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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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07MEXICO5613MX #2007-244, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Basic Narcotics course, November 14, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and req [...]
2007-10-26 20:19:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5637MX #2007-NAS, (AGENCY) LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Crime Scene Investigation, November 14, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and [...]
2007-10-29 20:13:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5653MX #2007-246, DOJ-ATF LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DOJ-ATF, on Basic Firearms Identification Course and Tracing Process, 11/16/2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the [...]
2007-10-30 20:28:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5673MX #2007-247, DHS/ICE LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DHS/ICE, on Polygraph course, November 15, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and reque [...]
2007-10-31 21:57:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5680MX #2007-249, ECON LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from STATE/ECON, on USPTO Global Intellectual Property Academy in Alexandria, Va., 11/21/2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights [...]
2007-11-01 12:34:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5681MX #2007-248, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Law Enforcement Training, 11/16/2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests [...]
2007-11-01 12:34:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5707MX #2007-250, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on November 20, 2007, Criminal Scene Investigation. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below a [...]
2007-11-05 13:38:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5719MX #2007-251, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Mediacion De Conflictos En El Ambito Laboral, November 20, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individual [...]
2007-11-05 19:42:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5726MX #2007-252, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Defense Resource Management Course, November 20, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed b [...]
2007-11-05 22:03:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5735MX #2007-253, DEA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DEA, on STOP Team Training, November 26, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and request [...]
2007-11-06 20:09:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5736MX #2007-FBI, FBI LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from FBI, on Public Corruption, November 27, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests [...]
2007-11-06 20:10:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5769MX #2007-256, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Train the Trainer course, November 29, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and r [...]
2007-11-08 14:53:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5770MX #2007-255, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Train the Trainer course, November 26, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and r [...]
2007-11-08 14:53:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5803MX #2007-257, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on CCMR Conference, November 28, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests t [...]
2007-11-09 19:57:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5804MX #2007-258, FBI LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from FBI, on Interviewing and Interrogation Techniques course, November 29, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the indi [...]
2007-11-09 20:59:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5834MX #2007-259, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Interview Techniques, November 23, 2007. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before November 23, but no later than 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines. 2. Post possesses no [...]
2007-11-14 13:59:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5835MX #2007-260, FBI LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from FBI, on Interviewing and Interrogation, November 29, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below [...]
2007-11-14 14:00:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5836MX #2007-261, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on English Comprehension Introductory Level course, December 3, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the indivi [...]
2007-11-14 14:05:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5846FOREIGN SECRETARY ESPINOSA COURTS CONGRESSIONAL
[...] (U) Summary: Responding to Congressional calls for the Executive to clarify the Merida Initiative, Foreign Secretary Patricia Espinosa testified before the Senate on October 22 and before the Chamber of Deputies on October 31. She was clear the Merida Initiative is not a formal accord requirin [...]
2007-11-14 22:09:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR PTER SMIL MX
07MEXICO5849MX #2007-262, STATE/ECON LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from STATE/ECON, on Workshop: Integrated Cooperation on IPR Enforcement, November 29, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights b [...]
2007-11-15 16:25:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5850AMENDED MX05736 (MX #2007-254),FBI LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] This cable is to amend MX05736 (MX2007-254),to add the following names: Cortes, Esquivel, Ignacio, 10/20/58, Tehuacan, MX Mendez, Garcia, Melesio, 12/4/64, Tochtecpec, MX Romero, Trejo, German, 8/12/60, Mexico City 2. The list on paragraph 5 of this cable is amended to reflect this ad [...]
2007-11-15 16:26:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5876MX #2007-263, DHS/CBP LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DHS/CBP, on Search Trauma and Rescue Training, December 6, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed [...]
2007-11-20 17:01:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5879MX #2007-264, DOJ/ATF LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DOJ/ATF, on Basic Firearms and Explosives Identification course, December 6, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the [...]
2007-11-20 20:00:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5892MX #2007-265, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on F-5 MTT course, December 6, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests tha [...]
2007-11-21 13:30:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5896MX #2007-266, USAID LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from USAID, on Criminal Investigative Techniques, December 6, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed b [...]
2007-11-21 16:09:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5902MX #2007-267, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Formador de Instructores, December 6, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and re [...]
2007-11-21 19:58:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5903MX #2007-268, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Investigacion de Homicidios, December 6, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and [...]
2007-11-21 19:58:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5914MX #2007-269, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Special Forces Training, December 7, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and req [...]
2007-11-23 20:43:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5915MX #2007-270, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Special Forces Training, December 7, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and req [...]
2007-11-23 20:43:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5948MX #2007-271, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Maintenance and Instruments F-5, December 13, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed belo [...]
2007-11-27 20:59:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5964SENATE STAFFER, GOM AUTHORITIES SHARE VIEWS ON
[...] (SBU) Summary. Carl Meacham, the Senior Advisor on Western Hemisphere Affairs to the U.S. Senate's Foreign Relations Committee briefed a wide array of GOM officials November 7 on the current political environment in Washington and what to expect from the legislative process in the U.S. as t [...]
2007-11-29 17:38:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX
07MEXICO6033UNION DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION INITIATIVE EXPANDS TO
[...] SUMMARY: In early November AmConsul Hermosillo and Embassy Mexico City,s Labor Counselor met with officials from the CTM, Mexico,s largest labor federation, and with various levels of GOM and NGO officials to discuss the problem of drug abuse in the workplace. This initiative, which is the o [...]
2007-12-05 19:47:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB SNAR ECON PGOV PINR SOCI MX
07MEXICO6049CODEL REID DISCUSSES IMMIGRATION, SECURITY, AND ECONOMIC COOPERATION WITH PRESIDENT CALDERON
[...] (C) Senator Harry Reid (D-Nevada),leading a bipartisan Senate delegation, met with Mexican President Felipe Calderon November 29 in Mexico City. The delegation pointed to improving U.S. Mexican relations following Calderon's election. President Calderon called immigration an "economic pheno [...]
2007-12-06 13:54:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALECIN ECON ETRD MX OVIP PGOV PREL SNAR
07MEXICO6097MX #2007-272, USMS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from U.S. Marshal Services (USMS),on Meeting in USMS Headquarters, January 2, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the i [...]
2007-12-10 22:06:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO6112MX #2007-273, DOJ/ATF LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DOJ/ATF, on Basic Firearms and Explosives Identification course, January 3, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the [...]
2007-12-11 19:53:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO6122MX #2007-274, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Mobile Training Team - Port Security, January 7, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed b [...]
2007-12-12 14:09:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO6184PRESIDENT CALDERON SPEAKS TO ACHIEVEMENTS,
[...] Summary. In a series of interviews commemorating his first year in office, President Calderon touted the creation of 800,000 jobs and singled out narco-trafficking as one of Mexico's biggest challenges. The U.S. was assuming greater responsibility on drugs but needed to do more to reduce de [...]
2007-12-14 22:31:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KCRM SNAR SMIG ECON EINV KDEM PINR
07MEXICO6185MEXICO: ITQ,S DIFFERENT ON THE BORDER
[...] Summary. Deputy PolCouns recently traveled to several destinations on the Mexican border with the U.S. as part of an orientation trip. The visit reaffirmed the perception that life in the north of Mexico and, in particular on the border with the U.S., is different from any other place in Me [...]
2007-12-14 22:55:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KCRM SNAR SMIG ECON EINV KDEM PINR
07MEXICO6196CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE OVER JUSTICE REFORM MOVING
[...] Summary. The Mexican Senate passed judicial reform legislation that would facilitate transition to an oral trial system, give law enforcement officials broader search and seizure authority, allow consensual monitoring of telephone calls, and give police more responsibility for conducting inv [...]
2007-12-17 20:18:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KCRM KJUS SNAR PHUM MX
07MEXICO6211MX #2007-275, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Advanced Techniques Maritime Training, January 8, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed [...]
2007-12-18 19:23:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO6214MX #2007-277, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Advanced Techniques MQitime Training, January 8, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed b [...]
2007-12-18 20:06:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO6215MX #2007-278, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Special Operations Combating Terrorism, January 14, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals liste [...]
2007-12-18 20:07:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO6217MX #2007-276, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Special Operations Counter Terrorism, January 11, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed [...]
2007-12-18 21:16:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO6219CONCERNS ABOUT SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES
[...] Summary: Concerns about human rights abuses and threats to security posed by drug trafficking collide in Mexico's southern state of Guerrero where Poloff met with a wide range of Mexican congressional representatives, government officials, human rights activists, NGOs and other members of c [...]
2007-12-19 12:23:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM KCRM SNAR ECON PINR MX
07MEXICO6228SUBJECT: NARCO-KILLINGS CONTINUE
[...] (SBU) Although estimates of the total number of organized crime-related killings in the first 11 months of 2007 vary between GOM sources and newspaper tallies -- ranging between approximately 2,200 to 3,200 -- Mexico has witnessed more of these types of killings this year, compared to an estima [...]
2007-12-19 20:55:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SNAR KCRM PINR MASS MX
07MEXICO6233MX #2007-279, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Disaster Response Seminar, January 7, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and re [...]
2007-12-19 20:58:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO6238MX #2007-280, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Air War College, February 19, 2008 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests th [...]
2007-12-20 15:16:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO6245MX #2007-282, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Fellowship International Colleagues, March 5, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed belo [...]
2007-12-20 21:03:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO6246MX #2007-283, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Air Command and General Staff College, March 5, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed be [...]
2007-12-20 21:03:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO6247MX #2007-281, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Special Forces Qualification, February 26, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below a [...]
2007-12-20 21:03:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO6255SONORA MAQUILA UNION BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD
[...] SUMMARY: In the north western Mexican state of Sonora a union affiliated with the country,s largest labor federation, the CTM (Confederation of Mexican Workers) finds itself in a very precarious spot. The newly elected leadership of this CTM union is struggling to balance the expectations of [...]
2007-12-21 17:57:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON SOCI PINS SNAR PHUM MX
07MEXICO6260MX #2007-284, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on EMB-145 Init Plt, January 9, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests th [...]
2007-12-26 16:07:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO6274MX #2007-285, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Basic Criminal Investigations, January 11, 2008 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below an [...]
2007-12-27 15:42:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO6276MX #2007-286, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on Mobile Training Team - Port Security course, January 11, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals l [...]
2007-12-27 17:34:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO6291MX #2007-287, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Mobile Training Team-Digital Forensic course, January 16, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals [...]
2007-12-31 16:42:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO965DHS SECRETARY CHERTOFF IN MEXICO, FEBRUARY 15-16:
[...] (SBU) Summary: Secretary Chertoff's February 15 meetings with GOM Interior (Gobernacion) officials occasioned broad-ranging discussions of ongoing bilateral cooperation and yielded several specific proposals to broaden it, including: --A commitment to work together closely in shaping and [...]
2007-02-26 22:17:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER SNAR
07MEXICO966DHS SECRETARY FEBRUARY 15TH MEETING WITH MEXICO'S
[...] (SBU) During a two-day trip to Mexico City, Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff met February 15 with Mexican Secretary of Finance and Public Credit Agustin Carstens. Both secretaries reaffirmed long-standing cooperation between the U.S. and Mexican customs officials. 2. (SBU [...]
2007-02-26 22:18:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER SNAR MX
07MEXICO983SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S MEETINGS WITH ATTORNEY
[...] (SBU) During a two-day trip to Mexico City, Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff met February 16 with Mexican Secretary of Public Security Genaro Garcia Luna. Secretary Chertoff and senior Department of Homeland Security SIPDIS (DHS) staff heard Medina Mora outline plans to impr [...]
2007-02-27 16:04:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTE SNAR MX
07MONTERREY130DRUG VIOLENCE CONTINUES IN NORTHERN MEXICO DESPITE MILITARY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Drug-related violence in Northern Mexico has continued despite an increased military presence. The new wave of violence left a state investigator and two former police officers dead and, for the second time in less than a month, drug cartels assassinated two men only hours afte [...]
2007-02-22 17:23:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV ASEC ECON MX
07MONTERREY334UNPRESCEDENTED ESCALATION OF NARCO-VIOLENCE IN MONTERREY
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Monterrey has experienced an unprecedented escalation of narco-related violence with the assassination of six police officers in five separate incidents over the course of one week. On March 20 and 21, the dead bodies of two unidentified men were found with notes attached to t [...]
2007-03-23 21:14:00Consulate MonterreySECRETSNAR PGOV PTER ASEC MX
07MONTERREY472DRUG CARTEL PRODUCED VIDEOTAPE ALLEGES CORRUPTION AT HIGHEST
[...] (SBU) During a private meeting on April 27, the Consul General asked Nuevo Leon Governor Natividad Gonzalez Paras about recent public statements made by the State Assistant Attorney General, Aldo Fasci Zuazua. Without being solicited, Fasci told reporters on April 24 that photographic or vide [...]
2007-04-27 21:07:00Consulate MonterreySECRET//NOFORNSNAR PGOV ASEC MX
07MONTERREY527MONTERREY'S TROUBLING TRENDS - MURDER, KIDNAPPING, AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Following the Mexican national model, in one week Monterrey witnessed a fierce rise in narco-related violence, including police and journalist kidnappings. Already Nuevo Leon has quickly surpassed previous records for the number of murders and kidnappings in the state. To date, [...]
2007-05-18 21:43:00Consulate MonterreyCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNSNAR PINS PGOV SOCI ASEC ELAB ECON MX
07MONTERREY800TWO MONTH TRUCE HAS DRASTICALLY REDUCED NORTHERN BORDER DRUG
[...] (C) SUMMARY. There has been a dramatic reduction in the level of drug violence in Nuevo Leon over the last two months, apparently resulting from a nationwide "truce" between the two primary drug cartels. The truce has been described in press reports, including detailed descriptions of the ne [...]
2007-08-23 15:24:00Consulate MonterreyCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNSNAR ASEC KCRM ECON ETRD PGOV MX
07MONTERREY818MONTERREY LAW ENFORCEMENT UPDATE: AUGUST 2007
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Monterrey's law enforcement agencies remained busy during the month of August. In a victory against narco-traffickers, a Monterrey Special Agent assisted in placing three known Gulf Cartel kingpins on the U.S. Consolidated Priority Organizational Target list. Post continued [...]
2007-09-05 20:32:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM ASEC KCOR KHLS KJUS PINS CASC MX
07MONTERREY828NEW NUEVO LEON SECURITY DIRECTOR'S AMBITIOUS PLANS TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a September 5 meeting with Consulate representatives, Aldo Fasci, Nuevo Leon's new Secretary of Public Security, laid out his ambitious plans to combat corruption and low morale among the state's police force. His plans include measures to augment police officers' dismally l [...]
2007-09-07 15:28:00Consulate MonterreyCONFIDENTIALSNAR KCRM ASEC KCOR KHLS KJUS PHUM PINS PGOV MX
07MONTERREY934REPORT FROM ZACATECAS: GOVERNOR SEEKS A NEW ROAD
[...] (SBU) Summary. On October 17-19, Consul General and Econoff met with various political, economic, and media leaders in Zacatecas, including moderate PRD Governor Amalia Garcia Medina, Zacatecas City Mayor Cuauhtemoc Calderon, prominent businessmen, and Representatives from the Zacatecas State [...]
2007-11-09 22:59:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAGR EAID ECON EMIN SMIG SNAR SOCI MX
07MONTERREY95MONTERREY LAW ENFORCEMENT UPDATE: JANUARY 2007
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Consulate continued its outreach efforts with state and local authorities as the level of violence and drug-related killings increased. In the month of January, five police officers were killed and three others wounded, prompting the resignation of over 300 local police off [...]
2007-02-07 23:21:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM KCOR KHLS KJUS PINS PGOV MX
07MONTERREY963OUTREACH TO THE MONTERREY PRIVATE SECTOR
[...] (SBU) To expand our ties to the Monterrey business community, the Consulate has initiated an informal Business Roundtable, i.e., a bimonthly breakfast with selected private sector and industry leaders. At the first session of this roundtable on November 26, we hosted representatives from key [...]
2007-11-30 17:08:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EPET PGOV PREL SNAR MX
07MONTEVIDEO1072POROUS BORDERS AND DRUG TRAFFICKING IN URUGUAY
[...] (SBU) This telegram supplements information provided in reftel B. AmEmbassy Montevideo remains concerned over the future implications of Uruguay's porous borders, unprecedented levels of drug-trafficking, and potential money laundering. The Government of Uruguay (GOU) does not have adequat [...]
2007-12-31 14:47:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER SNAR ASEC UY
07MONTEVIDEO956INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT
[...] (U) Following (in reftel requested format) is Uruguay's 2007-08 INCSR Part I. 2. (SBU) URUGUAY I. Summary Uruguay is not a major narcotics producing country. However, current areas of concern include increased trafficking of cocaine, marijuana, heroin and increasing local consumpt [...]
2007-11-06 17:42:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR EFIN KCRM KCOR UY
07MOSCOW2682SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION SUMMIT: RUSSIA
[...] (C) Summary. The GOR is planning "no surprises" at the August Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Bishkek summit, according to the MFA's SCO Coordinator. Russia's goal in Bishkek is to enhance the SCO's activity in the economic sphere. Moscow judges that the SCO is not ready for enlarg [...]
2007-06-06 11:12:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR ECON SNAR RS
07MOSCOW3567AFGHANISTAN: MOSCOW STIRS
[...] (C) Summary: Russia has sharply stepped up its engagement with the Afghan government since FM Lavrov's February visit to Kabul. Moscow intends to finalize its debt relief agreement with Kabul by the end of the month and is actively weighing increased arms supplies and initiating a program [...]
2007-07-20 12:26:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MASS EAID SNAR AF RS
07MOSCOW381AFGHANISTAN: TIME TO REENGAGE WITH RUSSIA?
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Lavrov's February 2-3 Washington consultations provide an opportunity to seek support for the new U.S. strategy for Afghanistan's security and reconstruction. While Moscow has been critical of U.S. and Western efforts in Afghanistan, it has also expressed inte [...]
2007-01-30 16:57:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ETRD SNAR AF RS
07MOSCOW3978SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION SUMMIT: RUSSIA
[...] (C) Summary. Russian officials tell us they expect "no surprises" at the August 16 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit in Bishkek. According to the MFA's SCO coordinator, Russia will seek to use the Summit to focus on improving the functioning of the SCO, especially in setting pr [...]
2007-08-14 16:27:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR ECON SNAR RS
07NAIROBI1951COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ICITAP DEPUTY
[...] Embassy Nairobi grants country clearance and welcomes RAYMOND RIVERA and MARK MOGLE. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situation at the time of proposed travel. The embassy switchboard number is 254-20-363-6000 and the after-hours number is 254-20-363-6170. Control [...]
2007-05-07 14:07:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDKJUS KCRM ASEC SNAR KE
07NAIROBI2073RESPONSE TO INL MANAGEMENT ASSESSMENT - DELEGATED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-16 06:16:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM SNAR KE
07NAIROBI2550 Nairobi Mini-Dublin Group Views on Kenya
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Nairobi Mini-Dublin Group consensus is that Kenya is increasingly becoming a major transit route for cocaine and heroin, from South America and Asia, to European and other Western markets. Corruption, weak law enforcement, and lack of political will continue to make Kenya an attr [...]
2007-06-20 05:45:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SNAR KE
07NAIROBI2575 Ambassador's Visit to the Kenyan Coast
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-21 10:03:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KE PGOV KCRM KWMN SNAR PHUM PTER
07NAIROBI4052006 END USE MONITORING REPORT FOR KENYA
[...] We provided no new commodities or services under the international narcotics and crime program to the government of Kenya in 2006. Post's End Use Monitoring Report is as follows: 2. Procedures: The Kenyan Police Service (KPS) was notified of monetary resources through the 2002 Amended Let [...]
2007-01-23 14:07:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AFIN KE
07NASSAU1196OPPOSITION LEADERSHIP SEEKS CONTINUED DIALOGUE
[...] (C) Former Prime Minister Perry Christie hosted a working lunch for the Charge and Embassy senior staff September 24 to exchange views on current bilateral issues and domestic Bahamian politics. Christie, who remains as Leader of the Opposition, emphasized his party's commitment throughout t [...]
2007-09-26 19:16:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR ETRD BF
07NASSAU1244WORKING GROUP DISCUSSES REGULATING WOODEN-HULLED COMERCIAL
[...] (SBU) On September 6 the U.S./Bahamas Joint Task Force (JTF) Working Group held a meeting to follow-up its June 14 meeting discussing how to eliminate the narcotics and migrant trafficking threats posed by wooden-hulled Haitian sailing sloops in The Bahamas. During the discussions, Bahamian of [...]
2007-10-04 18:34:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV PREL BF
07NASSAU414OPPOSITION LEADER INGRAHAM SUPPORTS US ON AVIATION
[...] (C) Summary: In a final courtesy call, Ambassador Rood and Free National Movement (FNM) Leader Hubert Ingraham discussed aviation issues, judicial reform, educational initiatives, bilateral cooperation and upcoming elections. Ingraham promised to work closely with the FAA on aviation issues i [...]
2007-04-02 11:24:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR EAIR BF
07NEWDELHI3134INDO-PAK TALKS ON TERRORISM AND NARCOTICS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Indian Home Minister Madhukar Gupta and Pakistani Secretary of the Interior, Syed Kmal Shah, met July 2-3 for the fourth round of Home Secretary-level talks on Terrorism and Drug Trafficking as part of the continuing Composite Dialogue process. Major topics were an exchange of [...]
2007-07-09 11:23:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER SNAR PINR PK IN
07NEWDELHI3521INDIAN VIEWS ON CENTRAL ASIA: AIRBASE HOPES AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of External Affairs Deputy Secretary for Eurasia L. Savithri denied that India was SIPDIS establishing a military base in Ayni, Tajikistan, as had been reported in the press, insisting that the Government of India (GOI) was only involved in a civilian project of runwa [...]
2007-08-03 10:08:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS MOPS MARR KISL SNAR AF KZ CH
07NIAMEY616NIGERIEN PRESIDENT CONCERNED WITH SMUGGLING
[...] (U) President Tandja devoted much of his April 23 speech marking the 12th anniversary of the agreement ending the Tuareg rebellion to blaming drug and weapons traffickers for recent insecurity in the north. 2. (SBU) Tandja also expressed his concern about drug trafficking to the UNDP resid [...]
2007-04-27 12:39:00Embassy NiameyCONFIDENTIALPGOV SNAR NG
07NIAMEY691DRUGS THROUGH NIGER? LOCAL VIEWS ON NARCOTICS
[...] (SBU) On May 7, Poloff met with officials in the Nigerien border town of Birni N'Konni, ninety kilometers north of Sokoto, Nigeria. The local Prefect, chief judge, and Procurer (prosecutor) described drug seizures and their perceptions of a drug trafficking route through the town and through Ni [...]
2007-05-21 11:42:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR KCRM NG
07NICOSIA933CYPRUS: 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] Per Reftel request, Post submits in para 2 below Part I (Drugs and Chemical Control) of the 2006-2007 INCSR. The report is based on an update of last year's published version. 2. BEGIN TEXT Cyprus I. Summary Cyprus has been divided since the Turkish military intervention of 197 [...]
2007-11-20 06:20:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR CY
07NOUAKCHOTT912OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES IN MAURITANIA'S
[...] (U) Summary: Mission personnel have made several trips in September and October to Mauritania's second city of Nouadhibou. The city offers unique opportunities and challenges for U.S. engagement as both the center of economic activity in Mauritania and as the cross-roads for drugs and alien [...]
2007-10-31 18:06:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON PREF SNAR MR
07OSLO182DRONABINOL POINTS DELIVERED TO NORWAY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-27 06:14:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIEDAORC SNAR UNCND NO
07OSLO874NORWEGIANS REVIEW MEETING ON COLOMBIA POINTS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-28 13:29:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR PREF PTER PARM EAID ECON OPDC CO NO
07OTTAWA1512CANADA: NEW AFGHANISTAN CN STRATEGY BRIEFING
[...] (SBU) We conveyed reftel demarche and strategy document to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Afghanistan Task Force Senior Advisor Gallit Dobner on August 8. Dobner expressed appreciation for the detailed briefing. She said it tracked with the "very useful and hi [...]
2007-08-08 19:41:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SNAR MOPS NATO AF CA
07PANAMA1102PANAMA POST: EDITION III
[...] (C) The following are the top stories for the third edition of the Panama Post: -- Attorney General names new acting head of FBI-equivalent; -- Fifth candidate announces run for presidency of governing Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD); -- Insights into why Panamanians join political par [...]
2007-06-29 20:30:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCRM KJUS SNAR SOCI PM
07PANAMA1197PANAMA POST: EDITION V
[...] (C) In this week's edition, the Panama Post takes a look at the internal workings of the governing Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) and the Patriotic Union (UP) party. Also, the Panama Post reports that the Technical Judicial Police (PTJ) reform effort is on hold and that its newly appoin [...]
2007-07-13 21:08:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SNAR KCRM PM
07PANAMA1244NAS PANAMA MONTHLY REPORT AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENTS: JUNE
[...] (U) This cable provides a brief overview of NAS/Panama activities and major law enforcement and counternarcotics developments during June 2007. In early June our key focus was the visit of Codel Meeks. UPDATE ON TITLE III PROGRAM --------------------------- 2. (SBU) DEA and NAS arrang [...]
2007-07-23 21:27:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KJUS MCAP PM
07PANAMA1438NAS PANAMA MONTHLY REPORT AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENTS: JULY
[...] (U) This cable provides a brief overview of NAS/Panama activities and law enforcement and counternarcotics developments during July 2007. PENDING GOP INITIATIVES ----------------------- 2. (SBU) Issues we have been following closely -- rollout of a coast guard service, reorganization o [...]
2007-08-27 21:32:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KJUS MCAP PM
07PANAMA1737PANAMA: THE WAY AHEAD
[...] (C) The election of Pedro Miguel Gonzalez (PMG),who is under federal indictment on five counts related to the 1992 murder of U.S. serviceman Zak Hernandez, as president of Panama's National Assembly marks a watershed for the U.S.-Panama bilateral relationship and Panamanian domestic politics [...]
2007-11-02 18:54:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON SNAR MARR MOPS KCRM PM
07PANAMA184PANAMA: SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT TORRIJOS'
[...] (C) Panamanian President Martin Torrijos will visit Washington February 14-16 for a meetings with the President and the Secretary of Defense, outreach to the AFL/CIO, business leaders, and the Hill to lobby for adoption of the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA). Indeed, advancing the [...]
2007-02-06 21:04:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ETRD SNAR KJUS UNSC PM
07PANAMA185PANAMA: SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT TORRIJOS'
[...] (C) Panamanian President Martin Torrijos will visit Washington February 14-16 for a meetings with the President and the Secretary of Defense, outreach to the AFL/CIO, business leaders, and the Hill to lobby for adoption of the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA). Indeed, advancing the [...]
2007-02-06 21:08:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ETRD SNAR KJUS UNSC PM
07PANAMA1867PANAMA: PMG'S DAY OF MOURNING RESOLUTION "WILL NOT
[...] (C) "Pedro Miguel's bill to declare December 20 a National Day of Mourning will not pass," First VP and FM Samuel Lewis assured Ambassador in a December 13 telcon. The day before, National Assembly Deputy Juan Manuel Peralta, at the behest of National Assembly President Pedro Miguel Gonzalez ( [...]
2007-12-13 22:07:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR PM
07PANAMA1872PANAMA: TORRIJOS OPPOSES NATIONAL DAY OF MOURNING,
[...] (C) "President Torrijos wants you to know his concerns about Pedro Miguel's rant yesterday (December 13). His proposed resolution is not this Administration's policy, and the President does not support the idea of a National Day of Mourning on December 20," First VP and FM Samuel Lewis told [...]
2007-12-14 22:00:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR PGOV KTIA PM
07PANAMA1893TECHNICAL JUDICIAL POLICE (PTJ) TO BE DISBANDED
[...] (SBU) Summary: On December 18, the National Assembly adopted a bill to dismantle the Technical Judicial Police (PTJ) and transfer most of its investigative personnel from under the jurisdiction of the Attorney General (AG) to the Panamanian National Police (PNP). President Torrijos is expecte [...]
2007-12-20 16:56:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KJUS PGOV PM
07PANAMA372NAS PANAMA MONTHLY REPORT AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENTS: FEBRUARY
[...] (U) This cable provides a brief overview of NAS/Panama activities and major law enforcement and counternarcotics developments during the month of February, 2007. Meeting with Attorney General ----------------------------- 2. (SBU) The Ambassador, accompanied by NAS and DEA directors, me [...]
2007-03-12 16:37:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KJUS MCAP KCRM PM
07PANAMA400TECHNICAL JUDICIAL POLICE (PTJ) LIKELY TO BE ABSORBED
[...] (SBU) Summary: In recent weeks, the GOP and the autonomous Attorney General have been sparring behind the scenes regarding the future of the Technical Judicial Police (PTJ),Panama's rough FBI equivalent. The most reliable current information indicates that the GOP will push to dismember the [...]
2007-03-16 16:42:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KJUS PGOV PM
07PANAMA492OVERVIEW OF NAS PANAMA FRONTLINE POLICE MODERNIZATION
[...] Summary: NAS Panama has undertaken a senior-level training program for the roughly 30 top officers of the National Police (PNP),designed to help the PNP move from a military or traditional model of policing towards a model of community or problem-oriented policing. This endeavor represents, [...]
2007-04-02 13:42:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM KJUS PM
07PANAMA508NAS PANAMA MID-YEAR FY 2007 REPORT OF ACTIVITIES
[...] (SBU) Summary: NAS had a busy and productive first half of FY 07. Our assistance was vital to preparing the imminent launch of DEA's Title III wiretap program. We completed several major donations to the National Police (PNP) and National Maritime Service (SMN),including projects that imp [...]
2007-04-04 14:11:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM MCAP PM
07PANAMA511PANAMA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN CORRUPTION AND
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-04 17:26:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KJUS PTER SNAR PG PM
07PANAMA517GANGS GARNERING PUBLIC ATTENTION, BUT TRANSNATIONAL AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: A deadly March 21 fire that ensued following the outbreak of violence motivated the GOP to introduce anti-crime legislation on April 4 that includes provisions for longer detention of juvenile offenders (Ref A). Prominent media attention to gang-related violence has raised ala [...]
2007-04-09 16:22:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM PM
07PANAMA539PANAMA: STUDENT SELECTION FOR ILEA TIP PROGRAM
[...] (SBU) Per reftel a instructions, post submits the following nominees for the ILEA trafficking in persons program. All participants have been fully vetted and cleared at post and by the Department (reftel b). a) De Leon Bustavino, Gloria Ibelis- Secretary General, Ministry of Government and [...]
2007-04-10 21:22:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KWMN SNAR SMIG ELAB EAID PHUM PM
07PANAMA85PANAMA: SOUTHCOM COMMANDER MEETS WITH PRESIDENT TORRIJOS; 9:00 A.M., JANUARY 19; PALACIO DE LAS GARZAS, PANAMA CITY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-19 20:32:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PBTS ECON PN
07PANAMA868LIKELY ARREST OF FORMER NATIONAL MARITIME SERVICE
[...] (C) Panama's Technical Judicial Police (PTJ) is currently attempting to arrest former National Maritime Service (SMN, Panama's Navy equivalent) director Ricardo Traad Porras, along with four former subordinates and an attorney, on charges of narcotics-related corruption and illicit enrichment [...]
2007-05-25 21:17:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALSNAR CVIS PREL PM
07PANAMA946PANAMA: MAJORS LIST/CERTIFICATION FOR FY 2008
[...] (U) A major drug-transit country, Panama continues to be a strong ally of the U.S. in the fight against trafficking and related crimes. This cable provides key examples of our excellent bilateral law enforcement cooperation. 2. (U) In our FY 06 Letter of Agreement (LOA),the USG asked the [...]
2007-06-06 22:32:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM PM
07PANAMA991NAS PANAMA MONTHLY REPORT AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENTS: APRIL AND
[...] (U) This cable provides a brief overview of NAS/Panama activities and major law enforcement and counternarcotics developments during the months of April and May, 2007. Arrest of Former SMN Director ----------------------------- 2. (SBU) In May, Panama's Attorney General (AG) Office arres [...]
2007-06-13 13:57:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KJUS MCAP PM
07PARAMARIBO109CY-06 INL END USE MONITORIING REPORT: SURINAME
[...] Post is pleased to provide its 2006 End Use Monitoring Report in accordance with the format provided in ref. A. 2. SUMMARY: Suriname instituions receiving INL funded assistance used all resources provided in an effective manner and in accordance with their stated purpose. INL assistance h [...]
2007-03-07 18:35:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AFIN NS
07PARAMARIBO1592006 END USE MONITORING REPORT:SURINAME
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-30 15:22:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR NS
07PARAMARIBO282DRUGS TO THE WEST, ROBBERY TO THE EAST: TAXI
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over the last two years, there have been 48 instances of Surinamese taxi drivers who have been victims of reported crimes up to and including murder. On the lone road west from Paramaribo to Guyana, the most common incidence is involvement in drug transportation. Taxi drivers [...]
2007-06-05 19:36:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC SNAR PGOV NS
07PARAMARIBO502UNPRECEDENTED CONVICTIONS AGAINST OLDEST BANK IN
[...] (U) SUMMARY In a highly emotional proceeding on August 30 the former and current directors of the De Surinaamsche Bank (DSB),Ed Muller and Sigmund Proeve, were convicted for violating Suriname's foreign exchange law by transferring funds internationally without the consent of the Foreign Ex [...]
2007-09-19 21:09:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN SNAR KCRM NS
07PARAMARIBO576SURINAME: 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS
[...] Post presents its 2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT (INCSR),Part I, Drugs and Chemical Control. Suriname I. Summary Suriname is a transit point for South American cocaine en route to Europe, Africa, and, to a lesser extent, the United States. The Government of Surinam [...]
2007-11-02 17:20:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR NS
07PARAMARIBO604SURINAME: 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] (U) 1. Post presents its 2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT (INCSR),Part II, Money Laundering and Financial Crimes. Suriname: I. Summary: Suriname is not a regional financial center and is not yet a significant site for money laundering when compared to other count [...]
2007-11-21 19:48:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR EFIN KCRM KTFN NS
07PARAMARIBO609SUGGESTED INFO MEMO ON BOUTERSE TRIAL
[...] (U) The following is suggested text for an info memo on the "December Process" (Bouterse trial) in Suriname. 2. (C) The trial of Desi Bouterse and 24 co-defendants for the December 1982 murder of fifteen political opponents will begin on Friday, November 30. Bouterse is expected by many [...]
2007-11-29 15:08:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASIC SNAR NS
07PARAMARIBO617JUSTICE MINISTER TALKS PRIVATELY ABOUT STRIKES,
[...] (U) From Ambassador Lisa Bobbie Schreiber Hughes. 2. (C) In response to my telephone request, Justice and Police Minister Chandrikapersad Santokhi invited me and my RSO, Doug Marvin, to attend his November 29 meeting with Dutch Ambassador Tanya van Gool and her political officer to disc [...]
2007-12-04 11:22:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASIC PREL SNAR NS
07PARIS4314ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY SCHWEICH BRIEFS FRENCH
[...] (C) On October 10, Acting Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) Thomas Schweich briefed French officials on the 2007 U.S. Counternarcotics Strategy for Afghanistan. Ambassador Jean-Pierre Vidon, Ambassador for the Fight Against Organized Crime, and [...]
2007-10-19 09:41:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL FR MARR MOPS PINS SNAR AF
07PARIS445WHO RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE UN COMMISSION ON
[...] Embassy science officer delivered demarche in REFTEL to Emmanuel Jean, Head of European and International Affairs at the French Ministry of Health, on 11 December 2006. Ms. Jean referred the demarche to AFSSAPS, the French agency for the sanitary security of health products, which is responsib [...]
2007-02-05 14:28:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR UNCND UNCRIME FR
07PARIS4650SARKOZY EAGER TO ACT ON COLOMBIA HOSTAGE SITUATION
[...] (S/NOFORN) SUMMARY. Franco-Colombian hostage Ingrid Betancourt's "proof of life" letter had a profound impact on President Sarkozy and only reinforced his personal engagement, according to Presidential Advisor for the Americas' Damien Loras. Sarkozy is reviewing options following a December 1 telep [...]
2007-12-06 10:35:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR SNAR PINS CO FR
07PARIS4695FRANCE INCSR 2007-2008
[...] (U) Following is post's draft of the France INSCR for 2007-2008. 2. (SBU) Begin Text: I. SUMMARY France continues to be a major transshipment point for drugs moving through Europe. Given France's shared borders with trafficking conduits such as Spain, Italy and Belgium, France is a n [...]
2007-12-13 09:59:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR FR
07PARIS4696FRANCE CARIBBEAN INSCR FOR 2007-2008
[...] (U) Following is post's draft of the France Caribbean INSCR for 2007-2008. 2. (SBU) Begin Text: France Caribbean I. Summary French Guiana, Martinique, Guadeloupe, the French side of Saint Martin and St. Barthelemy are all overseas departments of France and therefore subject to Fren [...]
2007-12-13 10:00:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR FR
07PARIS864BOUCHER AND FRENCH POLITICAL DIRECTOR ARAUD TALK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 1 meeting with Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs Political Director Gerard Araud offered frank views on Afghanistan, counter-narcotics in Central Asia, and France-Turkey relations and offered reco [...]
2007-03-07 07:17:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPARM PBTS PREL PTER SNAR NATO MOPS FR AF PK
07PHNOMPENH1376 CAMBODIA INCSR REPORT PART I
[...] The following is post's submission for the 2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report Part 1. 2. Begin text: Cambodia I. Summary With the recent discovery of a major methamphetamine laboratory, Cambodia now has a confirmed role in drug production, consumption, and traff [...]
2007-11-07 01:27:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR CB
07PHNOMPENH484CAMBODIAN RESPONSE TO CASH COURIERS DEMARCHE
[...] (SBU) Poleconoff presented reftel demarche to Pen Simanh, Director General of Customs and Excise Department, on March 27. Pen Simanh noted that in the past three years, there have been 16 cases of illegal cash smuggling, all discovered at the Phnom Penh International Airport and all destined [...]
2007-03-29 02:08:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN SNAR CB
07PHNOMPENH489CAMBODIAN MONEY LAUNDERING VULNERABILITIES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. An external assessment team recently rated Cambodia as falling far short of international financial regulatory standards and described government officials as being in a "state of denial" about the potential for money laundering. Poor coordination among Cambodian government a [...]
2007-03-29 10:23:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN SNAR KCRM CB
07PHNOMPENH515METHAMPHETAMINE SUPERLAB DISCOVERED; EIGHTEEN
[...] (SBU) Summary. An April 1 police raid of two locations in Cambodia uncovered a large methamphetamine drug lab and resulted in the arrests of 18 individuals and the seizure of four tons of chemicals. A Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) official who assisted in the aftermath of the raid [...]
2007-04-05 11:26:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV ASEC SENV CB
07PHNOMPENH536DEA SAYS CAMBODIAN SUPERLAB WAS INITIAL PROCESSING
[...] (SBU) A Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) team has determined that Cambodia's newly discovered methamphetamine superlab was capable of completing only the first stage in the thionyl chloride method of methamphetamine production, meaning that an intermediate product, chloroephedrine, must have been [...]
2007-04-11 06:54:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR SENV PGOV ASEC CB
07PHNOMPENH577CAMBODIA DRUG TRENDS: INCREASED SEIZURES REFLECT
[...] (SBU) Summary. Even before the April 1, 2007 raid on a methamphetamine superlab (reftels),significant increases in drug seizures in Cambodia in 2006 pointed to a strong increase in drug trafficking and modest improvements in police effectiveness. Increased trafficking by ethnic Chinese and [...]
2007-04-24 04:13:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV ASEC SENV CB
07PHNOMPENH602REQUEST FOR FUNDING FOR METHAMPHETAMINE SUPERLAB
[...] (U) This is an action request for INL and OES. Please see paragraph 10. Methamphetamine Superlab Discovered in Cambodia --------------------------------------------- -- 2. (SBU) On April 1, the Cambodian Anti-Drug Police (CADP) raided a a chemical storehouse in Phnom Penh and ametham [...]
2007-04-30 11:06:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR SENV PREL SOCI KCRM CB
07PHNOMPENH767THE FRONT LINE IN THE CAMBODIAN DRUG STRUGGLE
[...] (SBU) Summary: A remote location, geography conducive to evasion, and a long and poorly patrolled border with Laos make Stung Treng province Cambodia's drug smuggling hot spot, with the value of drugs smuggled estimated in the "dozens of millions" of dollars. During a May 17-19 visit to thi [...]
2007-06-07 09:21:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV KCRM CB
07PHNOMPENH782CAMBODIA: EFFECTIVE NARCOTICS CONTROL AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: Cambodia has a wide-ranging and growing narcotics problem which the government has only limited funding, equipment, skills, and political will to address. During a May 21-23 visit to Phnom Penh, two INL officers learned that drug use in Cambodia is growing, and that while ATS [...]
2007-06-08 07:44:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV KCRM SOCI CB
07PODGORICA65STATE DEPARTMENT REPORTS PROMPT DISCUSSION
[...] (U) Summary: The March 2 publication of the Department's International Narcotics Strategy Control Report (INSCR),and the March 5 publication of the Department's Human Rights Report not only attracted widesprad media attention in Montenegro, but also prompted calls for discussion and action. Th [...]
2007-03-09 16:22:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV SNAR OPRC MW
07PORTAUPRINCE1019PM ON HOPE, CITE SOLEIL, AND DRUGS
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis June 6 to discuss a recent issue in the GoH's implementation of the Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement Act of 2006 (HOPE),as well as his contention that the USG and other international donors [...]
2007-06-08 17:59:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID SNAR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1048LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: TRAINING AND PROVIDING EQUIPMENT TO
[...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests Leahy vetting for 17 HNP officers assigned to Security for the Haitian Secretary of State for Public Security. This team will receive training and be provided with equipment. The training is scheduled for July 9, 2007, and therefore the [...]
