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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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06LAGOS249NIGERIA: NINE HOSTAGES SEIZED, INCLUDING AMCITS,
[...] (C) Nine expatriate hostages were taken from a Willbros construction barge around 7:15am. The barge was working on a Shell platform in Forcados, Delta State. The hostage-takers boarded the vessel, and afterward selected the nine from the 45 expatriate and 55 Nigerian workers on the barge at [...]
2006-02-18 15:19:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS250NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #2
[...] (SBU) Willbros will contact the next-of-kin for all of their employees, and have already made contact with the family of AmCit Macon Hawkins. Shell reports Hawkins has hypertension, as does Russell Spell. 2. (U) Aside from the three Americans reported reftel B, the other captives have [...]
2006-02-18 17:45:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS251NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #3
[...] (C) MEND released a statement claiming the hostages are in good health. Willbros has contacted all next-of-kin. Delta State governor James Ibori has been appointed Chair of a committee to resolve the hostage crisis. Due to security concerns, Shell has not been able to fully assess damage to [...]
2006-02-19 14:57:00Consulate LagosSECRETEPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS252NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #4
[...] (C) Nigerian Government officials and NGO officials in contact with the kidnappers report that, according to the hostage takers, the hostages are healthy and unharmed. As with the January hostage crisis, Shell is hosting a daily meeting that includes Shell, Willbros, British High Commission [...]
2006-02-20 17:29:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS263NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #5
[...] (C) A reliable contact reported to Shell hostage Macon Hawkins was "presenting difficulties," and we infer this to mean that he was beginning to show signs of diabetic complications. Willbros is attempting to contact Hawkins' doctor to obtain a more complete assessment of his medical history [...]
2006-02-21 18:20:00Consulate LagosSECRETEPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS27FOUR OIL SERVICE COMPANY EXPATRIATES REPORTEDLY
[...] (U)Summary: On January 12, Tidex, an American oil services company, reported an American employee and 3 other expatriates were kidnapped by a group of approximately40 armed men. The incident occurred aboard a Tidex vessel 7 miles off shore of Bayelsa state, Nigeria. The abduction occurred at [...]
2006-01-12 10:30:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EPET KHLS NI PGOV PINR PTER CASC
06LAGOS274NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #6
[...] (C) Sources including Ijaw traditional leader Chief Edwin Clark tell us medicines sent to the hostages through the State Security Service (SSS) and Delta State have been delivered to the kidnappers. However, we have no confirmation the medication has been passed to the hostages. Willbros inf [...]
2006-02-22 18:52:00Consulate LagosSECRETEPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS278ONITSHA RIOTS: SECTARIAN VIOLENCE CONTINUES, NO
[...] (SBU) In response to the recent disturbances in Maiduguri (reftel),lethal reprisals occurred in Onitsha and Nnewi, Anambra State on February 21 and 22. Press reports allege between 50 to 100 deaths. Nigerian Red Cross Director Abiodun Orebiyi said his volunteers counted 48 deaths and over 3 [...]
2006-02-23 17:32:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV CASC NI
06LAGOS279NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #7
[...] (C) Sources in Warri told PolCouns that AmCit hostage Macon Hawkins refuses to eat or drink and is exhibiting signs of depression. According to those contacts the other hostages are comfortable and the medicine sent for the hostages has been received. Media sources claim they will have a ph [...]
2006-02-23 19:08:00Consulate LagosSECRETEPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS287NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #8
[...] (C) Constituting the first proof of life since the crisis began, MEND released several undated photographs of the hostages last night. Individual photographs of each of the hostages as well as two group photographs, one showing seven and one showing four of the nine hostages, backed by masked [...]
2006-02-24 17:29:00Consulate LagosSECRETEPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS288NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #9
[...] (C) The hostage-takers allowed a journalist to see AmCit hostage Macon Hawkins at an undisclosed location away from the other eight hostages. Hawkins told the journalist the hostages were doing well and eating; Hawkins' statements suggest he has resumed eating and drinking. He confirmed he [...]
2006-02-25 16:34:00Consulate LagosSECRETEPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS290NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #10
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 4. ---------------------- Hostage Welfare Update ---------------------- 2. (C) Several sources continue to tell us the hostages are in good condition and will be released imminently. (Note: Post notes the history of government interlocuto [...]
2006-02-26 15:18:00Consulate LagosSECRET//NOFORNEPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS297NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #11
[...] (C) Chief Edwin Clark, a member of the Delta State negotiating committee, told Econoff more medicine was dispatched for the hostages on Saturday. ------------------- Negotiations Update ------------------- 2. (C) Clark and other sources around Warri told Econoff some of the hostages [...]
2006-02-27 16:21:00Consulate LagosSECRET//NOFORNEPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS306NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #12
[...] (C) Shell, GON and other sources report the anticipated release of some of the hostages this morning was delayed because Delta State Governor Ibori announced the release and publicly claimed credit before the deal was sealed. Governor Ibori told Econoff additional medicine and Willbros letter [...]
2006-02-28 16:42:00Consulate LagosSECRET//NOFORNEPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS310NIGERIA: DELTA WORKING GROUP INITIATED
[...] (SBU) Post initiated a weekly Delta Working Group (DWG) consisting of U.S. Consulate personnel and oil/oil service company representatives to facilitate Delta security and hostage crisis information exchange. Consulate personnel provided the group an overview of the security situation and ho [...]
2006-03-01 07:01:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS317NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #13
[...] (C) AmCit hostage Macon Hawkins was released this evening to two foreign journalists and is currently at Delta State Governor Ibori's mansion. Econoffs are accompanying Hawkins and plan to remain with him overnight at the Shell medical clinic in Warri. Shell will bring him to Lagos tomorrow b [...]
2006-03-01 18:37:00Consulate LagosSECRET//NOFORNEPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS318NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 14
[...] (C) Five other hostages were released this evening to foreign journalists, and are currently at Delta State Governor Ibori's Warri lodge. AmCits Russell Spell and Cody Oswalt, along with Briton John Hudspith have not been released. Shell has made arrangements for them to stay overnight at th [...]
2006-03-01 20:31:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS324NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #15
[...] (C) The six hostages released last night are on their way back to their respective home countries. AmCit Macon Hawkins is scheduled to fly back to Texas on an evening Air France flight via Paris. All hostages were examined and cleared by Shell physicians last night, and they have had USG acc [...]
2006-03-02 17:10:00Consulate LagosSECRET//NOFORNEPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS327NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 16
[...] (C) AmCit Macon Hawkins safely departed Nigeria for Houston, Texas. There has been no additional information about the condition of the remaining hostages, except for reports yesterday confirming they were well-fed and well-treated. 2. (C) Willbros requested Delta State Governor Ibori deli [...]
2006-03-03 16:04:00Consulate LagosSECRET//NOFORNEPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS333NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 17
[...] (C) There has been no additional confirmed information about the condition of the remaining hostages. Delta State Governor Ibori is obtaining new photographs to demonstrate proof of life. -------------------- Hostage Negotiations -------------------- 2. (S/NF) Delta State Governor Ibor [...]
2006-03-06 18:05:00Consulate LagosSECRET//NOFORNEPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS339NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 18
[...] (C) Academic Associates Peaceworks Director Judy Assuni provided confirmed proof of life answers for Briton John Hudspith to the British Mission, but no additional information was provided for AmCits Russell Spell and Cody Oswalt. Willbros is contacting Oswalt's colleagues to ascertain his ab [...]
2006-03-07 18:41:00Consulate LagosSECRET//NOFORNEPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS346NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 19
[...] (SBU) Despite repeated attempts, Willbros management told us they have not been able to reach Governor Ibori over the last two days, although the Governor did send them a text message indicating the hostages were fine. -------------------- Hostage Negotiations -------------------- 2. (C [...]
2006-03-08 18:29:00Consulate LagosSECRETEPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS363NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 20
[...] (C) Delta State Government officials had no updates on hostage welfare except to say that they are in good health. Conoff in Warri continues to ask for recent proof of life. Shell reports there will be another visit to the camp by journalists with a good track record of access to the Movemen [...]
2006-03-09 16:36:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS366NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 21
[...] (C) There is no new information regarding the welfare of the hostages. Family letters were given to the journalists scheduled to tour the militant camps this weekend, and Conoff reported he saw a Reuters journalist arriving in Warri this morning. The Shell crisis group agreed to ask release [...]
2006-03-10 16:27:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS367NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 22
[...] (C) Conoff received a call from AmCit hostage Cody Oswalt last night. Oswalt's identity was confirmed through his correct identification of the last statement he made to AmCit Macon Hawkins before his release last week. Oswalt said he and the two other hostages were in good health and were [...]
2006-03-11 11:57:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS376NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 23
[...] (C) There was very little substantive activity for the second weekend in a row, with few confirmed reports following the Cody Oswalt call to Conoff Friday night. Ijaw leaders and elders held a meeting Friday and released a communiqu calling for the hostages' release. NGO Director Judy Asuni [...]
2006-03-13 16:12:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS383NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 24
[...] (C) Conoff received a phone call from the hostage takers, and had a highly scripted exchange with Amcit Cody Oswalt. Ijaw youth leaders have been meeting in Warri since yesterday, and one of them tells us he expects a release of the hostages tomorrow night. There were no additional attack [...]
2006-03-14 19:05:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI
06LAGOS387NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 25
[...] (C) Shell provided a statement from the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) e-mailed to their journalist contact, which indicated that the hostages were split for strategic reasons, and their condition was no longer a concern for the hostage-takers. The statement promise [...]
2006-03-15 16:21:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI
06LAGOS39SHELL HOSTAGE SITUATION UPDATE
[...] (C) The State Security Service (SSS) reportedly told the Shell External Affairs Director in Warri that they had interviewed two suspects in the kidnapping of four expat contractors from the vessel Liberty Service. Both appeared to be associated with Dokubo Asari's Niger Delta Peoples' Volun [...]
2006-01-13 13:43:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR CASC NI
06LAGOS391NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 26
[...] (C) Shell sources, including NGO lead Judy Asuni, reiterated earlier messages of the militants' distrust of Delta State Governor Ibori, and the disagreement among the militants about releasing the remaining three hostages, with some willing to release now and others arguing against their rel [...]
2006-03-16 15:18:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI
06LAGOS400SOYINKA WILLING TO APPEAL TO HOSTAGE TAKERS
[...] (C) Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka offered to deliver messages from the USG to the hostage-takers. He said he was in contact with the hostage-takers and would be meeting with one of their representatives in Enugu on Saturday, March 18. He confirmed they exchanged communication by e-mail, and th [...]
2006-03-17 16:06:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI
06LAGOS401NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 27
[...] (C) Shell sources said NGO leader Judy Asuni confirmed family letters were sent to the hostage-takers. Willbros and Shell are gathering another package of medicines and will contact Asuni to facilitate their delivery. Shell and Willbros are also sending in colorful t-shirts and hats, to bo [...]
2006-03-17 16:23:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI
06LAGOS405NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 28
[...] (C) NGO Director Judy Asuni said the package of medicine, the t-shirts and other morale boosters picked up from Shell's Warri clinic on Saturday were delivered as of 10:00 a.m. 2. (C) Willbros representatives reported the Oswalt family has arranged a 14:00 CST press conference with three [...]
2006-03-20 16:32:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI HOSTAGES
06LAGOS417NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 29
[...] (C) Speaking behalf of the Oswalt family, Cody Oswalt's uncle Rickey Oswalt delivered a public plea for his release: "These men were taken so that your situation and demands (can) be heard by the world. Now that the world is aware of your situation, we ask that you release Cody, Russell, and [...]
2006-03-21 15:09:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI
06LAGOS427NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 30
[...] (C) Conoff received a call from a hostage-taker at the militant camp this afternoon, who allowed Conoff to speak to Cody Oswalt. Oswalt said he was fine, but he is still separated from the other two hostages. Oswalt asked Conoff to relay his wellbeing to his family, and also seemed in bette [...]
2006-03-22 15:48:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI HOSTAGES
06LAGOS431NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 31
[...] (C) There have been no additional reports on the hostages' wellbeing. -------------------- Hostage Negotiations -------------------- 2. (C) NGO lead Judy Asuni claims her sources in contact with the hostage-takers said the hostages will be released in 24 to 36 hours. Other Warri sour [...]
2006-03-23 16:21:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI
06LAGOS438NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 32
[...] (C) Wilbros arranged for video tapes of appeals from Russel Spell and Cody Oswalt's families. -------------------- Hostage Negotiations -------------------- 2. (C) Shell sources reported the GON was growing impatient with the negotiation process and the lack of clarity on the ground, an [...]
2006-03-24 16:18:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI HOSTAGES
06LAGOS451NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 33 - HOSTAGES
[...] (C) The remaining three Willbros and Control Risk Group hostages were released early this morning, and are in good physical condition according to preliminary medical examination. The trio are currently in Lagos. AmCits Cody Oswalt and Russell Spell will be departing Nigeria tonight for th [...]
2006-03-27 13:01:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI HOSTAGES
06LAGOS458NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 34 - HOSTAGES
[...] (SBU) Former hostages AmCits Cody Oswalt and Russell Spell left Lagos on Lufthansa flight 565, arriving Frankfurt at 5:00a.m. Their connecting flight, Lufthansa 440, left Frankfurt at 9:45a.m. and arrives Houston at 2:15p.m. We thank Consulate Frankfurt for providing an ACS officer on hand [...]
2006-03-28 09:03:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDEPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI HOSTAGES
06LAGOS48OIL WORKER HOSTAGE SITUATION SITREP #4
[...] (C) The British High Commission, in conversation with PolCouns Abuja, confirmed the identity of the person whom Reuters correspondent Tom Ashby interviewed on January 16 as British citizen Nigel Watson Clark. During the interview, the perpetrators give a two-day deadline for complying with [...]
2006-01-17 08:07:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR CASC NI
06LAGOS54OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #5
[...] (C) Post confirmed additional attacks against Shell and AGIP perpetrated since January 11. A military intelligence source confirmed an attack against Shell's Ogbotobo flow station on January 16 with an unconfirmed number of casualties. Agip also reported other attacks on January 11, one ag [...]
2006-01-17 15:47:00Consulate LagosSECRETEPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS60OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #6
[...] (C) At 7:45am January 18, an anonymous caller threatened Shell's Surfer-141 boat, which guards the Floating Production, Storage, and Offloading (FPSO) vessel "Sea Eagle" and was chased in the January 11 attack. The caller identified himself as the "son of the chief;" however, Shell's most l [...]
2006-01-18 17:14:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS605A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A NIGER DELTA MILITANT
[...] (S/NF) On the morning of 11 April 2006, Lagos Acting Consul Howe, Lagos Econoff Marcinek, and Abuja Poloff Judah embarked on tour of the creeks around Warri Southwest Delta State. The tour was guided by the Federated Niger Delta Ijaw Communities (FNDIC),members who have a close and overlapp [...]
2006-05-05 12:31:00Consulate LagosSECRET//NOFORNPGOV EPAT PREL PTER CASC NI
06LAGOS606TEXTS OF NIGER DELTA MILITANT LETTERS
[...] (U) The following is the full text of the letter the chief of Oporoza village presented Conoffs. The letter lists the community's grievances against the GON and multi-national oil companies and was slightly edited for clarity. It is signed by the Oporoza secretary Lemon Gulbert. Begin te [...]
2006-05-05 12:31:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV EPET PREL PTER CASC NI
06LAGOS61OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #7
[...] (C) Guy Colgate, Head of Shell's Crisis Management Team in Warri, said the GON was giving the kidnappers cigarettes, money, and alcohol as gestures of good will and to ensure they will not harm the captives. He said the GON describe daily interaction with the captors and an open line of com [...]
2006-01-19 07:28:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS626AMCIT ASSASSINATED IN NIGER DELTA
[...] (SBU) AmCit Ricky Wiginton (DPOB 4/15/55, TX, PPT#207509935 issued December 4, 2002) was shot and killed in Port Harcourt at 7:30 a.m. while driving to work today. Wiginton was employed as Operational Manager for Fluids by oil services company Baker Hughes. He had only recently been posted [...]
2006-05-10 17:22:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC EPET PGOV ASEC NI
06LAGOS627AMCIT KILLED IN NIGER DELTA
[...] (SBU) AmCit Ricky Wiginton (DPOB 4/15/55, TX, PPT#207509935 issued December 4, 2002) was shot and killed in Port Harcourt at 7:30 a.m. while driving to work today. Wiginton was employed as Operational Manager for Fluids by oil services company Baker Hughes. He had only recently been posted [...]
2006-05-10 17:23:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC EPET PGOV ASEC NI
06LAGOS628ONE RELUCTANT MILITANT SPOKESMAN SPEAKS
[...] (C) In a recent meeting with the Consul General, former Bayelsa Information Minister Oronto Douglas downplayed his role as a spokesman for Niger Delta militants. Douglas is pessimistic the Delta commission recently established by President Obasanjo will yield viable solutions and has refused [...]
2006-05-11 08:34:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EPET CASC NI
06LAGOS644OIL SERVICE COMPANY EXPATRIATES RELEASED AFTER
[...] (U)Summary: On May 11, three expatriate workers (one Italian, one Indian, and one British) were detained by a community group around Port Harcourt. The Italian and the Indian expatriates are employed by SAIPEM, an Italian oil services company. The incident occurred at 1120 hours in the town [...]
2006-05-12 09:55:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EPET KHLS NI PGOV PINR PTER CASC DELTAVIOLENCE
06LAGOS646FATAL PIPELINE EXPLOSION OUTSIDE OF LAGOS
[...] (SBU) An oil pipeline exploded in the Ilado area south of Lagos this morning. Apparently due to a local fuel scarcity, residents of the area attempted to break into the pipeline to pilfer oil. This attempt went awry, thus causing the explosion. Because scores of local residents were attra [...]
2006-05-12 15:11:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDCASC EPET PGOV ASEC NI
06LAGOS647AMCIT MURDER & WARRI CAR BOMB SUGGEST DANGEROUS
[...] (C) The apparently targeted killing of AmCit oil service company worker Ricky Wiginton on May 10 is the latest incident of violence in the volatile Niger Delta region (reftel A). Nigerian security sources say this type of willful homicidal attack on an expatriate, particularly an American, i [...]
2006-05-12 15:17:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI
06LAGOS668IJAW ELDER WILLING TO GIVE OBASANJO'S DELTA
[...] (C) Although at first opposed to the recently-established Delta Commission, Ijaw leader Chief Edwin Clark has agreed to Ijaw participation in the body. This agreement came as a result of an initially stormy late April meeting between Clark and Obasanjo. Clark's approval was conditioned on O [...]
2006-05-17 14:29:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EPET CASC NI
06LAGOS69OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #8
[...] (C) Tidex received an answer to the e-mail they sent out to the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) (ref A). The e-mail reiterated MEND's defensive warning that no rescue action should be taken and that any person found with a Nigerian soldier would be considered a soldi [...]
2006-01-19 18:02:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS70OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #9
[...] (C) At 22:00 January 19, Chris Jones, Tidex Operations Manager in Port Harcourt (PH),spoke with all four hostages, starting with Nigel Watson Clark, the British Ecodrill employee. Clark told him that AmCit Pat Landry was not well. He said constant movement, mosquitoes, and diarrhoea were ta [...]
2006-01-20 10:26:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS74OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #10
[...] (U) An Ecodrill representative attempted to set up a delivery of medicine to sick AmCit Patrick Landry at 14:00 on January 20. Post will monitor future communication to learn whether the delivery arrived. 2. (U) The kidnappers initiated at least 5 separate contacts between the night of [...]
2006-01-20 17:47:00Consulate LagosSECRET//NOFORNEPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS741IF ANOTHER HOSTAGE CRISIS COMES - FEST COMPOSITION
[...] (U) This cable is an action request. See paragraphs 7 through 11. 2. (U) NOTE: This cable was drafted prior to the hostage-taking of 0330 hrs on 2 June 2006. 3. (C) Given the roiled conditions of the Niger Delta, another hostage situation is possible within the next few months. W [...]
2006-06-02 07:46:00Consulate LagosSECRET//NOFORNPREL CASC EPET PGOV NI HOSTAGES
06LAGOS753NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #2
[...] (C) The Hostages: The eight hostages were allowed to contact their families last night (June 2) using AmCit Texas Richards' satellite phone. All remain in good health, and have not been subjected to any mistreatment. Food, toiletries, a satellite phone battery and charger, and some medicin [...]
2006-06-03 15:16:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI HOSTAGES
06LAGOS764NIGERIA: HOSTAGES RELEASED
[...] (C) All eight expat hostages were released in good condition Sunday by 11:30am. The eight were flown from Port Harcourt to Lagos yesterday afternoon and given medical examinations, and then flown out of Lagos via British Airways last night at 11:45pm. London was notified that AmCit Texas Ri [...]
2006-06-05 10:27:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI HOSTAGES
06LAGOS774NIGERIA: JUNE 2-4 HOSTAGE-TAKING - ADDITIONAL
[...] (C) Released AmCit hostage Texas Richards confirmed the weekend hostage-taking was primarily a local community-based incident. Richards said the hostage-takers were local villagers armed with older, poorly-maintained weapons. The hostages were held in Duwumi village (Ekeremor local governme [...]
2006-06-07 15:34:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI HOSTAGES
06LAGOS787JUNE 9 NIGER DELTA INCIDENT SUMMARY
[...] This is the initial edition of what will be a biweekly roundup of security incidents in the Niger Delta. This roundup excludes "normal" street crime and concentrates on particularly serious incidents with a possible militant or political element. These incidents have not been reported in ot [...]
2006-06-09 11:03:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDEPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI DELTAVIOLENCE
06LAGOS80OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #11
[...] (C) Overnight, the reporters for Reuters and Bloomberg received information from "oil industry sources" that AMCIT Pat Landry died. The Reuters reporter, through direct contact with kidnappers, later confirmed that the report was false. Although neither the Reuters or Bloomberg journalist pu [...]
2006-01-21 14:30:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS81OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #12
[...] (C) Econoff, Tidex operations manager, and an HMG official met five representatives allegedly acting for the kidnappers and negotiating with Bayelsa State Governor Goodluck Jonathan. Four of the representatives willingly spoke with Econoff. They said the captives were healthy, and they hop [...]
2006-01-22 15:24:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS82BREAKING NEWS APPEARS POSITIVE, BUT DOUBTS REMAIN
[...] (C) The committee set up to negotiate the release of the Tidex hostages (reftels) met today and announced progress in identifying the kidnappers, and again promised a positive outcome to the crisis in short order. The Bayelsa Governor, as chairman of the group, provided photographs of the h [...]
2006-01-22 17:29:00Consulate LagosSECRET//NOFORNEPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS84OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #13
[...] (C) The State Secretary to the Government (SSG) of Bayelsa State said an arrangement had been made with the kidnappers to release the hostages at Sagbama, a point near the Delta State border. He said the kidnappers had altered their demands and now requested more infrastructure building in [...]
2006-01-23 14:14:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS851AMCIT JOURNALIST RELEASED BY NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT
[...] (SBU) Freelance AMCIT photojournalist Edmond Kashi, in Nigeria on assignment for National Geographic, was released today after being detained by the GON for five days. Both the CG and Deputy Consul spoke with him by phone and verified he is well. Kashi is currently in Port Harcourt, Rivers [...]
2006-06-19 18:45:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDCASC EPET ASEC PHUM NI
06LAGOS880TWO PHILIPPINE EXPATRIATES KIDNAPPED IN PORT
[...] (SBU) Two Philippine expatriate oil workers were kidnapped in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on June 20. Vice Consul Randy Arquiza of the Philippine Embassy confirmed the incident, identifying the hostages as Pacifico Gajo and Joseph Docdolero. Both are employees of Beaufort International, a [...]
2006-06-21 15:21:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI
06LAGOS90OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #14
[...] (C) Econoff reports Bayelsa State officials continue to portray the hostages' release as imminent, and tell him the hostages may be released between about 11 p.m. and 3 a.m. tonight. He reports officials in Yenagoa are upbeat and confident regarding their information sources. The usual rep [...]
2006-01-24 17:52:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS905PHILIPPINE HOSTAGES RELEASED
[...] (SBU) On June 25, Philippine Vice-Consul Arquiza informed us about the release of the two Philippine oil workers (reftel) who were kidnapped on June 20. The Philippine hostages were released into the custody of Vice- Consul Arquiza at the Government House in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Aft [...]
2006-06-26 16:37:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDEPET PGOV ASEC PETER CASC NI
06LAGOS91MULTIPLE ATTACKS ON AGIP FACILITIES; NINE POLICE
[...] (U) Late afternoon on January 24, Agip's Port Harcourt headquarters was attacked and a bank on the premises was robbed. Eyewitnesses described the attackers as 30 youths dressed as police, traveling in speedboats, who immediately began a firefight with police. Nine policemen and 2 civilian [...]
2006-01-24 17:57:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS912JUNE 23 NIGER DELTA INCIDENT SUMMARY
[...] This is the biweekly roundup of security incidents in the Niger Delta. This roundup excludes "normal" street crime and concentrates on particularly serious incidents with a possible militant or political element. These incidents have not been reported in other cables or are updates of previ [...]
2006-06-29 09:59:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDEPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI
06LAGOS98OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #15
[...] (C) Ecodrill Country Manager Peter Quiatkowski's intermediaries provided photos and audio of Nigel Watson-Clarke from their visit to the kidnappers' camp. Morale of their young yet heavily-armed captors may be waning in the face of the arrest of their two leaders and fear that a big payoff ma [...]
2006-01-25 20:43:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS99AGIP AND RECENT NIGER DELTA ATTACKS DEMONSTRATE
[...] (SBU) A Shell contact provided additional details on the AGIP attack today during the daily hostage crisis response group meeting (reftel B). He indicated the attackers approached the AGIP compound on the creek side at about 1400 hours in two speedboats. The boats docked at the jetty, wher [...]
2006-01-26 07:30:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAPAZ1518LLOYD: CLOSER TO COLLAPSE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Bolivia's national airline, Lloyd Aero Boliviano, moved closer to collapse following the chief executive's failed attempt to relinquish ownership to employees. In a bizarre turn of events June 3, disgruntled pilots accosted two members of the company's board of directors and he [...]
2006-06-05 20:48:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON PGOV CASC BL
06LIMA17TANS AIRLINES - ONLY 11 DAYS LEFT TO FLY
[...] (SBU) Summary. After several months of reassessing Peruvian Air Force-owned TANS Airlines after the August crash that killed 43, the Ministry of Transport and the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC) on January 1 suspended TANS' flight permissions, not for maintenance and safety reaso [...]
2006-01-04 14:58:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR CASC ASEC ECON PE
06LIMA176EMBASSY LIMA AVIAN INFLUENZA TRIPWIRES
[...] Summary: (SBU) Embassy Lima's EAC approved tripwires and Embassy responses prepared by its Avian Influenza Working Group (AIWG). Post has taken or has in process the Department's recommended immediate preparedness measures. The AIWG has agreed that efficient and sustained human-to- human tra [...]
2006-01-17 12:40:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT ASEC CASC AMED KFLO AEMR TBIO PE
06LIMA2095TRANSPORT MINISTER DISCUSSES FAA ASSESSMENT
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Struble met with Minister of Transport Jose Ortiz on May 19 to deliver Reftel B FAA International Aviation Safety Assessment report. Ortiz understood the FAA's concerns in the report regarding TANS Airlines but emphasized that, despite having an Air Operating Certifi [...]
2006-05-26 14:46:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALEAIR ECON PGOV CASC PE
06LIMA262FAA RECOMMENDS CATEGORY 1 WITH CONDITIONS
[...] (C) Summary. After conducting its International Aviation Safety Assessment on January 17-20, the FAA concluded that the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC) is ICAO compliant and should remain in Category I, but with conditions. The FAA found that the DGAC needed to improve its act [...]
2006-01-23 18:42:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALEAIR ECON CASC PGOV PE
06LIMA755TANS GRANTED FLIGHT PERMISSIONS BUT STILL AWAITS
[...] (C) Summary. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC) on February 16, after an inspection of TANS operations, lifted its January 6 suspension on TANS Airlines' air operating certificate. The DGAC found that the airline substantially improved its safety and maintenance operations to m [...]
2006-02-27 19:59:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALEAIR ECON CASC PGOV PE
06LONDON5198(C) TFLE01: SEEKING INFORMAL APPROVAL TO USE UK
[...] (C) Embassy London discussed with FCO Cyprus Desk Officer Simon Wood on July 14 the possibility of the U.S. using British Sovereign Base Areas (SBAs) on Cyprus as staging areas for fixed and rotary aircraft to help evacuate AmCits from Lebanon. Wood told us that ultimately the decision rested [...]
2006-07-15 13:23:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS AEMR MARR CASC KHLS LE UK
06LONDON8249POLONIUM SITREP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Post provided reftel A information on polonium-210 to HMG to assist in its investigation and public response. UK health authorities continue to contact those individuals who may have stayed in rooms at the Millennium Hotel that tested positive for radiation; CA/OCS continues to [...]
2006-12-07 17:17:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL CASC PTER RU UK
06LONDON8441INITIAL UK REACTION TO NIYAZOV'S DEATH
[...] (C) Summary. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office intends a "correct, but very restrained" response to the death of Turkmen President Niyazov: No senior FCO official will travel to Sunday's planned funeral; the UK will likely be represented by the UK Ambassador and a short condolence message [...]
2006-12-21 11:35:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALEPET CASC PHUM PREL TX UK
06LUSAKA1340ZAMBIAN ELECTIONS: MINOR GLITCHES, BUT GENERALLY ORDERLY,
[...] (U) Voting in the September 28 Zambian national tripartite (presidential, parliamentary, municipal) elections has been for the most part orderly, peaceful, and transparent throughout the first three-quarters of the balloting. Some voting stations, especially in rural areas, opened an average [...]
2006-09-28 14:51:00Embassy LusakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ASEC CASC ZA
06MADRID1AVIAN INFLUENZA: SPAIN CONTINGENCY PLANNING AND
[...] (SBU) Mission Spain has begun the contingency planning process to prepare for the unique challenges posed by a potential Avian Influenza (AI) outbreak in Spain. The key action officer for Mission preparations is Embassy Madrid Post Medical Officer Doctor Jose Peralba. He and his office are [...]
2006-01-01 01:06:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT ASEC CASC AMED AEMR KFLO SP
06MADRID3111SPAIN: CAR BOMB DETONATES AT MADRID AIRPORT
[...] (SBU) Summary. A car bomb detonated at 9 a.m. Madrid local time on December 30 in a public parking garage outside of Terminal 4 at Madrid's Barajas International Airport. Minister of Interior Rubalcaba said that one person is missing and several were lightly injured. Rubalcaba expressed his c [...]
2006-12-30 14:15:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC CASC PGOV SP
06MANAMA1014BAHRAIN: 2006 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND
[...] (SBU) Per reftel request, Post was notified in April 2006 of a potentially qualifying dispute by a collection agency operating on behalf of Claimant A. Post is unaware of any other U.S. person-GoB dispute or expropriation claims. Post has no previous disputes to update. 2. (SBU) The colle [...]
2006-06-10 17:33:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV CASC KIDE OPIC PGOV BA ECTRD
06MANAMA39BAHRAIN: AVIAN INFLUENZA CONTINGENCY PLANNING AND
[...] (U) Post has taken a number of measures in anticipation of the potential threat posed by Avian Influenza (AI). Post MED has held Mission briefings to help Embassy staff better understand AI and AI personal risk mitigation strategies. Post has contracted an LES to continually disinfect commonly [...]
2006-01-08 12:04:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT ASEC CASC AMED KFLO AEMR TBIO BA ECTRD
06MANILA1213DAVAO EAGER FOR INVESTMENT, CALLS FOR REMOVAL OF
[...] (SBU) Summary. The economy is growing in Davao City according to local business contacts and the City Mayor's office, despite the claimed dampening effect of the State Department's travel advisory on the overall business climate. Although the banana industry suffered setbacks in 2005 (sept [...]
2006-03-17 08:22:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD CASC RP
06MANILA1219LIKELY POSTPONEMENT OF ARRAIGNMENT OF MARINES IN
[...] (U) On March 17, the alleged victim in the case of four U.S. Marines charged with rape filed an omnibus motion with the Olongapo City Regional Trial Court. The motion requests four actions: -- that the Court declare unconstitutional Article V, paragraph 6 of the Visiting Forces Agreement ( [...]
2006-03-17 09:01:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA1366JUDGE IN ALLEGED RAPE CASE RECUSES HIMSELF ON EVE
[...] (U) Summary. The judge in the case of four Marines accused of raping a Filipina has recused himself in reaction to a motion from the complainant's lawyers. The arraignment of the Marines, scheduled for March 24, has been postponed. A new judge may be assigned to the case on March 28; the co [...]
2006-03-24 07:29:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA1519NEW VENUE, JUDGE ANNOUNCED IN ALLEGED RAPE CASE
[...] (U) On March 28, the Philippine Supreme Court transferred the case of four Marines accused of raping a Filipina from Olongapo City to Makati City in metro Manila. The Department of Justice (DOJ) had requested the change of venue after the original judge, Renato Dilag, recused himself due to a [...]
2006-04-04 08:50:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA1714LIKELY REDUCTION OF CHARGES FOR 3 MARINES IN
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Philippine Secretary of Justice announced that he would recommend to the court a reduction in the charges against three of the Marines in the ongoing alleged rape case. Lawyers for the complainant and for the Marines have both characterized the proposed reduced charges of [...]
2006-04-19 09:59:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA1968MARINE CASE UPDATE 5/5/06
[...] (C) Summary. On May 3, the Ambassador raised concerns over the alleged rape case with Philippine Defense Secretary Avelino Cruz, a strong supporter of the Visiting Forces Agreement. Cruz was sympathetic to U.S. concerns over the potential politization of the case, but believed that the case [...]
2006-05-08 08:39:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA2085MARINE CASE UPDATE 5/16/06
[...] (U) Pre-trial hearings continue in the case of four U.S. Marines accused of raping a Filipina. At a pre-trial hearing on May 11, Judge Pozon received a Motion for Clarification of the one-year time-limit for judicial proceedings specified in the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA). ----------- [...]
2006-05-16 09:11:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA218SUBIC CASE UPDATE: JANUARY 17
[...] (C) Summary. Local media have begun reporting on the US Embassy's decision to retain custody of the four Marines charged with rape in the Philippines. The Marines' defense attorneys have submitted Motions for Reconsideration of the issuance of any arrest warrants; three Marines have also ap [...]
2006-01-17 09:43:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA2228MARINE CASE UPDATE 05/29/06
[...] (U) Summary. Pre-trial hearings have concluded in the case of four U.S. Marines accused of raping a Filipina, and the trial is scheduled to begin on June 2. DCM conveyed to DFA officials the USG's position that the one-year period in the Marine case began on December 27, 2005, when the Marin [...]
2006-05-30 09:23:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA2334MARINE CASE UPDATE 06/05/06
[...] (U) On June 2, the trial of four Marines charged with raping a Filipina began in Makati City, Manila. Two Diplomatic Security (DS) Special Agents and a DS investigator from Mission's Regional Security Office accompanied the Marines, who remain quartered on Embassy grounds, to the trial. Mis [...]
2006-06-05 08:57:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA241RESPONSES TO USG RETENTION OF CUSTODY IN SUBIC CASE
[...] (U) Summary. Philippine media on January 18 covered extensively the Embassy's public announcement that the U.S. would invoke the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) and retain custody of four Marines accused of rape. Several politicians voiced anti-VFA and/or anti-U.S. sentiments. Court officia [...]
2006-01-18 08:30:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA2426MARINE CASE UPDATE 06/09/06
[...] (U) On June 9, the first full week of trial concluded in the case of four U.S. Marines accused in the alleged rape of a Filipina. Officials from Embassy's American Citizens' Services Unit, JUSMAG, Defense Attache's Office (DAO),and Regional Security Office, as well as from the Third Marine [...]
2006-06-09 08:01:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA2548MARINE CASE UPDATE 06/19/06
[...] (U) After a three-day holiday weekend and the court's regular Tuesday off, the trial of four U.S. Marines accused of raping a Filipina resumed June 14 with the testimony of NCIS special agents and NCIS locally employed staff. Post greatly appreciates the support of the Department and all oth [...]
2006-06-19 03:18:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA2634MARINE CASE UPDATE 06/23/06
[...] (U) Summary. The trial of four U.S. Marines accused of raping a Filipina is proceeding slightly more slowly than anticipated, and may move to a five-day-a-week schedule in July. Developments during the week of June 19 included a concession by prosecutors that physical evidence in the case w [...]
2006-06-23 09:18:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA283CONGRESS CALLS FOR TERMINATION/RENEGOTIATION OF
[...] (C) Summary: The Philippine Congress' Legislative Oversight Committee on the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) unanimously passed a non-binding resolution on January 19 calling for the termination of the VFA within six months and its renegotiation into a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA). Appa [...]
2006-01-19 10:03:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA2852MARINE CASE UPDATE 07/07/06
[...] The trial of the four Marines accused of raping a Filipino woman continued during the week of July 3 with the cross examination of Analisa Franco, stepsister of the complainant, and direct examination of the complainant herself on July 6. There was no hearing on July 7 due to the "distraught [...]
2006-07-07 09:44:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA2962MARINE CASE UPDATE 07/14/06
[...] The trial of four Marines accused of raping a Filipino woman continued during the week of July 14 with direct and cross examination of the complainant as well as of the prosecution's chief medical witness, Dr. Raquel del Rosario-Fortun. Prosecutors established how much the complainant drank [...]
2006-07-14 10:14:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA2969MARINE CASE: ANOTHER DEFENDANT SPEAKS TO MEDIA
[...] LCpl Daniel Smith, one of the four marines currently on trial for alleged rape, gave an interview to the Associated Press on Saturday July 15. Local media featured his remarks extensively. He talked about how his "life has come to a screeching halt" due to the alleged incident and trial, and [...]
2006-07-17 09:14:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA2998PHILIPPINES: MOUNT MAYON VOLCANIC ACTIVITY
[...] Mount Mayon, 300 kilometers (180 miles) southeast of Manila, is experiencing high levels of seismic activity and lava flows reaching 800 meters downwards from the summit. Experts here expect minimal impact on Manila, possibly increased particulates in the air. Residents within the 6-kilometer [...]
2006-07-18 09:12:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TPHY EINV CASC EAGR PREL EAID RP
06MANILA3065MARINE CASE UPDATE 07/21/06
[...] The trial of four Marines accused of raping a Filipino woman continued the week of July 17. The lawyer for Timoteo Soriano, the driver of the Starex van the Marines rented the night of November 1, objected to the subpoena requesting Mr. Soriano testify for the prosecution on July 17, invoking [...]
2006-07-21 09:57:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA3176MARINE CASE UPDATE 07/31/06
[...] The trial of four Marines accused of raping a Filipino woman continued the week of July 24 with medical testimony from toxicologist Dr. Kenneth Go, who testified that the complainant was intoxicated on the night of the alleged incident such that she would not have been able to consent to sexu [...]
2006-07-31 00:15:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA3234EAP A/S HILL VISITS MILITARY ACADEMY AND U.S.
[...] SUMMARY: EAP A/S Hill stressed themes of military transformation and cooperation -- especially on natural disasters -- among the U.S., the Philippines, and other ASEAN countries in speech to the cadets at the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) in Baguio City on July 30. He participated in a r [...]
2006-08-02 05:40:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PHUM CASC KPAO RP
06MANILA3285MARINE CASE UPDATE 08/04/06
[...] The trial of the four Marines accused of raping a Filipino woman was suspended August 1 due to the illness of a prosecution witness, and will probably not resume for two more weeks. Judge Benjamin Pozon said he was unhappy with this delay, but believed it to be unavoidable. He ordered the P [...]
2006-08-04 07:21:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA3474MARINE CASE UPDATE 08/18/06
[...] The trial of the four Marines accused of raping a Filipino woman resumed briefly the week of August 14 with confirmation from the Prosecution's expert DNA witness that the DNA sample taken from LCpl Daniel Smith matches that of the DNA sample found on the complainant's underwear. The Prosecu [...]
2006-08-18 08:23:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA3770MARINE CASE UPDATE 09/08/06
[...] Testimony in the trial of the four Marines accused of raping a Filipino woman is expected to resume Monday, September 11 when the Defense commences its case. They have indicated that they will call approximately six witnesses including the four Marines themselves, and another Marine, LCpl Ju [...]
2006-09-08 07:46:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA3875MARINE CASE: EMBASSY RECEIVES SUBPOENA
[...] (U) On September 13, Embassy received a Diplomatic Note from the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) officially conveying the subpoena directing NCIS to "appear and present" the clothes worn by LCpl Smith on November 1, 2005. The subpoena requests NCIS appear on September 11, tho [...]
2006-09-13 10:11:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA3913MARINE CASE UPDATE 09/15/06
[...] SUMMARY. The Defense case in the trial of four Marines accused of raping a Philippine woman commenced the week of September 11 with testimony from the accused LCpl Daniel Smith, and another Marine LCpl Justin Bamberger. The subpoena served to the Embassy requesting presentation by NCIS of t [...]
2006-09-15 09:38:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA4067MARINE CASE UPDATE 9/22/06
[...] The trial of four Marines continued the week of September 18 with testimony from forensic obstetrical and gynecologist expert Dr. Teresita Sanchez, who testified that the injuries sustained by the complainant do not suggest rape. SSgt Chad Carpentier followed and testified that his first impr [...]
2006-09-25 08:07:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA4176MARINE CASE: PROSECUTION TO CALL NCIS WITNESSES
[...] This is an action request -- see para 3. 2. The lead prosecutor in the Marine case, Emilie Delos Santos, informed Embassy that she intends to call NCIS agent Guy Papageorge and investigator Tony Ramos to testify on October 5 as part of the Prosecution's rebuttal case. A subpoena is expec [...]
2006-10-03 03:03:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA4257MARINE CASE: VERDICT PLANNED FOR NOVEMBER 27
[...] The Prosecution announced in a brief hearing on October 5 that it will not after all present rebuttal evidence before the court in the case of the four Marines accused of raping a Filipino woman. At the hearing, Judge Benjamin Pozon gave the Prosecution and Defense 30 days to file Memoranda o [...]
2006-10-06 06:22:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA4436MARINE CASE UPDATE 10/20/06
[...] Makati Regional Trial Court Judge Benjamin Pozon publicly promised to take a two week period exclusively to review the evidence in the case in order to render a verdict November 27. 2. In a television interview aired by ABS-CBN October 17, two of the Marines again professed their innocen [...]
2006-10-20 08:10:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA4481MANILA EAC SECURITY REVIEW
[...] (SBU) The Emergency Action Committee (EAC),chaired by the Ambassador, met on October 25, 2006, to determine what, if any, actions needed to be taken in light of the recent steady stream of threat reporting that various sections of the Embassy have been receiving. Although the usual threats [...]
2006-10-26 09:07:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER CASC RP
06MANILA4500MARINE CASE UPDATE 10/27/06
[...] (C) A verdict in the case of the four Marines accused of raping a Filipino woman is expected November 27. While we cannot predict what the verdict might be, the Embassy's Marine Case Working Group (with input from visiting III MEF officers) is finalizing post-verdict plans that take into acc [...]
2006-10-27 08:06:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA4712BACKGROUND ON THE MARINE CASE IN ADVANCE OF
[...] SUMMARY (C) A verdict is expected on November 27 in the legal case in a Philippine court against four U.S. Marines charged with raping a Filipino woman on the evening of November 1, 2005 in Subic. This message re-caps evens that occurred as well as efforts by the USG to assure a positive at [...]
2006-11-16 02:28:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA4718SSGT CARPENTIER AND LCPL SMITH REQUEST PERMISSION TO BE
[...] This is an action request - see para 6. 2. Summary. Two of the four U.S. Marines currently awaiting the November 27 verdict on charges of raping a Filipina in Subic in November 2005, SSGT Carpentier and LCPL Smith, have requested Embassy's permission to grant a television interview to Ass [...]
2006-11-16 07:53:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR KCRM CASC KPAO RP
06MANILA4760STATEMENT AND PRESS GUIDANCE ON VERDICT IN SUBIC CASE
[...] Embassy believes that it is likely a verdict in the Subic case will be announced on November 27, 2006. In anticipation of that announcement, Embassy would like the Department, the Department of Defense and III MEF to have the following statement and contingency press guidance, which we would p [...]
2006-11-20 08:26:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR KCRM CASC KPAO RP
06MANILA4810MARINE CASE: VERDICT POSTPONED TO DECEMBER 4
[...] (C) The verdict in the Marine case has been postponed one week and is now expected Monday, December 4. The Embassy's Working Group, with input from representatives of the III Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) in Okinawa, is finalizing post-verdict plans. Immediately following the judge's ver [...]
2006-11-24 07:29:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA4864MARINE CASE: FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR THE VERDICT
[...] (C) The verdict in the case of four U.S. Marines accused of involvement in the alleged rape of a Filipina is expected on the afternoon of Monday, December 4. The DCM will call State Operations Center as soon as a verdict is rendered, and again after the Embassy Working Group, together with mil [...]
2006-11-30 09:39:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA4877 Typhoon Reming Casualties Over 1000 in Southern Luzon
[...] Heavy rains from Typhoon Reming on November 30 caused the massive flow of volcanic debris from the slopes of recently erupted Mount Mayon in the southern Luzon province of Albay. The mudslides buried villages and outlying homes and farms, leaving over 1000 people dead or missing and causing m [...]
2006-12-04 09:22:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR CASC SENV SOCI RP
06MANILA4880VERDICTS IN ALLEGED RAPE CASE; AMBASSADOR PROTESTS
[...] Makati City Regional Trial Court Judge Pozon on December 4 found U.S. Marine Lance Corporal Daniel Smith guilty in a November 1, 2006 alleged rape of a Filipina at the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority compound. He proclaimed a sentence of "reclusion perpetua," statutorily no less than 20 and [...]
2006-12-04 10:33:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR CASC KCRM RP
06MANILA4896MAKATI COURT DEFERS RECONSIDERATION OF CUSTODY OF
[...] (C) Summary and comment: Despite promises from the seniormost Philippine Government officials that they could work with the judge in the alleged rape case to rescind his custody order and return Lance Corporal Smith to U.S. custody, Smith will spend at least one more night at the Makati Cit [...]
2006-12-05 11:00:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR CASC KCRM RP
06MANILA4913FOREIGN SECRETARY PREDICTS QUICK RESOLUTION OF
[...] (C) This is an action request -- see para 8. 2. (C) Summary. Ambassador urged Foreign Secretary Romulo to ensure that the Philippine Government take quick and more effective steps to return Lance Corporal Daniel Smith immediately to U.S. custody pending his appeal. Romulo promised that [...]
