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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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08MOSCOW3330RUSSIANS SPLIT ON FUTURE OF RELATIONS UNDER OBAMA
[...] (SBU) Summary. The November 4 U.S. presidential elections elicited great media coverage and expert commentary in Russia, but opinions about the incoming Obama administration have been decidedly mixed. While many government leaders welcomed a change in U.S. leadership, others expected the st [...]
2008-11-18 11:10:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS
08MOSCOW3336RUSSIA ON PIC AND EULEX
[...] (C) Putting down markers on the upcoming Peace Implementation Council (PIC) meeting in Brussels, Russia's Special Representative on BiH and Kosovo Botsan-Kharchenko told us that Russia will seek a "balanced" statement, but would not insist on a timeline for transition. He called the current [...]
2008-11-18 12:50:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BH KV RU
08MOSCOW3352UNDERSECRETARY BURNS' LUNCH WITH DFM RYABKOV:
[...] (S) Summary. DFM Ryabkov November 12 reiterated FM Lavrov's message to U/S Burns and the Ambassador that Russia saw the Sochi Strategic Declaration as the basis for future U.S.-Russian relations, and Medvedev's state of the union address had not been intended as a deliberate slap at President [...]
2008-11-19 12:22:00Embassy MoscowSECRETPREL PGOV MARR KNNP KACT MNUC EFIN AF GG AM
08MOSCOW3362RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH OVERCOMES BARRIERS,
[...] (C) Summary. Uncertain economic and political circumstances are having an impact on the role that the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) plays and steps it must take to ensure its activities continue. In addition to domestic challenges facing the ROC, the financial crisis has compelled Patriarch [...]
2008-11-20 12:04:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS
08MOSCOW3411ROSATOM TO SEND ONLY WORKING-LEVEL DELEGATION TO
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-25 20:06:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IR RS
08MOSCOW346RUSSIA SEEKS, AND FINDS, A ROLE IN THE MIDDLE EAST
[...] (C) Summary: Russia is playing a higher profile role in the Middle East peace process, designed to draw attention to Moscow's reemergence on the international stage, which remains a significant motivation in the Kremlin's diplomacy. Russia continues to position itself as a bridge between the [...]
2008-02-08 14:47:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL LE IS SY RS XF
08MOSCOW3488RUSSIA SATISFIED WITH U.S.-IRAQ AGREEMENTS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-03 13:53:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ RS
08MOSCOW3573UNITED TO FLY DIRECT FROM WASHINGTON TO MOSCOW BY
[...] (SBU) On December 1, Oracio Marquez, United Airlines' Manager for International Regulatory Affairs, confirmed to Embassy Moscow's FAA Attache that United would start direct, non-stop flights as of March 29, 2009 between Dulles International Airport (IAD) and Moscow's Domodedovo International A [...]
2008-12-10 11:28:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ETRD EINV ECON RS
08MOSCOW3597 SENIOR ANALYST WARNS OF THE DANGER OF IGNORING
[...] (SBU) Summary: Moscow Carnegie Center Director Dmitri Trenin provided an overview of Russia-U.S. relations for visiting Representatives Bill Delahunt and Dana Rohrabacher, explaining that Moscow was troubled by U.S. indifference toward Russian security concerns, and that Washington failed to [...]
2008-12-12 11:55:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV OREP RS
08MOSCOW3599RUSSIAN COAL: PRODUCERS WAITING FOR SIGNS OF DEMAND
[...] (C) Summary. Russian coking coal producers on 27 November appealed to the government for assistance as they grapple with unpaid bills owed to them by Russia's struggling steelmakers. Although coal producers' most immediate priority is to remain solvent in the face of their customers' non-paym [...]
2008-12-12 12:45:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON ELAB SOCI RS
08MOSCOW3611 SCENESETTER FOR CODEL TAUSCHER
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-12 14:44:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR PARM KNNP OREP RS
08MOSCOW3612RUSSIA'S APPOINTED AMBASSADOR ON ABKHAZIA
[...] (C) Summary: Newly appointed Ambassador to Abkhazia Semyon Grigoriev assured us December 11 that Russia would not welcome or condone any Abkhaz effort to redraw boundaries along the Enguri river. In order to improve border security, Russia and Abkhazia planned to sign an agreement on joint b [...]
2008-12-12 14:56:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW3615DFM KARASIN ON GEORGIA AND U.S. RELATIONS - MEETING
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a December 6 meeting with Congressman Bill Delahunt and Congressman Dana Rohrabacher, Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin conceded Russia had lost the p.r. battle in the August conflict with Georgia, but reiterated why Russia had been compelled to respond militarily and then r [...]
2008-12-15 06:53:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR PARM KNNP OREP RS
08MOSCOW3616Scenesetter for Senator Lugar's Visit to Russia
[...] (SBU) Your visit to Moscow comes at a time of real disconnect in the U.S.-Russian relationship. Disagreements over European security, Russia's role in its neighborhood, and the Kremlin's creeping authoritarianism were followed by the rupture over Russia's decision to send forces into Georgia [...]
2008-12-15 06:55:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON EAGR MARR PARM KNNP OREP RS
08MOSCOW3641ISTC GOVERNING BOARD IN MOSCOW APPROVES STATEMENT ON
[...] SUMMARY: At the International Science and Technology Center (ISTC) Coordinating Committee (CC),Roundtable, and Governing Board (GB) meetings held December 9-11, 2008, the GB agreed on a Statement of Principles on Transformation and called for Russia to confirm the ISTC's tax-exempt status. Th [...]
2008-12-16 06:28:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP PARM TSPL RS
08MOSCOW3659RUSSIA CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT NAGORNO-KARABAKH
[...] (C) Summary: In a December 10 meeting, MFA Counselor Elena Kravchenko said the Minsk Group planned to organize another meeting of the Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents in the new year. She said the major obstacles for a conflict resolution were the Lachin corridor and the unwillingness of [...]
2008-12-17 14:13:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AZ RS
08MOSCOW3660RUSSIA'S DEMOGRAPHIC SITUATION: SERIOUS, BUT NOT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: For several years, demographics and public health experts have prophesied Russia's demographic demise and warned of a potentially catastrophic loss of population. Russia indeed faces major public health and demographic problems (reftels). However, in certain areas there has bee [...]
2008-12-17 14:19:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KHIV SCUL SOCI EAID PGOV ECON PREL RS
08MOSCOW3684RUSSIA DOES LITTLE ON INDIA-PAKISTAN TENSIONS
[...] (C) Summary: Russia has taken minimal action to calm tensions between India and Pakistan following the Mumbai attacks. While Medvedev stressed that the attacks should not be allowed to jeopardize India's dialogue with Pakistan, and has played up Russia's limited counter-terrorism cooperation [...]
2008-12-19 11:26:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER ETRD MARR IN PK RS
08MOSCOW3688NATIONALIST GROUP MARCHES PEACEFULLY, BUT
[...] (SBU) Summary. On December 12, Constitution Day, the Movement Against Illegal Immigration (DPNI) and the Slavic Union held the second "Russian March" in as many months. The peaceful and authorized gathering, attended by approximately 300 supporters under the banner "Support Your Constitution [...]
2008-12-19 14:22:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS SOCI
08MOSCOW3707SENATOR LUGAR MEETS FM LAVROV: U.S. RELATIONS, POST-START,
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a December 18 meeting, FM Lavrov welcomed the visit of Senator Lugar as recognition that the Senate appreciated the importance of relations with Russia. Lavrov emphasized Russia's interest in concluding a post-START treaty by December 2009 and urged a "quick start" to the [...]
2008-12-22 06:11:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KNNP ECON PARM OREP RS
08MOSCOW3708SENATOR LUGAR: BUILDING BLOCKS FOR U.S. RELATIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Senator Lugar heard a mixed, but mostly positive, message on Russian receptivity towards rebuilding U.S.-Russian relations, with a range of officials and respected observers calling for a return to the official diplomatic architecture that once governed bilateral dialogue. Th [...]
2008-12-22 06:12:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EFIN MARR PARM KNNP OREP RS IR AF
08MOSCOW3712ROSNEFT AND LUKOIL TELL SENATOR LUGAR OIL TAX
[...] (SBU) In separate meetings on December 17 and 18, Lukoil Executive V.P. Ravil Maganov and Rosneft V.P. for Finance Peter O'Brien told Senator Lugar that they strongly believe major oil tax reform is inevitable in Russia in order to stop the slide in production (reftels). They both suggested, [...]
2008-12-22 09:20:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDECON ENRG EPET OREP PREL RS
08MOSCOW3728DFM Ryabkov meets Codel Tauscher: Iran, Missile Defense,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Meeting the Codel Tauscher delegation on December 16, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov stressed that Russia wanted improved relations with the U.S., even as he acknowledged the "negative mindset" of the Russian public and the damage that issues like NATO enlargement had p [...]
2008-12-23 12:07:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR PARM KNNP OREP RS
08MOSCOW3737VPSS TO CLARIFY REQUIREMENTS FOR RELISTING PORK AND POULTRY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: US Embassy officials met with the Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) to seek clarity on the Russian response to a work plan for relisting U.S. pork and poultry plants as proposed by USTR and USDA during meetings in Moscow on December 17 and [...]
2008-12-24 06:24:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
08MOSCOW3741PRESIDENT'S ECONOMIC ADVISOR DISCUSSES ANTI-CRISIS
[...] (C) In a December 19 meeting with Senator Lugar, President Medvedev's Chief Economic Advisor, Arkadiy Dvorkovich, was uncharacteristically pessimistic about Russia's growth prospects over the short and medium term and predicted a protracted global economic slow down. Dvorkovich said that dep [...]
2008-12-24 10:30:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV OREP PREL RS
08MOSCOW3755GOR SUPPORTS UNSC RESOLUTION ON SOMALIA BUT
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified, and is not meant for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Per reftel request, Poloff discussed the draft Security Council resolution on establishing a peacekeeping mission in Somalia with MFA Department of International Organizations First Secr [...]
2008-12-29 13:40:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC KPKO SO ET RS
08MOSCOW3757MEDVEDEV'S ASSESSMENT - 2008, A YEAR OF DIVERSE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Russian President Medvedev took to the air on December 24 to speak on the three most important events of the year past: his inauguration, the war in Georgia, and the economic crisis. He reminded the audience of his legal responsibility as commander-in-chief and took personal res [...]
2008-12-29 14:17:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR RS SOCI
08MOSCOW378PUTIN'S HUMAN RIGHTS ADVISER ON "FROZEN"
[...] (C) Summary: In her February 11 meeting with the Ambassador, Putin's human rights adviser, Ella Pamfilova said the Duma elections had been a "turning point," leading her to "divorce" herself from GOR actions and adopt a low public profile. While she welcomed FM Lavrov's engagement with the [...]
2008-02-12 15:08:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR RS
08MOSCOW387FORMER PM PRIMAKOV ON US-GOR DIALOGUE, MD, MAP,
[...] (C) Summary: In a February 12 meeting with the Ambassador, former Prime Minister Primakov praised his dialogue with Dr. Kissinger and pushed for strategic reengagement on missile defense. He related Putin's unhappiness over the perceived shift in the post-2 2 U.S. offer, but argued that a [...]
2008-02-13 14:25:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR ECON RS
08MOSCOW391RUSSIA CAUTIOUSLY APPROACHES IMPROVEMENT IN TIES
[...] (C) Summary: The MFA told us that Russia remained committed to improving bilateral relations with Georgia, and was prepared to discuss "anything and everything" with the two Georgian DFMs visiting Moscow on February 15, but stressed that Russia was interested only in concrete action from Geor [...]
2008-02-13 15:07:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RS
08MOSCOW393U/S JEFFERY'S MEETING WITH SEVERSTAL DIRECTOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Meeting with Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Reuben Jeffery, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Finance and Development Elizabeth Dibble and EcMinCoun on January 30, Aleksey Mordashov, General Director of Severstal Gr [...]
2008-02-13 15:29:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALECON EINV ETRD WTO RS
08MOSCOW410POLISH PM TUSK'S VISIT TO MOSCOW REF: A. MOSCOW 267 B. MOSCOW 5585 Classified By: Political M/C Alice G. Wells for reasons 1.4 (b/d).
[...] (C) Summary: Polish PM Tusk's trip to Moscow served as a symbol of the thawing of bilateral relations and a willingness on both sides to engage, if not agree. Missile defense discussions produced no new proposals, and Polish diplomats characterized Putin's position as "tough," including pushing for [...]
2008-02-15 05:16:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MARR ENRG PL RS
08MOSCOW411SMOLENSK: SLOWLY BREAKING AWAY FROM THE RED BELT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-15 07:30:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM SOCI RS
08MOSCOW459RUSSIAN CIVIL SOCIETY SAVORS SMALL VICTORY IN
[...] (C) Summary: Members of Russia's beleaguered civil society feel that they have achieved a small, but noteworthy victory in the recent court decision to transfer former Yukos Oil vice president Vasiliy Aleksanyan to a medical facility where he can be treated for life-threatening illnesses. Al [...]
2008-02-19 16:20:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PINR SOCI RS
08MOSCOW461DEMARCHE ON RUSSIAN INCARCERATION POLICIES
[...] (C) In addition to previous discussions with MFA North America Director Igor Neverov and to the concerns raised by the Ambassador with Human Rights Ombudsman Vladimir Lukin and Presidential Human Rights Advisor Ella Pamfilova, on February 19 we passed reftel points on USG concern over harsh i [...]
2008-02-19 16:35:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PINR KJUS RS
08MOSCOW467IVANOVO: UNITED RUSSIA FRACTURE LEADS TO EARLY
[...] (SBU) A simmering dispute in Ivanovo between a Kremlin-appointed Governor and a State Duma Deputy, over control of the local United Russia party and the economic benefits that go with it, reached a boiling point in December 2007 when more than half of the members of the regional Duma resigned [...]
2008-02-20 13:39:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM ECON RS
08MOSCOW470CHEVRON READY TO GIVE UP ON CPC EXPANSION, SAYS
[...] (C) Chevron Europe, Eurasia, and Middle East president Guy Hollingsworth told the Ambassador on February 11th that the company has largely "written off" CPC expansion. Chevron will pursue a trans-Caspian oil shipping route instead. He said the company is generally satisfied with its joint ve [...]
2008-02-21 03:29:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON PREL PINR RS
08MOSCOW484SHUFFLE AT MEDT DEPUTIES' LEVEL
[...] (SBU) Summary. MEDT's long expected personnel re-organization is underway. Embassy contact Andrey Klepach was promoted from within MEDT to a Deputy Minister position and another contact, Stanislav Voskrensensky, was transferred from the Presidential Administration and also appointed as a Depu [...]
2008-02-22 11:28:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV RS
08MOSCOW497VOLGOGRAD: BUSINESS GROUPS CONTEST CITY DUMA
[...] (C) Summary: Conversations with politicians and interested observers during a February 19 - 20 visit to Volgograd suggested little interest in the March 2 presidential elections, except among those charged with ensuring a high turnout. According to the Chairman of the Regional Election Commi [...]
2008-02-22 15:44:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM SOCI RS
08MOSCOW520ENCOURAGING RUSSIAN ASSISTANCE TO AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: Russia is ready to do more to assist in stabilizing and rebuilding Afghanistan - a key area of overlapping Russian, U.S. and NATO interests. Absent concerted U.S. effort, however, Russian attempts to constructively engage with the Karzai government likely will continue to founde [...]
2008-02-26 15:17:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALMARR MCAP PGOV PINS PREL MASS RU AF
08MOSCOW536RUSSIA'S HIV/AIDS EPIDEMIC GROWS STEADILY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Russia's HIV/AIDS epidemic continues to grow, though not at the same fast pace that occurred in 2000-2002. Infections continue to be concentrated among injecting drug users, but the epidemic is also spreading through heterosexual sex, primarily among the partners of high risk gr [...]
2008-02-27 14:54:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKHIV TBIO SOCI SCUL RS
08MOSCOW538KOZAK ON ECONOMIC DECENTRALIZATION, REGIONAL
[...] (C) In a February 27 meeting, Minister of Regional Development Dmitry Kozak told the Ambassador that the GOR was committed to a policy of economic decentralization but that the pace would vary from region to region depending on local factors, above all local leadership. Kozak said different r [...]
2008-02-27 15:22:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV RS
08MOSCOW558MEDVEDEV AND RUSSIA'S NATIONAL PRIORITY PROJECTS
[...] (C) President Putin's choice of Dmitry Medvedev as his successor has been cause for optimism among much of Russia's business elite, who point to Medvedev's calls for more economic freedom. However, Medvedev's public record provides little substance to support this rhetoric. In addition to hi [...]
2008-02-28 15:53:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON PGOV RS SOCI
08MOSCOW587RUSSIA-UKRAINE RELATIONS: YUSHCHENKO AND
[...] (C) Summary. After many last-minute changes and rescheduling involving Tymoshenko's visit, the February 12-13 Putin-Yushchenko Intergovernmental Commission (IGC) convened without Tymoshenko's participation. GOR officials expressed dismay at the complicated dynamics between Yushchenko and Tymoshenko [...]
2008-03-01 13:32:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON UP RS
08MOSCOW623GAZPROM CUTS GAS TO UKRAINE BY ANOTHER 25%;
[...] (SBU) Gazprom has announced that as of 8:00 pm Moscow time on March 4th it had cut gas supplies to (not through) Ukraine by another 25%, bringing the total reduction of gas to Ukraine in the latest episode of its ongoing dispute (reftels) to 50%. Gazprom demands payment of some $600 million i [...]
2008-03-05 13:46:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
08MOSCOW630THE ISLAMIC FACTOR IN RUSSIAN FOREIGN POLICY
[...] (C) Summary: Expanding Russia's ties with the Islamic world has been a priority for Putin and an important factor in his efforts to revitalize Russian foreign policy. The GOR has increased bilateral diplomacy with Muslim states, ratcheted up involvement in the Middle East peace process (MEPP [...]
2008-03-06 11:24:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON KISL PINR SOCI RS
08MOSCOW655GOR PULLOUT FROM CIS SANCTIONS AGAINST ABKHAZIA
[...] (C) Summary: In a March 6 statement, the MFA announced that the GOR would no longer honor the CIS sanctions against Abkhazia. The statement justified the move by detailing the changed situation in Abkhazia since signing of the sanctions agreement in 1996. Consequently, the sanctions regime [...]
2008-03-07 12:39:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW682RUSSIAN FASCINATION WITH U.S. ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: Compared to Russia's recent presidential elections, Russian interest in the U.S. presidential elections is hard to miss here. Newspapers are filled with stories on the race and profiles of the leading candidates' views on U.S.-Russia relations. Polling data suggests that 63 per [...]
2008-03-11 15:50:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RS
08MOSCOW716RUSSIA-AZERBAIJAN RELATIONS BACK ON TRACK DESPITE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-14 14:39:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AJ RS
08MOSCOW725DFM KARASIN ON NATO MAP, BELARUS, GEORGIA,
[...] Summary: In a March 14 meeting with the Ambassador, DFM Karasin went to great lengths to emphasize the "disastrous consequences" of a NATO MAP offer for Georgia and Ukraine in Bucharest, warning (somewhat theatrically) that the U.S. and NATO had to choose between "peace and stability and anoth [...]
2008-03-15 09:56:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RS
08MOSCOW748ACTING U/S FRIED'S MEETING WITH DFM KARASIN
[...] (C) Summary: In a lively and wide-ranging March 17 meeting with Acting U/S Fried, DFM Karasin underscored the depth of Russian opposition to the "explosive Kosovo precedent" and NATO MAP for Ukraine and Georgia. Karasin claimed that public opinion in Russia toward the U.S. had sharpened and [...]
2008-03-18 16:06:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RS
08MOSCOW751THE ISLAMIC FACTOR IN RUSSIAN FOREIGN POLICY
[...] (C) Summary: Expanding Russia's ties with the Islamic world has been a priority for Putin in his efforts to revitalize Russian foreign policy. The GOR has increased bilateral diplomacy with Muslim states, ratcheted up involvement in the Middle East peace process (MEPP) and the Organization o [...]
2008-03-19 13:33:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON KISL PINR SOCI RS
08MOSCOW806RUSSIA'S EXPECTATIONS FOR NATO SUMMIT DEPEND ON
[...] (C) Summary. According to the head of the NATO section at the MFA, Putin's swan song at the NATO Summit in Bucharest was envisioned to be "constructive" and to call for more NATO-Russia cooperation, but recent U.S. statements of support for a Membership Action Plan offer for Ukraine and Georg [...]
2008-03-25 04:43:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO MARR PARM KCFE UP GG RS
08MOSCOW848DFM SALTANOV ON MOSCOW CONFERENCE, SYRIA, IRAN,
[...] (C) Summary: In a March 20 meeting with visiting Senate Foreign Relations Committee Senior Staff Member Talwar, DFM Saltanov reviewed Russia's position on a range of critical issues in the Middle East, underscoring strong U.S.-Russian cooperation in the lead up to and following the Annapolis [...]
2008-03-28 08:13:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RS IR IQ MEP
08MOSCOW854RUSSIA'S DEMOGRAPHIC UPTURN MAY BE SHORT-LIVED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Russia's demographic results continued to improve in 2007. Overall births increased by 8.5 percent, deaths declined by four percent, and a surge in migration helped to offset much of the natural population decline. The overall population stood at 142 million as of January 1, 2 [...]
2008-03-28 11:52:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO SCUL PREL SOCI RS
08MOSCOW857RUSSIA CONCERNED POLITICS UNDERCUTS PAKISTANI
[...] (C) Summary: Russia is concerned that Pakistan's new coalition government will fail to aggressively pursue Islamic extremists. MFA observers lament the diminished influence of Musharraf, Russia's preferred Pakistani leader, and hope that he could make a comeback if a new government comes to p [...]
2008-03-28 13:25:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PK RS
08MOSCOW859RUSSIAN DEPUTY SECURITY COUNCIL NAZAROV ON IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: In a March 21 meeting with SFRC Staff Member Puneet Talwar and DCM, Russian Security Council Deputy Secretary Nazarov praised P5 1 unity on Iran, but argued that SIPDIS a lack of a roadmap, the failure to lay out positive inducements for Iranian action, over-reliance on sanct [...]
2008-03-28 13:40:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KNDP RS IR
08MOSCOW864WHAT'S BEHIND THE RAIDS ON TNK-BP AND BP REF: A. MOSCOW 816 B. MOSCOW 768 C. 07 MOSCOW 3054 Classified By: Ambassador William J. Burns for Reasons 1.4 (b/d)
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-28 14:59:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON PREL PGOV RS
08MOSCOW866EXPERT VIEWS: MEDVEDEV'S REFORM PROSPECTS SLIM;
[...] (C) A swelling number of experts has low expectations that the Medvedev administration will pursue pro-market reforms. In separate conversations the week of March 17, Deputy Director of the Institute for the Economy in Transition (aka the Gaidar Institute) Sergei Sinelnikov and Alfa Bank Chi [...]
2008-03-28 15:24:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV RS
08MOSCOW912(C) LUKOIL TELLS AMBASSADOR SATTERFIELD IRAQ CAN'T
[...] (S) Lukoil president Vagit Alekperov told Ambassador Satterfield April 2nd that production sharing agreements (PSAs) are a prerequisite to multi-billion investments needed to modernize Iraq's oil infrastructure and develop fields. Alekperov indicated that Lukoil may still be willing to work in [...]
2008-04-03 12:39:00Embassy MoscowSECRETEPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
08MOSCOW914LIBERALS ON LIFE UNDER MEDVEDEV, THE NATO SUMMIT,
[...] (C) Summary: In a series of recent meetings, traditional SPS patron and UES Chairman Chubais, beleaguered Yabloko Chairman Yavlinskiy, and radio station Ekho Moskvy Editor Venediktov described a MAP for Ukraine as a "major strategic mistake," but thought that Putin's intention in Bucharest re [...]
2008-04-03 13:02:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PINR SOCI RS
08MOSCOW932SOLZHENITSYN AND METROPOLITAN KIRILL ON RUSSIA,
[...] (C) Summary: In separate conversations recently, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and Metropolitan Kirill criticized the decision to recognize Kosovo's independence and sharply condemned plans for Ukraine to move closer to NATO. Solzhenitsyn, who is partially paralyzed by a stroke, but remains alert and very [...]
2008-04-04 06:57:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PHUM PINR RS
08MOSCOW937RUSSIAN ECONOMIC PROGRESSIVES VS. CONSERVATIVES:
[...] (C) The GOR's resolution of April 1 to authorize deposits of so-called "temporarily available budget funds" into commercial bank accounts is not being uniformly welcomed by policy makers. During an April 2 conference hosted by the Association of Russian Banks (ARB),representatives of Russia [...]
2008-04-04 11:54:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON RS
08MOSCOW944RUSSIA-JAPAN RELATIONS: WAITING FOR NEW
[...] (C) Summary. With the GOJ's abortive efforts to stage a summit before the end of the Putin presidency behind it, both Moscow Japan handlers and the Japanese Embassy say that the GOJ is waiting for the new Russian president to take the reins before trying again. GOR officials and analysts be [...]
2008-04-04 14:47:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV JA RS
08MOSCOW956RUSSIAN VIEWS ON ENGAGEMENT WITH IRAQ AND IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: Present and former Russian officials welcomed the message from the Senior Advisor to the Secretary and Coordinator for Iraq, Ambassador Satterfield, that the U.S. encouraged increased Russian engagement in Iraq during a round of April 2-3 meetings, and pressed the U.S. to broaden [...]
2008-04-08 07:47:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IR IZ RS
08MOSCOW957RUSSIAN EXPERTS SAY U.S. MUST REMAIN IN IRAQ AND
[...] (C) Prominent Russian analysts told Senior Advisor to the Secretary and Coordinator for Iraq, Ambassador Satterfield, SIPDIS and Ambassador Burns, during an April 3 gathering, that preventing the fragmentation and radicalization of Iraq was a key Russian concern, and urged that direct, long- [...]
2008-04-08 07:49:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IR IZ RS
08MOSCOW962RUSSIA'S REACTION TO SAAKASHVILI'S NEW ABKHAZIA
[...] (C) Summary. The Russians have taken a dim view of Saakashvili's new Abkhazia proposal, dismissing it as a political maneuver designed to make Georgia look better in Bucharest. In their view, the rollout to the international community rather than to the Abkhaz speaks for itself about the in [...]
2008-04-08 12:16:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW988GOR HOPEFUL FOR TRANSNISTRIA NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (C) GOR Special Envoy for the Transnistria conflict Valeriy Nesterushkin told us April 10 that since the April 7 Voronin - Smirnov telephone conversation where the two agreed to meet, the atmosphere has taken a dramatically positive turn. He expected the April 14-16 meeting in Odessa would be [...]
2008-04-10 12:01:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS OSCE MD RS
08MUMBAI246BABY STEPS: EXTERNAL COMMERCIAL BORROWING NORMS AND DEBT
[...] (U) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and Ministry of Finance (MoF) relaxed norms on external commercial borrowings (ECBs) on May 30. The announcement relaxed restrictions in three distinct areas. First, the limit on borrowings by companies for rupee expenditures was raised from USD 20 millio [...]
2008-05-30 12:13:00Consulate MumbaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETRD EINV IN
08MUMBAI339MUMBAI MASALA JUL 16, 2008: GUJARATI MUSLIM COMMUNITY
[...] (U) Table of Contents: - Gujarat Liberal Muslim Leader Says that State's Muslims are Progressing Despite Neglect from State Government - Gujarat reports an Increase in Female Births - Amarnath Shrine Protests Turn Violent in Indore, Madhya Pradesh Liberal Gujarat Muslim Leader Says tha [...]
2008-07-16 06:03:00Consulate MumbaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PHUM KWMN IN
08MUMBAI340CARBON CREDITS SUFFICIENT BUT NOT NECESSARY FOR SUSTAINING
[...] Summary. (SBU) Despite the risk and uncertainty of qualifying for carbon credits (see ref A),Indian businesses have pumped USD 25 billion into unilaterally developing Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects to generate carbon credits. In discussions with ConGenoff and visiting analysts f [...]
2008-07-16 06:44:00Consulate MumbaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG ECON TSPL TRGY KSCA IN
08MUMBAI369TWO INSURANCE COMPANIES SAY INDUSTRY IS APPROACHING A SHORT
[...] (U) Summary: The insurance industry, one of the success stories of India's financial sector liberalization, maybe reaching a short-term growth limit. According to industry executives, the reason for this upcoming slowdown is not lower demand, but limited capital due to the 26% limit plac [...]
2008-07-30 07:26:00Consulate MumbaiUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV PGOV IN
08MUMBAI544GOANS EXPLAIN DECISION TO SCRAP SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES
[...] Summary: In early 2008, the Government of Goa scrapped plans to construct Special Economic Zones (SEZ) after months of protest from various local stakeholders. On a recent visit to Goa, political, religious, and business leaders in Goa described the cancellation of the SEZs in much the same wa [...]
2008-11-25 12:44:00Consulate MumbaiUNCLASSIFIEDECON EIND EINV PGOV SOCI IN
08MUMBAI550SITREP 6: OPERATIONS CONTINUE AT TAJ; 5 AMCITS CONFIRMED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-28 22:12:00Consulate MumbaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV ASEC CASC IN
08MUMBAI551SITREP #7: AN INDIAN TRAGEDY ENDS; AFTER 60 HOURS, ALL
[...] (SBU) Around 9 a.m. local time on Saturday, November 29, J.K. Dutt, Director General of the National Security Guard (NSG) forces, said that NSG forces killed three of the terrorists during a final assault during the night. (Operations at Nariman House had ended around midnight on Friday/Saturd [...]
2008-11-29 06:34:00Consulate MumbaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER PGOV IN
08MUMBAI552SITREP #7 (CORRECTED): AN INDIAN TRAGEDY ENDS; AFTER 60
[...] (SBU) Around 9 a.m. local time on Saturday, November 29, J.K. Dutt, Director General of the National Security Guard (NSG) forces, said that NSG forces killed three of the terrorists during a final assault at the Taj Mahal Hotel that ended in the morning. (Operations at Nariman House had ended [...]
2008-11-29 09:19:00Consulate MumbaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER PGOV PREL IN
08MUNICH136EADS OFFICALS WARY OF TANKER DEAL REVIEW,
[...] (SBU) In a meeting with ConGen Munich, senior EADS officials expressed concern about the potential outcome of Boeing,s protest of the U.S. Air Force aerial refueling tanker award to the Northrop Grumman-EADS consortium, particularly given the political dimension the issue has taken-on in the [...]
2008-04-04 13:01:00Consulate MunichUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAIR ETRD PGOV EINV PREL EUN FR GM
08MUNICH52OVERVIEW OF THE 44TH MUNICH CONFERENCE ON SECURITY POLICY
[...] (U) The 44th annual Munich Conference on Security Policy, under the theme "The World in Disarray - Shifting Powers - Lack of Strategies?" took place February 8-10, 2008 at the Bayerischer Hof hotel in Munich, Germany. Invited guests included more than 200 heads of state, foreign ministers, def [...]
2008-02-12 06:31:00Consulate MunichUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM MARR NATO GM
08MUNICH53ARMS CONTROL PANEL IGNORES REAL ISSUES AT MUNICH SECURITY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The 44th annual Munich Conference on Security Policy, with this year's theme "The World in Disarray - Shifting Powers - Lack of Strategies?" took place February 8-10, 2008 at the Bayerischer Hof hotel in Munich, Germany (see reftels). The second panel on February 9, "From Cooper [...]
2008-02-12 09:00:00Consulate MunichUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM NATO GM MARR
08MUSCAT104MEDIA REACTION: GAZA UNDER TWO SEIGES; OMAN JOURNALIST
[...] SUMMARY: The editorial in private Arabic daily "Al Zaman" commented that Fatah leader Abbas is pressuring Hamas for a truce. Private youth-oriented Arabic daily "Al Shabiba" praised an Omani journalist working for Al Hurra TV, saying that Omani journalists can demonstrate their true talent in f [...]
2008-02-06 11:19:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08MUSCAT156IRANIAN PUSH TO RAISE PUBLIC AND COMMERCIAL
[...] (S) As evidenced by a series of recent visits, media interviews and a first-time commercial exposition, Iran appears to be making a concerted effort to raise its profile, and currently very limited business presence, in Oman. While Omani interest in Iranian gas could expand cooperation betw [...]
2008-02-20 13:27:00Embassy MuscatSECRETPREL ECON IR MU
08MUSCAT169OMANI WOMEN SPEAK OUT ON U.S. POLICIES AND OTHER
[...] (C) A group of Omani women in a small-group discussion with the Ambassador shared their concern over the U.S. visa issuance process and misperceptions among Americans about the Middle East. While disagreeing with some U.S. policies, the women stressed their positive views about the American p [...]
2008-02-27 11:04:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM KMPI KPAO KWMN CVIS MU
08MUSCAT173MEDIA REACTION: DEMOCRATS ABANDON IRAQ; MOUSSA POSTPONEMENT
[...] SUMMARY: Editorials in government-owned "Oman" said that America has failed to keep its promise to Iraq, evident by escalating violence and pursuit of an exit strategy. Private "Al Watan" described the challenges facing Amr Moussa in bringing the different parties closer. It also hailed Presid [...]
2008-02-27 13:49:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08MUSCAT188OMANI TOURISM PROJECTS GAIN MOMENTUM
[...] (C) OMRAN, the government's tourism investment company, continues to play a crucial role in the planning of several prominent, integrated resort complexes throughout the Sultanate. While most projects are located in Muscat, OMRAN's efforts will bring the potential economic benefits of the tou [...]
2008-03-03 12:51:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALECON EINV PREL MU
08MUSCAT223MORE PESSIMISM FROM OMANI FM ON UPCOMING ARAB
[...] (C) Summary: Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi reiterated his previous pessimistic forecast (ref A) for next week's Arab League (AL) Summit in Damascus. Prospects for positive development on Lebanon and Israel-Palestine were "very modest," although bin Alawi in [...]
2008-03-19 12:05:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL MU
08MUSCAT267OMAN MOVING TOWARD FIU IMPLEMENTATION
[...] (SBU) On April 5, FINCEN Middle East Director Ahmed el-Bashari and Econoff met with Lt. Colonel Mohsin Awad al-Muqaddam, Director of the Financial Crimes Department, Royal Oman Police (ROP),to review Oman's progress in formally establishing a financial intelligence unit (FIU). Muqaddam noted [...]
2008-04-07 13:38:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PREL PTER MU
08MUSCAT274OMAN BOOSTS PENSIONS
[...] (U) As part of the government's overall response to public grumbling over the rising cost of living, Sultan Qaboos ordered an increase in pension rates for government retirees, effective from the end of March 2008. Following a similar tiered format for the recent public sector wage hike (reft [...]
2008-04-12 04:35:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON SOCI PGOV MU
08MUSCAT285OMAN PROPOSES NEW IMMIGRATION PROCEDURES TO
[...] (C) According to diplomats at the Philippine Embassy in Muscat, the government of Oman has agreed to strengthen immigration procedures along its border with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to stop the possible trafficking of housemaids into Oman (refs A & B). Under the new procedures, Royal Oma [...]
2008-04-16 05:31:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB KMPI MU
08MUSCAT286ATTORNEY GENERAL COMMENTS ON EFFORTS TO COMBAT SEX
[...] (C) Summary: In a recent meeting with the Ambassador, Omani Attorney General Hussain Ali Zaher al-Helali provided several concrete examples of government prosecution of cases of trafficking in persons (TIP) for sexual exploitation. He expressed his continued willingness to cooperate with the [...]
2008-04-16 05:44:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB KMPI MU
08MUSCAT300INCREASING WAGES IN EMBASSY MUSCAT'S SERVICE
[...] (SBU) Summary: With the Department's support, Embassy Muscat is committed to ensuring that all expatriates under contract to perform cleaning and landscaping services at the Embassy receive at least the prevailing minimum wage for Omani citizens (ref A). The lack of a wage floor in Oman (ther [...]
2008-04-22 12:12:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT PHUM PREL ELAB SMIG MU
08MUSCAT310IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - OMAN
[...] (SBU) The Omani government is grappling with soaring inflation, with the price of some food products reportedly rising by as much as 47% over the past year. Responding to public pressure, the government has augmented public sector wages, capped rental increases, and warned wholesalers about h [...]
2008-04-26 07:05:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAGR EAID ECON ETRD MU
08MUSCAT325EMBASSY MUSCAT NOMINATION FOR 2008 AWARD FOR
[...] Following up on his outstanding performance on labor issues the previous year (ref D),Labor/Human Rights Officer Andy Lentz has continued to significantly advance U.S. foreign policy interests in the labor field. As Oman's nascent independent labor unions (legalized in 2006) slowly develop [...]
2008-04-29 06:31:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDAPER AMGT ELAB PHUM MU
08MUSCAT333EMBASSY MUSCAT NOMINATION OF BRIAN GRIMM FOR HERBERT
[...] Economic/Commercial Officer Brian Grimm significantly advanced U.S. policy and objectives in the economic field over the last year. His outstanding work on the Free Trade Agreement deserves the highest praise. In conjunction with his other accomplishments, I am pleased to nominate Brian for [...]
2008-04-30 15:04:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDAPER AMGT ECON BEXP ETRD MU
08MUSCAT34MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENT'S TOUR TO THE REGION.
[...] SUMMARY: President Bush's tour to the region is garnering extensive local media coverage in Oman. The media described his tour as "controversial" because of his remarks in support of Israel, in local eyes contradicting the purpose of the visit. Both private and government dailies expressed the [...]
2008-01-14 10:55:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08MUSCAT352OMAN MEDIA REACTION: CRISIS IN LEBANON
[...] SUMMARY: Private Arabic daily "Al-Watan" lamented the Lebanese violence, morbidly predicting unalterable changes to Lebanon's very nature. State-owned Arabic daily "Oman" on May 11 called on Arab nations to play positive, unbiased roles, then, on May 12, backed the Lebanese Army and Suleiman [...]
2008-05-12 12:10:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08MUSCAT358ENCOURAGING OMAN TO SUBSCRIBE TO HCOC
[...] (SBU) Pol-Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche, talking points and sample note verbale on April 22 to Abdullah al-Riaymi, Deputy Director of the International Affairs Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and strongly encouraged the Omani government to promptly subscribe to the Hague Code [...]
2008-05-14 10:33:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC MTCRE KSCA TSPA MU
08MUSCAT374OMAN MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PEACE EFFORTS, DOHA DIALGOUE AND
[...] SUMMARY: State-owned Arabic daily "Oman" recognized the Bush administration's peace efforts, but accused Israel of hindering real progress. "Oman" also signaled its hope for a positive outcome from the Doha dialogue, noting strong international support as the key. In a criticism of the Presid [...]
2008-05-19 12:35:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08MUSCAT385OMAN MEDIA REACTION: NEW LEBANESE PRESIDENT
[...] SUMMARY: News of the Doha Agreement and the election of General Michel Suleiman as Lebanese president preoccupied both the State-owned Arabic daily "Oman" and private Arabic daily "Al-Watan", with editorials describing it as new chapter after lengthy political disturbance, which threatened the [...]
2008-05-26 12:30:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08MUSCAT430AMBASSADOR CONDUCTS BROAD OUTREACH IN SALALAH
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador visited the southern Omani city of Salalah and the surrounding governorate of Dhofar May 26-28. His trip included a meeting with the Deputy Governor of Dhofar, a tour of the operations of an expanding U.S.-based company, a discussion with university students ab [...]
2008-06-11 11:03:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ETRD ENRG SENV KPAO MU
08MUSCAT436OMAN: MEPI REPORT CARD
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Many of the major projects funded by the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) over the past years are now, in one way or another, at a crossroads. With the 2007-08 program season winding down, Muscat's MEPI team, under the guidance of the Ambassador, offers this review of ME [...]
2008-06-14 12:10:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KMPI KDEM KWMN ECON ELAB SCUL MU
08MUSCAT437MISSION EFFORTS TO ENCOURAGE GREATER OMANI
[...] Over the past two years, Embassy Muscat's Public Affairs and Consular Sections, with strong and consistent Front Office guidance and broader Mission support, have collaborated on a range of efforts aimed at demystifying the consular process, dispelling myths about U.S. visas, and reducing stil [...]
2008-06-15 02:32:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO PGOV MU CVIS
08MUSCAT445SIGNS OF POSSIBLE CHANGE IN OMAN-IRAN RELATIONSHIP
[...] (S/NF) While maintaining close, cordial relations with Tehran has long been a priority for the Omani government, Oman has traditionally kept its neighbor to the north at arm's length, resulting in a relationship that is largely non-substantive. Bilateral economic ties remain limited and Oman [...]
2008-06-15 13:41:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNPINR PGOV PREL ECON ENRG IR MU
08MUSCAT47OMANI FOREIGN POLICY AS REFLECTED IN THE SPEECHES
[...] (C) Summary: In addition to being the longest-serving head of state in the GCC, Sultan Qaboos bin Sa'id is also one of the most consistent Arab leaders with respect to his stated views on foreign policy. An examination of the relatively limited number of public speeches he has given since ta [...]
2008-01-20 13:24:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPINR PREL MU
08MUSCAT501OMAN SENDS ECONOMIC DELEGATION TO IRAQ
[...] (U) An Omani delegation led by Mohammed bin Nassir al-Khusaibi, Secretary General of the Ministry of National Economy, completed a three-day economic mission to Baghdad on July 1. The 19-member contingent, which included officials from the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Commerce and Industr [...]
2008-07-02 13:04:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PREL MU
08MUSCAT536IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER VISIT TO MUSCAT (JULY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Iranian Foreign Minister Manoucher Mottaki made a brief visit to Muscat on July 16 for talks with Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi. Mottaki reportedly did not meet with other senior Omani officials. While in Oman, Mottaki granted a press intervi [...]
2008-07-21 13:08:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP MNUC IR MU
08MUSCAT565OMAN REMAINS WARY OF IRANIAN EXPANSIONISM
[...] (S/NF) Minister of the Royal Office and head of the Office of the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Ali bin Majid al-Ma'amari, reviewed Oman's view on Iran from a security perspective, highlighting Omani awareness of Iran's deceptive tactics and expansionist ideologic [...]
2008-08-07 07:43:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNPREL PARM IR MU
08MUSCAT576OMANI MFA SECRETARY GENERAL RECOGNIZES NEED FOR
[...] (C) The Ambassador called on MFA Secretary General Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Hamud Al Busaidi on August 13 to discuss recent developments regarding trafficking-in-persons (TIP),as well as other issues (septel). The Ambassador noted that Washington expected the announcement of the move of Oma [...]
2008-08-13 14:14:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL ELAB SMIG MU
08MUSCAT626OMAN MEDIA REACTION
[...] SUMMARY: While the state daily "Oman" praised U.S. efforts toward Israeli-Palestinian peace, private daily "Al-Watan" accused the American administration of a week stand on the issue, decrying a lack of firmness toward Israel. "Al-Watan" also suggested that the Israeli Prime Minister's proposa [...]
2008-09-03 06:27:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08MUSCAT640OMAN MEDIA REACTION
[...] SUMMARY: Daily "Al-Watan" urged GCC countries and Iran to quickly settle the territorial dispute with the United Arab Emirates. On September 5, "Al Watan" attacked Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin's description of the Iraq war as divine action. State daily "Oman" hailed Syria's progre [...]
2008-09-08 12:18:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08MUSCAT722OMAN WEATHERS GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS
[...] (C) Despite public assurances from officials that Oman's economy has not been affected by the global financial crisis, the Sultanate's stock market dropped by almost 40% over the last five months while its banking system, formerly flush with cash, now suffers from a lack of liquidity. Local [...]
2008-10-14 14:18:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EFIN ENRG MU
08MUSCAT728UNDERSTANDING AND MOVING ON FROM OMAN'S HARSH
[...] (C) There are likely several reasons behind Oman's hypersensitivity and reaction to its Tier 3 ranking in the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report: its unspoken past involvement in the slave trade, its strong desire to protect and shape its national image, and its devotion to the principl [...]
2008-10-16 14:19:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNPHUM PREL SMIG MASS ECON ETRD ELAB MU
08MUSCAT731MINISTER SEEKING COMPROMISES TO COMPLETE FTA
[...] (C) Summary: Minister of Commerce and Industry Maqbool bin Ali Sultan told the Ambassador on October 15 that compromise on a number of issues will be necessary if the U.S. and Oman are to conclude the FTA implementation process. He recognized that there are differences in how each party th [...]
2008-10-18 13:52:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN MU PREL
08MUSCAT746LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR PROPOSED NESA CENTER
[...] (U) This is an Action Request; please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Post continues to strongly support the establishment of a regional office in Muscat of the Department of Defense's Near East South Asia (NESA) Center for Strategic Studies. Oman would provide an ideal geographic location for suc [...]
2008-10-29 11:59:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL AMGT KMRS MASS MU
08MUSCAT747SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY SPELLINGS TRIP TO OMAN
[...] (SBU) Madam Secretary: Embassy Muscat, my wife and I warmly welcome you to Oman. As one of our oldest friends in the region (the Omanis refer to their relationship with us as "strategic"),the Sultanate remains a trusted U.S. partner. This year marks the 175th anniversary of the U.S.-Oman "T [...]
2008-10-29 13:26:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OEXC OVIP KPAO MU
08MUSCAT748SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY SPELLINGS TRIP TO OMAN
[...] (SBU) Madam Secretary: Embassy Muscat, my wife and I warmly welcome you to Oman. As one of our oldest friends in the region (the Omanis refer to their relationship with us as "strategic"),the Sultanate remains a trusted U.S. partner. This year marks the 175th anniversary of the U.S.-Oman "T [...]
2008-10-29 13:39:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OEXC OVIP KPAO MU
08MUSCAT749OMANI OFFICIALS DISCUSS IMPACT OF GLOBAL CREDIT
[...] (C) Summary: The Executive President of the Central Bank of Oman (CBO),Hamoud bin Sangour al-Zadjali, told the Ambassador that Oman had no direct exposure to the global financial crisis as its banks had not invested in mortgage-backed securities. While contending that liquidity in local ba [...]
2008-10-29 13:42:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL MU
08MUSCAT759ILO POSITIVE ABOUT PROGRESS ON LABOR UNIONS AND
[...] (C) Summary: According to International Labor Organization (ILO) representatives conducting training in Oman, the new Minister of Manpower is solidly behind efforts against Trafficking in Persons (TIP) and is in support of labor unions. As part of the ILO labor inspector training, Omanis are [...]
2008-11-04 08:53:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL ELAB KTIP MU
08MUSCAT797SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL PETRAEUS' VISIT TO OMAN
[...] (C) General Petraeus: Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome you to Oman. One of our oldest and most dependable friends in the region, Oman remains a valued ally. This year marks the 175th anniversary of the U.S.-Oman "Treaty of Amity and Commerce," second oldest in the Middle East and North [...]
2008-11-19 14:28:00Embassy MuscatSECRETPARM PREL PTER MASS MNUC MOPS KNNP IR IZ PK
08MUSCAT812BACKGROUND ON OMAN FOR CENTCOM ASSESSMENT TEAM
[...] (C) One of our oldest and most dependable friends in the region, Oman remains a valued ally. This year marks the 175th anniversary of the U.S.-Oman "Treaty of Amity and Commerce," second oldest in the Middle East and North Africa. In 2009, we will begin negotiations on renewal of our bilate [...]
2008-11-24 14:01:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNPARM PGOV PREL PTER ECON EFIN ETRD MASS MOPS
08MUSCAT829JOINT DEMARCHE TO OMAN ON INCREASING FINANCIAL
[...] (C) The ambassadors of the E3 and the U.S. - the Italian was unavailable to participate - called on Ambassador Ahmed al Harthy, Chief of Middle East Affairs of the Omani MFA, and Lyeutha al Mughairy, Director of the MFA Secretary General's Office, to deliver reftel demarche. 2. (C) In o [...]
2008-12-03 12:11:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALEFIN MNUC KNNP IR MU
08MUSCAT830DETAILS ON OMAN'S NEW ANTI-TRAFFICKING LAW
[...] (C) Oman's new anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) law defines trafficking broadly, institutes significant penalties for offenders, provides for care and protection for victims, and establishes a National Committee to Combat Human Trafficking led by a government minister. Shaikh Abdullah al-Bak [...]
