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08MADRID552	SPANISH CABINET MEMBER BIOGRAPHIES - ZAPATERO'S [...] (U) SUMMARY. President Zapatero's center-left Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) was the victor in the March 9 general election. This cable gives brief biographies for the cabinet members in Zapatero's second administration. Overall, the cabinet reflects Zapatero's campaign promises to [...]	2008-05-19 16:13:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR SP

08MADRID56	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE - JANUARY [...] (U) The FT,s Leslie Crawford says: International financial gridlock has destroyed the country,s recent bout of economic euphoria. The article describes December,s bad inflation and unemployment numbers, the international credit squeeze, lower growth estimates and signs of falling house prices [...]	2008-01-22 08:39:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG EPET SCUL SOCI FR SP
08MADRID561	SPAIN'S VIEWS ON WESTERN SAHARA AND THE MANHASSET [...] (C) Spanish MFA Deputy Director General for North Africa Manuel Gomez-Acebo received reftel (A) demarche and reiterated Spain's views detailed in reftel (b). Gomez-Acebo agreed that it is important to maintain the primacy of UNSYG Representative for Western Sahara Peter Van Walsum's efforts. [...]	2008-05-21 16:33:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MO AG WI UNSC SP
08MADRID562	SPAIN - DEMARCHE ON ICAO NINETEENTH AVIATION [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-22 12:34:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR PTER SP
08MADRID563	SPANISH PARTICIPATION AT FAO JUNE WORLD FOOD [...] (U) AgCouns confirmed on 5/20/08 with the Minister of Environment, Rural Development and Marine Affairs' Chief of Staff, Manuel Rossi, that President Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero and Minister of Environment, Rural Development and Marine Affairs Elena Espinosa Mangana will attend the Rome Jun [...]	2008-05-22 16:04:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR SP
08MADRID564	DEMARCHED DELIVERD ON U.S.CANDIDATE FOR FAO/WHO [...] (U) AgCouns delivered on 5/20/08 reftel demarche to Minister of Environment, Rural Development and Marine Affairs Chief of Staff Manuel Rossi. Rossi expressed interest in Dr. Karen Hulebak's qualifications but had no information at this time on who Spain will vote for. Aguirre [...]	2008-05-22 16:05:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO SP
08MADRID565	NO INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION CLAIMS IN [...] (U) There are no investment disputes and expropriation claims involving American citizens in Spain. Aguirre [...]	2008-05-22 16:05:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV SP
08MADRID566	IRAN CRITICAL EQUIPMENT NEEDS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) DCM delivered reftel demarche to the newly appointed Secretary of State for Trade, Silvia Iranzo Gutierrez, on 5/19/08. Iranzo chairs the Spanish government's interagency committee that reviews exports to Iran. She indicated her willingness to work with us on this and other issues. EconO [...]	2008-05-22 17:49:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP TRGY PREL PARM IR MNUC AORC IAEA UNSC SP
08MADRID567	SPAIN: MAY 21 EXPRESSIONS OF SOLIDARITY WITH CUBA [...] (U) In observance of the May 21 "Day of Solidarity with the Cuban People," conservative daily ABC published Ambassador Aguirre's aptly entitled op-ed "Solidarity with the Cuban People." The paper took heat in response from the Cuban Ambassador to Spain, who said in a letter to the editor May [...]	2008-05-23 06:43:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PHUM PREL EUN CU SP
08MADRID568	NEW SPANISH SECRETARY OF STATE FOR DEFENSE EAGER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Deputy Chief of Mission called May 21 on newly named Spanish Secretary of State for Defense Constantino Mendez Martinez. They discussed the importance and intensity of the U.S.-Spain military-to-military relationship, robust trans-Atlantic defense industrial cooperation, is [...]	2008-05-23 06:43:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR SP
08MADRID569	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PETERSON VISIT TO MADRID [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Madrid warmly welcomes your visit. The Government of Spain (GOS) shares your interest in the development of renewable energy, including biofuels. However, what once promised to be a booming industry with plans for construction of 30 biodiesel and 20 ethanol plants, ha [...]	2008-05-23 07:18:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT ASEC BEXP OREP AFIN SP FR PO
08MADRID571	S/WCI AMB. WILLIAMSON PRESSES SPAIN ON RWANDA [...] (C) SUMMARY: In consultations with Spanish interlocutors in Madrid May 19-20, Ambassador Williamson (S/WCI) urged the Spanish government to reach out to the Rwandan government at the political level to try to ease tensions over the Spanish judiciary's indictment of 40 Rwandan officials in conn [...]	2008-05-23 11:57:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PHUM MASS KLIG KAWC OFDP RW SP
08MADRID579	SPANISH VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF MAY GAERC [...] (C) Spanish MFA Deputy DG for ESDP Carlos Fernandez-Arias told Poloff May 22 that the May "Jumbo-GAERC" would address the Balkans, Iraq, Lebanon, MEPP, Afghanistan, Somalia, Georgia and Zimbabwe and also review the status of all ESDP missions currently deployed, but will not discuss Iran, Cuba [...]	2008-05-23 13:24:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN SP
08MADRID580	SPAIN/CUBA: TITLE III OF LIBERTAD ACT [...] (U) The information in this message is keyed to questions posed in reftel A, paragraph 5 and updates information reported in reftel B. 2. (C) Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? Spain hosted a highly publicized Human Ri [...]	2008-05-23 14:26:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL SP CU
08MADRID583	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL UPDATE MAY 19 - MAY [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-23 15:27:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EFIN EINV KGHG SENV SP
08MADRID595	SPAIN: U.S. COAST GUARD COMMANDANT VISITS MADRID [...] (C) SUMMARY. U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Thad W. Allen visited Madrid from 12-13 May to meet with Spanish naval and law enforcement counterparts to highlight the importance we place on joint efforts between civilian and military authorities to break down stovepipes in the fight again [...]	2008-05-28 14:56:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER SMIG SNAR SP
08MADRID598	SPAIN REITERATES COMMITMENT TO UNSC SANCTIONS [...] (U) UNVIE Ambassador Gregory Schulte visited Madrid May 19-21 to raise the awareness of GOS officials and the public regarding the threat posed by the ongoing Iranian nuclear weapons program. Schulte briefed MFA Political Director Rafael Dezcallar, MFA Director General for the Middle East [...]	2008-05-29 09:53:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PINR IR SP
08MADRID6	SPAIN SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LIEBERMAN - CORRECTED [...] (SBU) Summary: I warmly welcome Senator and Mrs. Lieberman to Madrid. When you arrive, Spain will be emerging from the Holidays and starting to focus on what is likely to be a very competitive March 9 general election. Although the media here prefers to focus on differences in the U.S.-Spain [...]	2008-01-02 11:51:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP PREL SP
08MADRID606	SPAIN HAS SENT UNSCR 1803 REPORT TO NEW YORK [...] (U) Per reftel, on 5/14/08, EconOff asked Ministry of Foreign Affairs Subdirector General for Bilateral Economic Relations, Alejandro Alvargonzalez San Martin, about the status of Spain's UNSCR 1803 report and encouraged submission as soon as possible, noting that the U.S. had already submitte [...]	2008-05-30 08:06:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC SP IR
08MADRID609	RECOMMENDATION FOR CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION OF [...] (C) First, many thanks to PM, EUR, H, and our colleagues at DOD, especially DSCA, for their steadfast support over many months on the sale of the Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM) to Spain. This has been a long process, and we are grateful for the personal and focused attention it has recei [...]	2008-05-30 13:51:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL SP
08MADRID610	DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION'S MAY 29 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Chief of Mission Llorens met May 29 with Spanish Secretary General for Defense Policy Luis Cuesta. They discussed bilateral relations, Afghanistan, NATO enlargement, AFRICOM, Cuesta's possible visit to Washington in June for meetings with DOD officials, a possible meeting [...]	2008-05-30 15:27:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MOPS MARR SP
08MADRID611	SPAIN/AL-KASSAR EXTRADITION: LEGAL CASE IS CLOSED, [...] (C) Spanish Deputy Justice Minister Julio Perez-Hernandez phoned the DCM on May 29 to confirm that Syrian arms dealer Monzer Al-Kassar had exhausted all of his legal appeals, and, as a legal matter, the case was closed. Perez-Hernandez said that he had the file sitting on his desk, and that he coul [...]	2008-05-30 15:28:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV SP
08MADRID616	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL UPDATE MAY 26 - MAY [...] (U) The official estimate for May consumer price inflation reached 4.7%, the highest rate since the index began in 1997. Separately, April's industrial price index was 7.2% above its April 2006 level, the highest inflation rate since mid-1995. Increases in the prices of oil and to a lesser e [...]	2008-06-02 10:00:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND EINV ENRG KIPR SENV SP
08MADRID620	SCENESETTER FOR JUNE 8-11 VISIT TO SPAIN OF [...] (SBU) Summary: We warmly welcome your visit. We are convinced there is much Spain can do to support the AFRICOM mission, so this will be a key opportunity. The challenge will be to engage them constructively on what the U.S. is trying to accomplish with this new and innovative command. We have a st [...]	2008-06-04 17:31:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF SP
08MADRID63	SPAIN ISSUES COMMUNIQUE CRITICAL OF GAZA LOCKDOWN [...] (C) Spanish Director General for the Middle East Alvaro Iranzo called DCM January 21, at the request of FM Moratinos, to provide early warning that Spain would be issuing a communique that would be critical of Israeli military operations in Gaza as well as the border closings. Iranzo, callin [...]	2008-01-23 06:51:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL PHUM PREL SP IS
08MADRID633	FRIENDS OF IRAQ CONFERENCE - SPAIN'S [...] Spanish MFA Deputy Director General for the Middle East Alberto Ucelay expressed appreciation for receiving a copy of the invitation conveyed through CENTCOM representatives and said that Spain would like to send a representative to the conference, but was determining how to arrange a complicat [...]	2008-06-06 07:48:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MOPS OTRA PREL SP IR
08MADRID634	SPAIN WILL ATTEND JUNE 23 CONFERENCE ON RECONSTRUCTION OF LEBANON'S NAHR AL-BARID REFUGEE CAMP [...] Embassy conveyed reftel demarche and informed Spain that the U.S. is finalizing a significant USG pledge and that we expect the U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Lebanon will represent our government at the conference. Spanish MFA Deputy Director General for the Middle East Alberto Ucelay said that [...]	2008-06-06 07:49:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PHUM PREL SP LE UNRWA
08MADRID639	CODEL PETERSON DISCUSSES U.S., SPANISH BIOFUELS [...] (U) Summary. In meetings with GOS and private sector officials during its May 31-June 3 visit to Spain, CODEL Peterson discussed the recent farm bill,s biofuels provisions and the Spanish biofuels industry. The delegation also visited Abengoa's cellulosic ethanol plant in Salamanca on June 1 [...]	2008-06-06 15:07:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR BEXP OREP ENRG KGHG SP
08MADRID64	CIVAIR: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON VIOLATION OF FEDERAL [...] On January 18, Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Santiago Quiros, Case Officer from the Ministry of Infrastructure's Civil Aviation Directorate. Econoff informed Quiros that in August 2007, potential Spanish citizen Jose Munoz allegedly violated U.S. federal aviation regulations by smoking [...]	2008-01-23 08:25:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR SP ECON
08MADRID640	SPAIN/AL-KASSAR: COUNCIL OF MINISTERS APPROVES U.S [...] (C) Spanish Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba phoned the Ambassador on June 6 to say that the Council of Ministers had just approved the extradition to the U.S. of notorious Syrian arms trafficker Monzer Al-Kassar. Further to REFTELS, today's action by the Council was the final political de [...]	2008-06-06 15:37:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	CJAN PTER PREL PGOV SP
08MADRID643	TERRORISM FINANCE: PRE-NOTIFICATION DELIVERED TO [...] (S) Econoff delivered reftel pre-notification on June 6 to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Directorate of Counter-Terrorism officer Ivo Pascual. Pascual expressed appreciation for the information and advance notice concerning the USG's intention to submit to the UNSCR 1267 committee a list of [...]	2008-06-09 16:20:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET	AINR ECON EFIN PINR PREL PTER SP KTFN PK
08MADRID657	SPAIN/GLOBAL INITIATIVE: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Embassy Madrid warmly welcomes your visit to Spain. Although your relatively short time in Madrid will be taken up with events surrounding the fourth plenary session of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism, it will provide a key opportunity to highlight the importa [...]	2008-06-10 13:53:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP SP
08MADRID659	SPANISH POLICE ARREST EIGHT INDIVIDUALS ALLEGEDLY [...] (U) According to the website of the Spanish Interior Ministry and press reports, Spanish National Police on the morning of June 10 arrested eight individuals in Barcelona, Castellon, and Pamplona during an operation aimed at an alleged Islamic terrorist cell that reportedly had been recruiting [...]	2008-06-10 15:50:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PREL SP
08MADRID666	SPAIN WILL ATTEND JUNE 24 BERLIN CONFERENCE IN [...] Embassy shared open source information about the June 24 Berlin Conference in Support of Palestinian Civil Security and the Rule of Law with Spanish MFA Deputy Director General for the Middle East Alberto Ucelay. Spain intends to participate in the conference and attended the preparatory se [...]	2008-06-12 12:33:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KWBG PREL PBTS PHUM EUN IS SP
08MADRID67	SPAIN/BARCELONA CT HUB PROPOSAL: PRELIMINARY [...] (C) Per REFTEL proposal from Embassy Madrid and CG Barcelona to create a counterterrorism and law enforcement hub in Barcelona to improve US regional capabilities and work with our Spanish hosts in the target-rich environment of Catalonia, we provide rough estimates of the budgetary impact of [...]	2008-01-24 12:05:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER AMGT AFIN SP
08MADRID670	SPANISH VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF JUNE GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff delivered GAERC demarche points to Spanish MFA Deputy Political Director Carlos Fernandez-Arias on June 12. Fernandez-Arias said that the GAERC would address the Western Balkans, Iran, Lebanon, MEPP, Cuba, Somalia, Sudan, and Zimbabwe, but not Iraq, Chad, Belarus, Georgia or [...]	2008-06-13 11:22:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EUN SP
08MADRID671	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL UPDATE JUNE 9 - JUNE [...] (U) The combination of various strikes in Spain, primarily led by independent truckers and fishermen, have led to notable shortages in fresh produce and a potential shortage in medical supplies nationwide. Store owners reported June 12 that supplies of fresh fish and vegetables were extremely [...]	2008-06-13 12:10:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ELAB ENRG SOCI SP
08MADRID672	SPAIN TRUCKERS' STRIKES WINDING DOWN [...] (U) Summary. A strike by truckers that began on June 9 enters its fifth day amidst a standoff between the Ministry of Public Works and the two main unions behind the strike (Confedetrans and Fenadismer),which represent about 20 percent of truckers. The strike led to diesel and food shortages [...]	2008-06-13 12:12:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SP EPET ENRG PREL
08MADRID674	SPAIN DISAPPOINTED REGARDING USG UNHRC DECISION [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-13 16:19:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL SP
08MADRID676	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) As requested reftel, Post conducted inquiries into the development and end-use relating to electronic components referenced in application 05-050100474. Representatives from Indra confirmed to post on June 16 that the company is using reftel components to develop both civilian and milita [...]	2008-06-17 06:19:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC SP
08MADRID678	SPANISH DEFENSE MINISTER CHACON RECEIVES U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: New Spanish Minister of Defense Carme Chacon, who took office April 14 but has been on maternity leave since May 19, told Ambassador Aguirre during a congenial one-on-one breakfast meeting June 10 that she looked forward to working with the United States and would like to meet with her [...]	2008-06-18 06:36:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NATO SP
08MADRID679	IRAN SANCTIONS - SPAIN WILL VOTE IN FAVOR OF BANK [...] (C) Following up on information contained in ref e-mail, EconOff spoke on 6/18/08 with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Subdirector General for Bilateral Relations with Developing Countries Alejandro Alvargonzalez San Martin about Iran sanctions. Alvargonzalez indicated that Spain would vote in fa [...]	2008-06-19 10:18:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN AORC ETRD EINV TRGY KNNP UNSC SP IR
08MADRID682	DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION'S JUNE 18 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: In a June 18 meeting with the Spanish Secretary of State for Justice Julio Perez-Hernandez (Deputy Justice Minister equivalent),the DCM thanked the GOS for their cooperation in the extradition of the Syrian arms dealer and alleged terrorist Monzer Al-Kassar. The DCM also addres [...]	2008-06-19 16:42:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	CJAN PGOV PHUM PREL SP KOCI
08MADRID685	JUNE 8-11 VISIT TO SPAIN OF COMMANDER, U.S. AFRICA [...] (C) Summary: General William E. "Kip" Ward, Commander U.S. Africa Command, visited Spain June 8-11 for meetings with Spanish officials regarding AFRICOM. The primary purpose of the visit was to meet with Spanish leaders to discuss AFRICOM as well as listen and learn from their experiences on the co [...]	2008-06-20 06:26:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF SP
08MADRID691	SPAIN'S OPPOSITION PARTIDO POPULAR: RAJOY FIRMLY [...] (U) Mariano Rajoy, the embattled head of Spain's main opposition Partido Popular (PP),was re-elected as party leader on June 21 during the three-day PP congress held in Valencia. As reported in REFTEL, Rajoy's leadership had been challenged on several fronts since his party lost a second str [...]	2008-06-24 07:33:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SP
08MADRID698	DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION'S JUNE 24, 2008, MEETING [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Chief of Mission Hugo Llorens met June 24, 2008, with FM Moratinos' Chief of Staff (and Spain's next Ambassador to the OAS) Javier Sancho. Sancho provided a readout on Moratinos' recent visit to Venezuela and Colombia. In Venezuela, Moratinos continued efforts to repair s [...]	2008-06-24 15:05:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER CO VE SP
08MADRID7	SPAIN/AL-KASSAR: EXTRADITION ON TRACK, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY. The extradition process of Syrian arms dealer Monzer al-Kassar continues to move forward and we are increasingly confident that he will end up in U.S. custody. Foreign Minister Moratinos and Interior Minister Rubalcaba have both told the Ambassador in recent days that the judicia [...]	2008-01-03 12:28:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV SP
08MADRID707	ZAPATERO ANNOUNCES MEASURES TO ADDRESS ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary and Comment: On June 23, President Zapatero acknowledged the economy's rapid deceleration, said growth in 2008 would be below 2 percent but would start to recover in the second half of 2009, and announced 21 reforms. The measures include spending cuts that are being perceived as an atte [...]	2008-06-25 17:24:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV PREL SP
08MADRID708	SPAIN: PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE DECLARATION [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-26 07:37:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL SP
08MADRID714	TERRORISM FINANCE: DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF GULF- [...] (C) On June 23, Econoff informed MFA Directorate of Counter-Terrorism Officer Laura Martinez that the U.S had proceeded with the domestic designations of reftel A al-Qaida financiers, reftel B Revival of Islamic Heritage Society, and reftel C LET operatives. Martinez thanked Econoff for the i [...]	2008-06-30 07:50:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC BA QA SP
08MADRID715	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE JUNE 21-25 [...] (U) Second Vice President and Finance Minister Pedro Solbes said on June 24 that the freeze in government salaries of high officials announced as one of the 21 measures in the June 23 package would have more of a &psychological8 than macroeconomic impact. Sources in his ministry also report [...]	2008-06-30 08:36:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP EAGR ECON EIND EINV ENRG PGOV SP
08MADRID72	UNHRC ANTI-ISRAEL DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-25 10:58:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM SP
08MADRID724	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF CULTURE [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador met with Minister of Culture Cesar Antonio Molina on 6/30/08. The minister told the Ambassador that he was willing to meet with the claimant or his representative in a Nazi art loot case. The minister emphasized he was willing to continue to fight intellectual propert [...]	2008-07-02 09:21:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR PBTS PHSA SCUL SP
08MADRID725	SPAIN'S VIEWS ON SHAPING POST-CYCLONE ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) On July 2, 2008, Poloff discussed reftel with Spanish MFA Deputy Director General for the Pacific, Southeast Asia and Philippines, Jose Luis Garcia Galan. Poloff stressed the importance of continued international insistence on access, transparency and accountability of humanitarian assis [...]	2008-07-03 10:55:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SP EAID PHUM BM
08MADRID73	SPAIN/BARCELONA ARRESTS: SUSPECTED TERRORISTS [...] (C) Spanish media reports and our Mission contacts continue to reveal new information on the January 19 arrests in Barcelona of 14 suspected Islamist extremist terrorists (REFTEL A),and indicate that the terrorists were planning to conduct suicide bombings on bus and subway lines located near [...]	2008-01-25 14:47:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL SP
08MADRID733	SPANISH AUTHORITIES DETAIN INDIVIDUALS LINKED TO [...] (C) Spain's Guardia Civil detained four Algerian-born individuals (three on June 30 and another on July 1) suspected of belonging to a terrorism finance cell linked to Al Qaida. Three of the men were arrested near the southern town of Huelva in the province of Andalusia while the other was arr [...]	2008-07-03 15:06:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	SP PREL PTER EFIN PINR KTFN
08MADRID738	DISCUSSION WITH SPAIN OF U.S. SHIP VISITS TO [...] (U) On June 17, 2008, Embassy and GOS officials met in the context of the U.S.-Spain Permanent Committee (this is the standing committee that manages the bilateral agreement on defense cooperation) to discuss the issue of U.S. ship visits to Gibraltar. This meeting was prompted by recent and [...]	2008-07-03 15:18:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR SP
08MADRID739	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE JUNE 30 - [...] (U) President Zapatero argued on July 2 before parliament that although Spain was confronting economic difficulties, the economy was well equipped to overcome what he characterized as the effects of the international slowdown. Zapatero's comments seemed to gloss over the seriousness of the hou [...]	2008-07-03 15:21:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB ENRG PGOV SENV TBIO SP
08MADRID741	DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION'S JULY 3, 2008, MEETING [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Chief of Mission Llorens met July 3 with Spanish Secretary of State for Foreign Policy Angel Lossada. They discussed Lossada's visit to Washington, our concern over the tone of some recent public remarks by GOS and Socialist Party officials, the Global Initiative to Comba [...]	2008-07-07 11:21:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM NATO KV AF IR SP
08MADRID75	SPAIN'S REPSOL NOT INTERESTED IN INVESTING IN BURMA [...] (U) EconOff spoke on 1/24/08 with Repsol's (Repsol is a multi-billion-dollar Spanish private oil & gas exploration and development company) Director of Institutional Relations, Tomas Garcia, regarding possible Repsol interest in investing in Burma. Garcia told EconOff that Repsol had and has n [...]	2008-01-25 17:48:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET PHUM BMGT SP
08MADRID751	DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION'S JULY 2, 2008, MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Spanish Secretary General for Defense Policy Luis Cuesta told the DCM on July 2 that U.S.-Spain defense talks in Annapolis and Washington the week of June 21 had been excellent, well organized, and uncontentious. Cuesta and the DCM discussed areas for follow-up from the High-Lev [...]	2008-07-08 12:22:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO SP