2007-06-14 19:37:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1049LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: TRAINING AND PROVIDING EQUIPMENT TO
[...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests Leahy vetting for 27 regular police officers assigned to the security team for the Haitian National Police (HNP) General Director and the Haitian National Palace. the HNP officers will receive training and be provided with equipment.The [...]
2007-06-14 19:40:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1136FORUM EXAMINES SECURITY, GANGS, DEPORTEES
[...] (U) Summary: Members of the GoH, civil society and the international community, including post's DEA representative, came together on June 19 to discuss the challenges Haiti faces from organized crime, corruption and gang violence. Much of the discussion focused on the GoH's National Disarma [...]
2007-06-27 17:35:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ASEC PARM SNAR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1224JUSTICE MINISTER MOVING ON JUSTICE REFORM
[...] (C) Summary. Justice Minister Rene Magloire on July 3 told the Ambassador that his ministry was moving forward to vet Haiti's judges, even as his legislative reform proposals remain stalled in parliament. Because most judicial terms will expire in the coming months, the minister will use the [...]
2007-07-13 15:30:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KJUS KDEM KCRM SNAR PINR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1247POSITIVE PUBLIC REACTION TO DRUG STRIKE
[...] (C) Public reaction to joint operations conducted by the GoH and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) on July 16 to arrest and remove drug traffickers to the U.S. has been largely positive. Coming after a months-long rhetorical campaign against drug-trafficking and corruption led by Presi [...]
2007-07-19 19:47:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL KCOR KCRM SNAR
07PORTAUPRINCE1322LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: FORENSICS TRAINING FOR 13 HNP CRIME
[...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests Leahy Vetting for 13 Haitian National Police officers assigned to Crime Scene duties. These officers will receive Forensics training led by DOJ/ICITAP personnel traveling to Haiti - Dr. Gessy Coicou and Aric Dutelle - who will also rece [...]
2007-08-03 17:37:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1417LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANTI-KIDNAPPING SEMINAR FOR 10
[...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following judiciary police units of the Haitian National Police, who have been selected to participate in a U.S. sponsored training in the Dominican Republic from September 10-14, 2007. Therefo [...]
2007-08-23 19:17:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1458LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: CENTER FOR DRUGS INFORMATION (CDI)
[...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following candidates, of the Haitian National Police (HNP),who have been nominated for training in a U.S. sponsored training in the Dominican Republic from September 18-21, 2007, pursuant to t [...]
2007-08-31 19:34:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR MARR MASS PGOV PHUM HA DEA
07PORTAUPRINCE1492POSTCARD FROM CAP HAITIEN
[...] SUMMARY: The chief executive official in Haiti's North Department (capital: Cap-Haitien) described his two priorities as an improved security environment to attract foreign investment and a more effective natural disaster response. The Department chief executive said that the new mayor of Cap [...]
2007-09-10 17:49:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ASEC SNAR SMIG EAID SOCI HA
07PORTAUPRINCE156LAMBERT: PARLIAMENT SUPPORTS ACTION AGAINST DRUG
[...] (C) The Ambassador raised the question of drug trafficking in Haiti to National Assembly President Joseph Lambert, and he took the opportunity to speak at length about the problem. In a meeting with the Ambassador on January 25, Lambert stated that the Haitian parliament is ready to support [...]
2007-01-29 13:57:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR PINR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1574LEAHY VETTING REQUEST:PARTICIPATION OF TWO HAITIAN NATIONAL
[...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following participants, of the Haitian National Police (HNP),who have been invited to the 114th Annual Conference of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP),pursuant to the [...]
2007-09-26 17:22:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR MARR MASS PGOV PHUM HA DEA
07PORTAUPRINCE1623LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: M-4 RIFLE SHOOTING AND
[...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following units of the Haitian National Police (HNP) assigned to Security for the Haitian Secretary of State for Public Security (HSSPS) and for the Director General of the HNP to participate i [...]
2007-10-05 13:57:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1720Improving Human Rights vetting processing from Washington
[...] In 2007, the Narcotics Affairs Section (NAS) in Port-au-Prince assumed responsibility for handling the human rights vetting at Post in compliance with the Department of State Leahy Amendment. Post has developed a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Leahy vetting. However, we have encountere [...]
2007-10-25 14:14:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR MARR MASS PGOV PHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1810MUTINY IN THE NATIONAL PENITENTIARY
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (U) SUMMARY: A riot ensued in the National Penitentiary on November 7 after Chief Prosecutor Claudy Gassant authorized the release of 121 long-serving male prisoners. The riot was quelled in under two hours by [...]
2007-11-14 15:51:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KCRM KJUS SOCI SNAR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1832LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: COUNTER TERRORISM SEMINAR FOR 11
[...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following candidates, of the Haitian National Police, who have been nominated to participate in a U.S. sponsored training, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. 3. Thi [...]
2007-11-19 17:28:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA DEA
07PORTAUPRINCE1852HAITIAN POLICE ACADEMY GRADUATION SPEECHES
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (U) On November 6, the 19th class of recruits of the Haitian National Police (HNP) Academy graduated. The class consisted of 627 cadets, including 86 women. This is the largest number of women to ever enter [...]
2007-11-21 19:54:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR SOCI KJUS HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1856LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: CONTINUATION OF FORENSICS TRAINING
[...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in Vetting the following unit of the Haitian National Police assigned to Crime Scene duties. The instructors- Dr. Gessy Coicou and Mr. Aric Dutelle - delegated by the DOJ/ICITAP will continue the second porti [...]
2007-11-23 17:34:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1859LEAHY VETTING REQUEST:PARTICIPATION OF COMMISSAR
[...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following participant of the Haitian National Police (HNP) to the FBI National Academy for a period of three (3) months of intensive command course in Quantico, Virginia, pursuant to the Leahy [...]
2007-11-23 20:01:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR MARR MASS PGOV PHUM HA DEA
07PORTAUPRINCE1880AMBASSADOR VISITS LES CAYES
[...] (U) Summary: Ambassador traveled November 14 and 15 to the South Department's capital city, Les Cayes, accompanied by DepDir USAID and Emboffs. Haiti's ''southern claw'' is still recovering from flooding caused by Tropical Storm Noel and its aftermath. Les Cayes thus far has been spared si [...]
2007-11-29 19:47:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MOPS EAID ECON SNAR SOCI HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1897LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: PARTICIPATION OF COMMISSAR FRANTZ
[...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following participant of the Haitian National Police (HNP) to the inaugural event in "the CARICOM-US Partnership to Combat Illicit Trafficking in Arms" in Nassau/Bahamas, December 11-12, 2007, [...]
2007-12-03 20:05:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR MARR MASS PGOV PHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1899POSTCARD FROM LES CAYES: POOR BUT PEACEFUL
[...] (SBU) Summary: The southern city of Les Cayes does not face the major security concerns common to Port-au-Prince, but social problems stemming from widespread poverty do arise on occasion. Local Haitian National Police grapple with drug trafficking, poor prison conditions and a faulty justic [...]
2007-12-04 13:57:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM ECON SNAR SOCI HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1904HAITI MONTHLY: NOVEMBER, 2007
[...] (U) Summary: This is a monthly report on various topics of interest which do not merit a full reporting cable. End summary. 2. (SBU) PREVAL SEEKS CONSENSUS ON NEED FOR CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM FROM MAJOR LABOR UNIONS. Gesner Milcent, General Coordinator for the Haitian Syndicate Initiative (I [...]
2007-12-05 18:47:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON HA PGOV SMIG SNAR
07PORTAUPRINCE210PM RAISES DRUGS, AIRPORT WITH AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) Having asked for a meeting on an hours notice, Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis on January 26 raised concerns to the Ambassador about potential USG plans to add Haiti's international airport to a list of those requiring "extraordinary security measures" and expressed a desire for clo [...]
2007-02-01 15:57:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR KCRM EAIR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE303SENATE PRESIDENT LAMBERT: I AM NOT A
[...] (C) Summary. Senate President Joseph Lambert on February 6 calmly and methodically denied accusations that he had connections to drug traffickers in a two-hour conversation with Polcouns. Lambert acknowledged that suspicions arose as a result of his association with Jean Marie Fourel Celestin [...]
2007-02-13 17:23:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR KDEM
07PORTAUPRINCE370STATUS OF JUSTICE REFORM
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The justice sector in Haiti is in dire need of reform. Despite ongoing efforts by the international community, no single part of the apparatus functions properly, from arrest to trial. Havin [...]
2007-02-26 14:19:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KJUS KDEM KCRM SNAR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE408RESPONSE TO INR/B REQUIREMENTS ON PRESIDENT PREVAL
[...] (C) Introduction: Reftel asks for a comprehensive assessment of President Preval's decision-making process and leadership style. As noted in reftel, post has reported on many of the specific topics inquired about over the course of Preval's re-election campaign and the first year of his second [...]
2007-03-01 17:50:00Embassy Port Au PrinceSECRETPGOV PREL SNAR KCRM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE424SCENESETTER FOR DEA ADMINISTRATOR TANDY'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) Post retransmits below, beginning para 3, Ambassador Sanderson's message to DEA Administrator Tandy, prepared in January in advance of her visit subsequently rescheduled for March 7. Since the original transmission of that message, post has continued to engage with various senior officials [...]
2007-03-05 14:59:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR KCRM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE433JUAN GABRIEL VALDES RETURNING TO HAITI
[...] (C) According to Denneth Modeste (strictly protect),the OAS' representative to Haiti, on March 8, the former Special Representative of the Secretary General in Haiti (2004-2006),Juan Gabriel Valdes (Chile),will return to Haiti under the auspices of the Secretary General of the OAS to hold p [...]
2007-03-05 20:03:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR KCRM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE477LAVALAS CLASHES WITH CAP HAITIEN PORT AUTHORITY
[...] (C) Summary: Lavalas demonstrations began on February 24 at the Port of Cap Haitien in response to an incident in which a port security guard pepper sprayed a Fanmi Lavalas deputy mayor-elect, Fritz Joseph. Joseph was attempting to gain entry to the port without proper identification as part [...]
2007-03-09 18:41:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC PINR SNAR EWWT HA
07PORTAUPRINCE506PREVAL HIGHLIGHTS DRUG-TRAFFICKING WITH CODEL PRICE
[...] Summary: President Preval on February 23 focused his meeting with CODEL Price on narcotics trafficking, thanking the delegation for their efforts to assist the Haitian parliament, but devoting most of the rest of the 75-minute meeting to a discussion of the threat that drugs pose to Haitian st [...]
2007-03-14 19:41:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR KCRM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE513JUSTICE MINISTER REQUESTS DRUG ASSISTANCE
[...] (SBU) Justice Minister Rene Magloire told the Ambassador on March 8 that the anti-drug trafficking unit of the Haitian National Police (known by its French acronym, BLTS) does not have the means to combat drug trafficking in Haiti without improved performance of the judiciary. He specifically [...]
2007-03-15 18:22:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SNAR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE515POSTCARD FROM CAP HAITIEN
[...] (U) Summary: Cap Haitien, on the north coast of Haiti, is the country's second largest city with a population of roughly 100,000. Local residents and officials downplay the city's insecurity problems, but cite lack of infrastructure and basic social services, such as garbage collection, as [...]
2007-03-15 18:27:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ASEC SNAR SMIG EAID SOCI HA
07PORTAUPRINCE526JUSTICE MINISTER ANTICIPATES REFORM
[...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: On March 8, Justice Minister Rene Magloire told Ambassador that his priorities are to reduce pre-trial detention times and to create effective task forces for serious crimes. His endeavors are bei [...]
2007-03-19 14:32:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KJUS KDEM KCRM SNAR PINR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE54PREVAL ON THUGS, DRUGS, AND HIS HEALTH
[...] (C) I met with President Preval for an hour the evening of January 11, shortly after the president returned from the Ortega inauguration in Manugua. Key topics of discussion included the security situation, Haiti's drug problem and his agreement to meet with his Colombian and Dominican counte [...]
2007-01-12 19:43:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV SNAR HA US
07PORTAUPRINCE757VETTING REQUEST: FIRST SUBMISSION OF 50 HAITIAN NATIONAL
[...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests Department initiate review of the following 50 HNP cadets among the approximately 655 recruited for the training of the 19TH Promotion. 3. We received comments regarding three individuals following the Consular Section's NIK process [...]
2007-04-24 18:49:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR MARR MASS PGOV PHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE771PENDING REPORT ON PRISONS
[...] (U) The International Crisis Group (ICG) will soon release a report highlighting deficiencies in Haiti's prison system, and warn that increased arrests from MINUSTAH's and the HNP's security crackdown exacerbates the strains on the prison system. Dr. Damien Helly, the ICG's senior analyst f [...]
2007-04-25 19:23:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDASEC HA KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL PHUM SNAR
07PORTAUPRINCE781PREVAL GOING TO ALBA SUMMIT: RETURNING WITH A
[...] (C) Secretary General of the Presidency Fritz Longchamps on April 26 reported to Polcouns that President Preval will attend the Alba summit in Venzuela as a "special observer" for the express purpose of finalizing a tri-lateral assistance agreement between Haiti, Venezuela, and Cuba, whereby V [...]
2007-04-26 19:51:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR KCRM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE807VETTING REQUEST: SECOND SUBMISSION OF 50 HAITIAN NATIONAL
[...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests Department initiate review of the following 50 HNP cadets among the approximately 655 recruited for training of the 19th Promotion. 3. We received comments regarding three (3) individuals following the consular section's NIK proc [...]
2007-05-02 18:26:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE811VETTING REQUEST: THIRD (3RD) SUBMISSION OF 50 HAITIAN
[...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests Department initiate review of the following 50 HNP cadets among the approximately 655 recruited for training of the 19th Promotion. 3. No derogatory information for the third (3rd) submission. 4. HNP Training (101)Last Nam [...]
2007-05-03 15:54:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE817VETTING REQUEST: FOURTH (4TH) SUBMISSION OF 50 HAITIAN
[...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests Department initiate review of the following 50 HNP cadets among the approximately 655 recruited for training of the 19th Promotion. 3. We received comments regarding one name following the consular section's NIK process. 4. [...]
2007-05-03 19:07:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE829ALBA AFTERMATH: HAITI SHRUGGED
[...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Media coverage and popular reaction to President Preval's return from the ALBA summit in Caracas (ref A) unsurprisingly focused almost entirely on the details of the agreement between Preval and Pr [...]
2007-05-04 19:51:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV SNAR KCRM HA VE
07PORTAUPRINCE860LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: FIFTH (5TH) SUBMISSION OF 50 HAITIAN
[...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests Department initiate review of the following 50 HNP cadets among the 654 recruited for training of the 19th Promotion. The 19th class is scheduled for graduation on August 7, 2007, and therefore, the vetting process must be complete [...]
2007-05-10 17:50:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE863LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: SIXTH (6TH) SUBMISSION OF 50 HAITIAN
[...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests Department initiate review of the following 50 HNP cadets among the 654 recruited for training of the 19th Promotion. The 19th class is scheduled for graduation on August 7, 2007, and therefore, the vetting process must be completed w [...]
2007-05-11 13:53:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE883LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: SEVEN (7TH) SUBMISSION OF 50 HAITIAN
[...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests Department initiate review of the following 50 HNP cadets among the 654 recruited for training of the 19th Promotion. The 19th class is scheduled for graduation on August 7, 2007, and therefore, the vetting process must be completed w [...]
2007-05-14 18:36:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE885LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: EIGHTH (8TH) SUBMISSION OF 50
[...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests Department initiate review of the following 50 HNP cadets among the 654 recruited for training of the 19th Promotion. The 19th class is scheduled for graduation on August 7, 2007, and therefore, the vetting process must be completed w [...]
2007-05-14 18:37:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE892LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: NINTH (9TH) SUBMISSION OF 50 HAITIAN
[...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests Department initiate review of the following 50 HNP cadets among the 654 recruited for training of the 19th Promotion. The 19th class is scheduled for graduation on August 7, 2007, and therefore, the vetting process must be completed w [...]
2007-05-15 19:22:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE900LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: TENTH (10TH) SUBMISSION OF 50
[...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests Department initiate review of the following 50 HNP cadets among the 654 recruited for training of the 19th Promotion. The 19th class is scheduled for graduation on August 7, 2007, and therefore, the vetting process must be completed w [...]
2007-05-16 18:53:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE901LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ELEVENTH (11TH) SUBMISSION OF 50
[...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests Department initiate review of the following 50 HNP cadets among the 654 recruited for training of the 19th Promotion. The 19th class is scheduled for graduation on August 7, 2007, and therefore, the vetting process must be completed w [...]
2007-05-16 19:51:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE930LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: TWELFTH (12TH) SUBMISSION OF 50
[...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests Department initiate review of the following 50 HNP cadets among the 654 recruited for training of the 19th Promotion. The 19th class is scheduled for graduation on August 7, 2007, and therefore, the vetting process must be completed w [...]
2007-05-21 19:54:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE934LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: THIRTEENTH (13TH) SUBMISSION; THE
[...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests the Department initiate review of the following 54 HNP cadets among the 654 recruited for training of the 19th Promotion. This is the final submission of names that total 654. The 19th class is scheduled for graduation on August 7, 2 [...]
2007-05-22 15:56:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE948AMBASSADOR/PM REVIEW BILATERAL AGENDA
[...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador on May 16 called on Prime Minister Alexis to discuss with him President Preval's visit to Washington and review other bilateral issues, including cooperation on money-laundering, illegal emigration, and Cite Soleil development. The PM reported that Preval had exp [...]
2007-05-25 15:23:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR KCRM KJUS HA
07PORTAUPRINCE983CONFIRMATION: US CARICOM MINISTERIAL SUMMIT
[...] The foreign ministry has provided the following list of delegates attending the US CARICOM Ministerial Summit: --Rene Preval, President of Haiti --Dr. Jean Renald Clerisme, Minister of Foreign Affairs --Mr. Daniel Elie, Minister of Culture and Communication --Honorable Joseph Lambert, Presi [...]
2007-06-01 19:11:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SNAR KCRM HA
07PORTOFSPAIN1187GOTT ACKNOWLEDGES CNIES MESSAGE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-11 19:05:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA PREL SNAR TD
07PORTOFSPAIN1205TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: SERIOUS PUBLIC CONCERN ABOUT
[...] (SBU) Summary: With Christmas and the February 2008 Carnival season approaching, Trinidad and Tobago is gripped by fear of crime, which, fueled by media frenzy, is perceived as out of control. Many complain that the GOTT is powerless to do anything, or is unconcerned, criticizing the perform [...]
2007-12-20 19:56:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC KCRM SNAR SOCI TD
07PORTOFSPAIN389 T&T PRIME MINISTER SEEKS U.S. ENGAGEMENT IN MEETING WITH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During an April 16 meeting with CODEL Engel, Trinidad & Tobago Prime Minister Manning voiced frustration that Washington has not engaged on his bilateral economic and security proposals, and he complained about Article 98 and low margins on LNG sales to the U.S. CODEL members ag [...]
2007-04-20 19:10:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EPET ETRD MARR SNAR VE TD
07PORTOFSPAIN517 RESPONDING TO PRIME MINISTER MANNING'S BILATERAL AGENDA
[...] (U) This is an action request - see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: When Prime Minister Manning visits Washington for the Caribbean 20/20 Conference in June, he will bring with him a series of bilateral proposals on trade, tax policy, and narcotics interdiction that he has been raising consi [...]
2007-05-24 21:43:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ETRD EFIN MARR SNAR TD
07PORTOFSPAIN652SOUTHCOM COMMANDER STAVRIDIS VISITS TRINIDAD &
[...] (C) SUMMARY - Southcom Commander Admiral James Stavridis visited Trinidad and Tobago June 29 for meetings with Ambassador Austin and Embassy Senior Staff, Prime Minister Patrick Manning, Chief of Defense Staff Edmund Dillon and his regiment chiefs. PM Manning seemed particularly pleased with [...]
2007-07-05 14:07:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL SNAR MASS MOPS TD
07PORTOFSPAIN657SOUTHCOM COMMANDER STAVRIDIS VISITS TRINIDAD &
[...] (C) SUMMARY - Southcom Commander Admiral James Stavridis visited Trinidad and Tobago June 29 for meetings with Ambassador Austin and Embassy Senior Staff, Prime Minister Patrick Manning, Chief of Defense Staff Edmund Dillon and his regiment chiefs. PM Manning seemed particularly pleased with [...]
2007-07-05 17:41:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL SNAR MASS MOPS TD
07PORTOFSPAIN786TRINIDAD'S INL CANINE ACADEMY PROGRAM: AN
[...] SUMMARY: On August 3, the Trinidad and Tobago Canine Academy held their most recent graduation for 9 new officers and canines. In addition, the national newspapers showcased the academy on June 14 and 15. This new unit of the T&T Police Service was established with the assistance of post's I [...]
2007-08-09 12:54:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM TD
07PRISTINA21KOSOVO: UNMIK CUSTOMS ASSISTS IN SEIZURE OF OVER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: UNMIK Customs Service became suspicious when a truck later found to contain about 430 kilograms of cocaine entered Kosovo from Montenegro. They held the truck overnight in Peja, and escorted it to the Macedonian border January 8, where Macedonian authorities discovered the cocai [...]
2007-01-10 17:00:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPBTS SNAR KCRM KJUS EAID UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA768KOSOVO: RESPONSE TO NARCOTICS AND CHEMICAL CONTROL
[...] (U) Following is the submission from U.S. Office in Pristina for the narcotics and chemical control sections of this year's INCSR report. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Kosovo is primarily a transit point for heroin originating in Turkey and Afghanistan and destined for Western European countries, but it [...]
2007-11-05 16:35:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
07QUITO1046AMBASSADOR AND FORMIN CLEAR THE AIR; PREPARE FOR D
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Maria Espinosa on May 8 to discuss the Deputy Secretary's May 9 visit, probe the ForMin on her harsh comments about the Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT),and to clarify the USG position on the 2007 UNITAS move. She expressed USG hope tha [...]
2007-05-08 23:11:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO
07QUITO108CORREA AND URIBE ANNOUNCE DEAL ON SPRAY STUDY
[...] (SBU) Summary: President-elect Rafael Correa of Ecuador and President Alvaro Uribe of Colombia announced an agreement on January 10 to conduct a tripartite study of the aerial fumigation of coca crops in Colombia along the Ecuadorian border. The study would be conducted by representatives of [...]
2007-01-12 21:09:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SNAR EC CO
07QUITO1180UN HEALTH RAPPORTEUR SIDES WITH GOE ON SPRAYING
[...] (SBU) Summary: United Nations Rapporteur for Human Health Rights Paul Hunt visited Ecuador May 14-18 at the invitation of the GOE to conduct a "non-scientific" study of the impact of Colombia's aerial fumigation program on Ecuadorian residents in the border region. Hunt met with residents, NG [...]
2007-05-22 20:20:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO
07QUITO1258NEW COLOMBIAN FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS ECUADOR
[...] (U) Summary: Colombian Foreign Minister Fernando Araujo made his first official visit to Ecuador on May 28. During the visit, Araujo stressed the need for continued anti-narcotics cooperation; communicated GOC willingness to compensate border residents for damage caused by aerial fumigations [...]
2007-05-31 22:59:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO
07QUITO1302CORREA AND GARCIA TALK BORDER DEVELOPMENT; DENY
[...] (U) Summary: Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa and Peruvian President Alan Garcia met on June 1 in Tumbes, Peru for the presidents' first binational meeting on border issues. Correa stressed the need for continued investment by Ecuador, Peru, and the international community in the border re [...]
2007-06-06 20:15:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC
07QUITO1534VICE FOREIGN MINISTER REVIEWS THE RELATIONSHIP
[...] (C) Summary. In reviewing the main messages that the GOE delivered in Washington during its lobbying efforts for ATPA extension, the Vice Foreign Minister presented Ecuador's take on the key elements in our relationship: the importance of ATPA renewal, the need to think about what might succ [...]
2007-07-05 18:00:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALETRD PREL SNAR EC
07QUITO1553GLYPHOSATE TAKES ANOTHER HIT IN ECUADOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ecuadorian Commission studying the health and environmental impacts of Colombia's aerial coca eradication program on Ecuador's north released its findings on July 2. The Commission argues that the chemical mixture used by the GOC since 2000 is highly toxic and has caused e [...]
2007-07-09 20:11:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO
07QUITO156GOVERNMENT MINISTER LARREA PUSHES REFORM AGENDA
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Minister of Government Gustavo Larrea on January 18 to promote continued bilateral law enforcement cooperation. Larrea, a prominent leftist critic of the U.S. in the past, and president Correa's chief political strategist and operator, was disarmingly co [...]
2007-01-19 19:09:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR SNAR ECON EC
07QUITO1634ECUADOR -- DEMARCHE RESPONSE: UN CONVENTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-20 13:41:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KJUS PTER SNAR EC
07QUITO17CORREA NAMES FINAL CABINET POSTS, INCLUDING A
[...] (SBU) Summary: On December 27, President-Elect Rafael Correa announced the rest of his cabinet, to be sworn in on January 15. The new officials named were: Guadalupe Larriva, as Minister of Defense; Caroline Chang as Health Minister; Trajano Andrade Viteri will head the Transportation and Pu [...]
2007-01-04 07:39:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PINR SNAR EC
07QUITO175NEW MINDEF EMPHASIZES SOCIAL MISSION
[...] (C) Summary: In her initial call on Minister of Defense Guadalupe Larriva on January 18, the Ambassador expressed USG willingness to deepen security cooperation, and highlighted successful U.S. led development projects and military humanitarian exercises. Larriva welcomed USG support for ci [...]
2007-01-22 19:56:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO
07QUITO1945USNS COMFORT VISIT TO ECUADOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The USNS Comfort stopped in Manta, Ecuador, on August 15-21 during its humanitarian assistance deployment in the region. In coordination with Mission Ecuador personnel, NGOs and Ecuadorian authorities, members of the medical ship provided some 51,000 instances of medical, dent [...]
2007-08-24 11:39:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO
07QUITO1947USNS COMFORT VISIT TO ECUADOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The USNS Comfort stopped in Manta, Ecuador, on August 15-21 during its humanitarian assistance deployment in the region. In coordination with Mission Ecuador personnel, NGOs and Ecuadorian authorities, members of the medical ship provided some 51,000 instances of medical, dent [...]
2007-08-24 15:45:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO
07QUITO211HELICOPTER COLLISION KILLS MINDEF AND DAUGHTER
[...] (C) Summary: Ecuadorian Minister of Defense Guadalupe Larriva, her 17-year-old daughter Claudia Avila Larriva, and five Ecuadorian Army officials were killed in a collision of two helicopters at 8:19 pm on January 24 in Manta, Manabi province. While details on the exact cause of the collision [...]
2007-01-25 21:36:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO
07QUITO216US JURISDICTION OF VISITING US MILITARY PERSONNEL
[...] (C) Summary: The Ecuadorian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 28 September 2006 approved U.S. military training activities in Ecuador from 01 October 2006 through 30 September 2007. Post, per RefTel request, exchanged diplomatic notes with the MFA as has been done each year since 1999 in lieu [...]
2007-01-26 21:00:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO
07QUITO2233AMBASSADOR INAUGURATES REGIONAL ANTI-NARCOTICS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ambassador Jewell participated in the inauguration of an approximately $2 million NAS-funded regional antinarcotics center in the northern city of Tulcan, Carchi province, on September 24. The facility will serve as a command center and checkpoint five miles from the Colombian [...]
2007-10-01 19:23:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALMARR MAS MOPS PREL SNAR EC CO
07QUITO2344ECUADOR GOVERNMENT MINISTER LARREA ON CONSTITUENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Speaking October 10 at a luncheon meeting with eight Ambassadors (including Ambassador Jewell),Government Minister Gustavo Larrea described the Correa administration's philosophy, how it translated into success in the Constituent Assembly elections, and provisions the adminis [...]
2007-10-18 16:41:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPGOV SNAR PREL EAGR KCOR EC
07QUITO2398ECUADOR'S RESPONSE TO FARC LETTER
[...] (SBU) On October 18, Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) Secretariat member Raul Reyes sent a public letter to President Correa expressing the FARC's desire to establish peaceful political and diplomatic relations with the GOE and avoid any confrontation with the Ecuadorian military. [...]
2007-10-26 20:19:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL SNAR EC CO
07QUITO2434ECUADOR: AMBASSADOR INAUGURATES NAS-FUNDED PIER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ambassador Jewell participated in the inauguration of an approximately $3.4 million Narcotics Affairs Section (NAS) funded 435 meter pier for the Ecuadorian Navy in the northern city of San Lorenzo, Esmeraldas province, 10 miles south of the Colombian border, on October 23, 200 [...]
2007-10-31 20:54:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SNAR EC
07QUITO245ECUADOR'S COMPLEX MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL DIVESTMENT
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 22 meeting with DATT and EconOff, senior managers of HoldingDINE, one of Ecuador's military-industrial conglomerates, expressed confidence that they would continue to enjoy freedom of operation even as a newly ratified law aims to impose strict limitations on the mili [...]
2007-01-30 20:16:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON MARR PINR EIND ETRD SNAR EC
07QUITO2570ECUADORIAN ARMY'S 4TH DIVISION OPERATIONS AGAINST
[...] (C) Summary. The Ecuadorian Army's Fourth Division has engaged the FARC along the border with Colombian since November 19, 2007. This series of operations demonstrates previously uncharacteristic resolve and coordination by the Ecuadorian military to press the attack and to continue surveill [...]
2007-11-29 20:26:00Embassy QuitoSECRETMOPS MCAP MASS PTER SNAR PREL EC CO
07QUITO27CODEL REID VISIT SETS POSITIVE TONE WITH NEW
[...] (C) Summary: Codel Reid's visit to Ecuador from December 29-31 sent a message to the incoming government of President-Elect Rafael Correa of USG openness to dialogue, respect for Ecuadorian sovereignty and determination to continue cooperation on issues of mutual importance. The bipartisan vi [...]
2007-01-04 09:23:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ETRD EAID PINR MARR SNAR OREP
07QUITO280ARMY COMMANDER CANNED; NEW MINDEF NAMED
[...] (U) Summary: Fulfilling his promise to replace deceased MinDef Guadalupe Larriva (RefTel) with a female civilian from the southern highland city of Cuenca, President Correa on January 30 named Lorena Escudero as the new Minister of Defense. Escudero, who assumed control of the Ministry of De [...]
2007-02-05 12:13:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO
07QUITO3CODEL REID MEETING WITH PRESIDENT-ELECT CORREA
[...] (C) Summary. In a wide ranging conversation with Codel Reid, president-elect Rafael Correa asked for better treatment of Ecuadorian migrants, welcomed Sen. Reid's statement that he would work for ATPA extension, expressed a commitment to combat narcotic trafficking, complained vociferously ab [...]
2007-01-03 09:07:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SNAR CVIS ETRD ECON EFIN EINV EC
07QUITO347MOD DEATH - MECHANICAL FAILURE RULED OUT; MILITARY
[...] (U) Summary: The congressional investigatory commission studying the helicopter collision that killed former MinDef Guadalupe Larriva and her daughter on January 24 announced on February 7 that human error, not technical malfunction nor any kind of deliberate conspiracy, was to blame for the cr [...]
2007-02-09 22:53:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC
07QUITO380CORREA AND VP RATCHET UP RHETORIC ON COLOMBIAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a visit to the border region on February 14, President Rafael Correa announced he had ordered the Ecuadorian Air Force to intercept planes violating Ecuadorian air space on its northern border with Colombia. Correa's announcement does not represent a change in GOE polic [...]
2007-02-15 22:46:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR EC CO
07QUITO494AMB TOBIAS DELIVERS MESSAGE OF COOPERATION AND
[...] (C) Summary: During a February 26-27 visit to Quito, U.S. Director for Foreign Assistance and USAID Administrator Ambassador Randall L. Tobias conveyed a message of continued USG support to Ecuador, despite U.S. budget constraints. In meetings with Foreign Minister Maria Espinosa, Police Chie [...]
2007-03-05 14:35:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR EC
07QUITO537AMBASSADOR AND NEW MINDEF DISCUSS COOPERATION
[...] (C) Summary: In her initial call on newly appointed Minister of Defense Lorena Escudero on March 1, the Ambassador highlighted successful U.S. military led humanitarian and security projects, and stressed the importance of continued cooperation. She conveyed USG concern over reports that Esc [...]
2007-03-07 22:44:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC
07QUITO575GOE REACTION TO HRC OBJECTIVES
[...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel points on March 9 to Lourdes Puma Puma, MFA Director General for multilateral affairs. Puma confirmed that Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Maria Fernanda Espinoza will attend the opening sessions of the Human Rights Council, as well as the disarmament commission. [...]
2007-03-12 21:29:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL AORC SNAR UN CO EC
07QUITO642Manta FOL - Request for DOS and DOD Financial Support for
[...] The U.S.-Ecuador agreement to allow U.S. counter narcotics operations to be conducted at the Forward Operating Location (FOL) at the Eloy Alfaro Ecuadorian air base in Manta expires in Nov., 2009. President Rafael Correa has publicly stated that he does not intend to renew the agreement. Th [...]
2007-03-20 12:04:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINS PGOV SNAR MARR MASS KPAO
07QUITO704GOE TO LAUNCH "PLAN ECUADOR"; BACKS OFF
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Espinosa, Defense Minister Escudero, and Minister Coordinator Bustamante on March 20 announced vague plans to develop a "Plan Ecuador" to promote peace, attack poverty, and manage negative impacts on Ecuador of Colombia's internal conflict, and solicited internati [...]
2007-03-23 21:58:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EAID EC CO
07QUITO767GOE PROTESTS ALLEGED INCURSION; GOC FIRES BACK
[...] (SBU) Summary: Foreign Minister Espinosa on March 29 announced that Ecuador had proof that Colombian military units entered Ecuador on March 22 in pursuit of two suspected FARC members. She said that the GOE would immediately send a diplomatic note protesting the incursion, and calling on Co [...]
2007-03-30 21:58:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO
07QUITO916DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNCAC CONVENTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-20 21:12:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KJUS PG PTER SNAR EC
07QUITO953PLAN ECUADOR FOR PEACE, JUSTICE, AND EQUITY
[...] (C) Summary: President Rafael Correa on April 24 unveiled "Plan Ecuador for Peace, Justice, and Equity," aimed at countering the negative impacts of Colombia's internal conflict on Ecuador. The plan purports to guide GOE and international donor development activity in the northern border re [...]
2007-04-26 20:27:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO
07QUITO956AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO REMOTE ARMY POST ON COLOMBIA
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador visited a remote Ecuadorian military post located in Puerto El Carmen, Sucumbios province, on April 23. While there, she discussed illegal armed group activity with Ecuadorian military officials, viewed USG funded military projects, and met with the beneficiarie [...]
2007-04-26 22:04:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO
07RANGOON1109BURMA: INCSR II MONEY LAUNDERING AND FINANCIAL CRIMES
[...] This report responds to reftel request for the INCSR II Money Laundering and Financial Crimes Report update. 2. Burma, a major drug-producing country, has taken steps to strengthen its anti-money laundering regulatory regime in 2006 and 2007. The country's economy remains dominated by state [...]
2007-11-15 08:37:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KCRM KTFN SNAR BM
07RANGOON1127BURMA: INCSR I DRUGS AND CHEMICAL CONTROL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-21 09:56:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV PREL BM
07RANGOON1130BURMA: INCSR I DRUGS AND CHEMICAL CONTROL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-21 10:31:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV PREL BM
07RANGOON114BURMA: HOW THE WELL-CONNECTED MAKE MONEY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Aik Htun acknowledged that his position stems from his comfortable relations with major government and business players built on 30 years of experience working deals through the regime. He denied the widespread allegations connecting him to narcotics trafficking and money laund [...]
2007-02-01 08:10:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV SNAR BM
07RANGOON156BURMA'S ETHNIC MON STRADDLE THE FENCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A New Mon State Party (NMSP) leader recently told us relations with the regime are not good, but the NMSP prefers to play along than to break its 20-year cease-fire and return to fighting. The NMSP recently traveled to three Mon districts to explain to the public why it downgrade [...]
2007-02-15 03:38:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS PREL SNAR BM
07RANGOON255INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS TO HELP BURMA,S WAR ON DRUGS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: At a semi-annual Rangoon meeting of the Mini-Dublin Group, the countries tracking narcotics in Burma echoed concerns of the INCSR and UNODC Annual Report. All agreed that Burma is making credible progress in disrupting drug trafficking networks and reducing opium cultivation, bu [...]
2007-03-09 11:55:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM BM
07RANGOON555BURMA: 2007 COUNTERNARCOTICS REPORT CARD
[...] (U) This message responds to ref A request for a report on the Government of Burma's cooperation on counternarcotics efforts, based on benchmarks established in the prior year, in preparation for the FY 2008 certification process. 2. (SBU) Begin Text of 2007 Certification Report Card: [...]
2007-06-08 09:17:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM BM
07RIGA200SHOW ME THE MONEY - LATVIA TACKLES CASH COURIERS
[...] (U) Summary: Per reftel, PolOff delivered background notes on Cash Couriers to Viesturs Burkans, head of Latvia's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) and Agnese Vilde of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Legal Department. In response, Vilde and Burkans outlined the key provision of Latvia's new [...]
2007-03-15 15:17:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCRM SNAR LG
07RIGA417LATVIA'S FIU ANNOUNCES TWO OF ITS BIGGEST CASES
[...] (C) Summary: It was recently announced that Latvia's Financial Investigations Unit (FIU) handed over two of their largest cases to the Prosecutor General's office since 1998. These two cases involved over 160 people and companies from all over Latvia and well over four million USD in illegal f [...]
2007-05-31 12:36:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNSNAR EFIN PGOV KCRM LG
07RIGA422LATVIA'S FIU REPORTS HISTORIC SUCCESS FOR 2006
[...] (U) Summary: Over the past nine years, the Latvian Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) has grown both in size and experience and is considered on of the most sophisticated in the region. The number of suspicious activity reports turned over to the FIU from looking forward has nearly doubled [...]
2007-06-01 13:10:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALSNAR EFIN PGOV PTER KCRM LG
07RIGA611LATVIA/AFGHANISTAN: CN PLAN AND TROUBLES WITH
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-10 12:04:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR MOPS AF LG
07RIGA741FURTHER WORRYING STEPS ON RULE OF LAW IN LATVIA
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Additional developments on rule of law in Latvia only add to our concern. Late September 28, we became worried that there was a move afoot within the Latvian government to sack prosecutor General Maizitis. We strongly warned senior levels of the GOL against such a move, noting [...]
2007-10-02 14:54:00Embassy RigaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV KCOR SNAR LG
07RIODEJANEIRO295ASSISTANT SECRETARY PATTERSON'S VISIT TO RIO, MAY 16, 2007
[...] (U) INL A/S Anne Patterson completed her Brazil travel with a May 16 stop in Rio de Janeiro where she held discussions with representatives of civil society and local and state government to examine public security issues in and around Rio. She wrapped up the visit by meeting with Governor Se [...]
2007-06-08 16:10:00Consulate Rio De JaneiroUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV PREL KJUS BR
07RIYADH149INCSR 2006: SAUDI ARABIA SUBMISSION
[...] (U) In response to reftel, Post submits its 2006 International Narcotics Control Straetgy Report. BEGIN TEXT: I. Summary Saudi Arabia has no appreciable drug production and is not a significant transit country. Saudi Arabia,s conservative cultural and religious norms discourage drug abu [...]
2007-01-24 06:04:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SNAR KCRM
07ROME1369CENTER-LEFT ELEMENTS SOFT-PEDALING ON DRUGS
[...] (C) Summary: During last year's electoral campaign, the center-left coalition consistently made clear that a top priority would be to abolish a relatively tough anti-drug law passed by the previous Berlusconi government. However, it is not clear that coalition members who advocate overhauling [...]
2007-06-21 15:01:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALSNAR UNCDN EU AF IT
07ROME2283INSCR ITALY: 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-31 17:04:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR IT
07SANAA1418PART ONE OF FOUR: RESULTS OF FINANCIAL SYSTEMS
[...] Summary. A multi-agency Financial Systems Assessment Team (FSAT) conducted a week-long, in-country evaluation of Yemen,s capacity to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, in order to determine its most critical training and technical assistance needs on March 1-7, 2007. Yemen is [...]
2007-07-24 07:39:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN KCRM PREL PTER SNAR EFIN YM
07SANAA1423PART TWO OF FOUR: RESULTS OF FINANCIAL SYSTEMS
[...] Summary. A multi-agency Financial Systems Assessment Team (FSAT) conducted a week-long, in-country evaluation of Yemen,s capacity to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, in order to determine its most critical training and technical assistance needs on March 1-7, 2007. This secon [...]
2007-07-24 09:08:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN KCRM PREL PTER SNAR EFIN YM
07SANAA1424PART THREE OF FOUR: RESULTS OF FINANCIAL SYSTEMS
[...] Summary. A multi-agency Financial Systems Assessment Team (FSAT) conducted a week-long, in-country evaluation of Yemen,s capacity to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, in order to determine its most critical training and technical assistance needs on March 1-7, 2007. This thir [...]
2007-07-24 10:02:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN KCRM PREL PTER SNAR EFIN YM
07SANAA1425PART FOUR OF FOUR: RESULTS OF FINANCIAL SYSTEMS
[...] Summary. A multi-agency Financial Systems Assessment Tean (FSAT) conducted a week-long, in-country evaluation of Yemen's capacity to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, in order to determine its most critical training and technical assistance needs on March 1-7, 2007. This four [...]
2007-07-24 10:09:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN KCRM PREL PTER SNAR EFIN YM
07SANAA882(S) EMIO PERMISSION RECEIVED; COORDINATION BEGINS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-14 08:22:00Embassy SanaaSECRETMOPS MARR PREL PTER SNAR YM
07SANJOSE1173COSTA RICA: NORMALIZED RELATIONS WITH CHINA BRING
[...] SUMMARY (U) Costa Rica's June 1 recognition of the PRC and consequent break in diplomatic relations with Taiwan (Ref A) have brought worries about the financing of ongoing assistance projects (previously funded by Taiwan) as well as immigration concerns at a time when illegal Chinese traffic i [...]
