brown confirmed to Charge d'Affaires Speckhard that Australian military forces will participate in overwatch operations in Dhi Qar and Muthanna Provinces following the transfer of security responsibility to the Iraqis in Muthanna [...]
2006-06-19 16:28:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PINS UK AS
06BAGHDAD209MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY
[...] (C//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Ja'afari convened the Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS) at his residence the evening of January 22. Although the major topic of discussion was infrastructure security (septel),the MCNS also heard reports concerning: the status of the [...]
2006-01-25 17:36:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS PINS KCRS IZ
06BAGHDAD2114MCNS - MUTHANNA, BASRAH, AND BAGHDAD
[...] (S//REL GBR AUS JAPAN) SUMMARY: On June 18, the Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) met to discuss security issues in Muthanna, Basrah, and Baghdad. It was decided to announce the transfer of security responsibility for Muthanna from the Coalition to the GOI on June 19. The Ba [...]
2006-06-21 02:31:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV CIA IZ MASS MCAP MOPS NATO PINR PREL
06BAGHDAD212MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY
[...] (C//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: At the urging of Ambassador, the members of the Iraqi Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS),joined by the Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) responsible for energy policy (Ahmed Chalabi) and Minister of Electricity Shallash, met on January 22 to discuss Iraq's [...]
2006-01-26 03:25:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS EPET ECON ENRG EFIN MARR PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD2135MCNS - UPDATE ON BAGHDAD SECURITY
[...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: On June 20, the Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) met to review progress on the Baghdad security plan. Iraqi Army (IA) and Iraqi National Police (INP) leadership, supported by Multi-National Division-Baghdad(MND-B) Commanding General (CG),highlighte [...]
2006-06-22 02:44:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMASS CIA IZ MCAP MOPS NATO PGOV PINR PREL
06BAGHDAD2148REACTIONS TO THE BAGHDAD SECURITY PLAN
[...] (C//REL MNFI) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. The Baghdad Security Plan commenced operation June 14. The June 20 MCNS review of the plan assessed the operation positively, noting room for improvement (reftel). On June 24, the plan will be formally reviewed to determine what modifications are needed to [...]
2006-06-22 14:52:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PDEM KCRM MOPS MARR IZ
06BAGHDAD219NATIONAL ENERGY COUNCIL PROPOSES WAY FORWARD ON
[...] (C/REL GBR AUS) Summary: The National Energy Council (NEC) agreed January 22 in principle to a plan put forward by Minister of Finance Ali Allawi to pay off Iraq's arrears to Turkish fuel suppliers over time. Deputy Prime Minister Chalabi and MinFin Allawi were both adamant that the State Oil [...]
2006-01-26 15:41:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ENRG EPET MOPS MARR PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD2231JAPANESE PROPOSES MOVING SLOWLY ON IRAQ COMPACT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 22 with, in a meeting with Charge, Japanese Ambassador Yamaguchi expressed concern about "significant gaps" in the U.S. and U.K approach to the International Compact. Yamaguchi acknowledged that the U.S. sees the fall conference as a major event in "sealing" the compact, [...]
2006-06-26 11:38:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPINS PGOV MARR MOPS PREL EAID PINR IZ JA UK
06BAGHDAD2289TAWAFUQ INDEPENDENT SEEKS TO FORM NEW COR BLOC --
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Shaikh Wathab Shakir, who entered the CoR as a member of the National Dialogue Council, claimed to have recently broken with both the NDC and the Tawafuq bloc. As an independent, he claimed to be seeking broad-based support for forming a new bloc, "Iraq First." According to Sha [...]
2006-06-29 13:43:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD2318JOINT WORKING GROUP TO ASSESS IRAQI ARMED FORCES
[...] (C/REL MNF-I, MNC-I and IZ) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki told the Ambassador June 24 that he is interested in establishing a joint working group to assess the Iraqi Armed Forces (IAF). Maliki, Defense Minister Abdul Qader, and National Security Advisor Dr. Mowaffak al-Rubaie agreed [...]
2006-07-03 10:59:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PARM MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD2319ACTION REQUEST: LATVIAN MINDEF REQUESTS CLOSE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-03 11:23:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MOPS PREL PARM LG MD IZ
06BAGHDAD2345FRIENDLY FIRE INCIDENT INVOLVING GEORGIAN AND US
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-03 17:14:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL MOPS GG IZ
06BAGHDAD2363VP HASHIMI DISCUSSES MALIKI VISIT TO SAUDI ARABIA
[...] (C) On June 29, Vice President Tarik al-Hashimi and the Ambassador discussed PM Maliki's upcoming visit to Saudi Arabia. The Ambassador pointed to the trip as a prelude to improved Iraqi-Saudi and Iraqi-Arab relations. The Ambassador also highlighted the KSA's preoccupation with Iranian infl [...]
2006-07-05 12:25:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD2444RESPONSE TO GOR REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE IN HOSTAGE
[...] (S) Per reftel, the Mission will work closely with the GOR and GOI to coordinate efforts to recover the Russian Embassy staff members' remains and assist in apprehending those responsible for their murders. 2. (S) At this time, the location of any remains is unknown. Post recognizes the imp [...]
2006-07-10 15:43:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMOPS PREL PTER PINS PGOV RS IZ
06BAGHDAD2464MCNS - UPDATE ON SECURITY ISSUES
[...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: The Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) met July 9 to review the transfer of security authority to al-Muthanna Province, critical energy infrastructure protection, the Baghdad and Basrah Security plans, and events in Anbar. END SUMMARY. 2. (S//REL G [...]
2006-07-12 14:55:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD2587MCNS - BAGHDAD SECURITY PLAN AND FORCE STRUCTURE
[...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: The Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) met July 16 to hear MNF-I briefings on the progress of the Iraqi Army training and on the strategic view of the Baghdad Security Plan Phase II. The Iraqis expressed the desire for more Iraqi troops to be trained, [...]
2006-07-19 16:31:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD2591IRAQI REACTION TO ISRAEL-LEBANON SITUATION
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Israeli military action in Lebanon has brought strong condemnation from Iraqi officials across the political spectrum. No negative reference has been made to Hezbollah militia actions. Friday prayers were dominated by anti-Israeli rhetoric, and demonstrations against Israel repo [...]
2006-07-20 02:35:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PTER PDEM KCRM MOPS MARR IZ
06BAGHDAD2610IRAQI MINDEF TELLS CODEL HOEKSTRA THAT 14
[...] (C) On July 15, Congressmen Pete Hoekstra R-MI),Christopher Shays (R-CT),Gil Gutknecht (R-MN) Earl Pomeroy (D-ND),and Mike Rogers (R-MI) met with the Iraqi MinDef Abd Al-Qader. Al-Qader emphasized that the Iraqi Army (IA) is making great progress in its development despite the very challen [...]
2006-07-20 17:54:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD2622POST SUPPORT FOR IRAQI PURCHASE OF ISR AIRCRAFT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-22 10:12:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPINS PREL MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD2627HEAD OF SCIRI OUTLINES FOUR-STEP PLAN TO ADDRESS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Supreme Council for the Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI) leader Abdel Aziz Al Hakim met with the Ambassador on July 20. Al Hakim highlighted growing concerns among the Shia that the USG was taking a political "observer role" in the wake of escalating violence, especially with regard to [...]
2006-07-22 19:30:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD2675REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (U) Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory informa [...]
2006-07-26 16:20:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV MOPS PINS PHUM PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD2676AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH COUNCIL OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met July 22 with Council of Representatives Speaker Mahmoud Mashadani. Ambassador said recent Mashadani statements blasting the Coalition presence were unacceptable in tone. Mashadani defended his statements as political rhetoric designed to score points "on the st [...]
2006-07-26 18:33:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD2677IRAQI MINDEF ON IA DEVELOPMENT
[...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with Iraqi Minister of Defense Abd al-Qadir al-Mufraji July 21 to discuss Baghdad security. Al-Mufraji said the situation reflected personal struggles among politicians who are behind the militias killing innocent Iraqis. He pledged to "nip in the [...]
2006-07-26 19:07:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETIZ MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER
06BAGHDAD2740HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE REPORTS FOR ACES DATABASE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-01 07:22:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS PARM IZ
06BAGHDAD2851CDA MEETS NEW AMBASSADOR FROM CROATIA
[...] (C) On August 2, Ambassador Jerko Vukas told Charge d'Affaires Daniel Speckhard that he is honored to be Croatia's first Ambassador to Iraq. His day started with presentation of his credentials to President Talabani followed by separate meetings with Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari and Defense [...]
2006-08-08 07:43:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS IZ CR
06BAGHDAD2908IRAQI MOD - QUELLING VIOLENCE TOP PRIORITY
[...] (S) SUMMARY: At an August 7 working lunch, Ambassador Khalilzad and Minister of Defense Abdul Qader al-Mufraji discussed the current security situation, relations with the Ministry of Interior (MOI),MOD reforms and future plans, the regional environment, and ideas for reforming MOI. Al-Mufraj [...]
2006-08-12 10:17:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PHUM PREL MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD2924IRAQI MOI - TERRORISTS AND SECTARIAN DEATH SQUADS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 7 meeting with Minister of Interior Jawad al-Bolani, Ambassador Khalilzad stressed the importance of rapidly quelling the cycle of violence in Baghdad. The Ambassador also urged Bolani to execute outstanding "Site Four" arrest warrants as soon as possible, underlinin [...]
2006-08-12 10:52:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD2927AMBASSADOR,S AUGUST 6 AND 7 MEETINGS WITH PM MALIKI
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Ambassador Khalilzad and General Casey met on both August 6 and 7 with Prime Minister Maliki to review plans for the second phase of the Baghdad Security Plan. Maliki -- focused on national reconciliation -- hoped that residents forced out by sectarian intimidation would return on [...]
2006-08-12 12:18:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PHUM PREL MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD2928AMBASSADOR'S AUGUST 11 MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Ambassador Khalilzad and General Casey met on August 11 with Prime Minister Maliki to review the Baghdad Security Plan. Maliki gave his consent to a revised plan for a more flexible checkpoint system and appeared markedly more forward leaning on operational security cooperation th [...]
2006-08-12 12:39:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PHUM PREL MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD293UPDATE ON DETAINEE FACILITY INSPECTIONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Iraqi Interagency Inspection Team (IIIT),created in response to the discovery of abuses at the Ministry of Interior's (MoI's) al-Jadriyah (Bunker) detention facility in November and supported by Multi-National Forces-Iraq (MNF-I),has conducted four unannounced inspections [...]
2006-02-01 18:25:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PREL PINS PHUM KJUS MARR IZ
06BAGHDAD2932MALIKI TALKS ON DOMESTIC POLITICS AND TURKISH PKK
[...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: On August 10, the Prime Minister told the Ambassador that he had donated $27,000 to a new party formed by 600 former Ba'athists who now support the GOI. He criticized CoR Speaker Mashhadani for not cooperating with the government. The PM alleged that MNF-I publicly [...]
2006-08-13 13:14:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS ASEC TU IZ
06BAGHDAD2965GOI SHORT AND MEDIUM TERM PLANS TO ADDRESS THE
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh jointly chaired a meeting August 12 to identify issues and concrete steps Iraq can take to address the immediate fuel crisis. National Security Advisor (NSA) Mowafuq Rubaie said a security operation similar to the Baghdad Secu [...]
2006-08-15 07:47:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALECON EPET ENRG MOPS MARR PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD2991BAYAN JABR AN POLITICS, AND "BAGHDAD BERMS"
[...] (C/REL GBR AUS) Summary: During an August 14 dinner with the Ambassador, Finance Minister Bayan Jabr proposed that MNF-I construct an earthen berm around Baghdad, while gradually expanding the Green Zone walls outward - with the ultimate goal of turning the whole of Baghdad into a green zone - [...]
2006-08-17 09:27:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL PTER PNAT MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD3014SEVENTH IMAM PILGRIMAGE: IRAQI MOI AND MOD PREPARE
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In order to avoid a repletion of last years tragedy when nearly one thousand pilgrims were killed at the Seventh Imam pilgrimage, both the Ministry of Interior (MOI) and Ministry of Defense (MOD) have conducted extensive operational planning to ensure order and prevent a repeat [...]
2006-08-19 14:19:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PHUM PREL MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD3025MCNS AUGUST 13 - TURKEY, IRAN, AL QAEDA, AND
[...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: At the Ministerial Council on August 13, Prime Minister Maliki welcomed the proposed tripartite talks among the US, Turkey and Iraq on PKK Turkish Kurd terrorist activities. Improved relations with Turkey might also increase imports, and ease Iraq's fuel crisis. Rel [...]
2006-08-20 11:17:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD3035SLOVAKIAN PM PLEDGES TRANSPARENCY ON FUTURE AID TO
[...] (C/REL MCFI) SUMMARY: On August 17 the Ambassador and General Casey thanked Slovak Prime Minister Fico for his country's contributions to Operation Iraqi Freedom and asked that it conduct additional training of Iraqis, per ref A. Echoing the themes of ref B, Fico pledged to continue to help Ir [...]
2006-08-21 08:37:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD3053AUGUST 18 MEETING BETWEEN IRAQI PM, AMBASSADOR,
[...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: At an intense August 18 meeting with Prime Minister Maliki, MNF-I Commander General (CG) Casey and the Ambassador, the PM reacted negatively to American news reports that the PM is willing to kill Sunnis, but shield Shia including Moqtada al-Sadr from MNF-I raids. The [...]
2006-08-22 11:50:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD3057IRAQI MINISTERS ON DETENTION CENTERS INSPECTIONS
[...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: At an August 20 meeting at the Ambassador's Residence the Ministers for Defense, Interior, Justice and Human Rights discussed procedures for improving the treatment of criminal detainees in Iraq in accordance with applicable human rights standards. Regarding the Site [...]
2006-08-22 14:43:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD3157MCNS AUGUST 21
[...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: During the August 21 Ministerial Council on National Security, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki emphasized the importance of civil support for the Baghdad Security operations; called for the reform of the Facilities Protection Service; and approved Iraqi assumption of sec [...]
2006-08-28 17:11:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETGPGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD3205MCNS - AUGUST 27
[...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: At the Ministerial Council for National Security (MCNS) on August 27, Prime Minister Maliki suggested that the looting of a former British base in Maysan province created a "public perception of defeat" that must be analyzed. The Baghdad Security Plan is progressing, [...]
2006-08-31 11:36:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD3273MCNS -- SEPTEMBER 3: BSP UPDATE AND MOSQUE POLICY
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In the Prime Minister's absence, National Security Advisor Rubaie chaired the September 3 Ministerial Committee on National Security -- despite the fact that both Deputy PMs (Barham Salih and Salam al-Zubai) were in attendance. General Casey argued that the Baghdad Security Plan [...]
2006-09-05 15:18:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PINS PREL PTER MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD332FALLUJAH: NEW YEAR, NEW CHALLENGES -- SAME HIGH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Fallujah faces ongoing security and rebuilding challenges despite hard-won progress throughout 2005. Attacks directed against Marines and Iraqi Security Forces continue, including an IED explosion in January 2006 targeting local police (native Fallujans). Intermittent sniper a [...]
2006-02-06 08:17:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PINS MOPS MARR EAID ECON KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD3346MALIKI SAYS IRAQI POLICE NUMBER ONE PROBLEM;
[...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: On September 6, during a briefing on the Baghdad Security Plan (BSP),Prime Minister Maliki told MNF-I Commanding General (CG) Casey and the Ambassador that he sees reforming the Iraqi Police as his number one issue, and key to solving other related problems. When the [...]
2006-09-09 13:09:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD344MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY
[...] (C//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: The Iraqi Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) met on February 3 and addressed the following: -- The MCNS acknowledged the work of the Joint Committee to Transfer Security Responsibility (JCTSR) and directed that its Working Group continue steps toward [...]
2006-02-06 13:42:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PTER MOPS ENRG EPET IZ
06BAGHDAD3456MCNS - MALIKI ON OIL SMUGGLING, DIYALA SECURITY
[...] (S/REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: During the September 10 meeting of the Ministerial Committee for National Security, Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki: -- Cited petroleum smuggling as a key source of terrorist financing that must be addressed together with energy infrastructure protection; -- Called for be [...]
2006-09-14 19:35:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETIZ MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER
06BAGHDAD3505PRT BAGHDAD: IRAQI POLICE PERCEPTION OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In furtherance of Baghdad Security Plan (BSP) operations, PRT officers visited seven police stations in BSP focus areas in September. Our conversations with senior police officials revealed that police officers believe or want us to believe that BSP focus area residents lack co [...]
2006-09-19 12:30:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS MCAP PGOV PINR PTER PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD3553SEPTEMBER 17 MEETING OF THE MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: -- Casualty Figures: The GOI agrees to establish a single point of contact for casualty numbers. -- The PM's Visit to Iran: The Prime Minister reported the he had raised Iranian support for anti-GOI groups during his recent visit to Tehran. Iran agreed to stop providing [...]
2006-09-24 11:20:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNIZ PGOV PREL PTER PINS MOPS
06BAGHDAD3555SEPTEMBER 17 MEETING OF THE MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: -- Casualty Figures: The GOI agrees to establish a single point of contact for casualty numbers. -- The PM's Visit to Iran: The Prime Minister reported the he had raised Iranian support for anti-GOI groups during his recent visit to Tehran. Iran agreed to stop providing [...]
2006-09-24 12:12:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNIZ PGOV PREL PTER PINS MOPS
06BAGHDAD3558MINISTER BOLANI TELLS CODEL BURR OF MOI REFORM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During Iraqi Minister of Interior Jawad al-Bolani's September 9 discussions with CODEL Burr, he highlighted the success of the Baghdad Security Plan and explained his efforts to reform the corrupt Ministry of Interior (MOI). Bolani said the MOI's efforts to "win the Iraqi people [...]
2006-09-24 14:43:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD3587SEPTEMBER 24 MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: At the September 24 meeting of the Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS),participants described their efforts to consolidate and check casualty figures, discussed the need to have combined MoD/MoI checkpoints, and heard about initial plans to bring Facility Prote [...]
2006-09-25 19:18:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNIZ PREL PGOV PTER PINS MOPS
06BAGHDAD359CHALABI BULLISH ON FUEL PRICING, DOWNCAST ON
[...] (C/REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister Chalabi told the Ambassador on February 5 that a letter issued by PM Ja'fari empowering Chalabi to oversee fuel supplies to Baghdad was wholly inadequate to the task of restoring domestic refined product supplies and exports. The Ambassador foll [...]
2006-02-07 10:34:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EPET ETRD MOPS MARR PGOV PREL PTER
06BAGHDAD3688OCTOBER 1 MCNS MEETING: INTERNATIONAL ZONE
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: The October 1 meeting of the Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS) focused on potential security threats to Baghdad's International Zone (IZ),resulting in a decision to search all people entering the IZ with potentially compromised blue security badges. MNF-I Comm [...]
2006-10-03 12:27:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PINS PGOV MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD3724PESHMERGA TRANSFORMATION TALKS
[...] (S/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: On September 26, the Government of Iraq and the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) held the second in a planned series of meetings to transform the Peshmerga into a unified regional force consistent with Iraq's constitution and federal law. Neither side presented a clea [...]
2006-10-07 15:57:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PTER PREL MOPS PINS PNAT IZ
06BAGHDAD3738LEAHY IN IRAQ
[...] (U) Restated questions from Ref A para 7 followed by Post's answers. ---------- QUESTION A ---------- 2. (SBU) What measures have Post or MNF-I taken to prevent human rights abusers from receiving U.S. security assistance and to improve the human rights record of units receiving U.S. a [...]
2006-10-09 08:49:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PHUM PINS MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD3757OCTOBER 8 MCNS: REFORM ON THE MIND
[...] (S/REL UK) SUMMARY: In the October 8 meeting of the Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS),PM Maliki expressed his frustration with the current MCNS process, arguing that it should be more focused on decision making. MCNS members agreed that MOI and MOD reform was a priority, inclu [...]
2006-10-10 15:34:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD3761DCM URGES FIJIAN PARTICIPATION IN THE COALITION
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: During his October 6 meeting with Fijian Home Affairs Minister Vosanibola, DCM urged Fiji to join the Multinational Coalition in Iraq. When Vosanibola asked about the possibility of a visit to Fiji by President Bush, the DCM promised to refer the question to Washington. The DC [...]
2006-10-10 21:04:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNIZ FJ MOPS PREL PGOV
06BAGHDAD3858AMBASSADOR AND GENERAL CASEY URGE PM MALIKI TO ACT
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: During an October 14 meeting, Ambassador Khalilzad and MNF-I Commanding General George Casey urged PM Maliki to take decisive political and military steps to curb ethno-sectarian violence. Maliki pushed back against the use of military force, arguing that three years of Coali [...]
2006-10-16 11:39:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD3952OCTOBER 15 MCNS MEETING: MORE ON MOI/MOD REFORM
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On October 15, the Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS) was briefed on the results of the first meeting of a ministerial committee to reform the ministries of Defense and Interior, as well as the Iraqi National Intelligence Service (INIS). The PM has given the com [...]
2006-10-21 15:57:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD410IRAQI MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY
[...] (C//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: The Iraqi Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) met the evening of February 6, 2006 at the residence of Prime Minister Ibrahim Ja'afari. -- MNF-I Commanding General Casey urged the members to address the issue of kidnappings and assassinations about wh [...]
2006-02-10 18:38:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MOPS PINS EPET ENRG IZ
06BAGHDAD4150LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. (U) Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has [...]
2006-11-06 14:53:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS MARR PINS PINR PREL
06BAGHDAD4191MALIKI ASKS FOR NATO GENDARMERIE TRAINING
[...] (C/NF) In a November 2 meeting with Ambassador Khalilzad, PM Maliki said that he had signed a letter that morning requesting that NATO provide gendarmerie training to the Iraqi National Police under the auspices of the NATO-Training Mission in Iraq (NTM-I). National Security Advisor Rubaie pr [...]
2006-11-09 09:38:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL MOPS NATO IZ
06BAGHDAD4238FM ZEBARI BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON UNSCR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 14, FM Zebari informed the diplomatic corps that Iraq would formally request an extension of MNF-I's UN Security Council mandate. He said that the decision had been reached with broad support within the Iraqi political leadership after discussions with the Coalition o [...]
2006-11-14 20:10:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS UN IZ
06BAGHDAD4256MOI BOLANI - MAIN THREAT IS SECTARIANISM; MOI
[...] (C/REL UK, AUS) SUMMARY: In a November 4 meeting with Minister of Interior Jawad al-Bolani, Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte stressed the need to quell sectarian violence. Minister Bolani agreed, emphasizing that the Baghdad Security Plan (BSP) is reducing abductions and kill [...]
2006-11-16 03:10:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS MOPS PNAT PINR IZ
06BAGHDAD4267NOVEMBER 15 MCNS ON MOD REFORM
[...] (S/REL UK, AUS) SUMMARY: On November 15, Minister of Defense Abdul Qader presented a report on MoD reform to the Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS),focusing on the current situation in the ministry. Following the MinDef's presentation, National Security Advisor Rubaie said the [...]
2006-11-16 21:06:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD4277IRAQ'S INTERIOR MINISTRY ISSUES WARRANT FOR
[...] (S/NF) Summary. On November 16 and 17, multiple Iraqi media sources reported that Iraq's Ministry of Interior (MOI) had issued a warrant for hard-line Sunni cleric Harith al-Dhari, currently in Jordan, on unspecified charges. MOI later announced that this was not an arrest warrant, but an "in [...]
2006-11-19 18:27:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PREL PINS PNAT MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD4292CHARGE AND INTERIOR MINISTER DISCUSS KIDNAPPINGS,
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Charge D'Affaires Daniel V. Speckhard met with Interior Minister Jawad al-Bolani November 17 to discuss Site 4, recent kidnappings and the warrant against Harith al-Dhari. Charge emphasized to Bolani the importance of ensuring that all Site 4 warrants are executed. Bolani said [...]
2006-11-20 11:12:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PREL PINS PNAT MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD4317MALIKI CREATES CRISIS CELL; INVITES AMBASSADOR TO
[...] (S/REL MNF-I) On November 11, we received a letter (e-mailed to NEA-I) from National Security Advisor Rubaie informing us that Prime Minister Maliki was establishing a Crisis Cell of key decision makers which could be called together in the event of a crisis in Iraq. In his letter, Rubaie sai [...]
2006-11-21 17:59:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD4330NOVEMBER 19 MCNS: NAJAF TO PIC; BSP TO BE REVIEWED
[...] (S/REL UK, AUS) SUMMARY: The November 19 meeting of the Ministerial Committee on National Security agreed to transfer security responsibility for Najaf to Iraqi authorities. The Committee also agreed to study the security situation in Diyala, which PM Maliki referred to as being in the hands o [...]
2006-11-23 06:41:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETIZ MOPS PREL PGOV PTER
06BAGHDAD4346PURSUING AN ACSA WITH THE GOI
[...] (C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: As Iraqis move toward a more mature security relationship with the USG, we believe DoD should pursue an Acquisition Cross-Servicing Agreement with the Iraqi Ministry of Defense as soon as we have taken the necessary steps to ensure the Iraqis are capable of managing an [...]
2006-11-25 13:45:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS MARR PNAT IZ
06BAGHDAD4385NOVEMBER 26 MCNS: HIGH LEVEL WORKING GROUP REPORT
[...] (S/REL UK) SUMMARY: The November 26 meeting of the Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS) focused on the report of the High Level Working Group formed on October 28 by President Bush and PM Maliki to make recommendations regarding acceleration of GOI control over the security situat [...]
2006-11-28 15:13:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD4386(C) IAEA INSPECTION AT TUWAITH NUCLEAR COMPLEX
[...] (C) On November 20, Pol-Mil officer and Coalition forces assisted a four-person International Atomic Energy Agency team, in completing the annual Physical Inventory Verification of approximately 550 tons of yellow cake uranium and other accountable nuclear materials including uranium oxide s [...]
2006-11-28 16:28:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PNAT PREL
06BAGHDAD4529MCNS DECEMBER 3
[...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: During the December 3 Ministerial Council on National Security, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki: -- Responded to reports of attacks on downtown Baghdad banks and government ministries by calling for "Green Zone" like security zones in strategic areas of the capital; [...]
2006-12-12 13:23:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PINS PGOV PNAT PTER MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD4530MCNS DECEMBER 10
[...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: During the December 10 Ministerial Council on National Security, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki asked for options to rapidly restore security to the area around the Bayji Oil Refinery so that production may resume. Ministers also discussed increasing prison security a [...]
2006-12-12 13:35:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV PINS PTER PNAT MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD4715MCNS DECEMBER 17
[...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister Salam Al-Zubai presided over the December 17 Ministerial Council on National Security, and discussed his trip to the Bayji area to observe security operations against Al Qaeda. Ministers again discussed increasing prison security. Minister of D [...]
2006-12-26 15:16:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD495DPM CHALABI ON OIL MINISTRY CORRUPTION AND KURDISH
[...] (C/REL GBR AUS) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Ahmed Chalabi, newly provided with expanded authority over the energy sector, is wrestling for results with the military and civilian bureaucracies. On other subjects, Chalabi cited a recent comment by Kurdish Regional President Mas'ud Barzani o [...]
2006-02-16 17:43:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EPET KCOR MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD500ITALIANS AGREE TO LEAD DHI QAR PRT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a February 12 meeting in Nasiriyah, Italian Ambassador to Iraq Gianludovico de Martino di Montegeiordano and Italian Joint Task Force Commander General Natalino Madeddu expressed enthusiasm to National Coordination Team (NCT) Director Greg Bates on forming and leading a [...]
2006-02-17 08:25:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MOPS PREL IZ IT
06BAGHDAD511DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY PERSONNEL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Multi-National Security Transition Command Iraq (MNSTC-I) and U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Attache and Country Director have agreed to submit the following request for DHS specialists to assist the GOI in controlling its borders and ports of entry (POEs) for CY 20 [...]