08MADRID755	SOLICITING PLEDGES TO FUND THE NUCLEAR THREAT [...] (SBU) On July 1, Poloff conveyed reftel demarche to Ignacio Sanchez, MFA Deputy Director General for Nonproliferation, and asked the Spanish government to consider pledging funds to support the NTI's proposal for the creation of a nuclear fuel bank. Sanchez replied on July 4 that while Spain [...]	2008-07-09 07:21:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP IAEA ENRG SP
08MADRID756	SPANISH AND RWANDANS DISCUSS RWANDAN INDICTMENTS [...] (C) During a July 8 courtesy call with Subdirector General for Sub-Saharan Africa Antonio Sanchez-Benedito, Sanchez-Benedito told poloff that he and Spanish Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Angel Lossada attended the 11th African Union Summit in Sharm EI Sheikh, Egypt last week. Sanchez- [...]	2008-07-10 06:26:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL RW SP
08MADRID761	SPAIN WILL NOT SUPPORT PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE [...] (SBU) On July 8 Poloff thanked the Spanish MFA Director of Human Rights, Fernando Fernandez-Arias Minuesa, for GOS support on the June 17 declaration regarding prisoners of conscience. Per reftel, poloff informed Fernandez-Arias of the U.S. intent to organize a public affairs event in New Yor [...]	2008-07-11 09:53:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN KDEM PHUM PREL SP
08MADRID762	SPAIN WILL NOT SUPPORT PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE [...] (SBU) On July 8 Poloff thanked the Spanish MFA Director of Human Rights, Fernando Fernandez-Arias Minuesa, for GOS support on the June 17 declaration regarding prisoners of conscience. Per reftel, poloff informed Fernandez-Arias of the U.S. intent to organize a public affairs event in New Yor [...]	2008-07-11 09:53:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN KDEM PHUM PREL SP
08MADRID764	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE JULY 7 - [...] (U) The Secretary General of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD),Angel Gurria, said there is an economic "crisis" in Spain on July 4. He added that the economy would not be "normalized" until 2010 (Note. This latter points tracks with the Spanish government's view [...]	2008-07-11 13:26:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ENRG PGOV PTER SP
08MADRID767	POLICE CONFISCATE ABOUT EUROS 20 MILLION IN FAKE [...] (U) On June 25, the Spanish National Police (SNP) arrested four individuals based in Barcelona and Valencia. The police suspect the four arrestees of trafficking in fake shirts, pants, belts, watches and eyewear, principally made in China, although some of the merchandise also came from India. [...]	2008-07-14 16:23:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR SP
08MADRID77	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL UPDATE - JANUARY 21 [...] (U) Spain's Ibex-35 stock index rose by a relatively minor 0.3 percent on Friday to bring the net decline in a very volatile week to 3.8 percent. The index fell 7.5 percent on Monday, rose 1.7 percent on Tuesday, fell 4.6 percent on Wednesday and jumped a one-day record 7 percent on Thursday. [...]	2008-01-28 12:06:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON EFIN EIND EINV ELAB ENRG ETRD SP
08MADRID78	SPAIN WILL SEND TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT TO CHAD AFTER [...] (C) Poloff delivered ref. A demarche to Spanish MFA Deputy Director General for Sub-Saharan Africa Antonio Sanchez-Benedito on January 22. Sanchez-Benedito confirmed that Spain's contribution to the Chad ESDP mission would be limited to the deployment of two C-295 transport aircraft from the [...]	2008-01-28 12:14:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS EUN SP CD
08MADRID780	SPAIN PLANS TO DESTROY ITS CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (SBU) Poloffs on July 9 delivered REFTEL demarche to senior officials in the Ministry of Defense (Brigadier General Munoz Castresana in the office of the Secretary General for Defense Policy) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Deputy Director General for Arms Control Ignacio Sanchez),and shared [...]	2008-07-18 06:52:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL MOPS KPOA NATO SP
08MADRID784	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES CLIMATE CHANGE, BIOFUELS, [...] (C) Summary: On July 16, Ambassador Aguirre met with Elena Espinosa, GOS Minister of the newly created Environment, Rural Development and Marine Affairs Ministry. Ambassador Aguirre discussed the importance of climate change, emphasizing the shared USG and GOS goal of reducing greenhouse gas [...]	2008-07-18 10:05:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR SENV TBIO KGHG SP
08MADRID785	SPAIN/PARTIDO POPULAR: RAJOY SIDELINES THE OLD [...] (U) During a time when the focus of much of Spain has been both on depressing news that the Spanish economy continues to sour, as well as more upbeat events such the national soccer team's triumph at the European Cup and Mallorcan Rafael Nadal's victory at Wimbledon, leader of the opposition P [...]	2008-07-18 10:42:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SP
08MADRID788	SPAIN: BLUE LANTERN RESPONSE ON CASE #050081481 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-18 12:48:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC SP
08MADRID790	SPANISH AIR FORCE GENERAL RODRIGUEZ TO BE NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Spain's Council of Ministers approved July 18 the changes to Spanish military leadership alluded to by Defense Minister Carme Chacon in her June 30 congressional testimony. Chacon, who assumed charge of the MOD April 14, was on maternity leave beginning May 19. In all likelihoo [...]	2008-07-18 12:49:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR SP
08MADRID792	SPAIN'S VIEWS ON JULY GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff delivered GAERC demarche to Spanish MFA Deputy Political Director Carlos Fernandez-Arias on July 18. Fernandez-Arias said that the July GAERC will be relatively light and primarily address Somalia, Sudan/Darfur, Zimbabwe, Serbia and the Middle East Peace Process. END SUMM [...]	2008-07-18 14:31:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN SP
08MADRID793	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE JULY 14 - [...] (U) The IMF maintained its 2008 growth forecast for Spain at 1.8 percent. Growth for the euro zone is estimated at 1.7 percent. However, for 2009 the IMF has revised downwards its growth forecast for Spain by half a percentage point - it estimates Spanish growth will be 1.2 percent. The Fund [...]	2008-07-18 14:33:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG PGOV SP
08MADRID794	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH SECOND VICE PRESIDENT AND [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Second Vice President and Finance Minister Pedro Solbes on 7/17/08. The minister acknowledged the serious economic difficulties that Spain was facing. He said that he would review the issue of granting the same tax benefits to religious denominations such as the Mor [...]	2008-07-18 15:47:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PTER SP
08MADRID795	SPAIN AND LATIN AMERICA: VALEDICTORY TOUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The DCM paid a farewell call on Spanish Secretary of State for IberoAmerican Affairs Trinidad Jimenez on July 1 and took the opportunity to exchange views on recent events in the Western Hemisphere. The meeting was substantive and lasted well over an hour. The two discussed FM Morati [...]	2008-07-21 06:17:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SP
08MADRID798	SPAIN INVESTIGATES FIVE BOMBS CLAIMED BY ETA THAT [...] Five small bombs exploded in Northern Spain on July 20, four at popular resorts in Cantabria and one in Getxo, a Bilbao suburb. The sites included a Red Cross life-saving station, an ATM, seaside promenades and other tourist areas. According to the press, one woman was slightly injured when [...]	2008-07-21 15:54:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC SP
08MADRID799	WORLD MUSLIM LEAGUE INTER-FAITH CONFERENCE HELD IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The World Muslim League, under the patronage of Saudi King Abdullah, held its Inter-faith Conference in Madrid July 16-18. King Juan Carlos hosted the inaugural ceremonies at the Pardo Palace. Although the guest list could not be described as all-inclusive, there was a range [...]	2008-07-21 16:04:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PHUM PREL UNFPA CIA SA SP
08MADRID8	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE - DECEMBER [...] (U) "The economy hounds the socialists only two months before the elections" is the January 4th El Pais headline, a stinging statement coming from the largely pro-government daily, Spain's newspaper of record. December's 4.3% inflation rate (annualized) and a 5.5% increase in unemployment gav [...]	2008-01-04 19:47:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND ELAB ELTN KIPR PGOV TBIO SP
08MADRID825	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE JULY 21-24 [...] (U) Spain's official statistics agency (INE) released data showing that Spain's unemployment rate had risen to 10.4% in the year's second quarter, a significant jump from 9.6% the prior quarter. Since undergoing a severe housing downturn beginning 2007, Spain has experienced rapid increases in [...]	2008-07-24 16:57:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ENRG EPET SP
08MADRID826	SPAIN PLANS TO ENGAGE CHAVEZ ON INTERNATIONAL [...] Ambassador spoke to FM Moratinos the morning of July 23 and conveyed our deep concerns about Venezuela. He asked Moratinos to remind the GOV of its commitments under the Inter-American Charter, with particular emphasis on the civil and political rights of Venezuelans. Moratinos told Ambass [...]	2008-07-24 17:06:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL SP VE
08MADRID827	SPAIN ENGAGES WITH SYRIA TO PROMOTE CONSTRUCTIVE [...] (C) Ambassador conveyed reftel points to FM Moratinos the morning of July 24. Moratinos said the Spanish sought to engage Syria in dialogue; continual contact would keep Syria focused on the benefits of playing a more constructive role in the region. Moratinos believes that based on the s [...]	2008-07-24 17:09:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN SY SP
08MADRID828	TENSIONS SPARK OVER REVENUE SHARING FOR AUTONOMOUS [...] (SBU) Summary. Efforts to revise an outdated revenue sharing model has sparked tensions between Spain's autonomous communities and are testing President Zapatero's loyalty to the Catalan Socialist party as it pushes for more financial autonomy and resources. The Catalan community government [...]	2008-07-24 17:26:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	SP PGOV PREL EFIN ECON
08MADRID829	SPAIN ALSO SEEKS TO KEEP PRESSURE ON THE FARC [...] (C) Poloffs conveyed reftel points July 22 to MFA Deputy Director General for Andean Affairs Ramon Santos Arms, who agreed on the necessity of keep pressure on the FARC. Additionally, he said that Spain would use the upcoming July 24-25 visit of Venezuelan President Chavez to encourage Venezu [...]	2008-07-28 06:24:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL EUN SP VE
08MADRID83	SPAIN ROLLS OUT RED CARPET FOR ANDEAN PRESIDENTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Colombian President Alvaro Uribe's January 23 visit to Madrid, on the heels of the January 20 -22 visit of Peruvian President Alan Garcia, and the warm and public welcome extended to both by the Spanish government, send clear messages to the rest of the world: Spain has a stake [...]	2008-01-28 14:09:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SP
08MADRID836	IRAN FOCUS OF TREASURY UNDER SECRETARY LEVEY TRIP [...] (C) Summary: Treasury Under Secretary Stuart A. Levey, accompanied by Chief of Staff Christy Clark and Policy Advisor DeAnna Fernandez, traveled to Madrid, Spain July 15-17, 2008 to press for Spanish support for implementation of UNSCR 1803 per the EU-3 1 proposal and to provide information on the [...]	2008-07-28 16:29:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KTFN PREL PARM PTER IR SP
08MADRID839	CHAVEZ VISIT TO SPAIN JULY 24-25 [...] (C) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez met with King Juan Carlos and President Zapatero on July 25. MFA Deputy Director General for the Andean Countries Ramon Santos told Poloff that the bilateral meetings fully "normalized" relations following the contretemps between King Juan Carlos and Chav [...]	2008-07-29 09:08:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD VE SP
08MADRID84	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL UPDATE - JANUARY 21 [...] (U) Spain's Ibex-35 stock index rose by a relatively minor 0.3 percent on Friday to bring the net decline in a very volatile week to 3.8 percent. The index fell 7.5 percent on Monday, rose 1.7 percent on Tuesday, fell 4.6 percent on Wednesday and jumped a one-day record 7 percent on Thursday. [...]	2008-01-28 14:22:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON EFIN EIND EINV ELAB ENRG ETRD SP
08MADRID841	POST FACILITATES TESTIMONY FOR MILITARY COMMISSION [...] In accordance with reftel instructions, Post facilitated the testimony of Professor Geoff Corn in the trial of Salim Ahmed Hamdan. Professor Corn was escorted to and from Embassy DVC facilities by Defense Attache Office staff on July 28. Thanks for department assistance with interagency co [...]	2008-07-29 12:09:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PINR PREL PTER SP
08MADRID843	SPAIN: INTERNET SURVEY PROJECT [...] (SBU) Summary: After consulting with rights-holders, the Embassy has identified seven main websites as most likely to be used for the purpose of uploading and/or downloading copyrighted materials considering accessibility, ease of download, and anonymity. Based on what we have found, it is f [...]	2008-07-29 13:05:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECPS KIPR SP UK
08MADRID844	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Laura Martinez from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Directorate of Counter-Terrorism. Econoff explained that the USG had designated an additional 11 Iranian entities and individuals on July 8, and passed along to Martinez background on these entitie [...]	2008-07-29 14:06:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SP PTER KNNP EFIN PARM IR
08MADRID848	SPAIN RECEIVES NAM DEMARCHE [...] Spanish MFA Deputy Director General for North America Fernando Prieto received reftel demarche and informed Embassy that the Spanish MFA did not send a delegation to the NAM conference in Teheran. Prieto also verifed that Spanish diplomatic representatives resident in Iran did not attend th [...]	2008-07-30 15:47:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	NATO PHUM PREL PTER SP IR
08MADRID849	SPAIN SUPPORTS TURKEY'S EU SUCCESSION [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-30 15:47:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER EUN SP
08MADRID859	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE, JULY [...] (U) The Bank of Spain announced July 30 that the economy grew only 0.1% from the first to the second quarter of 2008, down from 0.3% growth in the first quarter. The economy has grown 1.8% since the second quarter of 2007. The bank said the adjustment in the year,s first half -- particularly [...]	2008-08-04 10:56:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON EINV ELAB ENRG KGHG SP
08MADRID86	TERRORISM FINANCE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on January 28 to Ivo Pascual Herrera at MFA's Directorate of Counter-Terrorism. Econoff informed Pascual that the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee had approved the designation of the three reftel Kuwait-based terrorist facilitators, and that the U.S. had sim [...]	2008-01-28 17:14:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC KU SP
08MADRID863	SPAIN DENIES COUNTERPRODUCTIVE ACTIONS ON KOSOVO [...] (C) Ambassador spoke with FM Moratinos August 5 to convey our concern regarding third country reporting that Spanish diplomats have lobbied against Kosovo recognition, sometimes opposing other EU diplomats who were seeking to promote recognitions. Moratinos reiterated Spain's policy as conv [...]	2008-08-05 10:51:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	UNMIK UN PREL KV YI SP
08MADRID864	SPANISH GOVERNMENT COMMITTED TO AFRICA, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Spanish government's push for stronger ties with sub-Saharan Africa in recent years, although driven largely by an underlying focus on security, appears to have opened a new front in Spanish foreign policy likely to endure at least for the near to medium term, judging from rece [...]	2008-08-05 12:29:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SP

08MADRID865	SPAIN: REGIONAL TENSIONS SIMMER THROUGH THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The central government's relationship with Spain's regions--particularly the so-called "historic nationalities" of the Basque country (el Pais Vasco),Catalonia, and to a lesser extent Galicia--continues to be a topic of significant public discussion. Two key events have largel [...]	2008-08-05 14:45:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SP
08MADRID879	MADRID ECONOMIC/COMMERCIAL WEEKLY AUGUST 4-8 [...] (U) Spain,s National Institute of Statistics (INE) released data August 5 showing that industrial output (mining and manufacturing) for the month of June was down by 9 percent from June 2007. This data is compounded by additional unfavorable economic news including unemployment increases for [...]	2008-08-08 11:47:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ELAB PGOV PTER SP
08MADRID881	SPAIN RESPONDS TO NEW U.S. SANCTIONS ON BURMA [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-08 15:11:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PGOV BM SP
08MADRID882	SPAIN WILL FOLLOW EU ON KARADZIC FAMILY TRAVEL [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-08 15:11:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC KAWC ICTY SP BK
08MADRID883	SPAIN PREPARES FOR SUMMIT WITH SUBSAHARAN AFRICA [...] (C) Spanish Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Angel Lossada visited Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau and Guinea-Conakry July 22nd through the 25th to establish a frame of reference for President Zapatero's proposed Spain/West Africa summit. Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau and Guinea-Conakry [...]	2008-08-08 15:13:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP PU
08MADRID885	SPAIN RECEIVES U.S. PROPOSAL FOR STRONG NAC [...] Reftel points are being conveyed to Director General for External Policy and Common Security Carlos Fernandez-Arias, who was enroute to Brussels today. His staff is transmitting to Fernandez-Arias our unclassified nonpaper with key points regarding tomorrow's NAC discussion of events in Geo [...]	2008-08-11 15:22:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	NATO PARM KCFE RU GG PREL SP
08MADRID895	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL UPDATE AUGUST 11-14 [...] (U) President Zapatero and economic ministers met on August 13 in a special session to discuss the economy and the impact of previous GOS stimulus measures and to propose new measures to address the slowdown. During the meeting, Second Vice President and Minister of Economy Pedro Solbes presen [...]	2008-08-14 15:32:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EC ECON EFIN EINV ENRG EPET PGOV SP
08MADRID896	SPAIN RECEIVES DEMARCHE ON NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS GROUP [...] (C) Post coordinated with British and French Embassies, who confirmed that they would also demarche Spain on the importance of an exception for India to the Nuclear Suppliers Group full-scope safeguards provisions. Points were delivered to Deputy Foreign Minister Angel Lossada's office and [...]	2008-08-14 16:35:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC AORC SP
08MADRID897	SPAIN FOLLOWS EU LEAD ON GEORGIA CRISIS [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-14 16:48:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PHUM OSCE UN GG RS SP
08MADRID90	SPAIN: ANNUAL REQUEST FOR STAFFING, EMPLOYMENT, [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-30 07:43:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC APER ECON KUNR OECD POLUN APECO UNESCO SP
08MADRID905	SPAIN AGREES ON NEED FOR FIFTH ROUND OF WESTERN [...] (C) According to MFA Deputy Director General for North Africa Manuel Gomez-Acebo, Spain agrees that it is essential to maintain the Western Sahara negotiating process and that a fifth round of talks should be held at the earliest opportunity. In response to our points that Western Sahara Env [...]	2008-08-19 16:33:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC PBTS MO WI SP
08MADRID916	RUSSIA - GEORGIA CONFLICT: DIPLOMATIC ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Poloffs delivered reftel A points to Deputy FM Angel Lossada's chief of staff as well as Spanish MFA Deputy Political Director Carlos Fernandez-Arias on August 20, stressing support for Georgia's independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity. As in our continuing demarches, Embassy [...]	2008-08-21 15:17:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL RU GG SP
08MADRID921	MADRID WEEKLY ECONOMIC UPDATE - AUGUST 18-22 [...] (U) On August 18, the GOS published the list of measures agreed to in the August 14 extraordinary Council of Ministers session (ref A). The package includes 24 economic stimulus measures and structural reforms to be implemented with a specific timeline in 2009 and 2010. Many of these proposal [...]	2008-08-22 13:30:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND EINV ENRG SP
08MADRID925	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL [...] (C) Econoff delivered reftel demarche August 19 to MFA's newly arrived Deputy Director General for Counter-Terrorism, Pascual Navarro, informing him that the U.S. had designated an additional 5 Iranian entities under E.O. 13382. Econoff also talked with Juan Manuel Vega Serrano, Deputy Directo [...]	2008-08-22 14:48:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN SP
08MADRID929	SPAIN REPSONDS TO POSSIBLE RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF [...] (C) On August 25, Polcouns spoke with Juan Sell, Chief of Staff to Spanish Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Angel Lossada. Sell said Spain's position was very clear - Spain supported the territorial integrity of Georgia. Likewise, Spain supported the efforts of France as EU President an [...]	2008-08-25 15:25:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL RU GG SP
08MADRID93	INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT [...] (SBU) As requested in Reftel A, post is providing an addendum to Reftel B that provides Spanish government estimates for 2007 narcotics seizures by Spanish authorities. The DEA Madrid Country Office obtained these figures from the Spanish Ministry of Interior on January 28, although the Mini [...]	2008-01-30 16:30:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM EFIN SP
08MADRID935	SPAIN LAMENTS RUSSIA'S RECOGNITION OF SOUTH [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel a to Spanish MFA Deputy Political Director Ricardo Lopez Aranda on August 27. Lopez echoed the official statement released August 26 by Spanish Foreign Affairs Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, expressing Spain's regret at Russia's decision to recognize the independ [...]	2008-08-28 06:25:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RU GG SP
08MADRID94	SPANISH FM MORATINOS BRIEFS CODEL MARTINEZ ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Spanish FM Moratinos briefed Codel Martinez on bilateral developments during an hour-long meeting January 11. With regard to enhanced military support in Afghanistan, Moratinos said that it would be difficult to make any commitments in advance of the Spanish March 9 elections, [...]	2008-01-30 17:45:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	KPWR MEPP PREL SP CU
08MADRID943	MADRID WEEKLY ECONOMIC UPDATE -- AUGUST 25-29 [...] (U) The economy's deceleration continues to be reflected in slowing consumer spending. Household spending, which drives two-thirds of the economy, appeared to continue its drop in the summer sales season according to reports from retailers and business associations. Aggressive pricing during [...]	2008-08-29 13:03:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND EINV ENRG PGOV SENV SP
08MADRID946	SPAIN'S STATEMENT ON MAURITANIA COUP [...] (U) The Spanish MFA issued a communique condemning the coup in Mauritania and calling for the immediate liberation of the President and Prime Minister, along with re-establishing democratic practices, on August 6. 2. (C) August 26, Poloff contacted MFA Deputy Director General for North Af [...]	2008-09-02 06:02:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM AG EG IS LY MO QA SA MR SP
08MADRID95	INVITATION FOR SECRETARY RICE TO ATTEND APRIL [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-31 15:21:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SMIG SP
08MADRID956	SPAIN'S VIEWS ON KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT UNGA [...] (C) On September 3, poloff discussed reftel points with Spanish Subdirector General for Central and Southern Europe Ramon Abaroa Carranza, stressing the potentially adverse consequences of the Serbian UNGA resolution requesting an ICJ advisory opinion on Kosovo's independence. Abaroa agreed t [...]	2008-09-04 06:46:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA UN SP KV
08MADRID957	SPANISH MFA NON-PROLIFERATION OFFICIALS COMMENT ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff held an introductory meeting with Gonzalo de Salazar, the former DCM in Warsaw who is two weeks into his job as the MFA's new Deputy DG for Non-Proliferation & Disarmament. His aide, Carlos Torres Vidal, Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, sat in on the [...]	2008-09-04 07:10:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC ETTC PARM PREL SP
08MADRID959	SPANISH MFA OFFICIALS REACT TO DEMARCHE ON IRAN'S [...] (C) PolOff held an introductory meeting with Gonzalo de Salazar, the former DCM in Warsaw who is two weeks into his job as the MFA's new Deputy DG for Non-Proliferation & Disarmament. His aide, Carlos Torres Vidal, Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, sat in on the meeting [...]	2008-09-04 16:29:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	FCS FAS MGT EXEC MIL SP
08MADRID960	SPAIN RECEIVES DEMARCHE RE: U.S. RESOLUTION ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-04 16:29:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM CDG UNGA SP