2008-12-03 14:13:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPHUM KTIP MU
08MUSCAT852NOVEMBER 30 MEETING BETWEEN U.S. CENTCOM COMMANDER
[...] (C) On November 30, General David Petraeus, U.S. CENTCOM Commander, and the Ambassador met over dinner with Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi. Bin Alawi was joined by Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary General Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi, as well as Mohammed al-Hassan, P [...]
2008-12-17 05:51:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL PTER AF IR IZ MU
08MUSCAT853CENTCOM COMMANDER PETRAEUS' MEETING WITH SULTAN
[...] (C) U.S. CENTCOM Commander General David Petraeus and the Ambassador met for an unprecedented three hours on November 30 with Sultan Qaboos at Beit al Baraka palace outside Muscat. In a wide-ranging discussion of regional issues, the Sultan acknowledged progress in Iraq and expressed a degree [...]
2008-12-17 06:15:00Embassy MuscatSECRETPARM PBTS PHSA PREL PTER PK IR IZ YM MU
08MUSCAT860INDIAN EMBASSY ADDRESSES LABOR ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: The new Indian DCM gave post an overview of the situation for Indian workers in Oman, noting the particular difficulties faced by housemaids. She also discussed her embassy's process for dealing with laborers' problems and noted that given time, the Omani government system gener [...]
2008-12-21 10:13:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPHUM KTIP MU
08NAGOYA19CENTRAL JAPAN ECONOMIC OUTLOOK FALLS FROM VERY GOOD TO GOOD
[...] (SBU) The pace of growth in Japan's manufacturing heartland has begun to level off. Regional producers are facing a stronger yen, higher prices for inputs, and a slowdown in demand in the U.S. market. Increasing demand from the "BRICs" (Brazil, Russia, India and China) is balancing those neg [...]
2008-04-24 08:32:00Consulate NagoyaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PGOV JA
08NAIROBI1013Scenesetter for Somalia President Yusuf Visit
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Changed circumstances with respect to Somalia provide an important opportunity to achieve relative stability and move forward toward a democratic transition in 2009. There is a new Prime Minister who is committed to achieving reconciliation; a divergence between violent extremists [...]
2008-04-16 07:46:00Embassy NairobiSECRETOTRA PGOV PREL SO
08NAIROBI1101KENYA: AMBASSADOR'S OPEN LETTER TO U.S. BUSINESS AND
[...] On April 24, the U.S. Mission disseminated an open letter from the Ambassador to the American business community and U.S. tourists. Wide dissemination was achieved by providing the letter electronically to the Kenya Tourism Board and to the U.S. Foreign Commercial Service's Office of Marketin [...]
2008-04-28 07:04:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EINV PREL KE
08NAIROBI1126KIBAKI, ODINGA AGREE ON KEY CIVIL SERVICE
[...] President Kibaki and Prime Minister Odinga have agreed on the appointment of high-level civil service appointments for the new grand coalition government. On April 22, President Kibaki announced the names of Permanent Secretaries (PS) for the 42 Cabinet positions, as well as 23 Secretaries fo [...]
2008-04-29 12:28:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KE
08NAIROBI1183Somalia Prime Minister Briefs Ambassador and Special Envoy
[...] (C) Somalia Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein briefed the Ambassador and Special Envoy on preparations for direct talks with the opposition in Djibouti, current security and governance concerns and challenges, and ongoing efforts at reconciliation. End Summary. ------------------------ A Gri [...]
2008-05-07 13:26:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC PTER MOPS SO
08NAIROBI1220ICTR: GOVERNMENT OF KENYA FREEZES KABUGA'S ASSETS
[...] (C) The Government of Kenya (GOK) on May 6 moved to freeze real estate assets in Nairobi owned by International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) fugitive, Felicien Kabuga. This welcome move came as a response to a request for cooperation made by the ICTR Chief Prosecutor to the GOK. While [...]
2008-05-09 10:24:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KCRM KE
08NAIROBI126NAIROBI JANUARY 11 EAC MEETING AND SECURITY WRAP-UP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Nairobi's Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) convened Post's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on 11 January 2008 to review and discuss Post's security posture in the aftermath of the announcement on December 30 of the results of a "seriously flawed" presidential election. Trip [...]
2008-01-11 15:42:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC KE
08NAIROBI1294KENYA'S YOUTH BULGE: A TICKING TIME BOMB
[...] (U) Summary: Other valid explanations aside, one of the key under-appreciated drivers of the unrest and violence that gripped Kenya in early 2008 was the country's "youth bulge," a potentially destabilizing demographic phenomenon that in Kenya has generated a large pool of disaffected young men [...]
2008-05-20 12:01:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON SOCI PGOV KE
08NAIROBI13KENYAN ELECTIONS - WORKING FOR A POLITICAL
[...] (C) Summary. The electoral process in Kenya turned violent in recent days following the Electoral Commission's December 30 declaration of President Kibaki as the winner despite very serious irregularities in the vote tabulation process. Despite intense electoral observation by the U.S. and o [...]
2008-01-02 21:07:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ASEC KE
08NAIROBI1301INDEPENDENT REVIEW COMMISSION CHAIR PUZZLED BY
[...] (C) The Ambassador and Emboffs recently met with Independent Review Commission (IREC) Chairman Judge Johann Kriegler to discuss IREC's top-to-bottom review of Kenya's electoral system and the bungled 2007 presidential elections (ref A). The Commission has a two-part mandate: (1) to assess and [...]
2008-05-21 10:49:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KDEM KE
08NAIROBI1320 PM ODINGA RECEIVES HERO'S WELCOME IN HOMECOMING - BUT
[...] Prime Minister Raila Odinga received a hero's welcome from a crowd of over 300,000 at a home coming in his native Nyanza province. American flags were spotted amidst the excited crowd. He had a difficult time convincing his supporters that his Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party was an equal [...]
2008-05-23 05:31:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KDEM KE
08NAIROBI1328MOUNT ELGON: LOCAL NGO AND KENYAN NATIONAL
[...] (C) Poloff met with the Executive Director of the Independent Medico-Legal Unit (IMLU),a Kenyan human rights organization, who led an investigative team on a week-long fact-finding trip to the Mount Elgon region. The findings of the team corroborate earlier allegations made by local and int [...]
2008-05-27 06:55:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALMOPS ASEC PGOV PHUM KE
08NAIROBI1354JOINT DEMARCHE ON GOK COOPERATION WITH ICTR ON
[...] (C) On May 23, Acting PolCouns joined other Friends of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in delivering a demarche to the Foreign Minister. The message was clear: Kenya's recent steps on freezing war crimes suspect Felicien Kabuga's assets were much appreciated; however, th [...]
2008-05-30 09:20:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL KAWC EFIN PHUM KE RW NO
08NAIROBI1363Somalia -- Ayrow's Demise
[...] (S/NF) The death of Aden Hashi Ayrow (Hawiye/Haber Gedir/Ayer) on May 1 will have several positive impacts: short-term disruption of terrorist operations of the Shabaab, set back efforts at reconciliation between the Shabaab and Islamic Court militias, and potentially improve prospects for Soma [...]
2008-06-03 14:01:00Embassy NairobiSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL ASEC MOPS SO
08NAIROBI1449 COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT FOR SMALL ARMS FOREIGN
[...] The Government of Kenya has been a close partner for the U.S. in many areas, including in military cooperation. They have provided important support in the Global War on Terror in spite of the risk they face, and it is in our interest to help them modernize their military forces to better prov [...]
2008-06-12 14:56:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MASS PARM PREL KE XW
08NAIROBI1461KENYA: SCENESETTER FOR PM ODINGA'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) Summary. The June 16-19 visit of Prime Minister Odinga will highlight U.S. support for the coalition government, bolster the authority of the office of the Prime Minister to supervise and coordinate the government, and provide us an important opportunity to press for results on institutiona [...]
2008-06-16 07:51:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID KE US
08NAIROBI1579SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PRICE
[...] (C) Summary: Welcome to Kenya. Your visit comes six months after the disputed December 2007 general elections, when the controversial announcement of the victory of incumbent President Kibaki led to widespread violence, the deaths of 1,500 people and displacement 600,000 Kenyans. Kenya now st [...]
2008-06-27 12:30:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALOREP PREL PGOV KDEM KE
08NAIROBI1684July 4 Reception Advances Support for Coalition Government
[...] (U) Embassy Nairobi's tremendously successful July 4 reception was highlighted by the joint appearance of Prime Minster Odinga and Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka. More than 2,000 guests witnessed the political rivals joining the Ambassador on the podium for speeches, all of which focused on su [...]
2008-07-09 06:52:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KE
08NAIROBI1692MINISTER OF FINANCE RESIGNS IN CORRUPTION SCANDAL
[...] (C) Minister of Finance Amos Kimunya resigned on July 8, capping a week of intense speculation about his political future stemming from his role in the cut-rate sale of the Grand Regency Hotel in Nairobi. The hotel, built with proceeds from the 1990s Goldenberg corruption scandal, had become [...]
2008-07-09 16:30:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM EFIN KCOR KE LY
08NAIROBI1725Prime Minister's Visit Advances U.S. Policy
[...] (U) Prime Minister Odinga's June 16-19 visit to the U.S. was a huge success and advanced U.S. policy to support the coalition government, to bolster the PM's role to supervise and coordinate the functions of government, to press for institutional reforms, and to highlight the U.S.-Kenyan partne [...]
2008-07-14 14:58:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KE ZI
08NAIROBI1809 DIVERSION REQUEST FOR CASE KE-B-UAD
[...] The following letter was sent to the Director of Strategy, Plans and Policy at U.S. Central Command, the U.S. Army Security Assistance Command, and the Defense Security Cooperation Agency by COL David McNevin, the U.S. Defense Representative to Kenya. It is a follow up of reftel country team as [...]
2008-07-28 10:27:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MASS PARM PREL KE XW
08NAIROBI185PARLIAMENT ELECTS SPEAKER--A GOOD DAY FOR KENYA
[...] On January 15 Kenya's Tenth Parliament sat for its first session. In a boisterous but mostly civil session, Parliament elected the Orange Democratic Movement's (ODM) Kenneth Marende as Speaker. ODM's candidate for Deputy Speaker was also elected, again beating a PNU candidate. This event has [...]
2008-01-17 04:04:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM KE
08NAIROBI186PARLIAMENT ELECTS SPEAKER--A GOOD DAY FOR KENYA
[...] On January 15 Kenya's Tenth Parliament sat for its first session. In a boisterous but mostly civil session, Parliament elected the Orange Democratic Movement's (ODM) Kenneth Marende as Speaker. ODM's candidate for Deputy Speaker was also elected, again beating a PNU candidate. This event has [...]
2008-01-17 04:04:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM KE
08NAIROBI192KENYA: WHAT A DIFFERENCE AN ELECTION MAKES
[...] (U) Summary: In a stunning reversal from consensus predictions that the December 27 general election would not affect Kenya's growing economy, allegations of vote rigging led to inter-tribal violence and looting that temporarily paralyzed the country's transportation system, scared away tourist [...]
2008-01-17 12:30:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EAGR ELAB PGOV EFIN KE
08NAIROBI1961SCENESETTER FOR CODEL THOMPSON
[...] (C) Summary: Welcome to Kenya. Your visit comes eight months after the disputed December 2007 general elections, when the controversial announcement of the victory of incumbent President Kibaki led to widespread violence, the deaths of 1,500 people and displacement of 600,000 Kenyans. Kenya h [...]
2008-08-14 12:54:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALOREP PREL PGOV KDEM PTER KE
08NAIROBI198KENYA ELECTIONS: PARLIAMENT COMPOSITION - A
[...] (SBU) Unlike Kenya's contentious presidential election, the parliamentary elections proceeded relatively smoothly and with a clear and credible outcome. With 207 of 210 constituencies reporting (3 constituencies will be re-run),Raila Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) won 99 of the 207 [...]
2008-01-17 16:21:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM KE
08NAIROBI200KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS: WORKING FOR A SOLUTION
[...] (C) Summary. With strong support through the Secretary's calls and A/S Frazer,s recent visit, we are continuing intensive efforts to facilitate dialogue between President Kibaki and Raila Odinga in order to achieve a political resolution of the post-electoral crisis. If achieved, this will b [...]
2008-01-17 19:12:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL KE
08NAIROBI2158Somalia - US Mission Officers Visit Hargeisa
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On September 9, US Mission officers visited Hargeisa, Somaliland and met with government officials, political party representatives, and organizations implementing U.S. Government-funded activities. The visit provided an opportunity to reinforce key messages made by Assistant [...]
2008-09-12 08:48:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM ECON SOCI SO
08NAIROBI2164 Somalia - Youth Enrichment Program on the Border
[...] Following on the success of the inaugural Somalia Youth Enrichment Program (YEP) in April (reftel),the Somalia Unit, including the embedded MIST team, conducted a second YEP in the border town of Mandera from August 25-28. Forty-five mostly Marehan clan Somali youth came across the border to [...]
2008-09-12 13:26:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV KPAO SO
08NAIROBI2225Somalia: Atmospherics During Somalia Program in Kenya
[...] (C) Summary: The Somalia Unit, including the embedded Military Information Support Team (MIST),conducted a Youth Enrichment Program (YEP) from August 25-29, 2008 in Mandera, on the Kenya-Somalia border (reftel). While the program was an unqualified success in changing negative attitudes towa [...]
2008-09-22 09:04:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID PINS SO
08NAIROBI2253MT. ELGON: STATUS OF INVESTIGATIONS ALLEGATIONS OF
[...] (C) In late July, the international NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) issued a second, more detailed report alleging security forces' involvement in serious human rights violations during the joint military-police operation against the Sabaot Land Defense Force (SLDF) in Mt. Elgon in March-April 200 [...]
2008-09-24 15:57:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV KDEM MOPS MASS KPKO KCRM KE
08NAIROBI234ELECTION CRISIS -- ANTI-U.S. GOVERNMENT
[...] (U) Throughout last week, the government,s office of public communications placed prominent advertisements in the print and broadcast media accusing the U.S. and others of contributing to violence. The advertisements varied in text, but evoked similar themes. All were entitled "Setting the R [...]
2008-01-22 16:41:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KE
08NAIROBI235KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS - THE SPEAKER OF
[...] (C) I met with the new Speaker of the Parliament, Kenneth Marende, on January 18 to congratulate him on his election and to discuss the role he can play to help resolve the election crisis. 2. (C) I briefed Marende on U.S. efforts to assist in resolution of the crisis. Marende noted that i [...]
2008-01-22 16:51:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KE
08NAIROBI2366COMMISSION OF INQUIRY INTO POST-ELECTION VIOLENCE PRESENTS
[...] On September 15, the Commission of Inquiry into Post-Election Violence (CIPEV) -- which was formed as part of the Kofi Annan-mediated settlement of Kenya's post-election crisis (reftel) -- presented its report to President Mwai Kibaki. Kibaki then ordered the report to be released immediately. [...]
2008-10-15 13:36:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE
08NAIROBI2369SOMALIA - JOINT SECURITY COMMITTEE TRAINING IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The joint TFG-ARS Joint Security Committee (JSC) is participating in a conflict management workshop in South Africa from October 11-17. The training session was organized by the UN Political Office for Somalia (UNPOS) to prepare the JSC members for the next round of meetings of t [...]
2008-10-15 15:45:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID PINS SO
08NAIROBI240KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS - THE ROLE OF THE
[...] (U) With the election crisis taking an ever greater toll on business interests (see reftel),the business community has become increasingly engaged in lobbying for a political solution. While it is hard to determine precisely what impact this will have, the voice of the business community is [...]
2008-01-22 19:28:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KE
08NAIROBI2401POST-ELECTION VIOLENCE COMMISSION RELEASES REPORT
[...] (U) The Commission of Inquiry into Post-Election Violence (CIPEV) submitted its report to President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga on October 15 (Ref A). The report proposes the establishment of a special tribunal to try high-level organizers of post-election violence. It also p [...]
2008-10-21 15:26:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM KE
08NAIROBI2522 The "One-Two" Punch to Kenya's Economy
[...] (SBU) Still recovering from the blow of post-election violence, the Kenyan economy is now being hit by the global financial crisis. This "one-two" punch spells trouble for Kenya's economic prospects at least over the short-term. Indicators of less than optimal growth include declining remitta [...]
2008-10-31 08:35:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDECON ELAB EINV EFIN ETRD EAID BEXP PINR KE
08NAIROBI2543SOMALIA - ARS Chairman Leads Delegation into Somalia
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On November 1, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, Chairman of the Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia (ARS),led an eight-person delegation into Somalia. Encouraged by A/S Frazer during a recent meeting in Nairobi to demonstrate leadership on the ground (Ref A),the ARS Chairma [...]
2008-11-04 04:49:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SO
08NAIROBI2552SOMALIA - PRESIDENT YUSUF AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS
[...] (SBU) Summary: At a meeting with the Ambassador on the eve of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development's Somalia Summit (ref a),Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Abdullahi Yusuf welcomed, and pledged support for the Djibouti Agreement's cease-fire and unity government de [...]
2008-11-05 00:41:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID PINS SO
08NAIROBI2554SOMALIA - TFG PRESIDENT, PRIME MINISTER, SPEAKER
[...] (C) Summary: On the eve of his departure for London to present a new cabinet for approval by President Yusuf, Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein "Nur Adde" described continuing strife within the Transitional Federal Government leadership and efforts by President Yusuf to block progress in the [...]
2008-11-05 14:26:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR SO
08NAIROBI2562SOMALIA - REACTION TO OBAMA WIN
[...] Somali contacts expressed deep admiration for the United States in the aftermath of the November 5 U.S. election. A wide range of Somalia Unit contacts called and wrote to congratulate the United States on a peaceful and historic election. Contacts' comments ranged from statements of esteem [...]
2008-11-10 15:03:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KPAO PINS SO
08NAIROBI2580SOMALIA - A/S Frazer Meeting with ARS Leaders
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On October 29, Assistant Secretary Frazer discussed the importance of a political solution as the foundation for increasing security and addressing Somalia's humanitarian crisis with leaders of the Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia. ARS Chairman Sheikh Sharif indicated [...]
2008-11-13 05:01:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID SO
08NAIROBI2588U.S. ELECTION DAY IN KENYA
[...] Summary. Kenyans see President-elect Barack Obama as their "favorite son," and are delighted by his election. The Ambassador hosted an early morning November 5 event attended by over 2,000 Kenyans to watch the results, and issued a statement highlighting the transparent and peaceful nature of [...]
2008-11-13 12:39:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KDEM PGOV KE
08NAIROBI2673SOMALIA - November 24 Joint Security Committee Communique
[...] (U) Summary and Comment: At the conclusion of their November 20-24 talks in Naivasha, Kenya, the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia (ARS) Joint Security Committee (JSC) issued a communique, the text of which appears in paragraph 3. The JSC agre [...]
2008-11-26 12:48:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SO
08NAIROBI2681SOMALIA - Agreement to Structure Unity Government and
[...] (SBU) Summary: At the latest round of Djibouti Agreement talks on November 25, the moderate islamist Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia (ARS) and the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) agreed on plans for a unity government. The text of their communique is in paragraph 5. The parti [...]
2008-11-28 07:40:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SO DJ
08NAIROBI2759SOMALIA - ARS Delegation Arrives in Mogadishu, Rallies
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On December 10, ARS Chairman Sheikh Sharif Ahmed and more than twenty other ARS leaders arrived in Mogadishu. This is expected to be a permanent relocation. Sheikh Sharif was encouraged to make the journey by supporters, who urged immediate action on the ground in light of re [...]
2008-12-11 12:10:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SO
08NAIROBI277KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS - INTERNATIONAL HUMAN
[...] Summary: The post-election violence that has killed over 700 people and displaced an estimated 250,000 more has drawn the attention of international human rights groups and institutions. Human Rights Watch currently has a research team in country to collect information and analyze events and [...]
2008-01-25 09:15:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL KE
08NAIROBI2776SOMALIA - PRESIDENT'S ATTEMPT TO SACK PM FOILED BY
[...] (SBU) Summary. Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Abdullahi Yusuf's effort to fire the Prime Minister on December 14 has triggered a backlash from the transitional Parliament in Baidoa where, on December 15, a reported 143 parliamentarians passed a vote of confidence in the Prime [...]
2008-12-15 13:56:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT PREL PINS PGOV SO
08NAIROBI2790AMBASSADOR'S TRIP TO GARISSA ELICITS CANDID
[...] The Ambassador recently travelled to Garissa, the provincial center of Kenya's predominantly Muslim North Eastern Province, to talk to the community about a range of issues. Feedback from the (mostly) Kenyan Somali community was generally positive toward the United States. There was great ap [...]
2008-12-16 11:12:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PTER KISL KDEM SOCI PHUM KE SO ET
08NAIROBI281KIBAKI-ODINGA TAKE FIRST STEP TOWARD DIALOGUE
[...] (C) Summary. A meeting between President Kibaki and Raila Odinga facilitated by Kofi Annan on January 24 sent a very positive message to the Kenyan people and will help end violence. The agenda and modalities for subsequent dialogue have not yet been worked out. The process of dialogue will [...]
2008-01-25 11:44:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KE
08NAIROBI2850PROTESTS OVER RESTRICTIVE MEDIA BILL
[...] Parliament passed a Media Bill on December 10 which, if signed by President Mwai Kibaki, would potentially subject the independent media to intrusive government interference. The Media Bill was presented to Parliament and the public as a series of amendments to the Communications Act of 1998. [...]
2008-12-19 13:01:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPAO KE
08NAIROBI2865PRESIDENT, PM SIGN PACT TO FORM POST-ELECTION
[...] President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga signed on December 17 an agreement to implement the recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry into Post-Election Violence (CIPEV),also known as the Waki Commission (Reftels). The agreement tasks a Cabinet sub-committee to draft legisl [...]
2008-12-23 08:04:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KDEM KE
08NAIROBI2878 MAIZE FLOUR CRISIS IN KENYA: THE UNSTABLE POLITICS OF
[...] (U) Rising maize flour prices, up 119 percent from November 2007 to November 2008, combined with the Kenyan staple's reduced availability and higher prices for other staple foods, are putting approximately 5 million Kenyans at risk of "severe hunger and destitution," according to a recent Mini [...]
2008-12-29 11:39:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR ETRD EAID BEXP PINR PGOV KE
08NAIROBI310KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS: EXPLAINING RIFT VALLEY
[...] The central region of Kenya's Rift Valley Province, known as "Kalenjin land" after its indigenous inhabitants, is the scene of the worst violence since the election crisis began in late December. Kenya's history of ethnic politics, land pressures, and shifting political alliances explain the [...]
2008-01-29 13:43:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KDEM KE
08NAIROBI357KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS - PROCESS OF DIALOGUE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Kenyans welcomed the political dialogue launched by Kofi Annan on January 29 as a desperately needed step towards ending violence and achieving a resolution of the crisis. Annan has chosen Cyril Ramaphosa as his chief mediator. The visit of Ban Ki-moon provided support for the m [...]
2008-02-01 19:21:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL KE
08NAIROBI380KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS - STATE OF PLAY AND NEXT STEPS
[...] (C) Summary. Having reached agreements regarding violence and humanitarian issues, the Annan-mediated talks between the government and ODM today started focusing on elements of a political solution. Annan wants to achieve this by February 13. The two sides start this discussion with diamet [...]
2008-02-05 19:25:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KE
08NAIROBI383KENYAN CEOS CALL FOR PEACE, RECONCILIATION, REFORMS, AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: Over 300 CEOs from firms employing 12 million Kenyans met on February 5 to issue a strong statement on the need for peace, security, reconciliation, reconstruction, and reform for Kofi Annan to deliver to Government-ODM negotiators. Although the final text (para 8) of the CEO su [...]
2008-02-06 12:02:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ELAB ETRD KE
08NAIROBI419KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS: NEARING THE CRUNCH POINT
[...] (C) Summary. Now that Kenya's peace talks have begun to focus on political issues, they are expected to rapidly reach the crunch point regarding power-sharing. There are constructive developments that mitigate in favor of progress, but also indications that achieving this will be extremely d [...]
2008-02-08 13:12:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL KE
08NAIROBI446Somalia - Tour d'Horizon with the Prime Minister
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Somalia's Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein offered his perspectives on establishing security in Mogadishu, reconciliation, training troops, selecting ministers, and focusing on transitional tasks during a February 8 lunch meeting. The Prime Minister reviewed many of the same [...]
2008-02-11 12:59:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EFIN EAID SO
08NAIROBI495KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS: KOFI ANNAN PRESS
[...] At a press conference held on February 15, Kofi Annan, as expected, put a positive spin on the negotiations. However the agreement signed restates progress made to date, but makes clear that there is no real progress on the core issue of power-sharing. 2. To follow is the text of an agree [...]
2008-02-15 17:03:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE
08NAIROBI496KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS: KOFI ANNAN PRESS
[...] At a press conference held on February 15, Kofi Annan, as expected, put a positive spin on the negotiations. However the agreement signed restates progress made to date, but makes clear that there is no real progress on the core issue of power-sharing. 2. To follow is the text of an agree [...]
2008-02-15 17:39:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE
08NAIROBI499Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia
[...] (C) The Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia (ARS) is increasingly distancing itself from extremist leaders of some Shabaab factions and is receiving considerable attention from the international community as an organized opposition block to the TFG. Against this backdrop, Prime Minister H [...]
2008-02-19 14:46:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER ASEC SO
08NAIROBI506Somalia Prime Minister's European Travel and Security
[...] (C) Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein briefed the Ambassador February 15 on his trip to Brussels and Paris. He also outlined his recent efforts at reconciliation, and spoke of his concerns about security in Mogadishu and those tasked to ensure it. End Summary. ----------------------------- E [...]
2008-02-20 07:43:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SO ET
08NAIROBI515KENYAN TALKS MOVE FORWARD
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Secretary's February 18 visit has propelled the talks forward. Discussion of the structure of a coalition government has begun. However, Raila Odinga remains concerned that the government is seeking a minimalist outcome and threatened to resume mass action within a week i [...]
2008-02-20 13:20:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KE
08NAIROBI545KENYA TALKS - KEY ISSUES STILL UNRESOLVED
[...] (SBU) Summary. Although both sides agreed to creation of a prime minister position following the Secretary's February 18 visit, the talks have bogged down over the authority the PM will be given and over related issues, including formation of a cabinet. Gordon Brown spoke with Kibaki Februar [...]
2008-02-25 18:43:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PDEM KE
08NAIROBI609Somalia -- Reconciliation at the Top
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum spent February 27 in Baidoa primarily in an effort to bridge the schism between President Abdullahi Yusuf and Prime Minister Hussein (Ref A),but also to iron out concerns on the bilateral GOE-TFG relationship. Tactics for accomplishing greate [...]
2008-03-01 11:25:00Embassy NairobiSECRETPGOV PREL ET SO
08NAIROBI641KENYA'S POLITICAL ACCORD AND U.S. ENGAGEMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary. President Kibaki and Raila Odinga have a positive public tone regarding their commitment to implement the coalition agreement. When I met with them separately on March 3 to lay out U.S. plans and to discuss next steps, they were upbeat. Sorting out the disposition of cabinet [...]
2008-03-05 09:38:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KE
08NAIROBI680Ambassador Addresses Kenya Law Society
[...] The following is the text of a speech delivered by the Ambassador to the Law Society of Kenya's Annual Dinner on March 8. It received extraordinary positive coverage in national and local television, radio, and print media: Begin text: --------------------------------------------- ------ [...]
2008-03-10 14:47:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KDEM KE
08NAIROBI734Somalia -- Conversation with TFG President Yusuf
[...] (S) Summary: President Yusuf confirmed that he had endorsed the draft TFG Reconciliation Strategy prepared by the Prime Minister and Cabinet during meeting with Special Envoy March 10. He asked again for our support to assist the TFG to accomplish the tasks stipulated in the Transitional Fede [...]
2008-03-14 10:21:00Embassy NairobiSECRETPGOV PREL SO
08NAIROBI792KENYA'S POLITICAL PROCESS AND U.S. ENGAGEMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary. Since the signing of the political accord on February 28, President Kibaki and Raila Odinga have sent positive signals and maintained the momentum for peace and political reconciliation generated by the February 28th landmark power-sharing accord. Odinga will likely be sworn [...]
2008-03-20 10:32:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM ASEC KE
08NAIROBI794 International Women's Day and Mission Efforts on Gender
[...] On March 11 the Ambassador hosted a reception for 500 prominent Kenya women to celebrate International Women's Day. The event and the Ambassador's remarks were widely covered by the media. Guests included women from civil society, the private sector, government, Parliament, and various [...]
2008-03-20 11:30:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KWMN KPAO KE
08NAIROBI798CORRECTED COPY: KENYA'S POLITICAL PROCESS AND U.S.
[...] (SBU) Summary. Since the signing of the political accord on February 28, President Kibaki and Raila Odinga have sent positive signals and maintained the momentum for peace and political reconciliation generated by the February 28th landmark power-sharing accord. Odinga will likely be sworn [...]
2008-03-20 12:17:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM ASEC KE
08NAIROBI803 Kenya After the Crisis: The Ambassador's Visit
[...] (U) Summary. On March 1-2 the Ambassador visited several areas of Rift Valley which were hit hard by the post-election violence. While all these areas were calm in the wake of the signing of the February 28 political accord, they remain traumatized by what happened. People are hopeful that [...]
2008-03-20 16:22:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID ASEC PHUM KE US
08NAIROBI813 International Women's Day and Mission Efforts on
[...] On March 11 the Ambassador hosted a reception for 500 prominent Kenya women to celebrate International Women's Day. The event and the Ambassador's remarks were widely covered by the media. Guests included women from civil society, the private sector, government, Parliament, and various walk [...]
2008-03-25 13:01:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KWMN KPAO KE
08NAIROBI817 International Women's Day and Mission Efforts on Gender
[...] On March 11 the Ambassador hosted a reception for 500 prominent Kenya women to celebrate International Women's Day. The event and the Ambassador's remarks were widely covered by the media. Guests included women from civil society, the private sector, government, Parliament, and various [...]
2008-03-26 06:05:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KWMN KPAO KE
08NAIROBI855KENYA'S NATIONAL RECONCILIATION AND EMERGENCY SOCIAL AND
[...] Summary: On March 17, 2005, the Grand Coalition Government of Kenya (GCG) unveiled the National Reconciliation and Emergency Social and Economic Recovery Strategy. This strategy paper, which has been transmitted as an e-mail attachment to State/AF/E and USAID/AFR/EA, presents actions that the [...]
2008-03-28 09:42:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID EFIN PGOV KE
08NAIROBI893COALITION CABINET STILL NOT FORMED
[...] (C) Summary. The failure of the two sides thus far to reach agreement on composition of a coalition cabinet threatens momentum to resolve the Kenya post-elections crisis. We have been working intensively with both sides to press for rapid agreement (see ref A which lays out U.S. engagement) [...]
2008-04-03 09:56:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KE
08NAIROBI902Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia
[...] (C) Ambassador and Special Envoy met in Nairobi the week of March 31-April 4 with senior members of the Asmara-based Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia (ARS),including Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, Executive Committee Chairman, and Sharif Hassan Sheikh Adan, Central Committee Chairman. [...]
2008-04-04 16:09:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SO
08NAIROBI960RESOLVING KENYA'S CABINET IMBROGLIO
[...] (C) Summary. President Kibaki and PM-designate Odinga have still not reached agreement on composition of a coalition cabinet. The difference between them is over 2-3 ministries. The impasse has heightened tensions. There was sporadic violence April 8 and 9, but the country is now calm. H [...]
2008-04-09 18:11:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KE
08NAIROBI999CABINET DEAL REACHED
[...] (C) Summary. Intervention by the Secretary and strong support from A/S Frazer were decisive in persuading President Kibaki and Prime Minister-designate Odinga to reach agreement on the cabinet, which was announced April 13. Kibaki and Odinga both saw the U.S. as the only party who could work [...]
2008-04-15 12:25:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KE
08NAPLES96CAN CALABRIA BE SAVED?
[...] (SBU) Summary: If it were not part of Italy, Calabria would be a failed state. The 'Ndrangheta organized crime syndicate controls vast portions of its territory and economy, and accounts for at least three percent of Italy's GDP (probably much more) through drug trafficking, extortion and usury. La [...]
2008-12-02 15:02:00Consulate NaplesCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON PREL BEXP SENV SOCI KCRM KCOR IT
08NAPLES97NAPLES TOURISM SECTOR HARD HIT
[...] The tourism industry in the city of Naples and the surrounding area has been hard hit in 2008, according to official figures and ConGen contacts. Data compiled by the Provincial Tourism Board show a 13 percent drop in the total number of visitors in 2008, and a decline of 18 percent in the n [...]
2008-12-02 16:15:00Consulate NaplesUNCLASSIFIEDECON IT
08NASSAU193THE BAHAMAS -- EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP)
[...] (U) As requested in reftel, please find Post's responses to questions for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. --------------------------------- Para 27 -- OVERVIEW OF ACTIVITIES --------------------------------- 2. (SBU) A: Is the country a country of origin, transit, and/or desti [...]
2008-03-04 14:20:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG BF
08NASSAU470BAHAMAS SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDATE FOR IOM DG IN
[...] (SBU) Ambassador Siegel delivered reftel demarche points requesting GCOB support for Ambassador Bill Swing, U.S. candidate for Director-General of IOM, to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Brent Symonette during a conversation on May 30. The Minister indicated that hi [...]
2008-06-23 20:37:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PREF PREL SMIG BF
08NASSAU471BAHAMAS APPROVES PSI SHIP-BOARDING AGREEMENT
[...] (U) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed Post via diplomatic note dated June 13 that the GCOB had approved the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) reciprocal ship-boarding agreement preliminarily concluded by the U.S. and Bahamian delegations on April 30-May 1, 2008 in Nassau (reftel [...]
2008-06-23 20:49:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA KNNA EWWT MARR PARM PGOV PHSA PREL BF
08NASSAU629BAHAMAS NOT INTERESTED IN KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT
[...] (C/NF) PolChief delivered reftel demarche points regarding Serbia's proposal to refer the question of Kosovo's declaration of independence to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for an advisory opinion to newly-appoined Ministry of Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary (PS),Dr. Patricia R [...]
2008-09-03 18:54:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALPREL UN UNGA KV BF
08NASSAU676DEMARCHE ON BOLIVIA-VENEZUELA AMBASSADORS DELIVERED
[...] (C) PolChief delivered demarche points on the declarations of U.S. ambassadors in Bolivia and Venezuela persona non grata (reftel) to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary and Head of International Relations Division, Marilyn Zonicle September 22. Ms. Zonicle took note that the USG's a [...]
2008-09-23 21:58:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALPROV PREL KDEM ASEC BF
08NASSAU678UNGA HUMAN RIGHTS PRIORITIES DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (C) PolChief delivered demarche points on UN General Assembly Third Committee human rights priorities (ref A)to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary and Head of International Relations Division, Marilyn Zonicle September 22, completing an introductory round of MFA meetings that urged c [...]
2008-09-23 22:06:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UN BF
08NASSAU776BAHAMAS APPLAUDS HISTORIC US ELECTION RESULT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Bahamian public, press and government greeted the U.S. presidential election outcome with joy and satisfaction at the historic success of an African-American candidate and admiration for the U.S. and the American democratic process. Optimism marked the view of the potential [...]
2008-11-06 15:09:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PROG PREL BF
08NASSAU872 Bahamas and the EU Economic Partnership Agreement - impact
[...] This is an action cable see paragraph 10. 2. Summary: The Bahamas recently joined the Forum of Caribbean States (CARIFORUM) in signing the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union (EU). Opponents argued, with some reason, that not even the Bahamian government (GCOB) f [...]
2008-12-15 14:33:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN BF
08NDJAMENA165CHAD'S NEW PRIME MINISTER: MR. RECONCILIATION
[...] (C) Summary: Youssouf Saleh Abbas, Chad's new Prime Minister (and former International Visitor) sees himself as a patriot with a "visceral" attachment to national unity. He brings to the position experience in national reconciliation and credibility (as a former member of the MDJT rebel group) [...]
2008-04-18 18:09:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF SU CD
08NDJAMENA334LIBYAN AMBASSADOR BRIEFS ON TRIPOLI'S "TRILATERAL
[...] (C) Libyan Ambassador Emhemmed Shlback briefed me on Libya,s recent &Trilateral Initiative8 to bring peace between Chad and Sudan August 5. Shlback said that Qaddafi believed that the time was now ripe to try to bring the two feuding leaders back to the more productive relationship they once [...]
2008-08-06 10:53:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF UNAUS EU SU LY FR CD
08NDJAMENA336LIBYAN AMBASSADOR BRIEFS ON TRIPOLI?S
[...] (C) Libyan Ambassador Emhemmed Shlback briefed me on Libya?s recent ?Trilateral Initiative? to bring peace between Chad and Sudan August 5. Shlback said that Qaddafi believed that the time was now ripe to try to bring the two feuding leaders back to the more productive relationship they once [...]
2008-08-06 15:31:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF UN EU SU LY FR CD
08NDJAMENA413ASMARA CONTACT GROUP MTG ON CHAD/SUDAN: READ OUT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-15 14:58:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPREL SU CD LY KPKO ER SG UN
08NDJAMENA441CHAD CHRONICLE: SEPT 15-26, 2008
[...] THERE WAS MUCH PRESS DISCUSSSION DURING THE WEEK REGARDING REPLACEMENT OF THE EUROPEAN PEACEKEEPING FORCE BY AN EXPANDED UNITED NATIONS PRESENCE. DESPITE GIVING SPACE TO OXFAM CRITICISMS SAYING THAT NO IMPROVEMENT OF THE SECURITY SITUATION HAS BEEN OBSERVED ON THE GROUND AS WELL AS OXFAM'S ALLE [...]
2008-09-26 11:36:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PREF ECON PHUM UN LY CT CD
08NDJAMENA477PEACEKEEPING IN CHAD: MINURCAT UPDATE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-15 13:57:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO CD SU UN
08NDJAMENA493 WORLD BANK TEAM IN CHAD VISIT SEEKS STRONG
[...] (C) A World Bank "technical" team is in Chad for a two-week visit to conduct a dialogue with the government designed to lead to a fuller resumption of ties and activities, but much will depend on the GOC's willingness and ability to meet minimum Bank criteria. The team will probe the GOC's c [...]
2008-10-27 16:34:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF ECON ETRD PHUM CD
08NDJAMENA510EU WORKING TO KEEP CHAD ON TRACK FOR 2009
[...] (C) The Chief European Union Representative in Chad believes that the electoral reform process that he is spearheading can result as planned in communal/legislative elections in 2009, but that success is by no means assured at this point. The EU Ambassador believes that enough momentum has de [...]
2008-10-31 11:30:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON PREF EU PINR IBRD EIB CD
08NDJAMENA519 WORLD BANK ENDS CHAD VISIT ON HIGH NOTE, POINTING TOWARD
[...] (SBU) The World Bank delegation finished its visit to Chad on a high note, if not the highest possible note, this week. In a presentation to the diplomatic corps November 7 by the GOC Ministers of Finance and Economy and the Bank delegation head, the visit was portrayed as "positive" and "co [...]
2008-11-10 13:34:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL EPET IBRD UN IMF PGOV FR CD
08NDJAMENA546 FOREIGN MINISTER CITES CHADIAN DIPLOMATIC AND
[...] (C) Chadian Foreign Minister Faki told Ambassador and DCM November 19 that he attributed last week's Dakar Contact Group meeting's success to incremental steps taken during the past six months to repair Chad's relations with Sudan, but cautioned that more needed to be done, especially de-fangin [...]
2008-11-20 11:50:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF PREL
08NDJAMENA547IMF HOLDS OUT HOPE FOR CHAD, BUT INSISTS ON FISCAL
[...] (SBU) The November 18 debrief to the diplomatic community by the visiting IMF delegation tracked what delegation head Sukhwinder Singh had told Ambassador earlier (Ref A). The IMF is trying to persuade the GoC to prepare and live within budgets that are sustainable without oil revenue, in m [...]
2008-11-20 15:13:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN IMF PGOV PREL US IBRD MASS CD
08NDJAMENA571CHAD AMB UPBEAT ON REBEL THREAT AND CHAD-SUDAN
[...] (C) Chad Ambassador to the U.S. Adam Bachir told Ambassador and DCM December 1 that he would carry a letter from President Deby to President-Elect Obama's Chicago Transition Office proposing a meeting in DC between the two Presidents after January 20, 2009, to discuss regional security issues. [...]
2008-12-04 15:26:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR LY SU PREF CD
08NDJAMENA81JEM REBELS: DEBY'S SAVIOUR AND BUDDING NATIONAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Representatives of the Sudanese rebel group JEM told N'Djamena Emboffs on March 7 that JEM was well on the way to becoming an inclusive Sudanese national movement. They acknowledged that JEM forces had come to the aid of President Deby during the February 2-3 rebel attacks on N'D [...]
2008-03-07 16:48:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF SU CD
08NEWDELHI1013GREYBEARDS AND INSIDERS GIVE DAS FEIGENBAUM THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During three days of meetings in Delhi, SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum heard from Indian academics, politicians and former top bureaucrats gave varying views on the bilateral relationship, Indian domestic politics, and regional affairs. Former Ambassador to the U. [...]
2008-04-08 07:01:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM IN BM CH CE NP
08NEWDELHI1044 INDIA DOUBLES ITS ANTE IN AFRICA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Amid positive press reporting and official press statements, Indian and African leaders concluded the two-day New Delhi based India-Africa Summit by unanimously accepting drafts of the Delhi Declaration and the India-Africa Framework for Cooperation. Nations agreed in principle [...]
2008-04-11 11:19:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON EAID ECIN ETRD KECF IN
08NEWDELHI1051INDIA SKEPTICAL NEPALESE ELECTIONS WILL BRING
[...] (U) GOI officials are publicly upbeat on the significance of Nepal's first democratic election in 15 years, with the MEA officially saluting the Nepalese people for taking a positive and important step. However, Indian observers are privately dubious about the outcome of Nepal's voting, and p [...]
2008-04-15 01:20:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER KDEM NP IN
08NEWDELHI1166DELHI DIARY, APR 21-28
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for April 21-28, 2008 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Composite Dialogue Dates Set For May 20 and 21 -- UPA Announces Record Foodgrain Harvest Estimate -- Naxalite/Maoist Incidents Increase [...]
2008-04-29 13:37:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER PHUM PBTS TBIO EAGR NP IN BG
08NEWDELHI1172A/S MCMURRAY URGES INDIA TO MOVE FORWARD ON SOUTH ASIAN
[...] (U) OES Assistant Secretary Claudia McMurray met with Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) Secretary Meena Gupta on the sidelines of the Global Issues Forum on April 24, 2008 in order to engage the MoEF on the formation of a South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network (SAWEN). Mr. M.B. Lal, [...]
2008-04-30 07:08:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV IN
08NEWDELHI1180AHMADINEJAD VISIT TO INDIA FOCUSES ON PIPELINE,
[...] (C) Summary. Iranian President Ahmadinejad's April 29 visit to India focused primarily on energy and trade issues, according to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) contacts. Indian officials announced the Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline deal "is doable" within 45 days, though "a lot of work" needs [...]
2008-04-30 12:31:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KNNP KISL ENRG ECON ETRD IR IN
08NEWDELHI1209NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of April 28 - May 2, 2008, including the following items: -- A SEPARATE DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACEUTICALS? -- ADDITIONAL GOI 'ANTI-INFLATION' MEASURES INCLUDE EXPORT -- KV KAMATH IS NEW PRESIDENT OF CII FOR 20 [...]
2008-05-02 12:04:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN
08NEWDELHI1224 UNDER SECRETARY DOBRIANSKY ENGAGES INDIA'S SPECIAL ENVOY
[...] SUMMARY: In a bilateral meeting on the margins of the Global Issues Forum held April 24, 2008 in New Delhi, Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky led a delegation consisting of OES Assistant Secretary Claudia McMurray and Dr. Robert Dixon, NSC-CEQ Senior Coordinato [...]
2008-05-05 12:02:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG ECON TSPL TRGY KSCA KGHG IN
08NEWDELHI1248INDIA'S UPA-LEFT NUCLEAR COMMITTEE STALLS AGAIN
[...] (C) Summary: The UPA government and its Left allies agreed May 6 to hold a ninth committee meeting on May 28 to continue discussion about implementing the civil nuclear cooperation initiative. Although press reports indicated that External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee gave a pessimistic [...]
2008-05-07 13:42:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI126LET'S FIX IRRITANTS THAT PLAGUE THIS PARTNERSHIP,
[...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador told Foreign Secretary Menon January 11 that a range of bilateral problems has started to make people question the strategic partnership that both sides seek, and wonder why the USG has encountered such difficulty when it has done so much to try to bring India into the g [...]
2008-01-14 14:29:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL AMGT KREC OFDP ODIP IN
08NEWDELHI1275NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF MAY
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of May 5-9, 2008, including the following items: -- GOVT MOVES ON DIVESTMENT PLANS -- GOVT BANS SOME MORE FUTURES TRADING -- CONTROVERSY OVER BIOTECH CROPS AND FOOD -- INDIA INCREASES FOOD GRAIN STOCKS - [...]
2008-05-09 11:34:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN ECPS BEXP
08NEWDELHI1277DELHI DIARY, APRIL 28-MAY 09
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for April 28-May 09, 2008 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- India and Pakistan Trade Tit-for-Tat Missile Tests -- Lok Sabha Speaker Withdraws Action Taken Against Unruly MPs -- Indian Custodia [...]
2008-05-09 13:20:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM PINR KPRP MCAP MNUC PARM SOCI
08NEWDELHI1333DALAI LAMA REQUESTS BUSH TO VISIT LHASA DURING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a May 10 meeting, the Dalai Lama requested Poloff to convey a request to President Bush to visit Lhasa during the President's August 2008 Beijing visit. He characterized the April 27-29 China-Tibet talks as "productive," noting that China's representatives adopted a "softer" [...]
2008-05-14 12:46:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF PHUM KIRF CH IN
08NEWDELHI1353AMBASSADOR MEETS L.K. ADVANI TO URGE BJP TO BACK NUKE DEAL
[...] (C) The Ambassador on May 8 again urged BJP leader L.K. Advani in a private meeting to exhibit statesmanship and either back the nuclear deal or withdraw opposition to it. Advani did not alter his argument, but I sensed that he is much less comfortable than he was a month ago. Advani informed the [...]
2008-05-16 11:16:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM SOCI IN
08NEWDELHI1354NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF MAY
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of May 12-16, 2008, including the following items: -- EXIM VISIT HIGHLIGHTS NEW INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING FACILITY -- EXIM MEETS WITH INDIA INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE CO. -- INDUSTRIAL GROWTH MODERATES IN F [...]
2008-05-16 12:48:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN ECPS BEXP
08NEWDELHI1356DELHI DIARY, MAY 12-16
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for May 12-16, 2008 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Akali-BJP Deadly Clash During Local Polls in Punjab -- Child Laborers Wake Up Parliamentarians -- Reservation Policy Hits a Snag Akali- [...]
2008-05-16 13:00:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM SCUL IN
08NEWDELHI1364TERROR TOP ON INDIAN MINDS AS THE FIFTH ROUND OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The fifth round of the Indo-Pak Composite Dialogue, scheduled to take place in Islamabad May 20-21, will cover the gamut of bilateral issues, according to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). Foreign Secretary Menon will meet his counterpart Salman Bashir May 20, while Exter [...]
2008-05-19 13:17:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PBTS PK IN
08NEWDELHI1375CHINA'S ATTACKS ON DALAI LAMA ALARM TIBETAN MPS
[...] Send a fact-finding delegation to access the real situation inside Tibet. Urge upon the UN to do the same. 2. Impress upon China to stop killings & uphold the Fundamental Human Rights inside Tibet. 3. Facilitate International medical communities / organizations to render medical assistance t [...]