2007-06-18 22:39:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR SNAR CVIS XK CS
07SANJOSE1194COSTA RICA MINI DUBLIN GROUP REPORT UPDATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This message provides an update on Dublin Group activities (per Ref A). Costa Rica continues to serve as a transit point for illegal narcotics destined to the United States and Europe from production sites in South America. At the same time, Costa Rica continues to demonstrate [...]
2007-06-20 23:15:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PREL KCRM CS
07SANJOSE1317COSTA RICA FOILS COLOMBIAN CARTEL ASSASSINATION
[...] (S) SUMMARY. In late June, the GOCR foiled a plan by traffickers linked to the Colombian Norte del Valle cartel to assassinate Minister of Public Security Fernando Berrocal, apparently in retaliation for the recent (and notable) counternarcotics successes of the Arias administration. Elements [...]
2007-07-10 19:20:00Embassy San JoseSECRETPINR PREL PTER SNAR XK
07SANJOSE1349DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNCAC CHECKLIST AND APPLICATION
[...] On July 13, PolOff conveyed reftel information and request to Carlos Cordero Madrigal, head of the Disarmament, Terrorism, and Organized Crime Section within the Foreign Policy Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (FMA). 2. Cordero advised that his office had already prepared the res [...]
2007-07-16 22:54:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDCS KCRM KJUS PG PTER SNAR
07SANJOSE1618ASSESSMENT OF COSTA RICAN SECURITY REQUIREMENTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Costa Rica remains a significant transshipment point for drugs, people, currency and weapons. A successful comprehensive regional security strategy for Central America must include appropriately trained and equipped Costa Rican forces, willing and able to cooperate with counterpa [...]
2007-08-30 12:11:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALCS KJUS PGOV PINS PREF PREL PTER SNAR
07SANJOSE1682US-COSTA RICA PARTNERSHIP AGAINST NARCOTRAFFICKERS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Close bilateral cooperation and improved intra-GOCR coordination yielded impressive counter narcotics successes since early July. Joint USG-GOCR efforts intercepted four go-fast boats and forced a fifth to turn back towards Panama. Ashore, a probable fuel depot for go-fasts an [...]
2007-09-10 16:56:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALPINR PREL PTER SNAR XK CS
07SANJOSE1691US-COSTA RICA PARTNERSHIP AGAINST NARCOTRAFFICKERS
[...] This is a corrected version of San Jose 01682. See paragraphs 2, 3 and 12 2. (C) SUMMARY: Close bilateral cooperation and improved intra-GOCR coordination yielded impressive counter narcotics successes since early July. Joint USG-GOCR efforts intercepted four go-fast boats and forced a [...]
2007-09-11 20:55:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALPINR PREL PTER SNAR XK CS
07SANJOSE2074COSTA RICA: UPDATED SECURITY REQUIREMENTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOCR's most pressing, non-lethal police equipment needs center on communications, transportation, technology, K-9 support, and surveillance equipment (in that order, see para 5). Coast Guard modernization remains on top of the list of other initiatives to be funded by the pend [...]
2007-12-20 23:03:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS PTER SNAR CS KJUS PREF
07SANJOSE427EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES WAIVER FOR COSTA RICA
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Embassy San Jose strongly recommends a national interest waiver of ASPA restrictions against Excess Defense Articles (EDA) for Costa Rica. The waiver will significantly enhance Costa Rica's maritime patrol capability and build on record seizures in Costa Rican waters during 20 [...]
2007-03-05 20:30:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS SNAR CS
07SANJOSE69THE COLOMBIAN CONNECTION: FORMER GUERRILLAS TURNED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Costa Rican authorities are increasingly worried about the criminal activities of former Colombian guerrillas operating in Costa Rica and, as a result, have stepped up efforts to extradite/deport them. On December 21, FARC member Hector Orlando Martinez Quinto was delivered to [...]
2007-01-12 22:43:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PINR PREF PHUM SNAR CS XK
07SANJOSE996COSTA RICA APPROVES NEXT ROUND OF US SHIP VISITS;
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 17, the National Assembly approved the next round of U.S. Coast Guard and Navy ship visits, as required under the Costa Rican constitution. The approval period runs from May 1 to November 30, 2007, an extension from the quarterly approvals of the past. Any U.S. vessel n [...]
2007-05-25 20:45:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PREL SNAR PGOV PINR CS
07SANJOSE997COSTA RICAN POLICE PROFESSIONALIZATION PROGRAM
[...] SUMMARY: Taking advantage of technical assistance from NAS Panama, Post has launched a multi-year program to professionalize Costa Rica's national police force. With crime rates rising rapidly and over 700,000 Amcits visiting each year, the program is a key part of our Mission Strategic Plan [...]
2007-05-25 20:45:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM PGOV PREL PINR CS
07SANJOSE998COSTA RICA APPROVES NEXT ROUND OF US SHIP VISITS;
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 17, the National Assembly approved the next round of U.S. Coast Guard and Navy ship visits, as required under the Costa Rican constitution. The approval period runs from May 1 to November 30, 2007, an extension from the quarterly approvals of the past. Any U.S. vessel n [...]
2007-05-25 20:46:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PREL SNAR PGOV PINR CS
07SANJOSE999COSTA RICAN POLICE PROFESSIONALIZATION PROGRAM
[...] SUMMARY: Taking advantage of technical assistance from NAS Panama, Post has launched a multi-year program to professionalize Costa Rica's national police force. With crime rates rising rapidly and over 700,000 Amcits visiting each year, the program is a key part of our Mission Strategic Plan [...]
2007-05-25 20:46:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM PGOV PREL PINR CS
07SANSALVADOR1287SALVADORAN READOUT OF BELIZE SICA SUMMIT
[...] (SBU) Meeting on Belize's San Pedro Island, leaders of member states of the Central American Integration System (SICA) discussed and approved a GOES proposal to enhance cooperation and coordination among the Central American countries regarding regional security and crime. The proposal was d [...]
2007-07-03 22:30:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALASEC EFIN PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER SNAR KCRM
07SANSALVADOR172ICITAP PRISON EVALUATION: NO-COST METHODS TO
[...] (U) SUMMARY: From January 8 to 12, 2006, Mike Cooksey from ICITAP visited El Salvador to evaluate the Salvadoran penal system. Based upon his visit, he made the following recommendations: (1) eliminate packages for gang members; (2) require prisoners to work; (3) isolate gang leaders; (4) i [...]
2007-01-31 21:08:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS ES
07SANSALVADOR2228EL SALVADOR: DRAFT 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL
[...] (U) The following is El Salvador's draft 2007-2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR),Part One, Drugs and Chemical control. Draft INCSR is submitted in compliance with instructions contained in reftel. 2. (U) Begin draft text: 2007-2008 INCSR Part One: Drugs and Ch [...]
2007-11-05 22:36:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDES SNAR
07SANSALVADOR2323EL SALVADOR: CNIES INFORMATION SHARING MESSAGE
[...] (U) Post delivered reftel message via diplomatic note and letter to the Salvadoran Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Public Security and Justice, and the National Civilian Police. In each case, Post requested a written acknowledgement and will inform INL/LP when rec [...]
2007-11-29 22:39:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR OTRA ES PREL
07SANSALVADOR2402EL SALVADOR: UPDATED ASSESSMENT OF CENTRAL
[...] (U) As requested ref. A, post has reviewed the security assessment contained in San Salvador 1555 (ref. B). We revalidate the original security needs identified in that cable as well as the priority focus areas for targeted U.S. law enforcement assistance and institution building in El Salvad [...]
2007-12-13 21:18:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDES PINS PREL PTER SNAR EAID
07SANTIAGO1107CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of July 12, 2007, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidate cited in reftel B. 2. Acting Economic and Political Section Chief, Harry Kamian, certifies the above state [...]
2007-07-13 21:09:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR SNAR CI
07SANTIAGO1110CHILE: EPOL REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean candidates who have been nominated for U.S. funded training, pursuant [...]
2007-07-17 15:20:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PREL SNAR PHUM CI
07SANTIAGO1130CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of July 17, 2007, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidate cited in reftel B. 2. Acting Economic and Political Section Chief Michael Keller certifies the above sta [...]
2007-07-19 13:49:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR SNAR CI
07SANTIAGO1152CHILE: LEGAT REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean candidates who have been nominated for U.S. funded training, pursuan [...]
2007-07-20 20:35:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PREL SNAR PHUM CI
07SANTIAGO1196CHILE: LEGAT REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean candidates who have been nominated for U.S. funded training, pursuan [...]
2007-07-26 19:16:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PREL SNAR PHUM CI
07SANTIAGO1205CHILE: DEA REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check of the following Chilean candidates who have been nominated for training by USG officials, pursu [...]
2007-07-27 19:32:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM SNAR KCRM CI
07SANTIAGO1214CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of July 27 2007, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs Juan A. Alsace certifies the above stat [...]
2007-07-30 14:28:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR SNAR CI
07SANTIAGO288CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of February 5, 2007, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs, Juan A. Alsace, certifies the ab [...]
2007-02-16 19:22:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR SNAR KCRM CI
07SANTIAGO310CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of February 9, 2007, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidate cited in reftel B. 2. Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs, Juan A. Alsace, certifies the abo [...]
2007-02-22 15:00:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR SNAR KCRM CI
07SANTIAGO336CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of February 22, 2007, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs, Juan A. Alsace, certifies the a [...]
2007-02-27 13:00:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR SNAR KCRM CI
07SANTIAGO379CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of March 5, 2007, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs, Juan A. Alsace, certifies the above [...]
2007-03-07 14:24:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR SNAR KCRM CI
07SANTIAGO380CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of March 5, 2007, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs, Juan A. Alsace, certifies the above [...]
2007-03-07 14:24:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR SNAR KCRM CI
07SANTIAGO381CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of March 5, 2007, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs, Juan A. Alsace, certifies the above [...]
2007-03-07 14:24:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR SNAR KCRM CI
07SANTIAGO416CHILE: LEGAT REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean candidates who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuan [...]
2007-03-12 22:32:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PREL SNAR PHUM CI
07SANTIAGO424CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of March 9, 2007, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidate cited in reftel B. 2. Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs, Juan A. Alsace, certifies the above [...]
2007-03-14 18:00:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR SNAR KCRM CI
07SANTIAGO460CHILE: LEGAT REQUESTS ADDITIONAL CANDIDATE FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean candidate who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant [...]
2007-03-21 15:10:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PREL SNAR PHUM CI
07SANTIAGO480CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of March 22, 2007, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs, Juan A. Alsace, certifies the abov [...]
2007-03-23 20:02:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR SNAR KCRM CI
07SANTIAGO481CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of March 22, 2007, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs, Juan A. Alsace, certifies the abov [...]
2007-03-23 20:02:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR SNAR KCRM CI
07SANTIAGO545CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of March 30, 2007, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidate cited in reftel B. 2. Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs, Juan A. Alsace, certifies the above [...]
2007-04-04 16:13:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR SNAR KCRM CI
07SANTIAGO652CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of April 18,2007, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Acting Economic and Political Section Chief, Harry Kamian, certifies the above st [...]
2007-04-20 17:18:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR SNAR KCRM CI
07SANTIAGO653CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of April 12, 2007, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidate cited in reftel B. 2. Acting Economic and Political Section Chief, Harry Kamian, certifies the above st [...]
2007-04-20 17:25:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR SNAR KCRM CI
07SANTIAGO703CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of April 23, 2007 the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidate cited in reftel B. 2. Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs, Juan A. Alsace, certifies the above [...]
2007-04-30 21:00:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR SNAR CI
07SANTIAGO723CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of May 3, 2007, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidate cited in reftel B. 2. Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs, Juan A. Alsace, certifies the above st [...]
2007-05-04 11:52:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR SNAR CI
07SANTIAGO797MEDIA REACTION - COLOMBIA NEEDS U.S. SUPPORT AND FTA
[...] On July 15, Chile's conservative, influential newspaper-of-record "El Mercurio" (circ. 129,000) ran an editorial entitled, "Democratic Security." Quote: 2. "The President of Colombia, Alvaro Uribe, has had a dramatic increase in popularity... in spite of accusations of ties between members [...]
2007-05-16 11:25:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDETRD SNAR KCRM KPAO PINR KMDR CO CI
07SANTIAGO860CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of May 25, 2007, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidate cited in reftel B. 2. Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs, Juan A. Alsace, certifies the above s [...]
2007-05-29 12:32:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR SNAR KCRM CI
07SANTIAGO868CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of April 18, 2007, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs, Juan A. Alsace, certifies the abov [...]
2007-05-29 18:28:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR SNAR CI
07SANTIAGO869CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of April 18, 2007, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidate cited in reftel B. 2. Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs, Juan A. Alsace, certifies the above [...]
2007-05-29 21:01:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR SNAR KCRM CI
07SANTODOMINGO1100DOMINICAN FUGITIVE RAFAEL COLLADO EXTRADITED TO
[...] On May 9, 2006, U.S. Marshals returned Rafael Collado to the United States to stand trial in the State of New York (Kings County) for multiple counts of murder and firearms violations, as detailed in indictment number 1664-83, filed on March 24, 1983. As laid out in the indictment, Collado sh [...]
2007-05-09 16:06:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR
07SANTODOMINGO1148DOMINICAN FUGITIVE ARNOLDO CABRERA'S EXTRADITION
[...] On May 16, 2007, U.S. Marshals will return Arnoldo Cabrera Dominguez to the United States to stand trial in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York for conspiracy to import and distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine, as detailed in indictment number S1 05-CR-1278 [...]
2007-05-14 19:34:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR
07SANTODOMINGO1245DOMINICAN FUGITIVE WENDY ALMONTE EXTRADITED TO THE
[...] On May 23, 2007, U.S. Marshals returned Wendy Almonte to the United States to stand trial in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York for multiple counts related to the importation of and possession with intent to distribute of MDMA ("ecstasy"),as detailed in indi [...]
2007-05-25 15:04:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR
07SANTODOMINGO1246DOMINICAN SUPREME COURT JUSTICES FREE NARCO
[...] (C) Summary. In yet another bizarre turn in the Juan Flete - Lourdes Machuca extradition saga (reftel),the five justices of the Penal Chamber of the Dominican Supreme Court have rejected the use of confidential witnesses in establishing probable cause in extradition proceedings - freeing bot [...]
2007-05-25 15:08:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALCJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR PGOV DR
07SANTODOMINGO1395DOMINICAN FUGITIVE WILLIAM MORALES EXTRADITED TO
[...] On June 7, 2006, U.S. Marshals returned William Ricardo Morales Alvarez to the United States to stand trial in the State of New York (County of New York) for murder (2nd degree),as detailed in indictment number 1899-03, filed on April 17, 2003. As laid out in the indictment, Morales shot to [...]
2007-06-11 20:10:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR
07SANTODOMINGO1548EXTRADITION OF DOMINICAN FUGITIVE LUIS VIRGILIO
[...] On June 28, 2007, U.S. Marshals will return Luis Virgilio Saldana Perez to the United States to serve a sixty month sentence following conviction in case number 2:01CR400-01. first filed on June 14, 2001, in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. As detailed in the Court's ju [...]
2007-06-26 19:08:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR
07SANTODOMINGO1609DOMINICAN FUGITIVE JUAN GARCIA EXTRADITED TO THE
[...] On July 5, 2007, U.S. Marshals returned Juan Carlos Garcia Soriano to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to stand trial in the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico for possession with intent to distribute in excess of 5 kilograms of cocaine. As detailed in indictment number 05-29 ( [...]
2007-07-05 18:34:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR
07SANTODOMINGO1679DOMINICANS SIGN 505 AGREEMENT, INTERCEPTOR BOATS
[...] (U) On June 28, Embassy received from the Dominican MFA diplomatic note DEJ/STI 16058 agreeing to the terms of a "505 agreement" first proposed in REFTELS B and C and most recently relayed to the Dominican Government via Embassy diplomatic note 90 of May 17, 2007. Electronic copies of both no [...]
2007-07-12 15:51:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PTER SNAR KCRM SMIG DR
07SANTODOMINGO1713DOMINICAN FUGITIVE JOSE HINOJOSA EXTRADITED TO THE
[...] On July 15, 2007, U.S. Marshals returned Jose Ramon Hinojosa Santos to the United States to stand trial in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 5 or more kilograms of cocaine (2 counts under 21 USC 841(a)(1) and 846),[...]
2007-07-17 19:31:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR
07SANTODOMINGO2047DOMINICAN FUGITIVE VICTOR CABRERA EXTRADITED TO
[...] On August 29, 2007, U.S. Marshals returned Victor Cabrera to Massachusetts to stand trial in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, conspiracy to distribute, and possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, otherwise [...]
2007-08-30 14:45:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR
07SANTODOMINGO2152SCENESETTER FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING
[...] (SBU) The Dominican Republic has become a reliable supporter of democracy in the sometimes difficult and always strategic Caribbean. Our close relationship is exemplified by Dominican ratification of the CAFTA-DR free trade agreement, and our friendship is cemented by a history of strong econ [...]
2007-09-14 19:42:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ETRD SNAR UNGA DR
07SANTODOMINGO2170DOMINICAN FUGITIVE SANTOS CASTILLO EXTRADITED TO
[...] On September 13, 2007, U.S. Marshals returned Santos Castillo Garcia to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to stand trial in the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine, possession with intent to distribute cocaine, and a [...]
2007-09-17 20:41:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR
07SANTODOMINGO2231173RD DOMINICAN FUGITIVE EXTRADITED TO THE UNITED
[...] The following details the most recent fugitive to be extradited from the Dominican Republic and provides an overview of extraditions in FY 2007. -- Bolivar Ricardo Jaquez 2. On October 3, 2007, U.S. Marshals will return Bolivar Ricardo Jaquez (aka Nelson Cruz, Bolivar Lopez) to Massachus [...]
2007-10-01 19:53:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN CVIS KJUS KCRM SNAR DR
07SANTODOMINGO2245DOMINICAN ORIENTATION VISIT OF WHA/CAR DIRECTOR DE
[...] (SBU) Summary: On September 6 and 7, WHA/CAR Office Director Velia De Pirro traveled to the Dominican Republic for a series of orientation meetings with both Embassy staff and leading Dominican figures, including the Chief of the National Police, the President of the DEA-equivalent National D [...]
2007-10-03 18:45:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SMIG PHUM PINR KCRM SNAR HA VE DR
07SANTODOMINGO2367DOMINICAN FUGITIVES BARE AND HICIANO EXTRADITED TO
[...] On October 18, U.S. Marshals returned Luciano Bare and Virgilio Hiciano to the United States to appear before the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York: Bare, to be sentenced following conviction on charges of federal food stamp fraud, which, as detailed in indictment number [...]
2007-10-19 18:58:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR
07SANTODOMINGO239DOMINICAN FUGITIVE RAUDO MUNOZ EXTRADITED TO THE
[...] On January 31, 2007, U.S. Marshals returned Raudo Munoz to the State of New Jersey for sentencing in a case arising out of indictment number 02-05-0680-I, filed May 23, 2002. On June 9, 2003, Munoz plead guilty to attempted murder (count two of the indictment) and was allowed to remain free on [...]
2007-02-02 20:28:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR
07SANTODOMINGO2739DOMINICAN FUGITIVE ACEVEDO EXTRADITED TO THE
[...] On December 13, U.S. Marshals returned Dennys Acevedo to the United States to appear before the Supreme Court of New York, County of Kings, to face 2 counts of 2nd degree murder, as detailed in indictment number 1400/2001, filed on March 2, 2001. The facts contained in the indictment indicate [...]
2007-12-13 16:01:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR
07SANTODOMINGO2748AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON FOREIGN MINISTER: CAFTA,
[...] (U) On December 13, the Ambassador paid his introductory call on Foreign Minister Morales Troncoso. The Ambassador was joined by the DCM and POLOFF. CAFTA ----- 2. (SBU) After an exchange of personal greetings, Morales spoke about the negotiations for the Dominican Republic's Economic [...]
2007-12-14 19:42:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ETRD SNAR HA DR
07SANTODOMINGO2790AMBASSADOR FANNIN PRESENTS CREDENTIALS, MAKES
[...] (U) Since arriving at Post on December 13, Ambassador Fannin has presented his credentials to President Fernandez and paid courtesy calls on all three branches of the Dominican Government, including the Attorney General, the Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, the President of the Central Elections [...]
2007-12-26 19:16:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPGOV ETRD SNAR ECON PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO320DOMINICAN REPUBLIC EXTENDS INVITATIONS TO REGIONAL
[...] On February 8, AmEmbassy Santo Domingo received a diplomatic note covering a series of letters from the Dominican Foreign Ministry inviting U.S. participation in a Dominican-hosted regional anti-drug summit on March 15, 2007. Per REF A, duplicate invitations were extended to the Department by [...]
2007-02-13 17:44:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SNAR KCRM KJUS OVIP OTRA
07SANTODOMINGO355U/S EDELMAN ON COUNTER-NARCOTICS COOPERATION AND
[...] (C) Summary. On February 2, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman, DEA Chief of Operations Michael Braun, Commander of U.S. Southern Command's Joint Interagency Task Force South (JIATF-South) Rear Admiral Jeffrey Hathaway, Ambassador Hans Hertell and other U.S. civilian and militar [...]
2007-02-20 14:30:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALMASS MOPS PREL KCRM SNAR HA VE DR
07SANTODOMINGO438DOMINICAN FUGITIVE CARLOS MOREL EXTRADITED TO THE
[...] On February 16, 2007, U.S. Marshals returned Carlos Morel to the United States to stand trial for federal narcotics-related offenses in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, as detailed in indictment number 03-20613-CR-SEITZ, filed July 31, 2003. According to the indic [...]
2007-03-01 19:33:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR
07SANTODOMINGO485DOMINICAN FUGITIVE DE LA ROSA TO BE EXTRADITED TO
[...] On November 8, 2007, U.S. Marshals will return Yokary de la Rosa to the United States to stand trial for federal narcotics-related offenses as detailed in indictment number CR 03-893, filed on August 5, 2003, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. According to the in [...]
2007-03-06 18:51:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR
07SANTODOMINGO597REGIONAL DRUGS SUMMIT CALLS FOR INCREASED U.S.
[...] (U) Summary. On March 16, OAS Secretary General Insulza, President Preval of Haiti, President Uribe of Colombia, and Prime Minister Manning of Trinidad and Tobago joined Dominican President Fernandez to sign a non-binding declaration on measures to counter threats posed by the trafficking of [...]
2007-03-19 20:25:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SNAR KCRM CO HA VE TD DR
07SANTODOMINGO668FURTHER ON REGIONAL DRUGS SUMMIT AND CALLS FOR
[...] (U) Following is an amplified version of Santo Domingo 597 with addition of U.S. and Dominican positions, new text in paras. 10 and 11, and comment. 2. (U) Summary. On March 16, OAS Secretary General Insulza, President Preval of Haiti, President Uribe of Colombia, and Prime Minister Mannin [...]
2007-03-23 20:18:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SNAR KCRM CO HA VE TD DR
07SANTODOMINGO755DOMINICAN FUGITIVE ROMULA SILVA EXTRADITED TO THE
[...] On March 29, U.S. Marshals returned Romula (aka Romulo) Silva to the United States to stand trial in the Middle District of Florida for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute five (5) or more kilograms of cocaine. As detailed in indictment 8:03-Cr-476-T-23 (EAJ),filed on December 3, [...]
2007-04-03 17:55:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR
07SANTODOMINGO77DOMINICAN FUGITIVES JIMENEZ AND GARCIA EXTRADITED
[...] On January 12, 2007, U.S. Marshals returned Jose Jimenez Guerrero to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for trial on a variety of narcotics charges detailed in indictment number 06-253 (PG),filed on August 10, 2006. As described in the indictment, Jimenez was a member of a drug trafficking orga [...]
2007-01-12 17:32:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR
07SANTODOMINGO887DOMINICAN FUGITIVE WILFREDO TORIBIO TO BE
[...] On April 20, 2006, U.S. Marshals will return Wilfredo Antonio Toribio Reyes to the United States to stand trial in the State of New Jersey for multiple counts of robbery and conspiracy to commit robbery, as detailed in indictment number 05-05-0558-I (filed May 2, 2005) and indictment number 05 [...]
2007-04-18 17:54:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR
07SAOPAULO161 CONSUL GENERAL VIIT TO THE PORT CITY OF SANTOS
[...] (U) ConsulGeneral (CG) and Econoff recently visited the port city of Santos, which lies 60 kilometers southwes of Sao Paulo across the Serra do Mar mountain rnge. Santos serves the industrial and agricultual trade needs of Sao Paulo and neighboring stats and is the most active port by volume [...]
2007-02-28 13:37:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT EINV ETRD ECON SENV OEXP BR ELTN SNAR
07SAOPAULO166UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' LUNCH WITH SAO PAULO GOVERNOR SERRA,
[...] (SBU) Summary: During his February 6-7, 2007 visit to Sao Paulo, Under Secretary for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns and his delegation were hosted for lunch by Sao Paulo Governor Jose Serra and key members of Serra's cabinet. U/S Burns and the Governor discussed cooperation on biofuels, [...]
2007-03-01 16:06:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAGR EPET SNAR ASEC EINV BR
07SAOPAULO36AMBASSADOR AND SAO PAULO GOVERNOR DISCUSS CRIME, PUBLIC
[...] (SBU) During an hour-long meeting with the Ambassador, Jose Serra, Governor of Sao Paulo state, said that his most immediate priority upon taking office was public security, especially in the metropolitan public transportation system, which is the state government's responsibility. Though sta [...]
2007-01-17 10:18:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR EINV ASEC PREL BR
07SAOPAULO444ASSISTANT SECRETARY PATTERSONQS VISIT TO SAO PAULO, MAY 15, 20
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-24 17:37:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV PREL KJUS ASEC BR
07SAOPAULO447ASSISTANT SECRETARY PATTERSONQS VISIT TO SAO
[...] (SBU) During her May 15 visit to Sao Paulo, INL A/S Anne Patterson participated in a roundtable with police, prosecutors, and other experts, who discussed the First Capital Command (PCC) criminal organization (see refs C-D) and the different experiences of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro with ga [...]
2007-05-25 09:47:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV PREL KJUS ASEC BR
07SAOPAULO58HELPING SAO PAULO AUTHORITIES RESPOND TO SECURITY THREATS
[...] (SBU) Consul General met January 17 with Sao Paulo State Secretary of Metropolitan Transportation Jose Luiz Portella and his SIPDIS team to follow up on Governor Serra's request (ref A) for security assistance in the subway and train systems. Portella described the challenges these systems [...]
2007-01-24 09:32:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR ASEC PREL BR
07SAOPAULO878SAO PAULO CITY OFFICIAL TALKS ABOUT GOVERNANCE, POLITICS,
[...] (SBU) Calling the operations of street vendors a "racket," Sao Paulo assistant Mayor Andrea Matarazzo told Consul General (CG) that he has been cracking down on the sale of pirated and counterfeit goods by both stores and vendors. He associated the vendors' activities with organized criminal [...]
2007-10-31 13:02:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR KCRM KIPR SNAR ETRD ASEC BR
07SAOPAULO992OVERWORKED SAO PAULO JUDGES WANT GREATER LAW
[...] (SBU) Sao Paulo judges tell us that they are overworked and overburdened and that the growth in the drug trade and lack of prison space make their already difficult work even more challenging. Greg West, Assistant United States Attorney and Organized Crime and Terrorism Section Chief for the [...]
2007-12-19 18:09:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBR PGOV PHUM OEXC OIIP KCRM SNAR
07SARAJEVO23272007-2008 BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA INCSR REPORT (PART I)
[...] (U) BELOW FOLLOWS THE 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT (INCSR) PART ONE FOR BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: I. Summary Narcotics control capabilities in Bosnia and Herzegovina remain in a formative period and have not kept pace with developments in other areas of law enforceme [...]
2007-10-31 11:18:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SNAR KCRM BK
07SEOUL33552007-2008 ROK AND DPRK INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS
[...] (U) Per reftel, Embassy Seoul's submission for the Republic of Korea (ROK) portion of the 2007-2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report is provided at para 2. Input for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) portion of the INCSR is provided at para 3 with the understandi [...]
2007-11-21 00:19:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KS KN
07SEOUL33572007-2008 ROK AND DPRK INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS
[...] (U) Per reftel, Embassy Seoul's submission for the Republic of Korea (ROK) portion of the 2007-2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report is provided at para 2. Input for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) portion of the INCSR is provided at para 3 with the understandi [...]
2007-11-21 04:33:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KS KN
07SEOUL33582007-2008 ROK AND DPRK INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS
[...] (U) Per reftel, Embassy Seoul's submission for the Republic of Korea (ROK) portion of the 2007-2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report is provided at para 2. Input for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) portion of the INCSR is provided at para 3 with the understandi [...]
2007-11-21 04:33:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KS KN
07SEOUL33592007-2008 ROK AND DPRK INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS
[...] (U) Per reftel, Embassy Seoul's submission for the Republic of Korea (ROK) portion of the 2007-2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report is provided at para 2. Input for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) portion of the INCSR is provided at para 3 with the understandi [...]
2007-11-21 04:33:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KS KN
07SINGAPORE19892007-2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT
[...] (U) Per reftel instructions, this message is Post's draft 2007-2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, Part I - Drug and Chemical Control. Part II will be submitted septel. 2. (SBU) Begin text. I. Summary The Government of Singapore (GOS) enforces stringent counternar [...]
2007-10-31 07:43:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM SNAR ECON ETRD PREL SN
07SINGAPORE2037SINGAPORE 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] (U) In response to reftel instructions, this message is Post's draft chapter on Singapore for the 2007-2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, Part II - Money Laundering and Financial Crimes. We also have emailed to INL the text of the draft report in MS Word format showing chan [...]
2007-11-13 07:13:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM EFIN KTFN PTER KSEP ETTC SNAR SN
07SINGAPORE585DPM WONG RESPONDS TO LAW ENFORCEMENT COOPERATION
[...] (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs WONG Kan Seng told the Ambassador on March 23 that he planned to discuss recent law enforcement cooperation developments during his upcoming visit to Washington. He acknowledged that much effort was required to conclude a Mutu [...]
2007-03-23 08:46:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALETTC SNAR KTFN KCRM PREL PTER ECON SN
07SINGAPORE745SCENESETTER FOR DPM WONG KAN SENG'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) Summary: Singapore Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs WONG Kan Seng is Singapore's key figure for domestic security, law enforcement, and intelligence cooperation. His April 19-22 visit to Washington and New York offers an excellent opportunity to expand the programmatic [...]
2007-04-13 06:08:00Embassy SingaporeSECRETKCRM PTER SNAR KTFN ETTC EFIN KWMN SN
07SINGAPORE933FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE COOPERATION BETTER, ALBEIT
[...] (C) Summary: GOS officials told Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) Regional Specialist Rena Miller April 18 that they expected to process 4,000 to 5,000 Suspicious Transaction Reports (STRs) in 2007, up from about 1,760 in 2004. Miller noted that information sharing had improved [...]
2007-05-14 09:16:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALETTC KTFN KCRM EFIN PTER SNAR ECON EINV SN
07SKOPJE21MACEDONIA: DRUG BUST NETS NEARLY 500 KGS OF
[...] (SBU) Macedonia's biggest-ever drug bust, on January 7 at the Kosovo-Macedonia border, which netted more than 486 kilos of cocaine reportedly headed for Greece, is a good example of effective regional cooperation in a counter-narcotics operation. Separately, a counter-narcotics trial in Skopj [...]
2007-01-12 06:09:00Embassy SkopjeCONFIDENTIALPGOV SNAR PREL MK KS
07SOFIA303NARCOTICS REPORT GRABS BULGARIA'S ATTENTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The 2007 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) received unprecedented media coverage in Bulgaria. Overall coverage was factual and positive, concentrating on links between the OC-controlled drug trade and government corruption, and quoting Ambassador Beyrle e [...]
2007-03-07 12:09:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALSNAR OPRC PGOV PREL BU
07SOFIA985BULGARIA: MFA DOWN BEAT ON AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) On August 9, Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel points and a copy of the new Afghanistan Counter-Narcotics Strategy to MFA Afghanistan desk officer Ivan Petkov. Petkov expressed the difficulties of weaning Afghan farmers off opium poppies. He said Bulgaria, partnering with Germany, had impo [...]
2007-08-10 08:17:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALNATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS SNAR AF BU
07STATE126663CONFERENCE ON THE CARIBBEAN - MOVING AHEAD ON
[...] (SBU) This is the first in a series of periodic updates for posts describing progress on June initiatives and deliverables of the 2007 Conference on the Caribbean. It also requests posts to engage with host governments to encourage effective follow-through on the part of relevant host governm [...]
2007-09-10 17:47:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD ENRG SNAR EAID CU XL
07STATE140047LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE - EL SALVADOR 1848
[...] (SBU) As of October 4, 2007 the Department of State possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below. Oscar Mauricio Alfaro Villalta Sub-Inspector, Chief Homicide Investigations Division DOB: Aug. 08, 1971 POB: Santa Ana Efrain Arturo Avel [...]
2007-10-04 16:48:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PHUM PINR PINS PREL SNAR ES
07STATE142244PARTICIPANTS FOR ILEA GABORONE TRAFFICKING IN
[...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of October 10, 2007, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below. 2. PARTICIPANT LIST NAME: Teshale Teshome Woimo RANK: Chief Inspector DPOB: April 11, 1981; So [...]
2007-10-10 14:49:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID ECON KCRM SNAR ET
07STATE149865UKRAINE: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] Following an Embassy review which identified no derogatory information, the Department reviewed its files and identified no derogatory information on the following Ukrainian officers who will attend a Strategy Meeting for the GUAM Task Force on Counter Terrorism on October 29 and a Post-Opera [...]
2007-10-29 13:57:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PGOV PHUM SNAR UP
07STATE149866UKRAINE: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] Following an Embassy review which identified no derogatory information, the Department reviewed its files and identified no derogatory information on the following Security Service of Ukraine personnel who will attend the Program on Terrorism and Security Studies (PTSS 08-2) at the George C. [...]
2007-10-29 14:02:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PGOV PHUM SNAR UP
07STATE149870UKRAINE: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] Following an Embassy review which identified no derogatory information, the Department reviewed its files and identified no derogatory information on the following personnel of the Security Service of Ukraine who will participate in the Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) Regional Drug Un [...]
2007-10-29 14:09:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PGOV PHUM SNAR UP
07STATE154996DEPARTMENT RESPONSE TO YEREVAN 1276 REQUEST FOR
[...] As requested in reftel, the Department has reviewed its files and, of this date, finds no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the following law enforcement officers (names and other biographical information) nominated by the Government of the Republic of Armenia to part [...]
2007-11-09 21:50:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM SNAR AM
07STATE163075LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR PARTICIPATION IN NAVAL
[...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of December 4, 2007, it posssesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the individual listed below. 2. Participant List Name: Etsay Gebreselassie GEBREHIWOT Occupation: Director of Mine Action, Mi [...]
2007-12-04 16:37:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID ECON KCRM SNAR ET
07STATE24249INTERIM REPLY TO MARITIME POLICE UNIT FUNDING
[...] (U) This is an action request cable. See paragraphs 12 through 16. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Post requested via reftels two million USD to purchase boats and ancillary items for a maritime security unit. In 2005 the USG conducted an assessment of the Philippines National Police (PNP) and made r [...]
2007-02-27 20:52:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALSNAR KCRM PTER PGOV RP
07STATE25924APPROVED: EXTENSION OF SUBOBLIGATIONS TERMINAL
[...] (U) This is an action request cable. See paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) INL approves post's requests to reprogram the project cited in ref A, and approves post's request in ref B to extend the terminal dates of those projects listed in paragraph 2 to September 30, 2007. INL directs, in conform [...]
2007-03-01 23:17:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR AFIN AMGT TH
07TALLINN536ESTONIA'S REACTION TO NEW AFGHANISTAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-17 11:48:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINS PREL MARR MOPS SNAR NATO AF EN
07TALLINN720 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS
[...] (U) The following is Embassy Tallinn's submission for the 2007 - 2008 (EUR) International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) Part I, Drugs and Chemical Control. ---------- I. SUMMARY ---------- 2. (U) The closures of illegal synthetic drug labs, seizures of narcotic substances, [...]
2007-11-05 14:57:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR EN
07TASHKENT1488POINT OF CONTACT FOR ILEA PROGRAM
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-15 07:15:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR ASEC KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT1705UNODC HOSTS MEETING ON COUNTERNARCOTICS
[...] (U) On September 25 in Tashkent, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Regional Office for Central Asia hosted a meeting for Drug Liaison Officers and Embassy staff with a counternarcotics role. The meeting addressed recent drug production and trafficking trends in Central Asia, [...]
2007-09-28 07:41:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV PREL AF UZ
07TASHKENT1768EU-UNDP HOSTS CONFERENCE ON CENTRAL ASIAN BORDER
[...] (C) Summary: The Border Management in Central Asia and Central Asia Drug Action programs (BOMCA/CADAP) hosted a donors conference in Tashkent on October 5 to coordinate national and organizational projects related to border security and trade facilitation in Central Asia. BOMCA/CADAP is an EU [...]
2007-10-16 04:35:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSNAR PGOV PREL AF UZ KG
07TASHKENT1807FORENSIC LABORATORY WANTS USG TRAINING
[...] (C) On October 11 poloff and INL LES visited the Main Forensic Laboratory of the Ministry of Health to formally deliver INL-funded equipment as part of an ICITAP-administered project to upgrade the forensic laboratory. Laboratory Chief Dr. Zaynutdin Giyasov expressed his gratitude for the ass [...]
2007-10-19 06:29:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSNAR ASEC PREL KCOR KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT2024MINISTER OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS DISCUSSES PRIORITIES,
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Minister of Internal Affairs Bakhodir Matlyubov on November 22. Matlyubov cited counterterrorism and counternarcotics as key priorities, and repeatedly noted Uzbekistan's cooperation with a variety of other countries on these issues. He was also [...]
2007-11-23 14:12:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PBTS PREL SNAR SOCI UZ
07TASHKENT2100LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE ON UZBEKISTANI PARTICIPANTS
[...] (SBU) Post wishes to inform Department that it has reviewed its files and has no credible information of gross human rights violations by any of the three listed participants in the NATO-Russia Counternarcotics Training course at the Domodedovo Center in Russia (reftel). A. Name: Mansurjon [...]
2007-12-07 13:06:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC NATO SNAR PHUM RS UZ
07TASHKENT2162HIGH-LEVEL GOU ATTENDANCE AT BORDER SECURITY
[...] (U) Summary: On December 18, representatives of the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC),Government of Uzbekistan (GOU),American and British Embassies, and the Asian Development Bank took part in a border project dedication ceremony at Hayraton checkpoint on the Uzbekistan-Afghan [...]
2007-12-26 12:44:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPGOV PBTS PREL SNAR PTER AF UZ
07TASHKENT2177INL EQUIPMENT BOLSTERS CUSTOMS OFFICERS IN BORDER
[...] (C) Summary: Poloffs traveled to Termez, a strategic city on the Uzbek-Afghan border, from December 17-19 and presented INL-funded equipment to the Surkhandaryo Province's Customs Chief Shavkat Mukhamadeev. He was grateful for the USG assistance, which was based on a needs assessment visit by [...]
2007-12-27 13:19:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCRM EAID SNAR AF UZ
07TASHKENT2178INL EQUIPMENT BOLSTERS CUSTOMS OFFICERS IN BORDER
[...] (C) Summary: Poloffs traveled to Termez, a strategic city on the Uzbek-Afghan border, from December 17-19 and presented INL-funded equipment to the Surkhandaryo Province's Customs Chief Shavkat Mukhamadeev. He was grateful for the USG assistance, which was based on a needs assessment visit by [...]
2007-12-27 13:30:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCRM EAID SNAR AF UZ
07TASHKENT544ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING
[...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]
2007-04-04 11:06:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT545ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING
[...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]
2007-04-04 11:07:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT546ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING
[...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]
2007-04-04 11:07:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT547ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING
[...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]
2007-04-04 11:07:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT548ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING
[...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]
2007-04-04 11:07:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT549ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING
[...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]
2007-04-04 11:07:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT550ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING
[...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]
2007-04-04 11:07:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT551ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING
[...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]
2007-04-04 11:07:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT552ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING
[...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]
2007-04-04 11:07:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT553ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING
[...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]
2007-04-04 11:07:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT554ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING
[...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]
2007-04-04 11:07:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT555ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING
[...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]
2007-04-04 11:07:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT556ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING
[...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]
2007-04-04 11:07:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT557ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING
[...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]
2007-04-04 11:07:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT558ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING
[...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]
2007-04-04 11:07:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT559ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING
[...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]
2007-04-04 11:07:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT560ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING
[...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]
2007-04-04 11:07:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT561ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING
[...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]
2007-04-04 11:07:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT562ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING
[...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]
2007-04-04 11:07:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT563ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING
[...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]
2007-04-04 11:07:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT564ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING
[...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]
2007-04-04 11:07:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT565ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING
[...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]
2007-04-04 11:07:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT566ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING
[...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]
2007-04-04 11:07:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT567ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING
[...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]
2007-04-04 11:07:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT568ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING
[...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]
2007-04-04 11:07:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT569ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING
[...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]
2007-04-04 11:07:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT570ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING
[...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]
2007-04-04 11:08:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT571ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING
[...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]
2007-04-04 11:08:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT572ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING
[...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]
2007-04-04 11:08:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT573ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING
[...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]
2007-04-04 11:08:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT574ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING
[...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]
2007-04-04 11:08:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT575ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING
[...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]
2007-04-04 11:08:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT576ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING
[...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]
2007-04-04 11:08:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT577ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING
[...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]
2007-04-04 11:08:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT578ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING
[...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]
2007-04-04 11:08:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT579ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING
[...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]
2007-04-04 11:08:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT580ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING
[...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]
2007-04-04 11:08:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT581ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING
[...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]
2007-04-04 11:08:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT582ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING
[...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]
2007-04-04 11:08:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT583ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING
[...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]
2007-04-04 11:08:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT584ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING
[...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]
2007-04-04 11:08:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT585ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING
[...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]
2007-04-04 11:08:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT586ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING
[...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]
2007-04-04 11:08:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT587ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING
[...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]
2007-04-04 11:08:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT588ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING
[...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]
2007-04-04 11:08:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT589ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING
[...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]
2007-04-04 11:08:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT590ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING
[...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]
2007-04-04 11:08:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT591ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING
[...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]
2007-04-04 11:08:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT592ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING
[...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]
2007-04-04 11:09:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT593ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING
[...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]
2007-04-04 11:09:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT594ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING
[...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]
2007-04-04 11:09:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT595ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING
[...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]
2007-04-04 11:09:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT596ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING
[...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]
2007-04-04 11:09:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT597ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING
[...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]
2007-04-04 11:09:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT598ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING
[...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]
2007-04-04 11:09:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT599ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING
[...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]
2007-04-04 11:09:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT600ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING
[...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]
2007-04-04 11:09:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT601ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING
[...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]
2007-04-04 11:09:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT602ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING
[...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]
2007-04-04 11:09:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT603ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING
[...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]
2007-04-04 11:09:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT604ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING
[...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]
2007-04-04 11:09:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT605ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING
[...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]
2007-04-04 11:09:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT606ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING
[...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...]