08MADRID963	SPANISH INVESTMENT DISPUTES IN ARGENTINA [...] (U) On September 3, Econoff raised the issue of investment in Argentina with Alejandro Alvargonzalez San Martin, MFA Deputy Director General for Bilateral Economic Relations with Developing Countries. Alvargonzalez noted that the stock of Spanish investment in Argentina amounts to approximatel [...]	2008-09-05 08:55:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KIDE EINV SP AR
08MADRID971	SPANISH VIEWS ON SEPTEMBER GYMNICH [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel to Spanish MFA Deputy Political Director Ricardo Lopez Aranda on September 2. Lopez stated that due to the nature of the GYMNICH -- i.e., an informal discussion amongst foreign ministers aimed at promoting creative solutions in the development of EU policy -- no age [...]	2008-09-05 17:06:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SP USEU
08MADRID972	MADRID WEEKLY ECONOMIC UPDATE -- SEPT 2-5 [...] (U) The number of unemployed increased by 103,085 in August, bringing the total number of unemployed to 2.53 million, the highest total since 1998. President Zapatero will appear September 10 in parliament to discuss these and other poor economic indicators and the GOS response. Spain has on [...]	2008-09-08 05:57:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ELAB ENRG SP
08MADRID979	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IRANIAN EFFORTS TO BUY SPANISH-MADE MILLING MACHINE [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-11 12:14:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET	MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC MNUC TSPA SP IR
08MADRID98	CODEL MARTINEZ JANUARY 10-11 VISIT TO MADRID [...] (U) Summary: Codel Martinez had a busy and productive visit to Madrid January 10-11, 2008, meeting with the Prince of Asturias, Popular Party (PP) presidential candidate Mariano Rajoy, National Security Advisor Carles Casajuana (septel),former President Aznar, Foreign Minister Moratinos (se [...]	2008-02-01 10:58:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG EINV SP
08MADRID982	SPAIN'S VIEWS ON EVE OF SEPTEMBER GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff delivered GAERC demarche (reftel a) to Spanish MFA Assistant Deputy Political Director Maria Luisa Benitez-Donoso on September 12. Benitez-Donoso said that the September GAERC will address Zimbabwe, Somalia, Serbia, Belarus and Georgia. Turkey is not on the current agenda. [...]	2008-09-15 05:56:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SP EUN
08MADRID983	SPAIN'S VIEWS ON EVE OF SEPTEMBER GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff delivered GAERC demarche (reftel a) to Spanish MFA Assistant Deputy Political Director Maria Luisa Benitez-Donoso on September 12. Benitez-Donoso said that the September GAERC will address Zimbabwe, Somalia, Serbia, Belarus and Georgia. Turkey is not on the current agenda. [...]	2008-09-15 05:56:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SP EUN
08MADRID984	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: AMENDMENT OF ISAF OPLAN TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-15 05:58:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF SP
08MADRID985	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY UPDATE, SEPT. 8-12 [...] (U) President Zapatero appeared before the Congress on September 10 to discuss the state of the economy and the GOS, plans for leading Spain out of its economic doldrums. Zapatero acknowledged that the economic situation had worsened since his last parliamentary appearance in July, but remaine [...]	2008-09-15 05:58:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND ELAB SP
08MADRID987	DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION'S SEPTEMBER 12,2009, [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Chief of Mission Chacon called September 12, 2009, on new MFA Director General for Europe (non-UE) and North America Luis Felipe Fernandez de La Pena. They discussed the bilateral relationship, Georgia, Kosovo, and intellectual property rights. End summary. 2. (C) The [...]	2008-09-15 06:49:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD GG KV SP
08MADRID988	S/I SATTERFIELD BRIEFS SPANISH MFA ON IRAQ [...] (S) SUMMARY. September 11, S/I Ambassador Satterfield briefed Deputy Foreign Minister Lossada on developments in Iraq. He urged the Spanish to reinforce our call for increased regional support for Iraq and to encourage those countries that have already sent diplomatic representation and/or p [...]	2008-09-15 15:11:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET	MOPS PREL IZ SP
08MADRID996	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: SPAIN UNLIKELY TO GO AFTER [...] (C) Poloff conveyed concerns per reftel and asked that Spain consider speaking out against Nicaraguan President Ortega's September 2 decision to recognize the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Spanish MFA Sub-Director General for Mexico, Central America and The Caribbean Jorge Romeu told [...]	2008-09-17 13:15:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL NU SP
08MOSCOW3009	ZAPATERO MEETS MEDVEDEV [...] (C) In his October 1 visit to Konstantinovsky Palace outside of St. Petersburg, Prime Minister Jose Luis Zapatero met Medvedev for the first time in what Spanish diplomats here report was a session short on substance. While no agreements were signed and the talks covering economic, cultural, [...]	2008-10-09 14:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SP RS
08NIAMEY534	THIRD SPAIN AND AFRICA WOMEN'S CONFERENCE - EMPOWERMENT OF [...] Summary. The Government of Niger (GON) played host to the 3RD annual Spain and African Women's Conference, held May 12-13, 2008, in Niamey. GON President Mamadou Tandja (the only male speaker),Government of Spain (GOS) Vice President (VP) Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega and GON Foreign Min [...]	2008-05-20 15:13:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KWMN ECON EAID SCUL PHUM XA NG SP
08PARIS1331	BETANCOURT "INSIDER" HINTS AT FUTURE PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Board Member of the Committee in Support of Ingrid Betancourt told Poloff on July 11 that former hostage/presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt will focus her energy on securing the release of all remaining FARC and ELN hostages in Colombia and he strongly hinted Betancourt wo [...]	2008-07-11 19:24:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM FR EUN PGOV PTER PREF CO SP
08PARIS149	MFA AND PRESIDENCY VIEWS ON COLOMBIAN HOSTAGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA A/S for the Americas Daniel Parfait described an uncertain way forward to secure the release of FARC hostages following the January 21 visit of Colombian President Uribe to France. While a determined President Sarkozy continues to press the MFA for proposals to obtain Ingrid [...]	2008-01-29 13:17:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM FR CO VZ SP SZ VT
08PARIS753	FRANCE SUPPORTS OSCE PROJECTS INSIDE AFGHANISTAN; [...] (C) French MFA officials responsible for OSCE affairs told us on April 18 that, in principle, France now supports the idea that training activities for Afghan border security should take place on the border of and/and inside Afghanistan. The GOF clarified, however, that the projects should be [...]	2008-04-21 09:51:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	BMGT GM GR SP RS OSCE PGOV PTER FR
08PARISFR2209	UNESCO DIRECTOR GENERAL SUSSESSION: CONVERSATIONS [...] (C) Summary: UNESCO's Assistant Director General for Africa told Ambassador Oliver that he does not believe that African countries will endorse Egypt's candidate for Director General of UNESCO Farouk Hosni at the African Union Conference in mid-January. Ambassador Oliver also discussed the [...]	2008-12-05 15:09:00	Mission UNESCO	CONFIDENTIAL	UNESCO PREL FR CH SP PK KU
08QUITO228	ECUADORIAN TROOP MOVEMENTS, FARC CAPTURES, FOL [...] (S) SUMMARY. Ecuador's Fourth Division Army Commander Narvaez confirmed on March 4 that he had modestly increased border zone deployments but was operating fairly normally, and that the Division's primary mission was still to pursue the FARC. Five suspected FARC insurgents were captured near [...]	2008-03-07 22:35:00	Embassy Quito	SECRET	PREL MOPS PTER EC CO MX SP
08QUITO264	ECUADOR: GOE OFFICIALS URGE COOPERATION WHILE [...] (C) Summary. In a series of meetings and phone calls, MFA and MOD officials have sought to maintain positive bilateral relations with the U.S. as well as to communicate GOE efforts against the FARC (see also reftels). The GOE also launched a media campaign to deny and counter continued accu [...]	2008-03-14 21:02:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PTER PGOV EC CO SP
08QUITO433	CORREA ADMINISTRATION COUNTEROFFENSIVE ON [...] (C) Summary: In the lead-up to the May 15 release of the Interpol report on the seized FARC computers, the Correa government is trying to strengthen its position through accusations against Colombia and the United States, a European trip aimed at garnering support for Ecuador's stance, and an angry [...]	2008-05-15 12:38:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MOPS EC CO SP FR BE NU
08RABAT1110	ELECTRICITY CHIEF DISMISSED OVER BROWNOUTS, POOR [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Morocco abruptly removed Younes Maamar, chief of the National Electricity Office (ONE) on November 14 following widespread discontent related to unannounced extended brownouts in Casablanca's industrial zones. Our Casablanca contacts and media reports indicate t [...]	2008-11-28 14:14:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG ETRD MO SP
08RABAT1199	VICE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS FIRED FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-24 19:01:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SP MO
08RABAT681	ZAPATERO FINALLY MEETS WITH KING:GOOD FRIENDS [...] (C) Summary: Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero met with King Mohammad VI on July 11. The purpose of the meeting was to reinforce the strong relations that already exist between the two countries, primarily highlighting cooperation in the areas of economics, security, and immigrati [...]	2008-07-22 17:20:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KMIG SP MO
08ROME312	AFGHANISTAN: ITALY STRESSES LONG-TERM COMMITMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Italy hosted a "West 4" meeting of ISAF RC-West contributor nations (Italy, Lithuania, Spain and the U.S.) in Rome on March 4. Italian MFA U/S for Asia Gianni Vernetti, in his opening address, said that Italy is in Afghanistan for the "long haul" in both its civilian and milita [...]	2008-03-12 11:33:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS NATO PREL PINS SNAR AF IT SP LH
08SANSALVADOR1373	SALVADORANS DISCUSS CRISTIANI CASE IN MADRID [...] (C) Summary: Senior political figures from left and right in El Salvador traveled to Madrid in early December to discuss with the GOS the suit against former President Cristiani regarding the 1989 murder of six Jesuit priests. Deputy Prosecutor of the Spanish Audiencia Nacional Burgos Pavon su [...]	2008-12-16 23:05:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES SP
08SANSALVADOR857	FUNES MEETS ZAPATERO, AND HILARITY DOES NOT ENSUE [...] (U) Summary: A paid political advertisement which the (left-wing) FMLN placed in local newspapers, purporting to demonstrate Spain's support for the Presidential candidacy of the FMLN's Maurico Funes, has drawn the ire of Salvadoran President Saca and the (conservative, pro-U.S.) ARENA party. [...]	2008-07-17 16:37:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ES PGOV PREL SP
08STATE100219	Secretary Rice's 09/16/2008 Meeting with [...] (U) Classified by EUR A/S Daniel Fried. Reason 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (U) September 16, 2008; 11 a.m.; Secretary's Office. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary EUR A/DAS Nerissa Cook EUR/WE Stacie Zerdecki (Notetaker) Spain Ambassador Jorge Dezcallar DCM Jose Pascual Marco 4. (C) SUMMARY. Re [...]	2008-09-19 03:29:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL PHSA SP KV CU
08STATE105685	(U) ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRIED'S SEPTEMBER 26, [...] (U) September 26, 2008; 3:30 p.m.; New York. 2. (C) Participants: U.S. Assistant Secretary Fried Elaine Samson, Spain Desk Officer SPAIN Deputy Foreign Minister Angel Lossada Chief of Staff Juan Sell Belen Alfaro, Spanish Mission to the UN 3. (C) SUMMARY. Assistant Secretary F [...]	2008-10-02 20:56:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA SP KV RU GG AF
08STATE115695	SPAIN: TIP ACTION GUIDE TO COMBAT TIP (2008-2009) [...] This is an action request (see para 5). 2. The 2008 Trafficking in Persons Report rates countries as Tier 1 when host governments are fully meeting the minimum standards to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) as defined by the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA). Remaining on Tier [...]	2008-10-30 13:46:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN KTIP PHUM PREL SMIG SP
08STATE117974	LAUNCH OF SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION STS-126 [...] SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION STS-126, ENDEAVOR (OV-105),WILL LAUNCH FROM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER (KSC),FLORIDA, NO EARLIER THAN NOVEMBER 14, 2008. THE LAUNCH WINDOW OPENS AT 7:51 PM (1951 EST),NOVEMBER 14 (24:51 UTC/GMT) AND IS 10 MINUTES LONG. NOMINAL END OF MISSION LANDING AT KSC IS SCHEDULED FO [...]	2008-11-05 19:28:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA FR SP AIN
08STATE123373	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on application 050131468 for the export of C-130 aircraft parts to Spain. Post is requested to complete thi [...]	2008-11-20 20:52:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC SP
08STATE125632	DEMARCHE TO ITALY, SPAIN, AND QATAR REGARDING [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 3. 2. (S) Summary: On December 3, the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) will be opened for signature in Oslo, Norway. The United States will neither sign this Convention nor participate as an observer, although many of our allies and partners [...]	2008-11-26 21:41:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM NATO MOPS PREL IT SP
08STATE135076	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting a pre-shipment check on application 050136522 for the export of M-113 component parts to Spain. Post is requested to complete t [...]	2008-12-30 15:04:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC SP GM
08STATE20261	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment end-use check on license number 05-050011090 for the export of defense hardware to Spain. Post is requested to [...]	2008-02-28 15:51:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC SP KOMC
08STATE22494	FOLLOW UP: BLUE LANTERN POST-LICENSE END-USE [...] According to our records, we have not yet received a response to subject Blue Lantern requests regarding the export of radar components (License # 050049685) to the Spanish MOD or SH-3D helicopter spare parts (License # 050057853) to the Spanish Navy. These requests were sent over 120 days ag [...]	2008-03-05 14:40:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC SP
08STATE27868	SPAIN ASKS FOR U.S. SUPPORT ON INVITATION TO AHLC [...] (C) Summary. The Spanish Charge d,Affaires to the United States presented a demarche to NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary Danin on March 14, asking that the U.S. support Spanish participation in the upcoming Ad Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC) in London and that we weigh in with the EU, Norway and th [...]	2008-03-17 21:34:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG ECON EAID IS SP BE UK NO
08STATE42613	INFORMING THE ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATIONS ABOUT THE [...] This is an action request. USUN, please see para 2 below; Embassies Madrid and Ankara, please see para 3 below. 2. Department requests that USUN deliver the message in para 4 below from Acting Assistant Secretary Kurt Volker to the Alliance of Civilizations High Representative Jorge Sam [...]	2008-04-22 21:48:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UN PREL SP TU OIIP
08STATE4482	GUIDANCE FOR ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATIONS FIRST [...] (U) The First Alliance of Civilizations (AOC) Annual Forum will be held in Madrid, January 15-16. According to organizers, this event will be action-driven and will provide participants with a unique international platform to develop joint initiatives and forge partnerships in the area of i [...]	2008-01-15 17:25:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	UN KISL SP ODIP SCUL
08STATE46556	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on application 05-050100474 for the export of electronic components and spare parts to Spain. Post is requ [...]	2008-05-02 13:44:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC SP
08STATE49110	ACTION REQUEST: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ELECTIONS [...] (C) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 3 and 5. Three of the five regional groups will have contested elections for the UN Human Rights Council: Eastern Europe, WEOG, and the Asia Group. Mission is requested to assess the likely outcome of a) the six candidacies for four Asia g [...]	2008-05-08 18:53:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	FR PHUM SP UK
08STATE57532	SECRETARY'S 5/19 MEETING WITH SPANISH FM [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY: EUR A/S DANIEL FRIED, REASONS; 1.4 (B) AND (D). 2. (U) MAY 19, 2008, 3:00 P.M., SECRETARY'S OFFICE 3. (U) PARTICIPANTS: UNITED STATES ------------- THE SECRETARY EUR A/S DANIEL FRIED PA A/S SEAN MCCORMACK S EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT STEVE BEECROFT EUR ELAINE SAMSON [...]	2008-05-29 18:34:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL PHSA SP LE IR GG
08STATE58193	(S) SHIPMENT OF MATERIAL TO SYRIAN WEAPONS ENTITY [...] (S//NF) Posts are requested to approach appropriate-level host nation officials regarding a shipment of steel destined for an end user in Syria that has acted as an intermediary for Syria's weapons programs in the past. Posts may draw from objectives, background, and talking points/non-paper [...]	2008-05-30 19:17:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	IT MNUC PARM PREL SP SY
08STATE62746	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Embassy,s assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050081481 for the export of F-5 aircraft spare component parts to Spain. Embassy is requeste [...]	2008-06-11 13:23:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC SP
08STATE63427	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-3. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 05-971940 for the export of night vision devices (NVDs) to Spain. Post is requested to complet [...]	2008-06-12 15:21:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC SP
08STATE68446	HOST NATION NOTIFICATION FOR AIR MOBILITY COMMAND [...] (S) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST FOR EMBASSIES LONDON, BERLIN, MADRID, AND LISBON. POSTS ARE REQUESTED TO CONDUCT HOST NATION NOTIFICATION AT THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL REGARDING USAFE FORCE STRUCTURE CHANGES IDENTIFIED IN REF (A). POSTS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT RESULTS OF HOST NATION NOTIFICATION NO [...]	2008-06-25 20:01:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	MARR PREL GM PO SP UK
08STATE70306	SAUDI-PROPOSED UNGA SPECIAL SESSION ON RELIGION [...] (U) Action request: In response to reftel request by the SYG for U.S. views on a possible UNGA Special Session on the political and religious components of interfaith dialogue, USUN should urge the SYG to postpone making a final decision until after the July 16-18 Interfaith Dialogue Conference [...]	2008-07-01 01:18:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA USUN KIRF KISL SP SA
08STATE72693	INTERFAITH DIALOGUE CONFERENCE IN SPAIN [...] Summary and Action Request: Department requests that action addressees report on the Interfaith Dialogue Conference, which will be held in Spain on July 16-18. This conference may serve as the forerunner for a UNGA Special Session this fall on the same topic. The Department would therefore app [...]	2008-07-07 22:16:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA KIRF KISL SP SA
08STATE74376	SAUDI-PROPOSED UNGA SPECIAL SESSION ON RELIGION [...] (U) Action request: In response to reftel request by the SYG for U.S. views on a possible UNGA Special Session on the political and religious components of interfaith dialogue, USUN should seek to signal encouragement of interfaith dialogue and seek details of the make-up, agenda items, and fo [...]	2008-07-10 22:46:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNGA USUN KIRF KISL SP SA
08STATE76526	CORRECTED COPY: HOST NATION NOTIFICATION FOR AIR [...] (U) THIS IS A CORRECTED COPY OF STATE 68446 THAT CHANGES THE CLASSIFICATION OF PARAS 2-3 TO ALLOW THE RELEASE OF DETAILS ON U.S. FORCE STRUCTURE CHANGES TO HOST GOVERNMENTS. 2. (S) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST FOR EMBASSIES LONDON, BERLIN, MADRID, AND LISBON. POSTS ARE REQUESTED TO CONDUCT HO [...]	2008-07-16 19:44:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	MARR PREL GM PO SP UK
08STATE77361	T LETTER OF THANKS TO SPANISH MFA OFFICIALS FOR [...] SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND: At the Senior-Level Meeting for all states endorsing the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) held May 28, 2008, in Washington, DC, on the occasion of the PSI's Fifth Anniversary, two Spanish officials had formal roles. MFA Director-General for External Policy Raf [...]	2008-07-18 13:25:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL SP
08STATE81940	IRANIAN COMPANY'S EFFORTS TO PROCURE A [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Madrid please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background: In October 2005, we provided the Government of Spain (GOS) with information indicating that the Spanish firm Maquinaria CME, S.A. was involved in a number of deals in 2004 and 2005 to sell comput [...]	2008-07-30 15:09:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC MNUC TSPA SP IR
08STOCKHOLM599	ACTION REQUEST: GUIDANCE ON INFORMATION SHARING ON [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (C) On August 14, CDA and Poloff met with the director general of the Inspectorate of Strategic Products (ISP),Andreas Ekman, to discuss the ongoing proliferation activities of Mahaco, a Swedish-registered company owned by a Swedish citize [...]	2008-08-29 14:55:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL SW SP IR
08STOCKHOLM772	SWEDES TO TRANSFER THREE BELL HELICOPTERS TO SPAIN [...] (S) Summary: A Swedish firm in possession of three Bell 212 helicopters plans to transfer the helicopters to Spain tomorrow, November 18, without obtaining export authorization from the USG. Sweden's Inspectorate for Strategic Products say they lack any legal basis to stop the transfer. There [...]	2008-11-18 07:35:00	Embassy Stockholm	SECRET	ETRD ETTC MCAP PARM KOMC IR SW SP
08STOCKHOLM778	UPDATE - SWEDES WILL PROHIBIT TRANSFER OF [...] (S) Summary: Sweden's Inspectorate for Strategic Products (ISP) has determined that three helicopters that were to be shipped to Spain are, in fact, military equipment. Therefore, ISP will not allow them to be exported until and unless the USG approves. This information has been communicated [...]	2008-11-19 16:52:00	Embassy Stockholm	SECRET	ETRD ETTC MCAP PARM KOMC IR SW SP
08TRIPOLI597	EUROPEAN OIL COMPANIES EXTEND CONTRACTS IN LIBYA [...] (SBU) Summary: Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) has signed extensions for a pair of exploration and production sharing agreements (EPSAs) with Spain's Repsol, France's Total, Austria's OMV, and Norway's Saga Petroleum, continuing its policy of redefining old contracts under the new EPSA I [...]	2008-07-23 18:06:00	Embassy Tripoli	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EPET NO SP FR AU LY
08USNATO314	RUSSIA THROWS ITS WEIGHT AROUND IN THE EAPC [...] (C) Summary: The EAPCs first meeting after the summer break featured Georgian protests about Russian action and a Russian response made memorable by a claim that, if the Russian response had been proportionate, "Tbilisi would now lie in ruins." Russia announced it has withdrawn from the PfP SOFA. T [...]	2008-09-02 17:12:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR NATO MOPS PREF GG RU UP SP BO SR
08USUNNEWYORK431	HANDICAPPING UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ELECTIONS [...] (U) Action requested: please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) In our view, Japan, South Korea and Pakistan are likely to prevail in the May 21 General Assembly elections to the Human Rights Council. All have the benefit of incumbency. Pakistan's UN Mission tells us the OIC (56 or 57 votes) has e [...]	2008-05-13 19:07:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	FR SP UK PHUM UNGA AORC
08USUNNEWYORK456	ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATIONS [...] USUN RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING LETTER FROM JORGE SAMPAIO, UN HIGH REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR THE ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATIONS, IN RESPONSE TO THE LETTER FROM EUR A/S VOLKER (REFTEL). BEGIN TEXT Dear Assistant Secretary Volker Thank you for your letter dated 22 April regarding Sec [...]	2008-05-21 19:01:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UN PREL SP TU OIIP
08USUNNEWYORK545	UNSC REFORM: MEMBER STATES SPLIT ON BEGINNING [...] (SBU) Summary. President of the UN General Assembly (PGA) Srgjan Kerim convened the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) on June 17 to discuss the report prepared by his four-person Task Force with suggestions on moving forward towards inter-governmental negotiations (IGN) on UNSC reform. Major p [...]	2008-06-20 20:30:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KUNR UNSC IN BR PK IT JA GM AR SP KS
08USUNNEWYORK753	UN DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL AFFAIRS SAYS SAUDIS [...] (SBU) UN Department of Political Affairs Asia and Pacific Division Director Lisa Buttenheim told Poloff August 18 that Saudi Arabia has not formally requested an UNGA Special Session on the political and religious components of interfaith dialogue. Poloff delivered the points contained in r [...]	2008-08-20 18:15:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UNGA USUN KIRF KISL SP SA