2008-05-21 03:26:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALCH IN KIRF PGOV PHUM PREF PREL
08NEWDELHI1406INDIA MAINTAINS MODEST RELATIONS WITH CUBA
[...] (SBU) In response to the request for information on India's relations with Cuba set out in reftel A, Embassy New Delhi provides the following assessment based on the most recent and readily available information. Bilateral Visits Increase, but Relations Mostly Symbolic Legacy of NAM ------- [...]
2008-05-23 11:45:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL CU IN
08NEWDELHI1429CONGRESS SETBACK PROMPTS POSTPONEMENT OF INDIA'S
[...] (SBU) Bruised by election losses in Karnataka (septel) and blocked by the intransigent Left, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government postponed the UPA-Left nuclear committee meeting originally scheduled May 28. According to May 27 press reports, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukhe [...]
2008-05-27 12:18:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI1432SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR FEINGOLD'S MAY 2008 VISIT
[...] (SBU) Dear Senator Feingold: The Country Team and I warmly welcome you to India. Your visit comes at a critical juncture in what has been a period of profound transformation in Indo-US relations. While we have successfully accelerated and expanded the ties between our two democracies into a [...]
2008-05-27 13:42:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON KNNP IN
08NEWDELHI1440INDO-PAK DIALOGUE: INDIA LOOKING TO MAINTAIN THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The fifth round of the Indo-Pak Composite Dialogue took place in Islamabad May 20-21, marking the first high-level contact between the two governments since Pakistan's newly elected government came to power in March. Foreign Secretary Menon met his counterpart Salman Bashir May [...]
2008-05-28 12:25:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PBTS PK IR CH IN
08NEWDELHI1489NARAYANAN URGES BETTER BILATERAL UNDERSTANDING ON
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-02 10:54:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL PTER KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI1515INDIAN MUSLIMS RALLY AGAINST TERRORISM, AGAIN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Leading Indian Muslim clerics denounced terrorism as un-Islamic at two separate, very different events over the May 31-June 1 weekend. Seizing the political upper hand, the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) publicly welcomed the events and focused on their anti-government [...]
2008-06-04 13:32:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KISL IN
08NEWDELHI1549STAFFDEL ANDERSON DISCUSES REGIONAL ISSUES,
[...] (SBU) Staffdel Anderson discussed a wide range of regional and domestic issues with government officials and non-governmental commentators during a visit to Delhi on June 1-4. A Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary justified India's relationship with Iran, emphasized its commitment to [...]
2008-06-06 08:50:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KNNP ENRG IN
08NEWDELHI1560DELHI DIARY, MAY 30-JUNE 6, 2008
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for May 30-June 6, 2008 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- MEA Chief of Mission Conference -- Government Officials Retain Public Information -- Karunanidhi Birthday Bash: Bashing the BJP -- Pa [...]
2008-06-06 12:14:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM SCUL KDEM IN
08NEWDELHI1561NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of June 2-June 6, 2008, including the following items: -- ECB NORMS FOR SERVICES SECTOR LIBERALIZED -- ANTI-DUMPING DUTY REVIEW WORRIES SHRIMP EXPORTERS -- TRENDS IN INDIAN EXPORTS -- INDIA'S FY 2007-08 G [...]
2008-06-06 12:17:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN ECPS BEXP
08NEWDELHI1620INDIA STILL NONCOMMITTAL ON APDP EOM - WANTS
[...] (SBU) Poloff followed up on demarche (Ref A) with MEA Joint Secretary Sanjiv Arora (United Nations Political) and his Deputy, Sanjay Rana, regarding Foreign Secretary Menon's April 24 conversation with Under Secretary Dobriansky indicating that India will participate in the Asia-Pacific Democr [...]
2008-06-12 10:31:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDIN KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL
08NEWDELHI1669CEQ CHAIRMAN CONNAUGHTON TALKS CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENERGY
[...] (U) Summary: On June 16, Chairman James Connaughton of the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) met with Dr. Kirit Parikh, Member, Planning Commission of India, and Ministry of Commerce Secretary G. K. Pillai to discuss key climate-change and energy-security issues ahead of the M [...]
2008-06-18 05:51:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECIN ECON ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV PREL SENV IN
08NEWDELHI1756SCENESETTER FOR REPRESENTATIVE ACKERMAN JULY 2008 VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) Dear Representative Ackerman and Delegation: The Country Team and I warmly welcome you to India. Your visit comes at a critical juncture in what has been a period of profound transformation in Indo-US relations. While we have successfully accelerated and expanded the ties between our [...]
2008-06-25 12:22:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON KNNP IN
08NEWDELHI1818INDIA UNVEILS ITS NATIONAL ACTION PLAN FOR CLIMATE CHANGE
[...] Summary. A week before the G-8 Summit in Japan, India's Prime Minister (PM) and Union Minister of Environment and Forests (MOEF) Dr. Manmohan Singh launched the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) on June 30, 2008 in New Delhi. The plan has been eagerly awaited by environmental act [...]
2008-07-01 11:45:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO SENV AMED CASC KSCA ECON ETRD BEXP EINV PGOV
08NEWDELHI1821QURESHI VISITS INDIA, LEAVES POSITIVE IMPRESSION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Pakistani Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi met with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Leader of the Opposition L.K. Advani, senior BJP leader Jaswant Singh, former Prime Minister Vajpayee, and a few state governors during his June 27-29 visit to India. Pakistan Polit [...]
2008-07-01 13:14:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IN PK
08NEWDELHI1832BHUTAN STRATEGIZES ON ENERGY, PRIVATE-SECTOR GROWTH, AND
[...] (U) Summary: Econoff met with a number of contacts in Thimphu on June 24 and 25 to discuss telecommunications, energy, tourism, unemployment, and broader issues of economic planning. Public-sector meetings focused on the problem of rising unemployment and the overall challenge of improving Gro [...]
2008-07-02 12:10:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECPS EINV ENRG ETRD BT IN
08NEWDELHI1845NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of June 30 to July 3, 2008, including the following: -- INDIA AND JAPAN INK CURRENCY SWAP DEAL -- DRAFT CCI REGULATIONS EXCLUDE SMALL MERGERS -- INDIAN DOMESTIC CARRIERS FORCED TO INCREASE AIR FARES -- NEW [...]
2008-07-03 13:09:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN ECPS BEXP
08NEWDELHI1875PM DEPARTS FOR G-8 WITH GOVERNMENT SUPPORT FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Singh departed on July 7 for the G-8 Summit in Japan where he plans to ask world leaders to support the Indian government following its decision on July 4 to advance the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative to the IAEA and Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG). [...]
2008-07-07 14:29:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI1894JAMMU AND KASHMIR'S CONGRESS-LED GOVERNMENT FALLS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Congress Party Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad resigned on July 7, thereby ending the rule of his Congress-led coalition government in the state. Azad's coalition government lost its majority when its key ally, the People's Democratic Party (PDP),pulled [...]
2008-07-08 12:26:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL PTER KDEM IN
08NEWDELHI1895CONFIDENCE VOTE FOLLOWS LEFT WITHDRAWAL AS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Left Front stated on July 8 its intention to withdraw from the Congress Party-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government and to seek a confidence vote, tentatively scheduled for July 21. The Samajwadi Party reiterated its support for the UPA government and the nuclear [...]
2008-07-08 14:36:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI1922SARAN AND MENON OUTLINE MODEST INDIAN ACTION PLAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Ambassador discussed on July 10 next steps in the U.S.-India Civilian Nuclear Cooperation Initiative separately with Prime Minister's Special Envoy for the Nuclear Deal Shyam Saran and then Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon. Saran and Menon previewed planned travel by Ind [...]
2008-07-10 15:11:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI193NRI CONFERENCE CONNECTS INDIA TO ITS DIASPORA
[...] (U) Summary: Critics called the sixth Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, an annual gathering of overseas Indians, nothing more than a talk shop. However, the event draws a large crowd and more press coverage every year and participants appeared content engaging informally with old friends and making n [...]
2008-01-18 12:17:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SOCI EINV ECON IN
08NEWDELHI1935 GAO EXPLORES INDIA'S EXPERIENCE WITH THE CDM
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Analysts from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) visited New Delhi June 30 and July 1 to review India's experience with the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). The GAO interviewed a wide range of public, private, and NGO stakeholders who were consistent i [...]
2008-07-11 12:39:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG ECON TSPL TRGY KSCA KGHG IN
08NEWDELHI195 DRS. WATSON AND DIXON ENGAGE GOI IN PREPARATION FOR SECOND
[...] SUMMARY: Drs. Harlan Watson and Robert Dixon met with representatives of the Government of India (GOI) to discuss preparations for the upcoming Second Major Economies Meeting (MEM2) scheduled for January 30-31 in Honolulu, Hawaii. The GOI was represented by officials from the Ministry of Ext [...]
2008-01-18 13:00:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG ECON TSPL TRGY KSCA KGHG IN
08NEWDELHI1972POLITICAL BARGAINING CONTINUES PRIOR TO KEY VOTE IN PARLIAMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-17 13:23:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI2012INDIA'S UPA GOVERNMENT SURVIVES CONFIDENCE VOTE --
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The two-day special session of parliament to consider the confidence motion culminated late on July 22 with a victory for the Congress Party-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) coalition government. The tally was 275 votes in favor of the confidence motion, 256 opposed, and 1 [...]
2008-07-22 14:37:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI2078SCENESETTER FOR VICE ADMIRAL WIERINGA DPPG AUGUST
[...] (SBU) The Country Team and I warmly welcome you to India. Your visit comes at an important juncture in our military relationship with India. The commanding position that the Soviet Union and later Russia enjoyed on military sales to India is weakening, the Ministry of Defense is progressing [...]
2008-07-30 09:52:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIN MASS MOPS PARM PREL XD
08NEWDELHI2109OPTIMISM REPLACE BY TENSION IN KASHMIR, BUT
[...] Summary: (SBU)"Tension" is the new byword in Kashmir, replacing the optimism that seemed to be cautiously growing prior to the June outbreak of rioting related to the transfer of land to the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board. An ongoing "bandh" (work stoppage) has been in place in Hindu-dominated [...]
2008-08-01 12:39:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PTER KDEM PK IN
08NEWDELHI2126MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-INDIA NUCLEAR DEAL,
[...] "A BIG SUCCESS," editorial in August 3 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "India's government and its diplomats should be given credit for the green signal given to the India- specific safeguards agreement by the IAEA board of governors. The next step is to secure the vital 45-member NSG's approval, w [...]
2008-08-04 10:16:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2146JAMMU AND KASHMIR: VIOLENCE AND PROTESTS CONTINUE
[...] (C) Summary: Jammu and Kashmir remained on edge as violence sparked by the Amarnath land transfer controversy (reftels) continued into its second month. Over 50 people were injured on August 5 and rail and road traffic remained disrupted. The Prime Minister called an all-parties meeting on [...]
2008-08-06 11:05:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM PREL KDEM KISL IN
08NEWDELHI2168INDIA CANCELS OVERFLIGHT PERMISSION FOR FLIGHT OF
[...] (S) The Charge d'Affaires delivered ref A demarche on August 6 to Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma and Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary for the Americas Gaitri Kumar. Sharma noted the urgency of the issue and the Indian government's obligation to comply wi [...]
2008-08-08 09:52:00Embassy New DelhiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI2170NSG MUST "ACCEPT INDIA AS IT IS," ACCORDING TO
[...] (C) Summary. In an August 6 meeting with the Charge, Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma thanked the USG for its efforts to advance the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Initiative and reaffirmed the GOI message -- accept India as it is -- in the lead up to the August 21-22 Nuclear Sup [...]
2008-08-08 10:35:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM ENRG KNNP PARM TSPL
08NEWDELHI22SCENESETTER PART III: THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: This is the third scenesetter cable, which provides information and analysis on government authorities that exist and are being created for regulation of drugs, food, medical devices, and biotechnology. This is a long cable and our intent is to provide "complete picture" for yo [...]
2008-01-03 11:54:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO SENV AMED KSCA IN
08NEWDELHI2223JAMMU AND KASHMIR: VIOLENCE AND PROTESTS PEAK
[...] (C) Summary: Following two days of increasing tension and violence in Jammu and Kashmir, the situation improved on August 13. There were fewer protests and confrontations, with only one reported incident of police firing on protestors. Curfew was relaxed for most of the day and truck traff [...]
2008-08-13 14:22:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM PREL KDEM KISL IN
08NEWDELHI2238VULNERABLE TIBETANS BULLIED BY NEIGHBORS - PART 2
[...] (C) Summary. In discussions with Refcord and Poloff earlier this summer, Tibetan settlement leaders in Northeastern India discussed day-to-day intimidation by average Indians as well as by Indian separatist movements. In most settlements, bullying neighbors have taken advantage of Tibetans, t [...]
2008-08-18 08:54:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM CH IN
08NEWDELHI2246MUSHARRAF RESIGNS: INDIAN REACTION PURPOSEFULLLY
[...] (C) Summary. Official Indian reaction to news of President Musharraf's resignation has been a calculated message of non-interference and a desire to work with the GOP to continue to improve bilateral ties. Below the surface is a fear that Musharraf's departure could lead to a breakdown of ci [...]
2008-08-19 11:56:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC PINR PTER KNNP PK IN
08NEWDELHI2264PM'S INDEPENDENCE DAY ADDRESS: INDIA'S MOMENT TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: While giving prominent attention to issues that most directly involve U.S. interests -- U.S.-India Civil Nuclear initiative, Jammu and Kashmir, terrorism and regional security -- Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's traditional Independence Day address on August 15 focused primaril [...]
2008-08-21 12:37:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY
08NEWDELHI2265JAMMU AND KASHMIR: TENSION EXPECTED IN THE VALLEY
[...] (C) Summary: After a relatively calm week so far, August 22 is expected to be tense in the Kashmir valley because separatist leaders have called for a march in memory of those who died in police firings in recent weeks. Any clash between security forces and the protesters will further infla [...]
2008-08-21 13:15:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM PREL KDEM KISL IN
08NEWDELHI2266INDIA SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER
[...] (SBU) On behalf of Ambassador Mulford, we welcome your upcoming visit and offer this snapshot of the bilateral relationship. Coming only days after the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) plenary in Vienna, your visit gives us a chance to gauge where we stand in the NSG process and discuss next s [...]
2008-08-21 13:27:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MASS OREP KSTC KOMC IN IR PARM PK
08NEWDELHI2297SPECIAL ENVOY SARAN SAYS NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS
[...] (U) Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher cleared this report. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The Prime Minister's Special Envoy for the Civil Nuclear Initiative Shyam Saran reviewed with visiting Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher and Ambassador Mulford progress toward an India-specific exception in th [...]
2008-08-26 12:32:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI2341DELHI DIARY AUGUST 26-29
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for August 26-29, 2008, that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Bihar Floods a "National Calamity" -- Parliament to Convene October 17 -- Congress-SP Alliance Takes Shape in U.P. -- India to Expan [...]
2008-08-29 14:20:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR PTER IN
08NEWDELHI2401GOI OFFICIALS TELL AMBASSADOR PATTERSON POLITICAL PROGRESS CONTINGENT ON CT PROGRESS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-06 05:37:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALIN PGOV PINR PK PREL
08NEWDELHI2418NEW DELHI BI-WEEKLY ESTH REPORT: SEPTEMBER 2008 FIRST WEEK
[...] SUMMARY: This edition of the New Delhi ESTH biweekly includes updates on the University Grants Commission's plans to open 735 new universities, a report on a workshop on nanotechnology, and problems that India will likely face in land acquisitions for large-scale solar power projects. The se [...]
2008-09-09 10:28:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO SENV AMED CASC KSCA ECON ETRD BEXP EINV PGOV
08NEWDELHI2446YANG DEFENDS CHINA'S NSG POSITION ON FIRST TRIP TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jeichi,s first official trip to India September 7-9, ostensibly to inaugurate the new Chinese consulate in Kolkata and lay the groundwork for better momentum in India-China relations, was overshadowed by controversy over China's perceived lack of sup [...]
2008-09-11 11:26:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PBTS CH IN
08NEWDELHI2479AUSTRALIA HIGH COMMISSION LABELS FM'S VISIT A
[...] (C) SUMMARY: While Indian media coverage of Foreign Minister Stephen Smith's visit to New Delhi focused overwhelmingly on Australia's decision not to provide uranium to India, the Australian High Commission focused on atmospherics and labeled the visit a success. The Government of Australia f [...]
2008-09-16 11:27:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2526COMMERCE A/S BOHIGIAN MEETS WITH MINISTRIES OF FINANCE AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: Commerce Department Assistant Secretary for Market Access David Bohigian met on September 8 with Ministry of Finance Revenue Secretary Bhide and Ministry of Commerce Joint Secretary Mukim to discuss US industry concerns on tariff and non-tariff barriers to US exports to India. B [...]
2008-09-19 08:49:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ENRG EPET ETRD BEXP
08NEWDELHI2532INDIA RECEPTIVE TO NEW PAKISTAN TRADE POLICY
[...] (SBU) Summary: India's Ministry of Commerce and Industry has responded appreciatively to the expanded positive list of permissible trade with India that Pakistan announced in July, while Indian industry has also indicated receptivity to new trade opportunities, seeing a "new breed" of Pakistani [...]
2008-09-19 12:46:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ENRG EPET ETRD BEXP
08NEWDELHI2553NEW CHAPTER IN INDO-NEPAL RELATIONS? REACTION TO
[...] (C) Summary: On his first official visit to India, Nepalese Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal declared that a new chapter in Indo-Nepal relations had begun. Press coverage of the visit was positive, filled with talk of change and hope for renewed, strengthened relations and cooperation. Inte [...]
2008-09-22 12:01:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2591INDIA-EU SUMMIT PREVIEW NEW DELHI 00002591 001.2 OF 003
[...] (C) Summary. On September 29 and 30 Prime Minister Singh will travel to Marseilles for the ninth India-EU summit. While neither GOI nor EU interlocutors have expectations of big deliverables out of the summit, the two sides will deliver two declarations: one highlighting progress made in the India- [...]
2008-09-26 12:54:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KNNP ETRD ENRG EAIR PHUM SENV TRGY
08NEWDELHI2606INDIA SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY
[...] (SBU) Madame Secretary, we welcome your upcoming visit and offer this overview of the bilateral relationship. Coming only hours after hoped-for congressional approval of the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Agreement, your visit gives us a chance to mark this milestone in the relationship while pus [...]
2008-09-30 07:23:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP PARM ECON PGOV PTER EAID IN
08NEWDELHI2653MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-INDIA NUCLEAR DEAL, U.S.
[...] "AMERICAN SENATE APPROVES DEAL", editorial in theM October 4 right-of-center Urdu daily "MUNSIF", Hyderabad: "At last, the Indo-U.S. nuclear deal has been given the green signal by the American Senate by a huge margin. It was an extremely vital stage of the entire process, concluding in the de [...]
2008-10-06 11:40:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2665MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-INDIA NUCLEAR DEAL, INDIA-
[...] "AFTER THE NUCLEAR DEAL," editorial in the October 5 centrist DAINIK BHASKAR Hindi daily: "The US-India civil nuclear agreement has ensured that India's emergence as a global power has now been formally certified. The U.S.- India Nuclear Cooperation Approval and Nonproliferation Enhancement Ac [...]
2008-10-07 09:47:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2673RESOLVING END USE MONITORING WITH INDIA
[...] (U) This is an action request for the Department. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) Summary: Indian Foreign Minister Mukherjee handed Secretary Rice proposed text (paragraph 7) on End Use Monitoring (EUM) during their 4 October 08 meeting in New Delhi. Post believes the involvement of Muk [...]
2008-10-08 01:18:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MASS ETTC IN
08NEWDELHI2678MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-INDIA NUCLEAR DEAL, INDIA-
[...] NUCLEAR DEAL A TRIBUTE TO INDIA'S INTERNATIONAL STATURE," op-ed in the October 7 centrist DAINIK HINDUSTAN Hindi daily by foreign affairs writer Pranay Sharma: "The nuclear deal with the U.S. is a big triumph for the UPA government, although it may not translate into votes for the Congress par [...]
2008-10-08 10:11:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI269DAS FEIGENBAUM PRESSES POSSIBILITIES FOR SYNERGIES
[...] (C) Summary. In a January 24 meeting with Ministry of Defense Director General (Acquisitions) S.K. Sharma, SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum: -- pressed for defense cooperation to be one impetus for moving the broader bilateral relationship forward; -- stressed that India has w [...]
2008-01-28 05:10:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR ETRD IN
08NEWDELHI2692MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-INDIA NUCLEAR DEAL, U.S.
[...] "ONE-SIDED LAW," op-ed in the October 9 right-of- center DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by strategic affairs specialist Brahma Chellaney: "The U.S.-India civil nuclear agreement lacks even the basic elements. India has no assured fuel-supply guarantee. It is certain that if the U.S. disrupts its nu [...]
2008-10-10 10:25:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2709MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-INDIA NUCLEAR DEAL, GLOBAL
[...] "GEORGE BUSH'S GIFT," op-ed in the October 11 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by political commentator and Congress party leader Rajiv Shukla: "President Bush's gesture of signing the nuclear agreement on the Indian Dasshera festival day is significant in that it is a unique and unprecedented agreem [...]
2008-10-14 12:49:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2722MIXED SENTIMENT AMONG INDIANS OVER ZARDARI
[...] (C) Summary: The Indian Government has been in wait-and-see mode regarding the path of India's bilateral relationship with Pakistan since President Zardari's election on September 6. Indian media has paid much attention to positive comments made by Zardari, as well as to the possibility of tr [...]
2008-10-16 11:12:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PTER KNNP PK IN
08NEWDELHI2725ABBAS VISIT TO INDIA REAFFIRMS INDIAN SUPPORT FOR
[...] (C) Summary. President Mahmoud Abbas' October 6-9 visit to India was highlighted by: -- an explicit Indian reaffirmation of support to the Palestinian cause for a sovereign, independent, viable and united state; -- $20 million in aid, including $10 million for budgetary support and $10 mil [...]
2008-10-16 13:11:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPAL KWBG PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2735NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of October 13 to October 17, 2008, including the following: -- Chidambaram Still Eager for Reforms as Parliament Opens -- Industrial Production Index Drops, Other Data Positive -- Eastern India Feeling Pinc [...]
2008-10-17 11:00:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ENRG EPET ETRD BEXP
08NEWDELHI2736MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS; NEW
[...] "ZARDARI REKINDLES HOPES," op-ed in October 16 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by former diplomat and parliamentarian Kuldip Nayar: "Asif Ali Zardari was never taken seriously in India. People either knew him as Benazir Bhutto's husband or Mr. 10 per cent. But his pronouncements after assuming charg [...]
2008-10-17 11:57:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2739INDIAN, PAKISTANI NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISORS
[...] (C) Summary. In their first meeting together as counQrparts, Indian National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan and Pakistani National Security Advisor Mahmud Ali Durrani: -- explored ways to revive the Indo-Pak joint anti-terror mechanism; -- discussed allegations of continuing ceasefire viol [...]
2008-10-17 12:15:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PK IN
08NEWDELHI2745PARLIAMENT SESSION LIKELY TO BE STORMY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Both houses of the Indian Parliament convened a session on October 17 to open up a new session of Parliament, possibly its last before national elections due before May 2009. The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) is preparing itself for heated attacks from the Left Parties, [...]
2008-10-20 11:50:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PREL KNPP ECON IN
08NEWDELHI2764FOREIGN MINISTER LAVROV VISIT TO INDIA REAFFIRMS
[...] (C) Summary. During his October 20 visit to New Delhi, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov: -- brought a message that Russia's relations with India remain a priority for Moscow; -- announced Russia will assist India in building four additional nuclear reactors at the Kudankulam power project; [...]
2008-10-21 13:45:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY PREL RU IN
08NEWDELHI2781RESURGENT RAJASTHAN: EFFORTS TO PUT THE STATE ON INVESTMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: An economic reporting trip to bellwether state, Rajasthan, in late September, indicated strong government implementation of infrastructural and educational improvements (reftel A). The trip also demonstrated that the Government of Rajasthan's efforts to attract new manufacturing [...]
2008-10-23 11:07:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV IN
08NEWDELHI2795NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of October 20 to October 24, 2008, including the following: -- MOF SECRETARY ON FINANCIAL CRISIS -- CHIDAMBARAM PRAISES USAID FISCAL REFORM PROGRAM -- SHIPPING INDUSTRY BRAVES THE SLOW DOWN -- TRADE OPENS [...]
2008-10-24 12:39:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ENRG EPET ETRD BEXP
08NEWDELHI2808 EYE INSTITUTE SEES FUTURE IN ADVANCED RESEARCH, EXPANSION,
[...] Summary. Hyderabad-based L. V. Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) showcases a successful model for high-quality screening and treatment that benefits underserved populations of Andhra Pradesh. International and national collaborations on ground breaking vision research result in effective bench-to- [...]
2008-10-30 06:54:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO SENV AMED KSCA ECON ETRD BEXP EINV TSPL KPAO
08NEWDELHI2824MEDIA REACTION: WORLD ECONOMIC CRISIS, U.S.
[...] "MANMOHAN ON RECESSION," editorial in the October 27 AMAR UJALA Hindi daily: "Prime Minister Manmohan Singh clearly said in the 7th Beijing Asia-Europe summit that this economic crisis is a result of developed countries' economic policies and the developing countries are paying the price. He s [...]
2008-10-31 10:20:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2828INDIAN FOREIGN MINISTER TO VISIT TEHRAN TO DISCUSS
[...] (C) Summary: India,s External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee will visit Tehran on November 1 to attend the annual Joint Commission meeting with his Iranian counterpart Davood Jafari. Mukherjee,s visit to Iran will focus on economic issues related to trade and is unlikely to result in any s [...]
2008-10-31 12:39:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID EPET IR PK IN
08NEWDELHI2829PUNJAB: BELLWETHER STATE CAUGHT BETWEEN CONSUMER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Punjab remains the richest state in India with its historically strong agricultural sector, and nascent real estate and industrial sectors. However, there are signs of decline in Punjab as other states surge ahead. Its long-held claim to highest per capita income in India has [...]
2008-10-31 13:06:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM IN
08NEWDELHI2831INDIA-PAKISTAN JOINT ANTI-TERROR MECHANISM: SLOW
[...] (C) Indian External Affairs Ministry Additional Secretary Vivek Katju and his Pakistani counterpart, Aizaz Ahmad Choudry, held a Special Session of the Joint Anti-Terror Mechanism (JATM) on October 24 in New Delhi. This meeting, which was scheduled when Indian Prime Minister Singh and Pakista [...]
2008-10-31 13:19:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PK IN
08NEWDELHI2852SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENTIAL
[...] "YES, HE CAN," editorial in the November 6 centrist THE TIMES OF INDIA. "Obama campaigned consistently as the candidate for change by handing a landslide victory to its first ever African-American president, America already is a different country ... With Obama's election America has come cl [...]
2008-11-06 11:23:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2889INDIANS EXCITED, GOI CAUTIOUS ABOUT OBAMA VICTORY
[...] (U) Summary: The Indian public and the media heralded Barack Obama's presidential victory with joy, amazement and admiration. Indians from all social strata had followed the election with more interest than any previous U.S. presidential election. Many of the national dailies devoted several [...]
2008-11-07 13:57:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KMDR KPAO ECON PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC
08NEWDELHI289GORDON BROWN IN INDIA: "PARTNERSHIP OF EQUALS"
[...] (C) Summary. Gordon Brown's first trip to India as Prime Minister brought nearly unanimous positive public reaction, despite "deliverables" being mostly reiterations of previous policy declarations and confirmations of the potential for a more prosperous future. The UK High Commission emphasi [...]
2008-01-29 10:04:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON UNSC IN
08NEWDELHI29PUT THE ONUS ON INDIA FOR UNSC SEAT
[...] (C) Summary. As we look to engage with India on greater cooperation within the United Nations (reftels),concurrent with a possible completion of the civil-nuclear deal in sight and inter-governmental negotiations on United Nations Security Council expansion, the time may be near when the USG [...]
2008-01-04 12:18:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO KUNR USUN IN
08NEWDELHI2924NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of November 10 to November 14, 2008, including the following: -- PM Singh Comments on His Plans for G-20 Summit -- Inflation Rate Drops to Single Digits -- Private Carriers Protest Their Exclusion Under GOI [...]
2008-11-14 12:31:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
08NEWDELHI2944INITIAL POST-SUMMIT GOI REMARKS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Singh and Finance Minister Chidambaram have made positive remarks in their early days back from the G-20 Summit held November 14-15, while Commerce Minister Nath has made some unhelpful - but not uncharacteristic - protectionist references. Singh and Chidambaram [...]
2008-11-18 12:34:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON EFIN EINV ETRD IN
08NEWDELHI2953MEDIA REACTION: WORLD ECONOMIC CRISIS / G-20
[...] "INDIA'S CONVICTION," editorial in November 18 centrist HINDUSTAN Hindi daily: "The tables have turned as the G-20 summit on the financial crisis concluded in Washington. This time, it is the developed countries that are under the scanner, while countries like India, China and Brazil have the [...]
2008-11-19 10:30:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2960GOI OFFICIALS SHARE VISIONS OF NUCLEAR NEXT STEPS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings, Prime Minister's Special Envoy Shyam Saran, Minister of Science & Technology and Earth Sciences Kapil Sibal, and Principal Scientific Advisor to GOI Dr. R. Chidambaram shared their thoughts on the way forward for the civil nuclear industry with Nuclear Reg [...]
2008-11-19 12:55:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALENRG TRGY ETTC KNNP PARM PREL TSPL IN
08NEWDELHI2961MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS, G-
[...] "WILL HISTORY HELP RADIATE A NEW GLOW ON AMERICA, WITHIN AND WITHOUT?" editorial-page article in November 20 Kolkata pro-BJP Bengali daily BARTAMAN by Nashville- based columnist Subhankar Mukherjee. "Obama used a refreshing slogan during his campaign, 'Change we need.' He altered this soon af [...]
2008-11-20 10:46:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI296425 YRS LATER: MUBARAK VISITS INDIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a four day visit to India marked more by pomp and ceremony than solid results, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak signed a number of technical agreements and promised to establish a Foreign Minister-level strategic dialogue. He also formally received the Jawaharlal Nehru Awa [...]
2008-11-21 03:50:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON UNSC MARR EG IN
08NEWDELHI2970MEDIA REACTION: U.S. ELECTIONS/OBAMA PRESIDENCY,
[...] "OBAMA'S NEW ECONOMICS!" op-ed article by columnist Girish Jakhotia in the November 21, 2008, Mumbai edition of left-of-center Marathi daily MAHARASHTRA TIMES. "President-elect Obama should realize that America's economic woes stem from many of its own counterproductive and self-serving polici [...]
2008-11-21 10:57:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2985ATOMIC ENERGY CHAIRMAN KAKODKAR SHARES CANDID
[...] (SBU) This cable was cleared by NRC staff. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) Chairman Anil Kakodkar provided visiting Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Chairman Dale Klein November 18 in Mumbai with an unprecedently candid overview of India's plans and expectations for ci [...]
2008-11-24 12:27:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALENRG TRGY PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC BEXP IN
08NEWDELHI2996BARC DIRECTOR BRIEFS NRC DELEGATION, PROVIDES TOUR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On 21 November, Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC) Director Dr. Srikumar Banerjee and several senior members of the BARC staff briefed Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Chairman Klein and delegation on activities at BARC, and provided a tour of the Dhruva reactor, Engineering [...]
2008-11-25 13:22:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETBEXP ENRG ETTC IN KNNP PARM PREL TRGY TSPL
08NEWDELHI3000MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS; NEW
[...] "HOW SERIOUSLY CAN WE TAKE ZARDARI'S COMMENT?" op-ed article in November 25 centrist DAINIK BHASKAR Hindi daily by foreign affairs writer Ved Pratap Vaidik: "What's the similarity between Rajiv Gandhi (former Indian prime minister) and Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari? Both got the PM's thr [...]
2008-11-26 09:45:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3002ENDORSEMENT FOR MIDDLE WAY LEAVES TIBETANS IN
[...] (C) Summary. On November 17-22, over 560 Tibetans gathered in the north Indian hill station of Dharamsala - capital of the "government-in-exile" - to consider fundamental questions on the future strategy of the Tibetan movement. The conclave, called by the Dalai Lama, required Tibetan exiles [...]
2008-11-26 11:58:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PHUM IN CH
08NEWDELHI3003INDIA RELUCTANT ON TALIBAN TALKS, CONSULTING
[...] (C) Summary: In a 24 November meeting with PolCouns, Indian Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran) T.C.A. Raghavan expressed his government's concern over ISAF members' willingness to engage the Taliban. Raghavan welcomed a USAID proposal for a Trilatera [...]
2008-11-26 13:20:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID ENRG KDEM AF IR PK XD IN
08NEWDELHI3009MISSION INDIA EAC MEETING - 27 NOVEMBER 2008
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The New Delhi Emergency Action Committee (EAC) convened on Thursday, November 27, 2008 in response to multiple terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India that targeted a number of locations in the southern part of the city including the historic Taj Mahal Palace & Tower Hotel (TAJ),Obe [...]
2008-11-28 00:53:00Embassy New DelhiSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC IN PREL PTER
08NEWDELHI3013SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: MUMBAI TERROR ATTACKS
[...] "IT'S WAR," editorial in the November 28 centrist English Daily THE TIMES OF INDIA (Circulation: 2.1 million). "This nation is under attack ... India is effectively at war and it has deadly enemies in its midst ... The government should immediately work on an internal security doctrine that de [...]
2008-11-28 11:49:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3016SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MCCAIN DECEMBER 2008 VISIT
[...] (U) Senators McCain, Lieberman, and Graham: On behalf of Ambassador Mulford and the Country Team, I warmly welcome you to Bhutan. Your visit comes at the end of a historic year for the small Himalayan nation, marked by the successful transition to a constitutional monarchy and the coronation [...]
2008-11-28 11:50:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDBH CH IN KNNP PGOV PREF PREL
08NEWDELHI3031MUMBAI TERROR ATTACKS: POLITICAL FALLOUT CONTINUES
[...] (C) Summary: A day after the Home Minister was sacked, the impact of the Mumbai tragedy continued to play out domestically and in the Indo-Pakistan relationship. There is likely to be a shakeup in the Maharashtra state government today. At an all-party meeting, the Prime Minister unveiled a number [...]
2008-12-01 13:54:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM PREL PINR KDEM KISL PK IN
08NEWDELHI3035SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION (CONTINUED): MUMBAI
[...] "GO TO THE SOURCE," editorial in the December 1 centrist English Daily THE TIMES OF INDIA (Circulation: 2.1 million). "It's also time for New Delhi to work together with the US, the UK and other concerned governments to evolve a common approach towards Pakistan, which is the world's central t [...]
2008-12-02 01:21:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3037NSA NARAYANAN TELLS AMBASSADOR INDIA HAS NO INTENTION OF ACTING MILITARILY AGAINST PAKISTAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-02 06:39:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETIN MOPS PGOV PK PREL PTER
08NEWDELHI3050MEDIA REACTION: MUMBAI TERROR ATTACKS; NEW
[...] "THE STRENGTH OF THE NATION," editorial in the December 2 NAVBHARAT TIMES Hindi daily: "Terrorist organizations have miserably failed to play the Islam card and influence India's Muslims. Terrorists have tried many times, but each time they failed. A sign if this is that Muslims in Kashmir def [...]
2008-12-03 09:15:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3064SPECIAL REPORT: MEDIA COVERAGE OF SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT
[...] SUMMARY: The highly positive media coverage of Secretary Condoleezza Rice's visit to New Delhi on December 3 has left behind the lasting image of America being India's First Friend in the time of need. In creating that image, the Secretary's visit was supplemented by other significant American [...]
2008-12-04 13:51:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3065SPECIAL MEDIA REPORT - INDIA'S MUSLIMS STAND UP AGAINST
[...] SUMMARY: In an unprecedented show of solidarity against terrorism, Muslims from Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and several other leading cities across India, have condemned the Mumbai terror attack and are gearing up to oppose all those who spread terror in the name of Islam. Unequivocally condemning t [...]
2008-12-04 13:53:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3071MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY RICE VISIT TO INDIA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-05 11:05:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3076NEW DELHI BI-WEEKLY ESTH REPORT: NOVEMBER 2008 THIRD WEEK
[...] (U) Summary: This edition of the New Delhi ESTH biweekly report on science and technology includes an update on the recent Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Chairman and delegation's visit to India, the commencing of the Indian Space Research Organization's (ISRO) Chandrayaan I experiments, [...]
2008-12-08 04:22:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO SENV AMED CASC KSCA ECON ETRD BEXP EINV PGOV
08NEWDELHI3084MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN
[...] "PAKISTAN'S HYPOCRISY," editorial in the December 7 right-of-center DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari's asking for concrete evidence of Pakistani involvement in the Mumbai terror attacks is nothing but a ploy to distract India. Pakistan always declares the eviden [...]
2008-12-08 10:42:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3104 INDIAN TSUNAMI EARLY WARNING SYSTEM TECHNICALLY
[...] SUMMARY: (SBU) In October 2008, SCIOFF and SCIFSN toured the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES)-affiliated National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) facilities in Chennai and the Indian National Center for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) in Hyderabad, and spoke with scientific staff abo [...]
2008-12-10 05:45:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKGLB KICR KSCA TPHY EFIS EIND SENV TSPL TNGD IN
08NEWDELHI3114PRESIDENT MEDVEDEV INDIA VISIT CONFIRMS CIV-NUKE
[...] (C) Summary. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev capped off a 24 hour visit to India by delivering as promised on agreements for civil nuclear, space and defense cooperation. Medvedev expressed Russia's solidarity with India in the war on terror in the wake of the Mumbai attacks, reiterating a [...]
2008-12-10 12:52:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KNUC KNNP ECON TSPA RS IN
08NEWDELHI3123MEDIA REACTION: INDIA/PAKISTAN RELATIONS IN WAKE
[...] "PAKISTAN'S HELPLESSNESS," editorial in the December 10 HINDUSTAN Hindi daily: "Pakistan, for the first time, has really acted against terrorists, but under pressure. If the Pakistani rulers really want to eradicate terrorism their actions should match their words. They should stop the diploma [...]
2008-12-11 10:46:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3127INDIA SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR KERRY
[...] (C) Senator Kerry, as you know your visit comes at a time of new tensions between India and Pakistan after the Mumbai attacks. The U.S. has encouraged the GOI to pursue a measured action. Both Secretary Rice and Deputy Secretary Negroponte have traveled to the region to meet with leaders in [...]
2008-12-11 13:46:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KMDR KPAO ECON PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC
08NEWDELHI3128CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN TECHNICAL EDUCATION IN
[...] (U) Summary: Technical education in India is expected to expand rapidly from its current level of 600,000 engineering graduates per year to about 800,000 in three years. It is also projected that India will experience shortage of skilled human resources to meet its developmental needs. Hence [...]
2008-12-12 05:04:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY SENV KGHG TSPL TNGD EIND KSCA ECON ETRD
08NEWDELHI313MENON SAYS INDIAN NEGOTIATORS AWAIT ASSURANCE FROM
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon told the Ambassador January 30 that the Indian government sought to arrange a call between Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) Secretary Anil Kakodkar and IAEA Director General Muhammad SIPDIS ElBaradei before sending a negotiating team back to [...]
2008-01-30 14:17:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI3136DRDO CONVENES INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MANAGING
[...] SUMMARY: (C) The Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) sponsored their first ever international conference on managing defense research and development December 3-5, in honor of their 50th anniversary. The conference was organized jointly by DRDO and the Federation of Indian Ch [...]
2008-12-12 08:34:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALBEXP MCAP MASS TSPL PTER TPHY TNGD IN
08NEWDELHI314CONTRACT FARMING HAS LIMITED USE THUS FAR FOR ORGANIZED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Contract farming offers farmers a stable and profitable way to sell to agro-businesses, and is gaining popularity as a means of cutting out middlemen in the agricultural supply chain. A number of companies are successfully sourcing agricultural products directly from farmers f [...]
2008-01-31 05:55:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBTIO EAGR ECON EINV IN ETRD EFIN PREL
08NEWDELHI3144MEDIA REACTION: INDIA/PAKISTAN RELATIONS, GLOBAL
[...] "INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE," editorial in December 11 HINDUSTAN Hindi daily: "The Pakistan government is caught between the devil and the deep blue sea. If it defends Jamaat-ud-Dawa it will have to face an even stronger global opposition. At the same time, it is incapable of acting tough against [...]
2008-12-12 10:56:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3156INDIAN AND BRITISH PM'S DISCUSS TERROR
[...] (C) Summary: One day before U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown met with India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to discuss the necessity of cooperation between India and Pakistan, two Indian air force jets flew into the Lahore and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir sectors, violating Pakistani territory on [...]
2008-12-15 12:18:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPGOV PREL PK UK IN
08NEWDELHI3157NARAYANAN AND MENON TO DEPUTY SECRETARY:
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon and National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan told Deputy Secretary Negroponte December 12 that Pakistan's actions so far in response to the Mumbai terrorist attacks have been inadequate and were reminiscent of the insufficient efforts Pakistan [...]
2008-12-15 14:06:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MOPS PK IN
08NEWDELHI3158INDIAN FOREIGN MINISTER TELLS DEPUTY SECRETARY:
[...] (C) Summary. In a December 12 meeting between Deputy Secretary Negroponte and Indian Foreign Minister Mukherjee, the Deputy Secretary provided Mukherjee with a readout of his meetings with Pakistani officials and urged India to consider the Pakistani proposal to send a high-level delegation [...]
2008-12-15 14:23:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER MOPS PK IN
08NEWDELHI3187LAND OF THE THUNDER DRAGON IMPRESSES CODEL MCCAIN
[...] (SBU) Summary. The December 3-5 visit to Bhutan of Senators McCain, Lieberman, and Graham demonstrated strong U.S. support for the tiny Himalayan kingdom as this historic year draws to a close. The delegation met with the current and former Kings, the Prime Minister, the Foreign Minister, the [...]
2008-12-19 06:07:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM KNNP BH IN CH
08NEWDELHI3191MEDIA REACTION: INDIA/PAKISTAN RELATIONS,
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-19 10:27:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3197GOI'S SWIFT COUNTERTERRORISM STEPS HELP LIMIT
[...] (C) To respond to the public outcry following the Mumbai terror attacks, the GOI moved quickly to limit the political damage and demonstrate that it is serious about combating terrorism. It forced through a bill to create a new crime fighting federal agency that will concentrate on terrorism [...]
2008-12-19 12:38:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM PREL PINR KDEM KISL PK IN
08NEWDELHI3204MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS,
[...] "PAKISTAN UP TO ITS GAMES," op-ed article in the December 21 right-of-center DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by strategic columnist K. Subrahmanyam: "With its statements, Pakistan is trying hard to provoke India to take military action. Its objective is to blackmail the U.S. Pakistan wants to use it [...]
2008-12-22 10:20:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3215RESPONSE TO ACTION REQUEST: CUBA: COUNTRY BY
[...] (U) In response to the reftel request for information on India's relations with Cuba, Embassy New Delhi provides the following assessment based on the most recent and readily available information. Overall Friendly and Symbolic Relations ---------------------------------------- 2. (C) As [...]
2008-12-22 12:10:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALCU ETRD ETTC PREL
08NEWDELHI322AUSTRALIAN HIGH COMMISSIONER URGES U.S. TO KEEP UP
[...] (C) Summary: Australian High Commissioner John McCarthy urged Ambassador David Mulford January 30 to ensure that the U.S. continue pressuring the new Australian leadership to support an Indian exception in the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG). "It is important to continue to have the nuclear iss [...]
2008-01-31 12:18:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI3254INDIANS STATE IRANIAN PRESIDENT WILL NOT VISIT
[...] (C) Summary: The Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has categorically denied the reported upcoming visit of Iranian President Ahmedinejad to Delhi this week, while Indian and Pakistani press continue to speculate on the purpose of the rumored visit. End Summary. Ahmedinejad,s Visit " [...]
2008-12-30 12:00:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PK IR IN
08NEWDELHI332GOI WARNS POWELL OF GROWING UML-MAOIST ALLIANCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary for North (Nepal and Bhutan) Preeti Saran told SIPDIS Ambassador Nancy Powell she thought the United Marxist-Leninist (UML) Party and the Maoists were forming an alliance ahead of Nepali elections. Saran expressed concern th [...]
2008-02-01 09:40:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS KDEM NP IN
08NEWDELHI333NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of January 28 - February 1, 2008. CARREFOUR COMING TO INDIA -------------------- 2. (U) French retail giant Carrefour, after several abortive attempts to reach a deal with an Indian partner over the pa [...]
2008-02-01 09:55:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN
08NEWDELHI343DELHI DIARY, JAN 21-28
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for January 21-28, 2008 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- New HP Government Gets Moving -- Prime Minister Singh to Visit Indo-Chinese Border Areas -- French President's Visit Raises Turban Is [...]
2008-02-01 13:09:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL PBTS SOCI KWMN CH IN FR
08NEWDELHI353GAMBARI TELLS INDIA TO USE ITS INFLUENCE ON BURMA
[...] (C) Summary. UN Special Envoy for Burma Ibrahim Gambari's late January visit to India delivered the message that India should use its influence to do more to help the democratization and reconciliation process in Burma. Gambari told British and Canadian missions privately that India reiterate [...]
2008-02-04 12:52:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM BM IN
08NEWDELHI379U.S. COAST GUARD AND MEA AGREE TO STEP UP MARITIME
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Following a series of Indian port inspections, a U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Internet Port Security Program (IPSP) delegation told Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary for Americas Gaitri Kumar that they found Indian port security to be at an acceptably high level and [...]
2008-02-06 08:06:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS PHSA CE IN
08NEWDELHI444MENON SAYS MUNICH MEETING HAS "CLEARED UP" INDIA'S
[...] (C) Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon told the Ambassador February 11 that the February 9 meeting in Munich between Indian National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan, Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) Secretary Anil Kakodkar and IAEA Director General (DG) Mohammad ElBaradei has allowed India t [...]
2008-02-11 14:27:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI467ISRAELI DCM BRIEFS DCM ON POSITIVE TREND IN
[...] (C) Summary. Israeli DCM Belotsercovsky told DCM recently that he was concerned that a renewal in criticisms from the Left and India's Muslim community could cause the Indian government to pull back from the rapid, positive trend in India-Israel relations. He refused to comment on allegations [...]
2008-02-13 09:32:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR TSPA MOPS IN
08NEWDELHI474KARAT AND KAKODKAR SPAR IN PRESS WHILE INDIA
[...] (C) Summary: After several weeks of near-silence, Communist leader Prakash Karat denounced the civil nuclear initiative February 11, and demanded that the UPA government wait to finalize the IAEA safeguards agreement until the next U.S. administration comes to power. Department of Atomic Ener [...]
2008-02-13 11:51:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI483SENIOR INDIAN POLICE OFFICER REVIEWS NEPAL BORDER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Director General (DG) of the Indian Border Guard Force (Sashastra Seema Bal or "SSB") Gopal Sharma told DepPolCouns that many competing forces, including the Maoists, Young Communist League (YCL),Muslim extremists and competing Madhesi groups were stirring unrest along the Indo [...]
2008-02-14 10:59:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PBTS PTER PINR NP PK IN
08NEWDELHI501NEW DELHI EXPECTS INDIA-AUSTRALIA RELATIONS TO
[...] (C) Summary: India-Australia relations under Prime Minister Rudd should continue to move forward on the positive path set by the Howard administration, according to the Ministry of External Affairs, the Australian High Commission and contacts in Delhi. However, while greater engagement in b [...]
2008-02-15 12:28:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON SENV AS IN
08NEWDELHI524SARAN AND KAKODKAR SEND MIXED SIGNALS ON NUCLEAR
[...] (C) Summary: While Special Envoy Shyam Saran underlined February 18 the importance of completing the civil nuclear cooperation initiative as soon as possible, Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Anil Kakodkar downplayed the urgency during a press interaction February 18. Speaking at an Institut [...]
2008-02-19 12:28:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI54DEMARCHE ON SUPPORTING ASPIRATIONS OF THE SYRIAN
[...] (C) A/DCM delivered reftel demarche to MEA Joint Secretary (West Asia and North Africa) M. Manimekalai and SIPDIS Director (WANA) N.J. Gangte on January 7, and expressed USG desire that the GOI make public statements in support of the Syrian democracy and human rights activists who formed t [...]
