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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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10USNATO45NATO-RUSSIA: ROGOZIN REPRIMANDED
[...] (C) Dean of the NATO diplomatic corps Danish PermRep Poulsen-Hansen reprimanded Russian Ambassador to NATO Dmitri Rogozin on January 22 for recent remarks considered undiplomatic. Acting in his capacity as dean, Poulsen-Hansen raised with Rogozin his recent remarks to the press criticizing NA [...]
2010-02-01 15:07:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR NATO RS
10USNATO49NATO-RUSSIA: ALLIED VIEWS ON RUSSIA'S NRC TREATY
[...] (C) Summary: Allies remain united in rejecting Russia's proposed binding treaty with NATO, although differences exist over whether NATO should discuss with Russia certain elements of the draft text presented by Foreign Minister Lavrov during the December NATO-Russia Council Ministerial. Russi [...]
2010-02-03 12:53:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NATO RS
10USNATO51CFE/VCC: RFG - EXPERTS RECONSIDER IMPLEMENTATION
[...] (U) This is a request for guidance. Please see para 6 below. 2. (C) Summary. Verification Coordination Committee (VCC) Experts initiated a discussion on a draft review of implementation coordination procedures during their January 22 meeting. Proposals to improve Allied coordination includ [...]
2010-02-03 15:41:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALKCFE NATO PARM PREL MCAP MASS MARR
10USNATO54ACTION REQUEST: POSSIBLE AUTUMN 2010 NATO
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (SBU) On February 2, Secretary General Rasmussen identified four tentative dates for possible foreign and/or defense ministerials this fall to be held in Brussels: -- Thursday, September 16; -- Thursday, September 23; -- Thursday, O [...]
2010-02-03 17:05:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP AORC PREL NATO
10USNATO60RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR ON NATO, EUROPEAN SECURITY, AND
[...] Summary: Russian Ambassador to NATO Dmitri Rogozin presented his views on NATO's Strategic Concept, the European Security Treaty, and the status of Georgia's borders during a January 29 discussion hosted by the EastWest Institute. Rogozin pondered NATO's past and future, arguing that enlarge [...]
2010-02-09 09:16:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL NATO GG RS
10USNATO64JAN 28, 2010 HLTF: ALLIES CONSIDER BROAD EURO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Allies used the January 28 HLTF and related meetings to touch base on CFE in the wake of the December 2009 NATO and OSCE Ministerials, as well as SYG Rasmussen's mid-December trip to Moscow. Allies welcomed and evinced considerable interest in the information that senior U.S. o [...]
2010-02-10 13:42:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALKCFE NATO PARM PREL
10USNATO67FRENCH MISTRAL SALE TO RUSSIA RAISED AT NATO
[...] (C) Lithuania's NATO PermRep Linkevicius raised France's potential sale to Russia of a Mistral class ship during a February 9 PermReps' lunch, noting that the sale was not simply a national issue but a subject for discussion within the Alliance. French PermRep Andreani did not respond. However, th [...]
2010-02-12 10:05:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR NATO FR RS
10USNATO69SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MCCASKILL
[...] (U) Welcome to Brussels, and to NATO! 2. (SBU) Your visit comes at an exciting time for NATO as Allies redouble our efforts to succeed operationally while working together to redefine NATO to meet the security challenges of the future. America is playing a key role, as we have in the past, [...]
2010-02-12 17:39:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL NATO RS
10USNATO70MOLDOVAN FM AND DM VISIT NATO
[...] (C) Summary: Moldovan Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Leancu and Defense Minister Marinuta visited the North Atlantic Council (NAC) on February 10, 2010 and reported on the reforms of their new Western-leaning government, on their desire for deeper Euro-Atlantic integration, and t [...]
2010-02-17 11:37:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PGOV PREL MD
10USNATO77NATO-RUSSIA COUNCIL DISCUSSES TERRORISM, RUSSIAN
[...] (C) Summary: The NATO-Russia Council (NRC) continued its Joint Review of security challenges with a February 12 discussion on terrorism. NRC members proposed examining a wide range of topics, leading some to caution against casting too wide a net for this initiative. The U.S. proposed focus [...]
2010-02-19 09:23:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NATO RS
10USNATO81PDAS MCELDOWNEY'S MEETING WITH RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (PDAS) for Europe and Eurasia Nancy McEldowney told Russian Ambassador to NATO Dmitri Rogozin on February 17 that the U.S. was sincerely interested in enhanced practical cooperation in the NATO-Russia Council (NRC),which would help build confidence bet [...]
2010-02-23 11:12:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NATO RS
10USNATO84USD(P) FLOURNOY'S FEBRUARY 17 MEETING WITH NATO
[...] (C) Summary. Under Secretary of Defense (Policy) Michele Flournoy discussed NATO reform, nuclear posture, NATO's Strategic Concept, Missile Defense, Afghanistan and export controls with NATO Secretary General Rasmussen in a February 17 meeting that followed USD(P) Flournoy's briefing to the N [...]
2010-02-24 17:43:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALMARR MCAP NATO PARM PREL
10USOSCE11IS RUSSIA CRACKING OPEN THE DOOR ON OSCE TRAINING
[...] Summary: We could have an opportunity to advance cooperation with Russia through the OSCE in Central Asia and potentially open a crack in Russian opposition to OSCE training inside Afghanistan. In an unusually warm and persistent manner, Russian ambassador Anvar Azimov has requested a U.S. [...]
2010-01-19 18:10:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OSCE RS AF
10USOSCE14OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: DECEMBER 22, 2009 -
[...] (C) Kazakhstani DCM Suleimenov told A/DCM December 22 that Kazakhstan had received preliminary inquiries from Iran regarding the possibility of becoming an OSCE Asian Partner for Cooperation. We note that Suleimenov was previously posted to Iran, speaks the language, maintains ties there, and [...]
2010-01-21 07:20:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALMARR OSCE PGOV PREL GG KZ RU AF IR MD TI
10USOSCE15OSCE CENTRAL ASIAN MISSION HEADS STRIVING TO
[...] (SBU) In a series of meetings on January 12 and 13 with OSCE Heads of Mission from four Central Asian States (Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan),all four struck similar themes on Afghanistan, radicalization, border security, and Kazakhstan's proposal for a summit. On Afghan [...]
2010-01-21 09:40:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALOSCE PTER PREL ZK AF KZ KG TI TX UZ
10USOSCE16CFE/JCG: 2010 WINTER OPENING-OF-ROUND, JAN 19 -
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-21 11:28:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCFE OSCE PARM PREL
10USOSCE17CFE/JCG: 2010 WINTER OPENING-OF-ROUND, JAN 19 -
[...] (U) Summary. The opening of round plenary for the winter session of the Joint Consultative Group (JCG) was brief. The United States underscored the importance of the CFE Treaty, called on Russia to resume compliance, and looked to 2010 with renewed hope, a sentiment echoed by several Allies an [...]
2010-01-21 12:29:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCFE OSCE PARM PREL
10USOSCE18FSC: JAN 20 OPENING WINTER SESSION--RUSSIA IS READY
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Winter Session of the FSC Plenary garnered general support for beginning the implementation of the main themes from the Issues Decision agreed at the Athens Ministerial: CSBMs including Vienna Document 1999 (VD99),Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW),Code of Conduct, and s [...]
2010-01-22 15:24:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG
10USOSCE19OPEN SKIES: 2010 OPENING PLENARY - AN EFFICIENT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-27 06:55:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCFE OSCE PARM PREL
10USOSCE20 PROMOTING GREATER NATO/OSCE COORDINATION
[...] (U) Summary: Recent IPCs and discussions during the COM conference in Washington during January emphasized the need to promote greater coordination between NATO and the OSCE, especially in view of the Russian proposals for a European Security Treaty and for a treaty in the NRC. As NATO prep [...]
2010-01-28 10:11:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR OSCE NATO RS
10USOSCE22PERSPECTIVES ON KAZAKHSTAN,S OSCE CHAIRMANSHIP IS
[...] (C) Summary: The visit of Embassy Astana DCM Pamela Spratlen to Vienna January 20-22 helped promote useful exchanges of views on Kazakhstan's Chairmanship, facilitated discussion of OSCE engagement in Afghanistan, and provided an opportunity to promote further interaction among Central Asian P [...]
2010-01-29 07:36:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALOSCE PREL KZ KG TI TX UZ AF
10USOSCE25OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: JANUARY 18 - 22, 2010
[...] (SBU) In a January 14 meeting, Vytautas Nauduzas, a Lithuanian ambassador-at-large and the personal representative of the Chairman-in-Office for transport, told PolOff that Lithuania is leaning very strongly toward choosing energy security as the theme of the Economic and Environmental Forum ( [...]
2010-01-29 07:42:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALMARR OSCE PGOV PREL RS KZ UK SP LH AL AF
10USOSCE26CFE/JCG: JAN 26 - JCG IS CONCLUDED IN RECORD SPEED
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-29 07:42:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCFE OSCE PARM PREL
10USOSCE27OSCE - THE HUMAN DIMENSION UNDER THE KAZAKHSTAN
[...] (C) Summary. The Kazakhstan Chairmanship-in-Office (CiO) has narrowly defined its priorities within the Human Dimension (HD) of the OSCE for 2010 as Tolerance and Non-Discrimination, Gender Equality, and Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, bypassing more contentious and fundamental issues [...]
2010-01-29 17:16:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALOSCE PREL PHUM
10USOSCE28OSCE: 1/27 FSC RESPONSES TO RUSSIA ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: In response to Russia's insistence for clarification on why its proposed European Security Treaty (EST) cannot be discussed separately ("sectorally") from the Corfu Process or the human and economic dimensions, all interventions by participating States (pS) supported comprehens [...]
2010-01-29 18:28:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOSCE PARM PREL KCFE RS XG
10USOSCE31OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: JANUARY 25 - 29, 2010
[...] (SBU) Kazakhstani PermRep Abdrakhmanov formally presented the Chairmanship's Human Dimension (HD) calendar at the well-attended HD Committee's inaugural meeting January 22. True to the Chairmanship's stated priorities, the proposal was heavy on tolerance, gender, and trafficking events at the [...]