08USUNNEWYORK814	9/24 ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATIONS MINISTERIAL MEETING [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4 below. 2. (U) Ambassador Khalilzad has been invited to attend the ministerial level meeting on September 24 of the Alliance of Civilizations Group of Friends. Details about the September 24 meeting, its agenda and objections, can be fo [...]	2008-09-10 22:52:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PREL KIRF KISL SP TU
08VATICAN61	HOLY SEE ON MADRID INTER-RELIGIOUS CONFERENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: For the Holy See, the most important aspect of the July 16 to 18 Madrid inter-religious conference (reftel A) is the fact that the Saudi King was firmly behind it. The Madrid conference was disappointing in its failure to address religious freedom and, to a lesser extent, to set u [...]	2008-08-04 13:55:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF SA SP VT
09ABUJA1171	NIGERIA: VISITS OF SPANISH AND RUSSIAN PRESIDENTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The June visits of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Spanish President Jose Zapatero marked the first visits by a head of state or government of either of these countries since Nigeria's independence. Nigerian contacts have pointedly contrasted the visits of these major Eu [...]	2009-06-26 12:12:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NI RS SP
09BARCELONA12	USS MT. WHITNEY: CITY AUTHORITIES, POLICE RUN FOR COVER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: CG met with a city council member and Director of the Guardia Urbana to express USG disappointment with police actions January 22 towards crewmen aboard the USS Mt. Whitney. CG told Barcelona authorities that quick communication either directly with the Commanding Officer of th [...]	2009-02-05 15:35:00	Consulate Barcelona	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC PGOV SP
09BARCELONA15	FOLLOW-UP JUDICIAL CASE: GEORGE THOMAS KEE, JR. [...] (SBU) On February 12, 2009, following communication with the Naval Station Rota Legal Office, post was informed that this case was with the Public Prosecutor's office awaiting his decision on whether, or not, to pursue further action in this case (reftels). The Public Prosecutor was also to [...]	2009-02-13 15:03:00	Consulate Barcelona	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC ASEC PREL SP
09BARCELONA154	MUSLIM PARLIAMENTARIAN DISCUSSES ISLAM IN SPAIN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Spain's first Muslim Parliamentarian discussed with POLOFF Muslim relations in Spain and stressed the importance of grassroots activism to integrate Muslims into Spanish society. Noting the vast increase of Muslim immigrants into Spain in recent years, Mohammed Chaib cautio [...]	2009-11-06 14:19:00	Consulate Barcelona	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR SMIG SOCI SP MO
09BARCELONA160	PP CONVENTION IN BARCELONA TARGETS CATALAN VOTERS [...] SUMMARY: The center right Spanish Popular Party (PP) held its national convention in Barcelona on November 13-15, with a view to increasing their support in Catalonia in regional elections in late 2010, municipal elections in 2011, and the general election in 2012. Holding the convention [...]	2009-11-25 17:02:00	Consulate Barcelona	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SP
09BARCELONA31	CATALAN BUSINESS PROMOTION UNIT SEEKS TO REASSURE U.S. [...] (U) Summary: Josep Huguet, Regional Minister (Conseller) for Innovation, Universities and Enterprise, and Carme Botifoll i Alegre, Director General of Business Promotion for Catalonia (ACC1O) hosted a lunch March 2 for U.S. business representatives based in Catalonia. AmCham President Jaime M [...]	2009-03-11 12:47:00	Consulate Barcelona	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PGOV AN SP
09BARCELONA32	ANDORRA: FRENCH PRESSURE LEADS ANDORRA TO REDUCE BANK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Andorran Cap de Govern (Prime Minister-equivalent) Albert Pintat announced he was stepping down as the leader of his party amid accusations by French President Nicolas Sarkozy that the Andorran Government had failed to sufficiently modify the country's bank laws on transparenc [...]	2009-03-16 11:44:00	Consulate Barcelona	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETRD OECD PGOV PREL SP AN
09BARCELONA40	REGIONAL PRESIDENT WEIGHS FIRING TOP SECURITY ADVISORS OVER [...] (SBU) Summary: Scores were injured - many of them police and journalists - March 18 after the Mossos d'Esquadra (Catalan regional police) broke up a student protest at the University of Barcelona. An investigation is underway to determine how and why the incident turned violent. The student [...]	2009-03-26 12:17:00	Consulate Barcelona	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC SP
09BARCELONA67	IRANIAN REFUGEE SEEKERS REQUEST HELP TO RESETTLE IN THE [...] (S) Summary: An Iranian couple called the Consulate May 6 seeking help in obtaining refugee status in the United States. The couple, who claim to have information on Iran's terrorist activities, say they've been in Spain since March and believe their lives are threatened by Iran. The wife, N [...]	2009-05-19 09:04:00	Consulate Barcelona	SECRET	PREF PTER SP
09BEIJING1170	APRIL 30 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK, Visas, Japan, Visits [...] Key points at the April 30 MFA press briefing: -- China hopes that all parties involved can safeguard the Six-Party Talks. China and Japan are both willing to increase communication and coordination for peace and prosperity in East Asia and the world. -- Foreign reports that China is tigh [...]	2009-04-30 09:30:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MNUC CH JA FR KN KS SP MX
09BEIJING164	January 20 MFA Press Briefing: Wen Jiabao Visit to Europe, [...] Key points at the January 20 MFA Press Briefing: -- Premier Wen Jiabao will visit EU headquarters, Switzerland, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom from January 27-February 2. Wen plans to attend the upcoming World Economic Forum in Davos. -- As President-elect Obama prepares to take offi [...]	2009-01-20 10:14:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KS KN CH SZ UK SP GM EU TW
09BEIRUT1051	DEFMIN MURR ON GOVERNMENT FORMATION [...] (C) Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri has no new strategy to form the government since his renomination on September 16, caretaker Defense Minister Elias Murr told the Ambassador September 23. Murr said he advised Hariri to make President Michel Sleiman a "real partner" in the government f [...]	2009-09-24 15:36:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM KPKO MARR PINR PINS SY IT SP LE

09BERLIN1116	GERMAN INTELLIGENCE VIEWS ON OPTICAL RECONNAISSANCE CAPABILITIES [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: The German Intelligence Service (BND) expressed confidence that Germanys proposal for a High Resolution Optical System (HiROS) reconnaissance satellite program "will be realized regardless of the outcome of the German general elections this month" and is advocating for a US partner [...]	2009-09-10 15:46:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	ETTC PGOV PINR MCAP PREL JP FR SP UK TSPA
09BISHKEK1147	DOOR TO MANAS MAY BE OPENING FOR FRENCH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following on an unsuccessful meeting between the French Charge and Foreign Minister Sarbayev, French Special Representative Thierry Mariani appears to have tempted the Kyrgyz back to the Manas negotiating table with the offer of a Paris visit for President Bakiyev and the upgra [...]	2009-10-23 09:10:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG FR SP
09BOGOTA198	GOC OFFERS TO SEND TROOPS TO AFGHANISTAN UNDER ISAF [...] (U) The GOC has offered an initial contribution of up to 126 troops to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan, with more possibly to follow. The Colombians are set to work alongside Spanish forces, although no formal agreement yet exists between the GOC and the Span [...]	2009-01-22 21:46:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR NATO SP AF CO
09BRUSSELS1684	ENDING EU UNCERTAINTY ON EUPOL AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) In conversations with visiting S/CRS Ambassador Herbst and USEU poloffs on December 16 and 17, both EU Council Secretariat officials and diplomats from the Spanish EU delegation underlined the EU's continuing desire for a U.S.-EU technical agreement to enable EU civpol to deploy to U.S.- [...]	2009-12-18 11:28:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS EAID PINS PGOV PREL EUN SP AF
09BUDAPEST686	TALKING TO THE NEIGHBORS: HUNGARIAN AND SERBIAN [...] (C) During a September 11, 2009, conversation with PolOff, Desk Officer Emil Varadi of the MFA's Territorial Department Number 3 provided a readout of the September 10 meeting between Hungarian FM Peter Balazs and Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic. As note-taker for the Hungarian side, Va [...]	2009-09-18 15:49:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ENRG EPET BE SP SR KV HU
09BUDAPEST687	TALKING TO THE NEIGHBORS: HUNGARIAN AND SERBIAN [...] (C) During a September 11, 2009, conversation with PolOff, Desk Officer Emil Varadi of the MFA's Territorial Department Number 3 provided a readout of the September 10 meeting between Hungarian FM Peter Balazs and Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic. As note-taker for the Hungarian side, Va [...]	2009-09-18 15:49:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ENRG EPET BE SP SR KV HU
09BUENOSAIRES118	ARGENTINA: SPANISH AMBASSADOR PREVIEWS CFK'S [...] (C) Ambassador met with Spanish Ambassador Rafael Estrella February 2 to discuss the February 9-11 visit of Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) to Madrid. Estrella, a well-connected former politician, offered the following thoughts on the visit. 2. (C) Efforts to Pos [...]	2009-02-04 14:39:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN ETRD SP AR
09BUENOSAIRES151	ARGENTINA, SPAIN CONTAIN AEROLINEAS DISPUTE, CARRY [...] (U) This cable was coordinated with Embassy Madrid. 2. (SBU) Summary: President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) survived a potentially conflictive state visit to Spain and received good press locally on her two days of events. Both she and her Spanish counterpart, President Jose Luis R [...]	2009-02-12 20:54:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON PGOV EFIN SP AR
09CARACAS1607	CHAVEZ CLAIMS VENEZUELA HAS "GEOPOLITICAL IMPORTANCE" [...] (SBU) President Chavez and the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry made statements during the week of December 28 regarding the Spanish criticism of Venezuela's role at the Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen and U.S. policy toward Iran. Both statements are suggestive of President Chavez's [...]	2009-12-31 19:08:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL VE SENV SP KGHG IR
09CARACAS222	GBRV EXPELS EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTARIAN OVER CRITICAL [...] (C) Summary. The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) forcibly expelled European Parliament member Luis Herrero February 13 after Herrero criticized both President Chavez and the Venezuelan electoral system. National Electoral Council (CNE) President Tibisay Lucena called [...]	2009-02-17 21:49:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP VE
09DAMASCUS286	MFA REQUESTS EMBASSY HELP FOR SYRIAN AIR [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-16 14:32:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL GE SP SY
09DAMASCUS288	CORRECTED COPY: MFA REQUESTS EMBASSY HELP FOR [...] (C) In an April 15 meeting requested by Vice Foreign Minister Faisal Miqdad, the Director General of Syrian Air asked for the Embassy's help in obtaining export licenses for maintenance on 17 aircraft engines and three auxilliary power units. Two Airbus A320 engines are involved in a contractu [...]	2009-04-20 08:24:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL GE SP SY
09DAMASCUS294	DAM BREAKING ON SYRIAN SANCTIONS REGIME [...] (C) The U.S. sanctions regime against Syria has recently taken two hits that, if left unanswered, could significantly decrease a source of our leverage over the Syrian regime. In what is likely the most blatant violation of U.S. trade sanctions Post has observed, a Jordanian company delivered [...]	2009-04-22 12:45:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL JO SP SY
09DAMASCUS295	DAM BREAKING ON SYRIAN SANCTIONS REGIME [...] (C) The U.S. sanctions regime against Syria has recently taken two hits that, if left unanswered, could significantly decrease a source of our leverage over the Syrian regime. In what is likely the most blatant violation of U.S. trade sanctions Post has observed, a Jordanian company delivered [...]	2009-04-22 13:58:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL JO SP SY
09DAMASCUS344	MAY 7 FELTMAN-SHAPIRO MEETING IN DAMASCUS: SYRIA [...] (S/NF) Summary: In a lengthy May 7 discussion on differing U.S. and Syrian approaches to re-engagement, NEA Acting Assistant Secretary Feltman and NSC/NENA Senior Director Shapiro explained the routine, technical nature of USG's renewal of Executive Order 13338 and agreed to look for possib [...]	2009-05-14 11:13:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET//NOFORN	EAIR ECON ETRD GE SP SY
09DAMASCUS345	SPANISH COMMERCIAL COUNSELOR INQUIRES ABOUT ORION [...] (SBU) Beirut-based Spanish Counselor for Economic and Commercial Affairs Miguel Iriso requested a meeting on May 14 to discuss Orion Air's situation with Post. Iriso said his home Ministry was "surprised and confused" that U.S. diplomats from Embassy Madrid had contacted Orion Air executives [...]	2009-05-14 13:50:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL SP SY
09DAMASCUS465	SYRIAN PEARL COMPLAINS ABOUT INCLUSION IN [...] (C) The CEO of Syrian Pearl Airways complained to Post that the Commerce Department's May 7 Temporary Denial Order (TDO) had unfairly targeted Syrian Pearl for Orion Air's failure to perform due diligence in obtaining all necessary licenses before sending a BAE 146-300 to Syria, as their wet-l [...]	2009-07-02 14:07:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL SP SY
09DAMASCUS93	RE-ENGAGING WITH SYRIA: ANOTHER COUNTY HEARD FROM [...] (C/NF) Summary: Spanish Ambassador Juan Serrat, who enjoys frequent access to SARG officials, described the SARG as "hopeful" regarding the new U.S. Administration and the prospects for a changed U.S. role in the Middle East. They had been disappointed by the decision not to send Special [...]	2009-01-29 16:15:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL SP SY
09FRANKFURT241	Blue Lantern Level 3: Pre-License End-Use Check on [...] (SBU) Reftel requested that post conduct a bona fides site visit to Zeltmann GmbH and a pre-license check on application 050136522. ConGen Pol-Econ Off conducted the site visit with junior directors Peter Zeltmann and Achim Zeltmann on January 14. Established in 1964 by current senior directo [...]	2009-01-23 14:04:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC SP GM
09HAVANA148	PROSPECTS FOR U.S.-SPANISH COOPERATION ON CUBA [...] (C) Chief of Mission hosted new Spanish ambassador Manuel Cacho Quesada for a working lunch March 3 to explore potential for closer US-GOS coordination on Cuba issues. Cacho took up his post in December and has maintained a relatively low profile. U.S.-Spanish Relations ------------------- [...]	2009-03-04 20:23:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PHUM CU SP
09HAVANA47	150,000 CUBANS TO OBTAIN SPANISH CITIZENSHIP UNDER [...] (U) About 150,000 Cubans will acquire Spanish citizenship in the next three years under the recently-implemented "Law of Historical Memory", according to Spain's senior consular official in Cuba. Consul General Pablo Barrios told USINT CG last week that the law, which took effect December 29, w [...]	2009-01-23 17:28:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	SMIG SCUL CVIS PGOV CU SP
09KABUL2417	BADGHIS: THE REAL ELECTION MAY BE WON BEHIND THE [...] (C) Summary: Candidate Karzai is rumored to be making several deals in Badghis Province in order to gain Pashto votes, including payments to insurgents, release of insurgents from jail and use of official offices to campaign. Meanwhile, Deputy Provincial Election Officer (PEO) Malawi Osman H [...]	2009-08-18 11:59:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KDEM AF SP
09KABUL3765	SPANISH AMBASSADOR TO DELIVER MOU FOR MADRID'S [...] (C/NF) Summary: Assistant Ambassador delivered our proposed Memorandum of Understanding on Life Support, Mobility and Security for U.S. civilians assigned to coalition-led PRTs in Afghanistan (septel) to Spanish Ambassador Jose Turpin Molina on November 22. Ambassador Turpin was pleased to re [...]	2009-11-24 10:58:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KDEM PGOV PTER AF SP
09KABUL3981	ACTION REQUEST: ENGAGING COALITION PARTNERS TO QUICKLY [...] This message contains an action request in para 4 2. (U) Begin Summary. Embassy Kabul continues to engage with coalition partners with Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRT) to press for conclusion of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Life, Security and Mobility Support. We understand c [...]	2009-12-10 09:27:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID UK NO SW GM HU CA NL LH FR SP IT NZ EZ PL TU AF
09KABUL4152	STATUS UPDATE: MOU WITH COALITION PARTNERS ON LIFE, [...] (U) This message contains an action request in para 4 2. (U) Begin Summary. Embassy Kabul continues to engage with coalition partners who lead Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRT) in order to press for conclusion of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Life, Security and Mobility Support. [...]	2009-12-28 10:06:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AF CA EAID FR GM HU IT LH NL NO NZ PGOV SP SW UK
09LIBREVILLE210	GABON: PRESIDENT BONGO SAID TO BE RECEIVING [...] (C) Gabonese President El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba, who is seriously ill, is said to be receiving medical treatment in Europe. His precise location is unknown, although he appears to have traveled first to Spain, and may be receiving treatment there. His prognosis is uncertain. Unease is gr [...]	2009-05-14 15:31:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM GB SP
09LIBREVILLE270	PRESIDENT OMAR BONGO DEAD AT 1430 LOCAL [...] (U) Gabonese officials have confirmed that President Omar Bongo Ondimba passed away on June 8 at 1430 Gabonese time. The Government of Gabon has announced a 30-day period of mourning. There are no details on the funeral yet. The Gabonese military is on alert, the international airport is clo [...]	2009-06-08 17:37:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL GB SP FR
09LIBREVILLE276	GABON THE DAY AFTER: LIBREVILLE QUIET, SUCCESSION [...] (U) The post-Omar Bongo era has begun. Prime Minister Eyeghe Ndong returned to Libreville from Barcelona to push along the constitutionally-mandated succession process. Following the articles of succession in the constitution, the Council of Ministers unanimously voted to refer the question o [...]	2009-06-09 16:49:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINS PREL GB FR SP TP
09LISBON608	IBERO-AMERICAN SUMMIT DOMINATED BY HONDURAS DISPUTE [...] (U) Delegations from twenty-two Iberian and Latin American nations attended the nineteenth Ibero-American Summit in Estoril, Portugal November 29-December 1. The summit's theme was "Innovation and Knowledge" and featured discussions on technology and innovation collaboration, social developm [...]	2009-12-04 07:03:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECIN EFIN PREL AN XM CU DR SP PO
09LONDON970	KURDISH LEADER DISCUSSES RECENT TURKISH ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-27 11:43:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PTER FR IZ IR SP TU UK
09MADRID1003	SPAIN: ANTI-MAFIA PROSECUTORS WELCOME USG [...] (C) SUMMARY. Embassy Madrid POLOFF and POL/GSO Officer from the Barcelona CG on September 29 met Gerardo Cavero, Barcelona's chief prosecutor on counter-narcotics and organized crime, and Fernando Bermejo, the city's prosecutor for anti-mafia, anti-corruption and money laundering issues. They also [...]	2009-10-15 06:18:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR KCRM KCOR KJUS SP RS
09MADRID1004	SPAIN: BASQUE REGION WILL NOT CLOSE ITS NEW YORK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senior Basque officials within the Office of the Lehendakari (regional premier or U.S Governor equivalent) have indicated that - contrary to Spanish press reporting in early September - the regional government under new Socialist (PSE) Lehendakari Patxi Lopez (Ref A) will not be [...]	2009-10-15 09:05:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SP PINS
09MADRID1006	BRIEFING SPAIN ON OUTCOME OF P5+1 TALKS WITH IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Embassy has engaged with Spanish counterparts to learn more about Spanish intentions to support the P5 1 process. While the working level interlocutors are more inclined than in the past to consider the need for sanctions if ongoing discussions do not bring positive results i [...]	2009-10-15 09:56:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL IR SP
09MADRID1009	TFHO1: A/S SHANNON AND SENIOR DIRECTOR RESTREPO [...] (C) Summary: WHA Assistant Secretary Tom Shannon and NSC Senior Director Dan Restrepo outlined U.S. concerns over the situation in Honduras for MFA Secretary of State (Under Secretary equivalent) for Latin America Juan Pablo de Laiglesia during an October 10 meeting in Valencia. Shannon noted [...]	2009-10-16 06:13:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM HO SP
09MADRID1013	SPAIN'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON BIOTECH VOTES AT OCTOBER [...] SUMMARY: Spain's Minister of Environment and Rural and Marine Affairs (MARM) will vote in favor of proposals to approve three biotech maize varieties for import at the October 19 Agriculture Council Meeting, although GOS officials do not expect the proposals to be approved. While a delegate t [...]	2009-10-16 12:04:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO EUN SP
09MADRID1014	DEMARCHE IN SUPPORT OF U.S.CANDIDACY FOR IMO [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-16 14:43:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK SP
09MADRID1015	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, OCTOBER 5-16 [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-16 14:55:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND ENRG SP
09MADRID1017	SPAIN RECEIVES SEDM DEMARCHE [...] Reftel points were delivered to MFA desk officer for the U.S., Fernando Prieto, who will undertake to circulate our views more widely to Spanish foreign policy makers in advance of the October 20-21 ministerial hosted by Bulgaria. Prieto was pleased that the U.S. position on Serbian membersh [...]	2009-10-16 16:24:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PREL SR MW SP
09MADRID1018	SPAIN INTRIGUED BY EFFORTS TO STRENGTHEN GLOBAL [...] (SBU) POLOFF and Political Counselor Dmitry Sokolov of the Russian Embassy on October 15 delivered reftel demarche to Gonzalo de Salazar, the MFA's Deputy DG for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament and Monica Colomer de Selva, Counselor for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament in the MFA's DG for S [...]	2009-10-17 12:55:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL PTER KGIC SP
09MADRID1019	SPAIN'S VIEWS ON UNIFIL HANDOVER [...] (C) MOD Director General for Defense Policy, General Raggio, shared information about how Spain is preparing for a proposed UNIFIL command handover. Spain is still working towards a transition sometime in February, although they have heard that there have been "rumblings" from the Italian m [...]	2009-10-19 06:05:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IT LE IS SP
09MADRID1023	DAS BOYER'S MEETING WITH MFA DIRECTOR GENERAL [...] (C) On October 10 in Valencia, EUR DAS Spencer Boyer and Spanish Foreign Ministry Director General of Foreign Policy for Non-EU Europe and North America Luis Felipe Fernandez de la Pena discussed transatlantic engagement, Spain's hopes for its upcoming EU Presidency, cooperation on climate chan [...]	2009-10-19 12:22:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EU SP
09MADRID1026	SPAIN: BASQUE REGION REFLECTS ON POLITICAL CHANGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A broad range of Basque politicians and civic leaders privately reflected privately on political changes in the Basque Region in 2009 and assessed the first four months of the Socialist (PSE) government led by Lehendakari - regional premier or U.S Governor equivalent - Patxi Lope [...]	2009-10-20 13:38:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER SP PINS
09MADRID1028	REPLY TO BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT CHECK 050106146 [...] SUMMARY: Post has previously confirmed the bona fides of Spanish aerospace and defense leader European Aeronautic Defense and Space (EADS) CASA as a responsible recipient of United States Munitions List items (ref C). Post contacted the Spanish Air Force as well as EADS CASA regarding the p [...]	2009-10-20 15:38:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC SP ID
09MADRID1029	CHARGE D'AFFAIRES OCTOBER 19, 2009, MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: CDA and Leon discussed President Zapatero's October 13 meeting with POTUS including Zapatero's plans for a return visit to Washington in January, Spanish intentions regarding police trainers in Afghanistan, Guantanamo detainees, Kosovo, EUFOR, UNIFIL, Iran, Cuba, and Honduras. Le [...]	2009-10-20 17:05:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KIPR SP AF KV BK LE IR CU HO
09MADRID1038	SPAIN: DEMARCHE ON DOHA ROUND - GEOGRAPHIC [...] Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Marta Blanco, Deputy Director General for EU Trade Policy, and Isabel Pastor, Advisor for EU Trade Policy, at the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade. 2. As this was an initial meeting - Blanco is new to her position, having replaced longtime Deputy [...]	2009-10-23 09:25:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR EUN SP
09MADRID1039	SPANISH PRESIDENT ZAPATERO CALLS FOR RENEGOTIATION [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-23 11:08:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN SP
09MADRID1040	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, OCTOBER 19-23 [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-23 14:10:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP ECON EIND EINV ELAB SP
