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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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07MOSCOW3803ABBAS WINS MOSCOW'S SUPPORT
[...] (C) Summary. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas concluded a three-day visit to Moscow with a July 31 meeting with President Putin, who assured Abbas that the GOR would support him as the legitimate leader of the Palestinian people. Abbas also met with FM Lavrov and First DFM Deni [...]
2007-08-02 14:34:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL EAID IS RS
07MOSCOW3804EAP PDAS STEPHENS JULY 27 DISCUSSIONS ON THE NORTH
[...] (C) Summary. During a July 27 meeting, EAP Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Kathleen Stephens and a GOR representative for the Six-Party Working Group on Northeast Asia Peace and Security, Vladimir Rakhmanin, exchanged views on the expectations and goals for the group, including plans up [...]
2007-08-02 14:37:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM MNUC KNNP KN KS JA RS
07MOSCOW382GERMANY: BUSINESSLIKE PUTIN-MERKEL MEETING IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The January 21 meeting in Sochi between President Putin and Chancellor Merkel was businesslike but not particularly warm. There was a sharper tone in the political exchanges than there had been in the past. Putin told Merkel Russia would not accept a forced solution for Kosovo. [...]
2007-01-30 17:26:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD EU GM RS
07MOSCOW3886RUSSIA: NEW STRATEGIC SECTORS LAW GETS NOD FROM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During a July 14-20 visit to Moscow, a GAO (Government Accountability Office) delegation conducted meetings with government officials (reftel),business associations, and Western companies to survey the GOR's review process for foreign direct investment in the country's strateg [...]
2007-08-08 11:58:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALECON EIND ENRG PREL RS
07MOSCOW3996"PEACE MISSION 2007": SHANGHAI COOPERATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The August 9-17 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) anti-terrorist exercise -- Peace Mission 2007 -- is the largest in the history of the SCO. Approximately 6,500 troops are participating, the bulk from Russia and China. SCO Heads of State, including Chinese President Hu, ar [...]
2007-08-15 11:34:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PTER RS CH
07MOSCOW402RUSSIANS DEFEND ARMS TRANSFERS TO IRAN, SYRIA
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Visiting Moscow January 18-19, EUR/PRA Director Anita Friedt told Foreign Ministry officials that increased Russian transparency on arms transfers to sensitive countries could lessen the possibility of sanctions under U.S. law. Washington was willing to work with the Russian si [...]
2007-01-31 14:22:00Embassy MoscowSECRETPARM MCAP PREL ETTC RS
07MOSCOW4065PUTIN-YUSCHENKO INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMISSION
[...] (C) The scheduled August 15-20 meeting between Presidents Putin and Yuschenko within the framework of the Russian-Ukrainian Intergovernmental Commission was postponed to late October or early November. MFA Ukraine Desk Head Vyacheslav Yelagin told us the GOU wanted to focus on the September 3 [...]
2007-08-21 07:51:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO UP RS
07MOSCOW4067BLOGGING IN RUSSIA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Blogs are the fastest-growing and least constrained mass media in Russia. The popularity of blogs has increased exponentially in Russia as the internet has become more accessible, especially among people in their 20s and 30s. Although most Russian blogs do not deal with poli [...]
2007-08-21 08:50:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SOCI RS
07MOSCOW4141"PEACE MISSION 2007": SCO MILITARY LINKS GROWING,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Experts told us that the Shanghai Cooperation Organization's (SCO) Peace Mission 2007 anti-terrorist exercises, while deemed a success by many Russians, do not necessarily point to increased integration among SCO member states. The 6,500 soldiers involved in the exercises repor [...]
2007-08-24 02:44:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PTER RS CH
07MOSCOW4232POLAND, LITHUANIA BREAK CONSENSUS ON EU HEADS OF
[...] (C) Summary: The EU Heads of Mission Report, prepared for the informal September 7-8 EU foreign ministers meeting on EU-Russia policy, was submitted to Brussels without the endorsement of Poland and Lithuania. In an unexpected move, the Polish embassy refused to sign off on the assessment, a [...]
2007-08-29 09:00:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPROG PREL EUN RS
07MOSCOW4315MFA ON "SIGNIFICANT" SHIFT IN RUSSIA-BELARUS
[...] (C) Summary: Newly installed MFA Belarus Section Chief Nikita Matkovskiy told us that since Russia began to "put in order" its relations with Belarus in 2006, Russia has observed "serious but necessary" changes in the behavior of the Lukashenko regime. Matkovskiy underscored Russia's determi [...]
2007-09-04 11:43:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR MNUC BO RU
07MOSCOW4328DFM KARASIN ON GEORGIA AND OTHER NEIGHBORS
[...] (C) Two contentious issues -- Georgia and the Russian charges against the American HOM of OSCE Moldova -- dominated the Ambassador's September 4 meeting with DFM Karasin (the latter exchange reported separately). On Georgia, Karasin said State Minister Bakradze started off on the wrong foot w [...]
2007-09-04 15:36:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS OSCE UNGA MD GG RS
07MOSCOW4379KREMLIN TO ASSESS "EFFECTIVENESS" OF GOVERNORS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: This week, all governors were obligated by a June 18 law to turn in a statistical report accounting for 2006 on a host of economic, social, and administrative metrics to a commission headed by Sergey Sobyanin, the chief of the Presidential Administration. This new policy, requir [...]
2007-09-07 07:19:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV RS
07MOSCOW4420RUSSIA WANTS A STABLE PAKISTAN BUT AVOIDS DIRECT
[...] (C) Summary: Russia seeks a stable Pakistan, preferably under the leadership of President Musharraf, but is reluctant to weigh in on the country's volatile political situation. The MFA told us that the GOR considers Musharraf capable of maintaining government control of the nation's nuclear w [...]
2007-09-10 02:49:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IN PK RS XD
07MOSCOW4447PUTIN'S INDONESIA TRIP EXPANDS RUSSIAN ECONOMIC
[...] (C) Summary: Russian President Putin's September 6 visit to Indonesia is indicative of the Russian goal of expanding economic ties with Southeast Asia through key industries -- energy and military -- considered crucial both to Russian economic growth and to exerting influence abroad. The pre [...]
2007-09-11 02:35:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EINV ASEAN ID RS
07MOSCOW4469 Nunn-Lugar Roundtable: Russians Praise CTR, Call for More
[...] (U) Summary: At an event co-hosted by the Carnegie Moscow Center and the Center for Policy Studies to commemorate the fifteenth anniversary of Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction, the Russian guest speakers broadly praised the Program, acknowledging its popularity and success. Some argue [...]
2007-09-12 05:38:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER OREP ENRG MNUC
07MOSCOW4505FUNDAMENTALS OF RUSSIAN FOREIGN POLICY CONTRIBUTE
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Lavrov's strong rhetoric during his September 3 remarks on the course of Russian foreign policy, and in particular his use of the term "red lines," differs little from previous GOR statements. While Lavrov emphasized Russia's commitment to cooperation with the W [...]
2007-09-13 13:18:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR
07MOSCOW4539ZUBKOV AND SPECULATION ON SUCCESSION
[...] (C) The surprise appointment of First Deputy Minister of Finance Viktor Zubkov has intensified speculation about succession. In the absence of authoritative information about President Putin's intentions, much of what we hear is wildly speculative, and ranges from Putin returning to office af [...]
2007-09-14 17:31:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM RS
07MOSCOW4542ZUBKOV AND SPECULATION ON SUCCESSION
[...] (C) The surprise appointment of First Deputy Minister of Finance Viktor Zubkov has intensified speculation about succession. In the absence of authoritative information about President Putin's intentions, much of what we hear is wildly speculative, and ranges from Putin returning to office af [...]
2007-09-16 17:36:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM RS
07MOSCOW4583RUSSIA ENERGY: A WINDOW ON THE WORKINGS OF A SMALL
[...] (C) Describing his experiences working in a small ConocoPhillips(CP)-Lukoil joint venture, a CP employee said his Russian counterparts cling to inefficient central planning approaches to business operations. He also noted problems of favoritism, corruption, and a disregard for principles of w [...]
2007-09-18 09:09:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
07MOSCOW4584RUSSIAN RESPONSE ON UAVS TO SYRIA AND
[...] (S) Russian MFA Office of Disarmament and Security Affairs (DVBR) passed us a non-paper September 12 (faxed to EUR/RUS, informal translation in paragraph 3) in response to ref a and b demarches on the possible sale of UAVs to Syria and nanotechnology cooperation with Iran. DVBR officer Alexand [...]
2007-09-18 10:03:00Embassy MoscowSECRETETTC IR KSCA MTCRE PARM PREL RS SY
07MOSCOW4592IRANIAN FM VISIT FOCUSES ON ECONOMICS
[...] (C) Summary: Iranian FM Mottaki was in Moscow September 12 for what Russian officials characterized as a visit devoted to the countries' economic relationship. The GOR denied Mottaki's claim that Russia had agreed to finish construction of the Bushehr nuclear power plant and supply Iran with [...]
2007-09-18 13:02:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP ENRG IR RS
07MOSCOW4598 Samara Oblast: New Sheriff in Town
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The shocking speed in which Yeltsin-era Governor Konstantin Titov was replaced after 16 years in power has fostered an atmosphere of nervous expectation among the political elite in Samara. In a whirlwind of events this August, Titov announced his resignation; Putin nominated Art [...]
2007-09-18 17:01:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SOCI PINR RS
07MOSCOW4601RUSSIA WILL OPEN A CONSULATE IN NORTHERN IRAQ
[...] (C) Summary: The MFA Middle East Department told us that Russia plans to open a consulate in the Kurdish regional city Irbil in October, with the possibility to open another in Basrah. MFA official Elbrus Kutrashev expressed concern that the activities of Russian diplomats in Baghdad remain l [...]
2007-09-19 03:28:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IQ RS
07MOSCOW4628DEFENSE MINISTER'S OFFER OF RESIGNATION FUELS
[...] (C) Summary. Acting Minister of Defense Anatoly Serdyukov tendered his resignation late September 18 due to his relationship to new Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov, who is his father-in law. Many question whether Putin will accept Serdyukov's resignation, noting that he had just begun his effor [...]
2007-09-20 03:29:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR PINR RS
07MOSCOW4634RUSSIA-FRANCE RELATIONS: AFTER KOUCHNER, BEFORE
[...] (C) Summary. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner's two-day Moscow visit did not bridge the gap in the two countries' position on issues such as Kosovo and Iran. Both GOR officials and the French Embassy hope that the early October Sarkozy visit will provide an opportunity to narrow di [...]
2007-09-20 09:29:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNO UNMIK FR RS
07MOSCOW4647U.S.-INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION: INITIAL
[...] (SBU) EST officer delivered draft Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Policy Statement on Civil Nuclear Cooperation with India (reftel) September 20 to NSG expert in MFA's Security Department (DVBR),Mikhail Kondratenkov. Kondratenkov appreciated the opportunity for Russia to have the chance to rev [...]
2007-09-21 09:07:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP KTIA PARM PGOV PREL IN RS
07MOSCOW4708VOLGOGRAD MAYOR: YOUNG, PRAGMATIC... AND COMMUNIST (FOR
[...] (SBU) The 31 year-old mayor of Volgograd, an unexpected winner in a special election held last May after his predecessor had been imprisoned on corruption charges, downplayed to us his Communist party affiliation. The mayor instead stressed his commitment to fostering a pro-business climate [...]
2007-09-25 11:32:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR RS
07MOSCOW4727FM LAVROV UNDERSCORES ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND "NO
[...] (C) Summary. The MFA told us that Lavrov's September 11-13 trip to Peru, Uruguay, and Paraguay focused on strengthening economic development of the region and projecting solidarity with countries instituting their own models of political and economic development. Lavrov stressed in his public [...]
2007-09-26 14:17:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL EINV ETRD XR RS
07MOSCOW4807 Russian Human Rights Observers See Problems, Some Possible
[...] (SBU) During discussions with Embassy officers and EUR/RUS Human Rights Officer Mary Glantz from September 17-18, local observers of corruption issues, religious freedom, and media rights saw political and press freedoms shrinking within the country, but were guardedly optimistic about guarded [...]
2007-10-02 03:25:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM RS
07MOSCOW4828RUSSIA AT A LOSS ON HOW TO BREAK IMPASSE IN
[...] (C) Summary: Although Russia has observed an improvement in its bilateral ties with Moldova, the GOR remains frustrated with its inability to pressure Chisinau into a compromise on the Transnistria conflict. Russia's de facto import ban on Moldovan wine and Putin's increasingly frequent one [...]
2007-10-02 12:30:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PBTS MARR OSCE MD RS
07MOSCOW4852RUSSIA ON DEVELOPMENTS IN GEORGIA
[...] (C) Summary. On October 2, the GOR requested U.S. assistance in the release of the two South Ossetian PKF personnel in Georgian custody (non-paper emailed to EUR) and in blocking the OSCE's planned October 17 session to re-examine the August 6 South-Ossetia missile incident. GOR officials e [...]
2007-10-03 12:33:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV GG RS
07MOSCOW486REACTION TO FREEDOM HOUSE REPORT: IT'S NOT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The release of Freedom House's annual report on worldwide freedoms has created a small furor in light of erroneous local press reports that respect for freedom in Russia had declined to being on the same level as North Korea, Cuba, and Libya. The MFA reacted angrily, as expecte [...]
2007-02-05 14:46:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL PINR RS
07MOSCOW4909PREMIER ZUBKOV'S FIRST STEPS SHOW REGIONAL EMPHASIS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Since Putin picked Viktor Zubkov from relative obscurity to serve as Premier, the Russian political elite have been scrambling to figure out who this new figure is and the role he is to play in Putin's plans. Our contacts among political analysts describe Zubkov as an unassuming, [...]
2007-10-05 15:44:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ECON RS
07MOSCOW4912RUSSIA-ARMENIA RELATIONS
[...] (C) Summary. According to the MFA, the September 25 visit to Moscow by Armenian Prime Minister Sarkisyan reaffirmed the historical strong ties between the two countries. Both GOR officials and the Armenian Embassy expressed satisfaction with the direction and extent of bilateral engagement. [...]
2007-10-09 03:31:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON AM RS
07MOSCOW4931DUMA DEPUTIES PROPOSE MISSILE DEFENSE CONFERENCE
[...] (C) Summary: State Duma Defense Committee Advisor Valeriy Ignatiev confirmed that the Russian State Duma deputies who are members of the Inter-party conference on foreign policy proposed on September 26 that members of the U.S. Congress and parliamentarians from the Czech Republic and Poland [...]
2007-10-10 07:18:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PINS PREL
07MOSCOW4939RUSSIAN EXPERTS ON MOSCOW'S APPROACH TO IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: "Balance" is the word used to describe Russia's Iran policy by Moscow's leading Iran watchers. Putin is sufficiently concerned about Iran's nuclear program to keep Russia engaged on the issue. According to the MFA, he will reinforce the point with Ahmadinejad in Tehran October 1 [...]
2007-10-10 11:04:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP MASS ETRD IR RS
07MOSCOW4949SIX-PARTY TALKS: VIEWS FROM MOSCOW
[...] (C) Summary. The Russian Government welcomed the October 3 Six-Party Agreement, terming it the best outcome possible at this stage, although DFM Kislyak cautioned about further "bumps in the road" given the nature of the DPRK regime. Moscow experts largely echoed the official view and encour [...]
2007-10-11 05:05:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM MNUC KNNP ECON KN KS JA RS
07MOSCOW4960EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: (A) AND (B)
[...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, (A) and (B) Kalibr 2001, Vidnoe City, Moscow, Russia. The company is [...]
2007-10-11 12:11:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC RS
07MOSCOW4966KPRF ZYUGANOV UP ON PARTY, DOWN ON GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) In discussions with the Ambassador on October 9, Gennadiy Zyuganov -- the head of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF) -- demonstrated the resilience, determination, and political wiles that have kept him on the national stage far longer than any might have imagined. At th [...]
2007-10-12 08:31:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR RS
07MOSCOW4967SPS CHAIRMAN STAYS OPTIMISTIC ON ELECTIONS
[...] (C) In an October 10 conversation with the Ambassador, Union of Right Forces (SPS) Chairman Nikita Belykh reacted complacently to the effect President Putin's decision to head the pro-Kremlin United Russia list might have on his party's chances to cross the seven-percent threshold into the Duma [...]
2007-10-12 08:31:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PINR PREL RS
07MOSCOW4968DUMA DEPUTY RYZHKOV ON HIS FUTURE WITHOUT A PARTY,
[...] (C) Outgoing Duma Deputy Vladimir Ryzhkov told the Ambassador October 7 that he, unusually for him, backed the GOR's resistance to independence for Kosovo and further NATO expansion, which he termed "real" foreign policy problems. The dispute over anti-missile defenses was for Ryzhkov a "virtu [...]
2007-10-12 08:36:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR SOCI RS
07MOSCOW4998U.S. DRAFT RESOLUTION ON CONDEMNING THE USE OF
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-15 08:44:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDAORC UN PHUM KWMN SOCI RS
07MOSCOW5057RUSSIA-U.S. MISSILE DEFENSE NEGOTIATIONS, OCTOBER
[...] (S) Septel reports on the U.S. presentation of a Joint Regional Missile Defense Architecture during missile defense (MD) talks in Moscow October 10. Following is the U.S. and Russian delegations' assessment of the MD technical experts' visit to the Qabala radar on September 18, threat assess [...]
2007-10-18 13:27:00Embassy MoscowSECRETMARR PARM PREL KNNP IR RS
07MOSCOW5059RUSSIA-US MISSILE DEFENSE NEGOTIATIONS, OCTOBER
[...] (S) Summary. In extensive discussions in Moscow October 10, U.S. and Russian delegations, led by Acting Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security John Rood and Deputy Foreign Minister Kislyak discussed the U.S. plans to place a missile defense system (MD) in Easter [...]
2007-10-18 13:43:00Embassy MoscowSECRETMARR PARM PREL KNNP IR RS
07MOSCOW5068Putin Telethon Showcases Economic Gains, Highlights
[...] (SBU) In what should be his last marathon television call-in spectacular as President, Putin showed his phenomenal depth of detail on a host of issues, ranging from the need for a bridge in Vladivostok to advice on how best to manage U.S. disengagement from Iraq. Part political theater, part c [...]
2007-10-19 03:32:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR SOCI ECON RS
07MOSCOW508RUSSIAN ENERGY: SHELL TALKS ABOUT SAKHALIN-2
[...] (C) Summary: On January 25, we met with Alf D'Souza, Shell's External Affairs VP, and Bibi Bautleuova, a Shell government affairs rep, to talk about the Sakhalin-2 deal that Shell and its partners (Japan's Mitsubishi and Mitsui) reached last month with Gazprom. D'Souza said that they got the [...]
2007-02-06 11:12:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
07MOSCOW5101ULAN UDE, WHERE BEING ASIAN WORKS
[...] (C) Summary. During an October 15-19 trip to the Republic of Buryatia, squeezed between Lake Baikal and Mongolia, local government officials, political party representatives, and civil society leaders shared with us their views on the political, economic, and social development of the region [...]
2007-10-22 15:11:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF ECON ETRD PINR MG RS
07MOSCOW5103RUSSIA - MONGOLIA RELATIONS
[...] (C) Summary. The October 3 visit to Moscow by Mongolian Foreign Minister Enkhbold reaffirmed the historically good relations between Russia and Mongolia. GOR officials, the Mongolian Embassy, and the Mongolian Consulate General in Ulan Ude expressed satisfaction with the state of the relatio [...]
2007-10-23 06:44:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON MG RS
07MOSCOW5106CORRECTED COPY: RUSSIA-U.S. MISSILE DEFENSE
[...] (S) Septel reports on the U.S. presentation of a Joint Regional Missile Defense Architecture during missile defense (MD) talks in Moscow October 10. Following is the U.S. and Russian delegations' assessment of the MD technical experts' visit to the Qabala radar on September 18, threat assess [...]
2007-10-23 08:01:00Embassy MoscowSECRETMARR PARM PREL KNNP IR RS
07MOSCOW5117LOOKING AHEAD TO THE EU-RUSSIA SUMMIT
[...] (C) Summary: Russia has set a low bar for the EU-Russia summit, and will go to Lisbon prepared to push back on criticism of its human rights and democracy record, as well as to press for clarity on the implications of EU reform. With the continued stand-off over Polish meat, the Russians see " [...]
2007-10-23 13:53:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL EU WTRO ETRD ENRG KO RS
07MOSCOW5146ALDIP ON UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS
[...] We delivered reftel demarche on October 24 to MFA Department for Humanitarian Cooperation and Human Rights First Secretary Aleksey Goltyayev. Goltyaev said that the GOR would oppose on principle country-specific resolutions condemning the human rights records of Iran, Burma, the DPRK and Bela [...]
2007-10-25 11:00:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KTIA UN RS
07MOSCOW5153PUTIN'S PROBLEM
[...] (C) Summary: Putin's problem is that there is no political or honorific perch that will ensure his ability to check the powers granted by the constitution to his successor and, by ruling out a constitutional amendment allowing a third term, some observers believe that he has boxed himself in [...]
2007-10-25 14:33:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PINR SOCI RS
07MOSCOW5154ADDRESSING RUSSIAN ARMS SALES
[...] (C) Summary: FM Lavrov's disinterest in establishing an expert level dialogue on arms sales begs the question of how best to address our concerns over Russia's arms export policy. Russian officials are deeply cynical about our motives in seeking to curtail Russian arms exports to countries of conce [...]
2007-10-26 02:25:00Embassy MoscowSECRETPREL ECON MARR MASS PARM PINR PINS RS
07MOSCOW5176RUSSIA'S SOBER OUTLOOK ON UKRAINIAN PARLIAMENTARY
[...] (C) Summary: Russia's official reaction to the results of the Ukrainian parliamentary elections and the likely formation of an orange coalition has been cool, but an MFA official and experts told us that Russia can hardly be satisfied with the developments. Even more worrisome for Russia is [...]
2007-10-26 15:06:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR ECON UK RS
07MOSCOW5189TDY JEFFERSON FELLOWS: KEEP THEM COMING
[...] (U) Summary: Embassy Moscow supports amending the Jefferson Science Fellow program to include an 8-10 week TDY at the end of the Fellowship year. Our first TDY Fellow, Dr. Katherine Radtke, contributed significantly to the advancement of U.S. science and technology goals in key areas like nano [...]
2007-10-29 14:08:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDTSPL APER RS
07MOSCOW520GOR PICKS AND CHOOSES ITS HUMAN RIGHTS FORA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The recent fact-finding trip by three noted human rights lawyers to Moscow was largely ignored by GOR officials, in keeping with Russia's long-standing policy to prevent "internationalization" of Chechnya. Russian officials have evinced greater interest in bringing together hum [...]
2007-02-06 15:50:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV RS
07MOSCOW5200RUSSIAN INFLATION REACHES DOUBLE DIGITS
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified and not for internet distribution. ------- Summary ------- 2. (U) At a public event October 26, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Aleksey Kudrin stated that inflation since the beginning of 2007 had reached 8.9 percent and would [...]
2007-10-30 11:57:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON RS
07MOSCOW5205BACKLASH TO DUMA AMENDMENTS PROPOSING RESTRICTIONS ON
[...] (U) Amendments to the "law on referendums" which are working their way through the State Duma, would greatly restrict if not abolish the right of Russian citizens to express their views through national plebiscites. The amendments, offered by three members of the ruling United Russia party, had [...]
2007-10-30 14:04:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM RS
07MOSCOW5208RUSSIAN NATIONALIST GOES TO NATO: OFFERS
[...] (C) Summary: Russia's charismatic nationalist politician, Dmitriy Rogozin, confirmed press reports that he will be appointed the GOR's next Ambassador to NATO and expects to arrive in Brussels by late November. Claiming that his appointment is a Putin initiative, Rogozin candidly described [...]
2007-10-30 16:14:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR
07MOSCOW5210RUSSIA: CAUTIOUSLY BITING AT THE BIT
[...] (SBU) Summary: In recent meetings with Deputy Trade Representative Ambassador John Veroneau and NSC Senior Director for Russia Mary Warlick, GOR officials expressed support in principle for starting Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) Negotiations. In her address to the USRBC October 23, Trade [...]
2007-10-31 07:26:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV RS
07MOSCOW522RUSSIA'S SILENT CONCERN OVER CHINESE ASAT TEST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Moscow's relatively muted reaction to Beijing's test of an anti-satellite missile last month belies its deep concern about a pending arms race in space. Caught offguard by Beijing's action and unprepared to meet the challenge, Russian officials have publicly downplayed the sign [...]
2007-02-06 15:50:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPARM MCAP PREL RS CH
07MOSCOW5221THE EASTERN FRONT OF RUSSIA'S DEMOGRAPHIC CRISIS
[...] (U) This is a joint message from Consulate General Vladivostok and Embassy Moscow. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The population in the Russian Far East (RFE) and Siberia is continuing to decline, due both to a long-term trend of "Western Drift" (internal migration from east to west within Russia) and [...]
2007-10-31 13:19:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO SCUL PREL SOCI CH RS
07MOSCOW5225RUSSIAN DFM TITOV ON BOSNIA, KOSOVO, AND POLAND
[...] (C) Comment: In an October 31 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Foreign Minister Titov reiterated Russian complaints over High Representative Lajcak's invocation of Bosnia powers, which ran counter to assurances given during his Moscow consultations, but stressed Russian support for the D [...]
2007-10-31 15:52:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BK RS
07MOSCOW523RUSSIA: IRAQI DEBT RELIEF UPDATE
[...] (C) Summary. On February 5, reftel concerns about delays in the signing of Russia's bilateral debt agreement with Iraq were raised with Kremlin Foreign Policy Advisor Prikhodko and Deputy Finance Minister Storchak. Prikhodko told the Ambassador that the GOR was not linking the final signature [...]
2007-02-06 15:50:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALEFIN IZ KTIA RS
07MOSCOW5230CORRECTED COPY: RUSSIAN NATIONALIST GOES TO NATO:
[...] (C) Summary: Russia's charismatic nationalist politician, Dmitriy Rogozin, confirmed press reports that he will be appointed the GOR's next Ambassador to NATO and expects to arrive in Brussels by late November. Claiming that his appointment is a Putin initiative, Rogozin candidly described [...]
2007-11-01 08:43:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR NATO RS
07MOSCOW5311RUSSIA: NO POSTPONEMENT OF NEW STATE FLIGHTS
[...] (C) The GOR has decided to implement the pre-payment scheme for USG "state" flights despite previous indications from the MFA that last week's informal bilateral discussions might stave off the November 1 implementation of these new rules. Because U.S. policy is neither to pay nor charge for [...]
2007-11-07 14:50:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALECON EAIR PREL RS
07MOSCOW5338RUSSIA RESOLUTE ON LIMITED ODIHR MISSION
[...] (SBU) Russia reacted strongly to USG criticism of Russia's decision to limit the number of ODIHR observers to the December 2 parliamentary elections. Official comments and news media commentary maintained that the invitation was consistent with Russia's OSCE and Copenhagen Declaration commitm [...]
2007-11-09 03:46:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL KDEM OSCE RS
07MOSCOW5345CIVIL SOCIETY ON THE NORTH CAUCASUS: NO NEWS IS NOT
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a recent roundtable discussion, Russian civil society leaders expressed uniform pessimism on prospects for democratic development in the North Caucasus - despite relative calm and improved infrastructure in Chechnya. Our interlocutors predict continuing political violence an [...]
2007-11-09 08:26:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREF PHUM KDEM SOCI RS
07MOSCOW5353RUSSIA REJECTS HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH PROPOSAL ON METHADONE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a 110-page study released November 8, Human Rights Watch International concluded that substance abuse treatment in Russia is of such poor quality that it amounts to a violation of the right to health. The report recommended that Russia immediately permit the use of drug-subs [...]
2007-11-10 08:31:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO PHUM SOCI RS
07MOSCOW5408ROSATOM REORGANIZATION BILL SAILS THROUGH DUMA
[...] (SBU) The Duma passed unanimously November 13 a bill to restructure Russia's civil nuclear sector. In place of the current Rosatom Agency, the bill establishes the "Rosatom Corporation." Its mandate will be to coordinate and manage nuclear policy in all sectors. A centerpiece of Rosatom Corp [...]
2007-11-16 07:24:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PREL ENRG RS
07MOSCOW5410MEDIA AND THE ELECTIONS: THE DEBATES AND THE ADS
[...] (C) The fifteen days of debates that precede the December 2 Duma elections kicked off on November 6 and will wrap on November 30. On most days, a shifting mix of political parties participate in three debates that are broadcast on three separate channels. President Putin's United Russia (YR) [...]
2007-11-16 10:48:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PINR SOCI RS
07MOSCOW5428RUSSIA'S BUSINESS COMMUNITY SEES MORE CONTINUATION
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified, and not for internet distribution. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) During the 4th Moscow Business Dialogue on November 12, government officials and business professionals forecast a general continuation of the current mix of market and [...]
2007-11-16 14:45:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EIND RS
07MOSCOW5432UNITED RUSSIA MUSCLES ITS WAY INTO STAVROPOL KRAY
[...] (C) In Stavropol Kray, United Russia has reasserted itself politically and administratively in the aftermath of the March 2007 elections, in which A Just Russia scored an upset victory. United Russia has stripped the unpopular governor of his party membership, replaced the independent Kray El [...]
2007-11-17 03:37:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM RS
07MOSCOW5433THE WEEK IN POLITICS: PUTIN STUMPS FOR, STOMPS
[...] (SBU) With just over two weeks remaining until the December 2 Duma elections, Putin, during a visit to Krasnoyarsk, at last began actively stumping for the United Russia party. On November 15, in Tver, about 700 delegates from 79 of Russia's regions returned the favor by actively stumping for [...]
2007-11-17 12:29:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM SOCI RS
07MOSCOW5435PM SINGH'S VISIT HIGHLIGHTS THE LIMITS OF
[...] (C) Summary: Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Losyukov told the Ambassador that Indian Prime Minister Singh's November 11-12 trip to Moscow was a "useful visit" that saw progress on a potential agreement for Russia to sell four additional nuclear reactors to India. The visit included the si [...]
2007-11-17 12:32:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ENRG MASS IN RS
07MOSCOW5474RUSSIA CONCERNED ABOUT POSSIBILITY FOR VIOLENCE IN
[...] (C) Summary. While the GOR supports UNSC Presidential Statement 9169 urging both Ethiopia and Eritrea to take concrete steps to implement the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission (EEBC)'s delineation decision, the GOR does not support the EEBC's plan for "virtually" demarcating the border an [...]
2007-11-21 13:40:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC PBTS ET ER RS
07MOSCOW5505GAMING RUSSIA'S REACTION TO A KOSOVO UDI
[...] (C) Summary: The fact that Russia has not confronted the U.S. at the most senior levels over the possibility of Kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence does not mean that Putin and his advisers are resigned to the outcome. Russian diplomatic self-confidence flows from its sense of E [...]
2007-11-23 15:11:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RS
07MOSCOW5518MOD SERDYUKOV VISITS CENTRAL ASIA
[...] (C) Summary: Russian Minister of Defense Anatoly Serdyukov's visits to Uzbekistan and Armenia October 29-30 were part of Russian efforts to strengthen ties with CIS member states. (Note: Serdyukov also made an unofficial trip to Kyrgyzstan. End Note.) Serdyukov and his Uzbek counterpart s [...]
2007-11-26 12:51:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALMARR MCAP PREL SENV
07MOSCOW5522VIEWING RUSSIA'S DEMOGRAPHIC CRISIS THROUGH A POLITICAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although Russia's demographic crisis has not been a major issue during the Duma elections campaign, most of the political parties have focused some attention on reversing the population decline by encouraging higher birth rates. Led by President Putin, United Russia has crowed [...]
2007-11-26 14:57:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO SCUL PREL SOCI RS
07MOSCOW5542CIVIL SOCIETY SPEAKS OUT OVER OTHER RUSSIA ARRESTS
[...] (C) Liberal politicians and human rights activists praised the President's November 26 criticism of the Russian government's detention of opposition protesters. In response to the Ambassador, Acting FM Denisov described the GOR reaction as "unfortunate" but argued that Other Russian leader G [...]
2007-11-27 17:11:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR KDEM SOCI RS
07MOSCOW5571RUSSIA: POWER SECTOR RESTRUCTURING ENTERS LAST
[...] (SBU) The electricity sector's regulatory and policy framework after July 2008, when holding company RAO UES will cease operations, is taking shape. On October 26, RAO UES shareholders approved the restructuring plan and consented to the appointment of RAO UES' director of strategy as the new [...]
2007-11-29 09:10:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALECON EIND ENRG PREL RS
07MOSCOW5591ANGARSK INTERNATIONAL URANIUM ENRICHMENT CENTER:
[...] (SBU) Russia's plan to establish an international uranium enrichment center in Angarsk (Siberia) -- which stems from a Putin proposal made almost two years ago -- is moving forward. Russian officials and experts are confident in the ability of the Angarsk facility to handle increased demand [...]
2007-11-30 07:41:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP IAEA PREL RS
07MOSCOW5612FOREIGN POLICY, RHETORIC AND ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: International issues have received little attention in the run-up to the December 2 Duma elections, reflecting broad consensus behind Putin's foreign policy. Russia's positions on the top issues that do resonate with the Russian public - Kosovo, NATO enlargement, missile defense, [...]
2007-11-30 14:08:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR RS
07MOSCOW563NEW HEALTH WARNING LABEL FOR WINE AND SPIRITS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A new label for bottles of wine, vodka, and other spirits warns consumers of the dangers of alcohol consumption by certain vulnerable groups, including minors, pregnant women, and nursing mothers. The government is delaying enforcement of the new law and giving producers and di [...]
2007-02-08 12:42:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO EAGR ETRD SOCI RS
07MOSCOW5630RUSSIA STILL A SMOKER'S PARADISE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Duma session that ended November 16 failed to approve legislation placing greater restrictions on smoking in public places. The outgoing Duma also did not approve the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, which Russia has neither signed nor ratified. Observe [...]
2007-12-02 08:08:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO SCUL PREL SOCI RS
07MOSCOW564RUSSIA-AZERBAIJAN DYSPEPSIA: EAT TOMATOES AND GET
[...] (C) Russian press articles and Embassy Baku's interlocutors have played up deteriorating Russian-Azerbaijani relations. They cite Gazprom's increase in the price of gas deliveries to Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan's refusal to send crude oil via the Baku-Novorossiysk pipeline; and the Russian ban on [...]
2007-02-08 12:42:00Embassy MoscowSECRETPREL ETRD PREF AJ AM GG RS
07MOSCOW5704PUTIN SAYS ELECTION GIVES DUMA MORE LEGITIMACY,
[...] (U) One day after United Russia's decisive victory in parliamentary elections, Putin thanked voters for supporting United Russia and said that the elections would give the next Duma more legitimacy. He called the election results a sign of "trust" in United Russia and a "good indicator of Russ [...]
2007-12-04 16:43:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PREL PHUM RS
07MOSCOW5720RUSSIA-GEORGIA RELATIONS
[...] (C) Summary. Russia is in no hurry to re-evaluate its bilateral relations with Georgia, with the MFA issuing repeated statements slamming Saakashvili's anti-Russia tactics as a "farce." MFA officials confirm that Saakashvili is persona non grata in Moscow, while Duma Chairman Gryzlov raised [...]
2007-12-06 10:07:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV GG RS
07MOSCOW5761RUSSIA HOPEFUL BUT CAUTIOUS ABOUT A BREAKTHROUGH
[...] Summary: The MFA told us that new Polish PM Tusk's pro-European stance, positive statements about Russia-Poland bilateral ties, his decision to remove Poland's veto on Russia's OECD accession, and recent efforts to address Russian concerns about Polish meat were clearly steps in the right dir [...]
2007-12-07 15:42:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PL RS
07MOSCOW5763RUSSIAN CONDEMNATION OF KOSOVO UDI WIDENS
[...] (C) Summary. At a December 5 press conference, FM Lavrov criticized "Western partners" for undermining the Troika's efforts to find a negotiated solution by continuing to support Kosovo's "inevitable" independence. Memorial, a Russian human rights organization often critical of the GOR, iss [...]
2007-12-07 16:05:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL KV RS
07MOSCOW5770VTB MANAGING DIRECTOR FOUND MURDERED NEAR MOSCOW
[...] (U) On December 6, officials from the Moscow Oblast division of the General Procuracy's Investigation Committee discovered the body of VTB Managing Director for Corporate Clients Oleg Zhukovsky. He was found at the bottom of a swimming pool near his home in the Odintsovo region of suburban M [...]
2007-12-10 14:33:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON RS
07MOSCOW5781NSC SENIOR DIRECTOR'S MEETING WITH FEDERAL COUNCIL
[...] (C) Summary: Federation Council International Relations Committee Chairman Margelov told visiting NSC Senior Director Mary Warlick on December 11 that he was very satisfied with Putin's selection of First Deputy PM Medvedev as his successor. Margelov described Medvedev as the "best case scen [...]
2007-12-11 15:11:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RS
07MOSCOW5782MEDVEDEV'S CAMPAIGN STRATEGY - PUTIN
[...] (C) Less than a day after Putin came out in support of Dmitriy Medvedev's candidacy for President, Medvedev revealed his campaign strategy: to run on the promise of picking Putin to serve as Premier. Endorsements of a host of regional authorities, as well as representatives of the President's [...]
2007-12-11 16:54:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR RS
07MOSCOW5784GREF CENTER'S VIEWS ON RUSSIA'S ECONOMIC DIRECTION
[...] (C) In a December 6 meeting, Ksenia Yudaeva, Director of Research at the Center for Strategic Research (CSR or the Gref Center),the economic brain trust for the GOR's economic reforms in the early years of President Putin's administration, told econoff that while reform momentum has slowed th [...]
2007-12-12 04:55:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALECON EIND PREL RS
07MOSCOW579RUSSIAN FEDERATION COUNCIL MEMBER ON IRAN, MIDDLE
[...] (C) Summary: Federation Council Member Margelov briefed the Ambassador on efforts to deepen engagement with the U.S. Senate, including reaching out to GOR critics. He flagged his upcoming trip to Tehran and said that Iranian duplicity and obduracy were making it difficult to defend the regi [...]
2007-02-09 08:35:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV OREP RS IR
07MOSCOW5790RUSSIA UNLIKELY TO BACK DOWN ON BRITISH COUNCIL
[...] (C) Summary: UK diplomats do not expect the GOR to back down from its threat to close two British Council centers on January 1, with the latest salvo from the MFA making the "tactical mistake" of linking Russian actions to the July measures taken by the UK in response to the Russian failure [...]
2007-12-12 13:28:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL SCUL RU UK
07MOSCOW5794UNION STATE PRESIDENCY NOT ON PUTIN'S AGENDA IN
[...] (C) Summary. The MFA strongly denied press rumors that Putin's December 13-14 trip to Minsk would create him president of a Russia-Belarus Union State, making it clear that Belarus had a long way to travel before it would be a partner for Russia. Putin's trip will focus on reviewing 2007's " [...]
2007-12-12 15:06:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD MARR PARM BO RS
07MOSCOW5800THE MEASURE OF THE MAN - "WHO IS MR. MEDVEDEV?"
[...] (C) Despite his prominence as First Deputy Premier, Gazprom Board Chair, and earlier as Head of the Presidential Administration, Medvedev remains only somewhat less an enigma than his mentor Putin was when the latter was picked as Yeltsin's successor eight years ago. In the near unanimous app [...]
2007-12-13 13:58:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALRS PINR PGOV
07MOSCOW5841ATOMSTROYEXPORT'S APPROACH TO THE "NUCLEAR
[...] (SBU) During a recent meeting at a Moscow think-tank, an official from Atomstroyexport outlined priorities for the construction of Russian nuclear power plants abroad. China, India, Iran, and Bulgaria are their top target markets. The official downplayed the importance of the failure of Russ [...]
2007-12-17 14:04:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP ENRG PREL RS IN
07MOSCOW5868FIFTH RUSSIAN DUMA TO BEGIN WORK DECEMBER 24
[...] (U) The fifth Russian Duma will begin its work December 24. Taking seats in the new Duma on behalf of the four winning parties -- United Russia, Communist Party (KPRF),Just Russia, and the Liberal Democratic Party (LDPR) -- will be veteran politicians, youth movement leaders, businessmen an [...]
2007-12-19 15:01:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM RS
07MOSCOW5869GOR EFFORTS TO ADVANCE MULTIPOLAR WORLD IN
[...] Summary: While Russian officials view the October ministerial in Harbin as a "pivotal event" in accelerating the formation of a Russia, India, and China (RIC) triangle, fundamental differences in strategic vision, mutual distrust, and differing relations with the U.S. significantly limit Russ [...]
2007-12-19 15:09:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON RS
07MOSCOW5879MFA DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR ON IRAN, AFGHANISTAN,
[...] (C) Summary: In a December 18 meeting, MFA Second Asia Department Director Maryasov reviewed the results of Iranian FM Mottaki's December 13-14 trip to Moscow, noting bilateral agreements on trade and cooperation, confirming the sale of 130 civilian aircraft was possible but premature, and re [...]
2007-12-20 07:31:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL IR AF RS
07MOSCOW5899RUSSIA-CHINA RELATIONS
[...] (C) Summary. The pragmatic pursuit of economic growth and political stability, and a determined effort to avoid "interfering" with each other's domestic political developments have brought an improvement in ties between Russia and China. The conclusion of two "national years" created a stro [...]
2007-12-20 15:24:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ENRG CH RS
07MOSCOW5955RUSSIAN ENERGY MINISTER'S END-OF-YEAR REVIEW
[...] (C) Summary: Meeting with the Ambassador on December 21, the day after the formal signing of the Tri-Caspian (Russia, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan) pipeline agreement, Minister of Industry and Energy Viktor Khristenko called it "a good note" on which to end the year. He commented on domestic en [...]
2007-12-28 11:04:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON EPET PREL PINR RS
07MOSCOW5969POINTS DELIVERED ON U.S. POLICY ON PAKISTAN'S
[...] We delivered reftel points to the office of MFA Second Asia Department Director Aleksandr Maryasov. The MFA is closed for the holidays, but Maryasov's staff promised to pass the points to Maryasov immediately. RUSSELL [...]
2007-12-31 10:08:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER SHUM PK RS
07MOSCOW599RUSSIA-GEORGIA: TINY STEPS FOR LITTLE FEET
[...] (C) On January 22 Putin sent his ambassador back to Georgia with fanfare. On February 5-6 the two countries held constructive talks on restoring direct air links, with other talks soon to begin on restoring sea freight connections. The newly re-staffed Russian embassy in Tbilisi includes visa [...]
2007-02-09 15:14:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD PBTS MARR MOPS GG RS
07MOSCOW613PUTIN IN MUNICH: SHARP TONE, BUT FAMILIAR
[...] (C) Summary: Putin's February 10 remarks to the Munich Conference on Security Policy were a familiar litany of complaints about Russia's treatment by the West, and particularly the U.S. The substance of his critique of the dangers of unilateral U.S. actions, NATO enlargement, and ballistic [...]
2007-02-12 15:31:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RS
07MOSCOW628KOSOVO: SPECIAL ENVOY WISNER HEARS RUSSIAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Fresh from meetings in Pristina, Belgrade and Vienna, Special Envoy for Kosovo Final Status Frank Wisner held consultations in Moscow on February 9 to gauge Russian opinion on Kosovo's independence and emphasize the need for Contact Group unity. In meetings with DFM Titov (septel) [...]
2007-02-13 14:39:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RS
07MOSCOW667EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: WORLD HUNTING
[...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, World Hunting Technology Ltd., St. Petersburg, Russia. The company i [...]
2007-02-15 14:01:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC RS
07MOSCOW674RUSSIA-MOLDOVA: TIME OUT ON TRANSNISTRIA
[...] (C) Russia and Moldova began negotiating a package in secret after the reconciliation last August between SIPDIS Presidents Putin and Voronin. The package included the status of Transnistria within a neutral Moldova, the modalities of governance and peacekeeping, and assurances that Transn [...]
2007-02-15 14:23:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS MARR OSCE MD RS
07MOSCOW692RE-SHUFFLE ADVANCES SUCCESSION PROCESS
[...] (C) President Putin's late February 15 government re-shuffle has brought presidential contender Sergey Ivanov to the same starting line as his rival Dmitriy Medvedev, relieved him of the albatross that is the Ministry of Defense, and given him issues that could potentially resonate with the Ru [...]
2007-02-16 12:02:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR RS
07MOSCOW705PUTIN'S MUNICH SPEECH: ONE WEEK LATER
[...] (C) Summary: One week after delivery, Putin's Munich speech continues to draw praise among Russian analysts as a direct expression of Moscow's foreign policy views and a needed corrective to Western assumptions which take Russian interests for granted. Among Moscow experts, there was littl [...]
2007-02-16 15:04:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RS
07MOSCOW749CONGRESSMAN LANTOS' MEETING WITH FM LAVROV
[...] (SBU) Summary: Congressman Tom Lantos, meeting with FM Lavrov February 19, underlined the importance of building strong ties between Russia and the U.S. by reinvigorating links between legislators and working together on issues like nuclear nonproliferation. Lavrov welcomed closer legislati [...]
2007-02-21 11:34:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV OREP RS
07MOSCOW753HIRC Chairman Lantos Meeting with Russian Security Council
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a February 19 meeting with Russian Security Council Secretary Ivanov, HIRC Chairman Lantos announced his intent to introduce legislation repealing Jackson-Vanik and inaugurate a formal congressional working group with Russian Duma Chairman of the International Relations Com [...]
2007-02-21 12:47:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV OREP RS
07MOSCOW754IRAN: SANCTIONS DECREE SUBJECT OF INTERAGENCY
[...] (C) We discussed reftel requests regarding implementation of UNSCR 1737 (Iran) with Vladimir Safronkov, Chief of the UN Political Affairs Section in the MFA's International Organizations Department. Safronkov told us that a draft presidential decree necessary to implement the sanctions regim [...]
2007-02-21 13:03:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP EFIN ETTC KTFN IR RS
07MOSCOW78ISKANDER-E MISSILE FOR LIBYA: RUSSIA HEDGES ON
[...] (S) On January 11 we conveyed to the MFA U.S interest (ref) in a technical experts meeting in Moscow before January 29 to discuss issues relating to Libya's possible purchase of the Iskander-E missile. Sergey Petlyakov, Chief of the Arms Technology and Transfer Division of the Foreign Ministr [...]
2007-01-11 14:56:00Embassy MoscowSECRETPARM PREL MCAP KNNP LY UK RS
07MOSCOW827RUSSIA: THE CASE FOR LIMITED U.S. FUNDING OF RFFE
[...] (C) The U.S. Mission strongly supports continued limited USG funding for the Russian Foundation for Free Elections (RFFE) under its existing grant. U.S. monies would be used only to train election observers and to operate a voter hotline. While RFFE does receive some government support, cont [...]
2007-02-27 16:27:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALEAID KDEM PREL PGOV PHUM RS
07MOSCOW849DPRK: MOSCOW REACTS TO SIX-PARTY RESULTS
[...] (C) Moscow's North Korea hands -- both official and unofficial --- welcomed the results of the February Six-Party Talks but remained critical of U.S. policies towards the DPRK. While the MFA's terse announcement summarized the decisions made in Beijing, Foreign Minister Lavrov was more expan [...]
2007-02-28 17:45:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MNUC KNNP KN RS
07MOSCOW85RUSSIA'S VNESHTORGBANK AND EADS (C-RE6-01894)
[...] (C) Summary. A Senior Vneshtorgbank (VTB) official tells us VTB's decision in early summer to purchase 5.38 percent of EADS stock was made for investment/financial reasons alone, and without GOR political interference. The public announcement September 12 by Presidential Advisor Sergey Prihod [...]
2007-01-12 08:21:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPINR ECIN EINV PGOV RS
07MOSCOW875RUSSIA'S GAS WEAKNESS
[...] (C) Summary. Owing in part to rapid economic growth but also in large part to poorly managed resources by Gazprom, Russia is facing a gas production crunch. While this problem was recognized early on by analysts, the GOR seems to have only awakened to the dilemma relatively recently. Gazprom [...]
2007-03-01 14:38:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
07MOSCOW980RUSSIAN ENERGY: PROSPECTS FOR DEALS IN THE SECTOR
[...] (C) Summary. Despite increased GOR control over the sector, U.S. majors are involved in several high-profile deals and below-the-radar deals are becoming more common as well. Russia will need western expertise -- most urgently on the gas side -- as it moves to exploit the offshore and the ea [...]