2006-02-18 13:32:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PBTS ASEC EAIR SMIG PARM IZ
06BAGHDAD58PM JA,AFARI, MOI JABR, MOD DULIME BLAME COALITION
[...] (S/REL) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Ja'afari, Interior Minister Jabr, and Defense Minister Dulime conveyed their concern with the increasing level of violence in Iraq since the election, particularly in and around Baghdad. As these officials relayed to the Shia Coalition "security commission" ea [...]
2006-01-08 15:15:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMOPS MARR PGOV PHUM IZ
06BAGHDAD597FEBRUARY 23 MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-24 21:22:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETIZ KCRM MOPS NATO PARM PGOV PINR PREL UK
06BAGHDAD611IRAQ ENERGY UPDATE -- THE INADEQUACY OF MUDDLING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Fuel supplies are very low across the country and are critically so in Baghdad. Imports of refined products and domestically produced fuels both dropped during the first two months of 2006. Turkey and Iraq have come to agreement on arrears payments and, in time, the resumption [...]
2006-02-27 10:44:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ENRG EPET MOPS MARR PGOV PREL TU IZ
06BAGHDAD628NATIONAL SECURITY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES 24-POINT
[...] (S//REL MNFI) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Ibrahim Jafari called a Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS) meeting on February 26 with the Ambassador, UK Ambassador Patey, senior MNF-I officers, and top Iraqi national security staff to continue addressing the February 22 bombing of the Go [...]
2006-02-27 19:54:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETIZ KCRM MOPS KJUS PINR PREL PGOV UK
06BAGHDAD643AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH TURKISH IRAQ COORDINATOR
[...] (S//REL MNFI) SUMMARY. Turkey's Iraq Coordinator, Amb. Oguz Celikkol, visited Baghdad February 24-25 where he met separately with Pres. Talabani, PM Jaafari and the Ambassador. Topics discussed were the Golden Mosque bombing, Sadrists, Iranian influence, formation of the Iraqi government, Kur [...]
2006-02-28 16:18:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETIZ KCRM MOPS NATO PARM PGOV PINR PREL UK
06BAGHDAD646IRAQ,S EFFECTIVE SECURITY RESPONSE TO THE GOLDEN
[...] (S//REL MNFI) SUMMARY: The GOI's national security apparatus and the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF),supported by the U.S. and UK embassies and MNF-I, performed well in most areas of Iraq that experienced sectarian violence following the February 22 bombing in Samarra. The GOI's tactics were mos [...]
2006-02-28 16:49:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETIZ KCRM MOPS NATO PARM PGOV PINR PREL UK
06BAGHDAD662COLLABORATION AND CONFRONTATION BETWEEN MOI AND
[...] (C/REL MNFI) SUMMARY: Recent high-profile encounters between the Ministry of Interior (MoI) and the Ministry of Defense (MoD) highlight the friction that exists between the two security ministries. Although there also has been cooperation in some areas, there have been several incidents in wh [...]
2006-03-03 15:55:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALIZ KCRM MOPS NATO PARM PGOV PINR PREL UK
06BAGHDAD663IRAQ PRTs WEEKLY ROUNDUP FOR 17-23 FEBRUARY
[...] SUMMARY: The Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) report weekly their activities and progress towards helping the provincial governments achieve self-governance capability. The following paragraphs summarize their activities in several areas for the period 17-23 February 2006. The Ninawa [...]
2006-03-03 16:05:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON MOPS PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD766IRAQ ENERGY COUNCIL ADDRESSES FUEL SHORTAGE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The National Energy Council (NEC) directed that fuel be moved by rail from Bayji to Baghdad March 9. DPM Chalabi said he would submit draft fuel law to Council of Ministers (COM) to liberalize private import of fuel. NEC requested Ministry of Defense (MOD) increase security of [...]
2006-03-09 15:16:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALECON EPET IZ KCOR MOPS
06BAGHDAD792IRAQ PRTS ASSESS PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS - JAN
[...] (U) INTRODUCTION. Each Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Iraq reports monthly the status of the provincial level government's ability to function effectively and the obstacles that prevent full self- governance. The PRTs assess provincial governments in the three areas (pillars) of gove [...]
2006-03-12 14:40:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON MOPS PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD793IRAQ PRTS WEEKLY ROUNDUP FOR 24 FEB-2 MAR
[...] INTRODUCTION. The Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) report weekly their activities and progress towards helping the provincial governments achieve self- governance capability. The following paragraphs summarize their activities in several areas for the period 24 February - 2 March. Nin [...]
2006-03-12 16:31:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON MOPS PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD797IRAQ PRTS ASSESS PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS - FEB 2006
[...] (U) INTRODUCTION. The Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) in Iraq report monthly the ability of the provincial level government to function effectively and the obstacles that prevent full self-governance. The PRTs assess provincial governments in the areas of governance, economic developme [...]
2006-03-13 03:30:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON MOPS PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD812MILITIAS AND OTHER ARMED GROUPS IN IRAQ -
[...] (S//REL MNCI) SUMMARY. Militia organizations, acting both as extra-legal bodies and within government structures at multiple levels, will continue to pursue sectarian agendas that will undermine the government's ability to improve the security environment and will exacerbate sectarian tensions [...]
2006-03-13 16:38:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETKJUS MCAP MOPS PGOV PINR PINS PNAT PREL PTER
06BAGHDAD837DIPNOTE PASSED ON UMAR SABAWI
[...] (U) This is a response to action cable STATE 30018. 2. (S/NF) Embassy Baghdad passed the DIPNOTE outlined in para 3 of STATE 30018 regarding extradition from Yemen of Umar Sabawi to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on March 9, with copies to the Office of the Prime Minister and to the Dep [...]
2006-03-15 13:12:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETKJUS CJAN MOPS PHUM PTER IZ YM
06BAGHDAD848SHIA COALITION HARDLINER'S VIEW OF ATTACKS ON SHIA
[...] (C) Summary. In a March 14 meeting, SCIRI member Shaikh Jalal ad Din al-Sagheer (from Baratha mosque) told PolCouns about Shia families fleeing their homes fearing violence from Sunnis. He warned that continued violence against the Shia may trigger a more violent reaction than seen after th [...]
2006-03-16 13:54:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MOPS PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD930BADR LEADER AGREES THE MILITIA SHOULD DEMOBILIZE
[...] (C) Summary. Council of Representatives member and Badr Organization leader Hadi Farhan Abdullah al-Amiri told PolOffs on March 19 that the Al-Askariya shrine bombing was the work of Saddamists. PolOffs pressed al-Amiri that all militias needed to be under the control of the State. Amiri ag [...]
2006-03-21 11:05:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS PHUM PREL PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD949CONTINUED ROK INTEREST IN PROVINCIAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Korean Ambassador Ki-Ho Chang met with IRMO Director Ambassador Daniel Speckhard on March 19 to gather details regarding USG intentions related to the development of the planned Erbil Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT). Chang reiterated Korean interest in the program and re [...]
2006-03-23 08:53:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MOPS PGOV PREL KS IZ
06BAGHDAD981MCNS DISCUSSES MILITIA DEATH SQUADS, RECENT
[...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: At a meeting of the Iraqi Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) on March 22, MNF-I Commanding General Casey presented information indicating militia death squads are most likely responsible for recent spikes in murders and executions that have followed t [...]
2006-03-25 07:13:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PTER MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD984IRAQI SECURITY FORCES IN SADR CITY
[...] (C/REL MNC-I) SUMMARY. The Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) presence in Sadr City remains problematic, although the area is much more under control than described by reports. There is a tremendous amount of everyday urban activity - a heavy volume of vehicle traffic, large numbers of pedestrians, shops o [...]
2006-03-25 11:04:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALIZ MARR MCAP MOPS NATO PGOV PINR PREL PTER
06BAGHDAD989THE DISILLUSIONED MINDEF DULIME
[...] (C//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY. In a March 19 meeting with Multi-National Security Transition Command-Iraq (MNSTC-I) Lieutenant General Dempsey and Acting PolMilCouns, Iraqi Minister of Defense Sadoun Al-Dulime, accompanied by Iraqi Commanding General Babakir Zibari, discussed his disillusionment w [...]
2006-03-25 18:29:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PINS MARR IZ
06BAKU1202DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO AZERBAIJAN ON UNSC
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-14 12:46:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PTER MOPS UN UNSC IS LE AJ
06BAKU1268AZERBAIJANI FOREIGN MINISTER "DOES NOT RULE OUT"
[...] (C) In an August 23 telephone conversation with the Ambassador, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said that he had discussed the UNIFIL mission with Jordanian officials (King Abdullah II paid an official visit to Azerbaijan August 22-23). The Jordanians, he said, do not want to [...]
2006-08-25 12:54:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL LE AJ
06BAKU1288SYRIA/IRAN ARMS EMBARGO DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on UNSCR 1701 to Vugar Gurbanov and Mahur Gasimov of the International Security Division at the Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs on August 28, 2006. Poloff emphasized that we were sharing this information in response to Azerbaijani FM Mammadyarov' [...]
2006-08-30 14:08:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALIR LE MARR MOPS PREL SY XG AJ
06BAKU1289AZERBAIJAN AND THE OIC
[...] (C) Poloff delivered REF A points to Vugar Gurbanov and Mahur Gasimov of the of International Security Division of the Azerbaijani MFA on August 28. Gurbanov called Poloff on August 29 to follow up, and said that the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) proposal to open an office in Bagh [...]
2006-08-31 10:02:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PGOV PHUM AJ IZ
06BAKU1406PRESIDENT ALIYEV REVIEWS DEFENSE ISSUES, REAFFIRMS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a September 15 meeting with the Ambassador and visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense James MacDougall, President Aliyev affirmed his commitment to a strong bilateral relationship. Aliyev emphasized that the key points of cooperation "particularly the energy spher [...]
2006-09-26 10:25:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS PTER AMGT ABLD KZ AJ
06BAKU1410OSD DASD MACDOUGALL'S SEPTEMBER 15 MEETING WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Defense Minister Abiyev affirmed the importance of close cooperation with the US and NATO in a September 15 meeting with the Ambassador and visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense James MacDougall. MacDougall raised the importance of Azerbaijan formally notifying NATO ab [...]
2006-09-27 08:17:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS KZ AJ
06BAKU1422INVITATION DELIVERED TO AZRBAIJANI MFA FOR
[...] (U) As requested reftel, post delivered invitation for a civilian GOAJ representative to attend the CDRUSCENTCOM-sponsored Iraq Coalition Conference via letter to Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov on September 25. Poloff also delivered advance copy on September 21 to Qalib Israfilov, director [...]
2006-09-28 11:44:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MOPS PREL AJ IZ
06BAKU1432DEFENSE MINISTER ABIYEV DISCUSSES CASPIAN SEA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a September 21 meeting with the Ambassador and visiting EUCOM Deputy Commander General William "Kip" Ward, Azerbaijani Minister of Defense Sabir Abiyev expressed concern that Russia and Iran are building up their naval forces in the Caspian Sea. Abiyev complained about I [...]
2006-10-03 05:24:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS PTER AJ PBTS IR RU
06BAKU1731MESSAGE DELIVERED TO THE GOAJ ON NATO COMMITMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-29 06:56:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR MOPS NATO AJ PINS AF
06BAKU1791DOD DAS MACDOUGALL'S DECEMBER 7 MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Department of Defense Deputy Assistant Secretary James MacDougall and the Ambassador--accompanied by SIPDIS Major General Harry Wyatt of the Oklahoma National Guard and EUCOM Brigadier General Melvin Spiese--met with Defense Minister Safar Abiyev on December 7 to discuss bilate [...]
2006-12-08 14:03:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR MOPS PBTS PHUM AJ IR
06BAKU1793DASD MACDOUGALL'S MEETING WITH DEPUTY FOREIGN
[...] (C) Summary: Department of Defense Deputy Assistant Secretary James MacDougall and the Ambassador met with Deputy SIPDIS Foreign Minister Araz Azimov on December 7 to discuss the National Security Concept, Azerbaijan's relations with NATO, and USG plans for an interagency team to discuss Ir [...]
2006-12-08 14:19:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS PHUM AJ
06BAKU1819DASD MACDOUGALL'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) Summary: In a December 9 discussion with Department of Defense Deputy Assistant Secretary James MacDougall and the Ambassador, Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Novruz Mammadov said that as recent regional developments have again underscored, Azerbaijan has "no alternative" to friendship [...]
2006-12-14 07:28:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS PHUM IR AJ
06BAKU348AZERBAIJAN'S RESPONSE TO U.S.-PROPOSED AGENDA FOR
[...] (SBU) As requested reftel, pol/econ chief extended PM A/S Hillen's invitation to the 2006 session of the U.S.-Azerbaijan Political-Military Consultations to Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov. Azimov was already aware of the planned March 29 talks and expressed his confidence that the talks [...]
2006-03-03 14:41:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS MOPS PARM PGOG AJ
06BAKU430PRESIDENT ALIYEV LOOKS TO THE FUTURE OF AZERBAIJAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with EUR A/S Fried on March 14, President Aliyev said that the U.S.-Azerbaijan relationship remains strong and reaffirmed Azerbaijan,s westward orientation. Aliyev expressed concern about the situation of ethnic Azeris in Georgia asked A/S Fried to raise the issue th [...]
2006-03-21 13:09:00Embassy BakuSECRETPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM ECON ENRG MOPS AJ
06BAKU452SCENESETTER FOR MARCH 29 US-AZERBAIJAN
[...] (S) Summary: The March 29 political-military consultations are an important opportunity to broaden our strong security relationship. Strategically located in the heart of the Greater Middle East, Azerbaijan provides excellent cooperation on security issues and looks for opportunities to do [...]
2006-03-23 12:15:00Embassy BakuSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PARM MARR MASS MOPS PBTS AJ
06BAKU455UPDATE ON NAGORNO-KARABAKH: CEASEFIRE VIOLATIONS
[...] (U) Militant rhetoric on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict during the past week followed reports of ceasefire violations and an announcement that three soldiers were convicted of treason for collusion with Armenia. Meanwhile President Aliyev called on the Armenians to accept the useful suggestions [...]
2006-03-23 13:17:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PBTS MOPS ASEC AJ
06BAKU517UPDATE ON NAGORNO-KARABAKH: CEASEFIRE VIOLATIONS
[...] (U) Ceasefire violations continued over the last ten days, as eleven violations were registered and OSCE monitoring had to be stopped because of the firing. Militant rhetoric on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict continued from senior GOAJ officials, including President Aliyev, who said that the si [...]
2006-04-04 12:40:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PBTS MOPS ASEC AJ
06BAKU994DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON FIRST TRANSITION TO IRAQI
[...] (C) Ambassador delivered ref a points to Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov on July 3, emphasizing that the transfer of security responsibility from the Multinational Force-Iraq (MNF-I) to Iraqi civilian authorities in Muthanna province represents significant progress. Mammadyarov welcomed th [...]
2006-07-11 08:28:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL NATO IZ AJ
06BANDARSERIBEGAWAN148ADMIRAL FALLON'S CALLS ON THE SULTAN AND CROWN
[...] (C) Visiting USPACOM Commander, Admiral William Fallon, accompanied by Ambassador Skodon and POLAD Huso, had an audience March 1 with the Sultan of Brunei, Haji Hossanal Bolkiah. Also in attendance was the Commander of the Brunei Armed Forces, Major General Halbi. The Sultan, dressed in the [...]
2006-03-16 09:03:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS PGOV BX
06BANDARSERIBEGAWAN398BRUNEI/LEBANON: DEMARCHE ON UNSC RESOLUTION,
[...] (U) On August 7, Ambassador delivered reftel demarche on UNSC draft Lebanon resolution to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Permanent Secretary I Pengiran Dato Osman. There was no immediate substantive response other than a repetition of the standard Government of Brunei (GOB) position t [...]
2006-08-07 08:39:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanCONFIDENTIALPREL BX IS MOPS PTER UN
06BANDARSERIBEGAWAN415BRUNEI CONTINUES TO PLAN UNIFIL CONTRIBUTION, BUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Government of Brunei (GOB) continues to plan contribution of a mechanized infantry company to UNIFIL and remains publicly committed to such a deployment in conjunction with Malaysian and/or Indonesian troops. Privately, GOB defense officials recognize the challenges that a Leban [...]
2006-08-16 08:28:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL BX IS LE
06BANDARSERIBEGAWAN440BRUNEI'S UNIFIL DEPLOYMENT: MILITARY PREPARATIONS
[...] (C) In meetings August 29 and 30, senior GOB officials indicated to us that plans are well advanced for the Royal Brunei Armed Forces to fulfill the Sultan's pledge to contribute troops to UNIFIL should UNSYG Annan request a Bruneian contribution. They said that they understood that Israel ha [...]
2006-08-30 07:19:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL UN IS LE BX
06BANDARSERIBEGAWAN500BRUNEI MAY DOWNSIZE PLANNED UNIFIL CONTRIBUTION
[...] (C) As the original notion of a Indonesia-Malaysia-Brunei combined force contribution to UNIFIL fades away and is replaced by a more traditional pattern of separate but coordinated national contingents, the Government of Brunei (GOB) is looking at revising its planned contribution from a mecha [...]
2006-09-28 09:20:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR BX IS LE UN PREL
06BANGKOK1041THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) DEA has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individuals listed below who will be attending a DEA sponsored training initia [...]
2006-02-22 02:30:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK1042THAILAND: DEMARCHE ON EQUIPMENT TO
[...] (C) On February 21, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Counselor for American and South Pacific Affairs Paisit Boonparlit. Paisit promised to advise the Embassy if the RTG has any defense articles it wishes to donate to Afghanistan or Iraq. BOYCE [...]
2006-02-22 02:43:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MOPS PINS PREL AF IZ TH
06BANGKOK1281THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Mr. Apichart OBOONSAKUL, Office of the National Security Council, who has [...]
2006-03-02 07:18:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK1282THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) DAO has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individuals listed below to participate in the Comprehensive Security Response [...]
2006-03-02 07:19:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK1490THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for 1Lt. Wasun SANGTHONG, Air Defense Artillery Division who has been selected [...]
2006-03-10 03:47:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK1491THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Wg.Cdr. Nuttawoot ACHALABOON, Wing 1, 2nd Air Division, Air Combat Command [...]
2006-03-10 03:47:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK1492THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Gp.Capt. Morakot THONGSUK, Directorate of Intelligence, Royal Thai Air For [...]
2006-03-10 03:48:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK1493THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for 1Lt. Jun MONGKONSAP, Cavalry School, Army Training Command, Royal Thai Arm [...]
2006-03-10 03:48:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK1494THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Cpt. Wallop MAINAPIANG, Artillery School, Royal Thai Army who has been sel [...]
2006-03-10 03:49:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK1581THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Wg.Cdr. Nuttawoot ACHALABOON, Wing 1, 2nd Air Division, Air Combat Command [...]
2006-03-15 05:58:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK1582THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Flt.Lt. Pichead BUANLEE, Win 1, 2nd Air Division, Air Combat Command, Roya [...]
2006-03-15 05:59:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK1583THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Gp.Capt. Morakot THONGSUK, Directorate of Intelligence at Royal Thai Air F [...]
2006-03-15 05:59:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK1678THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Maj. Chavalit PRADITNAWAKUL, Command and General Staff College, Royal Thai [...]
2006-03-20 03:46:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK1679THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for FS1 Watcharin SAI-IN, Directorate of Armament, Air Support Command, Royal [...]
2006-03-20 03:47:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK1893THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Captain Sanit MOTHINA, Institute of Advance Naval Studies, who has been se [...]
2006-03-30 02:55:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK1894THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Col. Duangsuda SUKSAWAD, Counterterrorism Operations Center (CTOC),who ha [...]
2006-03-30 02:55:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK1895THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Col. Tibordee AMPUNAN, Directorate of Intelligence, Royal Thai Army, who h [...]
2006-03-30 02:56:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK1896THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for 1Lt. Jirat TANE-NGIW, Army Military Intelligence Command, Royal Thai Army, [...]
2006-03-30 02:56:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK2084THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Col. Kanid UTITSARN, The Institute of Advance Military Studies, Royal Thai [...]
2006-04-10 02:40:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK2085THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JIATF-WEST in conjunction with DEA has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request by May 4, 2006 for individuals listed below who are fro [...]
2006-04-10 02:41:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK2133THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for LCdr. Chalit UTTISEN, 8th Battalion, 3rd Regiment, Marine Division, Royal [...]
2006-04-12 03:14:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK2134THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) LEGATT has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Chuvit CHUVEJ, Royal Thai Police Captain, who has been selected to attend the 2 [...]
2006-04-12 03:14:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK2169THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Cpt. Sirapope KAEWCHANID, Ranger Battalion, Royal Thai Army, who has been [...]
2006-04-12 11:07:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK2170THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) ILEA in conjunction with DEA has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individuals listed below from the Thai Crime Suppress [...]
2006-04-12 11:53:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK2459THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Col. Preecha CHUMPRADIT, Institute of Advanced Military Studies, who has b [...]
2006-04-28 06:17:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK2460THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Surasant KONGSIRI, Supreme Command, Royal Thai Armed Forces, who has been [...]
2006-04-28 06:18:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK2461THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for 1Lt. Intrayuth CHAROENTHAIPANICH, 1st Special Forces Battalion, 1st Special Forces Regiment, Royal Thai Army, who has been selected to attend course(s) l [...]
2006-04-28 06:18:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK2462THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Maj. Jarunee ROOPNGAM, Army Training Command , Royal Thai Army, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok possesses no cred [...]
2006-04-28 06:19:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK2463THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Lt. Pisit JINTAGOSONWIT, Marine Division, Royal Thai Marine Corps, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok possesses no [...]
2006-04-28 06:19:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK2464THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Cpt. Phairote PRASAT 1st Air Mobile Company, Royal Thai Army, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credi [...]
2006-04-28 06:20:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK2465THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Flg. Off. Borwonsak VISESROJANA, Directorate of Aeronautical Engineering, Logistics Support Group, Royal Thai Airforce, who has been selected to attend c [...]
2006-04-28 06:20:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK2466THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Flg. Off. Ronarong ARIYA, Security Force Command, Air Combat Command, Royal Thai Air Force, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Emb [...]
2006-04-28 06:21:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK2468THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Lt.JG. Mana SAWATRAT, Naval Special Warfare Group, Royal Thai Navy, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok possesses no [...]
2006-04-28 07:25:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK2469THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Gp. Capt. Somchai PONGPRATANEE, Security Force Command, Air Combat Command, Royal Thai Air Force, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. [...]
2006-04-28 07:25:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK2493THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JIATF-WEST/JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals listed below, who have been selected to attend Exercise FUSION TORCH (FT) 06-1 and Exercise FUSION TORCH (FT) 06-2. Embassy Bangk [...]
2006-04-28 08:25:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK2494THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) DAO has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals listed below, who have been selected to attend the SE Asia Regional Center for Counter-Terrorism (SEARCCT) Course sponsored by the Asia-Pacific Cente [...]
2006-04-28 08:57:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK2585THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for 2Lt. Parnthong INTRATAT, 1st Special Forces Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Regiment, Royal Thai Army, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed bel [...]
2006-05-03 08:52:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK2587THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Cpt. Jom RATTAPONG, 11th Infantry Regiment, King's Guard, Royal Thai Army, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok posse [...]
2006-05-03 08:53:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK2588THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Cpt. Kitisak KANCHANAVASITA, Artillery Battalion, Artillery Center, Royal Thai Army, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Ban [...]
2006-05-03 08:53:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK2589THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Col. Phawadee DEEPHUENGTON, Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy, Royal Thai Army, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangk [...]
2006-05-03 08:53:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK2590THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for 2Lt. Pongwaran NAKCHATTRE, Quartermaster Department, Royal Thai Army, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok possesses [...]
2006-05-03 08:54:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK2591THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Cpt. Parskorn YASAWUTE, 7th Air Defense Artillery Battalion, Royal Thai Army, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok po [...]
2006-05-03 08:54:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK2592THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for 1Lt. Wipaporn DUANGJARAT, Chemical Department, Royal Thai Army, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok possesses no cred [...]
2006-05-03 08:54:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK2593THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Lt. Narupon JOYTONGMOOL, Judge Advocate Division, Administration Department, Royal Thai Navy, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Em [...]
2006-05-03 08:54:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK2594THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Capt. Jitsiri SUKOMORN, The Adjutant General's Department, Supreme Command Headquarters, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy [...]
2006-05-03 08:54:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK2595THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Thoetsak JAIAREE, Royal Thai Supreme Command, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible information [...]
2006-05-03 08:55:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK2625THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Eng. Sararat CHANKLIN, Royal Thai Navy Language Center, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible in [...]
2006-05-04 07:41:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK2760THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Sqn. Ldr. Nantiya PAIBOON (WRTAF),Directorate of Education and Training, Royal Thai Air Force, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. [...]
2006-05-11 01:46:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK2761THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Lt. Kamon SIRILAI, Royal Thai Navy Dockyard, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible information o [...]
2006-05-11 01:47:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK2762THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for FS1 Warawute PRATOMSAOWANEE, Directorate of Air Operation Control, Air Combat Command, Royal Thai Air Force, who has been selected to attend course(s) li [...]
2006-05-11 01:47:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK2763THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for FS1 Pudit THONGSUMRIT, Directorate of Electronics, Air Support Command, Royal Thai Air Force, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Em [...]
2006-05-11 01:48:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK2764THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Flt. Lt. Apirat SALEE, Security Force Command, Air Combat Command, Royal Thai Air Force, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy [...]
2006-05-11 01:48:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK2770THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) ILEA has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for following individuals, who has been selected to attend the course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible information of gross violations of hum [...]
2006-05-11 04:24:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK3084THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Chanon WACHAKAMA Construction and Development Dept. Sattahip Naval Base, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok possess [...]
2006-05-23 04:10:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK3085THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for LTC Parichat CHANGKARNDEE, Directorate of Joint Logistics, J-4, Supreme Command HQ, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bang [...]
2006-05-23 04:10:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK3086THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for LTJG Mongkot PODANG, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible information of gross violations of hu [...]
2006-05-23 04:10:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK3087THAILAND HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR: ATA 5399 -
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) RSO has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals listed below, who have been selected to attend the above-mentioned co [...]
2006-05-23 04:10:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK3088THAILAND HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR: ATA 5322 -
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) RSO has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individual listed below, who has been selected to attend the above-mentioned cour [...]
2006-05-23 04:11:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK3089THAILAND HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR: ATA 5322 -
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) RSO has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals listed below, who have been selected to attend the above-mentioned co [...]
2006-05-23 04:11:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK3090THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals listed below, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible information of gross violations [...]
2006-05-23 04:11:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK310THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for 1LT. Sittichai AUTTISILWAT, Post Engineer Department, Royal Thai Army, wh [...]
2006-01-18 06:12:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK3100THAILAND HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR: NAS SPONSORED
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) DEA has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals listed below, who have been selected to attend the above-mentioned co [...]
2006-05-23 06:05:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK311THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for 1Lt. Putthipong CHANKAN, 3rd Air Mobile Company, Aviation, Royal Thai Arm [...]
2006-01-18 06:12:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK312THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Col. Buncha BUNPAMEE, Office of the Army Comptroller, Royal Thai Army, wh [...]
2006-01-18 06:12:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK3211THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Miss, Manthana MASMALAI, Office of the National Security Council who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok possesses no cre [...]
2006-05-26 07:54:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK3212THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Col. Dusdee INDRAPOL, Royal Thai Supreme Command who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible informati [...]