2006-12-06 09:12:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR CASC KCRM RP
06MANILA4916 ASSISTING TYPHOON REMING VICTIMS
[...] Summary: Over 1300 people are dead or missing due to the volcanic debris and mudslides caused by Typhoon Reming. In response to this tragedy, the Ambassador exercised her disaster assistance authority, enabling USAID to provide some $400,000 in assistance to relief organizations. Airlifted [...]
2006-12-06 10:15:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR CASC SOCI RP
06MANILA4918PHILIPPINE TERRORIST ACTIVITY REPORTS PROMPT EAC
[...] The Ambassador chaired an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on December 7, 2006, to discuss reports received by various agencies within the Embassy of possible terrorist activity in the province of Cebu, an island in central Philippines. Cebu is the site of the on-going ASEAN Summit an [...]
2006-12-07 08:48:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER CASC RP
06MANILA4919NEXT STEPS TO ASSISTING TYPHOON REMING VICTIMS
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE -- SEE PARA 5. 2. (U) A December 6 on-the-ground assessment by a joint USAID-JUSMAG team provided a snapshot of the area in southern Luzon recovering from Typhoon Reming, which struck the Philippines November 30-December 1. The disaster affected more than a [...]
2006-12-07 10:20:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR CASC SOCI RP
06MANILA4933UNDERSTANDING THE SEIZURE OF LANCE CORPORAL SMITH
[...] (C) The decision by Makati City Regional Trial Court Judge Pozon on December 4 to order the temporary confinement of convicted Lance Corporal Daniel Smith in the Makati City Jail, rather than release him back to the custody of U.S. authorities, took us and the defense attorneys by surprise ( [...]
2006-12-08 10:28:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA4953FURTHER DELAY IN MARINE CASE CUSTODY HEARING
[...] (U) At a hearing on December 11, Makati City Regional Trial Court Judge Pozon heard oral arguments from the Department of Justice about why the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) authorizes that the U.S. should retain custody of Lance Corporal Smith during the ongoing judicial proceedings. When [...]
2006-12-11 09:40:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR CASC RP
06MANILA4985NEXT STEPS IN REGAINING CUSTODY OF LANCE CORPORAL
[...] (C) Lance Corporal Smith remains in Philippine jail following Makati City Regional Trial Court Judge Pozon's December 13 ruling against a defense petition to return him to U.S. custody under the provisions of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) (septel). Although the Philippine Executive Bra [...]
2006-12-13 09:49:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL CASC MARR RP
06MANILA4986JUDGE DENIES CUSTODY MOTION ON LCPL. SMITH
[...] (U) Makati City Regional Trial Court Judge Benjamin Pozon on December 13 denied a motion by the attorneys of Lance Corporal Daniel Smith, supported by representatives of the Departments of Foreign Affairs and Justice, to return him to U.S. custody in accordance with the Visiting Forces Agree [...]
2006-12-13 09:50:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL CASC MARR RP
06MANILA5000MARINE CASE: REGAINING CUSTODY OF LCPL SMITH
[...] (C) Ambassador shared ref a concerns and possible options with Executive Secretary Ermita and Foreign Secretary Romulo on December 14, while other country team members flagged to counterparts at the Departments of Foreign Affairs and National Defense as well as at the Armed Forces of the Phi [...]
2006-12-14 08:05:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL CASC MARR RP
06MANILA5014MARINE CASE: PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT FILES PETITION
[...] (C) On December 15, the Philippine Solicitor General, on behalf of the Department of Foreign Affairs as a "real party-in-interest," filed a petition-in-intervention with the Court of Appeals in support of the motion already filed by Lance Corporal Daniel Smith's defense attorneys to return c [...]
2006-12-15 09:40:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR CASC RP
06MANILA5031MARINE CASE; NO IMMINENT COURT DECISION ON CUSTODY
[...] (U) The Court of Appeals on December 19 denied a motion by the defense lawyers for Lance Corporal Daniel Smith calling for an immediate decision to reverse Makati City Regional Trial Court Judge Pozon's December 4 order to detain LCpl. Smith temporarily in the Makati City Jail. The private [...]
2006-12-19 10:48:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR CASC RP
06MANILA5039MARINE CASE: LIKELY CANCELLATION OF BALIKATAN
[...] (C) In a private meeting with Executive Secretary Ermita on December 20, Ambassador reviewed the near-certainty that the USG would imminently decide to cancel much or perhaps all of Balikatan 07 to reflect our concern about the Philippines' lack of compliance with the terms of the Visiting Fo [...]
2006-12-20 07:35:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR CASC RP
06MANILA5071MARINE CASE: JUDICIAL PROCESSES TO DECIDE CUSTODY
[...] (C) Ambassador on December 21 discussed with President Arroyo latest developments in the judicial deliberations on the custody issue involving Lance Corporal Smith, underscoring the importance of living up to the obligations under the Visiting Forces Agreement. President Arroyo assured the [...]
2006-12-21 09:21:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR CASC RP
06MANILA5072Prison Visit to DANIEL JOHN SMITH
[...] NAME: Smith, Daniel John 3. DPOB: June 08, 1985, St. Louis, MO USA 4. PASSPORT: 802002219, issued July 11, 2005 9. CHARGES: Rape 10. PLACE OF DETENTION: Makati City Jail, Makati, Philippines 11. JUDICIAL STATUS: Appeal Pending; Defendant's petition for transfer of custody to the U.S. Emb [...]
2006-12-21 09:30:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDCASC ASEC PREL MARR RP
06MANILA5080MANILA EAC MEETING -- DECEMBER 22, 2006
[...] In response to ref A, the core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met on December 22, to discuss any current terrorism threat information and the general security situation prior to the Christmas and New Year Holidays. The only current threat information we have received for the Philippines ce [...]
2006-12-22 06:51:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER CASC RP
06MANILA5083MARINE CASE: NEW MOTION TO APPEALS COURT
[...] (U) On December 22, the Philippine Solicitor General filed a new "Very Urgent Supplemental Manifestation and Motion," on behalf of the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs, to the Court of Appeals. The motion noted that the U.S. Ambassador and the Foreign Secretary had formally agreed o [...]
2006-12-22 09:28:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR CASC RP
06MANILA5098MARINE CASE: APPEALS ACTION NOT LIKELY UNTIL NEW
[...] (C) In a meeting with A/DCM on December 28, Presidential Legal Counsel Sergio Apostol confirmed that the Solicitor General planned that day to file another motion to the Court of Appeals, calling for an immediate decision on the custody of Lance Corporal Daniel Smith, in response to the Solic [...]
2006-12-28 08:49:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR CASC RP
06MANILA5109EMBASSY REGAINS CUSTODY OF LCPL. SMITH
[...] (U) Lance Corporal Daniel J. Smith returned to the custody of the U.S. Embassy at approximately 11:30 p.m. local time on December 29, escorted by a team from the Regional Security Office as well as the Philippine National Police. He will remain confined in the same quarters in the Rowe Build [...]
2006-12-30 03:51:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR CASC RP
06MANILA830SITREP 1: MALACANANG DECLARES "STATE OF EMERGENCY"
[...] (C) Summary: President Arroyo declared a "State of Emergency" in a TV address at 1120 hrs (local). Arroyo's formal proclamation of national emergency blamed a conspiracy between the "extreme Left" and "military adventurists." Based on Mission information, there does appear to have been som [...]
2006-02-24 07:17:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS PINR ASEC CASC PREL RP
06MANILA839SITREP 2: MORE ON DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY RULE
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with the diplomatic corps late February 24, Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo and National Security Advisor Norberto Gonzales downplayed the impact of the State of Emergency Declaration made earlier that day, defending it as a necessary response to Opposition and l [...]
2006-02-24 11:30:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPINS ASEC CASC PREL RP
06MANILA889SITREP 14: GRP FILES SEDITION CHARGES AGAINST 15
[...] (C) Summary: The police filed sedition charges with the Department of Justice (DoJ) on February 27 against 15 Opposition figures, including six leftist lawmakers. President Arroyo, in a TV interview given mid-day, lauded the performance of the economy and defended her State of Emergency decl [...]
2006-02-27 11:28:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPINS EFIN ASEC CASC PREL KPAO RP
06MANILA934SUBJECT: A/S HILL MEETS WITH GRP OFFICIALS ON
[...] (C) Summary: In a February 28 meeting with A/S Hill, Charge Jones, and DAS John, Philippine Defense Secretary Cruz, National Security Advisor Gonzales, and National Intelligence Coordinating Agency Director Garcia said there were three distinct elements to the government's response to threat [...]
2006-03-01 06:45:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPINR ASEC CASC PREL RP
06MAPUTO432 MOZAMBIQUE - REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE RE GRM REQUEST
[...] (U) This is an Action Request. 2. (SBU) Action Request: In reftel Post asked for Department guidance on how to respond to a written request for information from the GRM's Central Office for the Combat of Corruption, a department in the Attorney General's Office. The request was for informat [...]
2006-04-13 11:32:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC PREL EFIN KJUS MZ
06MAPUTO669MOZAMBIQUE - 2006 Report on Investment Disputes and
[...] Post is aware of one (1) claim that may be outstanding against the Government of the Republic of Mozambique (GRM). 2. Claimant A. 3. This potential claim arose on or around August 5, 2005. 4. In 2001 Claimant A received authorization for a foreign investment project from the GRM's [...]
2006-06-08 06:15:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID EINV ETRD PGOV KIDE CASC MZ
06MEXICO6391NATIONAL TEACHERS' UNION SAYS GOVERNMENT ACTIONS
[...] Summary: The National TeachersQ, Union (SNTE) sharply criticized the GOM for negotiating directly with the striking teachers in Oaxaca. In SNTEQ,s view these negotiations, which bypass the national union, will only prolong OaxacaQ,s civil unrest and could potentially spread the problem to ot [...]
2006-11-08 20:08:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON PGOV CASC KDEM PINR MX
06MINSK1315MINSK EAC DISCUSSES POSSIBLE INTERRUPTION IN
[...] (SBU) Charge convened post's Emergency Action Committee December 28. In attendance were A/DCM, A/POL/ECON chief, RSO, CONS, GSO, IMO, ITO, A/DCM, CLO, MSG DET Commander, USAID and A/PAO. 2. (SBU) The EAC met to discuss the continuing dispute and negotiations between Gazprom and the Gover [...]
2006-12-29 11:15:00Embassy MinskSECRETASEC CASC AMGT ENRG BO
06MINSK281BKGB Claims USG Terrorism on Election Day
[...] At 1100 local on March 16, chairman of the BKGB Stepan Sukhorenko held a press conference to claim the BKGB had uncovered a plot by the Belarusian opposition, funded and organized by Georgia and the United States, to bomb four schools on Election Day (March 19) as part of a coup against Lukashe [...]
2006-03-16 14:40:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PTER PHUM CASC BO
06MINSK331SITUATION REPORT 5: POLICE BREAK-UP PROTEST
[...] (C) Summary: Just after 0300 March 24, security forces converged on October Square and arrested nearly everyone taking part in the opposition's on-going demonstration. Although estimates vary and authorities have not released any information, Post believes between 150 and 400 people were arres [...]
2006-03-24 12:49:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PREL BO CASC
06MINSK445The GOB Prepares For Bird Flu
[...] (SBU) Summary: The GOB on March 24 ratified a plan to prevent avian influenza (AI) from appearing in Belarus and to isolate it in case of an outbreak. Belarus has long banned poultry product imports and animal feed from nations with confirmed cases of AI but just recently issued decrees on pr [...]
2006-04-24 13:56:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU PGOV PHUM ECON CASC BO
06MINSK599BELARUS: 2006 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND
[...] (SBU) Post submits its annual contribution for the 2006 Report on Investment Disputes and Expropriation Claims. During the year the Belarus Government continued with its policy of fundraising through confiscation of transiting goods, although this process appears to be declining. The State Cu [...]
2006-06-09 04:44:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC EFIN EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV BO
06MONTREAL1063SNAPSHOT OF A BORDER COMMUNITY: MONTREAL WHTI
[...] (SBU) Recently, as part of an ongoing WHTI outreach program, Consul General Montreal and Econoff visited small towns along the Quebec/US border to view how integrated the border communities are, and discuss the impact of WHTI. An example of completely integrated towns is the Stanstead, Quebec [...]
2006-10-05 20:01:00Consulate MontrealCONFIDENTIALCA CASC CMGT CPAS ECON KPAO PREL KTRD
06MONTREAL255 MONTREAL-BASED TELEMARKETING SCHEMES TARGET
[...] (U) Summary. Montreal's relatively cheap labor and energy costs combined with strict privacy laws and lax telemarketing regulations have made it an attractive location for contact centers of all kinds, and the city now finds itself second only to Toronto for the dubious title of "telemarketin [...]
2006-03-01 20:26:00Consulate MontrealUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PREL ECON CASC CA
06MONTREAL518Montreal Outreach on WHTI
[...] Summary. The visit of DHS US-Visit Director Jim Williams and Department of States Ann Barrett, Managing Director of U.S. Passport Services, gave post an opportunity to get our message about WHTI out to a number of influential audiences and journalists in Montreal. Exports to the U.S. are extr [...]
2006-05-03 20:00:00Consulate MontrealUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CPAS CASC KTRD KPAO PREL CA
06MONTREAL820 Montreal Hosts the First Ever OutGames
[...] Montreal is set to host the 1st World OutGames from July 26-August 5. An offshoot of the Federation of Gay Games (held this year in Chicago),which has traditionally focused on providing a venue for homosexuals to openly engage in sports competitions, the OutGames has added a three-day inter [...]
2006-07-28 13:00:00Consulate MontrealUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SOCI CASC CA
06MONTREAL922 Montreal Celebrates OutGames Success - Part 2 of 2
[...] The 1st World OutGames, held in Montreal June 26-August 5, drew some 500,000 spectators, 10,248 athletes, and 5,200 volunteers and has been touted by officials, media, and human rights activists alike as a success. The three-day conference on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Huma [...]
2006-08-24 20:16:00Consulate MontrealUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SOCI CASC CA
06MUMBAI1253HOW SOUTHERN CHHATTISGARH BECAME INDIA'S HUB OF NAXALITE
[...] (C) Southern Chhattisgarh has become the epicenter of Naxalite violence in India, with 214 insurgent-related casualties to date in 2006 and every indication that numbers will continue to rise. There are several causes for this escalating crisis. After the state was established in late 2000, [...]
2006-07-05 11:42:00Consulate MumbaiCONFIDENTIALPTER PINR PHUM PGOV ASEC CASC IN
06MUMBAI1261MAHARASHTRA POLICE UPDATE ON ISLAMIC TERRORISM IN WESTERN
[...] (C) A top Maharashtra anti-terrorist official has told us that the three suspected terrorists killed in the foiled June 1 attack on the RSS headquarters in Nagpur were probably foreigners. J.J. Singh, Additional Chief of Police in the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS),also acknowledged t [...]
2006-07-06 10:29:00Consulate MumbaiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV KIRF KISL CASC ASEC PK IN
06MUMBAI1293MULTIPLE TRAIN BOMBINGS KILL OVER 180 AT HEIGHT OF EVENING
[...] (U) Over 180 persons died and over 500 were injured in a series of nearly simultaneous bomb explosions on seven trains on July 11 in Mumbai. The bombings occurred in overflowing trains at the height of the city's evening rush hour. All official Americans and their family members are accounted [...]
2006-07-12 08:30:00Consulate MumbaiUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KISL AEMR PGOV PREL CASC IN
06MUMBAI1307MUMBAI REMAINS CALM AS POLICE DETAIN HUNDREDS IN CONNECTION
[...] (U) Nearly 48 hours after bombs exploded aboard seven trains traveling Mumbai's western commuter railway line, casualty figures continue to rise, varying between 200 and 186 depending on the source. The number injured has also increased to 772. There have been no reports of Amcit deaths or in [...]
2006-07-13 12:51:00Consulate MumbaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KISL PGOV PREL ASEC CASC IN
06MUMBAI1310AS DEATH TOLL NEARS 200, CONTOURS OF MUMBAI BOMBING
[...] (C) Despite the local media's poor track record in handling on-the-record remarks, enough reputable media outlets have directly attributed a particular theory of the Mumbai train bombings to senior police leadership that the contours of the investigation are emerging. If the state's media is t [...]
2006-07-14 13:47:00Consulate MumbaiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV KISL CASC ASEC PK IN
06MUMBAI1332(C) PAKISTAN'S ISI INVOLVED IN MUMBAI BOMBINGS, TOP POLICE
[...] (C) Maharahstra's top police official told the Consul General on July 19 that Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate (ISI) had a clear hand in the July 7 Mumbai train bombings. P.S. Pasricha, Director General of the state police, said the bombs used in the attacks may point to an A [...]
2006-07-19 13:29:00Consulate MumbaiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV KISL CASC ASEC PK IN
06MUMBAI1356POLICE MAKE FIRST ARRESTS IN MUMBAI TRAIN BOMBING CASE
[...] (C) Investigators have reportedly made the first formal arrests in connection with the July 7 train bombings in Mumbai that killed over 180 people. If the media reports match information we have received from the police, then those arrested are suspected of having helped move materials for the [...]
2006-07-21 10:17:00Consulate MumbaiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV KISL CASC ASEC PK IN
06MUMBAI1506STILL NO BREAKTHROUGH IN MUMBAI TRAIN BOMBING INVESTIGATION, POLICE SAY
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-11 18:17:00Consulate MumbaiCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC IN KISL PGOV PK PREL PTER
06MUMBAI1652MUMBAI BOMBING INVESTIGATIONS REVEAL DETAILS OF MUSLIM
[...] (C) Although police have now arrested 14 men in connection with the July 11 Mumbai train bombings, investigators still appear to know little about the actual perpetrators of the well-planned act of terrorism that killed 187 people and left few traces. All those arrested have been charged on th [...]
2006-09-08 11:48:00Consulate MumbaiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV KISL CASC ASEC PK IN
06MUMBAI1755(C) LOCAL MUSLIMS AND PAKISTAN NATIONALS PLANTED BOMBS ON
[...] (C) Three local Muslims and four Pakistanis planted the bombs that killed 187 persons on seven Mumbai commuter trains in July, the Mumbai police chief told the Consul General on September 26. A.N. Roy said the police had detained two of the local men who had planted bombs. One of the two men [...]
2006-09-27 12:09:00Consulate MumbaiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV KISL CASC ASEC PK IN
06MUMBAI1996POLICE BELIEVE MUSLIMS TARGETED MUSLIMS IN MALEGAON
[...] (C) Maharashtra police are now convinced that Muslim extremists purposefully targeted other Muslims in the September 8 bombings in Malegaon that killed 31 persons and injured over 200. The police have told us that Muslim extremists hoped to inflame communal passions in a city with a history [...]
2006-11-09 03:03:00Consulate MumbaiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV KISL ASEC CASC IN
06MUSCAT100EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 01/25/2006
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on January 25 to review the Embassy's security posture prior to the local weekend. Members noted no substantive changes in the local security environment since the last meeting (reftel),and agreed that the E [...]
2006-01-26 10:25:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KSAC KHLS MU EAC
06MUSCAT112EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 01/28/2006
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the full Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on January 28 to review the Embassy's security posture following the local weekend. Members noted no substantive changes in the local security environment since the last meeting (reftel),and agreed that the [...]
2006-01-29 10:58:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KSAC KHLS KVPR MU EAC
06MUSCAT131EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 01/31/2006
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on January 31 to review the Embassy's security posture prior to the local holiday weekend. Members noted no substantive changes in the local security environment since the last meeting (reftel),and agreed t [...]
2006-01-31 14:34:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KSAC KHLS MU
06MUSCAT146EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 02/04/2006
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the full Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on February 4 to review the Embassy's security posture following the local holiday weekend. Members noted no substantive changes in the local security environment since the last meeting, and agreed that the [...]
2006-02-06 07:58:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KSAC KHLS KVPR MU EAC
06MUSCAT176EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 02/08/2006
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on February 8 to review the Embassy's security posture prior to the local weekend. Members noted no substantive changes in the local security environment since the last meeting, and agreed that the Embassy's [...]
2006-02-11 06:15:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KSAC KHLS MU EAC
06MUSCAT191EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 02/11/2006
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the full Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on February 11 to review the Embassy's security posture following the local weekend. Members noted no substantive changes in the local security environment since the last meeting, and agreed that the Embassy' [...]
2006-02-12 14:16:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KSAC KHLS MU EAC
06MUSCAT207GOVERNMENT CRITIC ALLEGES AMCIT AILING IN PRISON
[...] (SBU) Recently released former parliamentarian Taybah al-Ma'wali claims that unsanitary prison conditions and poor medical care have caused a serious decline in convicted Amcit Rebecca Thompson's health. Her charges, however, are at variance with what Conoff and other independent visitors have [...]
2006-02-14 08:54:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI MU
06MUSCAT217EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 02/15/2006
[...] (SBU) The DCM chaired a meeting of the core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on February 15 to review the Embassy's security posture prior to the local holiday weekend. Members noted no substantive changes in the local security environment since the last meeting (reftel),and agreed that th [...]
2006-02-15 11:00:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KSAC KHLS MU EAC
06MUSCAT23EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 01/04/2006
[...] (SBU) The Acting DCM chaired a meeting of the core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on January 4 to review the Embassy's security posture prior to the local weekend. Members noted no substantive changes in the local security environment since the last meeting (reftel),and agreed that the Em [...]
2006-01-04 12:36:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KSAC KHLS MU EAC
06MUSCAT234EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 02/19/2006
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the full Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on February 19 to review the Embassy's security posture following the local holiday weekend. Members noted no substantive changes in the local security environment since the last meeting, and agreed that the [...]
2006-02-19 13:56:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KSAC KHLS KVPR MU EAC
06MUSCAT262EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 02/22/2006
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on February 22 to review the Embassy's security posture prior to the local weekend. Members noted no substantive changes in the local security environment since the last meeting, and agreed that the Embassy's [...]
2006-02-22 11:54:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KSAC KHLS MU EAC
06MUSCAT270EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 02/25/2006
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the full Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on February 25 to assess the Embassy's security posture following the local weekend. Members noted no substantive changes in the local security environment since the last meeting (reftel),and agreed that the [...]
2006-02-25 14:50:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KSAC KHLS MU EAC
06MUSCAT294EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 03/01/2006
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on March 1 to review the Embassy's security posture prior to the local weekend. Members noted no substantive changes in the local security environment since the last meeting (reftel),and agreed that the Emba [...]
2006-03-01 14:42:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KSAC KHLS MU EAC
06MUSCAT297MFA CLARIFIES RELIGION NOTE, SAYS NOT DIRECTED AT
[...] (SBU) Reportedly in reaction to diplomatic missions that had rented space for unsanctioned religious worship, the Foreign Ministry issued a broadly worded circular on February 18 reiterating standing regulations governing non-Muslim places of worship. MFA clarified points of concern to the Em [...]
2006-03-01 15:20:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM CASC KIRF MU
06MUSCAT317EMBASSY MUSCAT - 03/04/2006
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the full Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on March 4 to assess the Embassy's security posture following the local weekend. Members noted no substantive changes in the local security environment since the last meeting, and agreed that the Embassy's al [...]
2006-03-05 15:30:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KSAC KHLS MU EAC
06MUSCAT346EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 03/08/2006
[...] (SBU) The DCM chaired a meeting of the core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on March 8 to review the Embassy's security posture prior to the local weekend. Members noted no substantive changes in the local security environment since the last meeting, and agreed that the Embassy's already hei [...]
2006-03-08 14:25:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KSAC KHLS KVPR MU EAC
06MUSCAT357EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 03/11/2006
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the full Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on March 11 to review the Embassy's security posture following the local weekend. Members noted no substantive changes in the local security environment since the last meeting, and agreed that the Embassy's a [...]
2006-03-12 08:53:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KSAC KHLS MU EAC
06MUSCAT382EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 03/15/2006
[...] (SBU) The DCM chaired a meeting of the core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on March 15 to assess the Embassy's security posture prior to the local weekend, and in light of recent unsubstantiated threat reporting (references A and B). Noting no substantive changes in the local security env [...]
2006-03-15 14:57:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KSAC KHLS KVPR MU EAC
06MUSCAT39EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 01/07/2006
[...] (SBU) The Charge chaired a meeting of the full Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on January 7 to review the Embassy's security posture both following the local weekend and prior to a January 9-14 holiday closure (reftel B). Members noted no substantive changes in the local security environmen [...]
2006-01-07 14:06:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KSAC KHLS MU EAC
06MUSCAT408EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 03/18/2006
[...] (SBU) The Charge chaired a meeting of the full Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on March 18 to review the Embassy's security posture following the local weekend. Members noted no substantive changes in the local security environment since the last meeting, and agreed that the Embassy's alread [...]
2006-03-18 13:07:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KSAC KHLS MU EAC
06MUSCAT441EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 03/22/2006
[...] (SBU) The Charge chaired a meeting of the core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on March 22 to review the Embassy's security posture prior to the local weekend. Members noted no substantive changes in the local security environment since the last meeting, and agreed that the Embassy's alread [...]
2006-03-22 10:52:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KSAC KHLS ABLD MU EAC
06MUSCAT471EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 03/25/2006
[...] (SBU) The Charge chaired a meeting of the full Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on March 25 to review the Embassy's security posture following the local weekend. Members noted no substantive changes in the local security environment since the last meeting (reftel A),and agreed that the Emba [...]
2006-03-26 04:05:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KSAC KHLS MU EAC
06MUSCAT501EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 04/01/2006
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the full Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on April 1 to review the Embassy's overall security posture. Members noted no substantive changes in the local security environment since the last meeting, and agreed that the Embassy's already heightened se [...]
2006-04-01 14:34:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KSAC KHLS KVPR MU EAC
06MUSCAT589EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 04/11/2006
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on April 11 to assess the Embassy's overall security posture prior to the local holiday weekend. Members noted no substantive changes in the local security environment since the last meeting, and agreed that [...]
2006-04-11 14:45:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KSAC KHLS MU EAC
06MUSCAT639EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 04/19/2006
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on April 19 to assess the Embassy's overall security posture. Members noted no substantive changes in the local security environment since the last meeting, and agreed that the Embassy's already heightened s [...]
2006-04-19 14:02:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KSAC KHLS MU EAC
06MUSCAT668EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 04/26/2006
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on April 26 to assess the Embassy's overall security posture. Members noted no substantive changes in the local security environment since the last meeting, and agreed that the Embassy's already heightened s [...]
2006-04-26 13:03:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KSAC KHLS KCRM MU EAC
06MUSCAT73EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 01/21/2006
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the full Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on January 21 to review the Embassy's security posture following a January 16-20 holiday closure. Members noted no substantive changes in the local security environment since the last meeting (reftel),and a [...]
2006-01-23 04:18:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KSAC KHLS MU EAC
06NAIROBI4420SECURITY CONCERNS PERSIST AT WILSON AIRPORT
[...] (C) Summary: Concerns about security and possible terrorism at Nairobi's Wilson Airport persist. The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) notice of October 4 moving all Somalia passenger flights from Wilson to the better-regulated Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) should help, but Ke [...]
2006-10-16 03:37:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPTER EAIR CASC ECON KE SO
06NASSAU1711HURRICANE ANNA NICOLE WREAKS HAVOC IN THE BAHAMAS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Several months into her Bahamian residency, American B-list celebrity and regular entertainment television fixture Anna Nicole Smith has changed the face of Bahamian politics. Not since Category 4 Hurricane Betsy made landfall in 1965 has one woman done as much damage in Nassau. Lying [...]
2006-11-15 15:15:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALBF PGOV PREL CASC SMIG
06NASSAU302COUNTRY CLEARANCE: FOR CONSULAR MANAGEMENT
[...] Post welcomes Consular Management Assistance Team (CMAT) and grants country clearance. 2. The team of Carolyn Huggins, Scott Boswell and Janie Friedlein will be met at the airport by the Consular Chief and taken to the Comfort Suites Hotel on Paradise Island where we have confirmed reserva [...]
2006-02-21 22:26:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CASC AMGT OTRA BF WHA
06NASSAU940MALARIA OUTBREAK IN THE BAHAMAS
[...] SUMMARY: As of June 14, 2005, The Bahamas Ministry of Health and the Centers for Disease Control have confirmed 16 cases of malaria on Great Exuma Island, approximately 120 miles from Nassau. An American tourist who visited Exuma has now contracted Malaria. All confirmed cases appear to hav [...]
2006-06-16 16:04:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO CASC PREL BF
06NDJAMENA112CHAD: SECOND REQUEST TO DISCUSS EVACUATION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-27 09:42:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC AEMR CASC AMGT CD
06NDJAMENA217CHAD: EAC CONVENES ON AVIAN INFLUENZA
[...] Ndjamena Emergency Action Committee (EAC) convened Monday, February 13 and discussed Avian Influenza (AI) outbreak in northern Nigeria. Given weak animal-health border controls between Nigeria and neighboring countries Niger, Chad and Cameroon, EAC agreed that the outbreak met the criteria fo [...]
2006-02-14 16:54:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC CASC AMED KFLO AEMR CD
06NDJAMENA441CORRECTION: CHAD: ALTERCATION NEAR PALACE SPARKS RUMORS
[...] (U) On March 22, at approximately 10:30 a.m. N'djamena time, a disgruntled deminer apparently threatened the Chadian coordinator of the High Commission for Demining (French acronym HCND) with a pistol. Shots were reported fired. The dispute may have been over salaries. The authorities were [...]
2006-03-23 09:58:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC PTER CD
06NDJAMENA745N'DJAMENA EAC
[...] (U) U.S. Embassy N'djamena convened an EAC on May 24. The EAC discussed the currently security environment in N'djamena following the May 3 Chadian Presidential elections. The EAC agreed that the situation continued to be stable and reiterated recommendation (reftel) to lift Authorized Depar [...]
2006-05-24 15:00:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV CASC CD
06NDJAMENA789CHAD: CONTINUED INDICATIONS OF INSECURITY IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PRM DAS Fitzgerald visited Sudanese refugee camps in Eastern Chad June 1-2. Recruitment appears to be taking place in Oure Cassoni and Mile camps, and armed elements are in extremely close proximity to the Oure Cassoni camp. Humanitarian workers continue to face the threat of [...]
2006-06-05 15:17:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PHUM CASC PGOV
06NEWDELHI118EMBASSY NEW DELHI AVIAN INFLUENZA PANDEMIC
[...] (SBU) Post has published Avian Influenza pandemic tripwires from ref A) on the Tripwire Reporting and Integrated Planning System (TRIPS) per ref B). These tripwires apply to Embassy New Delhi and all three constituent posts in India: Calcutta, Chennai and Mumbai. 2. (U) Personnel respons [...]
2006-01-06 10:55:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT ASEC CASC AMED KFLO AEMR IN
06NEWDELHI1632JIHADIS PRIME SUSPECTS IN VARANASI BLASTS;
[...] (C) Summary: A March 7 evening terrorist bomb attack at one of three main Hindu temples in the holy city of Varanasi, followed by a second blast at the city's train station, put the country on high alert, but has not yet incited a major communal backlash, which terrorist analysts say was the [...]
2006-03-08 13:10:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC CASC PREL IN PK
06NEWDELHI1660RAJASTHAN GOVERNMENT QUELLS HARASSMENT OF EMMANUEL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Local press recently reported that Hindu activists had attacked churches, hospitals and schools associated with the Emmanuel Ministries (EM) in Rajasthan, and blocked its employees from entering a hospital and orphanage. Embassy contacts in Rajasthan acknowledged that Hindu ac [...]
2006-03-09 13:37:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KIRF KDEM PGOV SCUL CASC IN
06NEWDELHI1818LONG-SIMMERING PROPERTY DISPUTE AT HEART OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: Although the Emmanuel Mission (EM) case has aroused considerable controversy in the press, the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly and the Lok Sabha (Parliament),it is not likely to be resolved quickly. There are powerful vested property-interests on both sides of the dispute. Co [...]
2006-03-16 13:13:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KIRF KDEM PGOV SCUL CASC IN
06NEWDELHI1953SECULAR INDIA SUPPORTS EMMANUEL MINISTRIES,
[...] (C) Summary: Thousands of Indians from all religious communities marched on the Rajasthan Parliament in Jaipur on March 21 to demand an end to the anti-Emmanuel Mission (EM) campaign of state Minister for Social Welfare and Cooperatives Madan Delivar. The issue also caused a major uproar in [...]
2006-03-22 11:22:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KRIF KDEM SCUL CASC IN
06NEWDELHI2291RAJASTHAN ANTI-CONVERSION BILL SLOW TO PASS,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Fulfilling a BJP party platform commitment, the Rajasthan government introduced an anti-conversion bill on March 31 in the state assembly. Rajasthan Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Mohammad Mahir Azad (opposition Congress Party) predicted to us that the bill will likely pa [...]
2006-04-04 13:05:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KRIF KDEM SCUL CASC IN
06NEWDELHI2446HUMAN RIGHTS, RELIGIOUS GROUPS DECRY PASSAGE OF
[...] (C) Summary: Split on party lines, the BJP-dominated Rajasthan Assembly overwhelmingly passed a controversial anti-conversion bill on March 26, but it must be signed by the state governor, then be approved by the state cabinet and have regulations promulgated before it can be enforced. Human [...]
2006-04-11 12:45:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KIRF KDEM SCUL CASC IN
06NEWDELHI2529RAJASTHAN'S CHIEF MINISTER TELLS SPEAKER HASTERT
[...] (C) In an otherwise cordial April 10 courtesy call with Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert and seven accompanying Congressman, Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje expressed genuine anger at the activities of Christian missionaries in her state and provided a spirited defense of the rece [...]
2006-04-13 12:08:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR KIRF KDEM SCUL CASC IN
06NEWDELHI2915RAJASTHAN UPDATE: EMI FOUNDER RECEIVES
[...] (U) Summary: Emmanuel Ministries International (EMI) founder MA Thomas was granted anticipatory bail on April 21, but remains in hiding, All India Christian Council President John Dayal twld us on April 27. Dayal also reported that EMI President Samuel Thomas (son of MA Thomas) remains in j [...]
2006-04-28 11:36:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KIRF KDEM SCUL CASC IN
06NEWDELHI3117EMMANUEL MINISTRIES PRESIDENT FREE ON BAIL, COURT
[...] (SBU) Emmanuel Ministries International (EMI) President Samuel Thomas was released from judicial custody on May 2, and his next hearing will be on May 12, EMI Hospital Administrator Jacob Matthew told us on May 5. Jacob commented that the property registration dispute with the Rajasthan Gove [...]
2006-05-05 12:31:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KIRF KDEM SCUL CASC IN
06NEWDELHI3307FRESH CHARGE AGAINST EMI PRESIDENT FALLS FLAT
[...] (C) Summary: Emmanuel Ministries International's (EMI) President Samuel Thomas told Poloff on May 11 that the court struck down charges of sedition brought by the Rajasthan government on May 10. He noted that the charges were filed under Section 124 of the Indian Penal Code for having a map o [...]
2006-05-12 11:03:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KIRF KDEM SCUL CASC IN
06NEWDELHI4928J&K CROSS-SECTION AGREES, EVERYTHING SLIPPING
[...] (C) Summary: July 5-8 meetings in Srinagar and Jammu with a cross-section of journalists, police officials, NGO activists, businesspeople, and politicians from most major J&K parties demonstrated to Poloff and PolFSN that our J&K interlocutors are united as never before in their assessment th [...]
2006-07-13 10:15:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL CASC PHUM PBTS SCUL SOCI PREF
06NIAMEY90431 EUROPEAN TOURISTS SEIZED AND RELEASED BY
[...] On the afternoon of Monday August 21, a group of thirty-one tourists (thirty Italians and one German) were reportedly detained by a group of armed bandits near the eastern Nigerien oasis of Agadem. The group was released on the morning of Tuesday the 22nd. None of the tour group members were [...]
2006-08-24 06:51:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC KCRM NG
06NIAMEY937TWO ITALIAN TOURISTS REPORTEDLY REMAIN IN THE
[...] (C) Summary. Italian Embassy Charge d'Affaires Giovanni Davoli (resident in Abidjan) requested a meeting with Ambassador Allen on Thursday, August 31, to discuss developments in reftel case. Two Italian nationals reportedly remain in the custody of the kidnappers, though there is speculation [...]
2006-09-05 16:39:00Embassy NiameyCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKCRM ASEC CASC NG
06NICOSIA1166TFLE01 SITREP: EMBASSY NICOSIA SUPPORT FOR
[...] (S) Combined Task Force (CTF) Brigadier General Jensen advised post at 1430 that Akrotiri air base cannot be used for the NEO's Beirut air bridge (BAB) after July 18. Embassy Nicosia is working with the CTF to relocate the BAB to either Larnaca International Airport or Paphos International A [...]
2006-07-18 11:16:00Embassy NicosiaSECRETAEMR ASEC KPAO CMGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT
06NICOSIA1167TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 02 AS OF 1830 LOCAL,
[...] (S) Summary: Nicosia coordination team met at 1700 local time with latest updates on ships and accommodation for incoming U.S. citizens. By July 20, under a best-case scenario, Embassy expects to have received almost 2700 U.S. citizens total since the Combined Task Force (CTF) began operati [...]
2006-07-18 16:46:00Embassy NicosiaSECRETAEMR ASEC KPAO CMGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT
06NICOSIA1170TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 03 AS OF 1300 LOCAL,
[...] (S) Summary: The total number of U.S. citizens received by Embassy Nicosia stands at 346. We are expecting a significant increase in that number as more ships begin to arrive late July 19/early July 20. POL/MIL 2. (S) The following are pol/mil updates: --As of 1230L, the MV Orient Q [...]
2006-07-19 10:01:00Embassy NicosiaSECRETAEMR ASEC KPAO CMGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT
06NICOSIA1172TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 04 AS OF 1800 LOCAL,
[...] (S) Summary: Preparations continue to accommodate thousands over the next few days. Total headcount of U.S. citizens received as of 1800L is 467. POL/MIL 2. (S) The following are pol/mil updates: --USAF Europe is sending 20 medics and three medical doctors to Cyprus, arrival late [...]
2006-07-19 16:27:00Embassy NicosiaSECRETAEMR ASEC KPAO CMGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT
06NICOSIA1174TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 05 AS OF 0900 LOCAL,
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy Nicosia's focus remains assisting arriving U.S. citizens and helping Embassy Beirut. Total headcount of U.S. citizens received has substantially increased to 1529 (as of 0745L). POL/MIL 2. (C) The following are pol/mil updates: --DAO has assigned an officer to t [...]
2006-07-20 09:11:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALAEMR ASEC KPAO CMGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT
06NICOSIA1175TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 06 AS OF 1800 LOCAL,
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador weighed in septel with request that the increasing flow of evacuees be calibrated between Cyprus and other destinations such as Mersin in order to keep our total daily flow in line with our capacity to handle 2,000 evacuees daily. Additional charter airlift will be n [...]
2006-07-20 15:51:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALAEMR ASEC KPAO CMGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT
06NICOSIA1177TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 07 AS OF 1115 LOCAL, FRIDAY,
[...] (C) Summary: Total headcount of U.S. citizens received in Cyprus as of 1115L was 3753. POL/MIL 2. (C) Arrivals from Beirut to Larnaca via the Beirut Air Bridge (BAB) are expected to conclude July 21. CONSULAR 3. (C) The following are consular updates. --Accounting of U.S. ci [...]
2006-07-21 08:35:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALAEMR ASEC KPAO CMGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT
06NICOSIA1179TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 08 AS OF 1800 LOCAL, FRIDAY,
[...] (C) Summary: Airlift capacity remains our biggest strategic concern as the intake of evacuees continues to outpace our ability to transport them to onward destinations. Total headcount of U.S. citizens received in Cyprus as of 1800L was 3,822, and we anticipate another 3803 to arrive in the [...]
2006-07-21 16:26:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALAEMR ASEC KPAO CMGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT
06NICOSIA1180TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 09 AS OF 1100 LOCAL,
[...] (C) Summary: Total headcount of U.S. citizens received in Cyprus as of 1100L July 22 was 5,819, and we anticipate another 2140 to arrive in the next 12 hours. We expect approximately 2,000 to depart July 22. POL/MIL 2. (C) The military will provide 5 milair flights/day (101 pax per p [...]
2006-07-22 08:28:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALAEMR ASEC KPAO CMGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT
06NICOSIA1182TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 10 AS OF 1800 LOCAL,
[...] (C) Summary: Total headcount of U.S. citizens receive in Cyprus as of 1700L was 6869, and we anticipate another 2,825 to arrive in the next twelve hours. 1,226 U.S. citizens had departed by 1700(L) July 22. POL/MIL 2. (C) Post is working with TF 3 and through DAO channels to seek addi [...]
2006-07-22 17:41:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALAEMR ASEC KPAO CMGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT
06NICOSIA1183TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 11 AS OF 1000 LOCAL, SUNDAY,
[...] (C) Summary: Total headcount of U.S. citizens received in Cyprus as of 1000L July 23 was 9,711, and we anticipate another 1,300 to arrive by 2300L. 3,782 had departed by 0700L, and we expect approximately another 1,400 to depart July 23 by commercial charter and military flights. POL/MIL [...]
2006-07-23 08:54:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALAEMR ASEC KPAO CMGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT
06NICOSIA1184TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 12 AS OF 1800 LOCAL, SUNDAY,
[...] (C) Summary: Total headcount of U.S. citizens received in Cyprus as of 1800L July 23 was 9,711; another 40 are expected to arrive at 2030L, and up to 1030 on July 24. Approximately 4,640 had departed by 1630L, and we expect another 817 to depart via commercial charter and military flights be [...]
2006-07-23 16:34:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALAEMR ASEC KPAO CMGT LE CY FKFLO CASC AMGT
06NICOSIA1186TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 13 AS OF 1100 LOCAL, MONDAY,
[...] (C) Summary: Total headcount of U.S. citizens received in Cyprus as of 0800L July 24 was 10,278; another 1,000 were expected arrive at 1000L on the Orient Queen. 5,772 had departed by 0700, and we expect approximately another 1,788 to depart on July 24. End summary. POL/MIL 2. (C) The [...]
2006-07-24 10:51:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALAEMR ASEC KPAO CMGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT
06NICOSIA1189TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 14 AS OF 1800 LOCAL, MONDAY,
[...] (C) Summary: Total headcount of U.S. citizens received in Cyprus as of 1630L July 24 was 10,278; the Orient Queen is expected to arrive at 2300L carrying 772 U.S. citizens. 5,951 had departed by 1630L and outbound milair and civilian charter flights continue. Approximately 300 people remained [...]
2006-07-24 16:02:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALAEMR ASEC KPAO AMGT LE CY KFLO CASC
06NICOSIA1190TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 15 AS OF 0900 LOCAL,
[...] (C) Summary: Total headcount of U.S. citizens received in Cyprus as of 0800L July 25 was 10,881. 7,690 had departed by 0800L on July 25, and civilian charter flights continue. At 0800L, there were 280 people at the Fairgrounds and 230 at hotels. Hotels should be completely vacated by 1200L. [...]
2006-07-25 08:02:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALAEMR ASEC KPAO MGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT
06NICOSIA1192TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 16 AS OF 1800 LOCAL,
[...] (C) Summary: Total headcount of U.S. citizens received in Cyprus as of 1800 L July 25 was 11,030. 8,142 had departed by 1800L on July 25, and commercial charter flights continue. At 1800L, there were 250 people at the Fairgrounds, and none remaining in U.S. government-sponsored hotels. En [...]
2006-07-25 15:40:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALAEMR ASEC KPAO MGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT
06NICOSIA1195TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 17 AS OF 0800 LOCA,
[...] (C) Summary: Total headcount of U.S. citizens received in Cyprus as of 0800L July 26 was 11,635. 9,664 had departed by 0800L on July 26, and one more commercial charter flight is scheduled to depart July 26. 200 people spent the night at the Fairgrounds, and 400 were there as of 0800L July [...]
2006-07-26 08:18:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALAEMR ASEC KPAO MGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT
06NICOSIA1206TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 18 AS OF 1800 LOCAL,
[...] (C) Summary: Total headcount of U.S. citizens received in Cyprus as of 1800L July 26 was 11,926. 9,087 had departed by 1800L on July 26. 350 people were at the Fairgrounds as of 1800L. End summary. CONSULAR 2. (C) The following are consular updates: --Headcount of U.S.-sponsored [...]
2006-07-27 03:40:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALAEMR ASEC KPAO MGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT
06NICOSIA1208TFLE01: THE EVACUATION CRISIS IS NOT YET OVER:
[...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST -- SEE PARAGRAPH 10. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. With civilian outflow from Lebanon slowing, Post is facing a looming crisis involving the approximately 250 or so people who remain in the Cyprus International Fairgrounds because one or more members of their families cannot [...]
2006-07-27 09:39:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS AEMR MARR CASC LE CY
06NICOSIA1216TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 19 AS OF 1700 LOCAL,
[...] (C) Summary: Total headcount of U.S.-assisted arrivals in Cyprus as of 1700L was 13,229. 9,389 had departed with U.S. government assistance by 1700L on July 27. 488 will spend the night at the Cyprus International Fairgrounds. End summary. POLITICAL 2. (U) GOC Interior Minister Chris [...]
2006-07-27 15:33:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALAEMR ASEC KPAO MGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT
06NICOSIA1222TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 20 AS OF 0800 LOCAL, FRIDAY,
[...] (C) Summary: Total headcount of U.S.-assisted arrivals in Cyprus as of 0800L was 13,231. 9,944 had departed with U.S. government assistance by 0800L on July 28. 494 are currently were at the Cyprus International Fairgrounds as of 0800L on July 28. CONSULAR 2. (C) The following are co [...]
2006-07-28 07:20:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALAEMR ASEC KPAO MGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT
06NICOSIA1233TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 21 AS OF 1600 LOCAL, FRIDAY,
[...] (C) Summary: Total headcount of U.S.-assisted arrivals in Cyprus as of 1600L remained unchanged at 13,231. 9,944 had departed with U.S. government assistance by 1600L on July 28. CONSULAR 2. (C) The following are consular updates: --The total number of U.S.-assisted arrivals in Cyp [...]
2006-07-28 13:22:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALAEMR ASEC KPAO MGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT
06NICOSIA1237TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 22 AS OF 0800 LOCAL,
[...] (C) Summary: Total headcount of U.S.-assisted arrivals in Cyprus as of 0800L July 29 was 13,233. 9,944 had departed with U.S. government assistance by 0800L on July 29. Both charter flights scheduled to depart on July 29 have been canceled. 497 people remain at the Cyprus International Fai [...]
2006-07-29 07:51:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALAEMR ASEC KPAO MGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT
06NICOSIA1241TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 23 AS OF 1600 LOCAL,
[...] (C) Summary: Total headcount of U.S.-assisted arrivals in Cyprus as of 1600L July 29 was 13,236. The number of departures remained unchanged at 9,944. Two new charter flights, to replace the flight that was canceled with no notice on July 28, are being scheduled for 0200 and 0740 on July 30 [...]