2010-02-03 14:56:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIEDOSCE PGOV PREL MARR KZ RS GM AJ
10USOSCE32CFE/JCG: FEBRUARY 2 - CONCERN OVER SLOW RUSSIAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Joint Consultative Group met briefly on February 2. In discussions with Allies, Italy noted with concern the delayed Russian response to a recent Italy CFE inspection request. Several States Parties noted that they looked forward to working with recently-appointed Special [...]
2010-02-05 07:01:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALKCFE OSCE PARM PREL
10USOSCE33OSCE: 2/3 FSC HOLDS ROBUST DISCUSSION ON VIENNA
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC) received a presentation on one potential way ahead for the Vienna Document from alumnus Col Wolfgang Richter, currently with the German Institute for International and Security Affairs. Richter's presentation supported the currently tab [...]
2010-02-05 16:07:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOSCE PARM PREL KCFE RS XG
10USOSCE35MEDIA FREEDOM AT THE OSCE: EAST V. WEST CONTINUES
[...] (SBU) The state of Media Freedom in the OSCE region continues to be a hotly debated topic, particularly between the Russian Federation and the Central Asian States on one side and the U.S., EU and several like-minded delegations on the other. As the process to select the OSCE's next represent [...]
2010-02-09 14:04:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV OSCE PHUM PREL KHLS RS
10USOSCE36OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: FEBRUARY 1 - 5, 2010
[...] (SBU) In a January 27 meeting with CDA Fuller, Albanian Deputy Foreign Minister Edith Harxhi sounded hopeful the SP would return to parliament before March and said the GoA was waiting to see what SP Leader Rama's next move would be upon his return from a trip to the United States. On the Balk [...]
2010-02-10 14:59:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALOSCE PGOV PREL MARR KZ KV RS GG AL
10USOSCE38CFE/JCG: FEBRUARY 9 - A FRUSTRATED RUSSIA
[...] (SBU) Summary. At the Joint Consultative Group (JCG) meeting on February 9, Italy and the UK notified two new Russian CFE inspection rejections followed by statements of support by 13 Allies. A piqued Russia reiterated its stance. Allies held their ground against Russia's claims, rejected R [...]
2010-02-12 10:08:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCFE OSCE PARM PREL
10USOSCE39SUBJECT: OSCE: FEB. 10 FSC FOCUS ON SALW AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: This and next week's Forum on Security Cooperation focus on Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) in accordance with Ministerial Decision 15/09, which tasks the FSC to develop a Plan of Action by May 2010. Working Group "A" reviewed the Danish and UK proposals on improving the V [...]
2010-02-12 16:43:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOSCE PARM PREL KCFE RS XG
10USOSCE40IMPLICATIONS FOR OSCE'S HUMAN DIMENSION WITH A
[...] This is an action request (please see para 11). 2. Summary and action request. During a briefing by the USOSCE Charge to the Vienna NATO Caucus February 10 on Kazakhstani FM Saudabayev,s meetings in Washington, allies expressed appreciation for the strong USG messages given. Reactio [...]
2010-02-16 17:22:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL OSCE
10USOSCE41OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: FEBRUARY 8 - 12, 2010
[...] (SBU) In our February 9 meeting with the Chairmanship, Kazakhstani PermRep Abdrakhmanov requested additional information on U.S. expectations for the review conference the Chairmanship has been encouraged to hold in the run-up to a summit. Abdrakhmanov said the subject had come up in Kazakhst [...]
2010-02-17 07:02:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIEDOSCE PGOV PREL MARR KV KZ AF
10USOSCE51CFE/JCG: FEBRUARY 16: GROUND HOG DAY AS A DOZEN
[...] (SBU) During the 16 February JCG, we saw our shadow, again. i.e., Statements were made regarding the refusal of CFE inspections by the Russian Federation, and multiple countries supported the complaints. In this case, the United States (Neighbour) and Turkey (Begec) made statements reporting [...]
2010-02-18 10:51:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCFE OSCE PARM PREL RO
10USOSCE53RFG: OPEN SKIES--SUPPORT CANADA ON ACCESSION
[...] (C) Summary: The Treaty on Open Skies is open for accession by any state worldwide. Broadening the Treaty membership will be discussed in the Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) prior to and during the June 7-9 Review Conference. The Treaty remains Euro-Atlantic centric with 34 States [...]
2010-02-18 17:13:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALKCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG
10USOSCE54RUSSIA BLOCKING NEW REP ON MEDIA FREEDOM AT OSCE
[...] (C) The process to replace the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM) has reached a deadlock with the overwhelming preponderance of the OSCE participating States (pS) on one side and Russia on the other. (Ref A). Kazakhstani Permanent Representative Ambassador Kairat Abdrakhmanov [...]
2010-02-19 06:58:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALPGOV OSCE KPAO PHUM PREL
10USOSCE55KAZAKHSTAN AT THE REINS OF THE OSCE
[...] (C) Representing the Chair in Office (CiO) at the OSCE, Kazakhstan's Vienna representatives have begun to show their mettle in dealing with conflict and their intentions for the coming year. Led by seasoned diplomat Kairat Abdrakhmanov, the Kazakhstani delegation is off to a shaky start in Vie [...]
2010-02-19 06:58:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL OSCE PINR KZ
10USOSCE57OSCE: FEBRUARY 17--FSC SALW AND VIENNA DOCUMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: The FSC received presentations on Montenegro's demilitarization program from Deputy Defense Minister Rifet Kovacs and on the Wassenaar Arrangement from Chief of Secretariat Sune Danielsson. Kovacs received a mild rebuke from Denmark for Montenegro's lapses in keeping donors cu [...]
2010-02-22 06:57:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOSCE PARM PREL KCFE RS XG
10USOSCE60OPEN SKIES FEB 22: U.S.-DRAFTED RULES/PROCEDURES
[...] (SBU) Summary: The 22 February Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) plenary approved the U.S.-drafted Decision on Rules of Procedure and Working Methods of the OSCC and its Informal Working Groups (OSCC.DD/3/10). The plenary was followed by a short Informal Working Group on Rules and Pr [...]
2010-02-23 13:30:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCFE OSCE PARM PREL
10USOSCE61OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: FEBRUARY 16 - 19, 2010
[...] (SBU) During the weekly EU coordination meeting February 17, Spanish Ambassador Betanzos Roig (representing the EU Presidency) said she understood Kazakhstan's consultations on the appointment of a new representative on freedom of the media (RFoM) would continue with Russian FM Lavrov's visit t [...]
2010-02-24 14:39:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOSCE PGOV PREL MARR KZ KG
10USOSCE66KAZAKHSTAN BREAKS THE DEADLOCK TO APPOINT A NEW
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Russian Federation (RF) officially withdrew its candidate for the position of OSCE Representative for Freedom of the Media (RFoM) February 25, opening the door for the appointment of the Bosnian candidate - the overwhelming favorite of the participating States. Although the R [...]
2010-02-26 14:57:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL OSCE BK KZ RS
10USOSCE68OSCE/FSC ON 2/24: DIFFERENCES OVER CODE OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: The February 24 Forum for Security Cooperation focused on the Code of Conduct, which drew out differences between U.S. and Russian approaches to dealing with conflict prevention and crisis management. It also underscored ambiguities within the Code and the tension between cons [...]
2010-02-26 15:52:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOSCE PARM PREL KCFE RS XG
10USOSCE9KAZAKHSTAN INAUGURATES OSCE CHAIRMANSHIP
[...] (SBU) Summary: At its inaugural Permanent Council meeting January 14, the Kazakhstani Chairmanship reiterated its call for an OSCE summit - stressing the importance of building on ongoing discussions of European security - and highlighted its priorities for the year. Kazakhstan urged efforts t [...]
2010-01-15 07:57:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALPREL KZ RU OSCE
10USUNNEWYORK109RICE TELLS GOSS OFFICIALS TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT
[...] (C) Summary: On February 18, Ambassador Rice met with Ezekiel Gatkuoth and David Choate from the Government of Southern Sudan's (GOSS) mission to the United States at their request. Gatkuoth said his purpose in coming to New York was to communicate with the UN and key countries that they mus [...]
2010-02-25 01:14:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO SU AF
10USUNNEWYORK11SRSG KAI EIDE BRIEFING AND UNAMA OPEN DEBATE
[...] (U) Summary: On January 6, the Security Council held a quarterly debate on the UN Assistance Mission for Afghanistan (UNAMA). SYG Ban, SRSG Eide and Afghan PermRep Tanin addressed the Council. Ban called Afghanistan an on-going "main priority" for the UN in 2010, and focused on the need to [...]
2010-01-12 13:41:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV NATO AF PK
10USUNNEWYORK22MEETING WITH NEW TURKISH COUNTER TERRORISM
[...] SUMMARY: Turkey, the new chairman of the UN Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) hosted an informal meeting at its mission on January 14, 2010, to outline its main objectives for its 2010 chairmanship and to exchange views with other committee members on the way forward. These p [...]
2010-01-19 14:11:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ETTC KTFN UNSC
10USUNNEWYORK24SECURITY COUNCIL DEBATES COOPERATION WITH REGIONAL
[...] SUMMARY. The Security Council held a debate on cooperation between the UN and regional and sub-regional organizations on January 13, following a two day retreat hosted by the Secretary-General for the heads of some regional organizations. Participants offered their support for greater cooperat [...]
2010-01-19 23:28:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KPKO UNSC
10USUNNEWYORK26SOMALIA: TERRORISM THREAT OF UNSTABLE SOMALIA;
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On January 14, UN Special Representative for Somalia Ould-Abdallah briefed the Security Council on the situation in Somalia. He focused on the terrorism threat posed by Somalia and urged the international community to boost financial support to both AMISOM and the TFG's securit [...]
2010-01-20 00:36:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UNSC PTER MARR PHUM SO
10USUNNEWYORK28DPRK: EXPERTS INVESTIGATE SANCTIONS VIOLATIONS,
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: The Panel of Experts (POE),a team mandated in UNSCR 1874 to help monitor and improve implementation of UN sanctions on North Korea, has launched investigations into the four sanctions violations reported to the Security Council's DPRK Sanctions Committee ("1718 [...]