2007-04-04 11:09:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT767INL QUARTERLY REPORT FOR JANUARY - MARCH 2007
[...] (SBU) Post's INL program sponsored training in February for Uzbek Customs personnel assigned to the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot, as well as an assessment of the current training curriculum in use at the Uzbek Customs Institute. A Department of Justice forensics team completed it [...]
2007-04-12 11:06:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT807SIU OFFICERS DOUBT FUTURE MVD SUPPORT FOR UNIT
[...] (C) The Sensitive Investigative Unit (SIU),a specialized counternarcotics unit within the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD),has received no new operational funding, according to an SIU member. The unit was established in 2003 as a cooperative effort between the MVD and the U.S. Drug Enforc [...]
2007-04-20 08:40:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPGOV SNAR UZ
07TASHKENT990UZBEKS AND AFGHANS SPAR OVER COUNTERNARCOTICS
[...] (C) The Italian Ambassador convened the semi-annual meeting of the Mini-Dublin Group for Uzbekistan and Tajikistan May 10 by providing an overview of the narcotics situation in Central Asia and Afghanistan, which he called "a disaster." Talk is nice, he said, but more action is needed. Addre [...]
2007-05-21 11:17:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL ZK
07TASHKENT992CENTRAL ASIANS AND AFGHANS TALK ABOUT PRECURSOR
[...] (SBU) Representatives of the five Central Asian countries and Afghanistan participated in a conference on narcotics precursor chemicals May 3-4 in Tashkent. The conference, organized by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC),was intended as the first step towards the developmen [...]
2007-05-21 11:19:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL UNODC AF UZ
07TBILISI1130CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE REPRESENTS FUNDAMENTAL SHIFT
[...] Summary: In 2007, Georgia will enact a new Criminal Procedure Code ("CPC") that replaces the former Soviet-style of prosecution with a new approach that equalizes the government's obligation to prosecute cases with the responsibility to protect the public's rights. This philosophical shift to [...]
2007-05-15 07:23:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV OTRA KCRM KJUS GG
07TBILISI1247EVIDENCE TAMPERING SCANDAL HITS GEORGIAN MINISTRY
[...] (C) Summary: A top Ministry of Internal Affairs official (MOIA) was arrested May 2 on charges of evidence tampering, along with the deputy of the MOIA Forensics Lab and one other police officer. Deputy General Prosecutor and National Movement activist Nika Gvaramia downplayed the extent of evi [...]
2007-05-29 07:36:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SNAR GG
07TBILISI1530GEORGIAN PROSECUTORS INSTITUTIONALIZE NEW TRIAL
[...] Summary. In January 2007, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Office of Public Prosecution Service (OPP) developed a year-long training program, including a cadre of local trainers, a core curriculum, explanatory materials and interactive training techniques, to ensure that th [...]
2007-06-26 13:10:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV KCRM KJUS GG
07TBILISI2576JURY TRIALS WILL RETURN TO GEORGIA AFTER NEARLY 100 YEARS
[...] Summary: For the first time since the 1920's, jury trials will return to Georgia. On October 6, 2007, prosecutors from the Office of Public Prosecution (OPP) and ABA/ROLI-trained defense lawyers conducted mock jury trials before juries composed of Georgian law students. Attorneys questioned t [...]
2007-10-15 05:58:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV OTRA KCRM KJUS GG
07TBILISI2663GEORGIA TACKLES CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
[...] Summary: In an effort to protect children from sexual exploitation, Georgia is working to criminalize online child exploitation, building upon its recent aggressive legislative and enforcement efforts which resulted in Tier I status for Georgia in the 2007 United States Government's Annual Repo [...]
2007-10-26 12:04:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV OTRA KCRM KJUS GG
07TEGUCIGALPA1885HONDURAS: CNIES INFORMATION SHARING MESSAGE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-10 20:22:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR OTRA PREL HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1894HONDURAS: UPDATED ASSESSMENT ON SECURITY
[...] Honduran Vice Minister of Security, Jorge Rodas Gamero, provided Post with immediate prioritized police equipment needs. These include motor vehicles, a helicopter, office equipment, furniture, communications equipment, reproduction of instruction manuals, prison security equipment, and vehicl [...]
2007-12-12 15:08:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PTER SNAR HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1916RECENT DRUG-RELATED ARRESTS AND SEIZURES IN
[...] Summary: Over the past weeks, Honduran authorities conducted several important drug-related arrests and seizures of assets. During the same time period, an airplane suspected of transporting drugs made an emergency landing in Honduras, but the police arrived too late to make arrests or find [...]
2007-12-17 23:04:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR HO
07TEGUCIGALPA509HONDURAS SCENESETTER FOR HHS SECRETARY LEAVITT
[...] (SBU) Summary: After 14 months in office, the Honduran President, Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya Rosales, faces the difficult task of leading one of the poorest countries in Latin America. Bilateral relations between the U.S. and Honduras are excellent. Honduras was the first country in the Wester [...]
2007-03-22 22:59:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL PGOV ECON MOPS SNAR PTER SOCI HO
07TEGUCIGALPA584HONDURAS SCENESETTER FOR DHS DEPUTY SECRETARY
[...] (SBU) Summary: After 15 months in office, the Honduran President, Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya Rosales, faces the difficult task of leading one of the poorest countries in Latin America. Bilateral relations between the U.S. and Honduras are excellent. Honduras was the first country in the Wester [...]
2007-04-09 20:08:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL PGOV ECON MOPS SNAR PTER SOCI HO
07TEGUCIGALPA585HONDURAS SCENESETTER FOR CODEL THOMPSON
[...] (SBU) Summary: After 15 months in office, the Honduran President, Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya Rosales, faces the difficult task of leading one of the poorest countries in Latin America. Bilateral relations between the U.S. and Honduras are excellent. Honduras was the first country in the Wester [...]
2007-04-09 20:13:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL PGOV ECON MOPS SNAR PTER SOCI HO
07THEHAGUE1013DUTCH INTENSIFY FIGHT AGAINST SYNTHETIC DRUGS
[...] The Justice Ministry policy memorandum on planned measures against the production, trade and use of synthetic drugs, submitted to Parliament May 11, outlines the Dutch government's objectives and strategies to combat ecstasy and other synthetic drugs over the next several years. The policy me [...]
2007-05-31 06:24:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM PINS PREL NL
07THEHAGUE1478EMBASSY THE HAGUE LAW ENFORCEMENT WORKING GROUP
[...] Post Law Enforcement and Counterterrorism Working Group has been meeting regularly since 2001. The LE/CT Working Group is chaired by DCM Michael Gallagher and coordinated by Global Issues Section Chief Susan Garro. In addition to all law enforcement agencies at post (FBI, DEA, ICE, CBP, U.S. [...]
2007-08-10 05:50:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC KCRM SNAR NL
07THEHAGUE164 JUSTICE MINISTER RAISES ROMMY INVESTIGATION
[...] (SBU) Summary. Justice Minister Hirsch Ballin raised concerns with the Ambassador on January 25 about whether U.S. law enforcement officials had violated Dutch rules on the use of criminal informants during the Henk Rommy Ecstasy trafficking investigation. The Minister passed the Ambassador [...]
2007-01-30 06:48:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM CJAN PREL NL
07THEHAGUE2020 NETHERLANDS/INCSR: PART II, MONEY LAUNDERING AND FINANCIAL
[...] The following is Embassy The Hague's submission of Part II of the 2007-2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report: Money Laundering and Financial Crimes. Embassy Point of Contact for this report is Deputy TFCO/Econoff Jay Heung at heungj2@state.gov, +31.70.310.2339. As requested re [...]
2007-11-30 08:14:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM EFIN KTFN SNAR NL
07THEHAGUE2048NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: DUTCH POSITIVE ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch are pleased to hear that aerial spraying is "off the table" for Afghanistan this year, but recognize that greater efforts are needed in southern Afghanistan to counter poppy cultivation. The Dutch continue to focus heavily on promoting alternative livelihood development [...]
2007-12-10 16:45:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR SNAR MOPS AF NL
07THEHAGUE226US-NETHERLANDS DRUG DEMAND REDUCTION MEETING
[...] Summary. The January 25-26 U.S. - Dutch workshop on demand reduction efforts advanced bilateral cooperation on drug demand reduction and drug abuse prevention. Led by Robert Denniston, the Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy's (ONDCP) National Youth Anti-Drug Med [...]
2007-02-06 15:10:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM PINS PREL SOCI NL
07THEHAGUE687NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: INL PDAS SCHWEICH ON
[...] (C) Summary. Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Tom Schweich visited The Hague on March 29 for bilateral discussions on Afghanistan. The conversation focused on anti-narcotics programs and balancing poppy eradication with providing alternativ [...]
2007-04-13 12:25:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NATO SNAR AF NL
07THEHAGUE781NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: ANNOYED BY INITIAL
[...] (C) Summary: The Dutch MFA is irate the GOA violated one of the conditions the Dutch set concerning poppy eradication operations in Uruzgan province. According to the MFA, the Dutch embassy in Kabul raised its objections with the GOA and the U.S. Embassy, and may raise them at the NATO foreign [...]
2007-04-26 15:31:00Embassy The HagueSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV NATO SNAR AF NL
07THEHAGUE833 SCENESETTER FOR ONDCP DIRECTOR WALTERS, MAY 7-8, 2007
[...] (SBU) We warmly welcome your visit to the Netherlands. You will be the first cabinet-level visitor since the new Dutch government took office. Your agenda will include meetings with three Ministers: Health Minister Ab Klink, Justice Minister Hirsch Ballin, and Foreign Minister Maxime Verhage [...]
2007-05-03 15:17:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP SNAR PREL PGOV KJUS PINR NL
07THEHAGUE949ONDCP DIRECTOR'S MAY 7-8 VISIT TO THE NETHERLANDS
[...] (C) Summary. White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Director John Walters visited The Hague May 7-8. In meetings with the Foreign, Justice, and Health Ministries, Walters thanked the Dutch for their cooperation on a range of counter-narcotics issues from improved police-to [...]
2007-05-18 16:59:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL PGOV KJUS KCRM PINR NL
07TOKYO441JAPANESE UPDATE OF AFGHAN RING ROAD PROJECT
[...] Summary. Japan has signed a contract with a construction company, SAITA of Afghanistan, to complete its 114 km segment of the Afghan Ring Road (Kandahar to Herat),and expects work to be completed by December 2008, if not sooner. MOFA International Cooperation Bureau Grant Aid/Technical Coop [...]
2007-01-31 23:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON AID PGOV PREL ELTN SNAR ASEC AFIN AF JA
07TOKYO5364JAPAN INCSR PART I
[...] Japan's efforts to fight drug trafficking comply with international standards; Japan is a party to the 1988 UN Drug Convention. Japan cooperates with other countries in intelligence sharing and law enforcement. Methamphetamine abuse remains the biggest challenge to Japanese antinarcotics effo [...]
2007-11-29 01:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR JA
07TORONTO448Narcotics Smugglers Still Working the U.S.-Canada Border
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Drug smuggling continues to be a major challenge for Ontario law enforcement. Organized criminal groups smuggle ecstasy, cocaine, and marijuana in and out of Canada on a regular basis, trying to exploit seams along the lengthy shared border with the United States, and Pearson I [...]
2007-11-13 15:28:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR KCRM CA
07TORONTO90ILLICIT DRUG PRODUCTION AND TRAFFICKING IN ONTARIO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Police seizures and arrests during the past year show that illegal drug activity, including cross-border smuggling, continues to be a big problem in Ontario. Police have seized large quantities of ecstasy, cocaine, and marijuana. They have discovered and shut down nearly 300 in [...]
2007-03-08 08:59:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR SOCI PGOV KCRM CA
07TUNIS1439TUNISIA INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] There is no discernible money laundering or terrorist finance activity occurring in Tunisia. Tunisia is not considered an important regional financial center due in large part to the very strict control exercised by the Central Bank over financial transactions, particularly those involving fo [...]
2007-10-30 10:15:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KCRM KTFN SNAR PTER TS
07ULAANBAATAR279Mongolian Court Convicts Boy Band Drug Smugglers
[...] (U) A Mongolian court convicted 13 persons accused of trafficking drugs smuggled in from China, sentencing three of the defendants to ten or more years in prison. The defendants included several Mongolian hip hop boy band stars, the son of a wealthy businessman, and several students. This is [...]
2007-05-14 03:57:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR ASEC PGOV SOCI MG CH
07ULAANBAATAR284Mongolia's FIU Seeks FinCEN Link
[...] (U) B. Tumurbat, head of Mongolia's Financial Information Unit (FIU),has written to James H. Fries, Director of the Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN),looking to develop closer ties between the two anti-money laundering agencies. (A copy of his letter has be [...]
2007-05-15 08:58:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PTER ECON PREL SNAR MG
07USEUBRUSSELS1407BELGIUM: COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR THE VISIT
[...] (C) COUNTRY CLEARANCE IS GRANTED FOR THE MAY 8-9, 2007, VISIT TO BRUSSELS, BELGIUM OF JOHN P. WALTERS, DIRECTOR OF THE WHITE HOUSE OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY AND DELEGATION TO VISIT WITH EUROPEAN UNION AND NATO OFFICIALS REGARDING US COUNTERNARCOTICS ISSUES. WE ALSO GRANT COUNTRY C [...]
2007-04-26 15:31:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALOVIP SNAR PREL EUN NATO BE
07USEUBRUSSELS3080DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON KURDISTAN WORKERS PARTY
[...] (S) Mission International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) Counselor, accompanied by Justice Department Senior Counsel and Department of Homland Security Attache, delivered the demarche on combating terrorism by the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) to newly-appointed Counter-Terrorism [...]
2007-10-04 14:43:00USEU BrusselsSECRETPTER KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR EU
07USNATO229U.S., UK BRIEF ISAF CONTRIBUTORS ON AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a joint briefing to the North Atlantic Council and ISAF troop contributors, INL/PDAS and Coordinator for Counternarcotics and Justice Reform in Afghanistan, Ambassador Thomas Schweich, and Head of the FCO's Afghan Drugs Interdepartmental Unit Peter Holland described the narco [...]
2007-04-04 15:02:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALMOPS NATO PGOV PREL SNAR AF
07USNATO315ONDCP DIRECTOR WALTERS' MAY 8 COUNTERNARCOTICS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During separate May 8 meetings at NATO HQ with select Permanent Representatives and Deputy Secretary General (D/SYG) Minuto-Rizzo, Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy John Walters highlighted the role that security and good governance play in reducing poppy cu [...]
2007-05-18 15:21:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS MARR SNAR AF PK
07USNATO486UNODC CHIEF COSTA BRIEFS THE NAC ON AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Antonio Costa, Head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC),briefed NATO on September 5 on UNODC's 2007 report on Afghanistan poppy production. In addition to NATO PermReps, 24 other interested nations and organizations were on hand as Costa reviewed the key findings and r [...]
2007-09-06 15:11:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR MARR ECON PGOV UN AF NATO
07USNATO547DEA ADMINISTRATOR TANDY PUSHES NATO ON CN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Administrator Karen Tandy pushed NATO to do more to support Afghan drug interdiction efforts during a powerful presentation to Secretary General de Hoop Scheffer and the North Atlantic Council (NAC) on October 1. She highlighted the intertwi [...]
2007-10-08 06:32:00Mission USNATOSECRETSNAR NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF
07USUNNEWYORK1016UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: THIRD COMMITTEE ADOPTS EIGHT
[...] (U) On November 1, the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly adopted 8 resolutions without a vote. 2. (U) The United States joined consensus on the following resolutions: --L.6, Cooperatives for Social Development (ref A). --L.15.Rev.1, Violence Against Women (ref B),with EOP. [...]
2007-11-15 12:43:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA PHUM SNAR KWMN
07USUNNEWYORK879CRIME AND DRUGS DISCUSSED AT UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[...] (U) Summary: In an Oct.10-11 discussion in the "crime and drugs" segment of the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly (agenda items 106 and 107),speakers outlined current problems and their individual advances in combating crime, corruption and drug trafficking and abuse. Speaking for [...]
2007-10-17 22:56:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR UNGA XF XR XC
07VIENNA2758AUSTRIA: 2007 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-07 07:19:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER SNAR AU
07VIENNA377AUSTRIA CONSIDERING REQUEST FOR FURTHER EXTENSION
[...] EconPolCouns and EconPolOff delivered reftel demarche on February 13 to Brigadier Kurt Hager. As the Austrian Interior Ministry's Director for Bilateral Affairs, Hager manages Austria's international police training missions, among other things. 2. Hager said he would pursue our request [...]
2007-02-13 15:48:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM JO IZ AU
07VIENNA407AUSTRIA: WAITING FOR EU GUIDANCE ON COMMISSION ON
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-15 10:47:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC SNAR UNCND AU
07VIENNA755AUSTRIA EXTENDS TRAINERS AT JORDAN INTERNATIONAL
[...] Please see action request para. 4. 2. In a March 21 meeting, Austrian Interior Minister Guenther Platter told Ambassador that the GOA is sympathetic to the notion of continuing the deployment of Austrian trainers at the Jordan International Police Training Center (JIPTC). There are no im [...]
2007-03-23 15:30:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM JO IZ AU
07VIENTIANE139CORRUPTION IN LAOS: THE CLOSER YOU LOOK, THE
[...] (C) Summary. Corruption in Laos is endemic. At a recent governance and anti-corruption workshop in Vientiane, sponsored by the World Bank, donor and non-governmental organization (NGO) representatives met to discuss the current situation. While there are some positive trends, such as the w [...]
2007-02-20 10:34:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALKCRM PGOV KFRD CASC SNAR LA
07VIENTIANE159NAS VIENTIANE: REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE ON CONTINUING
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see Paragraph 6. 2. (U) Under the direction of the Lao National Commission for Drug Control and Supervision's (LCDC) Programme Facilitation Unit (PFU),opium treatment programs in Laos reduced the addict population by more than 80% in 5 years, based [...]
2007-02-26 02:44:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR LA
07VIENTIANE257NAS VIENTIANE: UPDATE ON METHAMPHETAMINE IN LAOS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Almost everyone in the Lao lowlands, from the Prime Minister in Vientiane to street vendors in Pakse, is keenly aware that methamphetamine trafficking is on the increase and that the lives of thousands of Lao citizens have become more precarious as a result. Lao law enforcemen [...]
2007-03-29 08:17:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM SNAR XC CH
07VIENTIANE442AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALLS WITH SENIOR LAO
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador's farewell calls with senior Lao officials were marked by appreciation for her role in moving the bilateral relationship forward on traditional areas of cooperation (MIA accounting, opium eradication, and unexploded ordnance removal) while breaking ground on new are [...]
2007-05-26 09:06:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALEAID ETRD LA MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR
07VIENTIANE449UNODC REPORTS SECURITY SITUATION IN NORTHERN LAOS
[...] (C) Summary: The United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Representative in Vientiane, Mr. Leik Boonwaat, told NAS that, during his travel over the past few weeks, he had observed indications that the overall security situation in northern Laos was decaying. He said that a higher [...]
2007-05-29 10:35:00Embassy VientianeSECRETPGOV PTER SNAR ASEC LA
07VIENTIANE476AUTHORITIES IN NORTHERN LAOS WORRIED ABOUT HMONG
[...] (C) Summary: Vietnamese Hmong immigrants are resettling in northeastern Laos from Vietnam and are becoming a growing concern among local authorities trying to control one of Laos' most remote borders. The Government of Laos (GOL) has repatriated some recent arrivals but appears to lack the [...]
2007-06-06 09:51:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALSMIG PGOV SNAR LA VM XC
07VIENTIANE477GOL WORRIED ABOUT MARIJUANA TRAFFICKERS IN
[...] (C) Summary: Provincial officials in Bolikhamxai Province are worried that they are losing control of eastern border districts to drug traffickers producing marijuana for commercial export. These districts are populated by upland minorities including Hmong and Khamu. The officials stated t [...]
2007-06-06 09:59:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALLA PGOV SNAR VM
07VIENTIANE483MAJORS LIST CERTIFICATION PROCEEDURES FOR LAOS FY
[...] (SBU) Summary. While Laos continues to be a major producer of narcotics, it reduced opium production by approximately 69% between 2005 and 2006 and has achieved a 96% decline in overall opium cultivation from its recorded peak in 1989. Production is currently estimated to be below domestic [...]
2007-06-08 06:43:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR LA
07VIENTIANE524NEW TRANSPORTATION ARTERIES AND TRADE INITIATIVES
[...] (SBU) Summary. New highways and trade initiatives may boost Laos' growth but will provide greater opportunities for illicit trafficking as well. With the opening of a Savannakhet, Laos-Mukdahan, Thailand bridge, the East-West Economic Corridor (EWEC) that transects southern Laos is now comp [...]
2007-06-25 08:51:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECIN ELTN ETRD KCRM KHIV LA PGOV SNAR
07VIENTIANE525LAO GOVERNMENT CAUTIOUSLY WELCOMES U.S. ARRESTS
[...] (C) Summary: Lao government officials appear to have been pleased and surprised by the June 4 arrests of Hmong-American General Vang Pao and others on suspicion of plotting violent action aimed at overthrowing the Lao government. However, the Philippines Ambassador, who talked to Lao gover [...]
2007-06-25 09:23:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS ASEC CASC SCUL SNAR CH LA US
07VIENTIANE800SIGNIFICANT HEROIN ADDICTION EMERGES IN LAOS FOR
[...] (U) Summary: Heroin abuse has not been encountered among the Laotian people in the past, but so far in 2007, the principal Lao national drug abuse treatment center at Somsanga has admitted more than 50 acknowledged heroin addicts, at least seven of whom admitted to current injecting drug use. [...]
2007-10-29 10:52:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIEDKHIV LA SNAR SOCI UNCRIME
07VIENTIANE806REQUEST INL APPROVAL FOR CONTRACT TO CONSTRUCT ATS
[...] (U) Summary and Action Requested (see also para 9): This message requests INL/RM approval for NAS Vientiane to authorize RPSO Frankfurt to contract for design and construction of a drug abuse treatment clinic in Vientiane Province, Laos, specializing in treatment of addiction to amphetamine-t [...]
2007-10-30 08:47:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR ASUP LA
07VIENTIANE8392007-2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-15 09:28:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR LA
07WARSAW1817POLISH INSIGHT ON THE NEW AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) In response to reftel demarche by poloff on August 9, Krzysztof Debnicki, Afghanistan Desk Officer at Polish MFA, expressed support for the new U.S. policy and, to assist our preparation, offered the following rhetorical questions: - When compensating farmers who forsake poppy production, [...]
2007-08-23 15:20:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALNATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS SNAR AF
07WARSAW2392POLISH NOMINEES FOR THE ONDCP/INL 23-24 JANUARY
[...] To follow up on our interim response to Ref A text, the following individuals have been identified for participation in the January 23-24, 2008 Regional Drug Demand Reduction seminar to be held in Budapest, Hungary. a) Mr. Michal Sztyk, Chief Specialist from the Ministry of Health, Depart [...]
2007-12-18 14:19:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDOTAR SNAR PL
07WARSAW433NO RESPONSE ON REQUEST FOR POLAND'S SUPPORT TO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-23 15:56:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDAORC SNAR UNCND PL
07WELLINGTON419PROPOSED MARITIME LAW ENFORCEMENT AGREEMENT
[...] (SBU) On June 7, Acting PolEcon Counselor and Poloff delivered to Sonya Kamana, Deputy High Commissioner, Cook Islands High Commission the proposed maritime law enforcement agreement (Ref A). Kamana positively received the agreement, and said she will share it with appropriate officials in Ra [...]
2007-06-07 05:22:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEWWT KTIA PBTS PREL SNAR XB XV NZ CW
07WELLINGTON61COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SI GEORGE W. WOESSNER TO VISIT NEW ZEALAND, FEBRUARY 4-10, 2007
[...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington welcomes and grants clearance to DEA Senior Instructor (SI) George W. Woessner for travel to Auckland, New Zealand from February 7-10, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to meet with host government officials to conduct advance preparations for a proposed May 2007 Advanc [...]
2007-01-19 03:46:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC DEA XB XU NZ SNAR
07WELLINGTON680DISCUSSION WITH COOK ISLANDS DEPUTY PM ON MARITIME
[...] (C) During a recent visit to Auckland, Cook Islands Deputy Prime Minister Sir Terepai Maoate, along with Associate Minister Junior Maoate (his son) and CEO Ratu Mato, met with the Ambassador and Auckland CG. Maoate explained that the Cooks are anxious to expand their thin economic base beyon [...]
2007-09-17 23:50:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALEWWT EMIN KTIA PBTS PREL SNAR XB XV NZ SW
07YAOUNDE1071CAMEROON'S INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS TELL FOREST
[...] (SBU) Summary. Cameroon's Forestry Minister (MINFOF) was caught off-guard when EU representatives responded to his August 22 appeal for donor assistance by suggesting that the Government of Cameroon's problem is "not money, but will." The ambassadors encouraged Ngolle to continue MINFOF's fi [...]
2007-08-29 13:35:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KCOR SNAR PHUM PARM EAID PGOV CM
07YAOUNDE1391CAMEROON: GOVT PRACTICES ON INFO COLLECTION, SCREENING AND
[...] (C) Below are responses to reftel information request on the Government of the Republic of Cameroon (GRC) information collecting, screening and sharing. A. Immigration Data Base ------------------------- 2. (C) The GRC does not have a computerized database system that tracks entry and [...]
2007-11-26 06:24:00Embassy YaoundeCONFIDENTIALKVPR PTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS SNAR CM
07YAOUNDE539POACHERS BEWARE: CAMEROON'S LAST GREAT APE IS ON
[...] (U) Summary. Cameroon's Last Great Ape (LAGA) organization deploys passionate staff and proven law enforcement techniques to achieve spectacular results in prosecuting wildlife traffickers in Cameroon and, increasingly, the Central African region. In their unorthodox pursuit of wildlife tr [...]
2007-04-27 10:49:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KCOR SNAR PHUM PARM EAID PGOV CM
07YEREVAN118NEW REFORMS SEEK TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC LAW COMPLIANCE, LESSEN
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Armenia's traffic police division implemented reforms in late 2006 aimed at modernizing their operations with an eye toward reducing corruption. The traffic police adopted new procedures for citing driving infractions which include plans for the purchase of more modern equipment [...]
2007-02-02 11:56:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV KCRM AM
07ZAGREB1053Police Make Major Seizures of Heroin, Cocaine
[...] Last week Croatian Police announced the seizure of seven kilograms of heroin in two border searches into Croatia. In one action on 22 November, border police apprehended two Macedonians who were crossing the Serbian-Croatian border at Bajakovo with 2 kilograms of heroin, Heptanon and other nar [...]
2007-11-30 14:45:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM SNAR PREL PGOV HR
07ZAGREB12CROATIA WILL FOLLOW EU LEAD ON DRONABINOL AND ORIPAVIN
[...] Reftel points were delivered to Andrej Dogan at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration - Department for the United Nations on December 8, 2006. Government of Croatia responded to points on January 4, 2007. As Croatia is in the process of negotiation with the EU regarding beco [...]
2007-01-04 12:42:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SNAR UNCND UNCRIME HR EU
07ZAGREB359CONTINUED SERVICE BY CROATIAN POLICE AT THE JORDAN INTL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-13 14:08:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS PINR SNAR KCRM JO HR
07ZAGREB729UPDATE REQUEST ON JORDAN INTL POLICE TRAINING
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. Please see para 6. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Assistant Interior Minister Filip Dragovic requested information from PolOffs July 26 regarding the future of the Jordan International Police Training Center (JIPTC). The Ministry of Interior (MUP) currently p [...]
2007-08-01 15:48:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PINR SNAR KCRM JO HR DEFENSE REFORM
07ZAGREB996CROATIA INCSR 2006/2007 - PART ONE
[...] (U) Below please find, per reftel request, part one of post's submission for the annual International Narcotics Control Strategy Report. Part two on money laundering will be submitted septel. Croatia I. Summary Croatia is not a producer of narcotics. However, narcotics smuggling through th [...]
2007-11-06 09:28:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL KJUS KCRM HR
08ABUJA112NIGERIAN & ECOWAS EFFORTS TO COMBAT WEST AFRICAN
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel, Post provides the following information concerning Nigerian and ECOWAS efforts to combat drug trafficking. This cable has been cleared by DEA/Lagos and Legatt/Lagos. ------- NIGERIA ------- 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Nigeria remains a hub of narcotics trafficking a [...]
2008-01-17 13:28:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCRM SNAR EAID SOCI NI
08ABUJA1163 INL BODY SCANNERS HANDED OVER TO THE NIGERIA NATIONAL DRUG
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-17 15:00:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM ASEC EAID NI
08ABUJA1185ILEA GABORONE Law Enforcement Executive Development Course,
[...] The following 14 Nigerian personnel from the Nigeria Customs Service, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Nigeria Police Force and the State Security Services are nominated for attendance at the above referenced ILEA Training. Name OTAESIRI, Robinson Akporhuarho DOB April 3, [...]
2008-06-20 06:42:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM ASEC EAID NI
08ABUJA1264ECOWAS: 34TH SESSION OF THE HEADS OF STATE AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 23, 2008, ECOWAS held its Thirty-Fourth Ordinary Session of Authority of Heads of State and Government in Abuja, Nigeria. Nine heads of state and six minister-level delegates attended the session, which was opened with speeches by Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, [...]
2008-06-30 13:40:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AORC SNAR ECON NI
08ABUJA1339ILEA GABORONE Law Enforcement Executive Development Course,
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-15 08:08:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM ASEC EAID NI
08ABUJA1353ILEA GABORONE Precursor Chemical PRECURSOR CHEMICAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-16 13:34:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM ASEC EAID NI
08ABUJA1573NIGERIA: EFCC DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO ATTORNEY
[...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings August 7, CDA presented reftel demarche expressing our concerns about developments at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to Attorney General (AG) Michael Aondoakaa and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Baba Gana Kingibe. She [...]
2008-08-08 17:12:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EFIN KCOR SNAR NI
08ABUJA1595NIGERIA: EFCC DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO MFA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge d'Affaires delivered reftel demarche on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to Minister of Foreign Affairs Ojo Maduekwe on August 8. The FonMin had already received the information from the demarche through a dispatch from the Nigerian Embassy in Washington [...]
2008-08-11 17:00:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KCOR EFIN SNAR NI
08ABUJA2170NIGERIA: 2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-04 10:26:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM NI IZ
08ABUJA2206NIGERIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DEA EXPULSION FROM
[...] (C) On November 11, PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador M.K. Ibrahim, Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' International Organizations Second UN Division. Ibrahim suggested that the situation in Bolivia is linked to existing tensions between the U.S. and Venezuela, and note [...]
2008-11-10 16:24:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM SNAR NI
08ABUJA2210 INL NIGERIA REQUEST APPROVAL FOR PURCHASE OF TWO VEHICLES
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-12 06:57:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR NI IZ
08ABUJA233NIGERIA: 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] Summary Nigeria remains a hub of narcotics trafficking and money laundering activity and is still ranked as one of the world's most corrupt countries. Nigerian criminal organizations dominate the African drug trade and transport narcotics to markets in the United States, Europe, Asia, and oth [...]
2008-02-05 14:10:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM NI IZ
08ABUJA236NIGERIA: 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] Although the Federal Republic of Nigeria is not an offshore financial center, Nigeria's large economy is a hub for the trafficking narcotics and other contraband. Nigeria is also a center of criminal financial activity, reportedly for the entire continent. Individuals and criminal organizations [...]
2008-02-05 14:14:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN SNAR KTFN KCRM NI
08ABUJA2523 ILEA GABORONE - Financial Forensics Course, February 9-20,
[...] The following 6 Nigerian personnel from the Nigerian Securities & Exchange Commission are nominated for attendance for the above referenced ILEA Training. Name Reginald. Chukwudi Karawusa DOB July 27 1966 Gender - Male Rank - Assistant Director Current Position - Ag. Head of En [...]
2008-12-24 10:39:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM ASEC EAID NI
08ABUJA341 ILEA GABORONE - Criminal Investigations Course, March
[...] The following 6 Nigerian personnel from the Independent Commission for Corrupt Practices and other related offences, the Nigeria Police Force and National Drug law Enforcement Agency are nominated for attendance for the above referenced ILEA Training. Sharon Ogiri-Okpe DOB - 15 September, 19 [...]
2008-02-22 12:43:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM ASEC EAID NI
08ABUJA395TEAM NIGERIA MEETS GON MINISTERS FOR WASHINGTON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 12, 2008, the Ambassador and an interagency team briefed key GON ministers, officials, and top advisers to President Yar'Adua on the current U.S.- Nigerian bilateral relation as a follow up to Yar'Adua's December 12-14, 2007 Washington trip. The presentation was orga [...]
2008-02-28 12:51:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EINV ETRD EPET ENRG SNAR KJUS
08ABUJA484 THE INTERNATIONAL ANTICORRUPTION AND GOOD GOVERNANCE ACT
[...] (U) Mission Nigeria provides the following in response to reftel. 2. (U) Host country efforts to combat corruption and improve transparency/acountability in 2006/2007: Former President Olusegun Obasanjo initiated a broad agenda to tackle corruption, including enforcement of existing anti [...]
2008-03-12 13:56:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDKCOR KCRM SNAR NI IZ
08ABUJA527NIGERIA: CORRUPT COURTS SLOW EFCC INVESTIGATION OF
[...] (C) Outgoing Chief of the EFCC External Cooperation Unit Ibrahim Mohammed (strictly protect) on March 11 confirmed press reports that former Rivers State Governor Peter Odili secured a "perpetual injunction" restraining the EFCC from arresting, detaining or prosecuting him -- in effect extendi [...]
2008-03-20 15:28:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV SNAR KJUS KCOR NI
08ABUJA60 ILEA GABORONE - Financial Forensics Course, February
[...] The following 6 Nigerian personnel from the Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit and the Special Crime Unit against Money Laundering are nominated for attendance for the above referenced ILEA Training. Musa Bah Mohammed DOB - 22 August, 1958 Gender - Male Rank - Chief Superintenden [...]
2008-01-10 13:32:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM ASEC EAID NI
08ABUJA628 ILEA ROSWELL, New Mexico - Advanced Management Course -
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-07 14:01:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM KJUS ASEC EAID ECON NI
08ABUJA711 ILEA ROSWELL, New Mexico - Advanced Management Course -
[...] Name: Obi Josephine Ruth DOB: 08 May 1964 Gender: F Position/Rank: Superintendent of Narcotics Passport #: A00046337 Expiry date 01 October 2012 2. The Department has checked its files and finds it holds no credible information regarding gross abuse of human rights on the part of th [...]
2008-04-17 06:23:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM KJUS ASEC EAID NI
08ABUJA751FUND CITE FOR TRAVEL OF FINCEN STAFF JILL BEZEK AND NIIBEN
[...] This is an action request. 2. Request FINCEN to establish fund cite to support FINCEN expenses, as follows: 3. Charge fund cite for ticket cost from Washington-Abuja-Washington and per diem cost for stay in Abuja April 27-May 2, 2008. APPROPRIATION: 1911 5/71022 BUREAU CODE: 01 EXPENDITURE [...]
2008-04-22 15:48:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM KFRD TRSY NI EAID IZ
08ABUJA784NIGERIA: FY 2008 INL PROPOSAL, Request FOR $1.190 Million
[...] Summary: Per reftel instructions, Post proposes 3 key INL projects and 1 alternate project to be funded with FY 2008 funds for a total amount of $1.190 million dollars. This amount includes $600,000 in Program Development and Support(PD$S): $300,000 in Interdiction and $290,000 in the area of [...]
2008-04-29 08:09:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PGOV SNAR ECON NI
08ABUJA815FRAMEWORK FOR PARTNERSHIP: TEAM NIGERIA MEETS GON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador and an interagency team met, for the second time this year, with senior-level Nigerian officials as part of the "U.S.-Nigeria Framework for Partnership" in April 2008. During the exchange, the Minister of State for Power reported that the Government of Nigeria (GON [...]
2008-05-06 11:08:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON EAID ETRD EAIR SNAR NI
08ABUJA898NIGERIA: NEW EFCC CHAIR APPOINTED, EX-GOVERNORS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Federal Government announced the appointment of former Assistant Inspector General of Police Farida Mzamber Waziri as the new Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on May 15. Waziri is well respected among law enforcement and was, in fact, the officer in c [...]
2008-05-16 13:03:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV EFIN KCOR SNAR NI
08ABUJA899 ILEA GABORONE - Train the Trainer on Fraudulent Documents
[...] The following 7 Nigerian personnel, from the Nigeria Customs Service and the Nigeria Immigration Service are nominated for attendance for the above referenced ILEA Training. Name Ilesanmi Kehinde (ALTERNATE) DOB Feb 19, 1964 Gender Male Rank Superintendent of Customs [...]
2008-05-19 06:20:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM ASEC EAID NI
08ABUJA946NIGERIA: ACTING EFCC AND NFIU CHAIRS ON WAZIRI
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Acting Chairman Ibrahim Lamorde and Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) Director Asishana Bayo Okauru told Poloff, INLoff and Legatt on May 18 and 19 that current Kwara State Governor Bukola Saraki (who is also head of the G [...]
2008-05-23 14:47:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV EFIN KCOR SNAR NI
08ACCRA1005GHANA-- UPDATE ON COUNTER-NARCOTICS ACTIVITIES
[...] (U) Summary: The construction of an AFRICOM funded airport interdiction facility moved a step closer on July 29 with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between Charge Sue K Brown and Ghana Narcotics Board Executive Secretary Ben Botwe. Five convicted cocaine traffickers received long pris [...]
2008-08-05 16:08:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALPINR PGOV PREL SNAR GH
08ACCRA1052ACCRA INPUT FOR FY 09 AFRICA PARTNERSHIP STATION
[...] (U) (Summary) EMBOFF's conversations with Ghanaian officials found broad support for participation in the Africa Partnership Station (APS). The Ghanaian officials were unanimous in seeing APS as an opportunity for staff training and development. Ghanaian officials cited their need to develop [...]
2008-08-15 07:52:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN MARR MASS SNAR MOPS PREL GH
08ACCRA1472GHANA'S ELECTIONS: AN NPP PARTISAN TAKES AIM AT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Dr. Kwesi Aning, a researcher at Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC),told PolOff that post-election violence could still take place if the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) perceives that it is losing the election. He expects the elections to be free [...]
2008-11-19 15:53:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALGH KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL SNAR
08ACCRA1475Ghana: 2009 International Narcotics Control
[...] Ghana is not a regional financial center, but due to continuing turmoil in the region, GhanaQs financial sector is likely to become more important regionally as it develops. Most of the money laundering found in Ghana involves narcotics and public corruption. Ghana is a significant transship [...]
2008-11-20 16:04:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN SNAR KCRM KTFN GH
08ACCRA324NPP Campaign Strategy Unfolding
[...] SUMMARY. In a February 26 meeting with Poloff and visiting Ghana Desk Officer Dana Banks, New Patriotic Party (NPP) General Secretary Nana Ohene Ntow outlined the party's campaign strategy of focusing on the government's record of accomplishments, managing communication issues, and targeting w [...]
2008-03-07 13:19:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL SNAR GH
08ACCRA338GHANA: CIVIL SOCIETY PREPARES TO MEDIATE ELECTION CONFLICT
[...] (U) Summary: In a series of meetings between Poloff and representatives of Ghanaian media, think tanks, and religious coalitions, civil society leaders predicted a contentious December presidential election but believed violence could be averted. The leaders conveyed a generally positive view [...]
2008-03-12 07:25:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL SNAR GH
08ACCRA339GHANA ELECTORAL COMMISSION CONFRONTS OPPOSITION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a February 29 meeting with Poloffs, Albert Kofi Arhin, Director of Elections for Ghana's Electoral Commission (EC),outlined the EC's revised schedule of activities in preparation for December presidential and parliamentary elections. The EC has scheduled nationwide voter I [...]
2008-03-12 15:33:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL SNAR GH
08ACCRA381Response to ILEA Gaborone - Training Needs Assessment
[...] (U) Summary: Post has selected three senior level law enforcement officials to attend the ILEA - Gaborone Training Needs Assessment Conference, which will be held from April 14-16, 2008, in Gaborone, Botswana. As a delegation, the selected officials are senior level law enforcement personnel w [...]
2008-03-19 16:42:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM SNAR ASEC EAID ECON KJUS GH
08ACCRA388Response to ILEA Gaborone - Training Needs Assessment
[...] (U) Summary: Post has selected three senior level law enforcement officials to attend the ILEA - Gaborone Training Needs Assessment Conference, which will be held from April 14-16, 2008, in Gaborone, Botswana. As a delegation, the selected officials are senior level law enforcement personnel w [...]
2008-03-20 16:45:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM SNAR ASEC EAID ECON KJUS GH
08ACCRA432PROPOSALS FOR INL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE
[...] (SBU) Per reftel instructions, Post proposes five projects to be funded with FY 2008 funds. Post's objective is to build on past efforts to enhance the capabilities of Ghanaian counter-narcotics units, including the Narcotics Control Board, and to focus attention on improving interdiction capa [...]
