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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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07ABUDHABI368UAE 2007 TIP REPORT
[...] (U) Following is Post's submission of the 2007 Trafficking in Persons Report for the United Arab Emirates, covering the reporting period of April 2006 through March 2007. Responses under each section heading are keyed to the relevant sections of reftel paragraphs 27-30. Embassy TIP point o [...]
2007-03-05 15:27:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF ELAB KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC AE
07ABUDHABI422MARCH 1 US-UAE COUNTERPROLIFERATION TASK FORCE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-13 13:16:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PARM PGOV ETTC ETRD ECIN AE IR
07ABUDHABI701HIGHLIGHTS OF UAE EXPORT CONTROL LAW
[...] (U) Summary: The following cable represents post's informal assessment of highlights of the UAE's draft law on export and import controls. The law was approved on April 24, 2007 by the UAE's Federal National Council (FNC). The law, includes definitions and the following four chapters: chapte [...]
2007-04-26 13:26:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC PARM ETRD AE
07ABUJA1056NIGERIA: SCENESETTER FOR A/S FRAZER'S MAY 28-30
[...] (C) U.S. Embassy Abuja warmly welcomes Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer and SIPDIS Special Assistant Fatuma Sanneh, who will visit Nigeria for the May 29 presidential inauguration. Your trip comes during a time of political tension and confusion. The April 1 [...]
2007-05-25 13:41:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL NI
07ABUJA122NIGERIA: 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] (U) The following information is Nigeria's 2007 Investment Climate Statement. Overview -------- With an estimated population of 140 million, Nigeria is Africa's most populous nation. It offers investors a low-cost labor pool, abundant natural resources, and potentially the largest domest [...]
2007-01-19 10:20:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDKTDB EINV ETRD EFIN OPIC USTR NI
07ABUJA1265AF A/S FRAZER'S MAY 29 MEETING WITH NIGERIA PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Summary: In a May 29 meeting with A/S Frazer, newly inaugurated President Yar'Adua said he would reform Nigeria's flawed electoral system and continue his predecessor's economic reforms. He has established peace and security in the Delta as a first priority of his administration. He in [...]
2007-06-18 11:30:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON PTER NI
07ABUJA2320NIGERIA: GOVT. PRACTICES - INFO COLLECTION,
[...] (C) Below are responses to reftel information request on GON information collecting, screening and sharing. A. Watchlisting (C) The government of Nigeria (GON) maintains a watchlist which consists of binders with names and photographs of individuals of interest, coded by threat (terrorist [...]
2007-11-01 10:40:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALKVPR PTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS SNAR
07ABUJA321FEUD BETWEEN OBASANJO AND ATIKU NEARS KNOCKOUT
[...] (U) The protracted war between President Olusegun Obasanjo and Vice President Atiku Abubakar has entered a critical phase as the finish line for the 2007 elections approaches. Both sides have turned up the rhetoric since Atiku's return to Nigeria in January. During the second week in February [...]
2007-02-16 12:41:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PHUM NI
07ABUJA621PRESIDENT LAUNCHES NIGER DELTA MASTER PLAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a high-profile, media event, President Obasanjo on March 27 launched the Niger Delta Regional Development Master Plan. The following day, March 28, the Minister of External Affairs hosted a breakfast with the diplomatic corps focused on the Delta. The President, in a wide [...]
2007-03-30 08:21:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV EAID SOCI NI
07ABUJA841SUPREME COURT'S MOOD COLORED BY ELECTIONS AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In upcoming weeks, the mood of the Supreme Court may well be an important factor in determining how many of the recently concluded "elections" stand. In the past three weeks its rulings on the myriad lawsuits brought by President Obasanjo and Vice President Atiku in their poli [...]
2007-04-30 15:51:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM NI ELECTIONS
07ACCRA227PRESIDENT KUFUOR AS AU CHAIR: A FIRST TAKE
[...] (C) Summary: Ghanaians view President John Kufuor's selection as AU chair as a recognition of the country's African leadership role, democratic credentials, and status as the first independent country on the continent. Kufuor will use his low-key, positive leadership style to tackle Afric [...]
2007-02-01 16:45:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALAORC GH PGOV PREL
07ADANA100SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 28-31, 2007
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for July 28-31, 2007. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL: 2. HURRIYET/SABAH/CUMHURIYET/YENI SAFAK [...]
2007-08-01 14:44:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPINS PGOV PHUM TU
07ADANA102SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 01 -03, 2007
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for August 01-03, 2007. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL: 2. GUNDEM: The DTP-supported parliame [...]
2007-08-06 07:37:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPINS PGOV PHUM TU
07ADANA104SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 9-10, 2007
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for August 9-10, 2007. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL: 2. HURRIYET: The Turkish Foreign Minis [...]
2007-08-13 11:06:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPINS PGOV PHUM TU
07ADDISABABA1042AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE FOR ETHIOPIA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post's inter-agency Avian Influenza Committee met March 29 to review the situation in Ethiopia with respect to a possible outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in the country. While HPAI has been confirmed in several states bordering Ethiopia (Sudan and Djibouti) [...]
2007-04-09 14:23:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYET KFLU TBIO AMED EAID EAGR SENV XW
07ADDISABABA1234SOMALIA: TFG PRESIDENT YUSUF HIGHLIGHTS ROLE OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In an April 20 meeting with Ambassador, visiting Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (TFG) President Abdullahi Yusuf said the security situation in Somalia was improving, but that Council of Islamic Court (CIC) remnants in Mogadishu continued to provoke the TFG. While the [...]
2007-04-20 13:27:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS KPKO SO ET DJ QA EG IR
07ADDISABABA1309ETHIOPIA: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF USARCENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. U.S. engagement with Ethiopia focuses on the objectives of bolstering democratic institutions and processes and the protection of human rights; enhancing regional security and fighting terrorism; and supporting economic reform and development, breaking the cycle of food insecurit [...]
2007-04-27 12:24:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV EAID MASS KDEM ET ER SO
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
07ADDISABABA1406ETHIOPIA: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF USCENTCOM CDR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. U.S. engagement with Ethiopia focuses on the objectives of bolstering democratic institutions and processes and the protection of human rights; enhancing regional security and fighting terrorism; and supporting economic reform and development, breaking the cycle of food insecurit [...]
2007-05-08 15:20:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV EAID MASS KDEM ET ER SO
07ADDISABABA173SOMALIA: MSF PROTESTS ALLEGED ETHIOPIAN MILITARY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The humanitarian NGO, Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders),has protested the alleged December 26-27, 2006, occupation of its hospital in Dinsor, Somalia, by the Ethiopian military, asserting that Ethiopian troops harassed and intimidated MSF local staff and confisc [...]
2007-01-23 08:25:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PTER MOPS SO ET
07ADDISABABA1771SOMALI PRIME MINISTER GHEDI DISCUSSES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On May 31, Somali Prime Minister Ghedi affirmed the Transitional Federal Government's (TFG) commitment to power-sharing with all clans, but noted that the Hawiye Leadership Committee represented neither the general interests of the Hawiye community nor traditional Somali leader [...]
2007-06-06 15:28:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV KDEM SO ET
07ADDISABABA2027ETHIOPIA ETHNIC INSURGENCY (C-AL7-01035):
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In separate briefings to Embassy officers, representatives of Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders),as well as USG-funded researchers conducting a regional assessment of Somali issues, have highlighted concerns that the Government of Ethiopia's ongoing counterinsurg [...]
2007-06-27 16:53:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MOPS EAID ET
07ADDISABABA2203(C-AL7-01035) ETHIOPIA: SOMALI REGION SUPREME
[...] (C/REL UK) SUMMARY. The acting President of the Supreme Court for Ethiopia's Somali Region, Abdurahman Rega, denies any increase in detentions resulting from the GOE's ongoing counterinsurgency campaign against suspected Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) rebels in the Ogaden. A former [...]
2007-07-16 04:44:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS PINS MOPS ET
07ADDISABABA238ETHIOPIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2007
[...] Begin Ethiopia's 2007 Investment Climate Statement: OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ------------------------------ There are few changes since last year's Investment Climate Statement report. The 2005/2006 highlights include: -- A new proclamation governing trademark registration and pr [...]
2007-01-26 07:14:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV ET
07ADDISABABA2606ADDIS ABABA RESPONSE - SECURITY ENVIRONMENT
[...] (SBU) DEMONSTRATIONS ----------------------- A. Yes, there is a sizable Muslim population throughout Ethiopia as well as ethnic Somalis. Generally, there is very little if any anti-American sentiment among the majority of the population in Ethiopia. Only small segments of the general pop [...]
2007-08-22 05:28:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER ET
07ADDISABABA2796A/S Frazer's Meeting with AU Commission Chair Alpha Oumar
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-10 15:27:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO UN SO SU AU
07ADDISABABA2952ETHIOPIA/ERITREA: UNMEE AND EPRDF OFFICIAL COMMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a September 21 meeting with poloffs, United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) Addis Ababa Head of Office Joseph Stephanides said that Eritrea's "fear" of being designated by the USG as a state sponsor of terror had prompted President Isaias to meet recently with [...]
2007-10-02 07:59:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS KPKO ET ER SO IR
07ADDISABABA312A/S FRAZER MEETING WITH UGANDAN PRESIDENT MUSEVENI
[...] (C) SUMMARY. President Museveni confirmed that he had appointed a force commander to lead Ugandan peace-keeping troops who were ready to deploy to Somalia as soon as February 1, immediately after obtaining parliamentary approval. Their mission would be to support Somalia's Transitional Feder [...]
2007-02-01 16:18:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO KISL UG SO SU CD AU
07ADDISABABA3430ETHIOPIA: SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S
[...] (S) Your visit to Ethiopia comes at a time when Ethiopia faces security concerns from extremists based in Somalia, saber-rattling by Eritrea over the border demarcation impasse, and an increase in domestic insurgent activity. Ethiopia's excessive response to Ogaden National Liberation Front (O [...]
2007-11-30 12:48:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETPGOV PREL PHUM MARR ET SO ER
07ADDISABABA3434MELES TELLS CODEL INHOFE HR2003 INSULTING
[...] (SBU) Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles acknowledged Ethiopia's challenges as an emerging democracy to a visiting CODEL led by Senator James Inhofe, but clearly stressed that H.R. 2003 - The Ethiopia Democracy and Accountability Act - was an insult and risks jeopardizing the excellent U.S.-Ethiopi [...]
2007-12-03 04:49:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV EAID PTER ET SO
07ADDISABABA40SOMALIA: PM MELES AFFIRMS NEED FOR ETHIOPIAN
[...] (S) SUMMARY. In a 90-minute meeting on January 4 with A/S Frazer, Prime Minister Meles said that Ethiopia sought to withdraw its forces from Somalia as soon as possible, as their prolonged presence would only serve to make them a target of possible terrorist attacks from remaining CIC fighter [...]
2007-01-08 09:11:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETPREL PTER PGOV MOPS KPKO ET SO XA
07ADDISABABA858YUSUF STILL KEY TO SOMALI RECONCILIATION; ERITREA
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles told Ambassador and SIMAS chief March 19 that Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (TFG) President Abdullahi Yusuf was the best hope for the stabilization of Somalia. Leadership changes, particularly in the prime ministership, are necessar [...]
2007-03-20 11:47:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV KDEM KPKO SO ER ET
07AITTAIPEI1269MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-06 08:58:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI239NSPO BUDGET AND PERSONNEL PROBLEMS CONTINUE
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. National Space Program Office (NSPO) Director Lance Wu told AIT/T on Jan. 17 that Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU) legislator Liao Pen-yan continues to obstinately oppose NSPO's budget and seeks Wu's ouster. Wu said NSPO continues to be beset with personnel issues and was pessi [...]
2007-01-31 08:30:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiSECRET//NOFORNECON ETTC PREL TSPA TW
07ALGIERS1629OPEN TALK OF BOUTEFLIKA RUNNING FOR A THIRD TERM
[...] (C) More Algerian politicos and officials anticipate that the Algerian constitution will be amended to enable President Bouteflika to run for a third term in 2009. Mohamed Afif, a well-connected senior official in the predominant National Liberation Front (FLN) told Ambassador November 5 tha [...]
2007-11-07 09:10:00Embassy AlgiersSECRETPGOV PINS AG
07ALGIERS1749LOCAL ELECTIONS MARRED BY IRREGULARITIES,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The November 29 local elections in Algeria, while publicly hailed by the Ministry of Interior and Prime Minister as a success, were marred by accusations of irregularities, fraud, controlled media access and charges of intimidation of opposition parties. The results were notewort [...]
2007-12-06 11:45:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM AG
07ALGIERS1809AFTER THE LATEST ALGIERS BOMBINGS: THIS WILL BE A
[...] (S) SUMMARY: The December 11 bombings in Algiers demonstrate that Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) can adapt its tactics to discredit the Algerian government even if it cannot destabilize the state. Its tactics have evolved and it is more frequently targeting foreigners. AQIM seeks to copy ta [...]
2007-12-20 10:12:00Embassy AlgiersSECRETPTER PINS ASEC AG
07ALGIERS680GOVERNMENT COALITION PARTIES RETURN IN LEGISLATIVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Algerians went to the polls in low numbers under heavy security Thursday to elect representatives to Algeria's largely powerless 389-seat parliament for five-year terms. The parties of the current government coalition claimed the day, led by President Bouteflika's FLN, the secu [...]
2007-05-19 09:08:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM AG
07AMMAN1410PARLIAMENT PASSES THREE KEY REFORM BILLS, AND
[...] (C) Summary: Before ending their spring session March 28, Jordan's two houses of parliament hurriedly enacted three political reform bills on political parties, municipal government, and press and publications; all were high priorities for the government (refs A and B). They also passed imp [...]
2007-03-29 13:38:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV EFIN KDEM KISL KPAL JO
07AMMAN3284JORDANIAN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: "A WEDDING FOR
[...] (SBU) In contrast to 2003 (in which all mayors and half of municipal council members were appointed; ref C),this year's municipal elections generated a high national turnout and high enthusiasm, as well as some controversy that resulted in scattered disruptions and violence in the country. Th [...]
2007-08-02 13:46:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KISL KWMN JO
07AMMAN4737JORDAN'S OLD NEW PARLIAMENT
[...] (C) Summary: As Jordan's new parliament convenes, early indications are that experienced members will at least initially guide the large numbers of newcomers. Five members will return as key players in the new parliament, and the race for speaker is not quite a done deal, but previous speake [...]
2007-11-29 17:02:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV JO
07ANKARA1174SCENESETTER FOR TRANSCOM/CC GENERAL SCHWARTZ MAY
[...] (C) Summary: Your arrival comes at a crucial political moment as the derailed presidential bid of FM Gul has forced an early parliamentary election scramble. The Turkish General Staff,s (TGS) April 27 harsh statement against the nomination of FM Gul as president, and Gul,s subsequent withdraw [...]
2007-05-16 14:05:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PGOV MARR MOPS TU
07ANKARA121ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-22 15:45:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1219TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, March & April 2007
[...] Chief of the Turkish General Staff (CHOD) General Yasar Buyukanit gave his annual speech to the War College in Istanbul on March 16. In contrast to previous years, the speech was closed to the press, but was subsequently leaked to the media. In the speech, Buyukanit refrained from comment abou [...]
2007-05-21 10:30:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR PREL FR AJ PK KS MK YI GM BU AL IT SI
07ANKARA1264TURKEY'S PRESIDENT SEZER NOT A NEUTRAL PLAYER
[...] (C) Summary and comment. President Ahmet Necdet Sezer remains in office indefinitely after Turkey's abortive presidential election, at least until a new parliament convenes after July 22 elections and attempts to elect his successor. Some give Sezer high marks as the last defense against th [...]
2007-05-24 05:45:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR TU
07ANKARA1317UN COUNTERTERRORISM COMMITTEE REINFORCES U.S.
[...] (C) Summary: A group of experts from the UN counter-terrorism committee's Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) visited Turkey May 11-21 to consult on Turkey's counter-terrorism regime, write a report, and identify training needs and other follow-up. The UN group honed in on [...]
2007-05-30 15:25:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPTER KTFN TU
07ANKARA142TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, December 2006
[...] Turkey's National Security Council (NSC) held its bi-monthly meeting on December 28. Internal developments affecting Turkey's national security and the PKK terrorist organization topped the agenda. Recent developments in Iraq and the Iraq Study Group's report were discussed and Turkey's relat [...]
2007-01-24 15:44:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR PREL AJ KG GR YI TS PK IS TU
07ANKARA1520SCENESETTER FOR AMB SCHULTE'S JUNE 20
[...] (C) Turkey's officials continue to acknowledge Iran's nuclear program as a threat, but the current domestic political crisis, as well as concerns over PKK terrorism and Iraq, have kept Iran off the front burner. Your June 20 DVC with Turkish journalists will help us keep the threat posed by a [...]
2007-06-15 07:11:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PARM PINS ENRG IR TU
07ANKARA1527TURKEY: DEPUTY DEFENSE CHIEF DISMISSES RUMORS OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Chief of Staff (DCHOD) GEN Ergin Saygun claimed on June 14 that, contrary to rampant press speculation, the Turkish military is not planning to impose a security buffer zone in northern Iraqi territory along the shared border. At the same time, he emphasized there must be [...]
2007-06-15 11:30:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PTER TU IZ
07ANKARA1620TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, May 2007
[...] The 8th International Defense Industry Fair (IDEF - the biennial Turkish defense fair) was held on May 22-25 in Ankara. 494 companies (333 foreign and 161 Turkish firms) from 48 countries participated in the fair, including 42 American companies. Many high level officials from different count [...]
2007-06-25 13:11:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR PREL GG MK BK AF GR EG AJ QA BA SA LE
07ANKARA1745ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-09 12:08:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1812TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, June 2007
[...] The joint air force Anatolian Eagle Exercise-2007/2 (second exercise of the year) took place in Konya June 11-22. United States, Britain, Pakistan, Jordan and NATO attended the exercise. The first Anatolian Eagle Exercise was held in 2001. Government-Military Focus on Terrorism ------------ [...]
2007-07-17 07:58:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR PREL CH RO UK KS RS GM GR TU
07ANKARA1842TURKISH ELECTIONS: ANALYSTS ASSESS MILITARY
[...] (C) Summary: Experts on civil-military relations in Ankara contend the Turkish General Staff (TGS) is satisfied with the process set in motion by its April 27 warning and the Constitutional Court's subsequent decision on the presidency vote which brought Turkey to early elections. Analysts cla [...]
2007-07-19 11:39:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU
07ANKARA1922TURKEY SCENESETTER FOR AMERICAN-TURKISH COUNCIL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) scored a significant victory in the July 22 election and appears set to form another single-party government with a mandate to pursue its economic and political reform policies. On Iraq, Turkey continues to be an essential par [...]
2007-07-27 07:03:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINS PTER ECON ENRG OREP IZ TU
07ANKARA1923TURKEY'S ROBUST ROLE IN PEACEKEEPING AND
[...] (U) Summary: Turkey's contributions to multi-national peacekeeping operations around the world are significant. Possessing NATO's second largest military, Turkey has led operations in the Middle East and the Balkans, and has provided troops and support to UN initiatives in Africa and East Asia [...]
2007-07-27 07:59:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MARR MOPS NATO UN TU
07ANKARA1977WELCOME CONGRESSMAN SHAYS: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit to Turkey comes as the recently elected parliament prepares to approve a new government and elect the country's next president. Terrorism and Iraq remain key issues, and the return of pro-Kurdish representatives to parliament after 14 years may offer a chance for i [...]
2007-08-01 17:06:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINS PREL PTER ECON ENRG OREP AM IZ TU
07ANKARA2021TURKEY: ANNUAL MILITARY PROMOTIONS AND DISMISSALS
[...] (C) Summary: Results of the 2007 Supreme Military Council (YAS) meeting, announced August 4, included the promotion of 34 generals and admirals and the extension of service for 40 general officers. As expected, General Aydogan Babaoglu was named Air Force Commander, and Admiral Muzaafer Metin [...]
2007-08-08 09:35:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR TU
07ANKARA2120TURKEY: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SPECTER, AUGUST
[...] (SBU) Summary: The new parliament is in the midst of electing Turkey,s next president, following general elections in July. The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) scored a significant victory, returning with a mandate to pursue its economic and political reform policies. On Iraq, Tur [...]
2007-08-16 14:11:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAM ECON ENRG IZ OREP PGOV PINS PTER TU
07ANKARA215ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-01 15:34:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2207ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-27 15:02:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2234TURKISH PRESIDENT GUL: RISKS, CHALLENGES,
[...] (C) Summary: Abdullah Gul comes to office as Turkey's president already experienced on the international scene. His victory is one of personal and political tenacity; many had written him off after the military's e-memorandum derailed the attempt to elect him president in April. Looking ahead [...]
2007-08-29 14:48:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR TU
07ANKARA2279TURKEY: PLANNING FOR CONSULTATIONS ON/WITH IRAQ
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey will participate in the September 8-9 senior officials meeting in Baghdad, during which GOT officials hope to determine a date for the expanded neighbors ministerial meeting in Istanbul. The GOT will propose the October 31-November 1 time frame. GOT officials will also pa [...]
2007-09-06 10:33:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IZ TU
07ANKARA23TURKEY: ERDOGAN IMPATIENT FOR U.S. ACTION AGAINST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish leaders have in recent days publicly lashed out against the slow pace of U.S. efforts to counter the PKK. Remarks by PM Erdogan and FM Gul openly critical of the level of USG and GOI cooperation to date in fighting the PKK have been touted by local commentators as presagin [...]
2007-01-08 10:54:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER US TU IZ
07ANKARA2403VETERAN DIPLOMAT FINALLY NAMED SECRETARY GENERAL
[...] (C) Summary: On September 22, the Government of Turkey announced the appointment of Turkish Ambassador to Greece Tahsin Burcuoglu as Secretary General of Turkey's National Security Council (MGK),a post that has been vacant for months because of the previous President's refusal to sign off on [...]
2007-09-24 14:52:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL TU
07ANKARA2618TURKEY: GOVERNMENT TRIES TO QUELL PUBLIC FURY; PKK
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In the face of growing public outrage over PKK terrorism, senior government officials have urged the public to remain calm and the media to report responsibly. They also have emphasized that Turkey should not lash out in anger but rather take action that is in the nation's best in [...]
2007-10-23 11:56:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPTER PGOV PREL TU IZ US
07ANKARA2622TURKEY: OFFICIALS EXTREMELY ALARMED, ON MESSAGE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. High-level officials from the ruling party and government bureaucracy are delivering the same anxious message: the Turkish people are on the verge of slipping beyond the government's control. Anger stoked by a series of vicious attacks by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has r [...]
2007-10-24 09:16:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER TU
07ANKARA2634ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-24 14:44:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2636ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-24 14:46:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2641TURKEY: GOT CONSIDERING ECONOMIC SANCTIONS ON KRG
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Turkey's National Security Council (NSC) recommended on October 24 that the GOT implement economic sanctions against groups supporting the PKK. The NSC's recommendation will be taken up by the cabinet in due course. Military operations in the border region of Hakkari Province [...]
2007-10-25 11:30:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPTER PGOV PREL TU IZ US
07ANKARA2645ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-25 13:11:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2657ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-26 11:51:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2682PM ERDOGAN ROLLS OUT WASHINGTON AGENDA, CABINET
[...] (C) Summary: During his October 30 address to his Justice and Development Party (AKP) parliamentary group, PM Erdogan laid out his agenda for his November 5 meeting with President Bush. Erdogan identified three main messages: 1) the U.S. must take necessary steps against the PKK; 2) the U.S [...]
2007-10-31 12:00:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV TU IZ US
07ANKARA2877ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-03 14:27:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2968TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP: October & November 2007
[...] In the keynote speech delivered at the opening of the Turkish War Academies on Oct. 1, CHOD GEN Yasar Buyukanit underlined the theme that no power can divide Turkey, change its secular structure, or shake the Turkish nation's confidence in its military. Emphasizing the importance of the fight [...]
2007-12-14 15:13:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR PREL YI CI AJ IZ GR KS IT UK IS CY PL
07ANKARA3039ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-27 15:25:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA3049ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-28 14:46:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA502ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-06 14:45:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA531SMOOTHING THE ENTRY OF TURKISH OFFICIALS INTO THE
[...] (U) Action request at para. 5. 2. (SBU) A Turkish delegation headed by Minister of State Ali Babacan and Deputy Chief of the General Staff (DCHOD) GEN Ergin Saygun and including Undersecretary for Defense Industries Murad Bayar, TGS J-5 Strategy Division Chief MGEN Serdar Savas and other o [...]
2007-03-08 15:50:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR CMGT TU
07ANKARA563TURKEY: CHIEF OF STAFF BUYUKANIT TAKES ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Long-standing strains between the Turkish General Staff (TGS) and the AKP -led government have escalated recently into regular confrontations over foreign policy. On France, Cyprus and Iraq, Chief of Staff (CHOD) Buyukanit has preempted or disputed government positions, leaving t [...]
2007-03-13 07:35:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS TU
07ANKARA629TURKEY: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS ONE MONTH OUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: With the presidential election process beginning in just four weeks, political circles are bursting with theories about what the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) will do. For his part, Prime Minister Erdogan has stuck to his declared intention not to signal any decision [...]
2007-03-19 16:51:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU
07ANKARA644ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-21 14:06:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA666ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-23 13:51:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA719ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-29 12:55:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA814ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-09 11:37:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANTANANARIVO301MIXED REACTIONS TO PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: With only eight days to go, Madagascar's upcoming constitutional referendum has failed to garner the same amount of enthusiasm seen in the recent presidential election. The average citizen has little understanding of the proposed amendments and public reactions have been mixed wi [...]
2007-03-27 13:07:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR MA
07ANTANANARIVO615 AFRICAN UNION CHALLENGES BACAR IN THE COMOROS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An African Union (AU) ultimatum and ministerial delegation to the Union of the Comoros is applying pressure on renegade Anjouan island "President" Mohamed Bacar. All three islands of the Union are calm, awaiting Bacar's response to the AU. Rumors abound from Anjouan that Bacar [...]
2007-06-21 09:36:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR ASEC AU CN
07ANTANANARIVO715RAVALOMANANA'S CONTRADICTORY LEADERSHIP STYLE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 3, 2006, Marc Ravalomanana won a landslide reelection victory emerging ahead of 13 other candidates with 55 per cent of the vote. His nearest rival tallied less than 12 per cent. Coming five years after his initial disputed victory had plunged the nation to the brink [...]
2007-07-20 05:13:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL MA
07ASHGABAT1075"NIGHT OF OMNIPOTENCE" AMNESTY LIST INCLUDES SOME
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) On October 1, the state-run newspaper, "Neutral Turkmenistan," published the list of prisoners to be pardoned on October 9, in honor of the Night of Omnipotence. Some 8,837 names appeared, along with brief details about whe [...]
2007-10-05 05:19:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM TX
07ASHGABAT1374TURKMENISTAN: MIXED REPORTS AND CYNICISM FROM
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a December 8 roundtable discussion with minority registered and unregistered religious groups and a December 6 roundtable with community leaders and staff from USAID civil society implementing partner Coun [...]
2007-12-18 15:48:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL TX
07ASHGABAT236IN TURKMENISTAN TOP SECURITY FIGURES RE-CONFIRMED; NEW
[...] (U) Turkmenistan's President Berdimuhammedov has reappointed his entire inherited "power ministries" team to serve in his own government, though without reappointing Defense Minister Mammetgeldiyev to his previous dual role as Secretary of the National Security Council. The new president also [...]
2007-02-26 13:26:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SOCI EAID TX US
07ASHGABAT350CODEL HOEKSTRA'S MEETING WITH DEPUTY CHAIRMAN FOR
[...] (C) Michigan Congressman Peter Hoekstra, Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Minority Staff Director Michael Meermans, Permanent Staff Member Jim Lewis and Acting Charge d'Affaires met for about 75 minutes on April 4 with Deputy Chairman and Minister of For [...]
2007-04-05 13:05:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALAJ ENRG IR PREL TX US UN
07ASHGABAT564SCENESETTER FOR COMMANDER, U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND
[...] (C) Executive Summary. Your first visit to Turkmenistan helps continue the ongoing, bilateral dialogue on security issues, while reinforcing the progress made by the United States since December 2006 in "turning a new page" in its overall relationship with Turkmenistan. Although the new pre [...]
2007-06-06 11:44:00Embassy AshgabatSECRET//NOFORNMCAP RS AF IR TX
07ASHGABAT695TURKMENISTAN MEDIA REACTION IN APRIL-MAY
[...] (U) Media reaction to post events in April and May were overall very accurate and positive to major visitors and events, but the state media continued to ignore smaller security and cultural programs. Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Steven Mann (Ref D) and Deputy Assistant Secretary of S [...]
2007-07-13 10:46:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP PREL PGOV PHUM TX
07ASMARA346EU-ERITREA COURTSHIP?: MEANINGFUL CHANGE SHOULD BE
[...] (C) Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki has recently personified (at least for him) reasonableness and cooperation in meetings with the EU representatives and UN Special Envoy for Darfur Jan Eliasson. Simultaneously, however, the Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) continues to excoriate [...]
2007-04-02 15:39:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ER SO SU UK EU
07ASMARA620PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR PROVIDES INSIGHT INTO GSE VIEWS ON
[...] (U) In an interview posted on www.shaebia.org on July 9, Yemane Ghebremeskel, Director of the Office of President, offered the position of the Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) on a wide range of topics -- from religious freedom and human rights to international relations and Somalia. ( [...]
2007-07-16 10:36:00Embassy AsmaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KIRF ER
07ASMARA709LONG-AWAITED MEETING WITH MFA YIELDS LITTLE
[...] (C) Summary: In the absence of a direct response from the Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) regarding the August 10 notification to close their consulate in Oakland, California, Charge d'Affaires requested a meeting with representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to dis [...]
2007-08-31 06:30:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALPREL KREC ASEC ER
07ASMARA736MEETING WITH UNMEE DEPUTY CHIEF SECURITY OFFICER
[...] (S) SUMMARY: RSO and UK Deputy Head of Mission (DHM) met September 6 with the UNMEE Deputy Chief Security Officer (DCSO) to discuss the security situation in Eritrea. DCSO, RSO and UK DHM agreed to start a Security Officer's Working Group that would meet on a monthly/as needed basis. This fi [...]
2007-09-18 08:54:00Embassy AsmaraSECRETASEC PTER PINR PREL PGOV ER
07ASTANA125KAZAKHSTAN: NEW CABINET TO MAINTAIN POLICY COURSE
[...] (C) Summary: President Nazarbayev's early January cabinet reshuffle will not have a major impact on Kazakhstani government policy, but may offer insight into the struggle for influence between power groups and would-be successors. New Prime Minister Karim Masimov is expected to maintain the e [...]
2007-01-16 11:52:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KZ
07ASUNCION396COM CONFERENCE: A SOUTHERN CONE PERSPECTIVE ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During May 8-9 Southern Cone / Brazil COM Conference in Rio de Janiero, the five Southern Cone Ambassadors discussed aggressive plans of Venezuela's Hugo Chavez to create a unified Bolivarian movement throughout Latin America, particularly focusing on activities within their respe [...]
2007-05-17 13:28:00Embassy AsuncionSECRETPGOV PREL KDEM ECON AR BO BR CH PA UY VE
07ATHENS1886GREEK PM NAMES NEW CABINET
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Naming his new cabinet on September 18, Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis avoided major changes that would imply a new policy line. His primary aim appeared to be injecting new, younger blood to re-energize the government for his reform program. Most significantly, Karamanlis fol [...]
2007-09-19 12:03:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL GR
07ATHENS2219GREECE: RESPONSE TO S/CT REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-15 06:59:00Embassy AthensSECRETKVPR PTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS GR
07BAGHDAD1147BAGHDAD SECURITY PLAN FAILING TO HELP IDPS RETURN
[...] (C) Summary: Baghdad PRT contacts say the Baghdad Security Plan (BSP) is failing to improve security conditions enough to allow internally displaced persons (IDPs) to return to their homes. Members of the Baghdad Provincial Council committee for migration and displacement told PRToff March 29 [...]
2007-04-03 04:52:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PINR IZ
07BAGHDAD1157TALABANI WELCOMES AMBASSADOR, DISCUSSES ARAB
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani and Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari March 31 to present his credentials. They discussed Talabani's trip to Riyadh for the Arab Summit and the side meetings he held with other Arab leaders, including a discussion on Kirkuk and the P [...]
2007-04-04 09:22:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SA IR SY IZ
07BAGHDAD1189INTERNATIONAL COMPACT FOR IRAQ/EXPANDED NEIGHBORS
[...] (C) Summary: Following the Ambassador's intervention with Prime Minister Maliki late afternoon April 4, the Iraqis quickly finalized their internal agreement to pursue back-to-back conferences for the International Compact for Iraq (ICI) and Expanded Neighbors meeting, preferably in Egypt. [...]
2007-04-06 17:43:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IZ
07BAGHDAD1193AMBASSADOR MEETS MINISTER OF OIL DR. HUSAYN
[...] (C) Summary: On April 4, Ambassador Crocker held his first meeting with Minister of Oil Dr. Husayn Shahristani. Shahristani briefly outlined the state of the oil industry, and admitted that Iraq should be pumping more oil. He blamed the failure to do so completely on the security situation, c [...]
2007-04-07 10:16:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EPET IZ PREL
07BAGHDAD1231AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON SCIRI CHAIRMAN ABDUL AZIZ AL HAKIM
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-09 12:02:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALIZ PREL
07BAGHDAD1236CG'S APRIL 5 MEETING WITH THE PM
[...] (S) SUMMARY: On April 5, MNF-I Commanding General Petraeus and DCM Speckhard met with PM Maliki and discussed the following issues: -- Engagement: Maliki discussed his meeting with the commander of an insurgent group which now wanted to join the fight against Al Qaeda; -- Detentions: Ma [...]
2007-04-10 05:46:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETIZ MOPS PTER PREL PGOV
07BAGHDAD1256AMBASSADOR, TALABANI, BARZANI DISCUSS IMPROVING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi President Jalal Talabani April 9 discussed with the Ambassador how to improve Iraq-Turkey relations after Iraq decided to hold its next Neighbors' Conference in Egypt instead of Istanbul. During his meeting with Talabani the Ambassador also urged Talabani to act on the PKK [...]
2007-04-11 19:39:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL PINS IR TU IZ
07BAGHDAD1262IRAQ EXECUTIVE STEERING COMMITTEE
[...] (C) Summary: The Iraq Executive Steering Committee met April 6 to review recent progress by its six committees. Prime Minister Maliki underscored the importance of the ICI, noting that all international partners had signed on except for Syria. Minister of the Interior Bolani said that MOI had [...]
2007-04-12 10:05:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ENRG EPET KPAO PGOV PREL
07BAGHDAD1272COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES BOMBING -- INFORMATION
[...] (SBU) Post has reached out to political party leaders and other political contacts in the aftermath of the April 12 bombing in the Iraqi Council of Representatives (CoR). The CoR is located in the Baghdad Convention Center in the International Zone and takes up virtually the entire building. [...]
2007-04-12 19:28:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ASEC IZ
07BAGHDAD1278COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES HOLDS SPECIAL SESSION
[...] (C) Summary: In special session April 13, the Council of Representatives stood together with other GoI notables in defiance of the terrorist attack of the previous day. Many members attended in spite of formidable security hassles which made arrival at the assembly hall problematic. Some wa [...]
2007-04-13 17:07:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER IZ
07BAGHDAD1295AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH CHAIR OF THE NATIONAL
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Dr. Abbas Mehdi, the newly appointed chairman of the National Investment Commission, on April 10. Dr. Mehdi was appointed by the Council of Ministers on February 8, and is awaiting Council of Representatives approval. He said that he gave Prime Minster al Mal [...]
2007-04-15 12:26:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALECON EINV EFIN IZ
07BAGHDAD1308ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT ACTION PLAN
[...] (C) Summary: As requested in ref A, post has outlined an aggressive action plan with mission-wide support and input from State, Commerce and Treasury. Given the high-level attention of events in Iraq, GOI officials will expect important issues to involve pressure from all levels of the USG. [...]
2007-04-16 16:45:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETETRD EINV KBCT IZ
07BAGHDAD1329IRAQ EXECUTIVE STEERING COMMITTEE CALLS FOR RAPID
[...] (C) Summary: At the April 13 session of the Iraq Executive Steering Committee, Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Barham Salih called the April 12 bombing of the Council of Representatives (CoR) troubling from a security standpoint, but a unifying event for the CoR. Sarafiya bridge, a [...]
2007-04-18 11:07:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG KCRS KPAO MOPS PGOV PREF PREL IZ
07BAGHDAD1349BARZANI DISCUSSES DE-B'ATHIFICATION, HYDROCARBONS,
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Massoud Barzani, also attended by KRG Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani, on April 12 in Erbil, the Ambassador pressed for action on de-Ba'athification, hydrocarbons legislation, and improvements in relations with Turke [...]
2007-04-19 10:04:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL IR TU IZ
07BAGHDAD1364SUNNI TAWAFUQ VOICES FRUSTRATION WITH GOI, CALLS
[...] (C) Summary: Statements by the Sunni Tawafuq bloc in recent weeks have indicated it is considering withdrawing from Iraq's national unity government due to its perception Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is not responding in a meaningful way to Sunni concerns. These concerns include their stro [...]
2007-04-22 04:55:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PINS IZ
07BAGHDAD1377HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE INTERIOR MINISTRY; DIRECTOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of Interior (MoI) Human Rights Director Mazen Kamel Al-Qoraishy (strictly protect) on March 27 complained that he receives little support within his ministry in addressing serious human rights problems in MOI detention facilities. He also reported an assassination attem [...]
2007-04-23 09:23:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPHUM KDEM PGOV KJUS MOPS IZ
07BAGHDAD1378DETAINEES REPORT TORTURE BY NATIONAL POLICE AND
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: On April 5, six Iraqi detainees held at two Iraqi detention facilities located adjacent to Forward Operating Base (FOB) Justice in Khadimiya provided personal accounts of torture and beatings by National Police (NP) and Iraqi Army (IA) forces to PolOff during an unannounced huma [...]
2007-04-23 09:25:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM MOPS MARR PGOV IZ
07BAGHDAD1439AMBASSADOR EXPRESSES U.S. CONCERN ABOUT UNAMI
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador expressed strong concern with UN Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) SRSG Qazi about content of UNAMI's human rights report released August 25. The report mischaracterized conditions for U.S.-held security detainees, failed to note Iraqi progress in some sectors, and [...]
2007-04-28 19:17:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UN IZ
07BAGHDAD1479ADHAMIYA WALL DIVIDES POLITICIANS FROM REALITY IN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-02 05:28:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PINR IZ
07BAGHDAD1528UNAMI - AN OPPORTUNITY TO REPLACE LEADERSHIP AND
[...] (S) Summary. The August renewal of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) mandate and expiration of Special Representative to the Secretary General (SRSG) Ashraf Qazi's third term in office provide an opportunity to expand UNAMI's contribution to reconciliation, especially in t [...]
2007-05-08 10:18:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL UN IZ
07BAGHDAD1539IRAQ-IRAN - THE SHATT AL ARAB BORDER DISPUTE
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Iran's detention of 15 British naval personnel in March highlighted long-standing tensions along the Iraq-Iran maritime boundary and the importance of helping Iraq develop the diplomatic and military tools necessary to defend its frontiers against intrusion and infiltration. The d [...]
2007-05-09 10:20:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL MOPS MARR PINS PNAT PINR IR IZ
07BAGHDAD1576CORRECTED COPY: ACCELERATING BUDGET EXECUTION
[...] (C) Summary: Capital budget execution in Iraq is a problem acknowledged by all levels of the Iraqi government. The GOI recognizes that delivering goods and services is a vital aspect of economic governance, and a major element of the GoI's popular reputation. Given the importance of capital [...]
2007-05-14 07:01:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL EAID PGOV IZ
07BAGHDAD1593MALIKI RESHAPES THE NATIONAL SECURITY SYSTEM
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's efforts to reshape the Iraqi national security architecture seem to be producing increasing centralization of power in the hands of an inner circle of Shia Islamists at the expense of the formal chain of command. Defense Minister Abd al-Qadir, a S [...]
2007-05-15 18:27:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV MOPS MCAP PTER MARR PINS PNAT IZ
07BAGHDAD1622TALABANI DISCUSSES PRESIDENCY-PM MEETING, PCNS,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the Ambassador on May 17, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said that a May 15 meeting between the Presidency and the Prime Minister (the so-called "Council of Four") had gone well and that Vice President Hashimi had seemed satisfied. He informed the Ambassador tha [...]
2007-05-19 15:30:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ
07BAGHDAD1665DCM MEETS WITH GOI LEADERS IN ADVANCE OF
[...] (C REL GBR) Summary. On May 20, the Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) and Economic Minister Counselor discussed the hydrocarbon revenue management law and upcoming hydrocarbon legislation negotiations with Vice President Adel Abdul Mehdi, Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister Tarik Abdullah, Minist [...]
2007-05-21 17:52:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EPET KCOR EIND IZ
07BAGHDAD1697CHALABI AIDE RELAYS POPULAR COMMITTEE COMPLAINTS
[...] (C) Summary: An aide to Ahmad Chalabi, chairman of popular mobilization for the Baghdad Security Plan (BSP),gave PRToff a summary May 19 of the weekly meeting of representatives from popular committees from across the city. Popular committee members meet with Chalabi,s staff weekly to discus [...]
2007-05-23 05:38:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PINR IZ
07BAGHDAD1700KURDISH LEADERS DISCUSS POLITICAL PROGRESS,
[...] (C) Summary: In a May 21 meeting with the Ambassador, DCM and Econ Counselor, Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh, KRG PM Nechirvan Barzani, and former DPM Rowsch Shaways discussed the mood in Washington and the need for political progress in Iraq. The meeting was also attended by several KRG [...]
2007-05-23 09:58:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IR IZ
07BAGHDAD1711NINEWA'S GOVERNOR FADING
[...] (S/NF) Ninewa's Governor Duraid Kashmoula has shown progressively greater mental and physical impairment over the last several weeks. His behavior has become unpredictable and counterproductive; his effectiveness as Governor and PRT and Coalition interlocutor is now questionable. However, h [...]