2007-03-09 03:55:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
07MUMBAI111STAFFDEL FITE GIVES DAE OPTMISTIC OUTLOOK FOR 123 AGREEMENT
[...] (SBU) Congress will support any 123 Agreement that complies with U.S. law, House Foreign Affairs Committee staffers David Fite and Douglas Seay told Dr. Ravi Grover of the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) on February 23. Grover asked several questions about the 123 Agreement's prospects in Co [...]
2007-02-24 11:10:00Consulate MumbaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
07MUMBAI134KAKODKAR GIVES POSITIVE HEARING TO U.S. INDUSTRY
[...] (C) DAE Secretary Anil Kakodkar made a strong positive impression on members of USIBC's nuclear trade delegation during their March 8 meeting in Mumbai. In a briefing following the meeting, most delegation members told us that Kakodkar made compelling arguments to include reprocessing rights i [...]
2007-03-09 14:05:00Consulate MumbaiCONFIDENTIALENRG SENV BEXP EFIN EINV EPET EMIN ETRD PREL
07MUMBAI195CODEL LOWEY SIGNALS CONGRESSIONAL SUPPORT FOR NUCLEAR DEAL
[...] (SBU) In a meeting with the Nuclear Power Corp. of India (NPCIL),Codel Lowey expressed general support for the planned U.S.-India civil nuclear cooperation, yet cited concerns that members of Congress still have about the deal. Congressman Edward Royce told the NPCIL leadership that India mus [...]
2007-04-12 11:21:00Consulate MumbaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
07MUNICH106BAVARIAN TAKE ON DOHA AND CLOSER TRANSATLATIC INTEGRATION
[...] In a discussion with senior officials from the Bavarian Ministry for Economic Affairs and the State Chancery, Embassy Berlin EMIN stressed the urgency of German and EU action to revitalize the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) now. He pointed to statements by Chancellor Merkel and other senior Ge [...]
2007-02-21 17:13:00Consulate MunichUNCLASSIFIEDETRD PREL ECON GM
07MUNICH28 BAVARIA'S NEXT MINISTER-PRESIDENT
[...] (SBU) Bavarian Interior Minister Guenther Beckstein is expected to be elected Bavarian Minister-President in early October 2007, succeeding Edmund Stoiber. Beckstein is the longest-serving and best-known of Germany's state interior ministers. His "law and order" approach has provided Bavaria [...]
2007-01-19 18:24:00Consulate MunichUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV GM
07MUNICH325 MUNICH G-8 JUSTICE AND INTERIOR MINISTERS MEETING
[...] The below text is the concluding declaration from the G-8 Justice and Interior Ministers Meeting held in Munich May 23-25. The U.S. was represented at the meeting by Attorney General Gonzales and Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Jackson. 2. Begin text: During our meeting in Munich on [...]
2007-05-25 15:24:00Consulate MunichUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PTER KCRM KISL GM
07MUNICH403 BAVARIA'S CSU - PALACE POLITICS PLAY ON
[...] (SBU) It now appears all but certain that Interior Minister Beckstein will succeed Edmund Stoiber as Minister-President. Further, it appears that federal Agriculture Minister Seehofer's personal problems and negative campaign style have given Bavarian Economic Minister Huber a decisive, if not [...]
2007-07-09 09:42:00Consulate MunichUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV GM
07MUNICH412NAVIGATING A MESS: EADS OFFICIALS ON GALILEO
[...] (SBU) Senior EADS-Astrium officials told ConGen Munich the recent collapse of the Galileo consortium of private firms resulted as much from squabbling between EU states over apportionment of contracts as a failure to find a workable economic model. They described the current economic model as [...]
2007-07-13 13:56:00Consulate MunichUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON TSPA EAIR ETRD PGOV EINV PREL EUN FR GM
07MUNICH560 CSU PARTY CONVENTION USHERS-IN POST-STOIBER ERA
[...] (SBU) At the annual CSU party convention, Erwin Huber decisively defeated Horst Seehofer and Gabrielle Pauli in the race to lead his party forward. Delegates also overwhelmingly endorsed Guenther Beckstein as the CSU's candidate for Bavarian Minister-President, all but ensuring his election o [...]
2007-10-02 15:55:00Consulate MunichUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV GM
07MUNICH563 RESPONSE TO FDA REGARDING U.S./FDA ORPHAN PRODUCT
[...] Consulate General Munich is unaware of any information that would present negative foreign policy implications in connection with awarding a product development grant award to either the Medizinische Universitatsklinik Wurzburg or the Klinikum der Universitat Munchen, and thus has no objection [...]
2007-10-04 09:37:00Consulate MunichUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO OTRA TPHY US GM
07MUNICH636FILLING BIG SHOES: BAVARIA'S NEW INTERIOR MINISTER
[...] (SBU) The recent selection of Joachim Herrmann to be Bavaria's new Interior Minister, after 14 years of Bavarian Minister-President Guenther Beckstein holding that office, caught nearly everyone by surprise. Herrmann not only has no background in law enforcement, but appeared content to remai [...]
2007-12-03 16:50:00Consulate MunichUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV GM
07MUNICH81PUTIN AND GATES DOMINATE MUNICH SECURITY
[...] (SBU) The February 9-11 43rd Munich Conference on Security Policy (formerly known as "Wehrkunde") on "Global Crises - Global Responsibilities" was dominated by differing visions of the Transatlantic role in global security. Chancellor Merkel, Secretary Gates, Senators McCain and Lieberman, a [...]
2007-02-12 17:28:00Consulate MunichUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYNATO OSCE PARM PREL GM IR AF RS
07MUSCAT1014RESOURCE NATIONALISM NOT EVIDENT IN OMAN
[...] (C) The growth of resource nationalism is not evident in Oman. The government controls majority stakes in Oman's primary energy production companies in long-term partnerships with foreign firms, and actively seeks further foreign investment to augment output in both the oil and gas sectors. [...]
2007-11-04 06:44:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALEPET PGOV MU
07MUSCAT1034SULTAN QABOOS TO NEW OMAN MAJLIS: STATUS QUO JUST
[...] (C) Sultan Qaboos delivered his annual address opening the Majlis Oman on November 6. During the relatively rare public speaking engagement, the Sultan tipped his hat to the work of the Majlis and expressed appreciation for voter participation in the recent national elections (refs A, B). How [...]
2007-11-12 13:23:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MU
07MUSCAT1040OMANIS SPEAK OUT ON U.S. FOREIGN POLICY
[...] (C) In attempt to get an unvarnished view of U.S. foreign policy from well-educated Omanis, who are normally reluctant to openly share their opinions on political topics, the Ambassador convened on November 6 the first of a planned series of small-scale discussion groups. Entitled "First Tue [...]
2007-11-13 11:58:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KDEM MU
07MUSCAT1065OCTOBER 31 U.S.-OMAN GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE
[...] (S/NF) During the October 31 U.S.-Oman Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD) in Muscat, Omani officials -- led by MFA Secretary General Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi -- claimed that SIPDIS current U.S. policy towards Iran, including the use of sanctions, was pushing the region into a crisis and emboldenin [...]
2007-11-20 14:23:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL PTER MASS KNNP MU
07MUSCAT1079SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ROBERT GATES'
[...] (SBU) Secretary Gates: Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome you to Oman. We have requested an audience for you with Sultan Qaboos bin Said, Oman's head of state, as well as a meeting with your Omani counterpart Sayyid Badr bin Saud bin Harib al-Busaidi, Minister Responsible for Defense Affa [...]
2007-11-27 10:14:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL PTER MARR MASS MNUC MOPS OVIP KNNP
07MUSCAT1093BIGGER BUDGET EXPECTED FOR OMAN IN 2008
[...] (C) The Ministry of National Economy presented the first glimpse of Oman's 2008 budget during a November 26 presentation by its Minister before representatives of the Majlis al-Shura. The budget numbers, which the Ministry characterized as striking a balance between economic development and f [...]
2007-12-04 10:47:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PGOV PREL MU
07MUSCAT1096CODEL MORAN MEETING WITH OMANI DEPUTY PRIME
[...] (C) In an October 26 meeting with a visiting U.S. Congressional delegation, the Omani Deputy Prime Minister praised U.S.-Oman relations and welcomed U.S. engagement in the region. He characterized Iran as a country determined to win respect from the international community and discounted inf [...]
2007-12-05 06:31:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP KPAL ECON ENRG IR MU
07MUSCAT1101OMAN WILL CONTINUE CURRENCY PEG TO DOLLAR
[...] (C) On November 26, the Ambassador discussed Oman's monetary policy with Minister of National Economy, and Supervisor of the Ministry of Finance, Ahmed bin Abdul Nabi Macki. Macki stated that Oman was not contemplating, and was adamantly opposed to, changing its rial peg to the dollar. "The d [...]
2007-12-05 12:19:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PREL MU
07MUSCAT1136OMAN REMAINS COMMITTED TO DOLLAR
[...] (C) The Central Bank Executive President affirmed to the Ambassador that Oman would maintain its currency peg to the dollar and the current rate of exchange, although he also asked for the USG's support in stabilizing the greenback. He acknowledged that inflationary pressures were calling into [...]
2007-12-17 13:21:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PREL MU
07MUSCAT129SCENESETTER FOR CENTCOM COMMANDER GENERAL JOHN P.
[...] (S) General Abizaid: Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome your return to Oman. Sultan Qaboos and your colleagues in the Omani armed forces look forward to seeing you and hearing your perspective on activities in the region, especially in Iraq and Iran. Oman remains a strong friend and ally in [...]
2007-02-06 15:15:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL PTER KNNP MARR MASS MNUC MOPS OVIP
07MUSCAT167SCENESETTER FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO OMAN
[...] (S) Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome you to Oman. Oman remains a strong friend and ally in the Global War on Terrorism. Regional threat issues continue to be a prominent concern for Oman's leadership. Oman is disturbed by Iran's growing influence in the region and its inability to come to [...]
2007-02-20 07:33:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNOVIP PREL ECON MU
07MUSCAT181OMAN FACES CHALLENGES IN PROMOTING ELECTIONS AS
[...] (C) Summary: Registration for candidates for elections to the Majlis al-Shura began February 10 and concluded February 21. In keeping with the government's efforts to promote the elections, the registration process is more user-friendly than previously, although tribalism will continue to h [...]
2007-02-24 09:14:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KMPI MU
07MUSCAT188IRAQI DELEGATION RECEIVES ADVICE, SUPPORT FROM
[...] (C) Summary: An Iraqi delegation led by the Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs visited Muscat from February 16-18. Oman's Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs, Yousef bin Alawi, told the group that the Iraqi government needed to "speak with one voice" and promote policies that [...]
2007-02-26 08:59:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ MU
07MUSCAT229GCC MONETARY UNION WITHDRAWAL CRITICIZED
[...] (C) The Omani government's decision to opt out of the proposed GCC currency union received sharp criticism from an Emirati economics professor during a public lecture sponsored by the Oman Economic Association. The well-attended forum provided a unique opportunity for a non-Omani national to [...]
2007-03-07 06:20:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EIND EINV PGOV MU
07MUSCAT234OMANI FOREIGN MINISTER PROVIDES READOUT FROM MARCH
[...] (C) Summary: Oman's Foreign Minister told the Ambassador on March 10 that Iranian officials during his most recent trip to Tehran were eager to restart negotiations to resolve concerns over Iran's nuclear program. They asserted, however, that suspension of uranium enrichment activities could [...]
2007-03-11 04:38:00Embassy MuscatSECRETPREL IR LE MU
07MUSCAT28ENGAGING OMANI AUDIENCES ONLINE
[...] (SBU) In response to Ref A, Embassy Oman provides the following information on trends and patterns in Internet usage in Oman. In the general absence of reliable official statistics on the subjects requested, the information is based on extensive surfing by Embassy staff and on information gat [...]
2007-01-09 11:21:00Embassy MuscatSECRETECPS KPAO KISL OIIP PTER MU
07MUSCAT388RECONCILING ANTI-TIP POLICY & RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 9 through 12. 2. (SBU) Summary: Some expatriate workers who fill Oman's low-paid, low-skill service sector jobs face exploitative conditions and may be victims of trafficking. Workers in the commercial cleaning industry, including those under co [...]
2007-04-22 13:19:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL ELAB SMIG AMGT MU
07MUSCAT41OMAN DOWNBEAT ON IRAQI PM MALIKI IN ADVANCE OF GCC
[...] (C) Ambassador met on January 15 with Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yousef bin Alawi in advance of the GCC plus 2 meeting in Kuwait to discuss the President's January 10 announcement on Iraqi policy (ref A),as well as the recent visit of Lebanese Prime Minister Siniora to Mu [...]
2007-01-15 13:54:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ MU
07MUSCAT416SCENESETTER FOR CENTCOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL WILLIAM
[...] (S) Admiral Fallon: Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome you and your wife to Oman. Sultan Qaboos and your colleagues in the Omani armed forces look forward to meeting you and hearing your perspective on events in the region, especially in Iraq and Iran. As one of our oldest allies in the Mid [...]
2007-04-29 13:11:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL PTER KNNP MARR MASS MNUC MOPS OVIP
07MUSCAT42LEBANESE PM SINIORA IN MUSCAT: REQUESTS ADDITIONAL
[...] (C) In a January 15 meeting with Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yousef bin Alawi to discuss U.S. policy on Iraq (septel),Ambassador inquired about the visit of Lebanese PM Siniora the previous day (January 14) to Muscat. Bin Alawi replied that Siniora's meeting with Sultan Qaboos h [...]
2007-01-15 14:17:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID LE MU
07MUSCAT426MEDIA REACTION: OMANI VIEW OF SYRIA AND IRAN, MAJLIS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-01 07:51:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
07MUSCAT468OMAN CONFIRMS DATE FOR GSD TALKS
[...] (SBU) The office of Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Under Secretary Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi has confirmed that the Under Secretary will be available to conduct the next round of Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD) talks in Washington, D.C. the morning of June 18. Sayyid Badr has requested that he b [...]
2007-05-13 13:01:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER IR MU
07MUSCAT473STRIKE AT PORT OF SALALAH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Workers at Port of Salalah, Oman's primary transshipment port, went on strike May 11. The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) declared the strike illegal under recently issued regulations covering work stoppages, and the private company that manages the port suspended many of the strike [...]
2007-05-14 10:31:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM ELAB ETRD KMPI MU
07MUSCAT488SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF OMANI FOREIGN MINISTER TO
[...] (C) Summary: Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi is looking forward to his visit to Washington, and particularly to his meeting with the Secretary. As the long-time de facto Foreign Minister for SIPDIS one of our oldest and most reliable friends in the Gulf, he [...]
2007-05-16 11:36:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KNNP KPAL IR IZ MU
07MUSCAT522OMAN TO MAINTAIN DOLLAR PEG
[...] (C) On May 27, Econoff confirmed with Central Bank of Oman Examination Manager Mansour al-Raisi that the Omani government remains committed to maintaining its dollar peg after Kuwait's recent decision to utilize a basket of currencies for valuation purposes. Raisi stated that the Central Bank [...]
2007-05-28 04:41:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PREL MU
07MUSCAT528GOVERNMENT TAKING LIMITED ACTION IN CURBING PRICE
[...] (U) The Minister of Commerce and Industry recently held a series of meetings with industry representatives to encourage restraint in price hikes in the wake of prominent media reports on the rising cost of living in Oman. Aside from a wage increase for government workers last November and a pu [...]
2007-05-29 07:57:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD MU
07MUSCAT542BUSINESS PERCEPTIONS OF US SUPPORT FOR LABOR UNIONS
[...] (SBU) Contacts among Oman's business community have commented recently that as the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) begins to promote union development (ref A),many of their colleagues feel they are being "forced" to accept unions, and see the USG - often acting through the International Labor Orga [...]
2007-05-30 12:47:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM ELAB ETRD KMPI MU
07MUSCAT545RARE OMANI CANDOR: AMBASSADOR HEARS LOCAL VIEWS OF
[...] (SBU) From May 16-22, the Ambassador traveled overland from Muscat to Salalah and on to the Yemeni border - a trip of more than 1,300 kilometers - meeting with tribal sheikhs and other local officials along the way. The trip provided a unique opportunity to reach out to Omanis at the grassroot [...]
2007-05-30 12:50:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINR PREL KPAO KISL IR IS IZ MU
07MUSCAT56CENTRAL BANK REAFFIRMS THAT OMAN WILL NOT JOIN GCC
[...] (C) The Executive President of Oman's Central Bank noted in a meeting with the Ambassador that rushed timing and the government's reluctance to cede control over monetary and budgetary policy led to the decision to opt out of the proposed GCC monetary union. The Central Bank official expresse [...]
2007-01-17 13:08:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PREL MU
07MUSCAT590OMAN BEGINS CYCLONE RECOVERY EFFORTS, CONTINUES TO
[...] (C) Major clean-up and recovery efforts are underway in the Muscat area following the pounding the city took from tropical cyclone Gonu, but significant work remains to be done. Some parts of the greater capital area still have no power or water and the damaged road system is snarled with tr [...]
2007-06-11 14:06:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALAMER AMGT ASEC CASC KSAC KHLS MOPS SENV MU
07MUSCAT597TIP DEMARCHE READ OUT- CONCERN OVER TIER 3
[...] (C) On Monday morning, June 11, Emboffs delivered ref A, the Trafficking in Person's (TIP) demarche on Oman's Tier 3 designation, to the Director of the Under Secretary's Office at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Humaid al-Ma'ani. Al-Ma'ani expressed his disappointment with the lowered [...]
2007-06-12 12:23:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV KWMN KNNP MARR MU
07MUSCAT60ARROGANCE, IGNORANCE CLOUDING IRANIAN JUDGEMENT
[...] (C) Arrogance and overconfidence are clouding the judgment of the Iranian leadership, according to Mohammed bin Mafoudh al-Ardhi, former commander of the Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO). The retired Air Vice Marshall told the Ambassador January 16 that on a recent visit to Iran, he had met w [...]
2007-01-22 03:00:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL IR MU
07MUSCAT61OMANI DEFENSE AND INTELLIGENCE CHIEF WARNS OF
[...] (C) Summary: Iran has embarked on a policy of expansionism in the Arab and Muslim world, using religion to divide Arab Muslims, destabilize the region and threaten U.S. interests, according to Gen. Ali bin Majid al-Ma'amari, Minister of the Royal Office and Supreme Commander of the Armed Fo [...]
2007-01-22 12:04:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PGOV IR MU
07MUSCAT651SPONSORSHIP SYSTEM CONTRIBUTES TO TRAFFICKING,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Contacts claim that the sponsorship system of recruiting and hiring low-skilled and domestic foreign workers contributes to trafficking in persons (TIP) in Oman. The system establishes conditions conducive to exploitation by making many workers dependent on their sponsors for the [...]
2007-06-26 12:59:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG MU
07MUSCAT727OMAN STANDS FIRM ON DOLLAR
[...] (U) Responding to Kuwait's recent decision to revalue the dinar against the dollar, Mohammed Nasser al-Jahadhmy, Executive Vice President at the Central Bank of Oman, stated to the media on July 26 that the government did not intend to revalue the Omani rial (RO),which is currently pegged to t [...]
2007-07-29 12:52:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PREL MU
07MUSCAT784MUSCAT COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR STEPHEN COCHI
[...] Embassy Muscat grants country clearance to Steven Cochi, Senior Advisor, CCIS/NCIRD, CDC, HHS to travel to Muscat from September 29 - October 3, 2007. The purpose of travel is to participate in the Global Measles Management Meeting. Please note action items in paragraphs five and eight. [...]
2007-08-15 11:56:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA SWHO ASEC CDC MU
07MUSCAT786SCENESETTER FOR NEA A/S WELCH VISIT TO MUSCAT (AUG
[...] (C) Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome your return to Oman. Omani officials look forward to meeting with you to receive updates on issues concerning the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Iraq, and Iran. While Oman remains a strong friend and ally and cooperates with us on a wide range of subject [...]
2007-08-15 13:35:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL KNNP ECON PDEM MU
07MUSCAT879LABOR SENDING COUNTRIES DISCUSS TIP
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a recent luncheon hosted by the Ambassador, chiefs of mission (COM) from trafficking source country embassies in Oman asked for U.S. assistance in pushing the Omani government to improve conditions for foreign workers by: enforcing existing labor and immigration laws; ins [...]
2007-09-12 12:13:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB KMPI MU
07MUSCAT916MEDIA REACTION: TIP INTERVIEW, HUMAN RIGHTS AS "AMERICAN
[...] SUMMARY: "Times of Oman" and "Al-Shabiba" highlight G/TIP Ambassador Mark Lagon's interview on trafficking; "Al-Watan" criticizes Ambassador Grappo's defense of the Trafficking in Persons report and calls the report part of "American Blackmail." Other "Al-Watan" editorials criticize human ri [...]
2007-09-29 06:42:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
07MUSCAT9482007 RELIGIOUS FREEDOMS REPORT ELICITS POSITIVE
[...] (SBU) Officials at the Ministry of Endowments and Religious Affairs (MERA) characterized the 2007 International Religious Freedoms Report (IRFR) as a fair assessment of religious freedom in Oman and welcomed continued dialogue with the USG on this issue. Post has identified a number of opport [...]
2007-10-10 10:23:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL OPRC KIRF KPAO MU
07MUSCAT949UPDATED DEMOCRATIC REFORM STRATEGY FOR OMAN
[...] (C) As reported ref B, Oman represents a challenging environment for U.S. efforts to directly promote democracy. Civil society is under-developed and the registration of new non-governmental organizations and associations (which are limited in their areas of activity) can literally take years. [...]
2007-10-10 10:25:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALKDEM KMPI KWMN PGOV PREL MU
07MUSCAT97OMAN 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Per reftel request, Embassy submits the following Investment Climate Statement for 2007. 2. Begin text of Investment Climate Statement: Economic Overview Oman's economy is based primarily on petroleum and natural gas, which are expected to account for 79% of the government's revenue [...]
2007-01-30 13:25:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB ENRG KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR
07MUSCAT972OMAN GRAPPLES WITH TELECOM LIBERALIZATION
[...] (SBU) The Omani government is wrestling with the issue of telecommunications liberalization in the wake of the FTA implementation process and a recent managerial shakeup at Omantel, the majority government-owned fixed line monopoly. The changes at Omantel signify the government's willingness t [...]
2007-10-22 13:32:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD ECPS MU
07MUSCAT982COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR GULF SECURITY
[...] Embassy Muscat grants country clearance to the Gulf Security Dialogue Team to travel to Muscat on October 30, 2007 for Gulf Security Dialogue meetings. Please note action items in paragraphs five and eight. 2. Cellular Telephones: For security reasons, all visitors are required to possess [...]
2007-10-24 11:13:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OTRA AMGT MU
07MUSCAT984SCENESETTER FOR U.S.-OMAN GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE
[...] (U) Embassy Muscat warmly welcomes Ambassador Mull and the U.S. delegation to the next round of the U.S.-Oman Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD) in Muscat. Post expects that the meeting will increase understanding and strengthen bilateral cooperation on mutual security issues facing the Gulf region [...]
2007-10-24 12:40:00Embassy MuscatSECRETPARM PREL PTER MASS KNNP MU
07NAHA94MEDIA PAPERS OVER OKINAWANS' DIFFERENCES ON MASS SUICIDES
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's (MOE) decision on March 30, 2007 to delete references to "military ordered" mass suicides from high school textbooks has met a strong reaction in Okinawa, where the large majority assumes the over 700 suicides t [...]
2007-07-05 04:27:00Consulate NahaUNCLASSIFIEDJA PREL PGOV MARR
07NAIROBI1026Kenya: New Central Bank Governor Appointed
[...] (SBU) Summary: Kenya has appointed a new Central Bank Governor, academic Njuguna Ndung'u. The 48-year old economic professor appears to have the credentials to run the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) effectively, and also has a reputation for integrity. That said, in an election year, he may face [...]
2007-03-05 07:41:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV KCRM KE
07NAIROBI1133 Somalia - Hawiye Clan Meeting
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-09 10:28:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL ASEC SO
07NAIROBI1135 SOMALIA EMBASSY MEDIA OUTREACH
[...] (U) On March 7 the Embassy of the Somali Republic in Nairobi held a media conference and issued the following statement. Begin Text: Embassy of the Somali Republic Nairobi -Kenya GOOD MORNING LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MEMBERS OF THE PRESS: First I would like to take this opportunity t [...]
2007-03-09 10:30:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET
07NAIROBI1136KENYA SUBMISSION FOR THE SEVENTH ANNUAL
[...] (U) The following is Embassy Nairobi's submission for the Department's annual Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP). Information is keyed to the format provided in reftel. 2. (SBU) STATUS AND EXTENT OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN KENYA I. Overview A. Origin, Transit, and Destination Origin [...]
2007-03-09 10:57:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF KE
07NAIROBI1150COASTAL MUSLIM LEADERSHIP VIEWS: SHEIKH DOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Sheikh Dor, a vocal leader of Kenya's coastal Muslim community, harangues the USG and GoK, cites some legitimate grievances concerning biased treatment of his community by the GoK, praises the American people and threatens to disrupt the World Cross Country Championship in Momb [...]
2007-03-12 12:26:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC KE KISL KPAO PGOV PHUM
07NAIROBI1221KENYA'S FOREIGN POLICY PRIORITIES, DIPLOMATIC
[...] (SBU) Summary: Kenya has ambitious plans to open a number of diplomatic missions around the world. The overriding goal of Kenyan diplomacy is to promote economic development through greater market access and increased investment and remittances. Africa has replaced Europe as the chief preocc [...]
2007-03-15 11:54:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKE PREL SENV
07NAIROBI1224COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MELISSA LEDESMA-LEESE
[...] Embassy Nairobi grants country clearance and welcomes Melissa Ledesma-Leese, arriving April 26 and departing April 28, 2007. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situation at the time of proposed travel. The embassy switchboard number is 254-20-363-6000 and the after- [...]
2007-03-15 13:00:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDCA CMGT KFRD OTRA KE
07NAIROBI1318KENYA PRESIDENT REOPENS PARLIAMENT: FOCUSES ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Opening the final session of Parliament before December's general elections, President Kibaki on March 20 delivered a speech strongly focused on his government's development accomplishments. While he noted that the government will reintroduce the anti-money laundering bill and [...]
2007-03-22 12:43:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KDEM PGOV ASEC PTER KE
07NAIROBI1389QUARTERLY FRAUD SUMMARY - NAIROBI (CORRECTED COPY)
[...] (U) Summary. The following report replies to Ref G reinstitution of the quarterly fraud report covering the current condition of consular fraud in Kenya, with specific reference to fraud trends in non-immigrant visa, immigrant visa, and diversity visa applications as well as cases of American [...]
2007-03-28 07:04:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KCRM KE
07NAIROBI1603BAD GOVERNANCE THE ROOT OF INSECURITY IN MT. ELGON
[...] (SBU) Summary: With the death toll approaching 150 and the number of displaced persons rising to above 61,700, the conflict over land settlement in the Mt. Elgon district of Western Kenya has become a major political issue. The Kibaki administration is promoting dialogue among the warring fa [...]
2007-04-12 06:52:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KDEM PGOV PHUM KE
07NAIROBI161 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USAID/AA,
[...] Embassy grants country clearance for the visit of Michael E. Hess, Assistant Administrator for the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance from o/a January 16-20, 2007 to meet with Somalia Diaspora, NGO partners and the donor community regarding the humanitarian situation i [...]
2007-01-09 13:32:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AO KE
07NAIROBI1621 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USAID/DCHA/OFDA
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Kenya for the visit of USAID/DCHA/OFDA Trainers Ms. Mary Beth Brennan Seng; Ms. Alisia Kachmar and Ms. Katherine Channell to conduct a workshop on USAID/DCHA/OFDA?s Guidelines for Unsolicited Proposals for current and potential partners in East and Central [...]
2007-04-13 07:20:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AO KE
07NAIROBI1622 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CHANTAL
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Kenya for the visit of USAID/OFDA Program Assistant, Chantal Ninteretse from o/a April 21 - 29, 2007 to consult on humanitarian issues with the OFDA regional office and consult on administrative issues with the OFDA Administrative Officer. 2. Country c [...]
2007-04-13 07:22:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AO KE
07NAIROBI1636 Somali Truce Holds Despite Fighting
[...] (U) The truce between Hawiye clan militia and Ethiopian troops in Mogadishu appears to be holding despite relatively heavy small arms and mortar fire since Tuesday evening (4/12). The fighting was mainly between Transitional Federal Government (TFG) forces and Hawiye/Abgal militia, with occa [...]
2007-04-13 11:30:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PREF ASEC MOPS SO ET
07NAIROBI1669ACHIEVING USG GOALS IN KENYA'S ELECTION
[...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: Kenya has an opportunity this year to enhance its position as a leading African democracy. USG goals for Kenya's December 2007 general elections are that 1) they are transparent and competitive, producing credible, widely accepted results; 2) candidates and th [...]
2007-04-17 09:24:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKE PGOV PHUM EAID
07NAIROBI1709CAADP MEETING, KIGALI, RWANDA MARCH 29-31, 2007
[...] Summary March 29-31 in Kigali, the Government of Rwanda and COMESA hosted a regional partners? meeting and a country round-table meeting on the Comprehensive African Agricultural Development Programme (CAADP). On March 31, a CAADP Country Compact was signed by the Rwandan Government, the Af [...]
2007-04-18 11:12:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDRW
07NAIROBI1747TWO TOP OPPOSITION CANDIDATES LAY OUT THEIR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During recent separate lunches with the Ambassador, the two top candidates of the main opposition coalition (the Orange Democratic Movement Kenya, ODM-K),Raila Odinga and Kalonzo Musyoka, discussed their strategies for the national elections later this year. While both expresse [...]
2007-04-19 12:57:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PGOV KE
07NAIROBI1748KENYA: IMPORTANT VISIT OF SECURITY MINISTER MICHUKI
[...] (C) Summary: Ensuring success of the April 25-7 visit to Washington of Kenyan Minister of Security Michuki is vitally important to U.S. interests with respect to Somalia, broader efforts to fight insecurity (both crime and terrorism),and keeping the Kenyan democratic process on track. This [...]
2007-04-19 13:43:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC AFIN PINS PREL KE SO
07NAIROBI1775Kenya: TIP Project Proposal Solicitation For G/Tip-Managed
[...] Kenya is a tier two watch list country because it is a source, destination and transit country for trafficking in persons (TIP). The GOK is making efforts to address most aspects of TIP, but suffers from resource constraints, both financial and human. It therefore relies heavily on internation [...]
2007-04-20 09:35:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG KE
07NAIROBI1782 KENYA DROUGHT UPDATE - 2006/7 SHORT RAINS
[...] Kenya's interagency food security assessment for the 2006/7 short-rains (October- December) has been completed. The overall assessment process and methodology was coordinated and backstopped by the Kenya Food Security Steering Group (KFSSG) comprising representatives of line ministries within [...]
2007-04-20 10:14:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KE
07NAIROBI1908MISSION'S EFFORTS TO COMBAT FEMALE GENITAL
[...] Summary: On April 21, the Ambassador participated in a high profile event in Kilgoris in Transmara to support efforts to end female genital mutilation (FGM). See text of Ambassador's speech in paragraph 6. Participation in this event was part of the Mission's broader efforts to address gen [...]
2007-05-03 11:56:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KDEM PGOV KE
07NAIROBI1951COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ICITAP DEPUTY
[...] Embassy Nairobi grants country clearance and welcomes RAYMOND RIVERA and MARK MOGLE. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situation at the time of proposed travel. The embassy switchboard number is 254-20-363-6000 and the after-hours number is 254-20-363-6170. Control [...]
2007-05-07 14:07:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDKJUS KCRM ASEC SNAR KE
07NAIROBI1981KENYA'S VISION 2030: THINKING BIG, BUT IS IT REALISTIC?
[...] (SBU) Summary: Kenya has unveiled Vision 2030, an audacious national development plan whose goal is middle-income status for the country by 2030. The Vision calls for 10% GDP growth annually over the next 25 years (up from the current 6%),allowing Kenya to multiply per capita income by six t [...]
2007-05-09 14:27:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID EFIN PGOV KE
07NAIROBI200UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR REPORT FOR KENYA
[...] The following is the updated text of the worst forms of child labor report for Kenya for 2006, as required under the Trade Act, for Department of Labor. Kenya Selected Child Labor Measures Adopted by Governments Ratified Convention 138 4/9/1979 U Ratified Convention 182 5/7/2001 U ILO-IP [...]
2007-01-10 14:00:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON PHUM PGOV KE
07NAIROBI2098Somalia - Meeting with Solana Envoy
[...] (C) On May 14 the Ambassador met with Jean-Christophe Belliard, the Personal Envoy for Somalia of Javier Solana, EU Secretary-General. Belliard first visited Cairo and Addis Ababa before coming to Nairobi. In Addis Ababa Belliard met with Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, who reportedly expressed [...]
2007-05-16 11:14:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER MOPS SO
07NAIROBI216 PARTNERSHIP PRESENTATION TO PRESIDENT KIBAKI
[...] As previously reported, on November 21 the Ambassador delivered a major speech on U.S.-Kenyan relations which noted the important democratic progress that Kenya is making, but also talked frankly about the persistent problems of corruption and tribalism. Delivery of the speech was part of a b [...]
2007-01-12 07:30:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID ECON ETRD EFIN KE
07NAIROBI219KIBAKI SIGNS BILLS THAT MAY SPUR ECONOMIC GROWTH
[...] (SBU) Summary: On New Year's Eve 2006, Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki signed into law 11 more bills, including important laws with important implications for the financial and energy sectors. This tally adds to several economic development-related bills passed earlier in the parliamentary year a [...]
2007-01-12 08:03:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV EINV ENRG EFIN KCRM EPET KCOR KE
07NAIROBI2292KENYA: ECONOMIC GROWTH STRONG, POVERTY AND INFLATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Kenya's 2006 Economic Survey reports that growth hit a 30-year high of 6.1% in 2006, and the GOK predicts 2007 growth will be between 5.8 and 6.5%. The new National Household Survey showed the national poverty rate fell from 52.3% in 1997 to 49.1% in 2006. After peaking in Dec [...]
2007-05-31 12:04:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV EAGR KE
07NAIROBI2323COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DR. RUEBEN BRIGETY,
[...] USAID/Kenya grants country clearance for the visit of Dr. Rueben Brigety, Special Assistant to USAID/DCHA Assistant Administrator from on/about June 09 through June 15, 2007 as part of a review to analyze global trends of military engagement in humanitarian and development activities and asse [...]
2007-06-05 07:33:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AO KE
07NAIROBI2405POLICE ENGAGE MUNGIKI CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following through on its pledge to destroy the Mungiki criminal organization, the Government of Kenya deployed hundreds of police to Nairobi's Mathare slum this week. Security forces conducted a series of operations to round up suspects. At least 18 people died during the ope [...]
2007-06-08 10:05:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ASEC KE
07NAIROBI2449LAND REFORM IN KENYA: TRYING TO RIGHT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The combination of an ever-expanding population, settler legacy, poverty, corruption, elite impunity, and an inadequate land law system make the ownership, tenure, and use of land one of the most volatile questions in Kenya today and one of the most serious impediments to econo [...]
2007-06-12 13:18:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR EINV EAID ETRD PGOV KCOR KE
07NAIROBI2452SOMALIA -- COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (S/NF) As described in current threat assessments, travel of USG personnel into Somalia, particularly in Mogadishu, remains problematic (Ref A). However, attendance by an appropriately high level USG official at the opening of Somalia's Nation [...]
2007-06-12 14:19:00Embassy NairobiSECRETPGOV PREL ASEC PTER MOPS SO
07NAIROBI2575 Ambassador's Visit to the Kenyan Coast
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-21 10:03:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KE PGOV KCRM KWMN SNAR PHUM PTER
07NAIROBI2614Somalia - Response Letter from Yusuf
[...] Following on the transmission of a letter to TFG President Abdullahi Yusuf, the Ambassador received a response on June 22. 2. The text of the letter from Yusuf reads as follows: Dear Mr. Ambassador: Your letter of June 21, 2007, is clearly in line with other previous letters that showe [...]
2007-06-25 13:19:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER SO
07NAIROBI2630Somalia -- Update on AMISOM
[...] (C) The following (paras 2-14) is a retransmission in Department format of Reftel titled "Ugandan Peacekeeping Presence in Somalia, mid-June 2007" disseminated by Embassy Nairobi's Defense Attache Office (DAO) on June 25. 2. (S/REL TO USA, ACGU) SUMMARY. As of mid-June 2007, the AU Mission in [...]
2007-06-26 15:43:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET
07NAIROBI2631Somalia -- Update on AMISOM
[...] (C) The following (paras 2-14) is a retransmission in Department format of Reftel titled "Ugandan Peacekeeping Presence in Somalia, mid-June 2007" disseminated by Embassy Nairobi's Defense Attache Office (DAO) on June 25. 2. (S/REL TO USA, ACGU) SUMMARY. As of mid-June 2007, the AU Mission in [...]
2007-06-26 15:43:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET
07NAIROBI2632Somalia -- Update on AMISOM
[...] (C) The following (paras 2-14) is a retransmission in Department format of Reftel titled "Ugandan Peacekeeping Presence in Somalia, mid-June 2007" disseminated by Embassy Nairobi's Defense Attache Office (DAO) on June 25. 2. (S/REL TO USA, ACGU) SUMMARY. As of mid-June 2007, the AU Mission in [...]
2007-06-26 15:43:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET
07NAIROBI2640Somalia -- Update on AMISOM
[...] (C) The following (paras 2-14) is a retransmission in Department format of Reftel titled "Ugandan Peacekeeping Presence in Somalia, mid-June 2007" disseminated by Embassy Nairobi's Defense Attache Office (DAO) on June 25. 2. (S/REL TO USA, ACGU) SUMMARY. As of mid-June 2007, the AU Mission in [...]
2007-06-27 13:11:00Embassy NairobiSECRETPGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET
07NAIROBI2641GOK'S FY08 BUDGET - AN ATTEMPT TO WOO VOTERS OR BEGIN
[...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: On June 14, Kenya's Finance Minister Amos Kimunya presented the Kibaki government's budget for FY08 (July 1, 2007-June 30, 2008) to Parliament under the theme "Vision 2030 -- Working Together, on the Path to Pro [...]
2007-06-27 14:17:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD PGOV EAGR KE
07NAIROBI2687MANDERA LAUNCH OF KENYA-SOMALIA CROSS-BORDER
[...] USAID/East Africa representatives, accompanied by representatives of USAID contractor Development Alternatives, Inc. (DAI),recently visited Kenya?s conflict-prone northeast province of Mandera. The two- night, three-day trip culminated in an event to launch the expansion of the Kenya-Somalia [...]
2007-06-29 07:05:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDKE
07NAIROBI2764KENYA & SOMALIA SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF ADMIRAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Welcome to Kenya, a stable, dynamic democracy and a key regional partner for the United States. Our partnership with Kenya focuses on five major goals: cooperate to fight insecurity and terrorism; combat disease and save lives; promote prosperity, fight poverty and invest in [...]
2007-07-06 05:02:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM KE PGOV PREL
07NAIROBI2816 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USAID/DCHA/OFDA
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Kenya for the visit of USAID/DCHA/OFDA Shelter and Settlements Advisor, Charles A. Setchell from o/a July 22-25, 2007 to meet with USAID/OFDA, UN Habitat and NGO staff to discuss USAID/OFDA shelter and settlements activities, and discuss selected issues re [...]
2007-07-10 08:14:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AO KE
07NAIROBI2820 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USAID/DCHA/OFDA
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Kenya for the visit of USAID/DCHA/OFDA Shelter and Settlements Advisor, Charles A. Setchell from o/a July 22-25, 2007 to meet with USAID/OFDA, UN Habitat and NGO staff to discuss USAID/OFDA shelter and settlements activities, and discuss selected issues re [...]
2007-07-10 08:15:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AO KE
07NAIROBI2974KENYA POLICE: REFORMS APLENTY, BUT PERFORMANCE LAGS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Kibaki administration has implemented significant reforms of the Kenya Police Service and greatly increased its resources. The worst police abuses of the Moi-era have been eradicated. However, reforms and increased resources have not yet yielded a dramatic rise in police [...]
2007-07-19 12:45:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASIG KCRM KE PREL PTER
07NAIROBI3021 THE TWELFTH SUMMIT OF THE COMESA AUTHORITY OF
[...] This is a summary of the Twelfth COMESA Summit proceedings held in Nairobi, Kenya, from May 22-23, 2007. The Summit was preceded by meetings of the Committee of Experts, Ministers of Justice, Ministers of Foreign affairs and COMESA Council of Ministers. The Fourth COMESA Business Summit and t [...]
2007-07-25 04:16:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA
07NAIROBI3167KENYA WANTS GREATER ACCESS TO GEOSPATIAL IMAGERY TO REDUCE
[...] Summary: Speaking at a recent international conference in Nairobi, Kenya's Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai said that increased access to geospatial information can help countries like Kenya to improve management of natural resources, reduce conflict promote sustainable use of resour [...]
2007-08-06 07:40:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG KGHG ECON KE
07NAIROBI3175Somalia - Travel Plan and Security Assessment
[...] (S/NF) This is an action request. See para 10. This message proposes travel to Somalia during the next three months. I consider this travel essential to advance the high USG foreign policy priority to promote security and stability in Somalia. The travel is aimed at: facilitating our inter [...]
2007-08-06 11:32:00Embassy NairobiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET
07NAIROBI3209KENYA'S WANGARI MAATHAI CONTINUES TO SPEAK OUT
[...] Summary: Kenya's Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai, recipient of the 2007 Nelson Mandela Award for Health and Human Rights, continues to be a forceful advocate for better governance as a path to environmentally sustainable economic development in Kenya and across Africa. Her ability [...]
2007-08-09 06:01:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG KGHG ECON PGOV KCOR KE
07NAIROBI3255COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL PAYNE (AUG
[...] Embassy Nairobi grants country clearance and welcomes Codel Payne. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situation at the time of proposed travel. The embassy switchboard number is 254-20-363-6000 and the after-hours number is 254-20-363-6170. Control officer is Larry A [...]
2007-08-13 12:50:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KE
07NAIROBI3264Kenya's Economic Growth Strong, But Inflation Rising During
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Kenyan economy grew 6.3% YOY in the first quarter of 2007, led by strong growth in agriculture, manufacturing, finance, and tourism, and analysts predict 6%-6.7% growth for the year. Lending to the private sector rose 20% in May YOY, reflecting strong growth in consumer spen [...]
2007-08-14 05:29:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN KE
07NAIROBI3591Kenya Requests Support for IMO Council Re-election
[...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. For internal USG distribution only. 2. (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 4. 3. (SBU) The GOK sent a diplomatic note to the Embassy requesting USG support for Kenya's re-election to the Council of the Internation [...]
2007-09-10 13:02:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT KE
07NAIROBI36 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR RICK QUINBY,
[...] Embassy grants country clearance for the visit of, Rick Quinby, OFDA Program Officer from o/a January 10 - 12, 2007 to consult with the Regional Office and the mission. 2. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situation at the time of proposed travel. Per reftel, v [...]
2007-01-04 10:45:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AO KE
07NAIROBI3604COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR AF DEPUTY ASSISTANT
[...] Embassy Nairobi grants country clearance and welcomes DAS James Swan. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situation at the time of proposed travel. The embassy switchboard number is 254-20-363-6000 and the after-hours number is 254-20-363-6170. Embassy Point of Contac [...]
2007-09-11 10:57:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDOVIP
07NAIROBI3676 AMBASSADOR'S SPEECH ON DIVERSITY, DEMOCRACY, AND
[...] As part of continuing outreach on key issues, on September 10 in Mombasa Ambassador Ranneberger delivered a policy speech entitled "Diversity, Democracy, and Development." The speech was intended both to convey U.S. views on this important topic and to stimulate thought among Kenyans in the [...]
2007-09-17 13:52:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO KE
07NAIROBI3903DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON US DRAFT RESOLUTION ON
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-02 06:37:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDAORC UNAUS PHUM KWMN SOCI KE
07NAIROBI3958Pace of Anti-Trafficking Activities Quickens in Kenya
[...] (U) Summary: The pace of anti-trafficking activities in Kenya quickened in the last week of September, with the first Africa-Wide Conference on Child Sexual Abuse, the regular meeting of the National anti-TIP Steering Committee, a briefing for 15 new Kenyan Ambassadors on TIP and victim assista [...]
2007-10-04 14:29:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB GTIP KCRM PHUM PGOV KE
07NAIROBI4048KENYA RACES TO AVERT ENERGY SHORTAGE IN THE FACE OF SURGING
[...] (SBU) Strong economic growth, expanding trade, and rural electrification are driving demand for electricity and petroleum products in Kenya and the region beyond projected supplies, thus threatening an energy crisis that could slow economic growth. Kenya has plans to expand refinery and pipeli [...]
2007-10-11 11:57:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENGR EPET ECON EINV BTIO SENV KE
07NAIROBI4186PRESIDENT KIBAKI DISSOLVES PARLIAMENT
[...] (SBU) On October 22, President Mwai Kibaki delivered a televised address dissolving Parliament and officially triggering Kenya?s election clock. Kibaki also announced that he signed eleven bills into law immediately prior to the dissolution, including the important Political Parties Bill (ref [...]
2007-10-24 03:59:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KUM KE
07NAIROBI4202KENYA'S BIG PUSH FOR ICT REFORM AND INFRASTRUCTURE
[...] (SBU) Summary: With elections looming in December, Kenya's private sector and reform-minded government officials are racing to either complete or put in motion a series of intertwined reforms and infrastructure projects aimed at generating growth across the entire economy through greater compe [...]
2007-10-25 06:10:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECPS EFIN KE
07NAIROBI4237Kenya-U.S. Foreign Service Institutes Video Conference
[...] On October 25, Kenya's new Foreign Service Institute (FSI) Director, Ambassador Kipyego Cheluget, and his staff consulted with State Department FSI Director Ruth Whiteside, Executive Development Division Director Christine Powers, and Orientation Division Director Bruce Donahue. Director Chel [...]
2007-10-26 15:11:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KE
07NAIROBI4247DEMARCHE DELIVERED REGARDING THE U.N. GENERAL
[...] (SBU) Reftel demarche was delivered September 28, 2007 to Ambassador Chepsongol, Director Political Affairs Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In response the following Diplomatic Note was received October 2:"Complimentary opening - Has the honour to refer to the latter's request for Kenya [...]
2007-10-30 09:21:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UNGA
07NAIROBI4402KENYA ELECTIONS: COAST RUNNING 60/40
[...] (SBU) Summary: PolCouns' travels in Coast Province indicate that the coastal strip is strongly pro-Raila Odinga and his Orange Democratic Movement (ODM). The interior of the province is much less committed, with the President's Party of National Unity (PNU) coalition better represented. The [...]
2007-11-07 13:33:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKE PGOV PHUM
07NAIROBI4411KENYA ELECTIONS COUNTDOWN 1: 49 DAYS AWAY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. Mission Nairobi will send out over 60 observers nationwide for the party nomination process (primaries) scheduled around 16 November. Kalonzo Musyoka has until 13 November to decide if he wants to stand down in Kibaki's favor, as the presidential ballot will be set after tha [...]
2007-11-09 03:54:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKDEM PGOV PREL KE
07NAIROBI4416KENYA TERRORIST FINANCE: FOLLOW-UP ACTION REQUEST ON
[...] (SBU) In response to ref A, the situation in Kenya regarding cash smuggling has not improved or changed from that described in ref B. The 2007 INCSR text remains accurate: Kenya has little in the way of cross-border currency controls. GOK regulations require that any amount of cash above $5,000 [...]
2007-11-09 08:23:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETTC KTFN KCRM PREL PTER KE
07NAIROBI4425DEMARCHE REGARDING THE U.N. GENERAL ASSEMBLY DRAFT
[...] (SBU) As per reftel B, the GOK informed post via Diplomatic Note, dated October 2nd, stating, "Complimentary opening - Has the honour to refer to the latter's request for Kenya to support its Resolution on, "Condemning the use of Rape as an Instrument of State Policy," to be tabled at the Unit [...]
2007-11-13 13:18:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UNGA
07NAIROBI4550RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON HOST
[...] (SBU) U.S. Mission Kenya provides the following on host government practices in response to REFTEL. A. Watchlisting: -- If host government maintains a "watchlist," how many records does the watchlist contain, and how many are terrorist-related? Answer: The GoK/Immigration has approximate [...]
2007-11-23 11:08:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR PTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS KE
07NAIROBI4582 STAFFDEL MARGON SCHEDULE FOR KENYA
[...] SHEDULE FOR Visit of Sarah Margon to Nairobi, Kenya 28-30 November 2007 Wednesday, November 28, 2007 1200 Arrive JKI airport (met by Political Counselor Larry Andre). 1330 Arrive at Holiday Inn, Check-in 1400 Lunch with Election Monitoring Team Larry Andre, Political Counselor [...]