2010-01-20 19:39:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC
10USUNNEWYORK35MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR S/CT ERIC ROSAND FOR
[...] Mission clearance granted for Eric Rosand, S/CT Senior Advisor on Multilateral Engagement. Mr. Rosand, together with USUN officials, will discuss CTC revitalization with representatives of China, Russia and Turkey. Mr. Rosand and USUN officials will meet with UN Department of Political Affa [...]
2010-01-22 10:27:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC OTRA PTER KTFN
10USUNNEWYORK36DPRK: SANCTIONS COMMITTEE PRESSES ON 1874
[...] (C) The UNSC's DPRK Sanctions Committee ("1718 Committee") met on January 20 to push forward on a number of items related to implementation of UN sanctions imposed on North Korea. China opened the meeting with a lengthy statement reaffirming its support for sanctions implementation, but insis [...]
2010-01-22 12:40:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC
10USUNNEWYORK37AMBASSADOR DICARLO MEETS NPT PRESIDENT-ELECT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador DiCarlo on January 18 met Libran Cabactulan, the Filipino President-elect of the 2010 NPT Review Conference, to convey USG priorities on strengthening the NPT and to elicit his views on managing the Review Conference (RevCon) process. Ambassador DiCarlo said the USG se [...]
2010-01-22 17:45:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM RP
10USUNNEWYORK47UNMIK: TADIC AND HYSENI SPAR ON KOSOVO DURING
[...] SUMMARY. Kosovo SRSG Lamberto Zannier told the Security Council during a January 22 quarterly debate that the security situation remained stable, but fragile, in northern Kosovo due to politicization of issues such as municipalelections and energy delivery. Serbian President Boris Tadic calle [...]
2010-01-26 17:37:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM KPKO UNMIK SR KV
10USUNNEWYORK48EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND THE 64TH GENERAL
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-27 20:37:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA AL AM AJ BO BK BU HR CY EN
10USUNNEWYORK49MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR S/CT ERIC ROSAND FOR
[...] Mission clearance is granted for Eric Rosand, S/CT Senior Advisor on Multilateral Engagement for visit on January 28 - 29. Mr. Rosand plans to attend a G-8 Counterterrorism Action Group (CTAG)/UN Counterterrorism Executive Directorate (CTED) joint meeting. He will also meet with representat [...]
2010-01-28 18:54:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA PTER AORC KTFN
10USUNNEWYORK5UNGA FIFTH COMMITTEE: US ACHIEVES OBJECTIVES IN
[...] (U) Summary: Shortly before midnight on 23 December 2009, Permanent Representatives from approximately two dozen UN Member States concluded nine hours of negotiations to resolve the impasse over the scales of assessments in the Fifth (Administrative and Budgetary) Committee. The meeting, which [...]
2010-01-07 15:01:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALAORC PREL UN UNGA KUNR
10USUNNEWYORK51TURKEY CHAIRS ITS FIRST UN SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Turkish Permrep Ertugrul Apakan chaired his first UN Security Council CTC meeting January 21. The agenda included the CTC's work program for the next six months and a thematic discussion on implementation and assessment of Security Council resolution 1624 (2005). As there ar [...]
2010-01-29 00:04:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC
10USUNNEWYORK54UNMIS ENTERS CRITICAL PHASE; COUNCIL URGES
[...] Summary: On January 26, U/SYG Le Roy briefed the Security Council on the UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS). Le Roy acknowledged that difficult issues still must be resolved and noted that the upcoming African Union Summit in Addis would provide an opportunity to harmonize strategies. Council mem [...]
2010-01-29 19:50:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KPKO SU AF
10USUNNEWYORK55UNSC: MIDDLE EAST OPEN DEBATE -- HEAVY CRITICISM
[...] (SBU) Summary: At the Security Council's January 27 Open Debate on the Middle East, Assistant Secretary-General Fernandez-Taranco noted the "worrying impasse" that persists in the region with the lack of progress on restarting negotiations and called for the Quartet to play a role. He voiced [...]
2010-01-29 23:20:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAL KWBG UNSC IS SY LE
10USUNNEWYORK57FOLLOW-UP TRILATERAL DEMARCHE ON PROPOSED
[...] (C) Per reftel, U.S., Russian and U.K. Deputy PermReps on February 1 delivered the second trilateral demarche to the Deputy PermRep of Libya, Ibrahim Dabbashi, requesting that Libya withdraw its proposed amendments to the Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). Ambassador Wol [...]
2010-02-02 10:51:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM UK RS LY
10USUNNEWYORK61UNGA: SC REFORM: FOURTH ROUND ENDS; CHAIR TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: The informal plenary of the General Assembly met on January 19 and 20 for its second and final meeting of the fourth round of intergovernmental negotiations to discuss "areas of convergence." While the 52 delegations and one observer who spoke covered the subject of the meetin [...]
2010-02-03 15:12:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN
10USUNNEWYORK71SYG BAN BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL ON RECENT TRAVELS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Secretary-General (SYG) Ban briefed the Council in closed consultations on February 3, reviewing his travel to the January 28 conference on Afghanistan in London, to Cyprus, and to the AU Summit in Addis Ababa, and an update on Haiti. Ban's overview of the London Conference on A [...]
2010-02-09 14:39:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM AF HA CY SU YM
10USUNNEWYORK73 FY2010 PEDOPHILIA CERTIFICATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Per the request in reftel, USUN has undertaken a thorough review and certifies that ECOSOC, UNICEF and UNDPI have not granted any official status, accreditation, or recognition to any organization which promotes or condones, or seeks the legalization of pedophilia. Mission est [...]
2010-02-09 23:17:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PHUM SOCI
10USUNNEWYORK75AMB. RICE'S MEETING WITH FRANCIS DENG, FEBRUARY 3,
[...] (C) Summary: Francis Deng, the UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide met with Amb. Rice to give his personal assessment on the situation in Sudan in the run-up to the 2011 referendum and provide an update on the creation of a joint office that will house the UN's prevention of gen [...]
2010-02-11 15:19:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALAF PGOV PHUM PREF SU
10USUNNEWYORK76UNSC: DPKO BRIEFS ON RECOMMENDATIONS/CONCLUSIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) and UNIFIL's Strategic Military Cell (SMC) briefed Security Council members at an informal meeting on February 5 on the key conclusions and recommendations of the Joint UNIFIL-DPKO Technical Review. The review envisions no radic [...]
2010-02-11 19:56:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO UNSC IS LE
10USUNNEWYORK77AMBASSADOR RAPP (S/SWCI) HOLDS MEETINGS IN NEW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Stephen Rapp (S/WCI),held meetings in New York February 1, 2 and 5 to take the pulse of the P5, Austria, and Rwanda on the possibility of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) transferring cases to Rwanda's national judicial system where an internat [...]
2010-02-11 22:42:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYICTY PARM PREF PREL UNSC
10USUNNEWYORK85AMB. RICE,S MEETING WITH FRANCIS DENG, FEBRUARY
[...] (C) Summary: Francis Deng, the UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide met with Amb. Rice to give his personal assessment on the situation in Sudan in the run-up to the 2011 referendum and provide an update on the creation of a joint office that will house the UN's prevention of gen [...]
2010-02-16 15:22:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALAF PGOV PREL SU
10USUNNEWYORK88AMB RICE'S MEETING WITH BRAZILIAN PERMREP
[...] Summary: During a February 8 lunch hosted by Ambassador Rice for Brazilian PermRep Viotti, the U.S. and Brazil were in agreement on priorities for and approaches to dealing with Haiti. On Sudan, Viotti said she believes there is "a measure of convergence" in the SC on what needs to be done t [...]
2010-02-16 21:19:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC IAEA BR IR HA SU
10USUNNEWYORK89SECURITY COUNCIL LUNCH WITH SYG BAN: MINURCAT,
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a lunch hosted by the French Mission for Security Council members on February 12, Secretary General Ban discussed the future status of the UN Mission in Chad and the Central African Republic (MINURCAT),Cote D'Ivoire and Under-Secretary-General Lynn Pascoe's recent trip to [...]
2010-02-17 23:34:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREF PREL KPKO CD LY SU CT KN IV
10USUNNEWYORK9THE 2010 SECURITY COUNCIL: SOME INITIAL THOUGHTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The votes and actions of incoming Security Council members Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Gabon, Lebanon and Nigeria will be more challenging than their predecessors and will require close management on some issues. On the key priority of non-proliferation, Brazil's efforts to d [...]
2010-01-08 17:56:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO UNSC
10USUNNEWYORK92THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY CHARTER COMMITTEE WILL
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph five below. 2. (U) Summary. Last December the Sixth (legal) Committee of the General Assembly (GA) adopted resolution A/RES/64/115 titled "Report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the R [...]
2010-02-18 17:59:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC
10USUNNEWYORK94PEACEKEEPING: SECURITY COUNCIL CONSIDERS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. U/SYGs Le Roy and Malcorra told the Security Council in an informal briefing on February 17, that the need for strong Council unanimity of political support, the lack of adequate resources from TCCs/PCCs to match Council mandates, and the increasing complexity of modern peacekee [...]
2010-02-20 00:46:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM KPKO UNSC
10USUNNEWYORK97UNSC: MONTHLY MIDDLE EAST DISCUSSION - MEMBERS
[...] (SBU) Summary: UN Under Secretary-General for Political Affairs Pascoe briefed the Security Council during its monthly meeting on the Middle East on February 18. He emphasized that the two parties were seriously considering Special Envoy Mitchell's proposal to move to proximity talks and sai [...]
2010-02-22 19:49:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAL KWBG UNSC IS LE SY
10VALLETTA54MALTA: GOM WILL STUDY PFP SOFA, OFFERS TRAINING
[...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging discussion with the personal assistant (Chief of Staff)to Malta Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi, the Government of Malta (GOM) indicated possible willingness to sign the "Agreement among the States parties to the North Atlantic Treaty and the other States participa [...]
2010-01-27 11:00:00Embassy VallettaCONFIDENTIALAF MT NATO PGOV PREL
10VALLETTA69MALTA SUPPORTIVE ON IRAN SANCTIONS, DATA SHARING,
[...] (C) Summary: On February 1 Ambassador Kmiec met with Maltese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Tonio Borg to discuss a wide range of curently pending issues and U.S. Government requests. Results of the meeting include (1) a Maltese commitment to train Afghan civil servants; (2) Malt [...]