2008-04-01 17:53:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL SNAR GH
08ACCRA509 GHANA TRANSPORTATION: SAFE SKIES AND FRIENDLY PORTS
[...] SUMMARY: On April 11, Deputy Secretary of Transportation Thomas Barrett, accompanied by Charge d'Affaires Sue K. Brown, officials from the Department of Transportation, the U.S. Trade and Development Agency, and the Millennium Challenge Corporation, met with Ghanaian counterparts to discuss ai [...]
2008-04-15 15:17:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON PREL SNAR EPET DOT GH
08ACCRA612NDC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE JOHN EVANS ATTA-MILLS
[...] (C) Summary. This is the second in a series reporting the Ambassador's discussions with presidential candidates and key interlocutors. National Democratic Party flag bearer John Evans Atta-Mills, looking and sounding strong and projecting energy and confidence, said he is "no one's puppet"; [...]
2008-05-08 16:43:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR PINR ECON GH
08ACCRA618CPP PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE MOVING QUIETLY TO
[...] (C) It was not until 1992 that the CPP began its comeback as a party. Disaffected Nkrumaists had fled to the National Democratic Congress (NDC) party in droves, with lesser numbers joining the New Patriotic Party (NPP). The CPP under Nduom's capable leadership is now reaching out to former [...]
2008-05-09 13:29:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL SNAR ECON GH
08ACCRA623FORMER TRADE MINISTER PREDICTS 2008 PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The former Minister of Trade and leading candidate for the New Patriotic Party presidential nomination Alan Kyerematen discussed a wide range of topics during lunch at my residence on May 9. Alan Kyerematen fought a hard, strong battle, coming in second against 17 NPP candidates [...]
2008-05-12 18:37:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALECON GH PGOV PINR PREL SNAR
08ACCRA673AF/W DIRECTOR THOMAS DOUGHERTY'S MEETINGS WITH THE
[...] (C) Summary: On May 19, National Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate John Atta Mills told visiting AF/W Director Thomas Dougherty that he is determined to ensure a peaceful election in Ghana but that his confidence in the Electoral Commission (EC) has "been shaken." Should there b [...]
2008-05-22 09:24:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON SNAR PINR GH
08ACCRA674AN OVERVIEW OF THE OVERSEAS PROSECUTORIAL DEVELOPMENT AND
[...] (SBU) On November 19, 2007, the OPDAT Intermittent Legal Advisor (ILA) arrived at post and commenced her Trafficking in Person (TIP) Program. To date, the OPDAT ILA has trained law enforcement officers from the Ministry of Women and Children (MOWAC),the Department of Social Welfare (DSW),th [...]
2008-05-22 14:24:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL SNAR KCRM KJUS KWMN GH
08ACCRA690AF/W DIRECTOR DOUGHERTY MEETS NPP CANDIDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: On May 20 New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential candidate Nana Akufo-Addo told visiting AF/W Director Thomas Dougherty that he was optimistic about his party's chances in the December election. While acknowledging problems with inflation, corruption and narcotics, Akufo-Addo la [...]
2008-05-28 11:45:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON SNAR GH
08ACCRA746GHANA POLITICAL ROUNDUP
[...] (U) Summary: President Kufuor plans to bestow Ghana's highest civilian award on opposition presidential candidate John Atta Mills, to the vocal consternation of top New Patriotic Party leaders. The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) accuses President Kufuor of confli [...]
2008-06-11 10:35:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM SNAR PREL GH
08ADDISABABA116EVIDENCE OF INCREASED MARIJUANA CULTIVATION AND POSSIBLE
[...] SUMMARY: A recent seizure of 73 kilograms of cannabis (marijuana) and the arrest of five people indicates a possible up-tick in commercial drug cultivation in Ethiopia. Additionally, sources indicate that drug growers are using machines to manufacture hashish from cannabis plants, a new develo [...]
2008-01-15 09:18:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM ET
08AITTAIPEI1634REQUEST LEAHY AMENDMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
[...] (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: As required by the Departments of State and Defense Leahy Amendments, AIT requests that Washington conduct an expedited human rights review of the below listed Taiwan Criminal Investigation Bureau personnel, who will participate in DEA Basic Drug Detection Training beginn [...]
2008-11-21 08:17:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDMAS PHUM PM PREL SNAR ASEC TW
08ALGIERS465SLIPPING TOWARDS ADDICTION: ALGERIA'S EVOLVING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Algeria is evolving from primarily a transit point for drugs entering Europe into a destination and producer of drugs. The first few months of 2008 have featured a wave of front-page press reports on domestic drug production, announcing that areas of the southern Sahel region ar [...]
2008-04-24 09:29:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALSNAR EAGR PREL PTER ECON AG
08AMMAN2317Jordan Securities Commission Adopts AML Regulations
[...] (U) Summary: The Jordan Securities Commission Board of Commissioners issued anti-money laundering (AML) regulations for securities activities on June 23. The regulations went into effect on July 31, following their publication in the Official Gazette. The regulations are consistent with both t [...]
2008-08-05 14:44:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON KCRM SNAR JO
08AMMAN266PALESTINIAN NSF ARRIVE IN JORDAN FOR TRAINING AT
[...] (SBU) On January 23, head of the Public Security Directorate Major General Mazen Al-Qadi and Ambassador Hale signed the latest amendments to the Jordan International Police Training Center (JIPTC) Letter of Agreement that provide for the training of Palestinian Authority National Security Forc [...]
2008-01-24 15:36:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALSNAR KPAL MASS JO
08AMMAN2888JORDAN JUDGES AND PROSECUTORS RECEIVE TRAINING ON USE OF
[...] (U) Summary: The U.S. Treasury Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training (OPDAT) delivered a Strategic (Task Force) Approach to the Investigation and Prosecution of Organized and Financial [...]
2008-10-16 13:14:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON KCRM SNAR JO
08AMMAN393REMINDER OF FEBRUARY 11 DEADLINE TO NOMINATE
[...] Embassy Amman would like to remind action addressees of the February 11 deadline for submitting the names of candidates for the Interdiction and Investigation of Bulk Cash Smuggling (BCS) seminar to be delivered in Amman, Jordan from March 10-13, 2008 (reftel). The seminar will be presented b [...]
2008-02-06 15:26:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETRD KTFN SNAR XF
08AMMAN485PALESTINIAN PRESIDENTIAL GUARD ARRIVE IN JORDAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-14 14:44:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KPAL MASS JO
08AMMAN99INVITATION TO ATTEND MARCH BULK CASH SMUGGLING SEMINAR IN
[...] This message contains action requests. Please see paragraphs 4-8. 2. The U.S. Treasury's Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) and the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (DHS-ICE and CBP) will jointly deliver a [...]
2008-01-13 09:42:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETRD KTFN SNAR XF
08ANKARA1926TURKEY: 2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] Following is Mission Turkey's submission of the Drugs and Chemical Control Section for the 2009 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report: Turkey I. Summary Turkey continues to be a major transit route for Southwest Asian opiates moving to Europe, and serves as a staging area f [...]
2008-11-06 16:07:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR
08ANKARA1987TURKEY: EXPULSION OF DEA FROM BOLIVIA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-14 16:17:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM SNAR BL TU
08ANKARA355TURKEY: ATTORNEY GENERAL MUKASEY URGES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Attorney General Mukasey discussed counterterrorism and law enforcement cooperation with Turkish Justice Minister Sahin and Interior Minister Atalay during his February 14-15 visit to Ankara, apparently the first official visit by a U.S. Attorney General. Both sides reaffirme [...]
2008-02-25 12:43:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALASEC CJAN OVIP PGOV PREL PTER SNAR KCRM TU
08ASHGABAT1007TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CSTC-A
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as an important opportunity to continue our bilateral dialogue in the area of security cooperation. Your first visit to Turkmenistan follows the outgoing [...]
2008-08-04 10:18:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR EPET ECON SCUL SOCI SNAR KDEM
08ASHGABAT1008TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as an important opportunity to continue our bilateral dialogue in the area of security cooperation. Your first visit to Turkmenistan follows the outgoing [...]
2008-08-04 10:19:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR EPET ECON SCUL SOCI SNAR KDEM
08ASHGABAT1049TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR THE SEPTEMBER 6-9
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as an important opportunity to advance our bilateral dialogue on energy. President Bush met briefly with President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov on April 3 [...]
2008-08-12 14:04:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EPET ECON KDEM MARR SCUL SOCI SNAR
08ASHGABAT122TURKMENISTAN'S PRESIDENT CREATES NEW
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) During a January 18 meeting of Turkmenistan's National Security Council, President Berdimuhamedov signed a decree establishing a new State Agency for Combating Narcotics. The president said that he had made this decision "t [...]
2008-01-24 09:11:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SNAR TX
08ASHGABAT1232VETTING REQUEST FOR NATO-RUSSIA COUNTER NARCOTICS
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (U) Post has been asked to conduct a human rights review for the following 72 nominees for the NATO-Russia Counternarcotics Training program taking place in Ashgabat from September 15-26. The DEA will be conducting the second w [...]
2008-09-15 13:06:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL SNAR TX
08ASHGABAT1256TURKMENISTAN: STATE COUNTER NARCOTICS HEAD SAYS
[...] (C) State Counter-narcotics Service Chairman Murat Islamov asked DATT and Office of Military Cooperation Chief for U.S. assistance in helping his Service to develop a special forces capability to counter armed drug traffickers. He asked specifically for special forces or counter-terrorism trai [...]
2008-09-23 11:50:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS SOCI SNAR TX
08ASHGABAT1285TURKMENISTAN: FINAL HALK MASLAHATY SESSION
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On September 26, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamdov called to order the final session ever of Turkmenistan's Halk Maslahaty or People's Council. One of the main items on the agenda was for the body to approve the revised co [...]
2008-09-26 13:40:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SNAR KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT1286TURKMENISTAN: SOURCE SAYS FIRING OF CUSTOMS CHIEF
[...] (C) According to UN Office on Drugs and Crime Turkmenistan Office Project Coordinator Ercan Saka (please protect),President Berdimuhamedov fired State Customs Service Chairman Muratberdi Annaliyev in June because the president wanted Yaylym Berdiyev, at that time chairman of the State Migrat [...]
2008-09-26 13:45:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV SNAR TX
08ASHGABAT1287TURKMENISTAN: UN CENTER FOR PREVENTIVE DIPLOMACY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: UN Center for Preventive Diplomacy Head of Office Miroslav Jenca believes that water issues will be less of a problem overall in Central Asia during the upcoming winter than it was for last winter. The international community is preparing to help Kyrgyzstan, which is likely to fa [...]
2008-09-27 08:26:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPREL SENV SNAR TX
08ASHGABAT1295TURKMENISTAN: STATE COUNTER-NARCOTICS DIRECTOR
[...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) DEA Special Agent William Gustafson, one of three officers comprising DEA's Tajikistan Country Office, visited Ashgabat September 5-9 to meet with representatives of Turkmenistan's new State Counter Narcotics Service [...]
2008-09-29 13:49:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MOPS PINR PREL SNAR SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT130 TURKMENISTAN: INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS DISCUSS
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Over dinner on January 9, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Executive Director Antonio Maria Costa told Ashgabat-based law enforcement donor community members that his meeting with President Berdim [...]
2008-01-26 06:34:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SNAR IR TX
08ASHGABAT1320TURKMENISTAN: KHITROVKA CASUALTY FIGURES
[...] (C) Questions still surround the September 12-13 shoot-out btween police/military and an armed gang (Ref A). One question is the number of casualties that resulted from the 24-hour shoot-out. A Turkish embassy source shared with us on September 30 a casualty list he had received from a source [...]
2008-10-01 14:51:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV SNAR SOCI KCRM KISL TX
08ASHGABAT1361TURKMENISTAN: UNODC INTRODUCES ON-LINE
[...] At its quarterly Law Enforcement Donor Coordination Meeting on October 13, UNODC Ashgabat introduced the agency's new internet-based ADAM (Automated Donor Assistance Mechanism) website to participants. Members of UNODC's Turkmenistan collective will now be able to access current information ab [...]
2008-10-15 12:17:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SNAR KCRM TX
08ASHGABAT1374TURKMENISTAN: UN PREVENTIVE DIPLOMACY CENTER
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The UN's Preventive Diplomacy Center in Ashgabat hosted the Central Asian deputy foreign ministers in a one-day forum to discuss regional challenges that include water, energy and Afghanistan, and to negotiate the e [...]
2008-10-17 14:39:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER SNAR UN TX
08ASHGABAT1378TURKMENISTAN: AFGHANS AND TURKMEN HOLD
[...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: UNODC hosted a cross-border meeting between Afghan and Turkmen officials on October 17 at the border town of Serhetabat. Counter narcotics, migration, customs and other officials from both countries were in attend [...]
2008-10-20 13:49:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SNAR TX
08ASHGABAT1480TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as an important opportunity to advance our bilateral dialogue in the area of military cooperation. Your visit to Turkmenistan follows Department of Comme [...]
2008-11-10 11:26:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL ECON EPET SNAR SOCI MARR TX
08ASHGABAT1511TURKMENISTAN: UNODC COUNTER-NARCOTICS TRAINING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a recent conversation with emboff, UNODC Turkmenistan's National Projects Officer gave a read-out on the agency's latest counter narcotics training course in Ashgabat. The participants were officials from several Turkmen government agencies involved in counter-narcotics efforts [...]
2008-11-21 13:49:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR IR TX
08ASHGABAT154 TURKMENISTAN: USCENTCOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL
[...] (SBU) PARTICIPANTS: UNITED STATES: USCENTCOM Commander William J. Fallon USCENTCOM PolAd Henry Ensher Embassy Ashgabat Defense Attache LTC James Zink Charge d'affaires (note-taker) TURKMENISTAN: President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Rashit Meredov [...]
2008-01-31 10:46:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM EAID EPET SNAR SCUL KPAO AJ
08ASHGABAT155 TURKMENISTAN: USCENTCOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: USCENTCOM Commander Admiral William J. Fallon, discussed with Defense Minister General Agageldi Mammetgeldiyev and State Border Service Chief General-Major Bayram Alovov Turkmenistan's security situation, ongoing military reforms, and regional issues during separate meetings o [...]
2008-01-31 10:49:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MARR MASS SNAR IR AF RS TX
08ASHGABAT1558COUNTERNARCOTICS DONORS EXCHANGE VIEWS ON PATH
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At a November 25 Mini Dublin Group meeting hosted by the Italians, donors discussed the need to continue offering practical counternarcotics training and the importance of encouraging Turkmen-Afghan cross-border [...]
2008-12-03 11:16:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID SNAR TX AF
08ASHGABAT204 TURKMENISTAN: DETAILS EMERGE ABOUT NEW
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A symbol of Turkmenistan's new commitment to combating narcotics trafficking, the State Agency for Combating Narcotics that President Berdimuhamedov established January 18, will have nearly 700 employees and will function much as the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) doe [...]
2008-02-08 11:59:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR EAID SNAR TX
08ASHGABAT219 TURKMENISTAN: BERDIMUHAMEDOV'S FIRST YEAR IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During his first year in office, Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has delivered more change than most here expected or even thought was realistically possible for immediate post-Niyazov Turkmenistan. Spurred by a wish to make Turkmenistan a respected member [...]
2008-02-12 10:25:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ECON SNAR SOCI KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT269 TURKMENISTAN: OSCE CONSIDERING GREATER
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A delegation from OSCE's Conflict Prevention Center headed by Senior Board Advisor Henry Bolton told the Embassy on February 13 that, as a result of the Russian Federation's concern over the volume of opiate impo [...]
2008-02-22 11:40:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID SNAR SMIG OSCE TX
08ASHGABAT317 TURKMENISTAN CONSIDERS NATIONAL ANTI-MONEY
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At a World Bank-sponsored anti-money laundering workshop, international and regional experts focused on the need for innovation, information technology, annual reviews, and international contact networks in discu [...]
2008-03-07 10:29:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EFIN EAID SNAR RS TX
08ASHGABAT347 TURKMENISTAN'S NEW STATE COUNTERNARCOTICS SERVICE
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: While wearing his colonel uniform -- and a new patch from the newly-formed State Counternarcotics Service, which he heads -- Murad Islamov said in a meeting with Embassy representatives on March 11 that the United [...]
2008-03-17 11:58:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR EAID SNAR TX
08ASHGABAT361 TURKMENISTAN: COUNTERNARCOTICS COORDINATION
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Executive Secretary of the State Counternarcotics Coordinating Commission Babaniyaz Chariyev told the embassy's INLOff and INL Assistant on the fringes of the World Bank Anti-Money Laundering workshop (reftel) that he would [...]
2008-03-20 11:51:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID SNAR TX
08ASHGABAT389 TURKMENISTAN: CARICC OFFICIALS URGE DEA PRESENCE
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: March 26 meetings with Turkmenistani counter-narcotics officials went very well, the Acting Director of the newly established (counter-narcotics) Central Asian Regional Information and Coordination Center (CARICC) [...]
2008-03-28 11:25:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SNAR UNAUS RS KZ TX
08ASHGABAT429 TURKMENISTAN: THE FEMALE "STREET NINJAS" OF ASHGABAT
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Every day, an army of Turkmen women, in bright orange traffic vests and with their heads and faces wrapped in scarves, descend on the capital's streets and public sites to carefully sweep away Ashgabat's omnipresen [...]
2008-04-07 08:08:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON ELAB SOCI SNAR KWMN TX
08ASHGABAT509IRANIAN DIPLOMAT PUBLICLY HARANGUES TURKMENISTAN FOR POOR
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During an April 22 Trade Facilitation workshop held in Ashgabat for Central Asian agencies involved in border control and trade, an Iranian diplomat made a 5-minute harangue criticizing the Government of Turkmenis [...]
2008-04-24 03:58:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD SNAR IR TX
08ASHGABAT529AFTER THREATS TO CANCEL, TURKMENISTAN HOSTS REGIONAL TRADE
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) neglected to follow up appropriately during the process of organizing the EU-UNDP Border Management and Drug Actions Programs in Central Asia (BOMCA/CADAP) workshop [...]
2008-04-28 11:35:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD SNAR IR TX
08ASHGABAT536TURKMENISTAN'S ETREK DISTRICT: WAITING FOR
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Burdened by an isolated location, poor roads and years of neglect from the center, Turkmenistan's Etrek District, located in western Turkmenistan on the border with Iran, has experienced little economic developmen [...]
2008-04-29 09:11:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON EAGR SNAR PBTS PREL TX
08ASHGABAT632TURKMENISTAN EXPANDING COOPERATION WITH NATO,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: NATO Secretary General's Special Representative for Caucasus and Central Asia Robert Simmons discussed NATO's ongoing relationship with Turkmenistan and NATO's interest in an agreement for a commercial-based ground transport route for non-lethal goods through Turkmenistan to s [...]
2008-05-15 11:56:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR MARR SNAR NATO TX
08ASHGABAT653TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as an important opportunity to advance our bilateral dialogue in the areas of education and the human dimension. President Bush met briefly with Preside [...]
2008-05-21 09:46:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON SCUL SOCI SNAR KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT685TURKMENISTAN: UNODC HOSTS QUARTERLY LAW
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The local UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) organized a Law Enforcement Donors Coordination meeting on May 22, where representatives from several Western embassies and international organizations met to discuss [...]
2008-05-29 12:25:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID SNAR TX
08ASHGABAT712TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF NAVCENT
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as an important opportunity to advance our bilateral dialogue in the area of security cooperation. Your second visit to Turkmenistan follows Assist [...]
2008-06-04 04:08:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EPET MARR SCUL SNAR SOCI KDEM
08ASHGABAT758TURKMENISTAN OFFERS NAVCENT COUNTER-NARCOTICS
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Minister of Defense Mammetgeldiyev told NAVCENT Commander Vice Admiral Cosgriff on June 12: -- Turkmenistan is keenly aware of the Afghan narcotics problem and offers the United States full cooperation; -- precursor chemicals for heroin processing need closer attention; - [...]
2008-06-13 11:52:00Embassy AshgabatSECRETPGOV PREL PARM MARR SNAR KCRM IR AF TX
08ASHGABAT765 TURKMENISTAN: ICITAP TRAINING SUCCESSFUL,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A June 2-13 Department of Justice International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) course for Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) investigators and forensic experts went very well, with another crop of very motivated and hard-working Turkmen investigato [...]
2008-06-16 12:52:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID SNAR KCRM TX
08ASHGABAT821 TURKMENISTAN'S STATE COUNTERNARCOTICS AGENCY ASKS
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The chief of Turkmenistan's DEA-like State Counternarcotics Service (SCNS),Murad Islamov, said in a June 24 meeting that he is eager to accept technical assistance from the United States and that "we need a fo [...]
2008-07-02 10:01:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID SNAR TX
08ASHGABAT855 TURKMENISTAN: UNODC'S CASPIAN SEA INITIATIVE
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The First Caspian Sea Initiative meeting, held in Ashgabat on June 24-26, gave Caspian littoral states a good opportunity to discuss the counternarcotics challenges their countries face. While the attendance of a [...]
2008-07-09 10:01:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID SNAR IR TX
08ASHGABAT865TURKMENISTAN: DRUG ADDICTS HAVE NOWHERE TO TURN
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Families in Turkmenistan afffected by drug abuse struggle daily to help their family members deal with heroin addictions but receive little help from the government. Often, they are forced to choose between cutti [...]
2008-07-10 12:20:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT881TURKMENISTAN: NEW CUSTOMS CHAIRMAN SEES NEW
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: State Customs Service Chairman Yaylym Berdiyev expressed his gratitude for U.S. assistance and eagerly discussed with emboffs his ideas for future cooperation. His first priority is to review all training progra [...]
2008-07-14 11:00:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID SNAR TX
08ASTANA1245KAZAKHSTAN: AMENDMENTS TO DRUG LAWS
[...] On June 26, the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, President Nazarbayev signed into law amendments introducing tougher punishment for drug-related crimes. The new law increases penalties to life imprisonment for most serious drug-related crimes. 2. Interfax-Kazak [...]
2008-07-10 11:36:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR SOCI KCRM KZ
08ASTANA2079 KAZAKHSTAN: SENIOR COUNTER-NARCOTICS OFFICIAL DISCUSSES
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The Embassy's Office of Military Cooperation (OMC) and the International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Office (INL) met with Colonel Nygmedzhan Saparov, the Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Combating Drug Traffic [...]
2008-10-20 11:03:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SNAR KCRM KZ
08ASTANA2119KAZAKHSTAN: CHIEF OF FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT LAYS OUT
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On October 1, the Minister of Finance appointed Mussiraly Utebayev to head the Committee on Financial Monitoring, which is Kazakhstan's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU). Representatives of the Embassy's Office of I [...]
2008-10-24 12:56:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR EFIN SNAR KCRM KZ
08ASTANA2165 KAZAKHSTANI DELEGATION STUDIES ASSISTANCE TO VICTIMS OF
[...] SUMMARY: In an effort to improve Kazakhstan's ability to protect victims of trafficking in persons, INL sent a Kazakhstani interagency delegation to Rome to study the work of the Italian government and Italian NGOs. The delegation -- representatives of the Ministries of Justice, Internal Affa [...]
2008-11-03 08:56:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM SNAR KCRM IT KZ
08ASTANA2352KAZAKHSTAN: BORDER SECURITY ASSISTANCE
[...] (U) SUMMARY. The fundamental strategic aim of the U.S. Mission is a stable, secure, democratic and prosperous Kazakhstan. The strategic partnership between the United States and Kazakhstan for border security is based on our common security interests including bolstering Central Asian sovere [...]
2008-11-26 02:13:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL ETTC MNUC SNAR KSTC KNNP KZ
08ASTANA2375 KAZAKHSTAN: CHANGES IN THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Vice-Minister of Internal Affairs Alik Shpekbayev has been appointed to a position in the presidential administration. Shpekbayev was one of post's closest interlocutors in the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) [...]
2008-12-01 02:32:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR SNAR KCRM KZ
08ASTANA2380 KAZAKHSTAN: 2008-2009 INCSR REPORT, PART 1
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to reftel, please find below Part 1 of the 2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) for Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan is still affected by the expansion of international drug trafficking [...]
2008-12-02 01:58:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM KCOR PREL KZ
08ASTANA2447 KAZAKHSTAN: 2008-2009 INCSR, PART II, FINANCIAL CRIMES
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) In response to reftel, the text of Part II of the 2008-2009 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR),Financial Crimes and Money Laundering for Kazakhstan follows. The INCSR currently covers only the first n [...]
2008-12-10 14:26:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EFIN KCRM KCOR SNAR KZ
08ASTANA2480 KAZAKHSTANI DELEGATION STUDIES U.S. 911 EMERGENCY SYSTEMS
[...] SUMMARY. As part of an effort to enhance cooperation between the Crime Statistics and Special Records Committee of Kazakhstan's Procurator General's Office (PGO) and the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS),the Embassy's INL Office organized and co-funded the U.S. visit of two PGO represen [...]
2008-12-19 02:04:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SNAR KCRM KZ
08ASTANA330CORRUPT POLICE OFFICIAL CONVICTED FOR PROTECTING A
[...] On February 12, the Almaty regional court sentenced Captain Igor Morozov, the former head of the anti-trafficking in persons unit of the Ministry of Interior (MVD),and Olga Kodonidi, the infamous madam he protected. 2. Captain Igor Morozov was convicted of abuse of professional functions a [...]
2008-02-15 09:35:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR SOCI KCRM KZ
08ASTANA352KAZAKHSTAN: TYPHOON COUNTER-NARCOTICS OPERATION
[...] Summary: Law enforcement agencies of Kazakhstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, with the assistance of Afghanistan, broke up one of the largest Central Asian trafficking organizations. As a result of the multi-stage operation "Typhoon" conducted over the past three years, law enforcement [...]
2008-02-20 03:26:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM KCOR PREL KZ
08ASTANA358KAZAKHSTAN: DRUG AND CRIME REPORT FOR 2007
[...] According to the Statistics Committee of the Procurator General's Office, 10,502 drug-related crimes were committed during 2007. The number of individuals that committed these crimes decreased 1.2% to 8,147. Drug seizures in 2007 decreased 6.2% from the previous year. Total seizures in 2007 w [...]
2008-02-21 09:51:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR ASEC PREL KCOR KCRM KZ
08ASTANA362KAZAKHSTAN: 2007 INL END USE MONITORING REPORT
[...] In 2007, Post provided equipment to GOK institutions throughout Kazakhstan. These include the Statistics Committee of the Procurator General's Office, the Ministry of the Interior's Committee on Combating Narcotics, the Legal Institute of the Ministry of the Interior, Border Guard Service of [...]
2008-02-22 09:17:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCOR KCRM PREL KZ
08ASTANA366KAZAKHSTAN: USE OF MOBILE GROUPS ON THE BORDER
[...] Summary: The Kazakhstani Border Guard Service (BGS) is interested in establishing mobile border guard groups to combat both trafficking and corruption. End Summary. 2. On November 29, Lieutenant-General Nikolai Rybalkin, Deputy Head of the Border Guard Service of the Russian Federal Secu [...]
2008-02-22 13:28:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM KCOR PREL KZ
08ASTANA41KAZAKHSTAN: ANTI-NARCOTICS LEGISLATION WOULD INCREASE
[...] The media reported on January 9 that the Mazhilis (the lower chamber of Parliament) has approved a bill to amend the Criminal and Administrative Codes to increase penalties for drug-related crimes up to life imprisonment. 2. Kalmukhanbet Kassymov, Vice Minister of Internal Affairs (MVD),sa [...]
2008-01-09 12:08:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR SOCI KCRM KZ
08ASTANA473KAZAKHSTAN: ASSESSMENT TRIP
[...] Summary: From February 25 through 27, Post assessed the premises of the Border Guard Service in two cities for the establishment of a new classroom. The Border Guard Divisions on the Kazakhstani-Russian border discussed additional needs with the representatives of the Embassy and the Interna [...]
2008-03-11 01:47:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM KCOR PREL KZ
08ASTANA665KAZAKHSTAN: RECORD DRUG SEIZURE ON BORDER
[...] Summary: On the morning of March 27, the Customs Service of Kazakhstan seized 537 kilos of heroin, the largest single seizure ever recorded in the country. This single seizure is also larger than the total amount of heroin seized in Kazakhstan last year. The drugs were seized at the Kairak [...]
2008-04-02 04:47:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM KCOR PREL KZ
08ASTANA672KAZAKHSTAN - CSTO COUNTER-NARCOTICS MEETING
[...] Summary: On March 27, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan (MVD) held a meeting in Astana of the Coordination Council of the Heads of Competent Bodies on Combating Illegal Drugs Trafficking (CCBCD) of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO). The participants discussed th [...]
2008-04-03 11:17:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR ASEC PREL KCOR KCRM KZ
08ASTANA823KAZAKHSTAN: ADDITIONS TO 2007 INL END USE MONITORING
[...] In response to Reftel A, Post is providing additional information on equipment provided to the GOK. 2. Computers at the Financial Police Academy. INL provided 25 computers to the Financial Police Academy in Astana. End-use monitoring was conducted during training at the Academy in Novemb [...]
2008-04-25 09:31:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCOR KCRM PREL KZ
08ASTANA842INTERPRETER PAYMENT AND AIRLINE TICKETS
[...] AmEmbassy Astana requests AmEmbassy Tashkent process cash payment in the amount of USD 3,500 to Mr. Sergey Belov for interpretation services provided during a Counter Narcotics Dog Training program in Bad Kreuzen, Austria. The program is being conducted from February 25 through April 30, 2008 [...]
2008-04-29 08:26:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AMGT AFIN KZ
08ASUNCION131PRESIDENT INVESTIGATED FOR MONEY LAUNDERING
[...] (U) Prosecutors in Paraguay's financial crimes specialized unit launched an investigation February 28 against President Nicanor Duarte Frutos on suspicion of violating Paraguay's anti-money laundering statutes. The unit's lead prosecutor, Carlos Arregui, appointed two prosecutors, Rene Ferna [...]
2008-02-29 10:26:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALSNAR PGOV PREL PA
08ASUNCION132PRESIDENT INVESTIGATED FOR MONEY LAUNDERING
[...] (U) Prosecutors in Paraguay's financial crimes specialized unit launched an investigation February 28 against President Nicanor Duarte Frutos on suspicion of violating Paraguay's anti-money laundering statutes. The unit's lead prosecutor, Carlos Arregui, appointed two prosecutors, Rene Ferna [...]
2008-02-29 10:44:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV PREL PA
08ASUNCION145HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNITS OF PARAGUAYAN SECURITY
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following units (or person) of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training and/or security assistance. 2. Candid [...]
2008-03-10 15:53:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION149HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNITS OF PARAGUAYAN SECURITY
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following persons of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training and/or security assistance. 2. Candidate name: [...]
2008-03-11 20:03:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION195THREE WEEKS 'TIL ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) Please see Action Requests contained in paragraph 18. 2. (C) With three weeks remaining before the April 20 national elections, Colorado Party candidate Blanca Ovelar represents the status quo and the continuation of 61 years of uninterrupted Colorado rule. Patriotic Alliance for Chang [...]
2008-03-31 14:37:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPREL CASC ECON SNAR PGOV PA
08ASUNCION198COLORADO SENATOR IMPLORES THE US TO "DO MORE"
[...] (C) Multiple-term Colorado Senator (and brother of former Foreign Minister Leila Rachid) Bader Rachid told Pol/Econ Chief and RLA March 26 that the United States is "failing" in its approach to Latin America and Paraguay and that it should "do more" in the region. He argued that the United Sta [...]
2008-04-01 11:49:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR PGOV PA XM
08ASUNCION221HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNITS OF PARAGUAYAN SECURITY
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following persons of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training and/or security assistance. 2. Candidate name: [...]
2008-04-08 13:46:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION230SENAD UNDER POLITICAL FIRE
[...] (SBU) Leading daily ABC Color ran a series of articles from August to December 2007 alleging administrative irregularities within Paraguay's Anti-Narcotics Secretariat (SENAD). Two former SENAD administrators (Brunilda Salomon and Federico Cabral) were alleged to be involved in administrative [...]
2008-04-11 11:36:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL PA
08ASUNCION232PARAGUAY'S 2008 FIRST QUARTER INL REPORT
[...] SUMMARY: The Government of Paraguay, through the National Anti-Drug Secretariat (SENAD),has continued to make advances in its drug enforcement activities, including the capture of important drug traffickers linked to the Brazilian groups Primer Commando Capital (PCC) and Commando Vermelho, imp [...]
2008-04-11 14:54:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AFIN KCRIM PA
08ASUNCION233UN CONFIRMS PARAGUAY TOP POT PRODUCER IN SOUTH
[...] (U) The United Nation's International Narcotics Control Board (INCB, or JIFE in Spanish) declared Paraguay the top South American producer of marijuana in its 2007 report, published March 5. The report (available on www.incb.org website) noted that Paraguay now is by far the region's primary [...]
2008-04-11 17:39:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL PGOV PA
08ASUNCION234ELECTION CAMPAIGNS REACH FEVERED PITCH
[...] (C) With the April 20 elections just one week away, Patriotic Alliance for Change (APC) presidential candidate Fernando Lugo continues to lead the race by a small margin. Although Lugo may have a narrow lead, most analysts believe the Colorado Party can make up 7-8 points on election day via [...]
2008-04-14 13:59:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC ECON SNAR PGOV PA
08ASUNCION255HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNITS OF PARAGUAYAN SECURITY
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following units (or person) of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training and/or security assistance. 2. Candid [...]
2008-04-18 11:59:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION256PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES DEFINE THEIR FOREIGN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Paraguay's four major presidential candidates express interest in expanding and strengthening regional relations. They offer differing views on engaging or disengaging with hemispheric actors, including the United States and Venezuela. Fernando Lugo and Blanca Ovelar express i [...]
2008-04-18 11:59:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPREL CASC ECON SNAR PGOV PA
08ASUNCION260MILITARY COMMITTED TO THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Paraguayan Armed Forces Commander General Soto stated publicly April 16 that the military would respect the electoral process. The military played a major role in past elections, but efforts by Soto to institutionalize and professionalize the military -- banishing politics from [...]
2008-04-18 20:00:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPINS MOPS ASEC CASC SNAR PGOV PA
08ASUNCION261THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT OVIEDO BUT WERE
[...] (C) A review of much Embassy reporting since the early 1990's reveals a fairly consistent description of General Lino Oviedo's dominant personality traits: a strong, messianic leader with great ambition and perhaps some mental instability, undemocratic and violent tendencies, and a knack for d [...]
2008-04-18 20:31:00Embassy AsuncionSECRETPINR PREL SNAR PINS PGOV PA XM
08ASUNCION269HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNITS OF PARAGUAYAN SECURITY
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following units (or person) of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training and/or security assistance. 2. Candid [...]
2008-04-22 14:46:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION313HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNITS OF PARAGUAYAN SECURITY
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following units (or person) of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training and/or security assistance. 2. Candid [...]
2008-05-12 20:28:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION344HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNITS OF PARAGUAYAN SECURITY
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following individuals of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training and/or security assistance. 2. Candidate na [...]
2008-05-28 17:27:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION350HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNITS OF PARAGUAYAN SECURITY
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following individual of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipients of U.S. training. 2. Candidate name: Jose Javier Lopez Lope [...]
2008-05-29 15:49:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION358PRESIDENT-ELECT FERNANDO LUGO: A PROFILE
[...] (S) President-elect Fernando Lugo will need to rely on his diverse background to govern Paraguay and hold together the varied interests in his political coalition. Lugo comes from a family of long-time Colorado dissidents, particularly vocal during the Stroessner years. After distinguished national [...]
2008-06-02 15:32:00Embassy AsuncionSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PINR PREL SNAR PA XM
08ASUNCION364HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNITS OF PARAGUAYAN SECURITY
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following units (or person) of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training and/or security assistance. 2. Candid [...]
2008-06-02 20:44:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION365TERMS OF REFERENCE CONCURRENCE FOR 6TH SPECIAL
[...] (U) The Ambassador, Office of Defense Cooperation Paraguay (ODC),and the Paraguayan Military Forces Commander concur with the 6th Special Operations Squadron (6th SOS) Counter Narco-Terrorism Terms of Reference (TOR) and deployment as outlined here (reftel). In accordance with the TOR, the f [...]
2008-06-03 12:07:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION379REVISED: TERMS OF REFERENCE CONCURRENCE FOR 6TH
[...] (U) The Ambassador, Office of Defense Cooperation Paraguay (ODC),Drug Enforcement Agency Attache, and the Paraguayan Military Forces Commander concur with the 6th Special Operations Squadron (6th SOS) Counter Narco-Terrorism Terms of Reference (TOR) and deployment as outlined here (reftel). I [...]
2008-06-10 20:58:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION384MAJORS LIST SUBMISSION
[...] Below find Post's submission on the Government of Paraguay's cooperation on counter-narcotics as requested in reftel A. ------------------------- Cultivation/eradication ------------------------- 2. The USG asked the GOP to reduce the cultivation of marijuana in Paraguay, and to focus e [...]
2008-06-13 15:42:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV PA
08ASUNCION396HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNITS OF PARAGUAYAN SECURITY
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following individuals of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. The proposed candidates are scheduled to att [...]
2008-06-17 21:09:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION400TERMS OF REFERENCE CONCURRENCE FOR NAVAL SPECIAL
[...] (U) The Ambassador, Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) Paraguay, and the Paraguayan Military Forces Commander concur with the Terms of Reference (TOR) and deployment as outlined here (reftel). In accordance with the TOR, the following information is provided: A. (U) Chief of Mission (COM) [...]
2008-06-19 12:29:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION401CANCELLATION OF JOINT COMBINED EXCHANGE TRAINING
[...] (C) Chief of Mission and Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) Paraguay nonconcur with the Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET) mission (reference SPA2008JCET420WH) scheduled for August 10 - September 18, 2008, due to political sensitivities in Paraguay. Paraguayan Armed Forces Commander Gen [...]
2008-06-19 12:31:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION403CANCELLATION OF JOINT COMBINED EXCHANGE TRAINING
[...] (C) Chief of Mission and Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) Paraguay nonconcur with the Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET) mission (reference SPA2008JCET420WH) scheduled for August 10 - September 18, 2008, due to political sensitivities in Paraguay. Paraguayan Armed Forces Commander Gen [...]
2008-06-19 22:25:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION409HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNITS OF PARAGUAYAN SECURITY
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following unit of the Paraguayan security forces that is an intended recipient of U.S. training and security assistance. The unit is scheduled to p [...]
2008-06-23 14:32:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION418HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNITS OF PARAGUAYAN SECURITY
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training and/or security assistance. 2. Candidate name: [...]
2008-06-24 19:28:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION445HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNITS OF PARAGUAYAN SECURITY
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces that is an intended recipient of U.S. training. 2. Candidate name: Marcelino Antonio Marino M [...]
2008-07-01 20:19:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION446HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNITS OF PARAGUAYAN SECURITY
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following unit of the Paraguayan security forces that is an intended recipient of U.S. training and/or security assistance. This unit of the Paragu [...]
2008-07-01 20:20:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION456HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNITS OF PARAGUAYAN SECURITY
[...] (U) Embassy reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no information regarding human rights violations for Javier Hernan Benitez Duarte (DOB November 14, 1979; POB Asuncion, Paraguay; Nationality: Paraguayan). Mr. Benitez Duarte is a [...]
2008-07-03 17:35:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION463HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNITS OF PARAGUAYAN SECURITY
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. security assistance. 2. Candidate name: Benigno David Fe [...]
2008-07-07 16:19:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION464HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNITS OF PARAGUAYAN SECURITY
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. 2. Candidate name: Luis Maria Benitez Riera [...]
2008-07-07 16:20:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION468HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. These individuals from Paraguay's drug enforceme [...]
2008-07-09 13:56:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION526TERMS OF REFERENCE CONCURRENCE FOR FY09 DEPLOYMENT
[...] (U) The Ambassador, U.S. Office of Defense Cooperation Paraguay (USODC),Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA),and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) concur with the 1st Psychological Operations Battalion (POB) Military Information Support Team (MIST) deployment as outlined here (reft [...]
2008-07-30 20:19:00Embassy AsuncionSECRETPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION531HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBER OF PARAGUAYAN
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces that is an intended recipient of U.S. training. 2. Candidate name: Ricardo Preda DOB: No [...]
2008-07-31 13:02:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION532HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNITS OF PARAGUAYAN SECURITY
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following unit commanders of the Riverine Customs Unit (DETAVE) of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. Thi [...]
2008-07-31 14:30:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION535SCENE-SETTER FOR LUGO INAUGURATION
[...] (C) Embassy Asuncion warmly welcomes Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez and members of the U.S. delegation attending the August 15 inauguration of President Fernando Lugo. The Lugo administration represents the first interruption in Colorado Party rule in 61 years. Your visit provides an o [...]
2008-08-01 18:01:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON PGOV SNAR PA
08ASUNCION555HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. These individuals are scheduled to attend the La [...]
2008-08-08 14:22:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION562HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNITS OF PARAGUAYAN SECURITY
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. They are scheduled to attend the 12th session of [...]
2008-08-12 21:01:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION599HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. 2. Candidate name: Adrian Meza Martinez D [...]
2008-08-28 13:58:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION606LUGO AND HAMED FRIENDLY WITH A/S SHANNON BUT LIGHT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In his August 28 meeting with President Lugo, Assistant Secretary Shannon reinforced Secretary Gutierrez' message to Lugo about U.S. interests in strengthening commercial ties, and also expressed support for Lugo's social agenda. Above all else, Lugo said he wants to strengthen P [...]
2008-08-29 18:30:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON PREL SNAR PA
08ASUNCION62THREE PLUS ONE READOUT
[...] (C) The January 10-11 Three-Plus-One Security Dialogue with Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and the United States in Asuncion played out as expected, with fruitful coordination on the margins of the meeting, but plenary interventions from the three focused primarily on crime fighting and preserving [...]