09MADRID1042	SPANISH VIEWS ON OCTOBER GAERC [...] (C) Poloff discussed anticipated GAERC agenda items with Spanish MFA Deputy European Correspondent Pablo Nuno Garcia October 23. Nuno indicated that the GAERC agenda continued to grow, now covering the Western Balkans, Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, MEPP, Sri Lanka, Guinea, Uzbekistan, Moldova, Indon [...]	2009-10-23 15:26:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU SP
09MADRID1043	SPAIN WILL BRIEF ON IRAN, AND POSSIBLY PAKISTAN, [...] (C) POLOFF on October 16 delivered to Monica Colomer de Selva, Counselor for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament in the MFA's DG for Strategic Affairs & Terrorism, Reftel A-E releasable papers and proposals that the USG will present at the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Plenary in Rio [...]	2009-10-23 15:35:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA PREL SP
09MADRID1045	UNGA: SPAIN'S RESPONSE TO USG THIRD COMMITTEE [...] (C) Summary: Poloff discussed the UNGA Third Committee agenda with the Spanish MFA's Director of Human Rights, Juan Duarte, October 23. Duarte said that Spain and the United States were on the same page with respect to country-specific resolutions (Iran, Burma and DPRK),but took the opportunit [...]	2009-10-23 16:07:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UN SP IS KPAL
09MADRID1047	SPANISH DEPUTY FM LOSSADA TO HEAD BMENA DELEGATION [...] According to the MFA, Deputy Foreign Minister Angel Lossada will head the Spanish delegation to the G-8 Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA) Forum for the Future on November 2-3 in Marrakech. Post has encouraged broad Spanish participation in the forum's goals and objectives, as per [...]	2009-10-26 17:07:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM KMPI KPAO OPDC PREL SP
09MADRID1050	FAVORABLE REPLY TO BLUE LANTERN 050191953 [...] SUMMARY: Post has made inquiries and conducted site visit requested reftel and recommends speedy action to approve export license application number 050191953 for the export of night vision devices to Spain for the use of the Spanish Army. Long-time habitual Ministry of Defense supplier Sum [...]	2009-10-28 12:08:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC SP
09MADRID1052	ZAPATERO PROMISES ACTION TO COMBAT INTERNET PIRACY [...] (SBU) In an October 21 speech to the American Business Council, President Zapatero addressed internet piracy in public for the first time, acknowledging that deficiencies in IPR protection in Spain are a source of concern to the USG and the GOS. Zapatero pointed to the October 9 creation by t [...]	2009-10-28 15:29:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR EINV ECPS KCRM SP
09MADRID1061	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, OCTOBER 26-30 [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-30 14:09:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND EINV ENRG KGHG SP
09MADRID1065	SPAIN: UNITED NATIONS ICSC ELECTION DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-02 08:23:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	USUN PREL SP UNGA AORC APER KAWC
09MADRID1072	SPAIN: ETA LOSES MORE KEY LEADERS, EXTENSIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Spanish and French security forces have re-doubled their efforts against the Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA) terrorist group, following the high-profile, deadly and destructive attacks that ETA executed during July 29-30 to mark its 50th anniversary (Ref A). Join [...]	2009-11-02 17:29:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PINS PREL PTER SP
09MADRID1074	WIPO STANDING COMMITTEE MEETING: EXCHANGE OF VIEWS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: During an October 29 meeting with Spanish Ministry of Culture official Carlos Guervos (septel),senior U.S. Copyright Office official Maria Pallante raised the mid-December meeting of WIPO's Standing Committee on Copyrights and Neighboring Rights (SCCR). The conversation focused [...]	2009-11-04 10:48:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR WIPO SP
09MADRID1075	SPAIN IPR/INTERNET PIRACY: INTER-MINISTERIAL COMMISSION [...] (SBU) In an October 29 meeting, visiting senior U.S. Copyright Office official Maria Pallante and Spanish Culture Ministry official Carlos Guervos discussed the recently formed Inter-Ministerial Commission on Internet piracy. Guervos said the Inter-Ministerial Commission will draft a law to im [...]	2009-11-04 10:48:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECPS SP
09MADRID1076	FOLLOW UP ON TOKYO DONOR CONFERENCE PLEDGES [...] Post has coordinated with the Embassy of Japan in Madrid and determined that Spain intends to follow through on its pledge to support Pakistan made during the Tokyo Donor Conference. The Spanish MFA noted that the participation of Deputy Foreign Minister Angel Lossada at the Tokyo Conference [...]	2009-11-04 13:31:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN PREL SP AF PAK
09MADRID108	SPAIN: MFA REQUESTS USG REVIEW OF TWO IRAN-RELATED [...] (S) This is an Action Request. See paragraph 8. 2. (S) On January 26, POLOFF and Deputy ECON Counselor met Carlos Torres, Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament in the MFA,s Directorate General for Strategic Affairs & Terrorism (See REFS A and B),who unexpectedly raised t [...]	2009-01-30 16:23:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET	MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC MNUC TSPA SP IR AINR
09MADRID1087	SPAIN CONSIDERS INFORMATION SHARED BY IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Iran briefing delegation, with representatives from DOS and Treasury, held discussions with a number of Spanish interlocutors, as well as E3 country resident diplomats, on October 22 and 23 in Madrid. MFA Director General for Foreign Policy Alfonso Lucini (P-equivalent) m [...]	2009-11-06 11:27:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KNNP MNUC PARM PREL SP IR
09MADRID1088	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, NOV. 2-6 [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-06 13:14:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB KIPR SP
09MADRID109	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, JAN 26-30 [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-30 17:03:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECPS EFIN EPET SP
09MADRID1092	SPANISH SECRETARY OF STATE FOR IBEROAMERICA SHARES [...] (C) Spanish MFA Secretary of State for Iberoamerica Juan Pablo de Laiglesia called the Charge d,Affaires (CDA) to the MFA November 10, 2009, to discuss Honduras. De Laiglesia was accompanied by Director General of Foreign Policy for Iberoamerica Juan Carlos Sanchez. De Laiglesia said the Gov [...]	2009-11-10 16:49:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL HO SP
09MADRID1095	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, NOV. 9-13 [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-13 16:07:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON EFIN EINV KGHG SP
09MADRID1096	SPAIN/INTERNET PIRACY: ANOTHER VIEW OF INTER-MINISTERIAL [...] (SBU) Visiting U.S. Commerce Department official Robin Layton met November 5 with GOS Information Society policy official Salvador Soriano. They discussed electronic commerce and intellectual property rights issues. Soriano outlined the recently formed Inter-Ministerial Commission and its app [...]	2009-11-13 16:09:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECPS SP
09MADRID1103	SPAIN TO STUDY EU CO-FUNDING OF ALGERIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Informed of Ref events, MFA officials are looking into whether Madrid will support the allocation of EU funds to help defray some of the costs of Algeria hosting a chemical terrorism conference in Spring 2010, when Spain will hold the rotating EU Presidency. MFA contacts have in [...]	2009-11-17 09:06:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL CWC SP
09MADRID1114	SPAIN AGREES ON NEED TO PREVENT ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS [...] MFA Deputy Director General, in response to reftel demarche, said that Spain agreed on the need to prevent anti-Israel bias in UNGA resolutions. Ucelay reiterated Spain's strong commitment to the MEPP, highlighting FM Moratinos' efforts, through his role as a special messenger or intermediar [...]	2009-11-20 15:02:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA IS PA SP
09MADRID1115	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, NOVEMBER 16-20 [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-20 16:22:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECPS EFIN EIND EINV ENRG KIPR PGOV SP
09MADRID1116	SPAIN: WHO'S WHO WITHIN BASQUE TERRORIST GROUP ETA [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA) terrorist group faces a shortfall of experienced leaders, reportedly with less than three dozen hard-core members directing the group's efforts to establish an independent Basque Country. While ETA regenerates its leadership fo [...]	2009-11-21 15:19:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PINS PREL PTER SP
09MADRID1117	SPAIN RESIGNED TO END OF USG ROLE AT SEISMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENTARY: Per Reftel, Embassy Madrid on November 10 delivered a diplomatic note informing Spain's MFA of the USG's decision to terminate support for the seismic monitoring Station (hereafter, the "Station") at Sonseca, Spain and to conclude the gradual withdrawal of US person [...]	2009-11-21 15:22:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	SP TPHY KTBT KSCI PREL
09MADRID1118	SPAIN SUPPORTS FUTURE RESTRUCTURING OF EUFOR [...] (C) On November 18 during High Level Defense Committee talks in Madrid, Spanish Secretary General for Defense Policy Luis Cuesta told DASD Jim Townsend that "Spain will stay in Althea until the end of the operation" and maintain its 15 percent troop share. When pressed about the potential tra [...]	2009-11-23 09:02:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EU BK SP
09MADRID112	IOM INVITATION TO MIGRATION AND MICROECONOMIC [...] (U) The International Organization for Migration representational office in Spain has sent an invitation informing post of the opportunity for two USG representatives to attend the second "International Experts Meeting on Microeconomics and Migration" (RIEMM) which is to take place March 27, 2 [...]	2009-02-02 17:01:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	SP ECON PREF
09MADRID1121	SPAIN/CUBA: TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT [...] (C) Per request in reftel A, Post provides the following for use in assessing whether to recommend that the President continue to suspend Title III of the Cuban Liberty and Solidarity (Libertad) Act. The information in this message is keyed to questions posed in reftel A, paragraph 4 and updates in [...]	2009-11-23 10:31:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	CU ETRD ETTC PREL SP
09MADRID1126	FAVORABLE REPLY TO BLUE LANTERN BROKER INQUIRY [...] Pursuant to reftel A request for input on the bona fides of registered broker Rafael Garcia Tudela, General Manager of Europavia Espana, S.A., Post reiterates its favorable assessment of both Europavia and Mr. Garcia. As reported (ref B) subsequent to a July 2009 site visit to calle Jorge Ju [...]	2009-11-23 15:58:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC SP
09MADRID1127	SPAIN: DHS SEC. NAPOLITANO'S MEETING WITH INTERIOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano on November 4 met Spanish Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba to continue conversations (Refs A-D) on enhanced bilateral data-sharing among law enforcement authorities as well as increased US-EU cooperation on justice and home affairs issues du [...]	2009-11-24 06:30:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PTER PINR KHLS KCIP KCRM SP PGOV
09MADRID113	CHARGE'S JANUARY 29, 2008, LUNCH WITH SPANISH MOD [...] (C) Summary: During a January 29 lunch, the CDA and Spanish MOD Secretary General for Policy Luis Cuesta discussed a possible MOD visit to Washington in June, Afghanistan, the bilateral Agreement on Defense Cooperation, an incident during a port call in Barcelona, Gaza arms smuggling, and so-called [...]	2009-02-02 17:22:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF SP
09MADRID1131	SPAIN SUPPORTS MACEDONIA'S EU ASPIRATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-24 10:46:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SP EU GR MK PREL
09MADRID1132	SPAIN COMMITTED TO ADDITIONAL AFGHANISTAN [...] (S) Charge spoke to Secretary General of the Presidency (and former Deputy Foreign Minister) Bernardino Leon on November 23 to convey reftel points. Leon, President Zapatero's closest foreign policy advisor, who was in the Middle East on travel with Zapatero, said that Spain was committed [...]	2009-11-25 14:10:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET	NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF SP
09MADRID1133	SPAIN'S KEY PLAYERS IN EMERGENT IRAN POLICY [...] (C) Please refer to Madrid 1087 dated November 6 for more details regarding Spain's evolving policy towards Iran and post's recommendations for future engagement. Questions from ref (A) are detailed in subparagraphs below. (A) Foreign Minister Moratinos does not set Iran policy alone, but [...]	2009-11-25 16:17:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL SP
09MADRID1135	SPAIN INFORMED OF USG POSTURE ON IRAN [...] (SBU) In advance of the November 26-27 meeting of the IAEA Board of Governors, Post conveyed Reftel points on the USG's posture on Iran and next steps to Spain's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, whose officials had no substantive reaction. Post emphasized that the USG will be in close contact with [...]	2009-11-27 07:49:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL IR SP IAEA
09MADRID1136	SPAIN INTENDS TO CO-SPONSOR IAEA RESOLUTION ON [...] (SBU) POLOFF on November 25 delivered REF demarche to Carlos Torres, Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament within the MFA's DG for Strategic Affairs and Terrorism, who stated that Spain intends to co-sponsor Russia's resolution on the establishment of a nuclear fuel reserve a [...]	2009-11-27 07:49:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY SP
09MADRID1137	SPAIN: THIRD ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL FORUM ON DIGITAL [...] Summary: The GOS-hosted International Forum on Digital Content (FICOD 2009) was a great success, with excellent turnout, high-quality presentations, and an enthusiastic audience. The opening remarks by Deputy Administrator Anna Gomez of NTIA were well-received, and Forum organizers greatly a [...]	2009-11-27 12:19:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS KIPR SP
09MADRID1138	SPAIN INTERESTED IN LEADING ROLE IN RECONFIGURED [...] (C) POLOFF on November 25 formally delivered REF demarche on the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) to Carlos Torres, Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament within the MFA's DG for Strategic Affairs and Terrorism. Dr. Eliot Kang, DAS for Nuclear Nonprolifera [...]	2009-11-27 12:52:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PTER KGIC SP
09MADRID1139	SPAIN: INCSR 2009-2010 REPORT, PART 1 [...] (U) As requested in Ref, Post's submission for the "International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR),Part 1, Drugs and Chemical Control," follows in paragraph 2. Post will send statistical data on seizures for the full 2009 calendar year as soon as this information is available. POC [...]	2009-11-27 13:10:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM SP
09MADRID114	SPANISH RATIFICATION OF CROATIA AND ALBANIA NATO [...] According to Spanish MFA Strategic Affairs and Terrorism Office Director Pablo Nuno, the Spanish ratification of the NATO accession for Croatia and Albania is moving forward and will be completed well in advance of the April Summit. The Spanish legislative branch approved and forwarded the [...]	2009-02-03 10:50:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIA MARR NATO PARM PREL SP
09MADRID1144	MISSION SPAIN ON "THE PRESIDENTIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUMMIT [...] SUMMARY: In response to taskings set out in reftel, Post's Muslim Engagement Working Group canvassed a wide range of contacts to solicit qualified nominees for the Entrepreneurship Summit. In addition, the Public Affairs Section (PAS) has widely publicized the event. The Working Group has m [...]	2009-12-01 07:24:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIAD PREL SOCI XF XI ZR ZP CN PU MV SO SP
09MADRID1146	SPANISH EU INITIATIVE COULD REQUIRE MORE FROM CUBA [...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Moratinos continues to press publicly for a new mechanism to replace the European Union's 1996 Common Position toward Cuba, indicating a willingness to spearhead such an effort during Spain's EU presidency in the first half of 2010. Most recently, following the fourth E [...]	2009-12-01 09:17:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SP CU EUN
09MADRID1149	MISSION SPAIN NOMINATIONS FOR PRESIDENTIAL [...] In response to taskings set out in reftel, Post's Muslim Engagement Working Group canvassed a wide range of contacts to solicit qualified nominees for the Entrepreneurship Summit. The Working Group was enlarged to include representatives of PAS, ECON, POL, the U.S. Foreign Commercial Service ( [...]	2009-12-01 15:03:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIAD PREL SOCI XF XI ZR ZP CN PU MV SO SP
09MADRID1152	MADRID IPR CONFERENCE: GOS MOVES TOWARDS [...] (U) As part of FICOD 2009 (see ref A),on November 18 the Spanish government hosted a Conference on IPR in the Digital Environment. The Conference featured several speeches and a series of roundtables on different aspects of online IPR protection. Michele Woods of the U.S Copyright Office was [...]	2009-12-02 12:00:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECPS SP
09MADRID1153	SPAIN RECEIVES LETTER FROM SECRETARY CLINTON TO [...] Reftel letter was delivered to Foreign Minister Moratinos on November 23. While a formal response is still pending, contacts at the MFA have reaffirmed Spain's commitment to provide essential funding for the Palestinian Authority, particularly through EU mechanisms. Foreign Minister Morati [...]	2009-12-02 15:34:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID OPDC PREL WBG EU IS SP
09MADRID1155	ISA: REPORTED REPSOL (SPAIN) VENTURES IN IRANIAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-02 18:06:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ENRG EPET ETTC IR SP
09MADRID1157	CHARGE D'AFFAIRES DECEMBER 2, 2009, MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary. The Charge d'Affaires met December 2, 2009, with Spanish SYG of the Presidency Bernardino Leon. They discussed Afghanistan, the police training mission for Iraq, the King's request for a meeting with President Obama, Spain's EU Presidency, Kosovo, Honduras, Venezuela, and Cuba. [...]	2009-12-03 10:18:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AF IZ KV HO VE CU SP
09MADRID1158	SPAIN RECEIVES DEMARCHE ON ISRAEL'S SETTLEMENT [...] Embassy conveyed reftel demarche to Deputy Director General for the Middle East Alberto Ucelay, stressing U.S. commitment to resumption of negotiations leading to a two-state solution. Ucelay said that Spain hoped that during Special Envoy Mitchell's next regional swing that the parties wou [...]	2009-12-03 18:32:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAL KWBG EAID IS SP
09MADRID1161	SPAIN: GOVERNMENT'S PROPOSED ANTI-INTERNET PIRACY [...] (U) On November 27, Spain's Council of Ministers approved for submission to Congress a draft Law for a Sustainable Economy (LES),designed to modernize and restructure the economy to make it more competitive. Septel will address the law's scope and major provisions. One aspect of the draft [...]	2009-12-04 16:44:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR PGOV SP
09MADRID1162	SPAIN ECONOMIC WEEKLY, NOV. 23-DEC. 4 [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-04 17:41:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ELAB SP
09MADRID1165	SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR MORNINGSTAR'S VISIT TO [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-07 15:41:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL EINV SP
09MADRID1166	DASD TOWNSEND OPTIMISTIC AFTER HIGH LEVEL DEFENSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for European and NATO Policy Jim Townsend concluded two days of discussions November 18 by telling his counterpart, Spanish Secretary General for Defense Policy Luis Cuesta, he was optimistic after what he called a "meeting of the minds." Dur [...]	2009-12-09 12:09:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NATO SP
09MADRID1181	SPAIN APPRECIATES INPUT ON EU OUTER SPACE [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-14 12:30:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CDG ESA EUN KACT KTIA MCAP PARM PREL TSPA SP
09MADRID1184	FY 2010 PEDOPHILIA CERTIFICATION FOR WORLD TOURISM [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-14 16:03:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SOCI AORC SP

09MADRID1195	BLUE LANTERN CHECK ON LICENSE GC 0411-09 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Pol-Mil officer and Air Force Attache made site visit requested in reftel A in order to confirm the delivery in March 2009 of three Bell 212 helicopters transferred to Spain from Sweden and to confirm that the end user continues to "evaluate the mechanical status of the helico [...]	2009-12-18 07:05:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC SP SW MARR
09MADRID1200	SPAIN - 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) As requested in Refs, Post's submission for the "Country Reports on Terrorism" is in paragraph 2. Embassy POC is POLOFF Hugh Clifton. Telephone: 34-91-587-2294, email: CliftonLH@state.gov. 2. (U) During 2009 Spain continued to confront and suffer from both radical Islamic terrorism [...]	2009-12-21 07:40:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC SP
09MADRID1202	SPAIN REVIEWING DRAFT MOU ON LIFE, SECURITY AND [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-22 07:08:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PREL AF SP
09MADRID1206	GOS CONTINUES IPR ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-22 12:49:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR SP
09MADRID1207	SPAIN: AL-QAIDA TIES EMERGE IN TRIAL FOR PLOT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The National Court delivered a stronger-than-expected verdict on December 14 when it convicted all 11 defendants arrested in the "Operation Cantata" case to between 8.5 - 14.5 years imprisonment for membership in a terrorist organization. Authorities arrested the cell members in [...]	2009-12-22 16:38:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PTER KJUS SP
09MADRID1210	SPECIAL ENVOY MORNINGSTAR'S MADRID ENERGY SECURITY [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-23 16:08:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ENRG EU RU SP UK
09MADRID1214	SPAIN ECONOMIC ROUNDUP, DEC. 7-24 [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-24 11:58:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON EFIN EINV ENRG SP
09MADRID125	GOS MOVES TO SUPPORT AUTO INDUSTRY WITH MODEST [...] (U) Summary. Spain is the eighth largest producer of automobiles in the world, making any downturn in the automotive industry significant for the Spanish economy. With domestic production down 45 percent in December from the year before, it is no surprise that more than half of Spain's 70,000 [...]	2009-02-04 17:28:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN WTO SP PREL ETRD
09MADRID129	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, FEB. 2-6 [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-06 10:34:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND EINV ELAB KIPR PGOV PREL SP
09MADRID13	SPAIN TO STUDY U.S. PROPOSALS ON GEORGIA [...] (C) On January 7, Deputy Chief of Mission Chacon shared the U.S. position regarding the way forward with Georgia's separatist regions with Spanish MFA Director General for Europe (non-UE) and North America Felipe Fernandez de la Pena. The DCM outlined the proposal, noting that A/S Fried would [...]	2009-01-07 14:29:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG RS SP
09MADRID1367	MADRID ECONOMIC BIWEEKLY, DEC 22-JAN 2 [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-02 12:31:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON EFIN EINV ENRG KGHG KIPR SP
09MADRID137	JAN. 26-27 HIGH LEVEL FOOD SECURITY MEETING IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The U.S. delegation to the Spain-hosted January 26-27 High-Level Meeting on Food Security for All, led by State/EEB and USAID, achieved its key objective of launching the consultation process for establishing a Global Partnership for Agriculture and Food Security. Secretary C [...]	2009-02-10 15:23:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAGR EAID FAO UN SP
09MADRID139	SPAIN: BASQUE REGIONAL ELECTIONS SET FOR MARCH 1 [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Autonomous Community of the Basque Country's March 1 election will be closely-contested and will determine whether the Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) continues its nearly 30 years in office or the candidate from the Basque Socialist Party (PSE, the Basque wing of Spanish Pre [...]	2009-02-11 10:00:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER SP
09MADRID14	MADRID ECONOMIC BIWEEKLY, DEC 22-JAN 2 [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-07 15:12:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON EFIN EINV ENRG KGHG KIPR SP
09MADRID150	SPAIN ON KOSOVO: TRAPPED IN ITS OWN RHETORIC [...] (C) The Charge d'Affaires met February 12 with Spanish MFA DG for non-EU Europe and North America Luis Felipe Fernandez de la Pena. Fernandez de la Pena (who served as Ambassador to Croatia and Slovenia) explained at length Spain's position on Kosovo. As the Spanish always do, he stressed tha [...]	2009-02-13 18:29:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL ICJ KV SP
09MADRID151	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, FEB. 9-13 [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-13 18:30:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND ELAB KIPR SP
09MADRID152	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, FEB. 9-13 [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-13 18:31:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND ELAB KIPR SP
09MADRID153	SPAIN ON KOSOVO: TRAPPED IN ITS OWN RHETORIC [...] (C) The Charge d'Affaires met February 12 with Spanish MFA DG for non-EU Europe and North America Luis Felipe Fernandez de la Pena. Fernandez de la Pena (who served as Ambassador to Croatia and Slovenia) explained at length Spain's position on Kosovo. As the Spanish always do, he stressed tha [...]	2009-02-13 18:31:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL ICJ KV SP