2008-01-08 11:17:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL XF XG KMPI NSC SY EUN TU CA JA SF IN
08NEWDELHI542INDIA CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC AFTER PAKISTAN GENERAL ELECTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-21 08:47:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALIN KDEM KISL MOPS PBTS PGOV PINR PK PREL PTER
08NEWDELHI558SENATORS' NUCLEAR DEADLINE BRINGS (MOSTLY)
[...] (SBU) Summary: The setting of a June deadline by Senators Kerry, Biden and Hagel during their February 20 visit to Delhi has sparked a tepid reaction from the Congress Party and, strangely, the Communists, while media supporters have used the opportunity to remind the Indian government of its [...]
2008-02-22 08:52:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI623INFLUENTIAL DEOBAND MADRASSA GATHERING DECLARES
[...] (SBU) Summary: At a February 25 conference at the influential and conservative Darul Uloom madrassa in Deoband, Uttar Pradesh, approximately 10,000 - 15,000 Islamic clerics declared terrorism un-Islamic. In equal measure, the declaration by clerics of the madrassa regarded as the ideologica [...]
2008-02-27 13:38:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KISL SCUL ASEC CASC PREL KTFN KCRM KIRF
08NEWDELHI638DEFENSE SECRETARY SINGH EMPHASIZES POSITIVE
[...] (C) Summary. In a February 27 meeting between Under Secretary of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security, Mario SIPDIS Mancuso, and Defense Secretary Vijay Singh, Mancuso: -- stressed the importance of the U.S.-India relationship; -- expressed appreciation for Singh's contribution to b [...]
2008-02-28 13:41:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALETRD PREL MARR KNNP PGOV IN
08NEWDELHI690SAFEGUARDS TALKS DONE, INDIA WILL SOON MAKE
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Menon and Special Envoy to the Prime Minister Shyam Saran confirmed to Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher March 4 that India and the SIPDIS International Atomic Energy Agency had finally completed their negotiations on a safeguards agreement. Menon discounte [...]
2008-03-05 11:58:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI7CODEL VOINOVICH MEETING WITH PM SINGH
[...] (C) Summary. In a December 29 meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Codel Voinovich (consisting of Senator Voinovich, and Congressmen Turner, Gingrey, Pearce and Bishop) expressed appreciation for the Prime Minister's leadership in bringing U.S.-India relations to new heights. Senator V [...]
2008-01-02 12:18:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KNNP SOCI IN
08NEWDELHI701HARYANA BELLWETHER: A PROSPEROUS STATE WITH STRONG
[...] (C) Summary: January 20-22, Emboffs traveled to Haryana to gauge the political, economic, and social climate of the state. Journalists and politicians alike described the pace of development as constant and fast in Haryana regardless of which political party leads the state, leading to overall [...]
2008-03-06 12:22:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EINV KDEM SENV IN
08NEWDELHI722ELECTIONS VS. ELECTRONS: POLITICAL DETAILS LOOM
[...] (C) Summary: With the resurgence of the civil nuclear political debate during the budget session of Parliament, observers have analyzed the minutiae to try to determine whether the UPA government calls the Left's bluff soon, waits until after the monsoon, or sits on the initiative altogether. [...]
2008-03-07 12:10:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI763SCENESETTER FOR SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE NANCY PELOSI
[...] (SBU) Dear Speaker of the House Pelosi, Members of Congress Markey, McDermott, Miller, Sensenbrenner, Inslee, Holmes Norton, Solis, Eshoo, Holt and the Honorable Mr. Livingood: The Country Team and I warmly welcome you to India. Your visit comes at a critical juncture in what has been a peri [...]
2008-03-13 12:36:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON KNNP IN
08NEWDELHI790DELHI DIARY, MARCH 10-14
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for March 10-14, 2008 that did not feature in our other reporting: -- The Spy Who Came in from the Cold Changes His Story -- CBI Has Nothing to Show for its Tytler Enquiry -- Supreme Court Avoids Meddling in Politics [...]
2008-03-14 13:32:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINR PINS PREF PHUM SMIG SOCI MOPS
08NEWDELHI824TIBETAN REFUGEES: INDIA RELEASING DETAINEES,
[...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon on March 19. Responding to SIPDIS reftel points, Menon stated that the Indian government has spoken with both the Dalai Lama's representatives and four Tibetan non-governmental organizations and assured them th [...]
2008-03-19 12:41:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL CH NP IN
08NEWDELHI849BHUTAN: THE LAND OF THE THUNDER DRAGON PLANS FOR
[...] (U) Summary: On a January 31 ) February 3 trip to Bhutan, SCA/INS desk officer and Poloff met with Bhutanese government officials and political figures to discuss the current political and social climate in the country ahead of its National Assembly (lower house) elections on March 24. Despite [...]
2008-03-24 06:11:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PREF PGOV PHUM PREL PINR IN BT
08NEWDELHI878SHIELD S01-08: GOI REQUIRES FURTHER INFORMATION ON
[...] (U) This is an action request for ISN and SCA. Please see para 3. 2. (S) PolOffs delivered reftel points March 19 to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Disarmament and International Security (DISA) Division Directors Amandeep Singh Gill and Jayant Khobragade. Gill responded that the Gover [...]
2008-03-26 11:29:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPARM PREL ETTC IR IN
08NEWDELHI882TIBET CLAMP DOWN AND PROTESTS PUT INDIA IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Tibet remains a front-burner challenge in New Delhi more than 10 days after protests at the Chinese Embassy and a protest march out of Dharamsala led to the arrest of over 200 Tibetans. After another protest at the Chinese Embassy led to more arrests on March 21, the Indian press rep [...]
2008-03-26 12:45:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PHUM CH IN
08NEWDELHI888INDIA WELCOMES GILANI'S INAUGURATION, ANTICIPATES
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Singh warmly congratulated the new Pakistani Prime Minister, Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, on the occasion of his taking office March 25 and expressed GOI optimism that Indo-Pakistani ties will improve. Kashmiri politicians expressed similar optimism for Gilani's tenure, [...]
2008-03-27 11:55:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM PTER PBTS PK IN
08NEWDELHI892ISRAEL POLISHING ITS IMAGE--AND ITS HARDWARE--IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The recent strategic dialogue between Israel and India, while not producing any new agreements, was viewed as a positive step at greater cooperation and coordination between the two countries. Israel is taking steps to create a shinier image of itself as a friend of the Indian people [...]
2008-03-28 09:39:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MASS IS IN
08NEWDELHI904DEOBANDI MODERATES TRUMP HARDLINERS, BUT DEEP
[...] (C) Summary: At a March 6 meeting of Jamiat Ulema-i-Hind (JUH),the political wing of the influential conservative Darul Uloom Deoband madrassa, the anti-US General Secretary Mahmood Madani summarily dismissed the more moderate President Arshad Madani, and tried to install his own candidate. [...]
2008-03-28 12:52:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SOCI KISL IN
08NEWDELHI906DALAI LAMA FEARS INFLUX OF HAN CHINESE WILL WIPE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a March 28 meeting with the Ambassador, His Holiness the Dalai Lama sketched out two scenarios for Tibet: a positive scenario, where the PRC agrees to dialogue and permits a degree of Tibetan autonomy; and a negative scenario, where the PRC continues to flood Tibet with eth [...]
2008-03-28 14:09:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF PREL CVIS CH IN
08NEWDELHI938AMBASSADOR FASTS FOR NUCLEAR DEAL
[...] (SBU) This is an action request for SCA. Please see para 7. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador told Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon April 1 that he will go on a hunger strike until the UPA government submits the IAEA safeguards agreement to the Board of Governors. Moreover, he continue [...]
2008-04-01 06:02:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI950DAS FEIGENBAUM MEETING WITH MEA'S GAITRI KUMAR,
[...] (C) Summary: In a March 31 meeting, Joint Secretary Gaitri Kumar provided SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum with a positive Indian assessment of External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee's March 24 visit to Washington, saying it had helped to bring clarity on many outstanding is [...]
2008-04-01 13:06:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAGR ETRD EINV MARR TSPA AMGT OFDP
08NEWDELHI967 S&T ADVISER TO SECSTATE ENGAGES PRINCIPAL SCIENTIFIC
[...] SUMMARY: Dr. Nina Fedoroff, S&T Adviser to the US Secretary of State and the AID Administrator, met with Dr. Rajagopala Chidambaram, Principal Scientific Adviser (PSA) to the Government of India (GOI) during her recent visit to India and discussed the scope and status of Indo - U.S. S&T colla [...]
2008-04-02 11:45:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG TSPL TRGY KSCA KGHG IN
08NEWDELHI97 MYSTERIOUS MASS MORTALITY OF INDIAN GHARIALS
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 9. 2. (U) Summary: Between 64 and 100 Gangetic Gharials, a critically endangered crocodilian species endemic to India, have been found dead in less than a month in the Chambal Wildlife Sanctuary located in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan s [...]
2008-01-11 11:01:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV IN
08NEWDELHI984 CHINA SPURS INDIA TO REVITALIZE TIES TO AFRICA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: India will host the India-Africa Summit April 8 to April 9 in New Delhi, having extended invitations to leaders of fourteen AU nations and representatives of eight Africa-centric multilateral fora. The GOI seeks to partner with African nations in key areas including technology, [...]
2008-04-03 12:50:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON EAID ECIN ETRD KECF IN
08NEWDELHI98950-50 CHANCE AT BEST FOR NUCLEAR DEAL AFTER MAY 9,
[...] (C) Summary: In light of the continuing political debate in Delhi, Indian observers have counseled that the central government will wait at least until Parliament approves the budget on May 9, after which the Congress Party may decide to move forward with the nuclear deal by submitting the saf [...]
2008-04-04 09:20:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NIAMEY1001Embassy Iftaar Series Generates Substantial Goodwill During
[...] As part of post's Islamic outreach initiatives, Embassy Niamey sponsored a series of Iftaar dinners during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Four separate Iftaars were hosted by the Ambassador, the Charge d'Affaires, the PAO and the Public Affairs Section (PAS). 2. On September 10, Ambass [...]
2008-10-02 09:12:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL PGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO KISL NG
08NIAMEY1133NIGER: NOVEMBER 25-27, 2008 REGIONAL SEMINAR ON TERRORISM
[...] Summary. The Government of Niger (GON),in cooperation with the Government of France (GOF),hosted in Niamey a regional seminar on terrorism and trafficking from November 25-27, 2008. The GON Minister of Justice (MOJ) and French Ambassador delivered opening and closing remarks at the seminar, [...]
2008-12-03 11:28:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPTER SMIG SNAR PHUM ASEC MCAP KTFN NG XY
08NIAMEY1167Embassy Niamey Confronts Gender-Based Violence in Niger
[...] SUMMARY: Between November 26 - December 10, 2008, Embassy Niamey took advantage of the U.N.-sponsored "16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence" (reftel) to raise awareness successfully on issues of domestic violence and women's rights in Niger. Niamey's Public Affairs Section (PAS) [...]
2008-12-18 06:22:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL PGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO KISL KWMN NG
08NIAMEY1179 Niger: 4th Anniversary of Pres. Tandja's 2nd Term;
[...] Summary: Immediately after the festivities marking the 50th Anniversary of the Republic of Niger, the fourth anniversary of President Tandja's second term was celebrated on December 21. Traditionally a commemorative event, this year's celebration was transformed into a political rally, wherein [...]
2008-12-29 05:22:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINS SOCI NG
08NIAMEY407TUAREG PARLIAMENTARIAN ON THE SITUATION IN THE
[...] (C) Summary: A Tuareg National Assemblyman sees negotiations as the only way to end the conflict in the north. The GON cannot defeat the MNJ militarily, and its gross human rights violations are only making matters worse, he stressed. End Summary. 2. (C) Tuareg National Assemblyman Bridji [...]
2008-04-08 15:03:00Embassy NiameyCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV MOPS PINR NG
08NIAMEY638NIGER: POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE CASE AGAINST
[...] (C) The arrest of former Prime Minister Hama Amadou on corruption charges (refs A-C) raises questions about Amadou's guilt and the motivations behind his prosecution. We are not in a position to answer those questions definitively, but we offer the following observations. 2. (C) Amadou (he [...]
2008-06-30 13:41:00Embassy NiameyCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCOR NG
08NICOSIA106POSSIBILITY OF PAPADOPOULOS RE-ELECTION WEIGHS
[...] (C) Summary: Turkish Cypriot leader "President" Mehmet Ali Talat expressed doubt that substantive Cyprus Problem negotiations would resume in the event of a Papadopoulos re-election February 24, but assured that Turkish Cypriots were ready to start talks regardless of which Greek Cypriot prev [...]
2008-02-13 14:44:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPRGOV PREL TU SR CY
08NICOSIA125G/TIP VISITOR SEES FIRST-HAND CYPRIOT EFFORTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: G/TIP Official Jennifer Donnelly visited Cyprus January 31 - February 2 to evaluate RoC efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) on the island. In her meetings, Donnelly acknowledged government successes, such as the recent passage of comprehensive anti-TIP legislation an [...]
2008-02-22 07:14:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL TIP KCRM KWMN CY
08NICOSIA126CYPRUS: 2008 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. Further to Ref A request, post submits our input for USTR's 2008 Special 301 review of country IPR practices. (Note: This report covers mainly the government-controlled area of Cyprus. A separate section is devoted to the area administered by Turkish Cypriots, whe [...]
2008-02-22 08:18:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ECON ETRD AF NEA EUR EAP WHA SA CY
08NICOSIA128TURKISH CYPRIOTS GUARDEDLY OPTIMISTIC OVER
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-22 13:08:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TR CY
08NICOSIA134PRESIDENT-ELECT CHRISTOFIAS PROMISES TO REVIVE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Greek Cypriots on February 24 elected their first-ever Communist president, AKEL Secretary General Dimitris Christofias. The Soviet-educated Christofias defeated Democratic Rally (DISY)-backed challenger Ioannis Kasoulides by nearly seven points, 53.6 percent to 46.4 percent. [...]
2008-02-26 09:24:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL CY
08NICOSIA144CHRISTOFIAS SEEKS EARLY ENGAGEMENT WITH TALAT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: "If Mehmet Ali (Talat) and I cannot solve the Cyprus Problem, who can?" pondered RoC President-elect Dimitris Christofias in his February 26 meeting with the Ambassador, their first gathering since the February 24 election. Greek Cypriots had selected Christofias due primarily [...]
2008-02-28 13:02:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNFICYP CY
08NICOSIA156TALAT CLAIMS FULL-FLEDGED TALKS WILL IMPROVE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-04 05:08:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU CY
08NICOSIA189LEADERS TO MEET MARCH 21; STILL WORK TO BE DONE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish Cypriot negotiator Ozdil Nami and Republic of Cyprus Presidential Commissioner George Iacovou met March 12, the first gathering of the sides' representatives since the February 24 RoC presidential elections. UNFICYP chief Michael Moller subsequently described the meetin [...]
2008-03-17 14:22:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CY TU
08NICOSIA226SOYER SUPPORTS SOLUTION PROCESS AT APRIL 4 MEETING
[...] (C) Summary: "Prime Minister" and head of the "governing" Republican Turkish Party (CTP) Ferdi Sabit Soyer was upbeat, if a bit harried, during a forty-five minute meeting with Ambassador Schlicher on April 4. He voiced strong support for keeping the Ledra Street crossing open and blamed the [...]
2008-04-09 04:14:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TY CY
08NICOSIA252COMPOSITION OF WORKING GROUPS SPURS OPTIMISM
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Demetris Christofias's appointment of well-known supporters of the 2004 Annan Plan to the working groups and technical committees soon to begin pre-negotiations preparations has pleased reunification activists but divided Cypriot political parties. Pro-government AKE [...]
2008-04-21 14:39:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL CY
08NICOSIA264RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY
[...] (SBU) Following is our response on the impact of rising food/agricultural commodity prices in Cyprus, keyed to Ref A questions. DEMAND: Cyprus has an open, prosperous economy and continues to enjoy an abundance of imported foods and agricultural commodities sufficient for the needs of both [...]
2008-04-23 08:50:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL CY
08NICOSIA273OPPOSITION LEADER PLEDGES FULL SUPPORT TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: New Cypriot President Demetris Christofias could count on DISY supporting his Cyprus reunification strategy "as long he shoots straight and doesn't play games with us," DISY leader Nikos Anastassiades told the Ambassador April 22. Being in opposition did not mean opposing every [...]
2008-04-30 14:04:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CY TU
08NICOSIA287HOW VIRGIN MUST THE BIRTH OF A NEW, POST-SOLUTION
[...] (C) Summary: Just two weeks into long-delayed preparatory discussions at the working group/technical committee level, Turkish and Greek Cypriots already are hotly debating (albeit indirectly) one of the prickliest components of a final settlement: the origin and sovereignty of a reunified Cy [...]
2008-05-09 04:13:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CY TU
08NICOSIA306G/C NEGOTIATOR TROUBLED BY TURKISH SIDE'S REFUSAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: "They're not empowered to think or even speculate, much less negotiate," complained Greek Cypriot negotiator George Iacovou in a May 12 meeting with the Ambassador, referring to the Turkish Cypriots staffing the working groups and technical committees currently conducting prepar [...]
2008-05-15 11:50:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU
08NICOSIA322MISSING PERSONS EFFORT STILL A BRIGHT SPOT, BUT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Returning the skeletal remains of 2-3 victims per week to grateful family members, the UN Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) remains a bright example of sustained bi-communal cooperation in Cyprus. The pace of returns likely will spike during the summer, once the Nicosia gene [...]
2008-05-22 13:33:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM UNFICYP CY
08NICOSIA34CYPRUS GREENS REMAIN FAITHFUL PAPADOPOULOS ALLIES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Cyprus's Greens should have little affection for a cantankerous chain-smoker who equates Birkenstocks with Wagnerian opera, not fuzzy footwear. Yet the island's pre-eminent environmental movement, represented in Parliament since 2001, steadfastly supports RoC President Tassos P [...]
2008-01-14 14:53:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM SENV CY
08NICOSIA348MAINTAINING POSITIVE MOMENTUM ON CYPRUS
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Prospects for substantive progress toward a Cyprus solution appeared bleak in December 2007. RoC President Tassos Papadopoulos enjoyed a clear lead among Greek Cypriot voters, and re-election of the celebrated hard-liner seemed likely. North of the Green Line, [...]
2008-06-02 04:17:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNFICYP CY TU
08NICOSIA354CYPRUS: GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIPS (GMP)
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 12. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Per reftel request, on May 15 Post delivered demarches on the Global Maritime Partnership (GMP) initiative to the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Communications and Works at the ministerial level. We followed up with [...]
2008-06-02 08:24:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MCAP MOPS PHSA PINS
08NICOSIA426GREEK CYPRIOTS DROP EU ASSISTANCE LAWSUITS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Citing its satisfaction with a compromise reached days earlier, the Republic of Cyprus on June 3 announced the withdrawal of eight appeals to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) over tenders originating in the European Union's 259-million euro financial aid package for Turkish Cyp [...]
2008-06-05 14:01:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID ECON CY TU
08NICOSIA434TALAT ANGRY AT TWO ESSENTIAL PLAYERS -- THE UN AND
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-06 15:04:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TY CY
08NICOSIA450CYPRIOT REACTIONS MIXED TO RELEASE OF TIP REPORT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Reactions to the June 4 release of the 2008 Trafficking in Persons report were mixed in Cyprus, with GOC officials voicing frustration over the Tier 2 Watch List ranking while media and NGOs praised the report for highlighting the severity of the island's TIP problem. Interior [...]
2008-06-13 13:52:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN PREL PGOV CY SMIG KPAO
08NICOSIA529GOC PRESIDENT CHRISTOFIAS PREPARES THE GROUND FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a July 8 press conference, President Christofias stated that his three meetings with Turkish Cypriot leader Talat have fully clarified the basis for full-fledged negotiations - a lingering concern for the G/C leader. He also argued that the Working Groups and Technical Comm [...]
2008-07-11 12:16:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL CY
08NICOSIA531A/S FRIED'S MESSAGE OF USG SUPPORT FOR UN-BROKERED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-14 08:38:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CY TU
08NICOSIA558ERDOGAN VISIT: LIMITED CHEST-THUMPING BY THE PM,
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-22 14:42:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU CY
08NICOSIA663CYPRUS PLEDGES FULL SUPPORT FOR THE NSG DRAFT
[...] (SBU) In response to urgent reftel requesting that Embassies in Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) countries urge host governments to support the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative at the NSG plenary session August 21-22, Polchief on August 12 transmitted points to MFA Multilateral Af [...]
2008-08-13 12:40:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL ETTC AORC CY
08NICOSIA703CYPRUS: WHERE WE ARE AT THE START OF FORMAL TALKS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At rock-bottom of a four-year impasse, few believed on January 1 that full-fledged Cyprus Problem negotiations would recommence during 2008. In the eight months since, however, Greek Cypriots dumped their intransigent leader and replaced him with freer-thinking Demetris Chris [...]
2008-09-02 13:55:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UN UNFICYP CY TU
08NICOSIA712 USG PROVIDES ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING, C-T ASSISTANCE TO
[...] (U) The following is a Department of Treasury-drafted message transmitted from Embassy Nicosia. 2. (SBU) Responding to a July 2008 Embassy Nicosia request, two advisors from the U.S. Department of Treasury's Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) Financial Enforcement Team visited Nicosia Au [...]
2008-09-04 15:09:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN KCRM ETER CY
08NICOSIA744CYPRUS: TURKISH CYPRIOT LEADER TALAT HOPEFUL ON
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-17 12:11:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TR CY
08NICOSIA759CYPRUS' ECONOMY STILL STRONG, THANKS TO RUSSIA
[...] (SBU) Finance Minister Charilaos Stavrakis said Cyprus continues to enjoy solid economic growth and a positive economic outlook, but that "it can't go on forever." During Ambassador Urbancic's September 22 introductory call, the Minister noted that Cyprus has "almost zero" exposure to the prob [...]
2008-09-22 13:07:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL PGOV EFIN CY
08NICOSIA763CYPRIOT BANKS REDUCING US RISK EXPOSURE
[...] (SBU) In response to the upheaval in US markets, Cypriot financial institutions are taking a very conservative approach to risk management and reassessing their financial exposure to US financial firms. Most seriously, on September 17 the Bank of Cyprus, the country's largest bank, issued inst [...]
2008-09-24 13:46:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL CY
08NICOSIA77"TRNC" ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING EFFORTS SLOWLY ADVANCE
[...] (SBU) On January 23-24, another in a series of EU-sponsored seminars on anti-money laundering and financial sector reform was held in the "TRNC." Unlike the previous meeting held in September (reftel,) only one expert came from abroad to provide comments on the recently-passed "TRNC" anti-mone [...]
2008-01-31 10:35:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV ETER CY
08NICOSIA777CYPRUS TO OPEN EMBASSY IN HAVANA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Perhaps the only surprise in the Cypriot Foreign Ministry's September 24 declaration that it would open an embassy in Havana was that the government had waited so long. Cuba holds a fond spot in the heart of Demetris Christofias, the communist AKEL party chairman elected RoC pr [...]
2008-09-30 09:16:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM CY CU
08NICOSIA782CYPRUS: DENKTASH SCION NOT HOPEFUL ON PROSPECTS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-30 14:03:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU CY
08NICOSIA814CYPRUS SHORES-UP CONFIDENCE IN BANKS, RUSSIAN
[...] (SBU) Summary. Although the Cyprus Stock Exchange has experienced larger losses than most global exchanges, local banks remain solid and confidence in the country's economic future among consumers and businesspeople remains high. This is due to a lack of Cypriot exposure to stock and bonds, f [...]
2008-10-10 13:49:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL RU CY
08NICOSIA816CYPRUS: CARTER, "ELDERS" OPTIMISTIC OVER TALKS,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: "I'm overwhelmingly encouraged at prospects for Cyprus's reunification," asserted U.S. President Jimmy Carter on October 9 in Nicosia. Carter, along with fellow "Elders" Archbishop Desmond Tutu and former Algerian Foreign Minister Lakhdar Brahimi, had come to Cyprus "to commend th [...]
2008-10-14 14:38:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU
08NICOSIA824CYPRUS: "ARTISTE" PERMIT ABOLISHED, GOC TAKING
[...] (SBU) Summary: In delivering Reftel TIP Tier 2 Watch List Action Plan for Cyprus ("WL Plan"),the Embassy confirmed with high-level GoC contacts that the Ministry of Interior-issued "artiste" work permit -- the favored conduit to traffic women to Cyprus for sexual exploitation in bars and cab [...]
2008-10-20 11:20:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG CY
08NICOSIA874CYPRUS SHORES-UP CONFIDENCE IN BANKS, RUSSIAN
[...] (SBU) Summary. Although the Cyprus Stock Exchange has experienced larger loses than most global exchanges, local banks remain solid and confidence in the country,s economic future among consumers and businesspeople remains high. This is due to a lack of Cypriot exposure to stock and bonds, fo [...]
2008-11-04 09:56:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL RU CY
08NICOSIA88CYPRUS' SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION TO EURO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. By all accounts, Cyprus has managed the transition to the Euro quite successfully. The smooth changeover is being used by the incumbent government in the current presidential election campaign as an example of its sound economic governance. The only problem, covered extensivel [...]
2008-02-07 09:16:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV EUN CY
08NICOSIA880CYPRUS: "RULING" TURKISH CYPRIOT PARTY GROWING
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-06 15:31:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TR CY
08NICOSIA916CYPRUS: UNFICYP PLEASED BY LATEST LEADERS'
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The quickening pace of leaders' meetings and some recent progress on Governance issues have heartened the UN negotiating team, according to UNFICYP Senior Adviser Wlodek Cibor. In a November 19 meeting with Embassy staff, Cibor recounted recent developments in the negotiations an [...]
2008-11-20 14:50:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU
08NICOSIA938CYPRIOTS SUPPORT DISCUSSION OF RUSSIAN SECURITY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The head of RoC President Demetris Christofias's diplomatic office, Leonidas Pantelides, met the DCM on November 25 to brief on Christofias's November 19-20 trip to Moscow. Pantelides had accompanied Christofias and was privy to discussions on Russia's European security proposa [...]
2008-12-01 14:47:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV OSCE CY RU
08NICOSIA958CHURCH OF CYPRUS AND COMMUNITY OF SANT'EDIGIO HOST
[...] (SBU) Summary: Political and religious leaders of numerous nations and various faiths gathered in Nicosia November 16-18 at a conference organized by the Roman Catholic Community of Sant'Egidio and hosted/financed by the Church of Cyprus. Despite earlier misgivings that the event could morph in [...]
2008-12-08 04:46:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KIRF VT CY
08NICOSIA964CYPRUS: ROC UNHAPPY WITH SYG REPORT, DOWNPLAYING
[...] (C) The Cypriot Foreign Ministry on December 9 summoned resident P-5 chiefs of mission for consultations on the second, UK-distributed draft of the UNFICYP rollover resolution. DCM called on MFA Permanent Secretary Nicolas Emiliou to receive the MFA demarche. Emiliou considered the draft an [...]
2008-12-09 15:43:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU
08NICOSIA966CYPRUS PREFERS NEW TIMING OF PAKISTAN DONORS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-11 09:56:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN IMF CY PK
08NICOSIA98CYPRUS: FIGHTING TUBERCULOSIS IN EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA
[...] (SBU) In response to Reftel request regarding the status of Cyprus's implementation of the Berlin Declaration on Tuberculosis (TB): Dr. Andreas Polynikis, Chief Health Officer, Ministry of Health, who attended the WHO meeting in Berlin on October 22, 2007, informed us that his office was in t [...]
2008-02-11 11:00:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO WHO CY
08NICOSIA981CYPRUS: TURKISH AMBASSADOR'S INTERVIEW HARBINGER
[...] (C) Summary: Departing Turkish "Ambassador to the TRNC" Turkekul Kurttekin's call for Turkish Cypriot (T/C) economic and structural reform may in fact be a harbinger of early "parliamentary" elections in 2009 (they are scheduled for 2010.) In two interviews, Kurttekin criticized the Turkish [...]
2008-12-18 14:32:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TR CY
08NOUAKCHOTT252MAURITANIAN GOVERNMENT CABINET RESHUFFLE -- RETURN
[...] (C) One year into his administration, President Abdallahi is changing his team. The change was long anticipated -- a change from a government that reflected the necessary political compromises of the immediate post-election to a government that takes greater account of political, ethnic and [...]
2008-05-28 13:57:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KMCA MR
08NOUAKCHOTT365EMERGING MAURITANIAN "SOFT" COUNTERTERRORISM
[...] (SBU) Both the Government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania (GIRM) and the U.S. have chosen similar paths to fight the root causes of terrorism in Mauritania. In April 2008, the GIRM developed an draft Action Plan addressing &Social and Economic Aspects of the National Strategy Against T [...]
2008-07-13 14:42:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER EAID MR
08NOUAKCHOTT414SIT REP 4: COUP IN MAURITANIA
[...] (C) Nouakchott was calm overnight and activity was reduced in town but relatively normal. Post has received reports are that General Aziz moved from BASEP headquarters to the Presidency yesterday evening. He has not been seen in public since the coup took place. The perimeter established by [...]
2008-08-07 14:19:00Embassy NouakchottSECRETASEC CASC PGOV PREL PINR MOPS MR
08NOUAKCHOTT421SITREP 6: COUP IN MAURITANIA
[...] (C) Ambassador received a message from Presidential protocol the afternoon of August 9, inviting him to meet with individually with General Aziz. Once US and EU Ambassadors determined that General Aziz preferred meeting with us individually rather than to receive the joint demarche, the ambas [...]
2008-08-11 09:47:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL ASEC CASC EAID MR
08NOUAKCHOTT439SITREP 10 - VISIT OF U.S. ENVOYS TO MAURITANIA
[...] (C) General Aziz, accompanied by his Director of Cabinet, Cheyakh Ould Ely, and Presidential Diplomatic and Security Advisor, Ould Michel, received visiting AF DAS Todd Moss and DoD Principal Director for African Affairs, Michael Dumont as well as Ambassador and DATT. DAS Moss underscored that [...]
2008-08-17 16:41:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL MR
08NOUAKCHOTT478AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH JUNTA'S "FOREIGN
[...] (C) Ambassador met on September 2 with the junta's "Foreign Minister," Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou at the latter's request. Noting the historically good relations between the United States and Mauritania, Ould Mohamedou hoped that these could continue even under the current "difficult circu [...]
2008-09-04 12:45:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CPAS MR
08NOUAKCHOTT627DIPLOMATIC DISCORD ON NEXT STEPS
[...] (C) Summary: The first "UNDP Group" meeting following the failure of the October 20 Paris talks highlighted substantial difference between Western missions on the way forward -- centered primarily on the definition of what a "return to constitutional order" means in practical terms. European [...]
2008-10-26 19:30:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EU MR
08NOUAKCHOTT636MEETING WITH AHMED OULD DADDAH'S VICE-PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Summary. On October 29, AID Rep met with opposition parliamentarian and RFD Vice-President Dr. Hamidou Kane to discuss Mauritania's current political situation. The meeting was at Kane's request. Immediately after the August 6 coup, Kane expressed his ardent support for the junta's "rec [...]
2008-10-31 12:25:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR MR
08NOUAKCHOTT639EXPANDING MINING OPERATIONS THREATENED BY THE COUP
[...] (C) Summary: EconOff recently visited SNIM's iron ore mining operations in northern Mauritania. After many years of low prices for iron ore, higher prices in recent years have led SNIM to develop new projects to increase production. SNIM has two projects that it is developing on its own as w [...]
2008-11-03 10:27:00Embassy NouakchottSECRETECON EFIN PGOV PTER EMIN MR
08NOUAKCHOTT654MEETING WITH FORMER ECON MINISTER VEZZAZ --
[...] (C) MCC Scorecard A Validation Of Abdallahi Policies: Charge met November 5 with former Minister of Economy and Finance (and current FNDD economic director) Abderrahmane Ould Hama Vezzaz who had been the Mission's principal ministerial counterpart in the development of Mauritania's MCC Thres [...]
2008-11-06 13:34:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON KMCA MR
08NOUAKCHOTT682THE DEEP SOUTH POST-COUP: THE MORE THINGS CHANGE...
[...] (C) Summary: Since the August 6 military-led overthrow of President Abdallahi, political and economic conditions in the south of Mauritania have remained largely unchanged, according to numerous community leaders. Politically, most community leaders showed tacit approval for the coup, with o [...]
2008-11-18 19:01:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM EAGR ECON ELTN MR
08NOUAKCHOTT683A BARREN HOMECOMING: THE REFUGEE SITUATION IN THE
[...] (C) Summary: Living conditions of the approximately 5,000 Mauritanians who returned to their homeland in 2008 after ethnic-based fighting in the country,s 1989-1992 "Passif Humanitaire" remains sub-standard with little hope for improvement. Despite claims of the opposite by junta leaders -- [...]
2008-11-18 19:04:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREF EAID ECON MR
08NOUAKCHOTT686MAKING IT PERSONAL
[...] (U) Anticipating the Millennium Challenge Corporation's (MCC) November 1Oth 2008 release of country indicators, Nouakchott issued a release noting that Mauritanian advances outlined in the report had been made during the democratic Abdallahi administration. Mission wished to forestall attempts [...]
2008-11-20 08:00:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO KMCA MR
08NOUAKCHOTT718MEDIA FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION TAKES A STEP BACKWARD
[...] (SBU) Summary: After a "honeymoon" period of press freedom during the democratic transition of 2005-2007 and President Abdallahi's time in office, a marked decline has occurred since the August 6 coup led by General Aziz. State-run media is as tightly controlled as ever, and online web sites [...]
2008-12-04 14:22:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALKPAO KDEM PROP MR
08NOUAKCHOTT721AU-LED INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS DELEGATION SETS
[...] (C) Summary: The mid-level AU and other organizations delegation visiting Mauritania has set the bar low for the regime -- asking for full liberation of President Abdallahi, Abdallahi's participation in the discussions for an exit to the crisis, and early Presidential elections to re-establis [...]
2008-12-07 15:58:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MR
08NOUAKCHOTT722THE FNDD'S TAWASSOUL PARTY: STILL CONFIDENT OF
[...] (C) Summary: Members of the moderate Islamist party Tawassoul expressed strong anti-coup sentiments and faith that their efforts to fight the military regime would eventually lead to its downfall. They rejected accusations by the High State Council (military junta) that they are "extremists [...]
2008-12-07 17:18:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MR
08NOUAKCHOTT776SITUATION IN GAZA - A/DCM DELIVERS ARAB LEAGUE
[...] (C) A/DCM Cornelius Walsh, met with Americas and Asia Director Ambassador Ahmed Deya Ould Mohammed Vall to review contents of reftel and outline American position regarding December 31 Arab League Ministerial. This is one of the very few demarches the Mission has delivered since the coup as w [...]
2008-12-31 12:33:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL MOPS PHUM MR
08OSLO119NORWAY UNYEILDING ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS
[...] (C) Norway continues to assert that the Oslo Process to ban cluster munitions will be a success and is not swayed by arguments over interoperability. The GON is openly modeling the Oslo Process on the Ottawa Land Mine Treaty and expects that the results will be similar, both in terms of forcin [...]
2008-03-04 09:41:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALMOPS PARM PREL NATO UN NO
08OSLO123NORWAY'S 2008 AFGHANISTAN CONTRIBUTIONS
[...] (C) Norway's Minister of Defense told Ambassador Whitney on February 28th that Norway had little more to give on Afghanistan. Afghanistan remains Norway's largest military commitment and with the 50 percent increase in aid for 2008 Afghanistan will become its leading aid recipient. No new mi [...]
2008-03-05 14:34:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALEAID MARR MOPS NATO PREL AF NO
08OSLO206NORWAY'S FM PRAISES NEW NATO, STRESSES RELATIONS
[...] (C) Summary. In a gesture indicating the importance Norway places on the Bucharest summit, FM Stoere authored a lengthy article in Norway,s leading newspaper calling the new NATO an opportunity and challenge for Norway. Stoere notes that NATO gives Norway security and is the anchor of Norweg [...]
2008-04-11 14:36:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL NO
08OSLO327NORWAY'S ENIGMATIC IRAQI POPULATION: A RISK FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: An increasingly large Iraqi population in Norway (over 22,000, which constitutes the third largest group of immigrants, and second largest among non-Europeans) continues to remain out of the spotlight, neither actively engaged in politics as is the long-established Pakistani popul [...]
2008-06-13 14:21:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KIRF IZ NO
08OSLO330IF NOTHING'S FISHY, NORWEGIANS MIGHT JOIN THE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Representatives from the Norwegian Ministry of Trade gave a cautious though positive reception to the idea of membership in the Global Maritime Partnership (GMP). A further response will be forthcoming from the GON after a July 1 interagency meeting. Rather than an unqualified [...]
2008-06-16 14:58:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS MCAP MOPS
08OSLO333NORWAY SENDING FM STORE TO BERLIN CONFERENCE ON
[...] (C) The Norwegian delegation to the June 24 Berlin Conference will consist of: Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store, Ambassador Sven Svedman (Berlin Embassy),First Secretary Martina Osterhus (Berlin Embassy),Counselor Tor Wennesland (Norwegian representative to the Palestinian Authority (PA)),[...]
2008-06-17 14:53:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG PBTS PHUM IS EUN NO
08OSLO40MUSLIM AMERICAN CONGRESSMAN IN NORWAY ON FAITH,
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The visit of Congressman Keith Ellison (D-MN) to Oslo 7-11 January focused on peace and reconciliation in the Middle East and establishing ties to Norway. It was a boon to post's interfaith outreach and helped combat stereotypes of the United States and administration policy. END [...]
2008-01-18 06:33:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KISL KPAL KIRF OREP NO
08OSLO418NORWAY APPEARS TO SHARE USG CAUTION ON SYRIA'S
[...] (C) Political Counselor and poloff delivered reftel demarche to Jan Dybfest, acting director of the mid-east section of the MFA. The Norwegian response to reftel demarche was fundamentally consistent with USG policy toward Syria. 2. (C) Significantly, Dybfest said that the GON had conside [...]
2008-07-25 14:40:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SY LE EUN RS TU NO SW
08OSLO430AFGHANISTAN OUTREACH: INSPIRED PROPOSAL FOR
[...] (C) Summary. In a July 30 meeting Ambassador Whitney discussed with Jawed Ludin, Afghan Ambassador accredited to the five Nordic countries, public diplomacy outreach in Norway and beyond. Ludin was inspired by the recent seminar on public diplomacy sponsored by State to propose an Afghan hub [...]
2008-08-01 13:23:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALAF NO PGOV PPD PREL
08OSLO441NORWAY "POSITIVE" ABOUT USG NOMINEE FOR CO-CHAIR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-07 13:06:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KSCA NO SENV
08OSLO460NORWEGIAN DEFENSE VIEWS: A TOUR DE FORCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In conjunction with an August 5-11 congressional staff delegation visit to Norway, State Secretary Espen Barth Eide gave a tour de force presentation on Norwegian defense policy. His presentations covered the High North, Norwegian military strategy, Russia's signaling behavior, a [...]
2008-08-15 13:01:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PBTS MCAP MOPS RU NO
08OSLO488NORWAY WELCOMES AMBASSADOR VOLKER'S VISIT WITH A
[...] (C) Ambassador Volker's August 21-24th visit to Noway featured extensive private and public discusions on Georgia and on Russia including a well received address at Norway's leading foreign policy institute and extensive media coverage. In private, GON officials, including FM Stoere and Deput [...]
2008-09-02 13:06:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALMARR MCAP NATO PGOV PREL NO
08OSLO489NERVOUS ABOUT RUSSIA, NORWAY STRESSING HIGH NORTH
[...] (C) Summary. Russian experts in Norway have a realistic and well informed view of negative trends in Russia but public statements by the GON will continue to stress Norway's positive bilateral relationship with Russia. After Georgia the GON will stress the potential for conflict in the High No [...]
2008-09-02 13:51:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL RS NO
08OSLO497NORWAY CLAIM NATO ARTICLE FIVE PROTECTION FOR
[...] (U) In remarks September 4 at a conference on the High North, Norway's Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere stated categorically that Svalbard was part of Norway and that NATO's Article Five protections applied to Svalbard. This is not a new statement of Norway's interpretation of the Svalbard [...]
2008-09-05 14:08:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALNATO PBTS PREL NO
08OSLO500NORWAY CLAIM NATO ARTICLE FIVE PROTECTION FOR
[...] (U) In remarks September 4 at a conference on the High North, Norway's Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere stated categorically that Svalbard was part of Norway and that NATO's Article Five protections applied to Svalbard. This is not a new statement of Norway's interpretation of the Svalbard [...]
2008-09-05 16:05:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALNATO PBTS PREL NO
08OSLO503NORWAY'S VIEWS ON UN THIRD COMMITTEE HR STRATEGY
[...] (C) Poloff met with Anne Merchant, Senior Advisor in the MFA Section for Human Rights and Democracy, to discuss reftel points. Norway shares all of our human rights concerns, but urges caution with respect to some of our initiatives. Merchant with attend two weeks of the Third Committee meeti [...]
2008-09-12 07:22:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UN
08OSLO506NORWAY AND US ON THE SAME PAGE FOR AHLC
[...] (C) Poloff met with Signe Gilen, Senior Advisor in the MFA Near East section, to deliver reftel points. Gilen will attend the AHLC meeting in NYC along with FM Stoere. Gilen responded very positively to the USG objectives in reftel, as they also reflect GON priorities, especially improving the [...]
2008-09-12 15:17:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALEAID EU KPAL PGOV PREL IS WBG NO
08OSLO513NORWAY, RUSSIA AND GEORGIA; OPPORTUNITY TO
[...] (C) Summary. The GON is coming to terms with the changing nature of the West's relations with Russia after Georgia. Publicly, the GON has been critical of Russia's (and Georgia's) actions while stressing the need to continue close and productive bilateral relations with Russia. Privately, of [...]
2008-09-16 09:42:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET MARR PREL RS NO
08OSLO57NOT YOUR FATHER'S NORWAY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-31 13:23:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PINR NO
08OSLO582A/S KIMMITT'S OCTOBER 15-16 VISIT TO OSLO
[...] Both POTUS candidates have indicated strong interest in an increase of U.S. support in Afghanistan; 2. The upcoming Afghan strategy review; 3. The appointment of General Petreaus as new theater commander and the application of lessons learned in Iraq. Iraq ----- 5. (C) A/S Kimmitt noted n [...]
2008-10-29 07:52:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MCAP MASS NO
08OSLO585TURNING THE TIDE WITH NORWAY ON JSF
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-30 12:55:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MCAP PREL PGOV NO
08OSLO587PRESIDENT SAAKASHVILI'S OCTOBER 29 VISIT TO NORWAY
[...] (U) Summary: Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili visited Oslo on October 29, meeting with PM Stoltenberg, and holding a public address at the Nobel Institute. Georgian FM Eka Tkeshelashvili accompanied him and met with FM Stoere. In his remarks Saakashvili firmly blamed Russia for the conf [...]
2008-10-30 15:33:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL NATO GG NO
08OSLO594NORDIC DEFENSE COOPERATION: A RORSCHACH TEST
[...] (C) Summary: The old idea of Nordic Defense cooperation (NDC) has had new life breathed into it, bringing with it uncertain implications for NATO and the region's transatlantic ties. The momentum for this stems from a 2007 joint report on potential areas of defense cooperation issued by Norwa [...]
2008-11-03 15:11:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPINR PGOV PREL MARR MCAP MOPS DA IC FI SW NO
08OSLO608NORWAY HAS HIGH HOPES FOR OBAMA ADMINISTRATION
[...] (U) Summary: Norway's political leadership enthusiastically welcomed Barack Obama's election victory and outlined some of the issues they would like the next administration to focus on. These include climate change, the financial crisis, fight against poverty, UN reform, and efforts to ensure [...]
2008-11-07 15:28:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIEDENIV PHUM PINR PREL NO
08OSLO613MORALES NOVEMBER 26 OSLO VISIT AN OPPORTUNITY TO
[...] (C) Embassy Oslo delivered points in reftel concerning the explusion of DEA from Bolivia to the head of the Latin American section in the MFA, Hege Araldsen. Araldsen asked if it would be possible to have more information on the positive impact that the DEA has had in Bolivia. Bolivia's Presi [...]
2008-11-10 15:00:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM SNAR BL NO
08OSLO623NORWEGIAN ENERGY: A MERRY-GO-ROUND OR FISHY
[...] (C) Summary. Embassy officers approached parliamentarians to discuss concerns voiced by American producers and suppliers operating on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). Given the forthcoming 20th licensing round, American energy majors are increasing calls for greater field operatorship [...]
2008-11-21 08:06:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EPET PGOV SENV NO
08OSLO647NORWAY KEENLY INTERESTED IN THE LACEY ACT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Norwegian government has showed keen interest in the Lacey Act's impact on tropical timber issues. Embassy Oslo arranged a thorough presentation to the Deputy Minister of Environment, NGOs, and other government officials, which generated spirited discussion. An EU represen [...]
2008-12-04 11:56:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALSENV EAID EAGR ETRD EINV BTIO NO
08OSLO654 TURNING THE TIDE ON EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE:
[...] Summary: Faced with a dramatic decline in student numbers over the past 15 years, Embassy Oslo made student mobility and the promotion of U.S. education a top Mission-wide priority. By building partnerships with interested organizations; outreach efforts to alumni, advisors, teachers and stud [...]
2008-12-08 12:57:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC PREL NO
08OSLO670LESSON LEARNED FROM NORWEGIAN DECISION TO BUY JSF
[...] (C) Summary. After an extensive, coordinated USG effort, the Norwegian Government decided to buy F-35s in the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program, instead of the Saab Gripen. This first foreign JSF sale is an important step for the program as it will likely have a domino effect on other potential pu [...]
2008-12-16 13:24:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MCAP PREL PGOV NO
08OTTAWA1075NSG: CANADA SUPPORTS EXCEPTION FOR INDIA, SEEKS
[...] (C) Summary: Canadian officials responded to ref A demarche by noting that Canada and the U.S. share similar views on how to secure an exception for India from the Nuclear Suppliers Group. Senior Canadian Embassy officials in Washington will seek a meeting with Acting Under Secretary John Ro [...]
2008-08-13 13:31:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL ETTC IN CA
08OTTAWA1099MANITOBA: A CANADIAN ELECTION BELLWEATHER?
[...] (SBU) Summary: Manitoba voters appear relatively satisfied with the federal and provincial political status quo, including a federal minority government, although the city of Winnipeg will see some hard-fought races in a federal election that could come as early as this fall. Public reaction [...]
2008-08-15 20:50:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON CA
08OTTAWA1115RESPONSES TO CANADA'S COMPETITION POLICY REVIEW
[...] (U) Summary: On June 26, the government-appointed Competition Policy Review Panel released its final report entitled &Compete to Win.8 The Panel was created in July of 2007 and tasked with reviewing Canada's competition and foreign investment policies in order to issue recommendations to the [...]
2008-08-20 20:02:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD CA
08OTTAWA1123CANADA'S PROMOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS GLOBALLY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Canada remains a strong partner in promoting and defending human rights globally. Thanks to its "principle-based" approach, the Conservative Party believes that "Canada's voice is being heard" once again. Canada has awarded honorary citizenship to the Dalai Lama and Aung San [...]
2008-08-22 13:50:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM CH IS BM CA
08OTTAWA1234U.S. AND CANADA DISCUSS AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: An inter-agency USG delegation met recently in Ottawa with Canadian counterparts to discuss civilian and military cooperation in South Afghanistan. Canadian interlocutors described the strategic coordination and outreach efforts embodied in their Kandahar Action Plan. Canada seek [...]
2008-09-17 21:05:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS NATO EAID AF PK CA
08OTTAWA1247CANADA IN STEP WITH U.S. ON MESA CANDIDATE FOR
[...] (S) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Nuclear Disarmament Craig Weichel assured pol/miloff on September 19 that Canada and the U.S. are fully "in step" with respect to Afghanistan's bid for the Middle East South Asia (MESA) seat on the IAEA Board [...]