2007-05-23 14:25:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNPINR PGOV PBTS IZ
07BAGHDAD177425MAY07 IRAQI EXECUTIVE STEERING COMMITTE MEETING
[...] (C) Summary: On May 25 Deputy Prime Minister Zoubai chaired the weekly Iraq-Executive Steering Committee (I-ESC) meeting to discuss progress of supporting committees and their achievements over the last week in implementing Fardh Al-Qanoon (FAQ) initiatives and requirements. The meeting for [...]
2007-05-28 12:56:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALECON IZ PGOV PHUM
07BAGHDAD1895UNAMI SRSG QAZI DISCUSSES ARTICLE 140, KIRKUK, AND
[...] (C) Summary: Special Representative to the Secretary General (SRSG) Ashraf Qazi for the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) stated in a June 4 meeting with the Ambassador that, because of Kurd inaction, an Article 140 referendum on the status of Kirkuk was no longer technically [...]
2007-06-08 11:36:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALIZ PREL UN
07BAGHDAD1934COR SPEAKER MASHADANI ON HIS WAY OUT?
[...] (C) Summary: An altercation between CoR Speaker Mashadani's security detail and another MP early on June 10 put focus on the long-standing desire of many CoR members to remove him as Speaker. The CoR voted June 11 to consider the Speaker to be on leave until such time as a replacement from [...]
2007-06-12 01:22:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IZ
07BAGHDAD1950READ OUT FROM JUNE 10 MCNS
[...] (C/MNF-I) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Maliki presided over the June 10 meeting of the Ministerial Committee for National Security, during which: -- Minister of Defense Abdul Qadir summarized his proposal to address the shortage of officers in the Iraqi armed forces. Minister of Interior Jawad Bu [...]
2007-06-13 12:03:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR PNAT PINS IZ
07BAGHDAD1960MEETINGS WITH GOI OFFICIALS REGARDING THE TUWAITHA
[...] (S/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: During the period between May 30, and June 5, Emboffs met with a number of representatives from the Government of Iraq (GOI) regarding removal of the natural uranium (yellow cake) and four high-level radioactive sources stored at the Tuwaitha site. In each meeting, Embo [...]
2007-06-14 09:49:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETKNNP MOPS PARM PGOV PINS PTER TRGY IZ
07BAGHDAD1993DEPUTY SECRETARY SHARES VIEWS ON LEGISLATIVE
[...] (C) Summary: Former Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jafari told the Deputy Secretary June 13 that Baghdad security had deteriorated, and al-Jafari worried about the potential impact of that morning's Samarra bombings. He was not convinced that the Neighbors' Conference in Egypt was bearing [...]
2007-06-17 16:48:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALIZ PGOV PREL
07BAGHDAD1994DEPUTY SECRETARY CALLS ON VP ABDEL MEHDI FOR
[...] (C) Summary. The Deputy Secretary pressed Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) Vice President Adel Abdel Mehdi June 12 that Iraqis needed to make this the "last minute" in the effort to achieve progress on key reconciliation legislation. Abdel Mehdi replied that principles of the hydrocar [...]
2007-06-17 16:57:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETECON EPET IR IZ PGOV PINS PNRG PREL SY XF
07BAGHDAD1995DEPUTY SECRETARY DISCUSSES BSP WITH LOCAL IRAQI
[...] (C) The Ambassador hosted Deputy Secretary Negroponte, Special Advisor to the Secretary on Iraq Satterfield and four Baghdad community leaders for dinner at his residence June 12. Primary topics of discussion were the Baghdad Security Plan (BSP),elections, and what would happen if U.S. force [...]
2007-06-17 17:12:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALIR IZ PGOV PINS PREL SY XF
07BAGHDAD2011RELIGIOUS RECONCILIATION CONFERENCE ENDS WITH
[...] (U) Summary: The two-day Iraqi Inter-Religious Congress conference on the violence in Iraq brought together a geographically and ethnically diverse group of approximately 55 religious and tribal leaders and parliamentarians. Although the primary product of the conference was agreement on a re [...]
2007-06-18 17:08:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KDEM IZ
07BAGHDAD2021DEPUTY SECRETARY EMPHASIZES LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES
[...] (C) Prime Minister Maliki told the Deputy Secretary that the hydrocarbon law and the de-Baathification reform law would be sent to the Council of Representatives this week and passed this month. He expressed doubt, however, that progress on legislative priorities would lead to a reduction in [...]
2007-06-19 11:53:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALIR IZ PGOV PINS PREL SY XF
07BAGHDAD203RUBAIE ON STATE OF EMERGENCY, PORTS OF ENTRY, AND
[...] (S/REL MNFI) SUMMARY: During a January 16 meeting, National Security Advisor Rubaie said that he needed ideas for the political and economic parts of the Baghdad Security Plan, noting that the Japanese Ambassador had expressed an interest in helping with vocational training centers. He said [...]
2007-01-18 17:18:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETIZ MOPS PREL PGOV
07BAGHDAD2047TALABANI OPTIMISTIC ABOUT HYDROCARBON LAW,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During a June 12 lunch with Deputy Secretary Negroponte, President Talabani said he would engage SIPDIS the Turkish Government in an attempt to reduce tensions along Iraq's northern borders but dismissed the idea of GOI military action against PKK elements in Iraq. President [...]
2007-06-21 08:12:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS IZ TU
07BAGHDAD2055READ OUT FROM JUNE 17 MCNS
[...] (C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Maliki presided over the June 17 meeting of the Ministerial Committee for National Security, during which: --Maliki conveyed his outrage over a public conference held by the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MeK) earlier in the week and stressed that the GOI should tak [...]
2007-06-22 15:42:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR PINS PNAT PINR IZ
07BAGHDAD217IRAQI REACTION TO PRESIDENT BUSH'S SPEECH
[...] (C) Summary: Iraqi reaction to President Bush's January 10 Iraq policy speech has been mixed, tending to be mostly but not completely favorable among Embassy contacts, consistently critical among Sadrists and hardline Sunnis. Most Iraqis across the spectrum hope the U.S. troop surge will bri [...]
2007-01-20 16:45:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IZ
07BAGHDAD2199 Embedded PRTs: Two Months In
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This report discusses the start-up and activities of the initial 10 ePRTs in Iraq, along with the challenges that they face as small, joint military-civilian operations at the very center of a conflict. On the whole, both the ePRTs and the brigades with which they have been emb [...]
2007-07-03 12:15:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MOPS AMGT ASEC IZ
07BAGHDAD2254TALABANI AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS KEEPING IN THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 3, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani met with the Ambassador and Meghan O'Sullivan, and they were later joined by DPM Barham Saleh. Talabani agreed to mediate between Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi and Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in an effort to bring the Presidency Counc [...]
2007-07-08 06:07:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL IZ IR
07BAGHDAD2346PRT MOSUL: USAID'S SNOWBALLING PROGRESS IN NINEWA
[...] (SBU) Ninewa PRT's robust USAID efforts are making exceptional progress, especially in Ninewa's most difficult areas. New sustainable programs coordinated with Coalition and Iraqi leadership have multiplied our efforts to empower Provincial government and promote economic recovery. USAID an [...]
2007-07-15 12:28:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON OIIP PGOV KDEM IZ
07BAGHDAD2398HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER SAYS DETAINEE ABUSE RISING,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 14, Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Salim repeated to PolCouns anecdotes of torture cases that Sunni Vice President (VP) Dr. Tareq al-Hashimi, during a July 8 conversation with Ambassador Crocker, had credited her with reporting to him. She noted that the volume of detain [...]
2007-07-18 15:13:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPHUM KDEM PGOV PINR IZ
07BAGHDAD2400BADR HEAD ACCUSES COALITION OF TARGETING ISCI
[...] (C/REL-MNF-I) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The continued detention of persons affiliated with the Supreme Islamic Council of Iraq (ISCI) dominated discussion in joint ISCI-US Security Committee meetings (ref). In an effort to bolster our relationship with ISCI, at the 9 July Committee meeting, Genera [...]
2007-07-18 15:13:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALIZ MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER
07BAGHDAD2437JULY 15 MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY
[...] (S) SUMMARY: At the July 15 meeting of the Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS),ministers: -- heard about the poor security situation in Basrah from both the Basrah Operational Commander and the Chief of Police -- discussed the need to move forward quickly with a plan to rem [...]
2007-07-23 07:44:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETIZ MOPS PGOV PREL PTER
07BAGHDAD2442MINISTER OF PLANNING WARY OF HYDROCARBON LAW
[...] (C) Summary: In a July 22 introductory meeting with Economic Minister Ries, Minister of Planning Ali Baban discussed his opposition to the framework Hydrocarbon Law and the progress towards improving GOI budget execution. He noted that the Japanese and World Bank soft loans were approved by t [...]
2007-07-24 06:43:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ENRG PGOV IZ
07BAGHDAD2463BAGHDAD SECURITY PLAN EXECUTIVE STEERING
[...] (C) Summary: On July 13, in the absence of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, National Security Advisor Dr. Mowafaq Rubaie chaired the Baghdad Security Plan (Fardh al Qanoon - FAQ) Executive Steering Committee (I-ESC). Key issues discussed included the preparation of new Government of Iraq (GOI [...]
2007-07-25 15:35:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALECON IZ MOPS PGOV
07BAGHDAD2494ANBAR PROVINCE -- THEN AND NOW
[...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. 2. (U) Summary. Provincial government officials re-opened parts of the war-damaged Government Center in central Ramadi on July 26 amid signs of continuing security improvements. According to MNF-West records, there were 82 security incidents in th [...]
2007-07-27 16:30:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV IZ
07BAGHDAD2516TALABANI DISCUSSES IRAN TALKS, TAWAFUQ WITHDRAWAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi President Jalal Talabani told the Ambassador July 25 that Iran was very positive about the talks held the previous day with the Ambassador. Talabani had little to say on the prospect of Tawafuq withdrawing from the government, but he thought that they should handle their c [...]
2007-07-30 07:08:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALIR IZ PGOV PREL
07BAGHDAD2579SUNNI HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE DEPUTY VISITS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Council of Representatives (CoR) Human Rights Committee Deputy Dr. Harith Al-Ubaidy (Tawafuq) told PolOff on July 31 he noted better conditions during his July 26 visit to the Khadimiya 2nd National Police (NP) Division detention center at Forward Operating Base JUSTICE (also kno [...]
2007-08-03 12:19:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPHUM KDEM PGOV PINR IZ
07BAGHDAD2688PRT KIRKUK: LOOKING FORWARD TO PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Summary. The Kirkuk Province elections director asserted that he is ready to conduct Provincial elections on 60-70 days' notice, although the province would clearly require additional GOI and Coalition Forces (CF) support for security and logistics. Leaders from all of Kirkuk's ethnic gr [...]
2007-08-13 08:16:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ
07BAGHDAD2761VP HASHIMI AND POLCOUNS DISCUSS LEADERSHIP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During an August 16 meeting with PolCouns, Sunni Vice President (VP) Tariq al-Hashimi said that he was ready to participate in the upcoming three-plus-one-plus-one leadership conference, regardless of whether a four-party bloc consisting of the PUK, KDP, Dawa, and ISCI forms in the [...]
2007-08-19 16:33:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM MOPS IZ
07BAGHDAD2816AFTERMATH OF MUTHANNA GOVERNOR,S ASSASSINATION
[...] (U) This is a PRT Muthanna Reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: Since the the August 20 killing of Muthanna Governor Hassani, local officials have tightened security and there have been few reports of violence. After the three day period of mourning, the Provincial Council will select the ne [...]
2007-08-22 12:27:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS ASEC PTER IZ
07BAGHDAD2817HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER VISITS RULE OF LAW COMPLEX
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Human Rights (MOHR) Wijdan Salim stressed on August 13 that the jurisdiction of judges at the Rule of Law Complex (ROLC) in Baghdad's Rusafa district should be expanded to include processing of all detainees held onsite at the Rusafa detention center to prevent indefi [...]
2007-08-22 12:33:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV KJUS IZ
07BAGHDAD2847A BAGHDAD COMMUNIST BECOMES A SUNNI CHAMPION
[...] (U) This is a Baghdad PRT reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: A key figure has emerged on the Baghdad political scene in Subhi al-Meshadani, the lone Sunni on the Baghdad Provincial Council. Subhi, a member of the Iraqi Communist Party, has recently vaulted from the backbenches of provincial [...]
2007-08-25 17:10:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALIZ KDEM PGOV PINR PINS PTER
07BAGHDAD2867MALIKI'S STAFF -- INSIDE THE PRIME MINISTER'S
[...] (C) Summary: The professional staff of the Prime Minister's Office is dominated by a small circle of trusted advisors, who travel with the Prime Minister and are often present at major meetings. The remaining advisors struggle with lack of information, infrastructure constraints, and movemen [...]
2007-08-26 18:13:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR IZ
07BAGHDAD2884CODEL TAUSCHER AUGUST 26 MEETINGS WITH SENIOR
[...] (SBU) Congresswoman Tauscher and accompanying CODEL members/staff met separately during their August 25-26 visit to Baghdad with Kurdish Regional President Barzani, Vice President Abdulmehdi, and National Security Advisor Al Rubaie. In each meeting, Representatives Tauscher (D-CA),Moran (D- [...]
2007-08-28 06:59:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON OVIP KBIO IZ
07BAGHDAD2894SHI'A PARLIAMENTARY MALCONTENTS VENT ABOUT GROUP
[...] (C) Summary: Separate discussions with former Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari, nominally a member of PM al-Maliki's Da'wa party, and senior legislators from the Fadhila party revealed deep skepticism over the current government's ability to achieve meaningful progress and interest in formi [...]
2007-08-29 04:38:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS IZ
07BAGHDAD3024ANBARI, GOI LEADERS GATHER FOR ECONOMIC
[...] (U) This is a joint PRT Anbar/Embassy ECON reporting cable. SUMMARY: 2. (C) Over 200 Anbari notables attended the Anbar Forum II on September 6, a gathering that showed a new face to Iraqi governance -- that of National and Provincial officials cooperating in a public and transparent mann [...]
2007-09-10 12:16:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EFIN PGOV PREL IZ
07BAGHDAD3045JOINT RECONSTRUCTION EFFORTS SUPPORT BAGHDAD
[...] (U) This is a Baghdad PRT reporting cable. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Joint Planning Commission (JPC) and the Joint Reconstruction Operations Center (JROC) in Baghdad are fast becoming Iraqi-driven institutions. Created to coordinate and synchronize Baghdad reconstruction efforts in support [...]
2007-09-11 08:43:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PINR PINS IZ
07BAGHDAD3078INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS IN IRAQ
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At 2.2 million internally displaced persons (IDPs),Iraq now ranks third in the world among countries with IDP populations, behind only Sudan and Colombia. Such large-scale displacement in Iraq is producing potentially permanent social and religious segregation. Coordination r [...]
2007-09-12 11:26:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDUN EAID PREF PHUM PREL ECON IZ
07BAGHDAD3084FURTHER IRAQI REACTIONS TO AMB CROCKER, GEN
[...] (C) Summary: The Embassy and PRTs have continued to gather reactions to the joint testimony of the Ambassador and General Petraeus. In general, Shi'a leaders remain pleased with the testimony, while some Kurds criticized the focus on Anbar. The Baghdad PRT collected reactions from a dozen Ir [...]
2007-09-12 17:43:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ
07BAGHDAD3094RRT ERBIL: KRG PM ON RECONCILIATION, DEMOCRACY AND
[...] (C) Regional Coordinator Jess Baily made an introductory call on Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani August 28. The KRG PM encouraged a more visible US presence in the Kurdish region. Regarding cooperation among the various Iraqi factions, he expressed the op [...]
2007-09-13 14:52:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IZ
07BAGHDAD3117OIL MINISTER COURTS ENAMORED OIL FIRMS WHILE KRG
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-17 00:58:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALECON EPET IZ
07BAGHDAD312IRAQI PM CHIEF OF STAFF ABDULLAH DISCUSSES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the DCM on January 24, the Prime Minister's Chief of Staff Tariq Abdullah said he learned new processes for his office during his trip to Washington. He explained that decision making in the PM's office varied according to the issue, but outlined different ways [...]
2007-01-30 11:18:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ
07BAGHDAD3160PROVINCIAL ASSESSMENT OF JAM CEASEFIRE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: According to PRT reporting Muqtada al-Sadr's August 30th declaration "freezing" Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) operations has had no real impact on JAM-associated violence in the south. This lack of impact highlights the fragmentary nature of JAM and raises questions about Sadr,s relevancy. [...]
2007-09-20 08:38:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETIR IZ PGOV
07BAGHDAD3161CODEL BAUCUS DISCUSSES RECONCILIATION, SECURITY,
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Codel Baucus on September 16, Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi told the delegation that he does not think there will be true national reconciliation until the Shia and Kurds decide to compromise, particularly regarding power-sharing on security issues. He said he [...]
2007-09-20 08:45:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS IZ
07BAGHDAD3163SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S MEETINGS WITH PM
[...] (S/NF) Mr. President: Your meetings with Prime Minister (PM) Maliki and President Talabani on the margins of the UNGA present an opportunity to build upon the outcome of the Benchmarks Report, and to focus both Iraqi leaders on making maximum use of the surge between now and next spring. You [...]
2007-09-20 16:49:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL UNGA IZ
07BAGHDAD3317AMBASSADOR TO VICE PRESIDENT HASHIMI: SERVICE
[...] (S/NF) During an October 4 meeting with Vice President Tariq al Hashimi, the Ambassador emphasized the importance of GOI service delivery over the next six months in order to sustain progress achieved by the "surge" and local/provincial security arrangements. The absence of the Tawafuq bloc f [...]
2007-10-05 15:54:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV IZ
07BAGHDAD3341FIRST MEETING OF THE JOINT COMMISSION ON PSD ISSUES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-07 18:51:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALAMGT ASEC PREL APER IZ
07BAGHDAD3397RECLASSIFIED COPY (C REL UK): OIL MINISTER COURTS
[...] (U) This reclassified cable replaces Baghdad 3117. The cable is otherwise unchanged. 2. (C REL UK) SUMMARY: Iraq Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani assured a Dubai conference hall of international oil company (IOC) executives that the Government of Iraq (GOI) would welcome IOC investment [...]
2007-10-11 06:29:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALECON EPET IZ
07BAGHDAD3442ELECTIONS COMMISSION PART 1: ANTICIPATED 2008
[...] (SBU) Summary: Although discussion has focused on the need for new provincial elections, in fact the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) is facing as many as five distinct electoral events in 2008: a voter registration exercise, an Article 140 referendum, a constitutional referendum, [...]
2007-10-16 19:13:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM IZ
07BAGHDAD3504PSD INCIDENT UPDATE: EMBASSY APPROVES CONDOLENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-22 18:59:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALAMGT ASEC PREL APER IZ
07BAGHDAD3521OCTOBER 21 MCNS: AMBASSADOR CALLS FOR GOI ACTION
[...] (S) PM Maliki opened the Ministerial Council on National Security (MCNS) with a call for Coalition Forces to exercise restraint in military operations to avoid civilian casualties, noting that the Council of Representatives (COR) was questioning the sovereignty and purpose of the government. [...]
2007-10-23 21:03:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMARR MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER TU IZ
07BAGHDAD3526BAGHDAD PROVINCIAL COUNCIL CONNECTS NATIONAL AND
[...] (U) This is a PRT Baghdad reporting cable. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The Baghdad Provincial Council passed a major milestone October 10 when it completed a Provincial Development Strategy and presented it to the Ministry of Planning. Provincial officials describe the Provincial Development Stra [...]
2007-10-24 09:13:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PINR PINS IZ
07BAGHDAD3538ANBAR PRT: IRAQ AWAKENING LEADER SAYS SUNNI TRIBAL
[...] (U) This is an Anbar PRT reporting cable. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) The leader of the anti-insurgency Sunni tribal movement, Awakening Council of Iraq (SAI),Ahmed Abu Risha, told us October 24 that his organization will offer PM Maliki a list of SAI-backed candidates to fill the gap left [...]
2007-10-25 08:18:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS IZ
07BAGHDAD3540BAGHDAD: EXPLOITING SURGE SUCCESS THROUGH SERVICES
[...] (U) This is a Baghdad PRT/Embassy POL reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: Improvement in service provision by the Government of Iraq (GoI) can play a critical role in converting the security gains of the Baghdad Security Plan into progress toward political unity in Baghdad. A focus on servic [...]
2007-10-25 11:52:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PINR PINS IZ
07BAGHDAD3574IRAQ EXECUTIVE STEERING COMMITTEE, OCTOBER 19
[...] (C) Summary. On 19 October, Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki chaired the Baghdad Security Plan (Fardh al Qanoon ) FAQ) Executive Steering Committee (I-ESC) of the Government of Iraq (GoI). The Meeting featured the surprise announcement that Ahmed Chalabi would be the new head of the Services C [...]
2007-10-28 13:28:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON MOPS IZ
07BAGHDAD3597MALIKI CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE STEPS TO DEFUSE TURKISH
[...] (S) At the October 28 Ministerial Council on National Security (MCNS),Prime Minister Maliki called for immediate and practical steps to defuse the border crisis with Turkey, asking his ministers to focus on steps leading to the return of Turkish military hostages captured by the Kurdish Worker [...]
2007-10-30 02:53:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMOPS MARR PREL PGOV PHUM PTER PREF TU IZ
07BAGHDAD3599SCENESETTER FOR U/S JEFFERY'S VISIT TO IRAQ
[...] (C) Welcome to Iraq. The time is ripe for senior level economic engagement with Iraqis, as security improves in areas like Anbar and Baghdad. It is vital that security gains be cemented in place with jobs and investment. This will only happen if Government of Iraq (GOI) decision makers make the [...]
2007-10-30 07:29:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALECON EPET PREL PGOV IZ
07BAGHDAD3601MALIKI CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE STEPS TO DEFUSE TURKISH
[...] (S) At the October 28 Ministerial Council on National Security (MCNS),Prime Minister Maliki called for immediate and practical steps to defuse the border crisis with Turkey, asking his ministers to focus on steps leading to the return of Turkish military hostages captured by the Kurdish Worker [...]
2007-10-30 08:07:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMOPS MARR PREL PGOV PHUM PTER PREF TU IZ
07BAGHDAD3617KURDS: PKK IS PRETEXT FOR DEEPER TURKISH AIMS
[...] (S) Conversations with senior Kurdish leaders indicate that they view Turkey's recent public statements and military action against the PKK as a pretext to forward Turkey's "true" strategic goals of undermining the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG),delaying a referendum vote on Article 140, [...]
2007-10-31 20:32:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PTER TU IZ
07BAGHDAD3623PM ADVISOR ON ISTANBUL MINISTERIAL, UNSCR RENEWAL,
[...] (S) Summary: Prime Minister,s Chief of Staff Dr. Tariq Abdullah took on board the necessity that the PM attend the Istanbul Neighbors, conference and said the PM had not decided whether to attend, at an October 30 meeting with Charge and POLMIL Minister-Counselor. Passed a draft letter on th [...]
2007-11-01 08:06:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PTER PREL TU IZ
07BAGHDAD3630BARZANI'S CHIEF OF STAFF: BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE
[...] (C) In an October 30 meeting with RRT officers, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Barzani's Chief of Staff Fuad Hussein emphasized "dialogue, dialogue, dialogue" to solve the crisis over the PKK. He asserted that Turkey's refusal to negotiate with the Iraqi delegation in Ankara o [...]
2007-11-01 20:17:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PTER TU IZ
07BAGHDAD3633BAGHDAD'S SCENESETTER FOR THE ISTANBUL MINISTERIAL
[...] (C) Secretary Rice: After Ambassador Crocker's September testimony, the widespread feeling within the GOI was that the Maliki government had shown just enough political progress to ensure 3-6 additional months of United States support. We are now close to the two-month anniversary of the h [...]
2007-11-02 02:34:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IZ
07BAGHDAD3669KURDISH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DELEGATION ON TURKEY/PKK
[...] (C) Adnan Mufti (PUK),Speaker of the Kurdistan National Assembly (KNA),led a hastily-assembled delegation to Baghdad October 31 ) November 4 to meet with the Council of Representatives (CoR) and the GOI leadership to discuss the Turkey/PKK crisis. At a dinner for the delegation on October [...]
2007-11-05 18:14:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IZ
07BAGHDAD3684 DIYALA PRT: IDPS CONTINUE TO FACE
[...] (U) This is a Diyala PRT reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Summary: Management challenges continue to constrain the Diyala provincial government's capacity to address issues confronting the estimated 52,000 internally displace persons (IDPs) currently living in Diyala. Housing, [...]
2007-11-06 15:22:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM PREF PINS IZ
07BAGHDAD37IRAQI POLITICAL LEADERS EMPHASIZE IMPORTANCE OF
[...] (S) Summary: At a dinner December 20, in honor of Secretary of Defense Gates, Iraqi political leaders SIPDIS underscored the fundamental importance of the new plan for Baghdad Security as well as steps to forge a new moderate political front to allow the government to marginalize and attac [...]
2007-01-05 21:14:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV PINS PTER IZ
07BAGHDAD3729TALABANI ON THE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP, DE-BAATH,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi President Talabani told Ambassadors Crocker and Satterfield on November 7 that Maliki wanted to delay the strategic partnership and was negatively affecting the possibility of reconciliation by his dismissal of the Tawafuq ministers. The PM was willing to submit the leaders' [...]
2007-11-13 08:55:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ
07BAGHDAD3733BARZANI ANNOUNCES KDP/PUK EFFORT TO RESOLVE LEGISLATIVE DEADLOCK, DISCUSSES KRG EFFORTS TO END PKK CRISIS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: KRG President Masoud Barzani told the Ambassador November 8 that he and President Talabani would meet to review and find a solution to end the current deadlock on pending GOI legislation. He proposed a national reconciliation conference in Kurdistan to move the political process [...]
2007-11-13 11:27:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PTER ECON TU IZ
07BAGHDAD3758ANBAR TRIBAL MOVEMENT EYEING GREATER PROVINCIAL,
[...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (S) In the absence Anbar's top political leadership, currently in Amman after two weeks in the United States, the anti-insurgent tribal movement Sahawa al-Iraq has been considering ways to increase its political power in Anbar [...]
2007-11-15 06:37:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINS IZ
07BAGHDAD3800SUNNI TAWAFUQ BLOC NEGOTIATING A RETURN TO
[...] (S) Our contacts among senior GOI and Tawafuq officials confirm that negotiations over a return to government by the Tawafuq Coalition of Sunni political parties recently commenced, with a (likely flexible) deadline set by PM Maliki of "two weeks" starting on November 9. Tawafuq leaders dele [...]
2007-11-19 18:34:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV IZ
07BAGHDAD3801SAI SUSPENDS ACTIVITY WITH ANBAR'S PROVINCIAL
[...] (U) This is an Anbar PRT reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (C) Sheikh Ahmad Abu Risha, leader of the "Iraq Awakening Movement," (SAI) called for the replacement of Anbar Provincial Council Chairman Abdulsalam Abdullah and the "suspension" of SAI membership on the Council. Ahmad's call [...]
2007-11-19 18:38:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINS IZ
07BAGHDAD3803BAGHDAD'S ECONOMIC TRANSITION
[...] (U) This is a Baghdad PRT reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Reforms to educational institutions, the banking system, the civil service, state-market relations, and inter-governmental coordination has the potential to contribute significantly to private sector development in Baghdad provinc [...]
2007-11-20 07:50:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PINR IZ
07BAGHDAD3809IRAQ EXECUTIVE STEERING COMMITTEE, NOV 16
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki proposed creation of a committee to handle issues related to internally displaced persons at the November 16 Iraq Executive Steering Committee (I-ESC),though he did not specify the committee's structure or purpose. He also noted that the improved [...]
2007-11-20 17:42:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON MOPS IZ
07BAGHDAD3834PM AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS SPD, UNSCR, PKK, CLC,
[...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging, hour-long meeting November 22, Ambassador Crocker and PM Nouri al-Maliki discussed progress on the Security Partnership Declaration (SPD),foreseeing its signing on Monday, November 26; moving quickly on a United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) for 2 [...]
2007-11-24 10:28:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL MOPS MARR IZ
07BAGHDAD3860ANBARIS MEET IN AMMAN TO DRAFT A PROVINCIAL
[...] (U) This is an Anbar PRT reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (U) Some 115 Anbari notables, including government officials, civil servants, and tribal leaders, participated in an off-site conference November 14-18 sponsored by USAID contractor RTI in Amman to draft the Provincial Developm [...]
2007-11-27 12:37:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON IZ
07BAGHDAD3862ICI SECRETARIAT IMPLEMENTATION MOVING AHEAD...AGAIN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Barham Salih is close to officially announcing an ICI Secretariat head, Iraqi Secretariat staff, and the formation of ICI thematic working SIPDIS groups (TWGs) in an early December ICI Executive Steering Committee meeting in Baghdad. Problems still [...]
2007-11-27 13:03:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON IZ PREL
07BAGHDAD3885BAGHDAD: DISPLACED PERSONS RETURNING HOME
[...] (U) This message contains an action request. See Para 19. 2. (C) SUMMARY and COMMENT: Families displaced from their homes in Baghdad have begun returning, according to Post and PRT contacts, officials at the Ministry of Displacement and Migration (MoDM),and local press reports. While re [...]
2007-11-29 13:32:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF IZ
07BAGHDAD3911CG AND CDA DISCUSS FOREIGN FIGHTERS AND SYRIA,
[...] (S) Summary: In a wide-ranging hour-long meeting Thursday, November 29, MNF-I Commanding General David Petraeus and Charge Patricia Butenis reviewed efforts with Prime Minister Maliki to stem the flow of Foreign Terrorists (FTs) from Syria and elsewhere, possible limited Turkish military acti [...]
2007-12-02 12:23:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL MOPS MARR IZ
07BAGHDAD3931 THE EVER-EVOLVING CHALABI SERVICE COMMITTEE
[...] SUMMARY: Chalabi's service committee yet again changed format at it's November 27th meeting. Representatives from Baghdad's rural areas attended last week's meeting and detailed their service needs in what looked and felt like a town hall meeting. At the committee's previous meetings only offic [...]
2007-12-04 02:04:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL IZ
07BAGHDAD3955SUNNI LEADER ADNAN DULAYMI'S SECURITY DETAIL UNDER
[...] (S) Sunni Tawafuq bloc leader Adnan Dulaymi continues to protest his innocence following discovery of evidence linking his security staff to terrorist activities during a November 29 joint Iraqi-MNF/I raid on his Baghdad offices. As a result of that raid, approximately 35 members of his secur [...]
2007-12-05 16:38:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PHUM IZ
07BAGHDAD3966FM SHARPLY CRITICAL OF PM OFFICE UNSCR ROLE;
[...] (S) SUMMARY. In a December 4 meeting with S/I Satterfield, Foreign Minister Zebari described the "heated" debate UNSCR renewal triggered in both the Iraqi Council of Representatives and the Council of Ministers. Both on the record and in private, Zebari blamed the small cadre of "Dawa Party [...]
2007-12-06 14:00:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV IZ
07BAGHDAD3985S/I SATTERFIELD, CG, AND CDA DISCUSS UNSCR,
[...] (S) Summary: S/I Satterfield took the opportunity of the regular weekly meeting between PM Maliki and Multi-National Force-Iraq Commanding General Petraeus (CG) and Embassy COM (CDA Butenis) to press PM Maliki to sign his (Maliki's) letter to the UN Security Council (UNSC) requesting a UNSCR [...]
2007-12-09 06:58:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL MOPS MARR IZ
07BAGHDAD4001IMPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS ON PERSONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-10 10:01:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALAMGT ASEC PREL PINS IZ
07BAGHDAD4014 CHALABI SERVICE COMMITTEE REVIEWS PROGRESS
[...] SUMMARY: Pausing to review previously adopted recommendations, the Services Committee dedicated nearly two hours of discussion at its December 4 meeting to that end. The Ministries of Trade, Oil, Defense, Health and Electricity presented, as did the Amanat and a council representative from Sabi [...]
2007-12-11 10:19:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL IZ
07BAGHDAD4065JOURNALISTS ON THE STATE OF PRESS FREEDOM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Broadcast and print journalists in Baghdad reported that the government, political parties, and religious leaders were attempting to control the content of their reports during a series of meetings during October and November. Seven journalists who have worked for a variety of t [...]
2007-12-14 14:22:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECPS KDEM KPAO IZ
07BAGHDAD4084ELECTIONS COMMISSION STAFFING UPDATE
[...] (C) Summary: The Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) has appointed twelve of the twenty Governorate Electoral Officers; however, the CoR remains deadlocked over nominations for the remaining eight positions. While mid- and lower-ranked IHEC employees complain of patronage and nepoti [...]
2007-12-16 15:30:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM IZ
07BAGHDAD4095INVESTMENT COMMISSION CHAIR: POLITICS SHOULD NOT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-17 08:45:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON IZ
07BAGHDAD4110IRAQI REACTION TO DECEMBER 16 TURKISH AIRSTRIKES
[...] (S) SUMMARY: While both PM Maliki and FM Zebari were measured in their remarks in reaction to the December 16 Turkish airstrikes against PKK targets in the northern Qandil mountains, they underscored that loss of civilian lives was "unacceptable." Implying U.S. involvement in the airstrikes, [...]
2007-12-18 08:59:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMOPS PGOV PREL PTER IZ TU
07BAGHDAD4111Chalabi's Provision of Services Committee - December 16
[...] SUMMARY: The Provision of Services Committee met December 16 in a special meeting to hear from representatives from Nahrawan and Mada'in. Council members detailed their service needs which included potable water, doctors and medical equipment, schools and security for electricity infrastructure [...]
2007-12-18 09:00:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL IZ REL UK
07BAGHDAD4115NINEWA: KURDS AND ARABS A LONG WAY FROM DIALOGUE
[...] (C/REL ACGU) Summary: In a series of meetings on Article 140 with many influential Ninewa political figures on December 10-11, Special Advisor David Pearce heard unanimous support for continued USG engagement on the issue but agreement on little else. While Kurds favored implementation of wha [...]
2007-12-18 13:54:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PBTS PREL KDEM PHUM MARR IZ
07BAGHDAD4118MCNS ON DECEMBER 16 DISCUSSED TURKISH ATTACKS,
[...] (S/REL UK AS) Summary: The Iraqi Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) met December 16 to be briefed on Multi-National Security Transition Command - Iraq (MNSTC-I) contributions and support for the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and to clarify funding procedures for the Rusafa Rule of [...]
2007-12-18 15:52:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMASS PTER PREL MOPS MARR PGOV IZ TU
07BAGHDAD4184TROUBLE AMONG MAYSAN'S SADRISTS
[...] (U) This is a PRT Maysan reporting cable. 2. (S/NF) Summary: Maysan,s Sadrists are challenged by a splintering within the Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) and mounting public discontent over poor governance, according to a US-based Maysani businessman. He said the criminal and former Baathist members [...]
2007-12-27 11:25:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETIR IZ PGOV
07BAGHDAD4193THE KURDS FIRE A SHOT OVER PM MALIKI'S BOW
[...] (C) Summary: In a lengthy open letter to Prime Minister Maliki dated December 21, the Kurdistan Alliance registered its concern over "lost opportunities, crippled wills, the confusion in taking decisions and obstructing the participation and reform process" and presented Maliki with a list of [...]
2007-12-27 18:38:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV IZ
07BAGHDAD4203TOPI PROMISES MORE ALBANIAN TROOPS; SURPLUS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a December 23 meeting, Albanian President Bamir Topi told Ambassador Crocker, MNF-I CG David Petraeus and PolMil Minister Counselor Ambassador Marcie Ries that his country planned to increase the number of its troops in Iraq. Albanian Minister of Defense Fatmir Mediu, who a [...]
2007-12-30 04:48:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IZ
07BAGHDAD4204PRT KIRKUK: 13-POINT AGREEMENT ENDS ARAB BOYCOTT
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Kirkuk Brotherhood List (KBL) and the Arab Bloc of the Kirkuk Provincial Council (PC) on 2 December agreed on a resolution ending the Arab bloc,s year long boycott. The thirteen-point agreement was the result of a PRT initiative to bring the blocs together during countless [...]
2007-12-30 06:57:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PBTS PREL KDEM PHUM MARR IZ
07BAGHDAD452IRAQI POLITICIAN DISCUSSES EFFORTS TO FORM
[...] (S) Council of Representatives (CoR) member Nadim al-Jabiri (Shi'a coalition - Fadhila),advisor to the Minister of State for Tourism and Antiquities Baha al-Mayah, and Judge Hussein al-Musawi of the Supreme Criminal Court outlined to PolCouns on February 8 their efforts to form a "national f [...]
2007-02-11 11:54:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL PINS IR IZ
07BAGHDAD498IRAQI SUNNI ENDOWMENT HEAD PLANS NEW RELIGIOUS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Sheikh Ahmed Abdul Ghafour al-Samarraie, head of the Sunni Endowment, told Poloffs on February 12 that he plans to start a new Sunni religious organization that will be a moderate alternative to the Association of Muslim Scholars (AMS). He predicts that approximately ninety perce [...]
2007-02-13 14:33:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER IZ JO QA SA
07BAGHDAD512PM'S ESC DISCUSSES BORDER CLOSURES, BSP, PUBLIC
[...] (C) Summary. The Executive Steering Committee (IESC),chaired by PM Maliki met in its third session on February 9. Topics discussed included the plan to close Iraq,s points of entry (POE,s) with Syria and Iran on February 14, efforts on coordinating services in conjunction with the Baghdad Sec [...]
2007-02-14 11:45:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALECON IZ PREF
07BAGHDAD539PRT TIKRIT: BAYJI OIL PRODUCTION GRINDING TO A NEW
[...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. During interviews conducted on February 6-7, officials at the Bayji oil refinery discussed continuing production challenges which greatly hamper production and threaten to completely shut down the facility within several days. [...]
2007-02-15 10:58:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALECON EPET KCOR EIND IZ
07BAGHDAD546BAGHDAD SECURITY PLAN -- VIEWS FROM THE STREET
[...] (C) Summary: Baghdad residents have expressed cautious optimism about the new Baghdad Security Plan (BSP) to poloffs, PRT Baghdad officers, and other embassy staff in recent days. Overall, their comments hit two major themes: (1) that residents are pinning their hopes on this plan, and (2) t [...]
2007-02-15 19:54:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINS IZ
07BAGHDAD621MINISTRY OF DISPLACEMENT AND MIGRATION (MODM)
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Sheikh Abdullah Fadil, head of the MODM,s Kirkuk Office, says his primary responsibilities include care of returning and new internally displaced people (IDPS),and of stateless persons. He currently is focused on assisting arriving IDPs from central and southern Iraq. His o [...]
2007-02-20 18:15:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREF PHUM IZ
07BAGHDAD693FORMATION OF LIBERAL-DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN IRAQI
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Newscaster and political activist Farhad Sangawi told RRT Offs on February 10 that he is forming a liberal-democratic party in Sulaimaniyah Province in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region. Sangawi does not constitute at this stage a threat to the dominance of the Patriotic Union of Kurd [...]
2007-02-25 14:02:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
07BAGHDAD753DCM METS WITH PM CHIEF OF STAFF ON NEIGHBORS
[...] (S) On February 27, Deputy Chief of Mission Daniel Speckhard met with Tariq Abdullah, Chief of Staff to Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to discuss ideas for the upcoming Neighbor's Conference that Iraq will host in March. Abdullah said Maliki's government was pleased by the Council of Mi [...]
2007-03-01 10:52:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL KNNP PARM PHUM PINS PNAT MOPS DA IZ
07BAGHDAD780NINEWA: DCM DISCUSSES FUEL SHORTAGE, JUSTICE, WITH
[...] (C) Ninewa PRT hosted Embassy Baghdad Deputy Chief of Mission Daniel Speckhard to assess current conditions in Ninewa Province and Ninewa PRT operations. DCM Speckhard was accompanied by National Coordination Team Director Olson and Acting USAID Director Harvey. At DCM Speckhard's meeting [...]
2007-03-04 17:51:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EPET PTER KJUS IZ
07BAGHDAD781BAGHDAD SECURITY PLAN: MORE VIEWS FROM THE STREET
[...] (C) Summary. Baghdad local leaders and average citizens continue to tell post that security on the streets remains better than before implementation of the new Baghdad Security Plan (BSP). However, some report that confidence was shaken by a series of car bombs and the resurgence of some str [...]
2007-03-04 18:52:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS PTER PREF PHUM IZ
07BAGHDAD879READ OUT FROM MARCH 11 MCNS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Maliki presided over the March 11 meeting of the Ministerial Committee for National Security, during which: -- Maliki requested his cabinet focus their efforts on securing Diyala, the 'most dangerous place in Iraq.' -- Minister of Industry Twazi Al-Hariri pleade [...]
2007-03-12 19:42:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PINS PNAT PINR PREL IZ
07BAGHDAD885MARCH 10 EXECUTIVE STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING:
[...] (C) Summary: The March 10 Executive Steering Committee (ESC) of the Baghdad Security Plan had a strong focus on basics services, notably pharmaceuticals and electricity, as well as a more assessments-based security update. Other topics included returning internally displaced persons (IDPs) [...]
2007-03-13 14:15:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS ECON IZ
07BAGHDAD887MARCH 10 EXECUTIVE STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING:
[...] (C) Summary: The March 10 Executive Steering Committee (ESC) of the Baghdad Security Plan had a strong focus on basics services, notably pharmaceuticals and electricity, as well as a more assessments-based security update. Other topics included returning internally displaced persons (IDPs) [...]
2007-03-13 14:43:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS ECON IZ
07BAGHDAD891FORMER PROVINCIAL COUNCIL CHAIRMAN SAYS PROVINCIAL
[...] (C) Summary: Provincial Council (PC) member Mazen Makiya (Shia, Independent) told PRToffs March 9 that party politics, poor leadership and lack of organization plague Baghdad's provincial government. Makiya, who was PC Chairman from March 2005 to December 2005, said current PC Chairman Mueen [...]