2007-11-27 14:00:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN ET GM NL KE
07NAIROBI4613UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TDA
[...] As requested in reftel, below is Embassy Nairobi's submission of information on Kenya's implementation of its international commitments to eliminate the worst forms of child labor, as required under the Trade and Development Act (TDA),for the Department of Labors preparation of the 2007 TDA re [...]
2007-11-29 13:30:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI KE
07NAIROBI463 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR LAURA POWERS,
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Kenya for the visit of USAID/DCHA/OFDA Agriculture Technical Advisor, Ms. Laura Powers from o/a January 30, 2007 to o/a February 16, 2007 to provide support to USAID/DCHA/OFDA humanitarian activities in the region. 2. Country clearance is granted subjec [...]
2007-01-26 08:19:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AO KE
07NAIROBI468KENYA: HIGH INFLATION HITS POOR URBAN RESIDENTS HARDEST
[...] Summary: Driven mainly by food and fuel prices, overall inflation in Kenya rose sharply in the last quarter of 2006, most heavily impacting poor residents of Nairobi and other urban centers. The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) expects overall inflation to stabilize in 2007, but similar expectation [...]
2007-01-26 09:30:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EAGR KE
07NAIROBI4788KENYA ELECTIONS: STATE OF PLAY ON ELECTION
[...] Kenya will be awash in election observers by the time voters go to the polls on December 27. Roughly 17,500 international and domestic observers will cover about 27,500 polling stations in 210 parliamentary constituencies, in addition to party agents who will monitor the proceedings on behal [...]
2007-12-18 10:06:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PREL KE PGOV
07NAIROBI4812KENYA AVIATION AGENCIES PICK UP THE BALL TO MOVE TOWARDS
[...] (SBU) Summary: During December 6-7 meetings in Nairobi, Kenyan aviation officials and officials from the U.S. DOT and FAA committed to renewed close cooperation to enable Kenya to meet ICAO requirements for Category 1 within 18 months. They also agreed to work with the resident U.S. Transporta [...]
2007-12-20 03:46:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON PTER ETRD PGOV KE
07NAIROBI4824KENYA GDP GROWTH AND INFLATION STAY STRONG
[...] Summary: The Statistics Bureau estimated that real GDP grew 7.1% year-on-year (YOY) in the second quarter of 2007, based on growth in all sectors. Overall seasonally-adjusted inflation in the second and third quarters remained above 10%, and underlying inflation hit the Central Bank's 5% warni [...]
2007-12-21 12:52:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PGOV KE
07NAIROBI4827KENYA ELECTIONS: STATE OF PLAY ON ELECTION
[...] Kenya will be awash in election observers by the time voters go to the polls on December 27. Roughly 17,500 international and domestic observers will cover about 27,500 polling stations in 210 parliamentary constituencies, in addition to party agents who will monitor the proceedings on behal [...]
2007-12-21 13:20:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PREL KE PGOV
07NAIROBI511INFLUENTIAL WOMEN IN KENYA
[...] Per request in ref B para 2, we suggest the following influential women from Kenyan civil society and government be included in S/WE's world wide roster of women leaders: 2. Wangari MAATHAI; 2005 Nobel Peace Laureate; Founding Director of Kenya's Greenbelt Movement; The Greenbelt Movement, [...]
2007-01-30 13:59:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PHUM PREL KE
07NAIROBI523 SOMALIA DART SITUATION REPORT 10 UN
[...] The UN Country Team has launched a plan that outlines five priorities to achieve stabilization in Somalia over the next six months. The UN requests $50 million to achieve concrete outcomes from February to August 2007. The UN's priorities outlined in the document are building institutional [...]
2007-01-31 11:33:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PHUM PREL SO
07NAIROBI588ACTION REQUEST: IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE TO PROMOTE
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Increased violent crime over the past several months -- highlighted by the January 27 killing of two American Mission family members in a carjacking -- has heightened my concern about the Government of Kenya's ability to adequately respond to both criminal and [...]
2007-02-05 11:22:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC PINS KCRM PTER KE
07NAIROBI598Kenyan Implementation of Decent Work Agenda
[...] (U) Summary: The Government of Kenya (GOK) is working with the ILO to develop an action plan to implement the Decent Work Program included in the September 9, 2004 African Union declaration in Ouagadougou on employment and poverty alleviation. The GOK hopes its new Ksh 1 billion (USD 14.5 mill [...]
2007-02-06 06:07:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ECON KE
07NAIROBI733AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES PARTNERSHIP WITH PARLIAMENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following the successful delivery of the presentation of the U.S.-Kenya partnership to President Kibaki in December, a Mission team led by the Ambassador on February 7 gave the Mission's "Partnership Presentation" to the leadership of Kenya's Parliament. During the well-attend [...]
2007-02-13 10:53:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PREL EAID PTER ASEC KE
07NAIROBI759 SOMALIA DART SITUATION REPORT #14
[...] As the Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG) expands its administrative reach in southern and central Somalia, humanitarian agencies have begun to engage with relevant TFG ministries and Transitional Federal Institutions (TFIs). USAID's implementing partners in Somalia interact with l [...]
2007-02-14 12:44:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PHUM PREL SO
07NAIROBI871GOVERNANCE REPORT HELPS CRYSTALIZE DONOR CONSENSUS ON THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: A comprehensive World Bank assessment of governance in Kenya, still in draft, concludes that the control of corruption in Kenya improved in the early years of the Kibaki administration, but has since stagnated. Graft has not, however, returned to the levels seen under previous [...]
2007-02-23 09:32:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID EFIN KCOR PGOV KE
07NAIROBI924KENYA MAKES STEADY PROGRESS COMBATING COUNTERFEITING AND
[...] Sensitive but Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Although the Kenyan Minister of Trade himself admits that his country is the "dumping ground in East Africa for substandard goods" from China and India, Kenya in fact made steady progress in 2006 [...]
2007-02-27 10:51:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD EINV EFIN ECON PGOV KE
07NAIROBI927KENYA & SOMALIA SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF A/S
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Welcome to Kenya, a stable, dynamic democracy and a key regional partner for the United States. Our partnership with Kenya focuses on five major goals: cooperate to fight insecurity and terrorism; combat disease and save lives; promote prosperity, fight poverty and invest in [...]
2007-02-27 11:49:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PREL KE
07NAIROBI944COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO S/WCI AMBASSADOR
[...] Embassy Nairobi grants country clearance and welcomes S/WCI Ambassador Clint Williamson and Foreign Affairs Officer Brendan Doherty. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situation at the time of proposed travel. The embassy switchboard number is 254-20-363-6000 and the [...]
2007-02-27 16:45:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AMGT ASEC APER KAWC KE
07NAIROBI973KENYA & SOMALIA SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF S/WCI
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Welcome to Kenya, a stable, dynamic democracy and a key regional partner for the United States. Our partnership with Kenya focuses on five major goals: cooperate to fight insecurity and terrorism; combat disease and save lives; promote prosperity, fight poverty and invest in [...]
2007-03-01 06:42:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PREL KE
07NAPLES118APULIA: INNOVATION AT HOME, OUTREACH TO THE BALKANS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-19 20:52:00Consulate NaplesUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV PREL IT
07NASSAU1238BAHAMAS REACTS FAVORABLY TO DRAFT RESOLUTION
[...] (U) On October 3, 2007, PolOff conveyed reftel talking points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Marilyn Zonicle. Post provided the text of the draft resolution in advance by fax. Ms. Zonicle said she had already consulted with the Permanent Secretary, Ms. Sheila Carey, and other g [...]
2007-10-04 14:30:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDBF AORC UN PHUM KWMN
07NASSAU1259BAHAMAS WILL SUPPORT DRAFT RESOLUTION CONDEMNING
[...] (U) On October 8, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Marilyn Zonicle informed Post that The Bahamas will SIPDIS support the U.S. draft resolution condemning the use of rape as an instrument of state policy in the U.N. General Assembly, and instruct the Bahamian Permanent Mission to [...]
2007-10-11 22:06:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDBF AORC UN PHUM KWMN
07NASSAU1437 BUSINESS OUTLOOK CONFERENCE ON ABACO HIGHLIGHTS EMERGING
[...] SUMMARY: At the 4th Annual Abaco Business Outlook Conference earlier this fall, Deputy Prime Minister Brent Symonette told delegates that the Free National Movement government plans to monitor the environmental impact of major hotel investment projects. The theme of the conference, "Growth b [...]
2007-12-03 16:03:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EINV SENV BF
07NASSAU1455BAHAMAS REACTS POSITIVELY, SEEKS MORE INFO ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bahamian officials reacted positively to initial briefings on the IOM Deportee Reintegration Pilot Project, but seek further details regarding its timing, progress and scope. They would also welcome clarification of the distinction between governmental and non-governmental invo [...]
2007-12-06 21:35:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID PHUM SMIG BF
07NASSAU435PM CHRISTIE CALLS MAY 2 ELECTIONS; TIGHT RACE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 4, Prime Minister Perry Christie dissolved parliament and announced that elections will be held May 2. At present, the race is too close to call, and neither party is likely to enjoy the same parliamentary majority now held by the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP). The key [...]
2007-04-04 21:10:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM
07NASSAU455ATTORNEY GENERAL OPENS WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY FOR
[...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) During his farewell call on Attorney General Allyson Maynard Gibson on April 4, Ambassador Rood reiterated his interest in seeing the U.S. and The Bahamas conclude a Proliferation Security Initiative agreement (PSI) -- a poin [...]
2007-04-11 22:20:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNMP BF
07NASSAU549BAHAMAS NOT CAPABLE OF ASSISTING NEW WAY FORWARD
[...] (C) The Government of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas does not have the capacity to contribute military or civilian resources to support the New Way Forward on Iraq. The Bahamian military consists of only 1000 troops, two ships and no air force. The entire military budget for The Bahamas is [...]
2007-04-30 20:30:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ BF
07NASSAU550PRE-ELECTION ROUNDUP: MOMENTUM TO FNM AS PARTIES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In the final run up to May 2 elections, violence has faded, replaced with isolated vote-buying allegations, though these are not expected to compromise outcomes. In its recently released party platform, the opposition Free National Movement (FNM) has promised to restrict foreig [...]
2007-04-30 21:12:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KCOR BF
07NASSAU551WATERING THE GRASS ROOTS WITH FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff observed last-minute campaigning by Foreign Minister Fred Mitchell in his hotly-contested Fox Hill constituency. With small constituencies of only about 4000 people, candidates know voters by name, and are expected to visit with each voter personally. The result is a de [...]
2007-04-30 21:38:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KCOR KDEM BF
07NASSAU559INGRAHAM AND FREE NATIONAL MOVEMENT WIN BAHAMIAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: According to still unofficial counts, The Free National Movement (FNM) captured 24 of 41 parliamentary seats in Bahamian elections May 2. Hubert Ingraham, who served as Prime Minister from 1992-2002, returns to office and is expected to name his cabinet in the coming week. Desp [...]
2007-05-03 20:43:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KCOR BF
07NASSAU630BAHAMAS REVIEW FOR TITLE III SUSPENSION OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Post recommends waiver of the provisions of Title III of the Libertad Act for The Bahamas. The Bahamas has had a cordial relationship with Cuba, has supported Cuba in international fora, and has engaged in both cultural and economic exchanges with Cuba, including promotion of Cub [...]
2007-05-21 17:12:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL CU BF
07NASSAU673GOVERNMENT IN THE SUNSHINE: INGRAHAM ROLLS OUT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Ingraham rolled out his government's plans for The Bahamas at the ceremonial opening of parliament May 23. Picking up on his campaign theme of restoring trust, Ingraham pledged to focus on good governance, accountability, transparency and respect for human righ [...]
2007-05-31 18:41:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ECON EINV KCOR BF
07NDJAMENA101CHAD: NEW CLASHES ON SUDAN/CHAD BORDER
[...] (U) In what was apparently a combined operation, UFDD (Union of Forces for Democracy and Development),RAFD (African Assembly of Democratic Forces) and RNDP (National Assembly for Democracy and Progress) rebels attacked Adre in the early hours of February 1. Humanitarian aid workers in the ar [...]
2007-02-01 17:01:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PGOV PREF PREL CD
07NDJAMENA145CHAD: European Commisssion support for
[...] (SBU) Summary: The European Commission (EC) seeks to develop a program to support the capacity of Chadian political parties to engage in a national political dialogue in the near term, and to be able to compete responsibly in an open democratic process over the longer term. Chad's current pol [...]
2007-02-15 10:35:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PHUM PGOV KDEM CD
07NDJAMENA163CHAD INTERETHNIC CONFLICT: "A POLITICAL CRISIS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Leading "Chad watcher" Roland Marchal emphasized that resolving the Darfur crisis required pressure on President Deby - pressure on Khartoum was not enough. President Deby's calculated pitting of ethnic group against ethnic group in eastern Chad (for the sake of regime survival [...]
2007-02-23 08:09:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PREF CD SU
07NDJAMENA17 CHAD: CENSORSHIP UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Nearly one month after declaring a state of emergency throughout the country, the Government of Chad continues to talk a tough line vis--vis the national press. The state of emergency, under which the GOC has implemented a hard line censorship policy, has been extended for s [...]
2007-01-09 06:48:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPAO PHUM CD
07NDJAMENA2CHAD: 2006 CHILD LABOR UPDATE
[...] Summary: To date, the Chadian GovernmentQs efforts to combat the worst forms of child labor have been centered on laying the legal foundation to meet its commitments to international labor conventions aimed at protecting children. While progress has been made at completing studies that identi [...]
2007-01-03 09:30:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI CD
07NDJAMENA42NEW CHINESE AMBASSADOR TO CHAD
[...] (SBU) Summary: Capping the reestablishment of relations with Chad, China's foreign minister visited N'Djamena January 6-7. China,s new envoy to Chad told the Ambassador that China recognizes that development in Chad and the region requires peace and stability. He noted China's interest in C [...]
2007-01-12 10:41:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EPET MOPS PREF PREL CD
07NDJAMENA46CHAD'S ROLE IN PEACE IN DARFUR: IS THIS THE RIGHT
[...] (C) AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTION: This is an important piece on our engagement with Chad and its role in peace efforts in Darfur. It was prepared by Jitu Sardar, who is completing an impressive tour here after having contributed significantly to our reporting on eastern Chad and our Darfur re [...]
2007-01-13 13:43:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
07NDJAMENA553TRANSFORMING CHAD: A CAUTIONARY TALE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over the last three years the United States has devoted more attention and resources to Chad than at any time since the joint fight against Libyan aggression in the 1980's. Chad is a major beneficiary of the Trans Saharan Counter-Terrorism Partnership initiative. It receive [...]
2007-07-03 20:54:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN EPET KDEM KPKO PGOV PHUM PREL PTER
07NDJAMENA62VISIT OF SPECIAL ENVOY NATSIOS TO CHAD: MEETINGS
[...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno and Foreign Minister Allam-mi on January 18 in N'djamena, Chad, Special Envoy for Sudan Andrew Natsios expressed thanks to Chad for receiving Darfur refugees and for its support for a UN force on the border. He stressed that [...]
2007-01-23 16:33:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PREF PHUM CD SU
07NDJAMENA625 EASTERN CHAD - IDP NEEDS BEING MET
[...] Most of the estimated 173,000 internally displaced people (IDPs) in eastern Chad are now receiving assistance from humanitarian organizations. USAID/OFDA's partners and other humanitarian organizations are providing services to the IDPs in the water/sanitation/hygiene (WASH),health/nutritio [...]
2007-07-30 16:18:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PGOV PHUM SOCI PREF PREL CD
07NDJAMENA676CHINA IN CHAD: AN ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mr. Huang Mingyuan, Economic and Commercial Counselor of the Chinese (PRC) Embassy in Chad, provided an overview of the current state of China's activities here. Since reopening its embassy in N'djamena in 2006, China has responded to a variety of needs expressed by the Chad [...]
2007-08-17 10:47:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCD CH ECON ETRD PREL ENRG EPET
07NDJAMENA790CHAD: AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW
[...] In response to Reftel, Embassy N'Djamena submits the following updated AGOA country eligibility information. 2. TPSC subcommittee on AGOA implementation country eligibility recommendations 2007 state submissions Country: Chad Current AGOA Status: Eligible Country Background: Chad, a la [...]
2007-10-11 15:47:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD CD
07NEWDELHI1009AMBASSADOR PUSHES FOR DEFENSE SALES AND
[...] (C) Summary: In a February 27 call on Minister of Defense A.K. Antony, the Ambassador: -- emphasized the commitment the USG and American companies have demonstrated toward India's defense trade; -- pressed for a level playing field for American defense companies seeking business in India; [...]
2007-02-28 13:16:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR ETRD MOPS IN
07NEWDELHI1050INDIA AND U.S. HOLD COUNTER-TERRORISM JOINT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MEA Additional Secretary (International Organizations) K.C. Singh and Acting Coordinator for Counterterrorism Frank Urbancic chaired the 8th U.S.-India Counter-Terrorism Joint Working Group (CTJWG) on February 28th in New Delhi. Calling the timing "late, but better late than ne [...]
2007-03-02 14:30:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK
07NEWDELHI1051INDIANS OFFER BLEAK ASSESSMENT OF AFGHANISTAN AND
[...] (S) Summary: During the February 28, 2007 session of the U.S.-India Counter-Terrorism Joint Working Group (CTJWG),the Indian delegation gave a tour d'horizon of developments in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Nepal to help set the stage for the day's discussions (reported Septel). Indian int [...]
2007-03-02 14:42:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV EFIN PINR MOPS KDEM KISL IN
07NEWDELHI1098CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS RE-EMERGES IN INDIA - MAN VS.
[...] (U) Summary: After a 32 year hiatus, the chikungunya virus is making a comeback in India. While the Government of India (GOI) estimates over 180,000 cases of chikungunya infection since December 2005, the actual number of cases is difficult to assess. The GOI,s lack of transparency in reporti [...]
2007-03-06 13:05:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV AMED EAGR IN KFLU ECON PREL SENV TBIO PTER
07NEWDELHI1101CONGRESS LEADERS CRITICIZE NUCLEAR DEAL AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Following a string of electoral defeats in Bihar, Mumbai, Uttarakhand, and Punjab, the most influential voices in the Delhi cocktail circuit as well as some of our most insightful political contacts in the states are telling us with one voice that Sonia Gandhi and her personal ad [...]
2007-03-06 16:38:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR ECON KISL KDEM KNNP PARM IN
07NEWDELHI1218SCENESETTER FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY SECRETARY SAMUEL W. BODMAN'S MARCH 2007 VISIT TO INDIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Secretary Bodman, the members of the Country Team warmly welcome you to New Delhi and Mumbai and look forward to your arrival on March 19. You are visiting at a crucial time in Indo-U.S. relations and are positioned to significantly advance our growing government-to-government, commer [...]
2007-03-13 13:28:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALENRG TRGY EPET EAID SENV PREL PGOV IN
07NEWDELHI1250INDO-FIJIAN RELATIONS GOOD DESPITE MILITARY COUP
[...] (C) Summary: Fiji's interim Foreign Affairs and External Trade Minister, Ratu Epeli Nailatikau, visited New Delhi March 3-4 (reftel). He met with both Ambika Soni, Indian Minister of Tourism and Culture, and Pranab Mukherjee, Minister of External Affairs, from whom Nailatikau reportedly re [...]
2007-03-14 13:40:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL FJ IN PBTS PGOV PINR
07NEWDELHI1274BELLWETHER PROJECT: UTTAR PRADESH ELECTION
[...] (C) Summary: The crucial state of Uttar Pradesh (UP) is facing an election in April and May 2007 that could displace the current Samajwadi Party (SP) government. Although the political situation in UP is fluid and changing rapidly, there was a consensus on a number of key points during a mi [...]
2007-03-15 12:54:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SOCI ECON KISL KDEM KCRM IN
07NEWDELHI1275HIZBOLLAH AND HAMAS DELEGATES PARTICIPATE IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Delegates of the "International Conference on War, Imperialism and Resistance: West Asia," held in New Delhi March 12-14, adopted a resolution urging the Indian government to change its Middle East policy, break ties with Israel, and promote dialogue with Iran. Hizbollah spokes [...]
2007-03-15 13:31:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR IS IR IN
07NEWDELHI1292ECON HIGHLIGHTS FROM NEW DELHI(March 12-16, 2007)
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of March 12-16, 2006. --------------------------------------------- - ECONOMIST CONFERENCE: GOI ROLLS OUT RED CARPET --------------------------------------------- - 2. (U) Prime Minister Singh address [...]
2007-03-16 11:30:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EFIN ECON ETRD ENRG PREL PGOV IN
07NEWDELHI1295KASHMIRI REJECTIONIST HARDLINER GEELANI SEEKS U.S.
[...] This is an ACTION REQUEST for CA, S/CT, DS, PA, SCA and others. Please see paragraphs 15 and 16. 2. (S) SUMMARY: Hardline Kashmiri separatist leader Sayeed Ali Shah Geelani applied March 16 for a visa to travel to the United States for medical treatment for cancer in his one remaining kid [...]
2007-03-16 11:58:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPTER CVIS ASEC PREL PGOV PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL
07NEWDELHI1325INDIA FALLING SHORT OF POTENTIAL IN AFRICA,
[...] (C) Summary. Indian strategic thinkers agree that China is leading India in involvement with Africa by almost all economic and political measures. Not only does China have a greater volume of bilateral trade with Africa, but China is also pouring development aid and concessional loans into [...]
2007-03-19 12:53:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR IN CH ECON ENRG EPET EAGR
07NEWDELHI1328PRIME MINISTER WARM ON U.S.-INDIA-JAPAN TRILATERAL
[...] (C) Summary. PM Singh told Ashley Tellis he hoped a U.S.-India-Japan trilateral dialogue could become official at the Foreign Secretary level. The PM's comment seems to reflect a fairly broad sentiment in New Delhi, as recent public speakers have come out in support of closer trilateral ties [...]
2007-03-19 13:39:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM IN JA
07NEWDELHI1383AMBASSADOR TAHIR-KHELI DISCUSSES PAKISTAN, WOMEN'S
[...] (C) Summary. In separate meetings with Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon and Prime Minister Media Advisor Sanjaya Baru, Ambassador Shirin Tahir-Kheli: -- discussed Indo-Pakistan relations, agreeing that the relationship is in relatively good shape at this time; -- urged her interlocutors [...]
2007-03-22 12:14:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWMN PK IN
07NEWDELHI139MINISTER OF STATE SHARMA: 123 AGREEMENT
[...] (C) Summary. In a January 9 meeting, Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma told the Ambassador: - India has "too much political capital invested" in the civil-nuclear agreement to allow for 123 Agreement talks to languish, adding a successful 123 conclusion is "imperative;" [...]
2007-01-10 13:08:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD ECON KNNP EAGR SOCI IN
07NEWDELHI1402HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL VOTE ON SUDAN: INDIA FAVORS
[...] (C) Senior Adviser to the Secretary Ambassador Shirin Tahir-Kheli met March 22 with Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary (UN Economic and Social) Manjeev Singh Puri and delivered reftel points. Puri rebutted, saying that there had been "good forward movement" in Geneva on the ne [...]
2007-03-22 13:46:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM IN
07NEWDELHI1424BJP MEMBER CLAIMS THE RSS IS ACTIVE IN NEPAL - CORRECTED
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Bharataya Janata Party (BJP) member and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) activist Seshadiri Chari (PROTECT),claimed March 19 that the RSS is involved with the Madhesi movement in Nepal's southern Terai region. This is the first RSS confirmation Post has had. Chari claimed the [...]
2007-03-23 10:03:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PINR MOPS KISL NP PK CH IN
07NEWDELHI1458BELLWETHER PROJECT: BIHAR IS MORE THAN JUST CROPS
[...] (SBU) Summary: For the last two decades, Bihar was ruled by a kleptocratic and corrupt government, suffered from discriminatory central government policies, and was mired in caste and class-ridden social divides. Despite its Buddhist sacred sites, bountiful rivers and fertile soil, Bihar has [...]
2007-03-26 09:00:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL PHUM ECON SOCI KDEM KISL IN
07NEWDELHI1488A SNAPSHOT OF INDIAN THOUGHTS ON IRAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In various meetings over the last few weeks, Post has been taking stock of what Indian analysts, professors, lawmakers and journalists are thinking about Iran. This cable is a summary of those conversations. Interlocutors agreed that, while Indians do not want a nuclear Iran, t [...]
2007-03-28 13:28:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG EPET ELTN IR IN
07NEWDELHI1517INDIA "WILL CONSIDER" IRAN REQUEST TO BECOME SAARC
[...] (U) This is an action request for the Department - please see paragraph six. 2. (C) Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon announced on March 28 that the SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) Council of Ministers, during its April 2 meeting in New Delhi, will conside [...]
2007-03-30 10:25:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IR IN
07NEWDELHI1534DEMARCHE: INDIA PREFERS ELECTIONS TO MOVE FORWARD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Secretary Menon told Ambassador Mulford that India would "stick by its agreements" with the U.S. on Nepal. In a separate meeting, the Ambassador expressed concern to National Security Advisor (NSA) M.K. Narayanan about a new GOI flexibility with regard to the Maoists' f [...]
2007-03-30 14:18:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM NP IN
07NEWDELHI1622PM KOIRALA UPDATES ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER ON
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary Boucher met Prime Minister Koirala of Nepal April 3 on the sidelines of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation summit, and assured him that the U.S. supported the Government of Nepal, despite misgivings regarding Maoist entry into the Interim Gov [...]
2007-04-04 14:32:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV NP BT IN
07NEWDELHI1653THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN INDIA - PART I
[...] (SBU) Summary: During the March 19-24 visit of Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State for Women's Empowerment Ambassador Shirin Tahir-Kheli, Mission officers joined Ambassador Tahir-Kheli to survey New Delhi's leading NGOs, think tanks, pundits, government officials and activists on the ch [...]
2007-04-09 07:29:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL PINR SOCI KWMN IN
07NEWDELHI1704INDO-PAK DISCUSSIONS ON SAARC SIDELINES HINT AT
[...] (C) Summary: The recently concluded SAARC Summit (April 3-4) was notable for its lack of major tension over the perennially contentious issues between India and Pakistan. Indo-Pak experts on the sidelines of SAARC saw signals that a proposal may be just around the corner to try to resolve l [...]
2007-04-11 09:02:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
07NEWDELHI1720DELHI DIARY, MARCH 29-APRIL 11
[...] (C) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for March 8-29, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Naxalites Looking to Join the Fray in Kashmir -- BJP Coalesces Its Strategy of Attack on Congress -- Civil Society Holds SAARC Accountabl [...]
2007-04-11 12:06:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PHUM PK IR JA IN
07NEWDELHI1723ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER AND GAITRI KUMAR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: South and Central Asian Affairs Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher met Ministry of External Affairs SIPDIS Joint Secretary Gaitri Kumar April 5 to review progress and obstacles on key U.S.- India bilateral issues, including defense, military relations, education, the Agricult [...]
2007-04-11 12:19:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR ETRD MOPS KPAO ENRG PARM PTER
07NEWDELHI1918CALM OR CHAOS IN STORE FOR NEPAL? INDIAN EXPERTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indian experts and politicians sounded off at a recent roundtable hosted by PolCouns, in which guests debated whether or not the likely delay of Nepal's Constituent Assembly elections would be harmful to the peace process. While some experts claimed chaos would ensue if electio [...]
2007-04-23 13:11:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR NP IN
07NEWDELHI1921HINDU RIGHT WING PLANNING AN ANTI-MAOIST COALITION
[...] (C) Former Commerce, Law and Justice Minister Dr. Subramanian Swamy, President of the Janata Party, told DepPolCouns April 23 that he is headed to Nepal April 26 to meet "secretly" with King Gyanendra and publicly with Prime Minister Koirala, whom he described as "an old friend." Swamy was a m [...]
2007-04-23 13:29:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR NP IN
07NEWDELHI1947EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: AGMATEL INDIA, NEW
[...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Export Control Officer (ECO) Paul Cushman and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Post-shipment Verification (PSV) at Agmatel India (Agmatel),New Delhi, on April 13, 20 [...]
2007-04-24 12:09:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI2067BIOGRAPHY: RAJASTHAN CHIEF MINISTER VASUNDHARA RAJE
[...] (C) On an April 10-14 trip to Rajasthan, PolOff met with politicians, journalists, NGOs, and academicians to get a fix on the current state of affairs. This cable is largely derived from conversations during this trip about Chief Minister (CM) Vasundhara Raje. A POLITICAL MAHARANI ------- [...]
2007-04-30 13:18:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PINR KWMN IN
07NEWDELHI2070RAJASTHAN STRUGGLES TO ESCAPE FROM THE HINDI BELT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Rajasthan, located in North India and bordering Pakistan, is the country's largest state and embodies numerous contradictions. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Chief Minister (CM) Vasundhara Raje (ref A),although extremely popular, is heavily criticized and not expected to win the [...]
2007-05-01 06:26:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM PREL PINR SOCI ECON KWMN KIRF
07NEWDELHI210COMMUNISTS COPECETIC WITH UPA REGIONAL APPROACH,
[...] (C) Summary: The Left Front (LF) and UPA are locked in agreement when it comes to South Asian regional policy, but differ sharply when it comes to the US and countries with which the US has disputes, such as Iran. In preparation for his January 13-14 Pakistan visit, External Affairs Minister [...]
2007-01-16 11:08:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PREF PINR KDEM IN PK BT BG
07NEWDELHI2126HINDU RIGHT WINGER SAYS CLEAR-CUT NEPAL POLICY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Commerce, Law and Justice Minister, Dr. Subramanian Swamy, President of the Janata Party, gave DepPolCouns May 1 a read-out of his April 26 visit to Nepal. Swamy said he met one-on-one with the following: -- King Gyanendra -- Gyanendra's son Crown Prince Paras -- Prime [...]
2007-05-03 13:28:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR NP IN
07NEWDELHI2142IRAN MANIPULATING INDIAN ELITE OPINION-MAKERS
[...] (C) This cable contains an action request for SCA. Please see paragraph 6. New Iranian Mischief ------ 2. (C) Ambassador K.V. Rajan, former Secretary of the Ministry of External Affairs and current Chairman of the Prime Minister's National Security Advisory Board (NSAB),called Charge May 4 for a [...]
2007-05-04 11:42:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR IR IN
07NEWDELHI2149NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of April 30 - May 4, 2007. PAKISTAN CUTS INTO INDIAN WHEAT MARKET -------------- 2. (SBU) For the first time in history, India is importing wheat from Pakistan as of April-May 2007. Taking advantage o [...]
2007-05-04 12:49:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV PTER ETRD IN
07NEWDELHI2177NEW PUNJABI LEADERSHIP SEEKS EDUCATIONAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a May 2 meeting with POLCOUNS in Chandigarh, Punjab Chief Secretary Ramesh Inder Singh and Principal Secretary to the Punjab Chief Minister D.S. Guru discussed opportunities for India/U.S. education cooperation, water and electricity subsidies, relations with Pakistan, and [...]
2007-05-07 13:04:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PINR SCUL IN PK
07NEWDELHI2192IRAN ENCOURAGES INDIAN ELITE TO GET BACK TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Left-wing think-tanker Professor S.D. Muni told PolCouns May 7 about his trip to Iran, fully paid for and sponsored by the Government of Iran, in which he and 13 Indian academics, former diplomats, journalists and scientists visited the Arak heavy water complex and met the Minis [...]
2007-05-08 13:08:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR ENRG EPET MNUC IR IN
07NEWDELHI2225DELHI DIARY, MAY 5-9
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for May 5-9, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- GOI Responds to LTTE Air Attacks in Sri Lanka with Increased Vigilance in the South -- Think-tanker: Lantos Letter "Less Than Diplomatic" [...]
2007-05-09 12:54:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS MARR MNUC PTER PINR BT CE UK
07NEWDELHI2230PARLIAMENT ADJOURNS AMIDST CHAOS: US LAWMAKERS'
[...] (C) Summary: May 7 marked another day of shouting and chaos in both houses of the Indian Parliament. Congress went after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on the fake encounter killings of Muslims in Gujarat, demanding the resignation of Gujarat Chief Minister (CM) Narendra Modi for his alleged [...]
2007-05-09 13:56:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PINR ENRG IN IR
07NEWDELHI2254GOI REMAINS SKEPTICAL ON IRANIAN GAS PIPELINE AND
[...] (S) SUMMARY: EconMinCouns delivered to Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MPNG) Secretary M.S. Srinivasan on May 9 information that he had requested (ref A) confirming that -- contrary to top Iranian officials' claims to Srinivasan -- Iran does not have domestic engineering and technologi [...]
2007-05-10 12:05:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETEPET ELTN PREL EINV PGOV IN PK IR
07NEWDELHI2280NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of May 7-11, 2007. STARBUCKS PENDING INVESTMENT APPLICATION --------------- 2. (SBU) On May 10, Econoffs held a conference call with Hong Kong based Starbucks representative Mike Yeager, Finance & Busine [...]
2007-05-11 12:13:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EFIN EINV ETRD IN
07NEWDELHI2313AFTER UTTAR PRADESH ELECTION DOMESTIC POLITICS
[...] (C) Summary: The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) won a landslide victory in Uttar Pradesh (UP) on May 11 and the state and India's domestic politics will never be the same. Mayawati, the new Chief Minister of UP, handed decisive defeats not only to her bitter rivals the Samajwadi Party (SP),but t [...]
2007-05-14 12:32:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PINR PTER SCUL KISL IN
07NEWDELHI2360DELHI DIARY, MAY 10-17
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for May 10-17, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Handicapping the Presidential Race -- The Mysterious Process of Indian Presidential Elections -- Next Phase of India-Pakistan Composite Di [...]
2007-05-17 14:13:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PHUM MASS PINR SOCI PK IN
07NEWDELHI2460DELHI DIARY, MAY 18-23
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for May 18-23, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Crude Bombs in UP Point to Internal Politics -- India Gives the Green Light for Civil Servants to Visit China -- Indian Army Chief Begins [...]
2007-05-23 12:48:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MOPS MARR PHUM BT PK CH IN
07NEWDELHI2475THE UPA AT THREE YEARS - MIRED IN MEDIOCRITY
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh released a "Report to the People" on May 22, outlining the achievements of his UPA government at the three year point. The PM acknowledged that inflation is a problem, providing assurances that his government would take measures to keep it from hur [...]
2007-05-24 10:28:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON PHUM PINR PTER KDEM IN
07NEWDELHI2480IRAQ'S OIL MINISTER TO SEEK INDIAN INVESTMENT
[...] (C) Summary. Iraqi Oil Minister Hussein al-Shahristani will visit India May 25-28, leading a delegation from a broad spectrum of the Iraqi government, in addition to several businesspeople. The main goal for Iraq is to get an Indian agreement for investment in either building a new oil refine [...]
2007-05-24 12:58:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD EPET ENRG IQ IN
07NEWDELHI2486NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of May 21-25, 2007. REF: NEW DELHI 02347 CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS TO DEEPEN DEBT MARKET ----------------- 2. (U) On May 16, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued draft guidelines for the introduction [...]
2007-05-25 06:07:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EFIN EINV ETRD IN
07NEWDELHI2563DELHI DIARY, MAY 24-30
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for May 24-30, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Left Groups Disparage United Progressive Alliance Performance -- Kerala Communist Party Punishes Leaders for Public Feud -- BJP Hopes for [...]
2007-05-30 12:45:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KDEM BT IN
07NEWDELHI2664DELHI DIARY, MAY 31-JUNE 6
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for May 31-June 6, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Mayawati Escapes the Noose -- Bhutan Now Has Four Political Parties -- Bhutan Reaffirms Support for "One China" Policy Mayawati Esc [...]
2007-06-06 11:51:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF KDEM PHUM BT CH TW KS IN
07NEWDELHI2678A THIRD FRONT GETS OFF TO A SHAKY START
[...] (C) Summary: On June 6, eight regional parties met in Hyderabad under the auspices of Telegu Desam Party (TDP) President N. Chandrababu Naidu and agreed to form a "third front" aimed at eventually unseating the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) and forming the government. The j [...]
2007-06-07 12:10:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
07NEWDELHI2711DEMARCHE ON SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-11 10:32:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS AF CH IN IR MG PK RS ZK
07NEWDELHI2788NEW UNION CABINET SECRETARY: K.M. CHANDRASEKHAR
[...] (C) On June 14, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh named former Revenue Secretary in the Ministry of Finance, K.M. Chandrasekhar, as Union Cabinet Secretary. A member of the 1970 batch of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) -- Kerala Cadre, Chandrasekhar now holds the highest ranking bureaucra [...]
2007-06-14 12:08:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PINR IN
07NEWDELHI2816AMBASSADOR AND NGO LEADERS DISCUSS TIP
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Mulford met New Delhi's leading NGOs and UN Agencies that work on trafficking in persons (TIP) and bonded labor on June 14 to solicit their reaction to the TIP Report and Action Plan and ask for their frank assessments of the TIP situation in India. Largely thanks [...]
2007-06-18 00:55:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PHUM KWMN ELAB KCRM SOCI IN
07NEWDELHI2836INDIA-CHINA RELATIONS PART ONE - BUDDING MIL-MIL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indian Army Chief General and Chairman of Staffs Committee (COSC) J.J. Singh led a delegation of army, navy, and air force officers on a five-day visit to China in an effort to expand military relations. Highlights of the visit included: -an agreement to conduct periodic joint [...]
2007-06-19 03:47:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH IN
07NEWDELHI2912NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of June 18-22, 2007. FIRST ROUND ON INDIA/EC FTA TALKS TO BEGIN NEXT WEEK -------------- 2. (SBU) European Commission Trade Counselor Bermejo told us that the first round of negotiations for an Indian [...]
2007-06-22 11:12:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV EAIR PTER KTFN PREL ENRG ECON IN PK IR
07NEWDELHI2991DELHI DIARY, JUNE 20-27
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for June 20-27, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- KK Katyal: Potential for South Asian Parliament -- Tawang Residents Speak Out Against China's Territorial Claims -- Controversy Continue [...]
2007-06-27 12:11:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IN
07NEWDELHI3031THE BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY: A HOUSE IN DISARRAY
[...] (C) Summary: In the Spring of 2007, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) appeared to be making a comeback after a series of electoral wins in both state assembly and municipal elections (reftel A). However, the euphoria ended following the party's abysmal performance in the May and June Uttar Pra [...]
2007-06-29 11:14:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PINR IN
07NEWDELHI3224NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of July 9 - 13, 2007. India's Housing Index To Track House Prices ------------------------------------------- 2. (U) In light of the recent surge in real estate prices, the government has launched a ne [...]
2007-07-13 11:00:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EFIN EINV ETRD IN
07NEWDELHI3248DELHI DIARY, JULY 6-16
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for July 6-16, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Sweet Success in Ethiopia: India Invests in Ethiopian Sugar and Wins African Support for a Security Council Seat -- India Looks East with [...]
2007-07-16 11:53:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MASS MARR KUNR EINV PTER MCAP AS
07NEWDELHI3262 INDIA: LACK OF MARKET DRIVERS FOR CLEAN TECHNOLOGY
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: This cable will look at the investment environment for clean technology in India and the potential role US diplomacy, technology, and financing can play. A number of market challenges such as the lack of a green market among consumers and minimal involvement from the [...]
2007-07-17 12:34:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ECON ENRG TSPL TRGY BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI3277NEW DELHI WEIGHS IN ON AVIAN INFLUENZA SAMPLE SHARING
[...] (SBU) Summary: Special Representative, Avian and Pandemic Influenza, Ambassador John E. Lange discussed with Government of India (GOI) officials Avian Influenza (AI) sample sharing issues during his June 2007 visit. While Ministry officials generally agreed with the US view on sample sharing [...]
2007-07-18 11:42:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU TBIO EAGR SENV AMED CASC KSCA IN
07NEWDELHI3312NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of July 16 - 20, 2007. Chidambaram Signals Continued Tight Monetary Policy --------------------------------------------- -- 2. (U) Finance Minister Chidambaram on July 19 stated that the government wil [...]
2007-07-20 11:13:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EFIN EINV ETRD IN
07NEWDELHI3318U.N. ADVISOR ON BURMA ENCOURAGES INDIA TO PROMOTE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The UN Secretary General's Special Advisor on Burma, Ibrahim Gambari, met with Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon during a July 10-12 visit to New Delhi. According to the MEA, Gambari recognized India's ability to influence Burma, and expresse [...]
2007-07-20 13:09:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM MARR MASS PGOV PHUM BM IN
07NEWDELHI342BJP DOWNPLAYS IMPORTANCE OF FOREIGN POLICY
[...] (C) Summary: The UPA's January 3 luncheon meeting with the BJP leadership proved to be largely a flash in the pan. Subsequent events and statements by BJP insiders confirm that little of substance took place at the meeting, which consisted primarily of a briefing by Minister of External Affa [...]
2007-01-22 13:31:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PREF PINR PTER KDEM IN PK BT
07NEWDELHI3436 INDIA: SME'S HOLD KEY TO APP SUCCESS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Indian Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs),which make up the bulk of Indian industry, do not understand the goals and processes of the Asia Pacific Partnership (APP). Reaching this segment of industry through better publicity, engagement, and a revised proposal process will r [...]
2007-07-30 08:52:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ECON ENRG TSPL TRGY BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI346UTTAR PRADESH MUSLIMS - DISILLUSIONED AND MORE
[...] (C) Summary: The Muslims of Uttar Pradesh (UP) are increasingly fed-up with the corruption and poor governance of the Samajwadi Party (SP) government of Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav, with many ready to desert to Congress and the rival BSP. Lucknow's Shias have historic and cultural tie [...]
2007-01-23 06:08:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PTER KDEM KISL SCUL IN IZ IR
07NEWDELHI3462INDIA'S LEFT FRONT (C-NE7-01274)
[...] (C) Summary: In response to reftel's request for reporting on the Left Front in India, Post has compiled below a list of reporting out of Chennai, Kolkata, and New Delhi on the Left from the past year. There is a negligible Left presence in the Mumbai Consulate district. The cables below re [...]
2007-07-31 09:20:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PINR IN
07NEWDELHI3528NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of July 30 - August 3, 2007. Contains Business Proprietary information. TATA RUNS INTO TROUBLE IN TAMIL NADU --------------- 2. (SBU) Tata Steel's $620 million project proposed Tamil Nadu titanium d [...]
2007-08-03 12:36:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EFIN EINV ETRD ENRG SENV IN
07NEWDELHI3603 INDIA: REMOVING CLEAN TECHNOLOGY BARRIERS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Clean technology transfer to India faces several market and policy challenges. (Ref A) By raising awareness on the anthropogenic causes of climate change via television and reviving eco-labeling, a viable market can be created. In addition, manufacturers should look to partner [...]
2007-08-08 05:03:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ECON ENRG TSPL TRGY EFIN BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI364INDIA CHOOSES NATIONAL INTERESTS OVER HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee visited Burma on January 19-22 to enlist the junta's help in India's counterterrorism efforts in the Northeast, to cooperate on the erection of border fences, and to attempt to secure a natural gas supply. The visit was trumpeted as a su [...]
2007-01-23 12:42:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER IN CE
07NEWDELHI3654NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS AUGUST 6-10
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of August 6-10, 2007. KERALA RE-TENDERS $580 MILLION PORTIMPROVEMENT PROJECT AFTER CHINESE BID REJECTED ----------------------- 2. (U) Kerala has re-invited global bids for a $580 million project to [...]
2007-08-10 11:35:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EFIN EINV ETRD ENRG SENV IN
07NEWDELHI3657VICTORY PREDICTED FOR VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
[...] (C) Our contacts, media reports, and senior FSNs are confident that Ambassador Mohammad Hamid Ansari, the vice presidential nominee of the ruling UPA coalition and Left parties, will emerge victorious from today's contest in the electoral college comprising of members of Parliament. "The Hi [...]
2007-08-10 12:29:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KISL IN
07NEWDELHI3664HAL CHIEF ASSERTS U.S. LICENSING, VISA PROCEDURES
[...] (C) This is an action request for the Department. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary. Charge agreed to meet with the Chairman of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) at the latter's request on the margins of a visit to Bangalore to accompany U.S. Senator John Ensign. After briefing Cha [...]
2007-08-13 06:31:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR ETRD CVIS IN
07NEWDELHI3668LIEBERMAN ENGAGES INDIA ON CLIMATE CHANGE
[...] (SBU) Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee Senator Joseph Lieberman met on August 10 in New Delhi with Dr. Leena Srivastava, Deputy Director, Ambassador Chandrashekher Dasgupta, Distinguished Fellow, Dr. Prodipto Ghosh, Distinguished Fellow, and other senior staff of The Energy and [...]
2007-08-13 09:22:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAID KGHG ECON TSPL TRGY EFIN BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI3728INDIAN PARLIAMENT ADJOURNS AGAIN OVER NUCLEAR
[...] (C) Summary. Both houses of the Indian Parliament were forced to adjourn on August 16 as opposition and Left parties disrupted proceedings, saying Prime Minister Singh had misled Parliament on the civil-nuclear agreement. Indian media reporting on Spokesman Sean McCormack's August 15 statemen [...]
2007-08-16 12:32:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
07NEWDELHI3809 STAFFDEL KILLION ENGAGES INDIA ON CLIMATE CHANGE
[...] (U) Summary: In a series of meetings with GOI ministries as well as Indian NGOs from August 8 to 10, Senior Professional Staff Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee David Killion introduced H.R. 2420, the congressional blueprint for a post-Kyoto global agreement known as the Internati [...]
2007-08-21 10:57:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP SENV ENRG TSPL ECON TRGY KSCA KGHG IN
07NEWDELHI3813INDIA LAUNCHES ITS OFFICIAL CLINICAL TRIALS REGISTRY
[...] (U) Summary. India is rapidly emerging as an attractive destination for clinical research. The need to ensure transparency, accountability and accessibility of clinical trial data has galvanized India to launch its official clinical trials registry. This initiative, christened as the Clinica [...]
2007-08-21 11:10:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO TSPL ECON KSCA IN
07NEWDELHI3844DELHI DIARY, AUG 04-22
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for August 4-22, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- MEA Opens a 22-year-old "Rulebook" to Keep Other Government Entities Out of Foreign Affairs -- Indo-Pak Border to Open for Trade October [...]
2007-08-22 12:28:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS MARR KISL KWBG KPAL ELTN AS
07NEWDELHI396THE UTTAR PRADESH GOVERNMENT TEETERS ON THE EDGE
[...] (C) Summary: A long series of missteps by the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) in Uttar Pradesh (UP),has convinced most observers that its days are numbered and its ouster from power seemingly inevitable. Congress and an important regional party have withdrawn support from the SP government, re [...]
2007-01-25 08:22:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR SCUL KDEM KISL IN
07NEWDELHI3983NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS AUGUST 27-31, 2007
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of August 27-31, 2007. FINANCE MINISTRY FINDING WAYS AROUND FDI CAP ---------------- 2. (U) Local press reported this week that the Ministry of Finance (MoF) has approved a request by India's largest [...]
2007-08-31 10:21:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EFIN EINV ETRD ENRG SENV IN
07NEWDELHI4076INDIAN RETAIL ENVIRONMENT GROWS MURKIER
[...] (SBU) The developments of the past two weeks in Uttar Pradesh (UP) and Kerala have further complicated an already volatile environment for retail investors. The UP government ordered several newly opened retail outlets closed following violent protests by traders, and Kerala is pushing for a [...]
2007-09-07 04:01:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBTIO EAGR ECON EINV IN
07NEWDELHI4212NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR SEPTEMBER
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of September 10-14, 2007. NEW MORE LIBERAL AND RATIONAL FDI POLICY IN OCTOBER ------------------------- 2. (U) Director Gauri Singh in the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion at Ministry of [...]
2007-09-14 10:13:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN
07NEWDELHI4377IRAN AND THE NUCLEAR DEAL ARE NOT ELECTION ISSUES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During an Iran roundtable event hosted by PolCouns September 19, a group of Indian analysts, journalists and diplomats agreed that, while the Government of India (GOI) was struggling to live down the perception that it took orders from Washington, neither the nuclear deal nor Ir [...]
2007-09-26 01:18:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MNUC KNNP MOPS ENRG EPET PINR KISL
07NEWDELHI4414DELHI DIARY, SEPTEMBER 15-27
[...] (U) This week's product is a joint effort of Embassy New Delhi and Consulate General Mumbai in conveying items of interest for September 15-26, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- India to Launch Israeli Spy Satellite? -- BJP President Urges UN Resolution 1373 Sa [...]