2010-02-02 16:30:00Embassy VallettaCONFIDENTIALAF ECON ECPS EUN IR KCRM KHLS KPAO KTIA MT
10VALLETTA97MALTA: TENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP)
[...] (SBU) Responses are keyed to numbered/lettered reporting questions paragraphs of reftel: 25. (SBU) THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION: -- A. What is (are) the source(s) of available information on human trafficking? What plans are in place (if any) to undertake further documentation of human [...]
2010-02-22 15:25:00Embassy VallettaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAP
10VANCOUVER100CALGARY AND VANCOUVER FRAUD SUMMARY FEBRUARY 2010
[...] (U) SUMMARY. There are no significant fraud incidents to report for this period. Note that this report is on behalf of Calgary and Vancouver. End Summary. 2. (U) COUNTRY CONDITIONS. Vancouver and Calgary are low-fraud posts. Malafide travelers find it less difficult to attempt entry acros [...]
2010-02-23 01:32:00Consulate VancouverUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KFRD ASEC CPAS CMGT CA
10VIENNA113Nabucco Pipeline Investment Decision by end-2010;
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In informal discussions, OMV and Nabucco Company contacts have reiterated their expectation that the consortium will launch the project ("final investment decision") by the 4th quarter of this year, with initial gas deliveries by the end of 2014. The consortium continues to expe [...]
2010-01-29 15:44:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG PGOV AU
10VIENNA119AMBASSADOR PRESSES AUSTRIA ON IRAN
[...] (C) Summary. On Feb. 1, Amb. Eacho delivered reftel demarche to MFA Secretary General Johannes Kyrle. Kyrle, maintaining that Austria was in the European mainstream, was supportive of efforts to win enhanced sanctions in the UN Security Council (UNSC),where he said China would ultimately be [...]
2010-02-02 06:53:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL UNSC IR AU
10VIENNA160AUSTRIA SEES GROWING RESOLVE ON IRAN
[...] (C) DCM discussed ref A demarche with Stefan Lehne, MFA Political Director, on Feb. 8. DCM told Lehne that the USG had serious concerns about the human rights situation in Iran and would continue communicating on high levels of the need for other countries to speak out. 2. (C) Lehne, who h [...]
2010-02-10 14:02:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL IR AU
10VIENNA167Austrian Reaction to US-EU 2nd Stage Air Transport
[...] (U) Embassy representatives delivered reftel demarche in separate meetings with MFA transportation office director Andreas Schmidinger and MinTransport DG for Aviation Affairs Manfred Bialonczyk. 2. (U) Both MFA and MinTransport representatives expressed strong support for continuing the US- [...]
2010-02-11 15:16:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON AU
10VIENNA176AUSTRIA: TENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] (U) Below please find Embassy Vienna's submission for the tenth annual TIP report. Responses are keyed to reftel. BEGIN TEXT: 25. (SBU) THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION ------------------------------------- A. The available information on trafficking in persons comes from a wide range of [...]
2010-02-17 12:14:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB KMCA
10VIENNA180Profile of Top Aeronautics Producers in Austria
[...] (U) SUMMARY: This cable profiles four leading-edge aeronautics companies in Austria -- FACC, Diamond, Schiebel and Frequentis -- to illustrate how this export-driven industry has adapted to the dramatic aviation slowdown. Austrian firms have increasingly turned to foreign partnerships and inve [...]
2010-02-18 13:25:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR EIND ETTC TSPL AU
10VIENNA210Consolidation Looming at Raiffeisen Group
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As markets await final 2009 results, consolidation rumors surround Raiffeisen International (RI) -- the second largest lender in eastern Europe and a listed subsidiary of RZB/Raiffeisen Zentralbank (Austria's third largest banking group). RI will likely report an 80% drop in pro [...]
2010-02-25 14:31:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN AU
10VIENNA60AUSTRIA ON NPT REVCON, OTHER NUCLEAR ISSUES
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-15 12:50:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPARM MNUC KNNP PREL ENRG IAEA NPT KTBT AU
10VIENNA70CZECH-AUSTRIAN RELATIONS: NEIGHBORLY DIFFERENCES
[...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Vienna/Embassy Prague report. 2. (U) Summary: Twenty years after the collapse of the Iron Curtain, commercial relations are strong but environmental and other concerns have caused friction in the somewhat-testy Czech-Austrian relationship. Czech PM Fischer's visi [...]
2010-01-19 15:27:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON PREL CZ AU
10VIENNA76AUSTRIAN VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE FAC
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-21 12:37:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDEUN PGOV PREL AU
10VIENNA872010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR AUSTRIA
[...] Following is the 2010 Investment Climate Statement for Austria, keyed to reftel instructions: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -- AUSTRIA - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Introduction - - - - - - Major structural conditions and the decisive parameters for foreign investors r [...]
2010-01-26 07:50:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ELAB ETRD PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR AU
10VIENNA99AUSTRIA: MERGER OF RIGHTWING PARTIES MARRED BY CORRUPTION
[...] (U) Summary: Members of the Alliance for the Future of Austria's (BZO) Carinthia branch voted overwhelmingly January 17 to join the Freedom Party (FPO) in a national alliance, despite recent charges of corruption and mismanagement against the leading proponent of the accord. Some BZO leaders o [...]
2010-01-27 11:29:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM AU
10VILNIUS125GOL VIEWS ON OPEN SKIES TREATY
[...] (C) Summary. We spoke with Dovydas Spokauskas from the MFA's Transatlantic Cooperation and Security Policy Department as well as Robertas Sapronas from MOD's International Relations and Operations Department to collect information about the GOL's views on Open Skies (OS). The GOL considers t [...]
2010-02-26 15:03:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALOSCE PARM PREL LH
10VILNIUS13SCENESETTER FOR DAS QUANRUD
[...] (U) Embassy Vilnius warmly welcomes you to Lithuania. Your upcoming visit is an excellent opportunity to reinforce our close bilateral relations with this small but committed ally in a sensitive and strategic region. The Embassy has organized a schedule that will address key areas of joint i [...]
2010-01-08 15:20:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON LH
10VILNIUS3DOES ILL WILL BETWEEN PRESIDENT, FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Growing public disagreement between President Dalia Grybauskaite and Foreign Minister Vygaudas Usackas has prompted speculation by government officials, political analysts and the media that Usackas may lose his job in a Cabinet reshuffle that is expected early in 2010. End sum [...]
2010-01-04 14:04:00Embassy VilniusSECRETPGOV LH
10VILNIUS36WHY SO MANY LEBANESE AT KAUNAS MEDICAL SCHOOL?
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy officers traveled to Kaunas January 12 to meet with Kaunas University of Medicine officials and discuss their international student program, specifically its large number of Lebanese students. This fact finding trip was done after eight Lebanese medical students from this [...]
2010-01-21 14:26:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALCVIS KFRD LH
10VILNIUS4LITHUANIAN PRESIDENT GRYBAUSKAITE'S FIRST SIX
[...] (C) After six months as president of Lithuania, Dalia Grybauskaite has put a strong personal stamp on the office and has charted a new direction from that set by her predecessor, Valdas Adamkus. She retains high approval ratings, and is seen as honest and hard working. She has sought to orient [...]
2010-01-04 14:45:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG LH
10VILNIUS5LATEST MEDIA REPORTING ON ALLEGED CIA PRISON IN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Media coverage of the parliamentary investigation into alleged CIA prisons in Lithuania has been marked by inaccuracies in the foreign media and criticism of the government in local media. Lithuanian commentators have been critical of the government for damaging the U.S.-Lithu [...]
2010-01-04 14:45:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR LH
10VILNIUS59LITHUANIA SKEPTICAL ON FURTHER ENGAGEMENT WITH
[...] (C) Summary. Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Eastern Neighborhood Policy, Jonas Grinevicius, discussed current Lithuanian policy toward both Belarus and Russia with Embassy officers January 25. He stressed that President Grybauskaite and the GOL are "very much on the same page." They [...]
2010-01-29 11:50:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL XH RU BO LH
10VILNIUS64AMBASSADOR MEETS NGO REPS ON WOMEN'S ISSUES IN
[...] Summary: Representatives of NGOs working on women's issues in Lithuania stressed to the Ambassador on January 27 in Kaunas their view that, "women's rights are human rights." These groups are mainly funded on a project to project basis, and promote women's equality, social support, and networki [...]
2010-02-01 08:45:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KWMN XH LH BE
10VILNIUS7LITHUANIA NUCLEAR PLANT SHUTS DOWN UNEVENTFULLY,
[...] SUMMARY: Lithuania shut down its Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (INPP) without incident at 11 p.m. local time on December 31, fulfilling a pledge it had made to the European Union. Before it closed, INPP was producing about 70 percent of Lithuania's electricity. The country's non-nuclear ener [...]
2010-01-05 08:07:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECON LH
10VILNIUS78LITHUANIA'S 2011 OSCE CHAIRMANSHIP
[...] (U) ACTION REQUEST. See paragraph 9. 2. (C) Ambassador met with MFA Ambassador-at-Large Rytis Paulauskas on January 20 to discuss the GOL's plans for its OSCE chairmanship in 2011. Paulauskas said the GOL will focus on human dimension issues of media freedom and election observations. [...]
2010-02-03 08:23:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALOSCE MOPS PREL AF LH
10VILNIUS86LITHUANIA AND UKRAINE WILL REMAIN STRATEGIC
[...] (C) Summary: MFA Head of Ukraine and Moldova Division Dainius Zickevicius emphasized to Embassy February 2 two points regarding Lithuanian policy toward Ukraine: first, the GOL considers it a victory in and of itself that the first round of the Presidential election corresponded to internation [...]
2010-02-04 14:17:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREF XH UP LH PHUM
10VLADIVOSTOK11RUSSKIY ISLAND -- THEY WILL BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME, THEN
[...] Summary: Many were surprised when in 2007, then President Vladimir Putin announced that the 2012 APEC summit would be held on Russkiy Island, an empty, undeveloped island just South of Vladivostok. On February 5, 2010, Consular Officer and USAID Representative visited the island, taking the f [...]