2006-07-29 14:05:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALAEMR ASEC KPAO MGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT
06NICOSIA1242TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 24 AS OF 0800 LOCAL, SUNDAY,
[...] (C) Summary: Total headcount of U.S.-assisted arrivals in Cyprus as of 0800L July 30 was 13,534. The number of U.S.-assisted departures was 10,280. There are now two last charter flights scheduled; one at 1800L on July 31 and another at 0800L on August 1. End summary. CONSULAR 2. (C) [...]
2006-07-30 07:13:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALAEMR ASEC KPAO MGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT
06NICOSIA1243TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 25 AS OF 1600 LOCAL, SUNDAY,
[...] (C) Summary: Total headcount of U.S.-assisted arrivals and departures as of 1600L remained at 13,534 and 10,280, respectively. Two more charter flights are still scheduled, one on July 31 and the last on August 1. End summary. CONSULAR 2. (C) The following are consular updates: --T [...]
2006-07-30 13:40:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALAEMR ASEC KPAO MGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT
06NICOSIA1245TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 26 AS OF 0800 LOCAL, MONDAY,
[...] (C) Summary: Total headcount of U.S.-assisted arrivals and departures as of 0800L remained the same (13,534 and 10,280). The last two U.S. charter flights are still scheduled to depart July 31 and August 1. Post predicts that either all or nearly all of the requests for humanitarian parole [...]
2006-07-31 08:00:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALAEMR ASEC KPAO MGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT
06NICOSIA1250TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 27 AS OF 1600 LOCAL, MONDAY,
[...] (C) Summary: Total headcount of U.S.-assisted arrivals was 13,548 (TBC) and total U.S.-assisted departures remained at 10,280. Conditions at the Fairgrounds are tense as people realize they will have to leave soon. End summary. CONSULAR 2. (C) Total headcount of U.S.-assisted arrivals [...]
2006-07-31 14:04:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALAEMR ASEC KPAO MGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT
06NICOSIA1252TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 28 AS OF 0800 LOCAL,
[...] (C) Summary: Total headcount of U.S.-assisted arrivals was 13,548 and of U.S.-assisted departures was 10,566. As of 0800L August 1 there were 234 people at the Cyprus International Fairgrounds, with more people arriving from hotels to wait for the last U.S.-chartered flight. We are working w [...]
2006-08-01 10:30:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALAEMR ASEC KPAO MGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT
06NICOSIA1253TFLE01: GOVERNMENT OF CYPRUS ON U.S.-ASSISTED
[...] (SBU) Summary: DCM met with Homer Mavrommatis, MFA's Consular Affairs Director, the Cyprus Police, and Civil Defense on August 1 to discuss the status of U.S.-assisted arrivals in Cyprus from Lebanon and post's plans to vacate the Cyprus International Fairgrounds facility. Mavrommatis reminde [...]
2006-08-01 15:07:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALAEMR CASC MARR PINS PREL CY LE
06NICOSIA1256TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 29 AS OF 0800 LOCAL,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Nicosia emptied the Cyprus International Fairgrounds facility of U.S.-assisted arrivals from Lebanon on August 1, and the last U.S.-chartered flight departed on August 2 at 0345L with 170 people. As the local Sigma Television station filmed, embassy buses drove away fro [...]
2006-08-02 09:36:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALAEMR ASEC KPAO MGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT
06NICOSIA1330TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 31 AS OF 1700 LOCAL, MONDAY,
[...] (C) Summary: The Beirut Air Bridge (BAB) continues to transport U.S.-assisted arrivals to Cyprus from Lebanon. Post has returned to mostly normal operations. CONSULAR 2. (C) The current total headcount of U.S.-assisted arrivals from Lebanon is 13,599. CONS is grateful for the CONS and [...]
2006-08-08 03:43:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALAEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO KPAO LE CY
06NICOSIA150CYPRUS AI UPDATE: VISITING EU EXPERT REPORTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: At a private briefing February 1, a visiting EU veterinary expert called the Turkish Cypriot response to positive H5N1 tests for a cock and hen in north Cyprus on January 29 (ref b) "adequate," and said the outbreak appears isolated and under control. Since no other AI cases h [...]
2006-02-03 14:44:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU EAGR EAID KSCA TBIO KSTH WHO AMED CASC
06NICOSIA195CYPRUS AI UPDATE: ISOLATED OUTRBEAK UNDER
[...] (SBU) There have been no new reports of suspected cases of avian influenza (AI) in either poultry or humans since two chickens tested positive for H5N1 on January 29 (refs a-c). The draft trip report (faxed to EUR/SE) of the EU Veterinary experts who visited Cyprus January 29- February 1 (ref [...]
2006-02-10 14:43:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU EAGR EAID CASC KSCA TBIO KSTH WHO
06NICOSIA1970NEW CYPRUS PROPERTY LAW: TURNING THE SCREWS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. New ROC legislation introducing stiff prison sentences for those buying Greek Cypriot property in the north has upped the stakes in the ongoing property war between Greek and Turkish Cypriots. Three non-Cypriot land-buyers have already been arrested under the new law, and more a [...]
2006-11-29 16:42:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ECON CASC EUN TU CY
06NICOSIA2010ECHR GIVES TENTATIVE BLESSING TO "TRNC" PROPERTY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a December 7 ruling on the Xenidis-Arestis case (reftels),the European Court of Human Rights upheld a Greek Cypriot claimant's ownership of her property in the closed city of Varosha and ordered Turkey to pay her over a million dollars in damages. At the same time, the ECHR [...]
2006-12-08 16:07:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON CASC PHUM EUN UNFICYP TU CY
06NICOSIA242CYPRUS AI UPDATE: NO NEW CASES; MOST SPECIAL
[...] (SBU) There have been no new reports of suspected cases of avian influenza (AI) in either poultry or humans since two chickens tested positive for H5N1 in January (refs b-d). Three more EU veterinary experts and a health expert visited the island February 13-16. They reconfirmed the previous [...]
2006-02-17 14:48:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU EAGR EAID CASC KSCA TBIO KSTH WHO
06NOUAKCHOTT471MAURITANIA: EMEGERNCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING
[...] (S/NF) On April 20, 2006 at 1100 hours the Embassy's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met to discuss recently obtained threat information which added specificity to previously acquired ambiguous information (reftels A and B). The threat suggested that GSPC teams have conducted surveillance op [...]
2006-04-21 12:42:00Embassy NouakchottSECRETASEC PREL PTER ABLD CASC MR
06NOUAKCHOTT770ARREST UPDATE
[...] (C) The Embassy has continued meeting with civilian and military officials in an effort to get more information regarding last nights arrests of high ranking military officers and civilians associated with former President Taya (reftel),and to encourage Mauritanians to continue their commitme [...]
2006-06-20 17:42:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO CASC MR
06NOUAKCHOTT774FOREIGN MINISTER BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON ARRESTS
[...] (C) Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Ahmed Ould Sid'Ahmed briefed Ambassador June 21 on the government's recent arrests of high ranking military officers and civilians associated with former President Taya, going over much of the material already covered in reftels. -------------- [...]
2006-06-22 14:39:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO CASC MR
06NOUAKCHOTT842SUBJECT: LARGE PROTEST CALLS FOR BREAK WITH ISRAEL
[...] (U) Several thousand Mauritanians participated in a pro-Palestinian rally in the streets of the capital city Nouakchott on July 4. The peaceful rally, organized by a newly-formed political party coalition, ended with speeches calling for Mauritanian unity with the Palestinian people, an end t [...]
2006-07-05 17:52:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR ASEC CASC MR
06NOUAKCHOTT847POWERFUL POLITICAL PARTY COALITION FORMS -- MAKES
[...] (U) On June 28 ten political parties formed the "Coalition of Forces for Democratic Change" (CFDC). The coalition, which includes some of Mauritania's most powerful political parties, has committed to working collectively to prevent any candidates from the former regime from being elected, and [...]
2006-07-07 11:57:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR ASEC CASC MR
06OTTAWA93MISSION CANADA 2ND QUARTER FY-06 90-DAY GOALS--
[...] (C) Summary - Much of our attention over the next 90 days will have to do with the January 23 election in Canada and the formation of the next government. Most political observers currently predict, with just ten days left before the election, a Conservative minority government, but even if t [...]
2006-01-12 19:10:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAMGT CA CASC ETRD PGOV PREL
06PANAMA1104PANAMA: 2006 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES
[...] Below is Embassy Panama's input for the Congressionally mandated annual report on investment disputes as contemplated in Section 527 of the FY 94-95 Foreign Relations Authorization Act. Text is keyed to reftel. The United States is aware of four claims of United States citizens that may be [...]
2006-06-08 12:38:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN KIDE CASC OPIC PGOV PM
06PANAMA2106TROUBLED ADOLESCENCE FOR PANAMA'S RESIDENTIAL
[...] (SBU). Panama's residential tourism industry is struggling to maintain its momentum in the face of rising prices, increased construction costs and potential excess supply. According to Paul McBride, CEO of Panamanian real estate marketing company Prima Panama, the selling price of the averag [...]
2006-10-26 15:45:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN BTIO CASC MRS
06PANAMA2111AMCIT V. AMCIT IN PANAMA'S BOCAS DEL TORO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Panama's Bocas del Toro archipelago is a complex region of islands, mainland bays, rivers and forested mountain slopes on the Caribbean side of the Panamanian isthmus 20 miles from the Costa Rican border. The area has a high diversity of marine and terrestrial ecosystems and is hom [...]
2006-10-27 14:11:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALECON EINV EFIN BTIO CASC KMRS PM
06PANAMA2129USG ADVOCACY FOR AMERICAN BENEFICIARIES OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. Post requests Department's guidance on the extent of advocacy services to be provided for Amcit beneficiaries and Amcit executor alleging corruption and delayed due process in the Panamanian courts, during the settlement of the estate of Wilson Charles Lucom. [...]
2006-10-30 21:58:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV EFIN CASC PM
06PANAMA317RETIREES & INVESTORS FLOCK TO SUNNY, SAFE &
[...] SUMMARY. With an estimated 30 million Americans scheduled to retire in 2006 (and every year for the next 18),the race is on for affordable attractive property in mild climates. Panama is set to become the third most popular destination for American expatriates in the hemisphere following M [...]
2006-02-17 15:25:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV BTIO CASC CPAS CMGT KMRS
06PANAMA319ECONOMIC IMPACT OF RESIDENTIAL TOURISM COULD
[...] SUMMARY. The economic impact of the residential tourism industry on Panama is set to rival that of the Canal Expansion. Expatriates are having a profound impact on the local economies and communities in which they are settling. These part and full time residents have increased consumer deman [...]
2006-02-17 17:54:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV BTIO CASC CPAS CMGT KMRS
06PARAMARIBO23AVIAN INFLUENZA: POST CONTINGENCY PLANNING AND
[...] (SBU) Further to the readiness assessment of Government of Suriname (GOS) capabilities conveyed ref (b),post notes that the GOS avian flu working group, consisting of government entities and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO),had not as of January 9 yet completed its promised avian [...]
2006-01-12 17:40:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT ASEC CASC AMED KFLO AMER NS
06PARIS1103FRANCE REPORTS FIRST CASE OF AVIAN FLU IN
[...] Summary: French authorities confirmed on February 18 the first case of avian flu in a wild duck on French territory. The government has extended the confinement of poultry to all departments of continental France. Vaccination of fowl is imminent in areas where confinement is difficult to en [...]
2006-02-22 16:14:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU TBIO CASC AMGT FR
06PARIS1144FIRST APPARENT CASE OF AVIAN FLU IN FRENCH
[...] (U) Summary: Early on February 24, France's Agriculture Minister confirmed that a flock of domestic turkeys contained highly pathogenic H5 virus. Laboratory results, expected shortly, have yet to confirm definitively the H5N1 strain. However, the flock of turkeys - since culled - was locat [...]
2006-02-24 12:29:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU TBIO CASC AMGT FR
06PARIS1184CHIKUNGUNYA EPIDEMIC ON REUNION ISLAND -
[...] (U) Summary: A chikungunya (`chik') mosquito-borne viral epidemic in the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion has become a serious political problem in Paris. Health Minister Bertrand in particular has been roundly criticized for "under-estimating" the epidemic. In an attempt to rein in th [...]
2006-02-24 17:15:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO CASC FR
06PARIS1734AVIAN INFLUENZA FRANCE UPDATE -
[...] As of 3/17, French authorities report no new cases of the H5N1 in domestic poultry since the sole case confirmed on 2/25 in a farm at Versailleux in Ain `departement'. 11,000 turkeys were culled (refs A and B). Since initial detection in a wild duck on 2/18, H5N1 has been found [...]
2006-03-17 17:21:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU TBIO CASC AMGT FR
06PARIS2006MARCH 28 PROTESTS SIZABLE -- ORGANIZERS VOW
[...] (U) As of 1900 hours Paris time on March 28, preliminary police reports cite a turn-out for today's (ref A) nationwide demonstrations of over a million, double that recorded during previous protests against the Villepin government,s First Employment Contract (CPE). Earlier in the day, Prime [...]
2006-03-28 19:03:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDCASC ECON ELAB EU FR PGOV PINR SOCI
06PARIS2048AFTERMATH OF MARCH 28 PROTESTS: PRESSURE TO DEFUSE
[...] (SBU) Following March 28's sizable demonstrations against the Villepin government's First Employment Contract (CPE) (refs A and B),there is a growing sense among both the French public and political class that leadership on both sides of the issue should find a way to defuse the burgeoning [...]
2006-03-29 19:47:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV CASC EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
06PARIS2086SUBURBAN UNREST AND STUDENT DEMONSTRATIONS: HOW
[...] (C) Summary: Unlike the anarchic violence of November, the current demonstrations by students and organized labor against the First Employment Contract (CPE) have largely proceeded peacefully despite violent acts by bands of underclass suburban youths directed against police and demonstrator [...]
2006-03-30 16:52:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB ECON FR PINR CASC SOCI
06PARIS2095CPE LAW DECLARED CONSTITUTIONAL -- CHIRAC TO
[...] (U) At 2000 local time March 30 France's Constitutional Council announced that it had decided that the Equal Opportunity Law -- including its controversial First Employment Contract (CPE) article -- did not/not violate the constitution (refs A and B). According to initial press reports, the [...]
2006-03-30 19:16:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDCASC ECON ELAB EU FR PGOV PINR SOCI
06PARIS2127IMPROMPTU "SMS GRAPEVINE" DEMONSTRATIONS BY
[...] (U) During the day of March 31, most university and high school students who have mobilized against the Villepin government's First Employment Contract (CPE) (ref A) took in the news of President's Chirac's likely promolugation of the controversial law (ref B). Some however, engaged in a rang [...]
2006-03-31 17:00:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDCASC ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
06PARIS2273FRANCE RESIGNED ON PENDING ADOPTION CASES IN
[...] (C) Deputy PolCouns discussed reftel points March 28 with MFA European Affairs desk officer (filling in for an absent Romania desk officer) Virginie Bioteau March 28, who requested and received a copy of talking points for the purpose of coordinating an informed MFA response. She understood [...]
2006-04-06 16:43:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EUN CASC RO
06PARIS2491AVIAN INFLUENZA FRANCE UPDATE 4/14/06
[...] The twice-postponed French AI national exercise has been rescheduled for April 24- 25. This exercise is designed to test the GOF Avian Influenza National Plan. Along with the French Health, Foreign Affairs, and Interior Ministries, the WHO, FAO, the World Organization for Animal Health, and [...]
2006-04-14 13:37:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU TBIO CASC AMGT FR
06PARIS2834FRENCH NATIONAL AVIAN INFLUENZA EXERCISE - "THANK GOD IT
[...] (SBU) Summary: At the request of French authorities, on April 24-25 Embassy participated in their National Avian Influenza Exercise, together with the Prime Minister's Office responsible for security coordination (SGDN),numerous ministries, international organizations (OIE, WHO, EU, FAO, and [...]
2006-04-28 15:54:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AMGT AEMR AMED ASEC CASC FR
06PARIS2837AVIAN INFLUENZA FRANCE UPDATE - 4/28/06
[...] On April 24, Minister of Health Bertrand announced France's new public awareness campaign to minimize the impact of a potential avian influenza pandemic. The campaign called, "Adoptons les gestes qui nous protegent," translated as, "Taking the steps that will protect us," will debut in May. [...]
2006-04-28 16:38:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU TBIO CASC AMGT FR
06PARIS3782AVIAN INFLUENZA FRANCE UPDATE - 06/06/06
[...] French pharmaceutical firm Sanofi-Pasteur recently announced the preliminary, but encouraging, results of its Phase 1 trials for a pre-pandemic H5N1 vaccine. The clinical study, involving 300 people, tested two formulations of the vaccine, one with and one without an adjuvant. The tests reve [...]
2006-06-06 12:28:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU TBIO CASC AMGT FR
06PARIS4243 MISSION FRANCE'S EXPERIENCE WITH THE AMERICAN PRESENCE
[...] (SBU) American Presence Posts (APP),active in France since 1999, play a key role in this mission's transformational diplomacy efforts. The concept is replicable in other countries, but Missions need to remain flexible as they adapt the APP concept to local conditions. Key factors to consi [...]
2006-06-20 16:15:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ADIP AMGT ASEC BEXP CASC SCUL FR
06PARIS4850FRENCH REACTIONS TO ESCALATING SITUATION IN THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Chirac, speaking from St. Petersburg on Sunday, supported a G8 call for an end to Hezbollah and Israeli military actions and the immediate disarmament of Hezbollah. Chirac and French public officials at all levels continue to call Israel's reactions disproportionate, b [...]
2006-07-17 15:50:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL AEMR MARR CASC LE KHLS FR
06PARIS4889TFLE01: FRENCH PRIME MINISTER DE VILLEPIN'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin and Foreign Minister Douste-Blazy traveled to Lebanon on July 17 to meet with Lebanese Prime Minister Siniora and the local French community. In the absence of the PM's Diplomatic Counselor, Political Minister Counselor called on the PM' [...]
2006-07-18 18:10:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL AEMR MARR CASC LE KHLS FR
06PARIS4939TFLE01 CHIRAC ANNOUNCES EMERGENCY AID TO LEBANON;
[...] SUMMARY: After meeting with the Cabinet on July 19, President Chirac announced France would be sending emergency aid to Lebanon and calls for "humanitarian corridors" to be opened. Chirac said that the GoF was cooperating closely with Lebanese officials on their needs. He also took the opport [...]
2006-07-19 16:58:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AEMR MARR CASC LE KHLS FR
06PARIS4982TFLE01: DOUSTE-BLAZY TESTS "MODERATE ARAB" STATES'
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Poloff met on July 21 with Douste-Blazy's acting Cabinet Advisor for the Middle East, Francois Thoizy, in order to get additional details on the FM's travel to Lebanon and other countries in the region. He said the FM would be visiting Cyprus, Lebanon, Egypt, Jordan, and Israel, [...]
2006-07-24 07:29:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL AEMR MARR CASC LE KHLS FR
06PARIS5014TFLE01: FRENCH FM RETURNS FROM MIDDLE EAST: LOOKS
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Political Minister Counselor met on July 24 with FM Douste-Blazy's Middle East Cabinet Advisor, Christophe Guilhou. Guilhou had returned earlier in the morning with the FM after visiting Lebanon, Egypt, Jordan, and Israel. Discussions with leaders in the region, Guilhou said, had focus [...]
2006-07-24 18:20:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL AEMR MARR CASC LE KHLS FR
06PARIS520UPDATED FRENCH AVIAN FLU PLAN
[...] Summary. In its updated strategic plan to combat avian flu, the French government recognizes the six alert phases defined by WHO and details the roles and responsibilities of government agencies that would be involved in the event of a pandemic. The plan also underscores the importance of [...]
2006-01-26 11:48:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO CASC AMGT FR KFLU
06PARIS5305TFLE01: FRENCH PRESIDENCY VIEW: ABSOLUTE
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Presidential Middle East Advisor Dominique Boche offered a measured and candid take on where we are on Lebanon late August 4. Stressing that Franco-American cooperation on the UNSCR was excellent, Boche said he nevertheless feared that some key differences -- deriving from the op [...]
2006-08-05 12:55:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL AEMR MARR CASC LE KHLS FR IS SY IR
06PARIS5414PRESIDENT CHIRAC'S AUGUST 9 REMARKS ON LEBANON
[...] President Chirac chaired an extraordinary meeting of concerned Ministers on Lebanon August 9 in Toulon, France (near which Chirac is vacationing). Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin, Minister of Foreign Affairs Philippe Douste-Blazy, and Minister of Defense Michle Alliot-Marie were all pres [...]
2006-08-10 13:42:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AEMR MARR CASC LE KHLS FR
06PESHAWAR79THE POLITICS OF UNREST IN PESHAWAR
[...] (C) Summary. The anti-cartoon protests in Peshawar and the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) on February 15 resulted in three deaths (including a child),60 injured, and widespread looting and destruction of businesses. The extensive rioting appears to have been ignited by religious fervor [...]
2006-02-16 14:30:00Consulate PeshawarCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL CASC PK
06PHNOMPENH1694A/S HARTY DISCUSSES ADOPTIONS, IVS IN CAMBODIA
[...] (SBU) Summary. RGC officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans, and Youth Rehabilitation (MOSAVY) told visiting CA A/S Harty that they support Cambodia's ratification of the Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption and have added the Conventi [...]
2006-09-19 01:31:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS CASC PREL PREF CB VN
06PORTAUPRINCE220AVIAN INFLUENZA: EMBASSY PORT-AU-PRINCE
[...] This cable is in response to reftel. 2. SUMMARY: Post's Avian Influenza Working Group (AIWG) met on January 23 and began developing preparedness measures to meet the threat of a possible AI human pandemic. The AIWG members have inventoried medical supplies, identified medically traine [...]
2006-01-30 18:27:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC CASC AMED KFLO AEMR HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2243GOH OPEN TO RENEWED CRIMINAL TRANSFERS?
[...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador, accompanied by Santo Domingo-resident LEGATT and ALEGATT and Consul General, met with Justice Minister Rene Magloire and State Secretary Eucher-Luc Joseph on November 7 to discuss resumption of the transfer of Haitian criminal suspects to the United States for pros [...]
2006-11-21 19:35:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SOCI SNAR CASC HA
06PORTLOUIS720AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS IN SEYCHELLES
[...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Cesar Cabrera presented his credentials to Seychelles President James Michel on November 21. During his visit the Ambassador had productive meetings with the President, Vice-President, and Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Health. He visited two CJTF-HOA construction pr [...]
2006-11-28 13:14:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYODIP PREL CJAN CASC CVIS MASS SE
06PORTMORESBY169POLITICAL RIOT IN SOLOMON ISLANDS
[...] (U) Summary: A riot has been instigated in Honiara by the losing side following the selection of a new prime minister. Youths have burned vehicles around parliament and have moved into the downtown area, attempting to trash businesses with Taiwanese affiliations. Police are now moving in. We ha [...]
2006-04-18 06:18:00Embassy Port MoresbyCONFIDENTIALPGOV INR CASC BP
06PORTMORESBY170VIOLENCE CONTINUES IN HONIARA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-19 00:39:00Embassy Port MoresbySECRETPGOV PINR CASC BP
06PORTMORESBY175HONIARA STABILIZED - SOLOMON ISLANDS STILL A MESS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-20 06:56:00Embassy Port MoresbyCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR CASC BP
06PORTMORESBY185SOLOMON ISLANDS REMAINS TENSE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-24 07:04:00Embassy Port MoresbyCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR CASC BP
06PRAGUE1511GOOD NEWS FOR AMERICAN EXPATS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC
[...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Czech Parliament on December 12 approved an amendment to the Act on Sickness Insurance, which delays implementation of the Act that would have made it compulsory for all Americans working in the Czech Republic to pay in to the Czech social security system effective Janu [...]
2006-12-14 11:44:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDCASC ECON EFIN ELAB EZ
06PRAGUE305CZECHS PROMISE TO LOOK INTO ROMANIAN ADOPTION
[...] (SBU) Poloff met Dagmar Hovohradska, MFA's Human Rights Department, March 22 to discuss reftel demarche on Romanian intercountry adoption. Hovohradska said the Human Rights Department will research the issue and provide a response within a week. However, Hovohradska was unsure what the Czech p [...]
2006-03-23 14:23:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL CASC EU RO EZ
06QUITO1112FM CARRION CRITICAL OF USG TERRORISM REPORT
[...] (C) Summary: FM Francisco Carrion on April 30 publicly regretted the Department's 2005 Country Report on Terrorism for Ecuador. He refuted the report's claim that Ecuador's historical neglect of the region had compounded its current woes, and rejected assertions that Ecuador is neutral in the [...]
2006-05-04 21:24:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV KJUS MARR CASC ASEC EC
06RABAT367AVIAN FLU: NO TIME TO PANIC
[...] (U) Summary: Although no cases of Avian Influenza have been detected in Morocco, the malady has many Moroccans quaking in their boots. The issue regularly dominates front page news, rumors of outbreaks circulate at lightening speed, and consumption of chicken has plummeted, putting the $1.4 [...]
2006-03-01 16:40:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO EAGR KFLU CASC MO
06RANGOON1249BURMA: AI UPDATE - AUGUST 30, 2006
[...] (SBU) Summary: Burma has reported no new cases of Avian Influenza (AI) since a February/March 2006 poultry outbreak, which was contained in April. Donors, including USAID, support targeted WHO and FAO activities to improve local capacity to address AI. Although the GOB continues to cooperate [...]
2006-08-31 08:04:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
06RANGOON1503AI RESPONSE IN BURMA REMAINS A WORK IN PROGRESS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The World Health Organization (WHO) and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO),together with the Burmese Ministry of Health (MOH) and Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Department (LBVD) hosted donor and training workshops in Rangoon on September 28-29. U reps used the donor me [...]
2006-10-11 01:48:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID AMED PGOV CASC TBIO KLFU BM
06RANGOON1679BURMA: AI UPDATE
[...] (U) Summary: GOB authorities have not reported any new cases of Avian Influenza in Burma since the outbreak in poultry in Mandalay and Sagaing Divisions was contained in April 2006. On October 30, the government imposed a ban on the import and use of AI vaccine, as well as on animal bones and [...]
2006-11-13 10:15:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
06RANGOON1769BURMA AI UPDATE - DECEMBER 5
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-05 05:43:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
06RANGOON1776BURMA AI UPDATE - DECEMBER 5
[...] (SBU) Summary: Burma has not reported any new cases of AI since it contained the March - April 2006 poultry outbreak through extensive culling. The GOB continues to work with donors to improve its surveillance, reporting, and response capabilities. David Castellan, a short-term advisor to FAO [...]
2006-12-07 02:10:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
06RANGOON223BURMA'S DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER WANTS TO TALK
[...] (C) Summary: Charge met February 14 with Deputy Foreign Minster Kyaw Thu at his request. Repeatedly emphasizing his interest in assisting Charge feel comfortable in Burma, he leisurely addressed a wide range of topics, including the problems of inadequate food and slow construction in Pyinman [...]
2006-02-16 05:38:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV CASC PREL BM
06RANGOON345SUSPECTED AI OUTBREAK AMONG BIRDS IN BURMA
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On March 12, GOB officials informed FAO and WHO officials of a suspected outbreak on March 8 of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) at a commercial poultry farm in Mandalay Division. Specimens collected by a joint-ministerial investigation team from Rangoon tested positive f [...]
2006-03-14 23:31:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL SOCI TBIO CASC KFLU BM
06RANGOON355BURMA AI OUTBREAK - MARCH 15 UPDATE
[...] (U) SUMMARY. In response to a suspected AI outbreak on March 8 in Pyi-gyi-dagun Township, Mandalay authorities have banned all sales of chickens, ducks, and eggs. A Bangkok-based USAID expert on AI and an Embassy Rangoon FSN agricultural specialist will join a FAO and WHO assessment team tra [...]
2006-03-15 11:13:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
06RANGOON359BURMA AI OUTBREAK - MARCH 16 UPDATE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 15, NIAH Bangkok confirmed that chicken specimens from Burma tested positive for the H5N1 Avian Influenza virus (AI). The Bangkok laboratory faxed the information to the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries the same day, and at 9:00 p.m. on March 15, the GOB made its fir [...]
2006-03-16 23:24:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALEAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
06RANGOON364BURMA AI OUTBREAK UPDATE - MARCH 17
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The FAO/WHO assessment team is on the ground in Mandalay to investigate confirmed cases of AI at poultry farms in the district. Supplementary supplies of PPE and disinfectant arrived in Rangoon on March 16 and some have already reached the field investigation teams in Mandalay. [...]
2006-03-17 08:41:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
06RANGOON372BURMA AI OUTBREAK UPDATE - MARCH 20
[...] (U) SUMMARY. No human cases of AI have been reported in Burma to date. A joint FAO/WHO assessment team, accompanied by USAID Bangkok Infectious Diseases Advisor and Embassy's FSN agricultural specialist, visited hospitals and poultry farms in Mandalay and Sagaing Divisions on March 17-18 to [...]
2006-03-20 10:00:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
06RANGOON399BURMA AI UPDATE - MARCH 23
[...] (U) SUMMARY. FAO Bangkok reported a possible new AI outbreak among poultry in Shan State, but local contacts have not yet been able to confirm. Foreign donors have yet to respond to the GOB's request for additional assistance, although Australian animal testing equipment en route before the [...]
2006-03-23 23:30:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
06RANGOON437BURMA AI OUTBREAK SITE ASSESSMENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A joint FAO/WHO team, accompanied by a USAID Regional Infectious Diseases advisor and a FSN from the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS),assessed an AI outbreak in Sagaing and Mandalay Divisions, Burma, on March 17-18. Government of Burma (GOB) officials reported cases to the OI [...]
2006-03-30 09:23:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
06RANGOON459BURMA AI UPDATE - APRIL 4
[...] (U) SUMMARY. On March 31, WHO/FAO Burma briefed UN agencies and diplomatic missions on the country's AI situation. A Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries (MLF) director gave a chronology of the AI outbreaks in central Burma, which began on March 3, and the GOB's efforts to control the disease [...]
2006-04-04 09:10:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
06RANGOON588CYCLONE MALA HITS HARD, DIES QUICKLY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Burma dodged another bullet from Mother Nature when Cyclone Mala hit landfall on April 29, quickly weakened into a tropical storm, and then completely petered out. Before arriving on the western coast of Burma, however, the cyclone created substantial rainfall and heavy winds t [...]
2006-05-01 11:01:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID SENV CASC BM
06RANGOON604OFFICIALS UPDATE VISITING FAS REPS ON AI
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During an introductory visit, APHIS Area Director Ned Cardenas and FAS Agricultural Attache Russ Nicely received an open, thorough update from Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Department (LBVD) officials about current GOB efforts to contain the recent Avian Influenza outbreak. [...]
2006-05-05 00:55:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
06RANGOON623BURMA UNPREPARED TO FIGHT AI IN HUMANS
[...] (SBU) Summary: WHO Country Director Dr. Adik Wibowo reported that Australia will donate A$1,000,000 (approximately $770,000) and the Asia Development Bank plans to donate US$1,000,000 to combat AI in Burma, but stressed that more work is needed to handle an AI epidemic effectively. On a recen [...]
2006-05-09 09:37:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
06ROME1006 AVIAN INFLUENZA: WEEKLY UPDATE ON FAO ACTIVITIES
[...] Summary: On March 28, USMISSION UN ROME met with FAO Animal Production and Health (AGA) and Emergency Operations and Rehabilitation (TCE) Divisions staff to discuss Azerbaijan; global Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) expert needs; personal protective equipment (PPE) needs in the West [...]
2006-04-04 07:16:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO FAO WHO
06ROME1090 AVIAN INFLUENZA: WEEKLY UPDATE ON FAO ACTIVITIES
[...] USMISSION UN ROME staff covered the USDA/Washington April 3-6 meetings with FAO on providing U.S. experts for FAO's global efforts to combat Avian Influenza. A separate reporting cable will be issued. During some free periods this week, USMISSION UN ROME held brief discussions with FAO Anim [...]
2006-04-11 07:48:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO FAO WHO AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME1149 AVIAN INFLUENZA: U.S. ASSISTANCE TO THE FAO/OIE
[...] Summary: A USDA administrative team from FAS and APHIS visited FAO HQ in Rome April 3-6 to survey FAO resource needs and determine how best to provide personnel resources to assist with HPAI emergency response efforts. FAO is moving forward with plans to establish a Crisis Management Center [...]
2006-04-14 09:25:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO FAO WHO AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME163 AVIAN INFLUENZA: FAO UPDATE ON TURKEY AND THE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. ON JANUARY 13, USMISSION UN ROME STAFF MET WITH JOSEPH DOMENECH, FAO CHIEF VETERINARY OFFICER, AND MEMBERS OF HIS STAFF TO DISCUSS THE CURRENT SITUATION IN TURKEY AND NEEDS THERE. ALSO DISCUSSED WAS THE OUTLOOK FOR ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN AND GEORGIA. FOR TURKEY, DOMENECH STATE [...]
2006-01-18 11:05:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO TU UP AM AJ GG FAO WHO AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME18AVIAN INFLUENZA: POST CONTINGENCY PLANNING AND
[...] Embassy Rome's response (Ref A) to the Department's ref B action request regarding Avian Influenza (AI) contingency planning and tripwires includes logistical and other related plans for the entire Rome tri-mission community. This message provides US Mission UN Rome- specific considerations a [...]
2006-01-04 10:41:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC CASC AMED KFLO AEMR IO UN AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME278EXPROPRIATION CLAIMS AND DISPUTES
[...] There is one outstanding expropriation case concerning the estate of a U.S.citizen of Italian descent against the City of Rome for expropriation of property. Two other cases appear either settled or abandoned. In the latter two cases, the Embassy/Consulate General has not been directly involv [...]
2006-01-31 13:48:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEINV KIDE EFIN CASC IT EUN
06ROME3213 AVIAN INFLUENZA: FAO PRESS CONFERENCE ON TURKEY AI
[...] SUMMARY: FAO SENIOR VETERINARY OFFICIAL JUAN LUBROTH GAVE A PRESS BRIEFING ON MONDAY, JANUARY 16, ON HIS MISSION TO TURKEY TO ASSESS THE AVIAN INFLUENZA SITUATION. THE FAO ASSESSMENT IS MORE OPTIMISTIC THIS WEEK COMPARED TO LAST WEEK WHEN FAO WARNED AI COULD BECOME ENDEMIC TO TURKEY. THE MA [...]
2006-01-17 15:34:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO AMED EAID CASC SENV EAGR KPAO TU AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME361TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS -- USG SITUATION
[...] (SBU/NF) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games as of 02/07/2006. 2. (SBU/NF) USG interagency Joint Operations Center (JOC) numbers (24/7) are: 39-011-55-99-793/794/564 (tel); 011- [...]
2006-02-07 16:52:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS ITALIAN POLITICS
06ROME377TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS--USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games as of 02/08/2006. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following [...]
2006-02-08 15:49:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME380USG OLYMPIC SITUATION BOARD LAW ENFORCEMENT ON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-09 07:20:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME390TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS--USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games as of 02/09/2006. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following [...]
2006-02-09 16:10:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME398TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS--USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games as of 02/09/2006. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following [...]
2006-02-10 12:04:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME406TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS--USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games as of 02/09/2006. 2. (SBU) The interagency USG Olympic Security Operations Center (OSOC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the [...]
2006-02-11 13:14:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME407TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS--USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games as of 02/12/2006. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following [...]
2006-02-12 11:46:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME428AVIAN INFLUENZA: FAO UPDATE ON NIGERIA
[...] From February 8-10, USMISSION UN Rome staff met with Juan Lubroth, FAO Senior Veterinary Officer, to discuss the current situation in Nigeria. 2. In these discussions, Lubroth reported the following: -- Two children are suspected of having contracted the virus. A WHO assessment arrives [...]
2006-02-13 12:17:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO NI UP AM AJ GG FAO WHO AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME429TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS--USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games as of 02/09/2006. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following [...]
2006-02-13 12:17:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME430AVIAN INFLUENZA: FAO UPDATE ON NIGERIA
[...] From February 8-10, USMISSION UN Rome staff met with Juan Lubroth, FAO Senior Veterinary Officer, to discuss the current situation in Nigeria. 2. In these discussions, Lubroth reported the following: -- Two children are suspected of having contracted the virus. A WHO assessment team ar [...]
2006-02-13 12:18:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO NI UP AM AJ GG FAO WHO AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME435AVIAN INFLUENZA: FAO UPDATE ON ITALY, IRAQ,
[...] Based on communications today between USMISSION UN Rome staff and Dr. Juan Lubroth, FAO Senior Veterinary Officer, FAO will conduct a press conference on February 14 at 10:30 a.m. The message that will be relayed will include the following: 2. On the Government of Italy's efforts: -- FAO [...]
2006-02-13 15:42:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO NI IT GR BU UP AM AJ GG FAO WHO IQ AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME443 TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS - USG SITUATION
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games as of 02/14/2006. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following [...]
2006-02-14 11:33:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME456TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]
2006-02-15 10:35:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME464AVIAN INFLUENZA: FAO PRESS CONFERENCE PROVIDES
[...] On February 14, FAO held a press conference to provide a global update on Avian Influenza. Areas highlighted were Nigeria, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Europe in general (with a primary focus on Italy),and future preparations for Latin America/Caribbean. Samuel Jutzi, Director of FAO's Animal Product [...]
2006-02-15 16:29:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO NI IT GR BU UP AM AJ GG FAO WHO IQ AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME473TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]
2006-02-16 10:54:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME487TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]
2006-02-17 10:28:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME503TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]
2006-02-18 10:54:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME504TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]
2006-02-19 10:47:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME506TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]
2006-02-20 10:24:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME510AVIAN INFLUENZA - MIGRATORY SWANS TEST POSITIVE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Tri-Mission Avian Influenza (AI) Emergency Action Committee (AI-EAC) met on January 20 to review post contingency planning and on February 13 to discuss confirmation by the Ministry of Health February 11-12 that six migratory swans in three southern regions (Puglia, Calabria and [...]
2006-02-21 08:17:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR TBIO KFLU ASEC AMED CASC SENV FAO WHO IT
06ROME511TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]
2006-02-21 09:40:00Embassy RomeSECRETASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME543TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]
2006-02-22 09:55:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME558TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]
2006-02-23 10:13:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME568TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]
2006-02-24 09:48:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME586TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]
2006-02-25 10:59:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME587TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]
2006-02-26 09:22:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME594TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (U) This is the final sitrep from the USG office supporting U.S. participation in the Turin Winter Olympics. The Closing Ceremonies of the 2006 Winter Olympic Games concluded on a high note on 02/26/2006, as IOC officials hailed the 17-day Olympic Games as a major success. Italian security ef [...]
2006-02-27 10:27:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME626AVIAN INFLUENZA: FAO DISCUSSIONS ON INCIDENT
[...] Summary: In discussions over the past week, FAO Senior Veterinary Officer Juan Lubroth and Senior Operations Officer Cristina Amaral updated us on FAO activities to combat Avian Influenza (AI). FAO senior management is acting to remove management constraints by: a) instituting a special wai [...]
2006-03-01 16:52:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO BG BM CB EG ID KE LA ML NI VM FAO WHO AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME678 AVIAN INFLUENZA: WEEKLY UPDATE ON FAO ACTIVITIES
[...] Summary: In an effort to keep all USG agencies in Washington and in the field informed on FAO activities to combat and control Avian Influenza (AI),USMISSION UN ROME has instituted this new weekly reporting cable. FAO Emergency Operations and Rehabilitation Division (TCE) and Animal Produc [...]
2006-03-03 16:58:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO FAO WHO AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME759TURIN 2006 PARALYMPIC GAMES - USG SITUATION
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: US [...]
2006-03-10 15:57:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER PARALYMPIC GAMES
06ROME766 AVIAN INFLUENZA: WEEKLY UPDATE ON FAO ACTIVITIES
[...] Summary: During three days of high-level and technical level discussions with FAO on March 7-9, a consensus was reached that a more robust global response was needed, with FAO, in coordination with OIE, as the global coordinator. FAO hosted the series of meetings relating to improving emerge [...]
2006-03-10 17:11:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO FAO WHO AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME769TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Paralympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: [...]
2006-03-11 11:04:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER PARALYMPIC GAMES
06ROME770TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]
2006-03-12 12:21:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER PARALYMPIC GAMES
06ROME771TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]
2006-03-13 10:22:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER PARALYMPIC GAMES
06ROME806TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]
2006-03-14 16:15:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER PARALYMPIC GAMES
06ROME810TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]
2006-03-15 10:45:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER PARALYMPIC GAMES
06ROME827TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]
2006-03-16 11:16:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER PARALYMPIC GAMES
06ROME849TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]
2006-03-17 11:29:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER PARALYMPIC GAMES
06ROME860 AVIAN INFLUENZA: WEEKLY UPDATE ON FAO ACTIVITIES
[...] (SBU) Summary: On March 16, USMISSION UN ROME staff met with various members of FAO's Animal Production and Health Division (AGA) and Emergency Operations and Rehabilitation Division (TCE) for an update on Avian Influenza (AI) operations worldwide as well specific country programs. Much of t [...]
2006-03-17 16:59:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO FAO WHO AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME865TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]
2006-03-18 11:13:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER PARALYMPIC GAMES
06ROME868TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]
2006-03-19 11:28:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER PARALYMPIC GAMES
06ROME869TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS:USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. KEY POINTS ----------------- 2. (U) This is the final Situation Report from the USG office supporting U.S. participation in the Tu [...]
2006-03-20 12:08:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER PARALYMPIC GAMES
06ROME87AVIAN INFLUENZA: FAO UPDATE ON ANIMAL SITUATION IN
[...] Summary. Responding to alarming media reports on the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1) outbreaks in Turkey, on January 9, USMISSION UN Rome asked Juan Lubroth, FAO Senior Veterinary Officer (SVO),to share with us FAO's assessment of the situation in Turkey and ongoing work to control [...]
2006-01-10 16:04:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO TU FAO WHO AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME915DEMARCHE CONCERNING PENDING ADOPTION CASES IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to ref A, Conoff contacted the GOI Ministry of Foreign Affairs on March 22 to raise the issue of pending Romanian adoption cases. According to Minister Giuseppe Panocchia, the GOI agrees with the U.S. that the rigid position of the Romanian government on the outstandi [...]
2006-03-23 17:28:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALKOCI CASC CVIS PREL SOCI RO IT EUN UN
06ROME925 AVIAN INFLUENZA: WEEKLY UPDATE ON FAO ACTIVITIES
[...] Summary: Three FAO documents were shared with USMISSIN UN ROME this week: -- Following meetings earlier this month with several donors, FAO and OIE (the World Organization for Animal Health) released on March 17 the jointly prepared proposal to strengthen response to Highly Pathogenic Avia [...]
2006-03-24 15:37:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO FAO WHO AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME927POLITICAL REACTION TO PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT ON ITALY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition candidate Romano Prodi called the Ambassador March 23 to question the appropriateness of the timing of our recent public announcement on Italy. His likely foreign minister should Prodi win the April 9-10 election called the Ambassador later the same day to "de-dramati [...]
2006-03-24 16:15:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV CASC AMGT IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06SANAA1788YEMEN 2006 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND
[...] The United States Government is aware of two ongoing claims of United States persons against the Republic of Yemen Government (ROYG). The following information is keyed to reftel instructions. ------------------------- Claim 1: Property Dispute ------------------------- a. Claimant A [...]
2006-06-19 09:24:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL CASC KIDE EINV ECON YM
06SANAA266SANAA EAC MEETING
[...] (SBU) AVIAN BIRD FLU: ConsOff advised EAC of tripwire #2 in post's Avian Bird Flu Strategy. The migration of the avian bird flu from Turkey to Iraq and neighboring Saudi Arabia triggered the tripwire. EAC was advised that tripwire #2 is administrative and requires verification of medical sup [...]
2006-02-05 14:10:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC PTER CASC YM EAC
06SANAA305SANAA EAC MEETING
[...] (S/NF) EAC was briefed by all relevant agencies and sections on the situation, six days after the reported escape of the Al-Qaida prisoners. Members were advised that none of the escapees had been captured as yet and their whereabouts were unknown. 2. (S/NF) AMB advised the EAC that he and [...]
2006-02-08 12:18:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC PTER CASC YM EAC
06SANAA323WATANI BANK CASE UNEARTHS PERVASIVE CORRUPTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Central Bank announced its plan to liquidate Watani Bank. The decision is being appealed, but there appears to be little hope of rescuing the failed financial institution. Watani's Amcit General Manager, Dr. Hamdani, and seven others are being tried in Yemen's Specialized P [...]
2006-02-11 10:20:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALECPS EINV PGOV KMPI CASC YM ECON COM
06SANAA349SANAA EAC MEETING
[...] (S/NF) EAC was briefed by all relevant agencies and sections on the situation, 10 days after the reported escape of the Al-Qaida prisoners. Members were advised that none of the escapees had been captured as yet and their whereabouts were still unknown. Relevant office and section heads advi [...]
2006-02-13 07:55:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC PTER CASC YM EAC
06SANAA3609WATANI BANK FAILURE THREATENS BROADER FINANCIAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In early December, the Central Bank of Yemen (CBY) declared Watani Bank insolvent, and initiated the first bank closure in Yemen's history. General Manager Dr. Hamdani, and other bank officials, were arrested and face charges of financial crimes against the state. Watani's futu [...]
2006-01-02 10:35:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN KMPI CASC YM COM
06SANAA3615SANAA EAC MEETING
[...] (S/NF) On 1/2/2006, EAC met to discuss recent tribal kidnappings of Western tourists. Members in attendance were AMB, RSO, POLM, OMC, DAO, POLE, PD, CONS, LEGATT, AID, FPD, RMO, CLO and CCE. 2.(S/NF) EAC discussed recent tribal kidnappings of tourists in the Governates of Marib and Shabwah. [...]
2006-01-02 13:21:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC PTER CASC YM EAC
06SANAA415SANAA EAC MEETING
[...] (S/NF) EAC was briefed by all relevant agencies and sections on the situation, 17 days after the reported escape of the Al-Qaida prisoners. Members were advised that none of the escapees had been captured as yet and their whereabouts were still unknown. NOTE: (Post has subsequently been advi [...]
2006-02-20 13:39:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC PTER CASC YM EAC
06SANJOSE2379COSTA RICAN IMMIGRATION DIRECTOR PLANS MAJOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Costa Rican Immigration Director Mario Zamora recently told us that months of intense work with 2nd Vice President Kevin Casas (a personal friend who also functions as Minister of Planning) were about to bear fruit in the form of fundamental reforms to the information systems and [...]