09MADRID154	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, FEB. 9-13 [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-13 18:32:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND ELAB KIPR SP
09MADRID156	SPAIN ON KOSOVO: TRAPPED IN ITS OWN RHETORIC [...] (C) The Charge d'Affaires met February 12 with Spanish MFA DG for non-EU Europe and North America Luis Felipe Fernandez de la Pena. Fernandez de la Pena (who served as Ambassador to Croatia and Slovenia) explained at length Spain's position on Kosovo. As the Spanish always do, he stressed tha [...]	2009-02-13 18:32:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL ICJ KV SP
09MADRID157	SPAIN ON KOSOVO: TRAPPED IN ITS OWN RHETORIC [...] (C) The Charge d'Affaires met February 12 with Spanish MFA DG for non-EU Europe and North America Luis Felipe Fernandez de la Pena. Fernandez de la Pena (who served as Ambassador to Croatia and Slovenia) explained at length Spain's position on Kosovo. As the Spanish always do, he stressed tha [...]	2009-02-13 18:32:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL ICJ KV SP
09MADRID158	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, FEB. 9-13 [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-13 18:32:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND ELAB KIPR SP
09MADRID159	SPAIN ON KOSOVO: TRAPPED IN ITS OWN RHETORIC [...] (C) The Charge d'Affaires met February 12 with Spanish MFA DG for non-EU Europe and North America Luis Felipe Fernandez de la Pena. Fernandez de la Pena (who served as Ambassador to Croatia and Slovenia) explained at length Spain's position on Kosovo. As the Spanish always do, he stressed tha [...]	2009-02-13 18:32:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL ICJ KV SP
09MADRID160	SPAIN ON KOSOVO: TRAPPED IN ITS OWN RHETORIC [...] (C) The Charge d'Affaires met February 12 with Spanish MFA DG for non-EU Europe and North America Luis Felipe Fernandez de la Pena. Fernandez de la Pena (who served as Ambassador to Croatia and Slovenia) explained at length Spain's position on Kosovo. As the Spanish always do, he stressed tha [...]	2009-02-13 18:32:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL ICJ KV SP
09MADRID161	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, FEB. 9-13 [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-13 18:32:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND ELAB KIPR SP
09MADRID162	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, FEB. 9-13 [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-13 18:32:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND ELAB KIPR SP
09MADRID163	SPAIN ON KOSOVO: TRAPPED IN ITS OWN RHETORIC [...] (C) The Charge d'Affaires met February 12 with Spanish MFA DG for non-EU Europe and North America Luis Felipe Fernandez de la Pena. Fernandez de la Pena (who served as Ambassador to Croatia and Slovenia) explained at length Spain's position on Kosovo. As the Spanish always do, he stressed tha [...]	2009-02-13 18:32:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL ICJ KV SP
09MADRID169	S/I SATTERFIELD MEETING WITH SPANISH FM MORATINOS [...] (C) SUMMARY. S/I Satterfield, accompanied by Charge, briefed Spanish FM Moratinos on recent developments in Iraq, as well as Iraq's regional engagement with Arab states on February 11 and asked if Spain could make a commitment to send trainers to the NATO Training Mission-Iraq. Moratinos ag [...]	2009-02-17 16:30:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR IR IZ SP
09MADRID170	S/I SATTERFIELD MEETING WITH SPANISH PRESIDENCY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Satterfield, accompanied by Charge, briefed Spanish Secretary General of the Presidency, Bernardino Leon, on recent developments in Iraq, as well as Iraq's regional engagement with Arab states on February 12. Referring to the February 11 meeting (reported septel) in [...]	2009-02-17 16:40:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR IZ IR SP
09MADRID171	GOS SEEKS TO PROMOTE ELECTRIC VEHICLES, WOULD WELCOME USG [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-17 17:12:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ENRG PREL SENV SP
09MADRID172	GOS SEEKS TO PROMOTE ELECTRIC VEHICLES, WOULD WELCOME USG [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-17 17:13:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ENRG PREL SENV SP
09MADRID177	DEMARCHING SPAIN ON DEMOCRACY IN MAURITANIA [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-19 17:33:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PREL PHUM PGOV MR SP
09MADRID178	SPAIN'S EFFORTS SUPPORTING MARCH 2 GAZA DONOR'S [...] Per reftel demarche, sources at the Spanish MFA have said that FM Moratinos spoke recently with Benjamin Netanyahu and Tzipi Livni, telling them that Spain will cooperate with new Israeli administration as soon as a coalition government is formed. Spain will continue its focus on multilateral [...]	2009-02-19 17:38:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PGOV PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG SP
09MADRID184	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, FEB. 16-20 [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-20 17:31:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EIND ELAB PREL SP
09MADRID185	SPAIN'S VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF FEBRUARY GAERC [...] (C) Poloff discussed anticipated agenda items for the February 23-24 GAERC with MFA European Correspondent Maria Luisa Benitez-Donoso February 20. In addition to the topics below, Benitez-Donoso said that there will be statements made regarding Iraq's democratic elections and the current situa [...]	2009-02-20 17:43:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SP EU
09MADRID186	SPAIN ADDRESSES HOST OF GLOBAL INITIATIVE ISSUES [...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see Paragraphs 4 and 5. 2. (C) SUMMARY. POLOFF met Carlos Torres, MFA Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, on February 13 to discuss REFTEL A demarche on the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT). Torres provided a [...]	2009-02-20 20:30:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PTER KGIC IAEA SP NL GM
09MADRID187	NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT FOR SPAIN [...] (SBU) Pursuant to REFTELS, the following is input from Embassy Madrid and CG Barcelona for the eighth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Post will need to supply an update cable to incorporate additional legal and judicial statistics. Embassy POC is Political Officer Hugh Clifton, Te [...]	2009-02-20 20:33:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB SP KT
09MADRID188	SPAIN NOT LIKELY TO SUPPORT ADDITIONAL MAURITANIAN [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel A demarche to Spanish MFA European Correspondent Maria Luisa Benitez-Dononso February 20, stressing the EU's opportunity to support the AU and its imposition of targeted sanctions against the military junta. Benitez-Donoso restated Spain's condemnation of the coup an [...]	2009-02-23 08:02:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PREL PHUM PGOV SP MR
09MADRID201	CHARGE'S FEBRUARY 24, 2009, MEETING WITH SPANISH [...] (C) Summary: The CDA met February 24, 2009, with MOD Secretary General for Policy Luis Cuesta. They discussed the way forward in Afghanistan, the possibility that Colombian troops would join the Spanish there, Manas, Spanish interest in a drawdown in KFOR, the Agreement on Defense Cooperation [...]	2009-02-24 17:02:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR SP AF CO
09MADRID202	SPAIN: FACTORS AT PLAY IN JUSTICE MINISTER'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: The sudden resignation of Justice Minister Mariano Fernandez Bermejo on February 23 - six days before closely-contested regional elections in the Basque Country and Galicia (See Reftel A) - is politically inconvenient for President Zapatero's Socialist Party (PSOE) and provides a [...]	2009-02-25 13:46:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KCRM KJUS SP
09MADRID204	CORRECTED COPY: SPAIN ADDRESSES HOST OF GLOBAL [...] (U) This cable corrects formatting errors in MADRID 186. This is an Action Request. Please see Paras 4 and 5. 2. (C) SUMMARY. POLOFF met Carlos Torres, MFA Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, on February 13 to discuss REFTEL A demarche on the Global Initiative [...]	2009-02-25 16:56:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PTER KGIC IAEA SP NL GM
09MADRID205	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: LICENSE 05-1000934 [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-25 17:51:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC BR SP
09MADRID206	ECONOMY CONTINUES DECLINE, RECOVERY REMAINS DISTANT [...] (SBU) Summary: Spain's unemployment rate of 14.4 percent is the highest in the European Union (EU),and its economy is officially in a recession. The government is responding to the crisis with a series of stimulus and support measures, relying heavily on deficit spending. With over 3 millio [...]	2009-02-26 09:52:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PREL SP
09MADRID207	ECONOMY CONTINUES DECLINE, RECOVERY REMAINS DISTANT [...] (SBU) Summary: Spain's unemployment rate of 14.4 percent is the highest in the European Union (EU),and its economy is officially in a recession. The government is responding to the crisis with a series of stimulus and support measures, relying heavily on deficit spending. With over 3 millio [...]	2009-02-26 10:20:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PREL SP
09MADRID212	SPAIN: SUPPORT FOR AMISOM AND SOMALI SECURITY [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel a demarche to Spanish MFA Subdirector General for Sub-Saharan Africa Guillermo Lopez MacLellan February 25. Lopez agreed that the convergence of recent, positive developments creates an window of opportunity within which support for Somalia is critical. He said th [...]	2009-02-27 08:54:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PGOV PREL SP SO
09MADRID213	SPAIN WELCOMES USG INVOLVEMENT IN DURBAN REVIEW [...] (C) Poloff met with Spanish MFA Human Rights Office Director Juan Duarte Cuadrado February 24 to discuss reftel demarche and learned that Spain shares U.S. concerns regarding the draft document, particularly regarding racism issues and attempts to use defamation of religion arguments to limit [...]	2009-02-27 09:32:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC SP
09MADRID214	SPAIN'S MARCH 1 GALICIAN ELECTION - WILL THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. March 1, voters in the autonomous community of Galicia head to the polls in regional elections (regional elections will be held the same day in the Basque Country). The candidates for regional president are the Partido Popular's (PP) Alberto Nunez Feijo, the Partido Socialist [...]	2009-02-27 10:01:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SP
09MADRID216	SPANISH CONSIDER SUPPORT FOR NATO TRAINING MISSION [...] (C) After the February 24 meeting between Secretary Clinton and Foreign Minister Moratinos, reftel (a) demarche was conveyed to MFA Deputy Director General for the Middle East Alberto Ucelay. In response to our offer of assistance as Spain considered contributing Guardia Civil trainers to [...]	2009-02-27 14:09:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS NATO PREL IZ SP
09MADRID220	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, FEB. 23-27 [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-28 15:08:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECPS EFIN EIND EINV ENRG ETRD SP
09MADRID224	SPECIAL 301 REVIEW: SPAIN [...] (SBU) Spain was placed on the Special 301 Watch List in April 2008 primarily due to the government's failure to take specific, concrete measures to address a growing Internet piracy problem. One year later, Internet piracy continues to grow. The government is attempting to address the proble [...]	2009-03-02 14:32:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECON SP
09MADRID240	INFORMATION IN ADVANCE OF THE G-20 MEETINGS: SPAIN [...] (SBU) Summary. Per ref A request, the responses below provide detailed economic and policy information regarding Spain in advance of the April 2 London Summit. President Zapatero has made it a matter of national pride to be included in the G-20 financial discussions, and has spoken often of [...]	2009-03-05 11:43:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN SP PREL
09MADRID245	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, MARCH 2-6 [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-06 17:07:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EIND ELAB SP
09MADRID25	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, JAN. 5-9 [...] (U) The number of registered unemployed rose to 3.1 million in December, according to the Ministry of Labor and Immigration. This is almost exactly one million above the level of December 2007 and a 50 percent increase for the year. Spain has the highest unemployment rate in the EU, with Eur [...]	2009-01-09 15:01:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND ELAB KIPR SOCI SP
09MADRID255	SPAIN: STATUS REPORT ON YARKAS, JAILED AL QAEDA [...] (S) SUMMARY: This cable provides an update on recent Embassy attempts to engage the GOS on designation of Imad Eddin Barakat Yarkas, aka "Abu Dahdah," the convicted leader of the Al Qaeda (AQ) cell in Spain. The issue remains unresolved, and has taken a twist following allegations beginning in Apri [...]	2009-03-09 17:03:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET	EFIN PTER KTFN SP
09MADRID261	SPAIN REFLECTS ON JIHADIST THREAT FIVE YEARS AFTER [...] (C) SUMMARY. On the eve of the fifth anniversary of the March 11, 2004 Madrid train bombings (known in Spain as 11-M),Embassy personnel consulted a range of GOS officials - from the Ministries of Interior and Justice - as well as CT experts from academia and journalism on the extent of the cu [...]	2009-03-10 18:44:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET	PGOV PINS PREL PTER KJUS SP KCRM
09MADRID264	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: LICENSE 05-1000927 POST [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-13 09:07:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EETC KOMC PO SP
09MADRID265	SPAINISH VIEWS ON EVE OF MARCH GAERC [...] (C) Poloff discussed anticipated agenda items for the March 16-17 GAERC with MFA European Correspondent Maria Luisa Benitez-Donoso March 13. Benitez-Donoso said the focus will be on Bosnia and Herzegovina and Belarus, with statements made again regarding Sri Lanka, calling for humanitarian rel [...]	2009-03-13 23:17:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EUN SP
09MADRID266	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, MARCH 9-14 [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-13 23:17:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EFIN EIND ENRG EPET SP
09MADRID27	SPAIN RECEIVES DEMARCHE ON DOD'S PHASE II NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-12 09:55:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL SP
09MADRID272	SPAIN: EXPERTS SEE WEAKENING OF BASQUE TERRORIST [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Embassy Madrid recently pulsed the opinions on Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA) watchers for their thoughts on the relative strength or weakness of the group. The consensus is that ETA is dramatically weakened but retains the ability to kill and do significant dam [...]	2009-03-16 08:23:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET	PINR PINS PREL PTER SP FR
09MADRID28	SPAIN NOTIFIED THAT THE HAGUE WILL HOST GI'S FIFTH [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-12 09:56:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC SP NL
09MADRID286	SPAIN AND RUSSIA FORGE NEW AGREEMENTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Russian President Dimitri Medvedev visited Madrid March 1 - 3, 2009 at the invitation of King Juan Carlos and signed a number of agreements with the Spanish government aimed at enhancing bilateral relations. The visit and resulting agreements reinvigorated the countries' economi [...]	2009-03-18 12:57:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SP RS
09MADRID288	SPAIN: DEMARCHE ON FINANCIAL CRISIS IN [...] (C) Summary and Comment. Economy Ministry and Presidency officials acknowledged March 17 the importance of support from the international community and the EU for troubled central and eastern European economies on a case-by-case basis, though one official noted that direct EU support for non- [...]	2009-03-18 14:46:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON EFIN EUN PREL SP
09MADRID29	SPAIN: MFA EXPLAINS ITS STANCE ON DRAFT PARAGRAPH [...] (C) POLOFF met on January 8 with Carlos Torres, Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament in the MFA,s DG for Strategic Affairs & Terrorism. Torres raised the issue of Spain's ongoing reservations about revisions to the Nuclear Supplier Group's (NSG's) Guidelines for Transfers of Enri [...]	2009-01-12 11:30:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET	KNNP MNUC PARM SP TRGY ENRG ETTC FR
09MADRID292	SPAIN CONFIRMS PARTICIPATION IN APRIL 17 PAKISTAN [...] Per reftel, Embassy coordinated with the Japanese Embassy in Madrid to deliver points on the ministerial-level Donors Conference for Pakistan on April 17, 2009, in Tokyo. MFA Deputy Director Carlos Morales confirmed Spain's participation, but said that the delegation's senior representativ [...]	2009-03-20 11:53:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF PK SP
09MADRID294	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, MARCH 16-20 [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-20 15:52:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ECPS SP
09MADRID298	SPAIN: SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FOR NINTH ANNUAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-23 18:03:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB SP
09MADRID304	SPAIN MAKING EFFORTS TO ATTEND, PRESENT AT GICNT [...] (C) SUMMARY. In conjunction with the Korean and Russian Embassies, Post on March 12 jointly delivered REFTELS A and B demarches to Carlos Torres, Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament in the MFA,s DG for Strategic Affairs & Terrorism. Torres responded that the Global Initi [...]	2009-03-24 18:10:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PREL KGIC MCAP PINS PINR PTER SP
09MADRID308	SPAIN: GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR AIRBUS [...] (SBU) Summary. Ministry of Industry, Tourism, and Commerce officials have not responded to reftel questions on the Airbus A350. However, media reports, while inconclusive, suggest that the GOS was in discussions with Airbus in the fall to provide launch aide for this aircraft, but is now hesi [...]	2009-03-25 14:49:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EIND ETRD EU SP
09MADRID314	AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN DELIVERABLES FOR NATO AND [...] (C) CDA spoke March 26 with MOD Secretary General for Policy Luis Cuesta to convey the points contained in reftel. Cuesta had no substantive comment, but promised to reengage March 27 (Note: we understand MOD Chacon is scheduled to speak by telephone with SECDEF March 27 at 8:00 am EDT. Her [...]	2009-03-26 14:16:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF SP
09MADRID319	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON AMCIT CANDIDATE FOR [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-26 16:27:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TPHY WMO SP
09MADRID323	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, MARCH 23-27 [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-27 16:16:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD SP
09MADRID335	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL GREGG, APRIL 10-13, 2009 [...] (SBU) Embassy Madrid warmly welcomes your visit to Spain. U.S.-Spanish relations are strong and based on shared global interests, including the fight against terrorism, the bilateral military relationship, our association in NATO, and rapidly expanding economic ties. The Spaniards you meet wil [...]	2009-03-30 16:30:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SP
09MADRID336	BANK OF SPAIN TAKES OVER CCM SAVINGS BANK [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-30 16:52:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV SP
09MADRID340	SPAIN PLEASED WITH USG REVIEW OF IRAN TUBES [...] (S) On March 25, POLOFF and Deputy ECON Counselor delivered REFTEL A response to Carlos Torres, Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament in the MFA,s Directorate General for Strategic Affairs & Terrorism, in response to the GOS request to the Embassy in REFTEL B. Torres was qui [...]	2009-04-01 06:29:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET	MTCRE PARM PERL ETTC MNUC TSPA SP IR
09MADRID341	SPAIN: INTERESTED IN JOINT OUTREACH DEMARCHES FOR [...] (C) Embassy Madrid on March 31 provided a dip note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation to accompany REFTEL invitations to the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) meetings in Miami, FL during May 12-14. On March 24, POLOFF had advised Carlos Torres, Counselor for Nuclear Non [...]	2009-04-01 10:05:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PHSA PREL KNNP XL XM SP
09MADRID351	SPAIN: S/WCI ENGAGES GOS ON ACCEPTING GTMO DETAINEES [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-02 13:02:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS KAWK KISL KPAO SP
09MADRID360	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, MARCH 30-APRIL 3 [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-03 16:57:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ELAB EPET KIPR SP
09MADRID364	SPAIN WILL ATTEND JUNE 3-5 GLOBAL INITIATIVE EVENT [...] (SBU) On April 3, Carlos Torres, Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament in the MFA,s Directorate General for Strategic Affairs & Terrorism, informed Post that the GOS will attend the June 16-17, 2009 seminar that Rabat will host in collaboration with the IAEA and in support of [...]	2009-04-07 07:45:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PTER KGIC IAEA SP MO
09MADRID365	SPAIN: CONCERNED ABOUT SYRIA'S LATEST [...] (S) On April 3 POLOFF and Deputy ECON Counselor provided REFTEL demarches and non-papers to Carlos Torres, Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament in the MFA,s DG for Strategic Affairs & Terrorism. Torres said he would forward the REFTEL A non-paper on Spanish company Maquinari [...]	2009-04-07 07:45:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET	MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC MNUC TSPA SP SY TU IR
09MADRID366	CORRECTED COPY: SPAIN WILL ATTEND JUNE 3-5 GLOBAL [...] (SBU) On April 3, Carlos Torres, Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament in the MFA,s Directorate General for Strategic Affairs & Terrorism, informed Post that the GOS will attend the June 3-5, 2009 seminar that Rabat will host in collaboration with the IAEA and in support of t [...]	2009-04-07 11:54:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PTER KGIC IAEA SP MO
09MADRID370	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MARTINEZ, APRIL 14-16, 2009 [...] (SBU) Embassy Madrid warmly welcomes your visit to Spain. When you arrive, the country will be emerging from the Semana Santa holidays as well as a major cabinet reorganization. This April 7 cabinet shuffle was prompted in part by criticism of the GOS' inability to solve the economic crisis, w [...]	2009-04-07 16:27:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SP OREP MOPS ECON
09MADRID373	SPAIN: FURTHER INFORMATION FOR NINTH ANNUAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-13 06:19:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB SP
09MADRID375	ZAPATERO ANNOUNCES CABINET CHANGE [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Zapatero announced six new ministers in a cabinet shuffle on April 8. While Zapatero claimed that this was a considered response to the worsening global financial crisis, the reality is that he suffered a serious setback in the March 1 Galician regional election and [...]	2009-04-13 06:19:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON SP
09MADRID380	SPAIN SUPPORTS AU EFFORTS IN MADAGASCAR [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-15 07:40:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SP SZ NO MA AROC EAID
09MADRID383	CODEL GREGG'S APRIL 13 MEETING WITH FM MORATINOS [...] (C) On April 13, Senator Judd Gregg, accompanied by the Charge d'Affaires and poloff, met with Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos. Moratinos said he was pleased to receive the Senator and appreciated his efforts in engaging with Spanish counterparts and learning what Spain is tryi [...]	2009-04-15 09:46:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SP EU
09MADRID39	SPAIN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED URGING IMMEDIATE SUPPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-13 13:46:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG SP
09MADRID393	SPAIN: SENATOR MEL MARTINEZ MEETINGS WITH DEPUTY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Senator Martinez met with Acting Foreign Minister Angel Lossada and MOD Secretary General of Defense Policy Luis Cuesta on Wednesday, April 15. Interlocutors confirmed Spain's plan to send a 450-member battalion to help support the Afghan August elections, contribute 5 million [...]	2009-04-17 08:31:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS OREP PGOV PREL SP
09MADRID397	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, APRIL 6-17 [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-19 13:41:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB EPET KIPR SP
09MADRID403	SPAIN CONFIRMS ROLLOVER OF EU COMMON POSITION ON [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-21 08:54:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD BM SP
09MADRID404	SPAIN WELCOMES U.S. HRC CANDIDACY AND EXPLAINS [...] (C) April 3 Poloff informed Spanish MFA's Director of the Office of Human Rights Juan Duarte and Subdirector General for the UN Marcelino Cabanas of the U.S. intention to seek election to the UNHRC in 2009, requesting Spain's vote in favor of the United States in the May election. Post subseq [...]	2009-04-21 08:58:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SP PREL
09MADRID410	SPAIN IPR: CRIMINAL CONVICTION IN INTERNET PIRACY [...] Summary: On April 9, a court in Logrono delivered Spain's first-ever criminal conviction and prison sentence to an individual for operating a for-profit website that facilitated peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing. Adrian Gomez Llorente was sentenced to six months in prison and fined 4,900 euros [...]	2009-04-23 14:33:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD ECON SP