2006-05-26 07:55:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK3238THAILAND HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR: MAJOR CASE
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) RSO has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals listed below, who have been selected to attend the above-mentioned co [...]
2006-05-30 07:52:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK3257505 DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-31 01:31:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MOPS PREL TH POL MIL
06BANGKOK3262THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals listed below who has been selected to attend course mentioned above. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible information of gross violations o [...]
2006-05-31 02:44:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK336THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Capt. Somchai KAWINFUANGFUKUL, Naval Special Warfare Group, Royal Thai Na [...]
2006-01-19 07:53:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK337THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Cdr. Thanasawat CHAIYAKUL, Support Regiment, Air and Coastal Defence Comm [...]
2006-01-19 07:54:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK3382THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Plt.Off. Satit PROMPUNJAI, Directorate of Air Operations Control, Air Combat Command, Royal Thai Air Force, who has been selected to attend course(s) lis [...]
2006-06-06 05:25:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK3383THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for LCdr. Kittisak DEETHONGKUM, Naval Logistic Dept., Royal Thai Navy who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok possesses no cr [...]
2006-06-06 05:26:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK3384THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Col. Songpol RATTANAKOSATE, Royal Thai Army, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible information o [...]
2006-06-06 05:26:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK3385THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Flg. Off. Akrapat PHOSREELAP, Wing 41, 3rd Air Division, Air Combat Command, Royal Thai Air Force, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below [...]
2006-06-06 05:26:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK3386THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Ft.Lt. Pathira KETKLADYOO, Office of the Defence Budget, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible i [...]
2006-06-06 05:26:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK3413THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Lt.JG. Samarn CHAIPIM of 9th Infantry Battalion, Royal Guard, 3rd Infantry Regiment, Marine Division, Royal Thai Marine Corps who has been selected to at [...]
2006-06-07 02:44:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK3418THAILAND HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR: ILEA -
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) ILEA has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals listed below, who have been selected to attend the above-mentioned c [...]
2006-06-07 04:14:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK3442THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Col. Pradit PHOSRI, Directorate of Intelligence, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible informati [...]
2006-06-08 04:39:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK3443THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Special Group Captain Suchin WANNAROJ, Royal Thai Air Force, Special Operations Regiment, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embass [...]
2006-06-08 06:18:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK3444THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Ltc. Permsak PRASETSRI, 4th Infantry Regiment, Jirawat Camp, Royal Thai Army, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok po [...]
2006-06-08 06:18:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK3445THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Ltc. Narongrit PANIGABUTR, 3rd Infantry Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, Royal Thai Army, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Emba [...]
2006-06-08 06:18:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK3446THAILAND HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR: ATA - 5415
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) RSO has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals listed below, who have been selected to attend the above-mentioned c [...]
2006-06-08 06:18:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK3838THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Cpt. Kullajit SORNKHUM, Intelligence School, Royal Thai Army, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credi [...]
2006-06-29 03:43:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK3839THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Cpt. Penpim THALAWONG The Institute of Advance Military Studies, Royal Thai Army, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangko [...]
2006-06-29 03:43:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK4061THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for LtJg. Thaweesin KONGPRASERT, Naval Supply Department, Royal Thai Navy, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok possesses [...]
2006-07-10 04:02:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK4096THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR: MILOPS CONFERENCE
[...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to the individuals listed below from July 15 - July 23, 2006. C. Steven McGann J. Ashley Roach Capt. David H. Gordner William A. Conmley Ltc. Louis Ortiz 2. Per reftel all logistics being handled via USPACOM. No further action requi [...]
2006-07-11 03:17:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EWWT MOPS OTRA TH
06BANGKOK4137THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals listed below has been selected to attend the course listed above. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible information of gross violations of h [...]
2006-07-12 09:33:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK4140THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for 2Lt. Chutiphan SANTASONGKRAW, Joint and Combined Planning Exercise Office, Director of Joint Operation, Royal Thai Supreme Command who has been selected [...]
2006-07-12 09:34:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK4309THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Ltc. Worawech WANAMONGKOL, Artillery School, Royal Thai Army, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credi [...]
2006-07-19 08:55:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK4310THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Sqn.Ldr. Venika BOONMA-KLEE (WRTAF),Directorate of Intelligence, Royal Thai Air Force, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy [...]
2006-07-19 08:55:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK4311THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Wg.Cdr. Siripun RUANCAJORN, WRTAF, Directorate of Education and Training, Royal Thai Air Force, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. [...]
2006-07-19 08:55:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK4314THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Col. Komkai NUKUNKIT, Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credibl [...]
2006-07-19 08:55:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK4315THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Col. Kijkong RITTIKACHORN, Royal Thai Supreme Command, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible inf [...]
2006-07-19 08:55:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK4468THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individuals listed below who has been selected to attend the training for Excercise Fusion Torch 07-1 course. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible [...]
2006-07-25 06:03:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDAADP MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK4475THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for 1LT Piti EKSITIKUL, Directorate of Intelligence, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible informati [...]
2006-07-25 07:32:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK4476THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for 1LT Kamolsiri WONSRICHANALAI, Office of the Army Comptroller, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credi [...]
2006-07-25 07:33:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK4537THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Suvaree WUTHIKORN, SQN.LDR,Royal Thai Air Force, Special Operations Regiment, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok po [...]
2006-07-27 03:25:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK4538THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for COL. Apichai HONGTHONG, HQ 4th Army Area - Director of Operations, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok possesses no c [...]
2006-07-27 03:25:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK4539THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for WG.CDR. Somporn ROMPAYOM, Director of Operations - RTAF, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible i [...]
2006-07-27 03:25:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK4540THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Plt.Off. Tanaphon CHANHOM, Air Combat Command, (RTF),who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible info [...]
2006-07-27 03:25:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK4708THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Soontorn PISPUNT - Aviation Police Division, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible information o [...]
2006-08-03 08:24:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK4939THAILAND: UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1701
[...] On August 12, PolOff delivered reftel demarche, talking points, resolution text and the Secretary's statement to MFA North American and South Pacific Affairs Division Director Amornsate Singha. Amornsate promised to relay the demarche points to his Director General and Permanent Secretary. H [...]
2006-08-12 11:27:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER MOPS UN UNSC IS LE TH
06BANGKOK4982THAILAND: UNIFIL DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (C) On August 16, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Paisit Boonparlit, Political Counselor for the MFA's North American and South Pacific Affairs Division. Paisit said that the MFA had begun in-house discussions about Thailand's possible response to the situation in Lebanon during the week [...]
2006-08-16 06:07:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL LE TH
06BANGKOK4991THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Col. Chatchwahn PAYOONGWONG, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible information of gross violatio [...]
2006-08-16 08:36:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK5035THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Pol. Capt. Pongpol IEMVIJARN, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible information of gross violati [...]
2006-08-17 09:09:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK5036THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Pol. Capt. Nuntapoom RUENGRUNG, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible information of gross viola [...]
2006-08-17 09:09:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK507THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) RSO has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individuals who have been selected to attend the course mentioned above. Emba [...]
2006-01-27 01:20:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK508THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) ILEA has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals listed below to attend the Police Executive Role in Combating Terrori [...]
2006-01-27 01:20:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK509THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) ILEA has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individuals listed below, who has been selected to attend the Computer Facil [...]
2006-01-27 01:20:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK510THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Capt. Wichan WANTANEEYAKUL, Coast Guard, Royal Thai Navy, who has been se [...]
2006-01-27 01:20:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK511THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) NAS has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Pol.Capt. Thatchapong SARAWANANGKOOL, Economic Crime Investigation Division, Royal [...]
2006-01-27 01:21:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK5203CAR BOMB DISCOVERED NEAR PRIME MINISTER'S RESIDENCE
[...] (C) Summary: On August 24, Police defused a large car bomb in the neighborhood of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's residence and arrested an Army Lieutenant who works for a controversial retired Army Major General, Panlop Pinmanee. General Panlop has been dismissed from his position as Deput [...]
2006-08-24 11:16:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALASEC PINS MOPS PGOV TH
06BANGKOK5204CAR BOMB DISCOVERED NEAR PRIME MINISTER'S RESIDENCE
[...] (C) Summary: On August 24, Police defused a large car bomb in the neighborhood of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's residence and arrested an Army Lieutenant who works for a controversial retired Army Major General, Panlop Pinmanee. General Panlop has been dismissed from his position as Deput [...]
2006-08-24 11:18:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALASEC PINS MOPS PGOV TH
06BANGKOK5255CABINET MEMBER DISCUSSES THAI POLITICAL SITUATION
[...] (C) Cabinet member Suranand Vejjajiva told us on August 28 that he sought to encourage Prime Minister Thaksin to withdraw from politics as soon as possible, but others around Thaksin urged him to continue fighting his political opponents. Suranand, Minister Attached to the Prime Minister's Of [...]
2006-08-28 10:01:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS ASEC TH
06BANGKOK5312THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for 1Lt. Mongkol THUPCHAI, 2nd Infantry Battalion, 19st Inf. Regiment, Royal Thai Army, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bang [...]
2006-08-30 05:55:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK5423AMBASSADOR'S SEPTEMBER 1 MEETING WITH PRIVY
[...] (C) Privy Council member Surayud Chulanont envisions Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra might be forced to withdraw from political life through a relatively poor performance by his Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party in elections likely to take place in coming months. In a September 1 four-eyes meeting w [...]
2006-09-05 05:52:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM MOPS TH
06BANGKOK5463EX-CABINET SECRETARY ASSESSES PM THAKSIN'S POSITION
[...] (C) Thailand has become a police state, according to former Cabinet Secretary Borwornsak Uwanno, who claimed the government tapped the phones of political figures and that some key Thaksin Shinawatra loyalists remained in place out of fear. In a September 5 call on the Ambassador, Borwornsak [...]
2006-09-06 09:36:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM MOPS ASEC TH
06BANGKOK5466THAKSIN ADVISOR HEAPS SCORN ON OPPONENTS
[...] (C) Efforts to destroy Prime Minister Thaksin represent the decrepit Thai royalist oligarchy's desire to overthrow democracy, according to close Thaksin advisor Pansak Vinyaratn. In a September 5 meeting with the Ambassador, Pansak claimed Thaksin intended to withdraw from politics after the [...]
2006-09-06 09:45:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM MOPS ASEC TH
06BANGKOK5565THAKSIN LOYALIST SEES LIGHT AT THE END OF THE
[...] (C) Former House of Representatives Speaker Bhokin Bhalakula claimed the upcoming legislative election would reaffirm majority support for Thai Rak Thai (TRT),although Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra likely would not seek to remain as Prime Minister. In a September 8 lunch with the Ambassa [...]
2006-09-11 09:32:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PHUM MOPS ASEC TH
06BANGKOK5567THAI DEPUTY PM OPTIMISTIC ABOUT UPCOMING ELECTION
[...] (C) Deputy Prime Minister Suwat Liptapanlop predicted PM Thaksin Shinawatra's Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party would win a majority of the vote in the upcoming legislative election, and participation of opposition parties would diminish the enthusiasm for street demonstrations. In a September 11 lun [...]
2006-09-11 09:39:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS ASEC TH
06BANGKOK5635THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for GpCapt. Chatree PROMPUNTHAGORN (DPOB: 15 July 1963, Bangkok, Thailand),Royal Thai Air Force Institute of Higher Education, Air Education and Training C [...]
2006-09-13 08:38:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK5636THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for PolLtCol. Prathueang SRILAMONTRI (DPOB: 24 Sept. 1973, Bangkok, Thailand) Thai Marine Police, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. E [...]
2006-09-13 08:38:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK5637THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAGTHAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for 1Lt. Bunnarasi SIRIRAM (DPOB: 4 JUNE 1975, Saraburi, Thailand),Directorate of Joint Civil Affairs L(J-5),who has been selected to attend course(s) list [...]
2006-09-13 08:38:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK5638THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Lt Pamorn PUTTHANIMON, HTMS Putthaloetlanapalai, Frigate Squadron One, Sattahip, Cholburi, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embas [...]
2006-09-13 08:38:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK5639THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Lt. Kedsada ONCOMPA (DPOB: 20 Sept. 1974, Prachinburi, Thailand) HTMS Naresuan, Frigate Squadron Two, Sattahip, Cholburi, who has been selected to atten [...]
2006-09-13 08:38:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK5700THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG/THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Gp.Capt. Noppadol VERAYANGKURA, (DPOB: 17 Jan 1960, Bangkok, Th),Directorate of Medical Services, Logistics Support Group, Royal Thai Air Force, who ha [...]
2006-09-15 09:25:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK5711MILITARY AND PRIME MINISTER FACE OFF OVER MILITARY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The police have arrested more military personnel from the controversial military Internal Security Operation Command (ISOC) in connection with the alleged car bomb assassination attempt against Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Thai opinion is still very divided about whether t [...]
2006-09-15 10:26:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PHUM MOPS ASEC TH
06BANGKOK5748THAILAND HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR: ILEA -
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) ILEA has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals listed below, who have been selected to attend the above-mentioned c [...]
2006-09-18 11:02:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK5812THAILAND: WHO'S IN CHARGE? WHAT'S NEXT?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The "Council for Democratic Reform under the Monarchy" is in control of the government after a bloodless coup on the evening of September 19. The CDRM promises to cede control to an interim civilian government soon, and civil society contacts we spoke to today believed this wou [...]
2006-09-20 12:35:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MOPS PINS TH
06BANGKOK5814THAILAND MILITARY COUP LEADER BRIEFS FOREIGN
[...] 1. (C) Summary: The Thai military-led "Council for Democratic Reform Under the Constitutional Monarchy" (CDRM) held a briefing for the Bangkok diplomatic corps and defense attaches at Royal Thai Army Headquarters in Bangkok on September 20. Speaking for the CDRM, Army Commander-in-Chief So [...]
2006-09-20 13:02:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PHUM MOPS ASEC TH
06BANGKOK5832FORMER PREMIER ANAND: COUP FORESTALLED VIOLENCE
[...] (C) The September 19 coup d'etat forestalled an imminent violent confrontation between enemies and loyalists of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, according to former Prime Minister Anand Panyarachun. In a September 21 meeting with the Ambassador, Anand related that Thaksin had already [...]
2006-09-21 11:04:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM MOPS ASEC TH
06BANGKOK5836THE MONARCHY'S ROLE IN THAILAND'S SEPTEMBER 19 COUP
[...] (C) It remains unclear whether Thailand's King encouraged or provided approval in advance for the September 19 coup d'etat by the Council for Democratic Reform Under the Monarchy (CDRM). However, the CDRM is publicly linked to the monarchy to a greater extent than previous coup plotters, and [...]
2006-09-21 11:40:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM MOPS ASEC TH
06BANGKOK5894NEW CONSTITUTION DRAFTER BRIEFS AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) Constitution drafter Borwornsak Uwanno briefed the Ambassador September 25 on the intentions of the Council for Democratic Reform Under the Monarchy (CDRM),including: - The issuance of an interim constitution, on/about October 1, that would restore protections for civil liberties and pr [...]
2006-09-25 10:36:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM MOPS ASEC TH
06BANGKOK5895THAILAND UPDATE: SEPTEMBER 25
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Council for Democratic Reform Under the Constitutional Monarchy (CDRM) banned both wiretapping and political activities against the interests of the CDRM. Television broadcasts have featured the coup leaders receiving the Royal Command that gave the King's imprimatur to their [...]
2006-09-25 11:10:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL MOPS KDEM ASEC TH
06BANGKOK5908PRIVY COUNCIL PRESIDENT PREM DISCUSSES TRANSITION
[...] (C) I spoke with Privy Council President Prem Tinsulanonda September 25, explaining I wanted to check on his well-being, given reports on the night of the coup that Thaksin had tried to arrange Prem's arrest. Sounding relaxed, confident, and very pleased with the course of events, Prem assured [...]
2006-09-26 04:10:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM MOPS ASEC TH
06BANGKOK5928THAI MFA PERMSEC CONFIDENT OF MEETING TWO WEEK
[...] (C) MFA Permanent Secretary Krit Garnjana-Goonchorn said the King would sign Thailand's interim constitution on September 29. In a September 26 meeting with the Ambassador, Krit said this constitution would provide for the Council for Democratic Reform (CDR) to become a new Security Council, [...]
2006-09-26 11:02:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM MOPS ASEC TH
06BANGKOK5972DEMOCRAT PARTY LEADER DISCUSSES COUP AFTERMATH
[...] (C) Democrat Party (DP) leader Abhisit Vejjajiva expressed confidence that Council for Democratic Reform (CDR) leader General Sonthi would happily relinquish power, but Abhisit thought the CDR would have difficulty restoring full civil liberties until taking measures against key Thaksin admini [...]
2006-09-28 10:57:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM MOPS ASEC TH
06BANGKOK6002CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR EMERGES AS TOP ECONOMIC
[...] (C) Summary: In a September 28 meeting with the Ambassador, Bank of Thailand Governor Pridiyathorn Devakula stated his intention to be the prime economic adviser to the soon to be appointed interim Prime Minister (reportedly, General Surayud Chulanond). He confirmed the CDR's commitment to [...]
2006-09-29 10:03:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PINS PHUM MOPS ASEC TH
06BANGKOK6003CONCERNS OVER DRAFT INTERIM CONSTITUTION
[...] (C) The Council for Democratic Reform (CDR) has circulated a draft interim constitution with provisions that would allow the military officials in the CDR to retain excessive influence over the civilian administration. The draft constitution has likely evolved since this early draft was circu [...]
2006-09-29 10:13:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MOPS KDEM TH
06BANGKOK6004AMBASSADOR PRESSES CDR ON TRANSITION
[...] (C) The Ambassador on September 29 pressed Council for Democratic Reform (CDR) Secretary General Winai Phattiyakul to address concerns that CDR members would retain substantial influence after the promulgation of the interim constitution. Winai explained that certain provisions of the interim [...]
2006-09-29 10:28:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM MOPS ASEC TH
06BANGKOK6087THAI INTERIM PM SURAYUD CHULANONT
[...] (C) Thai interim Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont has a record of advocating military reform including -- ironically -- keeping the military out of politics, policies he strongly supported as Army Chief from 1998 to 2002. He was relegated by then Prime Minister Thaksin to the less important Su [...]
2006-10-04 12:04:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL MOPS KDEM TH
06BANGKOK6121THAILAND UPDATE: OCTOBER 5
[...] (C) Council for National Security (CNS) Secretary General Winai Phattiyakul told the press that the parliament would have to initiate the lifting of martial law; involving the not-yet-formed parliament could significantly delay the restoration of full civil liberties. An academic advisor to t [...]
2006-10-05 10:12:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ECON MOPS KDEM ASEC TH
06BANGKOK6241AMBASSADOR PRESSES CNS TO LIFT MARTIAL LAW,
[...] (C) The Ambassador met October 11 with Council for National Security (CNS) Secretary General Winai Phattiyakul to press for an acceleration of the existing timetable for elections, the lifting of martial law and the full restoration of civil liberties as soon as possible. Winai promised the R [...]
2006-10-11 10:57:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM MOPS KDEM TH
06BANGKOK6243THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG/THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals listed below who have been selected to participate in Balance Torch 07-1. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible information of gross violati [...]
2006-10-12 03:01:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK662THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Lt. Smitnat KUNNAVATANA, HTMS Taksin Frigate Squadron 2, Royal Thai Fleet, [...]
2006-02-03 08:24:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK663THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Lt.JG Niran KONGNAN, Diving and ECOD Unit, Naval Ordnance Department, Roya [...]
2006-02-03 08:24:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK664THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Wg.Cdr. Alongkot TAMPRASERT, RTAF Institute of Higher Education, Air Educa [...]
2006-02-03 08:25:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK665THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Sqn. Ldr. Patinya IDTIPONG, Directorate of Aeronautical Engineering, Logis [...]
2006-02-03 08:25:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK6987THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) DAO has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the following individual, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed above. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible information of gross violations of human [...]
2006-11-20 08:38:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK7150EXPLAINING THE DECISION TO LIFT MARTIAL LAW
[...] (C) The cabinet's November 28 decision to lift martial law in a majority of Thailand's provinces was due in no small part to a desire to respond to international concerns, although domestic opinion-makers had begun increasingly questioning the need for restrictions on civil liberties. Since Se [...]
2006-11-29 11:25:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM MOPS TH
06BANGKOK7544THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) Legatt has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual listed below who has been selected to attend the above course(s). Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible information of gross violations of hum [...]
2006-12-21 07:50:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK7545THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) LEGATT has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual listed below who has been selected to attend the above course(s). Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible information of gross violations of hum [...]
2006-12-21 07:50:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK7548THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG/THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual(s) who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible information of gross violations of human [...]
2006-12-21 08:34:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK795THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the US Federal Air Marshal Train-the-Trainer Program from February 27 - Ma [...]
2006-02-10 02:00:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK962THAILAND HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR: TRAINING ON
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) NAS has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals from the Dept. of Special Investigations (Thai FBI),Ministry of Just [...]
2006-02-16 10:52:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANJUL253THE GAMBIA: FURTHER REPORT OF FIGHTING NEAR
[...] (SBU) Reftel contains GOTG report of April 21 outbreak of violence, possibly involving forces of dissident MFDC commander Salif Sadio, in the Casamance region near the border with The Gambia. Subsequently, on April 25, a knowledgeable source, present in the Gambian village of Ndemba Jola, loca [...]
2006-04-25 16:58:00Embassy BanjulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MOPS PREF SG GA
06BANJUL259THE GAMBIA: MORE ON REPORTED FIGHTING NEAR GAMBIAN
[...] (SBU) In April 26 conversation, Ambassador asked Interior Minister Baboucar Jatta about situation along The Gambia's border with Senegal's Casamance region, following recent reports of fighting -- most recently during night of April 24-25 -- in that area, involving forces of dissident MFDC com [...]
2006-04-26 17:50:00Embassy BanjulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MOPS PREF CASC SG GA
06BANJUL367THE GAMBIA: FOLLOW-UP DEMARCHE ON PRESSING AU TO
[...] (C) In recent discussion with Ambassador, the senior Presidential adviser, Secretary General Mambury Njie, raised our previous demarche to urge President Jammeh's intervention with AU Commission Chairman Konare and/or PSC Chair Djinnit on behalf of AU's expeditious acceptance of NATO's offer of [...]
2006-06-09 16:53:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MASS PGOV AU SU GA
06BANJUL368THE GAMBIA: FOLLOW-UP DEMARCHE ON PRESSING AU TO
[...] (C) In recent discussion with Ambassador, the senior Presidential adviser, Secretary General Mambury Njie, raised our previous demarche to urge President Jammeh's intervention with AU Commission Chairman Konare and/or PSC Chair Djinnit on behalf of AU's expeditious acceptance of NATO's offer of [...]
2006-06-09 16:58:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MASS PGOV AU SU GA
06BANJUL411DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT: AU PSC REAFFIRMS AMIS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The African Union's Peace and Security Council (PSC),meeting on June 27 at the ministerial level at the AU Summit in Banjul, heard briefings on Somalia and election preparations in the Democratic Republic of Congo, but issued a sole communique focusing on Darfur Peace Agreement [...]
2006-06-28 17:48:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO AU SU SO
06BANJUL526REFUGEES FROM SENEGAL'S CASAMANCE REGION STREAMING
[...] (C) As reported in ref A, the fighting that erupted between Senegal's military and MFDC rebels in Senegal's Casamance region has resulted in a large influx of refugees into The Gambia. According to our sources, the estimated number of refugees ranges from 2500 to 4500, with the latter being m [...]
2006-08-23 17:18:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREF PHUM PINS SG PU PREL GA
06BANJUL574THE GAMBIA: UPDATE ON TIES WITH SENEGAL
[...] (C) In September 15 discussion, Senegalese Ambassador Fall cited the improved tenor in Senegalese/Gambian ties in recent months, expressed certainty that Gambian President Jammeh would win re-election September 22 by a comfortable margin, and knocked down rumors of close ties between Senegalese [...]
2006-09-16 10:33:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF MOPS PINS SG GA
06BANJUL708THE GAMBIA: SENEGALESE VISITORS, JAMMEH'S
[...] (C) President Jammeh used high-level Senegalese visits to deny -- unconvincingly -- meddling in the Casamance and profess his commitment to good ties with Senegal. Senegalese Chief of Defense Staff spoke of plans to conclude a MOU with the Gambian military to strengthen cooperation via, inter [...]
2006-11-20 18:32:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS MOPS GA SG
06BEIJING16822PRC/LEBANON: BEIJING SKEPTICAL ABOUT PROSPECTS FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: BEIJING BELIEVES UNSRC 1701 IS A "GOOD RESOLUTION" BUT IS SKEPTICAL ABOUT PROSPECTS FOR ITS SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION. MFA WEST ASIA AND NORTH AFRICA DEPARTMENT LEVANT DIVISION DIRECTOR CHEN WEIQING SAID AUGUST 15 THAT EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1701 WILL DEPEND ON RESOLVI [...]
2006-08-15 10:47:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS CH UN IS LE
06BEIJING16876PRC/LEBANON: CHINA CONSIDERING SENDING
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAGRAPH 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY. BEIJING IS CAREFULLY CONSIDERING REQUESTS FOR CHINESE CONTRIBUTIONS TO AN EXPANDED UNIFIL UNDER UNSCR 1701, SAID MFA INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR GENERAL WU HAI LONG AT A MEETING WITH THE DCM ON AUGUST 16. [...]
2006-08-16 11:01:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS LE UNSC CH
06BEIJING24201CHINA: GEN. XIONG GUANGKAI TELLS AMBASSADOR 2006
[...] (C) This has been a "benchmark year" for United State-China relations, General Xiong Guangkai, President of the China Institute for International Strategic Studies (CIISS),told the Ambassador. The relationship has developed in a comprehensive manner including advances in military relations a [...]
2006-11-30 11:56:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS MOPS CH TN KN IR JP
06BEIJING5703PART I OF III: PRC/INDIA: INDIAN DIPLOMAT REPORTS
[...] (C) Border talks between China and India are making progress, according to an Indian Embassy officer, who described the March 11-13 discussions between Indian National Security Advisor Shri M.K. Narayanan and EVFM Dai Bingguo as "optimistic." He also noted that Indian PM Singh and President H [...]
2006-03-28 16:43:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS IN CH
06BEIJING5704PART II OF III: PRC/INDIA: INDIAN DIPLOMAT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-28 16:48:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS IN CH
06BEIJING5705PART III OF III: PRC/INDIA: INDIAN DIPLOMAT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-28 16:49:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS IN CH
06BEIJING8787PRC RESPONSE TO U.S. POINTS ON U.S.-JAPAN 2-PLUS-2
[...] (C) China appreciates the fact that the USG provided information in a transparent manner regarding the U.S.-Japan 2-plus-2 meeting held in Washington on May 1, MFA Asian Affairs Deputy Director General Qiu Guohong said in response to Polmincouns? delivery May 10 of reftel talking points on th [...]
2006-05-11 08:51:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS ENRG PINR JA CH
06BEIJING8836PACOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL FALLON'S DIALOGUE WITH
[...] (C) Pacific Command Commander Admiral Fallon stressed the importance of transparency and engagement between militaries in the Asia-Pacific region during a May 10 discussion with Chinese academics hosted by the Ambassador. Admiral Fallon reviewed U.S. commitments and responsibilities in the ar [...]
2006-05-12 01:35:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS CH TW KN JP
06BEIJING8918PACOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL FALLON MEETS WITH BEIJING
[...] (SBU) At an upbeat discussion with Beijing University students May 11, Pacific Command Commander Admiral Fallon underlined that the U.S. military's goal in the Asia-Pacific region is to create stable conditions that will allow people to prosper and lead productive lives. Iran and Japan were [...]