2006-10-27 10:32:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREF KFRD CASC CS
06SANJOSE280NEW LAW STRENGTHENS COSTA RICAN IMMIGRATION
[...] (SBU) On October 27, 2005 the Legislative Assembly approved a draft law that criminalizes alien smuggling; increases fines on airlines carrying passengers without correct documentation; and fines individuals who aid, abet, harbor, transport, and/or employ illegal migrants. After nearly four y [...]
2006-02-06 21:14:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDCASC KFRD CS
06SANJOSE327CRIME STATISTICS FOR COSTA RICA: 2005
[...] Per referenced crime statistics provided by the Judicial Police (OIJ),RSO is providing a comparison for major crime categories to the 2004 crime statistics for Costa Rica: 2005 Change from 2004 Theft of Vehicles 5403 cases 18.2% Assaults (Robbery) 7500 cases [...]
2006-02-10 19:40:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC KCRM
06SANJOSE337ARMED ROBBERY OF AMCIT 2/10/2006: MORE THAN JUST
[...] (SBU) On February 13, 2006 Post was informed of the fifth reported armed vehicle robbery (since December 2005) of individuals coming from the Juan Santamaria Airport in San Jose. RSO believes that thieves are targeting cars from the airport and following them until they have reached an iso [...]
2006-02-13 21:54:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC
06SANJOSE553Armed Robbers Target Tourists Near Airport
[...] SUMMARY. Eleven armed robberies of tourists near the San Jose airport took place during a recent eight week period. It appears one group of four armed males is responsible. Post approached the GOCR, tourism officials and the AmCham in support of greater protection for tourists and an in- dept [...]
2006-03-08 22:00:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDCASC CR
06SANSALVADOR2639EL SALVADOR: CHARGE DELIVERS DEMARCHE ON PRISONER
[...] (C) Accompanied by DOJ Attache and Acting polcouns, Charge met October 30 with Acting Foreign Minister Margarita Escobar and delivered reftel demarche regarding El Salvador's possible accession to the OAS Prisoner Transfer Treaty. While Escobar was receptive to pursuing the OAS route, she and [...]
2006-11-01 19:36:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV KCRM KJUS CASC
06SANSALVADOR2900EL SALVADOR TO ACCEPT E TRAVEL DOC, STILL UNSURE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 4 the Ambassador, accompanied by poloff notetaker, met with Foreign Minister Lainez to follow up on the two major proposals the USG has presented to the GOES on the issue of the deportation of Salvadoran criminals. Lainez agreed orally to accept the ICE-E Travel Docum [...]
2006-12-05 20:33:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCRM KJUS CASC KHLS
06SANTODOMINGO1941DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: 2006 INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND
[...] This cable provides the 2006 Investment Disputes and Expropriation Claims Report for the Dominican Republic. The tracked changes version was sent via email on June 9, 2006 as directed. 2. The United States Government is presently aware of seventeen (17) claims (including five new ones fo [...]
2006-06-09 20:57:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCASC DR ENIV KIDE PGOV OPIC
06SANTODOMINGO2465NEW DOMINICAN CRIME CONTROL INITIATIVES TAKE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Thousands of military soldiers joined police in joint nighttime patrols throughout the country this week in an effort to quell violent crime and enforce new curfews on the sale of alcohol. These initiatives, among others, were implemented by presidential decree this week in [...]
2006-07-28 21:14:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDR CASC PGOV PHUM SOCI ASEC KCRM
06SANTODOMINGO3086FERNANDEZ CRIME INITIATIVES CREDITED FOR DROP IN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Violent crime statistics for the month of August showed a significant reduction in the country's homicide rate, which many attribute to the success of President Fernandez's July anti-crime initiatives. Of note is the low incidence of extrajudicial killings carried out by police i [...]
2006-09-27 20:39:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALDR CASC PGOV PHUM SOCI ASEC KCRM
06SANTODOMINGO3179DOMINICAN PRESIDENT ASKS FOR "WAIVER" ON
[...] (U) Action request, para 4. 2. (C) The Ambassador used a one-on-one meeting with Dominican President Leonel Fernandez on October 5 to raise point-by-point reftel demarche on the Department's requirement that individuals recently appointed as Consul General New York and Consul General San [...]
2006-10-06 17:38:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALCASC CVIS OFDP PREL DR
06SANTODOMINGO3785DOMINICAN FM WELCOMES DEMARCHE ON RESPONSE TO
[...] (SBU) On December 21, Charge Roland Bullen and acting Consul General, Mike Schimmel, delivered demarche (ref A) to Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso and his deputy, Jose Manuel Trullols. Troncoso agreed with the points delivered in the demarche and said that this issue has been long o [...]
2006-12-22 11:28:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCA CASC CVIS OFDP PREL
06SAOPAULO412U.S. CONSULATE GENERAL SAO PAULO UNDERGOES CRISIS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Selected staff of the U.S. Consulate General Sao Paulo participated in two-day crisis management training on March 30-31. Observations and recommendations, keyed to reftel para 2, A-H, follow in cable body. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) On March 30/31, selected staff of the U.S. Consul [...]
2006-04-18 18:49:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR CASC ASEC AFSI KCOM KESS OTRA BR
06SAOPAULO551SAO PAULO POLICE STRIKE BACK
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In reaction to a wave of violence orchestrated by the organized crime gang First Capital Command (PCC) which left over 100 persons dead including over 40 law enforcement officers, Sao Paulo police stepped up patrols and checkpoints on Tuesday and Wednesday (May 16-17) in certai [...]
2006-05-18 20:05:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KCRM CASC SOCI SNAR ASEC BR
06SAOPAULO573DUST SETTLES IN SAO PAULO AFTER VIOLENT CRIME WAVE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Criminal activities associated with last week's violent crime wave orchestrated by the organized criminal gang the First Capital Command (PCC) have all but ceased in and around Sao Paulo. A few random incidents that appear related were reported over the weekend, but in general, [...]
2006-05-22 18:43:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KCRM CASC SOCI SNAR ASEC BR
06SAOPAULO708PCC FOILED IN ATTEMPTED ATTACKS ON OUTSKIRTS OF SP
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Sao Paulo state security officials reported on Monday, June 26, that police foiled several attacks against employees of detention facilities planned by Sao Paulo's notorious criminal gang the First Capital Command (PCC). State officials said imprisoned PCC leaders ordered stre [...]
2006-06-27 18:14:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KCRM CASC SOCI SNAR ASEC BR
06SAOPAULO742PCC KILLS PRISON GUARDS AT HOME, POLICE NAB DOZENS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ten days after a raid that left 13 of their compatriots dead and five apprehended, the PCC has carried out almost daily, precise assassinations and attempts on prison guards at their homes around Sao Paulo. Five guards have been killed and several other law enforcement person [...]
2006-07-07 16:52:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KCRM CASC SOCI SNAR ASEC BR
06SAOPAULO751SNAPSHOT OF PRISON CHAOS IN SAO PAULO STATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: For the past month, Sao Paulo prison officials have been housing over 1400 prisoners in an open yard designed to hold about 160 people in the Araraquara prison in northern Sao Paulo state. No AmCits are currently housed in Araraquara, but one AmCit is being held in somewhat si [...]
2006-07-10 17:58:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KCRM CASC SOCI SNAR ASEC BR
06SAOPAULO865PRE-FATHER'S DAY ATTACKS IN SAO PAULO BY PCC
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Sao Paulo residents awoke Monday morning, August 7, to reports of yet another round of bus burnings and bomb and gun attacks against police targets orchestrated by the organized crime ring PCC. Twenty-seven attacks were reported in greater Sao Paulo by the office of the state [...]
2006-08-07 19:42:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCRM CASC ASEC SNAR SOCI BR
06SAOPAULO869SAO PAULO FACES DAY 2 OF PRE-FATHER'S DAY JITTERS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The dawn of Tuesday, August 8, marked Day Two of the third wave of PCC violence in Sao Paulo State since May (ref A). Metropolitan Sao Paulo was spared from attacks overnight, but cities scattered throughout Sao Paulo state suffered from homemade bomb and Molotov cocktail att [...]
2006-08-08 20:14:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCRM CASC ASEC SNAR SOCI BR
06SAOPAULO873 FEWER PCC ATTACKS IN SAO PAULO BUT NEW POLITICAL BATTLES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The third day of what is being called the third wave of PCC-led attacks in Sao Paulo state brought only a few new incidents on Wednesday morning, August 9. The newest attacks, however, included targets in upper-scale neighborhoods and the greater use of homemade bombs. Meanwh [...]
2006-08-09 19:48:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCRM CASC ASEC SNAR SOCI BR
06SAOPAULO887 QUIET IN SAO PAULO, BUT JOURNALISTS' KIDNAPPING MARKS NEW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Sao Paulo residents enjoyed a relatively quiet Father's Day weekend, as a feared repeat of the widespread violence that occurred on Mother's Day three months ago failed to materialize (ref B). Some 13,000 inmates were given weekend furloughs for the holiday, but only scattered [...]
2006-08-14 13:59:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCRM CASC ASEC SNAR SOCI BR
06SARAJEVO1310BOSNIA INPUT TO 2006 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES
[...] a. Claimant A b. 2001 c. Claimant A submitted a bid in 2000 for four wood-processing companies in a privatization tender by the GRS. The tender required all bids to include a deposit fee as a condition of tender, but none of the bidders submitted the required fee. Despite this failure by t [...]
2006-06-08 15:12:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDEINV CASC KIDE OPIC PGOV BK
06SINGAPORE539SINGAPORE'S RESPONSE TO AVIAN INFLUENZA IN KUALA
[...] As noted reftel A, Singapore on February 20 banned poultry and egg imports from the Malaysian state of Selangor (that surrounds Kuala Lumpur) in response to the detection there of H5N1 avian influenza (AI). Singapore Agri- Veterinary Authority (AVA) officials told us that the ban was in acco [...]
2006-02-23 05:28:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU EAGR TBIO ETRD ECON AMED CASC SN
06SINGAPORE818SINGAPORE HOSTS FIRST INDONESIAN AVIAN INFLUENZA
[...] (U) Representatives from the United States, Indonesia, and Singapore met jointly for the first time March 2 in Singapore to discuss preparations for the Indonesian Avian Influenza Trilateral Pilot Project. The World Bank, World Health Organization (WHO),World Organization for Animal Health ( [...]
2006-03-15 10:05:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AMED CASC EAGR AMGT SN ID
06SOFIA834BULGARIA: 2006 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND
[...] The United States government is aware of one (1) claim of U.S. persons that may be outstanding against the Government of Bulgaria (GOB),and one claim that has been resolved. 2. List is keyed according to reftel instructions. A) Claimant A (Resolved case) B) 2003 C) Claimant A and [...]
2006-06-14 11:25:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV KIDE CASC PGOV BU
06STATE114035 MISSION FRANCE'S EXPERIENCE WITH THE AMERICAN PRESENCE
[...] (SBU) American Presence Posts (APP),active in France since 1999, play a key role in this mission's transformational diplomacy efforts. The concept is replicable in other countries, but Missions need to remain flexible as they adapt the APP concept to local conditions. Key factors to consi [...]
2006-07-12 02:07:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ADIP AMGT ASEC BEXP CASC SCUL FR
06STATE115971AVIAN INFLUENZA FACT SHEET AND FREQUENTLY ASKED
[...] The Department has completely revised and updated the Avian Influenza Fact Sheet and FAQs below. Posts are instructed to: a. Issue a warden message to the American citizen community drawing attention to the new information; b. Engage in active outreach activities at all levels to dissemi [...]
2006-07-14 18:56:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDCASC KFLU AMED AMGT
06SUVA107DEPORTEES TO TONGA: A FESTERING PROBLEM. ACTION
[...] (U) On each of the Ambassador's three visits to Tonga in the past six months, the issue of deportees from the U.S. has arisen early and often. Tongans blame the deportees, described as hardened criminals, for turning their once-docile kingdom into a crime zone where armed robberies, once unh [...]
2006-03-14 01:51:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC CJAN CVIS KCRM PREL TN
06SUVA460FIJI'S CIVIL-MILITARY CRISIS AT A TIPPING POINT?
[...] (S) Fiji President Iloilo is being asked to endorse suspension of Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) Commander Bainimarama and to name an interim replacement. The context is "advanced preparations" for a coup, that could take place as early as late this week, according to Fiji's Police Co [...]
2006-10-30 15:29:00Embassy SuvaSECRETPREL MARR CASC FJ
06SUVA462FIJI CIV-MIL SITUATION: COB 10/31 UPDATE
[...] (S) Following up on reftel, on the morning of 10/31, Fiji President Iloilo signed orders requested by PM Qarase to suspend Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) Commander Bainimarama pending an investigation of subversion charges and to install Col. Meli Saubulinayau as Acting Commander. The [...]
2006-10-30 22:37:00Embassy SuvaSECRETPREL MARR CASC ASEC FJ
06SUVA463FIJI VICE PRESIDENT DESCRIBES "HOLDING ACTION;" PM
[...] (C) Fiji Vice President Madreiwiwi confirmed that the suspension order for Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) Commander Bainimarama remains in force, though events (reftels) have left things in a "holding pattern" pending Bainimarama's return to Fiji. In the meantime, Bainimarama has to [...]
2006-10-31 16:35:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR CASC ASEC FJ
06SUVA466FIJI MILITARY GRABS AMMO FROM WHARF; PM ADDRESSES
[...] (C) Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) troops seized a container of ammunition without police permission on Nov. Â [...]
2006-11-01 00:04:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR CASC ASEC FJ
06SUVA469FIJI'S CIV-MIL SITUATION AWAITS NEXT STEPS
[...] (C) Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) Commander Bainimarama is returning early to Fiji. On the way, he has had a series of media interviews, reiterating past rhetoric: that he does not intend a coup but that bloodshed will come if Prime Minister Qarase fails to accede to military demands [...]
2006-11-01 23:55:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR CASC ASEC FJ
06SUVA471FIJI PM SEEKS HELP FROM FRIENDLY FOREIGN
[...] (C) In a meeting with selected diplomats on Nov. 3, Fiji PM Qarase thanked governments for publicly supporting Fiji's democratic system in recent days. He responded to complaints by Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) Commander Bainimarama about controversial bills, stressed his "open doo [...]
2006-11-02 23:53:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR CASC ASEC FJ
06SUVA477FIJI MILITARY CASTS BLAME ON AUSTRALIA AND NEW
[...] (S) With RFMF Commander Bainimarama's return to Suva, the Fiji Police reportedly have indications that coup planning continues. RFMF senior officers are directing media attacks at Australia, New Zealand, and Police Commissioner Hughes. Vice President Madraiwiwi counseled dialogue in a Remembra [...]
2006-11-05 23:51:00Embassy SuvaSECRETPREL MARR ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA479FIJI UPDATE: BAINIMARAMA CANCELS CHODS TRIP
[...] (C) Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) Commander Bainimarama today canceled his PACOM-sponsored trip to the CHODS in Kuala Lumpur. He gave no explanation. We comment that the move raises questions about the Commodore's next steps. He and his senior officers have focused attention on al [...]
2006-11-06 22:16:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA483FIJI UPDATE: 11/8: BAINIMARAMA SPEAKS; DENIES
[...] (C) Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) Commander Bainimarama spoke to the media for the first time since returning from abroad last weekend. He raised many previous themes and attacked PM Qarase for a litany of faults, a number of them relating to events of 2000, others more recent. Bai [...]
2006-11-07 23:44:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA486FIJI UPDATE 11/9: BAINIMARAMA SKIPS GCC; QARASE
[...] (C) Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) Commander Bainimarama declined to attend Fiji's Great Council of Chiefs (GCC) session on Nov. 9, claiming the chiefs' minds were already made up. PM Qarase told the GCC he is ready to discuss a list of issues the Army provided him yesterday. He sai [...]
2006-11-08 22:42:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA489FIJI UPDATE 11/13: GCC TRIES TO MEDIATE; NO STABLE
[...] (C) Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) Commander Bainimarama appeared before the Great Council of Chiefs on Nov. 10 and angrily attacked PM Qarase and his policies. Thereafter, the GCC tilted toward Qarase and initiated an effort to mediate. It is possible an attempt will be made to resu [...]
2006-11-12 22:46:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA494FIJI UPDATE 11/14: "GUILTY" IN CORRUPTION CASE;
[...] (C) Peniasi Kunatuba, who was CEO of the Agriculture Ministry during part of the Qarase interim administration in 2000-2001, was found guilty on corruption charges on Nov. 14 in Justice Nazhat Shameem's Suva court. PM Qarase and several of his current and former Ministers were called to testi [...]
2006-11-13 22:34:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA497FIJI UPDATE 11/15: WAITING FOR CIV-MIL MEDIATION;
[...] (C) Suva remains superficially calm. Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) reserves are finishing a two-week camp and are about to return home, at least temporarily. At the same time, the Army has added to its list of "political" complaints to Prime Minister Qarase. The Chair of the Great [...]
2006-11-14 22:14:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA499FIJI UPDATE 11/16: STALEMATE CONTINUES
[...] (U) Late on Nov. 15, RFMF Commander Bainimarama provided the media a statement concerning his latest set of demands on PM Qarase's government (reftel). He reportedly said the demands are non-negotiable and must be met before any Bainimarama-Qarase meeting can take place. Bainimarama suggeste [...]
2006-11-15 22:49:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA500RIOTS IN TONGA; AMCITS HUNKER DOWN
[...] (C) Rioters in downtown Nuku'alofa, Tonga, this afternoon (Nov. 16) trashed properties of PM Sevele, King George Tupou V, and some Indian and Chinese businesses. They may have been responding to a reported decision of the Tonga Parliament, that has been discussing political reforms, to end it [...]
2006-11-15 22:55:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR KDEM ASEC CASC TN
06SUVA502FIJI UPDATE 11/17: PRES AND COMMANDER TO MEET;
[...] (C) Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) Commander Bainimarama is scheduled to meet with President Iloilo next Monday, presumably to discuss the President's suspension order of Oct. 31. At the moment, given entrenched views by both Bainimarama and PM Qarase, insiders are not placing great [...]
2006-11-16 20:15:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA504RIOTS DEVASTATE NUKU'ALOFA; TONGA IN UNEASY CALM
[...] (C) Up to 70% of downtown Nuku'alofa was laid to waste by rioters 11/16 after a pro-democracy demonstration ignited into the streets. The city now appears calm, but authorities are concerned about potential continued unrest. Media is reporting that six people were killed in the rioting. A [...]
2006-11-16 21:21:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC CASC MARR KDEM TN
06SUVA506FIJI UPDATE 11/20:
[...] (C) Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) Commander Bainimarama informed the media over the weekend that he has no intention of meeting with Great Council of Chiefs (GCC) mediators or with PM Qarase (Ref A) until the PM accepts all the RFMF's demands. Bainimarama said that, if there has been [...]
2006-11-19 23:32:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA509FIJI UPDATE 11/16: PM QARASE WON'T CAPITULATE;
[...] (C) Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) Commander Bainimarama indicated publicly on Nov. 21 what he told Embassy DATT privately on Nov. 20 (Ref A): that he intends to remove the Qarase Government o/a Dec. 4. Diplomats met with Home Affairs Minister Vosanibola and PM Qarase, and also infor [...]
2006-11-20 22:37:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA512FIJI UPDATE 11/22 - A RATHER QUIET DAY IN SUVA
[...] (C) Colonel Henry Manulevu is Commander nation-wide for Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) "territorial" forces (reservists). The RFMF called up all territorial forces a few weeks ago for an "annual" exercise. There are reports the territorials will be called up again within the next wee [...]
2006-11-21 19:03:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA516FIJI UPDATE FRI. 11/24: PM OFFERS OLIVE BRANCH;
[...] (C) Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) Commander Bainimarama has declined to receive a U.S. message (Ref A) during his holiday in New Zealand. We are attempting to schedule delivery to RFMF senior officers in Suva. We did deliver on 11/22 Ref. A's short message for PM Qarase. The UK DA [...]
2006-11-23 20:21:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA518FIJI UPDATE 11/27: BAINIMARAMA TENSION WITH THE
[...] (C) We are tentatively scheduled to meet with Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) Commander Bainimarama on Wednesday. We intend to join others in a joint demarche on RFMF senior officers Tuesday. Over the weekend, New Zealand FM Peters got nowhere with Bainimarama. The GNZ considered ar [...]
2006-11-26 22:24:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA519FIJI UPDATE 11/28: QARASE-BAINIMARAMA IN NZ; AMB
[...] (C) Fiji PM Qarase and RFMF Commander Bainimarama have agreed to meet in New Zealand 11/29 under an agreement brokered by NZ FM Peters. The Ambassador and other diplomats had a useful, scheduled meeting with RFMF leaders in Suva. However, Bainimarama later reacted angrily, and the RFMF issued [...]
2006-11-27 23:41:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA524TOURISM TAKES A NOSE-DIVE IN FIJI
[...] (SBU) Managers of several of Fiji's top hotels told us the tourism industry is "bleeding" due to RFMF Commander Bainimarama's repeated threats to take action against the government. Occupancy for most major resorts in Fiji is 40% or below, when it should be in the 70-75% range this time of [...]
2006-11-28 22:58:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON CASC PGOV PREL FJ
06SUVA525FIJI UPDATE 11/29: CURIOSITY ABOUT WELLINGTON
[...] (C/NF) Fiji hungers for details of what went on in the meeting between PM Qarase and RFMF Commander Bainimarama in Wellington. Tonight, the RFMF is conducting an exercise in the Suva area, preparing for the possibility of foreign military intervention. We issued a warden notice. President I [...]
2006-11-28 23:04:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR PGOV ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA527FIJI UPDATE 11/30: QARASE SAYS "GENERAL
[...] (C) The RFMF spokesman described a tragic accident yesterday in which a helo flying off an Australian ship crashed in international waters south of Fiji as evidence that a foreign invasion is in the works. (Three Aussie naval ships are in the area for evacuation contingencies.) PM Qarase add [...]
2006-11-30 00:10:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA528FIJI UPDATE 12/1: PRESIDENT STATEMENT ON RULE OF
[...] (C) President Iloilo issued a statement reaffirming his belief in rule of law, seemingly contradicting a claim by RFMF Commander Bainimarama last week. In a meeting today (12/1),Bainimarama and Iloilo reportedly discussed the recent Wellington meeting and did not discuss the future. Police C [...]
2006-11-30 19:35:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR CASC ASEC FJ
06SUVA529ACTION REQUEST: PIF EMINENT PERSONS GROUP FOR
[...] (C) Per ref A, a Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) ministerial meeting in Sydney last Friday proposed that an "eminent persons group" attempt to help mediate a solution to Fiji's current civil-military crisis. In EAP/ANP Director McGann's discussions with regional leaders on Saturday (ref B),the p [...]
2006-12-03 15:57:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA531FIJI UPDATE 12/4:
[...] (C) The Fiji coup may have officially commenced in late morning, 12/4, when Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) troops confiscated the firearms of the Police Tactical Response Unit (PTR). At mid-afternoon, the RFMF set up a road block on the outskirts of Suva, reportedly to block "thugs" [...]
2006-12-03 22:37:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA538FIJI UPDATE 12/5: COUP OR NO COUP? ACTION REQUEST
[...] (C) Dec. 5 was an "only in Fiji" sort of day. RFMF Commander Bainimarama moved further to force his coup on the Qarase Government. The PM told the media he had heard from the President's office that the President had dissolved Parliament and given Bainimarama his green light. Certainly it a [...]
2006-12-04 23:58:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA539FIJI MILITARY COMMANDER ANNOUNCES COUP
[...] (C) RFMF Commander Bainimarama held a media conference at 6 p.m. to announce that he has "stepped into the shoes of the President" under the "doctrine of necessity" and is invoking the Fiji Constitution's "reserve powers" to remove PM Qarase and install an interim government. An hour earlier, [...]
2006-12-05 01:08:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA543FIJI UPDATE 12/6: BAINIMARAMA DISSOLVES
[...] (C) Commodore Bainimarama swore in his caretaker Prime Minister of Fiji Wednesday late afternoon and then dissolved Parliament. He later announced new Commissioners of Police and Prisons. The RFMF moved VP Madraiwiwi out of his office today and convinced PM Qarase to relocate, for now, to his [...]
2006-12-05 23:43:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA546BAINIMARAMA'S COUP ATTEMPT IN FIJI: STILL NOT
[...] (C) We have seen press guidance and a discussion paper for a sub-PCC that suggest Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) Commander Bainimarama "has conclusively deposed the lawfully elected government and conducted a coup." We do not believe that statement is correct, as yet, and we have aske [...]
2006-12-06 17:09:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR ASEC CASC KPAO FJ
06SUVA549FIJI UPDATE 12/7: "CLEAN UP" ATTEMPT CONTINUES, AS
[...] (C) Commodore Bainimarama and the RFMF's PM discussed elections via the media, leaving an impression they intend Fiji's democracy to adjust some, with an election date a way off. Both stressed their desire for an improved political environment. Bainimarama asked again for the international c [...]
2006-12-07 00:16:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA552FIJI UPDATE 12/8: FOR SHORT TERM, DE FACTO COUP;
[...] (C) Fiji Vice President Madraiwiwi and Prime Minister Qarase both have acknowledged that Bainimarama's coup has succeeded for the immediate future, though neither has resigned. With significant players, including many in the ethnic-Fijian community, very unhappy about that result, a "crunch t [...]
2006-12-07 20:42:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA553FIJI UPDATE 12/11: SCRAMBLE RE INTERIM GOVERNMENT;
[...] (C) Suva remained quiet over the weekend. The RFMF is working on plans for its interim government, without revealing details. A senior military officer threatened PM Qarase he will be arrested if he returns to Suva. Meanwhile, the Fiji Government and the economy are suffering. RFMF intimid [...]
2006-12-10 23:31:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MARR ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA554FIJI UPDATE 12/12: QUIET DAY IN SUVA AS RFMF
[...] (C) PM Qarase said today he is seeking air options for a return to Suva; RFMF Commander Bainimarama warned against any plan to set up a "de facto government." The RFMF reportedly is sifting through applications for interim-government positions. Bainimarama asked Government CEOs to keep their [...]
2006-12-11 23:27:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA555THE FIJI COUP: WHAT EFFECTS? WHAT IMPLICATIONS?
[...] (C) A number of motivations lie behind Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) Commander Bainimarama's coup, some seemingly noble, some not. An unbiased observer would have to conclude, though, that Fiji's situation was not so wrenching as to require illegally removing the Qarase Government. [...]
2006-12-11 23:51:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA556FIJI UPDATE 12/13: RFMF MONITORING TRANSPORT TO
[...] (C) PM Qarase says Fiji is sliding into dictatorship, and he continues to state he leads the only legitimate government. He reiterated today that he intends to return to Suva as soon as he can find transport. The RFMF said it is monitoring all transport so as to keep Qarase in the outer isla [...]
2006-12-12 23:04:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA557FIJI UPDATE 12/14: SMALL PROTEST, BIGGER PLANS?
[...] (C) Reportedly, Qarase's SDL Party had plans for peaceful protests following a coup. While SDL activism in the streets hasn't been obvious yet, 20 NGO members quietly marched through Suva streets at noon today. RFMF efforts to discourage dissent continued. The Chair of the Great Council of [...]
2006-12-13 23:09:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA558FIJI UPDATE 12/15: GCC AND THE FUTURE; HUMAN
[...] (C) PM Qarase, RFMF Commander Bainimarama, and Great Council of Chiefs (GCC) Chair Bokini remain headline players for how Fiji's political future will unfold. There is no obvious clarity. Reports of troubling RFMF intimidation tactics continue to flow in. We offered support to human rights [...]
2006-12-14 20:01:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA560FIJI UPDATE 12/18: GCC AGENDA; RFMF IMMUNITY
[...] (C) Fiji's Great Council of Chiefs (GCC) has issued invitations for a meeting Dec. 20-21. Commodore Bainimarama wanted to be invited as Acting President, but reportedly his invitation is as "Commander, RFMF." Bainimarama made clear over the weekend that he is demanding immunity from prosecut [...]
2006-12-17 23:21:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA573FIJI UPDATE 12/19: BAINIMARAMA WON'T ATTEND GCC;
[...] (C) Commodore Bainimarama said he will not be attending the Great Council of Chiefs meetings this week because the Chiefs did not invite him as "Acting President." PM Qarase said the GCC meeting will determine the direction of the country; if Bainimarama does not accept GCC decisions, Fiji's [...]
2006-12-18 23:49:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA578FIJI UPDATE 12/20: NO OUTCOME YET AT THE GCC
[...] (C) As expected, there was no substantive outcome announced at the end of the 12/20 meeting of the Great Council of Chiefs. The GCC meeting will conclude 12/21. The Chairman of the GCC began the 12/20 session by noting how the GCC had been ridiculed by the military, and urged Chiefs not to [...]
2006-12-20 00:36:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PHUM ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA581FIJI UPDATE 12/21: NO CONSENSUS REACHED BY GREAT
[...] (C) The Great Council of Chiefs failed to reach consensus during their meeting 12/21. The meetings have therefore been extended an extra day. A GCC press release stated that the Council "has agreed in principle on resolutions that are within the legal and constitutional framework," and that [...]
2006-12-21 00:09:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PHUM ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA582FIJI UPDATE 12/21: NO CONSENSUS REACHED BY GREAT
[...] (C) The Great Council of Chiefs failed to reach consensus during their meeting 12/21. The meetings have therefore been extended an extra day. A GCC press release stated that the Council "has agreed in principle on resolutions that are within the legal and constitutional framework," and that [...]
2006-12-21 00:23:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PHUM ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA586FIJI POLICE IN THE LINE OF FIRE
[...] (C) The Fiji Police Force stood in the forefront of opposition to the plans of RFMF Commander Frank Bainimarama to overthrow the lawfully elected government of Fiji. Now that the coup has taken place, remaining senior officers are forced to work with the new military government and the commis [...]
2006-12-21 23:43:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALASEC PREL CASC MARR FJ
06SUVA587FIJI UPDATE 12/22
[...] (C) In a statement issued after the conclusion of its meeting 12/22, the Great Council of Chiefs reaffirmed the status of the appointed President and Vice President. The Council condemned the coup, but recognizing the reality of the military takeover, called for the PM to resign. The Counc [...]
2006-12-22 01:18:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PHUM ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA591FIJI UPDATE 12/29: ELECTION INQUIRIES; GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) The Fiji military (RFMF) plans to unveil on Jan. 1 "proof" of irregularities in last May's general elections, based in part on evidence from an Australian conman. RFMF Commander Bainimarama says an interim government may be in place by the end of January. The RFMF has continued to abuse [...]
2006-12-28 18:43:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM ASEC CASC FJ
06TAIPEI193 TAIWAN: AVIAN FLU UPDATE
[...] Summary. Taiwan continues to be H5N1 free and to prepare to counter a potential Avian Influenza (AI) outbreak. It has staged large-scale drills and distributed information in multiple languages to increase the flow of information to the public. Taiwan's Environmental Protection Agency (TEPA [...]
2006-01-19 21:36:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDAMED AMGT CASC ECON SENV SOCI TBIO WHO TW
06TAIPEI3261TAIWAN POLICE CHALLENGED BY SKIRMISHES BETWEEN PRO
[...] (C) Summary: In the wake of the large anti-Chen march and pro-Chen rally held over the weekend in Taipei (Reftel),two sparsely attended anti-Chen activities in southern Taiwan early this week generated small-scale violent clashes with pro-Chen supporters. Ruling and opposition leaders are c [...]
2006-09-20 09:21:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV TW ASEC CASC CMGT
06TALLINN300ESTONIA - PENDING ROMANIAN ADOPTION CASES
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-30 14:12:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL CASC EU RO EN
06TASHKENT464GOU'S EMINENT DOMAIN PLACES AMCITS OUT ON THE
[...] (SBU) On March 2, the Amcit owners of a local business, American Optical, were served an eviction notice by the Tashkent City Hokimiyat giving them two days to vacate the premises before the building was demolished. The one-story building was shared by two other shops, both of which had close [...]
2006-03-09 05:14:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CASC ECON UZ
06TEGUCIGALPA1273KIDNAPPING OF AMERICAN CITIZEN, RAMON J. ACIDE
[...] Summary. On July 17, 2006 at approximately 2100 hours, RSO was notified by Honduran police officials that Ramon J. Acide (DOB 09/26/89),a U.S. citizen, was forcibly taken from his car at a stoplight near the town of Villanueva, which is located 15 minutes south of the city of San Pedro Sula. [...]
2006-07-18 21:19:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KCRM PGOV KSAC CASC HO
06TEGUCIGALPA1324UPDATE ON THE KIDNAPPING OF AMERICAN CITIZEN RAMON
[...] (SBU) Summary: On July 21, 2006 RSO Tegucigalpa and LEGATT San Salvador met with local authorities assigned to the kidnapping investigation of U.S. citizen Ramon J. Acide. A briefing on the current status of the investigation revealed the alleged possibility that the father of Ramon, Joaquin [...]
2006-07-25 17:24:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALASEC KCRM PGOV KSAC CASC HO
06TEGUCIGALPA1361AUGUST 1 UPDATE ON THE KIDNAPPING OF AMERICAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: On Saturday, July 29, 2006 RSO received several calls from the father of Ramon Acide, Joaquin Acide. He explained that he was frustrated with the pace of the investigation and felt local police officials were not doing enough to assist with the safe return of his son. Ramon was [...]
2006-08-01 20:22:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KCRM PGOV KSAC CASC HO
06TEGUCIGALPA16AVIAN INFLUENZA TRIPWIRES - TEGUCIGALPA
[...] (SBU) Per reftel A, Post EAC met on 12/28/2005 in order to discuss Avian Influenza (AI) tripwires and to develop contingency plans for both "shelter in place" as well as drawdown of personnel. EAC members in attendance were A/DCM, RSO, JMO, PC, PAO, PAS, ECON, DAO, MILGRP, MSG, POL, USAID, [...]
2006-01-05 18:36:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR AMED AMGT ASEC CASC HO KFLO
06TEGUCIGALPA2130COMBATING CORRUPTION IN HONDURAS
[...] (C) An elite-run kleptocracy, endemic corruption and the concomitant sense of impunity enjoyed by high-level officials are major obstacles to achieving the USG's primary goals in Honduras of strengthening democracy, promoting economic growth, reducing poverty, preventing illegal immigration, [...]
2006-11-09 18:09:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON CASC HO
06TEGUCIGALPA326HONDURAS CONTINUES TO SUPPORT MEXICAN ENERGY PLAN;
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Vice President Elvin Santos reiterated Honduras, strong support for the proposed Mexican fuel initiative, echoing the GOH,s positive comments to A/S Wayne in January. Meanwhile former minister of Trade and Commerce Irving Guerrero has initiated talks with an American company ov [...]
2006-02-22 13:36:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC ECON EFIN ELAB ENRG EPET HO PGOV
06TEGUCIGALPA33HONDURAS: 13 PRISONERS KILLED BY OTHER
[...] Summary: On January 5, at approximately 3pm local time, A violent conflict occurred in which 13 prisoners were killed and up to 38 prisoners injured within Tamara National Penitentiary outside of Tegucigalpa, Honduras. This was reported by both the press and by Embassy sources. It was report [...]
2006-01-06 23:41:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM KJUS CASC ASEC HO
06TELAVIV1105H5N1 CONFIRMED IN ISRAEL POULTRY DEATHS; ONE
[...] (SBU) Summary: On March 19, the Kimron Veterinary Institute Laboratory at Bet Dagan confirmed the presence of the H5N1 strain of avian influenza in turkey flocks from the kibbutzim at Ein Hashelosha and Holit, and at Sede Moshe and Nahshom. The outbreak has not spread beyond these areas (ide [...]
2006-03-20 13:21:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU TBIO EAGR AMGT AMED CASC KSCA KWBG IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY
06TELAVIV1135BIRD FLU SPREADS IN ISRAEL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Israeli agriculture officials confirmed H5N1 avian influenza at two chicken farms not far from turkey farms just outside Gaza where the outbreak of bird flu started last week. H5N1 will likely be confirmed at a third new location in the Negev. Birds from Moshav Kinneret in n [...]
2006-03-21 14:00:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU TBIO EAGR AMGT AMED CASC KSCA KWBG IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV189AMERICAN PASTOR ASSAULTED IN RELIGIOUS
[...] SUMMARY: Amcit Howard Mitchell Bass (25-Jan-1950 VA) told Conoff on January 4 that on December 24, 2005, he and his Messianic Christian congregation were physically assaulted by ultra-Orthodox Jewish protestors in Beer Sheva, who apparently believed and spread rumors that "busloads" of Jews we [...]
2006-01-13 05:12:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDCASC PHUM IS KIRF ISRAELI SOCIETY
06TELAVIV2759AMCIT EVACUATION FROM THE GAZA STRIP
[...] Summary: On July 8, in a joint effort between Embassies Tel Aviv and Amman and the Consulate General Jerusalem, 68 American citizens were removed by bus from the Erez border crossing to the Allenby Bridge. From there they crossed into Jordan, where other buses brought them to Amman. End summa [...]
2006-07-12 15:03:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDCASC GZ KPAL PREL IS ISRAEL RELATIONS COUNTERTERRORISM
06TELAVIV3551HAIFA AFTER THE ROCKETS
[...] Summary. Two Embassy Tel Aviv consular officers made a post-ceasefire visit to Haifa, Israel's third largest city, principal port and for about a month this summer the frequent target of Hizbollah rocket attacks, to assess operations of our consular agency there and get a feel for how the city [...]
2006-09-06 13:29:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV CASC CMGT IS
06TELAVIV3911Bloodless Holy War: The Beckfords vs Yad L'Achim
[...] Summary: Consular officers went to the city of Arad in the Negev desert to interview two American citizens about their ongoing conflict with the anti-missionary group, Yad L'Achim (lit.," Hand to Brothers"). While the Americans are clearly being harassed in their pursuit of daily activities, [...]
2006-10-04 15:58:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDCASC CVIS PHUM PGOV IS KIRF
06TELAVIV4398AMBASSADOR RAISES TREATMENT OF AMCITS WITH MFA
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador raised reports of GOI mistreatment of American citizens during a working lunch October 31 with MFA Director General Aharon Abramovitch and Deputy Director General for North America Yoram Ben Zeev. The Ambassador noted that we had two separate types of concerns: a change [...]
2006-11-03 17:04:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC PHUM PREL IS
06TELAVIV4580COGAT WORKING TO RESOLVE AMCIT DIFFICULTIES
[...] (C) In a November 20 meeting with MG Yossef Mishlev (GOI Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories),PolCouns, EconCouns, and USAID Director reiterated the USG's concern about problems experienced by American citizens attempting to enter -- or renew their visas for -- the West Ba [...]
2006-11-21 16:11:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL CASC KWBG KPAL IS
06TELAVIV4768COGAT'S EFFORTS TO RESOLVE AMCIT VISA DIFFICULTIES
[...] (C) Summary: Senior EmbOffs met December 7 with MG Yossef Mishlev (GOI Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories - COGAT) to stress the urgent need for Israel to resolve the visa problems facing American citizens seeking to live and work in the West Bank. They requested that the [...]
2006-12-08 11:37:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALCASC PREL KWBG KPAL IS
06THEHAGUE527HOFSTAD GROUP RULED A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION
[...] (U) The Hague court ruled March 10 that the Hofstad group was a terrorist organization, because it aimed to incite hatred, violence, and intimidation, according to press reports. Nine of the 14 defendants were found guilty of membership in a criminal-terrorist organization. One of those conv [...]
2006-03-10 16:08:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KCRM KPRP PINR PREL PGOV CASC NL
06THEHAGUE617NETHERLANDS: PENDING ADOPTION CASES IN ROMANIA
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche March 21 to MFA Western and Central Europe policy officer Mara van der Poel, who handles accession issues for Romania and Bulgaria. The GONL is satisfied with the Romanian adoption law, which it believes (despite our arguments) is in conformity with inte [...]
2006-03-22 15:58:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL CASC EU RO NL
06ULAANBAATAR469Financial Regulator's Murder Distracts Focus
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Boroo Gold re-started operations on the afternoon of June 16 after police moved protesters away from the mine site. The government's attention to the Boroo situation -- including the key role of the Health Minister and Member of Parliament Gundalai in the protests -- was div [...]
2006-06-16 06:38:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EMIN EINV CASC MG
06ULAANBAATAR833Mongolia Accedes to Cape Town Convention
[...] The Mongolian government has formally completed the process of accession to the Cape Town Convention and the Protocol to the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment on Matters specific to Aircraft Equipment. The convention facilitates asset-based financing and leasing of larg [...]
2006-11-15 09:58:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR CASC PGOV ECON EINV MG
06VIENNA1301 2006 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES - AUSTRIA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-08 11:50:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV CASC KIDE OPIC PGOV
06VIENNA301SYLVESTER HAGUE CASE: ACTION REQUEST COMPLETED
[...] SUMMARY: REF B was an action request instructing post to meet with the Austrian Central Authority (ACA),contact the Austrian attorney representing Tom Sylvester, and attend the March 15, 2006 hearing on his Article 21 Hague Access Case. REF A reported on our meeting with the ACA on January 1 [...]
2006-02-01 09:16:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKOCI CASC AU
06VIENNA92SYLVESTER HAGUE CASE: FIRST MEETING WITH AUSTRIAN
[...] SUMMARY: PER REFTEL, CONGEN MET WITH THE NEW DIRECTOR OF THE AUSTRIAN CENTRAL AUTHORITY (ACA),JUDGE ROBERT FUCIK (FOO-CHIK) ON JANUARY 11, 2006. THE LENGTHY DISCUSSION COVERED BOTH GENERAL ISSUES AND THE CURRENT SYLVESTER ACCESS CASE FILED UNDER THE HAGUE CONVENTION. FUCIK WAS REASSURINGLY [...]
2006-01-12 09:08:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKOCI CASC AU
06VILNIUS82 VILNIUS'S LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE TO INFLUX OF
[...] This is the first cable in a two-part series detailing efforts law enforcement in Lithuania's capital of Vilnius are taking to meet the increased demand upon its services by a burgeoning tourist industry, and a review of Vilnius's local criminal justice facilities. 2. Summary. More touri [...]
2006-01-26 11:42:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDCASC CMGT KCRM PGOV LH
06VILNIUS83 A VIEW FROM BEHIND BARS: VILNIUS'S LUKISKES
[...] This is the second cable in a two-part series detailing efforts law enforcement in Lithuania's capital of Vilnius is taking to meet the increased demand upon its services by a burgeoning tourist industry, and a review of Vilnius's local criminal justice facilities. 2. Summary. Lithuania [...]
2006-01-26 12:41:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDCASC CMGT CPAS PGOV LH
06WELLINGTON112 AVIAN INFLUENZA: POST CONTINGENCY PLANNING AND TRIPWIRES
[...] In response to reftel, Embassy Country Team met to discuss New Zealand Government (GNZ) preparations against Avian Influenza pandemic. 2. Llywelyn Graeme will input tripwire data into the Tripwire Reporting and Integrated Planning System (TRIPS). 3. New Zealand's Ministry of Health (M [...]
2006-02-13 00:49:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC CASC AMED KFLO AEMR
06WELLINGTON4562006 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES: NEW ZEALAND
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-15 04:09:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEINV CASC KIDE OPIC PGOV NZ
06WELLINGTON548 EXTRADITION REQUEST DELIVERED TO GOVERNMENT OF NEW
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-14 01:30:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC ASEC NZ
06WELLINGTON851NEW ZEALAND'S REACTION TO POLITICAL TENSIONS IN FIJI
[...] (C) In discussions November 1 regarding political tensions in Fiji with Heather Riddell, Director of Pacific Division at Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT),Post learned that GNZ will shortly be issuing a formal statement declaring that Fiji's military commander Bainimarama is obliged [...]
2006-11-01 04:11:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR CASC ASEC FJ NZ
06WELLINGTON910NEW ZEALAND ACTIVE IN TONGA AND FIJI
[...] (C) Summary. Alan Williams, Deputy Director at New ZealandQs Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Trade, told the DCM November 20 that the current crisis in Tonga resulted from economic and political problems that have been developing over many months, but appeared to have abated. The Tongan Gover [...]
2006-11-20 20:52:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC PREL NZ TN
06ZAGREB103AMBASSADOR'S TOUR D'HORIZON WITH PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met 23 January with Budimir Loncar, President Mesic's foreign policy advisor and a long-time Mesic advisor and confidant. Loncar delivered a letter from Mesic to President Bush (to be pouched to EUR/SCE) seeking public support and joint "sponsorship" of efforts to com [...]
2006-01-26 08:45:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CASC HR
06ZAGREB1241CROATIA MAINTAINS VIGILENCE ON AVIAN INFLUENZA
[...] Scientists at the Croatian Veterinary Institute's Poultry Center plan to begin active monitoring of wild, migratory birds this month, beginning October 21 and continuing through December. Dr. Vladimir Savic, center director, told Econoff the center is collaborating with the State Veterinary Off [...]
2006-10-13 10:40:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO SENV ECON EAGR PREL CASC KFLU HR
06ZAGREB1300RECREATIONAL SKIPPERS NEED LICENSE TO SAIL CROATIAN FLAGGED
[...] SUMMARY. The Government of Croatia adopted a law (effective Jan. 1, 2006) requiring all recreational skippers chartering Croatian flagged vessels to have a certificate of competence. Under the law, the Ministry of Sea, Tourism and Transport will only recognize licenses issued by national author [...]
2006-10-26 08:01:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT CASC HR
06ZAGREB1332 CROATIA TAKES REGIONAL ROLE IN AVIAN INFLUENZA, BEGINS
[...] SUMMARY: Although there have been no new incidents of the H5N1 virus in Croatia, the country's designated avian influenza lab has begun active monitoring of wild birds as well as testing poultry suppliers on request. The director of the Poultry Center at the Croatian Veterinary Institute said h [...]
2006-11-03 14:55:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO SENV ECON EAGR PREL CASC KFLU HR
06ZAGREB140CROATIAN GOVERNMENT TO PROPOSE ALLOWING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a January 31 meeting with the Ambassador, the Croatian Minister of Justice confirmed reports that the GOC will propose amending the 1996 Restitution Act, as already amended in 2002, to allow foreigners to file claims under the Act's provisions without the need for a bilateral [...]
2006-02-02 16:06:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDCASC KIDE KTIA PHUM PREL HR
06ZAGREB1465CROATIAN STORKS TURN UP DEAD IN SOMALIA
[...] SUMMARY. Some 50 Croatian-tagged white storks were found dead in Somalia in November, causing a brief panic over the possibility they brought avian influenza (AI) to the village of Elbaraf. The director of the Poultry Center in Zagreb said it is unlikely the birds died of avian influenza, after [...]
2006-12-11 14:51:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO SENV ECON EAGR PREL CASC KFLU HR
06ZAGREB1490MAINTAINING MOMENTUM AFTER THE CROATIAN PRIME
[...] (U) Summary: Following up on their October 27 meeting, Ambassador and DCM met with Croatian FM Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic December 14 to review progress on outstanding issues and areas of cooperation. Discussions on CEFTA and BiH have been reported separately. Kosovo 2. (C) The Ambassado [...]