2008-09-19 18:41:00Embassy OttawaSECRETPARM MNUC IAEA AF SY IR CA
08OTTAWA1254CANADIANS WORKING ON RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel demarche on September 19, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Advisor for Defense and Security Sarah Robertson said that Canadian officials were now consulting internally on whether they could extend the HMCS Ville de Quebec's current depl [...]
2008-09-19 20:34:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MOPS MCAP XW CA
08OTTAWA1274CANADA WILLING TO DEMARCHE INDIA ON WFP ESCORTS
[...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Defence and Security Michael Kaduck confirmed to pol/mil officer after COB on September 26 that he had instructed the Canadian High Commission in New Delhi to respond positively to a U.S. Embassy request that [...]
2008-09-29 13:39:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR MCAP UNSC XW SO CA
08OTTAWA1315NO CHANGE IN CANADIAN VIEWS OF CHINA FOLLOWING
[...] (SBU) Many Canadians viewed the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics through the prism of Canadian preparations for the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, and were deeply impressed by the smooth success of the sporting events in China, as well as by the dramatic new sporting venues. The Beijing Olympic [...]
2008-10-10 15:42:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO CH CA
08OTTAWA136PRIMETIME IMAGES OF US-CANADA BORDER PAINT U.S. IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) has long gone to great pains to highlight the distinction between Americans and Canadians in its programming, generally at our expense. However, the level of anti-American melodrama has been given a huge boost in the current television [...]
2008-01-25 23:15:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPAO CA
08OTTAWA1368CANADA KEEN TO ADVOCATE NON-PARTICIPATION IN
[...] This is an action request -- please see para 4. 2. (C) Canada is willing to join the U.S. effort to persuade governments to steer clear of Iran's November 30 conference on nuclear energy. Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Policy Advisor for Non-Proliferat [...]
2008-10-24 21:07:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC AORC ENRG TRGY IR CA
08OTTAWA1372PSYCHOLOGY, REALITY AND INTEGRATION: CANADA'S
[...] (SBU) Summary: How Canada fares in the global economic crisis will be measured as much by its integration with the U.S. economy as by Canada's own domestic economic policies. The bottom line is: Canada's solid economic policy management will only serve to mitigate the impact of the global fi [...]
2008-10-28 14:15:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCA ECON EFIN ENRG EPET ETRD
08OTTAWA1455CONSERVATIVES TO PURSUE NARROW AGENDA IN 40TH
[...] (C) Summary. The Conservative agenda that the government will lay out in detail on November 19 in the "Throne Speech" will almost exclusively focus on domestic remedies for the international economic crisis, according to senior Conservative staffers. It will -- of political necessity -- a [...]
2008-11-18 18:39:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON CA
08OTTAWA1552US-EU-CANADA TRILATERAL MEETINGS ON IRAN AND US-EU
[...] (C) Summary: On December 8, the United States, European Union, and Canada held their regularly scheduled trilateral discussion on Iran at the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) in Ottawa. Later in the day, U.S. and EU representatives met at the French Emba [...]
2008-12-12 21:40:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN UN XG XF IR CA
08OTTAWA1566CANADIAN POLICY ON CUBA
[...] (SBU) Based on Embassy's ongoing dialogue with the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's (DFAIT) Latin America and Caribbean officials, Embassy's assessment is that Canada has consistently worked to promote the advancement of democracy, good governance, and human rights in Cu [...]
2008-12-17 21:55:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM ETRD ETTC CU CA
08OTTAWA1574CANADA'S SHRINKING POLICY PRIORITIES FOR 2009
[...] 1. (C) Summary. For the Canadian government, only three true policy priorities remain for 2009: rescuing the economy (or, more accurately, creating a public perception that it is earnestly trying to do so); remaining in power in face of new threats from the opposition parties; and, buildi [...]
2008-12-19 21:31:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON PREL CA
08OTTAWA1585STEPHEN HARPER'S CHRISTMAS WISHLIST
[...] (SBU) As Santa Claus prepares to leave his North Pole (Canada) base to deliver presents around the world (with NORAD dutifully tracking his progress),Prime Minister Stephen Harper may be offering up his own wistful wish list for Christmas 2008, perhaps as follows: -- President Obama's fi [...]
2008-12-23 18:12:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON CA
08OTTAWA1595CANADA SEEKS ORTEGA MEETING TO DELIVER STRONG
[...] (C) Canada shares U.S. concerns over the flawed November municipal elections (reftels),but will not contemplate cutting its annual aid worth about C$11 million or canceling official visits, according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Nicaragua desk officer Sand [...]
2008-12-29 22:01:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID NU CA
08OTTAWA221GOVERNMENT, OPPOSITION NEGOTIATING A WAY AHEAD IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THE GOVERNING CONSERVATIVES AND THE OPPOSITION PARTIES APPEAR CLOSER THAN EVER ON A WAY FORWARD FOR THE AFGHAN MISSION OF THE CANADIAN FORCES, WITH A NEW LIBERAL AMENDMENT TO THE GOVERNMENT'S MOTION. THERE REMAIN SOME IMPORTANT DIFFERENCES OVER WHETHER THE TARGET DATE FOR THE E [...]
2008-02-12 23:18:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MOPS MARR AF CA
08OTTAWA222SYRIA REBUKES CANADA ON HUMAN RIGHTS STATEMENT
[...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Director General for Middle East and North Africa Gordon Venner on February 13 shared with PolMinCouns a read-out from the Canadian Head of Mission in Damascus following the Canadian Embassy's January 31 statement of concern over Riad [...]
2008-02-13 19:33:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM SY CA
08OTTAWA26S/CRS COORDINATOR HERBST'S MEETINGS IN CANADA
[...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with Canadian officials to discuss areas for collaboration in improving post-conflict stabilization and reconstruction, Ambassador John Herbst of the Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization (S/CRS) heard that there is an emerging consensus in C [...]
2008-01-07 21:39:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS CA HA
08OTTAWA270COMPROMISE AFGHAN MOTION SETS END DATE IN 2011
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a new compromise motion, PM Harper acceded to the Liberals' call for a firm end date to the Afghan mission of Canadian Forces in Kandahar, with pull-outs beginning in July 2011 and ending by December 2011. The new language apparently draws heavily from the Liberals' amendmen [...]
2008-02-21 20:38:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MOPS AF CA
08OTTAWA287CANADIAN VIEWS ON IEA MEMBERSHIP FOR CHINA AND
[...] (SBU) Using reftel points, ESTH Counselor demarched both the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) and Natural Resources Canada, urging Canada to support eventual International Energy Agency membership for China and India. The growing role and impact of China and India [...]
2008-02-25 22:05:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG IEA CA
08OTTAWA290NEW BILATERAL CIVIL ASSISTANCE SPARKS SOME
[...] (SBU) Summary: A new U.S. - Canada Civil Assistance Plan (CAP) is one in a series of post-9/11 bilateral defense and security measures designed to serve both countries when natural or manmade disasters occur. Lack of public information here about this bilateral military accord has begun to [...]
2008-02-25 22:52:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MOPS PTER CA
08OTTAWA291NEW BILATERAL CIVIL ASSISTANCE SPARKS SOME
[...] (SBU) Summary: A new U.S. - Canada Civil Assistance Plan (CAP) is one in a series of post-9/11 bilateral defense and security measures designed to serve both countries when natural or manmade disasters occur. Lack of public information here about this bilateral military accord has begun to [...]
2008-02-25 22:52:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MOPS PTER CA
08OTTAWA294CANADA ON CUBA
[...] (C) In a meeting with PolMinCouns on February 26, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Director General for Latin America and the Caribbean James M. Lambert expressed appreciation for reftel views on seeking meaningful political change in Cuba leading toward a democratic end [...]
2008-02-26 21:14:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM EAID CU CA
08OTTAWA309WTO DEMARCHE ON U.S./EC TAFT PROPOSAL - CANADA'S
[...] On February 29, EMIN presented reftel demarche to Balsharan Rakhra, Trade Policy Officer, Technical Barriers and Regulations Division, DFAIT. He had arranged to make the presentation jointly with his EU Mission counterpart, but she was absent due to illness. At the end of his oral presentati [...]
2008-02-29 17:04:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD WTRO ECON CA EUN
08OTTAWA378CANADIAN PERSPECTIVES ON NAFTA: KEEP, KILL OR FIX?
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-14 15:40:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EIND EINV PREL CA
08OTTAWA379CANADA ON 3/17 OAS MINISTERIAL
[...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Director General for Latin America and the Caribbean James Lambert confirmed to PolMinCouns on March 14 that Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier planned to attend the March 17 OAS Ministerial meeting in Washington. Lambert noted Canada's [...]
2008-03-14 17:01:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER CO EC CA
08OTTAWA420CANADA ON PROPOSED NATO CFE STATEMENT
[...] (C) In a meeting with Charge on March 25, Assistant Deputy Minister for International Security and Political Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Colleen Swords expressed appreciation for reftel points on the CFE statement, explaining that she had not yet rece [...]
2008-03-26 14:33:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO KCFE MARR RS GG MD CA
08OTTAWA440CANADA: AG MUKASEY'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day reviewed for Attorney General Mukasey on the margins of the Cross Border Crime Forum, Canada's program for border security and law enforcement. In addition to hiring 400 new border guards and arming the border service, Canada has put new res [...]
2008-03-31 19:58:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KCRM PTER CA
08OTTAWA467HAITI: THE CENTERPIECE OF CANADA'S LATIN AMERICA
[...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 13. 2. (C) Summary: Following the roll-out in 2007 of a higher priority to Latin America in its foreign policy, Haiti has emerged as the key component of Canada's Latin America strategy. During a mid-February 2008 visit, Foreign Minister Bernier [...]
2008-04-07 17:33:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM EAID ECON CA HA
08OTTAWA491CANADA'S RENEWED FOCUS ON LATIN AMERICA
[...] (C) Summary: PM Harper has made Latin America one of a very few focal points for Canada's foreign policy, alongside Afghanistan, improving relations with the U.S., and developing stronger ties with the rising economic powers of Asia. Of the three pillars of the Latin America strategy -- secu [...]
2008-04-10 14:39:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID KDEM XM CA
08OTTAWA595EMBASSY OTTAWA PROPOSALS FOR AMBASSADOR'S CT FUND
[...] (SBU) Summary: Canada is a close partner on counterterrorism and border security; there is little we do in the counterterrorism arena that does not touch our partnership with Canada. Still, there are areas where we see things differently than our Canadian neighbors, and there are areas where [...]
2008-04-28 14:51:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL CA
08OTTAWA635THEMES FROM THE 10TH CROSS-BORDER CRIME FORUM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the 10th Cross-Border Crime Forum, 120 participants led by the U.S. Attorney General and the Canadian Ministers of Public Safety and Justice reviewed progress in eight areas, received a threat assessment, and discussed lessons learned from three case studies. From Mission Ca [...]
2008-05-08 11:53:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KJUS KCRM CA
08OTTAWA645CANADIAN IMMIGRANTS ON THE RISE, BUT SO ARE "LOST"
[...] (U) Summary: In addition to accepting an increasing number of immigrants (especially high-skilled workers),Canada is also a growing destination for asylum seekers and refugees. Canada has successfully managed its immigration policies to maintain a reputation as a successful model of diversity [...]
2008-05-09 18:51:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PTER PGOV CA
08OTTAWA713CANADA AND CUBA
[...] (C) Based on Embassy's ongoing dialogues with the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's Director General for Latin America and the Caribbean, its Deputy Director of the Central America and Caribbean Division, and the Cuba deskoff, Embassy's assessment is that Canada has consi [...]
2008-05-28 20:31:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL PHUM CU CA
08OTTAWA725SNAPSHOTS OF DIFFERING POLITICAL PRIORITIES IN MAY
[...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Bernier's sudden resignation on May 26 intensified the political pot-shooting in Parliament as it wraps up its spring session. It provided a gleeful Opposition with a welcome counter-message to Prime Minister Harper's May 27-29 four capital visit to Europe, or [...]
2008-05-30 19:59:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON PREL SENV AF CA
08OTTAWA758US-CANADA-MEXICO HUMAN RIGHTS TRILATERALS
[...] (C) Summary. Discussions in annual U.S.-Canada-Mexico human rights trilaterals focused on forwarding human rights in multilateral venues, importantly at the UNGA (UN General Assembly) and the UN Human Rights Council (HRC). All three countries agreed that the HRC has failed in its treatment of [...]
2008-06-06 20:17:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL MX CA
08OTTAWA767LABOR SECRETARY CHAO ATTENDS NORTH AMERICAN AGREEMENT OF LABOR COOPERATION MEETING IN OTTAWA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-06 21:10:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON ETRD PREL CA
08OTTAWA773P/DAS VOLKER CONSULTS WITH CANADIANS ON NATO
[...] (C) Summary: Senior Canadian officials emphasized to visiting EUR P/DAS Volker the similarity of views held by Washington and Ottawa on NATO issues. On ISAF, the Canadians were pleased by the Bucharest Summit outcomes, but they are worried about the weak commitment and focus of some key Eur [...]
2008-06-09 16:30:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL NATO MARR MOPS AF CA
08OTTAWA808CANADA CONFRONTS RADICALIZATION ABROAD AND AT HOME
[...] (C) Summary and comment: Canada has long struggled with how to avoid or reduce radicalization in one of the most diverse societies in the world, while also supporting global efforts to counter extremism. Its still evolving strategy involves multiple agencies working on various levels of forei [...]
2008-06-16 13:55:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL SOCI CA
08OTTAWA950CANADIAN VIEWS ON ARF REGIONAL DISASTER
[...] (SBU) ESTH Counselor discussed ref A demarche with Elizabeth Baldwin-Jones, Deputy Director of the Defence and Security Relations Division at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, on July 14. Baldwin-Jones said she and her colleagues had been in direct contact with EAP/RS [...]
2008-07-14 20:58:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID KNNP PARM ARF ASEAN CA
08OTTAWA98HCOC: CANADA TO MEET REPORTING DEADLINE
[...] (C) In response to reftel demarche on January 16, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Missile and Space Security Andrew Shore confirmed that Canada would meet the March 31 HCOC reporting deadline. 2. (C) Action request: Shore asked whether th [...]
2008-01-18 15:31:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPARM MNUC MTCRE TSPA CA
08OUAGADOUGOU268Burkina Faso: French DCM on Compaore's
[...] (S) Key Points: The French DCM told us April 8 that: -- Burkina Faso President Compaore was recently operated on for cataracts in Paris. -- Compaore is probably in good health, but may have contracted HIV/AIDS after years of sexual promiscuity. -- Compaore has better relations with S [...]
2008-04-09 11:59:00Embassy OuagadougouSECRETPGOV PREL PINR EAGR UV
08OUAGADOUGOU348 BURKINA FASO: UNIONS PLAN MAY 1 MARCH; MORE STRIKES MAY
[...] (U) Key Points: -- On May 1, national union leaders in Ouagadougou and across the country will hold a march, followed by meetings and rallies, to commemorate International Labor Day and reinforce their protests against the rising cost of living and perceived Government (GOBF) inaction. -- [...]
2008-04-30 14:35:00Embassy OuagadougouUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ELAB ECON PHUM EFIN UV
08OUAGADOUGOU427BURKINA FASO: ESTH DEVELOPMENTS IN MINING, WILDLIFE
[...] SUMMARY: During a May 9-14 mission to Burkina Faso, the Regional Environmental Officer (REO) met with Government of Burkina Faso (GOBF) officials (Bureau of Mines and Geology, Ministry of Environment, National Tourism Board) and the International Institute for Water and Environmental Engineerin [...]
2008-05-20 17:06:00Embassy OuagadougouUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR EMIN SENV GH UV CH TW
08OUAGADOUGOU490Burkina Faso: AF DAS Moss Meeting with Prime Minister Zongo
[...] This is an action request for IO Bureau. Please see para 17. 2. (U) Summary: In a June 4 meeting with AF DAS Todd Moss, Prime Minister Tertius Zongo explained his government's efforts to promote good governance, fight corruption, improve Burkina Faso's business climate, and boost agricultu [...]
2008-06-09 16:03:00Embassy OuagadougouCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EAID UNSC UV
08OUAGADOUGOU514Burkina Faso: Demarche on Security Council Meeting on
[...] (C) On June 12, DCM, accompanied by PolOff, presented reftel demarche to MOFA Cabinet Director Vincent Zakane. While DCM noted that President Compaore had informed Secretary Rice of Burkina Faso's intention to support a Security Council meeting on Zimbabwe, Zakane only acknowledged that Compao [...]
2008-06-12 19:58:00Embassy OuagadougouCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR UNSC ZI UV LY SF
08OUAGADOUGOU541BURKINA FASO: DEMARCHE DELIVERED CONVEYING UPDATED P5+1
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-20 12:59:00Embassy OuagadougouCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP MNUC IR UV
08OUAGADOUGOU734BURKINA FASO: IVOIRIAN PRESIDENT MAKES HISTORIC VISIT AND
[...] (U) Summary: On July 27-29, President Laurent Gbagbo of Cote d'Ivoire visited Ouagadougou for his first official visit to Burkina Faso since he took power in 2002. The trip was intended to normalize relations between the two countries and was crowned with the signing of a formal friendship an [...]
2008-08-08 10:26:00Embassy OuagadougouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECIN IV UV
08OUAGADOUGOU971PRIME MINISTER STRESSES FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION WITH DONORS
[...] (C) Prime Minister Zongo met with the Chiefs of Mission from donor countries and organizations on October 16th and 17th. In a private session on the 16th, Zongo was extremely open in accepting criticism of his government's progress on key economic issues, and instructed select Ministers to mov [...]
2008-10-20 15:29:00Embassy OuagadougouCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EFIN PHUM UV
08PANAMA168PANAMA: CUBA DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-26 17:16:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EU CU PM
08PANAMA433PANAMA POST: 9TH EDITION, VOLUME II
[...] (C) New polling data revealing a horse race in the governing Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) and a run-away lead by Panamenista presidential candidate Juan Carlos Varela in his party's race were the Panama Post's big scoop. Though available for the past couple of weeks, this new polling [...]
2008-05-27 21:35:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA493PANAMA POST: EDITION 11; VOLUME II
[...] (C) Our headlines in this edition of the Panama Post are: -- Panama's leading pollster says "basic political dynamic remains unchanged;" -- Tearing a page from PRD presidential nomination candidate Juan Carlos Navarro's play book, Panamenista presidential nomination candidate Alberto Valla [...]
2008-06-16 16:08:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA533PANAMA: PRD PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFULS FACE OFF, NICELY
[...] (C) The top three contenders for the presidential candidacy for the ruling Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) faced off on June 26 in their second electoral forum. Pointedly, the PRD and its presidential candidates characterized this event as a forum, not a debate, wishing to communicate un [...]
2008-07-01 14:53:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA539AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON PRESIDENT TORRIJOS
[...] (C) During President Torrijos' June 30 farewell lunch in honor of the Ambassador, Torrijos underscored the excellent state of bilateral relations, thanked the Ambassador for his work in sustaining that relationship, said he would move forward with re-structuring the security forces despite the [...]
2008-07-02 18:23:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PM PREL
08PANAMA661PANAMA: TORRIJOS URGES TAKING BILATERAL
[...] (C) Panamanian President Martin Torrijos urged Ambassador to work with Panama to strive to take the U.S.-bilateral relationship to the next level by undertaking to address shared security concerns, during the Ambassador's presentation of credentials to Torrijos on August 6. After noting Panam [...]
2008-08-08 12:39:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ETRD EWWT MASS SNAR PTER MARR
08PANAMA669PANAMA: LEADERS GRAPPLE WITH SECURITY REFORMS
[...] (C) GOP and opposition leaders are aggressively reaching out to Post to brief their views on the Torrijos Administration's security reform legislation package as well as to gauge USG reactions and interests. At President Torrijos urging following the Ambassador's presentation of credentials ( [...]
2008-08-12 21:02:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR SNAR PTER KCRM MASS MOPS PBTS PINR
08PANAMA698PANAMA: HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDUP
[...] (U) Post plans to provide a regular human rights update to supplement the yearly Human Rights Report in order to track emerging changes in the human rights situation in Panama. Below follows a summary of Post's most recent contact with a number of groups advocating for the rights of individu [...]
2008-08-21 20:03:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM
08PANAMA714CODEL HAGEL WHIRLWIND TOUR OF PANAMA
[...] (U) CODEL Hagel met in Panama on August 28 with President Martin Torrijos to discuss the strong bilateral relationship and Panama's economic future. In a meeting with Vice-president and Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis, CODEL Hagel discussed the Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA) and the Panama Ca [...]
2008-08-29 20:58:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EWWT ETRD OVIP PM EINV EAIR
08PANAMA726SCENESETTER: PANAMANIAN PRESIDENT TORRIJOS
[...] (C) Panamanian President Martin Torrijos will visit Washington in mid-September for meetings with the Secretary of State and the President. These meetings will take place about ten days after the ruling Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) will have selected its presidential candidate. The PR [...]
2008-09-05 19:57:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SNAR KCRM KDEM ETRD ECON PINR PM
08PANAMA74PANAMA: NEW SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE RECEIVES
[...] (SBU) Recognizing that Panama's judiciary has "a corruption problem" and believing that he has limited powers to sway the opinion of the court's other magistrates, newly installed Supreme Court President Harley Mitchell told Ambassador on January 14 that he planned to use his authority and bul [...]
2008-01-25 14:55:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KCRM PHUM EAID ECON PM
08PANAMA851ROUGH WATER FOR CANAL EXPANSION
[...] (C) After multiple extensions to the bid deadline (now at March 3, 2009) and soon-to-be 19 amendments fo the contract for the third set of locks of the Panama Canal expansion, Bechtel and ACS, a Spanish led consortium, have expressed concern about the Panama Canal Authority's (ACP) ability to compl [...]
2008-11-06 23:28:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALECON EINV ETRD MARR PM EWWT
08PANAMA896SCENESETTER: SECRETARY RICE,S VISIT TO PANAMA FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-03 17:46:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENIV ETRD OVIP PGOV PM PREL
08PARAMARIBO101(SBU) SCENESETTER AND READ-AHEAD FOR THE VISIT OF
[...] (SBU) THE FOLLOWING SCENESETTER IS A SENSITIVE-BUT-UNCLASSIFIED VERSION OF REFTEL. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY OF PROPOSED TRIP AGENDA: Everyone at Embassy Paramaribo joins me in welcoming you to Suriname. Although we cannot yet confirm your appointment with President Venetiaan, who is out of the cou [...]
2008-03-11 16:17:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL NS
08PARAMARIBO128CORRUPTION IN SURINAME: A HOW-TO-MANUAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. This cable details methods of small-scale, endemic corruption in Suriname. While large scale corruption is common and makes the news, small scale corruption is pervasive (ref A). Current rejection by Government of Suriname (GOS) officials of corruption allegations in the U.S. Inte [...]
2008-03-28 10:54:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIALKCRM PGOV NS
08PARAMARIBO140TWO MONTHS, TEN EVENTS, FIFTEEN HUNDRED GUESTS:
[...] (U) Summary: Drawing on a mix of ECA support, Post-identified "window of opportunity" speakers, and post-conceived programs, Post upped Black History Month programming from four events in 2007 to ten in 2008. Enthusiasm among local audiences helped carry Black History Month programming well [...]
2008-04-04 19:36:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC OEXC NS
08PARAMARIBO145FIVE HOURS WELL-SPENT IN SURINAME:
[...] (U) SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES FROM SHANNON/STAVRIDIS FIVE-HOUR VISIT: On March 28, WHA Assistant Secretary Tom Shannon and SOUTHCOM Commander Admiral Jim Stavridis spent five hours on the ground in Suriname. Together they met with President Runaldo Ronald Venetiaan (paras 2-4) and conducted a we [...]
2008-04-09 15:51:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PINS PGOV PINR SNAR NS
08PARAMARIBO173SURINAME: REQUEST $13,350 IN ADDITIONAL PUBLIC DIPLOMACY
[...] (U) SUMMARY Embassy Paramaribo thanks WHA/PDA for continued financial support of Post's public diplomacy initiatives and appreciates WHA/PDA's consideration of this request for an additional $13,3500 in financial assistance. "Mutual U.S./Suriname appreciation and respect contributing to a m [...]
2008-04-29 20:34:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPRC ABUD AFIN AMGT NS
08PARAMARIBO177RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES -
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Rising food prices, in particular of the Surinamese staple, rice, have received extensive play in the media, but did not result in public disorder or runs on foodstuffs. Political attention was high, with the opposition blaming the government, the government looking towards in [...]
2008-04-30 21:02:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID ETRD ECON BTIO NS
08PARAMARIBO190EVALUATION OF PARTICIPATION OF RABINDRE PARMESSAR IN FY
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Mr. Rabindre Parmessar, opposition Member of Parliament from Suriname, participated as an international visitor in the FY 2008 Multi-Regional program "U.S Foreign Policy" from February 28 to March 20, 2008. Parmessar was overwhelmingly positive upon his return, and said visitin [...]
2008-05-07 22:21:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO OEXC SCUL NS
08PARAMARIBO211Performing Arts Initiative Proposal: Kevin Jones Outreach
[...] The following is a Performing Arts Initiative Proposal. -------------------- Activity description -------------------- 2. Post will host Kevin Jones, a jazz musician who has previously performed in Paramaribo as part of the State Department's Jazz Ambassadors program "Rhythm Road." Th [...]
2008-05-20 20:33:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC NS
08PARAMARIBO216 REQUEST FOR FUNDS FOR GLOBAL LAUNCH OF HARRISON FORD
[...] (U) Post is interested in hosting a Harrison Ford PSA Launch Event. Post requests OES funding in support of the PSA. Post participation in the PSA launch and broadcasting of the PSAs is desirable because Suriname is a known source country of trafficked wildlife. Paragraph 7 contains an actio [...]
2008-05-22 12:20:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KPAO NS
08PARAMARIBO242ATTACKING CORRUPTION LITE: SENTENCES IN SURINAME POSITIVE,
[...] (U) SUMMARY. On May 13, a Surinamese judge handed down seven sentences in a much talked about corruption case (refs B, C) involving the Ministry of Finance. The convicted officials were charged with the embezzlement of 6,118,379 Surinamese Dollars (approximately U.S. $2.1 million),participatio [...]
2008-06-04 19:04:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV NS
08PARAMARIBO308SURINAME: USA TRADE SHOW 2008 (BFIF FUNDED)
[...] (U) Summary. The Embassy and the American Chamber of Commerce of Suriname held their ninth annual "USA Trade Show 2008," from July 18-20, 2008. The only professional trade show held in Suriname featuring U.S. products and services, approximately half of the USA Trade Show's expenses came from [...]
2008-07-31 18:13:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ABUD AMGT BTIO ECON EINV ETRD NS
08PARAMARIBO321BABY STEPS: SURINAME'S UN VOTES BEGIN TO REFLECT
[...] (U) As requested reftel, on August 11 PolOff delivered a copy of the "UN Voting Record Report" and demarche message to Government of Suriname (GOS) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Acting Head of the International Organizations Division Chantal Elsenhout. 2. (SBU) While Elsenhout stres [...]
2008-08-13 17:20:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC UNSC UNGA PREL NS
08PARAMARIBO407EVALUATION OF PARTICIPATION OF JANE SMITH IN FY 2008
[...] (U) Overview and positives: Jane Smith, Director of Libraries at Anton de Kom University, participated as an International Visitor in the FY 2008 Multi-Regional Program "U.S. Libraries" from June 19 to July 10, 2008. As the library system in Suriname is based on the European (Dutch) model, S [...]
2008-09-24 19:21:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL NS
08PARAMARIBO42SURINAME: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2008
[...] (U) Post submits the 2008 Investment Climate Statement for Suriname. OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ------------------------------- 2. The Government of Suriname (GOS) has identified Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) as a key element in achieving sustainable development. In its 2006-2011 [...]
2008-02-04 16:42:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB PGOV USTR NS
08PARAMARIBO439Request for Traveling Speaker on Political, Economic and
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Post seeks a traveling speaker to present a 12-page paper on the subject of "Political, Economic and Diplomatic Engagement of the United States in the Latin American and Caribbean Region." END SUMMARY. 2. (U) PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Anton de Kom University is the sole universi [...]
2008-10-17 12:51:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO NS
08PARAMARIBO489Request for DVC Speaker during Black History Month 2009
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Post seeks a digital video conference speaker during Black History Month 2009. Post programming that takes into account ethnic/cultural themes have drawn comparatively high attendance. Post plans to build on past successes by continuing our ethnic/cultural programming during Bl [...]
2008-12-08 20:22:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO NS
08PARAMARIBO494DEMARCHE DELIVERED: KOSOVO RECOGNITION
[...] (SBU) On December 12, Pol-Econ Chief delivered the demarche to Jerral Moriah, Head of International Organizations Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of the Republic of Suriname (GOS). Moriah responded to the points, saying that Suriname had voted to support Serbia's [...]
2008-12-15 19:28:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KV NS
08PARAMARIBO59SUSI ON U.S. FOREIGN POLICY: PARAMARIBO, SURINAME
[...] (SBU) Post is pleased to submit the following information for the candidate nomination. A. Nominee's full name as it appears on passport; Last name: Rudge First name: Eric Middle name: Patrick B. Date of birth (Month, Day, Year): November 16, 1960 C. City of birth: Paramaribo [...]
2008-02-14 18:24:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOEXC SCUL KPAO NS
08PARAMARIBO95(C) SCENESETTER AND READ-AHEAD FOR THE VISIT OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY OF PROPOSED TRIP AGENDA: Everyone at Embassy Paramaribo joins me in welcoming you to Suriname. Although we cannot yet confirm your appointment with President Venetiaan, who is out of the country, our tentative plan for your three-hour visit would include a short meet/greet with [...]
2008-03-07 20:19:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NS
08PARIS1029UNESCO SPRING EXECUTIVE BOARD: POLITICAL ISSUES
[...] (SBU) Summary: UNESCO's April 1-17 Executive Board was a success for the United States. On the whole, we enjoyed good working relations with countries in other geographic groups. Regional voting blocs and economic and other groupings, such as the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) and the G-77 initi [...]
2008-05-30 09:09:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCU IR KPAL KV PHUM PREL SCUL UNESCO VE XF
08PARIS1078AIRBUS: FEARS OF DEFENSE TRADE CONTROLS HURT U.S. EXPORTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In spite of significant efforts to accelerate processing of export control licenses at the State Department, U.S. and European aerospace companies continue to be sharply critical of the USG export control system. Their perception affects a major American export industry -- U.S. a [...]
2008-06-05 15:54:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEIND ECON ETTC KOMC ETRD EAIR PREL FR
08PARIS1130FRENCH GAERC RESPONSE: CUBA, MIDDLE EAST, AFRICA
[...] (C) Summary. On June 13, MFA Deputy Office Director for CFSP Mathieu Carmona said Cuba will be the primary focus of the June GAERC. Carmona said that the COREPER meeting ran late into the evening of June 12 and that some of the resulting agenda items were a surprise; he commented that the S [...]
2008-06-13 16:09:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM EUN ZI SO IR IZ IS CU FR
08PARIS1132FRENCH GAERC RESPONSE: CUBA, MIDDLE EAST, AFRICA
[...] (C) Summary. On June 13, MFA Deputy Office Director for CFSP Mathieu Carmona said Cuba will be the primary focus of the June GAERC. Carmona said that the COREPER meeting ran late into the evening of June 12 and that some of the resulting agenda items were a surprise; he commented that the S [...]
2008-06-13 16:37:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KPAL EUN FR ZI IR IZ IS CU
08PARIS1138ENERGY SECURITY: FRANCE WANTS EU ENGAGEMENT WITH CASPIAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Steven Mann, Coordinator for Central Asian Energy Issues met May 29 with GOF officials, who outlined French plans to promote energy security during its upcoming presidency of the EU Council. Specific ideas included greater political engagement with Caspian countries, [...]
2008-06-16 14:13:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ZK PREL FR
08PARIS1139FRENCH PRESIDENCY READOUT ON GUEANT/LEVITTE JUNE
[...] (C) French presidency NEA adviser Boris Boillon gave us a quick readout June 16 of the visit made to Damascus a day earlier by Elysee SecGen Claude Gueant, Diplomatic Adviser Jean David Levitte, and Boillon. The trio met with Syrian President Bashar al-Asad for about an hour, followed up by [...]
2008-06-16 14:37:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM FR SY LE
08PARIS114SARKOZY, KOUCHNER ADVISERS ON NATO, RUSSIA, IRAN,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 16, Joseph Wood, Deputy Assistant to the Vice President for National Security Affairs, met with Philippe Errera, strategic affairs adviser to FM Kouchner, and Francois Richier, strategic affairs adviser to President Sarkozy. Errera and Richier provided their views on [...]
2008-01-23 14:53:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR NATO FR RU IR GG UP AG
08PARIS1168NEA A/S WELCH DISCUSSION OF LEBANON/SYRIA AT
[...] (C) Summary: Lebanon/Syria dominated NEA-themed discussions between visiting NEA A/S Welch and his French MFA counterpart, Jean Felix-Paganon, June 12. Felix-Paganon and members of his team voiced relative satisfaction with the situation in Lebanon after the Doha accord but were watching c [...]
2008-06-20 12:48:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KDEM FR LE SY IS IR IZ
08PARIS1174NEA A/S WELCH DISCUSSION OF WESTERN SAHARA, UNION
[...] (SBU) NEA A/S Welch held extensive bilateral consultations on key NEA issues with French MFA counterparts in Paris on June 12. This cable focuses on Western Sahara and the Union for the Mediterranean; other topics reported septel (notal). Participants included: USG --- --NEA A/S Davi [...]
2008-06-23 06:23:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN FR AG LY SY MO
08PARIS118INFORMAL FRENCH RESPONSE TO S/I SATTERFIELD'S
[...] (U) See action request in the second sub-tick of para 3. 2. (C) French MFA Iraq desk officer Olivier Masseret on January 8 gave us an "informal" response to the paper S/I David Satterfield passed to the Elysee and the MFA on December 28. Masseret explained that we would receive an "off [...]
2008-01-23 16:44:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID KDEM FR IZ
08PARIS1188FRENCH REQUEST FOR U.S. DEMARCHE TO EU MEMBERS ON
[...] (U) Action request in para 5. 2. (C) Toward the end of a June 23 meeting DCM had with French MFA Political Director Gerard Araud (P-equivalent) focused on Iran and Zimbabwe (septels),Araud brought up the prospect of the EU rescinding its designation of the MEK as a terrorist group. Ar [...]
2008-06-24 11:06:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER FR IR
08PARIS120S/WCI AMB WILLIAMSON'S MEETING WITH FRENCH MFA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: French MFA legal advisor Edwige Belliard met with S/WCI Ambassador Williamson on January 7 to discuss the possible transfer of releasable Guantanamo detainees to EU countries, the debate within the ICC Assembly of States Parties (ASP) on the Crime of Aggression, and the future out [...]
2008-01-23 17:21:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALUNSC PGOV PREL PHUM FR
08PARIS1202AF/C DIRECTOR WYCOFF'S JUNE 9 PARIS CONSULTATIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In June 9 meetings with AF/C Director Wycoff, French Presidency and MFA officials reiterated French differences with the U.S. on sanctions regarding Chad and Sudan, with the French arguing for pressure on all parties (including sanctions and the threat of sanctions) to encour [...]
2008-06-25 15:44:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC PTER PINR SU CD CT RW FR
08PARIS1221FRENCH MFA DAS-EQUIVALENT FOR THE LEVANT ON
[...] (C) Summary: French MFA DAS-equivalent Ludovic Pouille on June 26 provided a rundown of key issues in his area of responsibility, most notably Sarkozy's visit to Israel, French views of where Israel is with Syria and Lebanon, Syria and the July 13 Paris summit, rumors of a Sarkozy visit to [...]
2008-06-27 16:03:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL FR IS SY LE SA
08PARIS123S/WCI AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON'S MEETING WITH A/S
[...] (C) SUMMARY:On January 7, Ambassador Williamson met with acting A/S-equivalent for international organizations Marc Giacomini and Christian Bernier, Special Assistant for international tribunals, to discuss various war crimes issues, particularly the International Criminal Court (ICC) and res [...]
2008-01-24 10:56:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM FR
08PARIS1248UNSC/ZIMBABWE: FRENCH CONTINUE TO AGREE WITH U.S.
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-02 14:39:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM UNSC ZI FR
08PARIS1261FRANCE/SYRIA: WAITING FOR BASHAR
[...] (C) In addition to what was reported in ref, French Presidency NEA adviser Boris Boillon discussed Syria and Lebanon with us July 2. French President Sarkozy, according to Boillon, raised the status of the indirect dialogue between Syria and Israel via Turkey with Israeli PM Olmert. The Isr [...]
2008-07-03 18:03:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KDEM FR SY LE IS SA
08PARIS1285SUDAN: FRENCH CONCERNED ABOUT POSSIBLE ICC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: French MFA Sudan Desk Officer Frederic Bouvier on July 7 expressed concern that ICC Prosecutor Moreno-Ocampo might soon seek to indict Sudan President Bashir for war crimes, which the French believe could have a negative impact on events in the region. Bouvier said France woul [...]
2008-07-08 17:14:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINS SU FR
08PARIS129TOGO: COOPERATION MINISTER BAWARA'S VISIT TO PARIS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Togo Cooperation Minister Bawara focused on restarting bilateral and multilateral development assistance programs for Togo during his January 16-18 visit to France. According to MFA Desk Officer Daniel Westerink, Togo has developed a possible roadmap that could result in the r [...]
2008-01-24 16:15:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM EAID EFIN MARR TO FR
08PARIS1292FRENCH MFA ON KEEPING THE PA AFLOAT, PARIS DONORS
[...] (SBU) We informed French MFA DAS-equivalent for the Levant Ludovic Pouille July 8 of the substance of reftel demarche on assistance to the Palestinian Authority. Pouille agreed with our assessment that Arab contributors tend to be the laggards in terms of meeting pledges they made at last D [...]
2008-07-09 13:04:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG EAID ECON FR IS
08PARIS1323SYRIAN FM MU'ALLIM VISITS PARIS
[...] (C) Summary: Syrian Foreign Minister Mu'allim visited Paris July 4 -- the same day Ingrid Betancourt triumphantly returned to France following her liberation from captivity in Colombia -- and met French FM Kouchner as well as French presidency officials (including a drop by from an otherwise [...]
2008-07-11 11:22:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER FR SY LE IS
08PARIS1326French Rhetoric on WTO Doha Negotiations - Rebuttal
[...] (U) This is an Action Request for State and USTR. 2. (C) Summary and Action Request: French Trade Minister Idrac will chair a special EU Council meeting July 18 and seek to "rebalance and set the line" for the European Commission prior to the WTO mini-Ministerial July 21. In addition to Pr [...]
2008-07-11 15:55:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PGOV PREL WTO FR
08PARIS1333COUNSELOR COHEN ENGAGES FRENCH ON PAKISTAN,
[...] (C) Summary. On July 8 and 9, State Department Counselor Eliot Cohen discussed Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Israel-Palestine, terrorism, ESDP, and the French Defense White Paper with officials from the French MFA, Elysee, MOD, and Secretariat General of National Defense (SGDN). MFA interloc [...]
2008-07-15 10:13:00Embassy ParisSECRETMCAP PGOV PREL EUN AF PA IR IZ FR
08PARIS1358THE SYRIA/LEBANON SIDESHOW LARGELY UPSTAGES THE
[...] (C) Summary: The GOF is pleased with what it considers to have been a major diplomatic triumph by using Syrian President Bashar al-Asad's participation in the recent Paris summit on the Mediterranean to achieve a public commitment from the Lebanese and Syrian presidents to normalize relatio [...]
2008-07-17 15:05:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KDEM PBTS ECON FR SY LE IS IR
08PARIS1367DRC: PRESIDENT KABILA'S VISIT TO FRANCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: DRC President Kabila's July 16-17 visit to Paris went smoothly, MFA DAS-equivalent Helene Le Gal reported on July 17, with an emphasis on economic issues centered on reducing or canceling DRC's IFI debts. Debt reduction has been complicated by new debts DRC has incurred with C [...]
2008-07-18 13:33:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EFIN PINS CG FR
08PARIS1377A NEW BURST OF FRENCH ACTIVISM ON
[...] (C) Summary: Immediately following the July 13 Paris summit on the Mediterranean, French FM Kouchner has called on the EU to reflect at an early September meeting in Avignon (informal EU FM meeting or "gymnich")on how it can play a more active role in Middle East peace negotiations. He cla [...]
2008-07-21 11:21:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV KPAL PBTS KWBG FR IS
08PARIS1380FRENCH VIEWS ON JULY GAERC: UKRAINE, ZIMBABWE,
[...] (C) Summary: On July 18, MFA Deputy Office Chief for Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) Mathieu Carmona reviewed the agenda items for the July GAERC meeting. Carmona said that the French Presidency had, at FM Kouchner's request, proposed a reduced list of topics, but that other member [...]
2008-07-21 15:25:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV EUN IR SO SU CD IZ UP GG FR
08PARIS1386FRANCE SUPPORTS OAS LANGUAGE TO KEEP PRESSURE ON
[...] (C) On July 18, Poloff delivered the reftel demarche to French MFA Colombia and Venezuela desk officer Lionel Paradisi. While the GOF was in agreement with the USG regarding efforts to free the remaining hostages, end the guerilla movement of the FARC, and close the drug trade, GOF views do n [...]
2008-07-21 17:21:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EUN PTER COLOMBO PLAN VE HR AF SNAR
08PARIS139A/S SILVERBERG REVIEWS UN ISSUES WITH FRENCH
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A/S Kristen Silverberg reviewed international organization issues with French counterpart Sylvie Bermann on January 22 in Paris. Bermann signaled doubt that France would host an International Compact on Iraq, described the aftermath of the NIE on Iran as "disastrous," reiterate [...]
2008-01-25 15:49:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC UNGA PHUM KPKO AF ET ER CD
08PARIS1423 PARIS CLUB - JULY 2008 TOUR D'HORIZON AND DISCUSSIONS ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: At the Paris Club's July 7-8 session, the Vice Chairman briefed creditors on his recent meetings in Kinshasa with the Ministers of Economy and Finance, noting concern that a proposed infrastructure deal involving a DRC sovereign guarantee was at odds with the Paris Club's project [...]
2008-07-24 16:53:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
08PARIS1439S/E CUMBER'S JULY 21 MEETINGS IN PARIS
[...] (SBU) Special Envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Sada Cumber stressed the importance of Muslim integration, social cohesion and individual accountability during his visit to Paris July 21. At the Institute of the Arab World, he outlined the U.S. Government's effort to [...]
2008-07-29 07:50:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KIRF FR
08PARIS1464EU-SOUTH AFRICA SUMMIT: NO BREAKTHROUGHS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: There were no breakthroughs at the July 25 EU-South Africa Summit in Bordeaux. As was expected, the two sides did not reach agreement on an EU-South Africa Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) because of South Africa's insistence that it be accorded certain privileges available [...]
2008-07-31 08:19:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL ECON PHUM ETRD EUN SF FR
08PARIS15A/S SILVERBERG'S MEETING WITH FRENCH MFA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs Kristen Silverberg met in Paris on December 21 with her French counterpart, Sylvie Bermann. They discussed a range of issues currently before the UN Security Council (UNSC). Bermann pushed for a UNSC endorsemen [...]
2008-01-04 17:16:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALAORC KWMN PHUM PREL UNGA EUN UNHRC FR
08PARIS1505GLOBAL INITIATIVE: FRANCE WELCOMES NEW MEMBERS AND
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-04 11:15:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP MCAP PINR PINS JO
08PARIS155FRENCH MFA EMPHASIZES THAT IRAQ'S PROBLEMS ARE
[...] (U) Action request at para 7. 2. (C) At the end of a January 25 briefing by visiting Washington analysts on transition/security issues in Iraq, French MFA DAS-equivalent for Iran, Iraq, and the Gulf Franck Gellet expanded on French reluctance to host the next meeting on the Iraq Compact [...]
2008-01-29 16:26:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM FR IZ UN
08PARIS1568FRANCE’S CHANGING AFRICA POLICY: PART II (FRENCH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: France's new Africa policy has received mixed reviews from Africans uncertain as France moves away from the "France-Afrique" model. Some Africans seem to accept the outlines of the new policy, some have expressed misgivings about replacing the familiar with the unknown, and some have p [...]
2008-08-13 17:08:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR ECON MARR PHUM XA FR
08PARIS1671SUDAN: FRENCH OFFER NO "DEAL" BUT BELIEVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: French Presidency official Romain Serman on September 4 said that Sudanese officials seemed to be acknowledging reality and the need for them to change their behavior following consultations in Khartoum that Deputy Diplomatic Advisor Joubert and Serman held on September 2 with [...]
2008-09-04 17:14:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KAWC SU FR
08PARIS1694FUTURE U.S.-EU RELATIONS AND GEORGIA/RUSSIA
[...] (C) Summary: Gathered in Avignon for the Gymnich informal September 5-6, EU Foreign Ministers, the High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP),and European Commission members discussed the future of U.S.-EU relations, updating the European Security Strategy, the Georgia [...]
2008-09-08 17:47:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN FR
08PARIS1698FRANCE'S CHANGING AFRICA POLICY: PART III
[...] (C) SUMMARY: France's new Africa policy may have its most immediate impact on France's military presence in Africa. The French are planning to consolidate their military presence and want to orient it towards cooperation with Africa's sub-regional groupings (e.g., ECOWAS, SADC, et al.) and awa [...]
2008-09-09 16:54:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR ECON MARR PHUM XA FR
08PARIS1704THE FRENCH EU PRESIDENCY: INSTITUTIONAL GOALS IN
[...] (C) Summary. French Presidency EU Advisor Fabien Raynaud provided his views on the first months of France's EU Presidency in an mid-August introductory meeting. Setting external issues aside to focus on internal EU cooperation, he said that the GOF is encouraged by progress thus far on its [...]
2008-09-10 16:50:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN FR
08PARIS1716MFA THINKING ON IRAN AND IRAQ
[...] (C) Summary: Franck Gellet, MFA DAS-equivalent for Iraq, Iran, and the Arabian Peninsula, acknowledged progress over the past year in Iraq and said that as a result, France had moved away from its previous idea of convening an international conference to promote Iraqi national reconciliation. [...]
2008-09-12 17:36:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR IZ IR
08PARIS1718FRENCH EXPECT A PRODUCTIVE SEPTEMBER GAERC
[...] (C) Summary. On September 12, MFA deputy for EU Common Foreign and Security Policy Mathieu Carmona said the September 15-16 GAERC will focus on implementation of next steps on Georgia, including deployment of the EU observer mission by October 1. The GAERC will also decide the mandate and n [...]
2008-09-12 18:16:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN RS GG ZI SO SR TU FR
08PARIS1726SUDAN/ICC/SANCTIONS: "WE ARE NOT NEGOTIATING WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA DAS-equivalent for Sudan Helene Le Gal stressed on September 12 that "we are not negotiating with Sudan" concerning its recent discussion with the Khartoum regime during which the French explained to the Sudanese the things Sudan needed to do to improve its standing in the [...]
2008-09-15 17:06:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KAWC SU CD FR
08PARIS1751USDP EDELMAN DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN,
[...] (C) Summary. On September 12, USDP Edelman and Counselor Eliot Cohen met with Philippe Errera, Strategic Affairs Advisor to FM Kouchner; Francois Richier, Strategic Affairs Advisor to President Sarkozy; and Michel Miraillet, Director of Strategic Affairs at the MOD, to discuss Afghanistan, P [...]
2008-09-19 09:17:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNPREL MOPS NATO AF PA GG RU FR
08PARIS1805FRENCH GOVERNMENT TAKING A HARD LINE ON COUP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Romain Serman, Counselor on Africa at the French Presidency, on September 19 provided a frank assessment of the situation in Mauritania in the aftermath of the August 6 coup to Ambassador Mark Boulware, stating that the French are prepared for a "divorce" with Mauritania if P [...]