09MADRID412	SPAINISH PREVIEW OF APRIL GAERC [...] (C) Poloff discussed anticipated agenda items for the April 27-28 GAERC with MFA European Correspondent Maria Luisa Benitez-Donoso April 24. Benitez-Donoso said that Council conclusions will be issued on Burma, Iran, and Sri Lanka, while the Eastern Partnership, Croatia, Moldova, Ukraine, the [...]	2009-04-24 12:36:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SP
09MADRID413	ORION AIR (SPANISH) AIRCRAFT LEASE TO SYRIAN PEARL [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-24 13:04:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL SP SY
09MADRID414	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, APRIL 20-24 [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-27 08:00:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB SP
09MADRID417	INTERNET PIRACY IN SPAIN: SUSPENSION OF [...] (SBU) On April 17, negotiations between the association of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ("Redtel") and the Coalition of Creators and Content Industries ("Coalition") were suspended. The parties had been meeting regularly for almost a year in an attempt to negotiate an agreement on comba [...]	2009-04-28 06:33:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR ECPS SP
09MADRID425	SPAIN: GICNT JOINT DEMARCHE ON 2009 PLENARY [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-28 14:12:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP PREL PTER MNUC KGIC SP
09MADRID430	SPAIN: SPACE SHUTTLE EMERGENCY LANDING SITES AND PROCEDURES FOR SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION STS-125 [...] Per reftel request, post has obtained verbal permission from the GOS to use Gran Canaria Airport (aka Gando Air Base) in Las Palmas, Canary Islands as an Emergency Landing Site (ELS) for the launch of STS-125 and is expecting formal written authorization soon. Post knows of no reason the sit [...]	2009-04-30 07:45:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA SP
09MADRID432	INTERAGENCY DECISION NEEDED ON PALOMARES RESPONSE TO GOS [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-30 14:13:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	KGCN KRAD PARM PGOV PREL SENV SP
09MADRID434	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, APRIL 27-30 [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-04 06:39:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ENRG SP

09MADRID439	ORION AIR: TRANSFER OF AIRCRAFT TO SYRIA [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) Following receipt of ref A e-mail, econoff contacted Orion Air on May 4 and spoke with Director General Arancha Merino on May 5. Merino confirmed that Orion had sent one aircraft to Syria in accordance with Orion's contract with S [...]	2009-05-05 15:24:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL SP SY
09MADRID446	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, MAY 2-8 [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-08 15:29:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ELAB ENRG SP
09MADRID462	TEMPORARY DENIAL ORDER ON ORION AIR - INFORMING [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-13 16:12:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL SP SY
09MADRID467	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY LAHOOD'S VISIT, MAY [...] (SBU) Embassy Madrid warmly welcomes your visit to Spain. U.S.-Spain relations are strong and based on shared global interests, including the fight against terrorism, the bilateral military relationship, our association in NATO, and economic ties. Since the November election, a strong atmosph [...]	2009-05-14 12:32:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN OVIP PGOV PREL SP
09MADRID468	REACHING OUT TO THE GOS RE ORION AIR [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-14 13:10:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL SP SY
09MADRID469	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, MAY 11-14 [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-14 14:04:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB ENRG KIPR SP
09MADRID471	SPAIN'S VIEWS ON MAY GAERC [...] (C) Poloff discussed anticipated agenda items for the May 18-19 GAERC with Spanish MFA Deputy Political Director Ricardo Lopez Aranda May 14. Lopez said that the GUMBO GAERC would include a special meeting of Foreign Affairs and Defense Ministers to discuss EUFOR ALTHEA and Operation Atalanta [...]	2009-05-14 16:29:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SP
09MADRID482	SPAIN'S BIOTECH CROP UNDER THREAT [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 12. SUMMARY 2. (SBU) Spain's MON810 corn crop is under threat from an emerging well-coordinated campaign to ban cultivation of genetically engineered seed varieties in Europe, according to industry sources. The campaign has gained strength a [...]	2009-05-19 12:01:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON TBIO SP
09MADRID483	SPAIN/CUBA: TITLE III OF LIBERTAD ACT [...] (U) The information in this message is keyed to questions posed in reftel A, paragraph 5 and updates information reported in reftel B. 2. (C) Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? An April 2009 poll on recommendations fo [...]	2009-05-19 12:38:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL SP CU
09MADRID484	SPAIN REVIEWING DRAFT AGREEMENT ON PREVENTING AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Embassy Madrid delivered REFTEL talking points and passed a hard copy of English and Spanish versions of the draft agreement on Preventing and Combating Serious Crime (PCSC). The GOS appears supportive of the draft and seemingly wants to move quickly on the issue. In the mean [...]	2009-05-19 14:52:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS CMGT KPAO PBTS PREL SP
09MADRID485	UPDATE ON SPAIN'S INFORMATION COLLECTION, [...] (SBU) In response to REFTEL A, Embassy Madrid offers the following update to responses on Spain's information collection, screening and sharing practices for terrorist screening purposes. For ease of reading, Post has rewritten the questions in each of the eight categories. REFTEL B, which p [...]	2009-05-19 14:56:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	KVPR PTER PREL PGOV CVIS ASEC KHLS SP
09MADRID489	FOLLOW-UP WITH GOOVERNMENT OF SPAIN RE ORION AIR [...] (SBU) Econoff met May 19 with Jose Alberto Plaza, Director General for International Trade in Services at the Ministry of Industry, Tourism, and Trade (MITYC); Enrique Feas, MITYC Deputy Director for Trade and Investments, who handles Middle East countries; Inigo Febrel, MITYC Deputy Director [...]	2009-05-19 15:21:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL SP SY
09MADRID496	COUSO CASE: JUDGE REINSTATES CHARGES AGAINST U.S. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: May 21 Spanish National Court Judge Santiago Pedraz issued new indictments against three U.S. soldiers in connection with the death in Iraq of Spanish journalist Jose Couso in 2003. The charging document introduces new, recently obtained evidence, including statements from form [...]	2009-05-22 13:16:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KLIG PREL SP CJAN
09MADRID497	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, MAY 18-22 [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-22 13:50:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN SP
09MADRID498	SPAIN: TECHNICALITY FREES 10 OF 14 DEFENDANTS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The National Court on May 12 formally acquitted 10 of the 14 suspects in the "Operation Tigris" trial against an alleged cell of radical Islamists who were accused of financing Al-Qaeda, sending mujahedeen to Iraq for deadly suicide bombings, and helping several accomplices in the [...]	2009-05-26 08:51:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PTER KJUS SP
09MADRID499	SPAIN: HISTORIC TRANSFER OF POWER IN BASQUE REGION [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. On May 5 Socialist Patxi Lopez was sworn in as the first-ever, lehendakari, or regional governor of the Basque Region, who is not a Basque nationalist, an historic milestone for the troubled region. His inauguration followed the March 1 regional election (See REF A),[...]	2009-05-26 08:58:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER SP PINS
09MADRID505	CORRECTED COPY: SPAIN: TECHNICALITY FREES 10 OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. The National Court on May 12 formally acquitted 10 of the 14 suspects in the "Operation Tigris" trial against an alleged cell of radical Islamists who were accused of financing Al-Qaeda, sending mujahedeen to Iraq for deadly suicide bombings, and helping several accomplices in the [...]	2009-05-27 15:59:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PTER KJUS SP
09MADRID516	SPAIN: BIO INFO ON DIRECTOR, ORGANIZED CRIME [...] (C) SUMMARY: As requested in REF A and beyond the material available in REF B, this cable provides biographic reporting on a leading Spanish official involved in counterdrug issues. Maria Marcos, Director of the Organized Crime Intelligence Center (CICO),is well-disposed to cooperating with [...]	2009-05-29 16:23:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR KSPR KCRM SNAR SP
09MADRID527	TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY LAHOOD VIEWS SPANISH [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-02 17:48:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN OVIP PGOV PREL SP
09MADRID542	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, MAY 25-JUNE 5 [...] (U) The Venezuelan government agreed May 22 to pay Banco Santander $1.05 billion (755 million euros) for the Santander-owned Banco de Venezuela. The price is 110 million euros less than the amount Santander had sought from the GOV, which was the same as the price it had agreed upon last year [...]	2009-06-05 13:09:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ENRG PBTS SP PREL
09MADRID551	SCENESETTER FOR JUNE 23-25 WASHINGTON VISIT BY SPAIN'S INTERIOR MINISTER [...] (C//NF) SUMMARY: Spanish Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba will meet senior officials from the DHS, DOJ, FBI, CIA, ODNI, NCTC, and possibly the NSC, during his June 23-25 visit to Washington, DC. USG interlocutors will find that Rubalcaba - who has wide-ranging responsibilities on se [...]	2009-06-09 06:56:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PINS PTER PINR KHLS KCIP KCRM SP PGOV
09MADRID553	SPAIN'S RULING SOCIALIST PARTY SUFFERS SETBACK IN [...] SUMMARY. In the June 7 European Parliament elections, the opposition Partido Popular gained an edge over President Zapatero's ruling Socialist Party (23-21 seats). With 46 percent participation, Spain compares favorably with other European Union countries in terms of voter turn-out. While [...]	2009-06-09 16:20:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SP
09MADRID571	ZAPATERO FACES CONTROVERSIAL NUCLEAR POWER PLANT [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-12 07:22:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO SP
09MADRID572	SPAIN'S VIEWS ON THE JUNE GAERC [...] (C) Poloff discussed anticipated agenda items for the June GAERC with Spanish MFA Deputy European Correspondent Maria Luisa Benitez Donoso June 10. Benitez said the two most anticipated topics for the GOS are acceptance of Guantanamo detainees and review and revision of the EU Common Position [...]	2009-06-12 11:04:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EU SP
09MADRID575	SPAIN: UNITED NATIONS ICSC ELECTION DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-15 07:24:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	USUN PREL SP
09MADRID576	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, JUNE 8-12 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-15 10:23:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN SP
09MADRID578	ORION AIR SAYS IT HAS ENDED CONTRACT WITH SYRIAN [...] (U) Please see request for guidance paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) On June 14, post received an e-mail message from Orion Air advising that Orion has terminated its contract with Syrian Pearl. Informal Embassy translation follows: Begin text: Dear Sirs: ref: Orion Air This is to inform y [...]	2009-06-15 13:55:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL SP SY
09MADRID58	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, JAN. 12-17 [...] (U) On January 16, the GOS announced revised projections for 2009 that included a 15.9 percent average unemployment rate and a GDP contraction of 1.6 percent. The projection for the GOS budget deficit in 2009 is 5.8 percent, almost double the EU Maastricht limit. According to Second Vice Pre [...]	2009-01-16 16:51:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND ENRG SP
09MADRID583	IRENA - SPAIN SUPPORTS UAE BID FOR HQ, SEEKING [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-17 07:57:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO SP
09MADRID59	JANUARY 8-9 VISIT BY WHA A/S SHANNON REAFFIRMS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A/S Shannon's January 8-9 Madrid program and subsequent media play were characterized by bilateral goodwill and Spanish optimism for a new phase in U.S.-Spanish cooperation in Latin America despite significant challenges in the region. He highlighted U.S. engagement in the Americas, [...]	2009-01-16 16:59:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KSUM AR BL CU SP
09MADRID591	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, JUNE 15-19 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-19 16:25:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND ELAB ENRG SP
09MADRID593	NEW CULTURE MINISTER ON FIGHT AGAINST INTERNET [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-22 14:59:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	KIPR SP
09MADRID594	SPAIN KEEN ON JOINING G-8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-22 16:09:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KNNP PARM TRGY SP
09MADRID60	SPANISH PROCEEDINGS AGAINST ALLEGED FORMER NAZIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In July 2008 the Spanish National Court, under the Spanish judicial concept of universal jurisdiction and pursuant to a request by private parties, initiated an investigation of four suspects who allegedly committed crimes against humanity while serving in Nazi concentration camp [...]	2009-01-20 06:49:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KAWC PREL PHUM SP
09MADRID604	SPAIN: S/GC DAN FRIED PRESENTS CASE FILES ON GTMO DETAINEES [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-24 13:58:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS KAWK KISL KPAO SP
09MADRID612	SCENESETTER FOR MOD CHACON'S JUNE 30 - JULY 2 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: When Spanish Defense Minister Carme Chacon arrives in Washington June 30, she will be looking among other things to restore and consolidate her image as the rising star and heir-apparent of President Zapatero's cabinet. Since taking office in April 2008, Chacon has talked of the impo [...]	2009-06-26 12:12:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NATO SP
09MADRID613	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, JUNE 22-26 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-26 14:52:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EIND SP
09MADRID614	SCENESETTER FOR DHS. SEC. NAPOLITANO'S JULY 1 [...] (C//NF) Madam Secretary, Embassy Madrid warmly welcomes your visit, which comes on the heels of your June 24 meeting with Spanish Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba in Washington (Ref A). While one of the highlights of his trip was signing the bilateral accord on Preventing and Combating [...]	2009-06-26 14:56:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PINS PTER PINR KHLS KCIP KCRM SP PGOV
09MADRID615	SPAIN: MFA POC DOWNBEAT ON ODDS OF SUPPORTING IAEA [...] (C) Post's primary MFA contact on non-proliferation issues has sounded a pessimistic note on the likelihood that Spain will support a significant real increase in the IAEA regular budget for 2010-2011, as proposed in Reftel. All of Post's MFA non-proliferation contacts undertook extensive fore [...]	2009-06-26 17:32:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC ENRG IAEA KNNP PREL UN SP
09MADRID624	SPAIN: IRANIANS WILL NOT ATTEND POST'S 4TH OF JULY [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-29 18:40:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	ODIP PREL IR SP
09MADRID64	TERRORISM FINANCE DEMARCHE DELIVERED: [...] (C) Econoff informed MFA's Acting Deputy Director for Counter-Terrorism Santiago Losada that the US would announce on January 16 four new domestic designations of individuals associated with Al Qaida and submit these names to the UN 1267 Committee. Losada expressed appreciation for the reftel [...]	2009-01-21 07:32:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC PINR PREL PTER IR SP
09MADRID648	PAKISTAN: SPAIN'S FOLLOWUP ON TOKYO DONORS' [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-01 12:24:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN PK SP
09MADRID653	MANAS: SPAIN PREFERS TO STAY WITH THE U.S., WOULD [...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to the news of Kyrgyz approval of a continued U.S. presence at Manas Transit Center, Spanish MOD and MFA have reiterated Spain's desire to partner with the United States, currently in Manas, in supplying coalition forces in Afghanistan. Because Spain was notified two [...]	2009-07-02 13:10:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR SP
09MADRID654	UNEMPLOYMENT ZAPATERO'S MAJOR WORRY [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-02 14:56:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV SP
09MADRID659	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, JUNE 29-JULY 2 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-02 17:13:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND EINV ELAB ENRG KFLU SP
09MADRID67	SCENESETTER FOR MADRID HIGH-LEVEL MEETING ON FOOD [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Embassy Madrid warmly welcomes your visit. This meeting is of great importance to Spanish President Zapatero. It is also very important for our bilateral relationship, as it is the first high-level engagement since our change of government, which the GOS hopes will [...]	2009-01-21 10:08:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EAID KMCA SMIG SOCI SP
09MADRID671	SPAIN: DHS SEC. NAPOLITANO'S MEETING WITH ZAPATERO [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. In a clear signal that Spain wants to work closely with the Obama Administration on a range of security issues, President Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero and several of his key cabinet ministers held extended meetings in Madrid on July 1 with DHS Secretary Janet Napolitan [...]	2009-07-08 15:49:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KHLS SP PGOV
09MADRID673	SPAIN: DHS SEC. NAPOLITANO'S MEETINGS WITH CABINET [...] (C) SUMMARY. In addition to the meetings described in Ref A, DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano held meetings on July 1 with Spain's Second Vice President, Elena Salgado, who also serves as Minister of Economy and Finance, Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba, and Justice Minister Francisco Caaman [...]	2009-07-09 06:45:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PTER PINR KHLS KCIP KCRM SP PGOV
09MADRID688	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, JULY 6-10 [...] (U) The IMF predicted on Wednesday that Spain,s economy will shrink 4% this year, a significant downward assessment from the previous forecast of -3%. The IMF also lowered its 2010 growth forecast for Spain to -.08%, making Spain the only country to have its 2010 forecast revised downward. T [...]	2009-07-10 12:06:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND EINV ENRG EWWT SP
09MADRID707	SPAIN: A SLEW OF ARRESTS FURTHER WEAKENS ETA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On the eve of its 50th anniversary, the Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA) terrorist group has suffered yet another series of operational and legislative blows. On July 4, French and Spanish authorities arrested three suspected members of ETA in Pau, France. Spanish Interior [...]	2009-07-15 06:36:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR PINS PREL PTER SP FR
09MADRID71	SPAIN: DEPARTING AMBASSADOR'S INSIGHTS ON ENGAGING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Aguirre conducted a series of farewell calls on key GOS officials in the weeks before departing Post on January 20. Those meetings contributed to the information in this cable, which offers the Ambassador's final thoughts on how the Obama Administration might best engage key [...]	2009-01-21 17:13:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET	OVIP PINS PREL PTER OFDP SP PGOV
09MADRID721	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, JULY 13-17 [...] (U) The Minister of Economy and Finance announced 11 billion Euros of new financing for Spain,s autonomous regions. Under the plan, Cataluna will receive the largest share, at 3.9 billion Euros, followed by Andalucia at 3.1 billion, Madrid at 1.7 billion, and Valencia at 1.2 billion. The cont [...]	2009-07-17 13:38:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EAIR SP
09MADRID722	FAVORABLE BLUE LANTERN ON EUROPAVIA (LICENSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Pol-Mil officer, Econoff, and POL intern made July 9 site visit requested reftel to foreign consignee Europavia Espana, S.A. in connection with subject cases. Europavia officers were knowledgeable, forthcoming, and cooperative, and made a detailed presentation about the compan [...]	2009-07-20 06:10:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC SP
09MADRID725	CONTENTIOUS LABOR REFORM TALKS TROUBLE ZAPATERO [...] (SBU) Businesses, economists, and international observers have long called for more flexibility in Spain's labor market. Now they are using the economic crisis and an exceptionally high unemployment rate--over 18% and inching towards 20%--to press for structural changes. President Jose Luis [...]	2009-07-21 15:04:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB ETRD PGOV SP
09MADRID730	SPAIN'S EU PRESIDENCY PRIORITIES: ECONOMIC REFORM, SUMMITS, [...] (U) Summary: The Spanish Congress recently approved Spain's EU Presidency priorities as outlined by the Foreign Affairs Ministry. The priorities are threefold: economic recuperation and creating employment opportunities, developing Europe as a global actor, and implementing the Lisbon Treaty. [...]	2009-07-21 15:11:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SP EU
09MADRID732	INTERIM REPORT: SPAIN'S ATTENDEES FOR 64TH GENERAL [...] Poloff submitted reftel request to Minister Moratinos'International Affairs Advisor Victoria Ortega on July 16. As of today, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs does not yet have definite itineraries for UNGA participants. The following information, however, has been confirmed. A. Attendance o [...]	2009-07-21 15:18:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA SP
09MADRID742	SPAIN ANALYZES GTMO FILES TO FIND "BEST FIT" FOR RESETTLEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-22 12:37:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS KAWK KISL KPAO SP
09MADRID745	SPAIN H1N1 UPDATE: 1,526 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While official figures are not available, media reports say that there are currently 1,526 H1N1 cases in Spain, the majority of which are mild. To date, four people have died and 18 are in intensive care. Off the record estimates by public health officials put the number of [...]	2009-07-24 09:05:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR CH FR SP
09MADRID749	SPANISH VIEWS ON JULY 27-28 GAERC [...] (C) Poloff discussed anticipated agenda items for the July GAERC with Spanish MFA Deputy European Correspondent Pablo Nuno Garcia July 24. Nuno said that the Foreign Ministers will focus on Somalia, Georgia, Iran and Iceland's application. "Any Other Business" items will include discussion o [...]	2009-07-24 14:58:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL SP EU
09MADRID75	SPAIN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED URGING DELAY IN APPROVAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-22 15:37:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU SP SY
09MADRID773	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, JULY 27-31 [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-03 07:36:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ELAB SP
09MADRID774	SPAIN: ETA MARKS 50TH ANNIVERSARY IN DEADLY FASHION [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Spain is on maximum alert on July 31 - the 50th anniversary of the founding of the terrorist group Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA) - after suffering two terrorist attacks in as many days. Authorities suspect ETA in both instances, although there have been no clai [...]	2009-08-03 07:36:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PINS PREL PTER SP
09MADRID775	SPAIN: ETA MARKS 50TH ANNIVERSARY IN DEADLY FASHION [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Spain is on maximum alert on July 31 - the 50th anniversary of the founding of the terrorist group Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA) - after suffering two terrorist attacks in as many days. Authorities suspect ETA in both instances, although there have been no clai [...]	2009-08-03 07:36:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PINS PREL PTER SP
09MADRID777	MORE CONCERNS FOR ELINT, BLUE LANTERN CASE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After a recent site visit, Post cannot account for 111 of the 350 Night Vision Devices (NVDs) bought by the Spanish consignee ELINT. The July 9, 2009 check on ELINT highlighted the same lack of compliance with the terms of license 05-971940 that Post noted in two February 2009 [...]	2009-08-03 07:37:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC SP
09MADRID78	SPAIN'S PREVIEW OF THE JANUARY GAERC [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-23 15:48:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EU SP
09MADRID780	SPANISH ANTI-TORTURE INITIATIVES [...] (U) In an effort to cement a seat on the 2010 UN Human Rights Council and in preparation for its January 2010 EU Presidency, the GOS is focused on the promotion of human rights. In furtherance of this Zapatero Administration priority, Vice President Fernandez de la Vega unveiled Spain's Nation [...]	2009-08-03 16:00:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM UN SP