2006-12-15 14:12:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KIPR CASC CJAN EFIN EAIR EUN NATO
06ZAGREB236CROATIA: AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE: FEBRUARY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On February 21, the Poultry Center lab at the Croatian Veterinary Institute confirmed that a dead swan found on the island of Ciovo tested positive for H5N1. The lab continues to operate without a real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT- PCR) machine but a replacement machine is [...]
2006-02-22 15:44:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO SENV ECON EAGR PREL CASC HR
06ZAGREB252CROATIA: AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE: FEBRUARY
[...] On February 27, the Poultry Center lab at the Croatian Veterinary Institute confirmed that a dead swan found at the Pantan nature park near the coastal town of Trogir tested positive for H5N1. The GOC has initiated bio-safety measures and the culling of approximately 500 fowl within three kil [...]
2006-02-27 14:59:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU TBIO SENV ECON EAGR PREL CASC HR
06ZAGREB348NEW JUSTICE MINISTER PUSHES FOR REFORM RESULTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY and COMMENT: In a March 2 introductory call on new Justice Minister Ana Lovrin, Ambassador Frank urged the continuation of Croatia,s ambitious judicial reform program. Lovrin said that the judicial reforms started by her predecessor would be continued, and that she expected to see [...]
2006-03-14 15:51:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KJUS CASC CJAN HR
06ZAGREB358CROATIA: AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE: MARCH 15
[...] SUMMARY: Several more wild birds have been confirmed as positive for H5N1 in Croatia. These discoveries have not activated any of Embassy Zagreb's tripwires but Post has sent a warden message with an update on the situation in Croatia and general information on avian flu. Dr. Gjenero- Marga [...]
2006-03-16 12:37:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU TBIO SENV ECON EAGR PREL CASC HR
06ZAGREB415CA A/S MAURA HARTY MEETS WITH CROATIAN OFFICIALS
[...] Summary: Property restitution, student exchanges, biometric developments for Croatian passports, and extradition processes were some of the issues discussed by Assistant Secretary (A/S) for Consular Affairs (CA) Ambassador Maura Harty in a bilateral meeting with Croatian Ministry of Foreign Af [...]
2006-03-28 14:04:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CVIS CASC CJAN HR
06ZAGREB459 CROATIA: AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE: APRIL 1
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-11 12:58:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO SENV ECON EAGR PREL CASC KFLU HR
06ZAGREB740 CROATIA AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE: JUNE 14
[...] (SUMMARY) WHILE THERE HAVE BEEN NO NEW REPORTS OF AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) IN CROATIA, SCIENTISTS AT THE CROATIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE'S POULTRY CENTER ARE USING A NEWLY PURCHASED REAL-TIME PCR MACHINE FOR ROUTINE TESTING OF WILD BIRDS. THE CENTER DIRECTOR SAID NOW CROATIA IS BETTER PREPARED IN CA [...]
2006-06-14 13:00:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO SENV ECON EAGR PREL CASC KFLU HR
06ZAGREB846JUSTICE MINISTER - PROPERTY RESTITUTION ONE STEP
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a July 12 introductory call on Justice Minister Ana Lovrin, Ambassador Bradtke stressed the importance the USG places on Croatia's continued judicial reforms and on creation of a fair and transparent process in dealing with property restitution claims from the time of the for [...]
2006-07-14 13:41:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KJUS CASC CJAN HR HUMAN RIGHTS
07ABUDHABI383UAE BREAKS-UP DRUG MONEY LAUNDERING RING
[...] (C) In a move widely reported by the UAE press on February 26, Dubai police broke up an international money laundering ring using the UAE's financial system. Ahmed Al-Qamzi, Head of the Central Bank's Anti Money Laundering and Suspicious Cases Unit's International Division told econchief that [...]
2007-03-08 06:47:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALSNAR KCRM EFIN CASC AE
07ABUJA1162AMBASSADORIAL MEETING WITH NSA MUKHTAR ON HOSTAGES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to their request, Nigerian National Security Advisor General Abdullahi Mukhtar convened a meeting of Ambassadors from countries currently affected by hostage taking in the Niger Delta. He stressed that the GON knows the identities of the expatriates in captivity and [...]
2007-06-08 11:00:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC EPET PGOV PTER NI
07ABUJA219SECURITY OFFICIALS DISCUSS DELTA, HOSTAGES
[...] (C) Summary: Nigerian officials including the National Security Advisor, Chief of Defense Staff, and Director of the State Security Service met with a select group of Ambassadors on February 2. The meeting was requested by the diplomats to express concern about their nationals who are at pre [...]
2007-02-02 13:42:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER CASC ASEC ENRG NI
07ABUJA931NIGERIA 2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-14 12:36:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV PGOV KIDE CASC OPIC NI
07ABUJA932NIGERIA 2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND
[...] We have received no reported cases of an investment dispute where a U.S. citizen alleges there has been an expropriation, other taking of property, or contract repudiation by a foreign government. CAMPBELL [...]
2007-05-14 12:37:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV PGOV KIDE CASC OPIC NI
07ACCRA1094AVIAN INFLUENZA (H5N1) OUTBREAK IN GHANA
[...] (U) Summary: Ghana confirmed its first case of H5N1 on April 28, 2007. Since then, the GoG has done a significant amount of work to manage and contain the epidemic. To date there are four confirmed outbreak locations, all in Tema municipality (approximately 20-25 km east of Accra). No huma [...]
2007-05-16 16:15:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDGH KFLU MARR MASS CASC
07ACCRA872GHANA: POST AND DOD POINTS OF CONTACT FOR AVIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-23 06:59:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU MARR MASS CASC
07ADDISABABA1091AMIR MESHAL: POTENTIAL COURT CASE
[...] (S/NF) In response to reftel demarche, Ambassador spoke in detail with the Prime Minister prior to receiving the demarche cable. It is not necessary to raise the questions posed in reftel on potential Ethiopian Government charges against Meshal. The GOE has made it clear to us in private di [...]
2007-04-11 14:25:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNCASC EAIR KHLS PTER ET
07ADDISABABA1105AMIR MESHAL: REQUEST FOR DEPARTMENT GUIDANCE
[...] (U) ACTION REQUEST: see paragraph 6. 2. (S/NF) The Government of Ethiopia plans to hold an initial hearing on Friday, April 13, for most of the remaining suspected foreign fighters caught in Somalia by Ethiopian troops, or transferred from Kenya to Ethiopia via Somalia's Transitional Federa [...]
2007-04-12 15:50:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PINR CASC PTER ET SO KWCI KJUS KHLS
07ADDISABABA1130AMIR MESHAL: STATUS OF DECISION
[...] (S/NF) Per reftel, Ambassador delivered reftel points to Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum on April 13. FM Seyoum responded that the GOE would work in close consultation with the USG on this case in the coming days. MFA acting Director General for Europe and America Almaz Ameha said she would [...]
2007-04-13 15:33:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNCASC EAIR KHLS KAWC PTER ET
07ADDISABABA1208AMIR MESHAL: EMBASSY ADDIS FORWARDS DIPLOMATIC
[...] (S/NF) While Department notified Embassy not to issue any diplomatic note requesting Meshal,s release until further notice, post has, on its own authority, forwarded a diplomatic note informing the government of Ethiopia that there are plans to transport Meshal to the U.S. on Friday, April 20. [...]
2007-04-19 13:44:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNCASC EAIR KHLS KWAC PTER ET
07ADDISABABA1291ADDIS ABABA EAC MEETS TO ASSESS SECURITY SITUATION IN
[...] (U) ACTION REQUEST: See paragraph 9. 2. (U) On March 25, Post's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met to assess the security situation in Ethiopia's Somali (Ogaden) Region in response to previous day's attack on a Chinese oil drilling facility. EAC members present included COM, DCM, ORA, DAO [...]
2007-04-26 06:20:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC ASEC PTER ET
07ADDISABABA1365ETHIOPIA: PM AND FM ON SOMALIA, WASHINGTON VISIT
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. In separate meetings with Prime Minister Meles and Foreign Minister Seyoum on May 3, Somalia and follow-up to the Foreign Minister,s recent trip to Washington were key discussion topics with the Ambassador. The Prime Minister was concerned about the porous and open Kenyan-Soma [...]
2007-05-04 11:54:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER CASC ET ER SO
07ADDISABABA1534ETHIOPIA: ADMIRAL FALLON AND PRIME MINISTER MELES
[...] (S/NF) At the conclusion of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) Commander Admiral William J. Fallon's discussion with Prime Minister Meles on May 11 (septel),Admiral Fallon and the Ambassador (note-taker) spoke in private with the Prime Minister as other participants left the room. Admiral Fallon [...]
2007-05-21 15:49:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL MOPS MASS CASC KPAO ET
07ADDISABABA1598ADDIS ABABA EAC REVIEWS THREAT AGAINST LOCAL HOTELS,
[...] (U) ACTION REQUEST: See paragraphs 5 and 11 for action requested. 2. (SBU) On May 23, Addis Ababa's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met to review the general security situation in light of the following: -- Recent threat information disseminated by Washington to the U.S. business commun [...]
2007-05-24 12:14:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC PTER ET
07ADDISABABA19582007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Post is aware of four (4) claims by U.S. persons which may be outstanding against the Government of Ethiopia. One claim included in the 2006 report has been resolved. There is one new reported claim. (See update to case of Claimant E, and new claim by Claimant H). Post is also [...]
2007-06-22 12:11:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV ET
07ADDISABABA2361ETHIOPIA: PRIME MINISTER WEIGHED DOWN BY SOMALI
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Meles, visibly weighed by the past weeks of tough negotiations on the amnesty for 38 high profile opposition leaders jailed since December 2005, and the close oversight of operations in Somalia and the Ogaden, questioned the Ambassador on July 24 over the Ogaden [...]
2007-07-25 15:34:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETPREL PINS CASC EAID MASS MOPS ET SO IS
07ADDISABABA2620ADDIS ABABA EAC MEETS TO ASSESS SECURITY SITUATION RELATED
[...] (SBU) On August 22, the Addis Ababa Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met to assess the security situation in regards to the Ethiopian Millennium (celebrated September 12). EAC members present included COM, A/DCM, ORA, DAO, CJTF HOA, POL/ECON, USAID, CDC, CONS, Peace Corps, Health Unit, MGT, PA [...]
2007-08-23 09:28:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC ASEC PTER ET
07ADDISABABA3183EAC ON ETHIOPIA-ERITREA SITUATION
[...] (S) Embassy Addis Ababa convened a core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on October 26 to discuss the situation between Ethiopia and Eritrea. Despite mounting tensions and increased rhetoric on both sides of the border, the core EAC assesses that there is little evidence that a resump [...]
2007-10-26 12:29:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETASEC CASC ET
07ADDISABABA979NO-FLY WAIVER OR FEDERAL ESCORT REQUESTED FOR AMIR
[...] (C) Per CA/OCS SOP ref A and 7 FAM 194.4, Post requests a high level review of the no fly case of American citizen Amir Meshal. 2. (S/NF) American citizen Amir Meshal was captured by Kenyan authorities leaving Somalia following the Ethiopian military action against the Islamic Court governm [...]
2007-04-02 13:09:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNCASC EAIR PTER KHLS ET
07AITTAIPEI1747 2007 Report on Investment Disputes and Expropriation
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-06 06:02:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDEINV CASC KIDE OPIC PGOV TW
07AITTAIPEI719TAIWAN CONCERNED ABOUT DIMINISHING PARTICIPATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY. This is an action cable; see paras 3 and 7. AIT met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and Department of Health (DOH) officials on March 27 to gauge Taiwan strategy going into the next World Health Assembly (WHA) meeting in Geneva mid-May. According to our interlocutors, [...]
2007-03-29 03:18:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALAMED CASC SENV TBIO PREL CH TW
07AITTAIPEI876TAIWAN DEVELOPS CELL-BASED AVIAN FLU VACCINE
[...] According to local media reports, Taiwan has developed a cell-based vaccine to counter the H5N1 Avian influenza (AI) virus. The government-funded National Health Research Institutes (NHRI) took just one year and NT$40 million (about $1.21 million) to successfully develop the vaccine. 2. T [...]
2007-04-19 08:31:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDAMED AMGT CASC TBIO SOCI TW
07ALGIERS1001AQIM FUNDING SOURCES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: According to European and Maghreb press reports, criminal activity if the traditional funding source for al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). It is widely reported in the Algerian press that AQIM smuggles contraband to and from neighboring countries. In addition, AQIM extort [...]
2007-07-12 14:48:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC CASC PINR AG
07ALGIERS1350ALGIERS: SUMMARY OF RECENT SECURITY INCIDENTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since September 19, Algerian security and intelligence services have responded to the planned kidnapping of two French citizens in Algiers and the bombing of a joint French/Italian construction company convoy south of Lahkdaria, approximately 60km from Algiers. The bombing of t [...]
2007-09-24 10:48:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC PTER OSAC AG
07ALGIERS1352EVOLVING AQIM TERROR HAS ALGERIANS CONCERNED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Meetings with GOA contacts following a recent bombing uptick in the Kabylie region reveal a government concerned and sober about its ability to keep up with an adaptive and increasingly sophisticated enemy. By reaching out for more technology and information, the GOA has demonstr [...]
2007-09-24 11:13:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALASEC PTER PGOV PINS CASC AG
07ALGIERS1825ALGERIAN GOVERNMENT BRISTLES AT WARDEN MESSAGE ...
[...] (C) Ambassador was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on December 26 to meet with Fatiha Selmane, Director General of the MFA's Americas Division. Selmane said that she was instructed by her superiors to express Algerian "displeasure" with the latest warden message sent out by the Em [...]
2007-12-26 16:58:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALCASC PTER ASEC PREL AG
07ALGIERS259COPS AND ROBBERS: ALGERIA COPES WITH MOUNTING CRIME
[...] SUMMARY: The recent robbery of Algiers' consular chief at knifepoint typifies the rising crime rate in Algeria. Aggressive, violent and often armed theft has spiked even as insurgent violence has generally diminished over the last four years. Public perception, media coverage and police admi [...]
2007-03-01 09:53:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PTER ASEC ECON SOCI CASC AG
07ALGIERS568FM BEDJAOUI CAUTIONS ON CONSULAR WARDEN MESSAGES,
[...] (C) In an April 21 meeting with S/WCI Ambassador at Large J. Clint Williamson in which Guantanamo detainee issues were discussed (septel),FM Bedjaoui said the U.S. and Algeria were "in the same boat" with respect to global terrorism and that it was important to work together on Iraq policy an [...]
2007-04-25 10:29:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL CASC MARR AG
07ALGIERS896AL-QAEDA IN THE MAGHREB IS NOT MUCH UNITED
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Algerian contacts who closely follow Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) sense the organization is grappling with ideological splits and command problems in the wake of the spectacular April 11 bombings in Algiers. On June 10, well-connected Echourouk el-Youmi editor Mohammed [...]
2007-06-26 12:04:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC PTER AG
07ALGIERS904MOKHTAR BELMOKHTAR AND AQIM: IS ONE-EYE ON HIS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Salafist Group for Preaching and Combats (GSPC) transition to al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) aggravated existing leadership splits within the organization (ref). Recent Algerian press reports claimed that GSPC southern region leader Mokhtar Belmokhtar was seeking a dea [...]
2007-06-27 10:08:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC PTER AG
07ALGIERS950AQIM SEEKING RECRUITS IN ALGERIA AND BEYOND
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) incorporates several recruiting methods that include imams trawling prisons, upscale internet videos and capitalizing on festering local resentment of America and the West. Over a period of four weeks, AQIM's newly launched website has rece [...]
2007-07-03 10:13:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC PTER AG
07ALGIERS997AQIM WEBSITE UPDATE - SHADOWS OF THE SWORD SERIES,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 3, AQIM released a new video on its website www.qmaghreb.org. Entitled "Shadows of the Sword, Part II," the video features AQIM leader Abdelmalek Droukdal calling on viewers to repent and support AQIM with money, weapons and by spreading the word. The video shows a Januar [...]
2007-07-11 16:39:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC PTER AG
07AMMAN2973NO SECTION 527 INVESTMENT DISPUTES TO REPORT FOR
[...] In response to reftel, Post is not aware of any new investment disputes nor expropriation claims involving a U.S. citizen in Jordan through June 1, 2007, per Section 527 of the FY94-95 Foreign Relations Authorization Act. 2. The point of contact in Amman for investment disputes is EconOff D [...]
2007-07-11 06:41:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDEINV CASC KIDE OPIC PGOV JO
07ANKARA1023AVIAN AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA: STATE - DOD
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-01 13:16:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU MARR MASS CASC
07ANKARA1528TURKEY: SENIOR OFFICIALS APPROACHED FOR HELP WITH
[...] (C) After an initial approach at working levels regarding the issue of missing/detained Amcits in Iran (ref b),we have used more senior-level meetings to elicit Turkish assistance. In addition to the points in ref a, we have noted Turkey,s helpful role when UK service personnel were detained [...]
2007-06-15 12:12:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALCASC PHUM PREL IR TU
07ANKARA283 Cases of H5N1 Avian Influenza Confirmed in Poultry in
[...] (U) Summary. In a press release, the Ministry of Agriculture (MARA) confirmed that 170 birds died of Avian Influenza (AI) on a small farm in the village of Bogazkoy in the province of Batman. On Feb. 9, MARA confirmed that the birds were indeed infected with the H5N1 strain of AI. All precau [...]
2007-02-09 14:59:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EAGR KPAO TBIO AMED CASC EAID SENV TU KFLU
07ANKARA2888 FIVE YEARS WAITING IN THE WINGS: CHILDREN'S LAW SIGNED
[...] Turkish President Gul on December 1 signed into law the "Children's Law" which includes language implementing the Hague Convention on International Child Abduction. The Turkish Parliament passed the law on November 22. 2. This marks the successful culmination of a five-year effort by pos [...]
2007-12-04 09:51:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDCASC PGOV PREL TU
07ANKARA3009TURKEY TO FOLLOW-UP AGAINST WITH IRANIANS ON
[...] (S) GOT officials have said they will again follow-up with Government of Iran authorities to press for information related to the disappearance of Robert Levinson. MFA Deputy Director General for South Asia Babur Hizlan told us December 18 that he will ask the Turkish embassy in Tehran to cont [...]
2007-12-19 09:40:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETCASC PREL PHUM TU IR
07ANKARA354TURKEY AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - NO HUMAN CASES
[...] SUMMARY: The GOT moved rapidly to contain outbreaks of avian influenza in chickens in villages in Batman and Diyarbakir provinces in the southeast that began on February 5 (refs). Ministry of Agriculture (MARA) officials culled nearly 3,000 birds and are implementing other appropriate biosecu [...]
2007-02-16 15:58:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR TBIO AMED CASC EAID SENV TU KFLU
07ANKARA482TURKEY AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE
[...] As of February 28, the H5N1 strain of avian influenza has been detected in 12 locations of four districts in Batman province, including one area with wild birds, and in six locations of two districts in Diyarbakir province. There have been a total of 283 dead birds with confirmed cases of H5N [...]
2007-03-05 07:29:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU ETRD EAGR KPAO TBIO AMED CASC EAID SENV TU
07ANKARA862HIJACKING OF TURKISH AIRLINER ON APRIL 10
[...] (U) On April 10, a Boeing 737 owned by private Turkish airline Pegasus heading to Istanbul from Diyarbakir was hijacked 25 minutes after takeoff. The hijacker, Mehmet Goksingol, told crew members he would explode a cell-phone activated bomb in a package he had with him if the plane did not ta [...]
2007-04-13 04:59:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER EAIR ASEC CASC TU
07ANTANANARIVO262CYCLONE INDLALA STRIKES MADAGASCAR - FIRST REPORT
[...] SUMMARY: Tropical cyclone Indlala struck the east coast of Madagascar early morning on March 15, with the city of Antalaha hardest hit. Due to the ongoing lack of communications, we do not have reliable information about casualties and property damage, but expect it may be considerable. Six [...]
2007-03-15 12:33:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAID PREL SOCI CASC MA
07ANTANANARIVO270CYCLONE INDLALA STRIKES MADAGASCAR - SECOND REPORT
[...] SUMMARY: After hitting Antalaha and Maroantsetra hard, tropical cyclone Indlala has gradually dissipated as it moves west/southwest over land. Amidst the ongoing lack of definitive communication, unofficial reports of structural and flooding damage are considerable; contacts cite "thigh-deep" [...]
2007-03-16 11:07:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAID PREL SOCI CASC MA
07ANTANANARIVO276CYCLONE INDLALA STRIKES MADAGASCAR - THIRD REPORT
[...] Government of Madagascar officials are starting to release initial assessments of the comprehensive damage tropical cyclone Indlala left in its wake, primarily in the northeastern and northwestern regions of the country. The National Bureau of Management of Risk and Catastrophe reports 14,000 [...]
2007-03-19 14:09:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAID PREL SOCI CASC MA
07ANTANANARIVO321JAYA: MADAGACAR'S SIXTH CYCLONE
[...] Tropical Cyclone Jaya made landfall on Madagascar's battered northeast coast on April 3, weakened as it crossed the north end of the island, then re-emerged into the Mozambique Channel on April 4. As of 1200 local time on April 4, the storm has largely dissipated, although it will be watched c [...]
2007-04-04 11:35:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDEAID SENV PREL PGOV SOCI CASC MA
07ANTANANARIVO425UNION AND ANJOUAN FORCES FINALLY CLASH IN COMOROS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The political tension in the Union of the Comoros that has been simmering in recent months between the rival jurisdictions of the Union Government of President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi and the Anjouan Island government headed by "President" Mohamed Bacar has finally broken into viole [...]
2007-05-02 18:16:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PBTS MASS ASEC CASC CN
07ANTANANARIVO431COMORAN PRESIDENT SEEKS U.S. ASSISTANCE
[...] Post received the following letter to President George W. Bush from His Excellency Mr. Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi, the President of the Union of the Comoros, via facsimile on May 2, 2314 local time. A copy of the letter is being faxed and emailed to AF/E Desk Officer Maria Beyzerov. 2. B [...]
2007-05-03 11:29:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM PBTS MASS ASEC CASC CN
07ANTANANARIVO566 ANJOUAN'S BACAR MOVES TO DERAIL COMOROS VOTE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Violence broke out again on the Comoran island of Anjouan June 5 as island strongman Mohamed Bacar continued his pattern of extralegal efforts to cling to power. Bacar, who stepped aside as island president to run for reelection (Reftels),appears to have no intention of losing [...]
2007-06-06 12:58:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR ASEC CASC CN
07ANTANANARIVO567 COMOROS' SAMBI POSTPONES ANJOUAN'S ELECTION
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Union of the Comoros President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi postponed Anjouan's island election to June 17, contrary to international pressure. Deposed Anjouan island president Bacar continues his "end-game" threatening to hold elections anyway. Votes in Grand Comore and Moheli will go [...]
2007-06-07 12:53:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR ASEC CASC CN
07ANTANANARIVO573 TWO-THIRDS OF COMOROS ISLAND ELECTIONS SUCCESSFUL
[...] (U) This is an Action Request - see para 6. 2. (SBU) The people of Grand Comore and Moheli in the Union of the Comoros went to the polls June 10 to elect new island "presidents" (governors). The pro-Sambi candidate Abduloihabi (known as "Albino") leads in Grand Comore, followed by a chari [...]
2007-06-11 10:06:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR ASEC CASC CN
07ANTANANARIVO583 AU CHALLENGES ANJOUAN'S BACAR IN COMOROS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The African Union insists deposed island president Mohamed Bacar must allow island elections on Anjouan June 17; however, it cannot so far enforce compliance. The renegade Bacar is reportedly fortifying his position on the island against possible attack. (Note: No AmCits are [...]
2007-06-13 12:41:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR ASEC CASC CN
07ANTANANARIVO816 CATHOLIC HOSPITAL IN COMOROS ATTACKED
[...] In what appears to be a religiously motivated attack, unknown actors set off a petrol-bomb in a dispensary run by the Catholic relief agency Caritas in the village of Mbeni on the northeastern side of Grande Comore late August 12. No one was injured, but material damages included four burne [...]
2007-08-20 05:04:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM ASEC SCUL CASC CN
07ASHGABAT346Turkmenistan: Avian and Pandemic Influenza; State-DOD
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-04 09:55:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIEDCASC KFLU MARR MASS TX
07ASHGABAT767 Turkmenistan: 2007 Report on Investment
[...] (U) a. Claimant A b. 2004: c. Claimant A concluded a contract on purchasing 3,000 tons of K-354 type carbon black at a price of $320.00 per ton with the State Concern "Turkmen Fertilizers and Chemistry" in November 2004. During 2005, the selling organization failed to deliver the [...]
2007-08-02 09:09:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL BTIO EINV CASC OPIC ENRG PGOV TX
07ASHGABAT956TUKRMENISTAN: THE TRIALS OF TOURISM
[...] Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Getting out of Turkmenistan proved as difficult as getting in for five AMCIT tourists who tried to exit with lapsed visas September 4. Negotiating Turkmenistan's rigid bureaucracy to get exit stamps took three d [...]
2007-09-12 10:59:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC PGOV TX
07ASMARA124F-77 REPORTER DESIGNATION FOR US EMBASSY, ASMARA
[...] Post designates the following two people as F-77 reporters: A. Holly C. Holzer; Pol/Econ Officer/Consul; Top Secret Clearance; tel 291-1-12-00-04 ext. 2314; unclass email holzerhc@sstate.gov. B. Brian L. Shelbourn; Vice-Consul; Top Secret Clearance; tel 291-1-12-00-04 x2415; unclass e-mai [...]
2007-02-06 13:20:00Embassy AsmaraUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT CASC CMGT AEMR ASEC ER
07ASMARA625POSSIBLE ADOPTION FRAUD INVOLVING GSE OFFICIALS
[...] (SBU) Summary: An Eritrean-American dual national, Nigisti Teklay, met with Conoff July 13 to request assistance with an alleged fraudulent case of adoption and in obtaining permission from the Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) to depart the country. Ms. Teklay had recently returned t [...]
2007-07-20 07:26:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALKFRD KOCI CASC ER
07ASMARA640ERITREA: 2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND
[...] The United States Government is aware of four claims by American citizens that may be outstanding against the Government of the State of Eritrea(GSE). All, four of these claims were reported in previous reports. Point of Contact for U.S. Embassy, Asmara, Eritrea is: Holly Holzer, Political a [...]
2007-08-01 12:47:00Embassy AsmaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENIV CASC KIDE OPIC PGOV ER
07ASMARA891NO JAIL TIME FOR HUSSEIN AIDEED: SAFELY IN DUBAI
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-23 07:09:00Embassy AsmaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL CASC ER ET SO
07ASTANA2823KAZAKHSTAN'S CUSTOMS SHUTDOWN DRAGS ON AMID HOPES FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Kazakhstani customs shutdown, precipitated by the late-August enactment of a law with severe unintended consequences (reftel),continues. The Government of Kazakhstan (GOK) is pursuing a potential resolution on two different tracks: enactment of a law designed to relax the [...]
2007-10-16 02:07:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EINV EIND ENRG PGOV CASC KTDB KZ
07ASTANA3317DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO KAZAKHSTAN - MISSING AMCIT
[...] (S) Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche on missing Amcit Robert Levinson to MFA America's Desk Director Talgat Kaliyev on December 14. Per demarche instructions, he requested that Kazakhstan make inquiries to Iran about Levinson and press Iran to cooperate with Levinson's family, share r [...]
2007-12-14 07:55:00Embassy AstanaSECRETPREL CASC KJUS IR KZ
07ATHENS1700GREECE: FIRES CONTINUE -- WILL KARAMANLIS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On Monday August 27, fires continued to burn in southern Greece, although the number had diminished from its weekend high. The death toll stood at 63; no Amcits are reportedly affected. Speculation continues on the cause of the large number of simultaneous blazes. Several in [...]
2007-08-27 14:07:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PGOV CASC GR
07ATHENS1714FIRES IN GREECE: AUGUST 28 SITREP
[...] (SBU) Though apparently fewer in number, wildfires continue to burn, principally in the Peloponnese peninsula and on the island of Evia but also elsewhere. Risk of fire remains high. According to the Fire Service spokesperson, no villages are currently threatened but the winds remain unpre [...]
2007-08-28 15:24:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS CASC PREL PGOV GR
07ATHENS1733GREEK FIRES: AUGUST 30 UPDATE
[...] (C) The Greek Government is increasingly establishing control over the wild fires, although anticipated increases in temperature and wind over the weekend may cause further outbreaks. The government is also aggressively pursuing arson cases, although the extent to which the fires were caused [...]
2007-08-30 13:50:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALMOPS CASC PREL PGOV GR
07ATHENS1741GREE FIRES: AUGUST 31 UPDATE
[...] (SBU) The Greek wild fires continue to diminish. The Greek Government's focus is turning to reconstruction and support for victims. There has been prominent coverage of President Bush's message of condolence to PM Karamanlis. The Government of Greece has welcomed U.S. firefighting equipment [...]
2007-08-31 13:04:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDOPS CASC PREL PGOV EAID GR
07ATHENS1761GREEK FIRES: SEPT. 4 UPDATE
[...] (U) This message contains an action request -- see paragraph 9. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The Greek Fire Service has announced that all wild fires are now out. PM Karamanlis presented a recovery plan to the nation over the weekend, as did opposition PASOK's Papandreaou. FM B [...]
2007-09-04 15:02:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS CASC PREL PGOV EAID GR
07ATHENS82REQUEST FOR PERMISSION TO REOPEN EMBASSY TO THE
[...] At 0555 on January 12, a rocket propelled grenade struck the Embassy chancery. In order to facilitate the investigation, the Embassy remained closed until 11:00 a.m., opening at that time only for internal business related to the incident itself. A warden message was distributed. The crime [...]
2007-01-12 15:13:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC ASEC AMGT AEMR PINS KFLO GR
07ATHENS823REQUEST FOR PERMISSION TO REOPEN EMBASSY TO THE
[...] Per REFTEL A American Embassy Athens closed to the public and all non-essential security personnel at 0600 hrs local on April 25, 2007. All Embassy personnel were contacted through the Emergency Notification System, with a back-up message sent vis SMS, to avoid the Embassy and surrounding are [...]
2007-04-25 10:51:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR AMGT ASEC CASC GT KFLO PINS PTER
07BAKU1096UPDATE ON BUILDING COLLAPSE AND GOVERNMENT RESPONSE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Azerbaijan (GOAJ) confirmed that 13 people have died so far as a result of the August 28 collapse of a building under construction. An unknown number of other individuals may be trapped in the building's basement. The GOAJ opened a criminal case against the con [...]
2007-08-31 12:16:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON CASC PREL AJ
07BAKU1110RECOVERY WORK CONTINUES AT COLLAPSED BUILDING,
[...] (U) On September 4, the Ministry of Emergency Situations' (MES) Agency for Safety Rules in the Construction Sector published its initial report on the causes of the August 28 collapse of a building under construction in central Baku. According to MES experts, the building collapse was caused by [...]
2007-09-07 12:21:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON CASC KCOR ABLD AJ
07BAKU125GOAJ APPROVES OPPOSITION MUSAVAT PARTY REQUEST TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 24, the Baku Mayor's Office granted permission to the opposition Musavat Party to hold a January 28 rally protesting recent price increases. This decision marks the first official approval of any protest or rally since the November 26, 2005 violent break-up of a peacefu [...]
2007-01-25 14:06:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM CASC ASEC AJ
07BAKU1294AZERBAIJAN - BAKU EAC MEETING
[...] (S/NF) Ambassador convened an emergency meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (AMB, DCM, CON, DAO, DTRO EXBS, GRPO, MGMT, MSG, PD, Peace Corps, POL/ECON, RSO, USAID, Peace Corps) on October 28, 2007 at 1800 hours (local) to discuss Post's security posture in response to information receive [...]
2007-10-28 17:02:00Embassy BakuSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC PTER AJ
07BAKU1295EMBASSY BAKU TEMPORARILY CLOSED TO PUBLIC
[...] (S) Per Reftel B, Embassy Baku informs the department that effective 0900 on October 29, 2007, the Mission will be temporarily closed to the public. The temporary closure to the public and minimal operations is in response to a terrorist threat (reftel A). The Embassy consulted with the Ops [...]
2007-10-29 08:49:00Embassy BakuSECRET//NOFORNAEMR AJ AMGT ASEC CASC PTER
07BAKU1296AZERBAIJAN - BAKU EAC MEETING 10/29/07
[...] (S/NF) Ambassador convened a meeting of EAC members (AMB, DCM, CON, DAO, GRPO, MGMT, MSG, PD, POL/ECON, RSO,) on October 29, 2007 at 1715 hours (local) to discuss the Embassy's security posture in response to information received from the GOAJ Ministry of National Security (MNS) regarding a t [...]
2007-10-29 16:27:00Embassy BakuSECRET//NOFORNAJ ASEC CASC PTER
07BAKU1297AZERBAIJAN - BAKU EAC MEETING, 10/30/2007
[...] (S/NF) The Ambassador convened a meeting of EAC members (AMB, DCM, CONS, DAO, GRPO, MGT, MSG, ODC, Peace Corps, PD, POL/ECON, and RSO) on October 30, 2007 at 1530 to review the latest information and our current security posture in response to a specific threat against the U.S. Embassy (refte [...]
2007-10-30 14:17:00Embassy BakuSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC PTER PINR AJ
07BAKU1326BAKU EAC MEETING - 11/2/07
[...] (S/NF) The DCM convened a meeting of EAC members (DCM, DAO, DOJ, GRPO, MSG, PD, POL/ECON, and RSO) on November 2 at 1500 to review the latest information and our current security posture in response to a specific threat against the U.S. Embassy (reftel). GRPO reported that the Azerbaijani Mi [...]
2007-11-02 13:00:00Embassy BakuSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC PREL PTER PINR AJ
07BAKU1352BAKU EAC MEETING - 11/9/07
[...] (S/NF) DCM convened an EAC meeting on November 9 at 1400 to review the latest information concerning an ongoing threat against the Embassy (reftel) and the Embassy's security posture in response to this threat. DCM, CONS, GRPO, IMC, IMO, MSG, POL/ECON and RSO attended. GRPO reported that Az [...]
2007-11-09 12:21:00Embassy BakuSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC PREL PINR PTER AJ
07BAKU171AZERBAIJAN: AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE
[...] (U) On February 3, Azerbaijan's Ministry of Health (MOH) announced that tests of suspected human avian influenza samples sent from Azerbaijan January 31 (reftel) and conducted at a WHO-approved laboratory in England were negative. Azerbaijan's World Health Organization (WHO) representative Dr [...]
2007-02-06 14:19:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIEDECON KFLU EAGR USDA PGOV KTIA TBIO CASC AJ
07BAKU265AZERBAIJAN: THE DEVELOPMENT AND EXERCISING OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy submits the following Avian Influenza (AI) update. We will ascertain the status of the GOAJ's AI/PI response plan with the relevant GOAJ officials next week (reftel). On March 2, Econoff met with Dr. Roberta Andraghetti (Medical Officer, Epidemic Preparedness and Respon [...]
2007-03-02 14:20:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALECON KFLU EAGR USDA PGOV KTIA TBIO CASC AJ
07BAKU288AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT ALIYEV ON NEC, ADOPTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a February 27 meeting with the Ambassador, President Aliyev said that he was willing to keep working towards finding a resolution on the proposed new embassy compound at the Genetics Institute site, and indicated he was willing to help clear up the eight pending adoption cases [...]
2007-03-09 13:46:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALABLD AMGT CASC PREL AJ
07BAKU329OPPOSTION MUSAVAT PARTY HOLDS THIRD, PEACEFUL PROTEST OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 18, the opposition Musavat party held a third, sanctioned protest against the January price increases. Approximately 800 people turned out for the peaceful protest, calling on the GOAJ to lower prices and provide a better life for Azerbaijani citizens. Turnout generally [...]
2007-03-19 13:12:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON KDEM PHUM PREL CASC AJ
07BAKU330AZERBAIJAN: EIGHT AMERICAN FAMILIES CAUGHT IN
[...] (C) Summary: Intercountry adoptions in Azerbaijan have effectively stopped since the end of 2006 due to changes to the adoption legislation which made no provision for completing currently pending cases. A number of American prospective parents have been caught in the resulting legal vacuum. W [...]
2007-03-19 13:31:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALAJ CASC GG KJUS PREL TSPL
07BAKU331AZERBAIJAN: THE DEVELOPMENT AND EXERCISING OF AVIAN AND
[...] (U) Summary: In response to the risks posed by the Avian Influenza threat, on March 4, 2006 the GOAJ introduced and began implementing an Action Plan for Prevention and Containment of HPAI, under the coordination of the Azerbaijani Commission on Avian Influenza. The Commission included all rel [...]
2007-03-19 14:34:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR KFLU TBIO CASC AJ
07BAKU410AMBASSADOR'S APRIL 6 MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary: In an April 6 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Mammadyarov clarified recent press rumors that Iran closed the border with Azerbaijan in early April, explaining that Iranian passport machines had malfunctioned and caused a brief delay for those crossing the border. Th [...]
2007-04-11 10:18:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM ENRG EPET AMGT ABLD CASC AJ
07BAKU411PRESIDENT ALIYEV DISCUSSES RUSSIA, IRAN, ISLAM,
[...] (C) Summary: In an April 3 meeting with Representative Hoekstra and the Ambassador, President Ilham Aliyev provided a tour d'horizon of Azerbaijan's foreign policy, regional geopolitics, energy policy and domestic development. Aliyev argued that Azerbaijan was unique, bordered by its former co [...]
2007-04-11 11:44:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG EPET KDEM PHUM ABLD AMGT CASC
07BAKU482AZERBAIJAN: EVALUATION OF OUTBREAK COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES
[...] (U) Ref (A) was Department request that Embassy approach the GOAJ to enquire about the state of their influenza response plans. Ref (B) was Embassy Baku's response, detailing the GOAJ's development and exercising of a Avian and Pandemic Influenza Response Plan. 2. (U) In response to Ref (C) [...]
2007-04-20 14:06:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR KFLU TBIO CASC AJ
07BAKU578AZERBAIJAN: PRO-OPPOSITION PARTIES HOLD SMALL,
[...] (SBU) On May 12, several small pro-opposition parties staged a peaceful, sanctioned protest over social issues such as recent price increases, salaries, and pensions; they also called upon the GOAJ to disclose more information to the public about the ongoing Nagorno-Karabakh negotiations. This [...]
2007-05-14 12:37:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM PBTS CASC IR AJ
07BAKU584PRESIDENT ALIYEV,S FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR REIEWS
[...] (C) Summary: Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Novruz Mammadov flagged President Aliyev's planned attendance at the upcoming energy summit in Poland as a "very important" step to reassure Europe. The GOAJ hopes for progress in bilateral relations with Turkmenistan in 2007, although Baku is [...]
2007-05-15 12:14:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ENRG MARR AMGT ABLD CASC AJ
07BAKU67FIRST SANCTIONED OPPOSITION PROTEST SINCE NOVEMBER
[...] (SBU) On January 28, the opposition Musavat Party held a peaceful, sanctioned protest, in response to the Tariff Council's decision to raise utilities prices. This was the first sanctioned protest since police violently dispersed a peaceful, sanctioned opposition rally on November 26, 2005 (se [...]
2007-01-29 10:43:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM CASC ASEC AJ
07BAMAKO1276MALI TRAVEL ALERT: BAMAKO AIRPORT CLOSURES AND
[...] The Community of Democracies Ministerial Conference is scheduled for Bamako, Mali from Nov. 14-17. The Conference is expected to attract between 1500 and 3000 attendees, and visitors are likely to encounter significant difficulties making hotel and flight reservations during this time. 2. [...]
2007-10-30 16:45:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR SOCI OVIP OTRA CASC ML
07BANGKOK3154SWISS OFFER LESE MAJESTE SURVIVAL GUIDE
[...] (SBU) The recent arrest and subsequent pardon of a Swiss national accused of offending Thailand's revered King Bhumipol Adulyadej -- a serious crime in a country where the monarch wields great moral authority -- provided a rare window into the reaction of the palace to incidents of lese majest [...]
2007-06-07 08:41:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM CASC TH
07BANJUL247THE GAMBIA: MINOR PUBLIC DISTURBANCE NEAR CAPITAL
[...] (SBU) Corroborating media reports, our sources report that on the evening of May 9, police in the Banjul suburb of Serrekunda raided a hangout known to be frequented by youths engaged in smoking cannabis and mugging passers-by. The raid resulted in the detention of 12 youths and the death of [...]
2007-05-11 11:41:00Embassy BanjulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINS ASEC CASC GA
07BASRAH3AN AMERICAN KIDNAPPED IN BASRAH
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-05 19:23:00REO BasrahSECRETASEC CASC PTER MOPS PGOV IZ
07BEIJING4237AMERICANS EXPELLED FROM XINJIANG FOR RELIGIOUS
[...] (C) A number of American citizens either resident in or visiting Xinjiang were expelled from China between February and June 2007, apparently because of their involvement in Christian religious activities. Xinjiang security officials reportedly questioned these persons about their religious a [...]
2007-06-22 12:35:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM CASC PREL KIRF OLY CH
07BEIJING4871XINJIANG: AMCIT REPORTS HAJJ RESTRICTIONS,
[...] (C) Chinese authorities have increased restrictions on Xinjiang's Uighur population by collecting Uighurs' passports to prevent unauthorized Hajj travel, according to an American citizen businessman in Xinjiang and other Embassy contacts. A low-ranking PLA officer reportedly told the businessma [...]
2007-07-25 23:25:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KIF KISL SOCI CASC CH PK SA
07BEIJING621HUMAN RIGHTS: AMCIT NASDAQ REP DETAINED THEN
[...] (C) Chinese security officials detained and questioned AmCit Lawrence Pan, NASDAQ's chief representative in China, on the morning of January 26 in connection with NASDAQ's alleged "support" for Falun Gong activities in the United States. He was released the same afternoon, Hong Kong-based NA [...]
2007-01-26 11:29:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV CASC CH
07BEIJING6849AFM HE YAFEI ON DAUB, RUSSELL AND SHAO CASES, U.S.
[...] (C) Assistant Foreign Minister (AFM) He Yafei, accompanied by two MFA lawyers, raised the Daub lawsuit against the PRC Consulate General in New York with the Ambassador on October 25 and asked the USG to intercede and stop enforcement of the recent court order. He said the Chinese would have n [...]
2007-10-25 11:38:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL OFDP CASC CJAN EAGR ECON ETRD WTRO
07BEIJING7037COUNTERTERRORISM: PRC ADOPTING PRAGMATIC APPROACH
[...] (C) PRC citizens have increasingly been victims of violence overseas in recent years, including murders and kidnappings in Africa and attacks in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Despite evidence that some of these incidents specifically targeted Chinese and clear signs that the PRC is experimenting [...]
2007-11-08 23:29:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPTER PREL CASC PGOV CH PK XA IZ AF UN
07BEIJING7173XINJIANG: CONTACT SAYS DEMONSTRATION, ARRESTS
[...] (C) Summary: A three-day protest in Xinjiang in September highlighted the presence in China of Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami (the Islamic Party of Liberation),according to a well-connected Muslim contact. The protest was especially significant because it occurred in the more ethnically Han northe [...]
2007-11-20 09:50:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPTER OREP CASC PGOV KIRF PK KG AF KZ CH TI
07BEIJING7567Avian Influenza Cases in Jiangsu - Latest Update
[...] (SBU) Summary: Following the death of a twenty-four year old male from Avian Influenza (AI) in Jiangsu Province on December 2, the young man's 52 year old father developed symptoms and was confirmed positive for Influenza A H5N1 virus on December 6. The father had extensive close contact with [...]
2007-12-20 08:32:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU EAGR CASC CH
07BEIRUT219LEBANON: MODERATE SHIA LEADER DISCUSSES STATUS OF
[...] (C) In a 2/7 meeting with the Ambassador, Dureid Yaghi, a moderate, secular Shia who is Deputy Secretary of Walid Jumblatt's Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) in the Hizballah-stronghold of Baalbek, confirmed other reporting sources that Hizballah has re-established itself as the de facto go [...]
2007-02-09 14:38:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER CASC LE SY IR
07BEIRUT68LEBANON: EAC TO ADDRESS THREATS TO EMBASSY
[...] (S) On January 12 the DCM convened the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to review current threats in the wake of the early morning attack against Embassy Athens. EAC members discussed press reports of the Atnens attack, reftel description of an alleged missile threat against Embassy Beirut, [...]
2007-01-12 17:07:00Embassy BeirutSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER CASC PGOV LE
07BEIRUT710LEBANON: EAC MEETS TO REVIEW VIOLENCE OF MAY 20-21
[...] (C) Summary: On May 21 at 0900 local, the DCM convened a full Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting to review the events of May 20-21 and to consider follow-up security measures. It was agreed that the Embassy would maintain its strict review of all off-compound moves, issue a U.S. citiz [...]
2007-05-21 10:42:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC PTER LE
07BEIRUT713LEBANON: FOLLOW-UP EAC MEETING TO REVIEW SECURITY
[...] (C) Summary: On May 22 the Embassy Beirut EAC reviewed security developments in Lebanon and corresponding measures to address continuing threats. The Embassy's RSO will stay in close contact with Lebanese Internal Security Forces to evaluate risks to off-compound moves of Embassy Beirut Am [...]
2007-05-22 12:50:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALASEC AMGT PTER CASC LE
07BEIRUT754LEBANON: EAC SETS TRIPWIRE OF ARMY ENTRY INTO
[...] (S) On May 29, DCM chaired a full session of the Embassy Beirut EAC. Principal subjects included the increasing frequency of credible threat information against western and Lebanese government interests, tensions arising from the standoff at the Nahr el-Barad Palestinian refugee camp, and a [...]
2007-05-29 12:02:00Embassy BeirutSECRETASEC CASC PTER LE
07BEIRUT780LEBANON: EAC CONVENES TO REVIEW COMBAT AT NAHR
[...] (C) The full Embassy Beirut Emergency Action Committee (EAC) convened at 1600 hrs. local to review security threats in the aftermath of the Lebanese Armed Forces' entry into the Nahr el-Barad Palestinian refugee camp. The EAC confirmed that off-compound personal moves have been suspended and [...]
2007-06-01 14:21:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALASEC AMGT PTER CASC LE
07BEIRUT782LEBANON: EAC REVIEWS COMBAT AT NAHR EL-BARAD;
[...] (C) On June 2 at 1300 hrs. local, the DCM chaired a full emergency action committee (EAC) meeting to review the status of military operations at the Nahr el-Barad Palestinian refugee camp and related security threats throughout Lebanon. The EAC agreed to lift the suspension of all off-compou [...]