2007-03-13 15:04:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS IZ PINR
07BAGHDAD910PM MALIKI VISIT TO ANBAR WELL RECEIVED BY LOCAL
[...] (C) Summary: At the initiative of MNF-I Commanding General, PM Maliki visited Anbar March 13, accompanied by MoD Abdul Qader, MoI Bolani, and MinState for Foreign Affairs Rafaa Essawi. In separate meetings with the Anbar provincial council and the tribal sheikhs, he emphasized that all Iraqis [...]
2007-03-14 18:44:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM IZ
07BAGHDAD96MINISTER OF FINANCE SUPPORTS JOINT ECONOMIC PLAN
[...] (C) Summary: The Treasury Attache and the Economic Minister- Counselor met with the Minister of Finance, Bayan Jabr (Shi'a - SCIRI) on January 8 to discuss the Joint Economic Transition Plan. Senior staff at the Ministry of Finance also attended the meeting. Minister Jabr said he supported th [...]
2007-01-10 20:37:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN IZ
07BAGHDAD975MSNSA WAELI PUSHES TO ESTABLISH MINISTRY OF
[...] (C REL AUS UK) SUMMARY: Charge Speckhard met with Shirwan Waeli, Minister of State for National Security, to express our concerns over the draft Ministry of National Security Law (MNSL) currently stalled in the Council of Representatives. Waeli asserted that the law is critical to establishing [...]
2007-03-20 09:35:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL MOPS PINS PNAT IZ
07BAKU1212JOURNALIST BEATEN AND OPPOSITIONIST COMMITTED TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In the exclave of Nakhchivan, between September 22 and 23, Yeni Musavat newspaper correspondent Hakimeldostu Mehdiyev was reportedly detained and beaten by Nakhchivan Ministry of National Security (MNS) officials. On September 20, Alasgar Ismayilov, a Popular Front Party (PFP) m [...]
2007-10-03 14:28:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI AJ
07BAKU1356AZERBAIJAN: EUR A/S FRIED REVIEWS DEMOCRACY AND
[...] (C) Summary: EUR A/S Fried and the Ambassador reviewed democracy and human right issues with Foreign Minister Mammadyarov in a November 5 meeting, as part of our ongoing high-level dialogue (ref a). Fried emphasized that free and fair presidential elections in 2008 would strengthen Azerbaij [...]
2007-11-13 09:49:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KIRF PBTS AM AJ
07BAKU1408REVIEW OF AZERBAIJAN'S FIRST NATO INDIVIDUAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: As Azerbaijan prepares to embark on a second NATO Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP-2),it is clear that Azerbaijan,s first IPAP (IPAP-1) has played an important role in encouraging reform within the extremely conservative Ministry of Defense (MoD) and more broadly within [...]
2007-11-27 06:44:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALAJ NATO
07BAKU1497AZERBAIJAN: 2007 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] Summary: Cooperation between Azerbaijan and the United States on counterterrorism predates the September 11, 2001 attacks and the first waiver of Section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act in January 2002. Over the past five years, the GOAJ has continued to step up its efforts to combat terrorist [...]
2007-12-17 13:41:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EFIN KCRM KPAO PTER KHLS AEMR AJ KAPO
07BAKU228AZERBAIJAN: READOUT ON MID-FEBRUARY NATO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: According to a readout provided to resident NATO Ambassadors of a visit to Azerbaijan by representatives of the NATO international staff for the week of February 12, 2007, their outlook for Azerbaijan was much more positive than previously. This would be reflected in their assess [...]
2007-02-21 15:17:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS PTER AJ PBTS IR RU
07BAKU252\\CORRECTED COPY - TAG ORDER\\ PART I OF II: AZERBAIJAN
[...] (U) As per reftel, paragraph 3 below begins Embassy Baku's submission on status of action the GOAJ has taken to combat human trafficking. Answers are keyed to questions in reftel. 2. (SBU) In preparing this report, the Embassy has undertaken extensive contacts with international organizatio [...]
2007-03-01 11:19:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF ASEC ELAB KCRM KWMN KFRD SMIG AJ
07BAKU449AMBASSADOR'S APRIL 12 MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) Summary: During an April 12 meeting with the Ambassador, Presidential Chief of Staff Ramiz Mehdiyev said that President Aliyev was very interested in the upcoming bilateral security consultations; Mehdiyev also expressed his strong support for the talks and promised to urge the Minister o [...]
2007-04-17 14:12:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KCOR MARR MASS PTER AJ
07BAKU769AZERBAIJAN PRESIDENT TELLS COMMERCE DEPUTY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a June 4 meeting with Commerce Deputy Secretary Sampson, President Aliyev reviewed Azerbaijan,s SIPDIS business climate and said the GOAJ would "have finished all the necessary implementation" for WTO accession by year's end. Aliyev lauded Azerbaijan's recent economic progr [...]
2007-06-20 07:00:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ETRD KCOR PARM AJ
07BAKU79DRL A/S LOWENKRON'S DECEMBER 19 MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary: During a December 19 meeting, Presidential Chief of Staff Ramiz Mehdiyev assured DRL A/S Lowenkron that "in line with President Aliyev's recommendation," independent ANS TV will participate in the tender for its frequency and "its activities will be fully restored." Mehdiyev bla [...]
2007-01-18 10:50:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM IR RU AJ
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN105BRUNEI LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL - MORE SMALL STEPS
[...] (C) Brunei took another small step forward on the path to more representative government when the State Legislative Council (LegCo) convened for its third session March 6-11. Repeating last year's move toward greater fiscal transparency (ref A),the appointed and indirectly-elected members of t [...]
2007-03-20 09:24:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM KISL BX
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN161BRUNEI: WHY WE CARE, HOW WE'RE DOING
[...] (C) A mid-fiscal year stocktaking confirms that Brunei's significance for the U.S. continues to be summarized in three words: oil, religion, and location. The following developments have occurred in each of these areas so far during FY-07: -- Increased oil and gas exports helped reduce mark [...]
2007-06-07 04:51:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR SENV BX
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN301THE SULTAN OF BRUNEI, FORTY YEARS ON
[...] (C) Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah, the world's third-longest reigning monarch, marks his fortieth anniversary on the throne as the most popular and respected public figure in Brunei. As an absolute monarch, Sultan Hassanal's authority is unquestioned and even minor matters are directed to him [...]
2007-10-09 06:51:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV BX
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN347IRAN NIE DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO BRUNEI
[...] (C) On December 5 Ambassador delivered ref A demarche regarding the U.S. National Intelligence Estimate on Iran's nuclear program to Dato Shofry bin Abd Ghafor, who is dual-hatted as Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and as Director of the External Research Bur [...]
2007-12-05 02:38:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KNNP MNUC IR BX
07BANGKOK1575VISIT OF SENK SENIOR ADVISOR CHRISTIAN WHITON
[...] (C) Summary. Christian Whiton, Senior Advisor to the Special Envoy for Human Rights in North Korea (SENK),explained to Thai government and UNHCR officials the objectives the SENK was pursuing related to refugees, North Korean human rights, and political change in North Korea. He expressed a [...]
2007-03-16 03:54:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PHUM TH KS KN
07BANGKOK1754THAILAND'S NEW SECURITY STRUCTURE: BETTER LIVING
[...] (C) Summary. Since taking power in September 2006, the Army-dominated interim government has publicly moved to re-engineer the old, communist-era Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC) into the key internal security coordinating mechanism for the Thai government. While the exact nature [...]
2007-03-23 10:22:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PTER ASEC KDEM TH
07BANGKOK179PRIME MINISTER SURAYUD DISCUSSES SECURITY ISSUES
[...] (C) Prime Minister Surayud told the Ambassador he remained committed to lifting martial law in the near future. However, technical issues had delayed the issuance of a royal command that would rescind martial law in a majority of Thailand's provinces. The Ambassador reiterated strong USG inte [...]
2007-01-10 11:00:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS PTER PHUM ECON EINV MOPS ASEC
07BANGKOK2280AMBASSADOR AND CNS GENERAL WINAI DISCUSS POLITICAL
[...] (C) A top military officer expressed concern that opposition politicians are fomenting trouble, including by manipulating opposition to the draft Constitution. In an April 20 meeting, Council for National Security (CNS) Secretary General Winai Phattiyakul told the Ambassador that SIPDIS de [...]
2007-04-23 10:28:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ECON EINV KDEM KJUS ASEC TH
07BANGKOK232THAI UPDATE: COUP LEADERS TAKE STRONGER LINE
[...] (C) General Sonthi Boonyaratglin, the Chairman of the Council for National Security (CNS),has publicly said the military may use martial law powers for searches, seizures, and other ends. The Ambassador has requested a meeting with Sonthi and will express our strong opposition to this prospe [...]
2007-01-11 10:42:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM TH
07BANGKOK2503THAILAND: GEN SONTHI VOWS TO KEEP TRANSITION
[...] (C) Summary. Council for National Security (CNS) head General Sonthi Boonyaratglin assured the Ambassador that, despite frustrations with PM Surayud Chulanont's indecisiveness, he would not oust the Prime Minister, that neither Sonthi nor any other member of the CNS would become Prime Minis [...]
2007-05-03 09:55:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV TH
07BANGKOK2927OSD/ISA BGEN TOOLAN'S VISIT TO THAILAND
[...] (C) Summary. May 13-18 Brigadier General John Toolan, Principal Director for South and Southeast Asia, met with USG officers, Thai defense officials and scholars to assess the current political situation, road to elections, relations with Burma and the southern insurgency. Thai officials [...]
2007-05-25 09:02:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALOTRA PGOV PREL TH
07BANGKOK3191GENERAL WINAI: TRT THREAT DIMINISHED, ELECTIONS ON
[...] (C) Council for National Security (CNS) Secretary General Winai Phattiyakul told the Ambassador the CNS had accomplished its main objectives; with Thaksin deposed and his party weakened, the CNS would readily leave power and restore democratic governance. In a June 8 meeting with the Ambassad [...]
2007-06-08 10:15:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS ECON EINV ASEC TH
07BANGKOK3387PRO-THAKSIN DEMONSTRATIONS FAIL TO GAIN STEAM
[...] (C) Demonstrations of support for deposed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra have drawn large crowds to Bangkok's Royal Grounds (Sanam Luang),but have yet to acquire momentum akin to that of the 2006 rallies that helped pave the way for Thaksin's ouster. Political officers and local staff obs [...]
2007-06-18 23:52:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS ASEC TH
07BANGKOK360CONTINUING DEADLOCK ON PETCHABOON HMONG
[...] (C) Summary. The recent arrest and threatened deportation to Laos by the RTG of 152 Lao-Hmong is a reflection of the larger, and so far intractable Petchaboon Hmong situation. A sizeable majority of the approximately 7,500 Hmong at Petchaboon are likely from Laos. Most have gone to the Petc [...]
2007-01-18 09:54:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PHUM TH LA
07BANGKOK4793PRE-ELECTION ROUND-UP: THAIS TO RESHUFFLE
[...] (SBU) This month, Thai authorities announce two important sets of personnel decisions. The Ministry of Interior each September announces the transfer of governors (who are appointed MOI officials, not elected) and other local administration officials. There were rumors that governors in prov [...]
2007-09-05 10:16:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR KDEM TH
07BANGKOK502VISIT TO THAILAND OF OSD ASIA PRINCIPAL DIRECTOR
[...] (C) Summary. During his meetings with Thai officials, OSD Asia Director Brigadier General Toolan provided Thai military and civilian officials with Washington's perspective on the September 19 coup, underscoring our desire that Thailand rescind martial law and maintain timetables for drafti [...]
2007-01-24 09:46:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM MARR PTER TH
07BANGKOK5557BURMESE DISSIDENTS EXPRESS INCREASED FEAR OF ARREST
[...] (C) Burmese dissidents, including media organizations, reported to us that they received information Thai police and military escalated scrutiny of the activists' operations in Thailand. One prominent activist warned of impending arrests by the Thai authorities. Embassy RTG contacts told us t [...]
2007-10-25 12:46:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF PHUM KDEM KPAO TH BM
07BANGKOK5694NEW COMMANDER PLEGES TO KEEP ARMY OUT OF POLITICS
[...] (C) Summary. In a four-eyes lunch I hosted for Royal Thai Army (RTA) Commander in Chief General Anupong Paochinda, I pressed for the Army not to interfere in the coming election. Anupong promised to keep the Army out of politics and predicted that the Democrats would form a government as a mi [...]
2007-11-06 11:38:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ASEC KDEM MOPS TH
07BANGKOK5696NEW COMMANDER PLEDGES TO KEEP ARMY OUT OF POLITICS
[...] (C) Summary. In a four-eyes lunch I hosted for Royal Thai Army (RTA) Commander in Chief General Anupong Paochinda, I pressed for the Army not to interfere in the coming election. Anupong promised to keep the Army out of politics and predicted that the Democrats would form a government as a mi [...]
2007-11-06 11:43:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ASEC KDEM MOPS TH
07BANGKOK5849PINHEIRO: BURMESE JUNTA WANTS RETURN TO STATUS QUO
[...] (C) Professor Paulo Pinheiro, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Burma, told us he planned to tell the UN that he did not see any indication that Burma's military junta wanted anything but to return to the status quo. Prior to a general briefing to Western diplomats [...]
2007-11-16 11:26:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM TH BM
07BANGKOK5949TRAVELS IN ISAAN - LOOKING TO PPP TO CARRY ON
[...] (C) Summary. Contacts in three northeastern Thailand provinces told us that voters in the poor, rural area are likely to vote for the People's Power Party and the Motherland Party as these parties are the inheritors of former Prime Minister Thaksin's legacy. Networks of local officials and v [...]
2007-11-27 08:45:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK596THAI MOVE TO DEPORT HMONG LAO FROM NONG KHAI BUT
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 10. 2. (C) Summary. On January 30, the RTG attempted to refoule the 156 Lao Hmong at the Nong Khai detention facility. The male members of the group resisted deportation and a stand-off ensued that lasted most of the day. The Embassy, as w [...]
2007-01-30 11:01:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PHUM TH LA
07BANGKOK6159ELECTION COMMISSION FOCUSING ON PRO-THAKSIN PARTY
[...] (C) The Election Commission (EC) has begun investigating two high-profile complaints about acts of the pro-Thaksin People's Power Party (PPP). The investigations will take weeks, and a top PPP lawyer assured us PPP could not be found to be at fault. He also told us PPP remains on track to win [...]
2007-12-14 12:00:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS TH
07BANGKOK6182RECORD-SETTING ADVANCE VOTING AHEAD OF THAI
[...] (C) Officials announced that a record-breaking three million absentee and advance voters cast their ballots December 15-16, ahead of scheduled December 23 elections. Observers lodged some procedural complaints, but international election monitors said the vote was conducted in a "competent ma [...]
2007-12-18 10:30:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM TH
07BANGKOK728BURMESE EXILE COMMUNITY STILL SEARCHING FOR A
[...] (C) In the aftermath of a failed UN Security Council resolution, members of the Burmese exile community are advocating a variety of strategies, including enhanced USG engagement with China to encourage inclusion of NLD and ethnic groups in the final phase of Burma's National Convention, establ [...]
2007-02-06 08:33:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM NSC BH TH
07BANGKOK756THAILAND: GEN SONTHI DISCUSSES CURRENT EVENTS
[...] (C) Summary. Council for National Security (CNS) head General Sonthi Boonyaratglin admitted to the Ambassador on Feb 6 his frustration with Cabinet members, especially Finance Minister Pridyathorn Devakula, who have their own agendas. Sonthi is confident that a new Constitution will be dra [...]
2007-02-07 10:14:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV TH
07BANJUL167THE GAMBIA: UPDATE ON HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION
[...] (C) In recent discussions on the negative human rights trend here, our contacts were downbeat on prospects for early improvement. A reform-minded Muslim cleric, Imam Baba Leigh, portrayed a cowed and co-opted Islamic relgious establishment as unwilling to confront President Jammeh over the GOT [...]
2007-04-02 11:02:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KMCA KISL GA
07BASRAH101MAFIA-STYLE NETWORKS STIFLE RECONSTRUCTION EFFORTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Basrah's infrastructure remains decrepit four and a half years after Coalition forces liberated the province. Mafia-style networks comprised of public officials and their associated political parties, militias, and corrupt contractors exploit weak governmental institutions and unde [...]
2007-10-30 17:42:00REO BasrahCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV KCOR IZ
07BASRAH54PRT BASRAH: LESSONS LEARNED: JUNE 2006 - JUNE 2007
[...] The Basrah Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) is a multinational PRT under British direction. This cable records the observations and lessons learned by the U.S. deputy team leader, James Donegan, during his deployment period, June 2006 to June 2007. It is being recorded in this informal, [...]
2007-06-22 17:30:00REO BasrahUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PGOV IZ UK
07BASRAH77BASRAH GOVERNOR BESET WITH PROBLEMS
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Governor Muhammed Wa'eli visited the Regional Embassy Office (REO) August 30 to give us a tour de force of current issues confronting him. He told us that the court's decision on his fate was delayed and is now expected in mid-September. He seemed confident, but not overwhelming [...]
2007-09-04 18:28:00REO BasrahCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL IR UK IZ
07BEIJING120CHINA'S EXPORTCONTROLS - THE SYSTEM AND ITS
[...] (C) Although China's export controls are a work in progress that continue to undergo periodic revision since first promulgated in the 1990s, enforcement is opaque and considered the weakest link in the export control system. Despite official pronouncements that the PRC has prosecuted "scores o [...]
2007-01-05 14:51:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MNUC ETTC BEXP ETRD CH
07BEIJING1438NDRC VICE CHAIRMAN ZHANG GUOBAO: CHAMPION OF
[...] (C) Summary. National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Vice Chairman Zhang Guobao outlined China's growth in energy consumption and plans for expansion of production of a variety of energy sources at a luncheon hosted by the Ambassador on February 8. Zhang expressed his bureaucratic [...]
2007-03-05 08:20:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET EINV ETTC PGOV CH IR
07BEIJING1697SECRETARY PAULSON, VICE PREMIER WU YI DISCUSS
[...] (C) Summary. In a March 7 meeting at Beijing Capital International Airport, Secretary of the Treasury Henry M. Paulson urged Vice Premier Wu Yi to offer more liberalization of Chinese services sectors, highlighting financial services, civil aviation and environmental services in preparation f [...]
2007-03-14 10:02:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETRD SENV OVIP KIPR CVIS PREL CH
07BEIJING1900CHINA PREPARES RESUMED AND EXPANDED
[...] (S) China is prepared to immediately resume and expand nonproliferation cooperation with the United States, MFA Director General for Arms Control and Disarmament Zhang Yan told the DCM. Zhang's proposals include: - immediately resuming nonproliferation consultations with ISN A/S Rood at the [...]
2007-03-21 05:58:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL PARM ETTC CH IR
07BEIJING2103CHINA MISSION 2007 SPECIAL 301 RECOMMENDATION:
[...] (SBU) This is part two of the Mission's reporting on "Special 301" related developments. The Mission's recommendations that China should once again be placed on the Priority Watch List, with Section 306 monitoring, and considered for an appropriate WTO case on IPR, were set forth in the first [...]
2007-03-30 00:22:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD ECON WTRO CH
07BEIJING284STRATEGIC ECONOMIC DIALOGUE: MEETING WITH PREMIER
[...] (C) Summary: Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and members of the U.S. delegation to the December 14-15 Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) met Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on December 15. Both sides hailed the inaugural SED. Premier Wen said Japan and the EU had approached China about similar t [...]
2007-01-12 03:04:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD PREL KIPR SENV ENRG CH
07BEIJING346 ENERGY SECRETARY BODMAN'S MEETING WITH NDRC
[...] (SBU) Summary. China views the sustainability of its economic growth to rest on its domestic economy, with trade only recently becoming a more significant factor. Future cooperation on renewable energy, energy efficiency, and nuclear power will be the focus of post-Strategic Economic Dialogu [...]
2007-01-16 06:35:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON TRGY PREL OVIP CH
07BEIJING4844AMBASSADOR'S JULY 23 MEETING WITH AFM HE YAFEI:
[...] (C) The United States must make "firmer and clearer warnings" to Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian not to hold the "dangerous" UN referendum, and giving Chen a visa to transit the United States would counter U.S. statements against the referendum, Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei told the Amb [...]
2007-07-24 09:12:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM PHUM PNUC MARR IR IZ SU CH
07BEIJING592THAI CNS CHAIR SONTHI DISCUSSES ARMS PURCHASES,
[...] (C) Summary: Thailand's Council of National Security Chair General Sonthi Boonyaratkalin discussed military ties and arms purchases during his January 21-24 visit to China. Sonthi met with Vice President Zeng Qinghong, Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan and other military officials and visited Chi [...]
2007-01-26 07:58:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR CH TH
07BEIJING6006CONCERNS ABOUT U.S. INVESTMENT CLIMATE FROM SOVEREIGN
[...] (SBU) In meetings held September 10 and 11, top officials involved in the formation and investment decisions of the Chinese Investment Corporation (CIC, the new sovereign wealth fund) warned of a growing perception in China that the U.S. is decreasingly open to trade and investment. One of the [...]
2007-09-13 22:39:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV ETRD EINV CH
07BEIJING6018AQSIQ AND STAFFDEL DISCUSS IMPROVEMENTS TO CHINA'S
[...] (SBU) This report is Sensitive But Unclassified, for official United States Government use only and not for release to the media. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A Congressional Committee on Commerce and Energy Staff Delegation led by investigator David Nelson met China's food safety ministerial and r [...]
2007-09-14 05:37:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO EAGR ECON HHS ETRD BEXP CH JA
07BEIJING6070CHINA/CFIUS: TREASURY DAS DALY, CHINESE OFFICIALS DISCUSS
[...] (SBU) Treasury Department Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Nova Daly held discussions with Chinese Government officials and business leaders relating to bilateral investment issues on September 10, 2007. During the meetings DAS Daly provided an introduction to the new Committee for Financial [...]
2007-09-17 06:43:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV EINV ETRD EFIN CH
07BEIJING619A/S SILVERBERG'S MEETINGS WITH FM LI, IO DG WU AND
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing told A/S Silverberg Beijing hopes U.S.-China cooperation on international organizations issues will continue in 2007, with the United States and China addressing problems arising in various hotspots based on a constructive, cooperative, win-win approach. FM L [...]
2007-01-26 10:35:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC CH IR KS KN SU
07BEIJING6264 CHINA'S NATIONAL RECALL SYSTEM: AN UNFUNDED MANDATE
[...] (SBU) China unveiled its new national recall system for toys and processed food on August 31, a program spearheaded by the General Administration for Quality Supervision, Administration, and Quarantine (AQSIQ),the regulatory agency in charge of inspection for some aspects of domestic productio [...]
2007-09-24 22:04:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO EAGR ECON HHS ETRD BEXP CH
07BEIJING6675U.S. FDA COMMISSIONER MEETS WITH CHINESE COUNTERARTS IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner traveled to Shanghai October 10-14 to deliver one of the keynote speeches at the Fifth Annual Sino-U.S Symposium on Medicine in the Twenty-First Century and to participate in the centennial anniversary c [...]
2007-10-15 22:32:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO EAGR ETRD ECON PREL HHS CH
07BEIJING6676U.S. FDA COMMISSIONER MEETS WITH CHINESE COUNTERPARTS IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner traveled to Shanghai October 10-14 to deliver one of the keynote speeches at the Fifth Annual Sino-U.S Symposiu on Medicine in th Twenty-First Century and to participate in the centennial anniversary cel [...]
2007-10-15 22:34:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO EAGR ETRD ECON PREL HHS CH
07BEIJING7485ARMS WIDE OPEN, BEIJING WELCOMES U.S. CONSUMER PRODUCT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Even after a week of United States toy recalls totaling almost 5 million units, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission's Rich O'Brien received a cordial welcome from Beijing authorities, private industry, and the China Toy Association during a four day November visit. Meetings [...]
2007-12-14 06:24:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO EAGR ECON HHS ETRD BEXP CH
07BEIJING917DAS CHRISTENSEN'S MEETING WITH DG LIU JIEYI
[...] (C) EVFM Dai Bingguo will represent China in the next Senior Dialogue following the expected confirmation of Deputy Secretary-designate Negroponte, MFA North American Affairs DG Liu Jieyi told EAP DAS Thomas Christensen. China is prepared to hold subdialogue talks on the Middle East, Africa, [...]
2007-02-07 12:32:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KNNP CH SU IR
07BEIRUT1406LEBANON: MUSLIM RELIGIOUS LEADERS PRESS FOR
[...] (C) Sheikh Salim Soussan, the Sunni Mufti of Sidon, and Sayyed Ali al-Amin, the independent minded Shi'a Mufti of Tyre, both conveyed messages of goodwill toward the US in September 10 meetings with Embassy staff. However, while Soussan focused on the volatile national and regional political s [...]
2007-09-13 15:04:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1446LEBANON: PDAS DIBBLE'S VISIT REVEALS A FULL AGENDA
[...] (C) During a September 12-14 visit, EEB PDAS Elizabeth Dibble met with GOL officials, bankers, and World Bank economists, who agreed on just two issues: continued U.S. support for Lebanon is essential during the upcoming presidential election period, and Lebanon has a lot to discuss at the upc [...]
2007-09-20 13:59:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EFIN LE
07BEIRUT1664LEBANON: PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES: VIEWS ON KEY
[...] (SBU) What are the views of the candidates for president on issues such as Hizballah, Syria, UN resolutions, the Special Tribunal for Lebanon and revising Lebanon's election law? To answer that, embassy prepared the following summary of key candidates' views based on a review of source materia [...]
2007-10-24 13:35:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT1986LEBANON: A/S WELCH AND FRENCH CHARGE EXCHANGE
[...] (C) During a visit to Beirut following the December 17 Lebanon Ministerial in Paris, NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch and Deputy Advisor to the President and National Security Advisor (DAPNSA) Elliot Abrams discussed Lebanon's continuing political crisis with French Charge d'Affaires Andre [...]
2007-12-21 16:04:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT200LEBANON: SINIORA RECOMMENDS DUAL TRACK:
[...] (C) In a 2/5 meeting with the Ambassador, PM Siniora interpreted Nabih Berri's support for a cross-confessional "tribunal document study committee" (reftel) as a Syrian ploy to avoid the fait accompli of a Chapter VII decision. Siniora maintained that Berri is clearly carrying out Syrian ord [...]
2007-02-06 16:29:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER LE SY IS
07BEIRUT696LEBANON: A/S WELCH DISCUSSES DEVELOPMENTS WITH
[...] (C) In a 5/15 meeting with Walid Jumblatt, Marwan Hamadeh, Ghazi Aridi and other March 14th figures, NEA A/S Welch assured them that U.S. support is non-negotiable and the pro-reform movement in Lebanon enjoys strong bi-partisan support in Congress. The state of play in the UN Security Coun [...]
2007-05-17 16:19:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER LE IS SY
07BELGRADE1709SERBIA: 2007-2008 INCSR II ON MONEY LAUNDERING
[...] Reftel requested post update for Serbia on efforts to combat money laundering and terrorist financing. Serbia is upholding all international commitments to eliminate money laundering and terrorist financing. END SUMMARY. SERBIA: Not a Financial Center ------------------------------ 2. [...]
2007-12-20 14:43:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM EFIN KTFN SNAR SR
07BELGRADE275KOSOVO SERB PROTEST AT EMBASSY BELGRADE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Kosovo-based Serbian National Council (SNV) staged a peaceful demonstration of approximately 10,000 - 20,000 people in front of the U.S. Embassy on February 27 to protest against the Ahtisaari proposal for Kosovo status and alleged USG support for "dividing up" Serbia. The s [...]
2007-03-01 09:41:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PBTS SR YI
07BELGRADE643 COALITION DEAL STRUCK; NO FORMAL WORD YET
[...] (sbu) Summary: Though there is still no official word, a deal has been struck that will keep Kostunica at the helm of a weak democratic coalition government. The deal and the politics surrounding it have left a pall of fear in political circles and in the population at large, as many saw th [...]
2007-05-11 17:10:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SR
07BELGRADE651ENGAGING WITH SERBIA'S "NEW" GOVERNMENT
[...] (c) The new government in Serbia does not look appreciably different from the previous one, save Tadic's DS party's participation. Tadic's party now plays a large role and holds competencies in defense and foreign affairs that could have an impact on moving forward the Euro-Atlantic agenda, [...]
2007-05-14 11:48:00Embassy BelgradeCONFIDENTIALPGOV MASS EINV ICTY SR
07BELGRADE773 SERBIA STEPS UP WAR CRIMES COOPERATION
[...] (c) SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION: The formal constitution of Serbia's new "National Security Council (NSC)" on May 31 -- led by President Tadic and designed to conduct full ICTY cooperation -- combined with the arrest of a top former aide to PIFWC Ratko Mladic, steps up significantly the new go [...]
2007-06-01 13:32:00Embassy BelgradeCONFIDENTIALICTY PHUM PGOV PREL SR
07BELGRADE797DETAILS, IMPACT OF TOLIMIR ARREST
[...] (s) Summary: A recent meeting with Serbia's Action Plan coordinator revealed that Tolimir was in fact arrested in Belgrade. The circumstances of the arrest point mostly to internal political motivations vice a sea change in ICTY policy. Nevertheless, the result was positive, and proved the [...]
2007-06-06 13:09:00Embassy BelgradeSECRETICTY PGOV PREL SR
07BERLIN1216GERMAN VIEWS ON KOSOVO
[...] (C) (Summary) We have had several opportunities over the past few days to take soundings from German officials and interlocutors outside government on how they view the way forward in Kosovo. As expected, they are preoccupied with maintaining EU unity and full of legalistic anxieties about t [...]
2007-06-18 12:24:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL UNMIK RU YI GM
07BERLIN2157GERMAN RESPONSE U.S. NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-03 19:18:00Embassy BerlinSECRET//NOFORNGM IR KNNP MNUC PARM
07BERLIN2241IRAN: GERMAN MFA UPDATES ON EU MEASURES, LARIJANI,
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: During a December 20 meeting with Iranwatcher, MFA Senior Iran Desk Officer Deike Potzel discussed a range of Iran-related issues. In addition to comments on the current status of the P5 1 and EU additional measure processes, she underscored the return of former nuclear nego [...]
2007-12-21 14:41:00Embassy BerlinSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL GM IR
07BERLIN254GERMAN MPS NOTE IRANIAN UNITY ON NUCLEAR ISSUE,
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Two delegations of German parliamentarians recently visited Iran on fact-finding missions, encountering broad-based support for the Iranian nuclear program and ignorance about the exact details of the international community's position on an Iranian civil nuclear program. O [...]
2007-02-08 10:02:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPREL GM IR
07BERLIN459GERMANY - 2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following is Mission Germany's submission for the seventh annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. The entire report should be treated as sensitive but unclassified. Mission points of contact are Craig Conway SIPDIS (email: conwaycm@state.gov; tel: 49-30-8305-2127) and Caroli [...]
2007-03-07 09:17:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN KJUS SMIG ELAB PREL PGOV ASEC
07BERLIN547DEPUTY TREASURY SECRETARY MEETS WITH TOP
[...] (C) Summary -- Meeting separately with Head of the Federal Chancellery/Minister without Portfolio Thomas de Maiziere and with Chancellery Director General for Economics Jens Weidmann March 19, Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt discussed Chancellor Merkel's transatlantic economic initiative, i [...]
2007-03-20 11:11:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PREL ETTC GM IR IZ
07BERLIN813APRIL 18 MEETINGS PROVIDE VALUABLE CLARIFICATION
[...] (C) Summary: A delegation from the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (USD/P) visited Berlin April 18 to respond to a long list of detailed questions from German technical experts and analysts regarding U.S. MD plans in Europe. The delegati [...]
2007-04-20 15:24:00Embassy BerlinSECRETMARR MASS MOPS NATO PREL GM RS
07BERN1009SWISS ELECTIONS: LEFT-WING RADICALS DISRUPT SVP
[...] (SBU) Summary: On October 6, left-wing radicals disrupted a long-planned campaign rally in downtown Bern by the Swiss People's Party (SVP). At days end, 42 left-wing demonstrators reportedly had been arrested, with 3 demonstrators and 18 police injured. This incident has further disconcerte [...]
2007-10-10 14:25:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL SZ
07BERN200TIP - SWITZERLAND: ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-01 15:40:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIEDELAB KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG SZ
07BISHKEK1201KYRGYZSTAN: NEXT STEPS ON MANAS AIR BASE ISSUES
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Kyrgyz have repeatedly requested a U.S. response to their June diplomatic note, which requested changes to the protocol covering payment for access to the base, as well as information on the disposition of the case regarding the December 2006 shooting incident. We underst [...]
2007-09-28 10:48:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR KG
07BISHKEK1296KYRGYZSTAN REFERENDUM IS "JUST POLITICS"
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kyrgyzstan will hold a nationwide referendum on a new constitution and new electoral code on October 21, despite a recommendation from the parliament that the vote be postponed. The proposed constitution closely resembles the recently annulled December 2006 constitution, but i [...]
2007-10-18 11:58:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KG
07BISHKEK212007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR THE KYRGYZ
[...] This cable provides Embassy Bishkek's submission of the 2007 Investment Climate Statement for the Kyrgyz Republic. 2. Begin text: Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ The Kyrgyz Republic has a liberal investment regime with a broad base of commercial laws. Unf [...]
2007-01-16 08:29:00Embassy BishkekUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR KG
07BISHKEK284KYRGYZ ANALYSTS PREDICT POLITICAL STANDOFF TO BE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a March 19 meeting with the Ambassador, two leading Kyrgyz political analysts predicted that the current standoff between the government and Felix Kulov's United Front would be resolved ahead of street protests planned for April 11. Former Foreign Minister Murat Imanaliye [...]
2007-03-19 13:45:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KG
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
07BISHKEK79BAKIYEV NOMINATES AG MINISTER AS NEXT PRIME
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 26, following consultations with Speaker Marat Sultanov and parliamentary leaders, President Bakiyev nominated Acting Minister of Agriculture Azim Isabekov as Prime Minister. Isabekov is seen as loyal to Bakiyev, without strong personal ambitions. Several MPs, includ [...]
2007-01-26 13:26:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KG
07BISHKEK906KYRGYZ NSC DEPUTY ON BASE-RELATED ISSUES
[...] (C) On July 12, Charge provided an all-encompassing review of USG assistance programs to Kyrgyzstan for FY07 to Major General Alik Mamyrkulov, Chief Inspector for the National Security Council (NSC). Charge gave detailed explanations of numerous State Department and USAID programs in the field [...]
2007-07-13 07:28:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR KDEM KG
07BOGOTA3581TELLING COLOMBIA'S STORY
[...] President Uribe's democratic security policy -- and the paramilitary demobilization -- has saved the lives of over 40,000 Colombians, strengthened Colombia's democratic institutions, and led to substantial improvements in human rights protection. The establishment of GOC territorial control [...]
2007-05-18 13:13:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PTER KJUS MARR CO
07BRASILIA1287 COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR DOE/EE SATTELBERG
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Alfred P. Sattelberg, U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE),Contract, Argone National Laboratory, Associate Lab Director for Physical Sciences, to Brasilia (July 9-13),Brazil, to participate in the Council on Competitiveness and its Brazilian coun [...]
2007-07-09 13:45:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTRGY ENRG SENV KSCA OTRA US BR
07BRASILIA1743COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR NSF OFFICIAL NOTMAN
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Evan Notman, Assistant Program Officer in the Division of International Science Engineer (OISE),to Sao Paulo(SP),Manaus (AM),and Brasilia(DF),Brazil, from September 17 to September 26, 2007, to participate in the discussion of cooperative pr [...]
2007-09-13 16:30:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TPHY NSF OTRA BR
07BRASILIA2068SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 101
[...] The following is the one-hundred-first in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views e [...]
2007-10-30 19:27:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
07BRASILIA2069SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 101
[...] The following is the one-hundred-first in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views e [...]
2007-10-31 09:54:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
07BRASILIA2124BRAZIL CIVAIR: ANAC PRESIDENT RESIGNS; THREE DIRECTORS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Brazil's civil aviation agency (ANAC)'s Director-President Milton Sergio Silveira Zuanazzi formally submitted his resignation to President Lula the afternoon of October 31. The same day, the "Diario Oficial da Uniao," the GOB's Federal Register equivalent, announced the confi [...]
2007-11-09 14:01:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON MARR EIND PGOV PREL EINV BEXP BR
07BRASILIA2160SCENESETTER FOR THE NOVEMBER 27-28 VISIT OF CODEL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil's democratic institutions are generally strong and stable, and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva remains popular because of his orthodox economic policies and expanded social programs. Export-led economic growth has been the norm in the recent past, while Brazil has [...]
2007-11-21 18:21:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL ECON BR
07BRASILIA2161SCENESETTER FOR THE NOVEMBER 26-30 1 VISIT OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil's democratic institutions are generally strong and stable, and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva remains popular because of his orthodox economic policies and expanded social programs. Export-led economic growth has been the norm in the recent past, while Brazil has [...]
2007-11-21 18:21:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL ECON BR
07BRASILIA2162SCENESETTER FOR THE NOVEMBER 25-DECEMBER 1 VISIT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil's democratic institutions are generally strong and stable, and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva remains popular because of his orthodox economic policies and expanded social programs. Export-led economic growth has been the norm in the recent past, while Brazil has [...]
2007-11-21 18:21:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL ECON BR
07BRASILIA249 BRAZIL: Copyright Scenesetter: Piracy Enforcement Efforts
[...] Post sends this telegram in advance of A/USTR Espinel's visit to Brazil the week of February 26. Our Special 301 reporting cable, which (inter alia) will include industry views and a look at the patent/trademark situation, will follow septel. 2. (SBU) Summary: The December "Report on Acti [...]
2007-02-13 13:02:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD ECON BR
07BRASILIA294 BRAZIL: Special 301 Recommendation
[...] (U) Per reftel A, the following is Embassy Brasilia's input for the Special 301 Review of Brazil. 2. (SBU) Summary: In 2006, Brazil continued to make significant progress in improving protection of copyrights and intellectual property. The potential for compulsory licensing - a key area of [...]
2007-02-16 19:02:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD ECON BR
07BRATISLAVA250SERBIAN PRESIDENT TADIC'S VISIT TO SLOVAKIA
[...] (C) Summary: During Serbian President Boris Tadic's April 24-25 visit to Bratislava, Slovak leaders stayed largely on message. In private meetings they told Tadic that Slovakia sympathizes with Serbia but it would vote with the EU. MFA PolDir Lajcak expressed satisfaction with the visit and s [...]
2007-04-26 06:26:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV YI UNSC LO
07BRATISLAVA368FM KUBIS ON KOSOVO, MD AND ISAF
[...] (C) Summary/introduction: In a frank, productive 60-minute conversation June 20, FM Jan Kubis told the Ambassador: - Slovakia must have a UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) in order to recognize Kosovo, but allowed that a mission under the European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) might [...]
2007-06-20 13:29:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS YI KO RU UNSC PHUM LO
07BRATISLAVA652SLOVAKIA CONCURS WITH NATIONAL WAR COLLEGE
[...] Post looks forward to hosting the international travel portion of the National War College (NWC) "Field Studies in National Security" in the May 9-22, 2008, timeframe. 2. The orientation to the Slovak Republic will provide invaluable background for the formation of national security strateg [...]
2007-12-10 12:38:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MOPS LO
07BRIDGETOWN1098AMBASSADOR OURISMAN'S VISIT TO ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
[...] (SBU) Ambassador Ourisman traveled to Antigua and Barbuda August 15-16, 2007, with Embassy Bridgetown USAID Director for the Eastern Caribbean and the Regional Security Officer. The Ambassador met privately with Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer, as well as Minister of Health, John Maginley. The [...]
2007-08-29 17:46:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALASEC CVIS PGOV PREL XL
07BRIDGETOWN196AMBASSADOR OURISMAN'S INTRODUCTORY VISIT TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Ourisman presented her credentials to the President of Dominica and called on both the Prime Minister and the Foreign Minister on January 24. In her courtesy calls, the Ambassador and her interlocutors discussed both current and possible future USAID projects, the Adva [...]
2007-02-13 16:36:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR EAID ENRG EINV MASS KCRM KPAO
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
07BRUSSELS1156REFORMING ESDP CRISIS RESPONSE CAPABILITIES
[...] (SBU) Summary. Several distinct, but related, efforts are underway within the EU to improve the effectiveness of crisis response capabilities under the European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) which after 7 years of operation and (shortly) 17 missions, is increasingly seen as having reached [...]
2007-04-05 07:55:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEUN MOPS PREL
07BRUSSELS119FIRST ROUND OF NEGOTIATIONS ON US -EU GENERAL
[...] (SBU) Summary. The first round of negotiations on a US-EU General Security of Information Agreement took place in Brussels the week of December 4, 2006. The agreement would create a legal framework under which classified information could be exchanged between the US and the European Union. E [...]
2007-01-16 13:20:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEUN PGOV PINR PREL
07BRUSSELS1460 SCENE-SETTER FOR G8 LABOR MINISTERIAL: THE
[...] This message is intended to provide information and background on the EU employment strategy and the personality and the views of EU Employment and Social Affairs Commissioner Vladimir Spidla in preparation for the G-8 Labor Ministerial to take place in Dresden on May 6-8. MORE AND BETTER [...]
2007-05-02 11:27:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDELAB SOCI PGOV EUN
07BRUSSELS1892 Belgian Regions and Federal Taxes - Paying
[...] (SBU) Summary. The "good news" story of Belgian federal fiscal management is less lustrous than it appears. Ongoing devolution of responsibilities from the federal to the regional level since 1993 has created growing pressure by the regions for more revenue to perform their tasks, but taxing [...]
2007-06-08 13:31:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV BE
07BRUSSELS2001A NEW EU TREATY?: WHAT IT MEANS FOR US
[...] (SBU) Summary. Given barely even odds six months ago, an agreement on institutional reform at the June 21-22 European summit has reached the realm of probability, with a strong Polish objection on voting weights as the most serious obstacle to agreement. The pressure to reach a deal is enorm [...]
2007-06-18 15:12:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EUN PGOV PHUM ECIN PBTS
07BRUSSELS2298BELGIAN MUSLIMS: IDENTITY AND INTEGRATION AMONG
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As in other western European countries, Muslims in Belgium have reached the stage where, despite years of residence, they feel - and are often perceived as -- strangers in their own, albeit adopted land. Of primarily Moroccan and Turkish origin, Belgian Muslims seek increasing [...]