2006-05-12 09:32:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS CH TW KN JP
06BEIJING9009PACOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL FALLON MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing agreed to adjust his schedule to allow for a meeting with Admiral Fallon in spite of his heavy commitments in the run-up to a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. FM Li told Admiral Fallon that the aim of China's military development is to safegua [...]
2006-05-15 03:24:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS CH TW KN JP
06BEIJING9010PACOM COMMANDER FALLON'S DISCUSSION WITH PLA
[...] (C) President Hu discussed with President Bush the need for the United States and China to view their bilateral relationship from a strategic level with a long-term perspective, PLA Deputy Chief of the General Staff General Ge Zhenfeng told PACOM Commander Admiral Fallon during a May 10 meeti [...]
2006-05-15 05:59:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS MOPS CH TN KN JP
06BEIJING9041PACOM ADMIRAL FALLON'S DISCUSSION WITH CENTRAL
[...] (C) During an extended discussion, Central Military Commission Vice Chairman and Defense Minister General Cao Gangchuan told PACOM Commander Admiral Fallon that the PLA sought more military exchanges with the United States; discussed the PLA's strategy and budget priorities; and repeated fami [...]
2006-05-15 06:12:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS MOPS CH TN KN JP
06BEIRUT1357MGLE01: UNIFIL SEES NO REASON FOR SPIKE IN
[...] (C) On May 2, UNIFIL Senior Adviser Milos Strugar told econoff that UNIFIL observed 10 Israeli jets violating the Blue Line on May 1. He said that the Lebanese army had opened fire with anti-aircraft artillery, but Hizballah did not respond in any way. According to Strugar, there had been [...]
2006-05-02 15:09:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALIS KPKO LE MOPS PTER
06BEIRUT1540MGLE01: UNIFIL COMMANDER SAYS HIZBALLAH IS
[...] (C) The UNIFIL Force Commander, General Alain Pellegrini, confirmed to IO A/S Silverberg that UNIFIL has recently observed increased construction activities at Hizballah positions on the Lebanese side of the Blue Line. Noting that the new outposts were more sophisticated in their design and [...]
2006-05-17 14:04:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALIS KPKO LE MOPS PTER IO
06BEIRUT1676MGLE01: UN SYG'S REPRESENTATIVE DISCUSSES
[...] (S) In a 5/23 meeting, the UN Secretary-General's Personal Representative to Lebanon told visiting S/CT Coordinator Crumpton that Hizballah emerged as a "mixture" of Iranian Islamic-revolutionary links, social grievances in the Shi'a community, a fight against Israel, and what eventually beca [...]
2006-05-30 11:17:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPTER KISL MOPS KDEM SOCI LE SY IR IS
06BEIRUT1680MGLE01: S/CT COORDINATOR'S MEETING WITH LEBANESE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: S/CT Coordinator Crumpton and the Ambassador, accompanied by Defense Attache, met May 23 with Director of LAF G2 Brigadier General Georges Khoury. BG Khoury provided an overview of the terrorism situation from the LAF G2 perspective. He noted three distinct terrorist threat l [...]
2006-05-30 12:04:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPTER PREL MARR MOPS LE
06BEIRUT1690MGLE01: A WEEKEND OF VIOLENCE IN SOUTHERN LEBANON
[...] (C) The weekend of May 26-28 saw some of the most intense violence in southern Lebanon since the Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon in 2000. On May 26, a car bomb in Sidon killed Islamic Jihad official Abu Hamzeh and his brother. Islamic Jihad blamed Israel and then retracted its stat [...]
2006-05-30 13:28:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALIS KPAL KPKO LE MOPS PTER
06BEIRUT1735MGLE01: MINDEF MURR OFFERS THEORY ON BLUE LINE
[...] (S) Summary and comment: In a 6/1 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr said that Hizballah was the primary instigator of Sunday's Blue Line incidents (reftel) but had seriously miscalculated, believing that the Israeli response would be limited [...]
2006-06-01 15:36:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPTER MOPS KPKO PREL KPAL LE IS JO
06BEIRUT1746MGLE01: SINIORA SEES SYRIAN AND PALESTINIAN
[...] (S) In a 6/1 meeting, Prime Minister Siniora told the Ambassador he suspects Syrian and Palestinian agents were behind a violent 5/28 exchange with Israel. He also said it was impossible for the attacks to have been carried out without Hizballah's knowledge, and expressed concern that Hizbal [...]
2006-06-02 12:39:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPTER KDEM MOPS KPAL KPAO LE IS SY
06BEIRUT1772MGLE01: FORMER UNIFIL OFFICIAL VIEWS RECENT
[...] (C) In a June 1 meeting with econoff, former UNIFIL spokesman Timur Goksel said he believed Hizballah was involved in the early morning Katyusha barrage that began the fighting in southern Lebanon on May 28 (reftel). For Goksel, the rocket strike was too accurate not to involve a Hizballah [...]
2006-06-05 14:05:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALEFIN IR IS LE MOPS PTER
06BEIRUT1921MGLE01: HIZBALLAH TOLD UN IT DID NOT FIRE FIRST
[...] (C) On June 13, Georges Nasr, political officer in the office of UNSYG Personal Representative to Lebanon Geir Pederson, briefed econoff on a recent meeting between the UN office and Hizballah representatives in early June. Nasr said the Hizballah officials denied that Hizballah fired the f [...]
2006-06-14 09:50:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALIS KPKO LE MOPS PTER
06BEIRUT2347MGLE01: HIZBALLAH ABDUCTION OF TWO IDF SOLDIERS
[...] (C) According to local UN officials, a day of heavy fighting in southern Lebanon began at approximately 0900 local when an undetermined number of rockets launched from southern Lebanon landed the area of Shlomi, Israel, injuring at least four Israeli civilians. Nearly simultaneously, fighti [...]
2006-07-12 16:33:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALIS KPKO LE MOPS PTER SY
06BEIRUT2349MGLE01: FIGHTING ESCALATES AS ISRAEL STRIKES
[...] (C) On the morning of July 13, Israel continued airstrikes on southern Lebanon, increasing the death toll to more than 30 civilian casualties. Israeli aircraft also bombed Beirut International Airport (BIA) and Hizballah targets in southern Beirut. BIA is closed until further notice. Hizb [...]
2006-07-13 09:02:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEAIR IS KPKO LE MOPS PTER
06BEIRUT2386TFLE01: ISRAEL HITS SOUTHERN BEIRUT HARD; AIRPORT
[...] (C) Subsequent to reftel, Israeli aircraft have bombed two small airports, a power plant, and struck hard at targets in the southern suburbs of Beirut. Two rockets were reported to have struck Haifa, but Hizballah denied responsibility and UNIFIL could not confirm that the rockets were launched fro [...]
2006-07-14 10:13:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALIS LE MOPS PTER
06BEIRUT2387TFLE01: PM SINIORA CONVOKES P-5, URGES "HELPFUL"
[...] (C) Convoking the P-5 ambassadors on 7/14, Prime Minister Siniora urged that the UN Security Council issue a presidential statement that calls for: 1) an immediate, comprehensive cease-fire, 2) a lifting of the blockade on Lebanon, and 3) encouragement of the Lebanese government's stated int [...]
2006-07-14 10:22:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PTER LE IS
06BEIRUT2403TFLE01: LARSEN TO PROPOSE HANDOVER OF ISRAELI
[...] (C/NF) On July 16, the Ambassador and econoff had a late night meeting with UN envoy Terje Roed-Larsen and UNSYG Personal Representative to Lebanon Geir Pederson. Larsen showed a draft proposal to the Ambassador, which Larsen said that he was drawing from orally but not providing to GOL officials. [...]
2006-07-17 11:49:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNIS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2407TFLE01: BERRI SAYS CEASE-FIRE NECESSARY
[...] (C/NF) Lebanon's Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri told the Ambassador today (7/17) that within another week, continued Israeli strikes will solidify Lebanese popular opinion against Israel. For now, however, he suggested in a most oblique manner that the potential for Israel's assault to we [...]
2006-07-17 17:50:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNIS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2412TFLE01: CENTRAL BANK REQUESTS USG ASSISTANCE IN
[...] (U) This message contains an action message for the Department -- see para 6. 2. (C) Finance Minister Jihad Azour alerted us this morning to a forthcoming request from the Lebanese Central Bank for assistance in transporting cash in US dollars from Cyprus to Beirut. The Central Bank planned to co [...]
2006-07-18 16:20:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS EFIN ASEC LE IS
06BEIRUT2413TFLE01: INCENSED BY ISRAELI TARGETING OF LAF,
[...] (S/NF) While acknowledging that there was something not quite right abotu the activities at the Jamhour military base, French Ambassador Emie described recent Israeli strikes on Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) facilities as "unbelievable." If the Israeli campaign was going to continue along these lines [...]
2006-07-18 16:26:00Embassy BeirutSECRET//NOFORNPREL MOPS PTER ASEC CASC LE FR
06BEIRUT2415TFLE01: UNSYG PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE PEDERSON
[...] (C) In a July 18 meeting with the Ambassador and econoff, UNSYG Personal Representative to Lebanon Geir Pederson shared a new draft of the UN proposal to end the fighting (reftel). This document (which has many elements that spell its doom in its current form) is transcribed below in para 3. Peders [...]
2006-07-18 16:43:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNIR IS KPKO LE MOPS PTER
06BEIRUT2417TFLE01: AOUN'S ADVISORS PROPOSE DIFFERENT PATHS
[...] (C) While Michel Aoun's close advisor Gebran Bassil continues to defend Hizballah's actions (but with less energy than before),Aoun's other influential advisors MP Farid el-Khazen and MP Ibrahim Kanaan unambiguously stated to poloff that Hizballah deliberately started the current cycle of violence [...]
2006-07-18 18:33:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALIS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2427TFLE01: UNSYG PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE URGES
[...] (C/NF) In a 7/19 meeting, the Personal Representative of the UN Secretary-General (PRSG),Geir Pedersen, told the Ambassador there is an urgent need to establish humanitarian corridors to southern Lebanon in order to address an "increasing humanitarian disaster" there. Among these routes wou [...]
2006-07-20 16:47:00Embassy BeirutSECRET//NOFORNMOPS EAID PREF PREL LE IS
06BEIRUT2428TFLE01: HIZBALLAH EXPERTS SAY EARLY END TO
[...] (C) On July 20, econoff polled three Hizballah experts on the party's strategy and next steps in the current fighting with Israel. All three agreed that if the fighting ended now, Hizballah would appear victorious. As of July 20, much of Hizballah's military capabilities and support in the Shia com [...]
2006-07-20 16:47:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALIR IS LE MOPS PGOV PTER SY
06BEIRUT2429TFLE01: SINIORA CONVOKES DIPLOMATIC CORPS TO
[...] (U) In a terse but emotionally-tinged 7/19 address to the diplomatic corps, Prime Minister Siniora demanded an immediate end to hostilities between Hizballah and the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF),a lifting of the Israeli naval blockade, and delivery of urgently-needed humanitarian assistance. [...]
2006-07-20 16:49:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS EAID PTER PREF LE IS
06BEIRUT2440TFLE01: SPEAKER BERRI SAYS HE IS WAITING FOR
[...] (C/NF) In a July 22 meeting with the Ambassador and econoff, Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri recited the devastation Israeli military operations have caused to his native southern Lebanon. By contrast, Berri asserted that Israel has not exacted much damage on Hizballah's military wing, saying onl [...]
2006-07-22 14:09:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNIS LE MOPS PGOV PTER SY
06BEIRUT2441TFLE01 MARCH 14 LEADER BOUTROS HARB ALSO URGES
[...] (C) MP Boutros Harb, a key figure in the pro-reform March 14 movement, believes Hizballah, as of July 21, has not been significantly hurt -- either in its leadership or its military capabilities. Harb said that if Hizballah can reach a cease-fire in its present relatively strong condition, it will [...]
2006-07-22 14:13:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALIS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2443TFLE01: AMINE GEMAYEL SAYS CEASE-FIRE SHOULD
[...] (S/NF) In a 7/21 meeting, Amine Gemayel, former President of the Republic of Lebanon, told the Ambassador that diplomatic efforts to solve the current conflict should focus on securing a long term solution to the cyclical security crises along the Lebanese-Israeli border, with any discussions of pr [...]
2006-07-23 09:37:00Embassy BeirutSECRET//NOFORNIS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2447TFLE01: MARONITE DOYEN WARNS: "THE WEST MUST WIN
[...] (C/NF) On 7/22, Maronite doyen Sheikh Michel el Khoury (and son of Lebanon's first president) told the Ambassador that the West's hopes for democracy in the Middle East depend upon winning the current war against Hizballah and its Syrian and Iranian backers. Still, Sheikh Michel warned that with it [...]
2006-07-23 18:22:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNIS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2464TFLE01: BERRI SAYS ISRAEL WON'T WIN
[...] (C/NF) In July 25 meeting with Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri, the Ambassador followed up Secretary Rice's visit in presenting updated elements for a cease-fire package. Berri, after his customary review of Israeli acts, said he was still doubtful Hizballah would accept the proposal if a prisone [...]
2006-07-25 13:33:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNIS LE MOPS PBTS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2469TFLE01: SINIORA SAYS HE IS READY TO REQUEST AN
[...] (C/NF) In a 7/25 meeting, Prime Minister Siniora, after much prodding, told the Ambassador that he was ready to make a public call for the deployment of an international stabilization force in southern Lebanon. (He said he would do so at a 7/26 Core Group conference in Rome.) He urged that the USG [...]
2006-07-25 16:17:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPINS MOPS PTER KPKO LE IS
06BEIRUT2470TFLE01: UN PRSG: "DON'T RUSH" ON INTERNATIONAL
[...] (C/NF) In a 7/25 conversation, Geir Pedersen, Personal Representative of the UN Secretary-General (PRSG),emphasized the importance of showing Lebanon's Shia community that a domestic political approach to Hizballah's disarmament remained possible. He recommended that an international stabilization [...]
2006-07-25 16:20:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPINS PTER MOPS KPKO EAID LE
06BEIRUT2471TFLE01: SAMIR JA'JA' SUPPORTS PROPOSED PATH TO
[...] (C) After the Ambassador reviewed current thinking regarding the components of a possible cease-fire, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Ja'ja' expressed his overall support of the approach, particularly the intent to implement all the components in a single phase. He also conveyed his belief that a holl [...]
2006-07-25 18:38:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALIS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2474TFLE01: SHIA ANGER BUTTRESSING HIZBALLAH;
[...] (C/NF) On July 26, Embassy contacts in the Shia community reported that Shia support for Hizballah was strong, as was anger at the USG for supporting Israel. There was a general feeling that Hizballah must remain armed or "they" will pick off the Shia one by one. Morale inside Hizballah remains hig [...]
2006-07-26 15:49:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNIS KISL LE MOPS PTER
06BEIRUT2475TFLE01: UN IN LEBANON FEELING PRESSURE FROM BOTH
[...] (C/NF) On July 26, UNIFIL Senior Adviser Milos Strugar told econoff that UNIFIL suspected that the July 25 Israeli airstrike on an UNTSO post near Khiam was deliberate. UNIFIL had warned the IDF for several days that it was striking a UN post. Close calls have been reported at other UN posts along [...]
2006-07-26 15:50:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNIS KPKO LE MOPS PREL PTER
06BEIRUT2476TFLE01: UNSYG PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE PEDERSEN
[...] (C/NF) In a July 26 meeting with the Ambassador and econoff, UNSYG Personal Representative to Lebanon Geir Pedersen urged an immediate de-escalation to the fighting even if a cease-fire takes some time. He warned that the humanitarian situation and violence could spiral out of control in less than [...]
2006-07-26 16:47:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNIS KPKO LE MOPS PBTS PTER
06BEIRUT2488TFLE01: SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN VILLAGES BESET BY
[...] (C) A delegation of the municipal heads of four Christian villages located near the Blue Line told econoff on July 28 that Hizballah was sneaking into their villages and launching rockets from inside them. The resulting Israeli airstrikes damage houses and kill civilians. The municipal hea [...]
2006-07-28 13:17:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALIS LE MOPS PHUM PTER
06BEIRUT2489TFLE01: PM SINIORA UPBEAT ON CEASE-FIRE
[...] (C/NF) In a July 28 meeting with the Ambassador, PM Fouad Siniora was in buoyant spirits following what he saw as a major political victory in last night's (July 27) meeting of the Council of Ministers. Siniora said after several hours of tense argument, he finally told the Council that either they [...]
2006-07-29 06:58:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNIS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2491TFLE01: UNSYG REPRESENTATIVE PEDERSEN SEES ISRAEL
[...] (C/NF) In a July 28 meeting with the Ambassador and econoff, UNSYG Personal Representative Geir Pedersen said that he saw Israel getting bogged down in its military campaign. Based on information Pedersen was receiving, Israel's ground incursion was not successful, and a full-scale invasion [...]
2006-07-29 10:12:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNIR IS KPKO LE MOPS PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2504TFLE01: SINIORA BELIEVES HE HAS THE CONFIDENCE OF
[...] (C/NF) In a meeting with the Ambassador and poloff late on July 31, Prime Minister Siniora explained that his declaration to not negotiate until a cease-fire had been implemented gave him the credibility and support he needs across Lebanon's political spectrum to conclude a durable cease-fire agree [...]
2006-08-01 07:01:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNIS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2508TFLE01: AOUN PARROTS PIAF: "JE NE REGRETTE RIEN"
[...] (C/NF) Former General Michel Aoun displayed a stubborn refusal to face the reality of Hizballah's renegade status in Lebanon. Far from holding Hassan Nasrallah accountable for the violence that began with Hizballah's attack on July 12, Aoun said that as long as the fighting continued, all of Lebano [...]
2006-08-01 12:34:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNIS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2509TGLE01: UNREP WITH OMINOUS MESSAGE FROM HIZBALLAH
[...] (S/NF) Geir Pedersen, the UN Secretary General's Personal Representative for Lebanon, contacted the Ambassador on 8/1 to say that he had received an "alarming message" from his "usual contact." (Note: Pedersen's usual contact is Hizballah's Wafiq Safa. End note.) The message was initially reassurin [...]
2006-08-01 13:00:00Embassy BeirutSECRET//NOFORNPREL MOPS PTER KISL LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2513TFLE01: MP BOUTROS HARB: NASRALLAH CANNOT BECOME
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 1, Ambassador and Emboff met with MP Boutros Harb at his home in Beirut. Harb insisted that Hizballah must be prevented from emerging from the conflict in a position of power, as this would spell tragedy for Lebanon and the region. Yet he warned that as Hizballah continues to [...]
2006-08-01 16:10:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALASEC IS LE MOPS PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2518TFLE01: SOURCES: HIZBALLAH FEELS IT IS WINNING
[...] (C/NF) On August 1, three reliable sources on Hizballah told us that Hizballah believes it is winning the war with Israel. Former UNIFIL spokesman Timur Goksel said that Hizballah has already won in the minds of the Lebanese people for standing up to Israel. Israeli tactics and ineffectiveness has [...]
2006-08-02 10:54:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNIR IS LE MOPS PTER
06BEIRUT2526TFLE01: LEBANESE INDUSTRY HEADS CALL FOR BUSINESS
[...] (SBU) Leading Lebanese business and industry associations have asked Embassy Beirut for the immediate establishment of safe commercial corridors for passage of imports and exports. Lebanese business leaders stressed the need for industry leaders to have "a sense that this war will never happen [...]
2006-08-03 14:05:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIS LE MOPS PGOV PREL SY EFIN ECON ETRD EINV
06BEIRUT2529TFLE01: NASSIB LAHOUD OFFERS ADVICE FOR THE DAY
[...] (C/NF) Displaying notable resilience and cautious optimism despite the difficult conditions his country faces, pro-reform leader Nassib Lahoud advised the Embassy that the most critical element in preventing a Hizballah "victory" after the war is to take the lead in the reconstruction of post-confl [...]
2006-08-03 17:09:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNIS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2534TFLE01: ISRAELI ATTACKS ON NORTH COAST BRIDGE
[...] (C) No doubt the Israelis can provide military justification for their attacks on three bridges going north starting from the Christian port city of Jounieh this morning (8/04) and cutting off the &corridor8 that the GOI told the world would remain open to Syria. But whatever the Israeli rationale, [...]
2006-08-04 13:38:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PTER PROG CASC LE IS
06BEIRUT2535TFLE01: PM SINIORA WANTS A SINGLE PHASE AGREEMENT
[...] (C/NF) PM Siniora pushed back hard against the US/FR plan to implement a cessation of hostilities and Israeli withdrawal in two phases. Worried about Israeli troops remaining inside Lebanon, Siniora prefers a single phase that combines a withdrawal of Israeli forces from Lebanese territory with an [...]
2006-08-05 08:00:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALIS LE MOPS PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2539TFLE01: UN REP SEES CRITICAL WINDOW OF
[...] (C) On August 5, A/S Welch and Ambassador Feltman met with the UNSYG's Personal Representative for Lebanon Geir Pedersen and UN Senior Political Affairs Officer Salman Sheikh. Reiterating concerns expressed previously (refs a and b),Pedersen stressed that Israeli military action would not achieve [...]
2006-08-05 15:23:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKPKO MOPS PREL PTER IS SY LE
06BEIRUT2540TFLE01: JUMBLATT AND HAMADE ON TWO-PHASE SOLUTION
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: On August 4 A/S Welch, Ambassador, and PolOff attended a dinner hosted by Marwan Hamade, Minister of Telecommunications, and attended by Walid Jumblatt, leader of the Druze community and the Progressive Socialist Party. Jumblatt warned that what he described as Israel's ineffective [...]
2006-08-06 07:27:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNIS LE MOPS PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2541TFLE01: A/S WELCH MEETS WITH SPEAKER BERRI
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: On August 5, NEA Assistant Secretary Welch, Ambassador, and PolOff met with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, accompanied by Foreign Policy Advisor Ali Hamdan, at his office in Ain al-Tinneh, Beirut. A/S Welch explained to Berri the two-phase resolution being proposed to end [...]
2006-08-06 07:28:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALIS LE MOPS PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2542TFLE01: SINIORA SOUNDS AN OMINOUS NOTE ON DRAFT
[...] (C) Prime Minister Siniora called UNSC member nations' ambassadors to the Grand Serail on the morning of August 6 for a two hour "chat" during which he outlined the GOL's main concerns with the draft UN resolution currently being discussed in New York. During the meeting, which was also attended by [...]
2006-08-06 13:37:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PTER SY IS LE
06BEIRUT2544TFLE01: CHRISTIAN POLITICAL LEADERS SAY SHEBA'A
[...] (C/NF) On August 5, A/S Welch and Ambassador Feltman met with Christian leaders from the anti-Syria March 14 movement, including former President Amin Gemayel, his son and Minister of Industry Pierre Gemayel, Dory Chamoun, Carlos Edde, Fares Souaid, George Adwan, and presidential hopefuls Nayla Moa [...]
2006-08-07 06:58:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMOPS PREL PTER SY IS LE
06BEIRUT2545TFLE01: PM SINIORA HOLDS FAST ON SHEBA'A, INSISTS
[...] (C/NF) A/S Welch's second meeting with PM Siniora in 24 hours clarified Lebanon's preferred sequence of events at cease-fire. But the Prime Minister would not budge from his "requirement" that the IDF withdraw from all Lebanese territory, including Sheba'a. Siniora argued hard that unless the Israe [...]
2006-08-07 06:59:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNIS LE MOPS PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2553TFLE01: DEFENSE MINISTER MURR CONFIDENT IN RAPID
[...] (C) During an August 7 meeting with the Ambassador and TDY poloff (notetaker),Lebanese Defense Minister Elias Murr confidently claimed that 15000 LAF troops, if called upon, could begin deploying to the South within 12 hours. (Note: this meeting took place before the cabinet decision authorizing d [...]
2006-08-08 05:25:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMOPS PREL PTER LE IS SY
06BEIRUT2566MGLE01: BERRI IS UNDER THREAT DUE TO HIS PIVOTAL
[...] (C) Ambassador and TDY poloff met with several Lebanese politicians of different confessions on August 8 in order to guage attitudes toward the draft UN resolution and sense whether there is a strategy for moving ahead in Lebanon following a ceasefire. In addition to Maronite former Preside [...]
2006-08-08 16:54:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMOPS PREL PTER SY IS LE
06BEIRUT2578LEBANON: AMIN GEMAYEL SEEKS COORDINATED STRATEGY
[...] (C) In an August 8 meeting with the Ambassador and poloff, Kata'eb Party leader and former President Amin Gemayel discussed what should follow a cease=fire in the current conflict with Israel. Gemayel is frustrated that the Maronite Presidency has been sidelined during Emile Lahoud's tenure, and he [...]
2006-08-09 08:06:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMOPS PREL PTER LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2580LEBANON: A/S WELCH EXPLAINS NEW U.S. POSITION TO
[...] (C/NF) On August 5, NEA Assistant Secretary Welch, Ambassador, and PolOff met with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, accompanied by his foreign policy advisor Ali Hamdan, at Berri's office in Ain al-Tinneh, Beirut. A/S Welch reviewed with Berri the possibility that, under a potential UNSCR, [...]
2006-08-09 16:40:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALIS LE MOPS PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2582LEBANON: TWO MEETINGS WITH SINIORA NARROW THE
[...] (C/NF) PM Fouad Siniora clearly understands that time is short, and he specifically asked A/S Welch about a possible August 9 Israeli security cabinet decision to expand operations. Siniora realizes that the French-American discussions on a draft UNSC resolution are difficult, but he remains adaman [...]
2006-08-10 05:37:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALIS LE MOPS PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2583LEBANON: MURR SAYS LAF CAN DEPLOY TO SOUTH IN
[...] (C) In an August 9 meeting with A/S Welch, Ambassador Feltman, Deputy Legal Adviser Jonathan Schwartz, and poloff, Lebanese Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr said 15,000 LAF troops could deploy to southern Lebanon within eight hours and assume security there along with a beefed- [...]
2006-08-10 05:46:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMOPS PREL PTER LE IS SY
06BEIRUT2587LEBANON: FUEL AND ELECTRICAL POWER STATUS AS OF
[...] (C/NF) The fuel and electrical power shortages in Lebanon have become serious. Lebanon's economy is operating at greatly reduced leels through austere rationing of gasoline, reduced consumption in the transport sector, selective brownouts of the electrical power grid. Some increase in the [...]
2006-08-10 09:58:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALECON IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY ENRG
06BEIRUT2588LEBANON: SINIORA DISCUSSES LATEST DRAFT RESOLUTION
[...] (C) PM Siniora and senior advisers Mohammad Chatta and Rola Noureddine met with Ambassador Feltman and poloff (notetaker) on the morning of August 10. Ambassador Feltman reviewed the latest U.S. draft resolution with Siniora (Note. Siniora had a meeting immediately afterwards with French Ambassador [...]
2006-08-10 12:12:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PTER LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2599LEBANON: MARWAN HAMADEH DISCUSSES DRAFT RESOLUTION
[...] (C) A/S Welch, Ambassador Feltman, Deputy Legal Adviser Jonathan Schwartz and poloff (notetaker) met with Lebanese Minister for Telecommunications Marwan Hamadeh and Minister of Displaced Naame Tomeh, both close allies of Druze leader Walid Joumblatt, at Hamadeh's downtown office on the afternoon o [...]
2006-08-11 17:13:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMOPS PREL PTER LE IS SY
06BEIRUT2600LEBANON: FOR BERRI RESOLUTION COMES DOWN TO ONE
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: On August 11 NEA A/S Welch, Ambassador, and PolOff met with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, accompanied by his foreign policy advisor Ali Hamdan, at Berri's Ain Al Tinneh office. A/S Welch told Berri that we hoped that the UNSC resolution addressing the current conflict wou [...]