2007-09-28 05:19:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KISL PTER MARR MOPS PHUM IS PK TI
07NEWDELHI4419NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR SEPTEMBER
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of September 24-28, 2007. MIXED SIGNALS ON RETAIL --- 2. (U) Two key GOI figures in the U.S. this week gave conflicting messages on the future of organized retail in India. Minister of Commerce and Ind [...]
2007-09-28 09:49:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN
07NEWDELHI4450MWCD SECRETARY TO G/TIP - NEW INITIATIVES WILL
[...] Summary: On September 17, Ambassador Mark Lagon, Coordinator of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP),met with Deepa Jain Singh, Secretary of the Ministry for Women and Child Development (MWCD). Ambassador Lagon presented Singh with the latest version of the Traffic [...]
2007-10-01 08:26:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KWMN PREL PHUM OTRA SOCI IN
07NEWDELHI4469 NEW DELHI ESTH OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER
[...] Scioffs attended a National Mercury Workshop September 27 - 28 hosted by the Indian NGO, Toxics Link. The workshop focused on mercury usage, processes, and impacts in India. SciOffs met with representatives from numerous environmental NGOs, academics, medical professionals, the World Bank, t [...]
2007-10-03 11:59:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TSPL TBIO ECON SOCI KSCA IN
07NEWDELHI4487DELHI DIARY, SEPTEMBER 28-OCTOBER 4
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for September 28-October 4, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Trucks Cross Indo-Pak Border for the First Time in 60 Years -- New Army Chief Assumes Office -- Protests and Rallies Portend [...]
2007-10-04 10:18:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ELTN MARR MOPS PHUM PK IN
07NEWDELHI4512NEW 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 1-5, 2007. STRENGTHENING RUPEE HITS SOUTH INDIAN EXPORTERS -------------- 2. (U) South India's exporters are starting to feel the pain of the strengthening rupee. Local press reported on S [...]
2007-10-05 11:09:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN
07NEWDELHI4537UTTAR PRADESH: MAYAWATI HAS LITTLE TO SHOW FOR
[...] (C) Summary: A recent visit by Emboffs to Uttar Pradesh (UP) revealed that newly elected Chief Minister Mayawati of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has left a trail of governance and policy missteps in her first 100 days in office but continues to engender hope and confidence in many sections of [...]
2007-10-09 12:32:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PINR PARM IN
07NEWDELHI456INDIAN EXPERTS VOICE CONCERN ABOUT MIDEAST AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a January 24th roundtable on the Middle East, aka &West Asia8, Indian experts and Emboffs and PolCouns discussed the U.S. and Indian roles in Iran, Iraq, Syria, Israel and the Palestinian territories, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the Gulf. The Indian experts urged greater [...]
2007-01-30 11:58:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR IN
07NEWDELHI4590NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR OCTOBER 8-12,
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of October 8-12, 2007. ---------------------------- ADB DISCUSSES INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING NEEDS ---------------------------- 2. (SBU) Econoff met October 12 with Ajay Sagar, Head, Private Sector and [...]
2007-10-12 11:56:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV EPET ETRD EAGR SENV IN
07NEWDELHI4659HIGHLIGHTS OF NIH DIRECTOR'S OCTOBER VISIT TO INDIA
[...] (U) Summary: The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS),National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Dr. Elias A. Zerhouni and his delegation came at an opportune time to India as India announced plans to establish a new Department of Health Research within the Ministry of Health and [...]
2007-10-19 04:36:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO SENV AMED CASC KSCA IN
07NEWDELHI4687 NEW DELHI ESTH OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF OCTOBER
[...] The Government of India successfully hosted the second Ministerial Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate (APP) in New Delhi on October 15. Canada was officially recognized as the seventh member of the Partnership, alongside existing members Australia, China, [...]
2007-10-22 11:48:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TSPL TBIO ECON SOCI KSCA IN
07NEWDELHI4700THE SON ALSO RISES: RAHUL GANDHI TAKES ANOTHER
[...] (C) Summary: Congress Party supremo Sonia Gandhi appointed son Rahul Gandhi to a senior position in the Congress Party on September 24, a move that gives Rahul a formal role in the party organization and is seen as ensuring a clear line of dynastic succession. The appointment came as part of [...]
2007-10-23 11:44:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PINR PARM ENRG IN
07NEWDELHI4756NEW DELHI NERVOUSLY WATCHING DEVELOPMENTS IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: India-Pakistan relations continue to exude positive vibrations, but officials in New Delhi are closely watching developments in Pakistan for storm clouds on the diplomatic horizon. The Composite Dialogue process continues unabated despite distractions at the political level in [...]
2007-10-26 11:25:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PTER PK IN
07NEWDELHI4766ANGELA MERKEL TO FOCUS ON CLIMATE CHANGE,
[...] (U) SUMMARY: German Chancellor Angela Merkel will be accompanied by a large private business delegation when she visits New Delhi October 29, and her visit will focus on Indo-German bilateral ties rather than EU and multilateral issues such as the NSG. German and Indian officials are expected [...]
2007-10-29 01:07:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECIN ECON EFIN ETRD ETTC KGHG SENV
07NEWDELHI4767MEA INSISTS INDIAN POLICY ON U.S.-LED MISSILE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the October 24 trilateral meeting in Harbin, China, reporters asked Indian Minister for External Affairs Pranab Mukherjee if India was going to join a U.S.-led missile defense system. Mukherjee dismissed the idea as "groundless." Despite press reports here signaling an [...]
2007-10-29 01:07:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MCAP MARR IN RS CH
07NEWDELHI4801OUTLOOK POSITIVE FOR ORGANIZED RETAIL IN INDIA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Despite a series of protests and a lack of political support for corporate retailers in a number of states, the corporations themselves, as well as industry groups, analysts, and government officials, remain optimistic that organized retail will grow and thrive in India. Spence [...]
2007-10-31 08:41:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBTIO EAGR ECON EINV ETRD IN
07NEWDELHI4803BJP LEADERS RESPOND POSITIVELY TO AMBASSADOR'S
[...] (C) Summary: During a series of separate meetings October 24-30, the Ambassador encouraged senior BJP leaders Brajesh Mishra, L.K. Advani and Rajnath Singh to set aside their political differences with the ruling Congress Party and recognize that the civil nuclear cooperation initiative was fi [...]
2007-10-31 10:41:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
07NEWDELHI4815 ASIA-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP ON CLEAN DEVELOPMENT AND CLIMATE
[...] (SBU) Founding Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate (APP) Partners Australia, China, India, Japan, Korea, and the United States officially welcomed Canada as the seventh member of the Partnership at a productive Ministerial Meeting hosted by the Government of India in New [...]
2007-10-31 12:31:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ECON KGHG KSCA IN
07NEWDELHI4822MEA SLAMS UNMIN, URGES ELECTIONS AT THE SOONEST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary (for Nepal and Bhutan) Preeti Saran conveyed in an SIPDIS October 30 meeting with Acting PolCouns her government's disappointment with the electoral delay in Nepal, emphasized the need for New Delhi and Washington to pressure [...]
2007-10-31 13:27:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PREF KDEM UN BT NP IN
07NEWDELHI4832AMBASSADOR, INDIAN DEFENSE MINISTER DISCUSS
[...] (C) Summary. In a November 1 meeting between Ambassador Mulford and Minister of Defense A.K. Antony, the Ambassador: -- stressed the probity and accountability of American business practices in the context of defense sales to India, providing Antony with a copy of the Foreign Corrupt Practic [...]
2007-11-01 13:49:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PARM MNUC ECPS BEXP ENRG PK IN
07NEWDELHI4835ABRIDGED WINTER SESSION OF PARLIAMENT DUE TO KEY
[...] (SBU) Summary: The upcoming winter session of Parliament is likely to start a week sooner (on November 15) and run shorter than in previous years. The condensed schedule would allow party leaders a few days of full-scale campaigning for state assembly elections in Gujarat on December 11 and 16 [...]
2007-11-02 08:52:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
07NEWDELHI4855DELHI DIARY, OCT 27-NOV 2
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for October 27-November 2, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- March of the Landless -- Tehelka Expos of Modi Role in 2002 Gujarat Riots -- Bhutan Takes Out the Trash -- Indian Military to [...]
2007-11-05 13:19:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR MOPS BT IN
07NEWDELHI4881PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE, GUJARAT ELECTIONS KEY TO GOI
[...] (C) Summary: The upcoming winter session of Parliament in mid-November and Gujarat state assembly elections in mid-December will play a key role in shaping GOI actions on the US-India civil nuclear agreement. The respective positions of the Congress Party and the Left parties are likely to be fine- [...]
2007-11-06 13:18:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
07NEWDELHI4898MEA SILENT REGARDING PUBLIC DECLARATION OF BAN ON
[...] (C)SUMMARY: MEA Joint Secretary T.S. Tirumurti acknowledged that the Government of India (GOI) denied a Burmese request for military equipment but did not comment on PolCouns' suggestion that the GOI announce the decision publicly. Tirumurti reported that three Burmese recently arrested in Manipur [...]
2007-11-07 13:17:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM BM IN
07NEWDELHI4902INDIA PREFERS QUIET APPROACH ON FATF STATEMENT AND
[...] (SBU) Econoff and Poloff delivered the demarche and background paper (reftel A) to the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) Director Anand Bajaj at the Ministry of Finance on November 7 and to Joint Secretary (Americas) Gaitri Kumar at the Ministry of External Affairs on November 2, respectiv [...]
2007-11-08 06:10:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL MNUC ECON KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC IN
07NEWDELHI4908 NEW DELHI ESTH OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF OCTOBER
[...] ESTHOff attended India Forum 2007: Energy Efficiency in Buildings - A National Competitive Advantage, held in New Delhi on 31 October and co-hosted by the World Business Council on Sustainable Development and The Energy and Resources Institute. Forum 2007 facilitated active discussion between [...]
2007-11-08 09:18:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TSPL TBIO ECON SOCI KSCA IN
07NEWDELHI4932BANGLADESH HIGH COMMISSION REFUTES MEA CLAIMS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Bangladesh Political Minister in Delhi dismissed as untrue Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) claims that Bangladesh is unwilling to ensure security of the "Friendship Train" operations. She asserted that the two sides continue to search for a mutually acceptable solu [...]
2007-11-13 04:23:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BG IN
07NEWDELHI5002INDIA LIKELY TO ABSTAIN ONLY ON DPRK VOTE IN UN
[...] (SBU) Poloffs delivered ref A demarche to MEA Director (United Nations Economic and Social) Dinesh Patnaik on November 16, urging the GOI, as a huge democracy and defender of human rights, to support these resolutions, or at least, to agree not to render no-action votes. Patnaik reiterated th [...]
2007-11-16 12:46:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UNGA BO BM CU IR KN SU IN
07NEWDELHI5003NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEKs OF
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the weeks of November 5-16, 2007. SUCCESSES FOR AES, VERIZON -------------------- 2. (SBU) GOI Confirms Coal Field for U.S. Power Company AES: AES received on November 6, 2007 final GOI Cabinet and Ministryof [...]
2007-11-16 12:47:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP EFIN EINV ECPS EPET ETRD EAGR ELTN ENRG
07NEWDELHI5054RAHUL PROVIDES STAR POWER, CONGRESS REAFFIRMS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Rahul Gandhi generated the buzz and excitement for party faithful at his official coming out party at the All India Congress Committee (AICC) meeting on November 17. Beside the celebration of Rahul (Refs A,B),the party strongly supported Congress President Sonia Gandhi,s and P [...]
2007-11-21 12:50:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL PINR PARM ENRG IN
07NEWDELHI5059MOHAMMAD SALIM SPOUTS COMMUNIST LINE ON NUCLEAR
[...] (C) Summary: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) Member of Parliament Mohammad Salim justified the violence in Nandrigram to PolCouns November 20 by claiming that the Communists drove out violent Maoists and restored law and order in the area. Now, he asserted, the CPM will prioritize pe [...]
2007-11-21 13:09:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
07NEWDELHI5068NEW 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 19-23, 2007. INDIAN PATENT FILINGS TO BE AVAILABLE ON-LINE ------------ 2. (U) Business daily The Mint reported Wednesday that the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion has decided t [...]
2007-11-23 10:37:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN
07NEWDELHI5118NEW INDIAN AMBASSADOR TO AFGHANISTAN
[...] (U) The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has announced that Jayant Prasad, presently serving as India's PermRep in Geneva, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Afghanistan, succeeding Rakesh Sood. 2. (SBU) COMMENT: U.S. diplomats who worked with him say Prasad is an ent [...]
2007-11-28 13:14:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PINR IN AF
07NEWDELHI5137FOREIGN MINISTER TELLS PARLIAMENT NO U.S. PRESSURE ON GAS
[...] (SBU) Media reported on November 28, 2007 that India's Minister of External Affairs, Pranab Murkherjee, had sent to the Lok Sabha a written reply to a question in which he denies that the U.S. has asked India not to move forward with the proposed Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) natural gas pipeline [...]
2007-11-30 01:13:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG PREL EPET EINV PGOV IN IR
07NEWDELHI5139INDIA MAINTAINS MODEST RELATIONS WITH CUBA
[...] (SBU) In response to the request for information on India's relations with Cuba set out in ref a, Embassy New Delhi provides the following assessment based on the most recent and readily available information. Indo-Cuban Relations Mostly Symbolic Legacy of NAM ------------------------------ [...]
2007-11-30 06:22:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL CU IN
07NEWDELHI5148NEW 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 26-30, 2007. GOI ANNOUNCES ITS TAX REFORM AGENDA -------------- 2. (U) At a November 29 seminar on Indirect Tax Reforms, Dr. Parthasarthi Shome, Advisor to the Finance Minister, discussed [...]
2007-11-30 11:21:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN
07NEWDELHI5157DELHI DIARY, NOVEMBER 22-30
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for November 22-30,2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- India Freezes Arms sales to Burma -- India votes against the UN's draft resolution on Burma -- PM Singh to Visit China -- Indian is Fi [...]
2007-11-30 13:50:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER SENV ECON CH BM IN
07NEWDELHI5180INDIA PROPOSES RECIPROCAL VOTING FOR UN CERD
[...] (U) This is an action message for IO/RHS and SCA - see para 4. 2. (U) PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) Gaitri Kumar and Director (United SIPDIS Nations Economic and Social) Dinesh Patnaik on November 21, urging the GOI to support Pierre Richard Prospe [...]
2007-12-04 05:43:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA IN
07NEWDELHI5230NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF DECEMBER 3-7, 2007
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of December 3-7, 2007. INVESTMENTS KEEP ROLLING INTO SOUTH INDIA ------------------ 2. (U) Seeking to take advantage of Tamil Nadu's revised industrial policy, both Dell and Nokia announced expansion p [...]
2007-12-07 12:13:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN
07NEWDELHI5234GOI APPROACHED ON SUPPORTING UNGA PLENARY VOTES ON
[...] (C) Poloff delivered ref A talking points to MEA Director (United Nations Political) Aveg Agarwal on December 6, seeking GOI support to ratify these resolutions in the upcoming UNGA Plenary vote. Agarwal confirmed that he had passed the request onto the Permanent Mission of India to the UN, wh [...]
2007-12-07 12:42:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM UNGA IN IR KN
07NEWDELHI5243A/S SAUERBREY DISCUSSES REFUGEE PROBLEM WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: On a November 4-7 trip to Bhutan, Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugee, and Migration (PRM) Ellen SIPDIS Sauerbrey met with the Fourth and former King Jigme Singye Wangchuck, the Prime Minister, the Foreign Secretary, and the Managing Director of Kuensel, the national n [...]
2007-12-07 14:42:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PGOV PHUM PREL PINR IN BT
07NEWDELHI5258DOMICHI AFFIRMS CONTINUED CLOSE U.S-JAPAN
[...] (C) Summary. Japanese Ambassador-Designate Domichi, in an initial courtesy call on Ambassador: -- hinted that Japan will likely support the civil-nuclear deal in the IAEA and NSG, while expressing his hope that the U.S. will understands Japan's sensitivities on nuclear issues; -- said he [...]
2007-12-10 12:08:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KNUC KNNP JA IN
07NEWDELHI5278BJP TO FIGHT NEXT ELECTION UNDER ADVANI LEADERSHIP
[...] (U) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) announced on December 10 that former Party President, former Deputy Prime Minister and longtime party heavyweight Lal Krishan Advani would be its candidate for Prime Minister going into the next national elections. In a show of party unity, BJP President [...]
2007-12-11 13:14:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IN
07NEWDELHI5290USG SHOULD GIVE BHUTAN BACK FROZEN DRUK AIR FUNDS
[...] (C) I would like to bring to your personal attention the long-standing unresolved matter of Bhutanese government funds frozen due to USG economic sanctions against Burma. I want to offer a way forward for resolving this bilateral irritant with the Bhutanese and thereby send a message that the [...]
2007-12-12 10:43:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN EAIR IN BT
07NEWDELHI5299BHUTAN EXPERIENCING GROWING PAINS IN ITS
[...] (C) Summary: In November, Poloff accompanied Population, Refugee, and Migration (PRM) A/S Ellen Sauerbrey to Bhutan to discuss resolution of the protracted Bhutanese refugee crisis in Nepal (ref A). During this visit, interlocutors including the former King, Jigme Singye Wangchuck, Prime Minis [...]
2007-12-13 09:00:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM KWMN IN BT
07NEWDELHI5318NEW 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 December 10-14, 2007. DETAILS LEAKED ON LONG-AWAITED RETAIL REPORT ------------- 2. (U) Several Indian dailies, most extensively Mint, reported on details from the overdue study by the Indian Counci [...]
2007-12-14 12:24:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN
07NEWDELHI5319DELHI DIARY, DECEMBER 10-14
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for December 10-14, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Bhutan Election Commission Disqualifies Third Political Party. -- India Finally Offers Balanced Assessment of Israeli-Palestini [...]
2007-12-14 12:39:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM KJUS KPAL IS IN BT
07NEWDELHI5322 Ranthambore Wildlife Crime Workshop Emphasizes Need for
[...] SUMMARY: The New Delhi ESTH and Public Affairs sections held a wildlife crime workshop November 4 - 6 near Ranthambore National Park (RNP) in order to highlight USG commitment to wildlife conservation and to provide much needed training to park rangers, local police, and prosecutors in crime [...]
2007-12-17 01:16:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TBIO SOCI KSCA IN
07NEWDELHI5327INDIAN DEFENSE SECRETARY TO GC HAYNES: TIES
[...] (C) Summary. In a December 14 meeting among Department of Defense General Counsel William J. Haynes, Indian Defense Secretary Vijay Singh, and Integrated Defense Staff Chief SIPDIS General Hardev Singh Lidder, Singh and Lidder: -- Accepted responsibility on India for failure to complete [...]
2007-12-17 10:55:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR IN
07NEWDELHI5364NEW 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 December 17-20, 2007. FDI RESTRICTIONS IN RETAIL TO CHANGE? ------------- 2. (SBU) Food Processing Industries Minister Subodh Kant said Monday that the GOI may ease its restrictions on foreign dire [...]
2007-12-20 05:02:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN
07NEWDELHI5366CHEMICALS MINISTRY DETAILS GOI CONSIDERATIONS ON DRUG
[...] (SBU) Summary: Following a meeting in which Mr. Ranga Iyer of Wyeth Pharmaceuticals expressed concern that the GOI would institute a price-control regime discriminatory against imported drugs, Econoff met with Joint Secretary G. S. Sandhu of the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers (MCF) to di [...]
2007-12-20 05:47:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBTIO ECON EINV ETRD KIPR IN
07NEWDELHI5380DELHI DIARY, DEC 17-21
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for Decemebr 17-21, 2007, that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Court Orders Reopening Riots Case Against Congress Leader Jagdish Tytler -- Rajasthan Gujjars Threaten Warpath Again -- India-China [...]
2007-12-20 12:39:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALKIRF CVIS PREL PGOV KJUS PHUM SOCI NP VM CH
07NEWDELHI5392INDIAN OBSERVERS (MOSTLY) THINK NUCLEAR DEAL WILL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Gathered at a December 26 roundtable, politicians and journalists largely agreed that the UPA government will still complete the nuclear deal despite the Congress Party's overwhelming loss in the Gujarat state elections, but differed on the process and reasoning. Member of Parl [...]
2007-12-26 12:25:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN IR AF
07NEWDELHI5418SCENESETTER PART I: THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Secretary Leavitt, your visit to India comes at a difficult juncture in what has been a time of deep transformation in Indo-U.S. relations. Just as we were poised to accelerate and expand ties between our two democracies into a more comprehensive relationship, the ruling coalit [...]
2007-12-28 10:59:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO SENV AMED CASC KSCA IN
07NEWDELHI5422INDIAN REACTION TO BHUTTO ASSASSINATION: UNIVERSAL CONDEMNATION, AND WORRY OVER CONTROL OF PAK-BASED TERRORISTS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-28 12:55:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALASEC IN KISL PGOV PK PREL PTER
07NEWDELHI636KASHMIRIS IRATE OVER CUSTODIAL KILLINGS; PM SINGH TAKING ACTION
[...] (S) Srinagar was once again gripped with protests on February 7th, as police officials announced that they had dug up five unmarked graves in an ongoing investigation of custodial killings. Our interlocutors say Prime Minister Singh is influencing the investigations as a confidence building [...]
2007-02-08 12:50:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PHUM PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
07NEWDELHI663MUKHERJEE TREADS CAREFULLY IN IRAN, BUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indian Foreign Minister Mukherjee tried to steer clear of controversy in a February 6-7 visit to Tehran, according to MEA Joint Secretary Dilip Sinha. Emphasizing that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) must play a central role, and that the nuclear issue must be resol [...]
2007-02-12 01:29:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP KISL PGOV ENRG EPET ETTC IR
07NEWDELHI664MUKHERJEE TREADS CAREFULLY IN IRAN, BUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indian Foreign Minister Mukherjee tried to steer clear of controversy in a February 6-7 visit to Tehran, according to MEA Joint Secretary Dilip Sinha. Emphasizing that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) must play a central role, and that the nuclear issue must be resol [...]
2007-02-12 01:29:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP KISL PGOV ENRG EPET ETTC IR
07NEWDELHI847GOI EXPOUNDS UPON ITS BURMA POLICY AFTER RECEIVING
[...] (C) PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary (Bangladesh, Burma, Sri Lanka and the Maldives) Mohan Kumar. Kumar made the following points regarding the GOI's current Burma policy: -After a period of limited interaction with Burma because of its po [...]
2007-02-20 13:36:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PHUM BM IN
07NEWDELHI849SAMJHAUTA EXPRESS TRAIN BOMBINGS UNEXPECTEDLY
[...] (C) Summary: Indian and Pakistani officials rushed to mobilize joint efforts in response to the February 18th attack on the New Delhi to Lahore Samjhauta ("friendship") Express train, which killed 67 Indian and Pakistani nationals. Indian press reports point out that this may be the first ti [...]
2007-02-20 14:17:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
07NEWDELHI871SAMAJWADI PARTY PULLS SUPPORT FROM UPA GOVERNMENT,
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-21 14:31:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PINR KISL IN
07NEWDELHI909SCENESETTER: INDIA COUNTER-TERRORISM JOINT WORKING
[...] (S) Summary: Embassy New Delhi warmly welcomes the visit of Acting Coordinator for Counterterrorism Frank Urbancic, and looks forward to adding dynamism to the India-U.S. Counter-Terrorism Joint Working Group (CTJWG) and developing an atmosphere where ideas and information are easily exchanged by b [...]
2007-02-23 11:41:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL KTFN
07NEWDELHI94PARTY SPOKESMEN AGREE THAT EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT
[...] (C) Summary: On January 9, during the annual meeting of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI),political leaders from the BJP, Congress and the CPI(M) examined Indian economic policy from their own ideological perspectives. Despite an attempt by the BJP's Ravi Sh [...]
2007-01-09 11:49:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALEAGR ECON ETRD ELAB ENRG PGOV PREL PINR IN
07NEWDELHI944MOD ASSURES STAFFDEL FARKAS INDIA WILL CHOOSE
[...] (C) Summary. On February 23, MOD Acting Joint Secretary for Planning and International Cooperation Kiran Chadha, Chadha told Steffdel Farkas: -- India's procurement policy is guided by the Defense Procurement Policy of 2006; -- promised that in upcoming procurements India will be "choosin [...]
2007-02-26 12:57:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR ETRD IN
07NEWDELHI945STAFFDEL FARKAS DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, IRAN,
[...] (C) On February 23, Senate/House Armed Services Committee staffdel Farkas met with Dilip Sinha, Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary for Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran, then separately with Brigadier AS Nundal, MEA Director for Military Affairs, and Avinash Pandey, MEA Director for Co [...]
2007-02-26 14:06:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AF IR PK IN
07NEWDELHI946STAFFDEL FARKAS DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, IRAN,
[...] (C) On February 23, Senate/House Armed Services Committee staffdel Farkas met with Dilip Sinha, Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary for Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran, then separately with Brigadier AS Nundal, MEA Director for Military Affairs, and Avinash Pandey, MEA Director for Co [...]
2007-02-26 14:08:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PTER NATO IN
07NEWDELHI974INDIAN JOURNALISTS AND POLITICAL WATCHERS
[...] (C) On February 16, a group of distinguished Indian journalists and political strategists gathered in Delhi for a digital video conference (DVC) discussion of Iran,s nuclear program with U.S. Permanent Representative to the UN Mission in Vienna Ambassador Schulte. With two IAEA votes and many [...]
2007-02-27 12:18:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AF IR PK IN
07NIAMEY1432NIGER: HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE CONFLICT IN THE NORTH
[...] (SBU) Corinne Dufka, Human Rights Watch senior researcher for West Africa on December 5 briefed DCM and Development Coordinator on her visit to Niamey to look into human rights issues associated with the current conflict in northern Niger. Dufka had met with a number of GON officials, includin [...]
2007-12-06 09:08:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM MOPS PGOV NG
07NIAMEY158IN LAST PLACE AND FALLING: THE PROBLEM OF EDUCATION IN
[...] Niger's education system ranks among the worst in the world. It suffers from a crumbling infrastructure, a lack of resources and a teacher corps that is under-trained and demoralized. Niger's woes are compounded by a population growth rate of 3.4%, one of the highest in the world. Corruption [...]
2007-02-22 15:59:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO KMCA NG
07NIAMEY26TIP IN A TRANSIT TOWN: AGADEZ, NIGER
[...] During recent travel to Agadez, the principal city of northern Niger, Poloff explored the town's oldest industry - trafficking. Whether in items as benign as cars or as dangerous as drugs and guns, Agadez excels at both legal and illicit cross-border trade. The movement of persons is a perenn [...]
2007-01-10 15:28:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM SMIG SOCI KCRM KWMN NG
07NIAMEY641NIGER PROFITS FROM URANIUM IN REVITALIZED MARKET
[...] (C) For the first time since 1983, the Government of Niger (GON) will exercise its right to purchase and sell some of the country's uranium production this year. Moreover, it may sell its share (anticipated to be 300 tons this year and as much as 1,045 tons/year from 2008) to an American power [...]
2007-05-08 16:33:00Embassy NiameyCONFIDENTIALEINV EMIN ENRG ETRD PGOV PREL NG BBSR BTIO
07NIAMEY742ALIVE AND WELL: PROFILES OF TRADITIONAL
[...] During recent travel Poloff examined the role of traditional chiefs in Niger. Characterized since colonialism by a highly-centralized state that often undercut traditional rulers, Niger has recently embraced a system of political decentralization based on democratically elected local governme [...]
2007-05-30 16:04:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM PHUM SOCI NG
07NIAMEY783 NIGER: PRESIDENT TANDJA NAMES NEW PRIME MINISTER TO
[...] President Tandja appointed Seini Oumarou as Prime Minister to replace Hama Amadou, who was removed by the National Assembly's no confidence vote. The National Assembly's removal of the Prime Minister through constitutional means is a positive sign that Niger's relatively new democratic culture [...]
2007-06-07 10:35:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM KCOR NG
07NICOSIA1002FM LAVROV DELIVERS SUPPORT FROM MOSCOW
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Greek Cypriot opinion leaders characterized Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's December 9-10 visit to the island as "Russia Riding to the Rescue." Lavrov's timing was impeccable, and seemingly too providential (for the G/C cause) to be coincidental. He arrived shortly before two [...]
2007-12-19 14:52:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CY RU SE
07NICOSIA1010DECEMBER 2007 TIP UPDATE: CHURCH OF CYPRUS JOINS
[...] SUMMMARY: December proved a busy and fruitful month in the fight against trafficking in persons (TIP) in Cyprus. First, a new and highly-visible actor -- the Church of Cyprus -- vowed to "get involved" in combating trafficking. The Church intends to study the severity of TIP on the island and [...]
2007-12-27 13:51:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL TIP KCRM KWMN CY
07NICOSIA111CYPRUS TO CONSCRIPT HERETOFORE EXEMPT MINORITIES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Cyprus's Ministry of Defense announced January 9 its intention to lift an exemption that allowed the country's "official religious groups" -- Maronites, Armenians, and Latins -- to avoid compulsory military service in the Greek Cypriot National Guard (GCNG). Rather than present [...]
2007-02-05 14:44:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL CY
07NICOSIA120CYPRUS OIL AND GAS LICENSING RIGHTS CHALLENGED BY
[...] (C) Summary: The GoC intends to go forward with its first licensing round for the exploration and exploitation of potential offshore oil and natural gas deposits, despite strong criticism and thinly-veiled threats from the Government of Turkey and the Turkish Cypriot leadership. The GoC plans [...]
2007-02-08 15:40:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALEPET ETRD PGOV PREL EINV ECON TU CY
07NICOSIA125NEW LAW BRINGS CYPRUS INTO COMPLIANCE WITH EU
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Cyprus's Parliament passed February 1 a new immigration law to bring the nation into compliance with European Union norms. Under the legislation, legally employed foreign workers who have been on the island for five years can apply for long-term residency. That many officials [...]
2007-02-13 05:10:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM CY
07NICOSIA126NEW TURKISH ENGAGEMENT REGS; LIVE FIRE IN BUFFER
[...] (U) UN Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) military informed Embassy DAO January 31 that Turkish Forces (TF) a day earlier had fired on Greek Cypriot farmers in or near the Buffer Zone (BZ). Two separate incidents had occurred, in Astromeritis, west of Nicosia and the site of a BZ crossing point, and i [...]
2007-02-13 10:27:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNFICYP MOPS CY TU
07NICOSIA135CYPRUS - INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF COURAGE NOMINATION
[...] Per reftel action request, Embassy Nicosia nominates anti-TIP activist Ms. Mine Yucel for the Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage. For further information regarding this nominee, please contact Embassy's Bicommunal Program Coordinator Juliette Dickstein, dicksteinja@state.gov, [...]
2007-02-14 09:16:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PHUM PREL KPAO CY
07NICOSIA140CYPRUS: CIV-MIL RELATIONS HIT NEW LOW, TALAT
[...] (S) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. Relations between the increasingly assertive Turkish military and the increasingly hesitant Turkish Cypriot civilian leadership have taken a definite turn for the worse in recent months. The January contest of wills between "TRNC President" Talat and the generals ove [...]
2007-02-14 13:55:00Embassy NicosiaSECRETPGOV PREL PHUM UNFICYP MOPS TU CY
07NICOSIA197COMMUNIST CHIEF UNDECIDED ON PRESIDENTIAL RUN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: AKEL desires continued cooperation with coalition mates DIKO and EDEK, Secretary General Dimitris Christofias informed the Ambassador March 5. Nonetheless, party leaders have not yet determined whether to support a re-election bid by President Tassos Papadopoulos, urge the coal [...]
2007-03-07 15:54:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CY TU
07NICOSIA213Cyprus Steps Up Anti-Trafficking Efforts
[...] (SBU) Summary: In recent meetings with authorities and NGO representatives involved in the fight against trafficking in persons (TIP),EmbOffs and visiting Desk Officer witnessed increased efforts and new initiatives. In the south, the GOC has taken concrete steps to fulfill the "Three P's" -- [...]
2007-03-13 11:25:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM CY
07NICOSIA217CYPRUS TO QUIETLY SUPPORT U.S.-EU OPEN SKIES PLUS
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche March 13 to Cypriot Communications Minister Charis Thrassou and PermSec Makis Constantinides. Thrassou noted that the GoC's positions on aviation issues do not carry much weight within the EU, given that Cypriot carriers possess only around 15 ai [...]
2007-03-13 14:17:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIA EAIR ECON PREL EUN CY
07NICOSIA247CYPRUS PASSES LEGISLATION FOR JOINING EUROZONE
[...] (SBU) Summary. On March 15, Cyprus adopted four bills establishing the legal framework for the adoption of the Euro on January 1, 2008. Cyprus is currently well-positioned to meet the Maastricht criteria and receive the final clearances this summer from EU authorities to take this historic s [...]
2007-03-21 08:23:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EUN CY
07NICOSIA28UN MISSION IN CYPRUS SUCCESSFUL ANTI-TIP/SEA
[...] (U) Per Ref A instructions, the below updates Ref B July 2006 report. 2. (U) Ms. Sally Anne Corcoran, UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) Civil Affairs Political Officer, continues to be the UN mission's "gender focal point," charged with educating UN civilian and military personnel a [...]
2007-01-10 08:08:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO CY
07NICOSIA322CYPRUS: EMBASSY-SPONSORED IPR WORKSHOP BRINGS GOVERNMENT
[...] (U) Summary: On March 29, over 60 GoC officials and Cypriot business representatives discussed ways to improve enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPR) at an all-day seminar organized by the Economic/Commercial section and the Cyprus American Business Association. International spea [...]
2007-04-16 08:49:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ECON ETRD EUN CY
07NICOSIA340IN TOURING IRANIAN FACILITY SANS INSTRUCTIONS,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: RoC Ambassador to Iran Charalambos Kapsos, acting without instructions from Nicosia, defied European Union counsel and attended the April 9 ribbon-cutting of Iran's Natanz Fuel Enrichment Plant, according to April 16 local media accounts. A Foreign Ministry official subsequentl [...]
2007-04-18 11:55:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM MNUC TRGY AORC PREL CY
07NICOSIA350CYPRUS: U.S. FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD STAFFER NAMED NEW
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Papadopoulos has appointed Athanasios Orphanides, an MIT-educated, U.S. Federal Reserve Senior Adviser, to serve as the new Governor of the Central Bank of Cyprus. Orphanides will succeed aging incumbent Christodoulos Christodoulou, whose five-year term ends on May 3 [...]
2007-04-20 13:26:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV CY
07NICOSIA365T/C LABOR UNIONS DISAPPOINTED WITH "GOVERNMENT"
[...] Summary: Turkish Cypriot (T/C) labor union leaders are voicing growing disappointment with the performance of the current "TRNC government." The Republican Turkish Party (CTP) came to power in 2005 with overwhelming labor support, union representatives told us in a series of recent meetings; [...]
2007-04-26 13:31:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ELAB PHUM CY
07NICOSIA434TURKISH CYPRIOT CENSUS DEBATE FOCUSES ON NATIVES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: "Native" Turkish Cypriots continue to outnumber their mainland Turkey-born brethren, according to a controversial census that T/C authorities conducted in 2006 but whose results they are releasing in periodic installments. The census findings also refute an oft-repeated Greek Cy [...]
2007-05-18 11:12:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU CY
07NICOSIA435CYPRUS TO SUPPORT PRC RESOLUTION AT OIE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-21 04:24:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAGR AORG TW CH CY
07NICOSIA45CYPRUS: 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-12 15:19:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ECON ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR CY
07NICOSIA475 AKEL FERMENT DENTS SENSE OF INEVITABLE PAPADOPOULOS SECOND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As late as mid-May, Communist party AKEL looked certain to back the re-election of Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulos and the continuation of the three-party (AKEL, EDEK, DIKO) governing coalition. Papadopoulos likely considered the Communists' support a given when he revea [...]
2007-06-01 10:37:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL CY
07NICOSIA478CYPRUS RISKS EU SANCTIONS OVER BAN ON BIOFEULS WITH BIOTECH
[...] (SBU) Summary. On May 17, the Cypriot parliament voted 25-24 to keep in place a ban dating to June 2005 on the "sale or distribution of biofuels produced with genetically modified plants," thereby risking sanctions from the European Commission. Biotech is not an issue that has any proponents [...]
2007-06-01 12:21:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO EAGR ECON ETRD SENV EUN CY
07NICOSIA489 FRINGE CANDIDATE SUPPORTS ANNAN PLAN REVIVAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Costas Themistocleous, a former Minister of Agriculture in the Glafkos Clerides administration (1998-2003),will run in next year's presidential elections, "not to win, but to tell Cypriots my version of the 'truth' about the Cyprus problem." Themistocleous warns that Cyprus is [...]
2007-06-05 12:12:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL CY
07NICOSIA490CYPRUS TO VOTE AGAINST APPROVAL OF STACKED BIOTECH CORN
[...] (SBU) Per Ref A request, Post delivered on June 1 the demarche on the June 8 EU Standing Committee vote on biotech corn to Alexandros Zenon, Acting Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. We also sent copies to Panicos Pouros, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Natural [...]
2007-06-05 13:16:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR TBIO ECON ETRD SENV EUN CY
07NICOSIA510NEW GOC MEASURES FOR TURKISH CYPRIOTS: LESS THAN
[...] (C) Summary and comment: The GoC recently announced new measures ostensibly designed to promote economic development in the Turkish Cypriot community. These include 30 million Euro in grants from 2007 to 2010 to joint ventures with at least 30 percent Turkish Cypriot participation (although [...]
2007-06-14 11:00:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL ETRD EUN CY
07NICOSIA52ASSIMILATION, AGING THREATEN CYPRUS MARONITES
[...] SUMMARY: The Maronite community -- self-described as 6,000-strong but likely half that -- enjoys "official religious group" status under Cyprus's 1960 constitution. Concentrated historically in four villages south and west of Kyrenia, the Catholic Maronites endured near-total dislocation aft [...]
2007-01-16 15:26:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL UNFICYP PHUM PREF TU CY
07NICOSIA525 FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER KASOULIDES ENTERS THE PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ioannis Kasoulides, the Cypriot foreign minister during the second Glafcos Clerides administration (1998-2003) and a leading member of the Democratic Rally party (DISY),announced June 13 that he would run as an independent in the February 2008 presidential elections. Before a [...]
2007-06-19 11:49:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL CY
07NICOSIA567UNFICYP CONTINUES SUCCESSFUL COMBATING OF TIP AND
[...] (U) Per Ref A instructions, the below updates Ref B January 2007 and Ref C July 2006 reports. 2. (U) Ms. Sally Anne Corcoran, UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) Civil Affairs Political Officer, continues to be the UN mission,s &gender focal point,8 charged with educating UN civilia [...]
2007-07-06 13:51:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDKPKO CY PREL
07NICOSIA57MINISTER'S DEATH MAY HARM BILAT COOPERATION IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Education and Culture Pefkios Georgiades, a childhood friend of RoC President Tassos Papadopoulos, died suddenly January 17 from cardiac arrest; he was 72. An internationally renowned architect whose works are prominent in Nicosia, Georgiades, a former participant i [...]
2007-01-18 15:08:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAO OEXC CY
07NICOSIA579AKEL CONGRESS GIVES GREEN LIGHT TO CYPRUS'S FIRST COMMUNIST
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a historical first, coalition partner and communist party AKEL decided at its July 8 congress to nominate its own leader, Demetris Christofias, as presidential candidate, either for the pro-government coalition parties jointly or on his own. The decision signals the end of th [...]
2007-07-10 13:41:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL CY
07NICOSIA593BIOTECH: OVER PRESIDENT'S OBJECTIONS PARLIAMENT PASSES LAW
[...] (SBU) Summary. On July 12, the Cypriot parliament ignored President Papadopoulos's opposition and passed 42-0 a law requiring all stores to place products with biotech content on separate shelves. The President had earlier refused to sign the bill and returned it to the parliament for a seco [...]
2007-07-13 12:30:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR TBIO ECON ETRD SENV EUN CY
07NICOSIA594TURKEY'S ELECTIONS AS SEEN FROM THE "TRNC"
[...] (SBU) With only six days until Turkey goes to the polls, the July 22 election is, perhaps surprisingly, not at the forefront of everyone's minds in Cyprus's north, the self-proclaimed, unrecognized "TRNC." This is partly because ongoing domestic issues, including a "government" financial scan [...]
2007-07-16 10:45:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CY
07NICOSIA610CORRUPTION SCANDAL CRIPPLING "TRNC GOVERNMENT"
[...] (C) Summary: The "parliament" of the self-proclaimed "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus" ("TRNC") officially entered its summer break on July 13, but the "government," led by "Prime Minister" Ferdi Soyer's Republican Turkish Party (CTP),will find the summer months to be uncomfortable. C [...]
2007-07-20 13:10:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALCY PGOV PREL TU
07NICOSIA620PRESIDENT PAPADOPOULOS OFFICIALLY ENTERS PRESIDENTIAL RACE
[...] (SBU) Summary: On July 24, the last of the three main contenders for the presidency, incumbent Tassos Papadopoulos, officially confirmed that he will seek reelection. The main themes of his televised announcement were the rejection of the Annan Plan and support of the subsequent July 8 process [...]
2007-07-27 14:11:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL CY
07NICOSIA640YOUTH POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS: CYPRUS'S FUTURE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Every major political party in the Republic of Cyprus has a youth branch. The two largest and most significant are EDON and NEDISY, affiliates of Cyprus's largest political organizations, AKEL and DISY, respectively. Though distinct from the mother parties, these Greek Cyprio [...]
2007-08-07 11:16:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PREL CY
07NICOSIA664PAPADOPOULOS CONFIDENT ON RE-ELECTION PROSPECTS
[...] (C) During the course of a visit to Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulos and his family at their beach house in Protoras, Ambassador asked Papadopoulos for his thoughts on the looming campaign. Papadopoulos,s first reply was that "of the three of us, I think that my chances are best, becaus [...]
2007-08-14 13:31:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU
07NICOSIA691THE CYPRIOT PATH FROM JUNIOR OFFICER TO AMBASSADOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Cypriot Foreign Ministry is a relatively small institution, accepting a dozen new professionals per year; most are among Cyprus's best and brightest. New diplomats enter the corps through a hiring process lasting seven months. Once on board, an A100-like (but shorter) ori [...]
2007-08-24 10:40:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOFDP PGOV PREL CY
07NICOSIA696RUMORS OF DEVELOPMENT SHAKE CYPRUS'S KARPASS
[...] (U) Summary: The pristine Karpass peninsula, the long finger of land stretching northeast "like a dagger toward the heart of Anatolia," has dominated north Cyprus newscasts nightly this summer. A sleepy corner of the island known more for its turtle hatcheries and unbroken surf, Karpass has [...]
2007-08-27 11:56:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM SENV CY TU
07NICOSIA721CYPRUS: CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR TAKES NEW JOB IN HIS STRIDE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The recently appointed Governor of the Central Bank of Cyprus, Athanasios Orphanides, assured us that global financial problems arising from the "sub-prime" sector shake-out is a non-issue for Cyprus. Problems he identified for Cyprus are locally sourced (an overheated property m [...]
2007-08-31 11:02:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV CY
07NICOSIA748NORTHERN CYPRUS "CENTRAL" BANKER SEEKS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-13 13:10:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN KCRM CY TU
07NICOSIA771FM GUL VISIT TO NORTHERN CYPRUS: LITTLE OBVIOUS
[...] (C) Summary: During his September 18-19 visit to the "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC)", Turkish President Abdullah Gul delivered what seemed to be an intentionally mixed message in an effort to please both Turkish Cypriot "two states" hard-liners and pro-2004 referendum forces. His [...]
2007-09-21 14:00:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU CY
07NICOSIA777TWO OF THE PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFULS OUTLINE THEIR CYPRUS
[...] (SBU) Summary: In televised press conferences on September 11 and 14, President Tassos Papadopoulos and Democratic Rally (DISY)-backed presidential candidate Ioannis Kasoulides outlined their Cyprus problem policy - the top issue of every national election campaign. Papadopoulos confirmed tha [...]
2007-09-25 06:47:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL CY
07NICOSIA812CYPRUS DOES NOT COMMIT TO SUPPORTING U.S. DRAFT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-06 05:54:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN AORC PHUM SOCI CY
07NICOSIA823COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EXPORT INVESTIGATIONS
[...] Embassy Nicosia grants country clearance for the visit of Export Investigations Training Team Members Andrew Mefferd, Desiree King, Joseph Fariello, Leopoldo Lamas, Michael Cochran, Tim York to travel to Cyprus from October 19-29, 2007 as stated in reftel. Control Officer for travelers is EXB [...]
2007-10-11 12:20:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDETTC PARM PREL CY
07NICOSIA848CYPRUS SUPPORTS MOST U.S. RESOLUTIONS FOR UNGA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-23 13:29:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA PHUM PREL CY
07NICOSIA855ELECTIONS 2008: MECHANICS AND PROCESS
[...] (U) Summary: Cypriots will go to the polls on February 17 to elect their president. With three strong candidates in the race, it is doubtful that one of them will tally the required 50 percent-plus-one to win outright, forcing a February 24 runoff. Historically, successful candidates have en [...]
2007-10-26 09:27:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL CY
07NICOSIA863CYPRIOTS FREAK OVER UK-TURKEY AGREEMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: "Relations with UK Hit New Low" screamed Nicosia's English-language daily October 25. The cause? Island-related elements of the recent "Strategic Partnership Agreement" between the United Kingdom and Turkey that codified the countries' desires to help end the isolation of Turki [...]
2007-10-29 15:46:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CY UK TU
07NICOSIA887TURKISH CYPRIOT PROTEST VOTE SEEKS PARTY TO SUPPORT
[...] (C) Summary: New Turkish Cypriot (T/C) political parties have begun to emerge in response to growing voter frustration with traditional offerings. On the right, the Freedom and Reform Party (OP) -- which formed one year ago, allegedly with Ankara's aid -- is trying to re-brand itself as a mod [...]
2007-11-05 14:39:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CY TU
07NICOSIA896THIRD-PLACE CANDIDATE STILL OPTIMISTIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Polling that shows him well behind front-runner incumbent President Tassos Papadopoulos and left-wing challenger Dimitris Christofias troubles DISY-backed presidential candidate Ioannis Kasoulides little. In a meeting with Embassy officers November 8, the soft-spoken but articu [...]
2007-11-09 09:49:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NATO CY
07NICOSIA898 ANNAN PLAN STILL DOMINATING ELECTION CAMPAIGN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Incumbent Tassos Papadopoulos's continuing lead in the presidential race is forcing his opponents to attempt to deconstruct the hero image that the President has forged with his hard-line Cyprus Problem tactics. AKEL leader Dimitris Christofias, for example, has abandoned his [...]
2007-11-13 11:58:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL CY
07NICOSIA910CYPRUS: WATER SUPPLY BAD NOW - WORSE NEXT YEAR
[...] (SBU) There has been no significant rainfall in Cyprus since March, 2007. As a result, reservoirs are down to about 8 percent of capacity - down from over 25 percent full this time last year. While anticipated winter rains should avoid any immediate water shortages, the severely stressed groun [...]
2007-11-15 07:48:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD SENV CY
07NICOSIA932ELDER STATESMAN TROUBLED BY ELECTORAL THEMES,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The possible re-election of incumbent Tassos Papadopoulos deeply concerns former President and DISY founder Glafcos Clerides. In a November 14 meeting with the Ambassador, the octogenarian Clerides noted that many Cypriots realized the dangers "five more years of Tassos" would [...]
2007-11-19 15:01:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNFICYP CY
07NICOSIA933CYPRUS: 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] Per Reftel request, Post submits in para 2 below Part I (Drugs and Chemical Control) of the 2006-2007 INCSR. The report is based on an update of last year's published version. 2. BEGIN TEXT Cyprus I. Summary Cyprus has been divided since the Turkish military intervention of 197 [...]
2007-11-20 06:20:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR CY
07NICOSIA937COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL SIRES, NOV 29
[...] Embassy Nicosia warmly welcomes the November 29 - December 2 visit of Congressional Delegation SIRES to Cyprus as stated in reftel. Control officer for the visit is Political Chief Greg Macris, office telephone: 011-357-22-393524, cell phone: 011-357-99-424355, Home 011-357-22-591171. E-mai [...]
2007-11-23 11:26:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN CY
07NICOSIA940WELCOME TO CYPRUS, CODEL SIRES
[...] (SBU) Welcome to Cyprus, Representative Sires, my home since December 2005 and an island whose complexity belies its small size. We have crafted a program that contains calls on President Tassos Papadopoulos and other high ranking Republic of Cyprus officials, contact with both Turkish Cyprio [...]