2007-07-16 12:25:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALSOCI PGOV PREL BE
07BRUSSELS2475EU CONTACTS DISCUSS THE MIDDLE EAST
[...] SUMMARY. (C) Contacts in Brussels confirmed that while many member states question the practicality of isolating Hamas, the EU is firmly committed to the Quartet principles and will not waver in its support for them. Despite a recent flurry of press articles and think tank analyses calling for [...]
2007-08-02 16:07:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL XF LE SY EUN EAID
07BRUSSELS311EUROPEAN UNION OPERATIONS CENTER COMES ON LINE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The European Union Operations Center was declared operational January 1, 2007. It is designed to plan and run an autonomous military operation of approximately 2000 personnel. In practice, the Ops Center will also be used to run civilian and integrated crisis response missions. [...]
2007-01-30 14:16:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEUN MCAP PREL
07BRUSSELS3155TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT MEETS BARROSO
[...] (SBU) Summary. Treasury Deputy Secretary Robert Kimmitt and Ambassador Gray held a warm meeting with Antonio Jose Cabral, Senior Advisor to European Commission President Barroso, on October 12, 2007. Kimmitt and Cabral discussed progress on preparations for the first U.S.-EU TEC meeting Nove [...]
2007-10-16 13:52:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ETRD ECON EUN
07BRUSSELS3363EU TOOLS FOR POSSIBLE USE AGAINST IRANIAN
[...] (S/NF) In response to Refs A and B, Mission submits the following information regarding possible tools for use against Iranian financial institutions and follow-up to the October 11 FATF Statement on Iran. The EU remains divided over next steps on sanctions and has continued discussions in v [...]
2007-11-20 07:13:00USEU BrusselsSECRET//NOFORNPREL KNNP IR PARM EFIN ETTC KTFN EUN
07BRUSSELS3391EUROPEAN COMMISSION PROPOSES SWEEPING TELECOM REFORM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. The European Commission adopted proposals on November 13, 2007 for a major reform, the so-called E-Communications Framework Review, of the EU's telecommunications regulatory framework. The Commission's goals with the package include promoting competition within [...]
2007-11-27 09:29:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS ECIN EINV EINT ETRD ECON EUN
07BRUSSELS3509U.S.-EU INFORMATION SOCIETY DIALOGUE REINFORCES ICT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. U.S. and EU public and private officials held warm talks December 3-4 on information and communication technology developments and policy cooperation. At this year's Information Society Dialogue on December 4, the U.S. and EU discussed broadband growth, political debates over t [...]
2007-12-14 14:07:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS ECIN EINV EINT ETRD ECON EUN
07BRUSSELS694 Belgium 2007 Trafficking in Persons Report
[...] (U) The 2007 Trafficking in Persons follows in paragraph two. Embassy Point of Contact is Political Counselor Theodore H. Andrews, telephone (32) (2)508-2111/fax 513- 5333. Staff hours spent in preparation of this report: Political Counselor (FO-1): 3 hours Political Assistant (LES-10): 4 [...]
2007-03-02 14:19:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BE
07BUCHAREST349PRIME MINISTER CALLS FOR WITHDRAWAL OF ROMANIAN
[...] (SBU) Claiming that Romania's military has fulfilled its mission in Iraq, Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu announced during a speech on March 26 that he would do his utmost -- within his constitutional authority -- to see that all Romanian military forces would come home from Iraq by Ch [...]
2007-03-26 17:17:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR MCAP PREL PGOV IZ RO
07BUCHAREST52LUSTRATION: SECURITATE RECORDS HANDED OVER BUT
[...] (SBU) Summary. President Basescu announced December 29 that the intelligence services have completed the transfer of the archives of the former communist political police, the Securitate, to the National Council for the Study of Securitate Archives (CNSAS). At his urging, the Supreme Council f [...]
2007-01-17 12:47:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCOR SOCI KJUS RO
07BUDAPEST266SCENE-SETTER FOR DAS DI CARLO'S VISIT TO BUDAPEST
[...] (C) The integration of the Balkans into the Euro-Atlantic community remains an issue of bipartisan consensus despite Hungary,s fractious domestic political dynamic. All parties supported NATO and EU accession and see the International Community's presence as key to stability in the Balkans an [...]
2007-02-23 10:00:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV HU
07BUDAPEST415SCENESETTER FOR DAS PEKALA'S VISIT TO BUDAPEST
[...] (C) Domestic politics continue to dominate Hungary's public discourse. Parliament is back in session, and the parties are evaluating the impact of the March 15 demonstrations on what all regard as a critical year. Recently elected as President of the Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP),Prime Mi [...]
2007-03-21 06:30:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM HU
07BUDAPEST418BY THE HUNGARIANS, FOR THE HUNGARIANS, AND WITHOUT
[...] (C) Few preconceived notions are as closely held than the Hungarian obsession with their declining numbers. With the memory of Trianon never far away, the prospect of losing identity as well as territory is alarming to many Hungarians. So alarming, it seems, that the facts may not get in the [...]
2007-03-21 10:15:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM HU
07BUENOSAIRES1949MEDIA REACTION; US-ARGENTINE TIES; BOLIVIA-IRAN; 09/28/07
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include the current status of the US-Argentine bilateral relationship; and the risks and contradictions involved by hard positions, which are held by both Bolivian President Evo Morales and his opponents. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS [...]
2007-09-28 19:00:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
07BUENOSAIRES2318MEDIA REACTION; ARGENTINE NEW ADMINISTRATION; IRAN;
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories include US expectations over Argentina's new administration; the National Intelligence Estimate pointing out that Iran halted its nuclear weapons program in 2003; and Colombian President Uribe's decision to grant a "meeting zone" with the FARC. [...]
2007-12-11 07:46:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
07BUJUMBURA36BURUNDI'S RULING PARTY SETS CONGRESS DATE; WILL
[...] (C) Summary: The CNDD-FDD party Congress is tentatively scheduled for February 6. Although party head Hussein Radjabu originally sought to place one of his allies at the helm of a committee to prepare for the conference, the CNDD-FDD's spokesperson subsequently announced that Radjabu's pick [...]
2007-02-03 11:40:00Embassy BujumburaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM MARR BY
07BUJUMBURA453BURUNDI'S PRESIDENT NOMINATES NEW MEMBERS OF
[...] (U) Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza announced new appointments to fill the positions of National and Deputy National Prosecutor, the Presidency of the Constitutional Court, and the mayor of Bujumbura. He also announced the replacements of six of Burundi's seventeen governerships The no [...]
2007-06-14 15:35:00Embassy BujumburaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL BY
07BUJUMBURA513BURUNDI'S PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES CABINET CHANGES
[...] (C) Summary. President Nkurunziza announced new appointments in seven ministries, and announced the creation of a new Ministry, the Ministry of Regional Integration and Cooperation. They mark the third round of new appointments in the Nkurunziza government since early June 2007. Two of Buru [...]
2007-07-16 16:17:00Embassy BujumburaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PINR PREL BY
07BUJUMBURA656SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF DEPUTY ASSISTANT
[...] SUMMARY: Your visit to Burundi comes at yet another critical time in the country's modern political history. President Nkurunziza,s administration faces significant political challenges that could destabilize the government if unadressed. Negotiations between the Government of Burundi (GOB) [...]
2007-09-11 15:07:00Embassy BujumburaUNCLASSIFIEDPINR PGOV BY PREL
07BUJUMBURA798SCENESETTER FOR CODEL INHOFE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Your visit to Burundi comes at a critical time in the country's modern political history. After a summer marked by political infighting and a virtual legislative standstill, President Nkurunziza appointed a new government and displayed some willingness to tackle Burundi's sig [...]
2007-11-26 13:01:00Embassy BujumburaUNCLASSIFIEDOVIP PINR PGOV PREL OREP EAID MASS MARR BY
07CAIRO1417PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION IN EGYPT
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION IS THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM OF EGYPTIAN POLITICS. DESPITE INCESSANT WHISPERED DISCUSSIONS, NO ONE IN EGYPT HAS ANY CERTAINTY ABOUT WHO WILL SUCCEED MUBARAK, OR HOW THE SUCCESSION WILL HAPPEN. MUBARAK HIMSELF SEEMS TO BE TRUSTING TO GOD AND [...]
2007-05-14 14:23:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM EG
07CAIRO1678SOMALIA: EGYPT, ARAB LEAGUE WANT COURTS MODERATES
[...] (C) Summary: Poloff delivered ref A demarche on June 3 to both MFA Cabinet Advisor Ahmed Abu Zeid and Arab League Secretariat advisor Zeid Sabban. Abu Zeid said that Egypt SIPDIS supports including moderate members of the now defunct Council of Islamic Courts (CIC) in reconciliation talks, [...]
2007-06-04 11:03:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL ARABL EG SO
07CAIRO1690EGYPT: GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED PRESS SLAMS DOHA
[...] (C) Editorials in the GOE-controlled press (Refs A-C) have strongly criticized the May 27-29 conference in Doha on "Democracy and Political Reform in the Arab World." The attacks have singled out the Doha meeting's most prominent Egyptian participant, Egyptian-American democracy activist Sa [...]
2007-06-05 11:22:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM EG QA
07CAIRO1777LOW TURNOUT IN SHURA COUNCIL ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) THE MEDIA AND DOMESTIC EGYPTIAN CIVIL SOCIETY MONITORS, ALONG WITH EMBASSY OFFICERS AND THIRD COUNTRY DIPLOMATS, REPORTED LOW VOTER TURN-OUT, A SIGNIFICANT SECURITY PRESENCE IN SELECT AREAS, AND AN ISOLATED INCIDENT OF VIOLENCE DURING THE JUNE 11 ELECTIONS FOR 77 SEATS OF THE 264-MEMBE [...]
2007-06-11 15:30:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM EG
07CAIRO1833DAS GRAY DISCUSSES QUARTET MEETING, REGIONAL
[...] (C) During a June 14 meeting with Arab League Cabinet Chief of Staff Hesham Youssef, NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary Gordon Gray discussed Israel/Palestine, Lebanon, Iraq, Darfur, and Western Sahara. Youssef outlined League views on the upcoming Quartet meeting in Cairo, reiterating the League [...]
2007-06-14 14:50:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL EG IS IZ SU
07CAIRO1863ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERS CONDEMN EIDO ASSASSINATION
[...] (SBU) Arab League foreign ministers, meeting late on June 15 at AL headquarters in Cairo, addressed Lebanon in addition to their previously-scheduled Hamas agenda at the request of PM Siniora. The AL statement (full text paragraph 2) condemns the assassination of Lebanese MP Walid Eido, offers [...]
2007-06-18 14:34:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MEPN ARABBL KPAL IS LE EG
07CAIRO1887ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERS CONDEMN EIDO ASSASSINATION
[...] Arab League foreign ministers, meeting late on June 15 at AL headquarters in Cairo, addressed Lebanon in addition to their previously-scheduled Hamas agenda at the request of PM Siniora. The AL statement (full text paragraph 2) condemns the assassination of Lebanese MP Walid Eido, offers yet- [...]
2007-06-20 11:23:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MEPN ARABBL KPAL IS LE EG
07CAIRO2459NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VP ON HUMAN
[...] (C) The Ambassador raised a range of human rights and religious freedom issues with National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) Vice President Ahmad Kamal Aboul Magd. In addition to reviewing recent religious conversion controversies, Ayman Nour, military tribunals against the Muslim Brotherho [...]
2007-08-08 16:15:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KIRF EG
07CAIRO2537EGYPT: UPDATE ON IRI, NDI, AND IFES SUPPORT FOR
[...] (C) On August 4, the Assistant Minister for American Affairs, Hatem Seif Al-Nasr, convoked the Ambassador to complain "on instructions" about IRI activities in Egypt. Al Nasr charged that IRI Country Director, Keith Kidd, had been traveling in the governorates and maintained a heavy schedule [...]
2007-08-15 14:20:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM EG
07CAIRO2683MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: GOVERNMENT CRACKDOWN
[...] (C) Summary: The Egyptian government's campaign against the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) is continuing, with the recent arrests of a prominent moderate official, two MB parliamentarians, and other senior officials, upping the ante. The latest detentions occur against the backdrop of the ongoing mi [...]
2007-08-30 12:53:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL KDEM PHUM EG
07CAIRO2730ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERS: MIDDLE EAST PEACE MUST BE
[...] (U) During its September 5 annual ministerial meeting, Arab League (AL) foreign ministers confirmed their support for President Bush's proposed meeting for Middle East peace, but stressed a comprehensive approach producing tangible results. AL Secretary General Amre Moussa said in a press con [...]
2007-09-06 14:25:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL EG IS IZ XP
07CAIRO2769ARAB LEAGUE BRIEFING FOLLOWING SEPTEMBER 5
[...] Summary. In a briefing for foreign diplomats on the Arab League's (AL) annual September 5 ministerial, AL Chief of Staff Hisham Youssef said that the ministers confirmed their support for President Bush's proposed international meeting for Middle East peace and noted their strong desire to rea [...]
2007-09-12 14:13:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAL PREF EG SO IS IZ SU XP
07CAIRO2799EGYPT: ACTIVISTS RALLY TO PROTEST CLOSURE OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: Leaders of Cairo's human rights and democracy activist community rallied on September 16 at a downtown demonstration to protest the GOE's September 8 closure of the Association for Human Rights and Legal Aid (AHRLA),apparently for accepting foreign funding, including from th [...]
2007-09-16 15:17:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM EAID EG
07CAIRO2825MUBARAK HEALTH RUMORS LEAD TO CRIMINAL CHARGES FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Reporting in the independent daily Al Dostour on rumors of President Mubarak's poor health have led to a criminal suit against its editor-in-chief, Ibrahim Eissa, in the Supreme State Emergency Criminal Court. The complaint, filed by State Security prosecution on September 11 [...]
2007-09-18 16:22:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPAO PHUM EG
07CAIRO2889TRADE MINISTER'S POLITICAL AMBITIONS INFLUENCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Trade and Industry Rachid Rachid, a leader of the cabinet's economic reformers, has been hesitant this year to confront bureaucratic opposition to key reform priorities. At the same time, he has laid out a bold public vision for the future of economic reform in Egypt [...]
2007-09-25 09:17:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALECON EAID ETRD EAGR PINR PREL IS EG
07CAIRO865A/S WELCH'S MARCH 20 MEETING WITH ARAB LEAGUE
[...] (C) In a March 20 meeting with NEA Assistant Secretary Welch, Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa discussed the upcoming Arab summit and Arab-Israeli peace issues. Welch pressed Moussa for ideas on how to help Israel and the Palestinians get back to the negotiating table. Welch urged Mo [...]
2007-03-26 14:48:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL ARABL KPAL MEPN IZ GZ LE EG
07CAIRO946SOMALIA: ARAB LEAGUE MEETING CALLS FOR MORE
[...] (SBU) Arab heads of state met in Riyadh on March 28-29 at an annual Arab League summit, where they addressed the Arab-Israeli conflict, Darfur, and Somalia, among other topics. On Somalia, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al Faisal convened on March 28 an informal meeting that included the [...]
2007-04-02 15:03:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MOPS EG ARABL SO
07CARACAS1127PRESS FREEDOM UPDATE
[...] (C) Summary. This press freedom update comes on the heels of the BRV-imposed May 28 shutdown of Radio Caracas Television (RCTV). Despite ceasing its broadcasts, RCTV continues to operate internally and is enduring for the moment, although recent Supreme Court (TSJ) rulings could jeopardize R [...]
2007-06-08 17:00:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPHUM KDEM PGOV SCUL SOCI ASEC VE
07CARACAS1628LABORING UNDER CHAVEZ' ECONOMIC PLANNING
[...] (SBU) Summary: Since 2005 the BRV has tightened the noose around the Venezuelan private sector by steadily approving rigorous labor laws, including the Organic Law on Prevention, Work Conditions, and Work Environment (Lopcymat),a laundry list of nearly impossible to fulfill labor regulations. [...]
2007-08-15 22:04:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALELAB ECON PGOV EINV VE
07CARACAS25CHAVEZ NAMES JORGE RODRIGUEZ VP AND PEDRO CARRENO
[...] (C) Summary. President Hugo Chavez named former National Electoral Council (CNE) President Jorge Rodriguez to replace Jose Vicente Rangel as Vice President and Fifth Republic Movement (MVR) National Assembly deputy Pedro Carreno to replace Jessie Chacon as Interior and Justice Minister on Jan [...]
2007-01-04 21:33:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL VE
07CARACAS554THE FIFTH MOTOR OF THE REVOLUTION SHIFTS INTO
[...] (U) Summary: On February 28, Minister of Popular Power for Participation and Social Development David Velazquez and other senior BRV officials announced the BRV's intention to form 32,000 new communal councils (Consejos Comunales) during a crowded inaugural kick-off in Caracas. These new coun [...]
2007-03-14 13:00:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON 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
07CHENGDU272GUIDE TO OFFICIAL RELIGIOUS RESTRICTIONS IN SOUTHWEST
[...] (SBU) Summary: The religious activities of the official 350,000 Muslims - , Protestants, Buddhists and Catholics in Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province in Southwest China, are organized according to both national and local religious affairs regulations. While the 2004 State Council regul [...]
2007-11-27 11:23:00Consulate ChengduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIRF PHUM PGOV SOCI CH
07CHIANGMAI129AN OVERVIEW OF BURMA-RELATED CIVIL SOCIETY TRAINING PROGRAMS
[...] SUMMARY. Exile political and social activists from Burma are using Chiang Mai as a base for the training and development of a new generation of leaders. Like their counterparts in the media (reftel),political exiles have found Chiang Mai to be a convenient and relatively safe harbor from which [...]
2007-07-18 01:55:00Consulate Chiang MaiUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM ECPS OEXC TH BM
07CHIANGMAI131FROM POPPIES TO PEACHES: HMONG PROGRESS REMAINS MIXED
[...] Summary. Despite generally low economic status, land tenure issues, and a renewed refugee inflow from Laos, the Hmong hill people today are considered among the more successful hill tribe groups in Thailand. Best known for fighting beside US forces in Laos from the 1960s to1975 while a signi [...]
2007-07-25 18:55:00Consulate Chiang MaiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PREF SNAR TH
07CHIANGMAI63TENSIONS ON THAI-BURMA FRONTIER LEAD TO BORDER CLOSINGS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Tensions have increased along the Thai-Burma border over the past few weeks, leading to the closure of most border crossings. Likely causes for the tensions include a renewed Burma Army offensive in the Karen State and a handful of altercations involving military and police forces [...]
2007-04-03 11:45:00Consulate Chiang MaiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS TH BM
07CHIANGMAI67CNS LEADERS LOOK TO THE STARS FOR HOPE AND GOOD LUCK
[...] Leaders of the Council for National Security (CNS) visited famed Chiang Mai astrologer Varin Buaviratlert April 1, suggesting that it takes more than military might and political righteousness to govern Thailand's increasingly chaotic affairs of state. Attraction to mediums and mystics cuts a [...]
2007-04-10 10:25:00Consulate Chiang MaiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV TH
07COLOMBO1093SRI LANKA: EAST DEVELOPMENT -- TRINCOMALEE NOT READY TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Trincomalee, the eastern seaboard town boasting one of Asia's finest natural harbors, is underdeveloped and depressed as a result of over two decades of civil war in Sri Lanka. The government wants to translate its recent reassertion of control over the east into development, mu [...]
2007-08-08 11:44:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EINV PTER CE
07COLOMBO1680 Sri Lanka - DCHA/FFP Monitoring Report on WFP
[...] Summary: From November 25 to December 4, 2007 USAID/DCHA Food for Peace Officer (FFP/O) visited Sri Lanka to monitor the UN World Food Program (WFP) Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation (PRRO),which receives U.S. Title II Emergency Assistance. FFP/O visited multiple sites in the conflict [...]
2007-12-19 03:55:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV PHUM PREF PINS CE
07COLOMBO289MALDIVES: STRATEGY FOR ENGAGING ONE OF ISLAMIC
[...] (SBU) Maldives is a moderate, pro-American Islamic country that cooperates on American military objectives and is responsive to US advice on reform and openness. In a generation, it has gone from being South Asia's poorest country to that with the region's highest per-capita income. However, [...]
2007-02-15 10:48:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MASS MARR ECON ETRD AMGT OEXC KPAO
07COLOMBO525SRI LANKA: PUSH FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS MONITORING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In October-November 2006, senior UN officials proposed establishing a UN-sponsored human rights monitoring mission in Sri Lanka. However, the GSL has consistently resisted the idea, most recently citing the existence of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (CoI) on Human Right [...]
2007-04-04 12:49:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PTER CE
07COLOMBO769SRI LANKA: EU HUMANITARIAN AID REPORT ON
[...] (C) Summary: The EU Delegation to Sri Lanka, passed to us on May 28 a confidential report describing a recent European Commission Humanitarian Assistance (ECHO) visit to Sri Lanka's Vanni region, the heart of the northern area controlled by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The repo [...]
2007-05-29 13:05:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON MOPS PHUM PTER CE
07COLOMBO959SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT TAKES STEPS TO ADDRESS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) has recently made several announcements about its efforts to eliminate abductions in Sri Lanka. On July 4 Defense Spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella announced the arrest of 10 suspected abductors in the GSL's efforts to eliminate abductions-for-ra [...]
2007-07-06 07:35:00Embassy ColomboSECRETPGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
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
07CONAKRY180AMBASSADOR PUTS GENERAL KERFALLA ON NOTICE THAT HE
[...] (C) On February 14, the Ambassador, accompanied by DATT, met with Chief of Staff of the Guinean Armed Forces General Kerfalla Camara at Camp Samory Toure in downtown Conakry. 2. (C) The Ambassador strongly regretted that the general strike had led to a state of siege instead of a peaceful [...]
2007-02-15 09:19:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPINS AEMR PGOV PHUM 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
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
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
07CONAKRY370GUINEA'S NEW GOVERNMENT MEETS INITIAL DEMANDS
[...] (C) On March 28, Prime Minister Lansana Kouyate addressed the nation with a clear message thanking all Guineans for their patience and cooperation in the creation of a "government of broad consensus". The Prime Minister listed eight priorities for his government with the consolidation of nat [...]
2007-03-29 14:20:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB PINS EAID GV
07CONAKRY489GUINEA'S MILITARY ENGAGED IN NATIONWIDE PROTEST
[...] (C) On May 2-3, military officers and soldiers on bases and military barracks throughout Guinea protested over wages and the corruption of senior military officers. There are reports that junior-level officers raided weapons and food stores in several military outposts and looted the house of [...]
2007-05-04 12:21:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC PINS MARR GV
07CONAKRY503NO SOLUTION YET FOR MILITARY CRISIS
[...] (C) Although Guinea's Prime Minister has led efforts to resolve the crisis within the Guinean military (Ref A),the government has yet to announce a satisfactory solution. The National Council of Defense and Security has met several times over the last few days, with senior military leaders [...]
2007-05-09 15:03:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC PINS MARR 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
07COTONOU159SCENESETTER FOR BILATERAL CONSULTATIONS, COTONOU, BENIN,
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Post warmly welcomes your participation in the March 9, 2007 USG/GOB bilateral consultations. Your visit follows the November Gulf of Guinea Maritime Security Conference and the December 2006 official US visit of pro-US President Boni Yayi, second-round victor in widely acclaimed [...]
2007-03-01 14:13:00Embassy CotonouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID ETRD PINR BN
07COTONOU654BENIN: PRESIDENT YAYI PROMOTES SEVEN MILITARY OFFICERS
[...] (U) On August 20, the GOB's Council of Ministers promoted Brigadier General Tissou Felix HESSOU, who has been Benin's Minister of the Interior and Public Security since June 17 (Reftels A and B),and Brigadier General Amoussa Chabi BONI to the rank of Major General, effective December 1, 2007. [...]
2007-08-24 05:40:00Embassy CotonouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR MARR BN
07DAKAR501SENEGAL: ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] SUMMARY: After being upgraded last year from Tier 2 Watch List to Tier 2 status, Senegal has continued to devote significant time and attention to the issue of trafficking in persons. Following passage of its first trafficking-in-persons (TIP) law in April 2005, police now maintain a compute [...]
2007-03-05 12:13:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC PREF SG
07DAKAR705AMBASSADOR GROVER JOSEPH REES' VISIT TO DAKAR
[...] (U) In meetings with the Senegalese government, civil society, NGOs and Catholic and Muslim religious leaders, Ambassador Grover Joseph Rees, Special Representative for Social Issues, discussed U.S. contributions to the fight against HIV/AIDS, the humanitarian crisis in Sudan, U.S. problems wi [...]
2007-03-29 08:36:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSOCI TBIO PHUM PINS PREL KDEM KISL SG
07DAMASCUS1193DEMOCRATIC REFORM STRATEGY SYRIA - 2007
[...] (C) Summary: Since the development of Post,s 2005 democratic reform strategy there has been a substantial and on-going government crackdown on what little democratic reform had been taking place. Many of the democratic reformers and human rights advocates who were key Embassy contacts in 20 [...]
2007-12-23 13:52:00Embassy DamascusSECRETPGOV PHUM PREL SY IS
07DAMASCUS157Iran/Syria, Syria/Iraq, Lebanon, Palestinian Territories
[...] Summary: The major topic in Syrian papers over the weekend was President Asad's state visit to Iran, which commenced on Feb. 17. All papers reported Asad's talks with Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinezhad; Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of Iranian Islamic Revolution; Ali Larij [...]
2007-02-20 10:01:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS4CODEL SPECTER MEETS WITH SYRIAN FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem pleaded for the United States not to hold Syria "hostage" to events in Lebanon or to resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, while insisting to Senator Arlen Specter and Representative Patrick Kennedy that Syria itself was ready for p [...]
2007-12-31 15:03:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAL KDEM PHUM SY IS IZ LEB
07DAMASCUS690 Syria/Sudan, Syria/US, Lebanon, Iraq, Palestinian
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on July 7 reported the visit to Sudan by Prime Minister Mohammad Naji Otri and his meeting with Sudanese President Omar Hasan al-Bashir on July 5. Their talks focused on bilateral relations and means of boosting them in all domains. The Sudanese President hailed Syria' [...]
2007-07-08 13:15:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS70 Syria/Norway, Syria/China, Bush's Iraq Strategy, Rice's
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on Jan. 18 reported FM Walid Mouallem's meeting on Jan. 17 with Svein Sieve, Advisor of the Norwegian Foreign Ministry for Middle East Affairs. Sieve reiterated the importance of Syria's role to cement security and stability in the region. FM Mouallem emphasized the n [...]
2007-01-21 08:05:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DARESSALAAM1136SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY LEAVITT'S AUGUST 23-26
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The U.S.-Tanzanian bilateral relationship has witnessed a sea change over the past two years. With the election of a charismatic, pro-Western President, and increasing levels of U.S. assistance, cooperation has expanded in areas ranging from health and education to counterter [...]
2007-08-14 15:46:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP EAID PREL PGOV ECON TZ
07DARESSALAAM1607TANZANIA: 2007 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) In 2007, there were no acts of international terrorism in Tanzania. With United States support, Tanzania continued to take steps to establish a National Counterterrorism Center, a major objective under our Mission Strategic Plan. The purpose of this Center will be to build Tanzania's inte [...]
2007-12-21 08:50:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR TZ
07DHAKA1341GENERAL DISSATISFACTION WITH CARETAKER GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Rumors of changes in the caretaker government have been a popular parlor game in Dhaka since January 2007. Growing frustration over rising prices, energy shortages, and a lackluster response to flooding have fueled speculation and criticism about the caretaker government. Scenari [...]
2007-08-16 03:16:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PREL BG
07DHAKA1439FORMER PM KHALEDA ZIA ARRESTED ON CORRUPTION
[...] (C) Summary: Former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, head of the Bangladesh National Party (BNP) and her son Arafat Rahman (&Koko8),were arrested in Dhaka September 3 on charges filed by Bangladesh,s Anti-Corruption Commission. The charges relate to the awarding of a bid for a shipping conta [...]
2007-09-04 01:54:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KCOR BG
07DHAKA1932VOTER REGISTRATION CONTINUES TO MOVE FORWARD
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Voter registration is continuing apace, although delays because of slow procurements and Cyclone Sidr have brought the project back into line with its original schedule and future significant delays could jeopardize the government's elections timeline. On the ground, the registra [...]
2007-12-13 03:42:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL BG
07DHAKA1952007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - BANGLADESH
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-05 09:03:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV OPIC KTDB USTR BG
07DHAKA1979SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL WILLARD'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Your visit comes at the one-year mark of the Caretaker Government as Bangladesh begins to rehabilitate areas of the country hit by Cyclone Sidr, while at the same time continues to prepare for nationwide elections at the end of 2008. Bangladesh largely survived the immediate cri [...]
2007-12-27 11:09:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON PGOV PREL MOPS BG
07DHAKA335BANGLADESH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] This Anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report covers efforts by the Bangladeshi government (GOB) from March 2006 to March 2007, and address the questions submitted to Post by G/TIP (reftel). Paragraph two begins text. Embassy point of contact is Luke Zahner, Political Officer, telephone: 880- [...]
2007-03-01 02:10:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BG
07DHAKA53DIPLOMATS COORDINATE STRATEGY ON BANGLADESH
[...] This is an action cable. Please see para 12. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Key diplomatic missions in Bangladesh are coordinating their responses to the ongoing political crisis. The U.S., United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, the European Commission, Germany (representing the European Union presidency) [...]
2007-01-11 08:15:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM BG
07DHAKA560MILITARY AMBITIONS IN BANGLADESH
[...] (U) COAS Presses Political Agenda: Chief of Army Staff Lt. Gen. Moeen Uddin Ahmed on April 2 renewed his populist attacks on Bangladeshi politicians and called for a "new brand of democracy." Moeen made the remarks in his keynote address to a regional conference hosted by the Bangladesh Po [...]
2007-04-05 09:06:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM BG
07DHAKA663AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES DEVELOPMENTS WITH COAS MOEEN
[...] (C) Summary: In an April 16 meeting with Ambassador Butenis and DATT (note taker),Chief of Army Staff Lt. Gen. Moeen Uddin Ahmed described the military's successes in support of the civilian government, cited the need for political party reform, provided assurances the military would remai [...]
2007-04-22 09:10:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF KDEM PMIL BG
07DILI166NATIONAL BUDGET PLAGUED BY EXECUTION CHALLENGES AND
[...] Summary: During an informal briefing for donors last week, the International Monetary Fund's Resident Representative in East Timor painted a bleak picture of budget execution to date for the fiscal year (FY) 2006-2007. Of a $329 million budget, while $211 of it has been committed, only $84 mil [...]
2007-04-27 17:06:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON EPET EFIN TT
07DILI264USG ENGAGEMENT WITH TAUR MATAN RUAK
[...] (C) In October 2006, a UN commission of inquiry recommended that the Timor Leste judicial authorities prosecute Brigadier General Ruak, chief of the local defense force, as a result of his actions during the spring 2006 crisis. The Timor Leste prosecutors reportedly began an investigation, but [...]
2007-07-23 07:31:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL MAAR ASEC KPKO UN TT
07DILI285TIMOR-LESTE'S NEW CABINET
[...] (SBU) Summary: Newly appointed PM Xanana Gusmao laid out an ambitious program for the government formed by the Alliance with a Parliamentary Majority (AMP) in his August 8 inaugural speech. Effective implementation will be challenged by difficult relations with the outgoing ruling party FRETIL [...]
2007-08-13 09:39:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM TT
07DILI89TURMOIL IN DILI AS REINADO HUNT CONTINUES
[...] (C) Summary: Dili remained calm but very tense March 6 as the unresolved Reinado operation and the expected March 7 Roserio Lobato court verdict kept the population on edge. No serious injuries or deaths were reported although there were widespread disturbances the night of March 5, continu [...]
2007-03-06 14:16:00Embassy DiliSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL MAAR ASEC KPKO UN AU TT
07DJIBOUTI425EAST AFRICA REGIONAL STRATEGIC INITIATIVE (RSI),
[...] (S) Summary: East African regional ambassadors and interagency representatives agreed to institutionalize the East African RSI by requesting dedicated, line-item FY09 regional funding for East Africa, along the lines of the Trans-Sahara Counter Terrorist Partnership. In this second RSI (th [...]
2007-04-10 13:38:00Embassy DjiboutiSECRETPTER PREL PINR KPAO PGOV EAID XW YM
07DOHA260QATAR: INPUT FOR THE SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (U) The following is post's input for the seventh annual Anti-Trafficking in Persons Report. Answers are keyed to reftel questions. 2. (SBU) Paragraph 27. Overview of a country's activities to eliminate trafficking in persons: A. (SBU) Is the country a country of origin, transit, or des [...]
2007-03-08 09:25:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF ELAB QA
07DOHA335INFORMATION EXCHANGE: QATARI BORDER DATABASES AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. THIS CABLE PROVIDES DETAILS OF QATAR'S USE OF IMMIGRATION DATABASES AND BIOMETRICS SYSTEMS AT PORTS OF ENTRY. IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS AT QATAR'S INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT SCREEN ARRIVING AND DEPARTING PASSENGERS FOR PREVIOUS PASSENGER RECORDS AND FRAUDULENT, LOST OR STOLEN TRAVEL DOCU [...]
2007-03-29 13:34:00Embassy DohaSECRETPGOV ASEC PTER KVPR CVIS PINR KHLS QA
07DOHA511SCENESETTER FOR MAY 24 GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE IN
[...] (C) Embassy Doha is pleased to welcome the Gulf Security Dialogue delegation to Qatar. This second GSD meeting and the first in Doha will mean a lot to the Qatari leadership. It will strengthen our mil-to-mil relationship and help in our efforts to moderate the Qataris' more objectionable fore [...]
2007-05-18 12:52:00Embassy DohaSECRETPREL MARR PARM IR IZ QA
07DOHA897DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE'S MEETING WITH QATARI
[...] (SBU) Deputy Secretary John Negroponte met the evening of September 9 at the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs with Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ahmed Al-Mahmoud, the number two official in the Qatari MFA. Joining Al-Mahmoud were Assistant Minister Mohamad Al-Rumaihi, Director of Eu [...]
2007-09-12 10:50:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALIAEA IR IS IZ KWBG PREL QA
07DUSHANBE1650IED KILLS ONE AT CONFERENCE CENTER IN DUSHANBE
[...] (SBU) Per REF A, at approximately 0800 local time on November 14, an improvised explosive device detonated outside Kokhi Vahdat, a prominent conference hall in the center of Dushanbe along the main street (Rudaki Avenue). The Regional Security Officer observed more than 100 Ministry of Inter [...]
2007-11-15 13:46:00Embassy DushanbeSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER PINR TI
07FREETOWN421SIERRA LEONE ELECTIONS ON TRACK AS CAMPAIGNING
[...] (SBU) The official campaign period for Sierra Leone's August 11 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections began on July 10. With the elections under a month away, no party has emerged as the clear favorite to win. Indications are there could be a runoff in the presidential election between the [...]
2007-07-12 17:25:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM PINR SL
07FREETOWN508NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION ANNOUNCES CERTIFIED
[...] (U) On August 25, the National Electoral Commission (NEC) released the official certified results of the August 11 Presidential and Parliamentary elections (Ref A). Presiding at a news conference at the NEC Media Center located at the British Council, NEC Chairperson Dr. Christiana Thorpe anno [...]
2007-08-27 15:33:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM SL
07FREETOWN566NEC PROCLAIMS APC CANDIDATE ERNEST KOROMA SIERRA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On September 17, the National Electoral Commission (NEC) announced that opposition APC Candidate Ernest Bai Koroma had won the September 8 Presidential run-off election. He will be sworn in the same day at 1700 GMT at the State House. Jubilant APC supporters thronged the streets, [...]
2007-09-17 16:36:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PINR SL
07FREETOWN79SIERRA LEONE 2007 NATIONAL ELECTIONS: SETTING THE
[...] (U) This is the first in a series of cables intended to set the context for the July 28, 2007 Presidential and Parliamentary elections, only the fifth multiparty elections in Sierra Leone since its independence in 1961. Post welcomes any comments or suggestions. ---------------------------- [...]
2007-02-02 15:45:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM PHUM ELECTIONS SL
07GUANGZHOU1213MATTEL - MENDING FENCES AND FIXING PROBLEMS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Mattel's relations with Beijing are on the mend and there are no indications that provincial government authorities are planning to sue the company for alleged damage to the "Made in China" brand, according to Mattel executives based in South China. More frequent product testing [...]
2007-11-14 04:58:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EIND TBIO ECON PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU1226SAFETY ISSUES SHAKING UP TOY INDUSTRY IN SOUTH CHINA
[...] (SBU) Summary: The toy industry in Guangdong Province is undergoing a major "shake-out" cruise as manufacturers seek to protect the integrity of their product, buyers express concerns, and government officials enforce regulations in the interests of maintaining the China "brand" name. In Shant [...]
2007-11-16 08:47:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EIND TBIO ECON PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU499South China Leadership Changes; Political Highlights
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Guangdong Party Secretary Zhang Dejiang is poised to move to Beijing to become a Vice Premier and current Beijing Mayor Wang Qishan may become the next Guangdong Party Secretary. Beijing, which has long had reservations about whether Guangdong's leaders serve central government i [...]
2007-04-27 07:43:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV SOCI EAGR EINV CH
07HANOI1801AMBASSADOR'S CALL WITH VIETNAM'S MINISTER OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador, accompanied by Defense Attache, met with Vietnam Minister of Defense, Senior General Phung Quang Thanh, on 19 September 2007 for an introductory call. After a warm welcome, Minister Thanh noted that Vietnam seeks to increase defense cooperation with the United States, [...]
2007-10-17 02:53:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PGOV PTER VM
07HANOI1966SCENESETTER FOR ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR
[...] (SBU) Acting Assistant Secretary Mull: Mission Vietnam looks forward to welcoming you to Hanoi. Your visit will be an important contribution to the growing U.S.-Vietnam relationship, especially in advance of Vietnam taking its seat on the UNSC next year. Your visit comes on the heels of Novem [...]
2007-11-20 07:37:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MOPS PREL PGOV OTRA VM
07HANOI2051SCENESETTER FOR VISIT BY COMMANDER, UNITED STATES
[...] (SBU) Admiral, your visit to Vietnam is well timed to complement the successes of recent trips by other senior civilian and military leaders and will be an important contribution to the growing U.S.-Vietnam relationship, especially in advance of Vietnam taking its seat on the UNSC next year. [...]
2007-12-07 04:04:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS MOPS PHSA VM
07HANOI921VIETNAMESE GO TO THE POLLS ON MAY 20
[...] (SBU) After an extensive vetting process, the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) approved 880 candidates to contest 500 seats in the May 20 National Assembly (NA) elections. In spite of the Party touting early on that "many more" independent (non-Communist Party) candidates would run this time a [...]
2007-05-18 10:27:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SOCI PREL CH VM
07HARARE1073Zim Notes November 30, 2007
[...] The Embassy Harare Political/Economic Section began producing Zim Notes in July, 2007 to present a perspective on current events in Zimbabwe. Suggestions are always welcome. If you would like to receive Zim Notes by email, as well, please contact Frances Chisholm at chisholmfm@state.gov. Dist [...]
2007-11-30 09:56:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
07HARARE14ZIMBABWE 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE
[...] (U) The Government of Zimbabwe's corruption and mismanagement have severely crippled the local economy making it unlikely to attract or absorb significant foreign direct investment in 2007. GDP has declined by 40 percent in the past 6 years, the largest peacetime drop ever recorded. Inflatio [...]
2007-01-05 10:08:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV
07HARARE903 AA/DCHA HESS IMPRESSED BY PROGRAMS, BUT ALARMED BY
[...] Summary: USAID Assistant Administrator for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance (DCHA) Michael Hess, accompanied by Special Assistant Amber Brooks, visited Harare, Bulawayo, and rural areas September 16-20 to assess humanitarian needs and programs and to consult with civil society [...]
2007-10-04 10:11:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID SOCI PHUM ZI
07HAVANA258CUBA: HOW BELIEVABLE IS A FIDEL CASTRO COMEBACK?
[...] (C) Summary: XXXXXXXXXXXX passed us a document March 14 that describes Fidel Castro's declining health, as analyzed by a respected, XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX. The document concludes by saying that Castro has a terminal condition, and will suffer an inevitable deterioration of his faculties until [...]
2007-03-16 18:28:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR CU
07HAVANA806CLOUD OF UNCERTAINTY HANGS OVER CHAVIANO RELEASE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Released after 13 years in prison, Francisco Chaviano, a prominent Cuban opposition figure, wants to remain in Cuba to continue his work after seeking urgently needed medical care in the U.S. However, Cuban authorities have still not spelled out the conditions of his release. He [...]
2007-08-17 16:25:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PINR PREL CU
07HILLAH114BABIL PC REGULATES FUEL SUPPLIES AND LEVIES TAXES FOR
[...] (U) This is a PRT Babil Cable. 2. (C) PRT Babil recently met with Basem al-Janabi (ISCI),chairman of the Babil Provincial Council (PC) energy committee to discuss the provincial government's efforts to regulate the distribution of fuel supplies in the province. Formed in 2006 with the con [...]
2007-07-28 06:38:00REO HillahCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ECON EFIN PGOV SOCI IZ
07HILLAH130NAJAF GOVERNOR: MARJA'IYYA CONTRIBUTING TO PEACE
[...] (U) This is a PRT Najaf cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: During a September 22 meeting with PRT and CF, the Governor of Najaf noted that the reports AMB Crocker and General Petraeus recently submitted to Congress failed to acknowledge the contribution of the marja'iyya to the peace and stability of I [...]
2007-09-27 07:29:00REO HillahSECRETPGOV PREL ECON IZ
07HILLAH131NAJAF GOVERNOR: MARJA'IYYA CONTRIBUTING TO PEACE
[...] (U) This is a PRT Najaf cable. This is a retransmission of HILLAH 130. 2. (C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: During a September 22 meeting with PRT and CF, the Governor of Najaf noted that the reports AMB Crocker and General Petraeus recently submitted to Congress failed to acknowledge the contribution [...]