2006-08-11 17:24:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALIS LE MOPS PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2601LEBANON: A/S WELCH'S MEETINGS WITH PM SINIORA ON
[...] (C/NF) Over the course of three hours in two meetings on August 11, PM Fouad Siniora made steady, but incremental movement toward accepting the most recent draft language of the UN resolution. His strongest objections were directed toward the specific use of chapter 7 to authorize the multi-nationa [...]
2006-08-12 13:01:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALIS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2602LEBANON: SAAD HARIRI WANTS LAHOUD OUT
[...] (C/NF) In a meeting with Ambassador Feltman and poloff (notetaker) on August 12 at his Qoreitem mansion, Future Movement leader Saad Hariri spoke about his key objectives in the aftermath of a ceasefire between Israel and Hizballah. Convinced at the time of the meeting that the Lebanese Cabinet wil [...]
2006-08-12 13:38:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMOPS PREL PTER LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2604LEBANON: SALLOUKH PREDICTS CABINET APPROVAL OF
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Ambassador Feltman and poloff (notetaker) on August 12, Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh, joined by three of his MFA staff, urged that the Israeli blockade be lifted as soon as possible, but brushed aside concerns that arms smuggling will resume withou [...]
2006-08-12 16:22:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALMOPS PTER PREL LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2608LEBANON: JUSTICE MINISTER CONFIDENT OF GOL
[...] (C) During an expansive conversation on 8/13 with Ambassador and poloff over lunch, Lebanese Minister of Justice Charles Rizk said that the unanimous 8/12 Cabinet decision to accept UNSCR 1701 had strengthened the GOL. He added that while this first session had been a simple agreement on pr [...]
2006-08-14 04:26:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMOPS PTER PREL LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2609LEBANON: JUSTICE MINISTER SAYS DRAFT TRIBUNAL
[...] (C) During an August 13 meeting with Ambassador and poloff, Lebanese Minister of Justice Charles Rizk said that the United Nations had provided him with a draft framework for a "special tribunal of international character" to try suspects in the assassination of Rafiq Hariri, and that the draft is [...]
2006-08-14 08:30:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL KCRM PTER PINR MOPS LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2613LEBANON: SAMIR JA'JA URGES FULL HIZBALLAH
[...] (C) During an August 12 meeting with Ambassador and poloff at the Embassy, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Ja'Ja' urged that the debate on full Hizballah disarmament should not be postponed, and that internal and external pressure should be applied to "squeeze" Hizballah on this issue. Ja'ja suggested [...]
2006-08-14 12:33:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMOPS PREL PTER LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2615STRENGTHENING A SHAKY CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES --
[...] (SBU) This message contains a non-exhaustive list of initiatives that we suggest the USG support, in the first days of the fragile cessation of hostilities forged by U.S. leadership in UNSCR 1701. We seek to strengthen the GOL and move Lebanon toward a permanent cease-fire. After the U.S. [...]
2006-08-14 15:48:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PTER EAID LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2620LEBANON: PM SINIORA DISCUSSES TOP PRIORITIES WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 14, the first day of the cessation of hostilities, Prime Minister Siniora convoked the Ambassadors of the UNSC Perm-5. Siniora requested support to provide temporary steel bridges that will help the return of displaced Shia to the south, and to remove the "siege" from the air [...]
2006-08-14 16:21:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALIS LE MOPS PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2625LEBANON: GHATTAS KHOURY SUPPORTS GRADUAL SOLUTION
[...] (C) During an August 14 lunch with Ambassador Feltman and poloff, former Hariri MP and Jumblatt-ally Ghattas Khoury said that now -- meaning today -- is not the time to corner Hizballah on full disarmament, although that moment is quickly approaching. Voicing concern about the increasingly threteni [...]
2006-08-14 16:25:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PTER SY LE IS
06BEIRUT2643JUMBLATT CONCEDES VICTORY TO NASRALLAH, WORRIES
[...] (S/NF) On 8/14, the Ambassador spent an unrelentingly bleak evening with Walid Jumblatt, Marwan Hamadeh, Ghattas Khoury, and (joining late) Bernard Emie. Nasrallah's televised "victory speech" cast a pall over the discussion, with honking horns and cheering Shia making a ruckus on the nearby Beirut [...]
2006-08-15 08:37:00Embassy BeirutSECRET//NOFORNPREL MOPS PTER KDEM LE SY IR IS
06BEIRUT2644LEBANON: CODEL ISSA MEETS WITH PM SINIORA
[...] PM Siniora described to Congressman Issa the serious damage the present conflict has inflicted on his country, as well as his hope that the American people would continue to support the people of Lebanon. Congressman Issa praised PM Siniora's leadership and courage during this difficult peri [...]
2006-08-15 09:12:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDIS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2649ARTICLE THREATENS MARWAN HAMADEH, WHO SEES IT AS
[...] (S/NF) Reftel noted that Minister of Telecommunications Marwan Hamadeh -- who survived one assassination attempt already, on 10/1/04 -- believes that he is again being targeted. He heard a veiled threat in the 8/14 "victory speech" by Hizballah Secretary General, and he pointed out that he [...]
2006-08-15 13:26:00Embassy BeirutSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER ASEC MOPS SY LE IS
06BEIRUT2665LEBANON: DEFENSE MINISTER AWAITS CABINET DECISION
[...] (C) During a downbeat 8/15 meeting with the Ambassador and poloff, Lebanese Defense Minister Elias Murr said he awaits a Cabinet decision on moving forward with LAF deployment to the South, but that his personal opinion is that the LAF cannot coexist for long in the South with an armed Hizba [...]
2006-08-16 09:37:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALMOPS PTER PREL LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2672LEBANON: PM SINIORA PLANS COUNTER-PUNCH (BUT,
[...] (C/NF) In a 8/16 meeting with the Ambassador, PM Siniora stated that his number one goal at this point is to get the LAF into south Lebanon as quickly as possible. This will be a significant achievement. He discounted much of Hassan Nasrallah's recent "victory" rhetoric as simply that, and [...]
2006-08-16 16:53:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALIS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2680ISF COMMANDER ON AIRPORT SECURITY, NEEDS FOR
[...] (C/NF) In a 8/16 meeting with Ambassador and emboff, Internal Security Forces Commander Ashraf Rifi expressed confidence that the removal of an LAF unit from the Beirut airport and its replacement by the ISF (with its Sunni command hostile to Hizballah) has vastly improved the security of passenger [...]
2006-08-17 08:10:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEAIR PTER MOPS PREL PARM LE IS SY
06BEIRUT2683LEBANON: PEDERSEN SAYS NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO
[...] (C/NF) The Ambassador and poloff met with the UNSYG's Personal Representative for Lebanon Geir Pedersen and UN Senior Political Affairs Officer Salman Shaikh on Augest 16 for a frank discussion over lunch at the Ambassador's residence. (Note: Pedersen asked that his comments be kept very c [...]
2006-08-17 12:04:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMOPS PREL PTER LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2685LAF DEPLOYMENT PLAYING INTO HIZBALLAH'S PLAN
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: On August 17, Ambassador and emboff met with Minister of Public Works and Transportation Mohammed Safadi. Safadi (a Sunni from Tripoli and a member of the March 14 coalition) argued that the deployment of LAF is not in the interest of GOL and plays into the hands of Hizballah. [...]
2006-08-17 13:14:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNIS LE MOPS PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2687LEBANON: READOUT FROM AUGUST 16 LAF-UNIFIL-IDF
[...] (C/NF) The UNSYG's Personal Representative for Lebanon Geir Pedersen called the Ambassador with notes from a coordination meeting held Wednesday, August 16 in Naqoura, chaired by UNIFIL Commander Major General Alain Pellegrini, and attended by an IDF delegation headed by General Udi Dekel, a [...]
2006-08-17 13:45:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALIS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2690LEBANON: TWO MINISTERS ON LEBANESE RECONSTRUCTION
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: On August 17 the Ambassador and emboff had separate meetings with Minister of Economy and Trade Sami Haddad and Minister of Public Works and Transportation Mohammad Safadi. They blamed the GOL's lack of a centralized authority to set priorities and determine the distribution o [...]
2006-08-17 16:38:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALIS LE MOPS PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2697BERRI CRITICAL OF BASHAR'S SPEECH
[...] (C) In an August 18 meeting with Ambassador Feltman and poloff, Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament Nabih Berri hailed the deployment of the Lebanese armed forces (LAF) south of the Litani River. The longtime leader of the Shi'a Amal party and a reluctant political ally of Hizballah, Berri c [...]
2006-08-18 17:42:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PTER MOPS SY IS
06BEIRUT2698DEFMIN MURR WORRIED ABOUT PALESTINIANS PROVOKING
[...] (S) On 8/18, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr told the Ambassador that he was deeply worried by intelligence information suggesting that Palestinian rejectionists planned to disrupt the ongoing LAF deployment to the south. While he had nothing specific, he analyzed from [...]
2006-08-18 18:20:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPREL PTER MOPS PARM SY LE
06BEIRUT2700BERRI INFURIATED BY IDF RAID BUT CONTAINS
[...] (C) Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri called the Ambassador twice on 8/19 to rant and rave about an Israeli raid (that he claimed included some ground operations) north of Baalback early that morning. "There is no way" that the Israelis can claim that such a raid was permitted under UNSCR 1701. [...]
2006-08-19 14:35:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PGOV LE IS
06BEIRUT2702SINIORA ON UNSCR 1701, RECONSTRUCTION, WAY FORWARD
[...] (S/NF) In a one-on-one somewhat scratchy meeting with the Ambassador on 8/18, Prime Minister Siniora bristled at the suggestion that he was projecting the wrong image regarding UNSCR 1701. Citing army deployment to the Syrian-Lebanese border as well as southern Lebanon, it is simply not tru [...]
2006-08-19 16:32:00Embassy BeirutSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER MOPS EAID LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2717NAMBIAR AND LARSEN DISCUSS UNSCR 1701 (AND TERJE DISCUSSES TERJE)
[...] (S/NF) On 8/20, UN envoys Vijay Nambiar and Terje Roed-Larsen briefed the Ambassador on their Lebanon consultations regarding UNSCR 1701. They were impressed with the progress of LAF deployment. Concerned over UNIFIL Commander Pellegrini's comments about inadequate LAF-UNIFIL coordination, they bro [...]
2006-08-21 16:23:00Embassy BeirutSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL PARM MOPS LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2721LEBANON: ARMENIAN PARTY OPPOSES TURKISH DEPLOYMENT
[...] (C) The largest Armenian-Lebanese political party, the Tashnag, opposes deployment of Turkish troops as part of an augmented UNIFIL in southern Lebanon. On August 18, the Tashnag sent a petition to the Ambassador listing its concerns. Poloff also discussed the issue with Tashnag Member of [...]
2006-08-22 14:11:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS LE AR TU
06BEIRUT2766RECONSIDERING THE AIR EMBARGO OF LEBANON
[...] (C) Via septels, we are reporting the Ambassador's meetings today (8/25) with Prime Minister Siniora and Deputy Prime Minister/Defense Minister Murr on the 8/24 unanimous cabinet decision empowering Siniora to request international help, from whatever source, for Lebanon's land borders, seap [...]
2006-08-25 17:16:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALEAIR PREL MOPS PGOV LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2768LEBANON: FM SALLOUKH SEES OPENING FOR REGIONAL
[...] (C/NF) The Ambassador delivered on August 25 the Department's demarche on the upcoming Stockholm Conference to Foreign Minister Salloukh. FM Salloukh stated that Prime Minister Fouad Siniora will lead the delegation and his office was presently formulating a list of assistance priorities. [...]
2006-08-25 17:16:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALIS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2772LEBANON: MURR SWEARS THAT AIRPORT IS SECURE
[...] (C/NF) During an 8/25 meeting with Ambassador Feltman and poloff (notetaker),Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr pleaded with the Ambassador to help get the Israeli blockade of the airport lifted. He said the "siege" is perceived by many within the Cabinet as the US-back [...]
2006-08-26 06:06:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV MOPS EAIR LE SY
06BEIRUT2775LEBANON: MURR SAYS GERMANS ARRIVING IN A FEW DAYS
[...] (C) During an August 26 meeting with Representative Tom Lantos (D-CA),Mrs. Lantos, Ambassador Feltman, senior staffer Alan Makovsky, and poloff at his home in Rabieh overlooking Beirut, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr reiterated what he told the Ambassador the previous [...]
2006-08-26 15:15:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER EAIR MOPS LE SY
06BEIRUT2776LEBANON: CODEL LANTOS CAUTIONS PM SINIORA THAT
[...] (C/NF) When PM Siniora asked for U.S. assistance in lifting Israel's air and sea blockade of Lebanon, Congressman Lantos directly challenged the Prime Minister to explain what his government was doing to ensure the secure border provisions of UNSCR 1701 were being fully implemented. Rep. La [...]
2006-08-28 05:32:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALIS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2804LEBANON: CODEL SHAYS MEETS WITH PM SINIORA
[...] Prime Minister Siniora asked CODEL Shays for help in lifting the air and sea blockade of Lebanon by IDF forces. PM Siniora stated that not only was the blockade severely impairing humanitarian and reconstruction efforts, but it made the Lebanese people feel that the current period is simply a [...]
2006-08-29 16:01:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDIS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2813LEBANON: GERMAN AMBASSADOR SAYS ANY SUPPORT MUST
[...] (C) Summary: During an 8/28 meeting with Ambassador Feltman and poloff, German Ambassador to Lebanon Marius Haas provided a readout on the recent visit of a German military delegation to Lebanon. Haas said that Germany is willing to provide technical equipment and support to Lebanon, as wel [...]
2006-08-30 12:38:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO LE SY
06BEIRUT2814LEBANON: LAF CHIEF CLAIMS ARMY IS IN CONTROL OF
[...] (C) During an August 30 meeting with the Ambassador, DATT, and poloff, a very defensive and somewhat brusque Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) commander General Michel Sleiman, maintaining a straight face, gave the preposterous claim that the LAF has established a "watertight" cordon along the bor [...]
2006-08-30 14:53:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PTER LE SY
06BEIRUT2831LEBANON: ARMENIAN PATRIARCH ADVISES INDIRECT
[...] (C) Armenian Patriarch Catholicos Aram I suggested that now was an opportune time to pull Syria from the Iranian orbit. He recognized the perfidious nature of the Asad regime and the considerable role it played in the shipment of arms to Hizballah, but the senior cleric also argued that Bas [...]
2006-09-01 06:19:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALIS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2841MURR: HIZBALLAH AND AOUN ARE PLOTTING SINIORA'S
[...] (S/NF) During an August 31 meeting with Ambassador Feltman and poloff, Lebanese Defense Minister Elias Murr said that Hizballah, Michel Aoun, and their allies are planning to launch a potentially violent civil disobedience campaign in November aimed at toppling the Siniora government and putti [...]
2006-09-01 10:06:00Embassy BeirutSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER MOPS LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2867LEBANON: MURR SAYS GOL-UNIFIL MARITIME FORCE
[...] (S/NF) During a 9/5 meeting at his Rabieh home with the Ambassador and poloff, Lebanese Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr said that the GOL and UNIFIL had worked out the operational guidelines governing international maritime assistance, adding that Prime Minister Siniora [...]
2006-09-06 05:43:00Embassy BeirutSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER MOPS CVIS LE SY
06BEIRUT2934LEBANON: COUNCIL OF THE SOUTH PRESIDENT COMPLAINS
[...] (C/NF) Qabalan Qabalan, President of Lebanon's Council of the South, insisted that his organization had been given the responsibility by Prime Minister Siniora to replace all housing units destroyed during the recent hostilities, as well as the repair of damaged "civil society" structures, s [...]
2006-09-12 08:43:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALECON IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT3001LEBANON: PURPORTED LAF DOCUMENTS SUGGEST COUP
[...] (S/NF) On September 14, Druze leader Walid Jumblatt sent two documents to Ambassador Feltman, claiming that the source of the documents came from within the Lebanese Armed Forces. Both documents are dated 12 September 2006. 2. (C) Following is an informal Embassy translation of the docu [...]
2006-09-15 12:42:00Embassy BeirutSECRET//NOFORNPTER MOPS LE SY
06BEIRUT3003LEBANON: NASRALLAH'S THREATENING WORDS ELICIT
[...] (C/NF) An extended two-part Hassan Nasrallah interview on Al-Jazeera television on 12-13 September has provoked a sharp response across the political spectrum in Lebanon. Pro-reform forces were both outraged and felt threatened by the harsh rhetoric that Nasrallah employed. His accusations [...]
2006-09-15 12:46:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALIS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT3164SECURITY SECTOR COORDINATION: PROCEEDING WITH
[...] (S) Summary: Prime Minister Siniora, Deputy Prime and Defense Minister Murr, and French Ambassador Emie all agree: despite rumors to the contrary, Emie was not the cause of Siniora's rejection of a UK-led security sector reform and coordination unit in his office. The three argue that the U [...]
2006-10-02 07:14:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPREL MARR PARM MOPS PGOV LE UK FR
06BEIRUT323MGLE01: ISRAELI FIRE KILLS LEBANESE TEENAGER NEAR
[...] (C) According to UNIFIL Senior Adviser Milos Strugar, UNIFIL's initial assessment is that the Lebanese teenager shot by Israeli forces near the Blue Line on February 1 was killed in Lebanese territory and probably was not a Hizballah fighter. UNIFIL peacekeepers found the body 44 meters nort [...]
2006-02-03 16:49:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALIS KPKO LE MOPS PTER UN
06BEIRUT362MGLE01: PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE PROVIDES ITS
[...] (SBU) On February 6, the Office of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora provided the Embassy with official GOL statistics on Israeli air, sea, and land violations of Lebanese territory since 2000. According to the PM's Office's statistics, 2005 was the year with the most Israeli air violations. The [...]
2006-02-08 13:45:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIS KPKO LE MOPS PREL PTER
06BEIRUT3721LEBANON: GENERAL SLEIMAN ASKS ASD RODMAN FOR
[...] (C) An interagency delegation led by ASD Rodman met with LAF Commander Michel Sleiman and pledged USG support for Lebanon and the LAF. Sleiman assured the visiting delegation of the LAF's commitment to democracy, human rights, and the fight against terrorism. Sleiman pointed out the difficult [...]
2006-11-29 10:02:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL MOPS LE
06BEIRUT672MGLE01: UN OFFICE VIEWS IMPROVED GOL COOPERATION
[...] (C) On March 3, econoff and epartment NEA/ELA Deputy Director met with UN Political Officers Imran Riza and Georges Nasr of the office of UNSYG's Personal Representative to Lebanon Geir Pederson. Riza said that the GOL's Joint Security Force (JSF) had modestly increased its presence in sout [...]
2006-03-06 15:53:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALIS KPKO LE MOPS PM PTER SY
06BEIRUT860MGLE01: BLUE LINE TENSION BUILDS
[...] (C) On March 20, UNIFIL Senior Adviser Milos Strugar told econoff that the Blue line was tense but quiet. He said that Israeli forces have raised their alert, but UNIFIL has not observed any of the unusual Hizballah military movements alleged by Israeli liaison. UNIFIL was more concerned th [...]
2006-03-20 13:14:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALIS KPAL KPKO LE MOPS PTER
06BELGRADE1274LEBANON UNSCR DEMARCHE DELIVERY, SERBIA
[...] (U) Emboff hand-delivered ref demarche and UNSCR text as requested reftel to FONMIN Draskovic at his home at 1300L. Draskovic accepted the points without substantive comment. 2. (U) We expect Serbia will fully support the letter and spirit of the UNSCR (their default position on most [...]
2006-08-12 13:27:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER MOPS UN UNSC IS LE
06BERLIN1414MANAS AIRFIELD: SEEKING SUPPORT FROM ISAF/OEF
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel message May 22 to Eckart Blaurock, MFA NATO Desk Action Officer in charge of ISAF affairs. Blaurock was very supportive of the request and undertook to pursue the matter with the relevant MFA regional bureau. 2. (C) Also on May 22, DAO passed reftel message to H [...]
2006-05-24 15:06:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS NATO PREL KG GM
06BERLIN1494GERMAN VIEWS ON THE "ROAD TO RIGA"
[...] (C) Summary: In meetings May 18-19 with USNATO Ambassador Victoria Nuland, German officials were cautious across the board. Nuland focused on the strategic rationale behind our Riga summit initiatives but made only modest headway in broadening German thinking. Nuland found Chancellery and MO [...]
2006-06-02 13:38:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALNATO MARR MOPS PREL GM
06BERLIN3452GETTING MORE FROM GERMANY ON AFGHANISTAN
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Germany remains a key partner in Afghanistan and Chancellor Merkel is committed to succeeding, but we need to find new ways to increase German resolve and resources. Post believes the Germans can do more in the near term in many of the key areas Embassy Kabul has identified i [...]
2006-12-07 18:06:00Embassy BerlinSECRET//NOFORNPREL MOPS AID ECON AF PK GM
06BERLIN3551GERMAN PARLIAMENT DEBATES SUPPORT IN DARFUR
[...] (C) A parliamentary debate on the future of German contributions to a peace operation in Darfur shows that there is an emerging - if vague - support for an enhanced operation in Sudan. SPD, Greens and FDP expressed cautious support, depending on the details, of an extended peace support opera [...]
2006-12-20 15:44:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL GM XA SU
06BERLIN3563German Out-Of-Area Deployment Update
[...] (SBU) As of December 20, Germany has 7,664 military personnel deployed in out-of-area deployments. All Bundeswehr deployments, with the exception of observers such as in Georgia (where currently 11 military personnel are deployed under UNOMIG),all military out-of-area (OOA) deployments require [...]
2006-12-21 15:50:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PREL GM
06BERN1462UNHRC SPECIAL SESSION ON LEBANON: SWISS AMBIVALENT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-09 11:08:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPHUM PTER MOPS IS
06BERN1505SWISS WELCOME UNSC RESOLUTION ON LEBANON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-15 10:37:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUN IS PREL PTER MOPS UNSC
06BERN1947SWISS VIEWS ON LEBANON, SYRIA, AND HAMAS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-18 16:39:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PTER MOPS SZ
06BERN593SWISS ADOPT RESTRICTIONS ON DISPOSAL OF EXCESS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-21 10:39:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALMASS MOPS PREL IZ SZ
06BISHKEK1722SHOOTING INCIDENT AT MANAS AIRBASE, KYRGYZSTAN
[...] (U) This is an Action Cable; see paras 11-14 below. 2. (C/NF) SUMMARY: On the afternoon of December 6, A KYRGYZ NATIONAL was SHOT AND KILLED BY a U.S. AIR FORCE SECURITY AIRMAN WHILE MAKING a routine FUEL DELIVERY at Manas Coalition Airbase in Kyrgyzstan. According to the airman, the [...]
2006-12-06 14:48:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MOPS PGOV KG
06BOGOTA1118SUMMARY - 2005 OIL INFRASTRUCTURE ATTACKS
[...] (C) Summary: Colombian oil infrastructure attacks increased in 2005, due mainly to FARC offensives in the Putumayo region. While the overall number of oil pipeline and electrical tower attacks increased countrywide from 2004 levels, total figures remain at significantly reduced levels from t [...]
2006-02-06 22:08:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET MCAP MOPS CO
06BOGOTA1850MILITARY JUSTICE REFORM: SLOW BUT ON TRACK
[...] (C) Summary. Colonel Rodrigo Martinez, Deputy Director of Colombia's Military Justice System, met with Poloffs on February 28 to discuss military justice reform progress. He said Congress is expected to approve the "shock" reform package, which would create an administrative process for serv [...]
2006-03-01 19:44:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR MOPS PHUM SNAR CO
06BOGOTA1981NEW ARMY COMMANDER MAJOR GENERAL MARIO MONTOYA
[...] (C) On February 22, Major General Mario Montoya Uribe was sworn in as the Commander of the Colombian Army (COLAR). Montoya had been Commander of the Army First Division and the Caribbean Joint Task Force, one of Colombia's two major commands. Montoya replaced Major General Reinaldo Castellano [...]
2006-03-06 18:24:00Embassy BogotaSECRETPGOV MOPS PINR CO
06BOGOTA2076CUCUTA PERSPECTIVE ON COLOMBIA-VENEZUELAN BORDER
[...] (S) Summary: During a pre-election trip to Cucuta (septel will detail electoral issues),an Army commander told poloff that COLMIL forces were prohibited from crossing the Venezuelan border to pursue guerrilla high value targets (HVTs),in contrast to his counterparts on the Ecuadorian borde [...]
2006-03-08 16:00:00Embassy BogotaSECRETPREL MARR MOPS PTER SNAR CO VE
06BOGOTA2554FARC DEMOBILIZATION OF 70: LANDMARK EVENT OR
[...] On March 7 the GOC announced the demobilization of 70 FARC guerillas and an airplane. As the largest FARC defection in Colombia,s 40-year conflict, symbolically occurring in the insurgency's birthplace, the event was initially hailed as historic. However, within days questions emerged which rem [...]
2006-03-22 19:48:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PGOV MOPS MARR CO
06BOGOTA3156INDUMIL STRUTS CONTROLS IN PREP FOR DDTC LICENSE
[...] (C) Embassy officers visited Colombian parastatal weapons importer and manufacturer Industrias Militares (INDUMIL) and verified that the plant meets Department criteria for inventory controls. However, there is no statutory framework in place to ensure continued compliance. At this upstream s [...]
2006-04-10 14:20:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL MASS MOPS CO KOMC ETTC OTRA PARM
06BOGOTA5924FARC COMMENTS ON POTENTIAL HOSTAGE EXCHANGE,
[...] (C) In three recent media statements, the FARC has voiced its willingness to discuss with the GOC a humanitarian exchange of imprisoned guerillas for FARC-held hostages, among them three U.S. citizens. FARC spokesperson Raul Reyes also raised the prospect of broader peace talks, but continge [...]
2006-06-30 18:17:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV MOPS MARR CASC CO
06BOGOTA5940COLAR TAKES DOWN FARC GENERAL STAFF MEMBER
[...] (S) On June 27 an elite Colombian Army (COLAR) unit killed FARC leader "Juan Carlos," a member of the FARC's General Staff military command (equivalent of the capture of Simon Trinidad in 2004). For the COLAR the takedown is a boost to morale, a credit to its new rapid reaction force units, [...]
2006-06-30 21:02:00Embassy BogotaSECRETPREL PTER PGOV MOPS MARR CO
06BOGOTA7387COLOMBIA GRANTS CLEARANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM AND
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-14 15:57:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MOPS EAIR SENV CO
06BOGOTA7397INDUMIL DOWNSTREAM: TIGHTER CONTROLS, FEW LEAKS
[...] (S) Responding to possible weapons leakage to terrorist groups from state weapons manufacturer INDUMIL, econ/poloffs went beyond a routine factory licensing review (reftel C) to investigate inventory controls in the later stages of storage, transport, and retail sales. INDUMIL outlined compr [...]
2006-08-14 17:42:00Embassy BogotaSECRETPGOV PREL MASS MOPS CO KOMC ETTC OTRA PARM
06BOGOTA824ICRC PLEASED WITH COLOMBIAN MILITARY
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-30 14:48:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF MOPS CO
06BRASILIA1139COMPLETED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED
[...] (U) U.S. Embassy and the Department of State have completed human rights vetting for Brazilian personnel as requested in Ref A. 2. (U) U.S. Embassy verifies that, as of June 7, 2006, the Department of State possess no credible information of gross human rights violations by the following [...]
2006-06-08 15:04:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MOPS BR
06BRASILIA1365BRAZIL REJECTS SOFA REQUEST FOR BRAZILIAN AIR FORCE ANNUAL
[...] Poloff delivered reftel's talking points and draft dip notes, July 5, to Virginia Toniatti, the MFA's General Coordinator Against Transnational Crime (COCIT). In response to the draft note and Poloff's assertion that the USG would like to conclude a long-term SOFA agreement with Brazil, Toniat [...]