2007-06-02 11:36:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALASEC PTER CASC AMGT LE
07BEIRUT853LEBANON: EAC REVIEWS BOMBING IN BEIRUT; SECURITY
[...] (C) On June 13 at 1900 hours local, DCM chaired an emergency action committee EAC meeting to review security situation in the wake of bombing in Beirut that afternoon that killed MP Walid Eido and several others. EAC agreed to cancel off-compound moves for evening of June 13. RSO will eva [...]
2007-06-14 04:12:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALASEC PTER CASC AMGT LE
07BELGRADE1559HEPATITIS A OUTBREAK IN NIS CITY
[...] Over 550 cases of Hepatitis A have been reported in and around Nis, Serbia's third largest city, this year. As the number of cases has grown, local press reports have focused on the continued spread of the outbreak. Males between the ages 20-50 make up the majority of those infected. The go [...]
2007-11-19 06:34:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDECON CASC SOCI SR
07BELGRADE1736PUBLIC DEBATE ON THE RESTITUTION LAW
[...] Serbia is the only country in Europe without a restitution law. A restitution law is a prerequisite for EU membership, but more importantly, it is vital to attracting badly needed foreign direct investment, establishing the right to private property, and revitalizing Serbia's market economy. [...]
2007-12-28 09:08:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDECON KIDE KPRV CASC SR
07BELGRADE630GOS SELLS TRAVEL AGENCY AS AMCIT WINS ARBITRATION
[...] (U) On April 20, the Government of Serbia (GOS) sold its 70 percent share in the Putnik travel agency - and its valuable real estate holdings - to Cyprus-based Acciona Investments Limited for EUR 38 million. This rapid-fire sale on the Belgrade Stock Exchange was concluded in the midst of a t [...]
2007-05-10 15:43:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIDE EINV EFIN CASC PREL OPIC SR
07BELGRADE9842007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION
[...] Below is the submission for the 2007 report on investment disputes and expropriation claims in Serbia. This cable contains additional information on property restitution cases reported to the Embassy since June 2006. There are developments on several of the cases and three new property restit [...]
2007-07-12 06:13:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDKIDE EINV EFIN CASC PREL SR MW
07BELMOPAN43 Appointment of Director of Public Prosecution
[...] Summary: Ambassador and Consul called on Belize's newly-appointed Director of Public Prosecutions to review his plans for prosecution of several high-profile cases of interest to the USG. During the meeting the DPP expressed interest in training opportunities for his staff to improve skills [...]
2007-01-19 20:31:00Embassy BelmopanUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM CASC PREL PINR KCRM BH
07BELMOPAN524TFJM01: BELMOPAN SITREP: EAC MEETING AND PREPARATIONS
[...] Embassy Belmopan EAC met at 1000 local to review situation and preparations for Hurricane Dean. Given the new track of the hurricane and the likelihood of serious danger for northern Belize and coastal areas including the cayes, the EAC decided: -- local staff were excused at 1200 to compl [...]
2007-08-20 20:46:00Embassy BelmopanUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR ASEC CASC MARR PREL PINR AMGT BH
07BELMOPAN604BELIZE: CHILD ABDUCTION CASE RESOLVED
[...] Summary. A six-year-old Belizean girl was taken by her father to the United States in February 2007 without permission. The Embassy initially received negative press when the incident took place. On October 7 the girl was returned to Belize and the Embassy received thanks in the press and fr [...]
2007-10-12 21:49:00Embassy BelmopanUNCLASSIFIEDCASC PREL BH
07BERLIN1268IRANIAN RESPONSE TO EU DEMARCHE ON DETAINED AMCITS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The German MFA has provided details on the EU demarche carried out by the German Embassy in Tehran, in its role as EU President, to the Iranian MFA on June 19. The German CDA informed the Iranian MFA's Office Director for Human Rights Emadi of worldwide concern about the detenti [...]
2007-06-26 14:39:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPHUM CASC PGOV PREL GM IR
07BISHKEK1092BISHKEK EAC MEETING ON AUGUST 27 SCHOOL
[...] (C) The Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) chaired a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on 27 August 2007 to discuss whether security conditions at post warrant continued use of USG assets to transport post dependent children to school. Present were the DCM, RSO, DAO, CON, MGT, PAS, [...]
2007-08-30 09:39:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC PGOV PINR PREL KG
07BISHKEK1319BISHKEK EAC MEETING RE SECURITY PROCEDURES FOR
[...] (C) Ambassador Yovanovitch chaired a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee on October 22, 2007, to discuss Security for the 232nd USMC Birthday Ball. Present were the DCM, RSO, DAO, CON, MGT, PAS, POL/ECON, POL/RA, RLA, SAO, INL, MED, CLO, Peace Corp, and Manas AB Commander. MSG Detachm [...]
2007-10-25 09:49:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC PGOV PINR PREL KG
07BISHKEK1328Kyrgyz Consular Update: US Contractors, Kazakhstan and
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: On October 10, Kyrgyz MFA Consular Affairs Director Beshymbiev told Con Chief there is legislation pending before the Kyrgyz and Kazakh parliaments that would allow bearers of valid Kyrgyz visas to enter Kazakhstan without obtaining a Kazakh visa. Beshymbiev a [...]
2007-10-29 11:25:00Embassy BishkekUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC KG KZ CVIS PGOV PREL
07BISHKEK27BISHKEK EAC MEETING ON EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on January 11, 2007 to develop an earthquake preparedness plan. Present were the AMB, DCM, RSO, POL/ECON, POL/RA, USAID, CONS, DAO, MGT, MSG, PAS, and LEG. 2. (SBU) In response to recent earthquake activity l [...]
2007-01-18 05:26:00Embassy BishkekUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC KG PGOV PINR PREL
07BISHKEK383BISHKEK EAC MEETING ON PLANNED DEMONSTRATIONS
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on April 9, 2007 to discuss action plans for the anti-government demonstrations scheduled to start in out-lying regions of Kyrgyzstan on April 9 and in Bishkek April 11. Present were: INL, RSO, LEG, POL/ECON, PO [...]
2007-04-09 11:00:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC PGOV PINR PREL KG
07BISHKEK452BISHKEK EAC MEETING REGARDING ON-GOING
[...] (U) Ambassador chaired a meeting of the Bishkek Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on April 20, 2007 to review demonstration-related events of the past few days and make security plans for the coming weekend. Present were: AMB, DCM, RSO, Pol/RA, RSL, DAO, Pol/Econ, PAO, MED, MGT, Peace Corps [...]
2007-04-20 10:13:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC PGOV PINR PREL KG
07BISHKEK47ANNUAL REVIEW OF STATE-DOD MOU ON SECURITY-ANNUAL
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, on January 22, 2007 the DCM chaired a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to review the Memorandum of Agreement Between COMS and COCOMS on Security of DOD Elements and Personnel in Foreign Areas and Additional Annex A Review. Present were: DCM, RSO, POL/ECON, C [...]
2007-01-24 06:00:00Embassy BishkekUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASIG CASC KG PGOV PINR PREL AODE AMGT ASEC
07BISHKEK528KYRGYZ PEDESTRIAN DEATH FOCUSES ATTENTION ON U.S.
[...] (C) Summary: Late on May 7, a Kyrgyz pedestrian was struck and killed by a Kyrgyz automobile in a hit-and-run accident near Manas airport. A car carrying an Amcit contractor at the U.S. air base was also damaged apparently when the pedestrian's body hit the vehicle after being struck by the [...]
2007-05-08 12:18:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR CASC KG
07BISHKEK684NO KNOWN U.S.-KYRGYZ INVESTMENT DISPUTES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-06 09:33:00Embassy BishkekUNCLASSIFIEDCASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV KG
07BISHKEK968BISHKEK EAC MEETING ON JULY 30 DEMONSTRATION AT
[...] (C) Charge chaired an EAC meeting at 09:00 am on July 30 to discuss precautions for a possible demonstration at the Embassy. In attendance were RSO, POL/ECON, POL/RA, DATT, MGMT, CONS, USAID, MSG, RLEA, MED, and Peace Corps. At 11:00 am on July 30, a small demonstration supporting the U.S. a [...]
2007-07-30 09:57:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC PGOV PREL PINR KG
07BISHKEK972SMALL PRO-U.S. DEMONSTRATION AT EMBASSY LEADS TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A small, unsanctioned demonstration took place in front of the Embassy the morning of July 30. Approximately 15-20 demonstrators carried signs in support of the U.S. airbase in Kyrgyzstan. After demonstration organizer Tursun Islamov presented two letters to the Embassy, the p [...]
2007-07-31 11:40:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC CASC PINR KG
07BOGOTA7019AMBASSADOR BROWNFIELD'S SEPTEMBER 24 CALL ON TRADE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Minister of Trade, Industry and Tourism Luis Guillermo Plata on September 24 told the Ambassador that the dramatic turnaround of Colombia remains a process and still requires expanded trade and investment. The Minister applauds USG efforts to expand the bilateral economic rela [...]
2007-09-27 18:06:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC ETRD EINV PGOV CO
07BOGOTA7061AMBASSADOR BROWNFIELD,S SEPTEMBER 26 MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met September 26 with families of the three American hostages held by the FARC. The families appreciated the Ambassador's recent statements that he would not oppose other governments' efforts to resolve the hostages' detention. The Ambassador stressed the importan [...]
2007-09-30 20:47:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALCASC PTER PREL PGOV CO VZ
07BOGOTA7767 COLOMBIAN MFA TRAINS JUDGES AND LAWYERS ON HAGUE CHILD
[...] Summary: The Colombian MFA hosted a September 13 seminar for judges, lawyers and child welfare workers on the Hague Convention on child abduction. The seminar was the second MFA-hosted conference on the Convention this year, and, along with two recent lower-court decisions ordering the retur [...]
2007-10-31 15:49:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDCASC CVIS CJAN PREL CO
07BOGOTA7862 EMBASSY CONFIRMS REPORT OF AMERICAN KIDNAPPED BY FARC IN APRI
[...] (C) Summary. On October 25, FBI and consular representatives inter 2. (C) In late September 2007, Colombian citizen Nestor Mora wrote to 3. (C) Nestor described the circumstances surrounding his brotherQs ki 4. (C) Nestor said the kidnappers contacted him two months later, and [...]
2007-11-02 20:22:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALCASC PTER PREL PGOV CO
07BOGOTA7873 EMBASSY CONFIRMS REPORT OF AMERICAN KIDNAPPED BY FARC IN
[...] (C) Summary. On October 25, FBI and consular representatives interviewed Colombian citizen Nestor Mora. Mora said that the FARC had kidnapped his brother, U.S. citizen Daniel Mora, in April 2003. Post verified DanielQs citizenship, and Colombian authorities have confirmed NestorQs account o [...]
2007-11-02 22:25:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALCASC PTER PREL PGOV CO
07BOGOTA8305GOC RECOVERS PROOF OF LIFE FOR SIXTEEN HOSTAGES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-30 22:26:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PHUM PREL CASC FR VE CO
07BOGOTA8694VENEZUELAN / ICRC HOSTAGE RECOVERY MISSION SET FOR
[...] The Colombian Government announced on December 28 that it had authorized a VeQuelan-led, international delegation -- operating in conjunction with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) -- to recover three FARC-held hostages between 1700 EST December 27 and 1700 EST December 30 i [...]
2007-12-28 21:32:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PREF PTER PHUM CASC VZ CO
07BRASILIA1006Update on GOL-Legacy Crash Legal Case
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a surprise move, the Brazilian federal prosecutor in charge of the criminal investigation into the September 29 air collision between a business jet and GOL airliner indicted four air traffic controllers for the accident, one on serious charges of having acted deliberately. T [...]
2007-06-04 19:27:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC EAIR PGOV BR
07BRASILIA1466BRAZIL: SUBMISSION FOR INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: Per instructions in reftel, US Embassy Brasilia is aware of one (1) claim of US persons that may be outstanding against the Government of Brazil (GOB). Claim 1 ------- a. Claimants A and B b. 1999 c. Claimants A and B, along with a Brazilian partner, through a joint [...]
2007-08-02 11:46:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV KIDE ENRG CASC ECON OPIC PGOV BR
07BRASILIA872BRAZIL: PMDB PLAYED HARDBALL WITH AIR TRAFFIC
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB) leadership used a threat of non-cooperation with the government in the Chamber of Deputies' just-created Parliamentary Inquiry Committee (CPI) on the Air Traffic Crisis to pressure the Lula administration for jobs in the second t [...]
2007-05-16 15:10:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALEAIR PGOV CASC BR
07BRATISLAVA524BILATERAL CONSULAR WORKING GROUP DISCUSSES VISA
[...] SUMMARY: On September 11, Ambassador, DHS DAS for Policy Development Nathan Sales, Director for the Visa Waiver Program Office Daniel Sullivan, and Embassy officers met with representatives of the GOS to discuss the visa waiver program in light of the recent 9/11 legislation. Discussions includ [...]
2007-09-18 15:36:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT CASC PREL LO
07BRIDGETOWN1025EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE (EAC) MEETING,
[...] (SBU) In response to the latest tracking of Tropical Storm Dean, Ambassador Ourisman chaired an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on Wednesday, August 15, 2007, attended by A/DCM, P/E, RSO, DET CDR, LEGATT, DEA, IRS, CON, ORA, IPO, MLO, USAID, OFDALAC, PAS, and GSO. Also in attendance [...]
2007-08-15 21:14:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC BB CASC XL
07BRIDGETOWN1032HURRICANE DEAN: SITREP #1
[...] (U) As of August 16, Tropical Storm Dean intensified to a category two hurricane, moving toward the west at approximately 23 mph, with maximum sustained winds of up to 100 mph. As of 1700 hours, Hurricane Dean was located 210 miles east-northeast of Barbados and approximately 305 miles east o [...]
2007-08-17 13:54:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC EAID XL
07BRIDGETOWN1033HURRICANE DEAN: SITREP #1
[...] (U) As of August 16, Tropical Storm Dean intensified to a category two hurricane, moving toward the west at approximately 23 mph, with maximum sustained winds of up to 100 mph. As of 1700 hours, Hurricane Dean was located 210 miles east-northeast of Barbados and approximately 305 miles east o [...]
2007-08-17 13:55:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC EAID XL
07BRIDGETOWN1035HURRICANE DEAN: SITREP #2
[...] (U) At approximately 0200 hours EST, Hurricane Dean made its way past Barbados as a Category-2 hurricane. Dean's center was approximately 85 miles east-southeast of Martinique and 90 miles north-northwest of Barbados, traveling at a rate of 23 mph and with winds up to 100 mph. Embassy Bridget [...]
2007-08-17 17:53:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN1043HURRICANE DEAN: SITREP #3
[...] On August 17, Hurricane Dean moved away from the Eastern Caribbean Region, making way for national assessments team to perform damage and needs assessments. As of the end of business day, Regional Rapid Needs Assessment Teams (RNATs),assembled by the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Syst [...]
2007-08-20 10:55:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN1060DECLARATION OF DISASTER: DOMINICA AND ST. LUCIA
[...] As a result of the passage of Hurricane Dean on August 16/17 the Chief of Mission has determined that the disaster is beyond the capability of the governments of St. Lucia and the Commonwealth of Dominica to respond, is of sufficient magnitude to warrant U.S. government assistance, and is in [...]
2007-08-22 21:25:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC EAID ST DO XL
07BRIDGETOWN1213REGIONAL AIRLINE COMPETITION AND THE AMERICAN
[...] (U) The Government of St. Lucia recently granted American Eagle fifth freedom rights to operate flights between St. Lucia and Barbados beginning on September 5 and future service between St. Lucia and Trinidad. The announcement created significant division between the LIAT shareholder governm [...]
2007-09-17 21:31:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALEAIR ECON ELAB PREL PGOV CASC ASEC XL
07BRIDGETOWN125GRENADA'S SCRAMBLE FOR ASSISTANCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Among local media predictions for the new year is one of increased People's Republic of China (PRC) efforts to gain influence on the United States' back doorstep, in the Caribbean, and specifically within CARICOM. Several local commentators have called for Grenada and CARICOM to [...]
2007-02-01 21:16:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL PINR PHUM CASC GJ CH CU VE XL
07BRIDGETOWN1341US-OWNED MEDICAL SCHOOL IN ST. VINCENT TO SHUT DOWN
[...] (U) Summary: After months of speculation, and negotiations with the GOSVG, St. George's University (SGU),which operates the Kingstown Medical College in St. Vincent, announced that it will cease operations by January 2008. While the medical school had originally announced that it was only sca [...]
2007-10-18 15:19:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC PREL PGOV ASEC PHUM KPAO ELAB AC XL
07BRIDGETOWN1364MINI-WAVE OF VIOLENT CRIME HITS ANTIGUA
[...] (sbu) Our contacts confirm Antigua and Barbuda PM Spencer has called out security forces and instituted additional security measures in response to a recent string of violent crimes that have shocked many in Antigua. Our contacts in the police attribute the recent incidents - a string of th [...]
2007-10-26 18:59:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM ASEC CASC AC
07BRIDGETOWN1440AMBASSADOR OURISMAN TO ST. LUCIA: ARTICLE 98,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador's October 17-19 trip to St. Lucia was highlighted by a positive meeting with PM King that helped move our Article 98 agenda forward. In addition, the Ambassador's presentation of USD 2 million to the OECS for a biodiversity grant and USD 39,000 worth of DSATA bomb [...]
2007-11-20 15:11:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID EINV EIND ASEC CASC KTIA ST XL
07BRIDGETOWN181ANTIGUA/BARBUDA: TWO STEPS BACK ON HALF MOON BAY
[...] (C) On January 22, EconOff met with Amcit Natalia Querard, Managing Director of Half Moon Bay (HMB). Querard complained about harassment she has been experiencing, allegedly instigated by the Government of Antigua and Barbuda (GOAB),and the perceived apathy of the State Department. Querard [...]
2007-02-12 13:38:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALEINV CASC PGOV KIDE AC
07BRIDGETOWN284THIRD CWC 2007 ISAG MEETING: CWC TO WALK BY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The International Support and Advisory Group (ISAG) for Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007 held its third plenary session February 23 in Bridgetown, Barbados. The objective of the meeting was to bring together the group of hosting and playing nations and the international community fo [...]
2007-03-05 21:39:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALASEC PREL PTER CASC PINR KCIP KTIA XL
07BRIDGETOWN286AMBASSADOR OURISMAN'S INTRODUCTORY VISIT TO ST.
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Ourisman presented her credentials to the government of St. Lucia on February 20. In meetings with the Governor General, Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, and leader of the opposition, the Ambassador discussed crime in St. Lucia, Article 98, Petrocaribe, the Advance Pa [...]
2007-03-05 23:11:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KCRM CASC ENRG EPET EFIN ASEC
07BRIDGETOWN451DISAPPOINTING CRICKET WORLD CUP 2007
[...] (C) Summary: Four years ago, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) signed an agreement to host the world's third largest sporting competition, the Cricket World Cup (CWC),from February to April, 2007. Caribbean governments have reportedly spent over USD 500 million on preparations for what they [...]
2007-04-16 13:10:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALECON ASEC EAIR ETRD PGOV PINR PREL CASC BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN615ST. KITTS: GOVERNMENT EXPROPRIATION LEAVES AMCITS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Bridgetown continues to assist Amcit property owners in the expropriation case involving the government of St. Kitts and Nevis (GOSKN) and the Angelus resort. The GOSKN has mishandled the case by providing poor information to the owners and delaying the resolution of t [...]
2007-05-16 20:56:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV CASC PGOV KIDE SC XL
07BRIDGETOWN632AMBASSADOR OURISMAN'S MEETING WITH BARBADOS AG
[...] (C) Summary: In a May 11 introductory meeting with Ambassador Mary Ourisman, Barbados Attorney General Dale Marshall thanked the United States for its assistance during Cricket World Cup and looked forward to further cooperation in the areas of security and law enforcement. He also requeste [...]
2007-05-18 19:40:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ASEC CASC SNAR ECON ETRD BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN641CRICKET WORLD CUP MAY DELIVER LONG TERM SECURITY
[...] (C) Summary: While the Cricket World Cup (CWC) has been an economic disappointment for the region (ref A),it has generated changes and reforms in the CARICOM security infrastructure that may yield lasting benefits for the region. The United States contributed to the region's CWC preparatio [...]
2007-05-21 12:37:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALECON ASEC EAIR ETRD PGOV PINR PREL CASC BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN8002007 EXPROPRIATION REPORT: ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
[...] (SBU) The United States Government is aware of one (1) claim of a United States person that may be outstanding against the Government of Antigua and Barbuda (GOAB). End Summary. Claimant Designation -------------------- 2. (U) Claimant A Date of Expropriation --------------------- [...]
2007-06-18 20:59:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDCASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV
07BRIDGETOWN8012007 EXPROPRIATION REPORT: ST. KITTS AND NEVIS
[...] (SBU) The United States Government is aware of one (1) outstanding and eight (8) new claims of United States persons against the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis (GOSKN). End Summary. Claimant Designation -------------------- 2. (U) Claimant A Date of Expropriation ---------------- [...]
2007-06-18 21:00:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDCASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV
07BUCHAREST104RFG: MUNAF'S CASE IN UNHCR; ROMANIA SEEKS US VIEWS
[...] (SBU) This is a request for Action. Please see para. 7. 2. (C) MFA State Secretary Adrian Vierita asked to meet with DCM and Acting Polcouns on January 30 to discuss a complaint filed with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on behalf of dual Iraqi/US citizen Mohammad Munaf, who wa [...]
2007-02-01 15:13:00Embassy BucharestSECRETCASC KJUS MARR PGOV PREL UNHCR IZ RO
07BUCHAREST157COMMUNICATION FROM ROMANIAN MINISTRY OF JUSTICE ON
[...] (U) ACTION REQUEST: Post received a note dated February 2, 2007 from the Romanian Ministry of Justice International Law and Treaty Department seeking assistance in AmCit Mohammad Munaf's case. It represents a follow-up to request for assistance in reftels A and C. Post seeks guidance from [...]
2007-02-13 16:02:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIEDCASC PGOV PREL MARR KJUS IZ RO
07BUCHAREST42BENYATOV ARREST UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. citizen Vadim Don BENYATOV, a Managing Director of Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB) based in London, remains in preventive detention in Bucharest. The Romanian Office of the Prosecutor General is continuing its investigation of his alleged involvement in acts of "economic [...]
2007-01-11 15:48:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC PGOV PREL RO
07BUCHAREST858JUSTICE MINISTRY'S NOTE REQUESTING ASSISTANCE ON
[...] (SBU) Embassy received by fax on July 20, the below note regarding the case of Mohammad Munaf from the Romanian Justice Ministry (MOJ) sent to us upon the recommendation from the MFA. The MOJ note cites the 1999 bilateral agreement with the United States on judicial assistance in seeking U,S, [...]
2007-07-25 15:22:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALCASC IZ PGOV PREL KJUS RO
07BUENOSAIRES1884ARGENTINA REQUESTS ADVANCE NOTICE OF FUTURE
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 7. 2. (C) Summary. On September 18, CDA was called in by the MFA's Under Secretary for Bilateral Relations Vicente Espeche Gil to discuss the Department's 2007 International Religious Freedom Report. Espeche Gil reiterated GOA concerns that it [...]
2007-09-20 20:42:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV OPRC KIRF KPAO CASC AR
07BUENOSAIRES2149ARGENTINA: AIRPORT POLICE CHIEF DISCUSSES
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador's October 22 meeting with GOA Airport Police chief Marcelo Sain (protect throughout) focused on common counter-terrorism goals and the need to continue working together on airport security issues. Sain thanked the Ambassador for recent FBI- and DHS-provided tra [...]
2007-10-31 08:02:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR PGOV CASC KCRM PREL KCOR AR
07BUENOSAIRES2211THEFTS OF BAGGAGE AT BUENOS AIRES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
[...] (SBU) Ambassador recently informed Argentina's Foreign Minister Taiana and Interior Minister Fernandez that the Embassy would be updating its Consular Information Sheet to include a warning to U.S. travelers about thefts at Argentina's Ezeiza International Airport. 2. (SBU) On October 24, Am [...]
2007-11-15 08:01:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDCASC EAIR PREL KCOR KCRM CMGT CJAN ASEC AR
07BUJUMBURA545BURUNDI: 2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-30 15:52:00Embassy BujumburaUNCLASSIFIEDCASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV BY
07CAIRO1330VISIT TO PRISONER NABIL SOLIMAN
[...] (C) Poloff conducted a human rights monitoring visit to prisoner Nabil Soliman on May 6. Returned by the U.S. to Egypt in June 2002, Soliman was subsequently convicted of membership in the Islamic Jihad, and sentenced to five years in prison. He is now being held at the Torah Liman Prison, a [...]
2007-05-07 08:58:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PTER CASC KISL EG
07CAIRO2042PRISONER NABIL SOLIMAN RELEASED
[...] (SBU) Following Embassy queries over the past two weeks as to the whereabouts of Nabil Soliman, State Security contacts informed us on July 3 that Soliman had been released from Torah Liman Prison. Soliman was returned by the U.S. to Egypt in June 2002, subsequently convicted of membership in [...]
2007-07-03 15:16:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PTER CASC KISL EG
07CAIRO2600CONVICTIONS IN 2005 KHAN AL KHALILI BOMBING CASE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-22 07:51:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER CASC EG
07CAIRO3166EGYPTIAN-AMERICAN DEMOCRACY ACTIVIST FACES LAWSUITS
[...] (C) Summary: Saad Eddin Ibrahim (SEI),the prominent Egyptian-American democracy activist, faces four separate lawsuits for "spreading false news" and trying to harm Egypt's economy by calling for cuts in U.S. assistance to Egypt. Court proceedings in the four lawsuits, all filed by privat [...]
2007-10-30 14:29:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KMPI CASC EG
07CALCUTTA11SIX PEOPLE KILLED IN VIOLENCE IN RURAL WEST BENGAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the evening and early morning of January 6-7, six people were killed in fighting around the West Bengal sub-district of Nandigram. The violence occurred between local villagers opposing the state government's plans to develop a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in the area and m [...]
2007-01-08 14:22:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM ASEC CASC IN
07CALCUTTA16ASSAM SITREP - JANUARY 10, 2007
[...] (SBU) On January 9, Defense Minister A K Anthony and Army Chief J.J. Singh met Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and local Army officials of the 4 Corps in Assam to review the security situation in the state. There are reports of a mass exodus of Hindi-speaking migrants from Assam following th [...]
2007-01-10 12:50:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PHUM ASEC CASC MARR IN BG
07CALCUTTA24ULFA CONTINUES ITS WAVE OF VIOLENCE IN ASSAM
[...] (SBU) Summary. The ethnic-Assamese terrorist group United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) continued its wave of violence in Assam over the past week January 15-22, bringing total casualties to near 90. Assam Chief Minister Gogoi has been appointed head of the Unified Command, which includes arm [...]
2007-01-22 13:42:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER PHUM CASC MARR IN BG
07CARACAS1613SCHOOL'S OUT FOR SUMMER: VENEZUELA'S BRAIN DRAIN
[...] (SBU) BRV radicalization in recent months and decreasing economic and physical security continue to push more Venezuelans to consider leaving their country (reftel A). Recent nationwide polls parallel informal surveys and anecdotal evidence which show that an increasing number of Venezuelans a [...]
2007-08-14 15:08:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON CVIS CASC SOCI VE
07CARACAS531VENEZUELA'S BRAIN DRAIN: SEARCHING FOR A PLAN B,
[...] (SBU) Over the last two months, President Chavez has heralded a "deepening of the Bolivarian Revolution" with a series of actions, including nationalization of key industries, new threats to foreign investors, aggressive attacks on private industry, and granting himself the power to legislate [...]
2007-03-09 20:58:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS CASC ECON SOCI VE
07CHENGDU108EXPECTATIONS HIGH FOR RURAL HEALTH CARE IN SOUTHERN SICHUAN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: China's voluntary health insurance scheme, the Rural Cooperative Medical System (RCMS) was designed to make healthcare more accessible and affordable for the poor, particularly in the event of catastrophic illness. However, as the RCMS expands to reach the poorest areas, many commu [...]
2007-05-04 06:56:00Consulate ChengduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO EAGR CASC CH
07CHENGDU144YUNNAN EARTHQUAKE -- TENS OF THOUSANDS LEFT HOMELESS
[...] (U) On June 3, Southwest China's Yunnan Province experienced an earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale. The quake hit Pu'er City, close to Yunnan's southern border with Burma, killing at least three, injuring 313, and leaving more than 180,000 people displaced, according to Chinese off [...]
2007-06-05 09:48:00Consulate ChengduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON CASC CH
07CHENNAI100BANGALORE CALM AFTER CAUVERY RIVER WATER VERDICT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Bangalore remained calm on February 6 following an interstate river water tribunal verdict on February 5 over a long-simmering dispute involving the sharing of water that flows through the southern states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. Perceived injustice in Karnataka sparked impro [...]
2007-02-06 11:01:00Consulate ChennaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KWWT ASEC CASC SOCI KCRM ECON IN
07CHENNAI15TERROR SUSPECT ARRESTED IN BANGALORE
[...] (SBU) Summary: On January 6, Bangalore City Police announced the arrest of Bilal Ahmed Kota, a Kashmiri also known as Imran, on suspicion of preparing a terrorist attack. The suspect was arrested at a Bangalore suburb from a private bus coming into the city from north Karnataka. Bangalore pol [...]
2007-01-08 11:30:00Consulate ChennaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV PINR ASEC CASC IN
07CHENNAI250QUOTA ISSUE: TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT-SPONSORED STRIKE PASSES
[...] (SBU) A government-sponsored "bandh" (close-down strike),called jointly by the ruling DMK party and its allies (including the Congress Party),paralyzed the entire state of Tamil Nadu from dawn to dusk on March 31. The government called the strike to protest the Supreme Court's March 29 deci [...]
2007-04-02 10:19:00Consulate ChennaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SOCI CASC IN
07CHENNAI31BANGALORE TOP COP CONFIDENT ON SECURITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Karnataka's new Director General of Police says multinational companies and other Western interests need not be worried about security in Bangalore, India's high-tech hub and the reported target of recently arrested terror suspects. He assured us, however, that security forces a [...]
2007-01-12 07:30:00Consulate ChennaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV PINR ASEC CASC IN
07CHENNAI337 ATTACK ON NEWSPAPER OFFICES KILLS THREE AS DMK SUCESSION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Three people were killed in an attack on a newspaper after it published a survey suggesting that the younger son of Tamil Nadu's Chief Minister has a huge lead over the older son in popular support to succeed the patriarch of the ruling DMK party. The violence, an infringement [...]
2007-05-10 11:39:00Consulate ChennaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM CASC IN
07CHENNAI363BOMBING AT HISTORIC MOSQUE IN HYDERABAD KILLS FIVE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A bomb exploded at Hyderabad's historic Mecca Masjid, the city's oldest and largest mosque, today at approximately 1:25 p.m. local time, killing five people and injuring many others. The bomb detonated during Friday prayers when the mosque was filled with up to 10,000 worshi [...]
2007-05-18 13:39:00Consulate ChennaiCONFIDENTIALCASC IN KISL PGOV PTER
07CHENNAI365 HYDERABAD MOSQUE BOMBING: CITY CALM; POLICE SEE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Hyderabad was calm, but tense over the weekend after the May 18 bombing of the Mecca Masjid (ref A). Citizens heeded calls from government and religious leaders to remain peaceful, despite the news that at least five people were killed by the police as the authorities tried t [...]
2007-05-21 12:29:00Consulate ChennaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV ASEC CASC KISL IN
07CHENNAI412SUSPECTED CHIKUNGUNYA INFECTION HAUNTS KERALA
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The southern Indian state of Kerala has been gripped by an outbreak of suspected chikungunya infection - a debilitating but non-fatal mosquito-borne viral illness that is not transmitted from human-to-human. With media reports of thousands of people hospitalized in Kerala, nea [...]
2007-06-18 10:54:00Consulate ChennaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSOCI TBIO PGOV CASC IN
07CHENNAI52BANGALORE VIOLENCE: HINDU-MUSLIM CLASHES FOLLOW SADDAM
[...] (SBU) Summary: Hindu-Muslim riots broke out in several Bangalore neighborhoods over the January 19-21 weekend following a meeting organized by a Karnataka-based Muslim politician to condemn the execution of Saddam Hussein. On January 19, Hindus and Muslims clashed after Muslims marching to the [...]
2007-01-22 10:52:00Consulate ChennaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR ASEC CASC IN
07CHENNAI530 HYDERABAD BOMBING UPDATE AND EAC MEETING REPORT
[...] (SBU) On August 27, 2007 the RSO convened an EAC meeting to discuss and update members on new information surrounding the bombings in Hyderabad on Saturday, August 25. The meeting was attended by Pol/Econ, PAS, FCS, and FCS. The meeting was chaired by the Acting Consul General from PAS. The EAC [...]
2007-08-27 12:11:00Consulate ChennaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC ASEC PGOV PREL KTER IN
07CHIANGMAI116CHIANG MAI SERVES AS BASE FOR CHINA-FOCUSED CHRISTIAN GROUP
[...] (C) Summary. Chiang Mai's large foreign Christian community provides a safe base for religious groups engaged in quiet work elsewhere in the region. While most do not identify their activities to the Consulate, our presence and American citizen services contribute to Chiang Mai's appeal for t [...]
2007-06-26 06:58:00Consulate Chiang MaiCONFIDENTIALPHUM CASC PREL KIRF SOCI OEXC TH CH
07CHIANGMAI139CHINA-FOCUSED CHRISTIAN GROUP SAYS GOING GETTING TOUGHER IN
[...] (C) It is getting tougher to operate in western China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, according to the head of the "Friends of China" (FOC) Christian group's Chiang Mai office. Although FOC - which has been placing teachers and developmental workers in China for 20 years - has never had a [...]
2007-08-27 08:21:00Consulate Chiang MaiCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KIRF SOCI CASC TH CH
07COLOMBO1262SRI LANKA: SIT-REP ON THE TSUNAMI WATCH
[...] Following local and international media reports of a tsunami watch issued by the Pacific Center, Embassy issued SIPDIS the following warden message at 6:17 p.m. local time: "7.9 earthquake reported in Indonesia. Tsunami watch issued for the Indian Ocean, including Sri Lanka. People in co [...]
2007-09-12 13:09:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDCASC AEMR PREL PHUM CE
07COLOMBO1263SRI LANKA: SIT-REP FOLLOW-UP ON TSUNAMI WARNING
[...] After a 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck the west coast of Indonesia and the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) issued a tsunami warning, Embassy convened the Emergency Action SIPDIS Committee at 7:00 p.m. local time to discuss contingencies and preparedness measures in the event of an tsunami. [...]
2007-09-12 14:50:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDCASC AEMR PREL PHUM CE
07COLOMBO1348MALDIVES: BLAST IN MALE APPARENTLY TARGETS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A blast in Male's Sultan Park on the afternoon of September 29 wounded 12 foreign tourists. Foreign Minister Shahid told Ambassador the same day that the Government of Maldives (GORM) was shocked by the incident and does not know who was responsible. Eleven arrests have so fa [...]
2007-10-01 10:26:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PREL CASC MV
07COLOMBO498SRI LANKA REQUESTS CO-CHAIR STATEMENTS CONDEMNING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Bogollagama convoked Co-Chair Ambassadors on March 27 to brief them on the March 26 LTTE air attack on the military airbase adjacent to Colombo's international airport (ref),and to request that Co-Chair countries issue a statement condemning the attac [...]
2007-03-27 11:33:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS CASC CE
07COLOMBO825COLOMBO RESPONSE TO TSUNAMI, EARTHQUAKE WARNINGS
[...] Per reftel, Embassy Colombo provides the following responses to listed questions. 2. Question: Does a duty officer or Mission Disaster Relief Officer (and alternate MDRO) receive tsunami and earthquake warnings on a 24-hour basis from the Ops Center or other service? --Response: To date [...]
2007-06-11 11:34:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY AORC EAID AMGT CASC
07COLOMBO848 SRI LANKA: INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION CLAIMS
[...] (SBU) The following three claims are hereby submitted for 2007, in accordance with reftel request: 2. (SBU) a. Claimant A b. 2004 c. Claimant A had been contracted in June 2000 to provide power to the national grid under a combined cycle agreement signed with the state-owned Cey [...]
2007-06-14 13:02:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV CE
07COLOMBO849 MALDIVES: NO INVESTMENT DISPUTES OR EXPROPRIATION CLAIMS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-14 13:03:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV MV
07CONAKRY124FIRST LADY HENRIETTE CONTE PLAYING MATERNAL
[...] (C) First Lady Henriette Conte says that her husband will follow through on his agreement to the deal struck between the unions, government and Patronat January 27. In a February 1 meeting with DCM, however, she left hanging the question of when he might appoint a prime minister. Madame Con [...]
2007-02-01 16:51:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR ASEC CASC GV
07CONAKRY130NO FIREWORKS AT UNION PRESS CONFERENCE
[...] (SBU) On February 1, the CNTG-USTG union coalition held its first press conference since the suspension of the general strike on January 27. The event was ostensibly organized to report on meetings between the visiting representatives from international labor organizations and various local [...]
2007-02-02 12:51:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB ASEC CASC PINS EAID GV
07CONAKRY155Interior Minister Promises to Deliver Free and Transparent
[...] (SBU) Summary. Despite the environment of uncertainty and tension over the naming of a prime minister (reftel),Guinea's government says it is moving forward with improvements to the electoral process. Minister of State for Internal Affairs Moussa Solano presided over the February 8 opening [...]
2007-02-08 15:48:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ELAB ASEC CASC PINS AEMR EAID GV
07CONAKRY160PLAUSIBLE REPORTS OF FOREMR ULIMO/LURD MILITIA
[...] (S) Post has been working to verify persistent rumors in Conakry that former ULIMO and/or LURD fighters have been recruited by Conte confidante Aicha Conneh, widow of LURD leader Sekou Conneh, to combat direct threats to Conte and his regime. Poloff spoke with Marguerite Guilavogui (strictl [...]
2007-02-09 12:47:00Embassy ConakrySECRETPGOV ELAB ASEC CASC PINS GV
07CONAKRY162SITREP NO. 29: GUINEA GENERAL STRIKE, FEB. 10,
[...] (C) The security climate in Guinea is highly volatile and unpredictable following the appointment late February 9 of Eugene Camara as Prime Minister. After a night marked by sporadic rock-throwing and a brief early morning lull, the city has been hit with widespread protests and disturbances. [...]
2007-02-10 18:32:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB ASEC CASC PINS AEMR EAID GV
07CONAKRY164SITREP NO. 31: GUINEA UNREST, FEB. 11, 0900 GMT
[...] (SBU) At 0600 hours, the Ambassador arrived at the embassy, escorted by the RSO. Roads between the Ambassador's residence and the embassy were blocked all day yesterday. The RSO also escorted other personnel critical for operations, i.e., IMO, CONS, and RAO, to the embassy. After 24 hours o [...]
2007-02-11 08:43:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS ASEC AEMR CASC GV
07CONAKRY165SITREP NO. 32: GUINEA UNREST, FEB. 11, 1430 GMT
[...] (SBU) The situation in Guinea remains tense today, Feb. 11, with sporadic episodes of violent unrest in parts of Conakry and upcountry. The level of unrest is substantially lower today than yesterday. However, everyone expects an upsurge in violence tomorrow, Feb. 12, when the general strik [...]
2007-02-11 13:46:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS ASEC AEMR CASC GV
07CONAKRY167SITREP NO. 33: GUINEA UNREST, FEB. 12, 0630 GMT
[...] (C) As of 0600 hours, Feb. 12, the U.S. Embassy is staffed with the following personnel: AMB, DCM, OMS, POL, CONS, MGT, FMS, IPC, ITC, RAO (2),AID, RSO (2),and RST (14). 2. (C) All other personnel and eligible family members (EFMs) are at standfast at their respective residences. 3 [...]
2007-02-12 05:41:00Embassy ConakrySECRET//NOFORNAEMR PINS ASEC PGOV CASC GV
07CONAKRY170SITREP NO. 35: GUINEA UNREST, FEB. 12, 1330 GMT
[...] (C) Possible mutiny/coup attempt ongoing. 2. (S/NF) Violent disturbances continue in Conakry and in the interior of Guinea, largely clashes between security forces and civilians, but we also have reports of military-on-military clashes, which may be related, in part, to the planned coup a [...]
2007-02-12 13:05:00Embassy ConakrySECRET//NOFORNPGOV ELAB ASEC CASC PINS AEMR GV
07CONAKRY171SITREP NO. 36: GUINEA UNREST, FEB. 12, 1530 GMT
[...] (S) Military-on-military violence appears to have subsided, though the situation remains very fluid. 2. (C) According to opposition leader Sidya Toure, tensions persist inside Camp Alpha Yaya between soldiers who want to side with the civilian population and those who do not. He said two [...]
2007-02-12 15:21:00Embassy ConakrySECRET//NOFORNPGOV ELAB ASEC CASC PINS AEMR GV
07CONAKRY173SITREP 37: FEBRUARY 12, 2007, 2130
[...] (C) Guinea is under martial law. Appearing briefly on television and radio at just after 2000 local February 12, President Lansana Conte expressed his disappointment that when he had met union conditions for ending the general strike, people had in bad faith nonetheless caused disruption and [...]
2007-02-12 20:56:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC CASC PREL PINR AMGT GV
07CONAKRY176TFGV01: SITREP 39: FEBRUARY 13, 2007, 1700 HOURS
[...] (U) On February 13, the military has deployed numerous small patrols around the city of Conakry to enforce the curfew. The streets were closed to vehicular and pedestrian traffic until 1600 hours. The curfew will recommence at 2000 hours. 2. (SBU) The military and other security forces [...]
2007-02-13 15:33:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALAEMR PINS PGOV CASC AMGT GV
07CONAKRY177TFGV01: SITREP 40: GUINEA UNREST, FEB. 14, 2007,
[...] (SBU) As of this morning, the military continues to enforce the "state of siege" that extends extensive powers to Guinea's armed forces. At 0800, streets were empty of vehicular traffic, but there was some pedestrian presence. Small breakfast vendors were in evidence, but market stalls, shop [...]
2007-02-14 11:10:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC CASC ELAB PINS AEMR GV
07CONAKRY181TFGV01: SITREP 41: GUINEA UNREST, FEB. 15, 2007,
[...] (SBU) As of this morning, there were a few military patrols in several areas of Conakry. Most Guineans in the capital are respecting the curfew and do not circulate between the hours of 1800 and 1200 the next day. During the curfew, the military patrols the neighborhoods, often firing warni [...]
2007-02-15 10:34:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC CASC ELAB PINS AEMR GV
07CONAKRY182TFGV01: HOW CAN WE NEGOTIATE UNDER A STATE OF
[...] (C) On February 14, Poloff met with labor union leader Rabiatou Serah Diallo and political party leaders Sidya Toure, President of UFR, and Ousmane Bah, President of UPR. In separate meetings, each deplored the extensive powers granted to Guinea's military under the state of siege. All alleg [...]
2007-02-15 13:20:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC CASC ELAB PINS AEMR GV
07CONAKRY183TFGV01: SITREP 42: GUINEA UNREST, FEB. 15, 2007,
[...] (SBU) The streets are calm downtown this afternoon. There are fewer gun shots heard in the neighborhoods than there have been in recent days, but there is still occasional random gunfire, largely firing in the air by military forces in an effort to keep the population quiescent. There is more [...]
2007-02-15 16:31:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC CASC ELAB PINS AEMR GV
07CONAKRY184TFGV01: SITREP 43: GUINEA UNREST, FEB. 16, 2007,
[...] (SBU) At present, Conakry is quiet. There was increased pedestrian traffic this morning, despite its being during curfew hours. There is no vehicular traffic. As in past days, women are at stands selling small items but the shops and stores remain closed. Over the last 24 hours, the secu [...]
2007-02-16 11:43:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC CASC ELAB PINS AEMR GV
07CONAKRY187TFGV01: SITREP 44: GUINEA UNREST, FEB. 17, 2007,
[...] (SBU) Conakry remains quiet. Yesterday afternoon, some shops and food markets opened during the non-curfew hours (noon - 1800),and vehicular traffic was slightly heavier than in previous days. During curfew hours, there is almost no vehicular traffic, except for military patrols, which con [...]
2007-02-17 11:20:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC CASC ELAB PINS AEMR GV
07CONAKRY195TFGV01: SITREP 45: GUINEA UNREST, FEB. 19, 2007,
[...] (SBU) Non-curfew hours have been extended to 0600-1800 for all residents in Guinea, effective February 19; this doubles the time people may circulate freely on foot or by vehicle. General Kerfalla Camara, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, included the relaxation in his daily broadcast even [...]
2007-02-19 13:02:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC CASC ELAB PINS AEMR GV
07CONAKRY201TFGV01: SITREP 46: GUINEA UNREST, FEB. 20, 2007,
[...] (SBU) With extended non-curfew hours, we are seeing increased vehicular and pedestrian traffic. Many Guineans are using the opportunity to restock, with moderate activity in markets, gas stations, and other small shops. Most large stores remained closed, as they have been since January 10. [...]
2007-02-20 13:31:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC CASC ELAB PINS AEMR GV
07CONAKRY215TFGV01: SITREP 47: GUINEA UNREST, FEB. 21, 2007,
[...] (SBU) Conakry is calm, with moderate traffic, and no security incidents reported today. There is limited public transportation. Some small shops have tentatively opened their doors halfway. Most of the larger food markets continue to extend "backdoor" service. Apart from this informal mar [...]
2007-02-21 15:13:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC CASC ELAB PINS AEMR GV
07CONAKRY224TFGV01: SITREP 48: GUINEA UNREST, FEB. 22, 2007,
[...] (SBU) Conakry remains calm, with no security incidents reported. Deployment of security forces remains at a reduced level compared to last week. Pedestrian and vehicular traffic is again at moderate levels. Some small shops are open while the larger food markets continue to do so through t [...]
2007-02-22 14:52:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC CASC ELAB PINS AEMR GV
07CONAKRY229TFGV01: SITREP 49: GUINEA UNREST, FEB. 23, 2007,
[...] (C) Today, February 23, marks the last day of the state of siege decreed on February 12. As required by the constitution, the National Assembly was called into session this morning. We expect the parliamentarians will ratify an extension of the state of siege, possibly for an additional twe [...]
2007-02-23 12:43:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC CASC ELAB PINS AEMR GV
07CONAKRY235TFGV01: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DISAVOWS PRESIDENT CONTE
[...] (C) Guinea is in flux politically as key players struggle to absorb the implications of several developments February 23. The National Assembly, for the first time ever, unanimously defeated a Conte initiative by rejecting extension of the state of siege. Chief of Defense Staff General Ker [...]