2007-09-29 11:08:00REO HillahSECRETPGOV PREL ECON IZ
07HONGKONG1447HONG KONG DEMOCRATIC PARTY INVESTIGATES PRC
[...] (S) Summary: Democratic Party (DP) legislator James To (strictly protect),who is chair of the Hong Kong Legislative Council (Legco) Security Panel, warned us in early February 2007 that infiltrators from Beijing had successfully penetrated the DP and put it in a "dangerous position" (ref). [...]
2007-05-30 08:24:00Consulate Hong KongSECRETPGOV PHUM PINR PREL SOCI CH HK MC
07HONGKONG1698HONG KONG'S NEXT CABINET APPROVED
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Central Government, on the nomination of Hong Kong's Chief Executive (CE),Donald Tsang, approved the appointments of principal officials for the third term of the HKSAR Government, as well as five officials who will head HK's disciplined services. Biographies for each new [...]
2007-06-25 23:31:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL PINR CH HK
07HONGKONG2806ALLEGATIONS OF U.S. "INTERFERENCE" IN HONG KONG
[...] (C) Summary: With the approach of Hong Kong local elections on November 18 and December 2, public criticism of pro-democracy legislator Martin Lee has abated, possibly due to fear of a voter backlash against the harsh commentary. Even before the Lee controversy, however, anti-foreign and anti- [...]
2007-11-09 08:46:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR SOCI CH HK
07IRANRPODUBAI3FORMER POLICE GENERAL SAYS RAFSANJANI UP, AHMADINEJAD DOWN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-04 16:01:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV IR IZ LE PTER
07IRANRPODUBAI45PROFESSOR DISCUSSES DETAINED AMERICANS, NUCLEAR DISCUSSIONS,
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-28 14:56:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETIR PGOV PREL KNNP KPLS
07ISLAMABAD1779DELEGATION ADVANCES NON-PRO DIALOGUE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-20 10:55:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNIN KNNP PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD2793MUSHARRAF ASSURES NEGROPONTE THAT FIGHT AGAINST
[...] (C) During a 90-minute cordial meeting with Deputy Secretary Negroponte, Assistant Secretary for South and SIPDIS Central Asian Affairs Boucher, and the Charge d'Affaires, President Musharraf emphasized that Al Qaeda and extremism are Pakistan's greatest threat. The National Security Counc [...]
2007-06-22 13:10:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PGOV PK AF
07ISLAMABAD2796BOUCHER AND VICE CHIEF DISCUSS NEW STEPS IN THE
[...] (C) Summary: While he demurred from speaking about Pakistan's political situation, Vice Chief of the Army Staff General Ahsan Saleem Hyat was eager to discuss a variety of topics during his June 13 meeting with Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia Richard Boucher. Hyat reported tha [...]
2007-06-23 05:57:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNAF MOPS PGOV PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD4107DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH PAKISTAN'S
[...] (C) Summary: On September 13, Deputy Secretary Negroponte met with Minister of Interior Sherpao. Sherpao praised the recent jirgas with Afghanistan and said Pakistan would move quickly to appoint its follow up team. Sherpao briefed the participants on the ongoing efforts by both the Pakistani [...]
2007-09-24 14:17:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PK
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
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
07ISTANBUL346FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR DAVUTOGLU'S MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary. Senior Advisor and Iraq Coordinator David Satterfield met with Prime Minister Erdogan,s senior foreign policy advisor Ahmet Davutoglu on Saturday, April 21, 2007, to discuss U.S. and Turkish policy toward Iraq and related issues. Ambassador Oguz Celikkol, special representative [...]
2007-04-24 15:54:00Consulate IstanbulSECRETPGOV PREL TU IZ XF
07ISTANBUL722TURKEY SCENESETTER FOR CODEL COSTELLO, AUGUST
[...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP),which scored a significant victory in recent elections, was given the mandate to form another single-party government. AKP is expected to continue to pursue its economic and political reform policies. On Iraq, Turkey contin [...]
2007-08-09 12:35:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN TU
07JAKARTA1585CENTRAL SULAWESI ON THE ROAD TO NORMALCY
[...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PLEASE HANDLE ACCORDINGLY. THIS CABLE IS A JOINT REPORT FROM EMBASSY JAKARTA AND CONSULATE GENERAL SURABAYA. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a recent visit to Central Sulawesi's former conflict areas, Mission officers clearly saw the beginning of a return to normalcy. [...]
2007-06-08 06:36:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PTER ECON PHUM PINR ID
07JAKARTA1657Bilateral Energy Dialogue Back On Track
[...] Summary. (SBU) A U.S. Department of Energy Delegation led by Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (PDAS) for Policy and International Affairs Katharine Fredriksen reached agreement with the Government of Indonesia (GOI) to resume the U.S.-Indonesia bilateral Energy Policy Dialogue (EPD),which [...]
2007-06-14 10:52:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ENRG EINV PREL ID
07JAKARTA1845CODEL PAYNE MEETS INDONESIAN PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO
[...] SUMMARY: In a cordial 45 minute meeting on July 5, Congressman Donald Payne (D-NJ) and President Yudhoyono agreed on the need to build the capacity of the Indonesian Parliament. Congressmen Payne, David Dreier (R-CA) and James Moran (D-VA),who were in Jakarta for two days of meetings with [...]
2007-07-09 06:18:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EAID KDEM ID
07JAKARTA1874REP. FALEOMAVAEGA MEETS WITH PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO
[...] Summary. During a July 3-6 visit to Jakarta, Rep. Eni Faleomavaega met with the President, Vice President and the Foreign Minister, receiving promises from all three that he could go to Papua the next time he visits Indonesia, despite being refused permission on this trip. President Susilo [...]
2007-07-11 00:21:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM ID PREL KDEM EAID
07JAKARTA430JCS CHAIRMAN PACE'S MEETING WITH INDONESIAN
[...] (C) Summary: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Peter Pace met with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on February 13 in Jakarta to discuss a range of strategic issues, including bilateral military-to-military cooperation, instability in the Middle East and future East [...]
2007-02-16 07:31:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS MOPS ID
07JAKARTA517AMBASSADOR REES MEETS BURMA CAUCUS CHAIR
[...] (C) In a February 20 meeting with Djoko Susilo, the Chairman of Indonesia's House of Representatives (DPR) Caucus on Burma, Special Representative for Social Issues Ambassador Grover Joseph Rees commended the DPR's activism on Burma (Ref A),and discussed additional measures the DPR might take [...]
2007-02-26 07:57:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KISL UNSC BM ID
07JAKARTA739DAS JOHN'S MEETINGS WITH THE ASEAN SECGEN, FOREIGN
[...] (C) During a March 6-10 visit to Jakarta, EAP DAS Eric John called on Imron Cotan, Secretary General of Indonesia's Department of Foreign Affairs, ASEAN Secretary General Ong Keng Yong, and Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Dino Djalal. On March 7, Cotan welcomed DAS John's proposal to inte [...]
2007-03-14 23:43:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALASEAN PREL PGOV KPAL KISL AORC ID
07JERUSALEM1285HAMAS TRYING TO HOLD ON TO LEGITIMACY, SEEKING
[...] (U) SUMMARY: HAMAS leaders in the Gaza Strip - including Former Prime Minister Haniyah and several HAMAS PLC members - have publicly questioned President Abbas's authority to dismiss the government and claim to represent the legitimate Palestinian Authority government. Abbas's office says HA [...]
2007-06-21 14:45:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS
07JERUSALEM1524HAMAS REPLACES THREE GAZA MAYORS, PRESSURES OTHER
[...] (C) Summary. Hamas has taken control of three Gaza municipalities, replacing Fatah mayors and city council members. Gaza's other Fatah mayors report limited Hamas interference, but express concern about the agenda of Hamas' former Minister of Local Government. Gaza City's mayor described e [...]
2007-07-23 14:33:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV KWBG EAID PTER KDEM PREL
07JERUSALEM2422ABBAS ISSUES PREVENTIVE SECURITY (PSO) DECREE IN A
[...] (C) President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) issued a decree clarifying the mandate of the Preventive Security Organization (PSO) on November 19 (full text in para 3). Security contacts say the PSO decree is part of a general effort to clarify the mandates of the respective security services and es [...]
2007-11-21 16:57:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PINS IS PGOV
07KABUL1030PRT KANDAHAR: ASSESSMENT -- WHERE WE ARE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: This cable assesses developments in Kandahar Province in 2006 through security, political, economic, and social lenses. The cable does not review ISAF performance or programs, but looks ahead to anticipated developments in 2007 and notes areas in need of further attention from [...]
2007-03-28 11:43:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER AF
07KABUL1055PRT LASHKAR GAH: SEMI-ANNUAL HELMAND REVIEW
[...] (C) Helmand faces serious problems within all PRT pillars )- security, governance and development. Security is the most pressing and immediate concern for the province. Apart from intense civilian and military focus on major projects such as Kajaki, little progress can be expected on governa [...]
2007-04-01 11:41:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL1078AFGHAN NATIONAL DETENTION FACILITY OPENS MARCH 25;
[...] (SBU) This is an Action request. Please see paragraph 9. --------------------------------------- ANDF March 25 Opening, Press Reaction --------------------------------------- 2. (S/NF) The Afghan National Detention Facility (ANDF) in the Pol-e-Charkhi prison compound was opened formally [...]
2007-04-03 12:59:00Embassy KabulSECRETKAWC MARR PTER PGOV PINS PREL AF
07KABUL1095PRT SHARANA: PAKTIKA ASSESSMENT 2006
[...] (SBU) In the past twelve months, measurable progress in Paktika has been limited, although 2006 witnessed greater Afghan involvment in the province's security. The most positive changes were driven by the U.S. military and the PRT in Sharana. Paktika is a province that has never experienced [...]
2007-04-04 03:01:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER ECON MARR AF EAID
07KABUL1220DETAINEE LEGAL FRAMEWORK: PALACE CONVENES DETAINEE
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Post continues to encourage the Office of the National Security Council (ONSC) to exert both executive and administrative leadership regarding detainee issues as we press for the remaining pieces of a legal framework. Post continues to explore ONSC and parliamentary views on in [...]
2007-04-12 03:21:00Embassy KabulSECRET//NOFORNKAWC MARR PTER PGOV PINS PREL AF
07KABUL1394THE NATIONAL FRONT: POLITICAL FLAME OR SPUTTERING
[...] (C) Officially launched with great fanfare on April 3, the United Front may already be losing momentum as a political movement. Several Afghan VIPs who were reputedly members have turned out to not be officially in the group after all, although they may just be bending with the wind and waiting [...]
2007-04-24 05:22:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR AF
07KABUL1558DETAINEE LEGAL FRAMEWORK: GOA OFFICIALS OUTLINE
[...] (S/NF) Summary and Action Request: Please advise regarding Post's paragraph 9-13 suggestions on possible legal vehicles and next steps. Building on reftel efforts, Post has continued, ahead of and during the 1-3 May advance team visit of L/PM Attorney Adviser Eric Pelofsky and OSD Global Secu [...]
2007-05-08 13:15:00Embassy KabulSECRET//NOFORNKAWC MARR PTER PGOV PINS PREL AF
07KABUL1581PLANNING FOR A FEASIBLE, AFFORDABLE, SUSTAINABLE
[...] (SBU) The high cost and short-lived institutional benefit of Afghanistan's milestone post-Taliban elections underscores the importance of developing a feasible, affordable, and sustainable plan for future elections. The May 1 JCMB endorsed recommendations (drafted by the Embassy Governance Po [...]
2007-05-11 09:59:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL1691PRT KANDAHAR: MID-MAY SECURITY ROUNDUP
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: A dramatic week was launched in Kandahar on May 12 with the killing of senior Taliban Commander Mullah Dadullah (in Helmand Province) and of Mullah Manan (in Zharey District) on May 13. Many Kandaharis were jubilant and hundreds lined up to see his body on display at Governor [...]
2007-05-20 11:30:00Embassy KabulSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL217PRT-GARDEZ: NEW PAKTIA GOVERNOR,S VIEWS ON KEY
[...] (C) Paktia Governor Rahmatullah Rahmat shared his views on major issues facing the Province during recent meetings with the Gardez PRT. Rahmat identified development activities as key to ensuring a stable and productive province. The Governor praised PRT development projects and pledged to f [...]
2007-01-22 12:28:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SNAR AF
07KABUL2244PRT GHAZNI: SECURITY, POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ghazni province is split between the "have's" (Hazara districts in the north/west) and the "have-not's" (Pashtun districts in the south/east). In April 2007 a serious insurgent threat in the Pashtun districts brought reconstruction to a standstill in both areas, heightening anx [...]
2007-07-12 13:14:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL2299PAG DISCUSSES SCHOOL SECURITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: On July 12 the Policy Action Group (PAG) chaired by NSA Rassoul discussed school security. Education Minister Atmar reported that there had been 20 attacks against schools in the previous week. Education Minister Atmar assessed that the Taliban have shifted their focus from d [...]
2007-07-17 13:37:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PTER EAID NATO AF
07KABUL2357BAND-I-AMIR LAKES, AFGHANISTAN'S FIRST NATURAL PROTECTED
[...] The GoA and the international community are laying the groundwork to establish Afghanistan's first natural protected area at central Afghanistan's Band-i-Amir lakes in Bamyan Province. A recent visit there showed that the current circumstances at the lakes--one of the world's few large travert [...]
2007-07-23 10:35:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TBIO PGOV EIND AF
07KABUL2370IROA NOTIFIED OF GUANTANAMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW
[...] (C/REL to Afghanistan) On July 18 polmiloff notified Mohammad Zia Salehi, Situation Room Director in the Office of the National Security Council (ONSC) that the three Afghan detainees listed in reftel A will be scheduled for Administrative Review Board (ARB) proceedings at Guantanamo Bay (GTMO [...]
2007-07-24 11:20:00Embassy KabulSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PINR PHUM MARR KAWC AF
07KABUL2467PRT FARAH: DETERIORATION IN SECURITY, RISE IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Security in Farah Province deteriorated over the past six months. The Province now has its third ineffective governor since September 2006. The province continues to be plagued by high rates of kidnappings, robberies, and insurgent activity; weak and corrupt provincial and di [...]
2007-07-31 13:15:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPTER EAID ECON KSEC SOCI IR AF
07KABUL2468PRT LASHKAR GAH: HELMAND SEMI-ANNUAL REVIEW
[...] (C) The Taliban have been hit hard in Helmand over the past six months. Military operations in Nahri Sarraj and Sangin disrupted the Taliban and weakened their support but have not resulted in enduring stability. Despite this military disruption, the expansion of reconstruction and developm [...]
2007-07-31 13:33:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF UK
07KABUL2487AFGHANISTAN - NATO MANEUVERING TO GET CONTROL OF
[...] (C/NF) NATO's civilian leadership in Afghanistan has been lobbying the GoA to gain control of civil aviation development at the expense of the Afghan Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation (MoTCA) and the established donor coordination process. The NATO Senior Civilian Representative (SCR) [...]
2007-08-01 14:30:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEAIR ECON PREL AF
07KABUL2506PRT SHARANA: PAKTIKA PROVINCE SIX MONTH ASSESSMENT
[...] (C) Despite an active pro-Coalition governor, weak government and a 60 percent increase in insurgent attacks continue to hamper progress in Paktika, a province of 800,000 people on the Pakistan border. The provincial government is well-meaning but weak, and almost all development in the provi [...]
2007-08-03 05:35:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PTER ASEC MARR EAID AF
07KABUL2507PRT NURISTAN: SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT ON SECURITY,
[...] (SBU) Security remains a concern in Nuristan, especially in the districts bordering Pakistan. Political activity continues to center on Governor Tamim who travelled to remote districts to firm up support and allegiance to the provincial and national governments. Construction on the more than 4 [...]
2007-08-03 07:22:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER ECON SNAR MARR SOCI PHUM AF
07KABUL2723PRT MEHTARLAM: LAGHMAN PROVINCE SIX MONTH
[...] (C) Governance capacity improved in Laghman province, which also saw progress in reconstruction during the last six months. Taliban and HiG insurgents continued low-level operations in remote areas, but IEDs were the main threat to ISAF and IROA forces. Afghan security force training is on t [...]
2007-08-15 06:40:00Embassy KabulSECRETEAID KDEM PGOV AF
07KABUL28NEW AFGHAN NATIONAL COMMUNICATION COORDINATION
[...] (U) SUMMARY: With active encouragement and support from the international community (IC) and especially Embassy Kabul, the Government of Afghanistan established the National Communication Coordinating Center (known as the NCCC or NC3) in early December 2006. Although the GOA is still identif [...]
2007-01-04 10:16:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV AF PREL PTER MOPS
07KABUL2919INSURGENCY AND ETHNIC TENSIONS FLARE UP IN WARDAK
[...] (C) Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) have not been able to reverse a spike in insurgent attacks on provincial government and foreign contractors in Wardak province, 20 miles from Kabul, since late May. The MOD reports that as many as 750 armed "enemy" combatants are operating in the pro [...]
2007-09-04 05:23:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM MARR AF
07KABUL3191IROA NOTIFIED OF GUANTANAMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW
[...] (C/REL to IRoA) On September 18 PolMilOff notified Zia Salehi, Situation Room Director in the Office of the National Security Council (ONSC),that the seven Afghan detainees listed in ref A will be scheduled for Administrative Review Board (ARB) proceedings at Guantanamo Bay (GTMO) in approxim [...]
2007-09-20 14:17:00Embassy KabulSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PINR PHUM MARR KAWC AF
07KABUL360PRT QALAT: SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT ON SECURITY,
[...] (SBU) Summary: The political situation in Zabul is fairly stable, with a good governor, Delbar Jan Arman, who has served for almost two years. His efforts are undermined by a weak administration both in the capital and in the districts, and his own unwillingness to empower and build the cap [...]
2007-02-05 10:54:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER EAID ECON MASS SOCI AF
07KABUL369DETAINEE LEGAL FRAMEWORK: GOA REPRESENTATIVES
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Afghan interagency national security, military, and legal experts have not arrived at a final position on how the GOA will deal with "security detainees" -- i.e., those individuals that the GOA is unlikely or unable to prosecute in the Afghan national security or criminal just [...]
2007-02-05 15:18:00Embassy KabulSECRET//NOFORNKAWC MARR MOPS PGOV PREL PHUM AF
07KABUL3714NEW GOVERNANCE CZAR POPAL LAUNCHES AMBITIOUS
[...] (SBU) Jelani Popal's three-year strategic plan for his new Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG) aims to strengthen sub-national governance by holding appointed representative District Councils accountable for local governance, development, poppy-eradication, and security. To re [...]
2007-10-31 08:49:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR EAID KDEM AF
07KABUL372PRT NURISTAN: SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT ON SECURITY,
[...] (SBU) Nuristan Province has traditionally been neglected and remains underdeveloped, but recent initiatives by Governor Tamin are energizing district administrations and encouraging communities to take responsibility for their own security. Despite these efforts, security remains problematic [...]
2007-02-06 10:48:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER ECON EAID MASS SOCI AF
07KABUL3727AFGHAN GOVERNMENT FOCUSES ON ELECTION PLANNING
[...] (SBU) The October 3 JCMB has helped the Afghan government focus on the need to make several key decisions which will enable the Independent Election Commission (IEC) to move forward with plans for the 2009/10 Presidential, Parliamentary, and Provincial Council elections. Parliament is committ [...]
2007-11-01 06:11:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID KDEM PGOV AF
07KABUL3871FOUR NEW GOVERNORS CONFIRMED; MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS
[...] (C) The Government has announced that President Karzai has officially confirmed the appointment of new governors in Jowzjan, Faryab, Samangan, and Kunar provinces. Staff at Popal's Independent Directorate for Local Governance (IDLG) had shared earlier Karzai's intention to appoint Hashim Zari [...]
2007-11-19 14:49:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV AF
07KABUL4207MOI PERSONNEL CHANGES: SCORE CARD
[...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. In late September, the Ministry of Interior (MOI) announced some 33 mid- to senior-level Palace appointments, including commanders for all four of the Afghan National Civil Order Police (ANCOP)'s brigades and several provincial chiefs of police. Anecdotal inform [...]
2007-12-27 13:46:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
07KABUL442CODEL PELOSI CITES STRONG SUPPORT FOR AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: During January 28 CODEL Pelosi visit to Kabul, Pakistan and poppy were dominant themes. Speaker Pelosi, Chairmen Skelton (Armed Services),Lantos (Foreign Affairs),and Reyes (Intelligence) and Sub-Committee Chairs Murtha (Defense Appropriations) and Lowey (State/Foreign Operatio [...]
2007-02-09 14:07:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL PTER PGOV SNAR MOPS AF
07KABUL558DETAINEE LEGAL FRAMEWORK: READOUT FROM FEBRUARY
[...] (S) Summary: Afghan legal experts are still preparing the GoA's response to our request for a written description of the legal framework that the GoA would apply to detainees transferred from the Bagram Theater Internment Facility (BTIF) and Guantanomo (GTMO) to GoA custody at the Afghan Nati [...]
2007-02-19 14:14:00Embassy KabulSECRETKAWC MARR PTER PGOV PINS PREL AF
07KABUL68DETAINEE LEGAL FRAMEWORK: GOA REPRESENTATIVES
[...] (S) Summary: Deputy National Security Adviser Engineer Ibrahim Speenzada convened GOA representatives from the Ministries of Defense, Interior, Justice, and the National Directorate of Security on January 2 to discuss the legal basis for detention and prosecution of any detainees transferred [...]
2007-01-07 11:40:00Embassy KabulSECRETKAWC MARR MOPS PREL PGOV PHUM AF
07KABUL700PRT FARAH: SEMI ANNUAL REPORT ON SECURITY,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Incidents and attacks continue and security remains tenuous and uncertain, but the police now show a heightened presence with patrols and raids in Farah Province. Governing dynamics will be seriously affected as Farah deals with its third governor in less than six months. The [...]
2007-03-04 06:51:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALECON MARR PINS PREL SOCI IR AF
07KABUL790PRT CHAGHCHARAN: SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT ON SECURITY,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ghor Province should be one of Afghanistan?s success stories, but because it remains unable to attract the resources needed to overcome its developmental deficit, the province continues to lack the wherewithal for economic and political "take-off". Marginal progress was made [...]
2007-03-07 13:43:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON MARR NATO SOCI AF
07KABUL882EXBS AFGHANISTAN ADVISOR AND BORDER MANAGEMENT MONTHLY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During this reporting period, the BMTF position for Border Police and Immigrations Systems Coordinator was filled. The Afghan Customs Department (ACD) drafted a proposal for transferring the Customs Police unit to MoF. The GoA accepted the Iranian proposal to fund and construc [...]
2007-03-15 13:51:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP AF
07KABUL954KOENIGS AND BOUCHER ON INTERNATIONAL COORDINATION,
[...] (C) A special response fund to allow the United Nations Assistance Mission to Afghanistan close developmental cooperation with ISAF would advance civilian-military coordination; Washington support requested. Additionally, in a March 14 meeting with Assistant Secretary for South and Central A [...]
2007-03-24 13:06:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER EAID MARR AF IR
07KABUL956DETAINEE LEGAL FRAMEWORK: REVIEW BOARD MEETS
[...] (S) Summary: The GOA has been informed that the first transfer of 13 detainees to the Afghan National Detention Facility (ANDF) is scheduled for March 25, when the facility will be formally opened; the actual transfer will occur on April 2. Post passed evidentiary files for the first transfer [...]
2007-03-25 03:47:00Embassy KabulSECRETKAWC MARR PTER PGOV PINS PREL AF
07KABUL979PRT/MAZAR: SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT ON SECURITY,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Northwest Afghanistan enjoys a better security situation than much of the rest of the country but drought and crime hamper development. The Afghan National Police (ANP) and the judicial system need much work but progress has begun with the ANP. The balance of power between T [...]
2007-03-26 05:26:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER EAID ECON MASS SOCI AF
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
07KHARTOUM1090SUDAN OFFICIALS DIFFER ON DARFUR PKO, POLITICAL
[...] (C) On July 12, Special Envoy Natsios met separately with Foreign Minister Lam Akol, Presidential Advisor Nafie Ali Nafie, and Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs (and UN/AU hybrid negotiator) Mutriff Siddiq to discuss deployment of the hybrid peace-keeping force and bolster UN/AU efforts to ach [...]
2007-07-13 10:27:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU US ER CD LY
07KHARTOUM1105SPECIAL ENVOY NATSIOS JULY 11 MEETING WITH SPLM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Special Envoy met with GOSS senior officials Luka Biong Deng, Paul Mayom, and Cirino Hiteng to discuss the status of CPA implementation, U.S. support for an equitable solution to the Abyei impasse, road development in the South, and the SPLM's efforts on Darfur. Despite the u [...]
2007-07-16 06:02:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS PHUM EPET EAID SU
07KHARTOUM1129DARFUR: UN/AU PLANS FOR POLITICAL PROCESS SHOW
[...] (C) A July 19 briefing by UN Envoy Jan Eliasson in Khartoum and subsequent conversations with two UN staffers shed light on the UN/AU's plans for the August 3-5 meeting in Arusha, the role of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM),and internal deliberations on the format for negotiatio [...]
2007-07-20 12:05:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1390 DARFUR - HIGH-LEVEL COMMITTEE MEETING ON THE
[...] Summary: On September 1, the high-level committee that oversees the implementation of the Joint Communique on the facilitation of humanitarian activities in Darfur met in Khartoum. In the capacity of donor observer, U.S. Charge d'Affaires Alberto M. Fernandez, accompanied by a USAID represen [...]
2007-09-04 13:19:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1845TWO MAJOR DARFUR FACTIONS STEP TOWARD UNION WHILE
[...] (SBU) JEM/Collective Leadership and SLA/Unity, two of the strongest rebel movements in Darfur, have taken steps toward a tentative alliance, and JEM/CL plans to conduct consultations with SLA/Unity leaders Abdullah Yehia, Suleiman Jamous, and Sharif Harir in Darfur over the next week to solidi [...]
2007-11-26 05:49:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM256UNSYG REP DISCUSSES HUMANITARIAN, PEACEKEEPING AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a recent meeting with CDA Hume, the acting head of the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) described the Sudanese government's obstruction of UN operations, the deteriorating security environment confronting the humanitarian community, and the difficulties in implementation [...]
2007-02-20 16:02:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO AU SU CD LY UN US
07KHARTOUM406SUDAN, ACCEPTING ISOLATION, TURNS TO IRAN, QATAR
[...] (C) Egypt's influence on Sudan's leadership and its ability to persuade the government to engage in constructive dialogue with the international community has waned, Egyptian diplomat Hani Khedr (please protect) told Poloff on March 15. Sudan has accepted its growing isolation from the West, m [...]
2007-03-15 15:53:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR UN SU EG IR CD QA
07KHARTOUM521STATUS OF UN/AU POLITICAL INITIATIVE
[...] (C) The UN and AU plan to begin negotiations with the non-signatory rebels in late June. Many UN and AU contacts, however, question Special Envoys Eliasson and Salim's commitment to the process and ability to lay the groundwork for successful negotiations. Though Eliasson has secured a renun [...]
2007-04-02 16:03:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM574DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH SUDANESE STATE
[...] (C) Summary: Meeting with Deputy Secretary Negroponte, State Minster for Foreign Affairs As Sammani appealed for dialogue to "unlock" the situation in Darfur and urged the U.S. to push the non-signatory rebel groups to join the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA). The Deputy Secretary urged the Sud [...]
2007-04-14 06:50:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALOVIP EAID MOPS PGOV PINR PREF
07KHARTOUM575DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH SUDANESE FOREIGN
[...] (C) Summary: During an 13 April meeting with Sudanese Foreign Minister Lam Akol, the Deputy Secretary underlined that the AU/UN hybrid force must be accepted immediately and under complete UN command and control. Akol responded that the GoS has accepted a hybrid force in principal, and the UN [...]
2007-04-14 06:57:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL EAID MOPS PINR PREF
07KHARTOUM576DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH UNMIS FC LTG
[...] (C) Summary: On April 14, Deputy Secretary Negroponte met with UNMIS Force Commander (FC) Lt. General Lidder and Head of Security for UN/OCHA in Darfur Michael McDonagh. Both emphasized that simply increasing the size of peace-keeping operations (PKO) would not stabilize Darfur. General Lidde [...]
2007-04-15 03:06:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL MOPS PINR KPKO UN
07KHARTOUM581DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH SENIOR ASSISTANT
[...] (C) Summary: On April 15, Deputy Secretary Negroponte met with Senior Assistant to the President and Sudanese Libaration Movement (SLM) leader Minni Minawi. Minawi characterized the security situation in Darfur as "fragile" and urged the international community to push for a political solution [...]
2007-04-16 05:33:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL MOPS PINR KPKO UN
07KHARTOUM582DEPUTY SECRETARY'S VISIT TO EL FASHER, NORTH DARFUR
[...] (C) Summary: On April 14, Deputy Secretary Negroponte travelled to El Fasher, the capital of the state of North Darfur. During his day-long visit, the Deputy Secretary met with U.S. military observers, UN personnel, IDP camp representatives, an African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) Colonel, th [...]
2007-04-16 05:54:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL MOPS PINR KPKO UN
07KHARTOUM583DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) Summary: Presidential Adviser Salaheddin appealed for a qualitative change in the bilateral relationship. He presented an upbeat assessment of the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA),saying that momentum is building, with progress being made even on the contentious i [...]
2007-04-16 06:42:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALOVIP EAID KPKO MOPS PGOV PHUM
07KHARTOUM590DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH NORTH DARFUR WALI
[...] (C) Summary: In his April 14 meeting with the wali of North Darfur Yousef Kibbir, Deputy Secretary Negroponte stressed the strong interest taken by the US government and the American people in the situation in Darfur and the need for the Sudanese government to implement commitments made in the [...]
2007-04-16 10:14:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL PGOV MOPS PINR PMAR
07KHARTOUM596DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH SECURITY SERVICES
[...] (C) Summary: On April 13, Deputy Secretary of State Negroponte met with Sudanese National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) Director General Salah Ghosh. The Deputy Secretary opened by thanking Ghosh for Sudan,s counter-terrorism cooperation. He then outlined U.S. expectations and ur [...]
2007-04-17 06:33:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL MOPS PINR KPKO UN
07KHARTOUM599DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT BASHIR
[...] (C) Summary: On April 15 Deputy Secretary Negroponte met with Sudanese President Omar El Bashir for over an hour. Negroponte emphasized USG concern over Darfur, including the fragility of the humanitarian situation, the need to transition to a UN/AU hybrid peace-keeping operation, and the chal [...]
2007-04-17 14:08:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL MOPS PINR KPKO UN
07KHARTOUM897 SUDAN - DEMARCHE ON UNHCR CLUSTER ROLE IN DARFUR DELIVERED
[...] (SBU) In response to the points of the demarche, the Officer in Charge of UNHCR noted that the cluster approach has not yet been formally launched in Sudan, and that UNHCR and the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) are still collaborating on camp coordination and prot [...]
2007-06-07 06:40:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KIGALI42Rwanda 2007 Investment Climate Statement
[...] In response to reftel, the following is the 2007 Investment Climate Statement for Rwanda: OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ------------------------------ The GOR is making progress economically as it recognizes that the private sector is an essential engine of development. The government [...]
2007-01-18 15:35:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEINV BFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV RW
07KINGSTON1470JAMAICA: MEET THE KEY CABINET MINISTERS OF THE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-27 16:25:00Embassy KingstonSECRETPGOV PREL JM XL
07KINGSTON1525JAMAICA: MEET THE OTHER NEW CABINET MINISTERS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-11 15:50:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL JM XL
07KINGSTON380ANTI-CORRUPTION STRATEGY: JAMAICA'S POLICE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-19 14:07:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALKCRM KJUS PGOV KCOR JM
07KINGSTON57JAMAICA: CRICKET WORLD CUP (C-AL6-01777)
[...] (U) This message responds to the information requested in ref. A; answers are keyed to paragraphs. A. (C) Econoff sent the updated Regional Security Plan (including threat and risk assessments) electronically to Michael Fortin (ref. B). To access, open the document, type 'rsplan', then sel [...]
2007-01-12 19:46:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPINR CARICOM JM
07KINSHASA1101MONUC: FARDC OVER ITS HEAD IN NKUNDA FIGHT
[...] (C) Summary. Senior MONUC officials reviewed the current security situation in the eastern DRC September 11-12 in discussions with AF Senior Adviser Shortley following cessation of hostilities between government troops and forces loyal to renegade General Nkunda. The operation appears to hav [...]
2007-09-14 16:13:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG RW
07KINSHASA1249ACTING FOREIGN MINISTER, WITHOUT INSTRUCTIONS, BLASTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Acting Foreign Minister Alain Lubamba convened a snap meeting of P-3 + 2 ambassadors and MONUC on October 25. Lubamba, a member of the micro-party "UDEMO" (Union of Democratic Mobutistes) delivered a rambling statement condemning Tutsi politician Azarias Ruberwa, criticized r [...]
2007-11-02 13:10:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM MOPS KWMN CG RW
07KINSHASA1267 RWANDA, DRC ISSUE JOINT COMMUNIQUE IN NAIROBI ADOPTING
[...] (U) On November 10, the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Government of Rwanda agreed to a Joint Communique in French and English that confirms a common approach to end the threat posed to peace and stability in both countries and the Great Lakes Region. (Note: Full [...]
2007-11-13 09:21:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KWMN PINS PREF MOPS CG
07KINSHASA1425DRC: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SMITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is moving slowly as it grapples with solutions to fundamental governance, security and development challenges following the historic 2006 national elections. The promise of peace and democratization and the importance of the DRC as the [...]
2007-12-31 09:22:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV EAID ECON PREF PHUM
07KINSHASA306BEMBA, RUBERWA RESISTING REPLACEMENT OF PERSONAL
[...] (C) Summary. Former vice presidents Azarias Ruberwa and Jean-Pierre Bemba are resisting orders to have their personal guard forces replaced by Congolese national police by March 15. Bemba's guards remain the source of greatest concern since the public release of the order from the army chie [...]
2007-03-14 15:56:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV KDEM ASEC KPKO MOPS CG
07KINSHASA308BEMBA, RUBERWA RESISTING REPLACEMENT OF PERSONAL
[...] (C) Summary. Former vice presidents Azarias Ruberwa and Jean-Pierre Bemba are resisting orders to have their personal guard forces replaced by Congolese national police by March 15. Bemba's guards remain the source of greatest concern since the public release of the order from the army chie [...]
2007-03-15 05:31:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV KDEM ASEC KPKO MOPS CG
07KINSHASA482SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF AMBASSADOR RANDALL TOBIAS
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Democratic Republic of the Congo is slowly feeling its way toward solutions to fundamental governance and development challenges following historic 2006 national elections. The Department's decision to identify the DRC as a priority assistance country reflected the achiev [...]
2007-04-27 11:56:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID OVIP PREL PGOV ECON SOCI CG
07KINSHASA658BRAZZAVILLE/CONGO: "WALK IN THE WOODS" WITH
[...] (U) DCM represented Embassy Brazzaville at the June 8 closing ceremony for the two-day "concertation" which took place in the former ex-Ninja rebel stronghold of Kinkala in the heart of the Pool region. Unlike the high-profile, security-charged environment witnessed the preceding day by th [...]
2007-06-13 13:41:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PINS CF
07KINSHASA667SENATE PRESIDENT LAYS OUT HIS LEGISLATIVE AGENDA
[...] (U) Summary: Leon Kengo wa Dondo, the newly-elected president of the Senate, highlighted his legislative priorities in his first formal meeting with the Ambassador. His priorities include the draft budget, the law on the opposition, the judicial sector law creating the governing body for mag [...]
2007-06-14 15:35:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM CG
07KINSHASA89EX-MOBUTUISTS HELP KABILA COALITION TAKE MAJORITY
[...] (U) The pro-Kabila Alliance for the Presidential Majority (AMP) won a slight majority in the senatorial delegation from Jean-Pierre Bemba's home province of Equateur. AMP-aligned candidates, including three who ran as independents, took eleven of 20 national Senate seats, with one apiece for th [...]
2007-01-25 14:09:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR KDEM CG ELECTIONS
07KOLKATA353A/S SAUERBREY MEETS WITH CHIN LEADERS ON ACCESS TO REFUGEES
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a November 7 stopover in Kolkata, Population, Refugee, and Migration (PRM) Assistant Secretary Ellen Sauerbrey discussed with Burmese Chin leaders the condition of the several thousand Chin migrants in India's Northeast. The lack of access by UNHCR to the Chins and other [...]
2007-11-20 04:36:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIN PREF
07KUALALUMPUR1205MALAYSIA'S NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL DESCRIBED BY
[...] (C) Malaysia's National Security Council Secretary Muhammad Hatta outlined the NSC structure during a July 23 lunch with DCM and polchief. We include bio notes on Hatta. End Summary. NSC Structure ------------- 2. (C) During a July 23 lunch with DCM and polchief, Malaysia's National [...]
2007-07-26 06:16:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MY
07KUALALUMPUR1328SCENESETTER FOR LTG MAPLES' VISIT TO MALAYSIA FOR
[...] (C) Malaysia is important to us because it is an economically successful, stable, predominantly Muslim country that, over the longer term, may be able to support us more strongly in places like the Middle East. It is strategically located on the Straits of Malacca, through which one quarter o [...]
2007-08-23 09:03:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETMARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER OVIP MY
07KUALALUMPUR1652SCENESETTER FOR VADM CROWDER AND MGEN REMINGTON'S
[...] (C) Malaysia is important to us because it is an economically successful, stable, predominantly Muslim country that, over the longer term, may be able to support us more strongly in places like the Middle East. It is strategically located on the Straits of Malacca, through which one quarter o [...]
2007-11-27 09:22:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETMARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER OVIP MY
07KUALALUMPUR495MALAYSIA'S MOST PROMINENT THINK TANKS (C-AL7-00170)
[...] (C) Summary: Malaysia's most prominent think tanks all have historical ties to and receive substantial funding and material support from the Government of Malaysia. The Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS),the Malaysian Institute for Economic Research (MIER),and the Asia [...]
2007-03-15 09:06:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPINR PGOV ECON MY
07KUALALUMPUR924SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF GENERAL PACE,
[...] (C) General Pace: Welcome to Malaysia. During your meetings here with the Deputy Prime Minister and other senior officials, we recommend in your discussions you: -- Applaud Malaysia's success in the reduction of piracy attacks in the Straits of Malacca and inquire what are the next steps Ma [...]
2007-05-24 09:36:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETMARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER OVIP MY
07KUWAIT1097MINISTER SAYS GCC CRISIS MANAGEMENT CENTER TO BE
[...] (C) Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Shaykh Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah told the Ambassador on July 9 that agreement had been reached at the recent GCC meeting of defense and foreign ministers and national security chiefs on establishing a GCC crisis management center in Kuwait. He credite [...]
2007-07-10 09:28:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC LE QA SA IR IZ IS KU
07KUWAIT1348SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL FALLON'S SEPTEMBER 24
[...] (S/NF) Your visit is timely as it comes on the heels of the highly successful SECDEF visit of 1 August. We are requesting meetings for you with Amir Shaykh Sabah Al Sabah, Crown Prince Shaykh Nawaf Al Sabah, Prime Minister Shaykh Nasser Mohammed Al Sabah, First Deputy Prime Minister, Defense M [...]
2007-09-06 11:03:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPREL PGOV MARR IZ IR KU
07KUWAIT1707READOUT OF IRAN FM MOTTAKI VISIT TO KUWAIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 25, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki visited Kuwait as part of his tour of Arabian Gulf States. According to the Kuwaiti media, FM Mottaki discussed the Kuwait-Iran maritime border, bilateral energy issues, foreign relations, Iraq and the Iranian nuclear pr [...]
2007-12-06 17:14:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL EPET PBTS PINR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
07KUWAIT26SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S JAN 16-17, 2007
[...] (C/NF) Madam Secretary: Embassy Kuwait warmly welcomes your visit. In addition to your meeting with the GCC 2 Foreign Ministers, hosted by Kuwaiti FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Salem Al-Sabah, you will likely have separate bilateral meetings with Amir Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah and Prime Mi [...]
2007-01-09 12:09:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL ECON EAID OVIP KU
07KUWAIT419CRITICAL ENERGY ASSESSMENT TEAM VISITS KUWAIT,
[...] (C/NF) Summary: A multi-agency USG Critical Energy Infrastructure Protection (CEIP) team visited Kuwait March 13-22 to assess security vulnerabilities in Kuwait's energy infrastructure and make recommendations on improvements (see para 8 for a complete list of the U.S. delegation). The team [...]
2007-03-24 13:36:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNASEC BEXP ECON ENRG EPET KCIP KU PTER
07KUWAIT445KUWAIT ADOPTS MORE VIGOROUS, PUBLIC DEFENSE
[...] (S/NF) Summary and comment: Kuwait has adopted a more vigorous and public defense posture in the past several months, an indication of the Kuwaiti leadership's rising concern about tensions in the Gulf and desire to project to the Kuwaiti public an image of engagement and preparedness. Kuwait [...]
2007-03-28 13:51:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL MARR MCAP IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
07KUWAIT783KUWAIT SCENESETTER FOR MAY 22 GULF SECURITY
[...] (S/NF) The second round of the Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD) with Kuwait will convene on May 22in Kuwait City. The National Security Bureau (NSB),the Kuwaiti government body responsible for coordinating security policy, is organizing the May 22 meeting. In addition to NSB President Shaykh A [...]
2007-05-17 07:22:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPREL MARR PARM KU
07KUWAIT873U.S.-KUWAIT GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE TALKS (MAY
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Discussion on Iran and Iraq dominated the May 22 U.S.-Kuwait Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD). Both countries agreed on the threat from Iran, but GOK officials expressed concern about Kuwait's vulnerability to Iranian retaliation (conventional and asymmetric) and the perceived am [...]
2007-06-05 06:45:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPREL PARM MARR MCAP MASS KCIP EPET ASEC IZ
07KUWAIT889SPEAKER DOWNPLAYS PARLIAMENT DISSOLUTION RUMORS;
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Speaker of Parliament Jassem Al-Khorafi told the Ambassador June 5 he did not think the Kuwaiti Amir would dissolve Parliament, despite his frustration with opposition MPs' constant attacks against the Government. Al-Khorafi believed if there was a dissolution it would be cons [...]