2008-09-26 16:57:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR KDEM PINS MR FR
08PARIS1828FRANCE: S/WCI AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON DISCUSSES WAR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: S/WCI Ambassador Williamson met with French MFA officials on September 12 to discuss human rights abuses in Georgia and the status of the International Criminal Tribunals for Yugoslavia and Rwanda (ICTY and ICTR),the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL),the Khmer Rouge Tribunal [...]
2008-10-03 09:48:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KAWC FR UN
08PARIS1855MARCH 14 SHOOTS ITSELF IN FOOT DURING ELYSEE VISIT
[...] (S) Summary: A March 14th delegation led by Lebanese MP Marwan Hamadeh that met October 2 with senior French officials may have done more harm than good, at least so far as relations with the Elysee are concerned. "What world are they living in?" Boris Boillon, Counselor for Middle East Affairs at [...]
2008-10-08 10:11:00Embassy ParisSECRETFR PREL PGOV KDEM PINS LE SY
08PARIS1872 PARIS CLUB - SEPTEMBER 2008 TOUR D'HORIZON AND DISCUSSIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: At the Paris Club's September 17 session, Club Chairman Musca briefed creditors on recent contacts with the Government of Argentina (GOA),which revealed that Argentina intends to clear arrears excluding late interest and resume debt service on future installments. Creditors in [...]
2008-10-10 14:59:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
08PARIS1875FRENCH EU PRESIDENCY: GAERC PREPARATIONS STILL IN
[...] (C) Summary. On October 10, French MFA Deputy Chief for EU Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) Mathieu Carmona provided an overview of French expectations for the October GAERC. In addition to Zimbabwe, Georgia, and Belarus, the topics of the U.S. demarche, Uzbekistan and Moldova, wil [...]
2008-10-10 17:07:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV ZI UZ BO GG RS FR EUN
08PARIS1896C.A.R.: FRENCH SHARE U.S. WORRIES ON C.A.R.'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: French officials at the Presidency, MOD, and MFA shared U.S. concerns about the Central African Republic (C.A.R.) during Ambassador Frederick Cook's October 14 and 15 consultations in Paris. These concerns centered on the almost complete lack of good governance in C.A.R., Pres [...]
2008-10-16 08:57:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR PGOV MARR ECON CT FR
08PARIS1908FRENCH PRESIDENCY REACTS TO GENEVA MEETING ON
[...] (C) French presidency adviser for Russia, Central Asia, and the Americas Damien Loras on October 16 provided DCM an update on French thinking about Russia and Georgia following the October 15 meeting in Geneva. He argued that France preferred to regard the Russian withdrawal from areas adja [...]
2008-10-17 12:47:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD EUN FR RS GG
08PARIS1914FRENCH MFA OFFICIAL DISCUSSES GENEVA CONFERENCE ON
[...] (C) MFA A/S-equivalent for Continental Europe, Galharague told us October 17 that the fact that the Geneva meeting took place qualifies it as a success for the French. No one had any illusions that the Geneva meeting would be easy, given the Russian threat not to participate if South Ossetia [...]
2008-10-17 15:40:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS PINR PHUM EUN FR RS GG
08PARIS1927FRANCE PREPARES TO ENGAGE NEW US ADMINISTRATION ON
[...] (S/NF) Summary/comment: France's foreign policy establishment plans to engage the new U.S. administration as soon as possible (even, perhaps, before the formal inauguration) on a range of Middle East issues, including the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, Iran, and Syria/Lebanon. In the hope [...]
2008-10-20 16:55:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNFR PREL PGOV MEPP
08PARIS1936CHAD: CONTINUED HIGH FRENCH ENGAGEMENT IS KEY TO
[...] (C) Deputy Presidential Diplomatic Advisor Bruno Joubert told U.S. Ambassador to Chad Louis Nigro on October 20 that 2009 could be a "pivotal year" in Chad's history. Joubert said that French priorities in Chad centered on (a) electoral reform to achieve credible elections in Chad in 2009 an [...]
2008-10-21 15:35:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS PINR MARR CD FR
08PARIS1958SUDAN/QATAR: FRENCH INTERESTED BUT NOT OPTIMISTIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA DAS-equivalent Helene Le Gal on October 23 said that France was not optimistic that the Qatar process on Sudan/Darfur would produce results, although France was interested in and supportive of Qatar's effort. In Qatar, French envoy Issa Maraut has helped convey the French m [...]
2008-10-24 15:20:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS PGOV SU AL QA FR
08PARIS1960THE POLITICS OF NYET: RUSSIA, GEORGIA, AND THE COE
[...] (C) Russian intransigence, lack of EU unity for meaningful action, general European desire for dialogue with Moscow at almost any price, and a cautious Council of Europe (COE) Secretariat combine to provide little hope that even minimal COE monitoring of Russia and Georgia will succeed. Incom [...]
2008-10-24 15:57:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM COE FR GG RU
08PARIS1975BOUCHER AND FRENCH OFFICIALS DISCUSS AFGHAN
[...] (C) Summary. During an October 21-22 visit to Paris, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs, Richard Boucher discussed with numerous French officials the next steps of the UN "Friends of Pakistan" group and U.S. efforts to tighten security by supporting police and trainers i [...]
2008-10-28 15:14:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL AF FR UZ TZ CH TA
08PARIS1979DRL DAS BARKS-RUGGLES DISCUSSES UNGA RESOLUTIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: DRL DAS Barks-Ruggles met with French MFA Human Rights Director Jacques Pellet (Please Protect Throughout) in Paris on October 23 to discuss United Nations General Assembly Third Committee resolutions and other UN issues. The French agree on the need for a strong Iran resolution, [...]
2008-10-28 18:23:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KAWC FR UN
08PARIS1980FRENCH CIVILIAN NUCLEAR: CURRENT AMBITIONS AND FUTURE
[...] (SBU) Summary. In 10/16-17 meetings French officials and private sector representatives told Special Representative Frank Mermoud that France wants its national energy industrial groups to be leaders in the "nuclear renaissance". Expansion is being driven by energy security and climate change [...]
2008-10-29 11:16:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALENRG ETRD PREL FR GM
08PARIS1997FRENCH EU PRESIDENCY: EU DIPLOMATS COMMENT ON
[...] (C) Summary. Halfway through its six-month French EU presidency, it seems fair to say that Paris seized the opportunity for a global leadership role offered by several unexpected crises on its watch, while still making progress on its previously cited goals. Early concerns about the penchan [...]
2008-10-30 17:30:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR EUN FR
08PARIS1998MEDITERRANEAN UNION DOMINATES MUBARAK VISIT
[...] (C) Summary: Unresolved issues with the Mediterranean Union -- participation of the Arab League, location of the Union's secretariat, ensuring continuing EU engagement during the Czech EU presidency (or an extension of the French co-presidency),and agreement on a declaration for the November [...]
2008-10-30 18:23:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR EG
08PARIS2016S/WCI AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON DISCUSSES GUANTANAMO
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: S/WCI Ambassador Williamson met with French MFA officials on October 27 to discuss possible resettlement of Guantanamo Bay detainees in France. Williamson noted there are approximately 25 detainees considered low-threat whom the U.S. wants to release but cannot return to their [...]
2008-11-04 13:06:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL MOPS PTER PHUM KAWK KISL KPAO FR
08PARIS2023MEDITERRANEAN UNION MINISTERIAL ENDS UP A SUCCESS
[...] (SBU) The Marseille ministerial on the Union for the Mediterranean concluded November 4 amid wrangling over organizational details to include in the final declaration continuing well past the allotted time for the working plenary session. French FM Kouchner and Egyptian FM Abu al-Ghayt, how [...]
2008-11-05 14:32:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID ECON EUN FR EG CZ IS AG TU
08PARIS2033NOVEMBER 6 MEETING WITH PLO REPRESENTATIVE HIND
[...] (C) Summary: Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Salam Fayyad will visit Paris during the week of November 9 for meetings with PM Fillon and FM Kouchner, according to PLO Representative Hind el-Khoury. She noted that the Palestinian delegation was "very pleased" with the results of the [...]
2008-11-06 17:01:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR
08PARIS2056FRENCH VIEWS ON THE NOVEMBER 10 EU GAERC
[...] (SBU) French MFA Deputy Chief for EU Common Foreign and Security Policy Mathieu Carmona responded on November 7 to reftel points on the upcoming EU GAERC. He began by observing that this one would be the most complicated of the current French presidency, since it would also involve a joint [...]
2008-11-07 17:41:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR EAID XA FR RS LE CG CH IZ BK
08PARIS2079FRENCH OFFICIALS: NATO UNITY REQUIRES NO DECISION
[...] (C/NF) Summary. During PDAS Marcie Ries' meetings on Friday, November 7 with French officials Philippe Errera, Strategic Affairs Advisor to FM Kouchner; Francois Richier, Strategic Affairs Advisor to President Sarkozy; and Jacques Audibert, Director of Strategic Affairs at the MFA; all of he [...]
2008-11-10 15:10:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL NATO FR RU
08PARIS2089FRENCH REACTION TO NOVEMBER 9 QUARTET MEETING
[...] (C) Summary: The November 9 Quartet meeting reaffirmed the international consensus on the need to continue the Annapolis process "exactly as we expected," said French NEA A/S-equivalent Patrice Paoli on November 12. Paoli said he was struck by an informal consensus among Arab attendees that H [...]
2008-11-12 17:40:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR
08PARIS2134P3 CONSULTATIONS ON NONPROLIFERATION AND DISARMAMENT IN PARIS
[...] (C) Summary. On November 7, Acting U/S John Rood met in Paris with his French and British counterparts Jacques Audibert and Mariot Leslie, respectively, to discuss a broad range of nonproliferation, arms control, and disarmament issues. Topics included regional issues (Iran, North Korea, and Syria) [...]
2008-11-21 08:21:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL PARM MARR KACT FR UK CH RU KN SY IR
08PARIS214FRANCE SUPPORTS PRIVATE SECTOR OUTREACH AND THE
[...] (SBU) Embassy poloff delivered reftel demarche together with Russian Federation terrorism expert Artem Studennikov on February 6 to Thomas Guibert, French MFA Strategic Affairs desk officer for the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. Guibert expressed France's support in principle [...]
2008-02-06 15:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL PTER KGIC IAEA FR
08PARIS2149FRANCE/ZIMBABWE: MORGAN TSVANGIRAI'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai of Zimbabwe visited France November 17-19, beginning in Strasbourg at the EU meeting on development. He met with FM Kouchner in Strasbourg and traveled in Kouchner's plane to Paris. In Paris on November 18, he met with Claude Gueant (Secretary-General at th [...]
2008-11-24 14:53:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM ZI FR
08PARIS215FRENCH INTEREST IN IOSEA (TURTLE) MOU
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-06 15:50:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDFR SENV TBIO
08PARIS2156EU DIPLOMATS PREDICT LITTLE PROGRESS WITH TURKEY
[...] (C) Summary. A quick survey of EU diplomats in Paris in November 2008 produced consensus that expectations for Turkey-EU relations in 2009 should be modest. Though the incoming Czech and then Swedish EU presidencies are more pro-Turkey than President Sarkozy's France, our contacts agree wit [...]
2008-11-26 12:24:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN TU FR
08PARIS2212FRENCH SAY SYRIA DELIVERING ON ALL FRONTS
[...] (S) Summary: "We think Syria is delivering on the key dossier," French Presidency Advisor for the Middle East Boris Boillon said December 5, as he recapped his November 30 visit to Damascus with Presidency Secretary General Claude Gueant and NSA-equivalent Jean-David Levitte. In contrast to his col [...]
2008-12-05 18:18:00Embassy ParisSECRETPGOV PREL FR
08PARIS2251SUDAN/DARFUR: DECEMBER 5 P-3 CONSULTATIONS IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The President's Special Envoy to Sudan, Ambassador Richard Williamson, met with P-3 counterparts in Paris on December 5 and, separately, with AU-UN Mediator Djibril Bassole to discuss Sudan, Darfur, and the Qatar process. In the P-3 meeting, the UK and France agreed with Willi [...]
2008-12-11 15:51:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KJUS PINR SU FR
08PARIS2252SUDAN/FRANCE: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR NOTES EROSION
[...] (C) Romain Serman, AF advisor at the French Presidency, on December 10 reviewed Sudan-related issues (discussions of Mauritania and Zimbabwe reported septels). Serman said that ICC prosecutor Moreno-Ocampo had consulted with the GOF earlier the same day. Moreno-Ocampo predicted that the ICC [...]
2008-12-11 16:01:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KJUS SU FR
08PARIS2253MAURITANIA/FRANCE: POLITICAL PROCESS AT AN
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Romain Serman, AF advisor at the French Presidency, said on December 10 that the political process in Mauritania was blocked, with neither Aziz, President Abdallahi, nor opposition leader Amed Ould Daddah willing to compromise to reach a solution. Serman said that internal GOF [...]
2008-12-11 16:39:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL PTER PINR KDEM MR FR
08PARIS2284RUSSIA/GEORGIA: FRENCH PRESIDENCY OFFICIAL SEEKS
[...] (C) During a December 16 meeting with Pol MC, French Presidency (Elysee) advisor for Russia and the Americas Damien Loras asked for our assistance dealing with Georgia. Per Loras, President Sarkozy used the coming end of the French EU presidency to write to Russian President Medvedev in earl [...]
2008-12-17 17:19:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MCAP MARR FR GG RU
08PARIS2309STAFFDEL WEIL MEETINGS IN PARIS ON PUBLIC OUTREACH
[...] Lynne Weil, Communications Director for the House Foreign Affairs Committee, received a comprehensive overview of Embassy Paris' active Muslim and diversity outreach programs in a series of meetings with embassy, government, NGO and media representatives December 8-10. Public Affairs progra [...]
2008-12-22 15:53:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SCUL SOCI FR
08PARIS2325FRENCH COOL ON SOMALIA PKO DRAFT, OPEN FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-24 11:04:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO UNSC SO FR
08PARIS235FRANCE AGRICULTURAL BIOTECH OUTREACH PROPOSAL
[...] (U) Economic Minister-Counselor, Agricultural Minister-Counselor, Public Affairs Minister-Counselor and Science Counselor present this joint request for support from EEB FY 2008 biotech outreach funds for critical public outreach in France. In the wake of late 2007 GOF broad-based environmenta [...]
2008-02-11 11:34:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON TBIO ETRD KPAO FR
08PARIS245P3 MEETING ON NONPROLIFERATION AND DISARMAMENT
[...] (S) Summary. On February 7, Acting U/S John Rood and his delegation met his French and British P3 counterparts, Philippe Carre and Mariot Leslie respectively, to discuss a broad range of nonproliferation, arms control and disarmament issues. Unusually, the French were closer to the U.S. than were t [...]
2008-02-12 10:58:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL NATO PARM MARR KACT FR UK CH EG IN RU
08PARIS247MGCD01: CHAD: FRENCH SUPPORT TO RESUME OPERATION
[...] (C) Embassy Pol Counselor delivered reftel demarche on February 8 and followed with verbal clarifications that day and over the weekend of February 9-10. MFA Chad desk officer Loic Mizon on February 12 provided a formal response to acting Africa-watcher concerning assistance requested of Fr [...]
2008-02-12 14:22:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALMARR ASEC CD FR
08PARIS272FRANCE EVALUATING EU SANCTIONS ON UZBEKISTAN; FM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: France is currently working with its EU partners to review the utility of ongoing EU sanctions on Uzbekistan, MFA officials told us on February 12. The sanctions come up for official review in May 2008. While France does not believe that the Karimov regime has made a radically p [...]
2008-02-15 13:00:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EU EUN UZ FR
08PARIS304S/I SATTERFIELD DISCUSSES IRAQ WITH FRENCH
[...] (C) Summary: S/I Satterfield discussed Iraq at the French Presidency and the MFA February 14 and 15. The French provided their formal response to the paper Satterfield had presented at the end of December. In addition to briefing the French on our view of the situation in Iraq, Satterfield [...]
2008-02-21 13:14:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM EAID EFIN SHUM FR IZ
08PARIS338SARKOZY PROMISES UKRAINE POSITIVE SIGNAL AT
[...] (C//NF) SUMMARY: Damien Loras, President Sarkozy's Counselor for Ukraine (as well as Russia, Central Asia, the Balkans, the Caucasus and the Americas),told us on February 25 that Sarkozy told Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko during their meeting in Paris on February 20 that he will seek [...]
2008-02-26 16:07:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO MARR PREL UP FR
08PARIS34S/I SATTERFIELD'S DECEMBER 28 MEETINGS PRECEDE
[...] (C) Summary: S/I and NEA PDAS David Satterfield on December 28 urged French Presidency diplomatic adviser Levitte and MFA NEA A/S-equivalent Felix-Paganon in separate meetings to strengthen the Siniora government in Lebanon pending election of a president and to consider using the Arab Leag [...]
2008-01-08 18:04:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM FR LE SY
08PARIS342FRENCH PRESIDENT SARKOZY ADVOCATES EARLY CAP REFORM,
[...] Summary: At the opening of the annual Paris Agricultural Show on Saturday February 23, French President Sarkozy gave a major address on agricultural policy announcing his intention to reform the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) as early as 2009. He also reiterated his opposition to any WTO agr [...]
2008-02-26 17:17:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD PGOV WTRO EUN FR INR
08PARIS350FRENCH VISION FOR THE UNION FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On February 15, Alain Le Roy, Ambassador at Large charged by President Sarkozy with development of the Union for the Mediterranean, presented Pol M-C with the French vision for the initiative. Le Roy, who works under the supervision of influential Sarkozy adviser and speechwri [...]
2008-02-27 16:47:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL
08PARIS365GOF WANTS TO IMPROVE NATO-EU COOPERATION
[...] (C) On February 29, Political M/C met with Philippe Carre, A/S-equivalent for Strategic Affairs at the MFA, to discuss the demarche on improving NATO-EU cooperation (reftel). Carre was pleased to receive our message, because the current impasse has been both frustrating and worrisome for the [...]
2008-03-03 11:01:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO MOPS EU FR TU CY
08PARIS383FRANCE: ONE MONTH FROM NATO SUMMIT IN BUCHAREST
[...] Summary. (C) With the NATO summit in Bucharest only a month away, the French are solidifying their positions and anxious to find consensus on the key issues on the agenda: NATO enlargement, missile defense and Afghanistan. GOF officials believe that the Bucharest summit, President Sarkozy' [...]
2008-03-04 16:26:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL MARR MOPS NATO FR AF GG UK
08PARIS386FRENCH RECEPTIVE TO A/S SULLIVAN'S PITCH ON TEC
[...] (U) Embassy Action Request Para 14. 2. (SBU) Summary: In February 13-14 meetings French Trade Minister Novelli, MFA Economic Director Masset and PM Diplomatic Advisor Lapouge told A/S Dan Sullivan they would be supportive of the Trans-Atlantic Economic Council (TEC) as an important part of [...]
2008-03-04 17:56:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD ENRG PREL EAGR EUR FR
08PARIS460BETANCOURT HOSTAGE SITUATION RENDERS "POOR"
[...] (C) On March 6, Colombian Ambassador to France Fernando Cepeda Ulloa described Franco-Colombian relations as "poor" in a breakfast meeting with Ambassador Stapleton and WHA PDAS Craig Kelly. Cepeda encapsulated the current distrust between the two governments by suggesting that the GOF considers Co [...]
2008-03-12 18:56:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL FR CO
08PARIS461CHAD/SUDAN/EUFOR: FRENCH PRESIDENCY ON SARKOZY’S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Romain Serman, AF-advisor at the French Presidency, on March 10 reviewed Sarkozy's February 28 visit to Chad and discussed possible next steps. In Chad, Sarkozy stressed to Deby the importance of determining the fate of the missing opposition leaders and to develop a meaningful politic [...]
2008-03-13 06:12:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN MARR PHUM CD SU FR
08PARIS501LATIN AMERICA: FRENCH SHARE SENSE OF POSITIVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. PDAS Craig Kelly reviewed Latin American priorities with MFA PDAS for Latin America Jean-Marc Laforet and DAS for Central America Jose Gomez on March 6. They concurred with Kelly,s assessment that the democratic governance and regional cooperation were improving across the regi [...]
2008-03-18 08:43:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM FR CO EC BR CU
08PARIS529UNESCO - GROUP I MEETING PRE-EXECUTIVE BOARD
[...] Summary: The US candidate for the IPDC Bureau was endorsed by Group I at its first Israeli-chaired meeting. Other candidates for IPDC and IFAP were also approved by the Group. Norway briefed the Discussion Group on Executive Board issues, with special mention regarding procedures for the ele [...]
2008-03-19 16:33:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDUNESCO SCUL
08PARIS568 UNESCO - DECENTRALIZATION AND THE ONE UN
[...] Summary: Briefing Member States on UNESCO's progress regarding decentralization and the "One UN", D-G Matsuura indicated he is pleased with the efforts made to date to integrate UNESCO into the concept, and that he will work to improve issues of concern like staff rotation and program coordin [...]
2008-03-26 13:54:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDUNESCO SCUL
08PARIS570UNESCO - PREAH VIHEAR TECHNICAL MEETING PARIS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Without the Thai or American experts present, UNESCO's Culture Sector organized a two-day technical meeting on Preah Vihear in Paris March 25-26. It was clear that there are many serious issues that have not been thought through by the Cambodians. These will require agreement w [...]
2008-03-26 14:52:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNESCO SCUL
08PARIS614 FRENCH TV FILM ATTACKS US BIOTECH REGIME
[...] Summary: On March 11, French public TV channel ARTE broadcasted a film entitled "The World According to Monsanto," by freelance journalist Marie-Monique Robin. A book by the same name was released soon thereafter. Given the wide publicity generated by this film (for sale on line on ARTE's w [...]
2008-04-02 15:09:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR SENV ECON ETRD EU FR
08PARIS628FRENCH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON WESTERN SAHARA
[...] (S) Summary: The French generally reacted favorably to reftel message on Western Sahara in meetings we held with the French Presidency and the MFA April 1 and 2. The key first priority seems to be engaging UNSYG Personal Envoy Peter van Walsum and other key Secretariat officials to encourag [...]
2008-04-04 14:16:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL PGOV PBTS PHUM PREF MARR UNSC FR MO AG
08PARIS633 PARIS CLUB - MARCH 2008 DISCUSSION OF POLICY AND
[...] (SBU) The Paris Club met on March 13 to discuss 16 countries and other policy and methodological issues. Creditors reported on contacts with the new Argentine government, which has been arguing against an IMF agreement and for minimizing external payments in seeking a Paris Club deal. The IM [...]
2008-04-07 10:37:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON OECD EAID FR
08PARIS679FRENCH MFA RESPONDS POSITIVELY TO DEMARCHE ON
[...] (C) French MFA desk officer Olivier Masseret on April 9 took note of the main points of our latest message on Iraq (reftel) and said he would include them in briefing papers being assembled for FM Kouchner, who will represent France at the upcoming Iraq neighbors meeting in Kuwait. He indica [...]
2008-04-11 15:26:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF FR IQ
08PARIS684FRENCH MFA RESPONDS POSITIVELY TO DEMARCHE ON
[...] (C) French MFA desk officer Olivier Masseret on April 9 took note of the main points of our latest message on Iraq (reftel) and said he would include them in briefing papers being assembled for FM Kouchner, who will represent France at the upcoming Iraq neighbors meeting in Kuwait. He indica [...]
2008-04-11 15:39:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF FR IQ
08PARIS686FRENCH MFA RESPONDS POSITIVELY TO DEMARCHE ON
[...] (C) French MFA desk officer Olivier Masseret on April 9 took note of the main points of our latest message on Iraq (reftel) and said he would include them in briefing papers being assembled for FM Kouchner, who will represent France at the upcoming Iraq neighbors meeting in Kuwait. He indica [...]
2008-04-11 15:48:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF FR IQ
08PARIS690FRENCH MFA RESPONDS POSITIVELY TO DEMARCHE ON
[...] (C) French MFA desk officer Olivier Masseret on April 9 took note of the main points of our latest message on Iraq (reftel) and said he would include them in briefing papers being assembled for FM Kouchner, who will represent France at the upcoming Iraq neighbors meeting in Kuwait. He indica [...]
2008-04-11 16:11:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF FR IQ
08PARIS735AUSTRALIA GROUP: 2008 INFORMATION EXCHANGE (IE)
[...] (S) The following describes highlights of the Information Exchange (IE) portion of the annual meeting of the Australia Group (AG),which met in Paris, April 12-18, 2008 (Report on AG Plenary provided septel). The IE included 30 presentations by twelve AG member states. The US provided 10 of the 30 [...]
2008-04-17 16:41:00Embassy ParisSECRETPARM PREL CBW ETTC AS FR
08PARIS741SUDAN/DARFUR: SPECIAL ENVOY WILLIAMSON'S APRIL 14
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings with Foreign Minister Kouchner and other GOF officials during April 14 consultations in Paris, Sudan Special Envoy Richard Williamson stressed the need to accelerate deployment of UNAMID and to exploit the possibility that the Khartoum regime might be willing to seek [...]
2008-04-18 11:48:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MARR MOPS UNSC SU FR
08PARIS749CENTRAL ASIA: A/DAS SPRATLEN'S CONSULTATIONS WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In April 4 meetings with French officials responsible for Central Asia, SCA A/DAS Pamela Spratlen was briefed on GOF plans for future engagement in the region, including FM Kouchner's April 10-11 visits to Ashgabat and Dushanbe as well as France's priorities for the region during [...]
2008-04-18 16:25:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ZK UZ TI KZ KG TX FR
08PARIS76OECD/Export Credits: Debt Sustainability Agreement Adopted;
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) Working Party on Export Credits and Credit Guarantees (ECG) and the Participants to the Export Credit Arrangement (Participants) held their semi-annual plenary sessions and Aircraft Sector Understan [...]
2008-01-14 13:18:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP EFIN ETRD EINV EXIM EAIR ECON SENV OECD KCOR
08PARIS763AFTER THE NATO SUMMIT: GOF LOOKS AHEAD
[...] (C) Summary. President Sarkozy is reportedly "very satisfied" with his first NATO summit, a meeting which demonstrated to the world the change in France's approach to the Alliance. President Bush's endorsement of a strong European defense in Bucharest gave the GOF the green light it wanted [...]
2008-04-22 09:10:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO MARR MOPS FR AF GG UP UK MK GR
08PARIS766PRIME MINISTER FRANCOIS FILLON'S VISIT TO U.S. MAY
[...] (C) France's Prime Minister Francois Fillon will travel to the U.S. May 1 - 2. The current focus of Fillon's visit is the international economy -- and how it affects France's domestic reform program. He is set to meet with Federal Reserve Board Chairman Bernanke, Secretary of the Treasury P [...]
2008-04-22 13:28:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALSOCI PTER PGOV PINR ECON EUN FR
08PARIS81SUDAN/KENYA/RWANDA: MFA DAS PROVIES OVERVIEW
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA DAS-equivalent Helene Le Gal (Central and East Africa) on January 11 said that France was highly concerned about renewed Chad-Sudan fighting but that the arrival in February of the EU's PKO in Chad and C.A.R. could help ease tensions. France renewed Abdulwahid el-Nur's res [...]
2008-01-15 11:50:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS PINS PHUM SU CD CT KE RW FR
08PARIS83S/I SATTERFIELD DISCUSSES IRAQ WITH FRENCH
[...] (C) Summary: Visiting S/I David Satterfield on December 28 provided an overview to French Presidency diplomatic adviser Levitte and French MFA NEA A/S-equivalent Felix-Paganon of U.S. efforts to promote Iraqi national reconciliation. He also provided a paper outlining U.S. ideas on how Fra [...]
2008-01-15 17:25:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM FR IZ IR
08PARIS855FRENCH EOV ON MINURSO RESOLUTION WILL NOT CALL
[...] (C) The French MFA's IO desk officer covering the Western Sahara, Jay Darmadhikhari, informed us April 30 that France would present an explanation of vote following the UNSC's extension of MINURSO. That statement, however, would not echo the USG's contention that the option of an independen [...]
2008-04-30 16:27:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS UNSC FR MO AG WI
08PARIS858USD/P EDELMAN,S APRIL 28 MEETINGS WITH ELYSEE AND
[...] (C) Summary. On April 28, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman met with Francois Richier, Elysee Counselor for Strategic Affairs, and Michel Miraillet, Director of Strategic Affairs at the Ministry of Defense. Richier and Miraillet said France is satisfied with the outcomes of [...]
2008-05-02 08:52:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MARR MCAP MNUC EUN IR LE SY UK UP
08PARIS866GLOBAL INITIATIVE EXERCISE PLANNING GROUP FIRST
[...] (SBU) Summary: As part of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism, the Initiative co-chairs held the first Exercise Planning Group (EPG) meeting on April 15 in Paris to begin coordinating the development and execution of international exercises aimed at combating the threat posed by [...]
2008-05-05 16:23:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKGIC MCAP PINR PTER PARM IAEA FR
08PARIS867GLOBAL INITIATIVE EXERCISE PLANNING GROUP FIRST
[...] (SBU) Summary: As part of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism, the Initiative co-chairs held the first Exercise Planning Group (EPG) meeting on April 15 in Paris to begin coordinating the development and execution of international exercises aimed at combating the threat posed by [...]
2008-05-05 16:23:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKGIC MCAP PINR PTER PARM IAEA FR
08PARIS957YOUR JUNE 14-16 VISIT TO PARIS
[...] (C) Mr. President, you will arrive in France as Nicolas Sarkozy begins the second year of a five-year term as President. You will meet a Sarkozy chastened by the experience of a first year marked by a sharp drop in his political stock at home, but during which he nevertheless reclaimed French leade [...]
2008-05-19 14:41:00Embassy ParisSECRETECON FINR KPAL NATO OVIP PGOF PREL PTER SENV
08PARIS959WESTERN SAHARA: FRENCH RECEIVE DEMARCHE ON
[...] (C) FRENCH MFA DAS-EQUIVALENT FOR NORTH AFRICA NATHALIE LOISEAU ON MAY 16 EXPRESSED GENERAL AGREEMENT WITH THE MAIN ELEMENTS OF OUR PROPOSED MESSAGE TO MOROCCO ON FOLLOWING UP UNSCR 1803 ON WESTERN SAHARA. --LIKE US, FRANCE IS WAITING FOR MOROCCO (ALONG WITH POLISARIO AND ALGERIA) TO DECID [...]
2008-05-20 08:54:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PHUM FR MO AG WI
08PARIS964SUDAN: FRENCH URGE U.S. TO PROMOTE KHARTOUM-REBEL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Presidential AF-advisor Romain Serman on May 19 urged the USG to support dialogue between the Government of Sudan and rebel factions, especially JEM, as a way to breaking the cycle of rebel attacks against Khartoum and N'Djamena. He said that the budding political dialogue bet [...]
2008-05-20 15:57:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINS SU CD FR
08PARIS98GROWING CRITICISM IN FRANCE ON GM SAFEGUARD
[...] (U) Summary : France's decision to initiate the safeguard clause against Mon 810 (Reftel A),has been widely criticized by a growing number of scientists, parliamentarians and farm organizations as lacking scientific basis. A number of press articles have echoed their criticisms that the GOF's [...]
2008-01-18 15:40:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR SENV ECON ETRD EU FR
08PARIS988FRANCE/LEBANON: FRENCH PRESIDENCY POSITIVE BUT
[...] (C) French Presidency NEA adviser Boris Boillon told us May 22 that the GOF regarded the recently Doha accord on Lebanon as mostly favorable to the March 8 opposition but not entirely so. Most important, he stressed, the agreement stopped the fighting and got the political process for addressi [...]
2008-05-23 13:37:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KDEM KPAL FR LE SY IS
08PARIS993FRENCH GAERC RESPONSE HIGHLIGHTS ISRAEL-PALESTINE,
[...] (C) Summary. On May 20 and 22, PolOff transmitted the U.S. demarche and supplemental points for the May GAERC to MFA Deputy Office Director for CFSP Mathieu Carmona. Separately, MFA DAS-equivalents Ludovic Pouille and Franck Gellet provided detailed information regarding French views on Israeli-Pal [...]
2008-05-23 16:57:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN PGOV IR IZ IS LE GG AF CU SO SR
08PARISFR2202UNESCO DIRECTOR GENERAL SUCCESSION: CONVERSATIONS WITH
[...] (C) Summary: The Mexican and Swedish UNESCO Ambassadors told Ambassador Oliver that their respective countries will oppose the candidacy of Egyptian Minister of Culture Farouq Hosni for the position of Director General of UNESCO. The Mexican Ambassador also expressed misgivings about the pos [...]
2008-12-04 17:01:00Mission UNESCOCONFIDENTIALUNESCO PREL FR SW MX BR
08PARISFR2261 KILLION MEETING WITH DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNESCO KOICHIRO
[...] (C) Summary: Director-General Matsuura stressed his desire to maintain a strong American connection to UNESCO's work in education, despite the upcoming change in administration, by telling us that he planned to invite Mrs. Bush to a 26 January high-level meeting on literacy, and would be askin [...]
2008-12-12 17:36:00Mission UNESCOCONFIDENTIALSCUL UNESCO AORC PREL
08PARISFR2263 KILLION MEETING WITH PERUVIAN AMBASSADOR TO UNESCO HARRY
[...] (C) Summary: Offering a possible Latin solution to bring new candidates into the DG race, Peru's Ambassador to UNESCO suggested that journalist, author and essayist Vargas Llosa has expressed interest in running. He also discussed the problems posed by the rift within the Latin American elec [...]
2008-12-15 07:13:00Mission UNESCOCONFIDENTIALPREL UNESCO PE
08PARISFR2265UNESCO INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION
[...] Summary: Approximately 153 UNESCO member states attended the 48th session of the International Conference on Education hosted by UNESCO's International Bureau of Education in Geneva November 25-28, 2008. Held every four years, the IBE conference brings together Ministers of Education, repres [...]
2008-12-15 14:43:00Mission UNESCOUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC UNESCO AID SCUL ECA
08PARISFR2313A/S HOOK'S MEETING WITH UNESCO DIRECTOR GENERAL
[...] (C) Summary: DG Matsuura called for vigilance by Member States regarding UNESCO's future, to lock in the gains made during his tenure. He also expressed appreciation for the U.S.'s role in literacy efforts, and was pleased Mrs. Bush would continue her work for UNESCO beyond January 2009. En [...]
2008-12-23 10:33:00Mission UNESCOCONFIDENTIALPREL UNESCO IS JO
08PARISFR2332UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION: INTERGOVERNMENTAL
[...] Begin Summary. During its week-long second ordinary meeting, the 24-member Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions ("the IGC" or "the Committee") took decisive action on each of the items on its agenda, although two items (prefere [...]
2008-12-29 12:12:00Mission UNESCOUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL UNESCO USTR WIPO WTRO KIPR
08PARTO121901(C) Secretary Rice's December 16, 2008 Meeting
[...] (U) Classified by: Uzra Zeya, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State. Reason 1.4.(d) 2. (U) December 16, 2008, 0915-1050, UN Headquarters, New York City 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary NEA A/S Welch NEA PDAS Feltman NEA/ARP Office Director Steinfel [...]
2008-12-19 12:15:00US Delegation, SecretaryCONFIDENTIALOVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL IR EUN XF XG
08PARTO20501Secretary Rice's Meeting with Colombian
[...] (U) January 25, 2008; 10:45 a.m.; Medellin, Colombia. 2. (U) Participants: United States The Secretary Ambassador William Brownfield Representative Melissa Bean Representative Eliot Engel Representative Jane Harman Representative Alcee Hastings Representative Ron Klein Representative [...]
2008-02-05 22:26:00US Delegation, SecretaryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA ETRD ECIN EINV ELAB
08PARTO20506Secretary Rice's Meeting with Medellin Mayor
[...] (U) January 25, 2008; 10:00 a.m.; Medellin, Colombia. 2. (U) Participants: United States The Secretary Ambassador William Brownfield Representative Melissa Bean Representative Eliot Engel Representative Jane Harman Representative Alcee Hastings Representative Ron Klein Representative [...]
2008-02-05 23:36:00US Delegation, SecretaryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA ETRD ECIN EINV ELAB
08PARTO51302(U) SECRETARY RICE'S APRIL 22, 2008
[...] (U) Classified by: Kevin Whitaker, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State. Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (U) April 22, 2008, Kuwait City, Kuwait 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary A/S C. David Welch, NEA Ambassador David Satterfield, NEA/I Ambassador Ryan Crocker, [...]
2008-05-13 23:27:00US Delegation, SecretaryCONFIDENTIALOVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PGOV PREL PVTS
08PARTO8(U) Secretary Rice's June 26-27 Participation in
[...] (U) Classified by: Uzra Zeya, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (U) June 27, 2008 at 18:00, and June 28, 2008 at 09:30; Kyoto, Japan. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary U/S Bill Burns A/S Christopher R. Hill, EAP Lt. Gen. W [...]
2008-07-12 12:10:00US Delegation, SecretaryCONFIDENTIALOVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL PHUM KNNP KWBG
08PARTO91702SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH PM SOCRATES
[...] (U) Classified by Paul Wohlers, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State. Reason 1.4 (d) 2. (U) September 4, 2008, 1930, Lisbon, Portugal. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Ambassador Thomas Stephenson Assistant Secretary Dan Fried Assistant Secretary C. David [...]
2008-09-17 03:45:00US Delegation, SecretaryCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNOVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL PGOV ECON EI KV RU
08PESHAWAR389FRONTIER CORPS COMMANDER ON FATA OPERATIONS, COOPERATION
[...] (C) Frontier Corps Commander Khattak and 11th Corps Chief of Staff Aamer Riaz briefed NSC Senior Director for South and Central Asia Mark Webber on their strategy for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on July 3. Khattak and Aamer were on message with other Northwest Frontier Provi [...]
2008-07-08 08:59:00Consulate PeshawarCONFIDENTIALPTER MOPS PGOV PINR PK AF
08PESHAWAR463SECURITY FORCES -- MAKING PROGRESS AGAINST MILITANTS IN
[...] (C) Pakistan Army contacts told post on September 16 that they have cleared eastern Bajaur of militants, dismantled their command and control center there, and now control a crucial 20 km stretch of the main road extending to Khar. Bajaur is a critical part of an east-west swathe of territory [...]
2008-09-22 12:06:00Consulate PeshawarCONFIDENTIALTER MOPS PGOV PK
08PESHAWAR518FATA AND NWFP: INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION: OCTOBER 16 - 31
[...] (C) While fighting remained intense in Pakistan's Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA),there were some positive developments during the last two weeks of October. Security forces continued to press militants in Bajaur during late October, killing 1 [...]
2008-11-20 07:25:00Consulate PeshawarCONFIDENTIALPTER MOPS PGOV PK
08PHNOMPENH1003CAMBODIA'S RACE FOR HYDROPOWER CONTINUES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) continues to pursue its hydropower potential with 22 ongoing and proposed projects. With primarily Chinese support, the RGC hopes to generate enough electricity to meet domestic needs and eventually profit from energy exportation. Donors [...]
2008-12-18 09:04:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EAGR ENRG EAID EIND VM LA CH CB
08PHNOMPENH103 CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS TOUT MEASURED PROGRESS, HIGHLIGHT
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: Civil society leaders presented a "glass half full" picture of Cambodian progress on a variety of political, economic, and human rights issues to Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel during his January 16 [...]
2008-01-23 07:40:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV ECON ELAB CB CM VN
08PHNOMPENH270PRIME TIME FOR TELEVISED CANDIDATE DEBATES IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: To support prime time TV access for some of NDI's planned candidate debates during the June-July campaign season, the Ambassador March 21 called on Minister of Information Khieu Kanharith. The Ambassador emphasized the importance of media access for all parties in advance of [...]
2008-03-21 10:26:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM EAID CB
08PHNOMPENH307 HIGH INFLATION SPARKS CALLS FOR LARGE PROTEST, GARMENT
[...] (U) Summary: Dramatic increases in inflation have led the opposition Sam Rainsy Party to call for a large anti-inflation march to be held April 6 and have netted garment sector workers a 12 percent inflation bonus. While the government reports that annual inflation reached nearly 19 percent [...]
2008-04-07 01:15:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON SOCI PHUM PGOV ELAB EAGR KTEX CB
08PHNOMPENH348AMCHAM SINGAPORE MISSION SPURS CORPORATE INTEREST
[...] (U) Summary: An 18-member delegation from the American Chamber of Commerce in Singapore led by Ambassador Herbold recently concluded a successful three-day trip to Phnom Penh. Through meetings with government, private sector, and U.S. Embassy officials, mission delegates learned about Cambod [...]
2008-04-28 10:05:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EINV CB
08PHNOMPENH360CAMBODIA HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDTABLE: LAND ISSUES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Prominent human rights organization leaders ranked land disputes, impunity, limits on freedom of assembly and the lack of rule of law among their top concerns, and predict the trends will continue through 2008. Land grabbers are using some new, fraudulent methods to claim land [...]
2008-05-02 05:23:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KDEM KWMN CB
08PHNOMPENH381PHNOM PENH RESPONSE TO ACTIVISTS FOR DEMOCRACY AND
[...] (S) Summary: This is a response to Ref A requesting a summary of Post's outreach and activities to support, seek out and meet with activists for democracy and those who demand human rights. There are no known major dissidents from other countries living in Cambodia, however the Embassy has [...]
2008-05-06 09:45:00Embassy Phnom PenhSECRETPHUM PREL
08PHNOMPENH403CAMBODIA PUBLIC OPINION: FAVORABLE TOWARD U.S. AND
[...] (SBU/NOFORN) In a recent Cambodia public opinion poll, 87 percent of respondents had a favorable opinion of the United States. International Republican Institute (IRI) conducted the public opinion survey in February 2008 and found public opinion of the U.S. higher than for any other country [...]
2008-05-15 07:52:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM KDEM CB
08PHNOMPENH493CAMBODIA EXPLORING FORWARD MOVEMENT ON DEBT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador called on Minister of Economy and Finance Keat Chhon June 12 to raise the bilateral debt in the wake of Prime Minister Hun Sen's positive statements on debt repayment in a meeting with the U.S. ASEAN Business Council (Ref A). Minister Keat cautioned that Cambod [...]
2008-06-16 05:01:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PREL ECON CB
08PHNOMPENH499THREAT TO SAM RAINSY'S PARLIAMENTARY IMMUNITY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A bid by the prosecution in the Sam Rainsy defamation/disinformation case to lift Sam Rainsy's parliamentary immunity has been rejected in yet another rebuff to a court seemingly out of control. The court's request submitted June 16 through the Ministry of Justice to National [...]
2008-06-18 12:36:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL KJUS KPAO CB
08PHNOMPENH558CAMBODIA ELECTIONS: LEAD PARTIES GO HEAD-TO-HEAD
[...] (SBU) Summary: A ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) candidate and lead opposition party Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) candidate faced off for the first time this pre-election season during a video-recorded political debate of female candidates on July 9. The debate was part of a 22-debate series [...]
2008-07-09 12:02:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KWMN CB
08PHNOMPENH565CAMBODIA'S NATIONAL ELECTION COMMITTEE IMPROVING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Charged with organizing the National Assembly election every five years, the National Election Committee (NEC) has assumed greater responsibilities since its first outing in 1998, just as the Royal Cambodian Government has assumed a greater budget burden to support an elector [...]
2008-07-11 13:51:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM CB
08PHNOMPENH631PREAH VIHEAR: GAG ORDER?
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Cambodian government circulated the same summary of Monday's Siem Reap meeting as provided by the RTG to Embassy Bangkok (Ref A.) Throughout this busy, post-election week, Cambodian officials have been notably silent on the subject of Preah Vihear. Prime Minister Hun Sen t [...]
2008-07-31 11:21:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UNESCO SCUL MOPS PBTS TH CB
08PHNOMPENH679CAMBODIA-THAILAND BORDER: CAMBODIA WITHDRAWING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador August 15 delivered Ref A demarche to Foreign Minister Hor Namhong, noting ongoing concerns about the troop presence in the vicinity of Preah Vihear temple and the need to continue to exercise restraint. Saying the U.S. did not support one side over the other, and no [...]
2008-08-15 08:54:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KTIA TH CB
08PHNOMPENH694AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON PM HUN SEN:
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During the Ambassador's farewell call on Prime Minister Hun Sen August 20, the Prime Minister thanked the U.S. for its encouragement for a peaceful resolution to the dispute over Preah Vihear and expressed his appreciation for the Ambassador's contribution to improved relations be [...]
2008-08-21 04:36:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS MARR TH CB
08PHNOMPENH702AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON DPM SAR KHENG:
[...] (SBU) Summary: During the Ambassador's farewell call, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sar Kheng expressed his appreciation efforts to expand and strengthen cooperation, and Sar Kheng's desire to maintain cooperation with the U.S. Mission. Sar Kheng stated that he still has se [...]
2008-08-25 01:57:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL KWMN KJUS CB
08PHNOMPENH802CAMBODIA'S BOOMING ECONOMY FUELS DEVELOPMENT, BUT
[...] (SBU) Summary: During meetings with the Deputy Secretary of State September 14 and 16, a group of economic experts and development partners highlighted the dynamic economic growth taking place in Cambodia. Political stability has made possible double digit economic growth. However, Cambodia [...]
2008-09-26 10:19:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD KTIA PGOV PREL CB
08PHNOMPENH947KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL: ROCKY ROAD FOR NEW CASES,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The next weeks will see major developments in the work of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC),as the Khmer Rouge Tribunal is called. In a confidential development, the Cambodian co-prosecutor reportedly disagrees with the submission of additional case f [...]
2008-11-28 10:38:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPREL KJUS PHUM CB
08PHNOMPENH95U.S.-CAMBODIA BILATERAL DIALOGUE STRENGTHENS TIES,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel led U.S. participation in a successful senior-level U.S.-Cambodia bilateral dialogue hosted by the Royal Government of Cambodia Ministry of Foreign Affairs January 17. Both sides opened with statements of enthusiasm for strengthening ti [...]
2008-01-22 10:53:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV KJUS PHUM PTER KWMN PREL BM CB
08PHNOMPENH968WHATEVER HAPPENED TO UMM AL-QURA?
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Cambodia is home to approximately 320,000 Cham Muslims, the majority of whom belong to the Sunni Shafi,i school of Islam. From 1975-1979, the Khmer Rouge ruthlessly targeted the Cham, annihilating all but a few of the Islamic leaders, teachers, and scholars. In an effort to re [...]
2008-12-08 10:45:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER CB
08PHNOMPENH97DAS MARCIEL RAISES LAND ISSUES, ELECTIONS WITH SAR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Deputy Assistant Secretary For East Asian And Pacific Affairs Scot Marciel met with Deputy Prime Minister of Interior Sar Kheng January 17 to discuss preparations for Cambodia's 2008 National elections and the issue of forced land evictions. Sar Kheng raised security issues re [...]
2008-01-23 01:19:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL KWMN CB
08PHNOMPENH981CAMBODIA'S DRAFT NGO LAW
[...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Hun Sen recently told the Council of Ministers in a public address that drafting an NGO law is a priority for the RGC. He indicated that the law may be used as a tool to fight terrorism, and to ensure that NGOs and their workers are paying appropriate taxes. Hu [...]
2008-12-11 09:40:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL KJUS KDEM EAID CB
08PHNOMPENH990CAMBODIA - NEW CASE OF AVIAN INFLUENZA
[...] Summary: On December 12, 2008, the Cambodian Ministry of Health (MOH) reported a new case of laboratory-confirmed H5N1 avian influenza (AI) in a 19-year-old male from Kandal Province who also worked in Kampong Speu Province. The patient is currently hospitalized in Phnom Penh but is clinically [...]
2008-12-13 02:18:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC CB
08PODGORICA104MONTENEGRO'S FINAL PRE-BUCHAREST BLITZ ON NATO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Affirming that Montenegro is ready and capable of entering a "new phase of relations with the Alliance," PM Djukanovic called on NATO Ambassadors 3/31 to support his country's inclusion in Intensified Political Dialogue (IPD) at the upcoming Bucharest Summit. Granting IPD to Mon [...]
2008-03-31 16:03:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR SR MW
08PODGORICA105MONTENEGRIN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: THE CONDUCT OF THE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Montenegro will hold presidential elections April 6. Despite initial lack of clarity on electoral legislation, observers believe the voter registry is solid and that political party oversight, procedural safeguards, and domestic and international observers will adequately ensur [...]