2010-02-16 07:24:00Consulate VladivostokUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON SENV RS
10VLADIVOSTOK9BEARS FIND A HOME THAT'S JUST RIGHT IN THE FAR EAST
[...] Bears and pensioners, both prisoners of the Russian bureaucracy, are trying to survive together. Mr. Ivan Leschenko and his wife, Lyubov, have "inherited" a wildlife refuge for eight Himalayan bears. The regional government considers the Himalayan bear to be property of the state, but it doe [...]
2010-02-09 04:49:00Consulate VladivostokUNCLASSIFIEDSENV SCUL PGOV RS
10WARSAW109AMBASSADOR MEETS GENERAL STAFF CHIEF GAGOR
[...] (C) Summary: Chief of the General Staff Franciszek Gagor emphasized the importance to Poland that the first Patriot missile battery rotation take place in April in a February 19 meeting with the Ambassador. Gagor said it was his judgment that after the first rotation in Morag, it made militar [...]
2010-02-22 15:55:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS PGOV PL
10WARSAW15SENATE SPEAKER BORUSEWICZ: U.S. CAN COUNT ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In his first meeting with Senate Speaker Bogdan Borusewicz (Civic Platform, PO),Ambassador Feinstein heard that the Speaker believes that U.S.-Polish relations had entered a new phase and stressed that the United States could "count on Poland" in Afghanistan. "It is immensely i [...]
2010-01-07 12:43:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PL
10WARSAW43PM-ADVISOR BARTOSZEWSKI DISCUSSES PLANS FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 19 meeting with Ambassador Feinstein, Wladyslaw Bartoszewski, PM Tusk's Plenipotentiary for Polish-Jewish Dialogue and chair of the International Auschwitz Council, confirmed that Polish President Kaczynski, Polish PM Tusk, European Parliament President Buzek, and Is [...]
2010-01-19 18:00:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PL
10WARSAW58POLISH VIEWS ON JANUARY 25-26 EU FOREIGN AFFAIRS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Poland's EU Correspondent predicted the January 25-26 Foreign Affairs Council would focus mainly on EU assistance to Haiti, an area where new HighRep Ashton seems to have carved out a leading role. Poland supports Spanish Presidency plans to enhance EU engagement with Afghanista [...]
2010-01-25 15:46:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM EUN PL
10WARSAW65POLISH MFA ON UKRAINIAN ELECTION: MIXED
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A Polish MFA official assessed the first round of Ukraine's presidential election as a "stunning success," but emphasized that Tymoshenko and Yanukovych must still be pressed to "respect the democratic process" in the second round. She also criticized Ukrainian President Yushchenk [...]
2010-02-01 07:04:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPGOV PL PREL UP
10WARSAW7POLAND: VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN'S ROUNDTABLE WITH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an October 21 meeting with the Vice President, a diverse group of Polish civil society representatives, including organizations active in promoting democratic transformation and empowerment of women and minorities, emphasized Poland's efforts to share its successful transform [...]
2010-01-05 12:07:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM KDEM PL
10WARSAW90POLAND/ISRAEL - PM NETANYAHU VISIT REINFORCES
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Israeli Embassy officials were impressed with the strong personal chemistry between Tusk and Netanyahu during the latter's January 26-27 visit to Poland. The Israeli PM reportedly left with a much deeper understanding of extensive Polish-Israeli security cooperation. Netanyah [...]
2010-02-09 18:02:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM KNNP EFIN PGOV IR IS PL
10WARSAW94U/S TAUSCHER MEETS FM SIKORSKI, MOD KLICH
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During February 8 meetings with Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Ellen Tauscher and Ambassador Lee Feinstein, Foreign Minister Sikorski and Defense Minister Klich said they were pleased with the successful completion of the protocol amending the Ball [...]
2010-02-10 14:13:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALAF CH IR IZ MARR NATO PARM PL PREL RS
10WARSAW9665TH ANNIVERSARY OF AUSCHWITZ LIBERATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Polish government officials addressed Jewish and Polish suffering in ceremonies marking the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. FCC Chairman Julius M. Genachowski, who led the U.S. Presidential Delegation, participated in a Holocaust education conference [...]
2010-02-12 17:20:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV IS PL
10WELLINGTON57EAP/ANP Deputy Director Gets Read-Out on New Zealand
[...] (SBU) Summary. During February 7-9 visit, Australia, New Zealand, and Pacific Island Affairs (EAP/ANP) Deputy Director Stephen Schwartz met with a number of academics and Government of New Zealand officials on a range of subjects, including New Zealand's economic situation, the Trans-Pacific [...]
2010-02-12 07:08:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMOPS MARR PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EFIN NZ FJ NH AS XU
10YEREVAN1FINAL DEATH THROES FOR LTP'S OPPOSITION ANC?
[...] (C) Since its creation in May 2008 in the wake of the disputed 2008 presidential election, the 17-party opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) has been unable to accomplish its stated goal of dislodging the ruling authorities from power. Led by the overbearing Levon Ter-Petrossian (Armeni [...]
2010-01-04 07:17:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM TU AJ AM
10YEREVAN103GEORGIAN AMBASSADOR TO ARMENIA GIVES HIS VIEWS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Georgian Ambassador to Armenia believes the Government of Armenia (GOAM) is ratcheting up demands on the Government of Georgia (GOG) on the issues of border demarcation and the disputed churches to take advantage of Georgia's perceived weakness and delicate psychological st [...]
2010-02-26 13:42:00Embassy YerevanSECRET//NOFORNPREL PBTS KIRF SOCI GG AM
10YEREVAN105ARMENIA 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT SUBMISSION
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-26 14:05:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAM ELAB KCRM KFRD KMCA KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SMIG
10YEREVAN38ARMENIA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2010
[...] Following is Embassy Yerevan's submission per ref A request for the 2010 Investment Climate Statement for Armenia. ---------- BEGIN TEXT ---------- 2. While the Armenian government (GOAM) officially welcomes foreign investment and the country has received respectable rankings on some gl [...]
2010-01-26 06:53:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR AM
10YEREVAN512010 BUDGET HEAVILY RELIES ON INTERNATIONAL AID
[...] (SBU) On December 10, 2009 Armenia's National Assembly approved the 2010 state budget. Yielding to the impact of the global financial crisis on revenue collections, the GOAM adopted a budget that is one percent lower than that of 2009, with significant cuts to priority areas like social servi [...]
2010-02-02 10:21:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD AM
10YEREVAN52COMPETITION LIFTING TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR, BUT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-02 11:00:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINT EAID AM
10YEREVAN73NEW TELECOM ENTRANT IN ARMENIA BRINGS FIBER TO THE
[...] (C) The development of Armenia's information, communications and technology (ICT) sector promises another advancement with the introduction of "triple play" service and fiber to the home. U-Com, a new entrant in the Armenian ICT sector, plans to launch this convergent service. Customer trials [...]
2010-02-11 07:49:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALECON EINT EINV AM TU
10YEREVAN78SARGSIAN CONFIDANTE ON FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
[...] (C) In a wide-ranging recent discussion with Ambassador and DCM, Armenian oligarch and Sargsian confidante Mikhail Baghdassarov expressed optimism that the Turkish parliament would ratify the normalization protocols, but insisted that Armenia could not be expected to ratify first. He said A [...]
2010-02-17 05:58:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPOGV ECON PREL AJ TU AM
10YEREVAN87AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
[...] (C) During a meeting with the Ambassador on February 11 Areg Barseghian, the head of the Asian Development Bank's Armenia office, outlined for the Ambassador the ADB's current projects in Armenia. The GOAM plans to manage the largest road project -- the North-South Corridor -- through a paral [...]
2010-02-19 08:59:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID ECON GA AM
10ZAGREB26AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER KOSOR
[...] SUMMARY: I saw Prime Minister Kosor for 75 minutes January 11 to discuss the fallout from the Sanader "political coup" attempt (reftels) and a range of issues, including Croatia's EU accession negotiations, ICTY cooperation, energy relationship with Russia and prospects for improving ties wi [...]
2010-01-12 14:29:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV HR
10ZAGREB34CROATIA 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Summary: For more than a decade after the end of the war in 1995, Croatia enjoyed steady growth in foreign investment, buoyed by a growing economy, low inflation, a stable exchange rate and developed infrastructure. Investment activity slowed substantially in 2009, due partly to the global fi [...]
2010-01-15 11:30:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR HR
10ZAGREB35ZAGREB DAILY ACTIVITY REPORT: JANUARY 15, 2010
[...] (U) INAUGURATION FOR PRESIDENT-ELECT JOSIPOVIC TO BE HELD FEB 18: President-Elect of Croatia Dr. Ivo Josipovic's inauguration will be held February 18 in Zagreb. According to Dr. Mirando Mrsic, Josipovic's campaign director, Josipovic is inviting the heads of state or government from all Euro [...]
2010-01-15 12:33:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON HR
10ZAGREB57HUNGARIAN AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES VISIT OF PRIME
[...] (C) Summary. Hungary's ambassador to Croatia, Peter Gyorkos, sat down with Pol/Econ Counselor and Econ Officer on January 22 to discuss the recent visit of the Hungarian Prime Minister to Croatia, and to explain Hungary's increasing nervousness regarding Croatia's energy relations with Russia [...]
2010-01-26 16:11:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON EPET PGOV PREL HU HR
10ZAGREB71PM'S FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR DISCUSSES CROATIA'S
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: PM Kosor will visit Moscow on February 22. Croatia's main aim will be to secure a new gas supply contract with Russia, as the current one expires in late 2010. GoC is also interested in talking about Croatia's possible inclusion in South Stream, but only on a 50/50 basis. [...]
2010-02-02 10:26:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV ENRG HR RU
10ZAGREB84SCENESETTER FOR CODEL VOINOVICH
[...] (SBU) Your visit to Zagreb on February 15 comes in the final week of President Stipe Mesic's second and final term in office, and just three days before the inauguration of Ivo Josipovic, an opposition Social Democrat and legal scholar, who will become Croatia's third president since independen [...]