2007-11-26 15:07:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON KCRM PTER CY TU
07NICOSIA949CYPRUS: ELECTION CAMPAIGN -- IT'S NOT THE ECONOMY, STUPID
[...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction. Presidential elections are now less than three months away (scheduled for February 17, 2008) and the candidates have begun their campaigning in earnest. The Cyprus problem remains far and away the leading debate issue, and will likely play the most decisive ro [...]
2007-12-03 13:42:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN KGOV PREL CY
07NICOSIA971AKP AND OP: IS THE AKP GOVERNMENT IN SEARCH OF A
[...] (C) Summary: Many Turkish Cypriots (T/Cs) consider Turkey's AKP the force behind the T/C Freedom and Reform Party (OP),the junior "coalition" partner to "TRNC President" Mehmet Ali Talat's CTP. Any doubts regarding AKP's support for OP were dispelled recently by the Turkish party's high-prof [...]
2007-12-11 14:58:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TR CY
07NICOSIA979CYPRIOTS OPPOSE KOSOVO UDI, TIGHT-LIPPED ON ESDP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Cognizant that Kosovo final status represented the European Union's greatest foreign policy challenge -- "one we must confront successfully" -- Cyprus nonetheless could "never" support Pristina's unilateral declaration of independence (UDI),asserted Foreign Ministry Political D [...]
2007-12-13 15:41:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KO SE CY
07NICOSIA984CYPRUS: WTO ARTICLE XXI PROCEDURE DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-14 13:23:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD CY
07NOUAKCHOTT357PRESIDENT-ELECT: THE PEOPLE TO DECIDE THE FUTURE
[...] (U) President-elect Sidi Mohamed Cheikh Ould Abdallahi, in an interview with the Algerian newspaper "Al-Khabar Al-Jazaaaeri published April 8, is quoted as saying "the last word on (Mauritanian-Israeli) relations belongs to the Mauritanian people." He added, "the reality is that there is an I [...]
2007-04-10 14:57:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IS MR
07NOUAKCHOTT464 AVIATION FEES WITH REGARD TO ASECNA MEMBER STATES
[...] Responses are keyed to Paragraph 6, reftel for the airports of ATAR (GQPA) and NOUAKCHOTT (GQNN) in Mauritania: - IS THE AIRPORT OPERATED BY THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT OR A NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AGENCY? (IF THE AIRPORT IS PREDOMINANTLY OR EXCLUSIVELY OPERATED BY ASECNA, PLEASE NOTE THAT SUCH IS [...]
2007-05-23 07:29:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR KREC MARR MOPS MR
07NOUAKCHOTT701DETAINEE TRANSFER FRAMEWORK WITH MAURITANIA
[...] (C) The Mauritanian government has agreed via dipnote to the transfer of GTMO detainee Mohammad Lameen Sidi Mohammad (partial ISN 706) to Mauritania. The dipnote (informal translation para. 6) agrees to accept Detainee 706 "under its jurisdiction" without acknowledging that Detainee 706 is in [...]
2007-08-02 18:03:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPHUM PINR PREL MR
07OSAKAKOBE187UPPER HOUSE ELECTIONS: A VOTER REVOLT IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Voters in western Japan lashed out at the ruling LDP coalition in last weekend's Upper House elections. This anger stems from several factors, including resentment of the LDP's tax policies, especially a number of governmental blunders that increased the tax burden of traditio [...]
2007-07-31 01:20:00Consulate Osaka KobeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON JA
07OSAKAKOBE70JAPANESE CONSERVATIVES: USING THE NUCLEAR CARD
[...] (C) Former Cabinet Security Chief Atsuyuki Sassa, an influential member of the conservative Japanese establishment, in remarks to a large gathering in Osaka called for Japan to periodically use its potential "nuclear weapons card" to shore up security assurances from the United States and to i [...]
2007-03-23 05:41:00Consulate Osaka KobeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PARM PREL KN JA
07OSLO1055NORWAY DISMISSES U.S. CONCERNS ON CLUSTER
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-23 11:59:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALMOPS PARM PREL NATO NO
07OSLO1086NORWEGIAN ENERGY: HEADY WITH GAS, BUBBLY WITH OIL
[...] (C) Summary. In a recent review of energy issues facing Norway, the third largest exporter of gas and fifth largest exporter of oil, Petroleum Ministry officials discussed: --anti-competition concerns raised by the recent merger of Norwegian state-owned oil companies Statoil and Norsk Hydro; [...]
2007-11-07 09:24:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALECON EPET ENRG EINV SENV NO
07OSLO1087NORWAY AND SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUNDS
[...] (SBU) Summary. In a November 5 briefing to the diplomatic corps, the Ministry of Finance DG reviewed Norway's approach to Sovereign Wealth Funds and the status of Norway's approximately $350 million Global Fund (formerly known as the Pension Fund). He said that Norway's application of the Et [...]
2007-11-07 15:43:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON NO
07OSLO1101NORWAY'S LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS: A WARNING OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: As the fallout from the September local elections finally subsides, the larger issues which will shape the 2009 general election are becoming clear. The center/left governing coalition (Labor, Center and Socialist Left Parties) were given a rebuke in the local elections, partic [...]
2007-11-13 08:48:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PINR NO
07OSLO1113NORWAY AND AFRICA, A RELATIONSHIP UNDERGOING CHANGE
[...] (U) Summary. The GON has made Africa a priority, expanding activities there beyond its long-standing development presence. One concrete example is the GON,s commitment to contribute a 200 person engineering battalion to the UN mission in Darfur. A more negative example is the recent expulsi [...]
2007-11-19 11:13:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PBTS KPKO ET ER NO
07OSLO1134RESOURCE NATIONALISM AND NORWAY
[...] (C) Summary. Norway, the world's third largest gas exporter and fifth largest oil exporter, adheres to energy resource policies which work to maximize governmental financial returns while ensuring its strict stewardship of natural resources. Hailed internationally as a transparent, predict [...]
2007-11-29 13:17:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALEPET PGOV NO
07OSLO1161NORWAY'S DEFENSE POLICY AT A CROSSROADS: CLARITY
[...] (SBU) Norway is undergoing a philosophical, bureaucratic and public debate on what its defense policy, obligations and needs will be for the next five to ten years. The outcome will have significant implications for Norway,s ability to fulfill NATO obligations as well as its ability to cope wi [...]
2007-12-18 13:17:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MCAP PREL PINR PINS PGOV NO
07OSLO143(C) GON WILL SUPPORT SOMALI STABILIZATION
[...] (C) On February 14 we delivered reftel to Ann Froholm, Senior Adviser in the MFA's Safety Policy Department and Kjell Harald Dalen, the MFA's Special Envoy to Somalia. Froholm noted requests similar to those found in reftel were also recently delivered by African Union (AU) representatives. [...]
2007-02-14 14:39:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALKPKO MOPS PHUM PREL EUN SO NO
07OSLO161SPECIAL ENVOY NATSIOS MEETS ERITREAN REPRESENTATIVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. Special Envoy Andrew Natsios met with Eritrean Presidential Advisor Yemane Ghebreab in Oslo on February 10, 2007. Ghebreab stated that Eritrea is interested in a comprehensive peace in Sudan and is moving ahead with plans for a Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) parties conferenc [...]
2007-02-16 16:13:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID KPKO NO
07OSLO162AMBASSADOR DELIVERS UNSC 1737 POINTS TO NORSK
[...] (C) The Ambassador delivered ref C points on February 15 to Norsk Hydro CEO Eivind Reiten. (Note: As indicated in ref D, Hydro's petroleum sector investments in Iran have been an ongoing point of discussion between the Embassy and company. End note.) The Ambassador urged Reiten to reconsi [...]
2007-02-20 06:04:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG EPET ETTC EFIN KNNP IR NO
07OSLO173UNHCR RESETTLEMENT REQUEST-AURIUS SAMARTINO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-22 15:14:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF NO
07OSLO248NORWAY: MISSLE DEFENSE PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND OUTREACH
[...] (C) Summary: As reported in ref b and c, Norway,s government remains opposed in principle to missile defenses writ large and skeptical of U.S. plans to base missile installations in Central Europe. Embassy Oslo continues to engage with media, government and think tank researchers to present the fac [...]
2007-03-13 16:18:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR
07OSLO254STAFFDEL DISCUSSES LUGAR-SOLHEIM INITIATIVE, HEARS
[...] (U) Summary: On March 7-9, Mark Helmke, Senior Professional Staffer for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC),and long-time aide to former SFRC Chair Senator Richard Lugar, met with several high-ranking Norwegian government officials, including International Development Minister Er [...]
2007-03-14 15:36:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID ENRG ECON KIPR NO
07OSLO264NORWAY EXPLAINS DECISION TO RECOGNIZE PALESTINIAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: On March 19, MFA Political Director Kai Eide briefed the EU/NATO ally countries on the GON decision over the weekend to have direct political contacts with the Palestinian National Unity Government (NUG). He explained that the GON welcomed the NUG because: --the NUG is taking [...]
2007-03-19 15:55:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PINS ISPA KPAL IS NO
07OSLO302MONEY TALKS, BUT IS NORWAY LISTENING?
[...] (U) Summary: On March 22 Norges Bank Governor General Svein Gjedrem presented diplomatic corps members with a vision of an incredibly vibrant, but oil-dependent, Norwegian economy reaching new fiscal heights on the wings of increasing energy demand and oil prices. Gjedrem's analysis of the [...]
2007-03-29 08:53:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EPET ENRG EINV NO
07OSLO31NORWAY CONSIDERS WHETHER TO ASSIST IN IRAQ
[...] (C) Summary. In a January 11 meeting, the Ambassador briefed MFA State Secretary Raymond Johansen on the President's Iraqi speech. The Ambassador highlighted that success is critical for Iraq, for the region and for the world and emphasized the focus on reconstruction and reconciliation-issue [...]
2007-01-11 15:55:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PGOV PREL IZ NO
07OSLO313THE UNLIKELY OSLO PEACE CONFERENCE
[...] (C) Summary. A Norwegian NGO seeks to draw heads of state of various governments to Oslo for an ill-defined peace conference and concert. A recent organizational meeting highlighted the challenges of bringing this to fruition. End Summary. 2. (C) An Oslo NGO, Foundation Dialogue for Pe [...]
2007-03-30 11:43:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL NO
07OSLO339CENTCOM CONFERENCE INVITATION DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-10 14:29:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MOPS OTRA PREL NO IZ
07OSLO397NORWEGIAN STATE SECRETARY MEETS CUBAN OFFICIALS,
[...] (C) Summary. Norwegian MFA State Secretary Raymond Johansen visited Cuba from April 9 through April 11, meeting with several Cuban governmental officials. The Cuban trip was part of a three country Latin American tour (also including Colombia and Ecuador) which intended to place Latin Americ [...]
2007-04-19 12:18:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL CU NO
07OSLO400UNSCR 1747/OECD: NORWAY SUPPORTS RESTRICTING
[...] (SBU) Deputy Pol/Econ Counselor delivered ref A points on April 19 to Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry Senior Advisor Hege Gabrielsen. Gabrielsen was already informed about the U.S. initiative to institute a common OECD line to restrict new export credits to Iran and said Norway can [...]
2007-04-19 13:20:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EFIN ETRD OECD EXIM UN IR NO
07OSLO404SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S APRIL 25-26 VISIT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-19 15:58:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP NO
07OSLO436NORWEGIAN CENTCOM LIAISON WILL ATTEND CONFERENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-27 09:13:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MOPS OTRA PREL NO IZ
07OSLO479NORWAY URGES U.S. AND EC TO RECONCILE COMPETING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-04 14:14:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD WTO NO
07OSLO484DEMARCHE ON WTO ARTICLE XXI PROCEDURE DELIVERED TO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-07 10:23:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON WTRO
07OSLO505NORWAY AND CUBA
[...] (C) Summary. In a recent meeting, GON MFA State Secretary Raymond Johansen said Norway agreed with Spain's desire to increase european engagement with Cuba. He also claimed that the Norwegian approach to Cuba is supported by Cuban dissidents. Specifically, he claimed deeper engagement with [...]
2007-05-11 04:13:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL CU NO
07OSLO513NORWAY CONTINUES TO BACK AHTISAARI PROPOSALS
[...] (C) On May 14 we delivered reftel points to MFA Section for European Affairs and Trade Policy Senior Adviser Per Mannes and MFA West Balkan Section Adviser Toril Langlete. Mannes emphasized that the GON strongly supported the Ahtisaari proposals, and that the MFA has made such position known [...]
2007-05-15 07:14:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NO
07OSLO598NORWAY ON RUSSIAN CFE CONCERNS AND MINISTERIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-07 11:21:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIEDKCFE NATO PARM PREL NO
07OSLO612NORWAY'S RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS ON SVALBARD
[...] (SBU) On June 7, the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs provided answers to our questions regarding future oil and gas activities in the Svalbard Archipelago. The full text of their response is presented in paragraph 3. 2. (C/NOFORN) In summary, Norwegians see the Svalbard Archipelago [...]
2007-06-08 12:22:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL NO
07OSLO642NORWAY CONTINUES TO SUPPORT IRANIAN EXPORT CREDIT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-14 14:41:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN ETRD EXIM OECD UN IR NO
07OSLO658PM STOLTENBERG´S RUSSIA TRIP: GRADUAL GAINS IN THE
[...] (SBU) Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg,s June 7-10 visit to Russia produced progress on Norwegian priorities in the Barents region. Despite some controversial statements on missile defense and some public criticism of Russia,s human rights record, Stoltenberg,s visit was primarily characterized by s [...]
2007-06-18 11:39:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL RS NO
07OSLO667FM STOERE AND AMBASSADOR WHITNEY ON THE MIDDLE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Whitney met with Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere on June 15 over lunch and discussed a variety of issues including the Middle East, Afghanistan, Russia and missile defense, a White House visit for Prime Minister Stoltenberg and the New Embassy Compound. END SUMMARY [...]
2007-06-19 08:44:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPGOV NO
07OSLO706BOUCHER DOES BUSINESS IN OSLO ON MARGINS OF
[...] (C) Summary. On the margins of the June 26 Sri Lanka Co-Chairs meetings, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher met with high-level Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Defense officials, covering a broad range of matters including Afghanistan, Pakistan, [...]
2007-07-02 07:29:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALENRG ETTC PARM PREL IN PGOV PHUM PTER NP CE
07OSLO814HAMAS: MAIN THEME OF FM STOERE'S MID EAST TRIP
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-13 09:32:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALIS KPAL PGOV PREL NO
07OSLO815HAMAS: MAIN THEME OF FM STOERE'S MID EAST TRIP
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-13 09:32:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALIS KPAL PGOV PREL NO
07OTTAWA100CANADA: NO EXPORT CREDITS FOR IRAN
[...] (sbu) Summary: Canada does not/not extend export credits or insurance to support trade with Iran, according to Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs. Canada practices a restrictive, "controlled engagment" policy toward Iran that is limited to the murder case of Canadian-Iranian photojournal [...]
2007-01-19 21:08:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALCA EFIN IR MNUC PREL UNSC OECD
07OTTAWA1030CANADIAN AGREEMENT ON IMPORTANCE OF INTL SUPPORT
[...] (SBU) Econoff delivered points in reftel to Yves Beaulieu, Deputy Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs' (DFAIT's) International Crime and Terrorism Division, and Georges Flanagan Whalen, Policy Advisor in the same division. Whalen said Canada had attended the May 22 UN briefing on ef [...]
2007-05-31 19:32:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTFN EFIN PTER UNSC
07OTTAWA1034CANADA RESPONSE TO NSG DEMARCHE
[...] (SBU) We conveyed ref A and B points on May 23 to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Non-Proliferation Policy Adviser Craig Weichel, and followed-up on May 30 and 31. 2. (SBU) Weichel said Canada agreed with the U.S. that interested governments could meet [...]
2007-05-31 20:53:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM KNNP MNUC IR CA
07OTTAWA1046CANADIANS BACK UNIFIED ALLIANCE RESPONSE TO
[...] (C) Summary: Canada's position on the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty (CFE) is closely aligned with our own: CFE is critical to European security and the Russians must deliver on their Istanbul Commitments before NATO allies ratify the Adapted CFE (A/CFE). Canada would like to join like [...]
2007-06-04 20:28:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPARM KCFE NATO PREL CA
07OTTAWA105MEETING WITH FINANCE CANADA OFFICIALS RAISES
[...] (SBU) Summary and action request: A meeting with the Director General, Financial Sector Policy Branch of Finance Canada allowed ECON Minister-Counselor to raise USG concerns about mischaracterizations of USG policy that have recently appeared in the Canadian press after disclosure that the Ro [...]
2007-01-19 23:29:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCA EFIN KTFN PINS PTER
07OTTAWA1062CANADA'S RESPONSE TO ZOELLICK'S NOMINATION
[...] (U) EconMinCouns delivered points in reftel to officials in the Prime Minister's Office, Finance Canada, and the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT). Because Secretary Paulson had already consulted with Canada's Minister of Finance Flaherty on Zoellick's nomination, [...]
2007-06-05 18:25:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN IBRD
07OTTAWA1063CANADA'S RESPONSE: AKA MAHAMEDOU OULD SLAHI
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-05 18:25:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTFN EFIN ETTC PREL PTER
07OTTAWA1076LIGHTS, CAMERA, LEGISLATION: CANADA'S
[...] (U) Summary: Minister of Heritage Bev Oda and Minister of Industry Maxime Bernier on June 1 introduced legislation to amend Canada's Criminal Code to make the act of recording a movie in a theater without consent a criminal act. The bill has been praised by U.S. and Canadian Industry, is suppo [...]
2007-06-05 21:03:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KIPR CA
07OTTAWA108IMPLEMENTATION OF WHTI AIR RULE: CANADA IS MOSTLY
[...] (SBU) Summary: The general view of Mission Canada, from Nova Scotia to British Columbia, is that the January 23 implementation of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) passport requirement will take place with little disruption to air travel from Canada to the United States. Under [...]
2007-01-22 20:43:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON KHLS EAIR ASEC CPAS CA
07OTTAWA1126Ottawa to make it easier for Canadians to get passports
[...] Summary: In a relaxation from previous policy, Canadians will be able to renew their passports without submitting proof of citizenship or a guarantor declaration after August 15. The "guarantor" process will also be simplified for first-time applicants so that most citizens can act as guaranto [...]
2007-06-13 12:52:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDECIN ECON SOCI PGOV PREL KHLS CPAS CA
07OTTAWA1134TURNING THE GREAT WHITE NORTH GREEN: GE CANADA'S
[...] (U) Summary: General Electric (GE) Canada is a model of corporate excellence. While GE Canada's performance in all eight criteria for the Secretary's Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE) is impressive, GE Canada's work in environmental stewardship, corporate citizenship, and legal compliance [...]
2007-06-13 21:09:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDECON BEXP EINV ETRD ELAB KSEP SENV AMGT
07OTTAWA117CANADA REVIEWS CLUSTER MUNITIONS POLICY, SEEKS
[...] (C) Responding to reftel demarche on January 22, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Mine Action and Small Arms Director Earl Turcotte said that Canada viewed Cluster Munitions (CM) as legitimate and lawful weapons when used in compliance with the laws of war. Turcot [...]
2007-01-22 21:39:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPARM MOPS PREL NATO
07OTTAWA118CANADA REVIEWS CLUSTER MUNITIONS POLICY, SEEKS
[...] (C) Responding to reftel demarche on January 22, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Mine Action and Small Arms Director Earl Turcotte said that Canada viewed Cluster Munitions (CM) as legitimate and lawful weapons when used in compliance with the laws of war. Turcot [...]
2007-01-22 21:41:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPARM MOPS PREL NATO
07OTTAWA1188CANADIAN PROGRESS TOWARD FULL APP PARTICIPATION
[...] Canadian officials have advised Embassy that they are nearly ready to request formally admission to the Asia Pacific Partnership for Clean Development and Climate. They report that formal letters, signed by Environment Minister John Baird and Foreign Minister Peter MacKay, are being readied [...]
2007-06-20 14:52:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKGCC SENV CA
07OTTAWA1277CANADA'S RESPONSE TO USG REQUEST FOR IDENTIFIER
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-05 18:49:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALEFIN IR KNNP PARM CA
07OTTAWA1299CANADA OFFICIALLY REQUESTS APP MEMBERSHIP
[...] Officials from Environment Canada and the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade confirmed to ESTH Counselor on July 6 that letters signed by Environment Minister John Baird and Foreign Minister Peter MacKay officially requesting Canada's admission to the Asia Pacific Partnershi [...]
2007-07-09 17:13:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKGCC SENV CA
07OTTAWA130CANADA TO PRESS EUROPEANS ON AFGHANISTAN AT NATO
[...] (C) Summary: Canada shares our take on the way ahead in Afghanistan and at the NATO Informal Foreign Ministerial in Brussels on January 26. Foreign Minister MacKay will press our European partners to deliver on the promises they have made on Afghan security and reconstruction. The FM will tr [...]
2007-01-24 22:18:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO PINS MARR CA
07OTTAWA155CANADIAN PURSUIT OF APP MEMBERSHIP
[...] (SBU) On January 26 Environment Canada Assistant Deputy Minister for International Affairs David McGovern reviewed for ESTH Counselor Canada's strategy and recent efforts in support of its bid for membership in the Asia Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate (APP). McGovern said [...]
2007-01-29 20:02:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG CA
07OTTAWA1587CANADA'S NEW FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER MAXIME
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Maxime Bernier has enjoyed a swift rise in his eighteen-month career in federal politics, becoming only the fifth Quebecer to serve as Canada's Foreign Affairs minister following a shuffle of cabinet responsibilities on August 14, 2007. Bernier is regarded as an ambitious, smart [...]
2007-08-17 21:22:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CA
07OTTAWA16LIBERIA FORUM: CANADA MAY ATTEND AT LOW LEVEL, NO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-04 21:59:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCA EAID ECON EFIN LI
07OTTAWA1639GOVERNMENT OF CANADA REPORTEDLY ON TRACK FOR NEW
[...] (SBU) Summary. Ailish Johnson (protect),an Analyst in the Economic and Regional Development Policy Department of the Privy Council Office (PCO) reaffirmed that the Government of Canada intends to introduce a copyright bill "as soon as possible" in the Fall. Johnson also said the Department o [...]
2007-08-27 19:49:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR
07OTTAWA1731AUSTRALIA GROUP: CANADIAN FEEDBACK ON CERAMIC
[...] (SBU) We delivered reftel presentation on ceramic-lined valves to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Relations (DFAIT) Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Policy Officer Kendra Davidson on September 13. She expressed appreciation for the briefing and emphasized that Canada had rai [...]
2007-09-12 19:13:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CBW CA
07OTTAWA174S/WCI CONSULTS WITH CANADA, MUCH MORE CONVERGENCE
[...] (C) Summary. S/WCI Ambassador and Canadian foreign affairs and justice officials in Ottawa agreed to cooperate on the development of justice rapid response capacity. The Canadians were also keen to strategize on Darfur. They were unwilling to accept third-country Guantanamo detainees in Ca [...]
2007-01-31 18:59:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MARR CA
07OTTAWA1764OTTAWA WHO IGWG MEETING POSTPONED, CANADA SHARES
[...] (SBU) On September 14 Econoff delivered points in reftel to Julie Boisvert, Senior Trade Policy Analyst, Intellectual Property, Information, and Technology Trade Policy Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. Boisvert said that Canada shares the USG's concerns about the [...]
2007-09-17 20:40:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD KIPR WTRO WHO CA
07OTTAWA1831CANADIAN VIEWS ON PARTNERSHIP FOR DEMOCRATIC
[...] (C) According to Graham Shantz, Head of Policy Planning at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Canada has put a good deal of diplomatic effort into the Partnership for Democratic Governance (reftel) and is pleased to be a founding member and steering group member. The GO [...]
2007-09-27 18:39:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM OAS EAID CA
07OTTAWA1845CANADIAN VIEWS REGARDING U.S. DRAFT RESOLUTION ON
[...] (C) In a meeting with PolMinCouns on October 2, Acting Director General of Foreign Affairs for Human Security and Human Rights Gwyneth Kutz expressed Canada's support for the overall objective of reftel draft resolution and its hopes for eventual adoption in some form. However, she noted a l [...]
2007-10-02 19:06:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPHUM KWMN AORC SOCI UN CA
07OTTAWA1862HARPER TO OPPOSITION: BRING IT ON!
[...] (C) Summary: PM Harper held the first press conference of his tenure to deliver one simple message to the opposition: if you don't go along with the conservative program, you can meet us in the voting booth. In a rare and gutsy move, he laid out the essence of his upcoming Throne Speech - tax [...]
2007-10-05 01:54:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPGOV CA
07OTTAWA1869 CANADA NAMES NEW CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR
[...] (U) Summary: Mark Carney, a 42-year-old rising star from Canada's Department of Finance, will replace David Dodge on February 1 as Governor of the Bank of Canada. Carney has been Canada's Finance Deputy at the G-7, G-20 and the Financial Stability Forum. End summary. 2. (U) GOC Finance Mi [...]
2007-10-05 18:05:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN CA
07OTTAWA187CANADIAN HERITAGE MINISTER ODA "I AM COMMITED TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 1 meeting, Canadian Heritage Minister Oda told Ambassador Wilkins that she is committed to improving the protection of intellectual property rights (IPR) in Canada. Oda declined to say when she expected Canada's new copyright bill to be introduced in Parliment. She [...]
2007-02-02 15:26:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON ETRD KIPR CA
07OTTAWA1878CANADA LOOKING FOR NEW APPROACHES TO
[...] (C) Summary: Recognizing the need to better organize Canada's institutions to promote democratic development abroad, the Canadian Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development recently conducted a study of democracy promotion. The committee's report was issued in J [...]
2007-10-05 19:06:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV KDEM CA PREL
07OTTAWA189CANADA'S NEW ENVIRONMENT MINISTER HITS THE GROUND
[...] (C) Summary: Canada's new Environment Minister John Baird seems delighted to have responsibility for the politically charged environmental portfolio which is expected to be a key issue in the national election anticipated for later this year. Already, he has demonstrated his skills on the flo [...]
2007-02-02 16:40:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNSENV PGOV PINR ENRG CA
07OTTAWA1903NEW CANADIAN PANEL TO REVIEW AFGHAN OPTIONS;
[...] (U) Prime Minister Stephen Harper in a mid-morning press conference on October 12 announced the formation of a new "Independent Advisory Panel on Canada's Future Role in Afghanistan." He emphasized that he expects the panel to "provide expert non-partisan advice that will help parliamentar [...]
2007-10-12 20:55:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID MARR AF CA
07OTTAWA1910OCTOBER 16 THRONE SPEECH: NEW BEGINNING OR AN END?
[...] (C) Summary. The government's early evening October 16 Speech from the Throne will lay out the revised agenda of Prime Minister Stephen Harper for the new parliamentary session. The Bloc Quebecois and the New Democratic Party (NDP) are already committed to opposing it. The Liberals therefor [...]
2007-10-15 19:29:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV CA
07OTTAWA1922CANADA: MAKING THE CASE FOR THE AFGHAN MISSION
[...] (C/NF) Summary. The Canadian body politic is highly conflicted over the Afghan mission, with one poll in September indicating that 68 pct of Canadians want a complete pullout in February 2009 and 56 pct want the troops out even earlier, while an October poll shows that 54 pct want Canadian tr [...]
2007-10-17 16:10:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MOPS PGOV CA AF PK
07OTTAWA1954GOC RESPONSE RE 2008 US-CANADA BILATERAL
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel demarche regarding the upcoming Bilateral Consultative Group (BCG) meeting in Washington, Deputy Director for Counterterrorism Yves Beaulieu and Policy Advisor Neil Brennan from the International Crime and Terrorism Division of the Department of Foreign Affairs and [...]
2007-10-22 18:38:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL CA
07OTTAWA1962GOVERNMENT OF CANADA SHARES USG'S IPR CONCERNS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-23 19:11:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON KIPR CA
07OTTAWA1982CANADA WILL KEEP UP PRESSURE ON BURMA
[...] (C) According to Deborah Paul, Director for the Southeast Asia and Pacific Division of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT),Canada fully shares our concern with the situation in Burma (ref a). The GOC has already increased its diplomatic efforts to put pressure on [...]
2007-10-26 20:36:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPHUM CVIS PREL ETRD CA BM
07OTTAWA1991 THE CANADIAN DOLLAR AND INFLATION CONTROL
[...] (u) Summary: The consequences of the rapid appreciation of the Canadian dollar's (the "loonie") value to above $1 U.S. for the first time in more than three decades are a topic of daily public discussion in Canada. Bank of Canada Governor David Dodge and other Bank officials have hinted that [...]
2007-10-29 20:06:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN CA
07OTTAWA1993CANADA: POSITIVE INTERIM RESPONSE TO PIC DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-30 11:59:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NATO PK CA
07OTTAWA2016 HARPER GOVERNMENT ADVANCES ITS AGENDA... FOR NOW
[...] (SBU) Summary: With the opposition Liberal party abstaining on another key confidence vote on October 31, the Harper government continues aggressively to push its policy agenda in Parliament. Key legislation that Prime Minister Harper promised in the Speech from the Throne (ref c) - on terrori [...]
2007-11-01 20:04:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CA
07OTTAWA2020CANADA: (2/5) 220TH MEETING OF THE U.S.-CANADA
[...] (U) U.S. Co-Chairman George Nethercutt and Canadian Co-Chairman Rick Casson, M.P. convened the 220th meeting of the Permanent Joint Board on Defense (PJBD) at the Canadian Maritime Warfare Center in Halifax, Nova Scotia October 9-11, 2007 (septels). This is the second in a series of five tele [...]
2007-11-02 19:16:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MOPS NORAD CA
07OTTAWA2022CANADA: (4/5) 220TH MEETING OF THE U.S.-CANADA
[...] (U) Summary. U.S. Co-Chairman George Nethercutt and Canadian Co-Chairman Rick Casson, M.P. convened the 220th meeting of the Permanent Joint Board on Defense (PJBD) at the Canadian Maritime Warfare Center in Halifax, Nova Scotia October 9 - 11, 2007. This is the fourth in a series of five te [...]
2007-11-02 19:16:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS NORAD CA
07OTTAWA2023CANADA: (5/5) 220TH MEETING OF THE U.S.-CANADA
[...] (U) Summary. U.S. Co-Chairman George Nethercutt and Canadian Co-Chairman Rick Casson, M.P. convened the 220th meeting of the Permanent Joint Board on Defense (PJBD) at the Canadian Maritime Warfare Center in Halifax, Nova Scotia October 9 - 11, 2007. This is the fifth in a series of five tel [...]
2007-11-02 19:17:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS NORAD CA
07OTTAWA2024CANADA: (1/5) 220TH MEETING OF THE U.S.-CANADA
[...] (U) Summary: U.S. Co-Chairman George Nethercutt and Canadian Co-Chairman Rick Casson, M.P. convened the 220th meeting of the U.S.-Canadian Permanent Joint Board on Defense (PJBD) at the Canadian Maritime Warfare Center in Halifax, Nova Scotia October 9 - 11, 2007. Major topics during the 220t [...]
2007-11-02 19:17:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS NORAD CA
07OTTAWA2035THE U.S. - CANADA BORDER IN 2007: GROUND TRUTH AND
[...] (SBU) Managing U.S.-Canada relations means managing the border. It's that simple. And that makes the border the number one priority for Mission Canada. For the past year dozens of officers from the Embassy and our seven consulates have fanned out across Canada to observe the border and disc [...]
2007-11-05 22:18:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KCRM PGOV ASEC KHLS ECON CA
07OTTAWA2048THE U.S. - CANADA BORDER IN 2007: GROUND TRUTH AND
[...] (SBU) As part of a year-long effort to "map the border," Mission Canada officers fanned out along the frontier to observe ground truth in how the border functions and how to make it work better. Part I of this three-part series covered our conclusions and recommendations. This message covers [...]
2007-11-07 20:37:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KCRM PGOV ASEC KHLS ECON CA
07OTTAWA2058THE U.S. - CANADA BORDER IN 2007: GROUND TRUTH AND
[...] (SBU) As part of a year-long effort to "map the border," Mission Canada officers visited the frontier to observe ground truth in how the border functions and how to make it work better. Part I of this three-part series reviewed conclusions and recommendations, Part II covered ports of entry, [...]
2007-11-08 18:12:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KCRM PGOV ASEC KHLS ECON CASC CA
07OTTAWA2060CANADIAN PARTICIPATION IN PDG STEERING GROUP
[...] (SBU) According to Nancy Smyth, Deputy Director of Policy Planning at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT),DFAIT's Director General for Economic Affairs John Sloan will lead Canada's delegation to the November 12 Steering Group meeting, joined by Nicole Gesnot fro [...]
2007-11-08 18:36:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID KDEM PREL OECD CA
07OTTAWA2069CANADIANS, GERMANS DISCUSSING HELICOPTER SUPPORT
[...] (S/NF) Summary: German and Canadian officials in Ottawa are discussing the possible deployment of German CH-53 rotary-wing aircraft to southern Afghanistan in support of NATO-ISAF operations. The Canadians asked us to avoid raising or pressing the matter with the Germans for now because thei [...]
2007-11-09 15:42:00Embassy OttawaSECRET//NOFORNPREL MOPS MARR NATO CA GM
07OTTAWA2073NEW CHALLENGES TO CANADA'S AFGHAN DETAINEE POLICY
[...] (C) Summary: According to Canadian officials, the government soon will face new legal and political challenges to its practice of conveying detainees to Afghan authorities. Official documents that the Canadian federal court has compelled the government to convey to opponents of the policy w [...]
2007-11-09 22:01:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPHUM NATO AG CA
07OTTAWA2076APEC ANTI-COUNTERFEITING HEALTH PRODUCTS SEMINAR:
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-13 16:58:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ECIN APECO TBIO ERD CA
07OTTAWA2078DEMARCHE ON DEMOCRACY IN VENEZUELA
[...] (C) In a meeting with PolMinCouns on November 13, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's South America Division Director Daniel Daley expressed appreciation for reftel views as well as shared concern about negative trends in Venezuela. He cited mid-October talks in Washingt [...]
2007-11-13 19:38:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM VE CA
07OTTAWA2123CANADA TO ATTEND ASIA PACIFIC DEMOCRACY
[...] In response to reftel invitation, Canada plans to attend the working breakfast to discuss the Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership on the sidelines of the upcoming Community of Democracies ministerial meeting in Bamako, Mali. Text of letter in para 2. 2. Begin text His Excellency David [...]
2007-11-20 17:33:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM CA
07OTTAWA2125SCENESETTER FOR CANADA POLICY PLANNING TALKS,
[...] (C) Summary: Stephen Harper leads one of the most stable minority governments in Canadian history. He is a Western conservative who came to power on a domestic agenda but has been surprisingly focused on foreign affairs. Harper's foreign policy style includes a halting transition from "peac [...]
2007-11-20 23:06:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CA
07OTTAWA2133CANADA SEEKS DEDICATED HELICOPTER AND UAV SUPPORT
[...] (C) Summary: The Canadian government is lobbying European NATO partners to provide dedicated helicopter and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) support in the Kandahar region of Regional Command - South (RC-S) in Afghanistan. Canada's military has no organic capability of this type, despite an on [...]
2007-11-21 21:12:00Embassy OttawaSECRET//NOFORNPREL MOPS NATO AF CA
07OTTAWA2135CANADIAN OFFICIALS AND 'MANLEY PANEL' CHART WAY
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Canada's Defense Minister believes Canadian and Afghan forces are performing well in southern Afghanistan but he and his colleagues are worried about the minority Conservative government's ability to convince Parliament to authorize an extension of the current mission from 200 [...]
2007-11-21 21:58:00Embassy OttawaSECRET//NOFORNPREL MOPS NATO AF CA
07OTTAWA214HOUSE PASSES NON-BINDING KYOTO RESOLUTION
[...] (U) The House of Commons voted along party lines on Monday to adopt a non-binding resolution calling on the government to "reconfirm Canada's commitment to honor the principles and targets of the Kyoto Protocol in their entirety." Liberal (and Opposition) leader Stephane Dion introduced the me [...]
2007-02-06 14:47:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG PGOV CA
07OTTAWA2170 CANADIAN FOREIGN MINISTER LAUDS ANNAPOLIS CONFERENCE
[...] (U) Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier, in a November 27 statement, praised the "historic" undertakings of the Annapolis Conference and offered Canada's continued support as the parties move forward toward the goal of two states living in peace and security. Full text in para 2. Bernier led t [...]
2007-11-28 19:41:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL XF CA
07OTTAWA2205CANADA'S RESPONSE TO THE LIBERTAD ACT
[...] (U) Answers below to reftel questions derive from information from the Deputy Director of the Central America and Caribbean Division, the Cuba Desk Officer, and the Trade Commissioner and Director of Latin America and Caribbean Commercial Relations at the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs [...]
2007-12-04 12:46:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL CA CU
07OTTAWA2233U.S.-CANADA POLICY PLANNING TALKS: AFGHANISTAN,
[...] (C) Summary: U.S. and Canadian Policy Planners met November 29-30 to discuss the broad strategic outlook over the next 25 years (with specific reference to the National Intelligence Council's 2020 and 2025 projects) and a range of international and regional issues that represent policy priorit [...]
2007-12-07 22:06:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CA AF PK XB XL XM XK
07OTTAWA2241 CANADA SEES NEED TO STRENGTHEN MEASURES AGAINST SECURITIES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A recent report commissioned by Canada's federal police force (Royal Canadian Mounted Police, or RCMP),and written by former GOC senior financial official and bank regulator Nicholas LePan, criticized the institutions and resources available for fighting white-collar crime in C [...]
2007-12-11 15:49:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN KCRM CA
07OTTAWA2254CANADA IN ACCORD ON IRAN
[...] (C) The Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's Director General for the Middle East and North America, Gordon Venner, on December 12 expressed renewed appreciation for ref a update on U.S. policy on the Iran National Intelligence Estimate. He confirmed that "the views of ou [...]
2007-12-12 21:12:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP MNUC IR CA
07OTTAWA2279GoC FOREIGN MINISTRY KEEN ON DISASTER TALKS
[...] Econoff and ESTH/ECON Specialist as well as the Acting CBP Attach met with officials from Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) on December 17 to invite DFAIT participation in the meeting, proposed for January or February 2008, of the Consultative Group called for in the bilateral 19 [...]
2007-12-18 22:10:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR ECON PREL CA MX
07OTTAWA2295CANADIAN OPPOSITION LEADER OPPOSES EXTENSION OF
[...] (C) Summary: Opposition leader Stephane Dion ruled out Liberal Party support for the extension of Canadian combat troops in Kandahar during a discussion of Afghanistan with Ambassador Wilkins, the British High Commissioner, and RC-South country diplomats on December 18. Dion criticized the g [...]
2007-12-20 16:24:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR AF CA
07OTTAWA2307CANADA WILL SUPPORT PROSPER'S CANDIDACY FOR UN CERD
[...] (U) In response to ref b demarche on November 19, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Human Rights Policy Officer Daniel Ulmer confirmed on December 21 that Canada will support the candidacy of Pierre-Richard Prosper for the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Ra [...]
2007-12-21 20:06:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM UNGA CA
07OTTAWA2308NEW BY-ELECTIONS MAY SIGNAL CONSERVATIVE CONFIDENCE
[...] (U) Prime Minister Stephen Harper on December 21 set the date of March 17 for by-elections in the Commons' ridings in Toronto Centre (Ontario),Willowdale (Ontario),Vancouver Quadra (British Columbia),and Desnethe-Missnippi-Churchill River (Saskatchewan). Liberals (including three former [...]
2007-12-21 21:30:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPGOV CA
07OTTAWA234CANADA, U.S. TO CARRY SAME MESSAGE TO NATO
[...] (C/NF) Following up on Assistant Secretary Boucher's February 5 meetings with his Regional Command - South (RC-S) counterparts in Ottawa (septel),we presented reftel points on February 7 to Department of National Defense (DND) NATO Policy Deputy Director Michael Kaduck and Department of Fore [...]
2007-02-07 23:08:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR MOPS NATO PINS AF CA
07OTTAWA247CANADIAN NOMINEES FOR CONFERENCE IN EUROPE ON
[...] (U) Embassy Ottawa nominates the individuals identified in paras 2-6 to attend the conference on modern insurgency in Munich, 26-27 March 2007. Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) --------------------------------------------- ---------------- 2. (SBU) DFAIT nomin [...]
2007-02-08 21:24:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID PROP PTER MARR KISL
07OTTAWA316CANADA'S POSITIVE RESPONSE TO UNSCR 1737 DEMARCHE
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel delivered by Economic Minister Counselor to Mark Gwozdecky, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Nuclear Division Director, Gwozdecky said that Canada shares the United States' view of the risks of Iran's nu [...]
2007-02-16 22:19:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL KNNP EFIN ETTC IR CA
07OTTAWA338CANADA'S POSITIVE RESPONSE TO IMF VOTE ON ZIMBABWE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-22 22:32:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PREL
07OTTAWA345AFGHANISTAN: A/S BOUCHER'S DECEMBER 14-15 VISIT TO
[...] (C) Welcome to Ottawa. Your visit provides a great opportunity to reinforce the improved relationship we have developed with Canada since you were here earlier this year. It will be an excellent chance to take stock of what we are doing together in Afghanistan and elsewhere in South Asia, to [...]
2007-02-23 22:35:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV MARR AF CA
07OTTAWA351LIBERAL ENVIRONMENT CRITIC SHARES VIEWS ON CLIMATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Liberal MP and environment critic David McGuinty (younger brother of Ontario premier Dalton McGuinty) has substantial experience on economic and environmental issues at the national and international levels and appears a formidable opponent to counter Tory environment Minister Jo [...]
2007-02-26 18:40:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV PINR CA
07OTTAWA448CANADA: 2007 SPECIAL 301 RECOMMENDATION
[...] (SBU) Summary and Recommendation: Despite optimism after the Conservative Party took power in early 2006, Canada's track record on strengthening IPR protection has remained disappointing. With one notable exception regarding pharmaceutical data protection, the GOC has made no discernable prog [...]
2007-03-09 15:49:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KIPR CA
07OTTAWA495CANADA RESPONSE RE: COMMERCIAL REMOTE SENSING
[...] (SBU) We delivered reftel on March 14 to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Policy Adviser for Science and Technology Phillip Baines, who expressed appreciation for para 9 reminder and para 10 draft text. 2. (C) Per reftel para 9, Baines said he would soon [...]
2007-03-15 20:32:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL ETTC CA
07OTTAWA496CANADA TO SUPPORT US POSITION ON PARTNERSHIP FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-15 20:32:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM OECD PREL EAID KDEM CA
07OTTAWA50HARPER NAMES BAIRD ENVIRONMENT MINISTER; HOPES FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: The most noteworthy change in PM Harper's January 4 cabinet re-shuffle in preparation for a probable election later this year saw the oft-criticized Rona Ambrose depart Environment Canada for the much less sensitive Intergovernmental Affairs portfolio. Her replaceme [...]
2007-01-11 13:24:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG PGOV PINR CA
07OTTAWA505CANADA: NEW BUDGET COULD SPUR FEDERAL ELECTION
[...] (SBU) Canada's Conservative Government will deliver its second federal budget on March 19. The budget vote, possibly as early as the week of March 26, is an automatic confidence vote that could determine the timing of the next federal election. The budget will be seen as a sign of the Harper [...]
2007-03-16 20:21:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL CA
07OTTAWA524 Canada's federal budget provides lots of cash to
[...] (U) Summary: Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty laid out the government's budget on March 19 with the lion's share of new spending, C$39 billion, directed toward the provinces in the effort to create 'Fiscal Balance' in the federation. As expected, it is an "election" budget crafted to pro [...]
2007-03-21 17:54:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PGOV CA
07OTTAWA627RE-WRITTEN CLEAN AIR ACT WOULD CAP GHG EMISSIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Conservative's "Clean Air Act" emerged March 30 from its legislative committee re-draft a very different document from the draft bill that went to the committee in December 2006. The new bill C-30 emphasizes hard targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and penalties f [...]
2007-04-05 19:55:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG PGOV CA
07OTTAWA629CANADA'S POSITIVE RESPONSE TO U.S. DESIGNATION OF
[...] (SBU) On Aril 5, 2007 Econoff delivered points in reftel to Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs officials from the legal office, non-proliferation office, and Iran desk. The Canadian officials expressed their support for U.S. and UN policies of freezing financial assets of entities and ind [...]
2007-04-05 21:15:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIR KNNP PREL PARM
07OTTAWA639CANADIAN REACTION TO LATEST IPCC REPORT
[...] (SBU) Summary. Environment minister Baird reacted to the latest IPCC report with a statement promising early announcement of mandatory targets for reducing emissions of GHG and air pollutants. The Conservative government has been under intense pressure for its failure to place a policy prior [...]
2007-04-10 17:18:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG CA
07OTTAWA691IPR: MICHAEL GEIST SHARES HIS VIEWS WITH EMBASSY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 12, the DCM and other Embassy officers met with University of Ottawa Law Professor Michael Geist, who is a prominent public commentator on intellectual property rights (IPR) issues, to discuss Canadian copyright issues. As expected, Geist's views were generally at odds [...]
2007-04-18 13:04:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KIPR CA
07OTTAWA757CANADA: MORE CONVERGENCE THAN DIVERGENCE EXPECTED
[...] (SBU) We conveyed reftel demarche to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Non-proliferation Senior Policy Officer Michael Blackmore on April 24, and at a follow-up meeting with Blackmore and Policy Advisor David Da Silva on April 25. Blackmore emphasized convergence [...]
2007-04-25 20:59:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPARM NPT KNNP ENRG CA
07OTTAWA765PRIME MINISTER HARPER'S LETTER ON IPR
[...] (SBU) On April 26, Ambassador Wilkins received a letter from Prime Minister Harper regarding U.S. concerns about the protection of intellectual property rights (IPR) in Canada. This letter, dated April 23, responds to a letter that the Ambassador wrote to the Prime Minister on January 31 regar [...]
2007-04-26 20:51:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KIPR CA
07OTTAWA767PSI: CANADA ON AUCKLAND CONFERENCE AND WHA OUTREACH
[...] (U) We conveyed ref A paper on April 26 to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Policy Advisor for Non-proliferation Michael Blackmore and Policy Officer David Da Silva. Blackmore expressed appreciation for the U.S. readout, noted that it tracked with his take [...]
2007-04-27 14:16:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL KNNP MNUC CA
07OTTAWA783SPECIAL 301 CANADA 2007, DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (SBU) EconMinCouns delivered points in ref A to Paul Robertson, Director General, North America Trade Policy Bureau, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. DG Robertson said that the GOC understands U.S. concerns very well. Declining to answer questions about when and how Can [...]
2007-04-30 20:54:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KIPR CA
07OTTAWA795TURNING THE CORNER - CANADA'S NEW REGULATORY
[...] (U) Saying "the time has come for action," Environment Minister John Baird released the government's long-awaited "Turning the Corner" plan, its framework to regulate emissions of greenhouse gases and air pollutants, in Toronto on April 26. The plan's targets will force significant action by [...]
2007-05-02 18:26:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG CA
07OTTAWA798DEMARCHE ON U.S. WTO TAFT PROPOSAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-02 19:58:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON WTRO CA
07OTTAWA819SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR SCHWAB'S VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) Welcome back to Ottawa, Ambassador Schwab. This cable offers background information on Canada,s political and economic environment, especially on issues that may be raised outside the formal agenda of your talks with Trade Minister Emerson. Information regarding Canada-Brazil relations [...]
2007-05-07 18:12:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNBR CA ETRD KIPR PGOV PREL
07OTTAWA856AUSTRALIA GROUP: CANADA RETAINS FOCUS ON RUSSIA
[...] (U) We delivered reftel points on May 8 to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Non-proliferation Policy Officer Kendra Davidson. Canada, she assured us, would send its usual delegation of both policy and "hands-on" enforcement personnel to Paris. 2. (C) Respondi [...]
2007-05-09 14:41:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL CBW CA
07OTTAWA859CANADA: TLSA PAPER DELIVERED, ALTERNATE POC
[...] (U) We conveyed reftel paper to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) G8 and NATO deputy director and Stabilization and Reconstruction Task Force (START) policy officer on May 9. Both expressed appreciation but had no immediate reaction to the text. 2. (U) Post co [...]