2008-03-31 16:26:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MW
08PODGORICA106MONTENEGRIN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: MANDIC STRESSES UNITY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Andrija Mandic of the Serbian People's Party (SNS) has inched into second place in the polls -- albeit far behind incumbent President Vujanovic (who is knocking on the door of a first-round victory) -- in the run-up to the April 6 presidential election. Defying his reputation a [...]
2008-04-01 16:41:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MW
08PODGORICA119MONTENEGRIN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: UNOFFICIAL RESULTS SHOW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Unofficial results have incumbent President Vujanovic of the ruling Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) winning more than 50 percent of the vote April 6 in Montenegro's first post-independence presidential election. Serbian People's Party (SNS) candidate Andrija Mandic came in [...]
2008-04-07 11:15:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MW
08PODGORICA126MONTENEGRO EAGER FOR U.S. BUSINESS
[...] (U) Summary: PM Djukanovic and other senior GOM officials assured visiting Commerce DAS Dyck April 4 of their eagerness to attract U.S. trade and investment. They also described many billions of dollars worth of infrastructure and other investment opportunities coming available in the near fut [...]
2008-04-11 09:02:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON ETRD MW
08PODGORICA127STRIKINGLY POSITIVE ELECTION DAY ATMOSHPERE IN SERB-MAJORITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Herceg Novi municipality has a significant Serb majority, an opposition mayor, and voted overwhelmingly against independence in the 2006 referendum. However, less than two years later, the atmosphere there on election day was positive and forward looking. The elections indicated [...]
2008-04-11 14:29:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MW
08PODGORICA128CELEBRATING INTERNATIONAL ROMA DAY IN MONTENEGRO
[...] SUMMARY: On April 8, International Roma Day, the Embassy organized a roundtable discussion on issues that face the Roma population in Montenegro, which was held in a refugee camp in Podgorica. Ambassador, local and refugee Roma, and representatives of the government and international organiza [...]
2008-04-11 16:10:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SOCI KWMN MW
08PODGORICA141UNPRECEDENTED INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN MONTENEGRO
[...] (U) Summary: Montenegro is entering the largest investment cycle in its history, a cycle that creates serious potential opportunities for U.S. and other Western investors. The GoM plans tenders totaling between 15 and 20 billion euros in infrastructure, tourism, energy, and the privatization o [...]
2008-05-05 09:06:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ETRD ECON PREL RU MW
08PODGORICA193SERBIA TELLS MONTENEGRO TO HOLD OFF ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Serbian FM Jeremic appealed strongly to the GOM leadership 7/9 to not recognize Kosovo prior to the September UNGA. Jeremic laid out a plan whereby Serbia would persuade Russia to lift its opposition in the UNSC to EULEX in exchange for European assent to Serbia's effort to h [...]
2008-07-11 15:13:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MW KO
08PODGORICA213MEMORIES OF BUKOVICA WAR CRIMES STILL FRESH 15 YEARS LATER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 23, the Ambassador traveled to Montenegro's remote Bukovica region to meet with Muslims who survived a campaign of ethnic cleansing in 1992 and 1993. Bukovica is one of five war crimes cases that occurred on Montenegrin territory or that involved Montenegrin citizens. S [...]
2008-08-15 09:47:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC MW BK
08PODGORICA215TFGG-1: MANDIC HEATS UP ON GEORGIA, DOMINATES MONTENEGRIN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Montenegro's ethnic Serb parties continue to be overshadowed by the inflammatory public statements of Andrija Mandic, president of the Serbian People's Party (SNS) and the coalition Serbian List (SL) who is using the Russia-Georgia conflict to draw parallels with Kosovo and attac [...]
2008-08-21 08:44:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MW
08PODGORICA216RLA'S ARRIVAL HIGHLIGHTS INTEREST IN FIGHT AGAINST CRIME AND
[...] (U) Summary: A full week of press coverage dedicated the initial visit of the Embassy's new Regional Legal Adviser (RLA) to Montenegro, even in a slow news month, illustrates the importance Montenegrins place on the country's struggle with corruption, an issue that ranks at the top of all publ [...]
2008-08-21 10:46:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCOR MW
08PODGORICA217MONTENEGRO EAGER TO MOVE QUICKLY TOWARD MAP AND NATO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PM Djukanovic enthusiastically welcomed the USG initiative to focus the GOM on priority goals related to its NATO aspirations (reftel). The PM reiterated Montenegro's strong commitment to seeking membership in MAP in 2009 and membership in the Alliance in the longer term. He r [...]
2008-08-21 12:37:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV NATO MASS MARR MW
08PODGORICA224RLA'S ARRIVAL HIGHLIGHTS INTEREST IN FIGHT AGAINST CRIME AND
[...] (U) Summary: A full week of press coverage dedicated the initial visit of the Embassy's new Regional Legal Adviser (RLA) to Montenegro, even in a slow news month, illustrates the importance Montenegrins place on the country's struggle with corruption, an issue that ranks at the top of all publ [...]
2008-08-25 13:58:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCOR MW
08PODGORICA231ESTABLISHING A NATO OFFICE IN MONTENEGRO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Because the GOM's pro-NATO orientation has potential benefits for the wider region (including Serbia and Bosnia),it is in U.S. interest to encourage Montenegro to accelerate its vigorous push for closer ties with the Alliance. Yet, despite the GOM's strong pro-NATO orientation, [...]
2008-08-28 15:10:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MOPS MW SR
08PODGORICA232SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL FITZGERALD VISIT TO MONTENEGRO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Welcome to Montenegro. Your visit comes as the Montenegrin leadership continues its pro-West, pro-NATO, pro-American stance, while simultaneously looking to maintain good relations with Belgrade. Its effort to maintain this balance is currently being put to the test over the is [...]
2008-08-28 17:20:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR MOPS MW
08PODGORICA234A TOUGH YEAR FOR ONCE-LEADING OPPOSITION PARTY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Dominated by leader Nebojsa Medojevic's outsized personality, the Movement for Change (PzP) -- Montenegro's most popular opposition party at the start of the year -- has plummeted in the polls following Medojevic's disappointing third-place finish in the April 2008 presidential [...]
2008-09-05 12:32:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL MW
08PODGORICA244VISIT OF JOINT FORCES COMMANDER HIGHLIGHTS MONTENEGRO'S FIRM
[...] (SBU) Summary: On his first visit to Montenegro, NATO Joint Forces Commander Admiral Fitzgerald highlighted publicly the strong partnership between NATO and Montenegro. The GoM confirmed its commitment to pursuing NATO membership as its top foreign policy objective. The Admiral's visit also sti [...]
2008-09-19 21:21:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MW
08PODGORICA265STATUS OF MONTENEGRO'S NATO-RELATED REFORMS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GoM has continued to make progress on fulfilling the USG's NATO-related priorities (Ref D). Most significantly, the Parliament recently passed two acts -- a resolution endorsing Montenegro's policy of integration with the Euro-Atlantic community and a law authorizing deployme [...]
2008-10-22 22:40:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR MW
08PODGORICA279MONTENEGRO WEATHERING THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL STORM
[...] (SBU) Montenegro's banks have been fairly insulated from the global financial crisis by their conservative banking practices. Foreign banks face a rockier future, but in general the small size of the sector and absence of investment banks has provided a cushion. In addition, the government has [...]
2008-11-07 19:39:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON PREL MW
08PODGORICA283MONTENEGRO: PROGRESS REPORT ON NATO-RELATED REFORMS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Against the backdrop of Montenegro's official request last week to be invited to MAP next April, the GoM continues to work hard on fulfilling the USG's NATO-related priorities (Ref C). Notably, the MoD is on track to fulfill its goal of participation in two NATO partnership exer [...]
2008-11-13 11:48:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR MW
08PODGORICA90KOSOVO'S INDEPENDENCE HAS MINIMAL ECONOMIC IMPACT IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: To date Kosovo's independence declaration and Serbia's angry reaction have not resulted in any significant economic consequences for Montenegro, and Montenegrin interlocutors are downplaying the likelihood of Serbian economic sanctions. However, continued regional political ins [...]
2008-03-17 10:35:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON PREL MW
08PORTAUPRINCE100WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT? PREVAL'S FIANCEE
[...] (C) The complicated relationship between Haitian president Rene Preval and sometime fiancee Elisabeth Delatour has taken yet another turn. In an end-of-year showdown, Preval's elder sister (and confidential secretary),Marie-Claude Preval Calvin, reportedly told the president that he had to r [...]
2008-01-18 18:02:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1027PM-DESIGNATE PIERRE-LOUIS CONFIRMED BY LOWER
[...] (U) The Chamber of Deputies on July 17 voted to confirm Michele Pierre-Louis as Prime Minister. In a brief afternoon session, the commission tasked with studying Pierre-Louis' qualifications presented its report, which concluded she was constitutionally eligible for the Prime Minister positio [...]
2008-07-18 16:25:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1029PREVAL CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT PM CANDIDATE;
[...] (C) In a 70 minute meeting with the Ambassador on July 17, Haitian President Rene Preval declared his intention to move forward with reforming the Haitian constitution. Preval remains convinced that key threat to Haitian political stability is the flawed constitution. He intends to call [...]
2008-07-18 18:35:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR KDEM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1127NEW PM GIVES FIRST PRESS CONFERENCE, BEGINS
[...] (C) Summary: In her first press conference as Prime Minister, Michele Pierre-Louis broadly outlined her goals for the next government, which include addressing problems of national production, health, education and security, and moving quickly to attend to the high cost of living, delayed Se [...]
2008-08-07 17:03:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM SOCI ASEC HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1180HAITI CORRECTIONS AND PRISONS UPDATE
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified - please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: 227 new corrections officers graduated from the Police Academy on July 18 under a cloud of controversy and amid an on-going investigation of recruitment practices. Changes in personnel at the Me [...]
2008-08-19 18:22:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCOR PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR SOCI HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1246NEW HAITI GOVERNMENT OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED BY
[...] Summary: (SBU) The Senate early September 5 voted in favor of the policy declaration of Prime Minister Michele Duvivier Pierre-Louis. Following the positive vote in the Chamber of Deputies August 29, the Pierre-Louis government now officially takes office. End Summary. 2. (SBU) In a mara [...]
2008-09-05 18:44:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1405(C) PREVAL SEEKS CHANGE IN MINUSTAH STATUS PRIOR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-03 18:40:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1414PRIME MINISTER PIERRE-LOUIS ON HAITI'S URGENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. HAITIAN PRIME MINISTER MICHELE PIERRE-LOUIS (MPL) GAVE ME A CAUTIOUSLY UPBEAT ASSESSMENT OF HER FIRST MONTH IN OFFICE DURING OUR BREAKFAST MEETING OCTOBER 2. SHE EXPRESSED APPRECIATION FOR THE ASSISTANCE HAITI HAS RECEIVED IN THE WAKE OF THE HURRICANES, AND FOR US SUPP [...]
2008-10-06 14:52:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID SOCI EAGR HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1439CITE SOLEIL - REPOSITIONING A HAITIAN ICON
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified ) please protect accordingly. ------- Summary ------- 2 (U) Cite Soleil, historically the most volatile zone in Port-au-Prince and a base for crime on a nationally destabilizing scale appears to have lost some of its explosive soc [...]
2008-10-09 18:30:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAID PREL HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1458NEW CHIEF PROSECUTOR PLEDGES TO COMBAT CORRUPTION
[...] (C) Summary: The new Chief Prosecutor of Port au Prince, Joseph Manes Louis, says he wants to address the widespread corruption in Haiti's judicial system and improve relations between his office the Haitian National Police (HNP). He will have to follow-through with the these reforms if he [...]
2008-10-15 17:51:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SNAR
08PORTAUPRINCE1585SCENESETTER FOR DAS ROBINSON VISIT TO HAITI
[...] (SBU) Your visit comes when the Government of Haiti is digging out from the wreckage of four hurricanes that affected 10 percent of the population and from the collapse of a school that killed nearly 100 children. The newly-installed government of Prime Minister Michele Pierre-Louis is battli [...]
2008-11-14 20:20:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON USAID OVIP HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1597U.S. AMBASSADOR FIRST MEETING WITH NEW MINISTER OF
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: On November 14, the U.S. Ambassador met for the first time with the new Minister of Justice and Public Security, Jean Joseph Exume. They discussed continuing USG support for police and judicial r [...]
2008-11-19 12:09:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR ECON PGOV PREL HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1600HAITI DRUG CHAPTER FOR 2008-2009 INCSR
[...] Per instructions reftel, Port au Prince submits the following text for the Haiti drug chapter of the 2008-2009 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR). Data table required of major list countries, with a copy of this text, will be submitted by e-mail as well. 2. Begin Text [...]
2008-11-19 19:14:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1601HAITI DRUG CHAPTER FOR 2008-2009 INCSR
[...] Per instructions reftel, Port au Prince submits the following text for the Haiti drug chapter of the 2008-2009 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR). Data table required of major list countries, with a copy of this text, will be submitted by e-mail as well. 2. Begin Text [...]
2008-11-20 12:12:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1602HAITI DRUG CHAPTER FOR 2008-2009 INCSR
[...] Per instructions reftel, Port au Prince submits the following text for the Haiti drug chapter of the 2008-2009 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR). Data table required of major list countries, with a copy of this text, will be submitted by e-mail as well. 2. Begin Text [...]
2008-11-20 12:14:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1649WHA DAS DAVID ROBINSON MEETS WITH HAITIAN
[...] (C) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary David Robinson, accompanied by WHA/CAR Deputy Director Willard Smith, met November 20 with key Haitian officials to discuss the country's preparations for the upcoming senatorial elections, a possible donor conference in early 2009 in Canada, and ongoin [...]
2008-12-01 14:17:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM UNGA HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1651POSTCARD FROM JACMEL: FRUSTRATION IN PROVINCES
[...] (U) Summary: The southern coastal city of Jacmel is struggling with insufficient funding from the central government, inadequate law enforcement, and Port-au-Prince corruption frightening off potential investors in Jacmel. Jacmel, however, has a unique advantage in the form of a wealthy mayor [...]
2008-12-01 16:58:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1677LAVALAS: ARISTIDE "READY TO RETURN," BUT WANTS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-05 20:12:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL HA SF
08PORTAUPRINCE1709SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DURBIN'S DECEMBER 16-19
[...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit comes as the recently installed government of Prime Minister Michele Pierre-Louis is overseeing disaster relief efforts amidst growing criticism that government assistance is not reaching all who need it. Parliament is becoming increasingly critical of the government. [...]
2008-12-12 17:25:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON USAID OVIP HA
08PORTAUPRINCE175FANMI LAVALAS SENATOR: ELECTIONS EDGING TOWARDS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Fanmi Lavalas Senator from the West Department Rudy Heriveaux told the Ambassador he supports President Preval and his efforts for the political stabilization of Haiti, wants to attract foreign investment, supports reforming the constitution according to the constitution's own proced [...]
2008-02-07 18:13:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALHA KDEM PGOV PREL
08PORTAUPRINCE196GOH MAY BE READY TO ASSUME RESPONSIBILTY FOR
[...] (C) Summary: After years of complaining of the burden of criminal deportees the USG returns to Haiti, the GoH now may be ready to assume direct responsibility for re-integrating them. Yves Stanley Joseph, Chief of Staff for the Ministry of Interior (MOI),says he will soon recommend to the GoH [...]
2008-02-11 15:42:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL HA
08PORTAUPRINCE237EVOLVING SECURITY ENVIRONMENT IN CITE SOLEIL
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy has witnessed increasing presence of apparent gang youth in Cite Soleil that could pose a security threat to Embassy activities in that area, including HSI, as well as undermine the security improvements resulting from MINUSTAH's intervention in late 2006-early 2007. Embass [...]
2008-02-15 18:43:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID ASEC HA
08PORTAUPRINCE319INL DAS MCCAMPBELL VISITS HAITI
[...] (U) Summary: On January 14-15 INL DAS Christy McCampbell visited Haiti for the first time. She toured NAS and DEA-related sites and met with Embassy and GOH officials, including the Minister of Justice. She departed with a deeper understanding of the challenges faced in implementing progr [...]
2008-02-26 19:54:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV HA
08PORTAUPRINCE336HAITI'S SUBMISSION FOR THE EIGHTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT
[...] This message is sensetive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. The following are Post's responses to reftel questions. 2. (SBU) OVERVIEW OF HAITI'S ACTIVITIES TO ELIMINATE TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS: A. Trafficking in persons in Haiti mainly involved the internal movement of [...]
2008-02-28 19:50:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC ELAB HA KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF
08PORTAUPRINCE341HAITI IN 2008: FOUR YEARS AFTER ARISTIDE
[...] (C) Summary: Four years after the resignation of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Haiti now enjoys a degree of stability not seen here in almost a decade. A democratically elected President and Parliament, a growing national police force, strong international support, led by the United State [...]
2008-02-29 17:59:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALASEC EAID HA KCOR KCRM KDEM KJUS KPKO PGOV
08PORTAUPRINCE38PREVAL ON INDEPENDENCE DAY: "PATIENCE, PLEASE"
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. Summary ------- 2. (U) President Rene Preval's annual January 1 Independence Day speech calling for patience and unity has met with a mixed reaction, some welcoming his recognition of the threat of unemploym [...]
2008-01-08 19:54:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE394WHA DAS KIRSTEN MADISON MEETING WITH HAITIAN PRIME
[...] (C) WHA DAS Kirsten Madison assured Haitian Prime Minister Alexis that the U.S. commitment to Haiti remains strong and was bolstered by a regional effort that brought in several Latin American nations. She emphasized that Haiti has come a long way and we want to preserve and build on what has [...]
2008-03-10 18:49:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON HA
08PORTAUPRINCE425AMBASSADOR VISIT TO CAP HAITIEN
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador visited Cap Haitien February 26-27 to find political, economic, and international security interlocutors relatively upbeat. The Chilean MINUSTAH battalion believes security is improving, the previously suspicious mayor of the city is eagerly courting U.S. assistance, and [...]
2008-03-17 16:23:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL HA ECON
08PORTAUPRINCE642REACTIONS TO ERICQ PIERRE'S NOMINATION AS PRIME
[...] (C) Prime Minister-designate Ericq Pierre has begun reaching out to parliament to enhance his chances of confirmation. Public and private reactions to Ericq Pierre's nomination as Prime Minister have been mixed. His approval by the Parliament is likely but not certain. The focus of politi [...]
2008-05-02 19:13:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE644HAITIAN NATIONAL POLICE RESPONSE TO RECENT CIVIL
[...] (C) Summary: In the aftermath of civil unrest that led to looting and vandalism, the Haitian National Police (HNP) is looking at lessons learned and planning for future such events. The HNP response to the crisis in April revealed progress made in developing a professional police force but a [...]
2008-05-03 15:57:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALKCRM PHUM PREL PGOV SNAR SOCI HA
08PORTAUPRINCE767HAITI: REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Haiti values the assistance it receives from Cuba and does not criticize the country publicly or privately. Cuba's provision of doctors in hard-to-reach areas of the country is seen positively by large sectors of the Haitian public. After the April food riot [...]
2008-05-28 13:51:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ETTC PREL PGOV HA CU
08PORTAUPRINCE793MANUEL CONFIRMATION AS PM HINGES ON LESPWA-PREVAL
[...] (C) Summary: President Preval on May 29 convoked a special session of Parliament, primarily to consider Robert Manuel's candidacy for the office of Prime Minister. Manuel himself has been reaching out to parliamentarians, political party leadership and civil society leaders. He is hopeful, [...]
2008-06-02 14:37:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE805HAITI MONTHLY: MAY, 2008
[...] (U) Summary: This is a monthly report on various topics of interest which do not merit a full reporting cable. End summary. 2. (C) CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES PRESIDENT LAMENTS ERICQ PIERRE REJECTION. In a May 14 meeting with Poloff, Chamber of Deputies President Eric Jean-Jacques expressed disma [...]
2008-06-03 18:27:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV HA
08PORTAUPRINCE821ANTI-KIDNAPPING MARCH PEACEFUL, BUT PRESSURE
[...] (C) Summary: Private sector and civil society groups carried out a peaceful demonstration June 4 to draw attention to the gravity of security problems, in particular the recent spate of kidnappings in the capital. The rate of kidnappings has continued to rise since early 2008, and pressure i [...]
2008-06-06 14:02:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE845PM ALEXIS ON BOB MANUEL'S NOMINATION: THE KEY IS
[...] (C) Summary and Comment. Prime Minister Jacques-Edouard Alexis told me that President Preval could get Bob Manuel confirmed as Prime Minister if he would work with parliament, but said that even the president now acknowledges that the nomination is in trouble. Alexis denied that he is working [...]
2008-06-11 16:19:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV HA
08PORTAUPRINCE895HAITI: AVIAN FLU OUTBREAK IN HAITI
[...] Acting Minister of Agriculture Joanas Gue announced June 11 that 11 positive cases representing four outbreaks of the H5N2 avian influenza virus were identified in four areas of Haiti. Gue attributed the cause of the outbreak in at least one area to fighting cocks that originated in the Dominic [...]
2008-06-19 17:57:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDEFLU ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL HA DR
08PORTAUPRINCE934NEW PARLIAMENTARY GROUPING CHALLENGES PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Summary: An ad hoc grouping of deputies from diverse political parties calling itself the ''Cooperative of Progressive Parliamentarians'' (CPP) is emerging as the majority bloc in the Chamber of Deputies and a foil to President Preval. Born of opposition to stale, corrupt leadership in [...]
2008-06-27 11:23:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE954THIRD PRIME MINISTER CONFIRMATION PROCESS JUST
[...] (C) Summary: Haiti,s legislature is just getting down to the confirmation process for President Preval,s third nominee for Prime Minister, Michele Duvivier Pierre-Louis. In the first vote, which determines whether she fulfills constitutional eligibility requirements, the Senate appears ready [...]
2008-07-01 18:50:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE973WHA/PDAS KELLY MEETING WITH PRESIDENT PREVAL
[...] (C) Summary: WHA PDAS Kelly urged Haitian President Preval to join the trend in the hemisphere toward strengthened democratic institutions and open markets, and to move beyond the current political impasse and get a new government confirmed. The President retorted that Haiti could not advan [...]
2008-07-08 17:50:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL HA
08PORTLOUIS189AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON MAURITIAN PRIME
[...] (C) On June 2, 2008, Ambassador Cabrera paid a courtesy call on Mauritian Prime Minister Ramgoolam; DCM served as notetaker. The relaxed and pleasant hour and a half discussion touched on a wide variety of topics, including U.S. elections, Kosovo, and Mauritian U.N. voting records. The two ag [...]
2008-06-03 11:26:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MP
08PORTLOUIS192MAURITIUS: SOME POSITIVE INPUT RE SWING ELECTION
[...] Post delivered demarche to Mrs. Bineshwaree K. Napaul, Second Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on May 29. Napaul assured that all points of the demarche were understood and currently being considered by the Mauritian delegation, and added that she does not foresee any impediments [...]
2008-06-04 13:29:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL SMIG AORC MP
08PORTLOUIS207MAURITIUS SENDING 20 OBSERVERS TO ZIMBABWE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Government of Mauritius has agreed to send fifteen additional election observers for the June 27 presidential run-off election in Zimbabwe. This moves their election observer numbers up from five to 20. The observers will arrive in two to three tranches beginning immediatel [...]
2008-06-16 10:05:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL ZI MP
08PORTLOUIS224UK, AUSTRALIA AND US EMBASSIES JOINTLY DEMARCHE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On 24 June, DCM met with the High Commissioners of Australia and the UK to demarche the Mauritian Prime Minister regarding Zimbabwe. The joint demarche was somewhat disappointing, with the Prime Minister agreeing to take only modest actions with regard to Zimbabwe. Specifically, [...]
2008-06-24 14:08:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI MP
08PORTLOUIS280MAURITIUS STANCE ON ZIMBABWE TALKS
[...] (SBU) On August 1, Ambassador Cabrera, accompanied by DCM as notetaker, delivered reftel demarche to Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Anund Neewoor. Neewoor acknowledged the demarche points and suggested that the framework for talks between Mugabe's ZANU-PF party and the opposition Movement for [...]
2008-08-01 09:12:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SADC ZI MP
08PORTLOUIS329PRIME MINISTER DISCUSSES UN VOTING AND DIEGO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a September 18 meeting between Ambassador Cesar Cabrera and Prime Minister Ramgoolam (with POLOFF as note taker),Ramgoolam noted that to better reflect the true relationship between the U.S. and Mauritius he would like to increase UN voting coincidence between the two countries [...]
2008-09-25 13:43:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR PGOV PTER UK MP
08PORTLOUIS358MAURITIUS GIVES POSITIVE REACTION TO AFRICOM
[...] On October 8, Post delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs U.S. Desk Officer, Sameem Gaffar. Gaffar took note of the demarche points and said that he does not see this change affecting the positive military-to-military relationship between USG and Mauritius. 2. On Octobe [...]
2008-10-10 10:16:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PREL MP
08PORTLOUIS381PARADISE LOST: HOW CORRUPTION BANKRUPTED SEYCHELLES
[...] SUMMARY: (SBU) An overall lack of transparency and corruption throughout the ranks are behind the Seychelles' recent international appeal for help after a chronic lack of foreign exchange, loan defaults, drastic inflation, and an excessive debt burden of 175 percent of GDP effectively left the [...]
2008-11-07 07:21:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON ETRD EINV SE
08PORTLOUIS390QUARTERLY MEETING BETWEEN AMBASSADOR AND PRIME
[...] (C) Summary: On November 6, Ambassador Cabrera discussed a wide variety of issues during a quarterly meeting with Prime Minister Ramgoolam; DCM served as note taker During the pleasant and positive hour of discussions, Ambassador raised Zimbabwe, spoke of U.S. elections, touched on issues rel [...]
2008-11-12 09:11:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ABLD KREC ZI MP
08PORTLOUIS424ONE COMPANY LEADS THE GREEN INITIATIVE IN MAURITIAN
[...] Summary. Richfield Tang Knits Ltd (RT Knits),a textile manufacturing company in Mauritius, has taken initiative to move toward "sustainable textile production," incorporating "Green Productivity Techniques" into a new facility in La Tour Koenig, near Port Louis. Using wind and solar energy, [...]
2008-12-04 12:13:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECON EIND SENV TRGY MP
08PORTLOUIS428MAURITIUS POSITIVE ABOUT GTRI COOPERATIVE PROGRAM
[...] (SBU) By request of reftel, RSO Helm met with the Chief of Mauritius' Radiological Protection Authority (RPA),Faradally Abdoulla Ollite, to ascertain his agency's interest and cooperation regarding the identification of high-risk and vulnerable radioactive sources in use or in storage. Ollite [...]
2008-12-08 02:17:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP PARM TRGY MP
08PORTLOUIS430POSITIVE IMPACT OF ADMIRAL GREENE VISIT TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: From 10-12 November, Rear Admiral Philip Greene visited key Mauritian policy and defense leaders for discussions on Africa Command and U.S. military engagement in Africa, and to inaugurate the new Automated Identification System (AIS) provided to Mauritius by the USG. Ambassador C [...]
2008-12-09 08:05:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS KPKO PTER PREF MP
08PORTOFSPAIN110VPP FOR TOBAGO LAUNCHED
[...] SUMMARY: The Embassy launched its first Virtual Presence Post, VPP Tobago, on February 19 in a ceremony attended by Tobago House of Assembly (THA) officials as well as key members of that island's artistic, education, and religious communities. After the formal launch, representatives from va [...]
2008-03-05 12:15:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL KPAO OEXC TD
08PORTOFSPAIN117TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO FOREIGN MINISTER PAULA
[...] (C/NF) Summary: New Foreign Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon has made a positive impression on the diplomatic community. Given her lack of international experience, though, she is still learning her position and the extent of her influence inside the government is unclear. The FM is friendly to the [...]
2008-03-07 17:27:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL TD
08PORTOFSPAIN121TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO'S RELATIONS WITH CUBA
[...] (C) Summary: Trinidad and Tobago's relations with Cuba are a mixture of pragmatism and pan-Caribbean solidarity. Along with a number of other Caribbean states, it has had diplomatic ties with Cuba since 1972. Although Fidel enjoys a positive image among the minority of Trinis who reflect on [...]
2008-03-11 14:25:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALETRD PGOV PREL CU TD
08PORTOFSPAIN144SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF WHA DIRECTOR OF CARIBBEAN AFFAIRS
[...] (U) Embassy Port of Spain warmly welcomes your April 5-9 visit to Trinidad and Tobago (T&T). Your trip presents an opportunity to reinforce engagement with T&T, building on the goodwill generated by last June's Conference on the Caribbean and in advance of next year's Summit of the Americas me [...]
2008-03-25 20:07:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EPET SENV PGOV PTER TD
08PORTOFSPAIN170CARICOM'S CRIME MEETING LEADS TO DEPORTEE AND REGIONAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Manning hosted an April 4-5 CARICOM heads of government meeting on crime and security in Port of Spain. Among agreed initiatives were to increase maritime and airspace security cooperation, explore the creation of a regional rapid deployment force, develop a Caribb [...]
2008-04-10 15:33:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KCRM PREF PGOV TD
08PORTOFSPAIN208SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SECRETARY OF ENERGY
[...] (U) Embassy Port of Spain warmly welcomes your May 12-13 visit to Trinidad and Tobago (T&T). Your trip presents an opportunity to reinforce engagement with T&T, building on the goodwill generated by last June's Conference on the Caribbean and in advance of next year's Summit of the Americas me [...]
2008-05-07 19:14:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EPET PGOV PTER ASEC OVIP TD
08PORTOFSPAIN256TRINIDAD INL CANINE PROGRAM CONTINUES TO GROW
[...] (U) On June 6, the Chaguaramas K-9 Academy hosted its sixth graduation ceremony. Thirteen dogs and their handlers, representing the Customs and Excise and Prisons Division, demonstrated skills learned during the previous four months. The audience of law enforcement officials, family and me [...]
2008-06-11 17:54:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM TD
08PORTOFSPAIN262DVD PIRATES RESPOND TO NEW COPYRIGHT LAW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ratified on May 1, 2008, the Copyright Amendment is already having an impact on the illegal DVD trade in Trinidad and Tobago. Brick and mortar DVD stores are liquidating stock in anticipation of possible police or legal action. While local rights holder Carihome Entertainment [...]
2008-06-16 18:07:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR KCRM TD
08PORTOFSPAIN287WHA PDAS KELLY MEETS WITH FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: WHA PDAS Craig Kelly met Foreign Minister Paula Gopee 2. (SBU) Both interlocutors agreed Summit of the Americas coordination 3. (SBU) WHA PDAS Craig Kelly met with Foreign Minister Paula Gopee-Sco Chinese Visit ------------- 4. (SBU) The FM arrived about 30 minutes [...]
2008-07-01 11:58:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ETRD ECON ENRG MASS KCRM TD
08PORTOFSPAIN288WHA PDAS KELLY MEETS WITH FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: WHA PDAS Craig Kelly met Foreign Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon on June 25 to discuss bilateral and regional issues. The FM briefed Kelly on the visit of a large PRC delegation, discussing a $400 million aluminum smelter loan the GOTT was receiving and China's role in helping T&T rea [...]
2008-07-01 12:19:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ETRD ECON ENRG MASS KCRM TD
08PORTOFSPAIN360GOTT UNABLE TO PURSUE BILATERAL OPEN SKIES
[...] SUMMARY: Due to the decision by CARICOM leaders in July 2007 to pursue a "coordinated response" to open skies, the GOTT is unable to entertain the USG's proposal for a bilateral open skies agreement. However, a GOTT representative indicated that open skies is a priority for the Ministry of Work [...]
2008-08-07 11:07:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR KTIA TD
08PORTOFSPAIN412AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with Foreign Minister September 10 for a wide-ranging conversation that touched upon South Ossetia and Abkhazia, Serbia's request to seek a ruling from the International Court of Justice on Kosovo, UNGA Third Committee priorities, and allowing U.S. Air Marshal [...]
2008-09-15 11:22:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL UNGA
08PORTOFSPAIN440NEW COMMISSIONER OF POLICE'S FIRST THREE MONTHS IN OFFICE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Although 2008 murders in Trinidad & Tobago will easily surpass last year's record of almost 400, newly appointed Acting Commissioner of Police James Philbert has brought some cautious optimism to the struggle to instill a sense of societal security. Early in his tenure, this c [...]
2008-09-29 12:51:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM SNAR PGOV ASEC TD
08PORTOFSPAIN443SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF DEPUTY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE AND
[...] (SBU) Embassy Port of Spain warmly welcomes your mid-October visit to Trinidad and Tobago. Your trip is an opportunity to heighten bilateral and regional security cooperation, building on last June's Technical Meeting of Military Commanders, Defense Ministerial of the Americas conversations, a [...]
2008-09-30 13:22:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP MARR MASS PREL PGOV PTER ASEC ECON TD
08PORTOFSPAIN444TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS FOR MID-AUGUST THROUGH
[...] US$2.3 billion plastics deal signed with Europeans 2. Hill International wins $285 million project 3. T&T faces labor shortages 4. GOTT increases infrastructure borrowing authority 5. NGC benefiting from high Methanol Prices 6. GOTT gives CAL tax exemption 7. Yachtie fuel crisis resolve [...]
2008-09-30 13:30:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EFIN EINV EAIR SENV ENRG KIPR SOCI TD
08PORTOFSPAIN474DOD DEPUTY SECRETARY ENGLAND AND USSOUTHCOM MILITARY DEPUTY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England and SouthCom Military Deputy Commander Lieutenant General Glenn Spears visited Trinidad and Tobago October 14-15. They held several meetings, highlighted by a lengthy second day session with the Prime Minister. Agreement was reached t [...]
2008-10-23 12:12:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MASS SNAR KCRM TD
08PORTOFSPAIN504LACK OF RESOURCES MAKES TOBAGO A DRUG-SMUGGLER'S PARADISE
[...] (C) Summary: Trinidad's sister isle of Tobago continues to be a "soft" area for the transshipment of illegal drugs to Western Europe and the U.S. The anti-drug fight on Tobago is hampered by a lack of local of resources, with most GOTT anti-crime/anti-drug personnel and assets devoted to muc [...]
2008-11-14 10:49:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALASEC KCRM PGOV SNAR TD
08PORTOFSPAIN523STRENGTHENING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS ENFORCEMENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Port of Spain collaborated with the U.S. Department of Justice to provide T&T law enforcement personnel with hands-on IPR crime scene training. During a two-day INL-funded workshop, participants practiced search and seizure techniques and discussed local IPR enforcement [...]
2008-11-18 09:42:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR KCRM TD
08PORTOFSPAIN535AMBASSADORS TO THE CARIBBEAN DISCUSS HIV/AIDS AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the Seventh Annual Chiefs of Mission Conference on HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean, eight U.S. Ambassadors discussed the future of U.S. regional assistance in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Focusing on the Partnership Compacts envisaged under PEPFAR II legislation, the Ambassadors as [...]
2008-11-24 17:24:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKHIV EAID PREL OVIP TBIO KPAO TD XL
08PORTOFSPAIN550T&T ENVIRONMENTAL LEADER CALLS FOR BALANCED DEVELOPMENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Environmental expert Dr. John Agard, in recent remarks, called for a greater balance between economic development, environmental safety and a healthy society. He praised the increased transparency and public engagement stemming from environmental legislation passed in 2000-2001, [...]
2008-12-02 12:41:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ECON EINV ETRD TD
08PORTOFSPAIN564TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS FROM MID-OCTOBER
[...] PM announces budget shortfall, spending cuts 2. Inflation rising, CBTT raises reserve requirements 3. Tight monetary policy slows credit growth 4. Parliament passes Financial Institution Bill 5. Bread and flour prices fall 6. Food initiatives stalled, except Cuban farm 7. Importers want [...]
2008-12-10 11:53:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EAGR ETRD KIPR KCRM EAIR BEXP TD
08PORTOFSPAIN71SIXTH ANNUAL SONG AND VERSE CONTEST FOCUSES ON DISASTER
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Trinidad and Tobago's Ministry of Education and Office of Disaster Preparedness and Management (ODPM) joined forces with Post to co-sponsor the sixth annual "Ambassador's Song and Verse Contest." Spotlighting ODPM's public awareness campaign ("Disaster Preparedness Begins with Yo [...]
2008-02-08 16:18:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIEDEAID SCUL SENV KCIP KPAO TD
08PORTOFSPAIN73PRIORITY LOBBYING FOR KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE
[...] (C) Post carried out reftel demarche February 11 with MFA Permanent Secretary (Vice Foreign Minister equivalent) Edwina Leacock. Along with the other ref points, we stressed the importance of early recognition as a way of helping stabilize southeast Europe. The PermSec listened closely to [...]
2008-02-11 17:03:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TD
08PORTOFSPAIN87U.S. DECISION TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE:
[...] (C) The Ambassador spoke with Foreign Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon February 20 on recognizing Kosovo. The FM was upbeat on the possibility of Trinidad and Tobago recognizing Kosovo in the very near future. The Minister noted she would be tied up for much of the remaining week, but promised to [...]
2008-02-21 14:22:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TD
08PORTOFSPAIN88TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: GOVERNMENT TAKES CASTRO'S
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Foreign Ministry noted in an official February 19 statement that the resignation of Fidel Castro would not affect the cordial relations between TT and Cuba. The communique noted Cuban assistance to Trinidad and "saluted" Castro, but was measured in tone. Speaking on Februa [...]
2008-02-21 14:33:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL CU TD
08PRAGUE103CZECH COMMENTS IN ADVANCE OF THE FEBRUARY EU GAERC
[...] (SBU) Summary: Emboff met with Veronika Musilova, Deputy Director of the Czech MFA Department of Common Foreign and Security Policy prior to the January 28-29 EU General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC). Of note were her comments on Kosovo, Kenya, Chad and Burma. She indicated [...]
2008-02-15 16:41:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEUN BM EZ XG SR CD PGOV PREL UNMIK
08PRAGUE118SCENESETTER FOR CZECH PM TOPOLANEK'S VISIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Topolanek's visit next week to Washington will be a key milestone for the Czech leader, who is a convinced and committed Atlanticist with a firm belief in strong ties with the United States. He is coming to Washington with the goal of demonstrating -- especially to his domest [...]
2008-02-21 16:49:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EZ OVIP
08PRAGUE132CZECH CONTRIBUTIONS TO IRAQ (C-RE8-00009)
[...] (C) Summary: The Czech Republic has maintained troops in Iraq since 2003, and its support will continue at a reduced level through 2008. While no final decision has been made on 2009, the Foreign Ministry would like to see a small number of Czech troops remain in Iraq so long as the NATO Trai [...]
2008-02-27 16:39:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPINR EAID EUN KDEM MARR NATO PREL EZ
08PRAGUE246CUBA: CZECHS PROVIDE INSIGHTS ON SOFTENING
[...] (SBU) Summary: During her April 15 visit to Prague, WHA Deputy Assistant Secretary Kirsten Madison engaged a wide range of Czech officials, parliamentarians, NGOs, and think tanks on Cuba. The Czech perspective on how to promote democratic change in Cuba dovetails closely with USG policy on Cu [...]
2008-04-21 12:55:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PGOV PREL CU EZ EUN
08PRAGUE264CZECH REPUBLIC: EIGHTH VISIT OF THE STATUS OF
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-29 13:11:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ
08PRAGUE284CZECH RATIFICATION OF MISSILE DEFENSE AGREEMENTS
[...] (C) Summary: While no final decision has been made, it appears increasingly likely that Czech ratification of the missile defense (MD) agreements will not occur until after the regional and Senate elections this fall. This reflects the reality that we have not yet been able to work out an ag [...]
2008-05-07 15:38:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR EZ
08PRAGUE334CORRECTED COPY - CZECH REPUBLIC: FY2006 B VISA VALIDATION
[...] According to our latest B1/B2 validation study, 0.6 percent of Czechs issued B1/B2 visas between October 1, 2005 and September 30, 2006 were confirmed as remaining in the United States illegally as of November 2007. An additional 0.7 percent were currently in the United States legally on a lon [...]
2008-06-04 15:36:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS KFRD ASEC EZ
08PRAGUE339COMMERCE SECRETARY GUTIERREZ VISIT TO PRAGUE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Commerce Secretary Gutierrez visited Prague on June 3. His program included meetings with PM Topolanek, FM Schwarzenberg, Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry Hovorka, and a group of NGOs and other activists on Cuban issues. In addition to Cuba, discussion focused on missile [...]
2008-06-06 15:46:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALOVIP PGOV PREL MARR ENGR NATO PHUM CU EZ XG
08PRAGUE37CZECHS TWEAK THEIR MISSILE DEFENSE GAMEPLAN
[...] (C) Summary: There are signs that the Czech approach to missile defense has shifted slightly in recent days, partly as a result of the Jan 17 Security Council meeting, partly in response to changes in Poland. For the most part these are not major shifts but simply adjustments to the Czech time [...]
2008-01-24 14:13:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR PREL NATO PL EZ
08PRAGUE381OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION MEETING: EMBASSY PRAGUE INPUT
[...] (U) Post is providing the following points in response to Reftel request for information on host government's record on matters of basic freedoms and human rights for this fall's HDIM Conference: 2. (SBU) The Czech Republic has a strong record of promoting human rights and basic freedoms [...]
2008-06-20 11:11:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PHUM OSCE PREL
08PRAGUE418SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT TO THE
[...] (C) Madam Secretary, Embassy Prague looks forward to welcoming you to the Czech Republic. Your visit is much anticipated by Prime Minister Topolanek and his government as an important signal of our strong transatlantic partnership. The signing of the Ballistic Missile Defense Agreement, which [...]
2008-07-01 17:29:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EZ
08PRAGUE419SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT TO THE
[...] (C) Madam Secretary, Embassy Prague looks forward to welcoming you to the Czech Republic. Your visit is much anticipated by Prime Minister Topolanek and his government as an important signal of our strong transatlantic partnership. The signing of the Ballistic Missile Defense Agreement, which [...]
2008-07-02 07:01:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EZ
08PRAGUE420SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT TO THE
[...] (C) Madam Secretary, Embassy Prague looks forward to welcoming you to the Czech Republic. Your visit is much anticipated by Prime Minister Topolanek and his government as an important signal of our strong transatlantic partnership. The signing of the Ballistic Missile Defense Agreement, which [...]
2008-07-02 07:02:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EZ
08PRAGUE46PM TOPOLANEK'S YEAR OF PAINFUL VICTORIES
[...] (C) Summary: Czech PM Topolanek's government marked its first year in office on January 19. Topolanek described the past year as one of "painful victories," an assessment that is right on the mark. Topolanek, who is governing with an evenly split parliament, has managed to advance his reform [...]
2008-01-25 15:54:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EZ
08PRAGUE471CZECH REPUBLIC: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES NEXT STEPS
[...] (C) Ambassador Graber met on July 23 with DPM Alexandr Vondra to deliver reftel proposal on concluding the SOFA negotiations. PM Topolanek was unable to participate in the meeting due to an ongoing marathon cabinet session, which will be the government's last before a 3-week summer break. Am [...]
2008-07-23 16:50:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR EZ PARM MNUC
08PRAGUE516MISSILE DEFENSE: USG ENGAGEMENT DURING CZECH
[...] See action request in Paragraph 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Despite the delay in concluding the SOFA, we still expect that the Topolanek government will send the package of missile defense (MD) agreements to the parliament for ratification before the end of 2008. Success in the Czech [...]
2008-08-04 12:58:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALEZ MARR NATO PGOV PREL
08PRAGUE524PRAGUE COMMENTS ON KARADZIC, SERBIA AND KOSOVO
[...] (C) Czech MFA Department of South and South East Europe official, Josef Zrzavecky, noted that the GOCR has been surprised by the speed at which the EU has taken up the potential lifting of the travel restrictions for the Karadzic family. Zrzavecky opined that the EU is likely to support a bla [...]
2008-08-06 13:45:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL ETTC ICTY BK EZ EUN KAWC
08PRAGUE606CZECH REPUBLIC: RESPONSE IRAQ COALITION DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-12 15:52:00Embassy PragueSECRET//NOFORNPRE IZ NAT MARR
08PRAGUE615CZECHS DISAPPOINTED USG UNGA PRIORITIES DO NOT
[...] (C) Summary: Czech Director of Human Rights and Transition Policy Gabriela Dlouha thanked us for sharing USG priorities on country specific resolutions as well as thematic items. She noted that the GOCR welcomed our planned efforts on Iran, Burma, and North Korea, although she registered disap [...]
2008-09-19 07:28:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PREL UNGA UN EZ EUN
08PRAGUE654CZECH COMMENTS IN ADVANCE OF THE OCTOBER EU GAERC
[...] (SBU) Summary: Emboff met with Magdalena Janesova of the Czech MFA Department of Common Foreign and Security Policy prior to the October 13 EU General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC). While the Czechs positively view recent developments in Georgia, Uzbekistan, Belarus and Zimba [...]
2008-10-10 20:06:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALEUN EZ EG PGOV PREL PHUM ZI BO GG
08PRAGUE663SCENESETTER FOR USDP EDELMAN'S VISIT TO CZECH
[...] (C) Under Secretary Edelman, Embassy Prague looks forward to welcoming you again to the Czech Republic. Your visit will underscore the importance of our strong transatlantic partnership. The year since your last visit has seen tremendous progress on Missile Defense, with the Ballistic Missile [...]
2008-10-16 14:13:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EZ
08PRAGUE666CZECH REPUBLIC: PM TOPOLANEK SUFFERS MAJOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Czech voters turned out in record numbers in the October 17-18 regional and senate elections to deal PM Topolanek and his coalition partners a stunning defeat. PM Topolanek's Civic Democratic Party (ODS) lost control over 12 out of the 13 regional governor's seats which were con [...]
2008-10-20 10:01:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EZ
08PRAGUE667CZECH REPUBLIC: DAS MERKEL DISCUSSES ENERGY
[...] (C) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary of State (DAS) David Merkel held day-long discussions October 10 in Prague on relations with Russia, energy security, relations with the countries of the former Soviet Union, and Russia,s relations with NATO. He met with MFA Political Director Martin Po [...]
2008-10-20 15:47:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL EZ NATO RU
08PRAGUE668SCENESETTER FOR CZECH PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Czech Prime Minister Topolanek's October 29 White House meeting will come a day after his visit to Afghanistan, where he plans to celebrate with Czech troops the 90th anniversary of his country's founding. This will be Topolanek's second Washington trip this year, and it promises [...]
2008-10-20 16:22:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EZ
08PRAGUE674SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Secretary Chertoff, Embassy Prague looks forward to welcoming you to the Czech Republic. Your visit will underscore the importance of our strong transatlantic partnership, which has received a significant boost from the President's announcement of the Czech Republic's entry into [...]
2008-10-23 12:14:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EZ
08PRAGUE704CZECH REPUBLIC: PROSPECTS FOR MISSILE DEFENSE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 29, the Czech government took its first steps toward ratifying the two missile defense (MD) agreements, the BMDA and SOFA. In both chambers of the parliament, however, these initial steps were thwarted by 1) the new political reality brought about by the October regi [...]
2008-11-07 10:22:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EZ
08PRAGUE7072008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT,
[...] Summary: Illegal narcotics are imported to, manufactured in, and consumed in the Czech Republic. While the overall number of drug users in the country is relatively stable, the rates of use for marijuana, Ecstasy, and methamphetamines are among the highest in Europe. Marijuana, grown locally a [...]
2008-11-12 09:34:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR ELAB PHUM SOCI EZ
08PRAGUE73CZECHS SHARE USG PERSPECTIVE ON LEBANON
[...] (SBU) Summary: Czech Department Director of Middle East and North Africa, Josef Rychtar, confirmed that the GOCR shares our perspective on the need for a special tribunal for Lebanon into the assassination of Rafik Hariri, as well as GOCR support for the cause of Syrian dissidents. He also sp [...]
2008-02-05 15:02:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EFIN EINV EZ LE SY EUN
08PRAGUE798 CZECH REPUBLIC: HOLOCAUST ERA ASSETS CONFERENCE IN JUNE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Top Czech officials are urging attendance at the highest possible level by the United States and 46 other invited countries at the June 26-30 2009 Prague Conference on Holocaust Era Assets (HEA). The Czechs see the conference as a follow up to the 1998 Washington Conference and [...]