2007-06-06 13:36:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL KDEM KPAL LE IZ IR KU
07KYIV1117UKRAINE: NEGOTIATIONS ON EARLY ELECTIONS STALL,
[...] (C) Summary. Continued disagreement over the date of elections has paralyzed what initially seemed like a breakthrough agreement on May 4 between President Yushchenko and Prime Minister Yanukovych to hold early parliamentary elections. The working group Yushchenko and Yanukovych named May 4 [...]
2007-05-11 10:10:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
07KYIV1195UKRAINE: BALOHA SUGGESTS THAT TIME RUNNING OUT FOR
[...] (C) Summary. Head of the Presidential Secretariat Baloha told the Ambassador that there were now two options on the table for a political compromise: either on Monday, May 21, the President, PM and their teams would announce the date for early elections and the contents of the legislative pack [...]
2007-05-18 15:12:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
07KYIV1244UKRAINE: DAS KRAMER VISIT: POSSIBLE WAY FORWARD ON
[...] (C) Summary. Visiting DAS Kramer met with all the key players in the Ukrainian political crisis May 23-24: President Yushchenko, PM Yanukovych, opposition leaders Yuliya Tymoshenko and Yuriy Lutsenko; National Security and Defense Council Secretary Plyushch; and FM Yatsenyuk. Amidst backgrou [...]
2007-05-25 03:25:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
07KYIV1299UKRAINE: MANPADS FOR DESTRUCTION AND
[...] (S) Summary: Deputy Defense Minister Tereshchenko told visiting PM/WRA Deputy Director Steven Costner May 16 that the Ukrainian offer to provide 2,101 Man-Portable Air Defense System (MANPADS) missiles and 582 gripstocks (ref E) for the NATO PfP Trust Fund destruction project had been made in [...]
2007-05-25 14:45:00Embassy KyivSECRETMARR MOPS PREL PARM NATO PINR US UP
07KYIV1324UKRAINE: GUAM AS A REGIONAL ORGANIZATION -- A TWO
[...] (C) Summary: Executive Director of the GUAM Information Office Heorhiy Nazarov acknowledged that the impasse over scheduling early parliamentary elections had made it unlikely that the parliament (Rada) would vote on the GUAM Charter anytime soon. He said Ukraine's failure to ratify the GUAM [...]
2007-05-31 13:17:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM MARR RS AZ GG MD UP
07KYIV135UKRAINE: ONE VICTOR? CABINET OF MINISTERS LAW
[...] (C) Summary. A landmark Cabinet of Ministers law passed January 12 via a presidential veto override (ref A) will remake the Ukrainian political landscape once it comes into effect, although President Yushchenko cited a technicality to issue a renewed veto January 19 and returned the bill to t [...]
2007-01-19 15:09:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
07KYIV1507UKRAINE: OLIGARCH AKHMETOV CONSIDERS STAYING OUT
[...] (C) Summary: During a June 14 dinner, oligarch and Party of Regions financier Rinat Akhmetov said he was considering making a graceful exit from Parliament. He was disappointed and frustrated with his role as a Parliamentary Deputy and preferred to focus his efforts on his business activity a [...]
2007-06-21 06:41:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR UP
07KYIV1968UKRAINE: PM YANUKOVYCH, OTHERS ANALYZE PRE- AND
[...] (C) Summary: Key GoU leaders varied on their assessment of the upcoming pre-term elections in their August 1-2 meetings with EUR DAS Kramer but all acknowledged the importance of free and fair elections and the need to resolve tensions that have dominated the domestic political scene since A [...]
2007-08-10 10:43:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR UP
07KYIV2001UKRAINE: TEN YEARS AFTER THE SIGNING OF THE
[...] (C) Summary: Ten years after the signing of the NATO-Ukraine Charter and two and a half years after the Orange Revolution, many policy makers and experts in Ukraine and in the West hoped that Ukraine would jump on a fast track to NATO membership. However, today public support for NATO members [...]
2007-08-15 07:35:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV UP
07KYIV223UKRAINE: TARASYUK RESIGNS AS FOREIGN MINISTER,
[...] (SBU) Summary. Borys Tarasyuk ended two months of uncertainty and political confrontation over his lame-duck tenure as Ukraine's Foreign Minister by offering his resignation to President Yushchenko January 30, after a district court deferred a decision on his legal challenge to the Rada's Dec [...]
2007-01-31 16:34:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RU UP
07KYIV2496UKRAINE: MYKOLAYIV -- RUNNING ON ISSUES BUT
[...] (SBU) Summary: The southern industrial city of Mykolayiv wrestles with a number of local issues revolving around the question of who will control the city's economic assets. Controversy centers in particular on ownership of the Black Sea Shipyard, currently in the hands of Russian businessmen, [...]
2007-09-28 12:54:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV EIND EINV PREL RS UP
07KYIV2653UKRAINE: REGIONS AND SOME IN OU OPPOSE TYMOSHENKO,
[...] (C) Summary. As they await the official promulgation of the election results, which has been slowed by court appeals, the major parties are clarifying their positions on coalition formation. Prime Minister Yanukovych rejected the idea of the technocratic government outlined by members of the [...]
2007-10-19 12:03:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
07KYIV3102UKRAINE: WHO'S WHO IN THE TYMOSHENKO GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) Summary. The new Tymoshenko government, confirmed by the Rada December 18, is an interesting mix of PM Tymoshenko loyalists and President Yushchenko loyalists, and of experienced politicians and technocratic newcomers. Disagreements over Our Ukraine-People's Self Defense slots between the [...]
2007-12-20 05:55:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR UP
07KYIV3157UKRAINE: SHAPING OUR MESSAGE
[...] (C) Summary and Comment. Prime Minister Tymoshenko's government has begun delineating its internal setup/workflow and the structures and processes for interacting with the President's team and parliamentary opposition. In turn, President Yushchenko is pushing forward his own initiatives aime [...]
2007-12-27 11:50:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL UP
07KYIV546UKRAINE: ENGAGING UKRAINE ON MISSILE DEFENSE
[...] (C) Summary: We passed reftel points and Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Director LTG Obering's powerpoint presentation to MOD and MFA officials February 26-28. Ambassador's February 21 conversation with Presidential adviser, preeminent Ukrainian strategic thinker, and former rocket scientist Vo [...]
2007-03-07 09:14:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PL EZ UP
07KYIV665UKRAINE/MOLDOVA: TRANSNISTRIA AND BILATERAL
[...] (C) Summary: Deputy Foreign Minister Veselovsky told EUR DAS Kramer, NSC Director Sterling, and Ambassador March 19 that he would continue to hold the concurrent duty as Ukrainian special negotiator for Transnistria, despite rumors to the contrary. National Security and Defense Council (NSDC [...]
2007-03-22 15:45:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS OSCE PINR RO MD UP
07KYIV702UKRAINE: THE STRUGGLE FOR SEVASTOPOL
[...] (C) Summary: Sevastopol continues to be in the middle of a tug-of-war between Ukraine and Russian for the hearts and minds of its residents. Moscow Mayor Luzhkov visited Sevastopol February 21, to open a renovated Moscow-funded Russian Culture and Information Center, to visit the Russian Bla [...]
2007-03-29 08:46:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM RS UP
07KYIV751UKRAINE: MOD SAYS NO MANPADS FOR COUNTERMEASURES
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (S) Summary: During a March 28 meeting with Ukrspetsexport and Ministry of Defense representatives, an MOD official said that in response to the U.S. request for additional MANPADS to be used for counter measures development, other than the de [...]
2007-03-30 12:35:00Embassy KyivSECRETMARR MOPS PREL PARM NATO PINR US UP
07KYIV756CREATION OF A GUAM SECRETARIAT CENTRAL TO GUAM'S
[...] (C) Summary. First Deputy Minister of Georgia and GUAM National Coordinator Valery Chechelashvili sounded an optimistic note during our conversation with him after the March 15-16 GUAM Council of National Coordinators (CNC) meeting. Chechelashvili, slated to be GUAM's new Secretary General o [...]
2007-03-30 14:13:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM MARR RS AZ GG MD UP
07KYIV790UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO'S CALL FOR MAY 27 PRE-TERM
[...] (SBU) Summary: On April 2, after several days of tense negotiations and peaceful street demonstrations, President Yushchenko announced his intention to dissolve the Parliament (Verkhovna Rada) and set May 27 as the date for new elections; his decree was officially promulgated April 3. On Ap [...]
2007-04-04 16:32:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
07KYIV804UKRAINE: PRESSURE ON PECHERSK COURT INCREASES,
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Pechersk District Court became involved in the struggle over President Yushchenko's decree dismissing the Rada and setting new elections April 3 after it threw out an April 2 Rada resolution to replace the current Central Election Commission (CEC) with the previous one led [...]
2007-04-05 14:59:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL UP
07KYIV824UKRAINE: POWER MINISTERS GIVE ASSURANCES THAT
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Defense Minister Hrytsenko, Minister of Interior Tsushko, and acting head of the Security Service (SBU) Nalyvaichenko April 6 to discuss the security situation during the ongoing political crisis. Hrytsenko was the most optimistic of the three, giving assurance [...]
2007-04-06 15:09:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MOPS UP
07KYIV924UKRAINE: NEW FOREIGN MINISTER YATSENYUK -- A
[...] (SBU) Summary: Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Ukraine's newest and youngest foreign minister, is extremely bright and, although he has no previous experience at MFA, will pick up the full scope of his new responsibilities quickly. He puts an emphasis on the economic side of his new duties, since he has [...]
2007-04-18 05:45:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV ETRD PREL PINR UP
07LAGOS594NIGER DELTA PRESCRIPTIONS BY COMMUNITY LEADERS
[...] (SBU) Summary: On August 20, Niger Delta community leaders told the Acting Consul General cultist groups were responsible for recent violence in Port Harcourt, Rivers State and said these groups hijacked the Niger Delta struggle. These leaders each offered different prescriptions for improvi [...]
2007-08-24 14:47:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC NI
07LAGOS602NIGERIA ANNOUNCES REORGANIZATION OF ENERGY SECTOR
[...] (C) Summary: On August 29, the Government of Nigeria announced the decision to "unbundle" the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and to create five new independent agencies. International oil companies (IOCs) were aware of the plan to restructure, but did not expect it to take p [...]
2007-08-30 15:35:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET ENERG PGOV NI
07LIBREVILLE502SAO TOME: GOVERNMENT COLLECTS WEAPONS FROM POLICE
[...] (SBU) National authorities in Sao Tome and Principe (STP) have collected a significant quantity of weapons from the rebellious and now-disbanded "Ninja" police unit. Meanwhile, a senior government minister claims the Ninjas, who carried out armed occupations of the national police headquarter [...]
2007-11-14 16:38:00Embassy LibrevilleCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC TP
07LILONGWE753MALAWI: APPROACHING MCA ELIGIBILITY DECISION POINT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Malawi is making strong progress on a number of fronts as the country approaches this year's MCA eligibility decision point, while continuing to struggle with some intractable political problems. Rapid economic growth has continued over the past year, while inflation has fallen [...]
2007-10-03 12:42:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID PGOV MI
07LIMA222PERU 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT (PART 2/2)
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-26 18:40:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD KTDB ELAB PGOV OPIC USTR PE
07LIMA2652NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR JULY 2007
[...] (U) The key developments in July 2007: ** Strikes, violent marches, roadblocks, and airport shutdowns require heightened security measures. ** Plan VRAE, the GOP development program for Peru's main coca growing--and most poverty ridden--area, is stalled because the security component remai [...]
2007-08-03 21:59:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
07LIMA535COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS DEWEY + 1
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Research Geophysicist James Dewey and Supervisory Geophyscist Bruce Presgrave from March 8-16, 2007. The purpose of travel is to attend a meeting of the Directing Council of the Centro Regional de Sismoloia para America del Sur [...]
2007-02-23 15:44:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTPHY OTRA KSCA TBIO ASEC PE
07LISBON2720AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON SEEKS PORTUGUESE SUPPORT ON
[...] (S/NF) Ambassador Williamson (S/WCI) met on October 10 with senior MFA leadership to seek Portuguese agreement to accept some Guantanamo detainees. He emphasized that Portuguese acceptance of even a limited number of individuals as a humanitarian gesture might provide cover for other EU Memb [...]
2007-10-25 15:24:00Embassy LisbonSECRETPREL PTER PO
07LISBON607PORTUGAL: 2006 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] The Monitoring Center for Trafficking in Persons; 2. The Portuguese Immigration Service (SEF); 3. The High Commission for Immigration and Ethnic Minorities (ACIME); 4. The Portuguese Association for Victim Support (APAV); 5. The International Organization for Migration (IOM); [...]
2007-03-09 16:31:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASCC PREF ELAB PO
07LJUBLJANA155SLOVENIA SAYING ALL THE RIGHT THINGS TO IRANIAN FM
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki touched down in Ljubljana for a one day visit on March 14, meeting with Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, Prime Minister Janez Jansa, and President Janez Drnovsek for conversations touching on bilateral issues but focusing on the Iranian [...]
2007-03-15 14:12:00Embassy LjubljanaSECRETPREL KNNP PINR IR SI
07LJUBLJANA22SLOVENIA'S RELATIONSHIP WITH IRAN
[...] (C) Summary. Slovenia has a small mission in Tehran headed by a charge and staffed with one additional officer. The second officer speaks Farsi and both will be in Tehran through Slovenia's EU presidency which will conclude in July 2008. According to MFA Iran desk officer Maja Novak, the p [...]
2007-01-17 10:57:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM KPAO SI IR
07LONDON317INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO):
[...] SUMMARY: The International Maritime Organization (IMO) met at Central Hall Westminster in London, UK from 06-09 November 2006, to hold the ninety-seventh session of the Council (C97) chaired by Mr. Johann Franson (Sweden). Topics of significant interest included: Condolences for the recent pa [...]
2007-01-25 16:18:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHSA EWWT ECPS MOPS AORC IMO KTIA
07LONDON4328(C/NF) UK SHARES U.S. GOALS ON IRAN; WE SHOULD RE-FOCUS UK DOMESTIC EFFORTS AND INCREASE COORDINATION REF: A. STATE 156409 B. STATE 157039 LONDON 00004328 001.2 OF 006
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-21 16:16:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MNUC EFIN PTER KTFN IR UK
07LUANDA615SPECIAL AGENT STEEN MEETS WITH ANGOLAN CENTRAL
[...] (SBU) Summary. U.S. Secret Service Special Agent William Steen conducted training in recognizing counterfeit currency at Embassy Luanda and met with representatives of the Angolan Central Bank Exchange Reserves Department to discuss training in currency recognition. While recent changes in th [...]
2007-06-20 13:10:00Embassy LuandaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINT ECON AO
07LUXEMBOURG80LUXEMBOURG: 2007 ANNUAL TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS REPORT
[...] (U) Embassy Luxembourg is pleased to present the following information regarding trafficking in persons in Luxembourg. Point of contact is Tom Boughter; tel: +352 46-01-23, ext. 2240. Political officer (FS-04) spent 20 hours meeting contacts and collecting information for this report. Acting [...]
2007-02-23 13:37:00Embassy LuxembourgUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KRFD ASEC PREF ELAB LU
07MADRID1336SPAIN: AMBASSADOR REVIEWS BILATERAL RELATION WITH
[...] (C) Summary. On July 2 Ambassador Aguirre met with Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos to review the progress made in the bilateral relationship since the Ambassador arrived in country two years ago and to look at what each country would like to accomplish together over the next 18 [...]
2007-07-06 16:38:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SP
07MADRID2023SPAIN/CT: S/CT COORDINATOR DAILEY DISCUSSES
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 11. 2. (S/NF) SUMMARY. Counterterrorism Coordinator Ambassador Dell Dailey led an interagency delegation to Madrid on September 21 for meetings with Spanish security, law enforcement, diplomatic and intelligence officials to discuss the evolving [...]
2007-10-24 07:58:00Embassy MadridSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL PGOV SP
07MADRID2128USG REPRESENTATIVES REITERATE INTEREST IN WORKING
[...] (U) Summary: Associate Register of Copyrights David Carson, U.S. Patent & Trademark Office Senior Counsel Michael Shapiro and Deputy Chief of Mission Hugo Llorens used the Spanish government organized Madrid November 7-8, 2007 "Conference on Intellectual Property Rights in the Digital Environment" [...]
2007-11-19 09:03:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD KIPR PGOV ADCO SP
07MADRID449SPANISH INTERIOR MINISTER RUBALCABA ON DE JUANA
[...] (C) Summary: During a March 7 lunch with Spanish Minister of Interior Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba, Ambassador Aguirre heard the Spanish government's defense of its recent controversial decision to allow convicted ETA assassin Inaki De Juana Chaos to serve out the rest of his sentence under house arrest [...]
2007-03-08 19:33:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP
07MADRID753SPANISH ENCOURAGE LONGER MINURSO RENEWAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: NEA DAS Gordon Gray discussed the Western Sahara over lunch with a team of high-level MFA officials April 19 in Madrid. Alvaro Iranzo, the Spanish DG for North Africa, told Gray that the Spanish want a UNSCR which impels the two sides to negotiate without preconditions. While favoring [...]
2007-04-26 07:57:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS SP MO AG WI
07MANAGUA127AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BILATERAL CONCERNS WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador recently met with Arturo Cruz, Nicaragua's Ambassador-designate to the United States. During the conversation, Cruz first insisted on the importance of President Ortega's participation in the annual Prayer Breakfast; he later reconsidered and suggested Ortega decline the inv [...]
2007-01-18 17:57:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALKDEM MARR MOPS PGOV PINR PREL SNAR IR NU
07MANAGUA2428NICARAGUA: INPUT FOR THE SEVENTH CBERA REPORT
[...] As requested in reftel, the following is post's input for the Seventh Report on Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA). Statistical Information ----------------------- 2. Population (2006, estimate): 5,457,000 (Nicaraguan National Statistics and Census Office) Real GDP per Capi [...]
2007-11-05 21:15:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EINV ECON ELAB PGOV NU
07MANAGUA357ORTEGA ACTIONS TEST TRIPWIRES
[...] (C) SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION: With less than one month in office, President Daniel Ortega and Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) lawmakers have already touched off a number of our tripwires and placed opposition parties and civil society, international financial institutions (IFIs),and [...]
2007-02-07 14:52:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV EFIN KDEM MARR NU PARM PINR PREL PTER
07MANAGUA444BOLANOS TO SECRETARY LEAVITT - DEMOCRACY IS NOT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 10, the U.S. Presidential Delegation (Presdel),led by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Michael Leavitt, discussed with outgoing President SIPDIS Enrique Bolanos his plans for a virtual presidential library, his future role in the National Assembly and his [...]
2007-02-20 13:12:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
07MANAGUA585OVERVIEW OF MINISTERS AND SENIOR OFFICIALS IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Within two weeks of his January 10 inauguration, President Daniel Ortega had appointed all his ministers save one, the Minister of Defense. Political opposition leaders have characterized the new ministers as "nobodies" who exercise virtually no authority or influence. Instead, [...]
2007-03-06 15:50:00Embassy ManaguaSECRET//NOFORNKDEM PGOV PREL PINR
07MANAGUA796NICARAGUA'S 2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS SUBMISSION
[...] (SBU) Summary: During the April 2006 to March 2007 reporting period, the Nicaraguan government continued its efforts to combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP) mainly in the areas of prevention and detection, while progress in victim assistance and prosecution of traffickers was limited and overal [...]
2007-03-27 21:51:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD PREF NU
07MANAMA446SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY
[...] (C) Mr. Secretary, we warmly welcome your May 28 visit to Bahrain. Your visit will offer an excellent opportunity to follow up on the March visit to Washington of Minister of Interior Shaikh Rashid bin Abdulla Al-Khalifa, demonstrate our interest in and commitment to strengthening our cooper [...]
2007-05-17 09:58:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL MARR MASS PTER ASEC BA OFFICIALS BILAT
07MANAMA450NDI STAFF VISIT OUTLINES WAY FORWARD FOR
[...] (C) Two representatives from the National Democratic Institute (NDI) visited Bahrain May 10-15 and met with a wide range of government officials, parliamentarians, and civil society representatives to discuss the resumption of NDI activities in Bahrain. NDI staff outlined their intention to [...]
2007-05-17 15:18:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BA BILAT POL
07MANAMA956PREPARATIONS FOR GSD TALKS IN MANAMA, NOVEMBER 1
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-22 12:29:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS BA
07MANILA1017STRENGTHENING THE CASE AGAINST THE RAJAH SOLAIMAN
[...] (S/REL AUS/UK) Summary. USG cooperation has helped strengthen the Philippine initiative to seek a listing of the Rajah Solaiman Movement with the UN 1267 Committee. The Philippines intends to consult Australia, Great Britain, Japan, and Indonesia about co-sponsorship, along with the U.S. T [...]
2007-03-29 09:07:00Embassy ManilaSECRETPTER EFIN ETTC PREL KTFN PINR AS ID JA UK RP
07MANILA1169 TRILATERAL COUNTERTERRORISM DIALOGUE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Australian, Japanese, and U.S. diplomats on April 12 gave briefings on existing counterterrorism programs in the Philippines and agreed to continue such consultations, most notably with an upcoming Model Ports project but also potentially on greater coordination on Philippine [...]
2007-04-13 08:36:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER MOPS EAID AS JA RP
07MANILA1467PHILIPPINE MID-TERM ELECTIONS PRIMER
[...] Summary. The 2007 mid-term Congressional elections will take place on May 14, along with provincial and local elections. (The next Presidential election is not until 2010.) Embassy will field observers throughout the country, in coordination with other Embassies and Philippine civil society [...]
2007-05-07 09:17:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV RP
07MANILA1644Trade Council Reviews U.S.-Philippine Trade and Investment
[...] (SBU) On May 9, the U.S. Philippine Trade and Investment Council met to review outstanding bilateral trade and investment issues. In a very productive session, participants noted that a number of bilateral trade and investment irritants have been resolved. Other potential irritants were ident [...]
2007-05-18 08:47:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD WTRO KIPR
07MANILA1947PM A/A/S MULL'S VISIT UNDERSCORES COOPERATION WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Acting Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs Stephen Mull met with top Philippine civilian and military leaders during his June 6-8 visit to the Philippines. He also traveled with the Ambassador to Jolo to attend a major Rewards for Justice ceremony (ref a). In hi [...]
2007-06-13 06:25:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID MASS MCAP PTER PINS RP
07MANILA2284LIKELY DELAY IN START OF NEW COUNTER-TERRORISM
[...] (C) Summary. Doubts are growing that the Philippines' landmark counter-terrorism legislation will come into effect on July 15, due to complications over the drafting of implementing regulations, the need to translate and distribute the legislation and the regulations, and the necessity of e [...]
2007-07-06 08:07:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PHUM RP
07MANILA2342ANOTHER POSTPONEMENT OF PHILIPPINE-MNLF-OIC
[...] (SBU) Makati Regional Trial Court Judge Winlove Dumayas on July 6 approved "with conditions" Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) Chairman Nur Misuari's request for a temporary leave of detention to attend a long-awaited tripartite conference among the MNLF, Philippine government, and the Or [...]
2007-07-11 07:03:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PINS RP
07MANILA2343PHILIPPINES: FOREIGN LABOR TRENDS REPORT
[...] (U) MissionQs Foreign Labor Trends Report follows below. Per reftel guidance, the report is divided into four sections: I) Summary; II) Foreign Investment Potential; III) Directory of Labor Contacts; and IV) Key Sources. Points of contact on labor issues are Labor Attache Mario Fernandez ( [...]
2007-07-11 08:57:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB PHUM RP
07MANILA2503PRESERVING PEACE PROCESS IN WAKE OF BEHEADINGS ON
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador, DCM and country team are urging Government and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) leaders to preserve the peace process by exercising maximum restraint in the wake of the beheadings of ten Philippine marines on July 10. After many interventions, we understand Presi [...]
2007-07-26 09:12:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPTER MOPS PINS RP
07MANILA2509MNLF DELEGATION DISCUSSES PEACE PROCESS
[...] (SBU) Summary. At their request, senior representatives of detained Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) Chairman Nur Misuari met with DCM and poloff at the Embassy June 23 to promote the 1996 Final Peace Agreement as the foundation for peace, security, and development in Mindanao. Frustrat [...]
2007-07-27 01:33:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PINS RP
07MANILA2828MEASURED MILITARY RESPONSE HELPING TO PRESERVE
[...] (C) Summary. While the Philippine armed forces continue efforts to track down Abu Sayyaf terrorists on Basilan and Jolo, operations are being kept limited and focused in an effort to fulfill President Arroyo's directives to contain casualties and preserve two key peace processes. Despite hi [...]
2007-08-17 11:23:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPTER MOPS PINS RP
07MANILA2957EMBASSY MANILA PREPARED FOR TYPHOON SEASON
[...] Embassy Manila remains well-prepared and coordinated with local authorities to respond to the upcoming typhoon season, which runs through December. Typically, about 12 typhoons strike the Philippines each year. Mission systems passed a major test on September 29, 2006 when Typhoon Millenyo, [...]
2007-08-31 04:24:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDABLD AMGT ASEC KSAF MMED RP
07MANILA3693SECURITY FORCES TAKE OUT TERRORISTS SUSPECTED IN
[...] (S) Summary: Acting swiftly on information from internal and external sources, Philippine security forces raided an Abu Sayyaf terrorist safe house in Metro Manila November 15 and killed or captured six individuals suspected in the bomb assassination of Congressman and local warlord of the s [...]
2007-11-16 08:31:00Embassy ManilaSECRETPTER MOPS PINS RP
07MANILA683HELPING THE PHILIPPINES COMBAT UNLAWFUL KILLINGS
[...] (U) In a letter to Ambassador dated February 28, Foreign Secretary Alberto G. Romulo expressed "sincerest appreciation SIPDIS of the Philippine Government and people for your words of support and encouragement for our efforts to address the issue of unexplained killings," and welcomed an o [...]
2007-03-01 08:34:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL EAID RP
07MANILA688PHILIPPINES -- SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (U) Mission's seventh annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report follows below. The report covers the period from April 2006 to March 2007. Point of contact (POC) is Political Officer Barry Fullerton, FullertonTB@State.Gov, (632) 528-6300 x2350, fax (632) 523-1195. Rank of TIP action offic [...]
2007-03-01 11:20:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF ELAB RP
07MANILA850AMBASSADOR VISITS NORTHERN LUZON TO DEEPEN US PHILIPPINE
[...] SUMMARY. Ambassador Kristie Kenney visited Cabanatuan, Tarlac, and Baguio in the northern Luzon provinces of Nueva Ecija, Tarlac and Benguet March 8-9. Ambassador Kenney focused on deepening relations with northern Luzon interlocutors and highlighting historical and cultural ties between the [...]
2007-03-15 08:41:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EAGR OEXC SCUL KPAO RP
07MASERU149LESOTHO'S NEW FOREIGN MINISTER PRAISES BILATERAL
[...] (C) In her first official courtesy call on the "new" Foreign Minister (FOMIN) Mohlabi Kenneth Tsekoa March 14, Ambassador Perry congratulated him on his return to the posting. The Minister graciously accepted the Ambassador's congratulations and remembered our first meeting in 2004 when he ac [...]
2007-03-14 16:09:00Embassy MaseruCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM EAID LT
07MASERU161SADC, OPPOSITION AND GOVERNMENT MEETINGS ON POLITICAL
[...] (C) Over the past three and a half days, Ambassador Perry has met with the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Executive Secretary and his senior staff, the diplomatic corps and all leaders of the opposition parties concerning the current political crisis and stay-away occurring in L [...]
2007-03-19 15:32:00Embassy MaseruCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM ASEC LT
07MASERU191SADC/LESOTHO NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (C) This message provides a basic chronology and substantive background on our bilateral and multilateral engagements during Lesotho's pre-election, electoral and post electoral developments. The latter more closely involved Southern African Development Community (SADC) Executive Secretary Sa [...]
2007-03-27 16:29:00Embassy MaseruCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM PHUM LT
07MASERU93PRIME MINISTER MOSISILI SWORN-IN, OPPOSITION HOLDS RALLY
[...] SUMMARY: The leader of the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD),Pakalitha Mosisili, was inaugurated for his third term as Prime Minister on February 23, 2007. The inauguration was preceded by a swearing-in ceremony for newly elected members of the National Assembly, which was not attended by [...]
2007-02-27 15:43:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KDEM LT
07MEXICO1854ONDCP WALTERS MEETINGS WITH MEXICAN OFFICIALS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The February 27 visit by John Walters (ONDCP) helped initiate coordination with the newly installed Calderon Administration. In separate meetings with Attorney General Medina Mora and Public Security Secretary Garcia Luna, Director Walters emphasized the importance of information [...]
2007-04-13 22:28:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL MX
07MEXICO346SCENESETTER FOR COMMERCE SECRETARY GUITERREZ'S
[...] (SBU) Summary: We welcome your visit to Mexico City as an unparalleled opportunity to set the stage and coordinate with the new Mexican government on concrete measures we can take together to move the relationship forward in many important economic areas, including improving competitiveness [...]
2007-01-23 23:05:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP ETRD ECON KJUS PREL MX
07MEXICO4390SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BLUNT'S AUGUST 20-21 VISIT
[...] (SBU) My staff and and I warmly welcome you to Mexico City. President Calderon recognizes the broad-ranging challenges his country faces and has the vision and political will to address them strategically. Having completed his first 9 months in office, he has demonstrated resolve in implemen [...]
2007-08-16 18:31:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP ECON PGOV PREL MX OVIP BLUNT ROY
07MEXICO4598SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF
[...] (SBU) My staff and I warmly welcome you to Mexico City. President Calderon recognizes the broad-ranging challenges his country faces and has the vision and political will to address them strategically. Having completed his first 9 months in office, he has demonstrated resolve in implementing [...]
2007-08-27 20:06:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV ENRG PREL MX OVIP DANIEL SULLIVAN
07MEXICO4856EEB A/S SULLIVAN DISCUSSES MAJOR ECONOMIES MEETING
[...] (SBU) A/S Dan Sullivan met with a range of senior GOM officials to encourage high-level Mexican participation from the full range of relevant ministries in the September Major Economies Meeting on Climate Change (MEM) proposed by President Bush. Upon being assured that the MEM is aimed at con [...]
2007-09-07 22:20:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG MX
07MEXICO4916READ-OUT OF BILATERAL MEETINGS ON MEXICO'S
[...] (SBU) Summary: On August 16-17, Department of Commerce/Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) senior technical and policy representatives participated in a bilateral technical exchange in Mexico City, Mexico. This meeting was in response to a specific request by the Mexican Government seeking a [...]
2007-09-11 21:56:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP PARM PTER MX
07MEXICO5964SENATE STAFFER, GOM AUTHORITIES SHARE VIEWS ON
[...] (SBU) Summary. Carl Meacham, the Senior Advisor on Western Hemisphere Affairs to the U.S. Senate's Foreign Relations Committee briefed a wide array of GOM officials November 7 on the current political environment in Washington and what to expect from the legislative process in the U.S. as t [...]
2007-11-29 17:38:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX
07MEXICO6024STAFFDEL QUILTER: OPTIMISTIC, BUT ASSERTIVE
[...] (SBU) Summary: A delegation from the House Foreign Affairs Committee, headed by Professional Staff Member Peter Quilter spent two days in Mexico City (November 26-28) meeting with GOM representatives, legislators, NGO representatives and Embassy officials to discuss the recently proposed Me [...]
2007-12-04 22:14:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL ECON MX
07MINSK52EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - JANUARY 17, 2007
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. This report covers events from January 8 to January 19. TABLE OF CONTENTS GOVERNMENT ---------- - Lukashenko Appoints Son to Belarus' Security Council (para. 2) - Parliamentary Session on Election Commission (para. 3 [...]
2007-01-19 14:28:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO
07MINSK620LUKASHENKO REMOVES BELARUSIAN KGB CHIEF
[...] (C) As predicted, President Lukashenko replaced Belarusian KGB (BKGB) Chief Sukharenko with Major General Zhadobin, the former head of the presidential security service. Lukashenko also removed Sukharenko's deputy Dementei, but no replacement has been made. Official statements claim the dismissal [...]
2007-07-18 12:44:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR BO
07MONROVIA1090LIBERIA: FORESTRY / TIMBER SECTOR UPDATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Liberian Forestry Development Authority (FDA) has missed key deadlines in the chain of deliverables necessary for the resumption of commercial logging in Liberia. Much of the legal framework for the forestry sector is in place and the FDA has made substantial strides towar [...]
2007-09-13 14:35:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR PGOV EINV EAID SENV LI
07MONROVIA1201LIBERIA: AGOA COUNTRY ELIGIBILITY RECOMMENDATIONS 2008
[...] Following is the text of Embassy Monrovia's AGOA recommendations. The text has also been e-mailed to AF/EPS and USTR. Country: LIBERIA Current AGOA Status: Eligible Country Background Summary: Liberia has a government that was democratically elected in multi-party elections in October/N [...]
2007-10-12 07:06:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD LI
07MONTERREY334UNPRESCEDENTED ESCALATION OF NARCO-VIOLENCE IN MONTERREY
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Monterrey has experienced an unprecedented escalation of narco-related violence with the assassination of six police officers in five separate incidents over the course of one week. On March 20 and 21, the dead bodies of two unidentified men were found with notes attached to t [...]
2007-03-23 21:14:00Consulate MonterreySECRETSNAR PGOV PTER ASEC MX
07MONTEVIDEO611SCENESETTER FOR U/S NICHOLAS R. BURNS' VISIT TO
[...] (C) American Embassy Montevideo and I warmly welcome you, WHA A/S Thomas A. Shannon and the other members of your distinguished delegation to Uruguay. Your July 10-11 visit comes at an especially auspicious time: only three months after the historic POTUS visit and right on the eve of Secret [...]
2007-06-27 14:28:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD MARR PHUM ECON OVIP OTRA UY
07MONTEVIDEO629SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF TREASURY HENRY M.
[...] (C) American Embassy Montevideo and I warmly welcome you and the other members of your distinguished delegation to Uruguay. Your July 12-13 visit comes at an especially auspicious time: only three months after the historic POTUS visit and right on the heels of U/S Burns' and A/S Shannon's po [...]
2007-07-02 19:07:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALEFIN OVIP ECON OTRA ASEC UY
07MOSCOW1105CSTO: RUSSIA'S COUNTER TO NATO
[...] (C) Summary. Russian observers see the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) as a potential counter to NATO influence, particularly in Central Asia. The reintegration of Uzbekistan into the organization in 2006 gave it a much-needed shot in the arm. CSTO leaders, while wary of NATO [...]
2007-03-14 14:58:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALMARR PINR PREL MCAP MOPS NATO RS
07MOSCOW2469MEDIA FREEDOM IN THE ELECTION YEAR
[...] (C) The Kremlin or its well-wishers have been making erratic attempts to fine tune the press in an effort to ensure that the looming Duma and presidential elections go according to script. Ownership of key media by the government or by those friendly to it has been consolidated, a code of beh [...]
2007-05-25 14:18:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALKDEM PHUM PGOV SOCI RS
07MOSCOW2590CODEL NELSON-LOTT MEETS WITH FM LAVROV
[...] (SBU) Summary: U.S.-Russian Senate-Federation Council Interparliamentary Working Group Co-Chairs Senator Ben Nelson and Senator Trent Lott, accompanied by Senators Evan Bayh, Judd Gregg, and Richard Burr, met May 29 with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to discuss current bilateral and [...]
2007-06-01 13:12:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR KNDP ETRD OREP NELSON LOTT RS
07MOSCOW2983PUTIN ASKS SERBS FOR AHTISAARI ALTERNATIVE
[...] (C) Summary: During the June visits of Serbian Prime Minister Kostunica and FM Jeremic, Putin apparently pushed them to come up with a counterproposal on Kosovo that he can carry to Kennebunkport. The GOR, however, remains committed to a solution based on a "compromise" between the parties, [...]
2007-06-20 10:23:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SR RS
07MOSCOW3579THINKING ABOUT KADYROV
[...] (C) Ramzan Kadyrov recently celebrated his 100th day as President of Chechnya. Characteristics of the new order are already visible: -- The appointment of personnel who have no loyalties except to Kadyrov, and the steady elimination of those with independent ties to Moscow or independent bases of [...]
2007-07-23 06:00:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR RS
07MOSCOW3995RUSSIA: POLITICS IN VORONEZH MIRRORS NATIONAL SITUATION
[...] (SBU) During an August 6-8 visit to Voronezh oblast, we found a political situation very similar to the national condition. The United Russia and For a Just Russia parties dominate the political scene, opposition forces are ardent but weak, the Russian Orthodox Church plays an influential role [...]
2007-08-15 10:43:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KIRF SOCI RS
07MOSCOW4713PUTIN MAKES MINIMAL CHANGES TO CABINET
[...] (C) Late evening September 24, President Putin announced the long-awaited cabinet re-shuffle requested by Prime Minister Zubkov. There were few structural changes to the new cabinet unveiled by Putin and much continuity, with government veterans Elvira Nabiullina and Tatyana Golikova replacin [...]
2007-09-25 15:13:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ECON RS
07MOSCOW933RUSSIAN SCIENCE: TURNING BIOWEAPONS INTO BOTTLE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A super-secret, elite bioweapons institute during Soviet times, the Institute of Immunological Engineering (IIE) now hosts an American company on its territory in an attempt to replace the state funding that ceased in 1994. Institute Director Dr. Sergey Pchelnitsov, who has spe [...]
2007-03-05 13:04:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALKIPR KPAO TBIO RS
07NAIROBI1150COASTAL MUSLIM LEADERSHIP VIEWS: SHEIKH DOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Sheikh Dor, a vocal leader of Kenya's coastal Muslim community, harangues the USG and GoK, cites some legitimate grievances concerning biased treatment of his community by the GoK, praises the American people and threatens to disrupt the World Cross Country Championship in Momb [...]
2007-03-12 12:26:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC KE KISL KPAO PGOV PHUM
07NAIROBI1709CAADP MEETING, KIGALI, RWANDA MARCH 29-31, 2007
[...] Summary March 29-31 in Kigali, the Government of Rwanda and COMESA hosted a regional partners? meeting and a country round-table meeting on the Comprehensive African Agricultural Development Programme (CAADP). On March 31, a CAADP Country Compact was signed by the Rwandan Government, the Af [...]
2007-04-18 11:12:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDRW
07NAIROBI2326 Somalia - Meeting with President Yusuf
[...] (C) Summary. During a June 5 meeting, President Yusuf welcomed as positive the joint A/S Frazer/Lord Triesman letter to him and agreed with its key points, including on the need for inclusive reconciliation on an urgent basis. Yusuf promised to send a written communication to the Contact Group [...]
2007-06-05 08:49:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SCUL SO
07NAIROBI255 SOMALIA DART SITUATION REPORT 3 - HEALTH
[...] The November-December floods raised concern that Somalia would see an increase in cases of water-borne diseases, malaria, and respiratory infections. Additionally, recent outbreaks of cholera and Rift Valley fever (RVF) have prompted Somalia health sector agencies to coordinate response plans [...]
2007-01-16 14:20:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PHUM PREL SO
07NAIROBI2618Ali Mahdi on National Reconciliation Congress
[...] (C) Summary: On June 22 Ali Mahdi, Chairman of the National Governance and Reconciliation Committee, and other committee members and advisors briefed the Ambassador and Special Envoy on delegate selection for the Congress, his meetings with the Hawiye, the status of security service and the sit [...]
2007-06-26 04:11:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC PTER KPAO SO ET
07NAIROBI3118TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS: KENYA ESTABLISHES NATIONAL STEERING
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Kenya (GOK) is increasing its efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) following a pivotal June 25 meeting of the National Steering Committee to Combat Human Trafficking. The Committee selected a task force of GOK agencies, NGOs and UN agencies to draft a [...]
2007-07-31 11:09:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB KCRM ECON KE
07NAIROBI3175Somalia - Travel Plan and Security Assessment
[...] (S/NF) This is an action request. See para 10. This message proposes travel to Somalia during the next three months. I consider this travel essential to advance the high USG foreign policy priority to promote security and stability in Somalia. The travel is aimed at: facilitating our inter [...]
2007-08-06 11:32:00Embassy NairobiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET
07NAIROBI759 SOMALIA DART SITUATION REPORT #14
[...] As the Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG) expands its administrative reach in southern and central Somalia, humanitarian agencies have begun to engage with relevant TFG ministries and Transitional Federal Institutions (TFIs). USAID's implementing partners in Somalia interact with l [...]
2007-02-14 12:44:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PHUM PREL SO
07NAIROBI870SOMALIA DART SITUATION REPORT 16 - THE IMPACT
[...] Continuing insecurity and political uncertainty in Somalia are displacing some populations from Mogadishu and impeding humanitarian operations in Lower Juba Region and Mogadishu. USAID's partners continue to operate under extremely difficult circumstances, but the populations that remain ina [...]
2007-02-23 09:30:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PHUM PREL SO
07NASSAU1458BAHAMAS GRAPPLES WITH SHARP RISE IN VIOLENT CRIME
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A series of high-profile murders of prominent professionals in Nassau and Freeport in mid-November, followed by a number of gangland-style killings in the capital November 24-28, have focused renewed public attention on a rising tide of violent crime in The Bahamas. Police stati [...]
2007-12-07 18:54:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KCRM KJUS BF
07NASSAU608NEW BAHAMIAN CABINET BUILT FOR ACTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Bahamian Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham made his initial cabinet appointments May 7, with others following in subsequent days. With few exceptions, the new Ministers are experienced and well-suited to their portfolios, having served in Ingraham's previous government. Ingraham r [...]
2007-05-15 19:10:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR EAIR BF
07NDJAMENA17 CHAD: CENSORSHIP UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Nearly one month after declaring a state of emergency throughout the country, the Government of Chad continues to talk a tough line vis--vis the national press. The state of emergency, under which the GOC has implemented a hard line censorship policy, has been extended for s [...]