2006-07-06 18:51:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MOPS MASS KTIA US BR
06BRATISLAVA338SLOVAKIA PREPARING DOG TEAMS FOR SERVICE IN IRAQ
[...] (U) This is a guidance request, see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) According to Vladimir Jakabcin, General Director of the Department of Defense Policy, International Relations and Legislation, the Slovak MoD is in the process of purchasing dogs to meet the needs of NTM-1 per Reftel. Including time [...]
2006-04-26 14:55:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYNATO MARR MOPS IZ LO
06BRATISLAVA339SLOVAKIA CONSIDERING PARTICIPATION IN IRAQ PRTS
[...] (SBU) Vladimir Jakabcin, General Director of the Department of Defense Policy, International Relations and Legislation, included the possibility of sending Slovak soldiers to a PRT in Iraq in spoken remarks to a conference on "The Slovak Military - Status and Perspectives" yesterday. Jakabcin [...]
2006-04-26 14:55:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV PREL IZ LO
06BRATISLAVA544NEW GOVERNMENT WANTS ORDERED, GRADUAL WITHDRAWAL
[...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para 5. 2. (C) As Department is aware, following up on his campaign promise, just-installed PM Robert Fico has told the press that his government would initiate a phased withdrawal of Slovak troops from Iraq. As we did after Fico's surprise campa [...]
2006-07-05 13:02:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR IZ LO
06BRATISLAVA550PARLIAMENTARY FOREIGN AFFAIRS CHAIRMAN THINKS
[...] (C) We pass along the following not as a definitive state of play in the Fico government's thinking on a withdrawal from Iraq (which is not clear yet--),but as an indication of the internal debate that has been joined since he took power (reftel). Ruling Smer Party MP and newly-appointed Chai [...]
2006-07-07 14:25:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS KPAO MOPS IZ LO
06BRATISLAVA617FM KUBIS: GOVERNMENT PROGRAM TO UNDERSCORE
[...] (C) In a 7/28 meeting at the MFA, Foreign Minister Jan Kubis told the Ambassador and DCM that the government's program to be issued on August 1 will highlight Slovakia's continued support for stability and democratization in Iraq, despite planned changes in the military presence. Although the [...]
2006-07-28 15:40:00Embassy BratislavaSECRETPREL PGOV MOPS IZ LO
06BRATISLAVA619GOVERNMENT TO CALL FOR COORDINATED WITHDRAWAL OF
[...] (S) Para 4 of this message contains an action request regarding Slovak government officials' planned travel to Baghdad August 17. 2. (S) As promised reftel, FM Jan Kubis provided CDA July 29 an advance copy of the Iraq-related text of the Fico government's just-agreed program that will be p [...]
2006-07-29 17:42:00Embassy BratislavaSECRETIZ LO MARR MOPS PGOV PREL
06BRATISLAVA649SLOVAK RESPONSE TO URGENT DEMARCHE ON LEBANON
[...] Charge d'affaires delivered reftel points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chef d'Cabinet Peter Kmec. Kmec has been in touch with FM Jan Kubis, who has instructed the Slovak delegation in New York to support the resolution. 2. Slovaks would be willing to participate in an expert-level meeting [...]
2006-08-07 06:15:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER MOPS LO
06BRATISLAVA671SLOVAK RESPONSE TO URGENT DEMARCHE ON UNSCR
[...] (C) Charge delivered reftel points to MFA Director for UN Affairs Roman Buzek, who had just left a meeting on the same subject with Acting FM Diana Strofova. Buzek said Slovakia fully supports the adoption of a resolution as soon as the text is ready, immediately if possible. The UNSC could no [...]
2006-08-10 14:48:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALIS LE MOPS PREL PTER UN LO
06BRATISLAVA763IRAQI FM EXPRESSES GRATITUDE, SEES NO PROBLEM WITH
[...] (C) Summary: The September 8 visit of Iraqi Foreign Minister Zebari gave the Slovak government the impression that Iraq has no problem with the withdrawal of Slovak troops, as long as there is some symbolic follow-on presence in the form of training or other cooperation. Zebari thanked the go [...]
2006-09-13 15:14:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MOPS IZ LO
06BRATISLAVA842SLOVAK DEFMIN PRESENTS PLAN FOR WITHDRAWAL OF
[...] (C) Summary: In an October 16 meeting with the Ambassador, Defense Minister Kasicky briefed plans for the withdrawal of Slovak troops from Iraq. Kasicky left the door open to future training on classic demining operations by a small number of troops, as well as officers remaining in NTM-I and [...]
2006-10-17 11:51:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS IZ AF LO
06BRATISLAVA84899 SLOVAK TROOPS TO LEAVE IRAQ; FUTURE DEMINING
[...] (U) This is an action request--please see para 9. 2. (C) Summary: As expected, the GOS October 18 approved a plan for withdrawal of Slovak troops from Iraq in February, 2007. The cabinet decision also called for: 11 officers to remain at MNF-I and NTM-I; training on Bozena demining equipm [...]
2006-10-19 05:32:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS MARR IZ AF LO
06BRATISLAVA869SLOVAKS CONSIDERING REDEPLOYING TROOPS TO SOUTHERN
[...] (U) This message contains an action request in paragraph 4. 2. (C) MoD State Secretary Jaroslav Baska told DCM that Slovakia is considering NATO's request to move Slovak forces in Afghanistan south to Kandahar. The GoS is very concerned about the security situation and the qualitatively diff [...]
2006-10-26 15:09:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS AF LO
06BRATISLAVA935 FICO SAYS NO TO TROOPS TO KANDAHAR, FOR NOW
[...] (U) Prime Minister Robert Fico announced to the media November 29 that, so far, neither the security nor technical conditions have been met to allow Slovak engineering troops to redeploy to southern Afghanistan. Fico added that the Slovak troops were not "mountain rifle fighters who could par [...]
2006-12-01 09:02:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALAF LO MARR MOPS NATO PGOV PREL
06BRIDGETOWN1375CWC 2007: TRADEWINDS BECALMED
[...] (U) This is an action message: see para. 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY: SOUTHCOM's annual Tradewinds exercise may be a victim of Caribbean indifference. To date, there has been tepid response to MLO requests for information on participation by Cricket World Cup (CWC) countries. Post respectfully [...]
2006-08-08 21:38:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNASEC MOPS PREL XL
06BRUSSELS2203BELGIUM: 2005/2006 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED
[...] SUMMARY: Belgium continues to provide important contributions to the common Transatlantic defense, by assisting resident and transiting U.S. forces and with its own forces supporting stability in Afghanistan, the Balkans and the Congo. The Belgian military is hobbled by an aging force structur [...]
2006-06-27 16:42:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MCAP MOPS PREL BE
06BRUSSELS2463PM: BELGIUM CAN DO MORE ON AFGHANISTAN, WANTS HELP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Verhofstadt told Ambassador Korologos July 20 that he was trying to secure coalition approval to "double" the Belgian troop contribution to Afghanistan, adding some 200 troops around Kabul. In principle, he accepted the need for NATO common funding, but that NATO's budgeting n [...]
2006-07-14 12:48:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PARM MCAP MOPS KNNP AF CG IR BE
06BRUSSELS2502BELGIAN DEVELOPMENT MINISTER OUTLINES IDEAS TO
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: During Ambassador's July 13 meeting with Belgian Federal Minister of Cooperation and Development Armand De Decker the following topics were discussed: Afghanistan, Iraq, U.S. aid, and the upcoming elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DROC). Th [...]
2006-07-18 05:37:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEAID PGOV MOPS PREL KBIO BE CG AF SO IZ
06BRUSSELS2647BELGIAN COUNCIL OF MINISTERS FUND SEVERAL POSITIVE
[...] (U) Summary. The Belgian Council of Ministers meeting held July 20 approved and provided budgetary allowances for several economic, political and military initiatives. Of particular interest were a C-130 for Afghanistan, a NATO mine clearing operation in the Baltics, and continued participatio [...]
2006-08-01 13:19:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDAF BE CG EAID EN KZ MARR MAS MOPS PBTS PGOV
06BRUSSELS2786LEBANON ISSUE DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO BELGIANS
[...] (U) Per reftel instructions, PolCouns discussed the then pending UNSCR on Lebanon with Belgian MFA Director for the Middle East Christian Monnoyer on August 12. Monnoyer appreciated our efforts to keep him informed. 2. (C) In a discussion the previous day, Monnoyer confirmed that "very the [...]
2006-08-14 12:40:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PTER MOPS
06BRUSSELS2800BELGIANS SAY THEY WILL SUPPORT UNIFIL, BUT NO
[...] (C) For Belgium, all options were still on the table regarding participation in the new look UNIFIL. This was the only significant result of an August 16, 2006 planning meeting between representatives of the Prime Minister's office, the MFA, the Defense Ministry, and the Development Ministry. [...]
2006-08-16 13:43:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR MOPS PREL BE
06BRUSSELS3669BELGIUM'S COOL RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON PRESERVING
[...] (C) In response to ref A demarche, Belgian FM De Gucht's Deputy Chief of Staff for Middle East Affairs, Jean-Luc Bodson, told us the MFA could not agree with the USG request about dealing with the Syrians. Bodson explained that the Belgians thought the U.S. approach would be "counterproductiv [...]
2006-10-27 15:47:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKDEM PREL PGOV PTER MOPS BE
06BRUSSELS4158AFGHANISTAN: EUR A/S FRIED AND SCA DAS FEIGENBAUM
[...] (C) IN A MEETING REQUESTED BY THE AFGHAN SIDE ON THE MARGINS OF THE OSCE MINISTERIAL IN BRUSSELS, EUR A/S DANIEL FRIED AND SCA DAS EVAN FEIGENBAUM TOLD DAVOOD MORADIAN, AFGHAN SENIOR POLICY ADVISOR TO FM SPANTA, THAT WHILE THE USG WOULD CONTINUE TO WORK CLOSELY WITH PARTNERS AND DONORS, THE [...]
2006-12-15 16:48:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR MASS MOPS PREF PGOV AF
06BUCHAREST1011ROMANIAN SOLDIER KIA IN AFGHANISTAN; FOUR
[...] (SBU) Romanian Defense Ministry (MOD) sources confirm that a Romanian soldier was killed in action and four Romanian soldiers and an Afghan interpreter were wounded in Afghanistan June 20 at approximately 0300 local time. MOD sources advise that one of the wounded Romanian soldiers is in crit [...]
2006-06-20 11:09:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS MARR AF IZ RO
06BUCHAREST1015ROMANIAN SENATE RATIFIES DEFENSE COOPERATION
[...] (SBU) The Romanian Senate meeting in plenary session voted June 20 to adopt legislation to ratify the U.S.-Romanian Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) (Ref). The unofficial tally, recorded by an EmbOff present for the vote, was 62 "ayes", 3 "nays" and 2 abstentions. In a demonstration of b [...]
2006-06-20 15:09:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS MARR MCAP PREL PGOV PTER RO
06BUCHAREST1058PM TARICEANU/DEFMIN PROPOSE IRAQ TROOP WITHDRAWAL;
[...] (C) Prime Minister Calin-Popescu Tariceanu unexpectedly announced June 29 in a press conference that he would "support the initiative" of Defense Minister Teodor Atanasiu to request the Supreme Council for National Defense (CSAT) to withdraw Romania's troops from Iraq. Tariceanu made his stat [...]
2006-06-29 14:03:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS MARR NATO AF IZ RO
06BUCHAREST1072SUPREME DEFENSE COUNCIL NIXES PRIME MINISTER'S
[...] (C) Summary. Romania's Supreme Council for National Defense (CSAT) flatly rejected June 30 the unexpected call by Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu and Defense Minister Teodor Atanasiu for a Romanian troop pullout from Iraq. (Ref) Announcing the CSAT's decision, President Basescu rebuke [...]
2006-06-30 18:05:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS MARR NATO AF IZ RO
06BUCHAREST1081IRAQ PULLOUT PROPOSAL -- DEBATE DEEPENS, WHILE
[...] (C) Summary: The debate over Romania's troop presence in Iraq continued to dominate weekend news coverage, following the unexpected June 29 announcement by Prime Minister Tariceanu and Defense Minister Atanasiu in support of a pull-out. Foreign Minister Ungureanu and Finance Minister Vladescu [...]
2006-07-03 19:35:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS MARR NATO AF IZ RO
06BUCHAREST1088DEFENSE COOPERATION AGREEMENT SIGNED BY PRESIDENT,
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-06 16:11:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS MARR MCAP PREL PGOV PTER RO
06BUCHAREST1093PM TARICEANU TO AMBASSADOR -- "TIME HAS COME" FOR
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Calin Popescu-Tariceanu told the Ambassador July 5 that he and his National Liberal Party (PNL) believed that "the time had come" for Romania to begin discussing a troop withdrawal from Iraq. Tariceanu stood by the proposal for a pullout he and Defense Minister Atan [...]
2006-07-06 17:14:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS MARR NATO AF IZ RO
06BUCHAREST1106AMID INTERNAL DIVISIONS, OPPOSITION SOCIAL
[...] (C) Summary. The center-left opposition Social Democratic Party (PSD) reaffirmed July 7 its call for a "timetable" for the withdrawal of Romanian forces from Iraq but underscored the party's commitment to consultation with the U.S. and other allies regarding a possible withdrawal. PSD officia [...]
2006-07-10 16:22:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM SOCI ECON MARR MOPS RO IZ
06BUCHAREST1126NEW MOD STATE SECRETARY'S MODEST VISION FOR
[...] (C) Summary. During a July 11 meeting, the newly appointed MOD State Secretary, Corneliu Dobrotoiu reaffirmed the "centrality" of the U.S.-Romania strategic relationship but insisted that budgetary limitations would force Romania to reexamine its defense commitments. He singled out overseas [...]
2006-07-13 15:37:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SOCI ECON MOPS MARR NATO RO
06BUCHAREST1198PRESIDENT BASESCU'S COMMENTS BEFORE LEAVING
[...] (SBU) Summary. President Traian Basescu reaffirmed on July 26 Romania's commitment to keep its troops in Iraq until they are replaced by the Iraqi army. This declaration was made as the president left the Bucharest airport for his official U.S. visit. On Kosovo, however, he struck a discordant [...]
2006-07-27 12:04:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL SOCI MOPS MARR IZ SR RO
06BUCHAREST1240ROMANIA ENCOURAGED BY DRAFT UNSCR ON LEBANON
[...] (C) Ambassador, in separate August 6 conversations, discussed the draft UN Security Council resolution on the situation in Lebanon with Romanian FM Razvan Mihai Ungurianu and Presidential Senior Advisor Claudiu Saftoiu. In response to a request from the Ambassador for a statement of support [...]
2006-08-07 13:30:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS UN IS LE RO
06BUCHAREST1257ROMANIA - EU MAY OPPOSE BUT CAN'T STOP UNBALANCED
[...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, Andreea Berechet, Deputy Director for the MFA's Human Rights Directorate, told PolOff August 9 that Romania agrees that a special session of the HRC would undercut UNSC efforts to resolve the crisis. Berechet noted, however that while it looked like many EU [...]
2006-08-10 14:06:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALMOPS PHUM PREL PTER UN IS LE RO
06BUCHAREST1258BASESCU IN BAGHDAD: ROMANIAN TROOPS STAYING IN IRAQ,
[...] (SBU) Summary. President Traian Basescu made an August 9 trip to Iraq to emphasize Romania's commitment to stay in Iraq until the Iraqis ask them to leave. His meetings with Iraqi officials also focused on getting Romanian companies reconstruction contracts, both to further support Iraq and t [...]
2006-08-10 15:41:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MOPS MARR IZ RO
06BUCHAREST1266ROMANIA TO ENDORSE UNSC RESOLUTION ON LEBANON
[...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche on Aug 12 to MFA Director General for Global Affairs Stelian Stoian and also provided a copy to Presidential Advisor Claudiu Saftoiu. 2. (SBU) Stoian, who was in the proces of preparing briefing materials on Lebanon for Romanian President Basescu, reporte [...]
2006-08-12 17:40:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER MOPS IS LE RO
06BUCHAREST1274PRESIDENT BASESCU,S TRAVEL TO BAGHDAD AND KABUL:
[...] (C) Summary. President Traian Basescu,s August 9-10 trip to Baghdad and Kabul reaffirmed Romania,s strong military commitment and potential economic links with both countries. In Iraq, Basescu,s meetings with the President, PM, and cabinet members aimed to reestablish historic economic ties b [...]
2006-08-15 11:56:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS PGOV AF RO
06BUCHAREST1308ROMANIA: RESPONSE TO SYRIA-IRAN ARMS EMBARGO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-22 15:42:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS IR SY RO
06BUCHAREST1335ROMANIA: PLANS FOR STOCKHOLM DONOR CONFERENCE
[...] (C) Summary: Romania MFA has proposed/proposed a &symbolic but credible8 deployment of gendarmes to support the peace process in Lebanon, and as part of the Romanian contribution to be made at the Stockholm donors conference. The Prime Minister has not yet agreed to the proposal, and there i [...]
2006-08-25 15:21:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS EAID LE RO
06BUCHAREST1375BASESCU ANNOUNCES IRAQI TROOP REDUCTION
[...] (U) Summary. On the evening of August 30, President Basescu announced that Romania would reduce its troop presence in Iraq over the next two months, as Iraqi forces take control of areas currently under the command of coalition forces. He emphasized in his public remarks that this was not [...]
2006-08-31 15:40:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL PGOV IZ RO
06BUCHAREST1407HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING: ROMANIAN JCET PROPOSAL FOR
[...] (C) This message constitutes response to SOCEUR request for human rights vetting of Romanian Special Forces Unit participating in Joint Combined Exchange Training (reference: SOCEUR to USDAO Bucharest; DTG 301157Z May 06). 2. (C) The Embassy conducted a thorough review of its records and [...]
2006-09-11 13:20:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PGOV PREL RO
06BUCHAREST143ROMANIAN COMMITMENT REMAINS FIRM IN AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) During a recent press interview, Defense Minister Teodor Atanasiu stated that Romania would reevaluate its troop presence in Iraq and Afghanistan at the end of 2006, adding that "for the time being, the Iraqi and Afghan armies are not capable of taking over the Romanian Army's mission." S [...]
2006-01-26 15:32:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV PREL MARR AF IZ RO
06BUCHAREST1433TIT-FOR-TAT: ROMANIAN DEFENSE MINISTER AND CHOD ON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-13 10:56:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL PGOV IZ RO
06BUCHAREST1450TIT-FOR-TAT: ROMANIAN DEFENSE MINISTER AND CHOD ON
[...] (C) President Basescu September 12 suspended Defense Minister Theodor Atanasiu from his duties pending the outcome of a criminal investigation in a domestic spying scandal. The President justified his move as necessary in order to preserve evidence and to prevent the Minister's continued pres [...]
2006-09-14 16:16:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL PGOV IZ RO
06BUCHAREST1576ROMANIA ON CFE ENTITLEMENT TRANSFERS
[...] (C) Polmiloff met October 11 with MFA Office of Non-proliferation and Arms Control Director Dan Neculaescu and Daniela Marca on approaching Greece on the transfer of TLE Entitlements. They were appreciative but cautious. Neculeascu mentioned that the Norwegians had raised the issue (without [...]
2006-10-13 08:06:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS RO
06BUCHAREST1583ROMANIA INCREASES INVOLVEMENT IN THE PROLIFERATION
[...] (U) Summary. Romania has expanded its participation in Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) activities over the past year. Romania has strengthened domestic legislation and export controls, and improved interagency cooperation. Romania has focused on working with regional counterparts on [...]
2006-10-16 11:54:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALMNUC MOPS PARM PREL RO
06BUCHAREST178VANGOETHEM VERDICT, SENTENCING ROILS U.S.-ROMANIAN RELATIONS
[...] (C) Summary. The acquittal of former MSG Detachment Commander Christopher VanGoethem on January 31 of negligent homicide, along with the news that he would only receive a reprimand for his conduct, has roiled U.S.-Romanian relations. The denouement of the case will likely complicate ratification by [...]
2006-02-01 19:06:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCRM ASEC SOCI MARR MOPS RO
06BUCHAREST1874ROMANIA: 2006 COUNTRY TERRORISM REPORT
[...] This report provides Embassy Bucharest,s submission for the 2006 Country Reports on Terrorism. 2. Summary: Romania continued to be a staunch ally in the global war against terrorism, providing a full range of political, diplomatic, and military support for U.S. goals to combat internation [...]
2006-12-18 13:09:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC PGOV PREL MOPS ECON NATO RO
06BUCHAREST199VANGOETHEM VERDICT: PUBLIC OUTRAGE CONTINUES
[...] (C) Summary. The acquittal of former MSG Detachment Commander Christopher VanGoethem on January 31 of negligent homicide continues to receive prominent press coverage, with political leaders and the general public alike questioning the reasons for the verdict as well as the commitment of the USG to [...]
2006-02-04 09:35:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCRM ASEC SOCI MARR MOPS RO
06BUCHAREST408CONTROVERSY OVER MFA OFFICIAL'S STATEMENT ON USE
[...] (SBU) In a response to a question, MFA State Secretary Teodor Baconschi stated during a March 7 Senate joint Foreign Policy and Defense Committee hearing that the U.S.-Romanian Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) could permit U.S. forces to launch a military operation from Romanian territory [...]
2006-03-09 15:38:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS MARR SOCI RO
06BUCHAREST539ROMANIA -- INITIAL RESPONSE ON SUPPORT FOR
[...] (C) Further to Reftel, PolMilOff discusse with MFA NATO Division Director Mirela Maghiar arch 28 a possible Romanian contribution to a seen-man Military Advisory and Liaison Team (MALT). The MALT would certify and mentor the Iraqi Bas Defense Unit (IBDU) taking over guard responsibilities at [...]
2006-03-28 16:13:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALNATO MARR MOPS PGOV PREL RO IZ
06BUCHAREST628ROMANIA: BASESCU DISPUTES SPECULATION ON POSSIBLE
[...] (SBU) During a nationally televised interview on April 16, President Traian Basescu stated that the U.S. would not be able to launch an attack from Romanian territory without prior GOR approval. He characterized as "exaggerated" press reports that the U.S. could attack a third country from R [...]
2006-04-17 15:43:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PGOV PREL SOCI RO
06BUCHAREST704ROMANIAN REACTION TO COMBAT DEATH OF SOLDIER IN
[...] (C) Summary. The Romanian government has pledged to maintain its troop presence in Iraq in the wake of its first-ever ombat death there. President Traian Basescu described the fallen soldier as among the pantheon of Romanian heroes, a sentiment widely shared by other political leaders and [...]
2006-04-28 17:08:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS MARR SOCI IZ RO
06BUCHAREST761SENATE DEFENSE COMMITTEE GREENLIGHTS U.S. -
[...] (C) George-Cristian Maior, Senate Defense Committee Chairman and a leading member of the opposition Social Democratic Party (PSD),confirmed to PolMilOff that the Defense Committee voted 8 to 1 on May 10 in favor of the U.S.-Romanian Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) and would send a favora [...]
2006-05-10 14:48:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS NATO PGOV PREL RO
06BUCHAREST877ROMANIA: INITIAL RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REGARDING
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-30 13:19:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO MOPS PGOV RO IZ
06BUCHAREST902SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR J.D. CROUCH'S VISIT TO ROMANIA
[...] (C) Summary. Embassy Bucharest warmly welcomes your upcoming visit to Bucharest. Your participation at the June 5 "Black Sea Forum for Dialogue and Partnership Summit" is a tangible sign of USG support for Romania's aspirations to promote regional efforts to strengthen democratic institutions, dive [...]
2006-05-31 17:57:00Embassy BucharestSECRETECON ETRD MARR MOPS NATO PGOV PHUM PREL RO
06BUDAPEST2383HUNGARY PREPARES FOR THE NATO SUMMIT: TO RIGA ...
[...] (C) Summary: As the GoH prepares for the NATO Summit, we are using quiet diplomatic contacts and aggressive public outreach to help shape their preparations. GoH officials recognize that Afghanistan will be the central focus at Riga and appreciate that NATO's efforts there represent an impor [...]
2006-11-28 13:30:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS NATO PINS HU
06BUDAPEST2438HUNGARY'S REACTION TO DEMARCHE ON PRESERVING THE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-06 11:17:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALKDEM PREL PGOV PTER MOPS
06BUDAPEST2462MFA FULLY ENGAGED ON AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) MFA Assistant Secretary Varkonyi reviewed the state of play on Afghanistan, Cuba, and the Visa Waiver Program in an informal conversation with Ambassador Foley December 6. The MFA is increasingly taking on the leadership role in coordinating interagency efforts on the reconstruction and d [...]
2006-12-11 14:18:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS CVIS HU
06BUDAPEST2505FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION: GOH CONSIDERS ITS NATIONAL
[...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador Foley December 13 before leaving on a brief trip to Afghanistan, ICDT Director Ambassador Istvan Gyarmati previewed potential changes in the GoH's foreign policy bureaucracy. A SHORT WINTER'S NAP 2. (C) Noting the tendency of the bureaucracy to "hiber [...]
2006-12-19 15:52:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MOPS HU
06BUENOSAIRES1004ARGENTINA PROPOSES FUNCTIONAL IMMUNITIES FOR
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Paulo Cavalleri, an official in the MFA's Office of International Security (DIGAN),called POLOFF April 26 regarding our proposal (ref A) to negotiate a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) for the November 2006 UNITAS Atlantic Pha [...]
2006-05-04 15:24:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALAR KTIA MARR MOPS MASS
06BUENOSAIRES1005ARGENTINA PROPOSES FUNCTIONAL IMMUNITIES FOR
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Paulo Cavalleri, an official in the MFA's Office of International Security (DIGAN),called POLOFF April 26 regarding our proposal (ref A) to negotiate a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) for the November 2006 UNITAS Atlantic Pha [...]
2006-05-04 15:29:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALAR KTIA MARR MOPS MASS
06BUENOSAIRES1006ARGENTINA PROPOSES FUNCTIONAL IMMUNITIES FOR
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Paulo Cavalleri, an official in the MFA's Office of International Security (DIGAN),called POLOFF April 26 regarding our proposal (ref A) to negotiate a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) for the November 2006 UNITAS Atlantic Pha [...]
2006-05-04 15:32:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALAR KTIA MARR MOPS MASS
06BUENOSAIRES120A/S SHANNON'S MEETING WITH ARGENTINE DEFENSE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A/S Shannon, accompanied by Ambassador, met with Minister of Defense Nilda Garre January 12. They discussed the current situation in Haiti and Garre's vision for the Argentine armed forces. Garre will reconfigure the armed forces for a defensive doctrine, but also continue Argen [...]
2006-01-18 12:30:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR MOPS AR
06BUENOSAIRES1733CHARGE MEETING WITH VICE MOD VASQUEZ OCAMPO
[...] (C) Summary: In an August 1 meeting with CDA Matera, Mil Group Commander, A/DATT and PolOff, Vice Minister of Defense (Vice-MOD) Vasquez Ocampo stated his satisfaction with the state of bilateral mil/mil relations, including continued cooperation, the Bilateral Working Group, training and e [...]
2006-08-03 19:34:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL OAS HA AR
06BUENOSAIRES1839ARGENTINA WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN EXPANDED UNIFIL
[...] (C) Charge delivered reftel demarche on August 16 to Acting Undersecretary for Foreign Policy Luis Cappagli regarding possible Argentine participation in expanded UNIFIL peacekeeping force. Cappagli listened attentively to Charge's argument for Argentine participation but stated that the dec [...]