2008-12-23 13:00:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EZ KNAR SCUL
08PRAIA187DETERMINED TO COMBAT ITS ECONOMIC CRISIS, CAPE VERDE REFUSES
[...] SUMMARY: On July 2, the GoCV and the Transition Support Group (TSG) for Cape Verde's -- a group of about two dozen bilateral and multilateral donors that coordinate efforts to smooth Cape Verde's graduation from the UN's list of Least Developed Countries (LDC) to that of Developing Countries [...]
2008-07-09 13:52:00Embassy PraiaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EAGR EAID ECON ECIN EFIN ENRG CV
08PRETORIA1003SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER MAY 9, 2008
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 19 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Manufacturing Activity Rebounds - Credit Data Points to a Further Rate Hike - Business Confidence Dips Again - Ford SA Secures Africa Exp [...]
2008-05-10 05:02:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA1006MDC ANNOUNCES THEY WILL PARTICIPATE IN RUN-OFF
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On 10 May, MDC Leader Morgan Tsvangirai announced that the MDC would participate in a run-off and that it must be held no later than 24 May. However, MDC participation is on the condition that SADC peacekeepers be allowed in to monitor the run-off, international election observe [...]
2008-05-12 15:31:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM SF ZI
08PRETORIA1146SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER MAY 30, 2008
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 22 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Economic Growth Slows - Large Rate Hike Looms as Inflation Hits 10.4% - 2000 Foreign Math and Science Teachers Head for SA - SAA Reaches [...]
2008-05-30 08:49:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA1155PAN-AFRICAN PARLIAMENT LOOKS FOR MEANS TO EXPAND
[...] (C) PolOff met with Murumba Werunga, Secretary General of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP),on 29 May to discuss their plans to send an expanded election observation team back to Zimbabwe to monitor the 27 June run-off election. Werunga said that an advance team will go out 05 June to work on [...]
2008-05-30 16:28:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM ZI
08PRETORIA122CODEL JOHNSON VISIT TO SOUTH AFRICA, JANUARY 9-12, 2008
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: House Subcommittee on Water Resources and Infrastructure Chairman Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) led a nine-member congressional delegation of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee (including one member from the Energy and Commerce Committee) on a fact-finding mission to [...]
2008-01-18 13:07:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP EAIR PGOV PINR PREL SENV SF
08PRETORIA1225SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER APRIL 30, 2008
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 23 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Higher Costs and Electricity Pressure Manufacturing - SARB Revises Inflation Forecasts Higher - Real Estate Prices Drop - Delta Begins Di [...]
2008-06-09 05:29:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA1227 ACE Nomination from AMEMB Pretoria for Eli Lilly and
[...] Summary: The U.S. Mission in Pretoria nominates Eli Lilly and Company, South Africa (Lilly SA) for the Secretary's Award for Corporate Excellence in the multi-national enterprise (MNE) category. Lilly SA's pioneering initiative to fight the rapidly growing threat of multi-drug resistant tube [...]
2008-06-09 05:30:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON BEXP EINV ELAB ETRD AMGT SOCI TBIO SENV SF
08PRETORIA1278SEACOM ONLY UNDERSEA FIBER-OPTIC CABLE PROJECT SLATED TO BE
[...] (SBU) Summary. SEACOM representatives called on Ambassador Bost on June 4 to discuss SEACOM's undersea cable project. SEACOM (developed by U.S. group Herakles Telecom) is based in Mauritius with 75 percent African ownership and 25 percent U.S. ownership. The project will provide the first true [...]
2008-06-12 05:43:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECPS EINV EINT ETRD EAID BEXP TINT SF
08PRETORIA1283REVISED PROGRAMME OF ACTION TO FURTHER THE BURUNDI
[...] The SAG hosted a meeting of special envoys and diplomatic representatives in South Africa from June 9-10, 2008 (SEPTEL). Prior to this session, The SAG distributed a revised program of action to further the Burundi peace process. Text follows: 2. Begin text: Revised programme of acti [...]
2008-06-12 14:47:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KDEM BY SF
08PRETORIA1312SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JUNE 13, 2008
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 24 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - World Bank Upbeat on SA Economy - Another Interest Rate Hike - Current Account Deficit Raises Concern - Electricity Problems Likely to Ha [...]
2008-06-14 07:25:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA1320INDIAN CONSUL GENERAL OPTIMISTIC ABOUT GROWING ECONOMIC
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Indian Consul General Navdeep Suri spoke to the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SACCI) on June 11 about the increase in economic ties between South Africa and India. Suri described opportunities for the two countries to increase trade and investment including the [...]
2008-06-18 09:02:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV ETRD CASC IN SF
08PRETORIA1352SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JUNE 20, 2008
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 25 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Fitch Downgrades Outlook for SA to 'Stable' - Rising Interest Rates and Inflation Add to Manufacturers' Woes - SA Trade Policy 'Hurting [...]
2008-06-20 14:59:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA139EXILED ZIMBABWEANS NCUBE AND MASIYIWA INTRIGUED,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The emergence of a "united front" or "third way" opposition force led by former ZANU-PF minister Simba Makoni, if it became reality, would be a positive development for Zimbabwean politics, according to exiled businessmen Trevor Ncube and Strive Masiyiwa. Publisher Ncube enthusi [...]
2008-01-22 15:02:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR KDEM ZI SF
08PRETORIA1396SCENE-SETTER FOR CODEL BERMAN'S JULY 1-6 VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) I warmly welcome the visit of your 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 seven months after Jacob Zuma defeated incumbent Thabo Mbeki as leader of [...]
2008-06-26 15:38:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT PREL PGOV SF
08PRETORIA1414SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JUNE 13, 2008
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 26 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Inflation Rises to 10.9% - SARB Governor Hints at a Further Rate Hike - Current Account Gap Widens - SA's Credit Ratings in Spotlight - [...]
2008-06-30 05:38:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA1459ALLEGATIONS OF JUDICIAL LOBBYING AND
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Constitutional Court and Cape Judge President John Hlope swapped allegations of breaching judicial protocol and attempts to suborn high court judges in a high-level corruption case. Hlope is alleged to have tried to influence two judges who will preside over aspects of the r [...]
2008-07-07 12:55:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KJUS PGOV SF
08PRETORIA1462AMBASSADOR CALLS ON ANC PRESIDENT ZUMA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During a cordial July 2 meeting with the Ambassador, a confident ANC President Jacob Zuma said he shared U.S. concerns about the deteriorating political and economic situation in Zimbabwe, but supported President Mbeki's approach toward the crisis. Like Mbeki, Zuma claimed that [...]
2008-07-07 14:48:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC OVIP SF
08PRETORIA1506 Anglo-American Targets Workers' Families to Tackle HIV in
[...] Summary: Anglo American Plc (Anglo) has approved a country-wide expansion of its employee HIV and anti-retroviral treatment program (ART) for AIDS to encompass the families of its 75,000 workers. South Africa's Business Times reported that this is the first time a major South African company ha [...]
2008-07-11 08:27:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDSOCI TBIO ECON EMIN EAID KHIV KSCA ZU SF
08PRETORIA152MDC FORMATIONS AGREE ON ELECTORAL PACT,
[...] (C) The two formations of the Zimbabwean opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC),led by Morgan Tsvangirai and Arthur Mutambara, agreed to form an electoral SIPDIS pact during January 19-20 meetings in Johannesburg. IDASA Executive Director Paul Graham and Deputy Ivor Jenkins brief [...]
2008-01-24 05:44:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM ZI SF
08PRETORIA1549SOUTH AFRICA DEBATES IMMIGRATION & BORDER POLICY
[...] In the aftermath of recent xenophobic violence, public debates (reftel) highlighted unresolved problems and wide divisions on immigration policy and border management. Stoked by alarmist media reports, South African society often misperceived foreign migrants as a burden or threat rather than [...]
2008-07-16 07:07:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM PREF SF
08PRETORIA1619UNHCR MOVES SAG FORWARD ON ASSISTING ZIMBABWE
[...] (SBU) Press statements by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) called attention to Zimbabweans fleeing to South Africa in growing numbers, some in whole family units and some with injuries from violence. UNHCR renewed appeals to the SAG to suspend deportations, give access [...]
2008-07-24 15:52:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM PREF SF
08PRETORIA1633SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JULY 25, 2008
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 30 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - BER Predicts Slower Economic Growth and an Easing in Interest Rate Hikes - Treasury Sticks to 4% Growth Forecast - Manuel Does Not See [...]
2008-07-25 14:44:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA1634 Donor Coordination on Health Issues
[...] (SBU) Summary: Health Minister Manto Tshabalala Msimang (Minister) at a recent high-level Annual Donor Consultation Meeting stressed that the national Department of Health (DOH) must coordinate donor efforts in the health arena in order to ensure equitable allocation of resources across provi [...]
2008-07-25 14:45:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSOCI TBIO SENV EAID PGOV KHIV KSCA SF
08PRETORIA1712SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER AUGUST 1, 2008
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 31 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Rand Strengthens as Trade Deficit Decreases - Inflation Races to 11.6% - China to Extend Acquisitions in Africa - Bad Bank Loans on Rise [...]
2008-08-04 06:16:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA1773SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER AUGUST 8, 2008
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 32 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Inflation: Mboweni 'Concerned' - Manufacturing production recovered in June - COSATU Strike Impacts Economic Activity - 'Black Diamonds' [...]
2008-08-12 06:50:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA1791FAA INTERNATIONAL AVIATION SAFETY ASSESSMENT CONSULTATION
[...] (SBU) Summary. The FAA has successfully concluded formal International Aviation Safety Assessment (IASA) consultation meetings with the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA),validating South Africa's safety oversight system. Key stakeholders participated in the final outcomes meetin [...]
2008-08-13 14:38:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAIR SF
08PRETORIA1810CODEL BERMAN CALLS ON OFFICIALS AND VISITS PEPFAR
[...] (SBU) Summary. CODEL Berman completed an extensive visit to South Africa, July 1-6, 2008. In Cape Town, the delegation visited the Port of Cape Town to learn about trade and port security issues and met with a major supermarket chain CEO to hear about his pioneering efforts to promote black [...]
2008-08-15 07:08:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ETRD OVIP SF ZI
08PRETORIA1856South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" -
[...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...]
2008-08-20 08:04:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
08PRETORIA1900IRANIAN EFFORTS TO PROCURE STEEL: SOUTH AFRICAN
[...] (S) Summary: South African authorities notified us that, based on reftel advisory, South African firm Columbus Stainless (pty) Ltd. had withdrawn from an agent-arranged transaction with Iran's Shahid Hemmat Industrial Group. Columbus also assured the SAG that it would take additional measures [...]
2008-08-26 13:28:00Embassy PretoriaSECRETIR MTCRE PARM PREL SF
08PRETORIA1932SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER AUGUST 29,
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 35 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Experts Believe Inflation will Peak at 13% - Land Expropriation Bill Shelved - 'South Africans Act like Americans' - Intense Lobbying Exp [...]
2008-09-02 06:09:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA1937SOUTH AFRICA RESPONSE TO USITC STUDY ON SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA:
[...] (U) This cable responds to the items requested in paragraph five of Reftel A. Post will provide responses to paragraph six and seven through additional reporting prior to the October 1 deadline. Supplemental documentation will also be sent via e-mail. Transportation/ICT Officer Daleya Uddin (U [...]
2008-09-02 11:00:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD OTRA ASEC SF
08PRETORIA2071SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER SEPTMEBER 19,
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 38 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Weaker Rand, More Inflation Likely for SA - No Surprises in SARB Governor's Speech - SA Falls in Economic Freedom Ranking - SA R&D Expend [...]
2008-09-19 15:25:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA2072SECOND QUARTER REVIEW OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN ECONOMY WITH KEY
[...] (U) Summary. South Africa's real GDP rebounded in the second quarter of 2008, reflecting a recovery in mining and manufacturing production as electricity supply improved. Export volumes benefited from the increased production, higher international prices of key export commodities increased, a [...]
2008-09-19 15:25:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG ETRD BEXP KTDB SF
08PRETORIA209SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, Issue 5 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Foreign Sell-off Imperils Rand, Current Account - Inflation Rises above Forecasts - MPC Leaves Repo Rate Steady at 11% - Banks Expected t [...]
2008-02-01 07:30:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP
08PRETORIA2093SOUTH AFRICA: PRESIDENT THABO MBEKI'S RESIGNATION
[...] Summary: In a September 21 televised address to the nation, Thabo Mbeki announced his resignation as President of South Africa. Mbeki said he respected the African National Congress (ANC) September 20 decision to recall him (reftels). He thanked the nation and the ANC for the opportunity to [...]
2008-09-22 15:14:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA2102SAG DEPUTY PRESIDENT AND ONE THIRD OF CABINET
[...] Summary: The resignation of Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka came as no surprise, due to her loyalty towards President Thabo Mbeki, and her controversial standing with the new African National Congress (ANC) senior leadership. Although the ANC said her resignation was regrettable, and w [...]
2008-09-23 17:42:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA2136SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER SEPTMEBER 26,
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 39 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Economic Policies Expected to Remain Consistent under Mothlanthe - Record CPIX Increase in August - Fears of Retail Recession Increase [...]
2008-09-27 06:02:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA2183SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 3,
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 40 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - New President Addresses Investor's Fears - Current Account Outlook Bleak Despite Narrower Trade Deficit - PMI Data Shows Some Signs of [...]
2008-10-06 06:20:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA2250Palabora Mine - Still Churning Out Copper Next to Kruger
[...] (SBU) Palabora mine is South Africa's largest copper mine, producing 148,000 tons of copper per year at its peak in 1998 and about 4.5 million cumulative tons since the start of full production in 1966. The open-pit was one of the world's biggest and lowest cost copper producers but it closed [...]
2008-10-15 08:10:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEMIN EPET ENRG EINV EIND ETRD SENV SF
08PRETORIA2310SCENE-SETTER FOR CODEL LEWIS' NOVEMBER 8-13, 2008
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-22 09:27:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EINV PREL PGOV SF
08PRETORIA2316SCENE-SETTER FOR CODEL LEWIS' NOVEMBER 8-13, 2008
[...] (SBU) Ambassador Bost warmly welcomes the visit of your delegation to South Africa. The Mission stands ready to do everything it can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, less than two months after Thabo Mbeki resigned as President un [...]
2008-10-22 14:57:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EINV PREL PGOV SF
08PRETORIA2343SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 24,
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 43 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Credit Storm Drives SA into Deficit Next Year - Black Middle Class Stronger - Zimbabwean Business Leaders Promote South African Investm [...]
2008-10-27 15:19:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA2466AMBASSADOR AND DIPLOMATIC CORPS DISCUSS
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Bost hosted members of the Pretoria diplomatic corps to discuss African National Congress (ANC) President Jacob Zuma's recent visit to the U.S. and the latest developments on Zimbabwe power-sharing talks (report septel). The Ambassador briefed on Zuma's official meeting [...]
2008-11-07 09:57:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALASEC CG EAID KDEM PGOV PINR PREL SF
08PRETORIA2515SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 14,
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 46 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Standard & Poor's Dim View of Rand, Rates - JSE Out of Favor, But Not Africa - The Final Frontier: Nando's Opens a Fast-Food Restaurant [...]
2008-11-14 14:46:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA2556South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" -
[...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...]
2008-11-24 12:14:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
08PRETORIA2576ANC USING MULTIPLE MEANS TO STALL OPPOSITION
[...] (C) The African National Congress (ANC) is undertaking several steps to stall the opposition ahead of the election next year. Although the ANC's efforts to maintain its two-thirds majority in Parliament appear organized and extensive, there are few signs of a coherent strategy for countering [...]
2008-11-25 15:24:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALKJUS PGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA2586RIO TINTO TAKES A PAUSE FOR BREATH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Rio Tinto's Africa Office in Johannesburg told Minerals/Energy Officer and Specialist that Rio Tinto was well positioned to withstand the current global commodity downturn given its long-term reserves, technological expertise, and exploration prowess. They were bullish on doing [...]
2008-11-26 14:24:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEMIN EPET ENRG EINV EIND ETRD SENV SF
08PRETORIA2612NEW MINISTER OF PUBLIC ENTERPRISES BRIGITTE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: New Minister of Public Enterprises Brigitte Mabandla brings little technical experience to her new position as government point-person for a diverse, troubled portfolio of state-owned enterprises. There is a high probability for delay in state power utility Eskom's capital expan [...]
2008-12-01 09:55:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALEAIR ECPS ELTN ENRG PGOV SF
08PRETORIA2640SOUTH AFRICA STRONGLY SUPPORTS WORLD AIDS DAY
[...] (SBU) Summary: The South African Government (SAG) strongly supported World AIDS Day 2008, in contrast to its lackluster support in previous years. South Africa's Deputy President and Chair of the South African National AIDS Council (SANAC) and SANAC Deputy Chair requested all South African [...]
2008-12-04 15:58:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON
08PRETORIA2665FIRMS INCH CLOSER TO ACQUIRING LICENSES TO DEVELOP NATIONAL
[...] (SBU) Summary. U.S.-based DBI Broadband provided an update on positive developments in the drawn-out, South African value-added network services (VANS) license conversion process on November 28. Minister of Communications Dr. Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri finally conceded and announced that she would [...]
2008-12-08 11:59:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECPS EIND EINV EINT ECIP USTR SF
08PRETORIA2666CISCO ADDRESSES ICT SKILLS SHORTAGE IN SOUTH AFRICA ONE
[...] (SBU) Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM),Commercial Counselor, Economic Counselor and ICT Officer attended the graduation of the inaugural class of Cisco Global Talent Acceleration Program on November 28. The DCM provided the key-note address at the graduation ceremony. Cisco executives outlined [...]
2008-12-09 05:41:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECPS EIND EINV EINT ETTC SOCI TINT USTR SF CH
08PRETORIA2677ZIMBABWEAN EXODUS STRAINS SAG BORDER RESOURCES
[...] On December 5-6, U.S. and U.K poloffs together with senior CDC and DFID officers traveled to Musina, near the Zimbabwe border. The trip aimed to take stock of growing migrant flows, observe the SAG's capacity to process and protect vulnerable migrants, and assess SAG efforts to contain a rec [...]
2008-12-10 10:37:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM SF
08PRETORIA268SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 6 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Sector Focus: Auto Industry - Car Sales Hammered By Rising Inflation, Interest Rates and Debt - New Subsidy Program for Auto Producers [...]
2008-02-08 14:33:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP
08PRETORIA2689SCENESETTER FOR A/S FRAZER'S DECEMBER 18-22 VISIT
[...] (SBU) Ambassador Bost warmly welcomes your visit to South Africa. The Mission stands ready to do everything it can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, just three months after Thabo Mbeki resigned as President under pressure from the [...]
2008-12-10 15:33:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDKJUS PGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA2709LEKOTA'S ASSISTANT TALKS PARTY LEADERSHIP AND
[...] (C) Mosiuoa Lekota's personal assistant, Dr. Tseliso Phomane, talked with Poloff about the Congress of the People's (COPE) leadership situation and logistics ahead of the party's manifesto conference on December 13. Phomane was confident that Lekota would emerge as the party's leader followi [...]
2008-12-12 15:07:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALKJUS PGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA2716SOUTH AFRICA FEELING THE HEAT ON ZIMBABWE CRISIS
[...] (C) Summary: South African leaders have recently stepped up their level of activity and pronouncements on the Zimbabwe political and humanitarian crises. Former President Thabo Mbeki's facilitation team, without Mbeki, remain engaged with the political parties, pressing for the quick establish [...]
2008-12-15 16:33:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PREL ZANU SF ZM
08PRETORIA2730South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" -
[...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...]
2008-12-18 09:53:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
08PRETORIA2732SISHEN IRON REFUSES A PAUSE - EXPANSION ON TRACK
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: South Africa's Kumba Iron Ore Mine at Sishen in the Northern Cape Province is gigantic by any scale, boasting a 12.5 kilometer-long open pit. Sishen produces 30 million tons per year, transported by dedicated rail to the Atlantic port at Saldanha (Reftel C). Most of the tonnag [...]
2008-12-18 12:57:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEMIN EPET ENRG EINV ETRD ELTN SENV SF
08PRETORIA2754SAA ANNOUNCES EXPANSION PLAN DESPITE GLOBAL DOWNTURN IN
[...] (SBU) Summary. South African Airways (SAA) recently announced network expansion plans amidst a global downturn in tourism. The airline is expected to complete a two-year restructuring program in March 2009, which would allow it to increase service and implement a strategy to create hubs in Jo [...]
2008-12-24 10:32:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON EIND EINV SF
08PRETORIA2755SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 26,
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 52 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - No House Price Recovery in '09' - Third of South African Firms Plan Layoffs - Markets End Bad Year - European Commission Offers Tariff [...]
2008-12-24 10:32:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA351OIL AND GAS PATCH FEELS THE BLUES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Oil/gas industry players and observers in South Africa criticize what they perceive as the SAG's arbitrary "taking" of pre-existing rights under exploration and production contracts. However, most are not prepared to "walk", having made significant investment, and are therefore [...]
2008-02-21 13:09:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET EMIN SENV AMGT SF
08PRETORIA371SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 7 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Budget Unveiled - Rand Weakens After Budget Speech - SA Looks to Indian Skills Development Model - SA Launches Diaspora Networking Progra [...]
2008-02-25 05:51:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP
08PRETORIA38MDC'S BENNETT HOPEFUL ON ANC CHANGES
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The MDC is hopeful that the election of Jacob Zuma as ANC President will lead to changes in South Africa's policy toward Zimbabwe, according to MDC Treasurer Roy Bennett. MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai recently met with South African Community Party (SACP) leader Blade Nzimande, a [...]
2008-01-08 14:47:00Embassy PretoriaSECRETPREL SF ZI
08PRETORIA4 BIOTECH OUTREACH ACTIVITY REPORT
[...] (U) Summary: From September 15-28, 2007, FAS/Pretoria hosted Thomas C. Nesbitt, Outreach and Communications Specialist/Biotechnology Regulatory Service(BRS)/ Animal Plant Health Inspection Service(APHIS)/USDA to undertake biotechnology outreach activities funded by the Department of State's Bu [...]
2008-01-02 08:03:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON ETRD SENV SF
08PRETORIA448VAN ECK SAYS FNL-SAG TIES IMPROVED, PROGRESS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Relations between the South African Facilitation and the Burundi rebel movement the Palipehutu-FNL are improved, albeit fragile, according to South African-based Burundi analyst and informal FNL advisor Jan van Eck. Although the FNL is the only rebel group outside the peace proc [...]
2008-03-05 09:10:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR SF BY
08PRETORIA482ZIMBABWE ELECTIONS: SOUTH AFRICA TO SEND 50
[...] (C) SUMMARY. South Africa will deploy approximately 50 election observers to Zimbabwe as part of the SADC delegation. Angola, as chair of the SADC Troika, will lead the SADC delegation, which the South African Government hopes will include at least 100 regional observers. Ambassador Kingsle [...]
2008-03-07 14:54:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM SF ZI
08PRETORIA520SCENE-SETTER FOR CODEL LED BY SENATOR RICHARD
[...] (SBU) I warmly welcome the visit of your 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 a few months after Jacob Zuma defeated incumbent Thabo Mbeki as leader of [...]
2008-03-13 10:55:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON OTRA PGOV PREL SENV SF
08PRETORIA548SOUTH AFRICA SUPPORTS FINAL PEACE EFFORT IN COMOROS
[...] (C) South Africa is involved in "one final effort" to resolve the Anjouan issue peacefully, according to Department of Foreign Affairs Chief Director Graham Maitland. Maitland confirmed to PolOff March 14 that South Africa had received a letter from Anjouan's Colonel Bacar promising to hold e [...]
2008-03-14 15:33:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL AU SF CN FR
08PRETORIA565Gold's Glitter is Fading in South Africa
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The South African gold mining industry has not been able to fully capitalize on record gold prices during 2007-2008. Gold mining was disrupted by a number of events, which have cost millions of dollars in lost production and export revenues. First, a power crisis came to a head [...]
2008-03-18 13:51:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEMIN EPET ENRG EINV EIND ETRD ELAB SF
08PRETORIA584SCENE-SETTER FOR CODEL LED BY CONGRESSMAN BARNEY
[...] (SBU) I warmly welcome the visit of your 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 a few months after Jacob Zuma defeated incumbent Thabo Mbeki as leader of [...]
2008-03-19 14:46:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON OTRA PGOV PREL SENV SF GH CV
08PRETORIA606SOUTH AFRICA OBSERVER HEAD SAYS SADC IN ZIMBABWE
[...] (SBU) The goal of the SADC election observation delegation is to "assist the Zimbabweans" to ensure the holding of "credible elections," according to the head of the South African component of the SADC delegation, Ambassador Kingsley Mamabolo. In press briefings on March 13 and 19, Mamabolo s [...]
2008-03-20 15:48:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM SF ZI
08PRETORIA610KZN ANC COMING TO TERMS WITH ZUMA'S TRIAL BUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Members of the top three political parties in KwaZulu-Natal province, ANC President Jacob Zuma's stronghold, shared conflicting opinions with PolOff and Durban PolAsst on Zuma's performance thus far as ANC President and his future. Like other opposition parties, the Inkatha Freed [...]
2008-03-25 10:16:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV SF
08PRETORIA638SOUTH AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE TRADE ON THE RISE
[...] (U) Summary: Economic ties between South Africa and Mozambique continue to strengthen. Trade between the countries has grown 65 percent since 2004 and the trade relationship is heavily in South Africa's favor. South Africa has been the largest foreign investor in Mozambique for more than a de [...]
2008-03-28 07:45:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EINV EPET ENRG PREL MZ SA
08PRETORIA643CALL FOR PROSECUTION OF ZIMBABWE POLICE FOR CRIMES
[...] (SBU) The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) has publicly called on the South African National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) to investigate and prosecute Zimbabwean security officials for crimes against humanity. According to Nicole Fritz, Executive Director of SALC, South Africa's Implem [...]
2008-03-28 13:43:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL KAWC SF ZI
08PRETORIA677SOUTH AFRICAN BANKS AND THE ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING
[...] (C) Summary: South African banks have implemented extensive money-laundering controls since the Financial Intelligence Centre Act was passed in 2001. The major banks now employ large anti-money-laundering staffs and use sophisticated software to identify suspicious transactions. They also f [...]
2008-04-02 06:35:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV PTER SF
08PRETORIA73FAA INTERNATIONAL AVIATION SAFETY ASSESSMENT
[...] (U) Summary. Post delivered results of the FAA International Aviation Safety Assessment (IASA) to South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) officials on January 7, 2008 (reftel). Economic Counselor used the opportunity to discuss continued civil aviation cooperation including logistics f [...]
2008-01-14 11:57:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAIR SF
08PRETORIA756 Explosive Growth of Dual TB-HIV Infection in South Africa
[...] (U) Summary: South Africa (SA) is experiencing explosive twin epidemics of HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis (TB). The HIV epidemic in SA is fuelling the rise of an exploding TB epidemic since individuals infected with HIV are much more susceptible to TB and other serious infections. Poor diagnosi [...]
2008-04-10 13:16:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSOCI TBIO SENV EAID PGOV KHIV KSCA ZU SF
08PRETORIA758ESKOM/SAG IMPROVISE RATHER THAN STRATEGIZE ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: South Africa continues to grapple with its short- and long-term power crunch as it approaches three months from its January 24 nadir when state power supplier Eskom cut off electricity to mines and large industrial consumers. Eskom is implementing rationing plans and imposing sc [...]
2008-04-10 13:45:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET EMIN EINV SF
08PRETORIA763SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER APRIL 11, 2008
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 15 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Reserve Bank Lifts Repo Rate - Surprise Surge in Factory Output - Eskom Defends Hikes as Predictions Were Off - Even State Housing Projec [...]
2008-04-11 09:14:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA772008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - SOUTH AFRICA
[...] (U) In response to Ref A, this cable presents post's 2008 Investment Climate Statement for South Africa. This is also Chapter 6 of the 2008 Country Commercial Guide for South Africa. 2. (U) BEGIN TEXT Chapter 6 Investment Climate Statement FY 2008 6.1 Openness to Foreign Investment The [...]
2008-01-15 08:08:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV OPIC KTDB USTR SF
08PRETORIA781DE BEERS - REFORMED EX-MONOPOLIST AS MARKET LEADER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: De Beers remains committed to South Africa, even as the former diamond cartel company has adopted significant strategic changes and has rationalized its business in South Africa. The diamond company's processing and marketing headquarters is situated in its historical capital [...]
2008-04-14 14:27:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEMIN ENRG EPET EINV SF
08PRETORIA881SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER APRIL 25, 2008
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 17 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - CPIX at Double Digits - SA Runs Risk of Sub-prime Contagion, Standard & Poor's Warns - Golden Oldies Give JSE Vintage Edge - SA Canc [...]
2008-04-25 12:01:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA934OECD ENHANCED ENGAGEMENT WITH SOUTH AFRICA
[...] (SBU) Summary: OECD Deputy Secretary General Thelma Askey briefed the Pretoria contact group on April 25 on OECD Enhanced Engagement with South Africa, one of five designated target countries with the possibility of leading ultimately to membership. South Africa has expressed strong interest [...]
2008-05-05 10:24:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALOECD ECON EINV PREL SF
08PRETORIA937DOT DEPUTY SECRETARY VISIT TO SOUTH AFRICA, APRIL 12-16,
[...] (U) Summary. Deputy Secretary of Transportation Admiral Thomas Barrett led the U.S. delegation to the first African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Transport and Trade Forum in South Africa April 12-16. The delegation met with a wide range of transport sector officials and industry represent [...]
2008-05-05 12:12:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAID EAIR ELTN EWWT EIND EINV SF LI KE
08PRETORIA972South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" -
[...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...]
2008-05-08 08:35:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
08PRETORIA983PEER REVIEW MAKING LITTLE PROGRESS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ross Herbert met with PolOffs to discuss his new book, "The African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM): Lessons from the Pioneers," which examines APRM's pitfalls and yet to be unleashed potential, nearly six years after its formal adoption. The APRM's intent of fostering good gover [...]
2008-05-09 08:55:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM AU SF
08PRETORIA998 Alarming AIDS Statistics, But Are They Valid?
[...] (U) Summary: South African media reported on Sunday May 4 that new HIV statistics attributed to the Development Bank of South Africa (DBSA) revealed that 2 million more South Africans are HIV-infected than present estimates show. The report also claimed that these statistics are more reliabl [...]
2008-05-09 15:11:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSOCI TBIO SENV EAID PGOV KHIV KSCA ZU SF
08PRISTINA11KOSOVO: BROAD-BASED, MULTI-ETHNIC GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 9 the newly constituted Kosovo Assembly, reflecting the coalition agreement between the PDK and LDK parties, overwhelmingly elected PDK leader Hashim Thaci as Prime Minister and approved his cabinet by 88 votes out of a total 120. Thaci got an extra boost as Bexhet Pa [...]
2008-01-10 17:27:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM UNMIK YI KV
08PRISTINA13KOSOVO BIO: PRIME MINISTER HASHIM THACI
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) chairman Hashim Thaci is Kosovo's new prime minister after his party's victory in the November 17 elections and Assembly approval on January 9. PDK's electoral success crowned a long and sustained campaign by Thaci to become prime minister, [...]
2008-01-10 17:52:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA166KOSOVO: COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC FINDS ALTERNATE ROUTES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A visit to several of Kosovo,s border crossings and customs clearance terminals highlighted functional customs operations and a steady stream of commercial traffic. Customs officials on site reported a general increase in commercial traffic for 2008, with a portion of this incr [...]
2008-03-26 12:54:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ECON EAID EAIR ETTC PTER KTFN UNMIK
08PRISTINA28KOSOVO: COM EMPHASIZES AHTISAARI LEGISLATION, SERB
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At a January 14 meeting, COM encouraged PM Thaci to reach out quickly to new opposition party leaders Bexhet Pacolli and Nexhat Daci and make certain their representatives were included in the preparation of Ahtisaari settlement legislation and of Kosovo's new Constitution, in th [...]
2008-01-16 17:15:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA308KOSOVO CELEBRATES ENTRY INTO FORCE OF NEW
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The entry into force of Kosovo's constitution was celebrated on June 15, just four months after the country declared independence. The day included President Sejdiu signing into effect 41 Ahtisaari Plan and related laws as local and international media looked on. Sejdiu and PM Th [...]
2008-06-18 14:37:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID KDEM UNMIK YI KV
08PRISTINA312KOSOVO: CODEL ENGEL WELCOMES NEW CONSTITUTION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY) led a a delegation to Kosovo June 13-16 to mark the entry into force of Kosovo's new constitution on June 15. Accompanying him on the trip was Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-OH),who visited Kosovo for the first time, and a prominent group of Kosovar-American bus [...]
2008-06-20 14:06:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL PGOV PINR EAID KV
08PRISTINA320KOSOVO: TREASURY DAS ASSESSES TECHNICAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Treasury Department Deputy Assistant Secretary Larry McDonald visited Kosovo from June 1-4 to assess Treasury,s in-country resident advisor program. In meetings with government counterparts within the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF),DAS McDonald reaffirmed Treasury,s co [...]
2008-06-24 09:45:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ECON EAID EAIR ETTC PTER KTFN UNMIK
08PRISTINA354KOSOVO: JULY 11 DONORS CONFERENCE A MILESTONE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The European Commission (EC) will host a donors conference in Brussels on July 11 to mobilize funding for Kosovo's continued development in the wake of independence. The Government of Kosovo (GOK) will need 1.5 billion dollars over three years in donor support to address existin [...]
2008-07-07 15:20:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID KV UNMIK
08PRISTINA36KOSOVO: COM ADVISES FINANCE MINISTER SHALA ACTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 15 meeting with new Minister of Economy and Finance Ahmet Shala, COM emphasized the importance of demonstrating government support for the Kosovo Serb community through implementation of meaningful projects in minority areas, with real budgetary resources behind the [...]
2008-01-23 12:27:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ECON EAID EAIR ETTC PTER KTFN UNMIK
08PRISTINA38KOSOVO: NEW ASSEMBLY SPEAKER PLEDGES CLOSE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In her introductory call on new Assembly Speaker Jakup Krasniqi, COM pointed to the importance of the Assembly in passing Ahtisaari final settlement legislation and Kosovo's new Constitution at the appropriate time, expeditiously and without change. COM also reiterated that move [...]
2008-01-23 12:39:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM UNMIK YI KV EAID
08PRISTINA395KOSOVO: OIC SPECIAL ENVOY CUMBER DISCUSSES KOSOVO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: USG Special Envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Ambassador Sada Cumber visited with political and Islamic community leaders in Kosovo July 23-24. Cumber discussed opportunities for raising the profile of the Kosovo recognition issue in the Islamic world, and [...]
2008-07-28 13:08:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNMIK YI KV
08PRISTINA453KOSOVO: EULEX DEPLOYMENT MOVES FORWARD, BUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite prior delays, EULEX is now proceeding with the operational aspects of deployment with reasonable efficiency and speed. On August 18, EULEX signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with UNMIK that expedites the transfer of physical assets to EULEX. EULEX expects contrib [...]
2008-08-25 17:25:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL EAID KV UNMIK
08PRISTINA472KOSOVO: CHALLENGES OF PROPERTY AGENCY TRANSITION
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Following its transition from UNMIK to Kosovo Government/ICO stewardship, the Kosovo Property Agency (KPA) faces a challenge to its continued effectiveness. Unless the Serbian government agrees to cooperate with the refashioned KPA, the KPA will run out of property disputes to a [...]
2008-09-09 16:48:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL EAID KV UNMIK
08PRISTINA497KOSOVO: EUR DAS JONES ATTENDS ISG, DELIVERS
[...] (C) Summary. In a two-day visit to Kosovo September 10-12, EUR DAS Stuart Jones made the rounds of Government and key international organizations and represented the U.S. at the International Steering Group (ISG) meeting of the International Civilian Office (ICO). In general, the meetings we [...]
2008-09-23 09:33:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPREL KV
08PRISTINA517BATTLING CORRUPTION AND IPR VIOLATIONS: KOSOVO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In the endemic battle to prevent corruption in Kosovo, one notable effort stands out. Kosovo,s Independent Media Commission (IMC) recently took an unusually pro-active initiative to stop cable providers from broadcasting unlicensed television content. The IMC has struggled to i [...]
2008-09-27 09:48:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ECON EAID EAIR ETTC PTER KTFN UNMIK
08PRISTINA530KOSOVO: HIGH HOPES FOR NEW RETURNS MINISTER RASIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The recent resignation of Minister for Communities and Returns Boban Stankovic (ethnic Serb) and his replacement by Sasa Rasic (also ethnic Serb) represents a new beginning for the Ministry, which has been plagued by corruption and mismanagement from its inception. Although co [...]
2008-10-07 16:37:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KV UNMIK
08PRISTINA542KOSOVO: SERB MODERATES DISMAYED BY MENTION OF
[...] (C) Summary. In the wake of Serbia's successful effort to have its case against Kosovo's independence referred to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and as EULEX deployment draws closer, Kosovo Serbs remain concerned about the direction of events. Serbian President Boris Tadic's comme [...]
2008-10-21 14:46:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPINR KV UNMIK
08PRISTINA55KOSOVO: KOSOVO POLICE SERVICE INFORMATION SHARING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As part of the Strategic Communications Group (SCG) -- the USOP-led effort to coordinate information flow among key local and international actors in Kosovo in the run-up to and aftermath of status resolution (ref) -- the Kosovo Police Service (KPS) has shared with USOP its new [...]
2008-02-04 10:49:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA58KOSOVO: UNMIK POLICE MOVES ADDITIONAL OFFICERS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Acting on information that ethnic Serb Kosovo Police Service (KPS) officers are being pressured to accept the Government of Serbia's direction and possibly desert the KPS in the event of a Kosovo declaration of independence (DI),UNMIK Police moved an additional 42 international [...]
2008-02-05 17:28:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA583KOSOVO: KOSOVO CHURCH MODERATES REMAIN IN KEY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The recently-held Sabor (Holy Assembly, or general bishops' meeting) of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC) ended with a positive result for the moderate monks of the Visoki Decani monastery in western Kosovo. (Note: Embassy Belgrade will report more generally on the Sabor, held [...]
2008-11-24 14:58:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KV UNMIK
08PRISTINA63KOSOVO PREPARES FOR POST-STATUS SERBIAN EMBARGO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Kosovo is preparing for the economic consequences of an independence declaration, including the likelihood that Serbia will close the border and implement an economic embargo. Government officials and local businesses are actively engaging their colleagues and international coun [...]
2008-02-08 18:13:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ECON EAID EAIR ETTC PTER KTFN UNMIK
08PRISTINA630KOSOVO: SERBS ACCEPT EULEX, COMMENT ON GOS POLICY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Kosovo Serbs have followed the Serbian Government's lead in accepting the deployment and presence of the EU-led rule of law mission (EULEX) in Kosovo. Initial reaction to EULEX's deployment among moderate Serb leaders has been generally positive; many have already met or intend [...]
2008-12-22 06:42:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KV UNMIK
08PRISTINA646KOSOVO: EULEX DEPLOYMENT GOING WELL ENOUGH, BUT
[...] (C) Summary: Since December 9, the beginning date of its mission, EULEX continues to deploy throughout Kosovo without meeting any significant protest or resistance. As of December 22, EULEX had 1,241 police officers on the ground, of which 23 were posted in north Mitrovica, plus two strength [...]
2008-12-30 10:40:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL EAID KV UNMIK
08QUITO1010CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS ON JUDICIAL SECTOR
[...] (C) Summary: Ecuador's new constitution makes some improvements in the judicial sector that have the potential to improve the delivery of justice. However, the articles on the judicial sector contain many inconsistencies and gaps, which will have to be resolved by the passage of legislation. [...]
2008-10-27 14:13:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM EC
08QUITO1027PRESIDENTS CORREA AND GARCIA RENEW BILATERAL
[...] (C) Summary: A decade of peace between Ecuador and Peru has not met all expectations, but the two governments appear committed to raising the stakes in terms of attention and investment. Presidents Rafael Correa and Alan Garcia and their cabinets met on October 25 in Machala, Ecuador, to mark [...]
2008-10-31 12:47:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECIN ETRD SMIG EC PE
08QUITO1035CHAVEZ VISIT TO ECUADOR: WILL ACTIONS FOLLOW?
[...] (C) Summary: On October 28, Venezuelan President Chavez met with President Correa in the town of Puyo in eastern Ecuador to strengthen relations and sign ten bilateral agreements on topics ranging from energy to electronic currency. As usual, it remains unclear how much of the rhetoric will [...]
2008-11-05 14:52:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALENRG EFIN PGOV PREL ECON EC
08QUITO1090ECUADOR ECON WEEKLY: TARIFF CUTS; EFFECT OF OPEC CUTS;
[...] (U) The following is a weekly economic update for Ecuador that describes notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. Tariff Cuts for 49 Industrial Inputs ------------------------------------ 2. (U) On October 30, Ecuador's Council on Foreign Trade and Investment (Co [...]
2008-11-25 19:38:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EPET EFIN ETRD EC
08QUITO1128LAUNCH OF U.S.-ECUADOR BILATERAL DIALOGUE
[...] (U) Summary: A U.S. delegation led by WHA DAS Christopher McMullen met with Ecuadorian officials in Quito November 24 to launch the U.S.-Ecuador Bilateral Dialogue, a forum to address issues of interest to both sides and to highlight and build on existing cooperation and positive engagement ( [...]
2008-12-08 16:45:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD EINV ECON KJUS SNAR SMIG EC
08QUITO1161EMBASSY QUITO'S MANTA FOL RECOMMENDATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: To coordinate the USG's withdrawal from the Manta Forward Operating Location (FOL) effectively, Embassy Quito proposes a timeline for specific withdrawal milestones and a detailed list of the Embassy's recommendations on the disposition of FOL assets. The manner in which the USG [...]
2008-12-19 21:28:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS SNAR EC
08QUITO1163NAS ECUADOR QUARTERLY ACTIVITIES REPORT - OCTOBER-DECEMBER
[...] (U) HIGHLIGHTS: -- Ambassador Inaugurates Two Canine Facilities -- NAS Judicial Team Helps Shape New Laws -- Large Maritime and Land Seizures -- New Equipment to Modernize Detection Capabilities -- Coca Plants Eradicated -- NAS Ecuador Desk Officer Visits AMBASSADOR INAUGURATES [...]
2008-12-22 12:37:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR EC
08QUITO1183GOE REQUESTS MEETING TO COORDINATE HANDOVER OF
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador received an official memorandum from the Minister of Defense, Javier Ponce, on December 23 asking to meet with Embassy officials on January 14, 2009. The stated purpose of the meeting is to review terms of the Manta Forward Operating Location (FOL) agreement and to establi [...]
2008-12-24 12:27:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR EC
08QUITO1184GOE REQUESTS MEETING TO COORDINATE HANDOVER OF
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador received an official memorandum from the Minister of Defense, Javier Ponce, on December 23 asking to meet with Embassy officials on January 14, 2009. The stated purpose of the meeting is to review terms of the Manta Forward Operating Location (FOL) agreement and to establi [...]
2008-12-24 12:27:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR EC
08QUITO134Measuring Transformational Diplomacy in Ecuador: Poll Shows
[...] Summary: A national poll commissioned by Embassy Quito and conducted in five Ecuadorian cities Jan. 10-14, 2008 shows an improved overall image of the U.S. among Ecuadorian publics, with regional variations that point to opportunities for additional transformational diplomacy (TD) efforts to i [...]
2008-02-12 19:41:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIEDPINR PGOV EC PREL MARR MASS KPAO
08QUITO138GOE RESPONSE TO DNI MCCONNELL'S TESTIMONY
[...] (C) The GOE took issue with Director of National Intelligence McConnell's testimony of February 7 in a diplomatic note dated February 8. The Foreign Minister told the Ambassador that President Correa was personally upset when he read press accounts citing the testimony and report, and had i [...]
2008-02-13 21:24:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EC
08QUITO152ECUADORIAN ECONOMIC POLICIES IN 2008: LESS
[...] (C) Summary. In 2008, the Correa Administration's rhetoric on economic issues should moderate but will not disappear. However, this year the GOE will probably make more substantive changes than it did in 2007, as it actually begins to implement its economic program. Many of the changes wil [...]
2008-02-19 18:53:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALECON EINV EFIN PGOV EC
08QUITO158CODEL ENGEL'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT CORREA
[...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging, cordial meeting, President Correa received Codel Engel the morning of February 18. Codel members stressed their desire to renew Andean trade preferences and the importance of continued US-Ecuadorian cooperation on counter-narcotics initiatives. Correa highli [...]
2008-02-20 17:42:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPGOV ETRD PREL SNAR YI EC
08QUITO161 ECUADOR 2008 SPECIAL 301 REPORT
[...] (SBU) Summary and recommendation. Post concurs with PhRMA recommendation that Ecuador remain on the Special 301 Watch List for 2008. Overall protection for IPR goods has not changed significantly over the past year, although the Ecuadorian Intellectual Property Institute (IEPI) has new, mor [...]
2008-02-21 17:15:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD ECON EC
08QUITO215ECUADOR REACTION TO COLOMBIAN OPERATION AGAINST
[...] (C) Summary. Although the Correa administration's reaction to the news of the Colombian military's operation against the FARC in Ecuadorian territory was initially cautious, the GOE's position increasingly hardened after learning that the operation was not a "hot pursuit" scenario but planne [...]
2008-03-03 23:14:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS EC CO
08QUITO221RESOLUTION ON COLOMBIAN INCURSION PASSED BY
[...] (SBU) With a vote of 116 assembly members present, the Constituent Assembly unanimously passed a resolution (Reftel) on March 4 condemning the Colombian incursion on March 1 as violation of national sovereignty and an act of aggression that constitutes a threat to all of Latin America in regi [...]
2008-03-05 21:06:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS EC CO
08QUITO225ECONOMIC IMPACT OF RAINS AND FLOODING TOPS $125 MILLION
[...] (U) Summary: Following a month of heavy rains in Ecuador, agricultural losses due to extensive flooding now total nearly $91 million. Repairing roads will likely cost more than $35 million. The Ecuadorian and U.S. weather services estimate the rains will continue through at least mid-March, [...]
2008-03-06 20:10:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR EFIN EAID ELTN SENV SOCI EC
08QUITO263AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH DEFENSE MINISTER SANDOVAL
[...] (C) Summary: During a positive March 13 meeting with Defense Minister Sandoval, the Ambassador emphasized that we value our relationships with both Colombia and Ecuador and want to continue supporting GOE efforts on the Northern Border. Sandoval recognized how inadequate his resources were [...]
2008-03-14 19:24:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MARR MOPS EC CO
08QUITO264ECUADOR: GOE OFFICIALS URGE COOPERATION WHILE
[...] (C) Summary. In a series of meetings and phone calls, MFA and MOD officials have sought to maintain positive bilateral relations with the U.S. as well as to communicate GOE efforts against the FARC (see also reftels). The GOE also launched a media campaign to deny and counter continued accu [...]
2008-03-14 21:02:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PTER PGOV EC CO SP
08QUITO294 U.S. COMPANY LEADS SUCCESSFUL WIND ENERGY PROJECT IN
[...] (U) Summary: The multilateral Galapagos Wind Energy Project dedicated its wind-turbine project, largely funded by private sector companies, on the Galapagos's San Cristobal island on March 18. Project leader American Electric Power (AEP) says that on windy days, the project provides 80% of Sa [...]
2008-03-27 12:35:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON TRGY SENV UNDP UNEP EINV PGOV TINT EC
08QUITO30ECUADOR: ASSEMBLY AND CORREA DECLINE IN POLLS
[...] (SBU) Summary: With more than a month's work under its belt and little progress thus far, public opinion polls are showing a sharp decline in the Constituent Assembly's popularity. Though still widely popular, on the eve of his first anniversary in office, President Correa's approval number [...]
2008-01-09 17:21:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPGOV EC
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