2007-05-09 18:43:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM KPKO MARR MASS PREL CA
07OTTAWA872DEMARCHE ON WTO ARTICLE XXI PROCEDURE DELIVERED TO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-10 20:24:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON WTRO CA
07OTTAWA915CANADA'S APPROACH TO MAY 25 ARF MEETING IN MANILA
[...] (SBU) Summary. Canada and the U.S. agree on most of the important issues to be addressed at the upcoming ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) in Manila. Canada is enthusiastic about the U.S. draft UNSCR 1540 implementation statement, agrees that the inter-sessional meet [...]
2007-05-16 21:15:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PTER PARM KNNP ARF XB CA
07PANAMA1042PANAMA: WHITE PAPER LAYS OUT POLICY ON COLOMBIAN
[...] (U) Panama's MFA and Council for Public Security and National Defense (CSPDN) separately provided Embassy Panama a copy of the GOP's white paper on "Displaced Colombians on the Border" in March. Regarding Colombian refugees, this paper states: -- Panama has an obligation to guard its borde [...]
2007-06-19 18:48:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL PGOV PM CO
07PANAMA1052PANAMA POST: EDITION II
[...] (U) Welcome to edition II of the Panama Post! We hope that our readership will enjoy the following items and that they will enhance your understanding of Panama's political environment: -- Terrorist possible next National Assembly President; -- Balbina Herrera may be Revolutionary Democrat [...]
2007-06-21 20:55:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KCRM PM
07PANAMA1197PANAMA POST: EDITION V
[...] (C) In this week's edition, the Panama Post takes a look at the internal workings of the governing Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) and the Patriotic Union (UP) party. Also, the Panama Post reports that the Technical Judicial Police (PTJ) reform effort is on hold and that its newly appoin [...]
2007-07-13 21:08:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SNAR KCRM PM
07PANAMA1226PANAMA POST: EDITION VI
[...] (C) Dichter and Neira's latest poll (REFTEL B),published by Panama City broad sheet daily La Prensa on July 16, set the political tone for this week. Taking a significant dive in the polls, Panama City Mayor and aspirant for the governing Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) presidential no [...]
2007-07-23 12:31:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PM
07PANAMA1309PANAMA POST VII
[...] (C) In its latest edition, the Panama Post covers the following stories: -- Pedro Miguel Gonzalez, wanted in the U.S. for the 1991 murder of U.S. serviceman Zak Hernandez, riding high in his campaign to be President of Panama's National Assembly; -- Jose Miguel Aleman to be Endara's vice pr [...]
2007-08-03 17:21:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PM
07PANAMA1369PANAMA: EDUCATION SYSTEM NEEDS DRASTIC REFORM
[...] (U) Most stakeholders interviewed recently view the most significant challenges faced by Panama's education system as: inequality, lack of quality, cronyism, corruption, poor budget administration, antiquated technology, and politicized education initiatives, the longevity of which lasts only a [...]
2007-08-15 16:38:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB PGOV PM SOCI
07PANAMA1370RESPONSE: EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION SECTION FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-15 17:53:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDECIN ECON ELAB ETRD PM
07PANAMA1430PANAMA POST: EDITION IX
[...] (C) For the ninth edition of the Panama Post, our top stories are: -- Ernesto "El Toro" Perez Balladares will run for president, wants to face Vallarino; -- Jose Manuel Teran: opposition needs to rally around Vallarino; -- Juan Carlos Varela and his campaign team lunch with Ambassador; [...]
2007-08-24 21:22:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ELAB PM
07PANAMA1487SCENESETTER: SECRETARY OF COMMERCE CARLOS
[...] (U) Welcome and Summary. Embassy Panama extends a warm welcome to you and your delegation. Your engagement in Panama can help strengthen our bilateral relationship, boost support for the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA),reinforce U.S. export opportunities regarding the $5.25 bil [...]
2007-09-06 12:24:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDOVIP ETRD PGOV PM
07PANAMA1592BUSINESS LEADERS DESPAIR OVER PMG'S EFFECT ON TPA
[...] (C) Summary: Panamanian business leaders are increasingly glum about the country's prospects for securing Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA) ratification in the U.S. owing to Pedro Miguel Gonzalez's (PMG's) September 1 elevation to PanamaQs National Assembly presidency. In their meetings with se [...]
2007-09-26 23:48:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON PREL PGOV PM
07PANAMA1625PANAMA: INTERESTED IN SUPPORTING UNGA RESOLUTION
[...] (SBU) "Panama would probably like to co-sponsor the proposed U.S. resolution" condemning the use of rape as an instrument of state policy, MFA DG for International Political Affairs Javier Bonagas told POLCOUNS on October 2. Bonagas said that he would ask Panama's Mission to the UN to engage [...]
2007-10-03 18:37:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM KWMN AORC SOCI UN UNGA PM
07PANAMA1711PANAMA: 2008 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT
[...] (U) The U.S. goods trade surplus with Panama was $2.3 billion in 2006, an increase of $493 million from $1.8 billion in 2005. U.S. goods exports in 2006 were $2.7 billion, up 25.2 percent from the previous year. Corresponding U.S. imports from Panama were $378 million, up 15.7 percent. Panama [...]
2007-10-29 16:00:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD
07PANAMA1742PANAMA: LEBANESE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS DEMARCHE
[...] Bonagas had no substantive response, but expressed his pleasure regarding continued USG efforts to engage the MFA on matters that were before the UN Security Council, such as the current situation in Lebanon. EATON [...]
2007-11-06 20:46:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PTER LE SY EUN PM
07PANAMA1762PANAMA: INPUT FOR 2007 CBERA OPERATION REPORT -
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Below is Part 1 of 2 of Post's report on Panama's current performance with respect to the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA),as amended by the Caribbean Basin Trade Partnerhsip Act (CBTPA). Part 1 responds to the questions set forth in reftel paragraph 6. Part 2 resp [...]
2007-11-14 22:48:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ECON ETRD XK XL
07PANAMA1766PANAMA: INPUT FOR 2007 CBERA OPERATION REPORT -
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Below is Part 2 of 2 of Post's report on Panama's current performance with respect to the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA),as amended by the Caribbean Basin Trade Partnerhsip Act (CBTPA). Part 1 responds to the questions set forth in reftel paragraph 6. Part 2 resp [...]
2007-11-15 15:44:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ECON ETRD XK XL
07PANAMA1827PANAMA: WEIGHING "OVERALL POLICY REVIEW" OF
[...] (C) "Panama is considering an overall policy review of its positions on the various Israel resolutions that come up every year in the UN General Assembly (UNGA)," First VP and FM Samuel Lewis told Ambassador on December 3 in response to reftel A demarche. Lewis added, "I don't know if there wou [...]
2007-12-03 22:15:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA IS PM
07PANAMA1838PANAMA: IRAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM BRIEFING HAS MAJOR IMPACT ON MFA THINKING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-06 21:09:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALIR KNNP MNUC PM PREL UNSC
07PANAMA184PANAMA: SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT TORRIJOS'
[...] (C) Panamanian President Martin Torrijos will visit Washington February 14-16 for a meetings with the President and the Secretary of Defense, outreach to the AFL/CIO, business leaders, and the Hill to lobby for adoption of the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA). Indeed, advancing the [...]
2007-02-06 21:04:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ETRD SNAR KJUS UNSC PM
07PANAMA185PANAMA: SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT TORRIJOS'
[...] (C) Panamanian President Martin Torrijos will visit Washington February 14-16 for a meetings with the President and the Secretary of Defense, outreach to the AFL/CIO, business leaders, and the Hill to lobby for adoption of the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA). Indeed, advancing the [...]
2007-02-06 21:08:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ETRD SNAR KJUS UNSC PM
07PANAMA1872PANAMA: TORRIJOS OPPOSES NATIONAL DAY OF MOURNING,
[...] (C) "President Torrijos wants you to know his concerns about Pedro Miguel's rant yesterday (December 13). His proposed resolution is not this Administration's policy, and the President does not support the idea of a National Day of Mourning on December 20," First VP and FM Samuel Lewis told [...]
2007-12-14 22:00:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR PGOV KTIA PM
07PANAMA1873PANAMA: ADDITIONAL DEMARCHE ON IRAN NIE DELIVERED
[...] (C) "Panama continues to watch the Iran situation closely," First VP and FM Samuel Lewis told Ambassador in response to presentation of reftel A demarche. Lewis indicated that he understood that the U.S. Iran policy had not changed. MFA Senior Advisor for UN Security Council Affairs Nils Cas [...]
2007-12-14 22:01:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL IR PM
07PANAMA1876PANAMA: ADDITIONAL DEMARCHE ON IRAN NIE DELIVERED
[...] (C) "Panama continues to watch the Iran situation closely," First VP and FM Samuel Lewis told Ambassador in response to presentation of reftel A demarche. Lewis indicated that he understood that the U.S. Iran policy had not changed. MFA Senior Advisor for UN Security Council Affairs Nils Cas [...]
2007-12-17 16:10:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM PREL IR PM
07PANAMA307PANAMA 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] The resolution of a number of investment dispute cases in recent years opened the way for the April 2004 start of bilateral negotiations for a free trade agreement between the United States and Panama. The negotiations concluded successfully in December 2006. As of early 2007, the re-named [...]
2007-03-01 22:42:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ECON EFIN ETRD OPIC KTDB USTR
07PANAMA383PANAMA: CUBAN FM COMES TO TOWN
[...] (C) Noting that Cuba "has demonstrated its solidarity and support" for Panama since "the epoch of General Omar Torrijos," Panamanian First VP and FM Samuel Lewis launched the first meeting of the Panama-Cuba binational commission on March 2. Lewis added that the meeting was "of high importanc [...]
2007-03-13 15:53:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PM CU
07PANAMA686PANAMA AGREES WITH SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENTIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-30 20:21:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC SO PM
07PANAMA856PANAMA-VENEZUELA: CHAVEZ NOT VISITING; ROSALES
[...] (C) "Chavez will not be coming to the General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OASGA)," Panamanian First VP and FM Samuel Lewis told Ambassador on May 23. A relieved Lewis added that President Martin Torrijos would not make a stop-over in Caracas on hi way to Rio de Janeiro. [...]
2007-05-24 20:39:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL VE PM
07PANAMA858GOP TO SUPPORT PRO-CONVERSATION VOTES AT IWC BUT
[...] (U) SUMMARY. EconOff delivered REFTEL points on May 22 and 23, 2007 to George Novey, Sub Administrator for the Aquatic Resources Authority (ARAP),and on May 23, 2007 to Deborah Siraze, International Economic Relations Division of the Ministry for Foreign Relations (MIRE). Novey and Siraze tol [...]
2007-05-25 17:42:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PREL SENV IWC
07PANAMA910SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF STATE RICES' JUNE 4 VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) Welcome and Summary. Embassy Panama extends a warm welcome to you and your delegation. Your engagement in Panama can help strengthen our excellent bilateral relationship, solidify support for the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA),reinforce U.S. support for, and interest in, [...]
2007-06-01 16:32:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ETRD ECON OVIP OTRA PM
07PANAMA914SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF STATE RICE'S
[...] (SBU) Welcome and Summary. Embassy Panama extends a warm welcome to you and your delegation. Your engagement in Panama can help strengthen our excellent bilateral relationship, solidify support for the U.S.- Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA),reinforce U.S. support for, and interest in [...]
2007-06-01 22:25:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ETRD ECON OVIP OTRA PM
07PANAMA964PANAMA: NO CHANGE IN RELATIONS WITH TAIWAN
[...] (U) Panama would continue to recognize diplomatic Taiwan and to sustain commercial ties with China, Panamanian Presidency Secretary of State Communications Erich Rodriguez Auerbach confirmed to the press on June 7. A communique released by the MFA the same day stated: "The Government of t [...]
2007-06-08 18:01:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ETRD TW PM
07PARAMARIBO127BOUTERSE COMEBACK SPINS ITS WHEELS AS TRIAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The long-delayed murder trial of former military strongman Desi Bouterse and other suspects is now expected to start in March or April of 2007. However, Bouterse is among 23 suspects and it appears they will be tried in turn, meaning it could be months or even years before Boute [...]
2007-03-14 21:14:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NS
07PARAMARIBO133IRAN: AS USUAL, SURINAME LARGELY SILENT ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: According to an official at the government of Suriname,s (GOS) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Suriname has no position with regard to pressuring Iran on UNSCR 1737 or nuclear proliferation. Typically for Suriname, the official was reluctant to express clear positions and s [...]
2007-03-19 19:42:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL NS KNNP IR
07PARAMARIBO165CHINESE HIGH OFFICIAL VISITS: POPULAR WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Li Changchun, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee, arrived in Suriname on March 27 for a two-day visit. In a striking display of warm relations by the government of Suriname (GOS),Li was met by Vice Presi [...]
2007-04-03 18:06:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV NS CH ECON
07PARAMARIBO289DOWNPLAYING THE CONFERENCE ON THE CARIBBEAN--AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Suriname (GOS) seems uninspired by the Conference on the Caribbean, and is downplaying its importance. Inexplicably, President Venetiaan will not attend. His substitute, Vice President Ramdien Sardjoe, told the press he is going to Washington for a CARICOM H [...]
2007-06-08 19:09:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV NS
07PARAMARIBO297TAIWAN STRIKES AT CHINA IN SURINAME
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Responding to a charm-and-funding offensive (ref A) by the government of the People,s Republic of China (GOC),the Government of Taiwan (GOT) offered more than U.S. $100 million in loans and grant assistance to Suriname through a "Friendship Foundation" in April. Select governm [...]
2007-06-12 11:32:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV NS CH TW
07PARAMARIBO305CHINA/TAIWAN: ACCUSATIONS OF BRIBERY IN ST. LUCIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Government of Suriname (GOS) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Head of the Americas Division Terence Craig (protect) told Post the government of Taiwan (GOT) bribed the government of St. Lucia (GOSL) to reject a "One-China Policy." The accusations are ironic given local grumbli [...]
2007-06-15 16:46:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NS ST KCOR
07PARAMARIBO315CHINA/TAIWAN: MUZZLING THE FREE MEDIA IN SURINAME
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Government of Suriname (GOS) Vice President Ramdien Sardjoe "requested" that a local news show leave out parts of its programming dealing with the China-Taiwan controversy as debate raged in May as to whether China or Taiwan would be the better partner for Suriname. Local and r [...]
2007-06-21 18:22:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV NS CH TW PHUM
07PARAMARIBO323INACTION AS POLICY: ARTICLE 98 IN SURINAME
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Under pressure from the Ministry of Defense (MOD) and the uniformed military, the Government of Suriname (GOS) appears to stick to its position that if it joins the International Criminal Court (ICC) it will also sign an Article 98 agreement. However, it will not be likely to [...]
2007-06-26 13:50:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIALNS PREL PGOV KAWC
07PARAMARIBO346GOING TO TAIWAN: SURINAMESE PARLIMENTARY VISIT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the latest attempt by the Government of Taiwan (GOT) to butter up the Surinamese for eventual diplomatic recognition (ref A),several parliamentarians from the Government of Suriname (GOS) were invited to Taiwan for a "familiarization" visit. The Deputy Speaker of Parliamen [...]
2007-07-06 19:12:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV NS CH TW
07PARAMARIBO441TAIWAN AID PROPOSAL "IN THE GARBAGE?"
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A Surinamese delegation including four parliamentarians traveled to Taiwan from July 16-20 on their "personal title," and returned to Suriname with an "official" offer of aid from the government of Taiwan (GOT). However, the government of Suriname (GOS) has never acknowledged [...]
2007-08-20 18:58:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV NS CH TW
07PARAMARIBO460SURINAME AND CHINA SLOW DANCE--BUT NOT TOO CLOSELY
[...] SUMMARY (C) Despite mutual commitment of Suriname and China to their bilateral relationship, progress in achieving tangible results is slow. China's hopes of tapping into Suriname's riches have been tempered by bureaucratic processes, ill-conceived projects, environmental concerns, and publ [...]
2007-08-28 19:53:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIALSENV CH NS
07PARAMARIBO493SURINAME: DETAILS FOR ATTENDANCE AT UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-14 20:09:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OVIP KSEP UNGA NS
07PARAMARIBO501(C) SCENESETTER AND READ-AHEAD FOR THE VISIT OF DEFENSE SECRETARY ROBERT GATES TO PARAMARIBO, SURINAME SATURDAY AFTERNOON OCTOBER 6, 2007
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-19 21:09:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR NS
07PARAMARIBO540FIRST-EVER CABINET LEVEL VISIT TO SURINAME, SECRETARY GATES MEETS PRESIDENT VENETIAAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-10 20:14:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIALNS OVIP PGOV PREL
07PARAMARIBO543First-Ever Cabinet Level Visit to Suriname:
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In this unprecedented half-hour meeting in Paramaribo between Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Surinamese President Ronald Venetiaan, participants discussed the overwhelmingly positive week-long visit of the hospital ship, USNS Comfort, as well as the importance to Suriname of [...]
2007-10-12 16:17:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV OVIP NS
07PARAMARIBO549DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. DRAFT RESOLUTION ON
[...] (U) Per reftel, post delivered demarche to Chantal Elsenhout, Deputy Head of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Suriname, on Monday, October 15. Elsenhout said she would contact members of Suriname's UN mission about the matter. Elsenhout did not have any immediat [...]
2007-10-16 17:04:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDAORC UN PHUM KWMN SOCI NS
07PARAMARIBO576SURINAME: 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS
[...] Post presents its 2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT (INCSR),Part I, Drugs and Chemical Control. Suriname I. Summary Suriname is a transit point for South American cocaine en route to Europe, Africa, and, to a lesser extent, the United States. The Government of Surinam [...]
2007-11-02 17:20:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR NS
07PARAMARIBO585STUDENT DEMONSTRATIONS: FAILED ACTION OR OMINOUS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Protest demonstrations organized by the Youth Collective Suriname (JCS) continued on November 5 and marked the third time in less than a week that students took to the streets of Paramaribo, ostensibly to protest deficiencies in the educational system and other youth issues. Mem [...]
2007-11-09 12:09:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIALPGOV NS ASEC
07PARAMARIBO586STUDENT DEMONSTRATIONS: FAILED ACTION OR OMINOUS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Protest demonstrations organized by the Youth Collective Suriname (JCS) continued on November 5 and marked the third time in less than a week that students took to the streets of Paramaribo, ostensibly to protest deficiencies in the educational system and other youth issues. Mem [...]
2007-11-09 12:10:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIALPGOV NS ASEC
07PARAMARIBO599SURINAME MAY ABSTAIN ON UNGA 3RD COMMITTEE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On November 19 Post delivered the message per reftel to Government of Suriname (GOS) Ambassador to the United Nations Henry McDonald, GOS Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Permanent Secretary Jane Aarland-Nanhu, and GOS MFA Acting Head of International Organizations Rosita Hubar [...]
2007-11-19 19:56:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UN NS
07PARAMARIBO609SUGGESTED INFO MEMO ON BOUTERSE TRIAL
[...] (U) The following is suggested text for an info memo on the "December Process" (Bouterse trial) in Suriname. 2. (C) The trial of Desi Bouterse and 24 co-defendants for the December 1982 murder of fifteen political opponents will begin on Friday, November 30. Bouterse is expected by many [...]
2007-11-29 15:08:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASIC SNAR NS
07PARAMARIBO610CHINESE UNPOPULAR WITH SURINAME PRESS: "CHINESE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Surinamese media is severely biased against Chinese immigrants to Suriname, Chinese products, and China as a political presence. Privately editors and journalists commented bluntly, "I don't like the Chinese." The newspapers are to a degree beholden to the Chinese, howeve [...]
2007-11-29 19:14:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV NS CH TW
07PARAMARIBO624CHINA UNPOPULAR WITH THE SURINAMESE PUBLIC: "DIRTY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Surinamese public is biased against recent immigrants from China. These "new Chinese" are accused of entering Suriname illegally, and receiving preferential treatment in obtaining residency permits and business licenses. Their economic competition is feared, and viewed by [...]
2007-12-04 20:23:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH NS
07PARAMARIBO629UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR INFORMATION
[...] (U) In response to reftel Post provides the following updated information on Suriname's commitment to eliminate the worst forms of child labor. A. (U) Suriname has ratified ILO Convention 182 regarding the worst forms of child labor. ILO Convention 138, the Minimum Age Convention, is, howe [...]
2007-12-06 18:24:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID NS
07PARAMARIBO94 Paramaribo Request for American Corner Sustaining Funds
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT: (A) Embassy Paramaribo requests "American Corner Sustaining Funds" for FY-07. Post is beginning to realize success in its efforts to re-energize the Embassy-American Corner relationship. The Pol-PD Officer and PD FSN have outlined a comprehensive plan of action to make the [...]
2007-02-23 12:50:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL OPRC OIIP NS
07PARIS1 WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: SOMALIA, THE ETHIOPIAN OFFENSIVE;
[...] (SBU) The conflict between Somalia and Ethiopia, conducted with alleged "tacit" or "explicit" U.S. support dominated the international news in France this week. The French press denounced the pending execution of Saddam Hussein and complained that he is being put to death before being tried fo [...]
2007-01-03 05:55:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPRC PREL KPAO FR
07PARIS1011 UNESCO DG REACTS TO HIGH-LEVEL PANEL REPORT "DELIVERING AS
[...] This is a guidance request, see para 4. 2. Summary: After some initial hesitation, UNESCO's Director General Matsuura continues to engage member states on the results of the UN high level panel report "Delivering as One." At a March 9 question and answer session with member states, the D [...]
2007-03-15 13:32:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDUNESCO AORC UNGA PREL PHUM SOCI EAID
07PARIS1034EMBASSY PARIS PRESS OUTREACH ON MISSILE DEFENSE
[...] (SBU) Embassy Paris reached key media audiences March 16 with an exclusive print interview for DOD U/S for Policy, Ambassador Eric Edelman, as well as a press roundtable featuring U/S Edelman and Missile Defense Agency Director LTG Henry Obering. French press coverage on the USG's missile defe [...]
2007-03-16 16:28:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM KPAO MNUC MARR IR FR RU
07PARIS1063DOD USDP EDELMAN AND FRENCH POLITICAL DIRECTOR
[...] (S) SUMMARY: During a March 15 meeting with USDP Edelman, MFA Political Director Araud accepted fully the U.S. right to deploy MD in the Czech Republic and Poland while noting the need for careful Russia management. Agreeing with Edelman that this was more a problem of politics than physics, A [...]
2007-03-19 15:45:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL FR NATO PARM AF IZ IR MOPS MNUC KCFE
07PARIS1065 TOTAL DISCUSSES PROSPECTIVE IRANIAN INVESTMENTS
[...] (C) On March 8, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy, Sanctions, and Commodities Paul Simons met with Total Exploration and Production President Yves-Louis Darricarrere to discourage Total's prospective energy sector investments in Iran. Darricarrere said that Total would not make a final in [...]
2007-03-19 16:33:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALETTC EINV EPET FR IR
07PARIS1066 (SBU) UNESCO -- INFORMATION MEETING ON TECHNICAL MISSION
[...] (U) Summary and background: Six Arab state members of UNESCO have requested an extraordinary and unprecedented special meeting of the UNESCO Executive Board to discuss Israeli archaeological work on the ramp leading to the al-Mughrabi Gate on the Temple Mount. At the invitation of the Israeli [...]
2007-03-19 16:33:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNESCO SCUL IS
07PARIS1075FRANCE?S COMPETITIVENESS CLUSTERS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The GOF is promoting the establishment of competitiveness clusters ("poles de competitivite" in French),combining the efforts of enterprises, research entities, and higher education institutions to develop technologies into products with practical applications. The GOF hopes t [...]
2007-03-20 08:59:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON ETRD ECPS EAIR ENRG EIND TNGD TRGY
07PARIS1076FRANCE'S AEROSPACE CLUSTER
[...] (U) SUMMARY: As part of France's new scientific and innovation policy (see ref a),France embarked on an ambitious program of naming competitiveness clusters throughout the country (ref b). Possibly the most visible of these clusters focuses on aerospace and embedded systems in the Midi-Pyrene [...]
2007-03-20 10:05:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTSPL EINV EAIR TSPA TNGD EIND ECON PGOV FR
07PARIS1090FRANCE ON BURMA: IT'S ALL ABOUT CHINA?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the defeat of the Burma resolution in the U.N. Security Council, the MFA -- never fully convinced of the value of a resolution over a presidential statement -- believes Burma is a dead letter in the UNSC and fears further UNSC action would provoke the Chinese, whose coop [...]
2007-03-20 17:05:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC BM FR
07PARIS1103FRANCE ON BURMA: IT'S ALL ABOUT CHINA?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the defeat of the Burma resolution in the U.N. Security Council, the MFA -- never fully convinced of the value of a resolution over a presidential statement -- believes Burma is a dead letter in the UNSC and fears further UNSC action would provoke the Chinese, whose coop [...]
2007-03-21 15:04:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC BM FR
07PARIS1111GENERAL OBERING'S MARCH 16 MISSILE DEFENSE
[...] (C) Summary: MOD and MFA officials welcomed briefings by Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Director LT. General Obering on March 16. The MOD was primarily in a listening mode, raising only a few key questions. General Obering stressed that: 1) the Iranian ICBM, IRBM, SRBM threat is real, growing a [...]
2007-03-22 08:20:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALMARR MNUC PARM FR
07PARIS1115GENERAL OBERING'S MARCH 16 MISSILE DEFENSE
[...] (C) Summary: MOD and MFA officials welcomed briefings by Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Director LT. General Obering on March 16. The MOD was primarily in a listening mode, raising only a few key questions. General Obering stressed that: 1) the Iranian ICBM, IRBM, SRBM threat is real, growing a [...]
2007-03-22 13:25:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALMARR MNUC PARM FR
07PARIS112FRENCH SHARE VIEWS ON LEBANON CONFERENCE, UNSCR
[...] (S) Summary: EB PDAS Liz Dibble and NEA DAS Robert Danin met with the MFA's Herve Besancenot (DAS-equivalent for the Levant) and the Elysee's Dominique Boche (Chirac's Middle East advisor) on January 9 to discuss preparations for the January 25 Lebanon conference (septel to follow) and options [...]
2007-01-10 17:01:00Embassy ParisSECRETFR KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY
07PARIS1190OECD: AMBASSADOR MORELLA BRIEFS COUNCIL ON THE PARTNERSHIP
[...] (SBU) Ambassador Morella briefed the OECD Council March 20 on the status of the U.S. initiative for a "Partnership for Democratic Governance" (see speaking notes in Para 5 below). Due to the late hour, discussion was limited; however, several key OECD Members expressed strong support for the [...]
2007-03-26 16:39:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON ETRD OECD
07PARIS1228A/S O'BRIEN MEETINGS ON IRAN SANCTIONS
[...] (S) Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Patrick O'Brien consulted March 15-16 with French officials to discuss implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1737 on Iran sanctions, share information on individuals and entities involved in Iran's nuclear weapons program, learn the status of [...]
2007-03-27 16:27:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL EFIN ETTC KTFN KNNP IR FR
07PARIS123UNESCO REFORM: NATURAL SCIENCES SECTOR AWAITS CONCLUSIONS
[...] Summary: On the margins of the January 9-12 meeting of the panel established to review UNESCO's Natural Sciences sector and Social and Human Sciences sector, there is uncertainty both in the delegations and in the secretariat as to what the review exercise might yield. This includes concern [...]
2007-01-11 15:29:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDUNESCO SCI SENV AORC EAID
07PARIS1242FRENCH PUT CONTACT GROUP ON INDEFINITE HOLD
[...] (S) Summary: On March 27, Herve Besancenot, MFA DAS-equivalent for the Levant, gave an equivocal response to reftel demarche, claiming that the Quai's position had remained consistent: the French support the Contact Group in theory, but the timing must be handled carefully because of the extr [...]
2007-03-28 17:01:00Embassy ParisSECRETFR GM IR IS IT LE PARM PGOV PREL SP SY UK
07PARIS1252CHAD/SUDAN/C.A.R.: CONVINCING DEBY TO ACCEPT UN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Chad desk officer Michael Deslaimes (PROTECT THROUGHOUT) on March 27 said that the international community needed to emphasize to Chad's President Deby the benefits for Chad of a UN peacekeeping mission on the Chad-Sudan border, rather than stress how such a mission could h [...]
2007-03-29 11:41:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO UNSC CD SU FR
07PARIS1270FRANCE: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL OBERSTAR VISIT APRIL
[...] (SBU) We would like to extend a warm welcome to Codel Oberstar for your April 3 - 6 visit to France. During your stay here you will have meetings with senior French officials, including Transportation Minister Dominique Perben, Minister Delegate for Trade Christine Lagarde, and Director Genera [...]
2007-03-30 10:03:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAIR ETRD PREL FR
07PARIS1283ELECTION SNAPSHOT: UNINFORMATIVE POLLS, URBAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Three weeks from the April 22 first-round of France's presidential election, center-right former Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy and Socialist Poitou-Charentes Region President Segolene Royal remain in the lead. Francois Bayrou, head of the centrist Union for French Democra [...]
2007-03-30 14:44:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
07PARIS1307JOHNNY ABDO: DISTRUSTFUL OF SAUDI DIPLOMATIC
[...] (C) Summary: In a March 30 meeting, Former Lebanese Intelligence Chief Johnny Abdo said he distrusts the recent flurry of Saudi diplomatic activity on Lebanon, and faulted the Saudis for not taking Saad Hariri seriously. A March 14 supporter, Abdo nevertheless criticized the March 14 leadersh [...]
2007-04-02 16:49:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR LE PGOV PREL SY
07PARIS1334OECD: State of Play on Enlargement and Enhanced Engagement
[...] (SBU) Summary: As we approach the April ECSS and May Ministerial Council Meeting, elements of an OECD enlargement and enhanced engagement (EE) package are emerging. Members appear ready to bless opening accesion negotiations with Chile and Israel, although some continue to express concerns a [...]
2007-04-04 16:10:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON ETRD OECD
07PARIS1361A/S C/T COORDINATOR TALKS PKK TO THE FRENCH
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Acting S C/T Coordinator Frank Urbancic and a U.S. interagency delegation met March 29 with a French interministerial group to discuss strategies for dismantling the capabilities of the PKK to finance and recruit in Europe. The French delegation provided a comprehensive overview o [...]
2007-04-05 15:41:00Embassy ParisSECRETPTER EFIN KCRM PINR PREL TU GM FR
07PARIS1418France Telecom's Transformational Strategy
[...] (SBU) On March 30, France Telecom (FT) executives told us that FT had to expand into new areas, both geographically and functionally, since telecom services were minimally profitable in France. FT emphasized that value-added services delivered through broadband and mobile telephony would be th [...]
2007-04-10 14:06:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS ETRD FR
07PARIS147Reporting Cable: NINTH OECD WORKING GROUP ON WASTE
[...] The draft agenda (ENV/EPOC/WGWPR/A(2006)1) was accepted without comment, as was the Summary Record of the Eighth Meeting. AGENDA ITEM 3: ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS --------------------------------------------- --- 2. Several countries including the US, gave brief synopse [...]
2007-01-12 15:15:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDETRD OTRA SENV KSCA TPHY FR
07PARIS1476HARIRI ADVISOR: CHIRAC DETERMINED TO PURSUE
[...] (S) Summary: President Chirac has concluded that there is no way to establish the International Tribunal for Lebanon other than via Chapter VII action by the UNSC, and will exert all his influence to make that happen before leaving office next month, according to Basile Yared, the Paris-based [...]
2007-04-12 17:04:00Embassy ParisSECRETFR LE PGOV PREL SY
07PARIS150 WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: IRAQ AND NEW STRATEGY; AMERICAN AIR
[...] (SBU) Speculation as to President Bush's new strategy for Iraq, including the replacement of Generals George Casey and John Abizaid, began to gain momentum in the French media this week. Before the President's address to the nation, commentators analyzed the possible consequences of sending ne [...]
2007-01-12 16:36:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPRC PREL KPAO FR
07PARIS151COUNTERTERRORISM CONSULTATIONS WITH THE FRENCH
[...] (S) SUMMARY: A USG Delegation led by Ambassador-at-large for Counterterrorism, Hank Crumpton, held strategic counterterrorism consultations with senior French officials December 7. The two delegations exchanged views on the overall threat situation, improvements to both countries' counterterr [...]
2007-01-16 07:34:00Embassy ParisSECRETPTER PGOV PREL FR
07PARIS1537France's Presidential Candidates' Views on the Digital
[...] (SBU) The emergence of a new generation of candidates and voters is helping define France's response to Internet growth and regulation, electronic commerce, and new technologies. For the first time in a presidential campaign, this is an issue of political debate. The Forum of Internet Rights, [...]
2007-04-17 16:22:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS KIPR ETRD FR
07PARIS158UPDATE ON LEBANON DONORS CONFERENCE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: FRANCE IS ENCOURAGED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF LEBANON'S PROPOSED ECONOMIC PROGRAM TO GARNER DONOR SUPPORT, AND IS RELATIVELY WELL-ADVANCED IN PREPARATIONS FOR THE JANUARY 25 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR LEBANON. THE LEBANESE ECONOMIC TEAM GAVE A VERY GOOD PRESENTATION OF ITS ECONOMIC [...]
2007-01-16 15:18:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KDEM PGOV PREL LE SY FR
07PARIS1585MAIN FRENCH PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES AGRICULTURE PROPOSALS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Although the farm population makes up less than 4 percent of the French electorate it's political influence has been, during the tenure of President Chirac, disproportionately strong. In this Presidential campaign, the agricultural policies of the main candidates have not been a [...]
2007-04-19 14:59:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ETRD KPAO EU FR
07PARIS1593CHIRAC'S ENDGAME IN LEBANON
[...] (C) Summary/comment: President Chirac does not believe Russia will veto a UNSCR to establish the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, according to Chirac's Middle East advisor, Dominique Boche. Although the Russians have not yet proposed any quid pro quo for their support or abstention, the French w [...]
2007-04-19 18:16:00Embassy ParisSECRETFR LE SY PGOV PREL UNSC
07PARIS1595ELECTION EVE: BETWEEN SARKOZY AND ROYAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the final days before the April 22 first round of the French presidential election, the latest polls continue to predict that center-right UMP candidate Nicolas Sarkozy, followed by Socialist Party candidate Segolene Royal, will be the two victors for the May 7 run-off. Ce [...]
2007-04-20 11:27:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
07PARIS1596FRENCH RESPONSE TO GAERC DEMARCHE
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered ref A demarche April 18 and ref B demarche April 20 to Jean-Louis Falconi, head of Common Foreign and Security Policy at the MFA. Falconi said he would review our points carefully and said he understood U.S. views. However, due to staffing shortfalls and pressing tasks [...]
2007-04-20 13:48:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEUN ETRD KPAL PREL XG IS IR AF FR
07PARIS1597MUBARAK AND ABBAS BID ADIEU TO CHIRAC
[...] (C) Summary: President Jacques Chirac received Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Paris on April 16, and then met with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on April 17. While both visits were essentially courtesy calls, Chirac seized the opportunity to press Mubarak for support on [...]
2007-04-20 14:12:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKPAL EG FR IS PGOV PREL SY
07PARIS1608FRANCE: IMPACT OF PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES' ECONOMIC
[...] (U) SUMMARY. According to an evaluation of the leading French presidential candidates' job-creation proposals by a prominent think tank aligned with French business groups, only center-right UMP candidate Nicolas Sarkozy's policy proposals would create jobs and add to GDP growth; centrist UDF [...]
2007-04-20 15:16:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV ELAB FR
07PARIS1610FRANCE QUIETLY SUPPORTS SPANISH APPROACH ON CUBA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA DAS-equivalent for Cuba Blandine Kreiss defended FM Moratinos' visit to Cuba, arguing the necessity of re-establishing government-to-government relations between Cuba and the EU and the need to give the human rights mechanism more time before judging its effectiveness. More [...]
2007-04-20 16:09:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM CU FR EUN
07PARIS1659FRENCH PARTICIPATION IN THE IRAQ COALITION
[...] (S) Embassy Paris has regularly engaged the GoF on possibilities for French participation in the Iraq coalition, but has made little headway given President Chirac's original, adamant opposition to the war. Although the French have generally tried since then to avoid provoking the U.S., and t [...]
2007-04-25 15:53:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL IZ MARR MAS MOPS PTER
07PARIS1689SHIELD S32-06: FRENCH COMPANY COOPERATION WITH
[...] This is an action request. See paragraph 5. (S)2. On April 25, econoff met with MFA Director for Export Control Jacques Raharinaivo to discuss the results of the GOF investigation into French company Paul Boye Manufacturing's dealings with two subsidiaries of the Iranian Defense Industrie [...]
2007-04-26 15:27:00Embassy ParisSECRETPARM ETTC PREL FR
07PARIS1695AF DAS THOMPSON'S MFA DISCUSSIONS ON ZIMBABWE,
[...] (C) Summary: AF DAS Carol Thompson pushed for active engagement on Zimbabwe and mapped out USG public health initiatives in Africa, e.g. PEPFAR and the President's Malaria initiative, in a meeting with MFA AF A/S-Equivalent Jean de Gliniasty. Gliniasty called for letting Africans take the le [...]
2007-04-27 14:19:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR ZI FR
07PARIS170CHIRAC'S ENVOY TO IRAN -- WHAT'S PROMPTING THIS
[...] (S) LE MONDE'S JAN. 17 EDITION RAN A FRONT-PAGE STORY ON CHIRAC,S INTEREST IN PURSUING A DIALOGUE WITH IRAN ON LEBANON, THUS CONFIRMING WHAT MFA POLITICAL DIRECTOR GERARD ARAUD TOLD THE AMBASSADOR DURING THEIR JAN. 15 MEETING. WE FACE THE PROSPECT OF UNTOWARD POLICY INITIATIVES BY CHIRAC DUR [...]
2007-01-17 14:18:00Embassy ParisSECRETFR IR LE PGOV PREL
07PARIS1708FRENCH SUPPORT FOR IRAQ COMPACT, IRAN SANCTIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt met with the French April 26 to discuss Iraq and Iran. Officials remained positive about the Iraq Compact's goals, but were unable to confirm ministerial participation at the Compact launch due to French elections. On Iran, both of the president [...]
2007-04-27 16:29:00Embassy ParisSECRETEFIN PREL ETTC PARM IR IQ FR
07PARIS1709CODEL OBERSTAR VISIT TO FRANCE, APRIL 3-6 2007
[...] (SBU) Chairman James Oberstar and seven members of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee visited France April 3-6. They met with the Minister of Transportation, the Minister Delegate for Trade, the Director General of Civil Aviation, as well as CEOs from Airbus, Air France and [...]
2007-04-27 16:40:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON ETRD PREL FR
07PARIS1710FRANCE: DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT DISCUSSES G8 ISSUES,
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt met with Xavier Musca, DG for Economic Policy, April 27 to discuss G8 issues, Iraq, Iran and Liberia. Musca indicated concerns that European-led sanctions would lead to a vacuum to be filled in Iran by China and Russia. He promised to look into [...]
2007-04-27 16:46:00Embassy ParisSECRETEFIN PREL ETTC PARM IR IQ FR LI
07PARIS1784ELECTION EVE: SARKOZY EXTENDS HIS LEAD GOING INTO
[...] (U) On the eve of the run-off election between former Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy and Poitou-Charentes Region President Segolene Royal, France's electorate is looking forward -- though not without some apprehension -- to the choice of direction for France that it will make in electing a [...]
2007-05-04 14:03:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
07PARIS1789U.S. ECONOMIC STAKES IN FRANCE'S PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) Summary: Going into the second round of France's presidential elections the stakes are modest for near to medium-term U.S. economic interests. We see little difference between the candidates on key foreign economic policy issues: a Doha deal would happen in spite of, not thanks to, France [...]
2007-05-04 14:44:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALECON PREL PGOV FR
07PARIS18 FRANCE'S ENERGY SECURITY POLICY
[...] (C) Summary. The GOF is enhancing its energy security through diversification of supply sources and increasing the percentage of nuclear and renewables in its energy mix, while decreasing the use of oil and coal. While these changes are guided partially by a desire to become more energy indep [...]
2007-01-03 15:56:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPINR EPET ENRG KPRP ECON FR
07PARIS1817THE FRENCH ELECT SARKOZY -- WHAT THEIR CHOICE MEANS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In electing Nicolas Sarkozy as France's sixth President under the Fifth Republic (ref),French voters: -- entrusted their country's highest office to an intensely ambitious and passionately action-oriented politician; -- endorsed the wide-ranging program of reforms -- includi [...]
2007-05-09 13:50:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
07PARIS1844ENGAGING THE NEW FRENCH GOVERNMENT ON FOREIGN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign policy played only a negligible role in the presidential election campaign that concluded May 6, and Sarkozy has relatively little experience in foreign affairs, despite his tenures as Interior and Finance Minister. Nonetheless, Sarkozy's personality is such that he will w [...]
2007-05-10 09:17:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EUN IR AF NATO IZ TU UNO LE YI RS
07PARIS1879SAAD HARIRI'S MEETING WITH SARKOZY
[...] (C) PRESIDENT-ELECT SARKOZY ASSURED PRESIDENT CHIRAC AND LEBANESE MP SAAD HARIRI ON MAY 10 THAT HE WILL STAY THE COURSE ON PURSUING A CHAPTER VII UNSCR TO ESTABLISH THE SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON. ACCORDING TO READOUTS WE RECEIVED AFTER THE MEETING FROM DOMINIQUE BOCHE, CHIRAC'S MIDDLE EAST [...]
2007-05-11 15:29:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR PGOV PREL LE SY
07PARIS1883HEAD-TO-HEAD WITH AOUN'S HENCHMAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: WE MET MAY 10 WITH MICHEL AOUN'S REPRESENTATIVE IN PARIS, SIMON ABI RAMIA, AND CHALLENGED HIS TEDIOUS ASSERTION THAT THE U.S. SHOULD REGARD AOUN AS AN ALLY. WE ARGUED, INTER ALIA, THAT AOUN IS BEING USED BY HIZBALLAH, THAT ABI RAMIA'S "AOUN IS YOUR ALLY" MESSAGE HAS LOST ALL CRED [...]
2007-05-11 15:40:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR PGOV PREL LE SY
07PARIS1887FRANCE: GENERAL AGREEMENT WITH U.S. ON GAERC ISSUES
[...] (U) We shared reftel points on May 11 with MFA CFSP Deputy Emmanuel Cohet. 2. (C) Western Balkans: Cohet indicated that Bosnia is unlikely to be discussed. Regarding Serbia, he indicated that France shares our position on the new government and on cooperation with the ICTY. On Kosovo, [...]
2007-05-11 17:19:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EUN ETRD KPAL XG IS IR AF
07PARIS1888FRANCE AND LEBANON: UPDATE ON CHAPTER VII
[...] (C) NEA Watcher met May 11 with Damien Loras, FM Douste-Blazy,s cabinet advisor for the Middle East, to discuss French thinking on the content and timing of a Chapter VII resolution to establish the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. On content, Loras noted that the French disagreed with essential [...]
2007-05-11 17:59:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR PGOV PREL LE SY
07PARIS189COTE D'IVOIRE: LACK OF PROGRESS WEIGHS HEAVILY ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Desk officers from the MFA's AF and IO bureaus, in a January 10 meeting with AF/W desk officer Emily Plumb, expressed their dismay and frustration at the lack of progress towards a political solution in Cote d'Ivoire. The French remain committed to the various efforts by the i [...]
2007-01-18 12:37:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PGOV MOPS PHUM IV FR
07PARIS1946IRAN-VENEZUELA: FRANCE TOUGH ON NUCLEAR ISSUE,
[...] (S) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: In response to ref A demarche, MFA DAS-equivalent for South America Pinard assured us May 16 that President Chirac had taken a hard line with Chavez on Iran's nuclear weapons program during their last phone conversation before Chirac leaves office on May 16, and surm [...]
2007-05-15 14:20:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL FR EUN MARR PHUM MASS ECON PTER VE IR
07PARIS195MFA POLITICAL DIRECTOR DOWNBEAT ON IRAQ,
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador, French MFA Political Director Gerard Araud was uniformly downbeat in his comments about Iraq, the Middle East peace process, and Lebanon. Iraq has passed the point of no return on remaining a unified state, Araud contended. The current hostilitie [...]
2007-01-18 15:09:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM EFIN UNSC IR LE SY IZ FR
07PARIS1995THE PRESIDENT'S JUNE 6 MEETING WITH FRENCH
[...] (C) The meeting between the President and French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Heiligendamm June 6 will be their first official encounter since then-Interior Minister Sarkozy met briefly with the President on September 12, 2006. The two presidents will meet on the same day that Defense Secretar [...]
2007-05-18 09:20:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EUN NATO ECON SENV AF IQ RS TU PGOV
07PARIS1999OECD: EEB ASSISTANT SECRETARY SULLIVAN ADDRESSES
[...] (SBU) EEB Assistant Secretary Dan Sullivan addressed the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Meeting of the Council at Ministerial Level (MCM) during the May 16 session on "Enlargement and Enhanced Engagement." A/S Sullivan applauded on the decision to enhance relatio [...]
2007-05-18 10:38:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON ETRD OECD
07PARIS2French telecom officials discuss next generation network
[...] (SBU) French telecom regulator ARCEP is using persuasion to cajole telecommunications operators that are constructing next generation fiber optic telecom networks to rent their infrastructure to competitors ("unbundle the local loop"). While historic operator France Telecom is resisting, their [...]
2007-01-03 05:56:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS ETRD FR
07PARIS2004ENGAGING SARKOZY'S GOVERNMENT ON THE MIDDLE EAST
[...] (C) Summary: Further to the recommendations made reftel on engaging President Sarkozy's government on a number of key foreign policy issues (including Iraq and Iran),this cable provides additional thoughts on how we might strengthen our partnership with France on the broad range of our mutual [...]
2007-05-18 13:45:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR PGOV PREL LE SY MEPP
07PARIS2005FRANCE: NEXT STEPS ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The MFA on May 16 expressed reservations about reftel ideas on next steps for Darfur peacekeeping, in particular an approach to the AU and UN to revisit AU PSC decisions taken in November 2006. At the same time, France does continue to support an effective PKO for Darfur meetin [...]
2007-05-18 16:04:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO SU FR
07PARIS2027THE FILLON GOVERNMENT, SARKOZY'S REFORM TEAM, NAMED
[...] (SBU) Intent on maintaining the momentum for reform, President Sarkozy moved quickly following his inauguration May 16 (ref B). Sarkozy named his administration's first Prime Minster, Francois Fillon the following day, May 17, then immediately named the line-up of the Fillon government on Ma [...]
2007-05-18 17:54:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
07PARIS2065FRANCE'S NEW, GREEN, SUPER MINISTRY TO BE HEADED BY FORMER
[...] (SBU) Summary. Former Prime Minister Alain Juppe has been tapped to become the Minister of State for a new, super Ministry for Ecology, Sustainable Development, and Sustainable Planning in the May 17 government named by President Sarkozy. Juppe will rank third, after President Sarkozy and new [...]
2007-05-21 11:05:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG TPHY PINR EAIR FR
07PARIS2072VICE FM ASANO ON KOREAN ABDUCTIONS, U.S.-JAPAN TRADE,
[...] (C) Summary: Deputy Secretary John Negroponte and Assistant Secretary for Economic, Energy and Business Affairs Dan Sullivan met on May 15 on the margins of the ECD Ministerial Council Meeting with Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Katsuhito Asano. Asano proposed that President Bush and Prime M [...]
2007-05-21 12:57:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD EAID OECD JA KN AF
07PARIS2089SARKOZY'S TAX CUTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Nicolas Sarkozy's proposed fiscal and macro-economic policy reforms are every bit as ambitious as his micro-economic agenda (reftel). In short order we expect Sarkozy to propose eliminating payroll taxes on hours worked above 35 hours, cutting inheritance taxes, intro [...]
2007-05-22 08:22:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON ELAB PGOV FR
07PARIS2095THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MAY 15 MEETING WITH FRENCH PRESIDENT SARKOZY'S DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR JEAN-DAVID LAVITTE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Deputy Secretary met informally May 15 with President-elect Sarkozy's Diplomatic Advisor-designate, Jean-David Levitte, to explore the U.S.-French foreign policy agenda in advance of Sarkozy's assumption of office on May 16. Levitte cautioned against expecting dramatic chan [...]
2007-05-22 12:47:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EUN ECON SENV PGOV NATO IZ IR AF TU
07PARIS2137CLUSTER MUNITIONS: FRANCE PROPOSES PUSH IN CCW
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY. The French MFA shares the U.S. view that negotiations on cluster munitions cannot proceed productively outside the Convention on Chemical Weapons. To slow the growing political momentum behind the Norwegian push to ban [...]
2007-05-23 15:48:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALMARR PARM PGOV PREL NATO FR
07PARIS2154France: Telecom and Information Technology Update
[...] (U) This update covers recent news in the French telecommunications and information technology sectors, including internet and e-commerce. Contents: -- Telecom Policy Gets a New Home (para 2) -- Fourth Mobile License (para 3) -- High Speed Internet Success in France (para 4) -- Alcatel-Luc [...]