2006-08-16 17:09:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL LE AR
06BUENOSAIRES458ARGENTINA'S PEACEKEEPING CENTER
[...] (U) DCM, accompanied by POLOFF, visited the Argentine Joint Peacekeeping Training Center (CAECOPAZ) February 24 to receive a briefing on CAECOPAZ's capabilities, as well as on ongoing Argentine contributions to PKO's in Haiti (about 600 troops),Cyprus (about 400 troops),Kosovo (about 130 troo [...]
2006-02-27 15:54:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS KPKO AR
06BUENOSAIRES798ARGENTINA: NEGOTIATING A STATUS OF FORCES
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) POLOFF met April 4 with Minister Ricardo Boccalandro and Counselor Paulo Cavalleri in the MFA's Office of International Security (DIGAN) to discuss the text of the draft diplomatic note (ref. A) on a short-term Status of Forces [...]
2006-04-07 21:28:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALAR KTIA MARR MOPS MASS
06BUENOSAIRES97A/S SHANNON MEETS WITH ARGENTINE PRESIDENT KIRCHNER
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-13 20:04:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS ENRG EPET AR
06CAIRO2137DARFUR: EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT MUBARAK'S MESSAGE TO
[...] (C) Summary. According to a senior MFA contact, Egyptian President Mubarak's message to Sudanese President Bashir in Khartoum April 4 was that Sudan was not given a "blank check" at the Arab League summit for its Darfur policies. Mubarak reportedly pressed Bashir to quickly conclude a peace [...]
2006-04-09 05:54:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM MOPS PTER EG SU
06CAIRO2162CAIRO: SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY JOSEPH
[...] (C) Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes your visit and the opportunity to continue our dialogue with the GOE on counterproliferation, Iran, and security assistance. Egypt values its role as a regional leader on nonproliferation and its influence in multilateral fora. Your visit will reassure Egy [...]
2006-04-09 14:27:00Embassy CairoSECRETPREL PGOV MOPS UNSC EG IR KNNP
06CAIRO2202IRAQ: MUBARAK'S TELEVISED REMARKS CREATE
[...] (C) Summary. Only three days ahead of an Arab League foreign ministerial meeting on Iraq, Egyptian President Mubarak created waves during an Al Arabiya television interview (Ref) aired April 8, in which he questioned the national loyalties of Iraq's and the region's Shiites. While President [...]
2006-04-11 16:41:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS PTER EG IZ
06CAIRO2228IRAQ: ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN MINISTERS APRIL 12
[...] (C) Arab League (AL) Secretary General Amre Moussa provided the Ambassador April 12 with a brief read-out of that day's Iraq "Follow-Up Committee" ministerial meeting in Cairo. Despite Iraq's decision to boycott the meeting, nine Arab foreign ministers agreed on three main points, Moussa sai [...]
2006-04-13 13:26:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS ASEC PTER EG IZ
06CAIRO2475SCENESETTER FOR A/S HILLEN'S VISIT TO CAIRO
[...] (C) Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes your visit and the opportunity to discuss security assistance, border security, regional cooperation, and the MFO with the GOE. The Defense and Foreign Ministers will likely press you for further assurance of the Administration's support for the current lev [...]
2006-04-27 14:00:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MASS MOPS KMFO EG IR IS KNNP KPAL
06CAIRO2702SUDAN: EGYPT WELCOMES DARFUR PEACE DEAL, LOOKS TO
[...] (C) Presidential Spokesman Soliman Awad told the Ambassador late May 8 that Egypt had publicly welcomed the peace deal between Darfur rebels and the Government of Sudan (GOS) signed in Abuja May 5. Awad said the Presidency issued a statement to the media welcoming the agreement(faxed to NEA/ [...]
2006-05-09 15:42:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS PHUM EG SU
06CAIRO3128POTENTIAL IMPACT OF A REDUCTION OF EGYPT'S FMF
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph two. 2. (U) During a recent meeting with Office of Military Cooperation-Egypt Chief MG Byron Bagby, Congressman Kolbe requested an outline of the potential impact of a reduction or reprogramming of Egypt's Foreign Military Financing. P [...]
2006-05-25 11:15:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MASS MOPS EG
06CAIRO3145EGYPT REVIEWING USG REQUEST ON KYRGYSTAN'S MANAS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-25 13:36:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS EG AF KG
06CAIRO3268THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MAY 21 MEETING WITH TURKISH
[...] (U) Classified by: Economic and Political Counselor John Desrocher, reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) 2. (U) May 21, 2006; 9:30AM; Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 3. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary NEA DAS Scott Carpenter D Executive Assistant Mike Matera D Senior Advisor Rich Mills [...]
2006-05-30 13:48:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ECON MOPS TU SU IR IZ EG
06CAIRO3282SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL GRIFFIN'S JUNE VISIT TO
[...] (C) Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes your visit and the opportunity to discuss with you ways in which we might bolster our military cooperation with Egypt. The U.S.-Egyptian military partnership is the cornerstone of our strategic relationship. While both nations benefit from the relationship [...]
2006-05-31 09:59:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL MASS MOPS EG KPAL IS IZ SU
06CAIRO3482DARFUR: EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT APPROVES INCREASE IN
[...] (C) During a June 4 meeting, Foreign Ministry Cabinet staff member Ahmed Abul Zeid told poloff that Egyptian President Mubarak had recently approved a recommendation by the Egyptian Cabinet to increase the GOE's contribution of personnel to the African Union's Mission in Sudan (AMIS). Egypt h [...]
2006-06-06 10:39:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS UNSC EG SU
06CAIRO3508ARAB LEAGUE CONDEMNS AMERICAN ACTIONS IN HADITHA,
[...] (C) Following the June 4 issuance by the Arab League of a condemnatory statement (text below) regarding the actions of American soldiers in Haditha, Iraq, emboff complained to Arab League Spokesman Alaa Rushdy June 6 about the content of the statement, particularly since the incident was still [...]
2006-06-06 16:11:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS EG IZ
06CAIRO3819SOMALIA: EGYPT LAMENTS U.S. DECISION TO "EXCLUDE
[...] (C) During a June 19 meeting, MFA Assistant Minister for African Affairs Mohamed Higazy complained to poloff about what he termed Washington's decision to "exclude Arab participation" in a newly formed "Contact Group" to deal with the ongoing crisis in Somalia. Higazy questioned the selectio [...]
2006-06-19 13:43:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS PTER EG SO
06CAIRO3849SOMALIA: ARAB LEAGUE TO HOLD MINISTERIAL MEETING
[...] (C) The Arab League will hold a ministerial meeting in Khartoum, Sudan June 21-22, to discuss political and security developments in Somalia, according to senior Arab League contacts. League Secretariat staffer Talal Elameen (protect) told Poloff that the meeting of the League's 11-member So [...]
2006-06-21 09:12:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS PTER ARABL EG SO
06CAIRO3923ATTACK ON KEREM SHALOM CROSSING: EGYPTIAN
[...] (C) On June 25, the Ambassador discussed the recent attack on Israeli forces at the Kerem Shalom crossing with Defense Minister Tantawi, Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit, and EGIS Deputy Gohar (in Minister Soliman's absence). All three agencies were obviously following events closely and they ha [...]
2006-06-25 15:38:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MOPS MEPN KPAL EG IS
06CAIRO3924IRAQ: EGYPT LOOKING TO MOVE FORWARD ON BILATERAL
[...] (C) Egyptian MFA Assistant Minister for Arab Affairs, Hani Khallaf, told poloff that Tehran is pressing to host a meeting of Iraq's neighboring countries (and Egypt) on July 8-9, and thought Saudi Arabia was encouraging Arab participation. Khallaf confirmed reports that the League would host [...]
2006-06-25 15:56:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER EFIN MOPS EG IZ
06CAIRO3966SOMALIA: ARAB LEAGUE BRINGS SOMALI TRANSITIONAL
[...] (C) Summary. Senior Arab League contacts Samir Hosni and Talal Elamine briefed poloff June 25 on outcomes of the Khartoum meeting of the Arab League's Somalia Committee with key Somali political leaders. In addition to providing Arabic texts of the June 22 Khartoum Communique (translations [...]
2006-06-26 12:01:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER EFIN MOPS EG SM
06CAIRO4258SUDAN: DARFUR'S MINI MENNAWI WARMLY WELCOMED IN
[...] (C) Summary: Darfur rebel leader Mini Mennawi is currently in Cairo, Egypt with a large delegation from the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) faction he represents, preparing to depart for Washington, DC, where he expects to meet with President Bush and other senior USG officials. In Cairo, M [...]
2006-07-10 13:47:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID MOPS PTER KPKO EG SU CD
06CAIRO4282IRAQ: ARAB LEAGUE TO HOST PREPARATORY MEETING
[...] (C) Arab League staff members shared July 11 that the League would hold a preparatory meeting of Iraqi political figures July 25-28 in Cairo to plan for a National Reconciliation Conference (NRC) in Baghdad later this summer. A maximum of 30 Iraqis from all the major Iraqi political groups a [...]
2006-07-11 15:30:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID MOPS PTER EG IZ
06CAIRO4356EGYPT SUPPORTIVE OF MIDDLE EAST RESOLUTION AT THE
[...] (C) NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch and Deputy National Security Council Advisor Elliott Abrams discussed the draft UNSC resolution condemning military operations in Gaza with Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit and Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa during separate July 12 SIPDIS meetin [...]
2006-07-13 11:57:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MOPS KPAL KWBG UNSC EG IS
06CAIRO4382NEA ASSISTANT SECRETARY DAVID WELCH AND DNSA
[...] (C) During a July 11-12 visit to Cairo, NEA Assistant Secretary Welch and Deputy National Security Advisor Elliott SIPDIS Abrams along with the Ambassador met separately with Egyptian Intelligence Chief Omar Soliman (sep channel),Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit, Arab League Secretary General Amre Mo [...]
2006-07-16 07:42:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER EAID MOPS KPAL EG IS
06CAIRO5028EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT REACTION TO UN SECURITY
[...] (C) During an August 14 discussion of regional issues, MFA Assistant Minister for Arab Affairs Hany Khalaf shared with poloff the text (below) of an "oral message" from Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit that he said would be delivered in UN Security Council P-5 member state capitals and Israel. Th [...]
2006-08-14 13:28:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS PTER EG LE IS
06CAIRO5240ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN MINISTERS MEET TO DISCUSS
[...] (C) In an effort to be seen as "doing something," Arab League foreign ministers met in Cairo August 20 to address assistance for the reconstruction of Lebanon, to discuss reviving the Arab-Israeli peace process, to debate the utility of an Arab Summit, and to offer political support to Sudan. [...]
2006-08-21 14:40:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MEPN KPAL UNSC ARABL MOPS EG LE SY
06CAIRO5317SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL ABIZAID'S VISIT TO CAIRO
[...] (C) Welcome back to Cairo. Your visit allows us to reaffirm our nations' strong mil-mil cooperation at a time when the broader bilateral relationship and the U.S. image on the Arab Street shows signs of strain due to the crisis in Lebanon. In meetings with governmental and non-governmental contacts [...]
2006-08-24 12:56:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PTER MOPS EG IS IZ IR SU LE KNNP
06CAIRO603SECURITY COORDINATOR LTG DAYTON DISCUSSES
[...] (C) Summary: U.S. Security Coordinator LTG Keith Dayton and the Ambassador discussed the recent Hamas election victory, Palestinian security, and Egyptian-Israeli border security with Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit, Defense Minister Tantawi, and Director of Military Intelligence Mowafi Februa [...]
2006-02-01 21:08:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KPAL MOPS EG IS
06CAIRO6172SUDAN: EASTERN PEACE TALKS GOING WELL, DON'T
[...] (C) Drawing from reftel background and talking points, poloff shared with MFA Cabinet staff member Ahmed Aboul Zeid on October 2 USG concerns regarding the direction of peace talks between the Government of Sudan and Eastern rebel groups currently taking place in Asmara, Eritrea. Aboul Zeid, [...]
2006-10-02 16:08:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS PTER KDEM EG SU ER
06CAIRO6325GOP SCHIZOPHRENIC ON VENEZUELAN FUEL IMPORTS
[...] SUMMARY. (C) GOP Energy policy remains divided as the Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MICI) pursues divergent paths to ensure an affordable supply of petroleum for Panama. MICI Vice-Minister Jose Paredes stated publicly that the new Panamanian state run oil company would not distribute fue [...]
2006-10-11 15:00:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER UNSC MOPS PHUM ARABL EG SU
06CAIRO6581SPECIAL ENVOY NATSIOS'S OCTOBER 21 MEETINGS WITH
[...] (C) Summary and comment: In separate October 21 meetings, Presidential Envoy for Sudan Andrew Natsios discussed next steps on Sudan with Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa and Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit. Moussa agreed the humanitarian situation in Darfur was bad but it [...]
2006-10-29 14:32:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS PTER EAID EG SU
06CAIRO6582SPECIAL ENVOY NATSIOS'S OCTOBER 21 MEETING WITH
[...] (C) In an introductory meeting October 21, Intelligence Chief Omar Soliman reviewed Egyptian thinking on Sudan and Darfur with U.S. Presidential Envoy for Sudan, Andrew Natsios. Despite tense relations with Khartoum, Egypt is working to resolve the conflict in Darfur and to bolster the stabi [...]
2006-10-29 14:32:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS PTER EAID EG SU
06CAIRO6770IRAQ: ENCOURAGING ADDITIONAL EGYPTIAN AND ARAB
[...] (S) EGYPT'S ENGAGEMENT ON IRAQ, BOTH BILATERALLY AND MULTILATERALLY, CONTINUES TO BE QUIET BUT CONSISTENT. PER REFTELS, EGYPT IS IN FREQUENT COMMUNICATION WITH IRAQI GOVERNMENT LEADERS, HOSTS HIGH-LEVEL IRAQI DELEGATIONS, AND IS INTERESTED IN DEEPENING BILATERAL TIES AS THE SECURITY SITUATIO [...]
2006-11-07 15:27:00Embassy CairoSECRETPREL PGOV MOPS PTER UNSC EG IZ
06CAIRO6825IRAQ: ENCOURAGING ADDITIONAL EGYPTIAN AND ARAB
[...] (S) EGYPT'S ENGAGEMENT ON IRAQ, BOTH BILATERALLY AND MULTILATERALLY, IS QUIET BUT CONSISTENT. PER REFTELS, EGYPT IS IN FREQUENT COMMUNICATION WITH IRAQI GOVERNMENT LEADERS, HOSTS HIGH-LEVEL IRAQI DELEGATIONS, AND WILL DEEPEN BILATERAL TIES AS THE SECURITY SITUATION IN IRAQ PERMITS. EGYPT MA [...]
2006-11-09 16:35:00Embassy CairoSECRETPREL PGOV MOPS PTER EFIN ECON EG IZ
06CAIRO6846(C) LEBANON: EGYPT BACKING PM SINIORA TO PURSUE
[...] (C) THE AMBASSADOR SPOKE WITH EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER AHMED ABOUL GHEIT NOVEMBER 13 TO URGE GOE SUPPORT FOR LEBANESE PRIME MINISTER FOUAD SINIORA, FOLLOWING THE RECENT RESIGNATIONS OF HIZBALLAH-AFFILIATED CABINET MINISTERS FROM THE LEBANESE GOVERNMENT. ABOUL GHEIT CONFIRMED TO THE AMBASSAD [...]
2006-11-13 17:35:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MOPS UNSC MEPN EG LE
06CAIRO6939DARFUR: EGYPT AND ARAB LEAGUE PLEASED WITH AU-UN
[...] (C) The Government of Egypt (GOE) and the Arab League Secretariat (AL) are pleased with the outcome of November 16 SIPDIS high-level consultations on Darfur held in Addis Ababa and hosted by the African Union (AU) and the United Nations (UN). GOE leaders and the Arab League are pressing th [...]
2006-11-21 16:06:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MOPS UNSC EG SU
06CAIRO6984IRAQ UPDATES: SENIOR-LEVEL VISITS AND OTHER
[...] (C) Local contacts confirmed plans for Iraqi President Jalal Talabani to visit Egypt in mid-December, preceded by a visit by Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari December 3-4. In addition to advancing the President's visit, Zebari will represent Egypt at an Arab League ministerial meeting on [...]
2006-11-27 16:11:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS PTER ARABL EG IZ
06CAIRO7000MUBARAK ON DARFUR, IRAQ, IRAN, AND THE
[...] (S) President Mubarak informed visiting Congresswoman Diane Watson on November 27 that he would travel to Khartoum within ten days to follow up on the recent Tripoli Darfur meetings and that he invited the presidents of Eritrea, Chad and the CAR to visit Cairo within the next month. Mubarak w [...]
2006-11-28 15:59:00Embassy CairoSECRETPREL PGOV MOPS EG IR IZ SU
06CAIRO7199SOMALIA: ARAB LEAGUE PRESSING FOR RESUMPTION OF
[...] (C) Poloff discussed reftel demarche with Arab League Secretariat African Affairs Office Director Samir Hosny on SIPDIS December 20, urging the League to use its contacts with Somali Islamic Courts (CIC) and Transitional Federal Government (TFG) figures to help avoid military clashes, to r [...]
2006-12-20 12:09:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS MARR ARABL EG SO
06CAIRO7260SOMALIA: EGYPT AND ARAB LEAGUE WORKING TO
[...] (C) MFA Assistant Minister for African Affairs, Ambassador Marsoum Marzouk, detailed Egyptian concerns and responses to the current fighting between Ethiopian forces and the Somali Council of Islamic Courts (CIC). Responding to ref A demarche, Marzouk noted that Egypt was an unlikely transit [...]
2006-12-28 15:41:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS EG SO
06CAIRO75EGYPTIAN, EUROPEAN SOURCES CONFIRM RAFAH BORDER
[...] (C) In separate conversations January 4, MFA Palestinian Affairs Office Director Randa Labib and European Union Deputy Director Oliver Nette confirmed that the Egyptian-Gaza border terminals at Rafah remain open, despite press reports that Gaza militants closed the PA-controlled terminal. Lab [...]
2006-01-04 17:02:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS PTER KPAL EG IS
06CAIRO87EGYPT QUESTIONS RE-HATTING AFRICAN UNION MISSION
[...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche January 5 to MFA Sudan Affairs Office Director Marsam Marzouk, seeking GOE support within the African Union (AU) to "re-hat" the AU's Darfur mission. Marzouk said that there was little support within Africa for such a move, as it signified AU "failure" in it [...]
2006-01-05 13:40:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS EG SU UNSC
06CAIRO971IRAQ: EGYPT AND ARAB LEAGUE WELCOME FINAL
[...] (U) Following the public release February 17 of final election results by the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI),both the Government of Egypt and Arab League publicly welcomed the conclusion of Iraq's electoral process and called for the rapid formation of a government of nation [...]
2006-02-15 16:10:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS PTER KPAO OPRC EG IZ
06CANBERRA1009DPRK: AUSTRALIAN REACTION TO JULY 5 NORTH KOREAN
[...] (C/NF) Australian Prime Minister John Howard and Foreign Minister Alexander Downer issued separate statements to local media on July 5 publicly condemning the North Korean Taepo Dong-2 missile launch and calling on the DPRK to return to the Six-Party Talks. The Foreign Minister's media statemen [...]
2006-07-05 21:47:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPARM MNUC MOPS KNNP MARR AS KN
06CANBERRA1224AUSTRALIA WELCOMES UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION
[...] (U) Acting POLCOUNS delivered ref demarche on UNSC Resolution 1701 to Richard Maude, Assistant Secretary for Global Affairs and Director, Lebanon Crisis Management Center, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, on August 12. 2. (U) Maude responded by referring to Foreign Minister Alexande [...]
2006-08-12 10:26:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER MOPS UNAUS UNSC IS LE AS
06CANBERRA1430AUSTRALIAN COMMENTS ON DOD REPORT ON CHINA'S
[...] (S/NF) An Australian Government interagency review of the U.S. Defense Department's 2006 Report on China's Military Power has yielded broad agreement with most of the report's key conclusions. Australia estimates that China's military spending for 2006 is approximately USD 70 billion, twice th [...]
2006-09-15 07:38:00Embassy CanberraSECRET//NOFORNPARM MOPS PREL CH PM AS
06CANBERRA1804PM ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILLEN'S CONSULTATIONS IN
[...] (C/NF) A/S Hillen held productive talks with a wide range of Australian Government officials in Canberra November 2-5. He secured GOA consent to meet again bilaterally to consider an Article 98 agreement before the December 12 Australia-United States Ministerial (AUSMIN) consultations. Austra [...]
2006-11-09 22:20:00Embassy CanberraSECRET//NOFORNPREL MARR MOPS PGOV PINR AS
06CANBERRA577AUSTRALIA DEPLOYS TROOPS, POLICE TO SOLOMON ISLANDS
[...] (U) Prime Minister Howard announced on April 19 that Australia would deploy 110 Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel and about 70 police to Honiara to help maintain law and order in response to post-election rioting in the Solomon Islands capital (reftels). Four C-130 aircraft are preparin [...]
2006-04-19 06:40:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV PINR PREL AS BP
06CANBERRA849EAST TIMOR: UPDATE ON AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE FORCE AND
[...] (C/NF) The GOA confirmed that the Australian Defence Force (ADF) could include U.S. Embassy in Dili in its patrolling arrangements and could mount a rapid reaction capability to respond to a security threat at the U.S. Embassy, if needed. The GOA planned to double the number of police currently [...]
2006-06-08 07:58:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMOPS MARR AORC PREL KDEM AS PO TT
06CANBERRA952EAST TIMOR: AUSTRALIAN BRIEFING ON LOBATO ARREST
[...] (C/NF) Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Acting East Timor Director provided us a briefing on the arrest of former East Timor Interior Minister Rogerio Lobato on June 22. Ferguson confirmed that a prosecutor, possibly a UN-provided international prosecutor, from the East Timor Of [...]
2006-06-22 08:13:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR MOPS KCRM AS TT
06CARACAS776CARRIER VISIT TO BENEFIT US POLICY TOWARD VENEZUELA
[...] (U) See Ambassador's comment para 9. 2. (S) Post supports Southcom's planned "Partnership of the Americas" maritime surge to the Caribbean to be led by the aircraft carrier U.S.S. George Washington. The deployment will help us to counter President Hugo Chavez' courtship of Caribbean co [...]
2006-03-23 19:26:00Embassy CaracasSECRETPGOV MOPS MASS VE
06CHIANGMAI159AFTER HELPING TO PLOT COUP, THIRD ARMY COMMANDER CALLS THE
[...] (C) Summary. The general in charge of northern Thailand came out blazing Friday with allegations that coup planning began months ago and that the former government wiretapped the Privy Council and the palace. He asserted a need to clear out Thaksin loyalists in the region and proposed that th [...]
2006-09-26 05:53:00Consulate Chiang MaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM MOPS ASEC TH
06COLOMBO1030SRI LANKA: CEASEFIRE CONTINUES TO FRAY AFTER TIGER
[...] (C) Summary: The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and Sri Lankan Military continued to engage each other militarily June 16 - 18. According to the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM),the Sea Tigers launched a largely unsuccessful attack on a Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) base at Pesalai, Mann [...]
2006-06-19 12:22:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPTER PHUM PGOV MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1041SRI LANKA: GROWING EVIDENCE THAT NAVAL PERSONNEL
[...] (C) Summary: On June 17, during a military engagement between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) security forces (reftel) in Pesalai, on the Mannar peninsula in northwest Sri Lanka, at least thirty civilians were injured, one fatally, while taking sh [...]
2006-06-21 11:25:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPHUM PTER MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1051SRI LANKA: LOCAL NGOS INDICT LTTE, KARUNA, AND
[...] (C) Summary. Poloff spoke with representatives from several of Sri Lanka's primary NGOs and think tanks June 21-22 to get their views on the military engagement between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) since a June 15 presumably-LTTE bus bombing [...]
2006-06-26 11:52:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPTER PHUM MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1053SRI LANKA: TIGER SUICIDE BOMBERS ASSASSINATE SRI
[...] (C) Summary: At 7:45 AM on June 26, two presumed-Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) motorcycle-mounted suicide bombers killed Deputy Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) Major General Parami Kulathunga and three soldiers in Pannapitiya, a suburb approximately 15 km from Colombo. Ku [...]
2006-06-26 12:16:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1090SRI LANKA: NORTHERN GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES SPEAK
[...] (C) Summary. The Government Agents of the northern districts of Jaffna and Mannar and the District Judge of Vavuniya spoke candidly with us in separate meetings June 28-30 about the ground situation in the majority-Tamil areas in which they serve, including military attacks on civilians and t [...]
2006-07-03 09:36:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPHUM PTER MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1107SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT MAKES PEACE AND HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) Summary. In a TV interview July 4, President Mahinda Rajapaksa called for the resumption of peace talks with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in the wake of several Tiger attacks on security forces (Ref B). On July 3, a presumed Tiger explosion at a police checkpoint near Anurad [...]
2006-07-05 10:19:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1140SRI LANKA: ARMY'S U.S.-FUNDED HUMANITARIAN
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Sri Lanka Army's (SLA) U.S.-sponsored humanitarian demining program, begun after the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) signed a Ceasefire Agreement (CFA) in February 2002, has lately hit snags which bring into question the program's [...]
2006-07-12 10:42:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1149SRI LANKA: NEW HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTRY PUSHES
[...] (C) Summary. On July 12, the newly-formed Ministry of Human Rights and Disaster Management headed by Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe hosted a briefing at which senior members of the armed forces and police updated the diplomatic corps on human rights training and the status of investigations of [...]
2006-07-13 09:29:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PTER MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1235SRI LANKA: AIR FORCE ATTACKS IN THE EAST WHILE
[...] (C) Summary. On the evening of July 26, the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) bombed Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) controlled areas of the eastern district of Trincomalee in an allegedly humanitarian effort to open a water supply to Tamil and Muslim civilians that the LTTE had blocked. The [...]
2006-07-27 11:32:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM MOPS PREF CE
06COLOMBO1246SRI LANKA: FINNISH AND DANISH MONITORS PREPARE
[...] (C) Summary. The government mounted a significant ground operation July 31 after Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) strikes on Liberation Tiger of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) targets continued through the weekend, with air-strikes killing eight lower-level Tiger leaders in the eastern Batticaloa and Trincomal [...]
2006-07-31 12:04:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1286SRI LANKA: HUMANITARIAN CRISIS GROWS AS EASTERN
[...] (C) Summary. Recent violence following the LTTE's July 26 blocking of a critical water sluice near northeastern Trincomalee and subsequent ground and air military action spread into the central province August 7 when a seperate LTTE claymore mine attack killed a senior police superintendent in [...]
2006-08-07 13:28:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1292SRI LANKA: NORWEGIANS BRIEF CO-CHAIRS ON NORTHEAST
[...] (C) Summary. Norwegian Special Envoy Jon Hanssen-Bauer, Norwegian Ambassador Hans Brattskar, and Swedish Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) head Ulf Henricsson briefed Chiefs of Mission and Charges from the Co-chairs and Nordic monitor countries August 8 following their August 5-7 trips to th [...]
2006-08-08 13:48:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1295SRI LANKA: BOTH PARTIES TAKE CREDIT FOR DAM
[...] (C) Summary. Both the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) security forces and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) claimed to have opened the Mavilaru water dam on the evening of August 8, 19 days into their battle for control over the area. At this writing, two Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers had [...]
2006-08-10 10:32:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1313SRI LANKA: SECURITY FORCES AND TIGERS ENGAGEMENT
[...] (C) Military engagement between the Government of Sri Lanka (SLA) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) spread on the evening of August 11 through the morning of August 12, marking the most significant military exchange between the parties since the February 2002 Ceasefire. Initial r [...]
2006-08-12 09:13:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM MOPS PREF CE
06COLOMBO1352SRI LANKA: US REQUESTS INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS,
[...] (C) One Amcit under the auspices of UNHCR and four non-Amcit US-funded humanitarian mine action officers are currently stranded in Government of Sri Lanka (GSL)-controlled Jaffna, seperated from the rest of the island by an expanse of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)-controlled terri [...]