2008-01-29 17:16:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPTER KCRM PGOV GTIP SNAR PA BR AR
08ASUNCION624LUGO FOCUSES ON COUNTERNARCOTICS, MICROENTERPRISE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Lugo expressed interest in closer counternarcotics cooperation with the United States and requested U.S. assistance with microenterprise development during a Friday, August 29 dinner with the Ambassador. Lugo made clear that he does not trust some of his closest advisors [...]
2008-09-05 18:58:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR PGOV ECON PA
08ASUNCION625HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBER OF PARAGUAYAN
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipient of U.S. training and/or security assistance. 2. Candidate name: [...]
2008-09-08 12:59:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION626HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training at the Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies sche [...]
2008-09-08 13:33:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION629HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. 2. Candidate name: Carlos Humberto Benitez Gon [...]
2008-09-09 17:53:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION655HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. These members of Paraguay's National Anti-Drug S [...]
2008-09-17 13:44:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION661XXXXXXXXXXXX CONCERNED ABOUT REGIONAL POLITICS
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: XXXXXXXXXXXX sought an unofficial meeting with Emboffs September 13 to discuss the Bolivian crisis and regional spillover. XXXXXXXXXXXX said Venezuela has a presence in virtually all of Bolivia's military bases, and that Venezuela's center of operations is in San Andita. The Ve [...]
2008-09-22 18:37:00Embassy AsuncionSECRET//NOFORNPGOV SNAR MARR ECON PREL MASS PA BL
08ASUNCION667TERMS OF REFERENCE CONCURRENCE FOR CIVIL MILITARY
[...] (U) The Ambassador, Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) Paraguay, and the Paraguayan Military Forces Commander concur with the Terms of Reference (TOR) and deployment as outlined here. In accordance with the TOR, the following information is provided: A. (U) Chief of Mission (COM) Liliana [...]
2008-09-26 20:48:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION675HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training assistance. These individuals from the Paraguayan [...]
2008-10-02 11:09:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION694PARAGUAY'S 2008 THIRD QUARTER INL REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-13 14:15:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AFIN KCRIM PA
08ASUNCION696SCENE-SETTER FOR BUSH-LUGO MEETING: PARAGUAY
[...] (C) President Fernando Lugo's administration represents the first break in Colorado Party's 61-year stranglehold on power; as such, it is shaking the foundations of Paraguayan society. President Bush's October 27 meeting with President Lugo offers the United States an opportunity to reaffirm it [...]
2008-10-14 18:49:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON PGOV SNAR PA
08ASUNCION701ANTI-DRUG AGENTS ARREST FIRST CAPITAL COMMAND
[...] (C) Paraguay's National Anti-Drug Secretariat (SENAD) arrested six members of the Sao Paulo-based gang First Capital Command October 13 operating near Pedro Juan Caballero (PJC),Amambay Department. SENAD agents -- with the assistance of the U.S.-trained Paraguayan Military Forces' Joint Imm [...]
2008-10-15 17:39:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALSNAR MOPS PGOV BR BL PA
08ASUNCION702EPHEDRINE KING ARRESTED IN PARAGUAY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Paraguay's anti narcotics agency (SENAD) arrested October 3 Mexican nationals, including an alleged leader of the Sinaloa Mexican drug cartel for ephedrine trafficking. Paraguayan authorities report a new trend in ephedrine trafficking from South America to Mexico and the United [...]
2008-10-15 20:06:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRIM PREL PA
08ASUNCION712HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. These individuals are police officers with the N [...]
2008-10-22 18:33:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION713HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBER OF PARAGUAYAN
[...] (SBU) Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures, and finds no credible derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces that is an intended recipient of U.S. training. 2. (SBU) Candidate name: Fede [...]
2008-10-22 19:55:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION718HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNIT OF PARAGUAYAN SECURITY
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan Peace Keeping Operations Multi-Role Engineering Company that are intended recipients of U.S. training and/or sec [...]
2008-10-23 21:02:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION734HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. 2. Candidate name: Nicolas Angel Narvaez Retam [...]
2008-10-31 12:06:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION735HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training and/or security assistance. 2. Candidate name: [...]
2008-10-31 12:06:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION747SCENE-SETTER FOR CODEL ENGEL TO PARAGUAY
[...] (C) Embassy Asuncion warmly welcomes Codel Engel November 11-13. President Fernando Lugo's administration represents the first break in the Colorado Party's 61-year streak in power; as such, it is shaking the foundations of Paraguayan society. Just on the heels of President Lugo's October 27 [...]
2008-11-04 12:32:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON PGOV SNAR PA
08ASUNCION775HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipients of U.S. training. 2. Candidate name: Williams Celestino Lezcano [...]
2008-11-18 17:36:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION796HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. These individuals are scheduled to attend the St [...]
2008-11-28 11:07:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION830HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNIT OF PARAGUAYAN SECURITY
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following unit of the Paraguayan security forces that is an intended recipient of ongoing U.S. training and/or security assistance in Asuncion, Para [...]
2008-12-12 18:29:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION855HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipient of U.S. training. 2. Candidate name: Cesar Eduardo Frutos Casco [...]
2008-12-23 12:19:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION856HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBER OF PARAGUAYAN
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipient of U.S. training. 2. Candidate name: Eduardo Guillen Paez DO [...]
2008-12-23 12:20:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION857AMBASSADOR IN CIUDAD DEL ESTE: REFORMS STILL
[...] (C) Political, law enforcement, and private sector representatives told Ambassador in Ciudad del Este December 9-10 that the Paraguayan government needs significant political, economic, and judicial reform. Prosecutors, business leaders, and activists expressed concern over political corrupt [...]
2008-12-23 14:38:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON SNAR PTER PHUM PA
08ASUNCION99AMBASSADOR'S FIRST MEETING WITH CANDIDATE LUGO
[...] (C) In his first meeting with bishop-turned-presidential front-runner Fernando Lugo, Ambassador delivered a strong message that the United States wants good relations with whomever becomes Paraguay's next president, and we have numerous opportunities to work together toward common interests. [...]
2008-02-14 15:05:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR PGOV PA
08ATHENS1034KEEPING PRESSURE ON THE FARC POINTS DELIVERED
[...] (C) A/Pol Counselor met July 21 with Christos Maniakis Grivas, Deputy Director of the MFA A-8 Department for Latin America and the Caribbean, to make reftel points on keeping the pressure on the FARC. Maniakis Grivas listened carefully and said that he would ensure that the MFA Political Dire [...]
2008-07-21 15:24:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL COL VE HR EU PTER AF SNAR PGOV GR
08ATHENS1301GREECE/NATO: NO SUBSTANTIVE REPLY ON ISAF OPLAN TO
[...] (C) Upon receipt of reftel, we engaged with GOG interlocutors to press Greece to be supportive of an amendment to the ISAF OPLAN to authorize ISAF forces to interdict narcotics production and trafficking facilities where such action would offer a direct military advantage. On August 12, Polof [...]
2008-09-12 14:43:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS NATO PGOV PREL SNAR GR
08ATHENS1542GREECE ON EXPULSION OF DEA FROM BOLIVIA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-12 10:52:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SNAR KDEM GR XM BL
08ATHENS1561GREECE: 2008-2009 INCSR PART I
[...] (U) The full text of the draft 2008-2009 INCSR Part I for Greece follows: Greece[DVM1] 2008-2009 INCSR Part I: Drugs and Chemical Control I. Summary Greece is a "gateway" country in the transit of illicit drugs and contraband. Although not a major transit country for drugs headed f [...]
2008-11-17 05:56:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM PGOV PREL GR
08ATHENS3842007: INL END USE MONITORING REPORT FOR GREECE
[...] Following is Athens' submission for the CY-2007 End Use Monitoring Report keyed to Ref A request. 2. Resource: A five-meter long, shallow-draft riverboat was provided to the Greek National Police in 1996. The riverboat was used by the National Police Counternarcotics Unit in Alexandroupol [...]
2008-03-13 16:18:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AFIN GR
08BAGHDAD1296RESULTS OF FINANCIAL SYSTEMS ASSESSMENT TEAM VISIT TO THE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-27 03:26:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV PREL KTFN KCRM PTER SNAR IZ
08BAGHDAD1347RESULTS OF FINANCIAL SYSTEMS ASSESSMENT TEAM VISIT TO THE
[...] (U) This is an RRT Erbil reporting cable. 2. (SBU) A tailored Financial System Assessment Team (FSAT) consisting of Gary Novis (Department of State, Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism (S/CT)-Head of Delegation),Robert Stapleton, (Department of Justice, Asset Forfeiture and Money [...]
2008-05-01 09:56:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV PREL KTFN KCRM PTER SNAR IZ
08BAGHDAD1348RESULTS OF FINANCIAL SYSTEMS ASSESSMENT TEAM VISIT TO THE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-01 09:57:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV PREL KTFN KCRM PTER SNAR IZ
08BAGHDAD3002 USAID/IRAQ HELPS CAPTURE $1 BILLION PER YEAR
[...] BEGIN SUMMARY: With elections approaching and essential services still lagging, improved service delivery of electricity is critical. Yet every day Iraq's southern oil fields burn off gas associated with oil production, gas that could drive 3,500 megawatts (MW) of generator power worth $9 b [...]
2008-09-17 14:58:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PGOV PREL ECON SOCI PINS SNAR ENRG
08BAGHDAD3081 ADVANCING CIVIL SERVICE REFORM IN IRAQ
[...] SUMMARY: The Prime Minister is leading a new Civil Service Reform Committee to overhaul federal personnel management in Iraq. The Iraqi Government has requested USG help to make this happen. The goals are to have merit- based appointment and promotion; performance management, grading, and p [...]
2008-09-24 14:50:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PGOV PREL ECON SOCI PINS SNAR ENRG EPET
08BAGHDAD3088 IRAQ MINISTERIAL PARTNERSHIPS RE-START WATER
[...] SUMMARY: In the midst of Iraq's struggles with a crippling drought, the USAID-funded Tatweer and Inma programs have facilitated a partnership between the Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR) and Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) to help secure a rehabilitation budget allotment to keep the water flow [...]
2008-09-25 10:12:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PGOV PREL ECON SOCI PINS SNAR ENRG EPET
08BAKU904UNODC REPORTS MAJOR UPSURGE IN HEROIN FROM IRAN,
[...] (S) Summary: UNODC Baku reports that trans-shipment of heroin and other opiates from Iran through Azerbaijan has skyrocketed. Total heroin seizures by GOAJ security authorities increased from twenty kilos to over 250 kilos in 2007. These seizures accounted for less than five percent of the [...]
2008-09-23 11:19:00Embassy BakuSECRET//NOFORNSNAR PINR AJ AM TU
08BAKU911UNODC REPORTS MAJOR UPSURGE IN HEROIN FROM IRAN,
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-25 08:59:00Embassy BakuSECRET//NOFORNSNAR PINR IR AJ AM TU
08BAKU917UNODC REPORTS MAJOR UPSURGE IN HEROIN FROM IRAN, SUGGESTS SIGNIFICANT IRANIAN DRUG PROCESSING ACTIVITY (BAKU 911 CORRECTED COPY)
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-26 10:39:00Embassy BakuSECRET//NOFORNSNAR PINR IR AJ AM TU
08BAMAKO821MALI CREATES UNIT FOR COUNTERING TERRORIST
[...] On September 25 the Embassy met with former Minister of Housing Modibo Sylla and Customs Inspector Seydou Diawara to discuss Mali's newly created financial information unit (CNTIF). The CNTIF was created in May 2008 to comply with requirements of the West African Monetary Union (UEMOA) and s [...]
2008-10-01 14:15:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KTFN SNAR PTER ML
08BANGKOK1632THE AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF INTERIOR
[...] (C) Summary: In a May 20 courtesy call by Ambassador John, Minister of Interior Chalerm Yoobamrung made a forceful request for more counter narcotics assistance and assured us human rights would be respected in Thailand's new "war on drugs." The Ambassador acknowledged Chalerm's request, and [...]
2008-05-28 09:55:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PREL SNAR TH
08BANGKOK340AMBASSADOR AND PRIME MINISTER SAMAK DISCUSS
[...] (C) The Ambassador called on Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej at his residence on February 1 and welcomed the return of a democratically-elected government to Thailand. Samak explained his decision to serve concurrently as Minister of Defense and confirmed reports of his intended appointments t [...]
2008-02-01 08:05:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PHUM SNAR KDEM KJUS TH BM
08BANGKOK382AMBASSADOR AND DEMOCRAT PARTY LEADERS DISCUSS
[...] (C) The Ambassador met on February 4 with Democrat Party Leader Abhisit Vejjajiva for a broad discussion of bilateral relations. Abhisit welcomed the Ambassador's emphasis on promoting good governance, noting that Thai democracy depended on transparency and respect for the rule of law. The Am [...]
2008-02-06 09:29:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ECON EINV SNAR KDEM TH
08BANGKOK468CHART THAI LEADER AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS CABINET,
[...] (C) Former Prime Minister Banharn Silapa-Archa told the Ambassador he had decided to join the People's Power Party's governing coalition in order to promote stability. In a February 12 meeting, Banharn said Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej had shown signs that he might exceed low popular expec [...]
2008-02-13 09:35:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ECON EINV SNAR KDEM TH
08BANGKOK966AMBASSADOR AND JUSTICE MINISTER DISCUSS HUMAN
[...] (C) Justice Minister Somphong Amornwiwat told the Ambassador March 26 he was directing his Ministry (MOJ) to reexamine the case of disappeared Muslim lawyer Somchai Neelapaijit; MOJ personnel would continue providing protection for Somchai's wife, and Somphong hoped to meet with her in the nea [...]
2008-03-27 10:14:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KJUS SNAR SA TH
08BANJUL380NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING TRENDS IN THE GAMBIA
[...] (C) We are concerned with the danger to political stability and the rule of law in the Gambia that is represented by the rise of narcotics trafficking in the region, All of our key interlocutors report a rise in trafficking in and through The Gambia. We are also concerned about the possibil [...]
2008-12-03 16:05:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALSNAR KJUS EFIN MASS PGOV GA
08BEIJING4096REQUEST LEAHY VETTING FOR PRC CANDIDATES FOR ILEA
[...] (SBU) Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following Chinese candidates from the Wuhan Municipal Police nominated for training at ILEA Bangkok. Pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act, Post has no derogatory information on these candidates. 2. (SBU) Na [...]
2008-10-30 02:53:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL SNAR KCRM TH CH
08BEIJING4630REQUEST LEAHY VETTING FOR ILEA BANGKOK:
[...] (SBU) Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following candidates from the Guangzhou Anti-Smuggling Bureau, who have been nominated for training at ILEA Bangkok, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on these individuals [...]
2008-12-22 11:27:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KCRM SNAR CH
08BEIRUT1389LEBANON: CHALLENGE HIZBALLAH BY FIXING THE DRUG
[...] (C) Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) Vice President Duraid Yaghi said September 19 one-third of the population of his hometown of Baalbek does not support Hizballah, although it is in an area of strong Hizballah influence. However, according to Yaghi, continued unemployment and increased cul [...]
2008-09-22 15:04:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR PTER PINR EAID SOCI UNSC NAS SY LE
08BEIRUT1423LEBANON: DRUG ERADICATION HALTED IN 2006 HAS NOT
[...] (C) The Internal Security Forces' (ISF) Counternarcotics Chief said the ISF had to halt its drug eradication efforts in the Bekaa valley agricultural region in 2006 because of the war with Israel and the program has not resumed because police and military personnel were needed to deal with vi [...]
2008-10-01 14:46:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR PTER PINR EAID SOCI UNSC NAS SY LE
08BEIRUT1524LEBANON: HIZBOLLAH ASKS FOR ISF ASSISTANCE TO
[...] (C) Summary: The Lebanese Internal Security Forces recently have been granted the power to access and enforce the law within Lebanese regions and suburbs previously controlled by Hizbollah. At the request and urging of Hizbollah, the ISF two weeks ago began to police and to arrest individuals [...]
2008-10-24 15:55:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR LE
08BELGRADE1139Serbia: 2008-2009 International Narcotics Control Strategy
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-04 14:05:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR SR
08BELGRADE1201SERBIA: 2008-2009 INCSR II ON MONEY LAUNDERING
[...] Reftel requested post update for Serbia on efforts to combat money laundering and terrorist financing. Serbia is upholding its international commitments to eliminate money laundering and terrorist financing. END SUMMARY. BEGIN INCSR II TEXT Serbia: Not a Financial Center -------------- [...]
2008-11-21 14:07:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM EFIN KTFN SNAR SR
08BELGRADE462SERBIA STREAMLINES ANTI-DRUG EFFORTS BUT GAPS REMAIN
[...] (U) Serbian law enforcement officials reported that Serbia remains a major transit country for drugs between Asia and Europe and that key government offices appear to be making serious efforts to combat the problem. Police and anti-drug representatives expressed thanks for the "high-quality" [...]
2008-05-09 16:18:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PREL PGOV PINR XG SR
08BELMOPAN108BELIZE: POSITIVE INITIAL MEETINGS WITH PM AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Initial meetings with Prime Minister Barrow and Deputy Prime Minister Vega went well. Both said that they felt bilateral relations were on a good track. They said that the main challenge ahead was to run a clean administration, and while they were optimistic about the future t [...]
2008-02-21 20:45:00Embassy BelmopanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SNAR EPET SOCI BH
08BELMOPAN109BELIZE: NEW GOVERNMENT REQUESTS LAW ENFORCEMENT
[...] (C) During the Ambassador's initial meeting with Prime Minister Dean Barrow (reported septel),the PM made a pitch for wireless intercept equipment for the Police Special Branch. He said that the capability was essential to anti-drug and anti-gang efforts in Belize. In response we noted th [...]
2008-02-21 22:24:00Embassy BelmopanCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR SOCI PINR ASEC BH
08BELMOPAN111BELIZE: INITIAL MEETING WITH NATIONAL SECURITY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador's initial meeting with National Security Minister Perdomo and his deputy was encouraging. Perdomo recognizes that there are serious problems to be addressed in law enforcement and is interested in cooperating more closely with us on improving the effectiveness [...]
2008-02-25 16:55:00Embassy BelmopanCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR MASS SOCI PINR BH
08BELMOPAN120BELIZE: FOREIGN MINISTER/ATTORNEY GENERAL POSITIVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Belize's new Attorney General and Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington told the Ambassador February 20 that he did not see any major problems in the bilateral relationship. He seems likely to focus most attention on the justice system and less on his foreign affairs portfolio. Co [...]
2008-02-25 21:58:00Embassy BelmopanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SNAR SOCI PINR BH
08BELMOPAN131(C) BELIZE: GOVERNMENT REQUESTS ASSISTANCE
[...] (C) Attorney General/Foreign Minister Elrington has asked the Ambassador for USG assistance in tracking a Venezuelan grant made just before the election and now the subject of controversy over the amount provided (REF A). Elrington requested any information we might be able to provide on the [...]
2008-03-05 20:16:00Embassy BelmopanCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR SOCI PINR ASEC BH
08BELMOPAN168BELIZE RESPONSE TO ACTION REQUEST: MERIDA INITIATIVE
[...] (U) On February 19 to 21st, Ambassador Dieter and DCM Hill conducted initial meetings following general elections in early February with high-level ministers including the new Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Minister of National Security. During these me [...]
2008-03-19 21:36:00Embassy BelmopanUNCLASSIFIEDPINS PREL PTER SNAR BH
08BELMOPAN49 BELIZE RESPONSE TO UPDATE FOR DUBLIN GROUP MEETING
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-24 22:34:00Embassy BelmopanUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR BH
08BERLIN1546GERMAN CONCERNS ABOUT THE TIMING OF THE AFGHAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The German MFA is concerned that if the Afghans decide at this late date to bring forward next year's presidential election, and hold it in April, May or June, rather than in September, as previously agreed, ISAF and the international community might have difficulty providing the [...]
2008-11-17 10:47:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PTER SNAR AF FR GM
08BERLIN991DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTRY ON
[...] (C) On 22 July 2008, POLOFF delivered reftel demarche to Verana Frick, desk officer responsible for Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, and Bolivia at the German Foreign Office. Frick said that the German Government will continue to support dialogue and a peaceful solution between the Government of Col [...]
2008-07-22 15:22:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALCOL VE HR EUR PTER AF SNAR PGOV PREL
08BISHKEK1206KYRGYZSTAN: 2008-2009 INCSR, PART II, FINANCIAL CRIMES AND
[...] (U) No report was published for the Kyrgyz Republic in the 2007-2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, Part II, Financial Crimes and Money Laundering. Embassy point of contact for this report is Pol-Econ Chief Robert Burgess, email: burgessrg@state.gov. 2. (SBU) Follow is Em [...]
2008-12-03 02:51:00Embassy BishkekUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM EFIN KTFN SNAR PGOV KG
08BISHKEK478KYRGYZSTAN - NOTES FROM THE SOUTH
[...] (U) Summary: On April 29, 2008, Ambassador Yovanovitch traveled to Osh, Kyrgyzstan and met with representatives from the Osh Governor's Office, members of local political parties, and the Kyrgyz Drug Control Agency's Southern Command. Water shortages, rolling black-outs, rising prices and cor [...]
2008-05-15 06:20:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON KCRM KCOR SNAR KG
08BOGOTA1266MACACO EXTRADITION EXPECTED SOON
[...] (C) Vice Minister of Interior and Justice Carlos Reyes told us United Self Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) leader Carlos Mario Jimenez Naranjo, alias "Macaco," will soon be extradited to the United States. Jimenez will be the first high-level AUC leader and participant in the Justice and Pe [...]
2008-04-04 20:16:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER SNAR PGOV CO
08BOGOTA1369SUPREME COURT AND JUDICIAL COUNCIL DECISIONS
[...] Summary: A week after the Supreme Court approved the extradition of former AUC leader Carlos Mario Jimenez Naranjo (aka "Macaco"),the High Judicial Council issued a temporary injunction blocking it in response to a motion filed by a victims group. The motion argued that Macaco should remain i [...]
2008-04-11 22:36:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL CO SNAR PGOV
08BOGOTA1567FARC AND GOV LINKED TO CCB AND DESIGNS FOR
[...] (U) Colombian media report that evidence found in the computers of FARC Secretariart Raul Reyes suggests that the Bolivarian Continental Coordinator (CCB),a regional grouping of leftist civil society, serves as a platform to spread FARC and Venezuelan violent, expansionist ideology throughou [...]
2008-04-28 22:19:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL SNAR CO EC BL MX PE
08BOGOTA1569MACACO EXTRADITION DEBATE CONTINUES
[...] (U) Supreme Court President Francisco Javier Ricaurte--citing an April 10 Supreme Court decision--stated in an interview on April 26 that victims have the right to hear the confessions of demobilized paramilitaries in the Justice and Peace Law process and receive reparations prior to their ex [...]
2008-04-28 23:04:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER SNAR PREL CO
08BOGOTA1596KEY NARCO-TRAFFICKER 'MELLIZO' KILLED IN POLICE
[...] (U) Minister of Defense Juan Manuel Santos announced April 29 that Victor Manuel Mejia Munera (Sebastian),co-head of the Los Nevados drug cartel and a former United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) member, was killed in Antioquia during an operation by Colombia's judicial police (DIJIN) [...]
2008-04-30 20:17:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALSNAR PTER CO
08BOGOTA177SCENESETTER FOR ONDCP DIRECTOR AND CONGRESSIONAL
[...] (U) Post welcomes the January 18-20 visit of Office of National Drug Control Policy Director John P. Walters and accompanying CODEL. Your delegation will visit a Colombia in the midst of a dramatic transformation, one in which U.S. assistance is playing a powerful role. The Colombia of 2008 [...]
2008-01-14 19:07:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM SNAR MARR KCRM PTER EAID ETRD ECON
08BOGOTA1838NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR APRIL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In April the Government of Colombia (GOC) aerially eradicated 10,630 hectares of coca and manually eradicated another 1,607 hectares of coca and 48 hectares of poppy. The Colombian National Police (CNP) seized 7.46 metric tons of cocaine HCl and coca base, 11.50 metric tons of [...]
2008-05-16 16:40:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
08BOGOTA1921FARC DOCUMENTS INDICATE THAT ERADICATION FINANCIALLY HURTS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Documents recovered from the laptop computers of two recently killed Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC in Spanish) Secretariat members and subsequently released to the press indicate that coca eradication causes financial hardship for the organization. In essence, the [...]
2008-05-22 11:42:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
08BOGOTA1925 AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: APRIL 2008 PROGRAM UPDATE
[...] (U) SUMMARY. This is the monthly Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report for April, 2008, as required by Reftel. The Government of Colombia (GOC) sorted 6,859 tracks during April. Four were Unknown, Assumed Suspect (UAS). Two other aircraft without a flight plan were visually identified in [...]
2008-05-22 16:38:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
08BOGOTA1927GOC CONSIDERS ESTABLISHING SPECIAL COURTS FOR SUBSTANCE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Colombia is looking at new strategies in the war on drugs, including the creation of "drug courts" that would treat drug users as addicts in need of treatment rather than as criminals. There is no indication that this project has gone beyond the concept state at this point. END [...]
2008-05-22 20:57:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
08BOGOTA1988AIR MOBILITY KEY TO SUCCESS IN COLOMBIA
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Colombia has transformed itself into a secure, prosperous democracy and an even closer U.S. ally with our help. Many factors contributed to this successful transformation, but one of the most important was the provision of air mobility to the Colombian security forces. Air mobili [...]
2008-05-30 19:47:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV PREL MCAP EAID KCRM PTER SENV CO
08BOGOTA2024MARULANDA'S DEATH SPARKS SPECULATION ON FARC'S
[...] (C) Most GOC officials and outside analysts believe the death of FARC founder Pedro Marin (Manuel Marulanda) will have little impact on the FARC's approach to a humanitarian hostage exchange or broader peace talks with the GOC. Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo called new FARC leader Guillerm [...]
2008-06-03 19:21:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALCO PTER PGOV PREL SNAR
08BOGOTA2051COLOMBIA: NARCOTICS MAJORS LIST CERTIFICATION
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Though Colombia remains a major producer and trafficker of illicit narcotics, the Government of Colombia (GOC) continues as an unwavering ally in the fight against both narcotics production and trafficking. Our core bilateral counternarcotics eradication and interdiction program [...]
2008-06-06 13:21:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
08BOGOTA2091SAN ANDRES: COLOMBIA'S CARIBBEAN PARADISE BANKS ON
[...] SUMMARY: San Andres, Colombia's Caribbean island paradise, makes a living on tourists who come for the sun, sand, surf and shopping. The island hosts over a thousand visitors daily and looks to increase the number with increased domestic visibility, a new convention center, five-star hotel, [...]
2008-06-10 18:53:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDECON SOCI EAIR EFIS EAGR PBTS SENV SNAR TINT
08BOGOTA2097AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: MAY 2008 PROGRAM UPDATE
[...] (U) SUMMARY. This is the monthly Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report for May, 2008, as required by Reftel. The Government of Colombia (GOC) sorted 6,543 tracks during April. Four were Unknown, Assumed Suspect (UAS). There were no Phase I/II/III events during the month. END SUMMARY. ----- [...]
2008-06-10 20:58:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
08BOGOTA2179NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR MAY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In May the Government of Colombia (GOC) aerially eradicated 9,540 hectares of coca and manually eradicated another 9,358 hectares of coca and 62 hectares of poppy. The Colombian National Police (CNP) seized 8.21 metric tons of cocaine HCl and coca base, sixteen metric tons of [...]
2008-06-17 20:55:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
08BOGOTA2200 AFRO-COLOMBIAN AND INDIGENOUS EARMARK - INITIAL PLAN FOR
[...] (U) Summary. A congressional soft earmark was listed in FY08 legislation directing the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Colombia to implement economic development activities in Afro-Colombian and indigenous communities. After extensive consultations with the GOC, US [...]
2008-06-19 16:36:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV EAID EAGR PTER SNAR CO
08BOGOTA2214JUNE 2008 NATIONALIZATION UPDATE
[...] (U) NAS Director and NAS Nationalization Coordinator met on June 17 MOD Special Projects Director Alejandro Gamboa. VMOD Pinzon was traveling to Afghanistan and provided guidance to Gamboa prior to departing. The discussion reviewed the status of various nationalization themes to include the U [...]
2008-06-19 22:03:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
08BOGOTA2215AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO BARRANQUILLA, JUNE 7, 2008
[...] (U) Ambassador visited Barranquilla, Atlantico Department, on June 7 to receive a major food donation funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and destined for the World Food Program (WFP). Barranquilla Mayor Alejandro Char, Atlantico Governor Eduardo Verano, a [...]
2008-06-19 22:03:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL SNAR KCOM KAID EC CO
08BOGOTA2313GOC AND USG COMPLETE UH-1N LOAN AGREEMENT ON JUNE 19,
[...] (U) The USG and GOC signed the Loan Agreement for 18 UH-1N helicopters for the Colombian Army Aviation Brigade on June 19, 2008. NAS Bogota has engaged with Colombian Army officials to coordinate the return of the previously grounded helicopters to flight status. All 18 helicopters are fully [...]
2008-06-25 21:44:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR SENV KCRM MOPS PGOV PTER CO
08BOGOTA2328 AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO META, JUNE 12, 2008
[...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador traveled on June 12 to the historically conflict-plagued Department of Meta to meet with local political, security, and civil society representatives and highlight USG efforts to assist the GOC in consolidating security gains made in territory previously occupied by th [...]
2008-06-26 20:19:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL SNAR KCOM KAID EC ECON EPET EAID
08BOGOTA2545NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR JUNE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In June the Government of Colombia (GOC) aerially eradicated 17,953 hectares. The Colombian National Police (CNP) seized 28.3 metric tons of cocaine and coca base, 19.3 metric tons of marijuana, and 22 kilos of heroin. They also captured 26 metric tons of precursor chemicals. [...]
2008-07-14 19:56:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
08BOGOTA2568ASSISTANT SECRETARY SHANNON'S JULY 7 MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Assistant Secretary Shannon conveyed President Bush's gratitude to President Uribe for the Colombian military's successful rescue of the three U.S. and twelve Colombian hostages held by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). The operation reflects the transformation that has occurre [...]
2008-07-15 20:29:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALEAID ECIN PGOV PREF PTER MARR SNAR KJUS CO
08BOGOTA260SCENESETTER FOR THE JANUARY 24-25 VISIT OF
[...] (U) Your visit is well timed. Colombia is in the midst of a dramatic transformation, one in which U.S. assistance is playing a powerful role. The Colombia of 2008 is safer, economically stronger, better governed and more democratic than it has been in decades. Murder rates have declined over [...]
2008-01-22 13:54:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER SNAR ETRD PHUM VZ CO
08BOGOTA2623 AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: JUNE 2008 PROGRAM UPDATE
[...] (U) SUMMARY. This is the monthly Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report for June, 2008, as required by Reftel. The Government of Colombia (GOC) sorted 5,867 tracks during June. Three were Unknown, Assumed Suspect (UAS). There were no Phase I/II/III events with one Law Enforcement End game [...]
2008-07-21 15:04:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
08BOGOTA2641 COLOMBIA'S JUNGLAS -- ANTINARCOTICS POLICE WITH AN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While recent GOC success liberating the hostages has persuasively demonstrated the enormous operational strides made by Colombian Army intelligence forces, GOC Special Forces proficiency extends beyond the Colombian Army. The Narcotics Affairs Section (NAS) Bogota-supported eli [...]
2008-07-23 12:02:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV PREL KCRM PTER MX EC AF CO
08BOGOTA2674 COLOMBIA'S JUNGLAS -- ANTINARCOTICS POLICE WITH AN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While recent GOC success liberating the hostages has persuasively demonstrated the enormous operational strides made by Colombian Army intelligence forces, GOC Special Forces proficiency extends beyond the Colombian Army. The Narcotics Affairs Section (NAS) Bogota-supported eli [...]
2008-07-24 21:04:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV PREL KCRM PTER MX EC AF CO
08BOGOTA2800 SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF DIRECTOR OF FOREIGN ASSISTANCE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Fostered by targeted U.S. assistance, Colombia finds itself safer, economically stronger, better governed, and more democratic than it has been in decades. Rates of murder, kidnapping, and violence nationwide, particularly against union members, have fallen dramatically. Incre [...]
2008-08-01 16:20:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV EAGR PTER SNAR CO
08BOGOTA2831COLOMBIA LOOKS AT DEVELOPING ILLICIT FINANCE
[...] (SBU) In a July 25 speech to the VIII Panamerican Congress on the Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorism Finance, Colombian Vice President Francisco Santos announced the GOC's intention to create an Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)-type sanctions list of Colombian nationals involve [...]
2008-08-01 20:48:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER SNAR KCRM PGOV ECON EFIN ETTC CO
08BOGOTA2855U.S.-COLOMBIA LAUNCHES STRATEGIC POLICY DIALOGUE
[...] (C) Summary: On July 23, Dr. David F. Gordon, the State Department's Director of the Office of Policy Planning (S/P),led the first Policy Planning talks with the GOC. The talks were carried out under the March 2007 U.S.-Colombian strategic framework agreement. The meetings in Bogota with FM [...]
2008-08-04 18:28:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KJUS CO PINS SOCI SNAR PTER ETRD
08BOGOTA3003 AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: JULY 2008 PROGRAM UPDATE
[...] (U) SUMMARY. This is the monthly Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report for July, 2008, as required by Reftel. The Government of Colombia (GOC) sorted 7,268 tracks during July. Three were Unknown, Assumed Suspect (UAS). There were no Phase I/II/III events. There were three events in miss [...]
2008-08-15 11:31:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
08BOGOTA3028GOC WANTS QUICK AGREEMENT IN PRINCIPAL ON DEFENSE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Ambassador delivered draft text of the Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) to the Acting Foreign Minister, Minister of Defense, and Armed Forces Commander on September 13-14. All agreed that a formal agreement was necessary, hoped to announce agreement in principle soon, and [...]
2008-08-18 17:13:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL SNAR MCAP PGOV CO
08BOGOTA3093SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SENATOR HAGEL AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: With U.S. support, Colombia finds itself safer, economically stronger, better governed, and more democratic than it has been in decades. Murders, kidnapping, and violence are down nationwide. Increased security has led to an economic boom that has reduced poverty by 20 percent [...]
2008-08-25 18:59:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD PGOV PREL PTER SNAR CO
08BOGOTA3182MEDELLIN SCANDAL GENERATES POLITICAL FALLOUT
[...] (C) Summary: The dismissal of Guillermo Valencia Cossio, former head of the Prosecutor General's Office (Fiscalia) in Medellin, for criminal ties also led to the resignations of former Medellin Colombian National Police (CNP) Commander Marco Pedreros and Medellin "South American Games" orga [...]
2008-08-28 13:56:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALKCRM PGOV PREL PTER PHUM SNAR CO
08BOGOTA3408COLOMBIA PLEASED WITH OFAC KINGPIN ACT
[...] (C) Charge told Colombian Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos on September 11 that the USG will designate three current and former Venezuelan officials under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act for materially assisting the narcotics trafficking activities of the Revolutionary Armed F [...]
2008-09-12 15:12:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALKTFN PTER PINR EFIN SNAR PREL KCRM VE CO
08BOGOTA3433VISIT OF SENATOR CHUCK HAGEL TO BOGOTA AND
[...] (C) Summary. Senator Chuck Hagel, Southcom Deputy Commander General Glen Spears and delegation visited Bogota and Cartagena from August 28-31, 2008. In Bogota, Senator Hagel, the Ambassador and delegation met with President Alvaro Uribe, who urged support for the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promoti [...]
2008-09-15 19:14:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD PTER ENRG SNAR MARR KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3497 AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: AUGUST 2008 PROGRAM UPDATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This is the monthly Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report for August, 2008, as required by Reftel. The Government of Colombia (GOC) sorted 6,612 tracks during August. Four were Unknown, Assumed Suspect (UAS). There were no Phase I/II/III events. There was one event during [...]
2008-09-17 22:23:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
08BOGOTA3600COLOMBIAN-ECUADORIAN ANTINARCOTICS COOPERATION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-25 20:57:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR CO EC
08BOGOTA3604 TOUGH WEEK FOR THE BAD GUYS: COLOMBIAN POLICE FORCES
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-25 22:45:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL PGOV CO
08BOGOTA3710SCENESETTER FOR OCTOBER 14-16 VISIT TO COLOMBIA OF
[...] (SBU) Your visit comes as Colombians watch with great interest the U.S. presidential campaign, and speculate on what the outcome of the campaign might mean for U.S.-Colombia relations--especially prospects for Congressional passage of the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Act (CTPA). As a bridge [...]
2008-10-08 22:25:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PREF PHUM PTER ETRD SNAR CO
08BOGOTA3728 GAINS OF POLICE REESTABLISHMENT PROGRAM JEOPARDIZED BY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since its inception six years ago, the Reestablishment of Police Presence in Conflictive Zones program has achieved impressive successes in restoring government control throughout rural Colombia. This program has also begun to play a major role in other high-priority missions, [...]
2008-10-09 21:17:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL PGOV CO
08BOGOTA3840PLAN COLOMBIA HELICOPTER PROGRAM IN-PROGRESS REVIEW
[...] (U) The purpose of this message is to announce that INL/A and NAS Colombia will be co-hosting an in-progress review conference for the Plan Colombia Helicopter Program (PCHP) also known as the Colombian Army (COLAR) Aviation Program. The conference will be held at the Hilton Melbourne beach o [...]
2008-10-21 22:02:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AFIN SENV KCRM PTER CO
08BOGOTA3887NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR AUGUST
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In August, the Government of Colombia (GOC) aerially eradicated 16,524 hectares; the Colombian National Police (CNP) seized 30 metric tons of cocaine and coca base, 17 metric tons of marijuana, and 74 kilograms (kgs) of heroin, and captured 1,973 metric tons of precursor chemic [...]
2008-10-23 21:18:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
08BOGOTA3982PEACE LABS: THE BOTTOM-UP APPROACH TO GOVERNANCE,
[...] (U) The European Commission (EC),along with the GOC Accion Social's Peace and Development Program (PDP),helped found and support three "Peace Laboratories" in six different regions. The "Peace Laboratories" focus on three key areas: supporting human rights and local peace initiatives, stre [...]
2008-10-31 21:57:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PTER PHUM EAID SNAR CO
08BOGOTA4007 AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: SEPTEMBER 2008 PROGRAM UPDATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This is the monthly Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report for September, 2008, as required by Reftel. The Government of Colombia (GOC) sorted 5063 tracks during September. Five were Unknown, Assumed Suspect (UAS). There were no Phase I/II/III events. There was one event in [...]
2008-11-05 14:52:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
08BOGOTA4093DEMARCHE ON BOLIVIA DELIVERED
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador raised the Government of Bolivia's suspension of operations by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) with Foreign Minister Jaime Bermudez this month. Additionally, on November 12, post delivered points in reftel to MFA Director for U.S. and Canadian Affairs Patricia C [...]
2008-11-13 16:57:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM SNAR BL CO
08BOGOTA4158 EMBASSY BOGOTA USES ARTS AND SPORTS DIPLOMACY IN DRUG
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Ambassador launched "Do not turn off your light," a drug demand prevention campaign, on November 7 that will provide community development and social mobility opportunities via education, work, arts, and sports to children at risk of drug use. The main event was followed by a [...]
2008-11-18 22:15:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PREL PGOV SCUL EAID CO
08BOGOTA4201GOC ARRESTS ALLEGED PYRAMID RINGLEADERS AMID
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Amid collapsing pyramid schemes suspected of defrauding at least 300,000 Colombians (reftel),the GOC seized DMG Holding Group, S.A., the largest suspected scam in the country and arrested its founder and principal directors on charges of money laundering, illicit enrichment, and [...]
2008-11-21 21:02:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETTC PTER KCRM SNAR PGOV CO
08BOGOTA4215SCENESETTER FOR DECEMBER 8-9 VISIT TO COLOMBIA OF
[...] (SBU) Your visit comes as Colombians watch with great interest the transition period to President-elect Barack Obama, and speculate on what the outcome might mean for U.S.-Colombia relations--especially prospects for Congressional passage of the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Act (CTPA). The [...]
2008-11-25 13:20:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PREF PHUM PTER ETRD SNAR CO
08BOGOTA4231NARINO--PROGRESS ON SECURITY AND ALTERNATIVE
[...] (C) The poor, coca-growing department of Narino--which borders Ecuador along the Pacific coast--has seen significant security gains against the FARC, ELN, and new illegal armed groups since 2006. Governor Navarro Wolff and local security officials told us the illegal armed groups have been pus [...]
2008-11-25 19:11:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO SNAR
08BOGOTA4248NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR OCTOBER 2008
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Even with poor weather conditions negatively affecting the total hectares sprayed, the contractor remains above the projection line for the year. Total manual coca eradication for the month of October was 11,683 hectares - bringing the GME program's year-to-date total to 68,60 [...]
2008-11-26 17:10:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
08BOGOTA4263FALLOUT FROM PYRAMID SCHEME CONTINUES TO SHAKE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nearly three weeks since the first of Colombia's various pyramid schemes collapsed (ref A) and ten days since the closure of the largest such alleged entity, DMG (ref B),the economic, political, and social fallout continue to shake Colombia. Officials from Colombia's southern [...]
2008-11-28 22:28:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON KCRM SNAR PGOV CO
08BOGOTA4265 AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: OCTOBER 2008 PROGRAM UPDATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This is the monthly Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report for October, 2008, as required by Reftel. The Government of Colombia (GOC) sorted 6262 tracks during October. Seven were Unknown, Assumed Suspect (UAS). There was one Phase II event where the aircraft departed Colomb [...]
2008-12-01 13:38:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
08BOGOTA4386MEDELLIN MAYOR SALAZAR DENIES RECEIVING DON
[...] (C) Former Medellin crime boss and paramilitary leader Diego Murillo (Don Berna)--as well as his lieutenants--claim that Medellin Mayor Alonso Salazar sought and received Berna's financial support for his mayoral campaign in October 2007. Salazar has proclaimed his innocence and asked that [...]