2007-01-09 06:48:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPAO PHUM CD
07NEWDELHI2792HOT, TENSE SUMMER AWAITS JAMMU AND KASHMIR
[...] (S) SUMMARY: An unknown group claiming to be Al Qaeda's Indian wing has made and distributed in Jammu recorded statements declaring jihad on India. The Indian Army and several trusted analyst and journalist sources have scornfully dismissed the claim as a hoax, similar to last year's publici [...]
2007-06-15 01:13:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
07NEWDELHI2916CONCLUSION OF THE SEVENTH US-INDIA WORKING GROUP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The seventh annual US-India Joint Working Group on Peacekeeping on June 19 focused on opportunities for the U.S. and India to work together to meet new challenges in global peacekeeping capacity. IO PDAS James Warlick led the US delegation, and Joint Secretary Sanjiv Arora of the [...]
2007-06-22 13:06:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO MARR UNGA IN
07NEWDELHI3528NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of July 30 - August 3, 2007. Contains Business Proprietary information. TATA RUNS INTO TROUBLE IN TAMIL NADU --------------- 2. (SBU) Tata Steel's $620 million project proposed Tamil Nadu titanium d [...]
2007-08-03 12:36:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EFIN EINV ETRD ENRG SENV IN
07NEWDELHI3676 NEW DELHI ESTH OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF August 6
[...] (U) Summary: This week the ESTH office coordinated a climate change event for CODEL Lieberman, hosted STAFFDEL Killion, also in New Delhi on climate change, attended a workshop on creating a Global Environmental Entity, attended the IIT New Delhi Convocation, noted Battelle's intention to ent [...]
2007-08-14 08:02:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV TSPL TBIO ECON SOCI KSCA IN
07NEWDELHI4414DELHI DIARY, SEPTEMBER 15-27
[...] (U) This week's product is a joint effort of Embassy New Delhi and Consulate General Mumbai in conveying items of interest for September 15-26, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- India to Launch Israeli Spy Satellite? -- BJP President Urges UN Resolution 1373 Sa [...]
2007-09-28 05:19:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KISL PTER MARR MOPS PHUM IS PK TI
07NEWDELHI5290USG SHOULD GIVE BHUTAN BACK FROZEN DRUK AIR FUNDS
[...] (C) I would like to bring to your personal attention the long-standing unresolved matter of Bhutanese government funds frozen due to USG economic sanctions against Burma. I want to offer a way forward for resolving this bilateral irritant with the Bhutanese and thereby send a message that the [...]
2007-12-12 10:43:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN EAIR IN BT
07NIAMEY167NIGER TRIP REPORTS (3) THE NOMADIC ZONE
[...] (SBU) This is the third cable in a series of trip reports (reftels A&B) that examine conditions, contacts, and political issues in central and northern Niger. This edition takes a look at the nomadic zone known as the Azaouagh (or Azawak). A large and sparsely populated zone in the northern par [...]
2007-02-23 12:39:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAID ECON SOCI NG
07NIAMEY26TIP IN A TRANSIT TOWN: AGADEZ, NIGER
[...] During recent travel to Agadez, the principal city of northern Niger, Poloff explored the town's oldest industry - trafficking. Whether in items as benign as cars or as dangerous as drugs and guns, Agadez excels at both legal and illicit cross-border trade. The movement of persons is a perenn [...]
2007-01-10 15:28:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM SMIG SOCI KCRM KWMN NG
07NIAMEY713NIGER: MINISTRY OF RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS (MRA)
[...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador, accompanied by locally-engaged staff Political Assistant (notetaker),paid a May 16 courtesy call on the recently-appointed Cabinet Minister for the Ministry of Religious Affairs (MRA),Issaka Labo. The MRA's responsibilities include a security element complementa [...]
2007-05-22 11:36:00Embassy NiameyCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SOCI PINR NG
07NICOSIA205HOPES HIGHER FOR LEDRA STREET REOPENING, BROADER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On President Tassos Papadopoulos's command, Greek Cypriot workers late March 8 demolished a wall and viewing platform on Ledra Street, raising hopes that a Buffer Zone crossing in the heart of Old Nicosia might soon open. T/C leaders greeted the wall's fall with guarded optimism, [...]
2007-03-09 16:11:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU
07NICOSIA213Cyprus Steps Up Anti-Trafficking Efforts
[...] (SBU) Summary: In recent meetings with authorities and NGO representatives involved in the fight against trafficking in persons (TIP),EmbOffs and visiting Desk Officer witnessed increased efforts and new initiatives. In the south, the GOC has taken concrete steps to fulfill the "Three P's" -- [...]
2007-03-13 11:25:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM CY
07NICOSIA418FAMAGUSTA MAYOR FAVORS INCREASED BI-COMMUNAL
[...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Despite the total failure of the so-called "Finnish Initiative" in 2006 (Reftel),Greek Cypriot officials and property owners in Famagusta are actively seeking ways to keep their issue on the political map. The opening of the fenced-off area of Varosha and it [...]
2007-05-15 14:41:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU
07NICOSIA45CYPRUS: 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-12 15:19:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ECON ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR CY
07NOUAKCHOTT33MILITARY VIEWS ON ELECTIONS AND AFTERMATH
[...] (C) Summary. Two high-level military officials express concerns about civilian abilities to govern while listening to our urging non-interference of the military in the presidential elections just ahead. The armed forces intend to focus on their own role and needs in the post-transition peri [...]
2007-01-10 16:52:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALKDEM MARR MASS PGOV PHUM MR
07OSLO160SPECIAL ENVOY NATSIOS' SUDAN CONTACT GROUP MEETING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 9, Special Envoy Andrew Natsios joined the Sudan Contact Group meeting in Oslo to assess the state of play in Sudan. Although implementation of the CPA has been stalled, all parties stressed the need to maintain a unified Sudan and to encourage an IGAD summit to set [...]
2007-02-16 16:13:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID KPKO NO
07OTTAWA2024CANADA: (1/5) 220TH MEETING OF THE U.S.-CANADA
[...] (U) Summary: U.S. Co-Chairman George Nethercutt and Canadian Co-Chairman Rick Casson, M.P. convened the 220th meeting of the U.S.-Canadian Permanent Joint Board on Defense (PJBD) at the Canadian Maritime Warfare Center in Halifax, Nova Scotia October 9 - 11, 2007. Major topics during the 220t [...]
2007-11-02 19:17:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS NORAD CA
07OTTAWA2233U.S.-CANADA POLICY PLANNING TALKS: AFGHANISTAN,
[...] (C) Summary: U.S. and Canadian Policy Planners met November 29-30 to discuss the broad strategic outlook over the next 25 years (with specific reference to the National Intelligence Council's 2020 and 2025 projects) and a range of international and regional issues that represent policy priorit [...]
2007-12-07 22:06:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CA AF PK XB XL XM XK
07PANAMA1476PANAMA: TORRIJOS NAMES NEW CABINET
[...] (U) Replacing five cabinet ministers, Panamanian President Martin Torrijos named a total twenty-seven high-level appointments to his administration. Torrijos' decisions were announced by Secretary of State Communication Erich RODRIGUEZ Auerbach on August 30 in a press release. On August 27, a [...]
2007-08-31 21:04:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON PM
07PARAMARIBO604SURINAME: 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] (U) 1. Post presents its 2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT (INCSR),Part II, Money Laundering and Financial Crimes. Suriname: I. Summary: Suriname is not a regional financial center and is not yet a significant site for money laundering when compared to other count [...]
2007-11-21 19:48:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR EFIN KCRM KTFN NS
07PARIS151COUNTERTERRORISM CONSULTATIONS WITH THE FRENCH
[...] (S) SUMMARY: A USG Delegation led by Ambassador-at-large for Counterterrorism, Hank Crumpton, held strategic counterterrorism consultations with senior French officials December 7. The two delegations exchanged views on the overall threat situation, improvements to both countries' counterterr [...]
2007-01-16 07:34:00Embassy ParisSECRETPTER PGOV PREL FR
07PARIS2027THE FILLON GOVERNMENT, SARKOZY'S REFORM TEAM, NAMED
[...] (SBU) Intent on maintaining the momentum for reform, President Sarkozy moved quickly following his inauguration May 16 (ref B). Sarkozy named his administration's first Prime Minster, Francois Fillon the following day, May 17, then immediately named the line-up of the Fillon government on Ma [...]
2007-05-18 17:54:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
07PARIS3181OECD: REPORT OF MARCH 12-14, 2007 MEETING OF THE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At its March 12-14 meeting, the OECD Working Group on Bribery (WGB) conducted Phase 2 peer-review evaluations of Portugal and Ireland's implementation of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention ("Convention"). The WGB called on Portugal to raise awareness of foreign bribery in both th [...]
2007-07-25 14:39:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKCOR ECON EINV ETRD PREL OECD
07PARIS3402MUSLIM OUTREACH -- SENIOR ADVISOR FARAH PANDITH'S
[...] (SBU) In meetings in Paris July 25 - 26 with a wide range of figures from France's large and diverse Muslim community and France,s new government, EUR Senior Advisor Farah Pandith underlined U.S. interest in respectful dialogue and exchange of ideas with France's Muslim population, the larges [...]
2007-08-14 07:03:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSOCI PTER PGOV EUN FR PINR ECON
07PARIS3919FM KOUCHNER'S SEPT. 19-21 VISIT TO WASHINGTON
[...] (C) The Bernard Kouchner who arrives in Washington Sept. 19 remains both an extremely popular French politician and one of the few of President Sarkozy's ministers who has retained a margin of independent authority. Kouchner, the most prominent of the Socialists who accepted positions in the Sarkoz [...]
2007-09-18 17:09:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL FR EUN NATO UNO UNMIK YI RS IR IS LE
07PARIS4357PRESIDENT SARKOZY’S FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT TO THE
[...] (SBU) Introduction and Summary: The Nicolas Sarkozy who arrives in Washington November 6 is in robust political health. He completely dominates the politics of France. All the levers of institutional power in a highly centralized state are at his disposal. He remains committed to a revitalization o [...]
2007-10-26 10:50:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL OVIP NATO UNO YI RS IR IS LE FR
07PARIS4420DAS BARKS-RUGGLES' MEETINGS WITH FRENCH
[...] (C) Summary. On October 24-25 in Paris, DRL DAS Erica Barks-Ruggles and Embassy staff advanced U.S. positions regarding thematic and country-specific resolutions proposed for the upcoming UN Third Committee with DAS-equivalent for Human Rights, Humanitarian and Social Affairs Jacques Pellet, [...]
2007-11-06 08:03:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KTIA UN FR
07PARIS4653FRANCE: U/S LEVEY DISCUSSES NEXT STEPS ON IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: In November 29 meetings with MFA, Finance Ministry and French Central Bank officials, Treasury U/S Stuart Levey sought an update on status of current French and EU measures against Iranian entities and discussed further actions. The MFA Political Director expressed frustration at [...]
2007-12-06 11:57:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALEFIN KNNP PARM IR FR
07PARIS798SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-01 16:01:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
07PHNOMPENH1098ICRC'S ROLE IN BURMA, SOUTHERN THAILAND, CAMBODIA
[...] (U) On August 23, incoming and outgoing heads of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Regional Delegation Bangkok paid a courtesy call on the Charge. The Delegation's new Head, Christian Brunner, said that he has already met with Embassy Bangkok officers, and that the ICRC Hea [...]
2007-08-24 09:35:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PREF CB
07PHNOMPENH1193LAW AND REALITY CLASH IN CAMBODIA'S FORESTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: While Cambodian law provides for environmental and social safeguards in the sale of land and in the establishment of Economic Land Concessions (ELCs),poor enforcement of these laws means that land sales and large concessions threaten both the environment and community livelih [...]
2007-09-18 08:21:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALEAGR SENV PHUM PGOV CB
07PHNOMPENH42AMBASSADOR AND DPM SOK AN REVIEW BILATERAL RELATIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary. In a two-hour meeting on December 28, 2006, the Ambassador called on Deputy Prime Minister Sok An to review the advances in bilateral relations in 2006 and outline the new USG Operational Plan Framework for foreign assistance. The Ambassador stated that the current projections [...]
2007-01-11 09:46:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KTEX ETRD EAID CB
07PHNOMPENH535TRILATERAL COUNTERTERRORISM DIALOGUE IN CAMBODIA
[...] (C) Summary. At the Australian High Commission's invitation, representatives of the U.S., Japanese and Australian missions met on April 5 for a Cambodia-specific trilateral counterterrorism (CT) dialogue. Australia framed the dialogue as part of the follow-up to the October 2006 high-level [...]
2007-04-10 09:35:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL EAID CB AS JA
07PODGORICA231SCENESETTER FOR A/S FRIED VISIT TO MONTENEGRO
[...] (SBU) Welcome to Montenegro. Your visit comes as the Montenegrins continue to debate their new draft constitution. The Montenegrin leadership continues its pro-West, pro-American stance, while looking to maintain good relations with Moscow and Belgrade, particularly on Kosovo. The result is a [...]
2007-07-03 11:55:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL AMGT ECON EINV MW
07PODGORICA50MONTENEGRO: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-02 09:54:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB MW
07PORTAUPRINCE1198OAS TO REOPEN VOTER REGISTRATION
[...] (U) Summary: The Organization of American States (OAS) is working with the Ministry of Justice's national identity office (ONI) to reopen voter registration inside existing civil registry offices. The OAS, though short of funding, plans to begin registration in August but does not expect a [...]
2007-07-10 12:13:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1620HAITI MONTHLY: SEPTEMBER, 2007
[...] (U) Summary: This is a monthly report on various topics of interest which do not merit a full reporting cable. End summary. 2. (SBU) LOVINSKY PIERRE-ANTOINE KIDNAPPING STILL A MYSTERY. Frantz Thermilus, Director General for the Judicial Police (DCPJ) told Poloff at a reception September [...]
2007-10-04 18:52:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1718HAITI SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BINGAMAN-CORKER-HARKIN
[...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. Consolidation of Haiti Democratic Institutions --------------------------------------------- - 2. (SBU) Haiti is still consolidating basic institutions of democratic governance that were undermined in the period foll [...]
2007-10-25 11:52:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT PREL HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1811UN REPS TELL U.S. SENATORS SECURITY, INVESTMENT, AND JOB
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Senators Bingaman, Harkin and Corker were briefed October 26 by UN officials on the current security and economic situation in Haiti. UN representatives lauded U.S. support and encouraged continue [...]
2007-11-14 20:11:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1899POSTCARD FROM LES CAYES: POOR BUT PEACEFUL
[...] (SBU) Summary: The southern city of Les Cayes does not face the major security concerns common to Port-au-Prince, but social problems stemming from widespread poverty do arise on occasion. Local Haitian National Police grapple with drug trafficking, poor prison conditions and a faulty justic [...]
2007-12-04 13:57:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM ECON SNAR SOCI HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1931PRESIDENT CONTINUES TO DITHER ON PROVISIONAL
[...] (SBU) President Preval has yet to make the final appointments of counselors of the reconstituted Provisional Electoral Council (CEP). He continues to quibble with certain social sectors he called on to nominate persons to sit on this body. After rejecting one private sector nominee, the Pres [...]
2007-12-07 20:28:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL HA
07PORTAUPRINCE330SCENSETTER FOR CODEL PRICE VISIT
[...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified --- please protect accordingly. 2.(U) We very much look forward to your visit to Haiti next week and have worked hard to put together a program that will begin to build bridges between the Congress and the Parliament. Parliamentary leaders are eager [...]
2007-02-21 14:39:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE370STATUS OF JUSTICE REFORM
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The justice sector in Haiti is in dire need of reform. Despite ongoing efforts by the international community, no single part of the apparatus functions properly, from arrest to trial. Havin [...]
2007-02-26 14:19:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KJUS KDEM KCRM SNAR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE408RESPONSE TO INR/B REQUIREMENTS ON PRESIDENT PREVAL
[...] (C) Introduction: Reftel asks for a comprehensive assessment of President Preval's decision-making process and leadership style. As noted in reftel, post has reported on many of the specific topics inquired about over the course of Preval's re-election campaign and the first year of his second [...]
2007-03-01 17:50:00Embassy Port Au PrinceSECRETPGOV PREL SNAR KCRM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE802ELECTIONS: ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL
[...] (U) Summary: Haitians went to the polls for yet another election on April 29. Electors cast votes for the one outstanding seat in the Chamber of Deputies in the commune of La Chapelle in the Artibonite department in a heated, though not exceedingly violent, atmosphere. Voting center workers [...]
2007-04-30 20:07:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM HA
07PRAGUE1215CZECH REPUBLIC MISSILE DEFENSE: CONCERNS ABOUT
[...] (C) Summary: Visits to Prague of USD(P) Eric Edelman and U/S Rood, together with clear Czech statements following a government meeting on November 6, appear to have put to rest Czech concerns about possible Russian troops at the proposed missile defense radar site (reftel). The Czechs told Ede [...]
2007-11-13 14:15:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV NATO PINS EZ XG
07PRAGUE200PART I OF III: Seventh Annual Anti-Trafficking Report -
[...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified entire text; not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Throughout the course of 2006, the Czech Government continued to improve its capabilities and methods to combat trafficking in persons. GOCR political will to fight trafficking remained strong. This [...]
2007-02-28 13:42:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KRFD ASEC PREF ELAB EZ
07PRAGUE420MISSILE DEFENSE: SCENESETTER FOR MDA DIRECTOR
[...] (C/NF) General Obering, your visit to the Czech Republic comes at a crucial time during the Czech national debate on participation in missile defense with the United States. The enthusiastic support of Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek's right-of-center ODS party has gotten us this far, but your [...]
2007-04-18 14:04:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ RU
07PRAGUE501MISSILE DEFENSE: GENERAL OBERING HAS SUCCESSFUL
[...] (C) Summary. Lt. General Henry Obering, Director of the Missile Defense Agency, held meetings with a broad range of leaders in Prague on April 22-23 to discuss the U.S. proposal to place a missile defense radar in the Czech Republic. Participants described the meetings as extremely useful, and [...]
2007-05-09 08:35:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ
07PRETORIA1SCENE-SETTER FOR CODEL LED BY CONGRESSWOMAN EDDIE
[...] (SBU) I warmly welcome the visit of your congressional delegation to South Africa. My staff and I stand ready to do everything we can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, only two weeks after Jacob Zuma defeated incumbent Thabo Mbeki [...]
2007-12-31 16:00:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON SENV PREL PGOV SF
07PRETORIA1206SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY
[...] (U). Summary: This is the first issue for 2007 of the South African Environment, Science and Technology newsletter, January to March Volume 1, Number 6, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- SA Leads an Afro-Euro Team to Prestigious EU Science [...]
2007-04-04 15:02:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV SOCI ETRD SF
07PRETORIA1207SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY
[...] (U). Summary: This is the first issue for 2007 of the South African Environment, Science and Technology newsletter, January to March Volume 1, Number 6, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- SA Leads an Afro-Euro Team to Prestigious EU Science [...]
2007-04-04 15:02:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV SOCI ETRD SF
07PRETORIA3778SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR KERRY'S VISIT TO SOUTH
[...] (SBU) Senator, I warmly welcome your upcoming visit to South Africa. My staff and I stand ready to do everything we can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, only weeks before the African National Congress (ANC) elects its new leadersh [...]
2007-10-26 13:16:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SF
07PRETORIA3901SCENESETTER FOR CHAIRMAN BERNANKE'S VISIT TO SOUTH
[...] (SBU) Chairman, I warmly welcome your upcoming visit to South Africa. My staff and I stand ready to do everything we can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, only weeks before the African National Congress (ANC) elects its new leaders [...]
2007-11-07 16:07:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL PGOV SF
07PRETORIA3902SCENESETTER FOR USG VISITORS TO THE CORPORATE
[...] (SBU) You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, only weeks before the African National Congress (ANC) elects its new leadership. Because the ANC has overwhelming support in the country (70 percent in the last election),the person who wins the ANC election in December [...]
2007-11-07 16:12:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL PGOV SF
07PRETORIA3903SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY PAULSON'S VISIT TO SOUTH
[...] (SBU) Secretary, I warmly welcome your upcoming visit to South Africa. My staff and I stand ready to do everything we can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, only weeks before the African National Congress (ANC) elects its new leader [...]
2007-11-08 05:36:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL PGOV SF
07PRETORIA4026SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF INTERIOR'S VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) I warmly welcome your upcoming visit to South Africa. My staff and I stand ready to do everything we can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, only weeks before the African National Congress (ANC) elects its new leadership. Becau [...]
2007-11-21 12:25:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENIV PREL PGOV SF
07PRETORIA4027SCENESETTER FOR USG VISITORS TO THE 2007 GLOBAL
[...] (SBU) You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, only weeks before the African National Congress (ANC) elects its new leadership. Because the ANC has overwhelming support in the country (70 percent in the last election),the person who wins the ANC election in December [...]
2007-11-21 12:26:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENIV PREL PGOV SF
07PRETORIA606AFRICA PEER REVIEW MECHANISM PRIMER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) is perhaps the most developed and imaginative component of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD),but has been slow to get off the ground. Only three countries (Ghana, Rwanda, and Kenya) have completed their review, altho [...]
2007-02-21 07:04:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON EAID AU SF
07PRISTINA113KOSOVO: FOLLOW-ON RULE OF LAW MISSION TAKING SHAPE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The EU Planning Team (EUPT) continues to develop plans for the ESDP follow-on rule of law mission in Kosovo. Team leader Casper Klynge told us recently he is confident that the transition will be relatively smooth on the policing side and that the mission will be at authorized s [...]
2007-02-12 11:01:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA150KOSOVO: SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Post's submission for the Seventh Annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report follows. Kosovo is administered by the United Nations Interim Administrative Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) pursuant to UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1244, which was adopted in 1999 following the NA [...]
2007-02-28 13:55:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD PREF PGOV KJUS
07PRISTINA186KOSOVO: ON THE HUSTINGS FOR THE PACKAGE: ALL
[...] (C) Summary: USOP outreach efforts to encourage understanding of the Ahtisaari package have uncovered some interesting trends, particularly with regard to Kosovar Albanian perceptions of the document. By far, decentralization as it affects southern Kosovo has proven to be the most contentio [...]
2007-03-12 11:37:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM SOCI
07PRISTINA503KOSOVO: CONSTITUTIONAL DRAFTING CONFERENCE FOCUSES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Presentations by U.S. experts at a June 13-16 meeting in Skopje of the expanded pre-constitution working group organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo and supported by USAID/Kosovo (and attended by, among others, representatives of Kosovo's Serb community) have sparked discussion [...]
2007-06-29 10:10:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA506KOSOVO: FAST-TRACKING PLAN UNDERWAY FOR TRANSITION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Under the Ahtisaari Plan, the Kosovo Assembly must pass a number of laws during the established 120-day transition period. The Assembly's normal pace of doing business is inadequate to do this, so the OSCE, EAR, and NDI, working together as the Assembly Support Initiative (ASI [...]
2007-06-29 15:05:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA643KOSOVO: PROGRESS STALLED ON CRITICAL VETTING
[...] (C) Summary. Competencies with national security implications are slowly being transferred from UNMIK to the Provisional Institutions of Self Government (PISG),making it critical that the legal framework and implementing mechanisms are in place for the PISG to vet personnel, classify informat [...]
2007-08-24 13:27:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
07PRISTINA9KOSOVO: KOSOVO 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] (U) Kosovo continues to be administered under the civil authority of the United Nations Interim Administrative Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK),pursuant to U.N. Security Council Resolution 1244. UNMIK was established in June 1999, following the conclusion of the NATO military campaign against Slobo [...]
2007-01-05 11:40:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP BTIO ECON ETRD EINV ELAB KTDB PGOV EFIN
07RABAT256HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE WITH GOM LAUNCHED
[...] (C) Summary: The Government of Morocco (GOM) hastily convened in early February a series of meetings with Embassy officers to convey concerns about the U.S. Human Rights Report. The GOM used the sessions with senior officials from the Foreign Affairs, Interior and Justice ministries to: pr [...]
2007-02-08 15:53:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PBTS PGOV MO
07RABAT573WESTERN SAHARA: MORE RESPONSIVE BUT STILL TOUGH
[...] (C) Summary and introduction: Rabat Polcouns traveled for a week to the Western Sahara, March 4-9, principally in Laayoune, with one day in Smara - the traditional seat of Sahrawi culture and religion. He met Moroccan government representatives, pro-government business, tribal and youth lead [...]
2007-03-30 10:46:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KPKO MO
07RABAT704ALGERIAN AMBASSADOR SAYS GOA MIGHT BE READY TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Algerian Ambassador Belkheir told Ambassador Riley April 17 that although Algeria was not prepared to listen to the Moroccans about their autonomy proposal, Algiers might accept a delegation from Rabat "after the end of the Security council debate," if it was not to talk about th [...]
2007-04-23 07:24:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO PBTS PHUM PREL AG WI
07RANGOON1014BURMA: REGIME ATTEMPTS TO SHIFT FOCUS BACK TO
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy Rangoon received a faxed letter from Acting PM Thein Sein addressed to Vice President Cheney, objecting to the UN PRST on Burma and declaring the regime intends to proceed with its seven step "roadmap to democracy." The regime's mass-member organization (USDA) continues [...]
2007-10-11 09:54:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1096GAMBARI ACHIEVES LITTLE IN BURMA
[...] (C) Summary: We consider Gambari's most recent visit a failure, and most of the diplomatic and UN community based here agrees with us. He allowed himself to be held captive in the isolated capital, he only met with people the regime approved, and he obtained nothing but vague indications of [...]
2007-11-08 11:06:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BM
07RANGOON1143BURMA: UNICEF AND ILO ON CHILD SOLDIERS
[...] (C) Summary. UNICEF and ILO representatives in Burma told Poloff they believed the use of child soldiers to be an ongoing problem, but had no way to accurately measure its scope. Current estimates were based almost entirely on anecdotal evidence, so could be misleading, they said. UNICEF de [...]
2007-11-26 10:02:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1170BURMA: WHO,S WHO IN THE REGIME
[...] (SBU) Summary. Despite persistent rumors of divisions within the Burmese military, we have not seen any evidence of exploitable schisms in the Than Shwe regime. While personality conflicts likely exist and some may be more moderate than others, so far no one has stepped up to challenge Than [...]
2007-12-07 11:55:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON166PREPARING FOR CHANGE IN BURMA
[...] (C) Summary: China's Ambassador to Burma provided a readout of Gen. Thura Shwe Mann's recent visit to China as well as senior military plans to move forward on its Seven Point Roadmap. He said Burma's number three general was most interested in ideas to get the Burmese economy moving. The C [...]
2007-02-20 06:22:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BM CH
07RANGOON181BURMA'S LEAST WANTED: THE ROHINGYAS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Muslim Rohingyas who inhabit Burma's Northern Rakhine State (NRS) are among the world's most oppressed and marginalized people. Burma's military regime refuses to recognize the Rohingyas as one of Burma's official ethnic groups, denies them citizenship, and systematically [...]
2007-02-22 11:16:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BM
07RANGOON986BURMESE EFFORTS TO GAIN U.S. UNDERSTANDING
[...] (C) Summary: Charge received word from the Foreign Ministry of a possible attack on the U.S. Embassy, which she dismissed as ludicrous, and advice that Embassy officers stay away from demonstrations, which she rejected on the grounds that we needed accurate information about what was going on [...]
2007-10-05 15:05:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BM
07RIGA533LATVIAN REACTION TO RUSSIAN CFE MOVES - PLANS,
[...] (C) Summary: Putin's July 13 decree on CFE did not surprise Latvia, which expected a move like this after the escalating rhetoric of recent months. But Latvian officials are using it as a reminder that Latvia's border with Russia is a key reason Latvia wanted to join NATO. Public rhetoric ha [...]
2007-07-18 14:57:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PARM KCFE MARR RS LG
07RIYADH1787MAY 27 - JUNE 5, 2007 VISIT BY U.S. COMMISSION ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Members and staff of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) visited the Kingdom from May 27 to June 5, 2007, traveling to Jeddah (Ref A),Dhahran, and Riyadh. Describing itself as independent -- but part of the USG, the Commission met with SAG ministries [...]
2007-08-26 13:52:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPHUM KIRF KISL PGOV PINR PTER SA
07RIYADH1987JOINT WORKING GROUP ON CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
[...] This message has been cleared by DOE A/S Kolevar. ---------- Summary ---------- 2. (S) On September 11, the US-Saudi Joint Working Group (JWG) on Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) met at the Ministry of Interior (MOI) in Riyadh, co-chaired by the MOI Director of Modernization [...]
2007-09-26 09:42:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETKCIP EPET ENERG PTER ASEC SA
07RIYADH2051DRL DELEGATION DISCUSSES EXPANDING TIES WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Erica Barks-Ruggles visited Riyadh, Saudi Arabia June 4-7, 2007, to discuss with SAG officials opportunities for legal and legislative exchanges, as well as possible programs for technical support [...]
2007-10-03 15:06:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KDEM ECPS SOCI SCUL SA
07RIYADH212SCENESETTER FOR APHSCT TOWNSEND VISIT TO SAUDI
[...] (S) Ambassador Oberwetter and the entire US Mission in Saudi Arabia warmly welcome you back to Riyadh. As you have witnessed during the course of your many visits to the Kingdom, our bilateral relationship is developing into robust, multi-faceted cooperation. One indication of this was King [...]
2007-02-01 12:35:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNPREL EFIN CVIS KTFN PTER GCC SA
07RIYADH364SAUDI ARABIA'S INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Chapter Headings: -- Openness to Foreign Investment -- Conversion and Transfer Policies -- Expropriation and Compensation -- Dispute Settlement -- Performance Requirements and Incentives -- Right to Private Ownership and Establishment -- Protection of Property Rights -- Transparency of R [...]
2007-02-24 08:49:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN EPET PGOV SA
07RIYADH881CODEL PELOSI APRIL 5 MEETING WITH MAJLIS AL-SHURA
[...] (C) U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and delegation met on April 5 with Majlis Al-Shura Chairman Sheikh Dr. Salih bin Humaid, several other Shura Council members, and Saudi Ambassador to the U.S. Adel Al-Jubeir. During a lively exchange of information and ideas, Humaid expl [...]
2007-04-28 13:45:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ENRG PTER CVIS IS IR SA
07ROME1793ITALIAN INTELLIGENCE REFORM: EXTERNAL/INTERNAL
[...] (C/NF) Summary: On August 1, the Italian parliament approved an intelligence reform law that will become effective October 12, 2007. The new law more clearly delineates domestic and external intelligence services while creating a DNI-like coordinator and giving ultimate political authority/re [...]
2007-08-22 16:37:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PINR PREL PTER IT
07ROME400ITALIAN MOD SAY LEBANESE ARMY STILL HAS A LONG WAY
[...] (C) NEA DAS Danin met with senior Italian MFA and MOD officials to discuss developments in the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP) and Lebanon during February 22 and 23 meetings in Rome. The Italians were receptive to the idea of establishing an informal working group (see reftel),but suggeste [...]
2007-03-01 09:36:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV XF UN LE IT
07SANAA2169DETERIORATING STANDARDS 40 YEARS AFTER SOUTH YEMEN
[...] (C) Summary: Yemen will celebrate the 40th anniversary of Britain's departure from South Arabia on November 30, before a backdrop of increasing protests and violence in the South over perceived injustices and unequal distribution of wealth. This cable presents a comparison of educational opp [...]
2007-11-29 15:41:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPGOV YM
07SANAA341SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: YEMEN
[...] This message is post's response to ref A. 2. Note: Post requests that no/no name or entity cited in this report be publicly mentioned or quoted for any/any reason without prior clearance with post. Post relies heavily on these sources and has invested much time gaining their confidence. E [...]
2007-03-05 13:52:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
07SANJOSE1963COSTA RICA RESPONSE TO USTR REQUEST FOR INFO ON
[...] The following is Post's response to Reftel's enquiries. Questions can be directed to Econoff Steven Bitner, (506) 519-2502, Fax (506) 519-2364, bitnesr@state.gov. 2. Costa Rica Population: 4,299,234 (Dec 2006) Per Capita GDP: $5,050 (2006) Department of Commerce Trade Statistics (2006) [...]
2007-11-07 22:35:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD PREL PGOV CS
07SANSALVADOR263AG GONZALES MEETING WITH PRESIDENT SACA
[...] (C) Summary: On February 5, 2007 the Attorney General visited El Salvador to announce new anti-gang initiatives. As part of his visit, the Attorney General and his staff participated in a bilateral meeting with President Saca, members of his cabinet and important members of the Salvadoran jud [...]
2007-02-14 18:38:00Embassy San SalvadorSECRETPREL PGOV KCRM KHLS ES
07SANTODOMINGO1119EVALUATING THE ENFORCEMENT OF DOMINICAN LABOR LAW
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Many employers in the Dominican agricultural sector regularly violate the Dominican labor code, according to several Dominican non-governmental organizations and other entities. Many of the workers in this sector are involved in the production of commodities that are exported to th [...]
2007-05-10 21:14:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ELAB ETRD PHUM SMIG KWMN DR HA
07SANTODOMINGO2245DOMINICAN ORIENTATION VISIT OF WHA/CAR DIRECTOR DE
[...] (SBU) Summary: On September 6 and 7, WHA/CAR Office Director Velia De Pirro traveled to the Dominican Republic for a series of orientation meetings with both Embassy staff and leading Dominican figures, including the Chief of the National Police, the President of the DEA-equivalent National D [...]
2007-10-03 18:45:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SMIG PHUM PINR KCRM SNAR HA VE DR
07SAOPAULO119 ICMS Tax Benefits Issue: Financial Concerns for U.S.
[...] (SBU) Consul General convened representatives of US and Brazilian companies at ConGen Sao Paulo on January 19 to discuss ongoing issues associated with tax benefits (ICMS - rough VAT equivalent collected at the state level) granted by the Sao Paulo state government. Motorola and other electron [...]
2007-02-14 12:55:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ETRD ECON PGOV KJUS BR
07SAOPAULO560A PSDB INSIDER'S EARLY LOOK AT THE 2008 MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) In a recent conversation with Poloff, Walter Feldman, a leader of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB) currently serving as Sao Paulo Municipal Secretary of Sports, Leisure, and Recreation, shared his views on local government, next year's municipal elections, and the broader Braz [...]
2007-06-25 16:49:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR ECON BR
07SARAJEVO1071BOSNIA: SADOVIC POLITICIZES MINISTRY OF SECURITY
[...] (C) Summary: Since his January appointment, Tarik Sadovic has adopted a highly political approach to his role as Minister of Security and worked almost exclusively to advance Bosniak ethnic interests. Sadovic has excluded non-Bosniak Ministry officials, including the Deputy Minister, from pol [...]
2007-05-17 11:37:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KCRM PTER BK
07SARAJEVO13PARTIES REACH COALITION AGREEMENT
[...] (C) On January 3 seven Bosnian political parties reached a coalition agreement breaking the deadlock on government formation and the seating of Parliament that has existed since the October 1, 2006 national elections. Coalition parties endorsed an agreement confirming Nikola Spiric (SNSD) as [...]
2007-01-04 17:05:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BK
07SARAJEVO1352BOSNIA: SCENESETTER FOR THE JUNE 18-19 PIC
[...] (C) The June 18-19 PIC will take place against a political climate that has not been as difficult in many years, possibly since the outbreak of the war. The February 26 verdict of the International Court of Justice, ruling that genocide occurred in Bosnia during the war, has refocused Bosniak [...]
2007-06-15 16:05:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALBK PGOV PREL
07SARAJEVO1429OHR IMPOSED LEGISLATION ROILS RSNA
[...] (C) On June 25, High Representative Christian Schwarz-Schilling invoked the Bonn Powers to impose legislation placing the Potocari Memorial Foundation and its property under state government control. The legislation had been introduced on June 13 in parliament and had been rejected by the Ser [...]
2007-06-27 17:02:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALBK PGOV PHUM PREL
07SARAJEVO1700BOSNIA: ADMIRAL ULRICH URGES OFFICIALS TO MEET PFP
[...] (C) During a July 19-20 visit to Sarajevo, Admiral Harry Ulrich, Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe and NATO Forces South, met separately with Presidency members Zeljko Komsic and Haris Silajdzic, Defense Minister Selmo Cikotic, Chief of the General Staff Lieutenant General Sifet Podzic and Hi [...]
2007-08-06 13:41:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALBK MARR PGOV PREL
07SARAJEVO1987BOSNIA - LAJCAK DELIVERS POLICE REFORM STRATEGY TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: High Representative Miroslav Lajcak presented to Quint Ambassadors on September 18 his strategy for securing a deal on police reform. OHR will continue with technical talks on police reform while maintaining political pressure on party leaders to compromise. After a two-hour mee [...]
2007-09-19 08:29:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KCRM PINR EUN UN RS BK
07SARAJEVO2195BOSNIA - POLICE REFORM TALKS FINALLY COLLAPSE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: High Representative Lajcak conducted a series of bilateral meetings with political party leaders warning them that they had one "last chance" to reach a deal on police reform; Croat party leaders distributed an alternative protocol that met the three EU principles and was designed [...]
2007-10-11 18:44:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR BK
07SARAJEVO2648BOSNIA - SCENESETTER FOR DEFENSE MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary. Defense Minister Selmo Cikotic comes to Washington December 17-21 for Bilateral Defense Consultations (BDCs) and other meetings ready to present his vision completing Bosnia's defense reform, expanding Bosnia's participation in coalition support operations, and expediting NATO ac [...]
2007-12-11 18:04:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MARR BK
07SARAJEVO319BOSNIA: THE NEW COUNCIL OF MINISTERS
[...] (U) Following is biographic information on the new BiH Council of Ministers, confirmed by the BiH House of Representatives on February 9. Details of the parliamentary session will be reported septel. MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS SVEN ALKALAJ (Sven AL-ka-lye),SBiH ---------------------- [...]
2007-02-13 09:05:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV BK
07SARAJEVO433BOSNIA: CONSTITUTIONAL COURT RULING CLAIMS OHR
[...] (C) Over Presidents' Day weekend, the Bosnian Constitutional Court released a July 2006 decision calling on the Bosnian government to address human rights violations stemming from OHR's 2004 removal from office of two Republika Srpska (RS) officials who had abetted war criminals. The Court ru [...]
2007-02-23 15:19:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KJUS EUN UNSC BK
07SARAJEVO467BOSNIA: OSD DAS FATA'S VISIT HIGHLIGHTS SECURITY
[...] (C) Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for European and NATO Policy Daniel Fata visited Sarajevo February 21 for discussions with senior Bosnian leaders on Bosnia's NATO integration process and continued U.S. support for defense reform and Bosnia's Euro-Atlantic integration. DASD Fata made [...]
2007-02-27 15:35:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR BK
07SARAJEVO487BOSNIA: SUBMISSION FOR 2007 TIP REPORT
[...] (U) Summary: This cable constitutes Post's submission for the 2007 TIP report for Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). Post's point of contact for trafficking issues is Poloff Danielle Harms, phone 387-33-445-700 x2312, fax 387-33-659-722, e-mail HarmsDA@state.gov. Time spent in preparing report: CDA [...]
2007-03-02 06:36:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG
07SARAJEVO509BOSNIA - HIGHREP'S OFFICE WILL STAY UNTIL JUNE 2008
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At their February 26-27 meeting, the Peace Implementation Council (PIC) Political Directors agreed to continue the OHR's mandate with the aim of closing it down by June 30, 2008. Russia refused to join the consensus, however, insisting on a footnote in the communique highlighting [...]
2007-03-06 14:53:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KJUS KAWC BK
07SARAJEVO935BOSNIA: FOREIGN MINISTER ALKALAJ SHOULD HEAR A
[...] (C) Summary. Bosnian Foreign Minister Sven Alkalaj arrives in Washington April 30 for a week-long visit. Having served as the Bosnian Ambassador to the U.S (1994- 2000),Alkalaj is no stranger to Washington, but this will be his first U.S. visit as Foreign Minister. Although he assumed his [...]
2007-04-27 13:31:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALBK PGOV PREL
07SECTION01OF03ANKARA365ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-20 15:12:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07SEOUL1216THE POLITICS OF ALLIANCE RELATIONS (3 OF 3)
[...] (C) SUMMARY: This is the third and final cable in a series reporting on the politics of U.S.-ROK Alliance relations. Reftel A explored how the Republic of Korea views its security environment. Reftel B looked at how the U.S.-ROK Alliance fits with ROK security perspectives. This final rep [...]
2007-04-26 08:19:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PGOV PINS MARR MCAP KS KN CH JA
07SEOUL1261UPDATE OF LABOR INFORMATION FOR MANDATORY US-KOREA FREE
[...] (U) Original questions are included below from reftel. Answers to questions follow after each question. LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR LABOR RIGHTS 2. (U) Question: Please provide a detailed summary of all new labor legislation passed in 2006 and 2007. Please provide copies of the text of this l [...]
2007-05-01 07:11:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKS ECIN ECON ELAB ETRD EAID
07SEOUL217POLICY PLANNING TRILATERAL, SESSION 2: ENERGY
[...] (C) S/P Director Dr. Stephen Krasner and his delegation met with Korean and Japanese counterparts January 10-11 for a trilateral policy planning dialogue (ref a). Over lunch on January 11, the three delegations discussed energy security, peacebuilding, and UN reform. Both Korea and Japan, [...]
2007-01-23 07:54:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALENRG PREL AORC KUNR KPKO KS JA US
07SEOUL220POLICY PLANNING TRILATERAL, SESSION 1: THE KOREAN
[...] (C) During Session 1 of the January 11 U.S.-ROK-Japan Policy Planning Talks, ROK Deputy Foreign Minister Park In-kook, Japanese Deputy Vice Minister Masaharu Kono, and S/P Director Stephen R. Krasner outlined their respective countries' foreign policy priorities and strategies toward North Ko [...]
2007-01-23 08:30:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KS
07SEOUL2410ROK-DPRK SUMMIT LIKELY TO BROADEN ECONOMIC
[...] (C) During the two days since the surprise announcement of an August 28-30 North-South summit to be held in Pyongyang (reftel),hints have emerged that the ROKG will offer to considerably broaden economic cooperation with the North under the heading of "social overhead capital," possibly inclu [...]