2006-08-18 11:12:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1361SRI LANKA: FORTY-EIGHT THOUSAND DISPLACED IN
[...] (C) Summary: The number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the northern Jaffna district rose to approximately 48,000 by August 20, according to UNHCR. Military engagement between the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),which began August 11, h [...]
2006-08-21 10:17:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1366PRESSING GSL FOR CESSATION OF FIGHTING
[...] (C) Summary: SCA PDAS Steven Mann visited Colombo August 16-17 as ground fighting between the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) security forces and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cadres continued in the north and east (ref A). In meetings with President Rajapaksa, Foreign Minister Samar [...]
2006-08-22 07:23:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1373SRI LANKA: UPDATE ON EMBASSY ACTION TO EVACUATE
[...] (SBU) A ship sailing under the flag of the ICRC is scheduled to depart the eastern port of Trincomalee August 24, arriving in Jaffna, in northern Sri Lanka, on August 25, pending the commitment of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to allow the ship to pass safely. Approximately 150 [...]
2006-08-22 10:49:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1379SRI LANKA: LULL IN JAFFNA FIGHTING AS POLICE
[...] (C) Summary: Police discovered and diffused a claymore bomb in a crowded Colombo marketplace on August 22. While fighting between Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) forces and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cadres appeared to enter a lull on the Jaffna Peninsula on August 22-23, the Tige [...]
2006-08-23 08:20:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1399SRI LANKA: IDP NUMBER CLIMBS TO 180,000 IN NORTH
[...] (C) Summary: On August 22, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Country Representative Amin Awad briefed Charge' on population displacement in the North and East due to renewed military engagement between the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) forces and the Liberation Tigers of T [...]
2006-08-24 11:34:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1414SRI LANKA: ICRC REQUESTS EMERGENCY FUNDING, TIGERS
[...] (C) Summary: International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) Director General for Asia and the Pacific Reto Meister and Sri Lanka Head of Delegation Toon Vandenhove briefed Charge' on August 28 on current ICRC activities in Sri Lanka. Meister contended that the unofficial collapse of the Sri [...]
2006-08-29 09:38:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1416SRI LANKA: BATTLE BEGINS FOR SAMPUR AS ICRC SHIP
[...] (C) Summary: A ground battle for Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)-controlled Sampur, south of Trincomalee harbor in eastern Sri Lanka, began on August 27 as an ICRC-flagged ferry bearing 162 expatriates who had been stranded on the Jaffna peninsula arrived in Trincomalee. Government of [...]
2006-08-29 10:56:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO142SRI LANKA: ARMY COMMANDERS PREPARE FOR TWO KINDS
[...] (S) Summary: On January 10, poloff accompanied Defense Attach to Security Forces Headquarters Jaffna (SFHQJ) at the Palaly military base on the Jaffna peninsula. During the three hour visit poloff and DATT met with the commanding general, received a tactical briefing and attended a frank needs [...]
2006-01-25 05:19:00Embassy ColomboSECRETMOPS PINS PTER CE
06COLOMBO1428SRI LANKA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SRI LANKAN
[...] (C) Charge' met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Additional Secretary Geetha de Silva on August 30 regarding U.S. concern that Sri Lanka may be considering procuring lethal military equipment (LME) from Iran. Charge' explained that under the Iran-Syria Nonproliferation Act, procuring LME [...]
2006-08-31 11:36:00Embassy ColomboSECRETPREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1433SRI LANKA: MONITORING MISSION RULES SECURITY
[...] (C) The Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) released a report on August 30 blaming Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) security forces for the execution-style murders of 17 Tamil employees of French NGO Action Against Hunger (Action Contre la Faim - ACF) on August 4 in Muttur, south of Trincomalee H [...]
2006-08-31 12:41:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1439SRI LANKA: JOINT CHIEF OF STAFF CHAIRMAN CLAIMS
[...] (C) Summary. Charge' met with Ministry of Defense (MOD) Chief of Defense Staff General Donald Perera on August 31 to reiterate that the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) should take the lead in stopping military action to provide "breathing space" for the GSL and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eel [...]
2006-09-01 10:48:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1456SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT HAS CONTROL OF SAMPUR; LULL
[...] (U) Sri Lankan media here widely reported Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) statements that its security forces took control of Sampur, the eastern coastal area from which the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) had launched attacks on the town of Trincomalee, its harbor, and surrounding areas [...]
2006-09-06 13:57:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1457SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT HAS CONTROL OF SAMPUR; LULL
[...] (U) Sri Lankan media here widely reported Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) statements that its security forces took control of Sampur, the eastern coastal area from which the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) had launched attacks on the town of Trincomalee, its harbor, and surrounding areas [...]
2006-09-06 13:57:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1465SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT AND LOCAL CO-CHAIR
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Samaraweera, Foreign Secretary Palihakkara, and Peace Secretariat Head Kohona SIPDIS met with local Co-Chair representatives at the Foreign Ministry September 7 to exchange views in the lead-up to the September 12 Co-Chair meeting in Brussels. Government of Sr [...]
2006-09-07 11:30:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1483SRI LANKA: HEAVY FIGHTING AT FORWARD DEFENSE LINE
[...] (C) Summary: In fighting that began September 9, Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) forces have pushed at least one kilometer into the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) side of the Forward Defense Line (FDL) at Muhamalai on the Jaffna Peninsula. Military sources indicate to us that the camp [...]
2006-09-11 10:56:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1508SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT STATES READINESS FOR PEACE
[...] (C) Summary: In response to the Co-Chairs' statement following their September 12 meeting in Brussels that peace talks should take place in Oslo next month, the Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) expressed readiness to engage in negotiations but strongly criticized an alleged lack of prior consul [...]
2006-09-13 13:46:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1517SRI LANKA: GOSL APPRECIATES US SUPPORT FOR PEACE
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Blake made separate calls on September 14 to Defense Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa and Foreign Secretary Palihakkara to brief them on the September 12 Co-chairs' meeting, encourage Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) attendance at peace negotiations, and discuss cooperation [...]
2006-09-14 11:27:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1531SRI LANKA: NAVY AND AIR FORCE SINK LTTE WEAPONS
[...] (C) The Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) with the assistance of Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) kfir jets sunk an alleged LTTE weapons supply ship approximately 120 nautical miles off the eastern coast of Kalmunai, south of Batticaloa, on the afternoon of September 17. That morning, the Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) sh [...]
2006-09-18 11:25:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1539SRI LANKA: CHIEF CEASEFIRE MONITOR DESCRIBES
[...] (C) Ambassador Blake called on the new Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) Chief, Major General Lars Solvberg, on September 19 to discuss the mission's operational structure and constraints since reducing the number of its monitors from approximately 60 to 30 on September 1 (reftel). (Note: T [...]
2006-09-19 11:49:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1540SRI LANKA: MUSLIM MASSACRE; GSL INDICTS TIGERS,
[...] (C) Summary: Responsibility for the September 18 murders of 10 Muslim laborers south of Arugam Bay on the eastern coast remains unclear. This lack of clarity highlights the need for an independent Sri Lankan institution that can investigate human rights cases and leads us to question the bes [...]
2006-09-20 10:09:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1541SRI LANKA: AIR FORCE STRIKES TIGER TARGETS IN
[...] (U) On the afternoon of September 19, the Sri Lanka Air Force conducted air strikes on Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) artillery targets near the eastern coast of Batticaloa, Defense spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella told the press. The pro-LTTE Tamilnet website reported no casualties, b [...]
2006-09-20 11:30:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1564SRI LANKA: NAVY AIDED BY AIR FORCE SINKS SEA TIGER
[...] (U) The Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) Media Center for National Security (MCNS) said that on September 24 the Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) aided by the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) intercepted 25 "Sea Tiger" boats off the coast 50 miles north of Trincomalee, sinking 11. Independent media reported secur [...]
2006-09-25 10:51:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1596SRI LANKA: AIR FORCE STRIKES TIGER BASES,
[...] (C) On September 25-26, the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) struck LTTE training camps in the northwestern district of Mannar, according to the National Security Media Center (NSMC). On September 27, Military spokesman Brigadier Prasad Samarasinghe told poloff that the SLAF had successfully struck [...]
2006-09-28 13:07:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1597SRI LANKA: MONITORING MISSION ACCUSES GSL AND LTTE
[...] (C) Summary: Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) Head of Mission Major General Lars Solvberg addressed a 26 September report to Dr. Palitha Kohona of the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) Secretariat for Coordination of the Peace Process (SCOPP) and Mr. Pulidevan, Secretary General of the Liberat [...]
2006-09-28 13:21:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1601SRI LANKA: MUSLIM LEADER HAKEEM SEEKS SEPARATE
[...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador called upon moderate Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) leader Rauf Hakeem on September 28. Formed in 1981 and registered as a political party in 1989, the SLMC is the largest party representing the Muslim electorate in Sri Lanka. A key opposition leader, Hakeem t [...]
2006-09-29 09:16:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1603SRI LANKA: GSL SETS PUBLIC CONDITIONS FOR TALKS
[...] (U) The Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) announced three conditions to return to peace talks with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),government and independent press reported on October 1. Defense spokesperson Keheliya Rambukwella told the Sunday Times that the three pre-conditions wer [...]
2006-10-02 13:21:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1604SRI LANKA: MONITORING MISSION BRIEFS SCA/INS
[...] (C) Summary: SCA/INS Director Marcia Bernicat, on an orientation visit to Sri Lanka, met with Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) Press and Information Officer (PIO) Thorfinnur Omarsson on October 2. Omarsson expressed the monitors' fear that the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) will continue to [...]
2006-10-02 13:58:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1605SRI LANKA: LTTE-PROXY PARTY EMPHASIZES
[...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met with Tamil National Alliance (TNA) members of parliament Gajendakumar Ponnombalam, Suresh Premachandran, and Pathmini Sithamparanathan on September 29. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)-proxy members of parliament emphasized their concern for the "de [...]
2006-10-02 14:05:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1610SRI LANKA: MARINE EXPEDITIONARY UNIT EXERCISE TO
[...] (C) A Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Exercise is scheduled to take place in Sri Lanka October 22 to November 2. Embassy has requested that it include a significant human rights training component. We believe the exercise represents a valuable exercise opportunity for our forces and a chanc [...]
2006-10-03 08:18:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALMOPS PTER PHUM CE
06COLOMBO1617SRI LANKA: INDEPENDENT PRESS HIGHLIGHTS EMERGING
[...] (C) Summary: Two independent English weekly newspapers highlighted stories about the eastern LTTE-breakaway Karuna Faction on October 1. The Sunday Times published an interview with Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan, also known as Karuna Amman, who predicted that his former confidant, LTTE leader [...]
2006-10-03 12:00:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1622SRI LANKA: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR BASIL RAJAPAKSA
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met Presidential Advisor Basil Rajapaksa, younger brother to President Mahinda Rajapaksa, on October 4. After the Ambassador reviewed US priorities and initiatives in Sri Lanka, Rajapaksa spoke frankly about human rights issues, requesting that the United States a [...]
2006-10-04 11:53:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1650SRI LANKA: RESETTLEMENT MINISTER VOWS NO REPEAT OF
[...] (C) Ambassador Blake met with Minister of Resettlement A. Rishad Bathihudeen October 4 to discuss Sri Lanka's critical internally displaced persons (IDP) problem. The Resettlement Ministry is responsible for 300,000 pre-ceasefire conflict displaced persons and an additional 180,000-240,000 sin [...]
2006-10-06 09:55:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1670SRI LANKA: TIGERS TELL NORWAY A MAJOR GSL
[...] (C) Summary: Norwegian Ambassador Hans Brattskar briefed Charge October 11 on his October 10 meeting with Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) political wing leader S.P. Tamilselvan in Kilinochchi. Tamilselvan confirmed the LTTE would attend talks with the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) in [...]
2006-10-11 12:48:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1692SRI LANKA: LTTE CLAIMS A WIN IN ENGAGEMENT ON
[...] (C) Summary: Over 100 Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers and an unknown number of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cadres were killed in a two-day battle at the Forward Defense Line (FDL) in Muhamalai, Jaffna October 11-12. This was the highest one-day death toll since the 2002 ceasefire ag [...]
2006-10-13 10:40:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1705SRI LANKA SITREP: LTTE TRUCK BOMB KILLS OVER 60
[...] (U) A Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) truck bomb exploded outside of the north-central town of Habarana on October 16, targeting a Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) convoy transporting over 150 sailors from Trincomalee. Radio news reported as many as 67 died and 150 sailors were injured when the b [...]
2006-10-16 13:01:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1719SRI LANKA: LTTE "SEA TIGER" SUICIDE ATTACK ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: On October 18, five "Sea Tiger" boats disguised as fishing craft attacked the Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) base in Galle Harbor, in Sri Lanka's south. Two of the suicide boats detonated at the entrance to the harbor; the Navy destroyed the three others before they could do much damage. [...]
2006-10-18 11:00:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1722SRI LANKA: LTTE "SEA TIGER" SUICIDE ATTACK ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: On October 18, five "Sea Tiger" boats disguised as fishing craft attacked the Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) base in Galle Harbor, in Sri Lanka's south. Two of the suicide boats detonated at the entrance to the harbor; the Navy destroyed the three others before they could do much damage. [...]
2006-10-18 12:13:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1747SRI LANKA: A/S BOUCHER ADVOCATES ACCESS FOR
[...] (C) Summary: In his October 19-20 meetings with Government of Sri Lanka authorities, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Richard Boucher addressed the issues of access and safety for humanitarian organizations, and the Government's seeming public ambivalence towards them. W [...]
2006-10-24 02:51:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1755SRI LANKA: MAJOR PARTIES AGREE TO COOPERATE ON WAY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The ruling Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and the main opposition United National Party (UNP) signed a Memorandum of Understanding on October 23 setting out a Common Minimum Program to resolve the conflict in the north and east and to address other national issues. Most significa [...]
2006-10-24 10:53:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1759SRI LANKA: TAMIL TIGERS GOING TO GENEVA TALKS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 18-20, nearly simultaneous visits by Assistant Secretary Boucher (ref a),Japanese peace envoy Akashi, and the Norwegian facilitator Hanssen-Bauer helped nudge both the Sri Lankan government and the Tamil Tigers toward opening a new chapter of negotiations on October 2 [...]
2006-10-25 06:09:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1765SRI LANKA: UN RAPPORTEUR CALLS FOR INTERNATIONAL
[...] (C) Summary: Calls are mounting for an international commission to investigate human rights abuses in Sri Lanka. The U.S.-based Human Rights Watch, the European Commission, and Amnesty International have recently expressed support for a call by Philip Alston, UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudi [...]
2006-10-25 11:44:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1793HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER URGES INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT
[...] (C) Summary: Disaster and Human Rights Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe hosted a meeting October 30 for Ambassadors and Heads of Mission from contributing countries to the International Independent Group of Eminent Persons (IIGEP) that will monitor the work of the Presidential Commission of Inqu [...]
2006-10-30 14:06:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1802SRI LANKA: FRONT-LINE FIRE AS USUAL AFTER GENEVA
[...] (C) Engagement between Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) security forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) continued this week after October 28-29 peace talks in Geneva between the two parties ended with no significant breakthroughs and failed to produce agreement on dates for a next [...]
2006-10-31 09:12:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1811DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SRI LANKA WILL "GENTLY PUSH"
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-01 11:53:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1812SRI LANKA: LTTE DEBRIEFS CO-CHAIRS; GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) Summary. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) delegation gave a post-mortem on the Geneva talks to Co-Chair Ambassadors minus the U.S. this morning, November 1. Political Wing leader S.P. Tamilselvan claimed the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) had not heeded the LTTE's "humanitarian" [...]
2006-11-01 13:52:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1828SRI LANKA: AIR FORCE RAIDS TARGET KILINOCHCHI;
[...] (C) Summary: The Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) confirmed that the Sri Lankan Air Force (SLAF) bombed a target November 2 in Kilinochchi, the de-facto capital of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) controlled Vanni region. Several bombs hit close to the hospital there, causing da [...]
2006-11-03 14:44:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1849SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT NAMES COMMISSION OF INQUIRY
[...] (SBU) Summary: On November 6 Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa approved the appointment of a Commission of Inquiry to investigate human rights violations committed since August 2005, headed by outgoing Supreme Court Justice Nissanka Udalagama. The Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) announced t [...]
2006-11-07 12:45:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1853SRI LANKA: INDIA TO DELIVER SUPPLIESTO JAFFNA AT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Following a request by the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) that the Government of India (GOI) provide urgent food aid to Jaffna, Indian Acting High Commissioner Manikkam confirmed to DCM on November 7 that the GOI would mobilize to ship supplies from Chennai. This "one-time gift" of [...]
2006-11-07 13:27:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1863MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL SECRETARY: AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) Ambassador met alone with Presidential Secretary (defacto National Security Advisor) Lalith Weeratunga on November 7 to register concern that the Sri Lankan military's recent military actions had become increasingly difficult to justify as "defensive." The U.S. wanted to continue to supp [...]
2006-11-08 13:12:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1874SRI LANKA: PRO-LTTE PARTY SAYS "INDIAN MODEL" FOR
[...] (S) SUMMARY: A Member of Parliament from Jaffna for the Tamil National Alliance (TNA),a pro-Tamil Tiger party, told us on November 8 that the Indian constitution was worth studying, but that the "Indian model" of federalism would not work in Sri Lanka. He thought the Indian government was i [...]
2006-11-09 07:09:00Embassy ColomboSECRETPREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1884SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT MORTAR FIRE KILLS 23
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Red Cross reported 23 civilians dead and 74 injured when government mortar fire hit a school housing internally displaced persons (IDPs) near the eastern town of Vakarai on November 8. Government officials confirmed the casualties, but said troops had been unaware of civilians [...]
2006-11-09 12:26:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PTER MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1887SRI LANKA: KARUNA PARAMILITARY IMPLICATED IN WAVE
[...] (C) Summary: The Batticaloa-based Karuna group, which split from the northern Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) leadership in March 2004, has renamed itself the Tamil Makkal Vidutalai Pulikkal (TMVP),or Tamil People's Liberation Tigers. The TMVP claims to be a democratic organization [...]
2006-11-09 12:46:00Embassy ColomboSECRETPREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1889DEFENSE SECRETARY EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT POSSIBLE
[...] (C) In a November 10 meeting with Defense Secretary Rajapakse, Ambassador expressed concern about growing indications the Sri Lankan military was taking disproportionate military action against the LTTE that jeopardized prospects for a return to peace negotiations. Peace Secretariat Director K [...]
2006-11-10 15:02:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PTER CE
06COLOMBO1892BILATERAL DONORS AND INGOS PRESS GOVERNMENT ON
[...] (SBU) Summary. Meetings of the Bilateral Donors Group (BDG) and the Consultative Committee Meeting on Humanitarian Assistance (CCMHA) this past week focused on NGO access and the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Sri Lanka's North and East. While BDG members, the UN, the ICRC, and the [...]
2006-11-13 06:06:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PHUM PTER MOPS PREL ASEC CE
06COLOMBO1896SRI LANKA: TAMIL MP ASSASSINATED IN COLOMBO;
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The assassination of a Tamil Member of Parliament in broad daylight in Colombo on November 10 provoked widespread outrage and condemnation. President Rajapaksa issued a forthright statement in which he mourned the death of Nadaraja Raviraj, whom he called a friend, and ordered a [...]
2006-11-13 13:15:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1906SRI LANKA: ARMY MINE ACTION EFFORTS STALL IN
[...] (U) Summary: December 2006 marks the end of the four-year, eight million dollar USG-RONCO contract in Sri Lanka which has successfully trained a Sri Lanka Army humanitarian mine action unit of nearly 600 deminers and mine detection dog handlers. On November 3, SLA mine action coordinator Brig [...]
2006-11-14 12:18:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1909SRI LANKA: SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS STAFF
[...] (SBU) Keith Luse, Professional Staff Assistant to Senate Foreign Relations Committee Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN),visited Colombo November 9-10 to assess country team coordination on military issues and explore the security environment through meetings with prominent Sri Lankans. In meetings [...]
2006-11-14 12:52:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1911SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT SECURITY FORCES IN CAHOOTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Batticaloa-based Karuna group, which split from the northern Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in March 2004, has opened political offices in Colombo, the east, and the northern town of Vavuniya. The group's public relations wing preaches the virtues of "devolution" and [...]
2006-11-14 13:03:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1919SRI LANKA: SCENESETTER FOR NOV. 20-21 CO-CHAIRS
[...] (C) The November 21-22 meeting in Washington comes at a critical moment. Since the last Co-Chairs meeting on September 12 in Brussels, the situation in Sri Lanka has deteriorated markedly. The Washington meetings therefore mark a good opportunity to take a hard look at what more we can do t [...]
2006-11-15 15:02:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1920FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS GSL PREPARED TO RETURN TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Samaraweera confirmed to Ambassador Blake that the Sri Lankan government was "absolutely" committed to resuming peace talks without negotiations. He appeared troubled by signs that international support for the government was flagging because of reports of serio [...]
2006-11-15 15:02:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1925SRI LANKA LOOKS FOR HELP FROM INDONESIA ON TAMIL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Sri Lankan MFA Director General for Southeast Asia, who accompanied the Prime Minister on his visit to Indonesia, gave us a readout of their meeting with the Indonesian President on Tamil Tiger activities in the region. Indonesia has become a major transshipment and logistic [...]
2006-11-16 10:50:00Embassy ColomboSECRETPREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1929SRI LANKA: PROPOSAL FOR U.S. SUPPORT TO COMMISSION
[...] Summary and Action Request: Embassy proposes that Department nominate a U.S. member of an international panel, the International Independent Group of Eminent Persons (IIGEP),to assist and observe the Government of Sri Lanka's Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights. We further request that Dep [...]
2006-11-16 11:14:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1930SRI LANKAN OPPOSITION LEADER: DEVELOPING PEACE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition leader Wickremesinghe told Ambassador on November 16 that he was gravely concerned about the deterioration in the human rights environment in the country following the assassination of Tamil MP Raviraj. He said the government had a "siege mentality" about charges fro [...]
2006-11-16 11:36:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1946SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES TRIAL OPENING OF
[...] (U) The Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) announced November 20 it would open for a "trial run" the Muhamalai check-point on the A9 highway linking the Jaffna peninsula to the south of the island through the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) controlled Vanni. The A9 highway has remained clos [...]
2006-11-20 13:09:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1947SRI LANKA: MILITARY ENGAGEMENTS ON FIVE FRONTS
[...] (C) Summary: Military engagements between Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) security forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) continued in the north and east on November 18-19, including a sea battle off the coast of Mannar, firing at the Jaffna Forward Defense Line, and LTTE attack [...]
2006-11-20 13:12:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1951SCENE SETTER FOR SRI LANKA ARMY COMMANDER
[...] (C) Summary: General Sarath Fonseka, Commander of the Sri Lankan Army, will conduct a self-invited visit to Washington November 28-29 to meet with Department of State and Pentagon officials. Fonseka, the target of an April 2006 Tiger suicide-bombing attempt on his life, has pursued a hard-lin [...]
2006-11-21 05:07:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1958SRI LANKA: MONITORING MISSION BACKS UN CLAIMS THAT
[...] (C) Summary: On November 13, following a ten-day trip to Sri Lanka, United Nations Special Advisor for Children and Armed Conflict Allan Rock released a report alleging complicity between elements of the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) security forces and the Karuna faction (ref C). The Nordi [...]
2006-11-22 02:38:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1968SRI LANKA: HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER LOBBIES AGAINST
[...] (C) Summary: Disaster Management and Human Rights Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe called a meeting for diplomatic representatives November 22 to highlight the Government of Sri Lanka's human rights initiatives. Samarasinghe's apparent objective was to head off an EU-sponsored human rights reso [...]
2006-11-24 06:45:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1971SRI LANKAN REACTIONS TO NOV. 21 CO-CHAIRS STATEMENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following the November 21 publication of the Co-Chairs' statement, Emboffs spoke to politicians and civil society representatives to gauge the Sri Lankan reaction. In a November 22 speech to parliament, Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera thanked the international community a [...]
2006-11-24 12:28:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1972SRI LANKA OPPOSITION LEADER AGREES ON NEED FOR
[...] (C) Ambassador and Pol Chief met opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe on November 24 to brief him on the result of the November 20-21 Co-Chairs meeting in Washington. Ambassador Blake told Wickremesinghe that the Co-Chairs had concluded the Memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Wickreme [...]
2006-11-24 12:35:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1973SRI LANKA MONITORING MISSION CONFIRMS CEASEFIRE
[...] (C) Summary: Pol Chief met November 24 with Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) policy advisor (and occasional acting spokesperson) Helen Olafsdottir and Spokesperson Thorfinnur Omarsson to discuss recent cease-fire violation, the human rights situation, and the mission's current functioning [...]
2006-11-24 15:10:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1985SRI LANKA: TIGER LEADER'S HEROES DAY SPEECH JUST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In his annual "Great Heroes' Day" speech, Tamil Tiger chief Prabhakaran castigated successive Sri Lankan governments for failing to keep promises to present a viable plan to settle Sri Lanka's decades-old ethnic conflict. He declared the 2002 Cease-Fire Agreement "defunct," but s [...]
2006-11-28 08:37:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1987SRI LANKA SIGNS UP TO PROLIFERATION SECURITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) notified the Embassy via diplomatic note of its intention to support the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI). The GSL cautioned that it will do so "consistent with its national laws and obligations under international law." Complete text [...]
2006-11-28 09:22:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1988SRI LANKA SIGNS UP TO PROLIFERATION SECURITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) notified the Embassy via diplomatic note of its intention to support the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI). The GSL cautioned that it will do so "consistent with its national laws and obligations under international law." Complete text [...]
2006-11-28 09:24:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1989SRI LANKA SIGNS UP TO PROLIFERATION SECURITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) notified the Embassy via diplomatic note of its intention to support the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI). The GSL cautioned that it will do so "consistent with its national laws and obligations under international law." Complete text [...]
2006-11-28 09:25:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1994SRI LANKA: TAMIL TIGERS NOT TERMINATING CEASEFIRE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Nordic monitors from the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission reported to the Embassy that the Tamil Tigers (LTTE) were not withdrawing from the 2002 Ceasefire Agreement with the government. LTTE chief negotiator Tamilchelvan told them his movement wants the SLMM mission to continue as [...]
2006-11-29 11:38:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO2010SRI LANKA: ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON DEFENSE
[...] (SBU) Unknown assailants, but most likely the LTTE ("Tamil Tigers"),attacked the motorcade of Defense Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa (the brother of President Mahinda Rajapaksa) with explosives on December 1. The method of delivery was apparently a vehicle-borne "claymore" mine. According to [...]
2006-12-01 08:34:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV MOPS PREL CE
06COLOMBO2020SRI LANKAN FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS CABINET TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 5 meeting with Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera, Ambassador strongly urged the Sri Lankan government (GSL) to refrain from proscribing the LTTE ("Tamil Tigers," saying it would effectively put an end to the peace process. The Minister responded that the governm [...]
2006-12-06 12:48:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
06COLOMBO2021SRI LANKA KEEPS PEACE PROCESS ALIVE; REINSTATES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Sri Lankan Cabinet reached a consensus not to react to the assassination attempt on Defense Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa (ref a) by proscribing the SIPDIS LTTE. Instead, the President will issue an order reinstating provisions of the Prevention of Terrorism Act. However, [...]
2006-12-06 14:28:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
06COLOMBO2043SRI LANKA: HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN JAFFNA DIRE
[...] (C) Summary: During the Ambassador's December 7 visit to Jaffna, Government Agent Mr. K. Ganesh (protect throughout) expressed deep concern for the humanitarian situation in Jaffna, particularly with regard to nutrition and livelihoods. Since August 11, when the Tigers attacked the Governme [...]
2006-12-11 13:26:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
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