2008-12-11 20:15:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER SNAR CO
08BOGOTA4430EMERGING CRIMINAL GROUPS: POLITICAL THREAT WITHOUT
[...] (C) Emerging criminal groups (ECGs) persist despite recent GOC successes, with narcotrafficking profits and continuing weak state presence in some areas enabling them to bribe local officials and recruit new members to replace those killed or captured by security forces. The ECGs are largely [...]
2008-12-16 17:59:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO SNAR
08BOGOTA4499NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 2008
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In November, only 4,492 hectares of coca were sprayed due to bad weather and lack of support from the Colombian National Police (CNP); this setback slowed our progress toward the annual eradication goal of 130,000 hectares sprayed. Eradication aircraft were involved in four ho [...]
2008-12-19 19:27:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
08BOGOTA4615GOC OFFERS JUSTICE AND PEACE BENEFITS TO FORMER
[...] (C) Peace Commissioner Restrepo announced on December 30 that the GOC would offer Justice and Peace Law (JPL) benefits, including possible reduced sentences, to 120 jailed members of the FARC in exchange for criminal confessions and written pledges to lay down their arms. "Martin Sombra," the [...]
2008-12-30 22:47:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO SNAR
08BOGOTA533EMBASSY SUPPORTS SOUTHCOM RECOMMENDATION OF
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. (C) Summary. Embassy concurs with the U.S. Southcom recommendation that Palanquero Air Base represents the best location for a possible Cooperative Security Location (CSL) in Colombia. We request that the Department expedite approval fo [...]
2008-02-11 23:12:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALKTIA MARR PREF PREL SNAR MOPPS CO
08BOGOTA687AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO PUTUMAYO HIGHLIGHTS USG
[...] (SBU) Ambassador Brownfield visited Villa Garzon, Putumayo on February 8, to inaugurate a major road pavement project and survey a water treatment project funded by USAID. Local officials touted the road as an important step to reducing Putumayo's isolation, improving security, and promoting [...]
2008-02-25 22:45:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL PTER SNAR KCOM KAID EC CO
08BRASILIA1035UPDATE AND ACTION REQUEST ON ABADIA EXTRADITION
[...] (C) As a follow up to ref a instructions, Post, on July 24, 2008, once again contacted Ministry of Justice Legal Advisor, Rafael Tomaz Favetti regarding the expulsion of Juan Carlos Ramirez Abadia (Chupeta). Favetti advised Post that he had encountered stiffer opposition within the Ministry t [...]
2008-07-28 11:35:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALKJUS KCRM CJAN PREL CVIS SNAR BR
08BRASILIA1069NEXT STEPS ON ABADIA EXTRADITION CASE AND OTHER
[...] (C) Summary and Action Request. Post appreciates Department and DOJ assistance in determining next steps on securing the extradition of Juan Carlos Ramirez Abadia ("Chupeta") and requests the guidance discussed ref A on an urgent basis, as ongoing investigations into Abadia's activities in Br [...]
2008-08-06 20:58:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALKJUS KCRM CJAN PREL CVIS SNAR BR
08BRASILIA1079BRAZIL: MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL RELATIONS ON SHOOTDOWN
[...] (C) On August 5, POLMILOFF met with Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Special Advisor Marcos Pinta Gama and discussed U.S.-Brazil cooperation on shootdown-related issues. (Note: Pinta Gama, a key embassy contact, is chief of staff to Secretary General (vice minister) Samuel Pinheiro Guim [...]
2008-08-08 11:29:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALBR MOPS PREL SNAR
08BRASILIA1124SHOOTDOWN: VISIT TO CINDACTA IV
[...] In late July, a team from MLO Brasilia and SOUTHCOM visited CINDACTA IV, the regional air traffic control center responsible for almost fifty percent of Brazil's territory and controlling the most commonly used routes for drug traffickers. The team reported that the CINDACTA was working effi [...]
2008-08-22 13:04:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SNAR MOPS BR
08BRASILIA12142008 RECOMMENDATION FOR RENEWAL OF PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In accordance with ref a instructions, Post has conducted an extensive review of Brazil's Air Bridge Denial (ABD)/Shootdown program. Following site visits, conversations with Brazilian government officials and analysis of Brazil's shootdown procedures, (reftels) post has a clea [...]
2008-09-11 18:42:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL MOPS BR
08BRASILIA1257 BRAZIL- DEMARCHE DELIVERED -OFAC NARCOTICS KINGPIN ACT
[...] (SBU) On September 18, 2008 ECONOFF delivered reftel demarche to the Council for the Control of Financial Activities (COAF) at the Ministry of Finance. COAF officials Joaquim da Cunha Neto and Bernardo Mota took delivery of the document, which outlined the reasons behind the designation of thr [...]
2008-09-22 14:32:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTFN PTER PINR EFIN VE BR SNAR AND KCRM PREL
08BRASILIA1261DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNODC SELF-ASSESSMENT
[...] (SBU) On September 16, PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to the director of the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations (Itamaraty) Office of Transnational Crimes, Virginia Toniatti. Asked if Brazil would complete the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) self-assessment checklist, which Bra [...]
2008-09-22 20:10:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SNAR KCRM KJUS UN PG BR
08BRASILIA1557BRAZIL'S FOREIGN MINISTRY UNDERSTANDS DEA ROLE IN
[...] (SBU) On November 18, Ambassador Sobel met with Brazilian Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Under Secretary for Political Affairs Ambassador Everton Vargas to inform him of our intention to increase DEA staff in our offices in Brasilia and Sao Paulo in light of the Bolivian government's dec [...]
2008-12-04 11:34:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL BR BO
08BRASILIA1588BRAZIL: DRUG TRAFFICKING UP, DRUG FLIGHTS DOWN, TIP ISSUES LIMITED: A REPORT FROM THE FAR NORTH
[...] (SBU) Summary. Drug flights into Brazil's far north have diminished by 75 percent since the introduction of Brazil's Air Bridge Denial (shootdown) program, but Brazilian authorities say pressure from Plan Colombia has actually increased the amount of cocaine entering Brazil. The region rem [...]
2008-12-12 15:26:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR SOCI KCRM ELAB FARC KTIP BR VE PE CO XR
08BRASILIA1669RELOCATING DEA PERSONNEL FROM BOLIVIA TO OTHER WHA
[...] (C) Following are mission's response to ref a, para 3. a) As reported ref B, the Ambassador delivered a diplomatic note to Brazilian Foreign Ministry (MRE) Under Secretary Vargas on November x informing the GOB of our intent to increase staffing at existing DEA offices in Brasilia and Sao Pa [...]
2008-12-29 17:40:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR AMGT BR
08BRASILIA531AMBASSADOR, BRAZIL'S FOREIGN MINISTER REVIEW
[...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met with Minister for External Relations Celso Amorim on April 3 to review the state of play on several bilateral initiatives. Amorim agreed to help move forward the Tropical Forests Conservation Act (TFCA) debt swap and the counternarcotics letter of agreement (L [...]
2008-04-22 12:36:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON SNAR EINV MARR SOCI SENV ENRG BO
08BRASILIA8052008 RENEWAL OF PRESIDENTIAL DETERMINATION (PD)
[...] (S) Reftel requests that post "evaluate and provide guidance on the following issues: (1) Does the USG provide assistance (funding, intelligence, information, equipment, training, or otherwise) to the GOB that could be used to locate, identify, track, or intercept a civil aircraft? (2) Do an [...]
2008-06-12 14:37:00Embassy BrasiliaSECRETBR MOPS PREL SNAR
08BRASILIA8062008 RENEWAL OF PRESIDENTIAL DETERMINATION (PD)
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Per ref a, Post is engaged with the Brazilian government to assess Brazil's safety procedures concerning its Air Bridge Denial (ABD) program, in order to make the annual Presidential Determination (PD). Based on regular contacts with the Brazilian Defense Ministry and air tra [...]
2008-06-12 14:43:00Embassy BrasiliaSECRETBR MOPS PREL SNAR
08BRASILIA97AMBASSADOR REVIEWS BILATERAL ISSUES WITH BRAZILIAN
[...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador, joined by PolCouns (notetaker),met with Ministry for External Relations (MRE) Under Secretary for Political Affairs Everton Vargas on January 11 to raise Kosovo independence (ref A) and possible Brazilian participation in UNAMID (ref B). Vargas was joined by chi [...]
2008-01-17 12:22:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG SENV SOCI SNAR UNSC BR
08BRASILIA987BRAZIL: MOVING FORWARD WITH BRAZILIAN AIR FORCE ON
[...] (C) On July 8, 2008, Defense Attache, Air Force Attache, and Poloff had an initial high-level meeting with Brazilian Air Force generals, Tenente Brigadeiro Paulo Roberto Rohrig de Britto (the number two general in the Brazilian Air Force),Brigaderio Egito, and Colonel Roque to discuss Brazil' [...]
2008-07-21 11:02:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL SNAR BR
08BRASILIA999ACTION REQUEST: FOLLOW-UP TO DEMARCHE ON JUAN
[...] (C) Summary and action request: On July 21, 2008, Ambassador Sobel brought up the extradition concerns in reftel demarche to Minister of Justice Tarso Genro, objecting to Brazilian imposition of conditions on extraditions that fall outside the bilateral extradition treaty. Minister Genro imme [...]
2008-07-23 21:32:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALKJUS KCRM CJAN PREL CVIS SNAR
08BRATISLAVA184SLOVAK NOMINATIONS FOR ILEA PERSONNEL AND FACILITY
[...] (U) Slovakia's nominations for ILEA's "Personnel and facility security" course beginning on June 9, 2008 follow in paragraph 2. All nominees have been vetted consistent with Department policy and in compliance with the State Leahy Amendment as per Ref A. 2. (SBU) - Peter Pokorny, 03/07/1976 [...]
2008-04-25 12:08:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM ASEC KJUS ECON EAID HU LO
08BRATISLAVA262SUBSTITUTE NOMINATION FOR ILEA PERSONNEL AND
[...] (U) Post nominates Colonel Imrich Schlosser to take part in ILEA's "Personnel and Facility Security" training course beginning on June 9, 2008. Colonel Schlosser is nominated as a substitute for Peter Domanicky, who was nominated and approved for the same course in Ref A. Colonel Schlosser has [...]
2008-06-03 14:12:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM ASEC KJUS ECON EAID HU LO
08BRATISLAVA523SLOVAKIA: DEMARCHE ON DEA EXPULSION FROM BOLIVIA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-13 14:35:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM SNAR BL LO
08BRATISLAVA527SLOVAKIA: 2008-2009 INCSR PART 1
[...] Post's submission for the "2008-2009 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) Part I, Drugs and Chemical Control," follows in paragraph 2. This report includes statistical information on seizures for the calendar year 2007. If information for the year 2008 becomes available in t [...]
2008-11-14 13:45:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR LO
08BRIDGETOWN149 2007 END USE MONITORING REPORT - EASTERN CARIBBEAN
[...] Embassy Bridgetown is responsible for the NAS-funded program in seven countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. It is also responsible for monitoring equipment provided to the French department of Martinique. [...]
2008-03-06 12:26:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AFIN XL
08BRIDGETOWN229ST. VINCENT RULE OF LAW SLUMPING, ECONOMY GRINDING
[...] (C) Summary: On the heels of the much-publicized rape case against the Prime Minister which was discontinued by the prosecution (Ref A),rule of law in St. Vincent and the Grenadines has been given a public black eye. With the murder rate among the highest in the world, meanwhile, crime is pe [...]
2008-04-03 19:13:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON SNAR PREL PHUM ASEC XL VC
08BRIDGETOWN332CHINA'S POLITICAL INVESTMENT IN EC PAYS DIVIDENDS
[...] (C) PM David Thompson's May 7-9 visit to Beijing highlights China's increasing engagement in the Eastern Caribbean to improve economic and business ties and increase aid. The visit, which generated new economic and business ties and increased aid, was seen as successful by commentators, who [...]
2008-05-22 18:50:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CPAS CVIS EINV OFDP PINR SNAR CH XL
08BRUSSELS1117JUNE 26 U.S.-EU TROIKA MEETING ON DRUG ISSUES
[...] (C) U.S. and European Union (EU) officials discussed counter-drug trends and developments during a wide-ranging U.S.-EU Troika Meeting on Drug Issues on June 26. The discussions demonstrated considerable convergence on these issues, including strategies to use at Commission on Narcotic Drugs [...]
2008-07-22 15:46:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALKCRM PGOV PREL SNAR EUM
08BRUSSELS1130BELGIANS AGREE IT IS IMPORTANT TO KEEP PRESSURE ON
[...] (C) POLCOUNS discussed talking points reftel with MFA Head of the Latin America Office, Amb. Jan Van Dessel. Van Dessel fully agreed it is important to keep pressure on the FARC. He noted there should be more U.S.- EU cooperation on the whole range of problems, from narcotics interventions [...]
2008-07-24 14:09:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALCOL VE HR EUN PTER AF SNAR PGOV PREL BE
08BRUSSELS1168DELIVERY OF LETTER ON COMMISSION-FUNDED
[...] (C) Mission International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) Counselor delivered a scanned copy of the letter signed by INL Assistant Secretary David Johnson regarding two European Commission-funded initiatives in Bolivia (REFs A to C) on July 29 to Commission Head of Unit Carel Edwa [...]
2008-07-29 13:15:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALKCRM PGOV PREL SNAR EUM
08BRUSSELS1500EUROJUST'S EVOLVING ROLE IN INVESTIGATING AND
[...] (U) The President of the European Union's Judicial Cooperation Unit (EUROJUST),Jose Luis Lopes da Mota, and the Chairperson of EUROJUST's External Relations Committee, Malci Gabrijelcic, explained their organization's increasing role in investigating and prosecuting serious organized crime wi [...]
2008-09-26 13:29:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PGOV PREL SNAR EUN
08BRUSSELS1600JHA HAPPENINGS
[...] (U) This is the inaugural edition of "JHA Happenings," a periodical on United States - European Union cooperation on transnational crimes and terrorism, which comprise the Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) portfolio in European Union (EU) circles. We intend for these updates to complement the Mi [...]
2008-10-17 12:47:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALKCRM PGOV PREL SNAR EUN
08BRUSSELS1727EUROPEAN COMMISSION SHARES U.S. CONCERNS OVER
[...] (C) European Commission officials agreed with U.S. concerns over the threatened expulsion of Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) personnel from Bolivia. They expressed hope that the decision was still open to change, given the void that such a situation would present in law enforcement effo [...]
2008-11-13 06:04:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALKCRM PGOV PREL SNAR KDEM EUN BL
08BRUSSELS1733BELGIUM: EXPULSION OF DEA FROM BOLIVIA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-13 16:59:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PREL SNAR BL BE
08BRUSSELS1875INL ASSISTANT SECRETARY DISCUSSES THREATENED
[...] (C) INL Assistant Secretary David Johnson briefed European Commission Deputy Director-General (DDG) for Relations with Asia and Latin America Joao Aguiar Machado and Commission Bolivia Desk Officer Nicola Murray on the threat by Bolivian President Evo Morales to expel Drug Enforcement Administ [...]
2008-12-12 14:29:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALKCRM PGOV PREL SNAR EUN BL
08BRUSSELS1879DISCUSSIONS AT NOVEMBER 14 U.S.-EU TROIKA MEETING
[...] (C) Discussions at the November 14 U.S.-European Union (EU) Troika meeting on Drug Issues confirmed U.S.-EU convergence on most drug issues. Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL) Affairs David Johnson led the inter-agency U.S. Delegation as a sign [...]
2008-12-12 15:30:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALKCRM PGOV PREL SNAR EUN
08BRUSSELS348PRESSING THE EU'S ROLE IN AFGHANISTAN: FACTS,
[...] (C) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will soon have a political discussion about Afghanistan. We believe this is an opportune time for the USG to make a renewed effort at convincing the EU to increase its contributions. The EU institutions have participated in Afghanistan reconstruction since [...]
2008-03-06 15:33:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEAID EUN PGOV PREL PTER SNAR NATO MARR AF EU
08BRUSSELS382U.S. COORDINATOR FOR COUNTER-NARCOTICS AND RULE OF
[...] (C) U.S. Coordinator for Counter-Narcotics and Rule of Law in Afghanistan, Ambassador Thomas A. Schweich, briefed Supreme Allied Commander, Europe (SACEUR),General Bantz J. Craddock March 6 on the drug situation in Afghanistan. Schweich noted increased correlation between insecurity and poppy [...]
2008-03-11 18:11:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALKCRM PGOV PREL SNAR EU
08BRUSSELS494BELGIUM: COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR THE VISIT
[...] COUNTRY CLEARANCE IS GRANTED FOR THE APRIL 9-11, 2008 VISIT TO BRUSSELS, BELGIUM OF JOHN P. WALTERS, DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY (ONDCP) AND DELEGATION, INCLUDING BRIAN BLAKE, ONDCP DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF; PATRICK M WARD, ONDCP ACTING DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR SUPPLY REDUC [...]
2008-04-03 12:59:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALBE EUN OVIP PREL SNAR
08BRUSSELS54AFGHANISTAN: EU OFFICIALS SUPPORT ASHDOWN AND
[...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman and State Department Counselor Eliot Cohen met with EU Council Secretariat officials January 8 in Brussels to discuss Afghanistan. EU Director General for External Political and Military Affairs Robert Cooper told Edelman and Coh [...]
2008-01-11 16:19:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALAF AID BE EU EUN IO PGOV PREL PTER SNAR NATO
08BRUSSELS71 EU PROPOSAL TO USG FOR CASH COURIERS / CONTROLS
[...] (SBU) Summary: EU Member State representatives will discuss on Jan. 16 how to respond to U.S. proposals for the next U.S.-EU practitioners' workshop on countering terrorist financing at the EU's Committee on Terrorism (COTER) working group. A Council Secretariat contact predicted to USEU tha [...]
2008-01-15 14:35:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC EFIN PTER KTFN KCRM KJUS KHLS SNAR EUN
08BRUSSELS962DIRECTOR WALTERS DISCUSSES DRUG FLOWS AND
[...] (C) During his recent visit to Brussels, the Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP),John Walters, discussed a wide range of drug issues with European Union (EU) counterparts and media. He briefed EU officials and journalists on U.S. domestic counter-drug e [...]
2008-06-25 12:58:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALOVIP KCRM PREL SNAR PTER EUM BE CO MX
08BUDAPEST1149INL A/S JOHNSON DISCUSSES AFGHAN AND HUNGARIAN
[...] (C) Summary: INL A/S David Johnson stopped in Budapest October 27, on the tail end of a trip to Afghanistan and the Balkans. He spoke at INL,s Budapest International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA),met with Hungarian MFA officials to discuss Afghanistan counter-narcotics (CN) issues, and atte [...]
2008-12-01 13:44:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL PGOV HU
08BUDAPEST12182008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-22 10:09:00Embassy BudapestUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV HU
08BUENOSAIRES1041ARGENTINA: VISITING G/TIP AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH TIP
[...] (SBU) Summary. On June 19, Ambassador Wayne hosted a TIP roundtable in honor of Ambassador-at-large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Mark Lagon to discuss Argentina's efforts in the fight against TIP. Participants included working-level GOA officials, NGOs, and a representati [...]
2008-07-28 13:10:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PHUM PREL SMIG SNAR KJUS KCRM KWMN AR
08BUENOSAIRES1054ARGENTINA: JUSTICE MINISTER COMMITS TO ENHANCED
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Wayne met with GOA Minister of Justice and Security Anibal Fernandez at the latter's request July 30 to discuss the monitoring and control of methamphetamine and heroin precursor drugs produced and imported to Argentina. With leaders of the key police agencies prese [...]
2008-07-31 14:09:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KJUS SNAR DCRM AR
08BUENOSAIRES1176ARGENTINA: NEW DETAILS ON ANTONINI-WILSON'S
[...] (C) Summary: On August 12, 2008, Hector Fernando Colella, President of Argentine courier firm OCA S.A., provided Emboffs with new details concerning the charter flight brought Guido Alejandro Antonini-Wilson and the now in-famous cash stuffed suitcase to Buenos Aires. Colella's business partner, [...]
2008-08-20 17:16:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS PREL SNAR KCOR VZ AR
08BUENOSAIRES1202AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH NEW ARGENTINE CABINET CHIEF
[...] (C) Summary: On August 26, the Ambassador had a warm and encouraging meeting with new Argentine Cabinet Chief Sergio Massa, 36, who replaced Alberto Fernandez as the senior member of the cabinet. Displaying the vigor and charm for which he is well-known, Massa pointedly said his operating sty [...]
2008-08-27 20:35:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ETRD PTER PINR SNAR AR
08BUENOSAIRES1203ARGENTINA: GOA ACCEPTS INVITATION TO ILEA TIP
[...] Senior advisor on trafficking in persons issues at the Argentine Ministry of Justice, Dr. Azul Romero, confirmed the GOA's interest in participating in the "Senior Officials Awareness Workshop" on trafficking in persons issues to be conducted at the International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA) [...]
2008-08-28 13:59:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KWMN SNAR PREL ASEC SMIG ELAB EAID
08BUENOSAIRES1281ARGENTINA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON OFAC DESIGNATIONS
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, Poloff on September 12 delivered notice of the impending OFAC Narcotics Kingpin Act designations of three senior Venezuelan officials to Ricardo Roselli, the Director General for International Narcotics Affairs at the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Points were also p [...]
2008-09-12 21:52:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTFN PTER PINR EFIN SNAR KCRM PREL VE AR
08BUENOSAIRES1300ARGENTINA: MORE SWIPES AT U.S., BUT LITTLE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Argentine Justice Minister Fernandez stepped up his critique of the U.S. prosecution of Venezuelan Franklin Duran amidst signs that pro-Kirchner activists are also raising the volume against the USG. Even on increased volume, however, the GOA is adding little to its already weak [...]
2008-09-17 14:48:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR KCRM VZ AR
08BUENOSAIRES1314ARGENTINA: ARMY CHIEF BENDINI, A KIRCHNER ALLY,
[...] (C) Summary: Argentina's Cabinet Chief Sergio Massa announced late on September 18 that General Bendini, Army Chief of Staff for the past five years, had resigned. The resignation and its acceptance by the President followed by only hours the decision of a Federal Appeals Court in Comodoro Ri [...]
2008-09-19 21:41:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KCRM MARR KCOR SNAR PHUM AR
08BUENOSAIRES1355 HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ILEA TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-30 21:43:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PREL ASEC KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB EAID PHUM PE AR
08BUENOSAIRES1370HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-06 16:28:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PINR SNAR AR
08BUENOSAIRES1401ARGENTINE WITNESS IN MIAMI TRIAL CONTINUES TO
[...] (SBU) Sumary: After ten days in Miami, former Airport Security Police Officer and witness in the Antonini-Wilson case, Maria Lujan Telpuk returned to Buenos Aires on October 9 and continued (reftel) to question the way the FBI intercepted and interviewed her at Miami International Airport on S [...]
2008-10-10 18:45:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KCRM KCOR SNAR AR
08BUENOSAIRES141 INL-FUNDED ASSISTANCE IN ARGENTINA: 2007 END-USE
[...] Embassy Buenos Aires' CY-2007 End-Use Monitoring Report follows below: 2. PROCEDURES Post's Narcotics Coordinator does not have PD&S funding and as such is unable to fund on-site inspections or periodic spot checks to perform End Use Monitoring. The Coordinator has relied on DEA officer [...]
2008-02-06 14:48:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AFIN AR
08BUENOSAIRES1421HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-16 12:13:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PINR SNAR AR
08BUENOSAIRES1478GOVERNMENT OF ARGENTINA THINKING OUT LOUD ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: Five Argentine Cabinet Ministers joined a host of other public and private figures October 9 to launch a two-day workshop on Argentine narcotics policies, offering the first serious public dialogue on decriminalization of consumption since President Fernandez de Kirchner mooted t [...]
2008-10-27 21:06:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL PGOV EFIN KJUS PHUM SOCI AR
08BUENOSAIRES1486HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-29 12:02:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PINR PTER SNAR AR
08BUENOSAIRES152ARGENTINA: MENDOZA GOVERNOR SEEKS CLOSER U.S. TIES
[...] (U) Summary: Mendoza Governor Celso Jaque called on the Ambassador February 6, seeking increased contact and opportunities for cooperation with the Embassy and U.S. agencies on such issues as public security, counternarcotics, and public administration. Public security is a top concern for Mend [...]
2008-02-08 17:52:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KJUS SNAR PHUM ASEC KPAO MASS AR
08BUENOSAIRES1522ARGENTINA: GOVERNMENT MOSTLY SILENT SO FAR ABOUT
[...] (U) Summary: The November 3rd guilty verdict in the trial of convicted illegal Venezuelan agent Franklin Duran was front page news in Argentina November 4. Key prosecution witness Guido Antonini-Wilson (A-W) was also quoted in most dailies after he repeated in his first press interview his co [...]
2008-11-04 20:12:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SNAR KCRM KJUS EFIN AR
08BUENOSAIRES1524HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-05 11:22:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PINR SNAR AR
08BUENOSAIRES1550ARGENTINA: ANTONINI-WILSON CLAIMS NESTOR KIRCHNER
[...] (SBU) Summary and introduction: Argentine daily "La Nacion" prominently published November 9 a lengthy exclusive interview with dual U.S.-Venezuelan citizen Guido Antonini-Wilson (A-W),who was intercepted by GOA authorities in August 2007 with a suitcase stuffed with $800,000 arriving on a c [...]
2008-11-12 20:30:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SNAR KCOR KLIG CJAN AR
08BUENOSAIRES1632ARGENTINA: MEXICAN PRESIDENT CALDERON'S VISIT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Mexican President Felipe Calderon paid a state visit to Argentina November 23-25, renewing a diplomatic relationship that had been relatively limited since the 2005 Summit of the Americas at Mar de Plata, despite growing commercial ties over that period. GOA officials emphasize [...]
2008-12-01 18:45:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON SNAR ETRD EFIN AR MX
08BUENOSAIRES1635ARGENTINA 2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] (U) Per reftel, Post provides following draft of 2008-2009 INCSR II report on money laundering and financial crimes for Argentina. 2. (SBU) Begin Text: Argentina: Argentina is neither an important regional financial center nor an offshore financial center. Money laundering related to na [...]
2008-12-02 09:05:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KCRM KTFN SNAR AR
08BUENOSAIRES1651ARGENTINA: JEWISH COMMUNITY LEADERS TELL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Leaders of the Argentine Jewish Mutual Association (AMIA) told the Ambassador November 28 that they are satisfied with prosecutor Alberto Nisman's work in going after the Iranian authors and perpetrators of the 1994 AMIA bombing that killed 85 persons, but they believe he now ne [...]
2008-12-03 18:58:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL ASEC SNAR SCUL AR
08BUENOSAIRES1664ARGENTINA: FORMOSA GOVERNOR CONCERNED ABOUT BORDER WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Peronist Gildo Insfran, Governor of Argentina's northeastern province of Formosa, discussed with Ambassador Wayne on November 20 his views regarding economic development, renewable energy, the challenges of cross-border security, and the status of Formosa's indigenous population [...]
2008-12-05 11:38:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EAGR SNAR PHUM AR PA
08BUENOSAIRES1672ARGENTINE APPEALS COURT AGREES THERE IS
[...] (SBU) An Argentine appeals court upheld the (reftel) July 3 determination by Judge Daniel Petrone that there is not enough evidence to prosecute or to acquit former Argentine government official Claudio Uberti in the "Valijagate" investigation, involving the infamous Venezuelan suitcase carryi [...]
2008-12-09 19:54:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SNAR KCOR CJAN AR
08BUENOSAIRES1697 RELOCATING DEA PERSONNEL FROM BOLIVIA TO OTHER
[...] (C) The following information is provided in response to questions in reftel A regarding the relocation of three DEA positions from Embassy La Paz to Embassy Buenos Aires. 2. (C) As reported in reftel B, on November 14, 2008, Ambassador Wayne advised Minister of Justice Anibal Fernandez tha [...]
2008-12-15 20:41:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR AR BO BR CH PA PE
08BUENOSAIRES1706Argentina: Former President Nestor Kirchner Criticizes a
[...] (SBU) Summary. Former Argentine president Nestor Kirchner attacked Vice President Julio Cobos, the opposition, the United States, and the press in remarks to party faithful December 16. Kirchner accused Cobos of intentionally trying to hinder Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's administration and [...]
2008-12-18 09:43:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPAO KMDR SNAR PHUM AR
08BUENOSAIRES171EMBASSY BUENOS AIRES PROPOSALS FOR G/TIP MANAGED FY 2008
[...] (SBU) Summary and Background: Among Embassy Buenos Aires's top priorities in strengthening Argentina's anti-trafficking efforts include strengthening law enforcement and judicial capacity to investigate and prosecute human trafficking cases. The Argentine government, in conjunction with the [...]
2008-02-13 15:37:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDELAB KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SNAR SMIG KJUS ASEC AR
08BUENOSAIRES1718ARGENTINA ACCEPTS INVITATION TO ILEA TIP TRAINING
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-19 13:59:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PREL ASEC KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB EAID PHUM
08BUENOSAIRES172ARGENTINA: PUTTING SECURITY COOPERATION BACK ON
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met February 12 with Minister of Justice and Security Anibal Fernandez for the first time since Miami court proceedings relating to the Antonini Wilson suitcase scandal put a chill on relations in mid-December. Ambassador reiterated that the focus of the case is on vio [...]
2008-02-13 18:17:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KJUS KWNM SNAR AR
08BUENOSAIRES1724ARGENTINE PROSECUTOR ON AMIA BOMBING DEVELOPMENT
[...] (U) As anticipated in ref A, Argentine Special Prosecutor Alberto Nisman on December 16 ordered the attachment of real estate property in Buenos Aires allegedly belonging to former Iranian Embassy Cultural Attache in Argentina Mohsen Rabbani, one of six Iranian suspects sought by Interpol at Ar [...]
2008-12-19 20:21:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL ASEC SNAR SCUL IR AR
08BUENOSAIRES173ARGENTINA: PUTTING SECURITY COOPERATION BACK ON
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met February 12 with Minister of Justice and Security Anibal Fernandez for the first time since Miami court proceedings relating to the Antonini Wilson suitcase scandal put a chill on relations in mid-December. Ambassador reiterated that the focus of the case is on vio [...]
2008-02-14 10:01:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KJUS KWNM SNAR AR
08BUENOSAIRES176ARGENTINA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL ENGEL
[...] (SBU) Introduction: On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your visit to Argentina February 20-23. The Government of Argentina is billing your visit as a major indicator of U.S. goodwill, firming up the recent "rapprochement" that ended seven weeks of discord. With the new admin [...]
2008-02-14 16:27:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM PTER SNAR ECON EFIN BEXP AR
08BUENOSAIRES198ARGENTINE OPPOSITION THANKS AMBASSADOR FOR
[...] Per Department guidance (ref A),the Ambassador sent the leaders of Argentina's opposition Civic Coalition a letter on February 8 regarding the separation of powers in the U.S. constitution and the independence of the U.S. judiciary. The recipients must have released the Ambassador's letter, [...]
2008-02-20 17:48:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDPREL CJAN KJUS KPAO SNAR ASEC AR
08BUENOSAIRES235ARGENTINA: GETTING PAST SQUARE ONE WITH THE
[...] (C) Summary: With a seven-week period of bilateral estrangement in our rear-view window, we have an opportunity -- again -- to build a more constructive relationship with Argentina. The warming trend in the bilateral relationship continues. President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and her governmen [...]
2008-02-26 12:20:00Embassy Buenos AiresSECRETPREL CJAN KJUS EFIN SNAR MASS VZ AR
08BUENOSAIRES266ARGENTINA: USG PRIORITIES FOR MARCH 10-14 MEETING
[...] On February 29, Poloff, per Reftel, discussed USG priorities for the March 10-14 CND meetings in Vienna with the Argentine MFA's Director for International Drug Affairs, Minister Ricardo Roselli. Roselli stated that technical offices were studying the proposed U.S. resolutions on Screening an [...]
2008-03-03 15:34:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AORC UN AR
08BUENOSAIRES307ARGENTINA: COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL SHELBY
[...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Ambassador Richard Shelby and members of his delegation to travel to Argentina for the period March 23-26, 2008. The purpose of the visit is to have bilateral discussions with senior Argentine government officials on a range of financial, ec [...]
2008-03-10 18:13:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM PTER SNAR ECON EFIN BEXP AR
08BUENOSAIRES318ARGENTINA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SHELBY
[...] (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your March 23-26 visit to Argentina. We are looking to build on an already strong and positive bilateral relationship with the three-month-old administration of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. Current significant areas of mut [...]
2008-03-13 11:35:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM PTER SNAR ECON EFIN BEXP AR
08BUENOSAIRES322ARGENTINA DISCUSSES SHIFT IN POLICY TOWARD ILLICIT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Justice Anibal Fernandez announced this week that the GoA intends to redirect its counternarcotics efforts away from the pursuit of drug users in order to make more resources available for investigating and prosecuting drug traffickers. He argues that Argentina's co [...]
2008-03-13 17:30:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KJUS PGOV PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES352EMBASSY BUENOS AIRES SUPPORTS U.S. NGO PROPOSALS FOR G/TIP
[...] (SBU) Summary and Background: Post is pleased to recommend three proposals for G/TIP's "International Collaborative Partnerships to Combat Trafficking" from U.S. NGOs interested in working with local partners to fight trafficking in persons in Argentina. Embassy-Buenos Aires's top priorities i [...]
2008-03-18 19:20:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDELAB KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SNAR SMIG KJUS ASEC AR
08BUENOSAIRES359ARGENTINA: WORKING WITH TIP ACTIVIST SUSANA TRIMARCO
[...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Wayne and other Embassy officials recently met with trafficking in persons (TIP) activist Susana Trimarco. During the meeting, Trimarco was informed that the U.S. Department of Defense's Southern Command had approved a $2500 grant to assist her anti-TIP Foundation' [...]
2008-03-20 10:36:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SNAR SMIG KJUS ASEC AR
08BUENOSAIRES367ARGENTINA: FBI'S AD FUENTES DISCUSSES COOPERATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: During his March 5-6 visit to Argentina, FBI Assistant Director Tom Fuentes met with senior officials of the Argentine government, the Argentine Jewish community, the Province of Cordoba, and the city of Buenos Aires to discuss ongoing U.S.-Argentine security cooperation. Those [...]
2008-03-20 16:50:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV KJUS SNAR KCRM ASEC AR FBI
08BUENOSAIRES43FM TAIANA OFFERS INSIGHTS INTO COLOMBIAN HOSTAGE
[...] (C) Summary. During a January 10 meeting with Ambassador Wayne, Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana offered his assessment of the release of FARC hostages in Colombia. He expressed appreciation for the USG's public statement praising the release of the hostages. Taiana also praised Colombian Pre [...]
2008-01-11 16:15:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER CJAN SNAR ASEC KJUS VZ CO AR
08BUENOSAIRES441ARGENTINA: SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY SHANNON'S APRIL 10-11 VISIT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-08 23:10:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALAR ECON EFIN PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SNAR
08BUENOSAIRES462ARGENTINE VALIJAGATE INVESTIGATION MOVING SLOWLY
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Argentine investigation into the origin and destination of USD 800,000 seized from a Venezuelan-American passenger arriving on a chartered flight from Caracas last August continues to move forward slowly. A new judge has been assigned to oversee the money laundering and cu [...]
2008-04-10 12:03:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KJUS PREL SNAR KCOR VZ AR
08BUENOSAIRES48ARGENTINA 2007-2008 INCSR PART II: FINANCIAL
[...] The following is Embassy Buenos Aires' input for the 2007-2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) part II -- Financial Crimes and Money Laundering. Marked-up text sent separately via email. Post POC is EconOff Chris Landberg (LandbergCA@State.Gov). Begin Text: Argent [...]
2008-01-14 14:43:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR AR
08BUENOSAIRES575ARGENTINA HIGH-LEVEL MEETING AGENDA
[...] (SBU) Following up on WHA A/S Shannon's April 10-11 meetings with Argentine FM Taiana and their agreement in principle to hold in June in Buenos Aires a meeting under the auspices of the Special Process of Regular High-Level Bilateral Consultations, emboffs met with MFA officials April 17 to de [...]
2008-05-02 17:26:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON PHUM ETRD SENV SCUL PTER SNAR KJUS XM AR
08BUENOSAIRES589ARGENTINA: A/S SHANNON MEETS WITH FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (SBU) Summary: April 11 A/S Shannon and Ambassador Wayne agreed with Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana and his team to revive and modify a mechanism for bilateral dialogue. The approved concept sets out two additional bilateral meetings under the 1997 "Framework of Understanding between [...]
2008-05-06 15:35:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM EINV PTER TSPL ETRD SNAR SCUL
08BUENOSAIRES643ARGENTINA: SUPREME COURT JUSTICE TO VISIT U.S. TO FURTHER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Argentina4s Supreme Court President Ricardo Lorenzetti will travel to Washington and New York the week of May 19 for meetings at the American Law Institute and the Council of the Americas as part of his effort to strengthen judicial practices in Argentina. Ambassador Wayne met wi [...]
2008-05-15 10:26:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PTER SNAR SCUL AR
08BUENOSAIRES646ARGENTINE PROSECUTORS SEEK TO TRAVEL TO THE U.S.
[...] (SBU) Summary: Argentine press indicates local prosecutors are looking to travel to the U.S. to gather evidence for their investigation into the infamous Venezuelan suitcase with US$800,000 seized by GOA officials in August 2007. Articles published in La Nacion on May 11 and 12 provide new i [...]
2008-05-15 18:26:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KJUS PREL SNAR KCOR VZ AR
08BUENOSAIRES708ARGENTINA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DODD (BUENOS
[...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. ------------ Introduction ------------ 2. (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your May 28-30 visit to Argentina. We are looking to build on an already positive bilateral relationsh [...]
2008-05-23 20:06:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM PTER SNAR ECON EFIN BEXP AR
08BUENOSAIRES743ARGENTINA: NEW VALIJAGATE EVIDENCE IS FRONT-PAGE
[...] (C) Summary: "Valijagate" is once again news in Argentina. The Argentine press is reporting new evidence in the investigation, including cell phone records of supposedly traced calls from a key suspect to the presidential residence, contradictory testimony implying more significant links betw [...]
2008-05-29 19:39:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV KJUS PREL SNAR KCOR VZ AR
08BUENOSAIRES746PRESIDENT'S MEETING WITH FBI DEPUTY DIRECTOR
[...] (S) Summary. On May 21, Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) received FBI Deputy Director John Pistole. CFK said she is committed to fight terrorism and not to deal with terrorists. She criticized the investigation of the 1994 AMIA attack carried out in the 1990s, altho [...]
2008-05-30 14:44:00Embassy Buenos AiresSECRETPREL PTER KJUS KCRM SNAR AR SMIG KWMN
08BUENOSAIRES759ARGENTINA: FBI'S DEPUTY DIRECTOR PISTOLE DISCUSSES
[...] (SBU) Summary: During his May 21-22 visit to Argentina, FBI Deputy Director John Pistole met with senior officials of the Argentine government, the Argentine Jewish community, and President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (ref A) to discuss U.S.-Argentine security cooperation. Those leaders th [...]
2008-06-03 17:27:00Embassy Buenos AiresSECRETPTER PREL PGOV KJUS SNAR KCRM ASEC AR FBI
08BUENOSAIRES760ARGENTINA: CODEL DODD DISCUSSES REGION WITH
[...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador hosted a lunch with ambassadors and private sector employees in honor of Senator Christopher Dodd and Representative Xavier Becerra. The group discussed the region's efforts at integration, pointing to the benefits of closer relations that have developed and the c [...]
2008-06-03 18:51:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ETRD SNAR MASS EAID EC
08BUENOSAIRES86ARGENTINA: UPDATE ON SKANSKA CORRUPTION CASE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Judicial investigations continue into alleged bribery and tax evasion by the local affiliate of Swedish construction multinational Skanska in the expansion of Argentina's northern and southern natural gas pipelines. The courts appear to be approaching the indictment phase, desp [...]
2008-01-25 14:00:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCOR EPET EINV ASEC SNAR OECD AR
08BUENOSAIRES946ARGENTINA: JUDGE RULES LACK OF EVIDENCE AGAINST
[...] (SBU) Argentine Judge Daniel Petrone determined on 3 July that there is not enough evidence to prosecute or to acquit former Argentine government official Claudio Uberti in the "Valijagate" investigation, involving the infamous Venezuelan suitcase carrying USD 800,000 and seized by Argentine cu [...]
2008-07-08 20:12:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCOR KJUS PGOV PREL SNAR VZ AR
08CANBERRA1102AUSTRALIA 2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-31 06:31:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AS
08CANBERRA258AUSTRALIAN POLICE AID TO AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ
[...] (C/NF) Ahead of the NATO Summit in Bucharest, Australia is considering deploying a small force of Australian Federal Police to southern Afghanistan to focus on counternarcotics. To assist Iraq enhance its policing capability, Australia is reviewing options for training outside Iraq, including i [...]
2008-03-18 05:45:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS SNAR PTER PREL AS
08CANBERRA262CORRECTED COPY - AUSTRALIAN POLICE AID TO
[...] (C/NF) Ahead of the NATO Summit in Bucharest, Australia is considering deploying a small force of Australian Federal Police to southern Afghanistan to focus on counternarcotics. To assist Iraq enhance its policing capability, Australia is reviewing options for training outside Iraq, including i [...]
2008-03-19 04:30:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR MOPS SNAR PTER PREL AS
08CAPETOWN233 METHAMPHETAMINE-A GROWING PROBLEM IN CAPE TOWN
[...] (U) An article in the November 17 2008 edition of the Cape Times reported that, according to the Medical Research Council (MRC),Cape Town has become the methamphetamine capital of South Africa, with 98 percent of patients seen across the provinces coming from this city. 2. (U) Methampheta [...]
2008-11-25 07:26:00Consulate Cape TownUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM PGOV SF
08CARACAS1058DRUG SUMMIT AND GO-IT-ALONE DRUG RHETORIC
[...] (C) Summary: Minister of Interior and Justice Ramon Rodriguez Chacin will represent the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) at an August 1 regional drug summit in Cartagena hosted by Colombian President Alvaro Uribe. According to sources at the Colombian Embassy, the BRV ignored the invita [...]