2007-05-24 13:54:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS ETRD FR
07PARIS218 WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: IRAN; SECRETARY RICE IN THE MIDDLE
[...] (SBU) Iran dominated international news this week with the visit to Latin America of Iranian president Ahmadinejad, the deployment of an American aircraft carrier to the Gulf (described as a "warning to Iran" by right-of-center Le Figaro on January 16); and President Chirac's initiative to send [...]
2007-01-19 14:22:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPRC PREL KPAO FR
07PARIS2196GOF RESTRUCTURING: IMPLICATIONS FOR ECONOMIC AGENDA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Reorganization of the French government's economic, social and transportation ministries (reftels) will create new challenges and opportunities for our interaction with the French on economic issues. The incorporation of transport and energy into Minister of State Alain Juppe' [...]
2007-05-25 16:28:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV ETRD FR
07PARIS2198DARFUR: FRANCE SEEKING BROADER ENGAGEMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA AF DAS-equivalent Helene Le Gal on May 25 said that Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner was likely to phone Secretary Rice later on May 25 to discuss Darfur. Kouchner may raise with the Secretary the possibility of France hosting a minister-level meeting of Darfur Contact Gro [...]
2007-05-25 17:12:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PHUM SU FR
07PARIS2202STAYING IN SYNCH WITH FRANCE ON SYRIA
[...] (U) This is an action request; see para 9. 2. (C) Summary: FM Kouchner's May 24 comments in Beirut have fed speculation here that France is on the verge of revising its policy toward Syria. While the French position remains somewhat murky (Kouchner appeared to walk back his comments on May [...]
2007-05-29 09:15:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR LE SY PREL
07PARIS2263FRENCH INITIATIVES ON DARFUR
[...] (C) Summary: The French Government is finalizing an accelerated policy review of options on Darfur that promises a substantial uptick in diplomatic and other engagement, including a proposed ministerial-level Contact Group meeting in Paris on June 25 (Ref A). President Sarkozy will receive FM [...]
2007-05-31 13:30:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR CD SU FR
07PARIS232FRANCE 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Investment Climate Statement Contents A. French Investment Regime A1. Openness to Foreign Investment A2. Conversion and Transfer Policies A3. Expropriation and Compensation A4. Dispute Settlement A5. Performance Requirements and Incentives A6. Right to Private Ownership and Establis [...]
2007-01-22 12:35:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ELAB PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR FR
07PARIS2374PARIS CLUB - MAY 2007 TOUR D'HORIZON AND PERU AGREEMENT
[...] (SBU) At the May 22-24 meeting of the Paris Club, creditors agreed to allow Peru to prepay at face value as much as $2.5 billion in previously rescheduled non-concessional debt in order to support its efforts to implement sound debt management policies. The Secretariat reported on technical [...]
2007-06-05 16:52:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
07PARIS2405MFA MIDDLE EAST CHIEF: A MIDDLE EAST LANDSCAPE IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ON JUNE 6, JEAN FELIX-PAGAGNON, DIRECTOR OF THE MFA'S MIDDLE EAST BUREAU, PAINTED A RELENTLESSLY DEPRESSING TABLEAU OF THE MIDDLE EAST. AGAINST THIS BACKGROUND, HE TRACED PRESIDENT SARKOZY'S PRIORITIES, BEGINNING WITH NORTH AFRICA (VITAL TO SARKOZY'S PLANS TO RESHAPE FRANCES IMMI [...]
2007-06-07 14:44:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV FR LE PREL
07PARIS243SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S JANUARY 24-25 VISIT TO
[...] (C) MADAM SECRETARY, YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE JANUARY 25 PAGE 02 RUEHFRA0243 C O N F I D E N T I A L INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LEBANON, AND THE STRONG U.S. FINANCIAL PACKAGE YOU BRING TO THE TABLE, WILL BE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR LEBANON AND THUS VERY WELL RECEIVED BY THE FRENCH AND CHIRA [...]
2007-01-22 16:18:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM LE FR
07PARIS2440FRENCH MFA OFFICIAL SHARES VIEWS ON IRAN/IRAQ
[...] (C) SUMMARY: FRANCK GELLET, FRENCH DAS-EQUIVALENT FOR THE PAGE 02 RUEHFRA2440 C O N F I D E N T I A L PARIS 002440 PERSIAN GULF, SHARED HIS VIEWS ON IRAN AND IRAQ ON JUNE 7. GELLET ASSESSED THAT THE IRANIANS ARE OVERCONFIDENT AND VULNERABLE TO A BAN ON INTERNATIONAL AIR TRAVEL. HIS ASSESSMENT [...]
2007-06-07 17:25:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR IR IZ PGOV
07PARIS2516GOF: KAKAHK 2009 OSCE BID AND MORE ENGAGEMENT IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The MFA's Central Asia desk officer told us June 11 that the GOF's relationship with Central Asia was changing, but not dramatically. The key element: Central Asia policy would no longer depend on Chirac's personal relationship with Kazakhstan's President Nazarbayev. France was [...]
2007-06-12 13:12:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNPREL MARR MOPS NATO OSCE ZK EU GM FR
07PARIS253PARIS CONFERENCE ON HEALTH PROTECTION IN
[...] Action request contained in para 8. . 2. Summary. France will host a high-level international conference entitled, "Health Protection in Developing Countries: Breaking the Vicious Circle of Disease and Poverty," in Paris, March 15-16. This is an initiative of President Chirac, first pr [...]
2007-01-22 16:29:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO EAID AORC PREL FR
07PARIS257FRENCH NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR'S VIEWS ON MIDDLE
[...] (S) Summary: French NSA-equivalent Maurice Gourdault-Montagne (MGM) told the Ambassador on January 22 that "some" are calling for France to freeze plans for establishing an international tribunal on Lebanon until next autumn, in the hope that this delay would allow Lebanese PM Siniora to break [...]
2007-01-22 17:22:00Embassy ParisSECRETFR KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY
07PARIS261FRANCE: TSA BRIEFS DATA PRIVACY AUTHORITY ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: TSA provided an extensive briefing on U.S. aviation security arrangements to the French Data Privacy Authority (CNIL) in a meeting January 12. Because of the current risk that the CNIL may wish to review all U.S. airlines' aviation security practices regarding implementation of [...]
2007-01-23 11:42:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR PTER FR
07PARIS2634INDUSTRY SOURCE DISCUSSES GALILEO WOES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy officers recently heard a litany of frustrations about the European Galileo Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) project from an EADS contact who had worked on various aspects of the project. According to the contact, financing has been only one of a number of trenc [...]
2007-06-19 11:14:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTSPA ECPS FR
07PARIS2643YOUR JUNE 24-25 VISIT TO PARIS
[...] (C) Madam Secretary: You will be arriving in a France whose mood is up-beat for the first time in years. Sarkozy's energy and determination to meet challenges head-on and break with the past have lifted national morale. His resounding presidential victory May 6 -- notwithstanding the French [...]
2007-06-19 17:16:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EUN NATO UNO UNMIK YI RS IR IS LE
07PARIS2652KOSOVO QUINT PARIS MINISTERIAL?; AHTISAARI'S VISIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: FM Kouchner's Balkans advisor told us on June 19 that Kouchner views the Secretary's participation in his proposed Kosovo Quint Paris ministerial as absolutely essential. The Secretary would be able to engage directly with Italian FM D'Alema on the way forward. The meeting will p [...]
2007-06-20 10:29:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC SR YI IT GM FR
07PARIS2663UNSCR 1747/OECD: FRENCH VIEWS ON IRAN EXPORT CREDITS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-21 08:03:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN ETRD EXIM OECD UN IR FR
07PARIS2723A/S FRIED'S JUNE 24 MEETING WITH FRENCH SPECIAL
[...] (C) Summary: A/S Fried and Department Counselor Cohen met June 24 with French Special Envoy Cousseran, FM Kouchner's point man for the Lebanese dialogue meeting to be held in Paris in mid-July. Cousseran had just concluded a visit to Tehran, meeting there with national security chief Larija [...]
2007-06-25 17:54:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL LE FR SY
07PARIS2725ADDRESSING RUSSIAN ARMS SALES
[...] (C) Summary: FM Lavrov's disinterest in establishing an expert level dialogue on arms sales begs the question of how best to address our concerns over Russia's arms export policy. Russian officials are deeply cynical about our motives in seeking to curtail Russian arms exports to countries of conce [...]
2007-06-26 07:54:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON MARR MASS PARM PINR PINS RS
07PARIS2726U/S BURNS' JUNE 13 LUNCH WITH FRENCH FM KOUCHNER
[...] (U) June 13, 2007, 1:00 P.M. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Under Secretary Burns Ambassador Stapleton Ambassador Frank Wisner, U.S. Special Envoy for Kosovo Final Status Issues P Staff Bame Pol Espinoza (notetaker) France Foreign Minister Kouchner Political Director Araud A/S-equival [...]
2007-06-26 08:49:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EUN NATO YI UNMIK UNO LE IR
07PARIS2743U/S BURNS' JUNE 12 DINNER MEETING WITH FRENCH
[...] (U) June 12, 2007, 8:30 P.M. 2. (U) Participants U.S. Under Secretary Burns Ambassador Stapleton P Staff Bame Pol Recinos (notetaker) France MFA Political Director Gerard Araud Elysee Strategic Affairs Advisor Francois Richier Elysee Americas Advisor Damien Loras MOD Diplomatic Advis [...]
2007-06-26 15:42:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL MARR MOPS EUN NATO AF TU GG FR
07PARIS2744FRANCE: MCC DISCUSSES DEVELOPMENT FINANCE
[...] (SBU) Maureen Harrington, VP for Policy and International Relations, and Richard Morford, Managing Director for Donor and Multilateral Relations at the Millennium Challenge Corporation met with French development officials Friday, June 15. They discussed approaches to the private sector, aid [...]
2007-06-26 15:47:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON AF FR
07PARIS2746MICHEL BARNIER OUTLINES GOALS AS NEW FRENCH MINISTER OF
[...] SUMMARY: THE NEW FRENCH MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE MICHEL BARNIER (REFTEL A) DELIVERED HIS FIRST OFFICIAL SPEECH AT THE YOUNG FRENCH FARMERS' UNION ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN EPINAL ON JUNE 21. BARNIER ASSURED THE AUDIENCE THAT HE WILL DEFEND THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY, WILL ADVOCATE AN INCREASE IN [...]
2007-06-26 16:08:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD PGOV WTRO EUN FR PINR
07PARIS2787A/S FRIED AND COUNSELOR COHEN DISCUSS KOSOVO, IRAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 25 meeting on the margins of the Secretary's visit to Paris -- and prior to the ministerial SIPDIS meeting that evening on Kosovo -- A/S Fried and Counselor Cohen discussed Kosovo, Iran, and Russia/CFE with MFA Political Director Araud. They generally agreed on the [...]
2007-06-28 11:15:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EUN NATO UNO UNMIK YI RS IR IS LE
07PARIS2820SPECIAL ENVOY FOR SUDAN ANDREW NATSIOS' JUNE 25, 2007
[...] (C) Summary. French Presidential Advisor on Africa Bruno Joubert said on June 25 that Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner would hold a meeting with President Sarkozy within a week to gain his support to station French troops (along with local gendarmes and an international police force) in Easte [...]
2007-06-29 14:58:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV PREF PINS FR SU
07PARIS2827U/S BURNS' JULY 13 MEETING WITH SARKOZY DIPLOMATIC
[...] (U) June 13, 2007, 3:00 P.M. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Under Secretary Burns Ambassador Stapleton Political Minister-Counselor Rosenblatt P Staff Bame Poloff Waller (notetaker) France Amb. Jean-David Levitte, Diplomatic Advisor to the President Francois Richier, Counselor for Strat [...]
2007-07-02 07:41:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV FR LE UNSC PREL
07PARIS2888CODEL WEXLER STAFFERS DISCUSS EU-TURKEY AT MFA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 7 meeting with Representative Wexler's Staff Director, MFA officials offered a broad overview of French reasoning behind Sarkozy's opposition to Turkish EU membership; his proposal for an EU discussion before the end of the year on fixing the EU's final borders; his com [...]
2007-07-03 17:08:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EUN TU CY AR UNO
07PARIS2890CODEL WEXLER'S JULY 2 MEETING WITH FM KOUCHNER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 2 meeting with Congressman Wexler, FM Kouchner said that the current disarray in the Palestinian Authority presented an historic opportunity for an initiative on the peace process, but he described Israeli "inertia" -- mainly PM Olmert's weakness -- as the main obstacl [...]
2007-07-05 07:42:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EUN NATO UNO UNMIK YI RS IR IS LE
07PARIS2899PARIS CLUB - JUNE 2007 TOUR D'HORIZON
[...] (SBU) Summary: At the June 19 meeting of the Paris Club, creditors agreed in principle to accept Gabon's offer to buy back its previously rescheduled debt at a discount. Terms will be negotiated at the July meeting. This would be the first time the Paris Club has conducted a standalone mark [...]
2007-07-05 08:59:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
07PARIS2913SPECIAL ENVOY FOR SUDAN ANDREW NATSIOS' JUNE 25, 2007
[...] (C) Summary. French Presidential Advisor on Africa Bruno Joubert said on June 25 that Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner would hold a meeting with President Sarkozy within a week to gain his support to station French troops (along with local gendarmes and an international police force) in Easte [...]
2007-07-06 08:35:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV PREF PINS FR SU
07PARIS2939OECD -- GUIDANCE REQUEST -- ESTABLISHING OECD SUPPORT UNIT
[...] (SBU) Summary. On July 12 Council will be asked to take a decision on establishing a Support Unit for the Heiligendamm Dialogue Process (HDP) agreed at the G-8 Summit. Although the Germans, as G-8 President, are pushing for a quick decision in order to initiate the process in the fall, they [...]
2007-07-06 15:51:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON ETRD OECD
07PARIS3032SCENESETTER FOR JULY 18-21 VISIT TO PARIS OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit to Paris is an important early opportunity to engage with the Sarkozy government's economic team on a wide range of issues, as well as touch base with OECD and IEA leadership. You will be arriving in a France whose mood is up-beat for the first time in years. Sarkoz [...]
2007-07-13 12:35:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EUN PREL SENV UNO FR
07PARIS3039SCENESETTER FOR JULY 18-21 VISIT TO PARIS OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit to Paris is an important early opportunity to engage with the Sarkozy government's economic team on a wide range of issues, as well as touch base with OECD and IEA leadership. You will be arriving in a France whose mood is up-beat for the first time in years. Sarkoz [...]
2007-07-13 14:58:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EUN PREL SENV UNO FR
07PARIS306ENGAGEMENT WITH MUSLIM COMMUNITIES - FRANCE
[...] Summary: The Ambassador and all of Mission France support a sustained and focused effort to engage France's Muslim minorities, recognizing that organizing and executing such an effort will continue to require considerable discretion, sensitivity and tact on our part. Although there is some ev [...]
2007-01-25 17:30:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPRC PREL PHUM KPAO KISL FR XG
07PARIS307A/S WELCH PRESSES FRENCH TO CAPITALIZE ON LEBANON
[...] (S) Summary: NEA A/S David Welch met separately January 24 with Dominique Boche, President Chirac's Middle East Advisor, and Jean Felix-Pagagnon, his French MFA counterpart. Welch strongly urged the French to take advantage of the political moment created by the Lebanon Conference, noting that [...]
2007-01-26 09:31:00Embassy ParisSECRETFR IR IS KDEM KPAL LE PGOV PREL
07PARIS312 OECD: MISSION VIEWS ON ENLARGEMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: USOECD reiterates the importance of having the OECD's impending enlargement include a major emerging economy to ensure the Organization's viability and its effectiveness as a tool to promote a U.S.-friendly global economic system. As a virtual invitee since 1997, Russia presen [...]
2007-01-26 14:47:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD OECD AORC
07PARIS3138FRANCE'S NEW DEVELOPMENT AID POLICY GOALS: EFFICIENCY AND
[...] (U) Summary: French State Secretary for Cooperation and Francophone Affairs Jean-Marie Bockel recently outlined France's public development aid priorities, which include developing clear strategic aims (such as support for good governance and democracy) through a variety of players, including [...]
2007-07-23 14:38:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV FR
07PARIS3179U/S REUBEN JEFFERY MEETS WITH FRENCH ECONOMIC
[...] (SBU) Summary: Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Reuben Jeffery, in his first official visit to France July 18-21, underscored the breadth of U.S. economic ties with France and reaffirmed U.S. support for OECD and IEA (septel). In Jeffery's bilateral meeti [...]
2007-07-25 14:16:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD ELAB EUN PREL SENV UNO FR
07PARIS3181OECD: REPORT OF MARCH 12-14, 2007 MEETING OF THE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At its March 12-14 meeting, the OECD Working Group on Bribery (WGB) conducted Phase 2 peer-review evaluations of Portugal and Ireland's implementation of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention ("Convention"). The WGB called on Portugal to raise awareness of foreign bribery in both th [...]
2007-07-25 14:39:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKCOR ECON EINV ETRD PREL OECD
07PARIS319PARIS HOSTS INAUGURAL W. MED RSI CONFERENCE
[...] (S) Summary: Ambassador Stapleton hosted the inaugural Western Mediterranean Regional Strategic Initiative (RSI) Conference on December 5-6 in Paris. U.S. Chiefs of Mission and Embassy representatives from France, Italy, Spain, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Portugal and Malta gathered as a first [...]
2007-01-26 16:34:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL PGOV ASEC OTRA PTER FR AG LY IT MT SP
07PARIS3195FRENCH REPRESENTATION AT UPCOMING NPT-RELATED
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel, MFA NPT desk officer Arnaud Mentre told us July 26 upcoming NPT-related meetings would be attended by their relevant Ambassadors. However, the policymaking and preparation lead will remain in Paris. 2. (SBU) For the IAEA meetings in September, Francois-Xavier [...]
2007-07-26 16:56:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT FR
07PARIS3200SCENESETTER CABLE: CODEL OBEY AUGUST 5-7
[...] (SBU) You will be arriving in a France whose mood is decidedly up-beat. President Sarkozy's energy and determination to meet challenges head-on and break with the past have lifted national morale. His resounding presidential victory May 6 -- notwithstanding the French electorate's decision [...]
2007-07-27 10:41:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL FR EUN ETRD ECON PGOV SENV UNO
07PARIS3202DAS KRAMER'S JULY 20 PARIS QUAD MEETING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: DAS Kramer met with his "Quad" (UK, France, Germany) counterparts on July 20 in Paris. (Their last meeting had been in London, April 2007.) Discussions included support for reform in Ukraine and key areas for further policy engagement there. Ukraine, all agreed, was generally m [...]
2007-07-27 12:22:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL PGOV EU XH ZL FR
07PARIS3209 PARIS CLUB - JULY 2007 TOUR D'HORIZON AND GABON DEBT
[...] (SBU) Summary: At the July 17-18 meetings of the Paris Club, creditors accepted a stand-alone discounted debt buyback offer from Gabon, the first such operation by the Club. While welcoming Gabon's efforts to use USD 500 million in oil revenues toward debt management, the USG lacked legal aut [...]
2007-07-27 15:43:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
07PARIS3213FRENCH VIEWS ON EU FORCE IN EASTERN CHAD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA DAS-equivalent Helene Le Gal on July 26 said that France sought the deployment in eastern Chad of an EU peacekeeping force (2,000-2,500 troops) early in November. Prior to that, France would seek a UN Security Council Resolution authorizing the EU to undertake the mission; [...]
2007-07-30 09:53:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALMOPS MASS PBTS KPKO PREL PREF EUN CT CD FR
07PARIS3237FRENCH MFA PUTS SARKOZY'S JULY 10-11 NORTH AFRICA
[...] (C) Summary: President Sarkozy's first visit outside Europe July 10-11 to Algeria and Tunisia underscored his determination to proceed with his still vague Mediterranean Union initiative, establish his own relationships with the leaders in those countries, and pave the way for state visits in 20 [...]
2007-07-31 14:31:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM PTER PBTS ETRD FR AG TU MO
07PARIS3268 GAO VISIT ON FRENCH FDI REGIME AND PRACTICES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: French interlocutors confirmed to the GAO (during the visit of a GAO team to Paris from July 2 through July 5) that France welcomes Foreign Direct Investment despite a 2005 decree regulating FDI in sensitive sectors. The screening process implemented subsequent to the decree did [...]
2007-08-02 15:13:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV FR
07PARIS3269PRESIDENT SARKOZY AND FRANCE'S INDUSTRIAL POLICY
[...] (C) President Nicolas Sarkozy's calls for a more aggressive industrial policy have elicited criticism in some quarters of the EU, but largely favorable responses at home. Sarkozy's perspective is in line with France's long- time perception of an EC liberal "bias" (a perception partly behind [...]
2007-08-02 15:59:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALETRD WTRO ECON PGOV FR
07PARIS3274GILCHRIST OLYMPIO: CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC
[...] (C) SUMNARY: UFC leader Gilchrist Olympio told us on August 2 that he would travel to Togo within the next few days, arriving in Lome probably on August 6 or 7. He expressed cautious optimism about the legislative elections, which he believed would take place in mid-October, although he di [...]
2007-08-03 09:39:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR KDEM TO FR
07PARIS328PARIS CLUB - JANUARY 2007 TOUR D'HORIZON AND MACEDONIA &
[...] (SBU) During the January 23-24 meeting of the Paris Club, creditors granted Sierra Leone completion point treatment under the enhanced HIPC initiative, cancelling 100 percent ($363 million) of Sierra Leone's bilateral debt to the Club. The United States wrote off $44 million in USDA concession [...]
2007-01-29 12:22:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
07PARIS3292NIGER: FRENCH VIEWS OF AREVA EXPULSION CASE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The expulsion of AREVA executive Dominique Pin from Niger on July 26 represented the identification of a scapegoat for Niger's lack of success in quelling MNJ rebel elements and a settling of "personal scores," according to MFA Niger Desk Officer Michael Deslaimes. The July 30 [...]
2007-08-03 15:22:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS EMIN PBTS ENRG LY NG FR
07PARIS3295SCENESETTER FOR JULY 18-21 VISIT TO PARIS OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit to Paris is an important early opportunity to engage with the Sarkozy government's economic team on a wide range of issues, as well as touch base with OECD and IEA leadership. You will be arriving in a France whose mood is up-beat for the first time in years. Sarkoz [...]
2007-08-06 07:33:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EUN PREL SENV UNO FR
07PARIS3319FRANCE REOPENS MONETARY DEBATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Although the euro has come off its recent highs against the U.S. dollar, President Nicolas Sarkozy is unlikely to give up efforts to convince Eurogroup partners that European governments should discuss European Central Bank (ECB) monetary and exchange rate policy. France, which [...]
2007-08-06 15:29:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON ELAB PGOV FR
07PARIS3336FRANCE: ENERGY SECTOR UPDATE
[...] (U) This is the latest in a series of periodic updates on the French energy sector. Feedback is welcome to help us make this product as useful as possible for our inter-agency USG audience. CONTENTS: -- Areva wins 5 billion USD contract in China, but agreement postponed (para. 2) -- EDF [...]
2007-08-07 16:26:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR
07PARIS3392 ASSISTANT SECRETARY SULLIVAN'S MEETING WITH FRENCH
[...] (SBU) Summary. On August 9, EEB Assistant Secretary Dan Sullivan met with officials from France's Ministry of Ecology, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Prime Minister's office, to discuss the President's September 27-28 Major Economies Conference. The French were supportive of the initiat [...]
2007-08-13 10:18:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG KGHG ECON FR
07PARIS3399FRENCH BIOTECH FARMERS FACE MULTIPLE PROBLEMS AND
[...] Summary. French biotech farmers are facing multiple challenges as they expand biotech corn acreage four fold in 2007. Despite this increase, talk of a biotech moratorium during the presidential campaign and new reporting requirements chilled what was expected to be an even larger amount follo [...]
2007-08-13 15:20:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ETRD EU FR
07PARIS3401 FRENCH BUDGET DEVELOPMENTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The French parliament approved on August 1 one of France's largest-ever tax packages, a tax reform bill "in favor of labor, employment and purchasing power." The tax cuts are intended to improve France's competitiveness, but may have a modest impact on economic growth in the ne [...]
2007-08-13 16:29:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV FR
07PARIS3402MUSLIM OUTREACH -- SENIOR ADVISOR FARAH PANDITH'S
[...] (SBU) In meetings in Paris July 25 - 26 with a wide range of figures from France's large and diverse Muslim community and France,s new government, EUR Senior Advisor Farah Pandith underlined U.S. interest in respectful dialogue and exchange of ideas with France's Muslim population, the larges [...]
2007-08-14 07:03:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSOCI PTER PGOV EUN FR PINR ECON
07PARIS341GOF DECLINES TO RESPOND IN DETAIL TO LIBERTAD ACT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After the MFA Cuba desk officer delayed for a month responding to USG reftel requests for an update on French activities in Cuba during 2006, then stated he did not intend to do so, DAS-equivalent Blandine Kreiss affirmed January 26 that the GOF objected to the extraterritoria [...]
2007-01-30 11:23:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ETTC CU FR PINS PREL PROP EUN
07PARIS342GOF DECLINES TO RESPOND IN DETAIL TO LIBERTAD ACT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After the MFA Cuba desk officer delayed for a month responding to USG reftel requests for an update on French activities in Cuba during 2006, then stated he did not intend to do so, DAS-equivalent Blandine Kreiss affirmed January 26 that the GOF objected to the extraterritoria [...]
2007-01-30 11:25:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ETTC CU FR PINS PREL PROP EUN
07PARIS343OFFICIAL - INFORMAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-30 11:25:00Embassy ParisSECRETAMGT FR
07PARIS350GOF DECLINES TO RESPOND IN DETAIL TO LIBERTAD ACT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After the MFA Cuba desk officer delayed for a month responding to USG reftel requests for an update on French activities in Cuba during 2006, then stated he did not intend to do so, DAS-equivalent Blandine Kreiss affirmed January 26 that the GOF objected to the extraterritorial [...]
2007-01-30 13:33:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ETTC CU FR PINS PREL PROP EUN
07PARIS3534FRENCH MFA "REFLECTING" ON IMPLICATIONS OF
[...] (C) Summary: French FM Kouchner's visit to Iraq allowed France to re-engage meaningfully with a wide range of Iraqi political and confessional/ethnic leaders and left Kouchner "moved" by the extent of destruction in that country. The French MFA told us August 24 that Kouchner and his staff are [...]
2007-08-24 15:00:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR IZ US
07PARIS356GOF POSTS LOWER 2006 BUDGET DEFICIT, PLANS FOR WITHHOLDING
[...] SUMMARY: France's central budget deficit decreased more than expected to 2.0 percent of GDP in 2006, prompting the government to announce that the overall budget deficit (including local government and social security budgets) would not exceed 2.6 percent of GDP. Nonetheless, the European Comm [...]
2007-01-30 15:33:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV FR
07PARIS3577NEA A/S WELCH DISCUSSES KOUCHNER VISIT TO IRAQ AT
[...] (C) Summary: Visiting NEA A/S Welch used the beginning of his August 21 meeting with the director of French FM Kouchner's private office, Philippe Etienne, to ask about Kouchner's then ongoing visit to Iraq (other subjects reported separately). Etienne expressed pleasure at the generally p [...]
2007-08-28 16:28:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL FR IZ
07PARIS3579PRESIDENT SARKOZY'S AUGUST 27 FOREIGN POLICY
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: On August 27 French President Nicolas Sarkozy delivered a major foreign policy address in Paris to the annual French Chief of Missions Conference. He identified the building of Europe as "the absolute priority of France's foreign policy," and cited Iran as the "mo [...]
2007-08-28 18:13:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PINR FR
07PARIS363A/S FRIED-POLDIR ARAUD ON IRAN, KOSOVO, GEORGIA,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: French Political Director Araud informed EUR A/S Fried during a January 25 meeting that Russian Security Council Chairman Ivanov had revealed to him the previous day while in Paris that he would travel to Tehran February 28 at the behest of President Putin. Araud said the Russian [...]
2007-01-31 12:48:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL KDEM EUN NATO UNO UNMIK FR KCFE RS SR
07PARIS3668FRENCH MFA READOUT ON AUGUST 23 TEHRAN VISIT BY
[...] (C) Summary: The GOF took a hard line during an August 23 trip to Tehran by French presidency strategic affairs adviser Richier and French MFA DAS-equivalent Gellet that Iranian leader Khamanei's foreign policy adviser Velayati hoped would open a new channel to Paris. Gellet explained Augu [...]
2007-09-05 12:50:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR IR
07PARIS3734FRENCH REEPHASIZE THE PRIORITY FOR A "CONSENSUS"
[...] (C) Summary: Nabih Berri's recent initiatives to resolve Lebanon's political crisis has caused the GOF to reemphasize its position that the next president of Lebanon needs to be a consensus figure. Meetings at the Presidency and the MFA confirmed that the GOF believes "extremists" in March [...]
2007-09-07 18:35:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR LE SY IR
07PARIS3735FRENCH REEPHASIZE THE PRIORITY FOR A "CONSENSUS"
[...] (C) Summary: Nabih Berri's recent initiatives to resolve Lebanon's political crisis has caused the GOF to reemphasize its position that the next president of Lebanon needs to be a consensus figure. Meetings at the Presidency and the MFA confirmed that the GOF believes "extremists" in March [...]
2007-09-07 18:56:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR LE SY IR
07PARIS3737GYMNICH: FRENCH VIEWS GENERALLY IN STEP WITH U.S.
[...] (C) On September 6, PolOff delivered ref A demarche to MFA CFSP Deputy Emmanuel Cohet, who indicated general agreement between U.S. views and French positions in advance of the informal Gymnich meeting of EU foreign ministers. Approaches converge most on Kosovo and Iran. Cohet said France vie [...]
2007-09-10 05:13:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALEUN PGOV PREL RS YI CH FR
07PARIS3738GYMNICH: FRENCH VIEWS GENERALLY IN STEP WITH U.S.
[...] (C) On September 6, PolOff delivered ref A demarche to MFA CFSP Deputy Emmanuel Cohet, who indicated general agreement between U.S. views and French positions in advance of the informal Gymnich meeting of EU foreign ministers. Approaches converge most on Kosovo and Iran. Cohet said France vie [...]
2007-09-10 05:13:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALEUN PGOV PREL RS YI CH FR
07PARIS3741GOF PUTS GROWTH FRONT AND CENTER
[...] (SBU) The Sarkozy government has spent the political rentree talking up proposals to stimulate economic growth. Despite the OECD's September 5 downward revision of French growth estimates to 1.8%, the government is maintaining its 2.25% projection. In an August 30 keynote speech to the annual [...]
2007-09-10 06:06:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV FR
07PARIS3798A/S FRIED DISCUSSES NATO, GEORGIA, KOSOVO, CFE
[...] (S/NF) Summary. On September 10, A/S Dan Fried met with Political Director Gerard Araud at the MFA to discuss developments on NATO, Georgia, Kosovo and the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) treaty. Araud welcomed the U.S. parallel action plans to move forward on the Adapted CFE treaty, bu [...]
2007-09-13 10:48:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL NATO MARR PARM FR GG RS SR
07PARIS384FRENCH MFA MULLS NEW APPROACH TO PAKISTAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The French MFA, based on its perception of widespread international exasperation with Pakistan's failure to control the Taliban insurgency that operates within its borders, is considering a proposal to encourage NATO allies -- particularly the U.S. and the U.K. -- to push Pakistan [...]
2007-01-31 17:05:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL PBTS PTER NATO FR AF PK
07PARIS3873FRENCH NEA A/S EQUIVALENT ON IRAN, SEPTEMBER 17
[...] (C) We used a September 17 meeting with French MFA NEA A/S Equivalent Jean Felix-Paganon to ask for his take on French FM Kouchner's statements in an interview the previous day on the possibility of war with Iran as part of the ongoing crisis over that country's nuclear program (summarized i [...]
2007-09-17 16:04:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM ETTC FR IR EU
07PARIS389CHIRAC ADVISER: FRANCE'S IRAN POLICY HAS NOT
[...] (C) Summary: According to Dominique Boche, President Chirac's Middle East advisor, Chirac's comments on Iran (reported in the February 1 edition of the International Herald Tribune) did not contradict official policy or Chirac's own professed views. "France's (Iran) policy has not changed," B [...]
2007-02-01 10:56:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PGOV PINR IR FR
07PARIS3919FM KOUCHNER'S SEPT. 19-21 VISIT TO WASHINGTON
[...] (C) The Bernard Kouchner who arrives in Washington Sept. 19 remains both an extremely popular French politician and one of the few of President Sarkozy's ministers who has retained a margin of independent authority. Kouchner, the most prominent of the Socialists who accepted positions in the Sarkoz [...]
2007-09-18 17:09:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL FR EUN NATO UNO UNMIK YI RS IR IS LE
07PARIS3942SE NATSIOS DISCUSSES SUDAN, CHAD C.A.R. WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Special Envoy for Sudan Andrew Natsios discussed Darfur and related issues with French officials on September 15. Both sides agreed that Abdulwahid el-Nur's continued failure to participate in peace talks, including the October 27 meeting in Libya, posed serious problems, and [...]
2007-09-20 07:51:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF EAID UNGA MARR SU CD CT FR
07PARIS3956KOUCHNER EXPECTED TO MEET IRANIAN COUNTERPART AT
[...] (C) During a September 19 call on French MFA DAS-equivalent for the Levant Ludovic Pouille, we asked whether he had heard anything that might indicate FM Kouchner or any other French officials planned to meet with Iranian President Ahmadi Nejad in New York. Pouille shook his head no on Ahma [...]
2007-09-21 09:45:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM FR IR
07PARIS3964USD/P EDELMAN DISCUSSES IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, MISSILE
[...] (U) Please see paragraphs 4 and 7 for requested Washington follow-up actions. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On September 18, USD/P Eric Edelman and State Department Counselor Eliot Cohen met with French Political Director Gerard Araud to discuss Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Missile Defense, CFE and Kosovo [...]
2007-09-21 12:11:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MCAP FR RU SR IZ IR AF
07PARIS3967"LE GRENELLE DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT"
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Sarkozy administration has organized "The Grenelle for the Environment" to develop an environmental compact with the French people. The Grenelle brings together a range of stakeholders impacted by Sarkozy's projected "greening" of all social and economic policy areas. Th [...]
2007-09-21 12:21:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ELAB SENV ETRD EU FR
07PARIS3970PRESS REPORTING FRENCH MORATORIUM ON COMMERCIAL BIOTECH
[...] Summary: On September 20, a "Le Monde" article, titled "France Turns Towards the End of GMOs," reported that the French government is considering freezing the sale of biotech seeds in 2008 pending legislation to more rigorously control biotechnology in France. This disclosure reportedly took a [...]
2007-09-21 15:33:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR SENV ETRD EU FR
07PARIS403A/S FRIED'S MEETING'S WITH MONIQUE SALIOU AND
[...] (C) Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried met January 24 with Monique Saliou, European Affairs Advisor to Socialist Party (PS) party presidential candidate Segolene Royal and, separately, with Nicolas Bavarez, a leading essayist and political analyst regularly consulted on policy questions by Unio [...]
2007-02-01 13:13:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
07PARIS407INITIAL FRENCH REACTION TO HALTING IRAN EXPORT CREDITS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Per reftel, we raised the issue of current levels of sovereign and non-sovereign exposure to Iran with our working-level contacts in the Finance Ministry. France is interested in ratcheting up the pressure on Iran to convince it to give up its nuclear weapons program, but is not [...]
2007-02-01 15:31:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL EFIN MNUC EXIM UNSC OECD IR FR
07PARIS409SHIELD S32-06: FRENCH COMPANY COOPERATION WITH
[...] This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. On February 1, econoff met with MFA DAS-equivalent for Export Control Marc Abensour and his Deputy Jacques Raharinaivo to discuss the possibility that a French company, Paul Boye Manufacturing, may have negotiated a Memorandum of Understandi [...]
2007-02-01 15:54:00Embassy ParisSECRETPARM ETTC PREL FR
07PARIS4109PAULSON DISCUSSES FINANCIAL MARKETS, IRAN WITH SARKOZY,
[...] (C) Summary: In successive meetings Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson told Minister of Finance Christine Lagarde and President Nicolas Sarkozy that it was important not to overreact to financial market turbulence. Sarkozy asked for U.S. support for Dominique Strauss-Kahn's candidacy for IMF Mana [...]
2007-10-01 10:46:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PREL FR
07PARIS412French Elections and the Politics of Globalization
[...] (C) Summary: With French elections ahead in spring 2007, issues associated with globalization risk becoming increasingly politicized. On international trade and domestic reform issues, we will see both the left and the right try to out-protectionist the other in defense of French values and t [...]
2007-02-01 16:21:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PGOV PREL SENV WTO FR
07PARIS4131FRANCE'S NEW RELATIONSHIP WITH NATO
[...] (U) SUMMARY. French Defense Minister Herve Morin used the September 10 - 11 "Summer Defense University" (an annual conference organized by the two houses of French parliament) to lay the foundation for a transformation of France's armed forces including a new relationship with NATO. END SUMMAR [...]
2007-10-02 16:02:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON ELAB PGOV FR
07PARIS4139FRENCH GOVERNMENT FOCUSES INWARDLY ON ENVIRONMENT:
[...] (SBU) Summary: While the world debates global climate issues, France's environmental attention is inward-focused. Sarkozy and State Minister Borloo of the 'mega' Environment Ministry - together with a range of stakeholders - are shaping environmental policies which will largely determine Franc [...]
2007-10-02 16:13:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ECON PGOV FR
07PARIS414FRENCH INFORMED U.S. WILL NOT ATTEND PARIS
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points on February 1 to MFA IO DAS-Equivalent Jacques Pellet to convey the U.S. decision not/not to participate in the February 5-6 Ministerial Conference in Paris entitled "Free the Children from War. Poloff explained that the U.S. decision did not/not reflect di [...]
2007-02-01 17:37:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM UNSC FR
07PARIS4170FRANCE REEVALUATES BIOTECH POLICY; MUCH AT STAKE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-04 14:27:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR SENV ETRD EU FR
07PARIS4176French Textile and Apparel Industry
[...] (U) Per reftel request, the Federation of the French Textile and Apparel Industry (UIT - Union des Industries Textiles) provided us with an update on developments in 2006 and initial estimates for sector performance in 2007. In 2006, the French textile sector experienced growth in household c [...]
2007-10-05 09:51:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON FR
07PARIS4201FRANCE: DAS ANDERSON BILATS ON UN REFORM, WIPO, ICAO, UNEP,
[...] (SBU) On October 3, DAS Gerald Anderson met with MFA PDAS-equivalents Marc Giacomini of the Directorate for UN and International organizations, and Jean-Hughes Simon-Michel of the Directorate for Strategic Affairs, Security and Disarmament. Anderson presented an overview of the U.S. transparenc [...]
2007-10-05 17:01:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON UN ETRD EAIR FR
07PARIS422 WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: CHIRAC's IRAN-GAFFE, IPCC CONFERENCE
[...] (SBU) Left-of-center weekly Le Nouvel Observateur devoted its cover story to climate change with an interview of President Chirac, which the magazine characterized as "The President's Legacy for the Environment." In this interview the French President stated: "I want the U.S. to adopt Kyoto and [...]
2007-02-02 15:08:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPRC PREL KPAO FR
07PARIS4265FRENCH FOREIGN ASSISTANCE TO BURMA PASSES THROUGH
[...] (SBU) On October 12, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to DAS equivalent for SE Asia, Fabrice Mauries who replied France does not provide any direct assistance to Burma. Mauries expressed interest in assistance that promotes democracy but noted that all French assistance goes through the EU. [...]
2007-10-15 15:43:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM BM FR
07PARIS4270U.S. DRAFT RESOLUTION ON "CONDEMNING THE USE OF
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Raphael Trapp, MFA desk officer covering the Rights of Women and Children on October 16. Trapp said the French support the resolution in principle, but national preferences aside, they are obligated to join the EU consensus. 2. (SBU) Without d [...]
2007-10-16 14:13:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDAORC UN PHUM KWMN SOCI FR
07PARIS4276MINFIN OFFICIAL BRIEFS DEPSEC KIMMITT ON WEALTH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 12 meeting with Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt, Finance Ministry Director General Xavier Musca highlighted his concerns regarding sovereign wealth fund (SWF) investments, particularly when not made via intermediaries. When the Deputy Secretary inquired as to how [...]
2007-10-16 16:56:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALEFIN KTFN UNSC IR FR
07PARIS430FRANCE ASSERTS NO CHANGE IN ITS IRAN POLICY
[...] (C) Summary: In line with their earlier statements (reftel) on the matter, French MFA officials continued on February 2 to emphasize to us that there has been no change in official French policy with respect to Iran's nuclear weapons ambitions. End summary. MFA Commentary -------------- [...]
2007-02-02 17:39:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PINR IR FR
07PARIS4309FRANCE PREPARING TO ANNOUNCE NEW AFRICA POLICY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: France is planning to announce a major shift in its Africa policy, to be unveiled by President Sarkozy during his scheduled visit to South Africa in February 2008, according to Romain Serman, an AF-advisor at the French Presidency. The change in policy is intended to minimize, [...]
2007-10-18 13:05:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL XA FR
07PARIS4315 THE SARKOZY ECONOMIC AGENDA - REFORM OF GOODS AND SERVICES
[...] (SBU) French President Nicolas Sarkozy has made goods and services market reform an important element of his plans to boost purchasing power and create a more dynamic French economy. He has announced a series of proposals to liberalize retail distribution, open up competition in goods and ser [...]
2007-10-19 10:49:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV FR
07PARIS4327THE SARKOZY ECONOMIC AGENDA - LABOR MARKET REFORM
[...] (SBU) France's labor market rigidities are a key impediment to stronger growth and lower unemployment. President Sarkozy has dusted off reforms proposed during his time as Finance Minister to jumpstart the French economy. The key labor market initiative is a more flexible contract between wor [...]
2007-10-23 08:22:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB PGOV FR
07PARIS4353FRENCH RESPONSE TO DESIGNATION OF IRANIAN
[...] (C) We delivered the non-paper and fact sheet October 25 to French MFA DAS-equivalent for Iran, Iraq, and the Gulf states Franck Gellet and Iran desk officer Arnaud Pescheux. Gellet, who did not seem aware of the announcement of the designations in Washington earlier in the day, rapidly read [...]
2007-10-25 17:22:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP EFIN FR IR
07PARIS4357PRESIDENT SARKOZY’S FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT TO THE
[...] (SBU) Introduction and Summary: The Nicolas Sarkozy who arrives in Washington November 6 is in robust political health. He completely dominates the politics of France. All the levers of institutional power in a highly centralized state are at his disposal. He remains committed to a revitalization o [...]
2007-10-26 10:50:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL OVIP NATO UNO YI RS IR IS LE FR
07PARIS4362YOUR OCTOBER 31 VISIT TO PARIS
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified - not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Introduction and Summary: Your visit comes close to six months into Nicolas Sarkozy's five-year term. Sarkozy has made effective use of his policy of inclusiveness ("ouverture"),bringing in leading [...]
2007-10-26 14:02:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL NATO MOPS MARR PARM FR IR IZ AF SR
07PARIS4363FRENCH POLICY ON BURMA: FREEZE NEW INVESTMENT
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Jeremy Petit, MFA desk officer for Burma on October 24. Petit said the EU is currently considering increased financial sanctions; however, he could not provide specifics. Petit noted France supported a complete freeze of all new investments in Burma [...]
2007-10-26 14:11:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM CVIS EFIN BM FR
07PARIS4364SARKOZY ANNOUNCES MARSHALL PLAN FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: On October 25, Nicolas Sarkozy, flanked by Al Gore, Wangari Maathai and Manuel Barroso, concluded the four-month French 'Grenelle' environment process calling for a series of measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, cut pesticide use, and implement a "freeze" on planting GMOs [...]
2007-10-26 14:12:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ECON PGOV FR
07PARIS4368AG BIOTECH FREEZE IN FRANCE: NEXT STEPS FOR U.S.
[...] (C) Summary: President Sarkozy announced October 25 a number of significant steps on the environment following the conclusion of the "Grenelle" consultative process (Septel). Environment is a key focal point for his administration and, in contrast to key foreign policy issues, is an area in [...]
2007-10-29 07:36:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EAG PREL SENV FR
07PARIS437LITTLE FRENCH REACTION TO USDA PROPOSED FARM BILL
[...] Reaction among French authorities and media to the recent announcement by USDA of its Farm Bill proposal has been minimal. To date, the daily economic newspaper "Les Echos" has been the only one dedicating a full article on this topic providing primarily factual info as compared to policy ana [...]
2007-02-05 12:09:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD EU FR
07PARIS444EMBASSY RESPONSE TO FDA REQUEST FOR REVIEW OF
[...] U.S. Consul at Embassy's subsidiary American Presence Post in Toulouse, France met with ORFAGEN President Patrick Dupuy on 1 February in response to request in referenced telegram. Consul confirms that a spin-off of Pierre Fabre Laboratories, ORFAGEN, specializes in developing dermatological [...]
2007-02-05 14:17:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO FR
07PARIS446 OECD: SG GURRIA NOMINATES DEPUTIES SECRETARIES GENERAL
[...] (SBU) At the conclusion of the February 5 Council, SG Gurria distributed a letter to delegation heads (see para 4) putting forward his proposal for the four Deputy Secretaries General. He will formally present these to the Council on February 20 for agreement (by consensus). 2. (SBU) The [...]
2007-02-05 15:06:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON OECD ETRD EAID EFIN AORC IT JAPAN NL
07PARIS451PARIS ECOLOGICAL GOVERNANCE CONFERENCE: CHIRAC
[...] (U) Summary: The Paris Conference on Ecological Governance - as anticipated - reiterated the call for the creation of a United Nations Environment Organization (UNEO),as well as the adoption of a Universal Declaration of Environmental Rights and Duties. Following on the heels of the strong [...]
2007-02-05 15:09:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV AORC FR
07PARIS452PARIS ECOLOGICAL GOVERNANCE CONFERENCE: CHIRAC
[...] (U) Summary: The Paris Conference on Ecological Governance - as anticipated - reiterated the call for the creation of a United Nations Environment Organization (UNEO),as well as the adoption of a Universal Declaration of Environmental Rights and Duties. Following on the heels of the strong [...]
2007-02-05 15:10:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV AORC FR
07PARIS4529USD(P) EDELMAN MEETING WITH FRENCH DEFENSE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On November 9, USD(P) Eric Edelman met with French Defense Minister Herv Morin in Paris as a follow-up to Secretary Of Defense Gates, 25 October meeting with Morin at the NATO Informal Defense Ministerials. Edelman provided Morin information on the Iranian ballistic missile thr [...]
2007-11-19 16:44:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MARR MCAP AF IR RU PK GG FR
07PARIS4534PKO FOR CHAD/C.A.R.: FRENCH WORST CASE SCENARIO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Romain Serman, AF Advisor at the French Presidency, said on November 19 that, if there are no further significant contributions to the French led-EU/UN peacekeeping operation for Chad and the C.A.R., two options could be presented to President Sarkozy for his decision: 1) that [...]
2007-11-20 16:59:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALMOPS EUN PHUM CD CT FR
07PARIS4564FRANCE AND GMO LOW LEVEL PRESENCE
[...] Per reftel, Post delivered talking points to French Ministries of Agriculture (MinAg),Environment, and Economy on low levels of unapproved biotech products in imports. 2. French MinAg does not foresee any change in the general EU policy on low-level presence of biotech products not author [...]
2007-11-23 17:02:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EEB TPP ABT BTT SENV ETRD EU FR
07PARIS4592MAURITANIA: AMBASSADOR BOULWARE'S CONSULTATIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: French officials meeting with U.S. Ambassador to Mauritania Mark Boulware in Paris on November 19 hailed Mauritania's transition to democracy, which the French said they would tout as an example to other African countries and use to justify rewarding Mauritania for its good beh [...]
2007-11-29 10:12:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM EAID ECON MR FR
07PARIS4617FRANCE: SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY PETERS AND
[...] (SBU) Paris extends a warm welcome to you and your delegation. Your visit comes close to six months into President Nicolas Sarkozy's five-year term, a period in which the strong U.S.-French bilateral relationship has been reinvigorated. Sarkozy's personal initiative is already visible in ne [...]