2010-02-05 13:52:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OTRA PGOV HR
85ISLAMABAD8251 PAKISTAN SEES SIGNS OF UPTURN IN IRAN-SOVIET TIES
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: FOREIGN SECRETARY NAIK SUMMARIZED HIS AMBASSADOR'S APPRAISAL OF UPTURN IN IRAN-SOVIET TIES. THE AMBASSADOR ASSERTS IRANIAN RATIONALE IS BASICALLY PRAGMATIC AND ASSERTS TREND WILL CONTINUE. END SUMMARY. 3. RESPONDING TO MY EARLIER REQUEST FOR GO [...]
1985-04-23 09:33:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL IR PK SU
88ABUDHABI1313 IRAQI MISSILE ATTACKS ON TEHRAN
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. ABOUT FORTY IRAQI MISSILES HAD FALLEN ON TEHRAN AS OF LATE FRIDAY, MARCH 4, ACCORDING TO A TEHRAN BANKING OFFICIAL RECENTLY INTERVIEWED AT AMCONSUL DUBAI. THE RATE OF MISSILE ATTACKS HAD FALLEN FROM AN INITIAL ONE PER HALF HOUR TO ABOUT ONE EVERY FOUR HOURS [...]
1988-03-06 12:17:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR SOCI IR
88BEIJING25961CIVAIR: AIR MONGOLIA - THE "DO IT YOURSELF"
[...] SUMMARY: THE RECENTLY INAUGURATED WEEKLY AIR MONGOLIA NON-STOP SERVICE BETWEEN ULAANBATAAR (U-B) AND BEIJING APPEARED TO US, AT FIRST BLUSH, TO BE SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF MANNA FROM HEAVEN. PRIOR TO THE EXISTENCE OF THIS FLIGHT, TRAVEL BETWEEN BEIJING AND U-B REQUIRED A 36 HOUR (ONE-WAY) [...]
1988-09-01 23:57:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR CH MG OTRA ATRN
88MOGADISHU11685 SOVIET FLIRTATION WITH SOMALIA
[...] (LOU) WISH TO DRAW DEPARTMENT'S ATTENTION TO REF FBIS REPORT OF AN IZVESTIYA DISPATCH DATELINED MOGADISHU "WARM WIND IN THE HORN OF AFRICA". PIECE IS CLEARLY A SCENE-SETTER FOR CURRENT (AND LONG- POSTPONED) VISIT OF SOVIET ECONOMIC DELEGATION THAT ARRIVED HERE WITH MUCH HOOPLA LAST WEEKEND. [...]
1988-10-03 13:04:00Embassy MogadishuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL US UR SO
88TUNIS12749 (U) SPR 0002, TUNISIA'S RELATIONS WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ALMOST ALL COMMUNIST COUNTRIES MAINTAIN AN ACTIVE DIPLOMATIC PRESENCE IN TUNISIA. THE SOVIET AND CHINESE REPRESENTATIONS ARE, CHARACTERISTICALLY, THE LARGEST. OVERALL, TUNISIA'S RELATIONS WITH THESE COUNTRIES ARE GOOD BUT NOT OVERLY WARM. 1988, TUNISIAN PRESIDENT ZINE EL ABID [...]
1988-12-14 14:51:00Embassy TunisSECRETKSPR AINF KPRP PINR TS
90STATE244793IRAQ IS NOT BLINKING
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: IT IS IRAQI "RIGHTS," INCLUDING TO RUMAYLA OIL, WHICH PUSHES VISITING MEDIA FOR VISITING MUBARAK INTO SECOND PLACE IN THE JULY 24 HEADLINES. KUWAITI LEADERS ARE URGED TO OUST THEIR FOREIGN MINISTER FOR PRO-U.S. POLICIES AND THE UAE IS OFFICIALLY [...]
1990-07-26 10:24:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL EPET KU US IZ
91LENINGRAD4146LENINGRAD'S COMMUNISTS UNREPENTANT
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: IN A REMARKABLE MONOLOGUE WHICH REFLECTED MORE ABOUT THE CURRENT TORTURED THINKING OF COMMUNIST APPARATCHIKS THAN REALITY, 0. L. ZOLOTAREV, AIDE TO LENINGRAD COMMUNIST PARTY FIRST SECRETARY GIDASPOV, ASSERTED AUGUST 28 THAT: - GIDASPOV HAD NOT B [...]
1991-08-30 14:54:00Consulate St PetersburgCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR UR
91MOSCOW13989 ARMENIA PURSUES INDEPENDENCE
[...] CONFIDENTIAL -- ENTIRE TEXT SUMMARY /------ 2. DURING A MAY 13-16 TRIP TO ARMENIA: --ARMENIAN OFFICIALS DESCRIBED THEIR PARTICIPATION IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THE OTHER FIVE REPUBLICS EXCLUDED FROM THE NINE-PLUS-ONE DECLARATION. --ARMENIAN SUPREME SOVIET CHAIRMAN TER-PETROSYAN (PROTE [...]
1991-05-21 16:40:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR UR
91MOSCOW146 ROLL OVER LENIN: KAZAN CATHEDRAL TO BE
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT SUMMARY ------ 2. RED SQUARE'S KAZAN CATHEDRAL, A POWERFUL RUSSIAN PATRIOTIC SYMBOL BLOWN UP BY STALIN, IS TO BE REBUILT. CONSERVATVE RUSSIENS CHEER WHILE LIBERAL ORTHODOX BELIEVERS FRET THAT THE REBUILDING MAY PLAY INTO THE HANDS OF THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE [...]
1991-01-02 16:29:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PINS UR
91MOSCOW35835 GEORGIAN REPUBLIC'S RELATIONS WITH MOSCOW
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: GEORGIANS SEE UKRAINIAN INDEPENDENCE SEALING THE FATE OF THE SOVIET UNION AND RESULTING IN, AT MOST, A MINOR ADVISORY ROLE FOR THE CENTER. REPUBLIC LEADERS CONTINUE TO PRESS FOR U.S. DIPLOMATIC PRESENCE IN TBILISI AND FOR OUR MORAL/POLITICAL SUPPO [...]
1991-12-13 20:40:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PNAT PREL UR
91STATE419544 U.S. POLICY ON RECOGNITION OF FORMER SOVIET
[...] SUMMARY. THE PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED USG POLICY ON RECOGNITION OF THE REPUBLICS OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25. FOLLOWING IS PRESS GUIDANCE THAT ADDRESSEES MAY USE WITH LOCAL PRESS AND OTHER CONTACTS. PARA 2 IS GENERAL GUIDANCE IN Q-AND-A FORMAT; PARA 3 IS THE TEXT OF THE [...]
1991-12-28 18:44:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PNAT PBTS
92STATE146571 RUSSIAN INTEREST IN COUNTER-TERRORISM
[...] CONFIDENTIAL -- ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: RUSSIAN EMBASSY COUNSELLOR EDWARD MALAYAN, ACCOMPANIED BY SECOND SECRETARY BUGAYEV, CALLED ON S/CT DIRECTOR FOR REGIONAL AFFAIRS JON GREENWALD MAY 6 TO PICK UP COPY OF THE DEPARTMENT'S JUST ISSUED REPORT "PATTERNS OF TERRORISM 1991." HE CONFIRMED [...]
1992-05-08 06:03:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL RS
92ZAGREB1962 CGY001: UNPROFOR'S DAUNTING TASK IN CROATIA
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. A REGIME OF EXTRAORDINARY BRUTALITY HOLDS SWAY IN SERBIAN-DOMINATED VUKOVAR AND ELSEWHERE IN THE SECTOR EAST UNITED NATIONS PROTECTED AREA (UNPA) OF CROATIA. CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDEN [...]
1992-10-09 12:29:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PREF HR
92ZAGREB2362 CGYOOL -- ZAGREB UPDATE: NOV 12, 1992
[...] EX-JNA GENERAL GOES ON TRIAL IN SPLIT FOR WAR CRIMES. CROATIA AND RUSSIA SIGN NATURAL GAS DEAL. FIRST PRISONERS PARDONED UNDER NEW AMNESTY LAW. SERBIAN CAPO MARTIC THREATENS UNPROFOR. KRSKO A-PLANT RESTARTED AFTER MECHANICAL PROBLEM. ZUPANIJA AND SECTOR NORTH VILLAGE SHELLED BY [...]
1992-11-12 15:31:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM MOPS PREF HR BK
92ZAGREB2522 CGYOOL: PRES TUDJMAN TELLS SENATOR MOYNIHAN
[...] IN A LATE EVENING MEETING NOV 27, SENATOR MOYNIHAN SHARED WITH PRESIDENT TUDJMAN HIS IMPRESSIONS AFTER HAVING PERSONALLY VIEWED THE DEVASTATION IN SARAJEVO, MOSTAR, AND THE DUBROVNIK AREA. THE SENATOR SAID HE HAD BEEN TOLD BY UNHCR IN SARAJEVO THAT THE CITY IS DOWN TO ONLY ONE DAY'S FOOD SUP [...]
1992-11-30 09:18:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PREF HR BK
92ZAGREB2829 CGYOOL -- ZAGREB UPDATE DEC 28, 1992
[...] NOISEMAKERS RESOUND THROUGHOUT ZAGREB OVER THE HOLIDAY. 130,000 DEAD IN WAR BY BOSNIAN COUNT. B-H BATTLES RAGE ON OVER WEEKEND. LASIC IS NEW CROAT REP ON B-H PRESIDENTIAL COUNCIL. CANADIANS RETREAT FROM B-H. GERMAN AF CHIEF FLIES IN TO REVIEW SOLDIERS. RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR TRAVELS TO SECT [...]
1992-12-28 14:36:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM HR BK CA RS GM
92ZAGREB409 ZAGREB UPDATE: MARCH 17, 1992
[...] THE CROATIAN SUPREME STATE COUNCIL MET ON MARCH 16 TO CONSIDER ISSUES RELATING TO LAW AND ORDER, CRIME AND THE TREATMENT OF SERBS IN UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 ZAGREB 00409 01 OF 03 180711Z CROATIA. IN A SERIES OF DECLARAT [...]