2007-02-24 10:44:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB PINS ASEC CASC AEMR GV
07CONAKRY238TFGV01: CONTE AGREES TO APPOINT A NEW PM, STRIKE
[...] (C) ECOWAS envoy and former Nigerian President Ibrahim Babangida announced February 25 that President Lansana Conte has agreed to appoint a new consensus prime minister from a short list of names proposed by the unions and civil society. The inter-union coalition suspended the general strike [...]
2007-02-26 12:24:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ELAB PINS ASEC CASC AEMR GV
07CONAKRY244TFGV01: LANSANA KOUYATE: GUINEA'S NEW PRIME
[...] (SBU) On February 26, President Lansana Conte named Lansana Kouyate as Guinea's new Prime Minister. The announcement on the evening news was met by cheers in the streets and spontaneous celebrations in neighborhoods throughout the country. The decree stated that former Prime Minister Eugene [...]
2007-02-27 09:20:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PINS AEMR ASEC CASC GV
07CONAKRY348GUINEA: RECOMMENDATION ON ORDERED DEPARTURE
[...] (SBU) Given continued uncertainty surrounding Guinea's near-term future, I am unable, as of March 23, to recommend that the ordered departure for EFMs be lifted. We expect President Lansana Conte to issue a decree naming a new cabinet of ministers soon. If he does so in the coming days and [...]
2007-03-23 11:22:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT ASEC CASC PREL PINR GV
07CONAKRY386GUINEA: REQUEST TO LIFT ORDERED DEPARTURE
[...] (SBU) I would like to request that Ordered Departure for Eligible Family Members be lifted effective April 10, 2007, i.e., 15 days ahead of the current 30-day deadline of April 25. Ambassador McDonald is aware of and concurs in this request. 2. (SBU) Per Ref A, the Under Secretary for M [...]
2007-04-04 15:59:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC PREL PINR AMGT GV
07CONAKRY521MILITARY PROTEST CONTINUES, SOLDIERS MARCH
[...] (C) On May 10, Guinea's military once again began active protest over pay, corruption, and the lack of a concrete response (reftel). The morning of May 10, soldiers were called to their barracks where promotions of mid-grade military personnel were announced. Shortly thereafter, there were r [...]
2007-05-11 12:33:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC CASC PINS GV
07CONAKRY529SITREP NO. 3: MILITARY UNREST, MAY 14, 1030 HOURS
[...] (C) On the surface, Conakry appears normal this morning, May 14, despite serious, unresolved problems within the military. Traffic is flowing. Schools, shops, and offices are open. 2. (C) The status of the military remains fluid, within both the ranks and the senior command. 3. (C) [...]
2007-05-14 09:56:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPINS ASEC CASC GV
07CONAKRY534SITREP NO. 4: MILITARY UNREST, MAY 14, 1530 HOURS
[...] (C) Conakry remains calm. Traffic patterns are normal. Schools, shops, stores, and offices are open. Some businesses in the Matam district, the site of looting on the night of May 12-13, remain closed. 2. (C) This morning, May 14, Minister of Defense General Arafan Camara formally relin [...]
2007-05-14 15:41:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPINS ASEC CASC GV
07CONAKRY88SITREP NO. 26: GUINEA GENERAL STRIKE, JAN. 26,
[...] (C) Guinea's general strike continues as the country awaits an outcome to ongoing negotiations to settle union (and popular) demands. After two days in which only one minor security incident took place in Conakry, the morning of January 26 has seen renewed rock-throwing on the Hamdallaye-Bam [...]
2007-01-26 11:46:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB ASEC CASC PINS AEMR EAID GV
07CONAKRY90SITREP NO. 27: GUINEA GENERAL STRIKE, JAN. 27,
[...] (C) Conakry is quiet morning of January 27. The general strike nominally continues, as ordered by the union leadership, but we are seeing traffic patterns approaching normal for a Saturday. There are more private vehicles and taxis, as well as a handful of fuel trucks heading for the port t [...]
2007-01-27 11:54:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB ASEC CASC PINS AEMR EAID GV
07CURACAO297TERRORISM TASK GROUP HOLDS EXERCISE AND BRIEFS ISLAND
[...] (SBU) In order to promote greater understanding of the threat posed by transnational terrorism in the Netherlands Antilles and to exercise island response to an incident, Curacao's Terrorist Incident Response Plan (TIRP) Task Group held a half day brief for senior government officials and con [...]
2007-04-04 21:38:00Consulate CuracaoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER CASC ASEC NA
07DAKAR174DAKAR CRISIS MANAGEMENT EXERCISE, JANUARY 30-31, 2007
[...] Embassy Dakar confirms participation in the Crisis Management Exercise (CME) during the period 30-31 January 2007 and warmly welcomes CMT Team Leader Michael Braxton to Dakar, Senegal. The point of contact for coordination of the CME at post will be Roksana Houge. Country clearance for Micha [...]
2007-01-23 10:47:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR CASC ASEC KESS KCOM OTRA SG
07DAKAR175DAKAR CRISIS MANAGEMEN EXERCISE, JANUARY 30-31, 2007
[...] Embassy Dakar conirms participation in the Crisis Management Exerise (CME) during the period 30-31 January 2007 and warmly welcomes CMT Team Leader Michael Braxton to Dakar, Senegal. The point of contact for coordination of the CME at post will be Roksana Houge. Country clearance for Michael [...]
2007-01-23 10:48:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR CASC ASEC KESS KCOM OTRA SG
07DAKAR2211IS POLITICAL VIOLENCE ON THE HORIZON?
[...] (S) In November 5 meeting Charge informed Barthelemy Dias, the new leader of the Socialist Party's youth movement and perennial presidential thorn in the side, that he had been summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and informed that because of Dias's American citizenship the GOS believes [...]
2007-11-14 14:34:00Embassy DakarSECRETPGOV PINS SOCI PINR KDEM CASC SG
07DAKAR275DETERIORATION IN THE CASAMANCE
[...] (C) Senegalese Army reoccupation of the Casamance, initially somewhat successful, has proved unable to thwart rebel activity. Violence, while still largely concentrated in a northern triangle bordering on The Gambia, is becoming increasingly significant in the key city of Bignona, and rebel [...]
2007-02-02 14:36:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPINS ASEC CASC SOCI PGOV PINR SG GA PU
07DAKAR410DAKAR: EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE (EAC) MEETING ON ELECTION
[...] (U) The Ambassador convened the EAC on February 22, 2007, to review our security posture in light of election violence that broke out on the evening of February 21, 2007. 2. (U) According to a variety of sources, supporters of President Abdoulaye Wade clashed with supporters of opposition [...]
2007-02-22 16:13:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV CASC PHUM PINS SG
07DAKAR5992007 DAKAR CRISIS MANAGEMENT EXERCISE: LESSONS
[...] Post wishes to thank FSI for a successful crisis management exercise (CME). The timing of the exercise was excellent as Senegal prepared for its presidential elections in late February. The exercise enhanced post's crisis management preparedness and prepared post for the February crisis that [...]
2007-03-15 17:43:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR CASC ASEC KESS KCOM OTRA SG
07DAKAR682SENEGAL - RELATIVELY WELL-PREPARED FOR AVIAN/PANDEMIC
[...] SUMMARY: Senegal appears relatively well-prepared to cope with an outbreak of Avian and/or Pandemic Influenza (AIPI). The Government of Senegal has an active AI working group and has hosted a number of AIPI conferences and exercises. The USG has also hosted several regional seminars on AIPI [...]
2007-03-26 11:37:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU AMGT ASEC CASC KSAF SG
07DAMASCUS1162THE SYRIAN-AMERICAN MEDICAL CONNECTION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Doctors receive the vast majority of the H1-B visas and nearly half of the J-1 visas issued at Embassy Damascus. They are likewise responsible for a substantial portion of the B-1/B-2 visas issued at Post. Syrian doctors typically remain in the U.S. at least until they naturali [...]
2007-12-10 10:10:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS CASC OEXC SCUL KFRD SY
07DAMASCUS147SYRIAN ARAB AIRLINES SPEAKS TO CHARGE ON AIR SAFETY
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (C) Summary. Responding to a request by the Syrian MFA and seeking to fill-in missing information on important safety of flight issues, Charge met, February 8, with the DG of Syrian Arab Airlines (SAA) to discuss concerns over the [...]
2007-02-14 13:55:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALEAIR ETTC CASC PREL SY
07DARESSALAAM434RIFT VALLEY FEVER SPREADS IN TANZANIA, FROM
[...] (SBU) Rift Valley Fever (RVF),an acute fever-causing viral disease that affects livestock and humans, has spread from northern to central Tanzania, with Dodoma Region the hardest hit. While most RVF cases are not fatal, the 18 deaths in Tanzania since the February 2007 outbreak have sparked [...]
2007-03-26 06:20:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV CASC PREL EAID PBTS TZ
07DARESSALAAM84PRESIDENT KARUME AND AMBASSADOR RETZER DISCUSS APP
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During their January 16 meeting, President of Zanzibar, Amani Abeid Karume, asked Ambassador Retzer to consider a "special request" that the new American Presence Post (APP) in Zanzibar offer consular (i.e. visa services) in Zanzibar. Explaining that the APP would not offer consu [...]
2007-01-18 14:14:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamCONFIDENTIALCMGT CVIS CASC PREL PHUM ECON TZ PROG
07DHAKA1126BANGLADESH: 527 REPORT
[...] (SBU) The United States Government is aware of three (3) claims of United States persons that may be outstanding against the Government of Bangladesh (GOB). 2. a. Claimant A b. 1979 c. In 1977 Claimant A entered into an agreement with the GOB Ministry of Agriculture. [...]
2007-07-11 07:37:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV BG
07DHAKA173LAW ADVISOR SAYS MILITARY DOES NOT WANT TO STAY
[...] (C) Summary. According to the government's Law Adviser, the three military service chiefs are anxious about their role behind the throne and do not wish to overstay their welcome. There are differences, he said, between the military and the civilian advisers on press controls and whether to g [...]
2007-01-31 05:37:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALASEC BG CASC PGOV PHUM PREL
07DHAKA1763HOME SECRETARY ON COUNTER-TERRORISM COOPERATION,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Bangladeshi Home Secretary Abdul Karim, in a November 6 meeting with the Charge d'Affaires a.i., expressed interest in expanded bilateral cooperation on counter-terrorism, including another look at the potential for installing a PISCES program here. Karim reiterated the GOB's de [...]
2007-11-07 08:20:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER CASC PHUM SNAR ASEC BG
07DHAKA1797 BANGLADESH CYCLONE SIDR SITREP FOR NOVEMBER 17
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bangladesh is slowly beginning to assess the damage caused by Cyclone Sidr. Unofficial estimates of the number of deaths reached 2,000 by late afternoon November 17. As many as a million homes and an estimated 250,000 acres of crops may have been damaged or destroyed. Loss of [...]
2007-11-17 14:38:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV
07DHAKA1808 BANGLADESH CYCLONE SIDR SITREP FOR NOVEMBER 19
[...] (U) Summary: The official death toll in Cyclone Sidr rose to about 3,500 by early afternoon November 19, with local media quoting the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society chairman as saying the number could go as high as 10,000. A round-the-clock Embassy cyclone control room is now staffed by State, [...]
2007-11-20 00:49:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV
07DHAKA1815 USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidhr Assessment Cable #1: USAID/OFDA
[...] Summary. Heavy rainfall from Tropical Cyclone Sidr has caused severe flooding and destroyed crops and houses throughout southern Bangladesh, resulting in the death of 2,625 people and affecting more than 4 million others, according to the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) and the U.N. World Food [...]
2007-11-20 18:37:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV
07DHAKA1816 USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidhr Assessment Cable #1: USAID/OFDA
[...] Summary. Heavy rainfall from Tropical Cyclone Sidr has caused severe flooding and destroyed crops and houses throughout southern Bangladesh, resulting in the death of 2,625 people and affecting more than 4 million others, according to the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) and the U.N. World Food [...]
2007-11-21 01:29:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV
07DHAKA1817 USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidhr Assessment Cable #1: USAID/OFDA
[...] Summary. Heavy rainfall from Tropical Cyclone Sidr has caused severe flooding and destroyed crops and houses throughout southern Bangladesh, resulting in the death of 2,625 people and affecting more than 4 million others, according to the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) and the U.N. World Food [...]
2007-11-21 04:12:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV
07DHAKA1818 USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidhr Assessment Cable #1: USAID/OFDA
[...] Summary. Heavy rainfall from Tropical Cyclone Sidr has caused severe flooding and destroyed crops and houses throughout southern Bangladesh, resulting in the death of 2,625 people and affecting more than 4 million others, according to the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) and the U.N. World Food [...]
2007-11-21 07:34:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV
07DHAKA1819 USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidhr Assessment Cable #1: USAID/OFDA
[...] Summary. Heavy rainfall from Tropical Cyclone Sidr has caused severe flooding and destroyed crops and houses throughout southern Bangladesh, resulting in the death of 2,625 people and affecting more than 4 million others, according to the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) and the U.N. World Food [...]
2007-11-21 08:20:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV
07DHAKA1820 USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidhr Assessment Cable #1: USAID/OFDA
[...] Summary. Heavy rainfall from Tropical Cyclone Sidr has caused severe flooding and destroyed crops and houses throughout southern Bangladesh, resulting in the death of 2,625 people and affecting more than 4 million others, according to the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) and the U.N. World Food [...]
2007-11-21 09:13:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV
07DHAKA1830 USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidr Situation Report #2: USAID/DART's
[...] Summary. Storm surge from Tropical Cyclone Sidr has affected more than 1.5 million families in Bangladesh as of November 22. Although the Government of Bangladesh's (GOB) early warning and preparedness programs have significantly reduced the humanitarian impact of the cyclone, severe rainfall [...]
2007-11-22 13:17:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV
07DHAKA1835 USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidr Situation Report #3: The Impact
[...] Summary. In response to Tropical Cyclone Sidr in Bangladesh, USAID deployed a Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) to assess the humanitarian situation on the ground, provide recommendations on priority needs, and coordinate relief efforts with the U.S. Department of Defense, USAID/B [...]
2007-11-24 15:48:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV
07DHAKA1838 USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidr Situation Report #4: The Adverse
[...] Summary. In response to Tropical Cyclone Sidr in Bangladesh, USAID deployed a Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) to assess the humanitarian situation on the ground, provide recommendations on priority needs, and coordinate relief efforts with the U.S. Department of Defense, USAID/B [...]
2007-11-25 13:10:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV
07DHAKA1847 USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidr Situation Report #5: USAID/DART
[...] Summary. Tropical Cyclone Sidr made landfall in southern Bangladesh on November 15, 2007, leading to 3,061 deaths, affecting more than 6.8 million people, and damaging more than 1.2 million homes, according to the Government of Bangladesh's (GOB) Disaster Management Bureau and the U.N. World F [...]
2007-11-26 11:59:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV
07DHAKA1860 USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidr Situation Report #6: Summary of
[...] Summary. The impact of Tropical Cyclone Sidr in southern Bangladesh has led to 3,243 deaths, affected more than 7 million people, and damaged more than 1.2 million homes, according to the Government of Bangladesh's (GOB) Disaster Management Bureau and the U.N. World Food Program (WFP) as of No [...]
2007-11-27 13:16:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV
07DHAKA1870 USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidr Situation Report #7: USAID/DART
[...] Summary. In conjunction with USAID/Bangladesh and the Government of Bangladesh's (GOB) Department of Public Health Engineering (DPHE),USAID's Disaster Response Team (USAID/DART) assessed water, sanitation, and hygiene conditions in Dublar Char, Khulna Division, which the Bangladesh military i [...]
2007-11-29 12:04:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV
07DHAKA1879 USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidr Situation Report #8: USAID/DART's
[...] Summary. From November 28 to December 2, the water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) advisor from USAID's Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART),along with a USAID/DART communications officer and staff from USAID/Bangladesh, traveled to cyclone-affected areas in Barisal, Patuakhali, Khu [...]
2007-12-02 13:54:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV
07DHAKA1885 USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidr Situation Report #9: Shelter and
[...] The USAID'S Disaster Assistance Response Team's (USAID/DART) shelter and livelihoods advisor recently completed a three-day assessment in the cyclone-affected districts of Bagerhat and Pirojpur. These two districts, along with Borguna and Paktuakhali, are among the districts hardest hit by Cyc [...]
2007-12-03 12:54:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV
07DHAKA1891 USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidr Situation Report #10: USAID/OFDA
[...] Summary. To reduce the effects of perennial flooding and cyclones in Bangladesh, USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) has invested in preparedness and mitigation programs for a number of years, including the pre-positioning of water purification units to provide clea [...]
2007-12-04 11:50:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV
07DHAKA1914 Country Team, USAID/DART, and U.S. Military Coordination
[...] Summary. In response to Tropical Cyclone Sidr in southern Bangladesh, the U.S. Government (USG) organized an interagency response under the leadership of the Department of State that included contributions from USAID and the Department of Defense (DOD). USAID's Disaster Assistance Response Te [...]
2007-12-10 03:14:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV
07DHAKA1925 USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidr Situation Report #11:
[...] Summary. With the approach of the one-month anniversary of the November 15 cyclone in Bangladesh as well as improvements in humanitarian indicators, USAID's Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) will demobilize. USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) will now [...]
2007-12-11 10:13:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV
07DHAKA305CONGRESSMAN CHABOT CALLS ON ACTING FOREIGN AFFAIRS
[...] (C) Summary. The acting Foreign Affairs adviser told Congressman Chabot that the government is committed to early elections once the proper environment is in place, assured him that journalist Shoaib Chowdhury would receive fair treatment, and hoped that new visa requirements for visitors in B [...]
2007-02-26 00:51:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CVIS CASC BG
07DHAKA33NATIONWIDE BLOCKADE CONTINUES
[...] (C) Summary: The AL-led alliance's nationwide blockade continued for a second day as police and protesters clashed in Dhaka and roads in and out of Dhaka remain blocked. Police reported protesters used small bombs equivalent to large firecrackers and, in one instance, police received small wea [...]
2007-01-08 13:02:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER CASC BG
07DHAKA34NATIONWIDE BLOCKADE CONTINUES
[...] (C) Summary: The AL-led alliance's nationwide blockade continued for a second day as police and protesters clashed in Dhaka and roads in and out of Dhaka remain blocked. Police reported protesters used small bombs equivalent to large firecrackers and, in one instance, police received small wea [...]
2007-01-08 23:58:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER CASC BG
07DHAKA496BANGLADESH: AVIAN AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA;
[...] Embassy Dhaka,s State point of contact on avian and pandemic influenza is Carter Wilbur, ESTH officer. Contact information is: Email - wilburcw@state.gov, Phone - (8802) 885-5500 xt 2206, FAX - 882-4008. 2. Embassy Dhaka,s DOD Point of contact on avian and pandemic influenza is LTC Ran [...]
2007-03-27 08:46:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU MARR MASS CASC BG
07DHAKA587HOME SECRETARY ON JMB EXECUTIONS, KIBRIA AND OTHER
[...] (C) Summary. On April 5, Deputy Chief of Mission and Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) Secretary Abdul Karim met to discuss issues, including the recent Jamaatul Mujahedin Bangladesh (JMB) executions, GOB changes to its visa regime, trafficking in persons, the restarting of the Kibria investigati [...]
2007-04-11 09:37:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV EAID CASC PHUM BG
07DHAKA588HOME SECRETARY ON JMB EXECUTIONS, KIBRIA AND OTHER
[...] (C) Summary. On April 5, Deputy Chief of Mission and Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) Secretary Abdul Karim met to discuss issues, including the recent Jamaatul Mujahedin Bangladesh (JMB) executions, GOB changes to its visa regime, trafficking in persons, the restarting of the Kibria investigati [...]
2007-04-11 09:45:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV EAID CASC PHUM BG
07DHAKA63STATE OF EMERGENCY - SITREP 02 01/12/07
[...] As of 1240 local the situation remains calm. Embassy personnel are safe and accounted for. No AmCits have contacted Embassy for assistance. A countrywide 2300-0500 hrs daily curfew remains in effect until further notice. 2. Former Bangladesh Bank (the country's central bank) Governor F [...]
2007-01-12 06:00:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ASEC CASC KDEM BG
07DHAKA739TRAFFICKING TRAINING FOR IMAMS AMD LAWYERS
[...] (U) Summary. In an innovative training program on investigating and prosecuting human trafficking cases, the Embassy provided training to imams and human rights lawyers to help them understand what law enforcement needed in order to prosecute trafficking cases. End Summary. Trafficking Prose [...]
2007-05-06 23:37:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV PREF CASC BG
07DILI243EMBASSY DILI EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING, JUNE 28
[...] (SBU) Embassy Dili's Emergency Action Committee (EAC),chaired by Ambassador, convened at 1030 June 28 to assess the security environment in preparation for post's participation in observing national elections throughout East Timor on June 30. Regional Security Officer (RSO) noted that in meeti [...]
2007-06-28 08:01:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC AEMR CASC KDEM TT
07DILI61RICE SHORTAGE: POLITICAL AND SECURITY IMPLICATIONS IN TIMOR
[...] (U) Summary: A severe rice shortage in East Timor has caused both a dramatic increase in the price of rice and in many cases a total lack of availability at any cost. Although the UN has emphasized that the rice shortage does not translate into an overall food shortage, the immediate political [...]
2007-02-22 09:57:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAGR EAID ASEC CASC KPKO TT
07DILI83UPDATE ON REINADO STANDOFF AND SECURITY SITUATION
[...] (S/NF) Summary: At day's end March 2, there had been no significant change to the situation on the ground in Same, where dissident military leader Alfredo Reinado remains surrounded by Australian Defense Force (ADF) soldiers. ADF reinforcements have arrived in East Timor, but there are indica [...]
2007-03-02 12:00:00Embassy DiliSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL MAAR ASEC CASC KPKO UN AU TT
07DOHA224U/S HENRIETTA HOLSMAN FORE'S FEBRUARY 15 MEETING AT QATARI
[...] (SBU) Under Secretary of State for Management Henrietta Holsman Fore met February 15 with Qatari Minister of State for Foreign Affairs (Qatar's second-ranking MFA official) Ahmed al-Mahmoud to discuss consular notification of arrested Americans, Iran, Iraq, and other regional issues. Al-Mahmou [...]
2007-02-28 04:18:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL CASC QA
07DUBAI629ACRIMONIOUS BEGINNING FOR NEW DUBAI GOVERNMENT-SPONSORED
[...] (SBU) Summary. The much-anticipated opening of the Dubai Foundation for Women and Children (DFWC) shelter (the first official government-sponsored shelter for abused women and children in the UAE) and its merger with the unofficial City of Hope (CoH) shelter has been marred by acrimonious accu [...]
2007-11-15 13:08:00Consulate DubaiSECRETPREL PHUM KCRM ELAB CASC AE
07DUSHANBE1078TAJIK OFFICIALS ATTEMPT TO ARREST AND DEPORT AMERICAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The government of Tajikistan continues to squeeze nongovernmental organizations and religious groups, its latest target being the Jehovah's Witnesses. On July 13, two men identifying themselves as officers of the State Committee on National Security detained an Am [...]
2007-07-17 13:16:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC PGOV PHUM KDEM KIRF TI
07DUSHANBE1752DEMARCHE REQUEST - MISSING AMCIT ROBERT LEVINSON
[...] (S) PolOff delivered a demarche regarding Robert Levinson on December 14 to Ismatullo Nasredinov, Head of the Foreign Ministry,s Department of European and American Affairs. He said he would forward the information on Levinson to his colleagues at the Department of Asian and African Affairs, w [...]
2007-12-14 12:09:00Embassy DushanbeSECRETCASC KDEM KISL KJUS KPRP PGOV PREL
07DUSHANBE518FAITH-BASED NGO GIVEN BREATHING ROOM
[...] (C) Summary: Operation Mercy got a reprieve April 5 when the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the expatriate members could remain in country on their current visas. Consular Department Chief Bahrom Kholnazarov gave ConOff no reason for the about-face, but we strongly believe this to th [...]
2007-04-06 11:22:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM CASC KDEM TI
07DUSHANBE924U.S. MILITARY PERSONNEL ASSAULTED AND MEDEVACED
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On June 17 at 0115 hours, three temporary duty military personnel and one private American citizen were severely beaten outside a local night club. Members of the team estimated the assault lasted for twenty minutes and around thirty attackers participated. They subsequentl [...]
2007-06-18 13:54:00Embassy DushanbeSECRET//NOFORNASEC AMED CASC PREL TI
07DUSSELDORF16REQUEST FOR A NEW CONSULAR AGENCY -- COLOGNE
[...] Summary: Mission requests the establishment of a new consular agency to be located in Cologne, North-Rhine Westphalia (NRW),the most populous and politically and economically important state in Germany. The American Citizen Services (ACS) unit of the U.S. Consulate General Duesseldorf will c [...]
2007-05-09 13:13:00Consulate DusseldorfUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CASC AFIN GM
07FREETOWN113TFG01: SIERRA LEONE OFFICIALS CONFIRM THEIR BORDER
[...] (SBU) On the morning of February 16, Post learned separately from Sierra Leone's Office for National Security (ONS),the Immigration Office, and the Ministry of Defense that the border between Sierra Leone and Guinea remains open. Also, nineteen American missionaries crossed safely into Sierr [...]
2007-02-16 14:55:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC PREL GV SL
07FREETOWN132 CONSULAR NOTIFICATION OBLIGATIONS
[...] The Government of Sierra Leone (GoSL) recognizes its obligation to provide consular notification and access, and regularly notifies the Embassy when an Amcit has been detained or arrested. 2. Post can find no evidence that there is a recognized private right of action against the GoSL for [...]
2007-02-26 08:13:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CASC SL
07FREETOWN355PARAMOUNT HELICOPTER CRASHES KILLING TOGOLESE MINISTER
[...] On the evening of June 3, a helicopter operated by Paramount Airlines crashed while attempting to land at Lungi International Airport killing a reported 21 people, including Togo's Minister of Sport. News reports state most victims were members of a Togolese delegation attending a soccer match [...]
2007-06-04 13:26:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ATRN EAIR CASC SL
07FREETOWN71POLICE AND YOUTH CLASH AFTER GASOLINE INCIDENT
[...] (SBU) Early on the morning of January 27, Sierra Leone Police (SLP) clashed with a group of youths in the Cole Farm area of Freetown near many Embassy residences after officers attempted to arrest a taxi driver whom they thought was in possession of illegal fuel. There are conflicting accounts [...]
2007-01-31 18:07:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC PGOV SL
07GEORGETOWN153ER Medical Team Cancels CWC Support Trip to Guyana
[...] The serious lack of adequate medical facilities, equipment and trained medical staff in Guyana, especially for emergency care, is one of Post's greatest concerns as crisis management preparations are made for the upcoming Cricket World Cup (CWC) matches. A severe nursing shortage across Guyana [...]
2007-02-08 19:26:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR CASC CMGT
07GEORGETOWN642DEPORTEES: PROPORTIONALLY, GUYANA DEPORTS MORE
[...] The issue of deportation was raised by President Bharrat Jagdeo and other heads of government at the Conference on the Caribbean. Caribbean interest in deportation is normally presented as a concern over the impact on small nations of the large number of deportees they must absorb. However, [...]
2007-06-29 14:05:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS SMIG PREL CASC GY
07GRENADA164WHA/CAR DIRECTOR DE PIRRO VISITS TO GRENADA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: WHA/CAR Director Velia De Pirro met with a range of local government officials and community leaders during her November 12-13 visit to Grenada. In her meetings, De Pirro reiterated continued U.S. engagement in the region and stressed the importance of demonstrating support for [...]
2007-11-21 13:07:00Embassy GrenadaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PGOV CASC CVIS KCRM EFIN ASEC GJ
07GUANGZHOU1048Avian Influenza Update: Guangdong Health Authorities on
[...] (SBU) Director of the Guangdong Veterinary Center of Epidemic Prevention and Control Yu Yedong confirmed media reports that the Ministry of Agriculture on September 15 had reported a suspected case of highly pathogenic avian influenza in Guangzhou's Panyu District. Yu told us that test results [...]
2007-09-17 09:03:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR KFLU CH
07GUANGZHOU1070Avian Influenza Update: 180,000 Birds Destroyed; No
[...] (SBU) Director of the Guangdong Veterinary Center of Epidemic Prevention and Control Yu Yedong told us September 20 that the Guangzhou government had culled 180,000 fowl from farms within three kilometers of Sixian village (Ref A). NOTE: This is an increase from the 134,384 ducks, 18,786 chicke [...]
2007-09-20 06:04:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC KFLU TBIO AMED AMGT EAGR PINR CH
07GUANGZHOU1075Avian Influenza Update: No Additional Culling Expected.
[...] (SBU) In a September 21 meeting with Congenoff, Vice Director Chen Heqing of the Guangdong Province Department of Agriculture's Division of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Economy said there are no plans to cull additional fowl after the recent avian influenza outbreak in Guangzhou's Panyu District [...]
2007-09-21 08:14:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR KFLU CH
07GUANGZHOU1108Avian Influenza Quarantine Lifted; Black Market Birds;
[...] (U) Summary: Guangzhou's Panyu District Government lifted a 21-day quarantine of the area recently affected by an outbreak of avian influenza (AI). Before it was lifted, Consulate staff saw a few farmers illegally selling birds in the quarantine area. Media reports indicate that the Guangzhou M [...]
2007-10-11 05:05:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR KFLU CH
07GUANGZHOU1279Guangdong's Season for Sickness: Possibilities for
[...] (U) Summary: Findings from the December 8 Guangdong Department of Health conference on infectious disease outbreaks during the winter and spring seasons suggest that the risk of SARS is low, but there is the possibility for "sporadic" human avian influenza infection and/or reemergence of an ani [...]
2007-12-14 06:33:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO AMED CASC EAGR KFLU SOCI CH
07GUATEMALA11772007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES - GUATEMALA
[...] Claimant A: Embassy has not been contacted by claimant A during 2006 and first semester of 2007 on the status of evicting illegal settlers from her farm. This case appears to be resolved or inactive. 2. Claimant B: Claimant B's disputes with the railroad regulator continue, with no sho [...]
2007-06-15 16:50:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV KIDE PGOV ECON CASC OPIC GT
07GUATEMALA2194SPECIAL PROSECUTORIAL UNIT TO COMBAT TRAFFICKING
[...] The Public Ministry announced November 1 that it will create a special unit in the Prosecutor's Office Against Organized Crime to investigate and prosecute trafficking in persons (TIP),including illegal adoptions. The new anti-TIP unit will investigate organized crime groups allegedly involv [...]
2007-11-06 21:56:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDKOCI CASC CVIS KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG SNAR GT
07HANOI1026AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - MORE POULTRY OUTBREAKS
[...] (U) Summary: Vietnam is experiencing a new wave of H5N1 AI outbreaks in poultry. In May 2007, poultry outbreaks have been reported in 12 provinces and municipalities throughout the country. The Government of Vietnam's (GVN) public health response to the reported first human case since November [...]
2007-06-01 08:29:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
07HANOI1050AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - MORE HUMAN CASES UNDER
[...] (U) Summary. The Government of Vietnam (GVN) reports a second confirmed human case of highly pathologic H5N1 avian influenza (AI) since May 1 (reftel A and B). The media reports that two additional patients with severe respiratory illness are under investigation for AI at Hanoi's Bach Mai Hosp [...]
2007-06-04 10:40:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
07HANOI107VIETNAM - AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. There have been no reported H5N1 avian influenza (AI) human cases in Vietnam this year and none reported in 2006. H5N1 AI poultry outbreaks have occurred within the past 21 days in 19 districts in seven southernmost Mekong Delta provinces, namely: Ca Mau, Bac Lieu, Hau Giang, Vi [...]
2007-01-18 10:23:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
07HANOI1147AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - MORE HUMAN CASES AND FIRST DEATHS
[...] (U) Summary. The Government of Vietnam (GVN) now reports a total of five confirmed human cases of highly pathologic H5N1 avian influenza A (AI) since May 1, including two deaths, the first since November 2005. There have been no associated cases among contacts and no common sources of infectio [...]
2007-06-22 09:32:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR KFLU VM
07HANOI1265AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - WAVE DYING OUT BUT SAMPLE SHARING
[...] (U) Summary. The Government of Vietnam (GVN) reports no human cases infected with the H5N1 strain of highly pathologic avian influenza A (HPAI) beyond the total of five confirmed cases since May 1. There have been no cases among contacts and no common sources of infection. Outbreaks of AI in [...]
2007-07-18 17:33:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR KFLU VM
07HANOI1365AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - HUMAN FATALITY DESPITE DECREASE IN
[...] (U) Summary: On July 31, the Government of Vietnam (GVN) reported a fatal case of a pregnant 22 year-old woman from rural Ha Tay province infected with the H5N1 strain of highly pathologic avian influenza. The case appears to be isolated and not related to an active poultry outbreak or human c [...]
2007-08-02 17:23:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR KFLU VM
07HANOI1444AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - NEW HUMAN FATALITY
[...] (U) Summary: On August 7, the Government of Vietnam (GVN) reported the death of a 15 year-old boy from Thanh Hoa province infected with the H5N1 strain of highly pathologic avian influenza. The case appears isolated and not related to larger poultry outbreaks or human clusters. Outbreaks of AI [...]
2007-08-13 14:06:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR KFLU VM
07HANOI1551FAO-GVN REVIEW AVIAN INFLUENZA STRATEGY IN AGRICULTURAL
[...] (U) Summary. The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) recently concluded that Vietnam's overall approach to the control and prevention of highly pathologic avian influenza (HPAI) in poultry is sound and appropriate and recomm [...]
2007-08-29 17:11:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR KFLU VM
07HANOI1727REVISION OF VIETNAM'S AVIAN INFLUENZA ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) Summary: The Ministry of Health (MOH) recently organized a workshop to discuss revisions of the Government of Vietnam (GVN) action plan on the prevention and control of human influenza. Under the cooperative agreement between U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) of the Department of Hea [...]
2007-10-01 14:17:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED EAGR CASC KFLU VM
07HANOI1793AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - FIVE DUCKS DEAD: POSSIBLE ANIMAL
[...] (SBU) After 21 days free of avian influenza, Government of Vietnam (GVN) sources in Hanoi and an official website report confirmed an October 10 outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 influenza A among ducks in Nhue Tu B village, Ham Giang commune, Tra Cu district, Tra Vinh Province. However, whi [...]
2007-10-12 17:33:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR KFLU VM
07HANOI1835AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - MORE DEAD DUCKS IN NEW ANIMAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-25 10:46:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR KFLU VM
07HANOI1891CHOLERA OUTBREAK CONFIRMED IN NORTHERN VIETNAM
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-05 10:23:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR VM
07HANOI1920VIETNAM AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - SCATTERED OUTBREAKS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Avian influenza outbreaks continue to flare up in various locations across Vietnam, with six provinces now reporting infected birds over the past month. All have been quickly and easily controlled. Officials have not yet linked the outbreaks, though they may represent the early [...]
2007-11-09 10:16:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR KFLU VM
07HANOI1921CHOLERA OUTBREAK CONFIRMED IN NORTHERN VIETNAM
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-09 10:17:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR VM
07HANOI1924 UPDATE OF SERIOUS ACUTE DIARRHEA OUTBREAK IN NORTHERN
[...] (SBU) Summary. Vietnam's acute diarrhea outbreak expanded from 11 to 14 provinces and municipalities throughout northern Vietnam over the past week, with many victims testing positive for cholera. However, informal information from one of Hanoi's major referral centers indicates the epidemic m [...]
2007-11-13 04:15:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR VM
07HANOI1969AMBASSADOR EXPRESSES DEEP CONCERN OVER ARREST OF AMCIT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-20 11:03:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM PINR CASC VM
07HANOI1978AMBASSADOR AGAIN RAISES VIET TAN AMCIT ARREST CASE WITH
[...] (SBU) On November 21, the Ambassador spoke again with VFM Phan Binh Minh to renew his protest concerning the arrest of U.S. citizen Leon Truong. VFM Minh confirmed that Mr. Truong has been arrested for violating Article 84 of the Criminal Code concerning terrorist activity, literally "to oppos [...]
2007-11-21 11:08:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV CASC CMGT VM
07HANOI1994AMBASSADOR RAISES AMCIT ARREST CASES WITH VICE MINISTER OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: On November 27, the Ambassador met with Vice Minister for Public Security Nguyen Van Huong to reiterate requests for consular access to arrested U.S. citizens Mr. Leon Truong, Ms. Le Helen, and Mr. Le Van Phan, and to inquire about the whereabouts of U.S. citizen Nguyen Quoc Qua [...]
2007-11-27 10:59:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV CASC CMGT VM
07HANOI2041A REVIEW OF VIETNAM'S AVIAN INFLUENZA POULTRY VACCINATION
[...] (SBU) Summary. Four years into its efforts to counter pandemic influenza, the Government of Vietnam (GVN) has placed ongoing emphasis on a vaccination program to limit the possible spread of avian influenza (AI) caused by the highly pathogenic influenza A H5N1 virus. The nationwide program fo [...]
2007-12-05 10:29:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR KFLU VM
07HANOI2071VIETNAM MARKS SUCCESSFUL CONTROL OF CHOLERA OUTBREAK
[...] (SBU) Summary. Vietnamese officials recently announced the successful control of the outbreak of cholera (or, as the Government of Vietnam more generally referred to it, "severe acute diarrhea") that began in late October. International public health experts agree with the GVN that Vietnam's [...]
2007-12-14 04:19:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR VM
07HANOI2099DESPITE EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT RESPONSE, DENGUE CONTINUES TO
[...] (SBU) Summary. Annual numbers of dengue cases continue to rise in Vietnam, particularly in the Mekong Delta region. Though the Government of Vietnam (GVN) has a comprehensive national program to control dengue, it cannot eliminate the disease. Instead, ecological factors, including the growt [...]
2007-12-20 09:16:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO EAID SOCI PGOV AMED AMGT CASC KPAO VM
07HANOI2116SHAKY RESPONSE TO NEW AVIAN INFLUENZA FATALITY
[...] (SBU) Summary. Vietnamese officials confirmed the death of a four year old boy from Avian Influenza (AI). However, the Government of Vietnam (GVN) response showed three significant communication failures; between animal and human health experts, between local and central officials, and betwee [...]
2007-12-28 11:40:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR KFLU VM
07HANOI303AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - POULTRY OUTBREAKS QUELLED
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Vietnam (GVN) has announced the successful containment of H5N1 outbreaks in poultry after experiencing 21 outbreak-free days. During January 29-31, Senior Advisor for East and Southeast Asia Charles Patterson traveled with ESTHOff, CONGEN ECONOff and CDC Influ [...]
2007-02-15 10:46:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
07HANOI373AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - FIRST POULTRY OUTBREAK IN NORTH
[...] (U) Summary: The Government of Vietnam (GVN) announced the containment of an H5N1 outbreak in poultry in northern Hai Duong Province that occurred on February 16, the first day of the Tet Lunar New Year. A smaller poultry die-off that occurred in early February in northern Ninh Binh Province [...]
2007-02-28 10:12:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
07HANOI452AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - POULTRY OUTBREAK IN HANOI
[...] (U) Summary: Vietnam has experienced four poultry outbreaks since February 13. The Government of Vietnam (GVN) has now confirmed that H5N1 was the cause of two poultry outbreaks on farms in one of Hanoi's rural communes. Earlier this week, a poultry outbreak occurred at a farm in Ha Tay Prov [...]
2007-03-08 11:08:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
07HANOI611MISSION VIETNAM CONTACTS -- PANDEMIC INFLUENZA NATIONAL
[...] Pursuant to reftel, Mission Vietnam has designated the following persons as its main points of contact on avian and pandemic influenza: -- Mr. Nathan Sage, ESTH Officer (State Hanoi Representative),who may be reached at (84)(4) 772-1500 (ext. 2233),mobile (84)(90) 345-7801 or e-mail at Sa [...]
2007-04-01 04:29:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU MARR MASS CASC
07HANOI641AMBASSADOR PROMOTES COMMERCIAL DELIVERABLES, TIFA, NEC, HR,
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with the Office of the Government (OOG) Vice Chairman Nguyen Xuan Phuc on April 4 to promote positive Vietnamese government action on commercial projects by U.S. firms and to address a number of prominent bilateral issues, including: Trade and Investment Fram [...]
2007-04-05 10:27:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL ECON ETRD EFIN KOCI CVIS CASC AMGT
07HANOI725AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - SPORADIC ANIMAL OUTBREAKS
[...] (U) Summary: Since mid-February, sporadic outbreaks of H5N1 avian influenza (AI) have occurred in isolated poultry flocks. The outbreaks have been readily controlled by the Government of Vietnam (GVN). No human cases were found. Local media reports that the 2007 poultry vaccination program i [...]
2007-04-18 11:05:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
07HANOI73VIETNAM - AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. There have been no reported H5N1 human avian influenza (AI) cases in Vietnam this year and none reported in 2006. According to the Government of Vietnam (GVN),Kien Giang province in the Mekong Delta has become the fourth province to experience to an AI poultry outbreak. Two f [...]
2007-01-12 03:01:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
07HANOI932AMBASSADOR'S MEETINGS WITH FINANCE, STATE BANK: OVERVIEW
[...] (U) SUMMARY: This message provides overview and general comment on Ambassador Marine's May 17 and 18 meetings with Vietnam's Minister of Finance and State Bank Governor. A series of five septels will report on individual agenda items. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) Ambassador Marine met Minister [...]
2007-05-21 10:07:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON ETRD EAID KIPR PGOV CASC VM
07HANOI937AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FINANCE MINISTER: ADOPTION FEES
[...] (U) This message reports the content of the Ambassador's meeting with Vietnam's Minister of Finance regarding the lack of a published fee schedule for inter-country adoptions. The discussion was held May 17 and was part of a lengthier agenda (ref a). 2. (SBU) Background: The adoption fee [...]
2007-05-21 10:46:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDCASC CIVS KOCI PREL ECON VM
07HANOI973AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - PERSISTENT SPORADIC ANIMAL
[...] (U) Summary: After a month-long period of no highly pathogenic avian influenza (AI) outbreaks in animals, limited outbreaks in poultry have been reported in five provinces, including Hanoi. One suspected human case, a 30-year old man from Vinh Phuoc Province, is recovering but still in critica [...]
2007-05-24 10:55:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
07HARARE543 2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION
[...] The US Government is aware of eight (8) claims of US persons which may be outstanding against the Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ). All eight claims arise out of the GOZ's Land Resettlement Program, which commenced in 2000. The general pace of land seizure has slowed, as very few non-indigenous c [...]
2007-06-19 15:01:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDCASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV
07HAVANA1113PASTORS FOR PEACE SERVE AMERICAN MEDICAL STUDENTS THREATS FOR THANKSGIVING DINNER
[...] (C) On November 23, 2007 at the first ever meeting of USINT's American citizen wardens (SEPTEL to follow),a fifth year medical student at Havana's Latin American Medical School reported that he and the other students receiving scholarships from Pastors for Peace were warned against contact with US [...]
2007-11-30 17:07:00US Interests Section HavanaSECRETCASC CU KDEM PHUM SCUL
07HELSINKI634FINLAND: 2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND
[...] In response to reftel Post has no reports of U.S. citizen expropriation claims or other investment disputes. 2. Post points of contact on related issues are the following: Primary Jane Messenger, Economic Section Chief Tel: 358-9-6162-5468 messengerjs@state.gov Alternate Riikka Aho, [...]
2007-08-16 13:45:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIEDCASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV FI
07HOCHIMINHCITY10AVIAN INFLUENZA: POULTRY OUTBREAKS CONTINUE, SUSPECTED HUMAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past 3 weeks, highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza (AI) has been detected in poultry in 12 districts in four of the southern most provinces of Vietnam?s Mekong Delta. Over 9,000 birds have died from AI and over 24,000 have been culled since the disease first reappear [...]
2007-01-04 09:17:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY1240HUE FLOOD AFTERMATH: LARGE AGRICULTURAL LOSSES BUT NO
[...] (U) Summary. In the aftermath of the November floods that ravaged central Vietnam, effective co-operation between provincial health agencies and financial and food aid from the central government were essential to stabilizing flood-traumatized Thua Thien Hue province. Local officials assess [...]
2007-12-14 11:40:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO PGOV ECON EAGR SENV CASC VM
07HONGKONG2443HONG KONG RESTRICTS POULTRY IMPORTS FOLLOWING
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government (HKSARG) suspended all imports of live poultry and birds, chicks, eggs, and meat originating from the Panyu District, Guangdong Province, Southern China following the confirmation of an H5N1 virus outbreak in Panyu duck fa [...]
2007-09-19 09:06:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR KFLU CH HK
07IRANRPODUBAI50IRAN ANNOUNCES ESFANDIARI, TAJBAKHSH INVESTIGATION OVER, BUT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-13 13:14:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV IR CASC
07ISLAMABAD4439AMCITS SHOULD AVOID KARACHI OCTOBER 18
[...] (SBU) Expecting up to a half million people to turn out for the October 18 arrival in Karachi of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Benazir Bhutto, the U.S. Consulate in Karachi has issued the below Demonstration Notice (para 2). Bhutto's arrival party alone will be in the hundreds, includin [...]
2007-10-17 11:07:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC PREL PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4494FORMER PAKISTAN PRIME MINISTER BHUTTO KARACHI
[...] (C) Following is a description of the investigation to date provided by the Ministry of Interior to the RSO. 2. (C) RSO met with the Secretary of the Ministry of Interior (MOI),Kamal Shah, the morning of October 19 to discuss the attack in Karachi on the motorcade of former Prime Ministe [...]
2007-10-19 13:04:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PINR PK PREL PTER CASC
07ISLAMABAD4495KARACHI BOMB BLASTS - THE DAY AFTER
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-20 12:22:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPGOV PTER PINR PK ASEC CASC
07ISLAMABAD4599DISCUSSION WITH BHUTTO DESIGNEES REGARDING SECURITY
[...] (C) Summary: RSO met October 26 with two individuals empowered by Benazir Bhutto to discuss her security. As per reftel, RSO provided names of three security contractors who can provide security assessments and a full range of security services. There has been no reduction in police protection for [...]
2007-10-27 11:26:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC PTER CASC PINR PK PGOV
07ISLAMABAD4694MGPK01: SITREP 02, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: MUSHARRAF
[...] (C) Summary. Musharraf defended his decision to suspend the Constitution in an emotional speech aired on Pakistan Television; notably, he did not mention a schedule for elections or his plan to resign as Chief of Army Staff. The government continues to block cable distribution of most intern [...]
2007-11-03 20:34:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PK AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PINR
07ISLAMABAD4695MGPK01: SITREP 03, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD; QUIET
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Pakistan's first morning under the state of emergency was a quiet one throughout Pakistan. Both Embassy and Consulates report business as usual on the streets. However, we are receiving increasing reports of arrests of opposition figures and human rights activists. The government has c [...]
2007-11-04 09:33:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNAEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO PINR PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4702MGPK01:SITREP 04, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD; PM
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Shaukat publicly announced the timing for assembly elections may slip due to recent events. The Ambassador called several opposition leaders and human rights activists to express her concern regarding the government's crackdown and our commitment to elections on s [...]