2007-11-30 16:38:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL FR
07PARIS4618CLIMATE CHANGE: FRANCE ON THE EVE OF BALI
[...] (C) Summary: U.S. and French approaches to reducing GHG emissions diverge dramatically. Jean-Louis Borloo, State Minister for the 'super' Ministry for the Environment told the Ambassador pointedly that, in his opinion, the U.S. was not doing enough to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and the [...]
2007-11-30 16:45:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALSENV ENRG KGHG PREL FR
07PARIS4622PARIS CLUB - November 2007 TOUR D'HORIZON
[...] (U) At the November 14, 2007 Paris Club tour d'horizon, Chairman Musca urged countries to stay on message in their contacts with the government of Argentina - Argentina should clear its arrears. Iraq's recent agreement with Bulgaria was deemed roughly comparable to Iraq's Paris Club agreement, [...]
2007-12-03 15:38:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
07PARIS4635FRENCH REACTION TO THE NIE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR
[...] (C) We passed the key judgments for the Iran nuclear NIE and accompanying non-paper to French MFA DAS-equivalent for the Middle East Franck Gellet late December 3 and followed up with an office call December 4 (when we gave him the secret releasable paper). We also gave the French Presidency [...]
2007-12-04 17:44:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL KNNP PARM MNUC FR IR
07PARIS4636SARKOZY SENDS WARM CONGRATULATIONS TO PUTIN ON
[...] (C) Damien Loras, Deputy Diplomatic Advisor for the Americas, Russia, Balkans, Caucuses, and Central Asia, told POL M/C on December 4 that, as reported in the press, President Sarkozy had indeed called and warmly congratulated President Putin on the Duma elections. Terming Sarkozy and Putin f [...]
2007-12-04 18:02:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RS FR
07PARIS4637SARKOZY RACKS UP SALES, BOLSTERS ROLE FOR ACTIVIST
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During a November 25-27 visit to China French President Sarkozy highlighted to Chinese leaders the global responsibilities that come with being a global power, according to the MFA. Using this broad theme, Sarkozy addressed economic, political and environmental issues while at t [...]
2007-12-04 18:33:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ETRD SENV EFIN FR CH TW
07PARIS4653FRANCE: U/S LEVEY DISCUSSES NEXT STEPS ON IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: In November 29 meetings with MFA, Finance Ministry and French Central Bank officials, Treasury U/S Stuart Levey sought an update on status of current French and EU measures against Iranian entities and discussed further actions. The MFA Political Director expressed frustration at [...]
2007-12-06 11:57:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALEFIN KNNP PARM IR FR
07PARIS4667FRENCH EUROPEAN AFFAIRS SECRETARY SHARES VIEWS ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On December 4, Ambassador Stapleton and DCM Pekala met with Jean-Pierre Jouyet, State Secretary for European Affairs at the MFA. Jouyet stated his expectation of quick French ratification of the simplified EU treaty and outlined France's priorities of immigration, energy and en [...]
2007-12-07 16:33:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN FR
07PARIS4683USD/P EDELMAN AND COUNSELOR COHEN DISCUSS
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Undersecretary of Defense for Policy (USD/P) Eric Edelman and State Department Counselor (C) Eliot Cohen discussed the U.S. desire to develop a three- to five-year strategic vision for the Alliance in Afghanistan with senior French officials on December 5 in Paris. The French were [...]
2007-12-11 10:28:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL PARM MARR MCAP AF IR RU PK GG FR
07PARIS4685YOUR DECEMBER 16-18 VISIT TO FRANCE
[...] (C) That the first international follow-on to Annapolis is taking place in Paris reflects the new confidence and greater cooperation that characterize our relationship with France seven months into the Presidency of Nicolas Sarkozy. France's support for our efforts to achieve peace in the Mid [...]
2007-12-11 15:12:00Embassy ParisSECRETOVIP PREL PGOV PINR KPAL EU FR LG SY IS IR
07PARIS4695FRANCE INCSR 2007-2008
[...] (U) Following is post's draft of the France INSCR for 2007-2008. 2. (SBU) Begin Text: I. SUMMARY France continues to be a major transshipment point for drugs moving through Europe. Given France's shared borders with trafficking conduits such as Spain, Italy and Belgium, France is a n [...]
2007-12-13 09:59:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR FR
07PARIS4722XXXXXXXXXXXX DESCRIBES CAUTIOUS,
[...] (S) SUMMARY. In a December 10 meeting, XXXXXXXXXXXX, said the December 7 Merkel-Sarkozy meetings in Paris were very productive even though Merkel and Sarkozy's personalities are like "fire and water." XXXXXXXXXXXX described Sarkozy's management style as exhausting and said many expected a reshuffli [...]
2007-12-14 16:21:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL PGOV EUN GM FR
07PARIS4723FRANCE AND THE WTO AG BIOTECH CASE
[...] (C) Summary: Mission Paris recommends that that the USG reinforce our negotiating position with the EU on agricultural biotechnology by publishing a retaliation list when the extend "Reasonable Time Period" expires. In our view, Europe is moving backwards not forwards on this issue with France play [...]
2007-12-14 16:23:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EAGR PGOV SENV FR
07PARIS4732FRANCE/AFRICA: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR DISCUSSES KEY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Presidential AF Advisor Romain Serman on December 17 reported on key France-Africa issues, some resulting from meetings at the December 8-9 Lisbon EU-Africa Summit: -- Rwanda: Presidents Sarkozy and Kagame agreed to work to normalize relations and to maintain personal super [...]
2007-12-17 17:06:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MARR SU CD IV RW CT UV FR
07PARIS4751FORMER GTMO DETAINEES CONVICTED IN FRANCE; GOF
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Five of six French nationals transferred from the Guantanamo detainee facility to France were convicted in Paris on December 19 of "criminal conspiracy with a terrorist organization." A sixth defendant was acquitted. The court ruled entirely in accordance with the (less than maxi [...]
2007-12-20 16:40:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPTER FR
07PARIS486TOUR D'HORIZON WITH MFA AFRICA DIRECTOR
[...] (C) Summary: French MFA A/S-Equivalent for Africa Gliniasty told DCM on February 1 that France had not invited President Mugabe of Zimbabwe to the February 13-15 Africa-France Summit. Gliniasty confided that the Zimbabwean delegation had complained vocally in the course of the AU Summit abou [...]
2007-02-08 08:32:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR SU SO CI FR
07PARIS508FRANCE: NOMINEES FOR CONFERENCE IN EUROPE ON
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, Embassy Paris nominates the following individuals to participate in the March 26-27 European conference entitled, "A Comprehensive Approach to Modern Insurgency: Afghanistan and Beyond." a.) Philippe Carre, A/S-Equivalent Director for Strategic Affairs, Security and Disarma [...]
2007-02-08 15:20:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PINS PREL PROP PTER NATEU MARR MOPS KISL
07PARIS510AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) Ambassador Stapleton met on February 6 with Michel Barnier, former foreign minister (2004 - 2005) and now Senior Foreign Affairs advisor to Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) presidential nominee Nicolas Sarkozy. Barnier addressed the state-of-play in the French presidential campaign and [...]
2007-02-08 16:51:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
07PARIS514FRENCH AGRICULTURAL ELECTIONS REFLECT SOME CHANGES
[...] Summary. French agricultural stakeholders recently held elections to choose their representatives to the Agricultural Chamber of Commerce, an influential organization for French agriculture that works with the Government of France to manage and implement farm policy. Election results showe [...]
2007-02-09 05:56:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD EU FR
07PARIS533COUNTRY CLEARANCE NSF: VISIT TO FRANCE OF NSF OFFICIAL ANNA
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Anna Kerttula de Echave, Program Director in the Office of Polar Programs (OPP),National Science Foundation, who will attend the European Science Foundation BOREAS Cyber-Infrastructure Workshop in Paris from February 18 to 21, 2007. Dr. Ke [...]
2007-02-09 14:25:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AMGT TPHY KSCA FR
07PARIS538 WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: MIDDLE EAST (IRAQ, PALESTINIAN
[...] (SBU) Following last week's major conferences on the environment, international conferences in Paris this week on child soldiers and on enforced disappearances offered new media opportunities for French officials to portray themselves in opposition to U.S. policy. Moreover, U.S.-French differe [...]
2007-02-09 14:31:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPRC PREL KPAO FR
07PARIS544FRANCE TIGHTENS POLICY ON IRAN EXPORT CREDITS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: France ratcheted up the pressure on Iran by publicly announcing a change in its export credit policy. It will strictly apply UNSCR 1737, ask companies to screen all transactions with its export credit agency, and lower its exposure to Iran. The announcement marks a u-turn in Fr [...]
2007-02-09 16:48:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN MNUC EXIM UNSC OECD IR FR
07PARIS571PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE TO FRANCEREF:
[...] (SBU): We shared reftel points February 7 with MFA DAS-equivalent fo CFSP Emmanuel Cohet, who responded with the following comments on February 12. 2. (C) Kosovo: Cohet stressed that while the GoF shares USG support for Ahtisaari, the MFA does not believe short delays in resolving the matte [...]
2007-02-12 15:38:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD KPAL
07PARIS579FRENCH PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: THE MESSAGE FROM THE
[...] (SBU) As campaigning picks up for France's Presidential elections in April, business groups and think tanks are making their voices heard in unusual ways to "ensure that key economic issues are not ignored." All forms of communication -- from special web sites, to books and jamboree-style mee [...]
2007-02-13 16:40:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV FR
07PARIS600PKK MEMBERS REMAIN IN CUSTODY; MFA COMMENTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: DCM spoke with the Foreign Minister's Chief of Staff, Pierre Vimont, on February 12, and with Political Director Gerard Araud on the 13th to express appreciation for the government's arrest of suspected PKK terrorist financiers and to encourage a successful prosecution. French MFA [...]
2007-02-15 16:23:00Embassy ParisSECRETPTER EFIN PINR PREL KCRM TU FR
07PARIS627 WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP PUTIN IN MUNICH AND THE MIDDLE EAST;
[...] (SBU) Although Putin's excoriation of alleged U.S. unilateralism at Wehrkunde and in the Middle East might have been expected to fall on fertile soil in French media, French editorialists generally compared his calculated outbursts unfavorably with Secretary of Defense Gates's measured response [...]
2007-02-16 15:20:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPRC PREL KPAO FR
07PARIS637FRANCE: MFA ON DEVELOPMENT, GOVERNANCE, STABILITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Econ Counselor and Econoff met February 14 with Jerome Walter, Counselor to Minister Delegate for Cooperation and Development Brigitte Girardin, and Herve Magro, Deputy Director for Governance in the MFA's General Directorate for International Cooperation and Development, to tak [...]
2007-02-20 12:27:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID KDEM KCRS FR
07PARIS654AMBASSADOR'S REVIEW OF ELECTORAL SITUATION WITH
[...] (C) At a meeting February 15, Ambassador reviewed the state of play in the French presidential election with noted author and political insider Jacques Attali. Attali, whose dense network of friendships includes decades-long relationships with President Chirac and the two leading contenders [...]
2007-02-21 12:25:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
07PARIS688JAPAN/AFRICA: JAPANESE EMBOFF DISCUSSES WEST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Chie Kinumaki, an Africa Watcher at Japan's Embassy in Paris, on February 21 discussed efforts to assist 30 Japanese nationals in leaving Guinea; the impasse in Cote d'Ivoire; concerns about China's lack of interest in promoting democracy, human rights, and sound business pract [...]
2007-02-23 09:56:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS PINR CONS ASEC XY GV IV CH JA FR
07PARIS692FRENCH SEEKING TO OPEN STRATEGIC DIALOGUE WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: After five years of cool relations, France hopes to open a "strategic dialogue" with Pakistan based on shared security concerns. Notwithstanding the 2002 terrorist attack in Karachi that killed 11 French nationals, the Pakistan desk officer said the MFA now believes it would only [...]
2007-02-23 16:02:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER AF PK FR MASS KNNP
07PARIS693FRANCE STILL DUBIOUS ABOUT POSITIVE DDA OUTCOME
[...] (SBU) Paris AGR and ECON officials transmitted the reftel talking points to Philippe Duclaud, Foreign Affairs Adviser to the French Minister of Agriculture, Christian Ligeard, the Head of the International Affairs Office at the Ministry of Agriculture and Raphael Alomar, Agricultural Adviser to [...]
2007-02-23 18:21:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ETRD EU FR
07PARIS710CHIRAC ADVISOR PROVIDES READOUT ON PA PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Summary: In his February 24 meeting with President Chirac, Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas urged the French to support a resumption of international economic assistance to the PA, but also suggested a continued refusal to engage in political contact with the new governme [...]
2007-02-26 13:43:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR IR IS KPAL LE PGOV PREL SY
07PARIS722 FY 2007 NOMINATION FOR USUNESCO VOLUNTARY VISITOR AURORA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-27 05:06:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO
07PARIS73CHIRAC REMAINS TRUE TO FORM IN NEW YEAR'S MESSAGE
[...] (C) In the traditional New Year's remarks to the Diplomatic Corps on January 5, President Chirac delivered a distillation -- with only a few months left in office, perhaps his last -- of his exceedingly "Gaullist" (France-centric) world view. He broke no new ground, restating long-held Frenc [...]
2007-01-08 17:33:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
07PARIS735A/S SULLIVAN DISCUSSES CASPIAN ENERGY, OECD, G8 ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: On February 14 A/S Dan Sullivan briefed French FASS Jacques Lapouge on the state-of-play on Caspian energy and his recent trip to the Caspian region. Sullivan said the U.S. was "very interested" in the French proposal for an "IPR FATF" tabled by Finance Minister Breton. On OECD e [...]
2007-02-27 09:31:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALECON PREL ENRG FR
07PARIS741YOUR MEETING WITH FORMER FRENCH PRESIDENT VALERY
[...] (C) Steve, Thank you for agreeing to a brief meeting with former French president Valery Giscard d'Estaing. The historical perspective Giscard brings to his assessment of international developments are unmatched. I believe you will also find his views on the current French presidential elec [...]
2007-02-27 12:13:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR PINR SOCI ECON EU
07PARIS743CODEL TANNER: MEETING WITH FRENCH POLITICAL
[...] (C) During a meeting with Codel Tanner on February 22, French MFA Political Director Gerard Araud reviewed the current state of the bilateral relationship, commented on NATO's continuing purpose, and compared France's and Britain's historically distinct orientations towards the U.S. He also [...]
2007-02-27 13:14:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR
07PARIS776FRENCH POLICY PLANNER SHARES VIEWS ON MIDDLE EAST
[...] (C) Summary: Christian Nakhle, the MFA's lead policy planner for the Middle East, told us on February 27 that he just returned from a 10-day trip to the Gulf and was deeply worried about Bahrain's internal stability, saying he foresaw the possibility of serious political unrest developing withi [...]
2007-02-28 16:17:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR IR IS IZ LE PGOV PREL SY
07PARIS777SARKOZY PRESS CONFERENCE ON FOREIGN POLICY
[...] SUMMARY: Interior Minister and center-right presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy, appearing relaxed and confident in a February 28 press conference and Q-and-A session, laid out a foreign policy vision that focused straight-forwardly on strengthening Europe, preserving the importance of the [...]
2007-02-28 17:14:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL FR EUN UNO NATO IR MNUC IS KPAL
07PARIS798SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-01 16:01:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
07PARIS807WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: IRAN -- AMERICAN INTERVENTION?;
[...] (SBU) Iran and Iraq dominated French media coverage, with editorialists playing up stories about the possibilities of an eventual American intervention in Iran (although all coming to the conclusion that intervention was unlikely for the moment). Journalists also emphasized what they termed a " [...]
2007-03-02 12:58:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPRC PREL KPAO FR
07PARIS812FRENCH ON MARCH 5-6 GAERC
[...] (U) Post delivered reftel points Feb 28 to MFA CFSP Unit Deputy (DAS- equivalent) Emmanuel Cohet (all points) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs European Affairs Director Natacha Rimbon (Energy Issues). 2. (C) Energy: Rimbon told us that France would push for a target of 20 percent renewable [...]
2007-03-02 15:18:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EUN PGOV PHUM UNAUS YI SR BK IS LE
07PARIS815FRANCE: AIRBUS RESTRUCTURES; UNIONS AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: European aviation giant Airbus presented its "Power 8" restructuring plan February 28, after more than a week of Franco-German wrangling over how job cuts and future production would be distributed between the two countries. The restructuring includes a 10,000 workforce reducti [...]
2007-03-02 16:33:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALEAIR PREL FR
07PARIS834FRANCE - SPECIAL 301 2007 ANNUAL REVIEW
[...] (SBU) Summary: Following PhRMA's nomination of France for the 2007 Watch List, Embassy officers have met with two of France's major interlocutors in the pharmaceutical sector: the French Pharmaceutical Companies Association LEEM, and the Price Negotiating Committee (CEPS) for reimbursable drugs [...]
2007-03-05 16:16:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV ETRD EUN FR
07PARIS847PART I: AFRICA-FRANCE SUMMIT - CEREMONY OVER
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: The XXIV Africa-France Summit in Cannes was an anodyne event that took place without pyrotechnics under the banner of "Africa and World Equilibrium." Turn-out, with 34 African heads of state in attendance, was below the peak of the 2003 Paris Summit and failed to matc [...]
2007-03-06 08:36:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR KSUM XA FR
07PARIS849PART III: AFRICA-FRANCE SUMMIT - AVOIDING A MUGABE
[...] (C) Summary: For the 2007 Africa-France Summit at Cannes, President Chirac made a watershed policy choice to abide by the EU travel ban and exclude Zimbabwean pariah leader Robert Mugabe. Chirac had invited Mugabe four years earlier to the 2003 Paris Summit, amid concerns about the risk of a b [...]
2007-03-06 09:14:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR KSUM XA ZI FR
07PARIS902FRANCE KICKS OFF IPY RESEARCH
[...] Summary: Following the March 1 launch of the fourth International Polar Year (IPY) in Paris, 70 French research teams plan to participate in 55 approved programs, evidencing keen French interest in glaciology, biology and astronomy in the polar regions. A number of the programs France will lea [...]
2007-03-09 09:20:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TPHY TSPA TSPL KSCA FR
07PARIS904ELECTION SNAPSHOT: SARKOZY'S "COMPETENCY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Seven weeks from the first round of France's 2007 presidential election, the leading candidates -- Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy and Poitou-Charentes region President Segolene Royal -- seem to be turning to accentuating their candidacies' respective electoral strengths. Sar [...]
2007-03-09 09:28:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB EUN FR PINR SOCI ECON
07PARIS915 USUNESCO - ADEQUATE MISSION STAFFING
[...] I am very concerned about this mission's continuing ability to support the Secretary's program of transformational diplomacy after the departure this fall of our remaining reporting officer, Nancy Cooper. At that point the only Foreign Service Officers on my staff will be the DCM and the PAO. [...]
2007-03-09 13:59:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDAPER UNESCO
07PARIS917WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: AIRBUS MANEUVERING; IRAQ WAR--TAKING
[...] (SBU) Domestic issues dominated headlines this week, focused on Airbus's plans to restructure, anticipated job cuts and the presidential candidates' support for the ailing company. "Airbus caught in campaign turbulence" and "Airbus trapped in the campaign" were the headlines of economic daily [...]
2007-03-09 14:32:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPRC PREL KPAO FR
07PARIS921FRENCH FOREIGN POLICY UNDER NICOLAS SARKOZY OR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign policy has not and probably will not play a prominent role in the French presidential election campaign, and neither Nicolas Sarkozy nor Segolene Royal has enunciated a fleshed out foreign policy vision. (This message does not discuss emerging "third man" centrist Francois [...]
2007-03-09 16:19:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR EUN NATO ETRD ECON UNO IR PHUM
07PHNOMPENH1081IS CAMBODIA'S REPUTATION AS A TRADE LIBERALIZER
[...] (SBU) Summary. Seen as a trade liberalization leader among least developed countries (LDCs) due to its WTO membership, pilot participation in the Integrated Framework, and charismatic trade liberalization guru, Cambodia's initial progress in committing to and implementing trade reforms has s [...]
2007-08-21 08:41:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PGOV KTEX EAGR ELAB CB
07PHNOMPENH109CAMBODIAN PM LAUDS US-CAMBODIAN TIES; WILL VISIT
[...] (SBU) Summary. In a January 22 meeting with visiting PDAS Stephens, PM Hun Sen praised improvements in US-Cambodian ties over the past year. He spoke at length about RGC reform efforts, saying that economic growth and political development can move forward together. On Cambodia's bilateral [...]
2007-01-23 02:45:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EFIN PHUM CB BM
07PHNOMPENH1189 DAMMING THE MEKONG: HYDROPOWER'S HIGH PRICE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Existing and planned hydropower projects along the world's eighth largest river reflect the development dilemma of cheaper, low-polluting power vs. healthy fisheries and the interests of downstream communities. Villagers along eastern Mekong tributaries in Cambodia complained [...]
2007-09-17 10:12:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ENRG EIND SENV VM LA CH CB
07PHNOMPENH1270UNHCR CAMBODIA ON MONTAGNARDS
[...] (SBU) Summary. UNHCR'S Phnom Penh office reported that direct arrivals of Montagnards to the UNHCR office in Phnom Penh makes up 75 percent of new arrivals in 2007, compared to 40 percent of new arrivals in 2006. During the UNHCR office reporting period starting May 1, the UNHCR has seen an [...]
2007-10-05 08:58:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL CB
07PHNOMPENH1341CAMBODIA ON U.S. SANCTIONS AGAINST BURMA
[...] (C) DCM October 25 delivered demarche (Ref B) to MFA Secretary of State Ouch Borith noting newly imposed USG SIPDIS sanctions and inquiring about what steps the Royal Government of Cambodia was taking to put pressure on the Burmese leadership to release political prisoners and move toward [...]
2007-10-26 12:32:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM CVIS ETRD BM
07PHNOMPENH1342CAMBODIA ON U.S. SANCTIONS AGAINST BURMA
[...] (C) DCM October 25 delivered demarche (Ref B) to MFA Secretary of State Ouch Borith noting newly imposed USG SIPDIS sanctions and inquiring about what steps the Royal Government of Cambodia was taking to put pressure on the Burmese leadership to release political prisoners and move toward [...]
2007-10-29 01:18:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM CVIS ETRD BM
07PHNOMPENH1376 CAMBODIA INCSR REPORT PART I
[...] The following is post's submission for the 2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report Part 1. 2. Begin text: Cambodia I. Summary With the recent discovery of a major methamphetamine laboratory, Cambodia now has a confirmed role in drug production, consumption, and traff [...]
2007-11-07 01:27:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR CB
07PHNOMPENH1426PRM ADMISSIONS OFFICER VISITS CAMBODIA UNHCR AND
[...] (SBU) Summary. On November 19, PRM Office of Admissions Program Officer for Southeast Asia Margaret Burkhardt met with the Phnom Penh UNHCR and IOM offices to discuss the impact of the Montagnard action plan six months after its May 1 implementation date. UNHCR reported an increase in Montag [...]
2007-11-21 11:19:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL CB
07PHNOMPENH1438 SUCCESSFUL TRADE TALKS FEATURE TARIFF, INVESTMENT, IPR,
[...] (SBU) Summary: A strong bilateral partnership and Cambodia's commitment to economic reform were on display November 21 as U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab and Commerce Minister Cham Prasidh led Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) joint council discussions. The Commerce Min [...]
2007-11-26 23:38:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KTEX EINV ELAB EAGR CB
07PHNOMPENH1463ECONOMICS, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND GOVERNMENT REFORM TOP
[...] (SBU) Summary: Building the political and economic foundation for economic growth and development was the key theme of a November 25-29 visit by Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA). Cantwell, a member of the Senate's Finance and Energy Committees, brought her private sector experience to bear in [...]
2007-12-03 08:46:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PREL ELAB KTEX PHUM KWMN CB
07PHNOMPENH1506 CAMBODIA: TRADE DIAGNOSTIC REPORT PROMPTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Recent discussions between key Cambodian government officials and USAID staff about a USAID-funded trade diagnostic report have led to increased political will to tackle economic reform and a resultant improvement in USAIDQs relationship with the government on economic issues. [...]
2007-12-12 09:13:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON PREL PGOV KCOR CB
07PHNOMPENH160SAVING CAMBODIA'S FRESHWATER DOLPHINS: NGOS AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A 120-mile stretch of the Mekong River in northern Cambodia is home to the world's largest group of Irrawaddy dolphins, a critically endangered freshwater species. The dolphins, which are a significant tourist draw in a little-visited corner of the country, have been dying in [...]
2007-01-30 10:55:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV PGOV CB
07PHNOMPENH240THE FIGHT FOR THIRD PLACE IN CAMBODIA'S APRIL
[...] (SBU) Summary. Recent discussions with NGOs and political party members suggest that the real race for the April 1 commune council elections will be between FUNCINPEC and the NRP of Prince Norodom Ranariddh probably competing for third place. As the clear front-runner, the ruling CPP conti [...]
2007-02-12 06:12:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM CB
07PHNOMPENH315CAMBODIA AND NEXT STEPS ON BURMA
[...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador called on MFA Secretary of State Ouch Borith on February 22 at the latter's request, and used the occasion to raise reftel demarche points regarding Burma. Borith, however, was more eager to discuss North Korean affairs, and related his recent discussions with J [...]
2007-02-26 05:56:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM CB BM
07PHNOMPENH534CAMBODIAN PM DISCUSSES UPCOMING BURMA TRIP WITH
[...] (C) Summary. During an April 4-7 visit to Cambodia, EAP DAS John met with PM Hun Sen and FM Hor Namhong on US-ASEAN relations, the PM's planned visit to Burma in May, North Korea, elections, and Cambodia's bilateral debt to the U.S. The PM claimed that the ROK and Japan are using Cambodia to [...]
2007-04-10 04:27:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM EFIN ASEAN CB
07PHNOMPENH577CAMBODIA DRUG TRENDS: INCREASED SEIZURES REFLECT
[...] (SBU) Summary. Even before the April 1, 2007 raid on a methamphetamine superlab (reftels),significant increases in drug seizures in Cambodia in 2006 pointed to a strong increase in drug trafficking and modest improvements in police effectiveness. Increased trafficking by ethnic Chinese and [...]
2007-04-24 04:13:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV ASEC SENV CB
07PHNOMPENH679OUR ANTI-CORRUPTION STRATEGY AND THE MCC: CAN WE
[...] (U) This message contains an action request. See paragraph 11. 2. (SBU) Summary. Corruption in Cambodia is systemic and pervasive, and one of the country's key challenges to surmount if its economic profile is to continue to grow in a positive manner. Transparency International ranke [...]
2007-05-16 07:09:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PHUM EAID CB
07PHNOMPENH765EAP/MLS DEPUTY DIRECTOR NAGY MEETS POLITICAL PARTY
[...] (SBU) Summary. Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) Secretary General Mu Sochua told visiting EAP/MLS Deputy Director Eleanor Nagy that 2007 commune council election flaws are a preview of problems likely to arise during the 2008 national elections. Sochua expressed hope for a U.S. delegation visit to Camb [...]
2007-06-06 10:00:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREF PREL PHUM KWMN KDEM CB
07PHNOMPENH782CAMBODIA: EFFECTIVE NARCOTICS CONTROL AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: Cambodia has a wide-ranging and growing narcotics problem which the government has only limited funding, equipment, skills, and political will to address. During a May 21-23 visit to Phnom Penh, two INL officers learned that drug use in Cambodia is growing, and that while ATS [...]
2007-06-08 07:44:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV KCRM SOCI CB
07PHNOMPENH820GLOBAL WITNESS REPORT: ACCUSATIONS, THREATS,
[...] (C) Summary. On June 1, U.K.-based Global Witness made public a 95-page "Cambodia's Family Trees" report. The report's content is extremely confrontational by Cambodian standards as it accuses well-connected government and military officials of illegal logging activity, kidnapping, and attempted mu [...]
2007-06-15 05:28:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON PGOV PHUM SENV CB
07PHNOMPENH904RUDDERLESS FUNCINPEC NOT RULING ANYTHING OUT
[...] (C) Summary. FUNCINPEC's leaders appear to have no guiding vision for their party and are disjointedly discussing party independence, reunification with the Norodom Ranariddh Party (NRP),and a continued coalition with the ruling CPP. At a June 28 lunch with the Ambassador and DCM, FUNCINPE [...]
2007-07-03 10:24:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM CB
07PHNOMPENH905KHMER KROM MONK'S POSSIBLE FORCED RETURN TO VIETNAM
[...] (SBU) Summary. Over the weekend a Khmer Krom monk in Cambodia was reportedly defrocked and carried off by uniformed authorities. While the monk's whereabouts are not yet confirmed, Ministry of Interior Spokesperson Kheiu Sopheak verified that the monk went to Vietnam. Whether the monk was [...]
2007-07-03 11:41:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM CB
07PODGORICA13KOSOVO: MONTENEGRO ADVOCATES CG UNITY ON EARLY DECISION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: THE GOM BELIEVES THAT DELAYING A DECISION ON THE STATUS OF KOSOVO IS ULTIMATELY DETRIMENTAL TO SERBIA AND THE SERBS. FM ROCEN STRESSED THAT CONTACT GROUP UNITY ON THE STATUS OF KOSOVO IS CRUCIAL. DRAWING ON HIS EXPERIENCE AS SAM AMBASSADOR TO MOSCOW, ROCEN SAID HE BELIEVED THAT R [...]
2007-01-19 16:51:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MW SR
07PODGORICA130RUSSIAN FM LAVROV DISCUSSES KOSOVO, NATO WITH MONTENEGRO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-25 08:50:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PREF MW RS SR
07PODGORICA159SCENESETTER FOR ADM ULRICH VISIT TO MONTENEGRO
[...] (SBU) Welcome back to Montenegro. Your visit comes as the Montenegrins debate their new draft constitution, and as the opposition continues its misinformed attacks on the GoM-USG SOFA, and our Article 98 agreement. The Montenegrin leadership continues its pro-West, pro-American stance, while l [...]
2007-05-14 12:52:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MARR MW
07PODGORICA167TRANSPARENCY OF MONTENEGRIN MILITARY SPENDING
[...] (U) This cables responds to requests for information in Ref. Montenegro only established its Ministry of Defense in November 2006, following independence in June 2006. A number of key laws in the defense area remain in draft, such as the Law on Defense, the Law on the Armed Forces, and the Law [...]
2007-05-16 16:13:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EFIN MARR MW
07PODGORICA195RIFT IN MONTENEGRO'S RULING COALITION (C-RE7-00522)
[...] (SBU) A "principled" disagreement over privatization of the large thermo-electric plant in Pljevlja (TE Pljevlja) has led to a rift in Montenegro's ruling coalition. The larger Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) is seeking to finalize the sale of TE Pljevlja to En+ Group, owned by Russian t [...]
2007-06-08 14:14:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ENRG MW
07PODGORICA204VISIT OF ADM ULRICH TO MONTENEGRO, MAY 21-22
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. COMMANDER OF JOINT FORCES COMMAND NAPLES (COMJFC) AND U.S. NAVAL FORCES EUROPE (COMNAVEUR) ADMIRAL HENRY G. ULRICH VISITED MONTENEGRO FROM 21-22 MAY 2007. ADM ULRICH'S VISIT COINCIDED WITH THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF MONTENEGRIN INDEPENDENCE AND THE U.S. NAVY SHIP VISIT BY THE S [...]
2007-06-13 13:07:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR PGOV MASS MW
07PODGORICA21MONTENEGRO'S MINISTER OF DEFENSE WANTS TO MOVE FORWARD ON
[...] (U) SUMMARY: THE DRAFT STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT (SOFA) (REF) WAS PRESENTED BY CHARGE BARNES TO MINISTER OF DEFENSE BORO VUCINIC ON JANUARY 30; THE DRAFT SOFA WAS FORMALLY DELIVERED TO THE GOM BY A DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON JANUARY 26. MINDEF VUCINIC STATED THAT HE HOPED TO OPEN DISCUSSIONS ON THE A [...]
2007-01-31 16:52:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR PREL MW AF
07PODGORICA220MONTENEGRO'S ELECTRICITY SECTOR
[...] SUMMARY: MONTENEGRO PRESENTLY IMPORTS 40% OF ITS ANNUAL ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION - IMPORTING 1866 GWH COMPARED TO DOMESTIC PRODUCTION OF 2818 GWH. THE KOMBINAT ALUMINA PODGORICA (KAP) ALONE CONSUMES NEARLY 2000 GWH A YEAR. THE GOM PLAN TO BEGIN PRIVATIZING THE ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY OF MONTENE [...]
2007-06-26 06:48:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG PGOV EINV MW
07PODGORICA222FOREIGN MINISTER REVIEWS RANGE OF ISSUES WITH CHARGE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A MEETING WITH THE FOREIGN MINISTER ON MONDAY JUNE 25 COVERED A VARIETY OF TOPICS INCLUDING THE CANCELLATION OF THE TENDER FOR THE THERMAL POWER PLANT, THE CONSTITUTION PROCESS, THE TRIAL OF AMERICAN CITIZENS CHARGED WITH SUPPORTING TERRORIST ACTIVITY, DEFENSE RELATIONS, VISA SER [...]
2007-06-26 14:00:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR PGOV MW
07PODGORICA227SERBS IN MONTENEGRO PROTEST U.S. POLICY ON KOSOVO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: SMALL BUT STRIDENT, TWO LOCALLY-BASED ETHNIC SERB ORGANIZATIONS, THE ASSOCIATION OF DISPLACED PERSONS IN MONTENEGRO AND THE SERBIAN NATIONAL COUNCIL OF MONTENEGRO, HAVE STRONGLY OPPOSED THE USG POLICY SUPPORTING INDEPENDENCE FOR KOSOVO. IN LETTERS TO THE EMBASSY, AND A JUNE 21 D [...]
2007-07-02 10:54:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MW SR
07PODGORICA231SCENESETTER FOR A/S FRIED VISIT TO MONTENEGRO
[...] (SBU) Welcome to Montenegro. Your visit comes as the Montenegrins continue to debate their new draft constitution. The Montenegrin leadership continues its pro-West, pro-American stance, while looking to maintain good relations with Moscow and Belgrade, particularly on Kosovo. The result is a [...]
2007-07-03 11:55:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL AMGT ECON EINV MW
07PODGORICA24RUSSIANS ARE COMING TO MONTENEGRO - BUT SO ARE OTHERS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: THE RUSSIAN PRESENCE ON MONTENEGRO IS VISIBLE, YET OFTEN OVERSTATED BY MONTENEGRINS AND OUTSIDERS ALIKE. SINCE 1999, REPORTED RUSSIAN FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT (FDI) HAS AMOUNTED TO EUROS 135 MILLION, OUT OF A TOTAL OF NEARLY EUROS 1 BILLION. THROUGH THE END OF 2006, THE ONLY L [...]
2007-02-05 13:36:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON EINV MW RS
07PODGORICA247MONTENEGRO'S NEW CONSTITUTION - REFERENDUM INCREASINGLY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: MONTENEGRO'S POLITICAL PARTIES REMAIN UNABLE TO CLOSE RANKS ON THE DRAFT CONSTITUTION. INCREASINGLY, IT APPEARS THAT 2/3 OF THE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT REQUIRED WILL NOT VOTE FOR THE SAME TEXT. THEY ARE SPLIT OVER "HERITAGE" ISSUES INCLUDING THE CONSTITUENT PEOPLES (IN THE PREAMBL [...]
2007-07-17 10:18:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MW
07PODGORICA50MONTENEGRO: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-02 09:54:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB MW
07PODGORICA91PRIME MINISTER, DEPUTY, DESCRIBE GOM GOALS: EURO-ATLANTIC
[...] (U) PRIME MINISTER ZELKJO STURANOVIC AND DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER GORDANA DJUROVIC DESCRIBED THE CURRENT GOVERNMENTS GOALS AS EURO-ATLANTIC INTEGRATION AND IMPROVED LIVING STANDARDS. THE MINISTERS MET WITH VISITING EUR/SCE DIRECTOR CHRISTOPHER HOH AND CHARGE ON MARCH 28. THE PM SAID THAT MONTENE [...]
2007-03-29 12:38:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR EINV CVIS ECON PINR MW
07PORTAUPRINCE1018ASSESSMENT OF DEPORTEE INTEGRATON PROGRAM
[...] Summary. Against the countervailing negative perceptions that most Haitians and the GoH have against deportees, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has convincingly established the foundations of a potentially successful deportee integration program. IOM reported that deporte [...]
2007-06-08 17:55:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1136FORUM EXAMINES SECURITY, GANGS, DEPORTEES
[...] (U) Summary: Members of the GoH, civil society and the international community, including post's DEA representative, came together on June 19 to discuss the challenges Haiti faces from organized crime, corruption and gang violence. Much of the discussion focused on the GoH's National Disarma [...]
2007-06-27 17:35:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ASEC PARM SNAR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1138YOURI LATORTUE REACHES OUT
[...] (S) Summary. Senator Youri Latortue, during a June 18 meeting with Poloff granted at Latortue's request, expressed his desire to have better relations with the embassy and expand the reach of his political party. Latortue explained that he supported forming an army that would help the state [...]
2007-06-27 19:09:00Embassy Port Au PrinceSECRETPGOV PREL PINR MARR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1182MINUSTAH'S EFFECTIVENESS IN COMBATTING SEXUAL
[...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified ) please protect accordingly. 2. (U) The following information is in response to Reftel A requesting information on the effectiveness of UN efforts to combat sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) in UN peacekeeping missions. Reftel B is the la [...]
2007-07-06 18:38:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM HA KPKO
07PORTAUPRINCE1253PETROCARIBE STILL STALLED
[...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Negotiations between the GOH and fuel vendors operating in Haiti to implement the PetroCaribe agreement with Venezuela remain stalled. The GoH sought to conclude arrangements by July 1 (reftel),but [...]
2007-07-20 19:26:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET ECON EAID PGOV PREL HA
07PORTAUPRINCE130VISIT OF SENATOR BILL NELSON TO HAITI, JANUARY
[...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. Senator Bill Nelson (D-Florida) on January 12-13 led a congressional delegation to Port-au-Prince that included the Deputy Commander of the U.S. Southern Command, Major General Glenn Spears. CODEL Nelson [...]
2007-01-25 14:45:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL UNSC HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1329(C) PREVAL FEELS ATTACKED BY VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE
[...] (C) Summary: The Chamber of Deputies passed a vote of no confidence against Minister of Culture and Communication Daniel Elie on July 31. The deputies alleged that the minister had committed malfeasance in his distribution of funds for Haiti's annual Carnival celebration in February. Presid [...]
2007-08-06 13:09:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KCOR KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE136HAITIAN-DOMINICAN RELATIONS: MORE THAN TALK
[...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: The Dominican Republic's Ambassador to Haiti Jose Serulle Ramia told Poloff January 20 that Haitian-Dominican relations are stronger than ever, following President Rene Preval's inauguration June 2006. Ha [...]
2007-01-25 19:40:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM HA DR
07PORTAUPRINCE1507PEASANT MOVEMENT LEADER PLANNING TO SPEAK OUT
[...] (C) During an August 30 meeting with Embassy Poloff in Papaye (Central Department) Chavanne Jean-Baptiste, the leader of Mouvman Peysan Papay (Peasant Movement of Papaye - or MPP) laid out a list of grievances against President Preval. Jean-Baptiste views President Preval as the latest inca [...]
2007-09-14 15:44:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1644HAITI RESPONDS POSITIVELY TO U.S. DRAFT RESOLUTION
[...] (U) Poloff presented text of the draft resolution to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Political Director Wiener Jean-Baptiste October 1, and explained the U.S. position per talking points in reftel. On October 9, Jean-Baptiste said he shared the content of the draft resolution with Minister of For [...]
2007-10-10 12:43:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDAORC UN PHUM KWMN SOCI HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1782HAITI MONTHLY: OCTOBER 2007
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: This is a monthly report on various topics of interest which do not merit a full reporting cable. End summary. 3. (U) MINUSTAH DEPUTY RECALLED. Local press reports that the deputy MINUSTAH For [...]
2007-11-08 16:34:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON HA KPKO
07PORTAUPRINCE1831HAITI RESPONSE: INFORMATION ON HOST GOVERNMENT
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) The following information on Haiti's government practices concerning collection, screening and sharing in items (A-K) was collected from authorities within the government of Haiti's Office of Immigratio [...]
2007-11-19 16:22:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CVIS KVPR PGOV PINR PTER KHLS HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1841LETTER FROM REPUBLIC OF HAITI TO SECRETARY LEAVITT
[...] The following letter to Secretary Michael O. Leavitt from Haitian Prime Minister Jacques-Edouard Alexis was received by Embassy on November 16. Text is an English translation by the PM's office of the French original. The Embassy will pouch original letter to WHA/CAR Desk Officer Chris Ward f [...]
2007-11-20 19:29:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1858DEMARCHE: ELECTION FOR COMMITTEE ON THE
[...] PolCouns delivered reftel diplomatic note and Ambassador Prosper CV November 23 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Political Affairs Director Wiener Jean-Baptiste. Drawing from reftel talking points, PolCouns emphasized Ambassador Prosper's eminent qualifications and professional experience in fi [...]
2007-11-23 19:58:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1913MINISTER OF SOCIAL AFFAIRS: HAITI ACTING ON
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador laid out the case to the Minister of Social Affairs that Haiti should adopt a policy and legislation aimed at combatting trafficking in persons. The Minister explained that Haiti is working with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) on legislation criminalizi [...]
2007-12-06 17:23:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KCRM ELAB HA
07PORTAUPRINCE198MINUSTAH OFFICERS' THOUGHTS ON MANDATE RENEWAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: MINUSTAH's Political Affairs Director Gerald Lechevallier told Poloff on January 26 that he would like the new mandate to reaffirm resolution 1702 (establishing MINUSTAH) and maintain Security Council commitment to a long-term stabilization force in Haiti. Added to the new mand [...]
2007-01-31 17:57:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KPKO UNSC HA
07PORTAUPRINCE210PM RAISES DRUGS, AIRPORT WITH AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) Having asked for a meeting on an hours notice, Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis on January 26 raised concerns to the Ambassador about potential USG plans to add Haiti's international airport to a list of those requiring "extraordinary security measures" and expressed a desire for clo [...]
2007-02-01 15:57:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR KCRM EAIR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE36SCENESETTER FOR CODEL NELSON
[...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- protect accordingly. Security Job 1 ---------- 2. (SBU) As your visit approaches, the issue of security -- kidnapping and related criminality in the greater Port-au-Prince area -- continues to dominate public discourse in Haiti and daily [...]
2007-01-10 19:33:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL AMGT HA
07PORTAUPRINCE37GOH OFFICIALS: DO NOT WORRY ABOUT MANDATE RENEWAL;
[...] (C) Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Jean Raynald Clerisme January 9 (the day President Rene Preval departed for Nicaragua) to discuss the Haiti/Taiwan/China issue, which threatens to affect the renewal of MINUSTAH's UNSC mandate in February. Citing her previous conversations with Chine [...]
2007-01-10 19:52:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC KPKO HA CH
07PORTAUPRINCE408RESPONSE TO INR/B REQUIREMENTS ON PRESIDENT PREVAL
[...] (C) Introduction: Reftel asks for a comprehensive assessment of President Preval's decision-making process and leadership style. As noted in reftel, post has reported on many of the specific topics inquired about over the course of Preval's re-election campaign and the first year of his second [...]
2007-03-01 17:50:00Embassy Port Au PrinceSECRETPGOV PREL SNAR KCRM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE433JUAN GABRIEL VALDES RETURNING TO HAITI
[...] (C) According to Denneth Modeste (strictly protect),the OAS' representative to Haiti, on March 8, the former Special Representative of the Secretary General in Haiti (2004-2006),Juan Gabriel Valdes (Chile),will return to Haiti under the auspices of the Secretary General of the OAS to hold p [...]
2007-03-05 20:03:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR KCRM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE577PM ALEXIS IN TROUBLE IN PARLIAMENT
[...] (C) Summary: Both senate and chamber majorities are ready to give Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis a vote of no confidence, according to President of the Senate Joseph Lambert. The government under Alexis, in the view of his parliamentary opponents has few tangible accomplishments, and [...]
2007-03-23 18:11:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV HA
07PORTAUPRINCE58HAITI: GUIDANCE ON PRESIDENT'S IRAQ POLICY ADDRESS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-12 20:17:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV HA PREL IZ
07PORTAUPRINCE716APRIL 29 ELECTIONS APPROVED
[...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- protect accordingly. 2. The GoH on April 16 published the decree approving April 29 as the date to re-run one parliamentary and 72 local elections canceled on December 3, 2006, for logistical or security reasons (reftel). The decree establish [...]
2007-04-18 18:11:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ASEC AA
07PORTAUPRINCE748G/TIP FY07 PROPOSAL FROM AMEMBASSY PORT-AU-PRINCE
[...] In response to reftel, post submits the following proposal: Name of the applicant: International Organization for Migration (IOM) Requested funding amount: $284,539 (federal share: $284,539) Project title: Counter-Trafficking in Persons Within, Through and From Haiti: Capacity Enhancem [...]
2007-04-23 15:47:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG
07PORTAUPRINCE76REPATRIATION OF CRIMINAL DEPORTEES
[...] This message contains a request for guidance from BICE and the Department. Please see paragraphs 8 and 9. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloff On January 9 met with GOH officials to schedule the next transfer of criminal deportees and to resolve continued problems that have plagued the deportation pro [...]
2007-01-17 21:02:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL HA
07PORTAUPRINCE770LAVALAS WANTS A MINISTER
[...] (SBU) Famni Lavalas (FL) Deputy Sorel Francois told Poloff on April 20 that the refusal of Planning Minister Jean Max Bellerive to work with FL-elected officials is a government conspiracy headed by President Rene Preval and Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis to exclude Lavalas from nation [...]
2007-04-25 16:16:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KDEM ASEC PINR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE781PREVAL GOING TO ALBA SUMMIT: RETURNING WITH A
[...] (C) Secretary General of the Presidency Fritz Longchamps on April 26 reported to Polcouns that President Preval will attend the Alba summit in Venzuela as a "special observer" for the express purpose of finalizing a tri-lateral assistance agreement between Haiti, Venezuela, and Cuba, whereby V [...]
2007-04-26 19:51:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR KCRM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE959HAITIAN DELEGATION PLEASED WITH WASHINGTON VISIT
[...] (C) Members of the delegation who accompanied President Preval and other Haitian officials informed Emboffs that Preval was very pleased with the reception he received from President Bush, Secretary Rice, other USG officials and members of Congress. Presidential counselor Gabriel Verret cla [...]
2007-05-29 14:47:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL HA
07PORTAUPRINCE982PREVAL DELIVERS ANTI-CORRUPTION ADDRESS
[...] This message is senstive but unclassified -- protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Introduction and Comment. President Preval used the occasion of Flag Day, May 18, to proclaim a government campaign against corruption. Speaking in front of the palace to a gathering of dignitaries, Preval asked [...]
2007-06-01 19:05:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCRM ECON KJUS HA
07PORTMORESBY226MCGANN MAKES WAVES IN PORT MORESBY
[...] (U) Summary: EAP/ANP Office Director Steven McGann met with PNG Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Permanent Secretary Lucy Bogari, heads of diplomatic missions, Australian SIPDIS High Commission officers, and several other government officials. He also attended a reception wit [...]
2007-06-26 06:48:00Embassy Port MoresbyCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PP
07PORTOFSPAIN1019SCENESETTER FOR ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE PRE-ASSESSMENT VISIT
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified - please protect accordingly. 2. (U) On behalf of Embassy Port of Spain, I look forward to welcoming your delegation to Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) October 10-12. The Ambassador unfortunately is out of the country but also wishes to express his [...]
2007-10-10 11:25:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP EPET SENV PREL PGOV PTER ASEC TD
07PORTOFSPAIN1031OAS LABOR MINISTERIAL HIGHLIGHTS DECENT WORK AS THE CENTER
[...] (U) SUMMARY. THE XV INTER-AMERICAN CONFERENCE OF MINISTERS OF LABOR (IACML) IN PORT OF SPAIN SEPTEMBER 11-13 PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR U.S. FOREIGN POLICY AND LABOR OBJECTIVES IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE TO BE REINFORCED THROUGH ENGAGEMENT ON MATTERS OF MUTUAL INTEREST AMONG LABOR MINISTERS, I [...]
2007-10-15 11:48:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIEDELAB SOCI OAS XK XL XM TD
07PORTOFSPAIN1064DEMARCHE ON OAS INDIGENOUS RIGHTS DECLARATION
[...] (SBU) PolOff met October 22 with Ms. Delia Chatoor of the Multilateral Affairs Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and reviewed points in reftel. Ms. Chatoor replied that Trinidad and Tobago,s own small Amerindian community had recently become more vocal, and that a week dedicated to [...]
2007-10-24 19:44:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL TD
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