1992-03-17 15:23:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPINR ECON ETRD PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS
93STATE374527 UN SECURITY COUNCIL SANCTIONS ON LIBYA
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: AS POSTS ARE AWARE, NEW SANCTIONS AGAINST LIBYA CAME INTO FORCE AT 00:01 EST ON 1 DECEMBER 1993. THESE MEASURES ARE DESIGNED TO BRING TO JUSTICE THE PERPETRATORS OF TERRORIST ATTACKS AGAINST PAN AM 103 AND UTA 772. UNSC RESOLUTION 883 FREEZES CERTAIN LIBYAN [...]
1993-12-14 03:01:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALETTC UNSC PREL ETRD LY
93VIENNA31 INDEPENDENT SLOVAKIA ENTERS THE WORLD STAGE
[...] LIMITED OFFICIAL USE -- ENTIRE TEXT 2. SUMMARY: WITH THE FANFARE OF FIREWORKS, THE ROAR OF THOUSANDS OF ROCKETS, THE UNCORKING OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF BOTTLES OF CHAMPAGNE, SLOVAKS CELEBRATED NOT ONLY THE COMING OF THE NEW YEAR JANUARY 1 BUT ALSO THE MILENNIAL ACHIEVEMENT OF AN INDEP [...]
1993-01-04 16:40:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV LO
94DAMASCUS660 THE INSCRUTABLE ASAD REGIME
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: RUSSIAN EMBASSY OFFICIALS, ALTHOUGH ENJOYING TIES OF LONG STANDING TO THE SYRIAN MILITARY/SECURITY ELITE, ARE, LIKE US, FINDING IT DIFFICULT TO SORT FACT FROM FICTION REGARDING THE AFTERMATH OF BASIL AL-ASAD'S DEATH. RUSSIAN DCM MIKHAIL BOGDANOV [...]
1994-02-07 11:38:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR SY
94DUSHANBE2006FORMER PRIME MINISTER ABDULLAJANOV NOMINATED FOR PRESIDENT IN WHAT IS SHAPING UP AS A REAL HORSERACE
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: THE LENINABAD REGION HAS OVERWHELMINGLY NOMINATED FORMER PRIME MINISTER ABDULLAJANOV FOR PRESIDENT. HE JOINS PARLIAMENT CHAIRMAN RAHMONOV IN THE RACE WHICH WILL BE DECIDED IN THE SEPTEMBER 25 ELECTION. ABDULLAJANOV, WHO SERVED BOTH THE OPPOSITION [...]
1994-08-08 03:22:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PHUM TI RS PGOV
94MOSCOW32590PKK PRESENCE IN RUSSIA
[...] (S) SUMMARY: ACCORDING TO PRESS REPORTS AND THE TURKISH EMBASSY, THE CONFEDERATION OF KURDISH ORGANIZATIONS OF THE CIS, WHICH MET IN MOSCOW OCTOBER 29-31, HAS CLOSE LINKS TO THE PKK. AS FAR AS WE CAN GAUGE, THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT TOLERATES THE ORGANIZATION BUT DOES NOT SUPPORT IT. WE DEFE [...]
1994-11-14 13:57:00Embassy MoscowSECRETPREL PTER RU TU
94RANGOON1643 BURMA'S ARMED FORCES PAT THEMSELVES ON THE
[...] CONFIDENTIAL -- ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: DESPITE UNUSUALLY INCLEMENT WEATHER, THE 49TH BURMQY WENT OFF WITHOUT INCIDENT ON MARCH 27. IN HIS HOLIDAY ADDRESS, SLORC CHAIRMAN THAN SHWE STRESSED THE IMPORTANT ROLE OF THE MILITARY IN BURMESE NATION- BUILDING AND CALLED FOR NATIONAL RECONCILI [...]
1994-03-29 09:42:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR BM
94SEOUL8139 DPRK LEADERSHIP - CHOSEN SOREN REPORTS
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY. ON SEPTEMBER 24, THE DCM MET WITH A LEADING JAPANESE EXPERT ON NORTH KOREA, WHO REPORTED ON THE LEADERSHIP DYNAMICS INSIDE THE DPRK; THE DEVELOPING RESPONSIBILITIES OF CERTAIN DPRK OFFICIALS; AND THE EMERGING ROLE OF CHOSEN SOREN IN JAPANESE-DPRK R [...]
1994-09-28 05:37:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KS KN JA
94STATE297976STATUS OF PKK PRESENCE IN RUSSIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: TURKISH PRESS REPORTS THE PKK HAS SPONSORED ANOTHER MOSCOW CONFERENCE ON KURDISH SEPARATISM. DEPARTMENT WOULD BE CONCERNED WERE MOSCOW TO BECOME A CENTER OF OPERATIONAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY FOR PKK TERRORISM. PLEASE PROVIDE AVAILABLE INFORMATION ON THE CONFERENCE (ESPECIALLY ANY RUSSI [...]
1994-11-03 22:17:00Secretary of StateSECRETPTER PREL RU TU
95BUCHAREST6434ROMANIAN PRESIDENT ION ILIESCU - A POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY
[...] CONFIDENTIAL-ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: THIS IS THE FIRST OF TWO CABLES FOCUSING ON ROMANIAN PRESIDENT ION ILIESCU, AND COVERS HIS POLITICAL HISTORY THROUGH THE 1992 ELECTIONS. SEPTEL WILL DEAL WITH HIS CURRENT POWERS AND ROLE IN THE ROMANIAN POLITICAL SYSTEM. ILIESCU, WHO WAS BORN INTO A COMMUNIST [...]
1995-06-23 11:53:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS RO
95RIYADH712 IRAN: MEETING WITH SAUDI FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT) 2. SUMMARY. IN A JANUARY 26 MEETING, SAUDI FOREIGN MINISTER SAUD AL-FAISAL TOLD NEA ASSISTANT SECRETARY PELLETREAU THAT IRAN HAD BEEN PRESSURING THE SAG FOR AN IMPROVEMENT IN RELATIONS, BUT THE SAG HAD SEEN NO INDICATION THAT IMPROVING RELATIONS WOULD PRODUCE A ST [...]
1995-02-08 09:33:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPREL IR SA BA RU
95SOFIA528 IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE: BULGARIA'S
[...] No summary [...]
1995-01-23 16:29:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON BU
95ZAGREB2326 CROATIA'S CARDINAL UNABLE TO ESCAPE HISTORY
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ZAGREB 02326 01 OF 03 161531Z ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. IN AN APRIL 12 MEETING, CROATIA'S CARDINAL KUHARIC APPEALED TO THE AMBASSADOR FOR HELP FOR P [...]
1995-06-16 16:09:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR HR
95ZAGREB5178HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT FOR CROATIA
[...] No summary [...]
1995-12-18 13:34:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDNOTAG HR PHUM
95ZAGREB5299(C) FM GRANIC EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER U.S. STATEMENTS IN NEW YORK ON HUMAN RIGHTS CONFIDENTIAL
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY PETER W. GALBRAITH, AMBASSADOR, PER 1.5 (B) AND (D). ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) CROATIAN FM GRANIC TOLD CHARGE FINN DECEMBER 29 THAT THE GOC WAS CONCERNED BY REPORTS FROM NEW YORK THAT THE U.S. WAS "SUPPORTING" A RUSSIAN-SPONSORED CONDEMNATION OF CROATIA'S HUMAN [...]
1995-12-29 16:42:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALNOTAG HR
96ABUDHABI7350TEHRAN SEES TALEBAN AS U.S. TOOL AGAINST IRAN
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY: DAVID PEARCE, CONSUL GENERAL DUBAI. REASON: 1.6, X6 ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) ABDUL HAQ, A FORMER LEADER OF THE AFGHAN COMMANDERS SHURA, SAYS THE TALEBAN HAVE APPROACHED HIM ABOUT SERVING AS FOREIGN MINISTER, BUT HE HAS DECLINED. HAQ SAID HE WOULD ONLY ACCEPT S [...]
1996-11-12 13:56:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER AF IR
96STATE214855AFGHANISTAN: ENGAGING THE SAUDIS ON THE TALIBAN
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY ROBIN L. RAPHEL, ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR SOUTH ASIAN AFFAIRS, DOS. REASON: 1.5(D). 2. (C) GID DIRECTOR PRINCE TURKI RECENTLY HELD MEETINGS IN WASHINGTON WITH THE NSC AND CIA AT WHICH HE DISCUSSED, AMONG OTHER SUBJECTS, THE TALIBAN PHENOMENON, AND EXCHANGED [...]
1996-10-13 01:45:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SA AF RS
96STATE237921IRAN
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY INR TOM FINGAR, DAS/AN. REASON 1.5(C) (D). 2. (S) AS REOUESTED BY AMEMBASSY ALMATY, INR PROVIDES THE FOLLOWING BACKGROUND INFORMATION/TALKING POINTS ON IRAN TO BE SHARED WITH DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER GIZZATOV AND SENIOR KAZAK OFFICIALS. WE HOPE THIS MATERIAL G [...]
1996-11-17 04:47:00Secretary of StateSECRETPINR PREL KZ PTER KNNP
97ABUDHABI3777THOUGHTS ON IRAN - THE LION AND THE CAGE
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY: DAVID D. PEARCE, CONSUL GENERAL. 2. (S) SUMMARY THIS CABLE EXAMINES SOME OF THE VARIABLES AFFECTING IRANIAN GOVERNMENT DECISIONMAKING -- ESPECIALLY REGARDING POLICIES WE OPPOSE -- FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE WIDE VARIETY OF IRANIAN CONTACTS WE INTERVIEW IN DUBAI. WE HAVE [...]
1997-05-21 14:11:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PINR ETRD EFIN PTER KPRP IR
97ANKARA231 NATO ENLARGEMENT--TURKISH TAKE ON RUSSIAN
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY ACTING POLCOUNS MARC SIEVERS, EMBASSY ANKARA, REASON 1.5 (B). 2. (C) DURING AN OFFICE CALL BY A/POLCOUNS AND POLOFF ON JANUARY 7, TURKISH MFA DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR SLAVIC REPUBLICS ALP KARAOSMANOGLU SUMMARIZED AN EXCHANGE OF VIEWS ON NATO ENLARGEMENT BETWEEN FOR [...]