2007-11-04 14:09:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL AEMR AMTG ASEC CASC KFLO PINR PK
07ISLAMABAD4713MGPK01:SITREP 05, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD; LAWYERS'
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Despite growing scattered protests by lawyers, the streets in Pakistan remain largely quiet. The number of lawyers, human rights activists, and opposition figures detained by the Government of Pakistan continues to grow. During a briefing for the diplomatic corps, Musharraf appear [...]
2007-11-05 09:31:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL AEMR AMTG ASEC CASC KFLO PINR PK
07ISLAMABAD4727MGPK01: SITREP 06, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD; ARRESTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The arrest of lawyers has quelled protests for the moment and the streets in Pakistan remain largely quiet. The Government of Pakistan (GOP) has dispelled rumors of a counter-coup against Musharraf, which fueled heavy losses on the Karachi Stock Exchange. The Punjab Home Secreta [...]
2007-11-05 13:13:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4728MUSHARRAF CONVOKES DIP CORPS
[...] (C) Summary: President Pervaiz Musharraf spoke November 5 to the full diplomatic corps. The hour-long monologue was rambling and personalized, focused more on his reasons for the March 12 sacking of Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry than for his November 3 suspension of Pakistan's Constitution. [...]
2007-11-05 13:45:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PK ASEC CASC KFLO PINR
07ISLAMABAD4739MGPK01: SITREP 07, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: MIXED
[...] (C) Summary: As of 1200 local time, mainly peaceful lawyers' protests occurring in Islamabad, Karachi, Peshawar, and Quetta. Following a conversation with Ambassador last night, Bhutto said that Musharraf would not commit to a timetable to have elections, doff his uniform, lift the state of em [...]
2007-11-06 08:37:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PK AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO PINR
07ISLAMABAD4754MGPK01: SITREP 08, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: LAWYERS'
[...] (C) Summary: Overall, the country remains calm. Sporadic lawyers' demonstrations occurred through the country, some involving police beatings of journalists and activists. The government agreed in theory to release 50-60 human rights activists in Lahore, but a paperwork glitch postponed thei [...]
2007-11-06 14:31:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4761MGPK01: SITREP 09, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: HUMAN
[...] (C) Summary: Following Mission and Department intervention, 54 members of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan were released November 7 morning from house arrest, and charges against them have been dropped. People's Party (PPP) leader Benazir Bhutto, upon arriving in Islamabad November 6, [...]
2007-11-07 09:21:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PK AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PINR
07ISLAMABAD4766MGPK01: SITREP 10, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: POLICE
[...] (C) Summary: Police used tear gas to break up a Pakistan People's Party (PPP) parliamentarians march to the National Assembly. Earlier, PPP leader Benazir Bhutto issued defiant statements at a press conference and PPP supporters clashed with police in front of PPP headquarters. DCM met with [...]
2007-11-07 13:38:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PK AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PINR
07ISLAMABAD4767DCM MEETS WITH NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR AZIZ
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The DCM met with National Security Advisor Tariq Aziz for a 30-minute one-on-one meeting November 7. During the meeting the DCM conveyed reports that detained human rights lawyer Atizaz Ahsan has no access to family members and may have suffered physical abuse. The DCM reiterated [...]
2007-11-07 16:24:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PK AEMR CASC KFLO PINR
07ISLAMABAD4776MGPK01: SITREP 11, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: ISOLATED
[...] (C) Summary: The National Security Council is meeting to discuss the current political/security situation. The National Assembly November 7 voted to approve the State of Emergency. In a meeting yesterday with Ambassador, PPP leader Bhutto said she is ready to work with Musharraf if he sched [...]
2007-11-08 09:23:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALAEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4786ATTORNEY GENERAL REVIEWS CURRENT EVENTS
[...] (C) Summary: Attorney General Qayyum told Ambassador November 7 that Musharraf would announce parliamentary elections once his own re-election was confirmed by the newly reconstituted Supreme Court. (Note: In the course of the evening of November 7, we heard three entirely different versions [...]
2007-11-08 10:35:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PK AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PINR
07ISLAMABAD4793NSA AZIZ ASKS USG TO CONVINCE BHUTTO TO CALL OFF
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-08 12:38:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4796NATIONAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES EMERGENCY
[...] (C) Summary: Post has confirmed that Pakistan's National Assembly approved November 7 Musharraf's imposition of emergency. However, contrary to some media reports, Musharraf did not/not commit to holding elections on time when he met with his coalition legislators earlier in the day. Instead [...]
2007-11-08 13:45:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PK AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PINR
07ISLAMABAD4797MGPK01: SITREP 12, ELECTIONS TO BE HELD BY FEB 15;
[...] (C) Summary: President Musharraf announced today that national elections would take place before February 15 and that he would resign as Chief of Army Staff when the newly constituted Supreme Court rules on his election case. Bhutto exhorted supporters to join a PPP rally in Rawalpindi Novemb [...]
2007-11-08 14:32:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALAEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4805MGPK01: SITREP 13, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: BHUTTO
[...] (C) Summary: Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Benazir Bhutto is under virtual house arrest. Ambassador called Bhutto to urge her to consider the consequences of pushing for demonstrations and to express our concerns regarding further political polarization and her own personal safety. The [...]
2007-11-09 08:31:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PK PREL PINR KFLO CASC AMGT AEMR
07ISLAMABAD4809MGPK01: SITREP 14, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: BHUTTO
[...] (C) Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Benazir Bhutto attempted to leave her Islamabad home November 9, 1400 hours (local). She remains in her car, surrounded by 40-plus PPP supporters on foot. Bhutto talked her way through the first barricade but has been stopped at a second one. As of 15 [...]
2007-11-09 10:40:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PK AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PINR
07ISLAMABAD4814MGPK01: SITREP 15, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: BHUTTO
[...] (C) Summary: Pakistan People's Party leader Benazir Bhutto retreated back into her house late November 9 after attempting to go to Rawalpindi to lead her party's demonstration. Her Islamabad home is now surrounded by police and barricades, a virtual if not yet official house arrest. Bhutto v [...]
2007-11-09 13:24:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PK AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PINR
07ISLAMABAD4816MGPK01: SITREP 16, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: BHUTTO
[...] (C) Summary: The GOP lifted the virtual house arrest on Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Benazir Bhutto. Ambassador raised Amcit and civil society detainees cases with Interior Minister. Lahore CG met separately with human rights activist Asma Jahangir and Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) leader Liaq [...]
2007-11-10 09:18:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALAEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4818MGPK01: SITREP 17, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: MUSHARRAF
[...] (C) Summary: President Musharraf was scheduled to give a press conference at 1400 local time; we will provide immediate follow-up information on his remarks for the Department. Pakistan People's Party leader Benazir Bhutto moves to Lahore today in preparation for a planned "long march" Novem [...]
2007-11-11 10:16:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PK PREL AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PINR
07ISLAMABAD4819MUSHARRAF'S PRESS CONFERENCE
[...] (C) Summary: Meeting with local and international press November 11, President Musharraf announced elections would be held "by January 9" and said he would take the presidential oath of office as a civilian after the Supreme Court allows the Election Commission to confirm his re-election. He [...]
2007-11-12 10:18:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PK PREL AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PINR
07ISLAMABAD4821MGPK01: SITREP 18, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: REACTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: Some opposition parties threatened to boycott elections if they are held under a state of emergency. All media covered the Secretary's Sunday talk shows comments on Pakistan. The Attorney General predicted the Supreme Court would begin hearing the case on Musharraf's re-electio [...]
2007-11-13 06:21:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALAEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4824MGPK01: SITREP 19, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: BHUTTO
[...] (C) Summary: The GOP placed PPP leader Bhutto under house arrest and deployed several thousand police in Lahore, who are now (1330 local) clashing with PPP activists staging a "Long March" from Lahore to Islamabad. As Interior Minister promised Ambassador, the GOP last night released Amcit Ha [...]
2007-11-13 11:13:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALAEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4837MGPK01: SITREP 20, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: BHUTTO
[...] (C) Summary: The Pakistan People's Party "long march" continued November 14, but with much reduced numbers, resulting from hundreds of arrests. Bhutto remains under house arrest in Lahore but is busy contacting opposition party colleagues. Additional religious and nationalist party leaders h [...]
2007-11-14 10:32:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PK AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PREL PINR
07ISLAMABAD4864"LIKE MINDED" GROUP: REACTIONS TO ELECTIONS UNDER
[...] (C/NF) Summary: International donors for Pakistan's pro-democracy programs are growing increasingly skeptical that the government can reverse actions related to the state of emergency in time to stave off aid cuts or decisions to cancel election observation missions. Post continues to caution [...]
2007-11-15 12:13:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PK PREL PINR AEMR KFLO CASC
07ISLAMABAD4869MGPK01: SITREP 21, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: IMRAN KHAN
[...] (C) Summary: CNN, BBC and some local private TV news channels are back on the air. CG Lahore met with Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Benazir Bhutto, still under house arrest, in Lahore today. The PPP announced it would try again to launch the "long march" from Lahore to Islamabad; th [...]
2007-11-15 12:30:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALAEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4876MGPK01: SITREP 22, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: BHUTTO
[...] (C) Summary: The government this morning released PPP leader Benazir Bhutto and human rights activist Asma Jahangir. Senate Chairman Soomro today was sworn-in as Pakistan's caretaker prime minister. Musharraf amended the Provisional Constitutional Order to give the president and not the Chief [...]
2007-11-16 09:10:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALAEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4890MUSHARRAF NAMES CARETAKER CABINET
[...] (C) Summary: As expected and provided for under the constitution, Musharraf named a caretaker cabinet when the National Assembly's term ended on November 15. Caretaker governments will be named for the provinces beginning November 20. These caretaker governments will serve until new assembli [...]
2007-11-16 12:56:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PK PREL PINR AEMR KFLO CASC
07ISLAMABAD4895MGPK01: SITREP 23, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: NEGROPONTE
[...] (C) Summary: Deputy Secretary met with National Security Advisor Tariq Aziz and telephoned Pakistan People's Party leader Benazir Bhutto November 16; he met with President Musharraf and Vice Chief of Army Staff Kayani on November 17. The GOP officially shut down Geo TV overnight, which had s [...]
2007-11-17 10:09:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PK AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PINR PREL
07ISLAMABAD4925MGPK01: SITREP 24, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD:
[...] (C) Summary: The reconstituted Supreme Court dismissed most of the petitions against Musharraf's re-election when opposition attorneys refused to recognize the panel's authority. One petition remains for a November 22 hearing. Depending on the outcome of the case, Musharraf may be free to tak [...]
2007-11-19 13:03:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PK AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PINR PREL
07ISLAMABAD494BOMB EXPLODES IN MARRIOTT HOTEL PARKING LOT
[...] (U) On January 26 at approximately 1430, a bomb exploded at the back area of the Islamabad Marriott hotel. According to media reports an hour after the event, two people were killed, and seven injured (two critically so). Initial reports indicate that a suicide bomber detonated himself at the [...]
2007-01-26 12:39:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC CASC PK
07ISLAMABAD4990WEEKLY ROUNDUP: COURT CLEARS WAY FOR MUSHARRAF'S
[...] (C) Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed the final case challenging Musharraf's candidate eligibility, clearing the way for him to re-take the presidential oath of office as a civilian, possibly as early as this weekend. Musharraf issued new constitutional amendments to provide himself legal [...]
2007-11-23 12:07:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALAEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD5380MGPK02: SITREP 3: BHUTTO'S FUNERAL; PROTESTS
[...] (C) Summary: The GOP transported the body of slain Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Benazir Bhutto to Larkana, where funeral services are taking place as of 1430 hours December 28. Violent sporadic protests occurred throughout the country well into the night of December 27. Pakistan was r [...]
2007-12-28 11:24:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PK PREL AEMR ASEC CASC PINR KFLO MARR
07ISLAMABAD5390MGPK02: SITREP 4: BHUTTO'S FUNERAL FOLLOWED BY
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Countrywide protests, violence and widespread arson followed the December 28 afternoon interment of Benazir Bhutto. Today has brought greater calm in many areas with most businesses closed and light traffic on the streets, but unrest continues in some cities, especially Karachi. [...]
2007-12-29 11:56:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PK PREL AEMR ASEC AMGT CASC PINR MARR
07ISLAMABAD5393MGPK02: SITREP 5: PPP POST-BENAZIR STRATEGY;
[...] (C) Summary: Order was being restored in much of Pakistan on the last day of the 3-day mourning period in memory of Benazir Bhutto. In Sindh and its major city of Karachi, violence and casualties continued with widespread property loss. Shops remained closed, but airports and roads reopened [...]
2007-12-30 12:04:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO MARR
07ISLAMABAD5410MGPK02: SITREP 6: CALM BEING RESTORED; ELECTION
[...] (C) Summary: Pakistan today slowly returned to life after three days of mourning for Benazir Bhutto. Major cities were largely quiet December 31, with most businesses open and public transportation running. Pakistan's Election Commission deferred to tomorrow a decision on whether elections c [...]
2007-12-31 12:25:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO MARR
07ISTANBUL167FROM THE VISA LINE: WINTER'S TALES
[...] (SBU) Summary: From the Visa Line is a reporting vehicle encompassing vignettes, anecdotes and observations from Istanbul Consular officers' daily interactions with applicants. In recent months, some applicants have cited the increasingly nationalist climate in Turkey as a factor motivating th [...]
2007-03-02 10:45:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL CVIS SOCI CASC KFRD KPAO TU
07JAKARTA1005CT TRAINING PROGRAM PROMOTES COOPERATION IN
[...] (C) On April 2-4, Post co-sponsored the latest in a series of CT training workshops, this time at the Jakarta Centre for Law Enforcement Cooperation (JCLEC) in Semarang, Central Java. Other sponsors included the Embassies of Canada and New Zealand, with the French Embassy providing a French CT [...]
2007-04-10 06:35:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC ID
07JAKARTA1050POSO CHRISTIANS CHARGED WITH TERRORISM
[...] (U) Trials opened in Jakarta the week of April 2 in the cases of 17 Christians from Poso, Central Sulawesi. The men are charged with terrorism and pre-meditated murder in the killings of two Muslims in September 2006. The killings were reportedly a reaction to the execution just days earlier [...]
2007-04-13 07:18:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC ID
07JAKARTA1053INDONESIA - AVIAN INFLUENZA SAMPLE SHARING UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Despite Health Minister Fadilah Supari's March 28 pledge to immediately begin sharing avian influenza (AI) samples, and similar pledges following World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Margaret Chan's April 4 Jakarta visit, the Government of Indonesia (GOI) has not yet [...]
2007-04-13 08:51:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA107INDONESIA - JANUARY 12 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Mission's Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU-2) confirmed three new human AI cases, two of whom have died. These are the first new human AI cases in Indonesia since November 12 2006. USAID/Jakarta took delivery of 100,000 sets of personal protective equipment (PPE) and 1000 [...]
2007-01-12 09:03:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1077ANNOUNCEMENT OF FAA CATEGORY 2 DOWNGRADE OF
[...] (U) This is an action request for the Department of Transportation and/or Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); please see para 6. 2. (SBU) We delivered news of the FAA's decision to downgrade Indonesia to Category Two under the International Aviation Safety Assessment (IASA) program to Mi [...]
2007-04-16 22:36:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR CASC ID
07JAKARTA108JAN 12 UPDATE RE ADAM AIR; PIECES OF WRECKAGE FOUND; SEARCH CONTINUES
[...] (U) Summary: Villagers and Government of Indonesia (GOI) search and rescue personnel found small pieces of wreckage from Adam Air flight KI-574 on various beaches in South Sulewesi on January 11th. Small wreckage debris continues to wash on shore. U.S. Military personnel continue to assist with [...]
2007-01-12 09:21:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC EAIR ID
07JAKARTA1148NEWMONT POLLUTION CASE: NOT GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: American citizen Richard Ness and U.S. mining firm Newmont were declared not guilty on all counts of environmental pollution by a five judge panel in Manado, North Sulawesi on April 24. In dismissing all counts, the chief judge Ridwan Damanik said both Ness and Newmont had "th [...]
2007-04-24 08:18:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEMIN CASC EINV PREL KPAO ID
07JAKARTA1191INDONESIA- APRIL 27 AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. During the week of April 24, a World Health Organization (WHO) team assessed qualifications of the National Institute for Health Research Development (NIHRD) and the Eijkman Institute as potential WHO collaborating centers. During the NIHRD assessment, Dr. Triono Soendoro, NIHRD [...]
2007-04-29 22:32:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1290INDONESIA - RESPONSE TO TSUNAMI, EARTHQUAKE WARNINGS
[...] Per reftel, Embassy Jakarta provides the following responses to listed questions. 2. Question: Does a duty officer of Mission Disaster Relief Officer (and alternate MDRO) receive tsunami and earthquake warnings on a 24-hour basis from the Ops Center or other service? --Response: Yes, th [...]
2007-05-08 03:45:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY AORC EAID AMGT CASC ID
07JAKARTA1332NEWMONT CASE: GOI TO APPEAL ACQUITTAL
[...] Summary: (C) The Government of Indonesia (GOI) filed a Motion of Appeal on May 7 seeking a reversal of the April 24 acquittal of American citizen Richard Ness and Newmont Mining Corp. subsidiary PT Newmont Minahasa Raya (PTNMR) on all criminal pollution and regulatory permit charges. The Mana [...]
2007-05-11 08:30:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALEMIN CASC EINV PREL ID
07JAKARTA1382002 BALI BOMBER ATTORNEYS BOYCOTT COURT SESSION
[...] (U) The defense attorney for three men sentenced to death for the 2002 Bali bombings - Amrozi bin Nurhasyim, Imam Samudra and Ali Gufron alias Muklas - walked out of the Denpasar court on January 11 without presenting any evidence during a hearing requested by the defense to overturn the conv [...]
2007-01-17 09:21:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC ID
07JAKARTA1492INDONESIA-MAY 25 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Permanent and TDY staff from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) arrived the week of May 14 and met with numerous Ministry of Health officials. Indonesia media closely followed World Health Assembly (WHA) events and reported the outcomes as a resounding Indonesi [...]
2007-05-25 10:51:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1593INDONESIA - JUNE 8 AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Indonesian Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari reportedly announced on June 6 that Indonesia and Australia plan to jointly develop an AI vaccine, but privately, the Australian Embassy and National Institute of Health Research and Development (NIHRD) both expressed surprise at th [...]
2007-06-08 10:24:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1620INDONESIAN POLICE TAKE DOWN KEY JI OPERATORS
[...] (S) Summary. On-going Indonesian National Police (INP) counterterrorism operations in Central Java since Saturday, June 9, have netted the senior-most Indonesian terrorists arrested in the last several years. Among those arrested were Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) Emir Ustad Syahroni (aka Mbah aka N [...]
2007-06-11 12:15:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPTER PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC KVPR CVIS ID
07JAKARTA166INDONESIA - JANUARY 19 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Governor of Jakarta signed a regulation on January 17 prohibiting all backyard farming of poultry in residential areas in Jakarta by February 1. However, at a subsequent meeting organized by the National Committee on Avian Influenza Control and Pandemic Preparedness (KOMNAS) [...]
2007-01-19 10:00:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1718TRIALS UPDATE: THREE CONVICTED OF TERRORISM IN
[...] (U) Summary. Three men were recently found guilty of violating the Anti-terrorism Law by courts in Semarang, Central Java. Beny Irawan and Agung Setyadi were sentenced to 5 years and 6 years respectively for their roles in providing a laptop computer to imprisoned Bali bomber Imam Samudra in [...]
2007-06-21 09:17:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC ID
07JAKARTA1729INDONESIA - JUNE 22 AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-22 09:35:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA182INDONESIA - JANUARY 19 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Governor of Jakarta signed a regulation on January 17 prohibiting all backyard farming of poultry in residential areas in Jakarta by February 1. However, at a subsequent meeting organized by the National Committee on Avian Influenza Control and Pandemic Preparedness (KOMNAS) [...]
2007-01-23 01:04:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1855Sumbawa Mine Showcases World Best Practices
[...] Summary: (SBU) The PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara (PTNNT) copper and gold open pit mine at Batu Hijau on the island of Sumbawa is a showcase for state of the art mining technology, environmental best practices, and responsible community development policies. During a June 22 to 24 site visit, the C [...]
2007-07-09 07:46:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEMIN CASC EINV PREL ID
07JAKARTA1859NEW HIGH SECURITY PRISON HIGHLIGHTS NEED FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary. A brand new "super-maximum security" prison on Nusa Kambangan Island in Central Java highlights the deficiencies of Indonesia's prison system. The new prison exhibits security and prisoner management systems that are sorely lacking in most Indonesian prisons where overcrowding [...]
2007-07-09 09:54:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC ID
07JAKARTA1957GOI PROMISES SWIFT RESPONSE TO NIKE TRADE DISPUTE
[...] (SBU) Summary. On July 18, Ambassador Hume met with Muhammad Lufti, Chairman of the Government of Indonesia (GOI) Investment Coordinating Board (BMPK)at Lufti's request to discuss the escalating trade dispute between U.S.-based Nike Corporation and their local business partner, Central Cipta M [...]
2007-07-19 06:05:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC ASEC EINV ECON KCOR ID
07JAKARTA2064INDONESIA'S 2007 SUBMISSION FOR 527 REPORT ON INVESTMENT
[...] (SBU) Below please find Post's 2007 submission pursuant to the requirements of Section 527 of the FY 94-95 Foreign Relations Authorization Act (FRAA). 2. (SBU) The United States Government is aware of one (1) claim of United States citizens against the Government of Indonesia (GOI). This c [...]
2007-07-31 08:43:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC EINV KIDE ECON OPIC PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2069NIKE COMMERCIAL DISPUTE RESOLVED
[...] (C) Summary: Nike and Central Cipta Murdaya (CCM) reached an agreement on July 31 to phase-out their business relationship over the next 24 months. The agreement includes concessions by Nike to increase the phase-out time for one of CCM,s factories to 24 months from 9 months, as well as inc [...]
2007-08-01 08:27:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNASEC EINV ECON KCOR KPAO PGOV ID CASC
07JAKARTA2101POSO CHRISTIANS CONVICTED IN 2006 KILLINGS OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A Jakarta court has found 17 men from Poso in Central Sulawesi guilty of terrorism in the killings of two Muslims in September 2006. The 17 are the first Christians to be convicted under the GOI's Anti-Terrorism Law. The convictions should help the GOI defend itself against all [...]
2007-08-03 08:51:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC ID
07JAKARTA2168AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES HEALTH AND RESEARCH ISSUES WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary. Minister of Health Dr. Siti Fadilah Supari told the Ambassador on August 9 that the Ministry of Health (MOH) is committed to cooperation with USG. Describing Indonesia's pressing health concerns including HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and avian influenza (AI),she said the Gov [...]
2007-08-09 09:01:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO EAGR CASC KHIV PGOV KFLU ID
07JAKARTA2182INDONESIA - AUGUST 10 AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. An Avian Influenza Action Group (AIAG) funded Avian Influenza (AI) documentary aired on Indonesian television on July 14. The CDC acquired draft quarterly reports from NIHRD covering the past three fiscal quarters. A new CDC senior medical epidemiologist arrived at post on Augus [...]
2007-08-10 09:14:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2230AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES SAMPLE SHARING AND VACCINE WITH BAXTER
[...] (SBU) Summary. The President of Baxter Bioscience's Vaccine Business, Kim Bush, told the Ambassador on August 14 that he believes the Indonesians would welcome a solution to the AI virus sample sharing impasse. Negotiations among a smaller group of key stakeholders could best resolve the issue [...]
2007-08-15 09:59:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO EAGR CASC KHIV PGOV KFLU ID
07JAKARTA2333AVIAN INFLUENZA - BALI OUTBREAKS
[...] (SBU) Summary. The confirmation of two human AI infections and a group of suspected cases have drawn international attention to Bali. The Indonesian National Institute of Health Research and Development (NIHRD) determined H5N1 in two women from Bali and agreed to send the samples to the World [...]
2007-08-24 10:11:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2346TRIALS KICK OFF FOR JI-LINKED MILITANTS FROM POSO
[...] (C) Summary: Trials of nine alleged JI-linked terrorists from Poso, Central Sulawesi, have begun. The accused have been indicted for several Poso-area attacks, including: the bombing of a market; the beheading of three schoolgirls; and the assassination of two pastors. All nine suspects face [...]
2007-08-27 09:47:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC ID
07JAKARTA2349POLICE CLASH WITH DEMONSTRATORS IN EASTERN
[...] (U) This is a joint Surabaya - Jakarta message. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Police in North Maluku August 21-22 clashed with thousands of protesters angered that a local hereditary ruler was excluded as a candidate in upcoming gubernatorial elections. Nine protesters were injured by rubber bullets in [...]
2007-08-27 09:53:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS ASEC CASC ID
07JAKARTA2376BALI BOMBER DEATH SENTENCES REPORTEDLY UPHELD
[...] (C) A reliable source at the Supreme Court has told us that the Court has denied the Judicial Review request submitted by Amrozi bin Nurhasyim, Imam Samudra and Ali Gufron alias Muklas. The three men were sentenced to death in 2003 for their roles in the 2002 Bali bombings. The Court has dec [...]
2007-08-29 08:22:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC ID
07JAKARTA2396AVIAN INFLUENZA - DAS MARCIEL MEETS WITH KOMNAS SECRETARY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-31 02:51:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2432AI - PRESS CONFERENCE DISPUTING HUMAN-TO-HUMAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-04 10:07:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2497REJECTING APPEAL, SUPREME COURT CONFIRMS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Supreme Court publicly confirmed September 7 that it has upheld the conviction and death sentence imposed on Amrozi bin Nurhasyim for his role in the terrorist attack in Bali in October 2002. His lawyers say they will appeal the decision despite the fact that all legal remed [...]
2007-09-10 08:43:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER ASEC CASC ID
07JAKARTA251GOI PRIORITIZES RECOVERY OF ADAM AIR BLACK BOXES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Transportation Hatta Rajasa thanked the Ambassador and members of the USS Mary Sears search team for U.S. assistance in locating the wreckage of Adam Air Flight KI-574 on the floor of the Suluwesi Straits. Hatta said that the GOI's priority in terms of next steps is [...]
2007-01-31 04:50:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ASEC CASC ID
07JAKARTA2560INDONESIA - KEY DONORS MEETING ON AI CONTROL
[...] (SBU) Summary. During a key donors meeting in Bali on September 11-12, Chief Executive of the Indonesian National Committee for Avian Influenza and Pandemic Preparedness (KOMNAS) Bayu Krisnamurthi stated that Indonesia needs around $300 million per year to fight avian influenza (AI). Donors pl [...]
2007-09-13 10:26:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA264INDONESIA - JANUARY 30 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Mission is working to reverse a January 11 directive from the National Institute of Health and Research Development (NIHRD) instructing NAMRU-2 to no longer ship AI specimens to CDC until NAMRU-2 signs a Materials Transfer Agreement (MTA). At a January 26 ceremony, the Amba [...]
2007-02-01 01:06:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA265INDONESIA - JANUARY 30 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Mission is working to reverse a January 11 directive from the National Institute of Health and Research Development (NIHRD) instructing NAMRU-2 to no longer ship AI specimens to CDC until NAMRU-2 signs a Materials Transfer Agreement (MTA). At a January 26 ceremony, the Ambas [...]
2007-02-01 01:22:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2795INDONESIA - OCTOBER 3 AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. In its October 2007, GlobeAsia (a respected Indonesian business magazine) ranked Minister of Health Fadilah Supari as number 16 of the top 99 Most Powerful Women in Indonesia. On October 1, the National Institute of Health Research and Development (NIHRD) confirmed H5N1 in a dece [...]
2007-10-03 08:10:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2796INDONESIA - OCTOBER 3 AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. In its October 2007, GlobeAsia (a respected Indonesian business magazine) ranked Minister of Health Fadilah Supari as number 16 of the top 99 Most Powerful Women in Indonesia. On October 1, the National Institute of Health Research and Development (NIHRD) confirmed H5N1 in a dece [...]
2007-10-03 08:10:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2816INDONESIA 2008 MINI COUNTRY OPERATIONAL PLAN FOR
[...] (SBU) On behalf of the Mission Team on HIV/AIDS, I am pleased to present the Indonesia 2008 Mini Country Operational Plan (COP) in support of the PresidentQs Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). This submission represents the combined efforts of the United States Department of State, the [...]
2007-10-04 08:13:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID OGAC
07JAKARTA2871INDONESIA - SAMPLE SHARING POSITION HARDENS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Following participation in a Third World Network-organized meeting in Geneva, Indonesia's views on sample sharing seem to be hardening. Dr. Widjaja Lukito, Government of Indonesia lead on sample sharing, told us on October 11 that Indonesia intends to seek support within the Glo [...]
2007-10-11 07:51:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA291AMBASSADOR STRESSES AID, INVESTMENT IN PAPUA
[...] (U) Introduction and Summary. On a January 21 - 24 visit to Papua Province, Ambassador B. Lynn Pascoe stressed the importance to Papua's development of both foreign aid and foreign investment. He said that the U.S. was examining ways to increase assistance to Papua, especially in the form of [...]
2007-02-02 06:36:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM EINV EAID EMIN SOCI CASC ID
07JAKARTA2939GOI TO BALI BOMBERS -- MAKE CLEMENCY REQUEST OR
[...] (C) SUMMARY -- The Indonesian Attorney General has given the three convicted Bali Bombers one month to request clemency from the President. If they don't--and the three have repeatedly said they won't, they face execution. If they make the clemency request, the process could drag on for some [...]
2007-10-19 08:06:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS ASEC CASC PTER ID
07JAKARTA2973NATIONAL INVESTMENT TEAM VS NEGATIVE LIST
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Indonesia (GOI) reestablished its National Team for the Enhancement of Export and Investment (PEPI) to coordinate investment policy formulation and implementation in addition to investment promotion. The institution was reinvigorated in response to complaints [...]
2007-10-24 06:02:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC ASEC EINV ECON ID
07JAKARTA3025AVIAN INFLUENZA - U/S DOBRIANSKY MEETS WITH KOMNAS CHIEF
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-30 04:37:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA3039CONSTITUTIONAL COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-31 10:37:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KJUS SNAR CASC PTER ID
07JAKARTA304SITREP ON FLOODING IN JAKARTA
[...] DCM chaired a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on February 5 to assess the flood situation in Jakarta and its implications for the Embassy. Rain in the greater Jakarta area continued over the weekend, exacerbating flooding caused by heavy rains the latter part of last week. Loc [...]
2007-02-05 09:22:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC AMGT CASC PGOV ID
07JAKARTA3043INDONESIAN CONSTITUTIONAL COURT UPHOLDS DEATH
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a highly anticipated October 30 ruling, the Indonesian Constitutional Court affirmed the constitutionality of capital punishment under Indonesian law. The ruling came in a case involving two [...]
2007-10-31 11:47:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KJUS SNAR CASC PTER ID
07JAKARTA3075INDONESIA - NOVEMBER 5 AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-05 10:56:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA3088Greenpeace "Forest Defender Camp"
[...] (SBU) Summary: Greenpeace has established a "Forest Defenders Camp" in Sumatra's Riau Province to protect the forest and climate ahead of the COP-13 climate change conference in Bali. The 60-odd camp members, including one American and 11 other foreigners, are ostensibly investigating forest [...]
2007-11-06 10:51:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC EAGR PGOV PREL SENV SOCI ID
07JAKARTA310AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) SAMPLE SHARING UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Mission continues working to reverse the January 11 verbal directive from the Indonesian National Institute of Health and Research Development (NIHRD) instructing NAMRU-2 to no longer ship AI specimens to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) until NAMRU- [...]
2007-02-06 07:41:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA311 February 6 Update On Flooding In Jakarta
[...] Extremely heavy rains overnight were mitigated somewhat by a dry and partly sunny day in Jakarta as of 15:00 Tuesday. Morning rush-hour was difficult with standing water sporadically throughout the city, but improved as the day wore on. Meteorologists continue to anticipate further rain over [...]
2007-02-06 08:06:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC AMGT CASC PGOV ID
07JAKARTA3278"Cooking the Climate" or Cooking the Books? Greenpeace's
[...] (U) Summary: In a recently released report, "How the Palm Oil Industry is Cooking the Climate," Greenpeace blames American and European companies for the destruction of Indonesia's forests and peat swamps. If this destruction continues unabated, Greenpeace writes, vast amounts of carbon will be [...]
2007-11-30 02:50:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC EAGR PGOV PREL SENV SOCI ID
07JAKARTA3452AVIAN INFLUENZA - MINISTRY OF HEALTH PROHIBITS SAMPLE
[...] (SBU) Indonesian Minister of Health Siti Fadilah Supari has reportedly issued instructions regulating the shipment of any biological samples outside of the country or the sharing of samples with foreign institutions without governmental permission and a signed Materials Transfer Agreement (MTA) [...]
2007-12-21 09:51:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA3488AI - SUPARI INTERVIEW RAISES SCIENCE VS. POLITICS ANALYSIS
[...] (U) In a December 19 online interview in the journal "Nature", Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari reiterated her position that developed countries benefit from the sharing of avian influenza virus samples at the expense of poorer, developing countries (full text available at: http://emboj.org [...]
2007-12-31 05:01:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA431INDONESIA - FEB 16 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ministry of Health (MOH) has announced four new AI cases since Ref A, including two fatalities, but NAMRU-2 tested samples from two of these cases as negative for H5N1 infection. The discrepancy has forced local WHO authorities to wrestle with the classification of official [...]
2007-02-16 08:38:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA504INDONESIA - FEB 23 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the February 16 joint media statement by the Ministry of Health (MOH) and World Health Organization (WHO),Indonesia has not yet resumed the sharing of AI samples. Various Indonesian media outlets have quoted Minister of Health Fadillah Supari as saying Indonesia will no [...]
2007-02-23 08:55:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA567AVIAN INFLUENZA SAMPLE SHARING UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Jakarta World Health Organization Representative (WHO) Georg Peterson told us on February 28 that Minister of Health Fadillah Supari and WHO Director Margaret Chan had agreed during a telephone call the previous evening that the Ministry of Health (MOH) would immediately resume [...]
2007-02-28 08:32:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA826TERROR TRIALS UPDATE: POSO TERRORISTS CONVICTED
[...] (U) Three Indonesians involved in the October 2005 beheading attacks in Poso, Central Sulawesi, were convicted of terrorism in Jakarta on March 21. They were sentenced to 20, 14 and 14 years respectively. The sentences imposed, while less than the maximum, appear to be the result of the defe [...]
2007-03-22 09:03:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC ID
07JAKARTA827INDONESIAN CT UNITS ARREST TERROR SUSPECTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 20-21, Indonesian National Police (INP) units, including Detachment 88 officers trained by DS/ATA, carried out CT operations in Central Java that resulted in the arrest of at least five suspected terrorists. INP units fatally shot one suspect in a shootout Tuesday night [...]
2007-03-22 09:16:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER CASC PGOV PINS KJUS KISL ASEC AS AEMR
07JAKARTA897JAKARTA HIGH COURT UPHOLDS VERDICTS IN TIMIKA CASE
[...] (SBU) On March 7, the Jakarta High Court announced that it had upheld the Central Jakarta District Court's guilty verdicts (reftel) of Anthonius Wamang and his co-conspirators Agustinus Anggaibak (AKA Johnny Kasomol),Yulianus Deikme, Ishak Onawatme, Esau Onawatme, and Yairus Kiwak in connectio [...]
2007-03-28 09:14:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS PHUM ID
07JAKARTA906JAKARTA: EAC MEETING, MARCH 29, 2007
[...] (C) Summary: The Embassy held an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on March 29, 2007, to discuss the issues of airline safety in Indonesia and the recent arrest of 8 Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) members in East Java. The CG and ECONCOUNS discussed a recent media release by the Indonesian Dire [...]
2007-03-29 06:26:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPTER CASC AEMR ASEC PGOV EAIR ID
07JAKARTA932SECURITY ISSUES AT FREEPORT MINE IN PAPUA,
[...] (C) Summary. Executives of the U.S.-owned Freeport mine near Timika, Papua, report that despite a difficult start, police Mobile Brigade personnel have successfully taken over the Indonesian Armed Forces' old role in supporting the company's security operations. Freeport provides some financ [...]
2007-04-01 22:47:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALASEC PHUM PGOV EMIN CASC ID
07JAKARTA933MARCH 28 HIGH-LEVEL MEETING ON AVIAN INFLUENZA SAMPLE
[...] (SBU) Indonesian Health Minister Dr. Fadilah Supari repeatedly pledged to resume sharing avian influenza (AI) samples with the international community during the March 29 "High Level Meeting on Responsible Practices for Sharing Avian Influenza Viruses and Resulting Benefit" in Jakarta. Supari [...]
2007-04-01 22:55:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR KFLU PGOV ID
07JERUSALEM1440PALESTINIAN TRADE UNION LEADER KIDNAPPED,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions (PGFTU) Chairman Shaher Sa'ad was kidnapped in the West Bank town of Nablus on the afternoon of July 10. He was released unharmed following one hour of physical threats and demands by the kidnappers for him to (a) resign his post [...]
2007-07-11 14:09:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALELAB ECON KPAL KWBG CASC ASEC
07KABUL1340NEW H5N1 OUTBREAK IN KABUL
[...] Three positive cases of Type A, H5N1 avian influenza in birds were found in the Karte Char and Karte Seh areas of Kabul City on April 17, 2007 and were confirmed by laboratory diagnosis at the Central Veterinary Diagnostic and Research Laboratories in Kabul. A total of eight birds were tested. [...]
2007-04-19 06:34:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU SOCI ECON CASC AF
07KABUL1771Afghanistan: 2007 Investment Disputes and Expropriation
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-29 05:23:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDCASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV AF
07KABUL696EXPEDITING MEDICAL RELEASE/TRANSFER OF
[...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) Per ref A, Canadian officials paid a first consular visit to detainee Khaled Samy Abdalla ISMAIL in the Bagram Theater Internment Facility (BTIF) on January 11 and advised that Mr. Ismail, who is a dual Canadian/Egyptian national, [...]
2007-03-04 06:51:00Embassy KabulSECRETCASC KAWC MARR PTER CONS CA EG AF
07KABUL827AFGHANISTAN: H5N1 SPREADS TO 3 PROVINCES INCLUDING KABUL
[...] The avian influenza outbreak in Jalalabad late last month (reftel) has spread to a total of six districts in three provinces. Confirmed cases of H5N1 in backyard poultry have now been reported in Nangarhar (3 districts),Kunar (2 districts),and Kabul (1 district) provinces. The pattern of spr [...]
2007-03-12 04:14:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU SOCI ECON CASC AF
07KAMPALA1011NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (June 4-16, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...]
2007-06-15 07:49:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA1079NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (June 17-30, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...]
2007-07-02 03:13:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA1160NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (July 1-14, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...]
2007-07-13 08:23:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA1224NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (July 15-28, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...]
2007-07-27 05:15:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA1291NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (July 29 - AUG 10, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...]
2007-08-13 05:04:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA1351NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (AUG 11 - AUG 24, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...]
2007-08-24 09:39:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA1435NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (AUGUST 25 - SEPTEMBER 7, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...]
2007-09-12 12:16:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA1485NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (SEPTEMBER 8 - SEPTEMBER 21, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...]
2007-09-25 13:37:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA1594NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (SEPTEMBER 22 - OCTOBER 5, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...]
2007-10-16 12:50:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA1689NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (OCTOBER 6 - 19, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social s [...]
2007-10-31 07:29:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA240NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (January 27-February 9, 2007)
[...] Summary: Post presents the thirteenth edition of Northern Uganda Notes to provide information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good gove [...]
2007-02-12 04:33:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA312UGANDA: SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL WARD (FEB 27-28)
[...] (SBU) Summary: Uganda is a productive player for U.S. policy interests in Africa with Ugandan troops deploying to Somalia assisted by U.S. money, and logistics. Uganda cooperates fully in the War on Terror, and is highly receptive to U.S. training and presence. On the humanitarian and develo [...]
2007-02-23 03:10:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA341NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (February 10-26, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: Post presents the fourteenth edition of Northern Uganda Notes to provide information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good [...]
2007-02-28 10:49:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA449NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (February 27-March 9, 2007)
[...] Summary: Post presents the fifteenth edition of Northern Uganda Notes to provide information on the situation on the ground and activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governanc [...]
2007-03-14 05:47:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA526NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (March 10-23, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: Post presents the sixteenth edition of Northern Uganda Notes to provide information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good g [...]
2007-03-27 08:05:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA589NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (March 23-April 6, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: Post presents the seventeenth edition of Northern Uganda Notes to provide information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good [...]
2007-04-06 03:59:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA637UGANDA: ADF CLASH WITH UPDF NEAR TOURIST LODGE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Uganda People's Defense Force (UPDF) and the rebel Allied Democratic Front (ADF) continue to clash in western Uganda. American citizens in the region have been warned to avoid traveling in the Bundidugyo District and the popular Semliki Safari Lodge has closed for two weeks [...]
2007-04-17 06:28:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC MOPS PINR UG
07KAMPALA727NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (April 7-30, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: Post presents the eighteenth edition of Northern Uganda Notes to provide information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good [...]
2007-04-30 09:26:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA871NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (May 1-18, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...]
2007-05-22 07:35:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA964NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (May 19-June 2, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting MissionQs objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to socia [...]
2007-06-05 12:02:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA968NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (May 19-June 2, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...]
2007-06-06 03:52:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KARACHI784SINDH GOVERNOR SUMMONS THE CONSULAR CORPS TO HIGH
[...] (C) Summary: On November 5, 2007, the Governor of Sindh summoned all Consuls General for a meeting to explain and justify the recent declaration of a State of Emergency. Within the one-sided conversation, the Governor touched upon press freedom, judicial activism, and how the abuse of freed [...]
2007-11-06 12:30:00Consulate KarachiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL ASEC CASC PK
07KATHMANDU1191NEPAL: AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE FOR JUNE
[...] (SBU) Post's avian influenza (AI) working group held a virtual meeting on June 11. Post Medical Officer reported that there have been no confirmed cases of AI in Nepal, in spite of more reported outbreaks in nearby Bangladesh. Post is actively monitoring the situation and continuing awareness [...]
2007-06-18 05:22:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO CASC KFLU SOCI WHO NP
07KATHMANDU1488AI CONSIDERED UNDETECTED IN NEPAL
[...] At an August 2 meeting of Post's avian influenza (AI) working group, Dr. Zandra Andre from USAID's Health and Child Survival Fellows Program briefed post on the spread of AI in South Asia and the level of Nepal's preparedness. With reported outbreaks in India, Burma, and Bangladesh, Nepal was [...]
2007-08-06 05:55:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO CASC KFLU AID SOCI WHO NP
07KATHMANDU2101AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU 2007 HOLIDAY SECURITY
[...] (U) On December 20, 2007, Post convened an Extended Country Team meeting during which a review of Post's security posture in advance of the holidays was held. 2. (SBU) Post is not aware of any threat information that is aimed at American interests in Nepal. Post employees were reminded to [...]
2007-12-20 05:20:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC NP PTER
07KATHMANDU342NEPAL: FRANCE AND GERMANY AGREE TO PUSH FOR
[...] (C) On February 8, Ambassador Moriarty, French Ambassador Jolivet and German Ambassador Ring agreed that on-going concerns with international adoptions in Nepal required a joint push for reform. The meeting followed the Government of France's decision to suspend all individual adoptions from [...]
2007-02-09 12:58:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALCVIS CASC KFRD KOCI NP
07KATHMANDU485NEPAL: MINISTER FOR WOMEN AGREES ADOPTION REFORM
[...] (C) On March 5, the Ambassador identified three areas in which Nepal's adoption process required reform to Urmila Aryal, Minister for Women and Children. Aryal stressed that she would continue to push policy makers for change in Nepal's adoption system. Aryal cited the Ministry's accomplishm [...]
2007-03-06 11:25:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV CVIS CASC KFRD KOCI NP
07KATHMANDU760NEPAL: AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE FOR APRIL
[...] (SBU) A/DCM chaired post's avian influenza (AI) working group on April 11. Post Medical Officer reported that there have been no confirmed cases of AI in Nepal, in spite of recent confirmed cases in surrounding countries. In the past thirty days there have been confirmed reports of AI bird [...]
2007-04-13 11:46:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO CASC KFLU SOCI WHO NP
07KATHMANDU967NEPAL: AVIAN AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; STATE-DOD
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-16 10:47:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDCASC KFLU MARR MASS NP
07KATHMANDU970NEPAL: AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE FOR MAY
[...] (SBU) A/DCM chaired post's avian influenza (AI) working group on May 9. Post Medical Officer reported that there have been no confirmed cases of AI in Nepal, in spite of recent confirmed cases in surrounding countries. Post is actively monitoring the situation and continuing awareness effor [...]
2007-05-16 10:48:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO CASC KLFU KSTH FAO WHO OIE NP
07KINGSTON1264JAMAICA: EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-18 20:12:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC EAID JM
07KINGSTON1266TFJM01: JAMAICA: HURRICANE DEAN: SITREP #1
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-18 23:33:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR AMGT ASEC CASC JM KFLO MARR PINR PREL XL XK
07KINGSTON1269JAMAICA: HURRICANE DEAN: SITREP #2
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-19 19:21:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC EAID JM
07KINGSTON1270JAMAICA: POLITICAL RAMIFICATIONS OF HURRICANE DEAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-19 22:38:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR SOCI ASEC CASC JM
07KINGSTON1271JAMAICA: Sitrep #3
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-20 12:18:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC EAID JM
07KINGSTON1273JAMAICA: Sitrep #4
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-20 18:22:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC EAID JM
07KINGSTON1274USAID SITUATION REPORT 1 HURRICANE DEAN
[...] As of August 20, the USAID assessment team reports that Hurricane Dean has destroyed the sugarcane crop in Saint Catherine Parish and resulted in pockets of damage throughout the island. Initial assessments indicate that Clarendon, Saint Thomas, and Saint Catherine parishes have sustained si [...]
2007-08-21 12:53:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PHUM
07KINGSTON1286USAID SITUATION REPORT 2 HURRICANE DEAN
[...] Based on field assessments in five communities carried out on August 21, Hurricane Dean has killed at least three people, damaged thousands of houses, and left at least 3,500 people in need of food, water, and relief supplies in Jamaica. The USAID team believes that the number of affected wi [...]
2007-08-23 18:12:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PHUM
07KINGSTON1290USAID SITUATION REPORT 2 HURRICANE DEAN
[...] Based on field assessments in five communities carried out on August 21, Hurricane Dean has killed at least three people, damaged thousands of houses, and left at least 3,500 people in need of food, water, and relief supplies in Jamaica. The USAID team believes that the number of affected wi [...]
2007-08-23 20:01:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PHUM
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