2007-08-10 09:04:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALKN KS PGOV PINR PREL
07SEOUL3006ROH SURPRISED BY DPRK ATTITUDE, BUT NO SURPRISES
[...] (C) While the joint declaration from the North-South Summit contained no major surprises, President Roh was reported as being surprised by the level of suspicion in his meetings with the DPRK. The joint declaration included a DPRK commitment to denuclearization but made no overt mention of th [...]
2007-10-04 08:10:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KS KN
07SEOUL3007ROH SURPRISED BY DPRK ATTITUDE, BUT NO SURPRISES
[...] (C) While the joint declaration from the North-South Summit contained no major surprises, President Roh was reported as being surprised by the level of suspicion in his meetings with the DPRK. The joint declaration included a DPRK commitment to denuclearization and a peace regime to replace t [...]
2007-10-04 09:39:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KS KN ECON
07SEOUL3086ALL KEY POLITICAL FACTORS FAVOR GNP CANDIDATE LEE
[...] (C) Summary: With just 68 days until the presidential election, there is no indication that the liberal camp will be able to overcome Grand National Party (GNP) candidate Lee Myung-bak's lead. (In an October 5 SBS-Hankook Ilbo poll, Lee received 47.6 percent support to 11.3 percent for his cl [...]
2007-10-12 06:44:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KN KS
07SEOUL3137LEE UNVEILS OFFICIAL CAMPAIGN LEADERSHIP TEAM
[...] (SBU) Summary: In forming his campaign leadership team, Grand National Party (GNP) presidential candidate Lee Myung-bak tried to combine both party members and outside figures in what he termed a "2 6" leadership formula - two campaign chairmen from within the party plus six co-chairs from ou [...]
2007-10-19 07:04:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKN KS PGOV PREL PINR
07SHANGHAI335SHANGHAI INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES VIEWS ON
[...] (C) Summary. During a May 29 luncheon with the Consul General, Shanghai Institute For International Studies (SIIS) Vice President Yang Jiemian said China would be responsive to U.S. requests conveyed via the Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) process. He predicted that China would gradually ta [...]
2007-06-01 03:09:00Consulate ShanghaiCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON CH TW XA XK XR XD
07SHANGHAI464SHANGHAI MUNICIPAL TRADE UNION COUNCIL: PROTECTING ECONOMIC
[...] (SBU) Summary. In a July 16 meeting, Shanghai Municipal Trade Union Council (SMTUC) Deputy Director Huang Qi called the new Labor Contract Law (LCL) a positive development because of its emphasis on the role of the trade union in labor contracts. Although SMTUC's primary responsibility was to [...]
2007-07-24 03:42:00Consulate ShanghaiCONFIDENTIALELAB PGOV PHUM CH
07SHANGHAI655(C) NANJING ACADEMIC'S SUGGESTIONS FOR BACKCHANNELS TO
[...] (S) Summary: During a September 28 discussion, Nanjing University Professor Gu Su (strictly protect) gave his assessment of who might make good "back-door" conduits for U.S. officials to pass information to more senior leaders. Gu believes that former President Jiang Zemin's eldest son has [...]
2007-10-05 09:47:00Consulate ShanghaiSECRETPGOV PINR SOCI ETRD CH
07SINGAPORE2085ASEAN LEADERS SIGN CHARTER
[...] (U) Summary: Following is the text, as issued by the Singapore MFA, of the ASEAN Charter signed by ASEAN leaders in Singapore on November 20. The Charter identifies "democracy," "the rule of law," and "human rights" as principles of ASEAN, in addition to familiar ASEAN principles like "sover [...]
2007-11-20 11:16:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM SN ASEAN
07SKOPJE102MACEDONIA'S OPPOSITION: DISENGAGEMENT AND DISARRAY
[...] (C) Frustrated over the lack of a genuine political dialogue with the government, Macedonia's main eAlbanian opposition party DUI is boycotting the Parliament and considering cutting ties between the municipalities it controls and the central government. DUI leaders cite a list of demands, inc [...]
2007-02-02 16:55:00Embassy SkopjeCONFIDENTIALPGOV MK
07SKOPJE476MACEDONIA: SLOW BUT STEADY PROGRESS ON JUDICIAL
[...] (SBU) Since independence in 1991, Macedonia has demonstrated slow but steady progress on judicial reforms. In Freedom House's "Judicial Framework and Independence Ratings for 2006," Macedonia currently ranks number two in the region, behind only NATO and EU member Bulgaria, and well ahead of t [...]
2007-06-19 08:52:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV NATO MK
07SKOPJE932MACEDONIA: SCENESETTER FOR STAFFDEL SLOAT
[...] (SBU) Welcome to Skopje! You will arrive shortly after key USG, NATO, and EU officials have called on the political parties, the government, and members of parliament to put aside their partisan differences, engage in constructive dialogue, and rollup their sleeves. We have reiterated a consi [...]
2007-11-28 16:25:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV MK
07SOFIA125BULGARIA: PRESIDENT PARVANOV IN STRONG POSITION AS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Parvanov, Bulgaria's first post-communist president to win re-election, begins his second term in office as the dominant actor on the Bulgarian political stage, despite his relatively limited constitutional powers. His behind-the-scenes influence over the current govern [...]
2007-01-26 14:55:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ BU
07SOFIA204BULGARIA: MOD CONSIDERS ADDITIONAL AFGHAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 15 meeting, MoD Defense Policy Director Col. Ivan Milanov gave a readout of Bulgaria's discussions at the Seville Ministerial and outlined Bulgaria's plans for future deployments to Afghanistan. In addition to Bulgaria's previously announced commitment to deploy a m [...]
2007-02-15 13:37:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NATO MOPS MARR AF BU
07SOFIA268BULGARIA: VIEWS ON MARITIME SECURITY IN WAKE OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Admiral Harry Ulrich (Commander of US Naval Forces Europe and Allied Joint Forces Command Naples) visited Bulgaria 21-23 February 2007, meeting with President Georgi Parvanov, Defense Minister Veselin Bliznakov, Deputy PM and Minister for Foreign Affairs Ivaylo Kalfin, as well as [...]
2007-02-28 11:45:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NATO MARR MOPS TU BU
07STATE126089DEMARCHE REQUEST - OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION
[...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: The OSCE will be conducting its Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM) from September 24 through October 5 in Warsaw. The HDIM is an annual review of participating States, implementation of their OSCE commitments to human rights and fundamental freedo [...]
2007-09-07 21:53:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL ECON OSCE
07STATE143810U.S. STATEMENT TO THE SECURITY COUNCIL ON
[...] This is an action request. USUN is instructed to make the following statement following the briefing of the Special Representative of the Secretary General in Afghanistan, Tom Koenigs, to the Security Council on October 15. 2. Begin Text: Mr. President, I would like to thank the Special [...]
2007-10-12 22:19:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL AF
07STATE145598USG COMMENTS ON UNDPKO "CAPSTONE DOCTRINE"
[...] (U) As part of its "peace operations 2010" reforms, the UN's Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO),with the help of more than 250 international experts meeting in workshops around the world, has developed a document that sets out for practitioners the guiding principles and core tasks [...]
2007-10-17 22:13:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO UN MARR
07STATE148605DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS
[...] (U) This is an action request please see paragraphs 2- 5. For Moscow, Beijing, G7, and all NEA Posts, Washington requests delivery of the talking points at the Ministerial level. OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. (SBU) Secretary Rice and Secretary Paulson will go on camera at 0900 EST on Thu [...]
2007-10-25 11:17:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KNNP IR PARM EFIN
07STATE149413TAJIKISTAN: DEMARCHE ON REGISTRATION OF THE
[...] (SBU) This is an action message. Please see para 2. 2. (SBU) Post is instructed to deliver the demarches in paras three and four to the appropriate presidential or government official to strongly voice U.S. concern about the ongoing failure to register the National Democratic Institute a [...]
2007-10-26 16:11:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM EAID KIRF TI
07STATE150674SECRETARY'S 10/29 MEETING WITH SPANISH FM
[...] (U) October 29, 2007, 10:00 a.m., Secretary's Office 2. (U) Participants: United States The Secretary EUR A/S Daniel Fried PA A/S Sean McCormack Steve Beecroft EUR Elaine Samson (Notetaker) Spain Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos Ambassador Carlos Westendorp Chief of Staf [...]
2007-10-30 22:29:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALOSCE KCFE SP KV RU KZ MD
07STATE150762OBJECTIVES FOR BURMA IN THE SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] (C) Summary and Action Request - Department requests USUN share with the UK and French missions U.S. comments on the papers that each mission shared with USUN regarding short-term and long-term benchmarks for the Burmese regime,s cooperation with UN Special Adviser Ibrahim Gambari. OBJECTIVE [...]
2007-10-31 12:20:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC BM
07STATE151077REQUEST FOR WIREC FOLLOW-UP; HONORABLE KAZUYUKI
[...] THIS IS AN ACTION CABLE, PLEASE SEE PARA 3. 2. SUMMARY: The week of September 24th, OES P/DAS Reno Harnish met with Japan's Kazuyuki Takeuchi (Director, Economic Security Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs) to discuss the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008) [...]
2007-10-31 19:06:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TRGY SOCI KPAO ENRG JA
07STATE152302INSTRUCTIONS (PART ONE) FOR THE RESOLUTION ON
[...] This is an Action request. USUN is instructed to join in co-sponsoring and vote in favor of the resolution on The Situation in Afghanistan, begun in para 2, to be debated in the UN General Assembly on Monday, November 5. Because of the length of the resolution text, the Department is sending [...]
2007-11-03 02:15:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM MOPS AF UN
07STATE156111PSI OPERATIONAL EXPERTS GROUP MEETING IN RHODES,
[...] The Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Operational Experts Group (OEG) meeting took place in Rhodes, Greece on October 2-4, 2007. Information contained in this cable is provided for Posts' information and is not to be passed to non-OEG participant governments. A follow-on cable will pro [...]
2007-11-14 16:30:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC GR PARM PREL
07STATE156113PSI OPERATIONAL EXPERTS GROUP MEETING IN RHODES,
[...] The Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Operational Experts Group (OEG) meeting took place in Rhodes, Greece on October 2-4, 2007. Information contained in this cable is provided for Posts' information and is not to be passed to non-OEG participant governments. A follow-on cable will pro [...]
2007-11-14 16:32:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC GR PARM PREL
07STATE166990U/S BURNS' MEETING WITH AZERBAIJANI FM
[...] (S) Summary: Under Secretary Burns met with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Mammadyrov on November 30 on the margins of the OSCE Ministerial in Madrid. On Iran, Under Secretary Burns pushed for Azerbaijani support of USG policy to deter Iran,s nuclear power ambitions. On Nagorno-Karabakh, FM M [...]
2007-12-14 14:20:00Secretary of StateSECRETPGOV PHUM PREL
07STATE169391SIERRA LEONE - VOTING INSTRUCTIONS ON UNIOSIL
[...] This is an action message. See paragraph 2. 2. USUN is instructed to vote in favor of the UNIOSIL extension resolution scheduled for adoption by the Council on December 21. Full text of the resolution follows: The Security Council, Re-affirming its previous Resolutions and the state [...]
2007-12-21 02:41:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM XA XY SL
07STATE33268PRESSING AFRICANS TO SUPPORT UN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) Summary: The United States believes the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) should respond to the extremely brutal attacks -- which resulted in at least one death -- by Zimbabwean authorities against opposition members during and after a peaceful prayer meeting on March 11. Posts are instructe [...]
2007-03-15 20:25:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALUNHCR PHUM PREL ZI
07STATE75561SUCCESSFUL CENTCOM COALITION CONFERENCE IN TAMPA
[...] (U) SUMMARY. CENTCOM's Coalition conference in Tampa, FL, successfully gathered both military and civilian participants from current and prospective Coalition countries to provide an overview of Coalition planning for the next 12-18 months. The guest appearance by the President was particula [...]
2007-06-01 15:32:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL IZ NATO
07STATE81232EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON INSURGENCY OPENS DIALOGUE;
[...] (U) This cable is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Not for Internet distribution. 2. (U) SUMMARY: As part of the U.S. Government Interagency Counterinsurgency Initiative, the State Department collaborated with the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) to deliver a European conference on [...]
2007-06-11 23:00:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MOPS EAID EUN PGOV PINS PREL PTER PROP
07STATE99391A COORDINATED APPROACH ON DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (SBU) Promoting democratic reform and respect for human rights in Azerbaijan, a geo-strategically important, secular Muslim country, is a high USG priority. In December 2006, DRL A/S Lowenkron met with President Ilham Aliyev to launch a formal senior-lev [...]
2007-07-17 21:39:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAJ EUN KDEM OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL
07SUVA387FIJI UPDATE AUG. 6, 07: STRIKES; AUSTRALIA-FIJI;
[...] (C) Some Fiji public-sector unions remain on strike. Others have gone back to work, at least for now. The interim government (IG) is adamant thus far that no lucrative settlement will take place. A war of words between Australia and the IG continues. Interim PM Bainimarama is spinning the I [...]
2007-08-05 20:30:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM FJ
07SUVA463GEF CEO EXPOUNDS 100 MILLION USD PACIFIC ALLIANCE FOR
[...] SUMMARY: GEF CEO Monique Barbut laid out her vision for the GEF Pacific Alliance for Sustainability (GEF-PAS) on September 10 at a one-day event for GEF focal points in advance of the annual SPREP meeting in Apia. Barbut explained that GEF-PAS, a country-driven sub-regional program, could prov [...]
2007-09-23 20:14:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EFIN EAID WS XV GEF
07TAIPEI124DAUSTR STRATFORD DISCUSSES TIFA & FTA WITH TAIWAN
[...] (C) Summary: Taiwan reiterated its strong desire to enter into an FTA with the U.S. Senior economic officials indicated they are prepared to work diligently on the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) agenda, including the bilateral investment and tax agreements, the Consultative [...]
2007-01-17 09:38:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON PREL TW
07TAIPEI1999U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Vice Premier Chiou I-jen told the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission delegation that the cross-Strait military balance is increasingly favoring China. President Chen understands that U.S.-Taiwan military cooperation is essential to Taiwan's defense, Chiou added [...]
2007-08-31 04:36:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PGOV PREL CH TW
07TAIPEI227TAIWAN ECONOMIC MINISTER OPTIMISTIC ON TIFA AND
[...] (C) Minister of Economic Affairs Steve Chen reminded AIT Director January 26 his major goal is a bilateral FTA, but he is more than willing to pursue a robust TIFA agenda in the nearer term. He promised some points on the Bilateral Investment Agreement in a few days, welcomed our decision to [...]
2007-01-30 09:44:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD KIPR TW EINV
07TAIPEI2382USTR/USDA BEEF DELEGATION PRESSES TAIWAN ON BEEF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During October 17-19 meetings with a range of senior Taiwan officials and industry representatives, a USTR/USDA beef trade delegation led by USTR Special Envoy Ambassador Richard Crowder stressed the importance of rapid Taiwan action in following the science-based guidelines of [...]
2007-10-23 08:03:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ETRD ECON PGOV PREL TW
07TAIPEI674TAIWAN VICE PREMIER DISCUSSES BILATERAL
[...] (C) Summary: Vice Premier Tsai told AIT Director Young March 22 that President Chen's speech of March 4 was not intended as any signal of a change in policy on Chen's commitment to the "four noes." She said the DPP wants to press the budget forward but the "pan Blue" KMT and PFP parties firs [...]
2007-03-23 09:31:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON PREL TW
07TAIPEI740INPUT FOR 2007 TIP REPORT - TAIWAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-30 11:21:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV TW
07TAIPEI91TAIWAN VICE PREMIER ON BILATERAL TRADE
[...] (C) Summary: Vice Premier Tsai told AIT Director Young January 12 she is focused on managing the financial crisis resulting from a run on a local bank and criminal investigations into the collapse of a large local conglomerate. The Director reaffirmed U.S. interest in advancing bilateral tr [...]
2007-01-12 10:37:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON PREL TW
07TALLINN233ESTONIA'S NEW GOVERNMENT (PART II): BIOS ON KEY
[...] (U) Summary. On April 2, the Estonian Reform Party, Isamaa and Res Publica Union (IRL),and the Social Democratic Party (SDE) officially signed a coalition agreement forming the new government. The three-party coalition has 60 seats in the 101-member parliament (Ref A). Prime Minister Andru [...]
2007-04-05 13:10:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EN
07TALLINN277U.S.-BALTIC RELATIONS REMAIN STRONG: U.S.-BALTICS
[...] (U) Summary. The Government of Estonia (GOE) hosted the U.S.-Baltic Multilateral and Bilateral Working Group Meeting in Tallinn on April 10-12. At the multilateral working group meetings, the key issues discussed were the future of the NATO Air Policing mission, international operations (in [...]
2007-04-26 15:09:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS NATO PGOV PREL LG LH EN
07TALLINN278U.S.-BALTIC RELATIONS REMAIN STRONG: U.S.-BALTICS
[...] (U) Summary. The Government of Estonia (GOE) hosted the U.S.-Baltic Multilateral and Bilateral Working Group Meeting in Tallinn on April 10-12. At the multilateral working group meetings, the key issues discussed were the future of the NATO Air Policing mission, international operations (in [...]
2007-04-26 15:09:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS NATO PGOV PREL LG LH EN
07TALLINN716SURVEY OF IRAQ DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-02 12:34:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL IZ EN
07TASHKENT1029UZBEKISTAN REACTS TO EU SANCTIONS DECISION
[...] (C) Summary: The Government of Uzbekistan reacted on several fronts to the EU General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) decision on May 14 to prolong sanctions against Uzbekistan. The Foreign Ministry issued a critical statement; state-controlled media published negative stories; [...]
2007-05-29 11:49:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM EUN UZ
07TASHKENT1606PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES FACE OBSTACLES AND
[...] (C) Summary: While President Karimov has not yet made any official announcement on elections, which are widely expected to be planned for December 23, several human rights activists already have announced their candidacies. These self-declared candidates have little chance of being registered [...]
2007-09-12 11:12:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV UZ
07TASHKENT1827TASHKENT "KREMLINOLOGY": UZBEK OFFICIAL MEDIA SHOW
[...] (C) Summary: Uzbekistan's official media has shown a very troubled, aged President Karimov at the October summits of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO),CIS, and EURASEC in Dushanbe. This differs dramatically from previous coverage, which has generally shown an upbeat, more you [...]
2007-10-23 10:50:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL RS UZ
07TASHKENT355(C) UZBEK FM MISSES OPPORTUNITY IN MEETING WTIH
[...] (C) Summary: SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum's March 2 meeting with Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov did not live up to expectations. Over three days of meetings with senior Uzbek officials, Feigenbaum had proposed that the Government take concrete steps to improve relations and offered specific sugge [...]
2007-03-05 06:25:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ECON EU AF UZ
07TASHKENT376NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR AND DEFENSE MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary: National Security Council Secretary Murod Ataev and Defense Minister Ruslan Mirzaev told SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum that they value cooperation with the United States. However, Ataev said, Uzbekistan can now do without U.S. assistance in certain areas and neighborhood committees can [...]
2007-03-08 05:44:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MASS EAID PINR AF UZ
07TBILISI2708G/TIP VISITS GEORGIA
[...] (SBU) Summary: In Tbilisi on October 22 and 23, G/TIP Officer Brittany Brown and EUR/PGI Officer Jody Buckneberg visited multiple NGOs and government agencies who comprise Georgia's joint effort to combat trafficking in persons (TIP). Accompanied by Emboffs, Brown and Buckneberg discussed the [...]
2007-11-02 07:09:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2948TBILISI UPDATE: 11/21/07
[...] (C) United National Council of Opposition (UNC) members met with Ambassador November 21 to express their concerns about continuing government "oppression" of November 7 protesters, government misuse of administrative resources to campaign, and the indefinite closure of Imedi. Goga Khaindrava [...]
2007-11-21 14:00:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI3096GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE DECEMBER 14
[...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of December 1-14. Georgian Politicians React to Medvedev -------------------------------------- 2. Georgian political figures reacted immediately -- and unanimously -- to Russi [...]
2007-12-14 11:56:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM GG
07TBILISI3177OPPOSITION GEARING UP FOR THE DAY AFTER GEORGIAN
[...] (C) Summary: As the election campaign enters its final week and following a series of events that have strengthened former president Saakashvili's bid to win the January 5 presidential elections, it is increasingly clear that most opposition parties are planning not for victory on election d [...]
2007-12-28 12:52:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM GG
07TBILISI3179TBILISI ELECTIONS UPDATE 12/28/2007
[...] (U) ODIHR's second report was released on December 28 and notes that the campaign environment has been soured by allegations of use by Saakashvili of budgetary funds, unequal campaign conditions, intimidation, and vote buying. OSCE ODIHR has received information and first hand accounts which [...]
2007-12-28 13:28:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM GG
07TELAVIV1029ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Detention and Release of UK Sailors ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot and Israel Radio reported that around two weeks ago IDF Cpl. Gilad Shalit's captors passed on to him a pair of glasses sent by his father. The r [...]
2007-04-06 10:00:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1048ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Over the weekend the media reported on slight progress in negotiations toward the release of IDF Cpl. Gilad Shalit. On Sunday leading media reported that Hamas demands the liberation of 1, [...]
2007-04-10 10:08:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1075ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-12 09:15:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1088ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot reported that, during their meeting in Jerusalem on Sunday, PM Ehud Olmert and PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas will discuss the "diplomatic horizon." Yediot reported that Olme [...]
2007-04-13 11:34:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1143ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Secretary Gates to Israel, April 18-19, 2007 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz and The Jerusalem Post prominently covered the visit of Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates to Israel. Yediot and Maariv did not report on th [...]
2007-04-19 08:49:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1147DID MK AZMI BISHARA PASS SECRETS TO HIZBALLAH
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Israeli-Arab MK and Balad party leader Azmi Bishara left Israel in early April amid rumors that the security services were preparing a case against him for unspecified security offenses. While a gag order prevents public discussion of the case by GOI officials, contacts have t [...]
2007-04-19 13:06:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER PINR IS LE
07TELAVIV1163ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that Defense Secretary Robert Gates ended his short visit to Israel on Thursday with a meeting with PM Olmert and FM Tzipi Livni. Ha'aretz said that the [...]
2007-04-20 09:46:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1218ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. US-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Similar to other media, Ha'aretz quoted senior IDF officers as saying that on Tuesday the IDF foiled a Hamas attempt to kidnap a soldier on the Gaza border. Apparently as pa [...]
2007-04-26 05:17:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1223ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] PM Olmert's Performance 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that, in a high-level defense consultation on Wednesday, PM Ehud Olmert decided that Israel will avoid a broad military response to the Hamas rocket bar [...]
2007-04-26 08:50:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1246ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. PM Olmert's Performance ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that the US administration has presented Israel and the PA with benchmarks by which the sides will be required to abide, in accordance with [...]
2007-04-27 09:39:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1263ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Winograd Probe Into 2nd Lebanon War 2. Mideast 3. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Over the weekend Channel 10-TV unofficially disclosed the basic points of the interim report of the Winograd Commission probing the Second Lebano [...]
2007-04-30 09:33:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1293ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-02 09:42:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1299ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-03 10:26:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1348ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. PM Olmert's Performance ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot, Israel Radio, and other leading media quoted State Department Spokesman Sean McCormack as saying in his daily briefing on Monday that he would not ex [...]
2007-05-08 11:39:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1358ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-09 09:54:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1365ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-10 09:41:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1384ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-11 12:04:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1514ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that last night the Israel Air Force bombed the house of Hamas parliamentarian Khalil al-Haya in Gaza. He was slightly injured in the attack, but eight others including [...]
2007-05-21 10:43:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1540ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-24 10:23:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1572ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] "Nothing to Worry About" Senior diplomatic correspondent Shimon Shiffer wrote in the mass-circulation, pluralist Yediot Aharonot (05/30): "The combative sounds being made by the Labor Party candidates should not cause undue excitement.... Whether Barak is elected or Ayalon -- either of them [...]
2007-05-30 10:12:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1624ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] 40th Anniversary of the Six-Day War 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted Palestinian sources as saying that PM Ehud Olmert will meet on Thursday in Jericho with PA Chairman (President) Mahmoud Abbas. Israel Rad [...]
2007-06-05 11:00:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1757ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Hamas Takeover of Gaza Strip 2. Election of Shimon Peres as President of Israel ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that on Thursday Hamas completed its takeover of the Gaza Strip. Maariv bannered: "Three States for Two Na [...]
2007-06-15 10:01:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1842ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Israel: Governance ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that on Monday the US and EU lifted the embargo on the PA. The media quoted Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as saying: "We intend to lift [...]
2007-06-19 12:39:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1857ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] PM Olmert's Visit to US 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on Tuesday's meeting at the White House between PM Ehud Olmert and President Bush. The media quoted the two leaders as saying publicly that they would [...]
2007-06-20 09:52:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1901ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-21 10:56:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2050ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-03 10:29:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2081ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-06 10:17:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2090ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-09 10:40:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2124ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Pakistan 3. Iraq 4. US-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz and The Jerusalem Post reported that the Arab League delegation composed of Egyptian FM Ahmed Ali Abu al-Gheit and Jordanian FM Abdelel [...]
2007-07-11 09:57:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2177GENERALLY POSITIVE ISRAELI REACTION TO THE
[...] (C) Summary. Public commentary in Israel on the President's July 16 speech has headlined the GOI's satisfaction, including a leak from PM Olmert's office that the idea for a regional meeting originated with Olmert. Meanwhile, mainstream commentators continued to express doubts about President [...]
2007-07-17 15:26:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL XF IS
07TELAVIV2210ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-19 10:24:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2221ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media continued to report on the release of 255 Palestinian prisoners this morning. The released prisoners signed a pledge not to return to terrorism and they will be welc [...]
2007-07-20 10:10:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2233ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Turkish Elections: AKP Victory ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that former British PM Tony Blair, the Quartet's special envoy to the Middle East peace process, is scheduled to arrive in the country today for [...]
2007-07-23 12:01:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2345ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-31 09:57:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV246ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported and all major media, except Maariv and The Jerusalem Post, bannered last night's joint statement by PM Ehud Olmert and Defense Minister announcing their decision to appoi [...]
2007-01-23 11:25:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2513ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast: ------------ Summary: -------- Columnist and former IDF Intelligence chief Shlomo Gazit wrote in the popular, pluralist Maariv: "Israel's steps [vis-a-vis Syria] are determined more than anything by domestic politics, and in particular by the Prime Minister's attempt to portray [...]
2007-08-20 10:41:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2543ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-22 10:00:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2576U/S BURNS' MEETING AT ISRAEL'S MFA ON LEBANON,
[...] (S) After the August 16 signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on U.S. Security Assistance to Israel and the press conference that followed, Under Secretary Burns and his delegation participated in a roundtable discussion of issues with an Israeli MFA delegation led by MFA Director G [...]
2007-08-24 04:24:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL MASS NATO PTER KNNP UNSC SY IR EG LE IS
07TELAVIV2620ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Turkey ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on the meeting between PM Ehud Olmert and PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas. The Jerusalem Post reported that on Tuesday officials from both sides ad [...]
2007-08-29 11:46:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2636ISRAELI NGO SUES TERRORISTS, TIES UP PA MONEY
[...] (S) SUMMARY: The Government of Israel (GOI) recently reached an agreement with the Palestinian Authority (PA) to release portions of withheld Palestinian customs revenue (ref A),but a substantial portion of these funds remains frozen by court order. Israeli courts are in the process of deci [...]
2007-08-30 07:43:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETEFIN EAID PTER KWBG IS IR
07TELAVIV267ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Israel: Governance 2. Syria ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major electronic media cited the State of the Union Address that President Bush delivered on Tuesday. The media reported that the President dedicated roughly half of his speech [...]
2007-01-24 11:50:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2737ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-11 10:36:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2756ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media cited a report by Christiane Amanpour of CNN based on American and Middle Eastern sources that Israel's action in Syria last week was directed at an Iranian shipment [...]
2007-09-12 10:02:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV283ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] State of the Union Address 2. Mideast 3. Israel: Governance ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post highlighted a part of President Bush's State of the Union Address: "We could expect an epic battle between Shi'a extremis [...]
2007-01-25 10:48:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2853ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-26 10:29:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2870ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that FM Tzipi Livni may meet PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas in New York. The radio reported that in her speech to the UN General Assembly, Livni is expected to [...]
2007-09-28 10:15:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2890ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-02 10:37:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2947ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-12 13:37:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2986ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-16 06:06:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3014SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-18 07:47:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3030ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reported that President Bush is sending National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley to the Middle East next week and that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will return soo [...]
2007-10-19 10:14:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3164ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-31 10:30:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3187ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-02 13:02:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3244ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast 3. Global Democracy ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that on Wednesday Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz, who is in charge of the strategic dialogue with the US, met with Secretary of State Con [...]
2007-11-08 11:13:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3281ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz and The Jerusalem Post led with Israeli demands to the Palestinian Authority that Israel be recognized as a Jewish state. The Jerusalem Post reported that opposition from Palestini [...]
2007-11-15 11:23:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3411ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-30 11:25:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3429ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Russian Parliamentary Elections ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media (banners in Ha'aretz and the Jerusalem Post) reported that on Sunday Labor Party Chairman and Defense Minister Ehud Barak proposed at the weekly cabin [...]
2007-12-03 13:51:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3441ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The release of the U.S. National Intelligence Assessment on Iran received top billing in major media. The Jerusalem Post headlined "US: Iran Stopped Its Nuclear Arms Program 4 Years Ago". [...]
2007-12-04 11:29:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3491ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post quoted senior diplomatic officials in Jerusalem as saying that the Israeli and Palestinian negotiators who will meet in Jerusalem on Wednesday to kick off final-status ne [...]
2007-12-11 11:35:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3520ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv reported that President Bush is expected to accept an invitation by Knesset Speaker Dalia Itzik to visit Israel during the state's 60th anniversary celebrations. The newspaper repor [...]
2007-12-14 11:08:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3536ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv quoted the Israeli defense establishment as saying that Mossad Director Meir Dagan is not capable of convincing the Americans about the seriousness of the Iranian nuclear threat. On [...]
2007-12-17 11:24:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3606ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------ Â [...]
2007-12-27 05:54:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3612ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on the outcome of Defense Minister Ehud Barak's visit to Sharm el-Sheikh on Wednesday. Media reported that Barak and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak se [...]
2007-12-27 11:13:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV450ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-09 10:36:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV481ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. US-Israel Relations 2. North Korea ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz (English Ed.) quoted senior GOI sources as saying that Israel has decided to reassess its relations with the PA and its Chairman [President], Mah [...]
2007-02-14 10:32:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV591ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reported that on Thursday Israeli officials in Washington urged "crisper" and "faster" moves to sanction Iran after a UN report found that the Islamic Republic had expand [...]
2007-02-23 10:27:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV615ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post quoted sources in Washington as saying that Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns is slated to SIPDIS head the American side negotiating Israel [...]
2007-02-27 09:42:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV636ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Taiwan ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that tonight Knesset Speaker Dalia Itzik will meet with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and later with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The radio reported that Itzik [...]
2007-02-28 09:54:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV660ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Proposed Baghdad Conference ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz quoted a senior political source in Jerusalem as saying on Wednesday that Olmert and PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas will meet in two weeks, their third m [...]
2007-03-01 10:13:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV678ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iraq 2. Syria 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted a State Department official in Washington as saying that no one in the US administration, including President Bush, can point out a date for the establishment [...]
2007-03-02 10:26:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV697ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast: ------------ Summary: -------- The independent, left-leaning Ha'aretz editorialized: "It is the duty of the government of Israel not to reject the hand that is being offered by Saudi Arabia." Zalman Shoval, senior Likud member and former ambassador to the US, wrote in the ma [...]
2007-03-05 10:31:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV704ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. North Korea ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv reported that PM Ehud Olmert and PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas will meet next week, probably at Olmert's official residence in Jerusalem. The newspaper r [...]
2007-03-06 09:28:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV728ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Proposed Baghdad Conference ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reported that an agreement has been reached with Hamas over the number of prisoners Israel will release in return for Cpl. Gilad Shali [...]
2007-03-08 10:25:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV767ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-14 09:05:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV824ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that on Wednesday FM Livni discussed with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice ways to respond to the formation SIPDIS of a Palestinian unity government and that Arab pa [...]
2007-03-16 09:23:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV860ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-20 11:15:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV871ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Israel-Europe Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that Israel's friends in the US Congress are applying heavy pressure on the US administration and the EU not to modify their stances regarding the P [...]
2007-03-21 10:59:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV885ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-22 09:15:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV917SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-26 06:10:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV957ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-28 10:23:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07THEHAGUE1002CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE
[...] (U) Facilitator Kimmo Laukenen (Finland) launched his facilitation with an extremely informative May 22 session, focusing on implementation developments since February 2007 and upcoming Technical Secretariat outreach activities. The facilitator noted that his goal would be to create a structu [...]
2007-05-29 15:26:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE1186CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE
[...] (U) On June 11, Amb. Lyn Parker (UK) chaired a meeting of States Parties and chemical industry representatives for the preparation of the Second RevCon. In his opening remarks, the Director General made mention of: UNSC 1540, the chlorine gas attacks in Iraq, the importance of establishing nat [...]
2007-06-20 11:14:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE1364NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: DASD FATA'S JULY 13 VISIT
[...] (C) Summary: During his meetings with Dutch officials on July 13, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for European and NATO Policy Daniel Fata discussed the Dutch decision on whether to extend in some capacity its ISAF mission in Afghanistan. Dutch officials were receptive to Fata's suggestion of [...]
2007-07-19 10:31:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NATO AF NL
07THEHAGUE1851CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR
[...] (U) ACTION ITEMS -- see paragraphs 31 and 69. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) Executive Council 50 approved the OPCW's zero nominal growth budget for 2008, in a newly productive spirit of getting things done after the large agenda of unfinished business it inherited from the previous s [...]
2007-10-04 16:27:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE1963CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP UP FOR THE
[...] (U) During the October 19 consultation (at which Iran was noticeably absent),significant progress was made on a draft decision. As a result, the facilitator (Larry Denyer, Del) prepared a new draft to reflect the general consensus achieved during this most meeting. Based on subsequent consu [...]
2007-11-02 18:55:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE2010CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP UP FOR
[...] (SBU) The Western European and Others Group (WEOG) held its normal weekly meeting on November 13. Discussion was dominated by the review of the Conference of States Parties the week before. While several delegations began by noting that all,s well that ends well (quoted in different languag [...]
2007-11-21 17:00:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE762CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE
[...] (U) Facilitator Luis Garcia (Spain) held an April 17 consultation to discuss the opinion of the Legal Advisor Santiago Onate regarding what information could be made available on an anonymous facility list. Onate carefully laid out his opinion, based on the Verification Annex part IX, Section [...]
2007-04-24 12:56:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
07TIRANA173SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKIG IN PERSONS
[...] (U) Below are Embassy Tirana's responses to the Qepartment's questions about trafficking in persons in Albania. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Albania is a source country for trafficking in person1 but is deemed by various international observer groups to no longer be a significant country of [...]
2007-03-02 15:58:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM KQM ELAB CMAE KQRDQ PPEF PREL KJUS
07TOKYO1051UNSCR 1718 IMPLEMENTATION: JAPAN CAUTIOUS,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S., Japanese and Australian delegates to the Trilateral Working Group (WG) on Implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1718 met in Tokyo January 24 to continue discussions on 1718 implementation including resolving outstanding legal and policy concerns over sanctions en [...]
2007-03-12 05:53:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL MARR UNSC AS JA
07TOKYO1058JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER'S "MIDDLE EAST POLICY AS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Middle East is currently standing at a critical crossroads between stability and turmoil, and it is imperative that Japan do all it can to secure and reinforce maximum stability in the region, declared Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso February 28 in a policy address titled [...]
2007-03-12 07:23:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG ETRD EAID XF AF TU JA
07TOKYO1096JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/14/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-14 01:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1122JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/15/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-15 01:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1158JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/16/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-16 01:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1253 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/20/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-21 22:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1338JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/27/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-27 01:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1344 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/27/07-2
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-27 08:40:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1349JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/28/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-28 04:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1360 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/28/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-28 08:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1489JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/05/07-2
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-06 00:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1528 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/06/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-08 22:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1592 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/11/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-11 08:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO16JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/05/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-05 01:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1605JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/12/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-12 01:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO164 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/12/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-15 22:38:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1657 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/16/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-16 08:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1708 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04//07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-18 08:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1725JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/19/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-19 01:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1767(C) REQUEST FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON NEW PANEL
[...] (C/NF) The following is embassy Tokyo's response to Reftel request for insights into Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's proposed Panel on Collective Security (Note: The embassy comments are keyed to reftel questions): A. (C/NF) WHO ELSE WILL SERVE ON THE PANEL ASIDE FROM THOSE LISTED IN PRESS? [...]
2007-04-20 10:30:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPINR MARR PREL PGOV JA
07TOKYO1843JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/25/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-25 01:46:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1926JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/01/07-1
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-01 01:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1934JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/01/07-3
[...] Bills sponsored by government and ruling parties 2. Minshuto-sponsored bill National referendum bill  [...]
2007-05-01 04:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1989 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/07/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-07 01:59:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2102 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/10/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-10 08:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2168JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/15/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-15 01:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2219JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/17/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-17 01:36:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2239JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/18/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-18 01:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2251The Japan Economic Scope - May 18, 2007
[...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from May 18, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. LDP and DPJ Staff Members Discuss Upper House election 4. Keidanren Joins G-8 Business Declaration (SBU) 5. KORUS Creates Some Pressure for Japan-U.S. FTA (SBU) 6. FTA/EPA Debate Cont [...]
2007-05-18 06:48:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO2361 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/25/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-29 00:48:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2411 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/30/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-30 09:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2558PENSION CRISIS LEADS TO CHANGES IN LDP PLATFORM
[...] (C) Summary. Alarmed by plunging approval ratings, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has reordered the party's platform for the upcoming Upper House elections. Pension reform has replaced Prime Minister Abe's core issue of constitutional revision as the top item in the LDP's list of [...]
2007-06-07 09:20:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV JA
07TOKYO2599The Japan Economic Scope - June 7, 2007 - Part 1
[...] (U) This cable contains part one of Japan Economic Scope from June 7, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. VFM Yachi on FTA, WTO, Agriculture 4. Bilateral Investment Working Group Business Outreach; FTA, Transparency, DHS 5. Asia Pacific Business Leaders Discussed Regional Economic [...]
2007-06-08 07:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO2618 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/11/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-11 09:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2627JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/12/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-12 02:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2725JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/18/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-18 01:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2823JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/22/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-22 03:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2878JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/26/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-26 01:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2898JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/27/07-2
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-27 02:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO30 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/05/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-05 08:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3013JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07//07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-03 00:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3077JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/06/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-06 01:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3125The Japan Economic Scope--July 5, 2007 Part 1
[...] (U) This cable contains part one of the Japan Economic Scope from July 5, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. G-10 Agriculture Ministers Issue Another Statement on Doha 4. An Early Glimpse at G-8 Planning 5. Advisory Councils-- Recommendations - Few Details for Concrete Action 6. [...]
2007-07-09 08:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO321JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/24/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-24 01:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3569 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/03/07-2
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-03 08:03:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO359JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/26/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-26 01:37:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3681The Japan Economic Scope--August 9, 2007
[...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from August 9, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. LDP's Political Foundation Has "Crumbled," Says One Pundit 4. Postal Privatization, Other LDP Legislative Initiatives, Up for Review? 5. Beef Talks Grind Down, No Consensus Yet 6. [...]
2007-08-10 07:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO372S/P DIRECTOR KRASNER DISCUSSES PARTNERSHIP FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Meeting with S/P Director Dr. Stephen Krasner on January 12, Japanese Foreign Ministry Deputy Director General for International Cooperation Hiroshi Fukada welcomed the possible participation of the OECD in the Partnership for Democratic Governance initiative. He noted that ho [...]
2007-01-26 07:53:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID KDEM OECD JA
07TOKYO3820JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/20/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-20 01:51:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3830 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/20/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-20 08:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3870JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/22/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-22 01:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3877 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/22/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-22 08:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3884JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/23/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-23 01:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3922The Japan Economic Scope--August 23, 2007
[...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from August 23, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents Political Moves 3. Official Discusses Japan's "Confused" Political Situation, East China Sea and More 4. WTO Talks Set to Resume as Japanese Negotiators Face Cabinet Reshuffle 5. Abe V [...]
2007-08-24 07:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO3948JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/27/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-27 01:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3962FOREIGN MINISTER ASO VISITS JORDAN, ISRAEL, WEST
[...] (C) Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso was clearly pleased with his August 13-15 visit to Jordan, Israel, and the West Bank, calling it the most constructive diplomatic mission he has undertaken as Foreign Minister. The centerpiece of the visit was the "Ministerial Level Meeting of the Four Pa [...]
2007-08-27 06:33:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG SENV EAID ETRD IR IS JO JA
07TOKYO401 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/29/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-30 07:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4046 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/30/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-30 08:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4052The Japan Economic Scope--August 30, 2007
[...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from August 30, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents Political Moves 3. Abe Reshuffles Cabinet 4. New Appointees and Postal Privatization 5. ACCJ T&L Committee Meets with CPRR on Aviation Policy Money Matters 6. Minimum Wage Non-Compli [...]
2007-08-31 05:51:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO4096JAPAN'S NEW CABINET: GOOD NEWS FOR U.S.-JAPAN
[...] (C) Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has picked a line-up of cabinet ministers friendly to the U.S. and committed to continuing to make progress in the areas of defense, security, trade, economic reform, and the environment. On defense and security issues the new ministers already have pledged suppo [...]
2007-09-04 10:26:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO4159JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/07/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-07 01:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4248JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/12/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-12 01:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4297JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/14/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-14 02:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4359TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - UNREST IN PAKISTAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-19 02:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO4373 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/19/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-19 08:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO44The Japan Economic Scope - Economic News At-A-
[...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3. Unemployment Dips to Under 4% 4. Cabinet Approves Conservative Regular Budget for FY07 5. New Tax Commission Chairman Pro-Growth 6. METI "Investment Security" Study Group: Japan's "Exon-Florio"? 7. CPRR Issues Mixed Final Reform Recommendations 8. Japan Pos [...]
2007-01-09 05:34:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO4400JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/21/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-21 01:52:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4416 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/21/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-21 08:03:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
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