2008-07-31 16:17:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER SNAR VE CO
08CARACAS1078AMBASSADOR VISITS ANZOATEGUI AND NUEVA ESPARTA
[...] (C) Summary. During a July 25 - 29 visit to Anzoategui and Nueva Esparta, the Ambassador met with local political leaders and media. Almost all interlocutors were in agreement that pro-opposition Nueva Esparta Governor Morel Rodriguez was a near lock to be re-elected in November's gubernato [...]
2008-08-01 19:51:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EPET ECON SNAR KPAO VE NL TD
08CARACAS1093VISIT OF SPECIAL COORDINATOR FOR VENEZUELA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Special Coordinator for Venezuela Robinson visited Caracas July 21-25. Editor Teodoro Petkoff, Chacao Mayor Leopoldo Lopez, and third-country Ambassadors told him separately that they believed President Chavez's recent public overture to the USG on counter-narcotics cooperation w [...]
2008-08-05 22:31:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SNAR VE
08CARACAS1191CHAVEZ ACCUSES PRESIDENT BUSH OF BEING INTOXICATED
[...] (SBU) President Chavez called President Bush, "the face of the Venezuelan opposition," and said he deserved a "gold medal for drunkenness" during an August 21 interview with a Venezuelan state television talk show. During the live coverage, Chavez presented still photos of President Bush view [...]
2008-08-22 23:44:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR VE
08CARACAS1192SEN. SPECTER URGES BRV TO INCREASE COOPERATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During his August 22 meeting with Foreign Minister Maduro, Senator Specter urged the BRV to tone down its rhetoric against the United States and increase bilateral communication and cooperation on issues of mutual concern, such as counternarcotics. The Senator urged the Ministe [...]
2008-08-22 23:54:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALOVIP PGOV PREL SNAR VE
08CARACAS1210SENATOR SPECTER ENGAGES A BROAD CROSS SECTION OF
[...] (SBU) Summary. During his August 19-23 visit to Caracas, Senator Arlen Specter engaged leaders from religious, business, cultural, political and official government circles. A central theme for Venezuelans in all discussions was the importance of the upcoming November 23 elections in determ [...]
2008-08-28 15:13:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SNAR OVIP VE
08CARACAS1224AMBASSADOR'S MEETINGS IN COLONIA TOVAR AND VALENCIA
[...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador traveled August 29-30 to Colonia Tovar and Valencia. Aragua State Governor Didalco Bolivar and Colonia Tovar Mayor Esteban Bocaranda underscored that tourist town Colonia Tovar's economic success is due to private sector dynamism, not the small amount of government [...]
2008-09-02 20:33:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR VE
08CARACAS1225BRV DEFENDS COUNTERDRUG EFFORTS; CHAVEZ THREATENS
[...] (C) Summary. Senior Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) officials are vigorously defending the BRV's counter-drug efforts and accusing the USG of being complicit in the international drug trade. During his August 31 "Alo, Presidente" broadcast, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called ONDC [...]
2008-09-02 20:57:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR VE
08CARACAS1237VENEZUELA THREATENS TO ELIMINATE U.S. AIRLINES'
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 28 the Venezuelan Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed receipt of a Diplomatic Note reiterating the August 8 statement to the Venezuelan Charge in Washington that TSA would issue a Public Notice on September 8 if the Venezuelan Government continues in its refusal to all [...]
2008-09-04 19:19:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALEAIR ECON PGOV MARR VE ASEC SNAR
08CARACAS1256JUSTICE AND INTERIOR MINISTER CHACIN RESIGNS
[...] (SBU) Justice and Interior Minister Ramon Rodriguez Chacin resigned September 8, leaving Tarek el Aissami as Acting Minister. This was the embattled Chacin's second stint as Minister, serving first in 2002 and then again from January - September 2008. Chacin told the local media that he was [...]
2008-09-08 21:31:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR PINR VE
08CARACAS1307BRV "REJECTS" USG DESIGNATION OF BRV AS MAJOR DRUG
[...] (C) Summary: Senior Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) officials publicly "rejected" the USG designation of the BRV as one of the countries that failed to carry out its international counternarcotics obligations. Minister of Justice and Interior Tarek al Aissami and National Anti-Drug Age [...]
2008-09-18 22:06:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL PGOV VE
08CARACAS1381NOVEMBER STATE AND LOCAL ELECTIONS: WHAT'S AT STAKE
[...] (C) Summary. Venezuelan voters are slated to elect 22 governors, state legislative assemblies, and 328 mayors on November 23. These state and local elections will be a key indicator of the future of Venezuela's fragile democracy, and the Embassy is actively promoting free and fair elections [...]
2008-09-30 20:28:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PHUM SNAR VE
08CARACAS1545VENEZUELAN AIRLINE WITH KNOWN DRUG TRAFFICKING
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Venezuelan airline Aeropostal, which halted its flights to the U.S. earlier this year, has filed an application with the Department of Transportation (DOT) to resume its U.S. routes. Given that the new owners of Aeropostal, the Makled family, are Venezuela's preeminent drug traff [...]
2008-11-07 12:00:00Embassy CaracasSECRETVE ASEC MARR PGOV ECON EAIR SNAR PREL CVIS
08CARACAS1576BRV DEPORTS TWO DRUG TRAFFICKERS TO U.S.
[...] (SBU) The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) turned over Colombian drug traffickers Henry Fortich Coneo and Wilmer Villadiego Coneo to the Drug Enforcement Administration for transport to the United States. National Anti-Drug Office (ONA) Director Nestor Reverol told th [...]
2008-11-13 22:19:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALSNAR PGOV PREL CO VE
08CARACAS1590GBRV ARRESTS MAJOR DRUG TRAFFICKER/MAYORAL
[...] (S/NOFORN) Summary. GBRV authorities arrested three members of the powerful Makled family, one of Venezuela's most notorious drug trafficking families, following a November 13 raid of Walid Makled's farm that reportedly netted 392 kilos of cocaine. With November 23 state and local elections [...]
2008-11-17 21:54:00Embassy CaracasSECRET//NOFORNSNAR ECON EAIR PREL VE
08CARACAS1751CHARGE'S MEETING WITH MFA VICE MINISTER VALERO -
[...] (C) Summary. Charge met December 19 with MFA Vice Minister Jorge Valero to press the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuelan (GBRV) to resolve ongoing reciprocity issues and to sound out the GBRV's possible interest in a confidence-building dialogue on defense issues. Charge argu [...]
2008-12-19 21:52:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SNAR MCAP AMGT VE
08CARACAS206FM MADURO BLAMES USG FOR OIL DISPUTE, TERRORISM
[...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro insisted to local media February 13 that the USG is behind ExxonMobil's dispute with the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV). He also reiterated long-standing BRV accusations that the USG is working with the opposition and local media to destabi [...]
2008-02-19 21:32:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENGR SNAR VE
08CARACAS350BRV BUSTS MAJOR COLOMBIAN NARCO-TRAFFICKER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Venezuelan law enforcement personnel arrested Colombian drug trafficker, para-military and gunrunner Hermagoras "Gordo" Gonzalez Polanco on March 8. Minister of Interior and Justice Ramon Rodriguez Chacin confirmed the arrest of Gonzalez during a March 10 press conference. Chacin [...]
2008-03-12 21:58:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL PGOV CO VE
08CARACAS359CHAVISTA NA DEPUTY ON PSUV FORMATION AND COCA-COLA
[...] (C) National Assembly Deputy Francisco Torrealba told Poloff March 13 that much work still needs to be done in President Chavez's new United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV). Torrealba said the party still needed to: -- determine how to select candidates; -- revise party statutes; and, -- [...]
2008-03-13 20:56:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SNAR ELAB VE
08CARACAS468CLANDESTINE AIRFIELD DESTROYED
[...] (SBU) The Bolivarian News Agency announced on March 28 the start of Operation Boquete I, an Army effort to destroy all clandestine airstrips in Venezuela. By March 30 the Venezuelan Army claimed to have destroyed 67 of an estimated 157 dirt runways in the south-western border state of Apure a [...]
2008-04-03 21:06:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV PREL SNAR CO VE
08CARACAS550BRV CALLS DEA "IMPEDIMENT" TO COUNTER-NARCOTICS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Venezuelan Minister of Justice Ramon Rodriguez Chacin called the Drug Enforcement Administration "an impediment" to counter-narcotics and U.S. anti-drug assistance to Colombia a "facade" for destabilizing the region. Chacin made these remarks at an April 18 press conference publ [...]
2008-04-22 14:40:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL PGOV VE
08CARACAS684FM MADURO PROTESTS FIR VIOLATION; CONVOKES
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro and Defense Minister Gustavo Rangel Briceno held a May 19 press conference to protest the violation of Venezuelan Air Space by an American military plane in the vicinity of Orchila Island and to denounce what the BRV perceived to be Colombian government "pro [...]
2008-05-19 21:10:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SNAR VE
08CARACAS695AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FM MADURO -- FARC AND
[...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met May 20 with Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro ostensibly to receive a protest note involving an accidental overflight of Venezuela by a U.S. navy aircraft. Instead, most of the meeting focused on U.S. concerns over revelations of Venezuelan ties with the FARC and [...]
2008-05-21 16:05:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER SNAR VE
08CARACAS700FARC DATA FALLOUT: NERVOUS BRV IS LASHING OUT
[...] (S) Summary. Former Chief of Staff to the Vice President Rene Arreaza and Office of Narcotics Affairs (ONA) Director Nestor Reverol met separately with the DCM and DEA Chief on May 20 and 19, before the Ambassador's May 20 meeting with Foreign Minister Maduro. Arreaza and Reverol revealed tha [...]
2008-05-21 22:20:00Embassy CaracasSECRETPREL PGOV SNAR PTER PHUM VE
08CARACAS703BRV SLAPS NAS-FUNDED NGO AFTER AMBASSADOR ATTENDS
[...] (C) Summary: The BRV stripped NGO Prevencion Alternativa of the requisite certification to work in the area of demand reduction after the Ambassador attended a May 17 ceremony to honor participants in a series of NAS-funded workshops in the economically depressed neighborhood of Petare. In hi [...]
2008-05-22 17:10:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALSNAR PGOV PREL VE
08CARACAS802FARC ADOPTS BOLIVARIAN RHETORIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) appears to be incorporating "Bolivarian" rhetoric in Venezuela. The Embassy obtained a copy of the 2007 FARC manifesto (also available on the internet) from a contact who said it was being distributed in a government-run school in [...]
2008-06-06 19:54:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER SNAR CO VE
08CARACAS809CHAVEZ URGES FARC TO RELEASE HOSTAGES, LAY DOWN
[...] (SBU) President Chavez called on the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) to release all hostages and end its armed struggle against the government of Colombia. Chavez's remarks are a dramatic shift in his public statements towards the FARC given that the Venezuelan president recently [...]
2008-06-09 19:18:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER SNAR CO VE
08CARACAS892LAW ENFORCEMENT ATTACHES OUTLINE LACK OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY. European and international police attaches told Legal Attache (Legat) that efforts to work with their Venezuelan counterparts to combat corruption and stem the flow of drugs through Venezuela have been largely unsuccessful. The law enforcement attaches and liaison officers cited [...]
2008-06-26 16:52:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR VE
08CARACAS94BRV REACTS ANGRILY TO ONDCP DIRECTOR'S COMMENTS
[...] (SBU) The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) launched a multi-pronged response to the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Director's comments that President Chavez was facilitating narcotics traffickers by neglecting to root out corrupt officials and failing to deny the use of V [...]
2008-01-25 12:16:00Embassy CaracasSECRETPGOV SNAR PREL VE
08CARACAS945CHAVEZ PUBLICLY STATES INTEREST IN DRUG COOPERATION
[...] (C) Summary. On the margins of Venezuela's July 5 Independence Day military parade, President Chavez told the Ambassador that he is interested in renewing bilateral counternarcotics cooperation with the USG. Both Chavez and Foreign Minister Maduro also sought out the Ambassador among the di [...]
2008-07-08 16:19:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL PGOV CO VE
08CHIANGMAI125THA-BURMA CROP SUBSTITUTION PROPOSAL ADVANCING, SLOWLY
[...] (C) Thai and Burmese officials met in mid-August to explore a Burmese request for Thai assistance in crop substitution and poverty alleviation in drug-producing border areas. While the project reportedly has the backing of the Thai King, progress is slow as the Burmese have yet to meet the Th [...]
2008-08-21 06:26:00Consulate Chiang MaiCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR PHUM PREF TH BM
08CHIANGMAI140RELOCATIONS HURT HILL TRIBE AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY,
[...] (SBU) Agriculturally-dependent hill tribe or highland people in northern Thailand have become economically strained by forest conservation and drug control policies adopted by the Thai government in the last several decades. These policies have had success in conservation and counternarcotics [...]
2008-09-10 07:18:00Consulate Chiang MaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON SOCI SNAR PHUM TH
08CHIANGMAI192MINORITY HILL TRIBES STILL PLAGUED BY STATELESSNESS, THOUGH
[...] Roughly half of Thailand's estimated 900,000 hill tribe minorities lack citizenship. This statelessness contributes significantly to their disadvantaged status. In recent years the Royal Thai Government (RTG) has made strides to improve citizenship eligibility for highlanders, including pass [...]
2008-12-19 09:39:00Consulate Chiang MaiUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SMIG PREF PGOV PREL KDEM SNAR KCRM KWMN TH
08CHIANGMAI27KNU SECRETARY GENERAL ASSASSINATED
[...] (C) Though the assassination of Karen National Union Secretary General Mahn Sha is most likely the result of SIPDIS infighting among Karen groups, we cannot discount entirely the possible involvement of elements of the Burmese military and perhaps local Thai officials. The Thai police are [...]
2008-02-15 10:18:00Consulate Chiang MaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS PREL PREF PHUM SNAR BM TH
08CHIANGMAI30BURMA SEEKS THAI HELP FOR CROP SUBSTITUTION IN
[...] (C) Thai and Burmese officials are exploring Thai assistance to northeastern Burma's Shan State in the form of crop substitution and poverty alleviation in drug-producing areas. This would mirror a previous program that had some success in Shan State from 2002-05 before abruptly ending shortly [...]
2008-02-28 08:13:00Consulate Chiang MaiCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR TH BM PHUM PREF
08CHIANGMAI34THAI-LAO BORDER CHECKPOINT GIVES GLIMPSE INTO
[...] (C) A visit to a small Thai-Lao border checkpoint revealed good cross-border cooperation, predictable trade patterns, and little or no illegal migration. However, the local Thai military commander reported that narcotics trafficking networks in the region were increasingly shifting their tran [...]
2008-03-04 09:16:00Consulate Chiang MaiCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR PREF ETRD TH LA
08CHISINAU1108MOLDOVA: 2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS
[...] Summary: Moldova continues to grow as a drug- transit country and drug-related crime rates continue to increase. In 2008, Moldovan law enforcement seized unprecedented quantities of heroin and cocaine. Moldova does not produce a significant amount of narcotics or precursor chemicals. Despi [...]
2008-11-13 07:26:00Embassy ChisinauUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR MD
08CHISINAU1126MOLDOVA: 2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-19 14:44:00Embassy ChisinauUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN SNAR KCRM KTFN ASEC MD
08COLOMBO1074SRI LANKA: RESULTS OF COLOMBO PLAN NOVEMBER 20 MEETING
[...] (U) SUMMARY: At Colombo Plan's 262nd Council meeting on November 20, 2008, participating delegates deferred a decision on whether to grant Burma a three-year moratorium on payment of the annual membership fee and on two requests from Bangladesh to both have its arrears waived and obtain a temp [...]
2008-11-28 04:23:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC CPCTC SNAR UNODC CE
08COLOMBO604SRI LANKA: COLOMBO PLAN BUDGET PROPOSAL STILL PENDING
[...] SUMMARY: In a meeting convened solely to approve the budget, the Colombo Plan failed to approve a proposed budget increase. Bangladesh, Japan, South Korea and the U.S. objected to the increase in membership dues. The remaining participating countries supported the increase. (Note: Burma lac [...]
2008-06-23 09:45:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR CPCTC UNODC CE
08CONAKRY163A PRIVATE CHAT WITH GUINEAN PRIME MINISTER LANSANA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 3, Ambassador Carter met with Prime Minister Lansana Kouyate at the EMR for 90 minutes. Kouyate, who was traveling to Kuwait that evening, had just come from a meeting with President Conte at his farm in Dubreka where the PM discussed plans for a possible cabinet reshuffle, and [...]
2008-05-05 14:50:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALEAGR ECON GV PGOV PHUM SNAR
08CONAKRY166US AND BRITISH AMBASSADORS MEET WITH INTERIOR
[...] (SBU) On Friday, May 2, Ambassador Carter and British Ambassador John McManus called on the Minister of Interior and Security, Beau Keita, to discuss their mutual concerns of increased narcotics trafficking in Guinea for European markets. Noting the recent article in the local newspaper, Le L [...]
2008-05-06 15:09:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNSNAR PGOV GV
08CONAKRY182GUINEA - AN ASSESSMENT, PART II
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-05 15:34:00Embassy ConakrySECRETPGOV ECON PREL EAID SOCI SNAR PHUM KDEM GV
08CONAKRY184SEIZED DRUGS FINALLY INCINERATED...OR WERE THEY?
[...] (S) SUMMARY: On April 11, 2008, Guinean police seized a shipment of cocaine, exact quantity unknown, and detained six suspects believed to be of Latin American origin (Reftel A, B). All USG requests for additional information regarding the details of the seizure or the suspects have gone unanswer [...]
2008-03-06 14:33:00Embassy ConakrySECRETASEC GV PGOV DEA PREL SNAR
08CONAKRY201(S) ONE KILO OF "COCAINE" DELIVERED TO EMBASSY
[...] (S) SUMMARY: On May 10, 2008 Ambassador and ARSO attended the alleged incineration of several kilos of narcotics seized by Guinean police. USG,s request for a random sample of the cocaine was denied (Reftel A). On May 14, 2008, the former director of the anti-drug unit delivered a kilo of a [...]
2008-05-19 05:33:00Embassy ConakrySECRETSNAR ASEC PREL PGOV GV
08CONAKRY455GUINEAN GOVERNMENT DESTROYS A REPORTED 34 KILOS OF
[...] (U) On August 20, Guinean security forces torched a reported 34 kilos of cocaine and 680 kilos of cannabis at a public burning covered by the press and diplomatic corps. Security and Civil Protection Minister Mohamed Damba allowed RSO to take random samples from the packets of cocaine slated for de [...]
2008-08-20 17:04:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALSNAR PGOV PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY470GUINEA PM BALKS AT MEETING SIERRA LEONE PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Guinea Prime Minister Tidiane Souare on August 26 declined an offer by Sierra Leone President Ernest Koroma to meet August 28 in Conakry to discuss narcotics trafficking issues. The refusal comes less than 10 days after the PM assured Charge and a representative of SL President Koroma that [...]
2008-08-27 15:38:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREF PREL SNAR GV
08CONAKRY480OUSMANE CONTE'S BODYGUARDS FIRE INTO CROWD, WOUNDS
[...] (U) In response to an uneven distribution of electricity, a number of youths staged protests in the seaport town of Kamsar on August 22, which is home to CBG (Guinean Bauxite Company). Apparently, one neighborhood generator had been out of service for some time while generators in other neig [...]
2008-08-29 14:43:00Embassy ConakrySECRETASEC SNAR PGOV GV
08CONAKRY493COCAINE REPORTEDLY STOLEN FROM OUSMANE CONTE'S
[...] (S) According to the Prefect of Mamou, one of suspected drug kingpin Ousmane Conte's personal vehicles was abandoned in Kamsar after a hit and run accident a few weeks ago. Apparently, Ousmane's chauffeur was driving Ousmane's vehicle alone when he accidentally hit a woman on the street. Fear [...]
2008-09-03 17:29:00Embassy ConakrySECRETSNAR PGOV PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY524GUINEAN PRISON CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Sharing some insights into the deplorable conditions in Guinea's prisons and detention centers, the Director of the International Red Cross in Guinea claims that prison conditions continue to deteriorate. He blamed the situation on an overall lack of political will coupled with [...]
2008-09-12 14:36:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL SNAR ASEC GV
08CONAKRY530POWER BROKERING AND INFLUENCE PEDDLING - A LOOK AT
[...] (S) SUMMARY. President Conte's wives appear to be at the center of influence within the presidential palace, with a number of other powerful players circling in the wings. There are a few individuals who may be looking to take over the presidency, but most seem to be trying to stuff their po [...]
2008-09-16 11:28:00Embassy ConakrySECRETPGOV SNAR ASEC GV
08CONAKRY605PRESIDENT FIRES MINISTERS OF FINANCE AND SECURITY
[...] (U) SUMMARY. A presidential decree firing the ministers of finance and security was broadcast on national television last night. The governors of Conakry and Boke were also fired. No official reason was given for the dismissals. Rumors of possible dismissals have been circulating for weeks [...]
2008-10-15 16:19:00Embassy ConakrySECRETPGOV ASEC SNAR GV
08CONAKRY628NEW MINISTER OF SECURITY PROMISES ANTI-NARCOTICS
[...] (C) Summary: Guinea's newly-appointed Minister of Security promised full cooperation and 'total transparency' with the US in fighting narco-trafficking in Guinea. He stated that narco-corruption had spread throughout the presidency and government, but that he had a mandate from President Conte [...]
2008-10-23 14:25:00Embassy ConakrySECRETPREL PGOV SNAR GV
08CONAKRY662PIVI AND HIS DRUNKEN GANG - BANDITS FOR HIRE
[...] (S) SUMMARY. According to a civilian living at Camp Alpha Yaya, Pivi is perpetually drunk, intimidating, and still popular among many of the rank and file soldiers. Contact said that Pivi is closely connected to Ousmane Conte, the president's son, and routinely receives cash from him, which [...]
2008-10-31 15:54:00Embassy ConakrySECRETPGOV SNAR ASEC GV
08CONAKRY712DEMARCHE DELIVERED - EXPULSION OF DEA FROM BOLIVIA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-19 16:14:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM SNAR BL GV
08CONAKRY748NIGERIAN EMBASSY FRUSTRATED WITH GUINEAN GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A recent discussion with a senior Nigerian Embassy official suggests that the Government of Nigeria is increasingly frustrated with the Guinean Government and unsympathetic to the country's political and economic struggles. Contact highlighted concerns over increased crime rate [...]
2008-12-10 16:24:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC SNAR GV
08CONAKRY810RESCUING THE GUINEAN STATE - A CNDD MEMBER'S
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A member of the Council for Democracy and Development (CNDD) outlined the new government's political agenda, emphasizing that the CNDD had no interest in governing the country in the long-term. Characterizing the CNDD as a patriotic movement to restore the Guinean State, Cont [...]
2008-12-30 17:13:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM SNAR ASEC KDEM GV
08COPENHAGEN598DENMARK TROUBLED BY BOLIVIAN SUSPENSION OF DEA
[...] (C) Danish MFA Head of Office for South America Maj Hessel November 12 underscored Denmark's deep concern about the Bolivian government's actions against DEA (reftel) and reported that the Danish government is pressing for a coordinated EU approach on the issue in La Paz. Characterizing U.S. a [...]
2008-11-13 13:37:00Embassy CopenhagenCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM SNAR BL DA
08COTONOU1BENIN'S NAVY PRESENTS NO DETERRENT TO ILLEGITIMATE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-02 08:59:00Embassy CotonouCONFIDENTIALMCAP SNAR BN
08COTONOU11GOB REQUESTS IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE IN INTERDICTING
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-05 12:18:00Embassy CotonouCONFIDENTIALMASS SNAR BN
08COTONOU20DRUG TRAFFICKING IN BENIN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-09 11:45:00Embassy CotonouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBN PGOV SNAR
08COTONOU4GOB ASSENTS TO PROPOSED MARITIME INFORMATION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-02 11:38:00Embassy CotonouSECRETPGOV SNAR MARR BN
08CURACAO82OPPOSITION PARTIES AND VENEZUELA COMPLAIN ABOUT U.S.
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Local opposition parties are using rising fuel prices and fears of regional conflict to attempt, unsuccessfully, to stir up popular opposition to the U.S. counter-drug Forward Operating Location (FOL). Local media reports have also highlighted recent Venezuelan government criticis [...]
2008-06-24 18:24:00Consulate CuracaoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS SNAR NA NL AA VE
08DAKAR125 RESULTS OF FINANCIAL SYSTEMS ASSESSMENT TEAM VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) This cable is largely derived from the initial report by an interagency Financial System Assessment Team (FSAT),which conducted an onsite visit to Senegal November 5-9, 2007. The team met with a wide array of government and private sector entities in Senegal and came away with a nuance [...]
2008-02-04 08:59:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KTFN PTER KCRM PREL SNAR PGOV SG
08DAKAR126 RESULTS OF FINANCIAL SYSTEMS ASSESSMENT TEAM VISIT TO
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-04 09:26:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KTFN PTER KCRM PREL SNAR PGOV SG
08DAKAR1319AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS, PRESSES FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of meetings surrounding the presentation of her credentials to Bissau-Guinean President Joao Bernardo Vieira on November 6, 2008, Ambassador Bernicat pressed for continued vigilance in the fight against narco-trafficking and pledged U.S. engagement in the anti-drug ef [...]
2008-11-14 07:35:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PU SNAR XY
08DAKAR1416GUINEA-BISSAU ENTERING PERIOD OF VOLATILITY
[...] (C) Summary: Many aspects of the November 23 attack on Guinea-Bissau's President, Joao Bernardo Vieira, remain unclear. According to the official account, the President narrowly escaped an attempted assassination as a prelude to a coup d'etat, which he survived due to the intervention of loy [...]
2008-12-10 19:11:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPGOV PU SNAR
08DAKAR163GUINEA BISSAU:AL-QAIDA TERRORISTS NABBED
[...] (C) The Government of Guinea-Bissau cooperated with French authorities to apprehend and extradite five Mauritanians, at least two of whom admitted to being al-Qaida members wanted in the December 24, 2007 murder of French tourists in Mauritania. At least one of the men had previously lived in [...]
2008-02-08 12:30:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALASEC SNAR PGOV PREL TER MR FR PU
08DAKAR415GUINEA BISSAU: CHARGE MAKES COURTESY CALL
[...] (U) This is an action message. See para 16. 2. (U) Charge visited Guinea-Bissau March 31-April 1 for courtesy meetings with the GOGB, diplomatic corps, and members of civil society. The President and Prime Minister sought support for next fall's legislative elections and the President des [...]
2008-04-08 11:22:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR PU
08DAKAR522008 GUINEA-BISSAU INCSR PART II: FINANCIAL CRIME AND MONEY
[...] This cable is Part Two of the 2007-2008 National Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR),Financial Crimes and Money Laundering report for Guinea-Bissau. Included is a narrative overview (paras 2-11). Para 12 contains responses keyed to the numbered questions beginning with Reftel paragrap [...]
2008-01-14 10:47:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR PU
08DAKAR641GUINEA BISSAU:TENSIONS RISING - ELECTIONS IN
[...] (C) President Vieira signed a law granting an extended mandate to the National Popular Assembly (ANP) and the Government under pressure from the military. Such military involvement in politics is growing and raising alarms among neighboring countries. Elections scheduled for November are far [...]
2008-06-03 17:24:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR KCRM PU
08DAKAR960GUINEA-BISSAU: INTERNATIONAL COCAINE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A whirlwind of events in Guinea-Bissau in the past month have climaxed in an unsuccessful coup d'etat which, combined with a change in cabinet, holds out hope for movement towards legislative elections on 16 November, and may facilitate advances against the increasing dominance [...]
2008-08-20 15:45:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALKCRM PGOV PREL PU SNAR
08DARESSALAAM484TANZANIA: MINI-DUBLIN GROUP DISCUSSES CURRENT
[...] (U) The Assistant Regional Security Officer (ARSO) attended the "Mini-Dublin Group," an informal gathering of like-minded countries initiated by the President of Ireland focused on counter narcotics issues. Embassy representatives from the United Kingdom, France, Canada, Germany, Finland, the [...]
2008-08-02 16:32:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PGOV PREL SNAR TZ
08DARESSALAAM869Tanzania 2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-31 11:19:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV PHUM TZ
08DHAKA108PROPOSAL FOR USE OF INCLE MONEY TO CONSTRUCT A FEMALE DRUG
[...] (U) Embassy Dhaka requests that the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) approve a US$50,000 grant for construction of a female drug rehabilitation facility in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The funding would come from INCLE money obligated to Post in FY2002 for counter-narco [...]
2008-01-23 09:19:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM BG
08DHAKA1140DRAFT BANGLADESH PART I FOR 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL
[...] (U) The following is the draft text on Bangladesh of the first part (drugs and chemical control) for the 2008-2009 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report: 2. (U) I. Summary: There was no evidence that Bangladesh was a significant cultivator or producer of narcotics. Government of [...]
2008-11-03 03:04:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM BG
08DHAKA3752007 END USE MONITORING REPORT
[...] (U) Per reftel, Poloff visited the Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) laboratory in Dhaka on March 23 to verify the use of INL-funded equipment. 2. (U) The USG has contributed several pieces of equipment to the DNC lab. In 2000, INL provided an analytical balance, a top-loading balance a [...]
2008-03-25 09:47:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AFIN BG
08DHAKA964BANGLADESH FAILING TO MEET INTERNATIONAL
[...] (C) A team from the Asia Pacific Group on Money Laundering found Bangladesh to be largely non-compliant with international standards to combat money laundering and terrorist finance during an August 18-31 assessment. While the team praised the work of Bangladesh Bank in setting up a Financia [...]
2008-09-11 08:43:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALEFIN PTER KCRM SNAR PGOV PINR BG
08DILI12BAR RAIDS POINT TO CHINESE ORGANIZED CRIME
[...] (U) Summary: In the first week of January, Timor-Leste's National Police, with the support of U.N. police advisors, have raided seven Dili bars. All evidence points to Chinese prostitution rings having made inroads into the country. Small amounts of ecstasy and drug paraphernalia were also s [...]
2008-01-18 09:20:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM SMIG SNAR PREL KPKO ID CH TT
08DOHA356ARAB NATIONS CREATE REGIONAL NETWORK TO FACILITATE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: At a high-level conference of judicial and prosecutorial authorities from 22 Arab states, held in Doha on April 27 and 28, participants agreed to create a new liaison organization to help facilitate mutual legal assistance and extradition among their countries. The Government of [...]
2008-05-04 11:25:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM SNAR AU FR XE MA DJ SU MR UN
08DUBAI330202KG HEROIN SEIZED IN DRUG BUST
[...] (U) During a joint Sharjah/Dubai police drug raid dubbed "Operation 888" (the raid occurred on August 8, 2008),officers seized 202 kilograms of heroin (worth $11 million) and arrested 19 Afghans in the what the media describes as the region's largest drug bust to date. One of the arrested susp [...]
2008-08-19 06:37:00Consulate DubaiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV ECON EFIN ETRD KCRM SNAR AE
08DUSHANBE1316 TAJIKISTAN: END-OF-FISCAL YEAR PROJECT STATUS REPORT
[...] (U) Summary: At the end of August, Ambassador Jacobson and Foreign Minister Zarif signed two letters of agreement totaling over $13 million to continue INL border security, policing, and anti-crime programs and to initiate projects in the justice sector. INL Dushanbe provides the following en [...]
2008-10-16 12:08:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL CH TI
08DUSHANBE1318 TAJIKISTAN: NARCOTICS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND JUSTICE SECTOR
[...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador and Foreign Minister signed letters of agreement to provide over $13 million in additional INL border security, police, anti-crime, and justice sector assistance to Tajikistan. This status report and reftel cover these and prior projects. Tajikistan's Drug Control [...]
2008-10-17 07:59:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL RF TI
08DUSHANBE1339 CORRECTED COPY Q CAPTION REMOVED TAJIKISTAN: NARCOTICS,
[...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador and Foreign Minister signed letters of agreement to provide over $13 million in additional INL border security, police, anti-crime, and justice sector assistance to Tajikistan. This status report and reftel cover these and prior projects. Tajikistan's Drug Control [...]
2008-10-23 11:03:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL RF TI
08DUSHANBE1372 TAJIKISTAN: 2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] (U) Tajikistan is not a producer of illicit narcotics, but it is a major transit country after Pakistan and Iran for heroin and opium from Afghanistan. The Republic of Tajikistan has emerged as a frontline state in the war on drugs and is taking the brunt of the boom in Afghan drug production. [...]
2008-11-03 12:09:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL RF TI
08DUSHANBE1379CONCRETE STEPS TO CROSS THE BORDER
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador, DCM, and INL Officer attended the EU/OSCE/UNODC-organized Ministerial Conference on Border Management and Drug Control in Central Asia held in Tajikistan October 21-22. The Conference was organizationally challenged and results were meager. For the United States, [...]
2008-11-10 06:44:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SNAR TI
08DUSHANBE1380 TAJIKS WANT BETTER LAWS; U.S. ROLE UNCLEAR
[...] (U) Summary: Emboffs met with two of President Rahmon's legal advisors, Sodik Ashurovich Shohnazarov and Umed Boboev, to discuss areas of collaboration in reform of the justice sector. Tajik officials recognize the need to reform the country's legal infrastructure, and will establish a legisla [...]
2008-11-10 08:39:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KJUS KCRM PGOV TI
08DUSHANBE1381TAJIKISTAN: STRIKE A BLOW AGAINST DRUGS
[...] Summary: INL Dushanbe in conjunction with the Karate-do Federation of Tajikistan conducted the 5th International Sato Tecuo Karate-do tournament under the motto "Strike a Blow Against Drugs". The Federation conducted the INL-sponsored tournament in Dushanbe on October 25-26. The tournament lau [...]
2008-11-10 08:39:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV TI
08DUSHANBE1407 TAJIKISTAN: 2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] Is the jurisdiction considered an important regional financial center? 1A. Tajikistan is not a major financial center in the region and its banking system is still developing. Prosecutions for financial criminal activity are unusual. In 2008, authorities did not prosecute or convict anyone [...]
2008-11-21 03:29:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN PGOV SNAR KCRM TI
08DUSHANBE1514TAJIKISTAN: NARCOTICS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND JUSTICE SECTOR
[...] Summary: The November visit by SCA DAS Krol provided welcomed insights into U.S. plans for Central Asia. EU and OSCE colleagues are still working to improve technical capacity for drug interdiction and Finland continues to stress strategic border management. Tajik law enforcement agencies hav [...]
2008-12-15 06:19:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL RF TI
08DUSHANBE432MVD MINISTER TALKS THE TALK WITH HIS HAND OUT
[...] (SBU) Summary. In a March 14 meeting with Ambassador, Tajikistan's Interior Minister Mahmadnazar Solehov promised continued cooperation with Embassy security operations and security assistance programs and handed over a non-paper requesting $5 million in new assistance. He lamented Tajikistan [...]
2008-03-20 12:57:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV KCRM TI
08DUSHANBE526 THE IMPACT OF NOT RIGHTSIZING EMBASSY DUSHANBE'S
[...] Summary: Embassy Dushanbe's thoroughly inadequate management staffing means we have had to turn down important positions requested by the Drug Enforcement Agency, Office of Defense Cooperation, and USAID. We understand the need for "triage" in the current budgetary environment, but urge the [...]
2008-04-16 04:54:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT EAID SNAR MASS PREL TI
08DUSHANBE688 RAHMON CALLS FOR THE TRANSFER OF ARREST POWER FROM THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: In his annual speech to Parliament, President Rahmon called for the transfer by 2010 of the power to issue preliminary arrest warrants from the prosecutors to the courts. Our contacts are uncertain whether this step will make much difference in the balance of power between the [...]
2008-05-20 07:47:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS TI
08DUSHANBE731TAJIKISTAN INL 2007 END USE MONITORING REPORT
[...] (U) For provision of goods, services, and technical assistance, the U.S. Government and the Government of Tajikistan (GOTI) signed a Letter of Agreement (LOA) in 2003. For subsequent years, INL Dushanbe negotiates an annual Amendment to the Letter of Agreement (ALOA) when project funds are all [...]
2008-05-30 06:12:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM PGOV PREL TI
08DUSHANBE830TAJIKISTAN'S PROSECUTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE - IT'S ALL ABOUT
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Tajikistani Prsoecutor General's Office (which equates to the Attorney General's Office is the United States, but has substantial investigatory powers not possessed by American prosecutors) continues to oppose anticipated reforms to the Criminal Procedure Code that will bring [...]
2008-06-23 04:49:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KJUS SNAR KCRM TI
08DUSHANBE907 TAJIKISTAN: NARCOTICS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND JUSTICE SECTOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Tajikistan's Drug Control Agency intends to move its Kazakhstan liaison office to Osh, Kyrgyzstan. The Agency's annual counter-drug effort entitled "Poppy - 2008", is intercepting more marijuana than opium or heroin. The Ministry of Internal Affairs Counter-Narcotics Department [...]
2008-07-11 08:29:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL RF TI
08DUSHANBE980 TAJIKISTAN: ARREST OF SEVEN FILIPINO AND SOUTH AFRICAN
[...] (SBU) Since May 26, 2008, the Tajik Customs Service, Tajik Drug Control Agency (TDCA) and the Tajik State Committee on National Security (TSCNS) have arrested seven individuals (4 Filipino couriers, 2 Filipino facilitators and 1 South African facilitator) and seized approximately 13.5 kilograms [...]
2008-07-25 06:00:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR TI
08DUSHANBE998TAJIKISTAN: ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK FINANCED ROAD
[...] Summary: Ministry of Transportation and Asian Development Bank officials agree that the re-built A-372 road in the north-central Vaksh/Surkhob/Kizilsu valley between Dushanbe and the Karamik border crossing with Kyrgyzstan will attract freight haulers currently using the trans-Pamir route from [...]
2008-07-30 12:29:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV PREL CH KG TI
08EFTOBUENOSAIRES648ARGENTINA: SCENESETTER FOR FBI DEPUTY DIRECTOR
[...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. ------------ Introduction ------------ 2. (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your May 21-22 visit to Argentina. We are looking to build on an already positive bilateral relationsh [...]
2008-05-15 18:29:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM PTER SNAR ECON EFIN BEXP AR
08EFTOJAKARTA2073OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE OF US-INDONESIA LAW
[...] (SBU) On October 23, 2008, Haji Juma Khan arrived at the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Jakarta, Indonesia aboard Emirates Airways Flight EK 356. Khan, one of Afghanistan's most notorious heroin traffickers, is a fugitive tribal leader in Afghanistan and a U.S. Department of Justice n [...]
2008-11-10 08:57:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR PTER ID
08FREETOWN343UPDATE ON SIERRA LEONE DRUG SEIZURE
[...] (S) To date, there have been at least 17 arrests made in connection with the 730 kg of cocaine seized in the early hours of Sunday morning, July 13. The General Manager of Lungi Airport and other airport employees are among those that have been taken into custody. The eight individuals initi [...]
2008-07-17 15:11:00Embassy FreetownSECRETASEC CASC PGOV PREL SL SNAR
08FREETOWN345SIERRA LEONE: DRUGS AND THUGS - TAKE THEM OFF OUR
[...] (S) Summary: On July 17, the Ambassador responded to a late night (7/16) meeting request by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Finance regarding the July 13 drug seizure case. The Ambassador also wanted to raise the visitation issue again and have it confirmed for midday July [...]
2008-07-18 15:26:00Embassy FreetownSECRETPREL CASC SNAR MASS SL
08FREETOWN382PRESIDENT KOROMA COMMITTED TO COUNTERNARCOTICS
[...] (S/NF) At embassy request and following previous discussions with Presidential advisors Brian Gilpin and James Sampah Karona, Ambassador Perry, accompanied by the DCM, met with President Koroma 1 August to discuss the possible release of a DEA informant swept up in the arrests of narco-traffic [...]
2008-08-01 13:43:00Embassy FreetownSECRET//NOFORNSNAR PGOV PREL SL
08FREETOWN389COCAINE BUST: MINISTER OF TRANSPORTATION SACKED,
[...] (S) Summary: Transportation and Aviation Minister Ibrahim Kemoh Sesay was relieved of his duties August 4, pending the conclusion of the cocaine trafficking investigation. Sesay has vehemently proclaimed his innocence since the bust, despite a close family connection to one of the accused. XXXXXXXX [...]
2008-08-06 16:49:00Embassy FreetownSECRETSNAR PREL PGOV PINR SL
08FREETOWN403MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS DISCUSSES COCAINE
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador, DCM, Poloff, and Deskoff met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MFA) and key members of her staff on July 31. The Minister promised to provide assistance in guaranteeing regular consular visits for the detained AmCit connected to the r [...]
2008-08-13 13:05:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SNAR SL
08FREETOWN405CONTE'S WIFE TRAFFICS FORTUNE ACROSS SIERRA LEONE
[...] (S/NF) According to a well-placed source with contacts in the Sierra Leone security sector, the Guinean First Lady, Henriette Conte, was stopped at the Sierra Leone-Guinea border near Kambia on August 14. In her possession was reportedly over 2 kilos of gold bullion, three luxury vehicles, sev [...]
2008-08-14 16:31:00Embassy FreetownSECRET//NOFORNSNAR PGOV PREL SL GV
08FREETOWN406KOROMA REQUESTS ASSISTANCE WITH GUINEAN DRUG ARREST
[...] (S/NF) Summary: President Koroma called the CDA to a meeting August 15 to request USG assistance to arrest a fugitive trafficker linked to last month's seizure of 750 kilos of cocaine (reftel A) and now believed to be in Conakry. Koroma believed he could not make the request directly to the Guinean [...]
2008-08-15 14:08:00Embassy FreetownSECRETSNAR PREL PGOV SL GV
08FREETOWN455SIERRA LEONE FOREIGN MINISTER LAYS OUT AGENDAS FOR
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Zainab Hawa BANGURA met with Ambassador September 9th to discuss President Koroma's upcoming trip to Washington and New York for the United Nations General Assembly. Bangura expected Koroma to seek international assistance in three priority areas, Agriculture, [...]
2008-09-12 12:58:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA SNAR ML
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