1997-01-08 10:07:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL TU RS
97HAVANA4970 CASTRO: STILL NOT DEAD AND LOVING IT
[...] (C) IN AN EFFORT TO DEFINITIVELY LAY TO REST RECENT RUMORS ABOUT THE DEATH OF FIDEL CASTRO, USINT OFFERS SOME ITEMS THAT MAY HELP DISPEL THE ALLEGATIONS. CONG. CAMPBELL: FIDEL CASTRO APPEARED FIT ------------------------------------------ 2. (C) FIDEL CASTRO WAS PRESENT FOR SOME TW [...]
1997-08-29 21:17:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CU
97ISLAMABAD2533 AFGHANISTAN: THE ENIGMATIC MULLAH OMAR AND TALIBAN
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY JOHN C. HOLZMAN, DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION. REASON: 1.5 (C) (D). 2. (U) THIS CABLE WAS COORDINATED WITH CONSULATE PESHAWAR. ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (C) NOT MUCH IS KNOWN ABOUT MULLAH OMAR, THE TALIBAN FOUNDER AND LEADER. HE COMES FROM A SMALL VILLAGE NEAR KANDAHAR AND H [...]
1997-03-28 11:47:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL PREL PINR AF
97JAKARTA6773 INDONESIA: 1997 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POL COUNSELOR ED MCWILLIAMS; REASON 1.5(D) 2. (U) FORMAT FOR THIS MESSAGE WAS DERIVED FROM REF A. A. RESPONSE OF THE INDONESIAN JUDICIAL SYSTEM TO ACTS OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND SIGNIFICANT ACTS OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM DURING 1997: ------------------------------- [...]
1997-11-18 10:53:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPTER PREL ID
97ROME5198ITALY: A MORE ACTIVIST POLICY TOWARD ROGUES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: RECENT GOI ACTIVITY SUGGESTS ITALY IS PURSUING MORE ACTIVIST POLICIES TOWARD THE SO-CALLED "ROGUE" STATES: IRAN, IRAQ, AND LIBYA. ACCORDING TO THE MFA, ITALY HAS, IN FACT, A SINGLE, BROAD POLICY FOR THESE COUNTRIES, CENTERED UPON THE BELIEF THAT ENGAGEMENT, NOT ISOLATION, IS TH [...]
1997-06-11 16:09:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALETTC PREL UNSC PTER KPRP IR IZ LY IT
97TIRANA1976 BIOGRAPHY OF NEW ALBANIAN PRIME MINISTER
[...] (U) PERSONAL DATA: FATOS NANO WAS BORN IN TIRANA ON SEPTEMBER 16, 1952. HE IS MARRIED TO HIS HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART, AND THEY HAVE TWO ALMOST-GROWN CHILDREN, A BOY AND A GIRL. THE BOY, 17 OR 18, IS STUDYING AT AN AMERICAN COLLEGE IN THESSELONNKI, GREECE. THE GIRL, 16 OR 17, IS STUDYING [...]
1997-08-08 15:24:00Embassy TiranaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR AL
97TIRANA3065 BIOGRAPHY OF ALBANIAN DEFENSE MINISTER SABIT BROKAJ
[...] (U) PERSONAL DATA: SABIT BROKAJ WAS BORN JANUARY 7, 1942 IN VLORA. BROKAJ IS MARRIED AND HAS TWO CHILDREN. 2. (U) EDUCATION: BROKAJ GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TIRANA FACULTY OF MEDICINE IN 1969. HE TRAINED IN CARDIOLOGY FROM 1974-76 IN TIRANA. HE TRAVELED TO FRANCE TO STUDY CA [...]
1997-12-31 09:55:00Embassy TiranaCONFIDENTIALPINR PGOV PARM AL
97YEKATERINBURG43 THE SUPREMACY OF "STATE POWERS"
[...] THE LOCAL CONFLICT BETWEEN THE GOVERNOR OF SVERDLOVSK AND THE MAYOR OF YEKATERINBURG IS MORE THAN A PERSONAL DISPUTE, REVEALING AS IT DOES A FUNDAMENTAL RUSSIAN DISTINCTION BETWEEN "STATE POWERS" AND "LOCAL SELF- ADMINISTRATION" THAT IS OFTEN LOST IN TRANSLATION. FROM THIS PERSPECTIVE, DEMOC [...]
1997-02-26 04:44:00Consulate YekaterinburgUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV RS
98BRUSSELS2939 U.S.-EU TROIKA: TERRORISM
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY WILLIAM R. REGAN, USEU. REASON 1.5 (B) AND (D). ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) THE MAY 7 U.S.-EU TROIKA DISCUSSIONS ON TERRORISM COVERED THE WATERFRONT, BUT SPECIAL ATTENTION WAS PAID TO THE EU'S RELATIONS WITH IRAN, WHERE IT PLEDGED CONTINUED VIGILANCE, AND ITS [...]
1998-05-12 12:02:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL EUN KPAL IS PINR
98ISLAMABAD2617 PAKISTAN TESTS "GHAURI" MISSILE
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CDA ALAN EASTHAM, 1.5D. 2. (C) SUMMARY: FOREIGN SECRETARY SHAMSHAD AHMAD SUMMONED P-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON A HALF-HOUR'S NOTICE APRIL 6 TO INFORM US OF THE "SUCCESSFUL TEST" OF THE "INDIGENOUS" GHAURI MISSILE, WHICH HE SAID HAD A 1,500 KM RANGE FOR A 700 KG PAYLOAD. HAL [...]
1998-04-06 12:15:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL PK
98ISLAMABAD3977RELIGIOUS DELEGATION TO IRAN, SHIA POLITICAL LEADER IS
[...] (C) QAISER BOKHARI, THE LAHORE CHIEF OF THE SHIA TEHRIK-E- JAFARIA-E-PAKISTAN (TJP) TOLD POLOFF MAY 26 THAT HE WAS HEADING A RELIGIOUS DELEGATION TO IRAN ON MAY 27 FOR ONE WEEK. THE TRIP OF THE MILLI YAKJETI COUNCIL (NATIONAL SOLIDARITY COUNCIL) COMES AT THE INVITATION OF THE IRANIAN GOVERNME [...]
1998-05-29 04:06:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL MNUC PK IR
98STATE143823LETTER ON IRAQ FROM THE SECRETARY TO FM PRIMAKOV
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY NEA PDAS DAVID WELCH, REASON 1.5(B) 2. (C) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE FOR EMBASSY MOSCOW. SEE PARA 4. 3. (C) BACKGROUND: ON AUGUST 4, THE SECRETARY RECEIVED A LETTER FROM PRIMAKOV IN WHICH PRIMAKOV ASSERTED CATEGORICALLY THAT IRAQ HAD ELIMINATED ALL WMD AND NO LONGER RE [...]
1998-08-07 00:55:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM UNSC IZ RU
98USUNNEWYORK1622 PAKISTANI NUCLEAR TEST: SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ON MAY 28 THE SECURITY COUNCIL COULD NOT ISSUE A PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT "STRONGLY DEPLORING" THE MAY 28 PAKISTANI NUCLEAR TEST. DESPITE MAY 28 LATE NIGHT SECURITY COUNCIL CONSULTATIONS OF THE WHOLE, THE CHINESE SAID THEY WERE WITHOUT INSTRUCTIONS. DURING EARLIER INFORMAL CONSULT [...]
1998-05-29 04:03:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS UNSC PARM MNUC KNNP PK IN
98USUNNEWYORK1638 SECOND PAKISTANI NUCLEAR TEST: UN SECURITY
[...] (C) THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL MET IN EMERGENCY SESSION MAY 30 AT THE REQUEST OF JAPAN TO RESPOND TO THE SECOND SET OF PAKISTANI NUCLEAR TESTS. JAPANESE AMBASSADOR OWADA, UNDER INSTRUCTIONS FROM HIS GOVERNMENT, TABLED A DRAFT SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION (TEXT IN PARA 7),CO-SPONSORED BY SWEDEN [...]
1998-05-30 21:50:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS UNSC PARM MNUC KNNP PK IN
98YEKATERINBURG156THE ROMANOVS: THE FINAL CHAPTER IN YEKATERINBURG
[...] ON A SUNNY JULY 16 MORNING, THOUSANDS OF YEKATERINBURGERS WAITED IN LINE TO PAY THEIR FINAL RESPECTS TO NICHOLAS AND ALEXANDRIA. EXACTLY EIGHTY YEARS BEFORE, ON THE NIGHT OF JULY 16-17, 1918, THE ROMANOVS HAD BEEN BRUTALLY MURDERED HERE. THEIR REMAINS NOW LAID IN STATE AT YEKATERINBURG'S ASC [...]
1998-07-16 12:16:00Consulate YekaterinburgUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV RS
99MOSCOW2479 SHARIA LAW IN CHECHNYA: THE VEIL OF EXTREMISM
[...] (C) ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, CHECHEN PRESIDENT ASLAN MASKHADOV DECLARED A STATE OF SHARIA (ISLAMIC) LAW TO BE IN EFFECT IN CHECHNYA. ACCORDING TO RUSSIAN PRESS REPORTS, MASKHADOV ASKED THE CHECHEN LEGISLATURE AND THE COUNCIL OF MUFTIS TO DRAFT A SHARIA CONSTITUTION WITHIN ONE MONTH'S TIME. [...]
1999-02-04 16:41:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL RS
99MOSCOW4277 SHARIA, SHURA, AND STATEHOOD IN CHECHNYA
[...] (C) CHECHEN PRESIDENT MASKHADOV DECLARED A STATE OF SHARIA (ISLAMIC) LAW EARLY IN FEBRUARY, PROMPTING A FLOOD OF HIGH-LEVEL CRITICISM IN MOSCOW. RUSSIAN POLITICIANS HAVE PREDICTED WORSENING RUSSIAN-CHECHEN RELATIONS DUE TO THE SUSPENSION OF CONSTITUTIONAL LAW IN THE BREAKAWAY REPUBLIC. ACCO [...]
1999-02-26 15:30:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL RS
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