09MADRID786	SPAIN'S SUPPORT FOR SOMALIA'S TFG [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Spanish MFA Subdirector General for Sub-Saharan Africa Guillermo Lopez MacLellan on August 4. Lopez reiterated Spain's support for the Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG),and said that the GOS welcomes recent TFG efforts under President Sheik [...]	2009-08-05 11:26:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KPKO PGOV PREL PTER SO SP
09MADRID787	ANDORRA PROPOSES TAX INFORMATION EXCHANGE [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-05 13:21:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN SP AN
09MADRID79	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, JAN 19-23 [...] (U) Fourth quarter 2008 unemployment rose 2.6 points to 13.9 percent, the highest rate since 2000. The number of unemployed increased by 609,100 from the previous quarter and now is over 3.2 million. The 13.9 percent fourth quarter rate is a steep increase from the 8.6 percent rate from a yea [...]	2009-01-23 16:13:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ENRG ETRD SP
09MADRID794	GUIDANCE REQUEST ON TAX INTERPRETATION ISSUE AFFECTING [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paras 2 and 13. 2. (SBU) Summary and action requests: Post has received requests for assistance in regard to what appears to be a change in GOS interpretation of tax incentives for foreign-owned multinational holding companies based in Spain. Such [...]	2009-08-10 08:12:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN ECON PGOV PREL SP
09MADRID802	"JOINING HANDS AGAINST FORCED MARRIAGES" (C-NC9-01624) [...] (U) In Spain, the "Joining Hands Against Forced Marriages" campaign organized by Professor Ramadan and SPIOR was facilitated by the Spanish government-sponsored, "Casa Arabe", an institutional consortium of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the autonomous states of Madrid and Andalucia, and the [...]	2009-08-12 12:07:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PINR SCUL KWMN SP
09MADRID81	ORTEGA CASE: SPAIN SEEKS INFORMATION FROM USG IN [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph five. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Ricardo Ortega was a Spanish journalist shot and killed in Haiti in 2004 while covering the unrest there. There have been repeated suggestions in the media here that U.S. forces fired the shot that killed him. The [...]	2009-01-26 08:52:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KLIG PREL SP HA
09MADRID821	SPAIN: UNESCO DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-14 11:36:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNESCO SP
09MADRID824	SPAIN SUPPORTS OBJECTIVES OF BMENA FORUM FOR THE [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-14 15:52:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL KMPI KPAO KDEM PGOV PHUM SP
09MADRID826	VOLUNTEERISM AND COMMUNITY SERVICE IN SPAIN [...] Summary: Volunteer activity is increasingly common in Spain, although there are lingering historic, social and cultural factors that affect the ability/willingness of individuals to engage in or initiate activities. This report provides an overview of Spanish volunteerism and charitable acti [...]	2009-08-17 06:07:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI KWMN SP
09MADRID829	ANDORRA PROPOSES DRAFT TIEA LANGUAGE [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-18 15:16:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN SP AN
09MADRID832	SPAIN'S STATEMENT ON AUNG SAN SUU KYI CONVICTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-19 09:36:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV BM SP
09MADRID833	COMBATTING VENEZUELAN DIVERSION OF ARMS TO THE FARC [...] (C) Reftel points were conveyed August 14 to Spanish MFA Deputy Director General for Andean Affairs Javier Triana Jimenez (Triana served as Spanish Deputy Chief of Mission in Caracas from 2002 to 2006.). Triana said the Colombian government had asked FM Moratinos to raise with the GOV the di [...]	2009-08-19 10:50:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KBIO XT XM RS CO VE SW SP
09MADRID836	SPAIN'S CONTROVERSY OVER OFFICIAL LANGUAGES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The use of Castilian and other official Spanish languages has been a long-standing divisive political issue in several areas of Spain. In regions where Catalan, Galego, or Euskera are spoken, local legislation has further politicized the issue. Those Spanish citizens who believ [...]	2009-08-20 11:09:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL SP
09MADRID839	SPAIN'S TRILATS RE:GIBRALTAR & BILATS WITH UK [...] Summary. FM Moratinos attended a Spain-UK-Gibraltar ministerial meeting on July 21 in Gibraltar, the first time in 300 years a Spanish Minister has set foot on the Rock. While Moratinos received significant negative press from critics who believed his trip weakened sovereignty claims, he insis [...]	2009-08-20 14:10:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV PREL SP IR
09MADRID84	TELEFONICA GIVES PERSPECTIVE ON ITS LATIN AMERICAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Post met with Telefonica Latin America leads January 16 to discuss perspectives on Latin America and to raise ref A labor concerns on Telefonica subsidiary Atento Mexico. Eduardo Navarro, Director of Strategy and Regulation for Telefonica International, expressed a positive outl [...]	2009-01-26 16:46:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS SP
09MADRID844	SPAIN IS INFORMED THAT UNODC IS A GICNT OBSERVER [...] (SBU) POLOFF and Political Counselor Dmitry Sokolov of the Russian Embassy on August 20 delivered reftel demarche to Carlos Torres, Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament in the MFA's DG for Strategic Affairs & Terrorism. Torres indicated that he and the GOS already were awar [...]	2009-08-20 14:59:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL PTER KGIC SP
09MADRID850	SPAIN WEIGHS BRIEFING AT MTCR PLENARY INFORMATION [...] (C) POLOFF on August 21 delivered Ref demarche to Carlos Torres, Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament in the MFA's DG for Strategic Affairs & Terrorism. Torres did not provide a definitive answer as to whether the GOS would be available to brief on any of the proposed topic [...]	2009-08-21 15:09:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA SP
09MADRID851	SPAIN TO MAINTAIN EU UNITY AT IAEA GENERAL [...] (C) POLOFF on August 21 delivered Ref demarche to Carlos Torres, Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament in the MFA's DG for Strategic Affairs & Terrorism. Torres stated that Foreign Minister Moratinos will personally be overseeing the GOS's position on Middle East issues at t [...]	2009-08-21 15:09:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL PARM KNNP IAEA EG IS SP
09MADRID852	MADRID ECONOMIC BIWEEKLY, AUG 17-22 [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-22 10:36:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KFLU SP
09MADRID861	JOB CUTS AT MORON COULD HAVE SERIOUS NEGATIVE [...] (C) Summary and action request: U.S. Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) has set in motion a procurement process that is likely to result in the discharge of 50-100 Spanish workers at Moron air base in April 2010, followed by an additional 20-100 job cuts in October 2011. At the same time, we unde [...]	2009-08-28 06:04:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL SP
09MADRID869	UPDATES IN SPAINâ€™S INVESTIGATIONS OF RUSSIAN MAFIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. This cable, which should be read in conjunction with Septel analysis, details updates over the past year in Spain's two major operations - codenamed Troika (2008-09) and Avispa (2005-07) - to combat "Russian" organized crime in Spain. In Spain, the term "Russian mafia" usually applies [...]	2009-08-31 14:49:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR KCRM KCOR KJUS SP RS GG UP
09MADRID87	SPAIN RECEIVES DEMARCHE ON SPANISH METAL MERCHANT [...] (S) POLOFF and Deputy ECON Counselor on January 26 delivered REFTEL non-paper and talking points to Carlos Torres, Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament in the MFA,s DG for Strategic Affairs & Terrorism. Torres said that he was not familiar with this particular case, but he [...]	2009-01-27 12:40:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET	MTCR PARM PREL ETTC MNUC TSPA SP SY
09MADRID870	ASSESSING SPAINâ€™S EFFORTS TO COMBAT THE RUSSIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. A year after Spanish security services conducted Operation Troika - which supposedly "decapitated" the Russian mafia in Spain - Madrid is still unraveling the extent to which Russian and other Eurasian organized crime (OC) networks have established themselves in Spain and the extent of [...]	2009-08-31 15:20:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR KCRM KCOR KJUS SP RS GG UP
09MADRID88	SPAIN ANSWERS USG CONCERN ON IRANIAN ATTEMPTS TO [...] (S) On January 26 POLOFF and Deputy ECON Counselor met Carlos Torres, Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament in the MFA,s DG for Strategic Affairs & Terrorism. Torres provided a GOS non-paper response to the REFTEL A non-paper that the Embassy had provided to the GOS - as dir [...]	2009-01-27 12:41:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET	MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC MNUC TSPA SP IR
09MADRID899	SPAIN'S COMMENTS ON SEPTEMBER GYMNICH [...] (C) Poloff discussed anticipated agenda items for the July GAERC with Spanish MFA Deputy European Correspondent Pablo Nuno Garcia September 4. Nuno confirmed that the Foreign Ministers' discussion will focus on Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and the MEPP. 2. (C) Iran: Nuno expressed sincere [...]	2009-09-04 11:06:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL SP EU
09MADRID901	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, AUG 31-SEPT 4 [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-05 10:56:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ELAB ENRG SP
09MADRID908	ANOTHER UNFAVORABLE BLUE LANTERN FOR ELINT ON CASE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Foreign consignee Elint, S.A. appears to have broken both Spanish and U.S. law with the submission of documentation in support of a June 2009 export license application submitted by N-Vision Optics LLC of Needham, Massachusetts. Already under investigation by the Spanish Natio [...]	2009-09-10 05:49:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC SP
09MADRID912	SPAIN'S PREVIEW TO SEPTEMBER GAERC [...] (C) In a follow-up conversation with Spanish MFA Deputy European Correspondent Pablo Nuno Garcia September 10 regarding the September GAERC, Nuno confirmed that focus will remain on Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and the MEPP. FM Moratinos is expected to lead the discussion on the MEPP and repo [...]	2009-09-11 14:19:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL SP EU
09MADRID913	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, SEPT. 7-11 [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-12 09:30:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND EINV ELAB ENRG KGHG SP
09MADRID916	UNGA FOOD SECURITY EVENT CO-HOSTED BY S - SPAIN [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-14 08:00:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ETRD UNGA SP
09MADRID920	SPAIN LAUDS U.S. APPROACH, URGES EVEN GREATER [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a on-on-one lunch September 10 with Spanish Secretary of State for IberoAmerican Affairs Juan Pablo de Laiglesia, the Charge d'Affaires engaged in a frank discussion with de Laiglesia on shared concerns in the Western Hemisphere, particularly Honduras. On the eve of visit [...]	2009-09-14 18:21:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SP
09MADRID924	SPAIN COMMITS ADDITIONAL TROOPS TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Spain's Council of Ministers approved September 11 an additional contingent of 220 military personnel who will join the permanent contingent Spain has in Afghanistan, bringing the total to 998 military personnel. Minister of Defense Carme Chacon must now ask for Congressional [...]	2009-09-15 10:50:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID AF SP
09MADRID936	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, SEPTEMBER 14-18 [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-18 16:44:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND EINV ELAB ENRG EPET KIPR SP
09MADRID938	SPAIN: UNGA WALKOUT REDLINES [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-21 14:02:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA SP

09MADRID941	SPAIN RECEIVES READOUT ON US-RUSSIA CFE TALKS [...] (C) POLOFF on September 18 orally delivered reftel points to Monica Colomer de Selva, Counselor for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament in the MFA's DG for Strategic Affairs & Terrorism. Colomer focused on the news that Russian Disarmament Director Anatoly Antonov, in his September 3 informal m [...]	2009-09-22 11:01:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE PARM PREL NATO SP RS
09MADRID942	CIVAIR: RESPONSE FROM GOS ON FEDERAL AVIATION [...] (U) Para 3 contains a translation of the response from Spain's Agency for Air Safety (AESA) on 8 cases of alleged violations of U.S. airspace (ref A). Background: Until this year, the GOS had determined that it did not have the legal jurisdiction to investigate cases of citizens or residents o [...]	2009-09-22 11:47:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON SP
09MADRID944	ANDEAN PRESIDENTS CHAVEZ, MORALES DISCUSS U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pol-Mil Officer conveyed talking points (ref A) on the September 15 determination that Bolivia had "failed demonstrably" in meeting its international counter narcotics obligations. MFA interlocutors reported that during recent visits, both Venezuelan President Chavez and Bolivi [...]	2009-09-22 15:11:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SP
09MADRID95	CIVAIR: LAWS PREVENT SPAIN FROM ACTING ON U.S. [...] (U) Post acknowledges receipt of reftels A (Docket number 2008EA290014) and B (Docket number 2008EA290015). However, as per the information received from Santiago Quiros Babillo, area officer at the Ministry of Infrastructure's Civil Aviation Directorate (ref C),Spain does not have the legal [...]	2009-01-29 08:26:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SP EAIR
09MADRID951	SPAIN INFORMED OF U.S. MISSILE DEFENSE POLICY [...] (C) Initial GOS reaction to the USG's new Phased, Adaptive Approach to Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) has been positive. Embassy Madrid on September 17 and 18 widely conveyed to GOS officials the reftel points and the White House press release to ensure that the GOS understood the reasons fo [...]	2009-09-24 09:14:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	EZ MARR PREL SP
09MADRID952	DONOR SUPPORT FOR ETHIOPIA, SOMALIA, AND KENYA: [...] Post delivered reftel demarche to Pablo Yuste, Head of the Department of Emergencies and Post-Conflict in the Office of Humanitarian Action in the Spanish Agency for International Development Aid (AECID). Yuste stated that Spain was aware of the humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia, Somalia, and Ke [...]	2009-09-24 09:15:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREF ET SO KE SP
09MADRID957	GOS SEEKS COMPARABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Post delivered reftel demarche on climate change to Deputy General Director for Mitigation and Technologies Eduardo Gonzalez and Senior Advisor for Mitigation and Technologies Sara Aagesen in the Ministry of the Environment, Rural, and Marine Affairs on September 22. They are pl [...]	2009-09-25 12:06:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KGHG SENV ENRG TRGY EUN SP
09MADRID969	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, SEPTEMBER 21-25 [...] The grant program has replaced earlier tax incentives for wind farms and covers 30% of the qualifying costs of investments. (ABC, 9/23; Treasury statement, 9/22; Iberdrola statement, 9/23) Santander's Brazilian Subsidiary Plans Big Share Offering 6.(U) The Brazilian subsidiary of Banco S [...]	2009-09-28 06:16:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON EFIN EIND EINV ELAB ENRG SP
09MADRID97	SPAIN: ALLEGED SPYING SCANDAL HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Allegations and counter-allegations of a spying scandal within the center-right Popular Party (PP) highlight the party's rivalries. Reports surfaced on January 19 that the PP-led Madrid regional government's (analogous to a U.S. state) minister of justice and internal affairs, Franci [...]	2009-01-29 11:38:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SP
09MADRID970	CONSULTATIVE PROCESS FOR MUSLIM ENGAGEMENT - MADRID [...] SUMMARY: Following the President's Cairo speech to Muslims around the world, U.S. Mission Spain continues to engage Muslims as part of our outreach to Spain's growing and increasingly diverse immigrant and minority communities. Our objective is to create a vision of mutual respect, advanceme [...]	2009-09-29 05:59:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON OEXC OSCI PREL SCUL SENV SOCI TNGD SP
09MADRID98	SPAIN TAKING STEPS TO SAFEGUARD NUCLEAR MATERIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Cognizant of the threat posed to its nuclear industry by terrorists and determined to counter a spate of bad publicity from recent accidents at its nuclear facilities, the GOS is taking steps to ensure the security of its nuclear facilities. This cable provides a backdrop of past terro [...]	2009-01-29 11:39:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR KNNP MNUC PARM SP PINS PTER KGIC ENRG
09MADRID980	SPAIN CONSIDERING PARTICIPATION IN H1N1 VACCINE [...] (U) Post delivered reftel demarche encouraging participation in the WHO H1N1 vaccine donation program for developing countries to Ildefonso Hernandez Aguado, Director General for Public Health and Foreign Health Matters, and Alfonso Jimenez Palacios, Director General for Pharmacy and Health Pr [...]	2009-10-06 12:10:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL KFLU WHO SP
09MADRID981	SCENESETTER FOR U.S.-SPAIN FORUM, OCT 9-11 IN [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-06 15:22:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV PGOV PREL SP
09MADRID982	SPAIN: INTERNET PIRACY UPDATE [...] (SBU) Secretary of State for Telecommunications and the Information Society Francisco Ros told Econoffs at an October 6 AmCham breakfast that "within a matter of days," the GOS will announce a series of measures designed to tackle Internet piracy. The President of the Coalition of Creators an [...]	2009-10-06 16:04:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECPS KCRM SP
09MADRID983	CROATIAN AMBASSADOR DOWNPLAYS MESIC VISIT TO CUBA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Croatian Ambassador to Spain Neven Pelicaric took great pains October 1 to downplay the significance of Croatian President Mesic's visit to Cuba the week of September 16, the third since his election in 2005. During a one-on-one lunch meeting, Pelicaric urged the USG not to take [...]	2009-10-07 20:27:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CU SP CR
09MADRID984	SPAIN'S NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT SHERPA TRAVELS TO [...] (C) President Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has named Deputy Foreign Minister Angel Lossada (Ref A) as Spain's Sherpa to the Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) that President Obama will host in the Washington DC area during April 12-13, 2010 (Refs B-D). On October 8 Lossada will attend separate mee [...]	2009-10-08 06:00:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL PTER KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY SP
09MADRID99	SPANISH OBJECTIVES FOR THE 2010 EU PRESIDENCY: [...] (U) SUMMARY. January 23, Spain's Council of Ministers approved the strategic plan for Spain's January-June 2010 EU Presidency. According to the plan, Spain's Presidency will possess a "marked pro-European character and an open social sensibility, in a year against poverty and exclusion." The [...]	2009-01-29 12:16:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECIN KWNN EU SP
09MADRID998	REPLY TO ELINT-RELATED BLUE LANTERN 050179563 [...] (SBU) Amid heightened suspicion of wrong-doing, including unauthorized storage of night vision devices and falsification of orders by Spanish defense distributor Elint S.A. (refs D, F, G),Post enjoyed the full cooperation of Spanish Ministry of Defense contacts in investigating two unrelated [...]	2009-10-13 14:52:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC SP
09PARIS1447	POLAND DELEGATION PARLAYS MDEP MEETING TO [...] The Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Multinational Design Evaluation Program (MDEP) held a conference in Paris, France on September 10 and 11. MDEP core members had decided to expand their reach and organize a formal exchange with national regulators from MDEP non-member countries, industry repres [...]	2009-10-28 15:11:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG OTRA TRGY TECH OECD FR SP IO
09PARIS1766	STAFFDEL KESSLER'S VISIT TO PARIS JAN. 12-14 [...] Embassy Paris welcomes the visit of Staffdel Kessler on January 12-14, 2010. 2. The control officer for this visit will be Political Officer David Nobles: Off. Tel: +33 1 4312 2515 Off. Fax: +33 1 4312 2663 Cell: +33 6 1511 3868 Home: +33 1 8209 4791 Unclass e-mail: noblesdt@state.gov [...]	2009-12-31 12:32:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN UK GM IT SP FR
09PRISTINA457	KOSOVO: HUNGARY IN TALKS TO REPRESENT SPANISH EU [...] (SBU) Atilla Fodor, First Secretary of the Hungarian Embassy in Pristina, briefed us Friday, October 16, on Hungary's hopes to represent Spain in Kosovo, during Spain's January-June 2010 EU presidency. According to Fodor, intensive bilateral talks are underway, and a decision is expected no la [...]	2009-10-19 11:11:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KV HU SP
09QUITO937	Ecuador: Yasuni-ITT Initiative Still Searching for its First [...] (C) Despite Ecuadorean President Correa's frequent claims to be raising funding among European nations for Ecuador's Yasuni-ITT rainforest/oil conservation initiative (Ref A),the reality is that the Europeans are so far skeptical. During an October 27 conference at Chatham House in London, Pr [...]	2009-11-06 19:39:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PREL SENV ECON EC GM UK SP
09RABAT132	TAOUNATE TOUGH ON CANNABIS [...] (SBU) Summary: Following success in western Morocco, Morocco's anti-cannabis efforts now focus on Taounate, a province in the Rif mountains on the eastern side of the major growing areas. Provincial authorities are making strong efforts to educate local residents about the negative aspects [...]	2009-02-10 17:50:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCOR KCRM SP MO
09RABAT249	RECEIVING A MESSAGE FROM MOROCCO'S KING ON SAHARA [...] (C) We understand that Moroccan Ambassador Mekouar has passed a request in Washington for PM Abbas El Fassi immediately to see POTUS to deliver an urgent letter from King Mohammed VI, but that there are serious scheduling issues. MFA Secretary General (number 2) Youssef Amrani told Charge Mar [...]	2009-03-27 19:15:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PHUM UNSC WI SP UK FR MO
09RABAT336	MOROCCO: INSIGHTS INTO RECENT MISSIONARY EXPULSION [...] (C) Summary: Morocco's expulsion of five Christian women last month accused of proselytizing has created a flurry of concern among the approximate 4,000 local Christians who meet regularly throughout Morocco. Three local Christian leaders from Casablanca (one of whom legally imports and sells [...]	2009-04-20 14:00:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL SCUL SOCI KPAO KIRF SP MO
09RABAT90	MOROCCAN AUTHORITIES THWART MAJOR INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: In one of the nation's largest anti-drug operations to date, on January 13 Government of Morocco (GOM) officials arrested 81 individuals, including officers from the Royal Navy, Gendarmerie, and Auxiliary Forces, allegedly involved in an international drug trafficking ring in the [...]	2009-01-30 18:42:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SNAR PINS KCOR KCRM SP MO
09SANJOSE76	COSTA RICA: SPAIN'S SECSTATE JIMENEZ ANNOUNCES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a January 29-30 official visit to Costa Rica, Spanish Secretary of State Trinidad Jimenez announced USD 285,000 in earthquake assistance and donated 25 motorcycles to the GOCR's transit police. During meetings with President Arias and FonMin Stagno, Jimenez focused on topi [...]	2009-02-06 17:54:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID ENVI ETRD CJAN CS SP
09SANTIAGO826	MYTH VS. REALITY IN CHILE'S MAPUCHE CONFLICT [...] (C) Summary: Despite sensationalist press coverage and a popular image of bloody conflict in Chile's southern Mapuche heartland, poloffs found that relations between indigenous and non-indigenous communities were largely non-violent, if often tense and distrustful. Three people -- all Mapuche activ [...]	2009-09-03 18:05:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL SOCI CI CO SP
09STATE102073	MULTILATERAL "COUNTERING VIOLENT EXTREMISM [...] Action Request - See Para 9. 2. (SBU) The Secretary's Ambassador-at-Large for Counterterrorism is pleased to announce a three-day "Multinational Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) Planners Workshop" from Wednesday, November 4-Friday, November 6, 2009 in Washington, D.C. This workshop wil [...]	2009-10-01 01:35:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV KHLS UK SP GM FR IT AS
09STATE102227	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Embassy's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on application 050191953 for the export of night vision devices (NVDs) to Spain. Post is requested to co [...]	2009-10-01 14:28:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC SP
09STATE105334	DIPLOMATIC NOTE RESPONSE ON PALOMARES [...] The Department requests that Post deliver the following diplomatic note to the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. Text of Diplomatic Note: (Insert complimentary opening) The Department of State has the honor to acknowledge receipt of the Embassy of Spain's Note Verbale No. 27 date [...]	2009-10-08 21:20:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KGCN KPAO PARM PGOV PREL SENV SP
09STATE106750	(C/NF) KUDOS FOR REPORTING ON SPANISH ECONOMY [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS APPRECIATED REFTELS REGARDING THE RECESSION IN SPAIN AND THE PLAYERS AND FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE SPANISH ECONOMIC POLICY. WE ESPECIALLY WELCOMED YOUR INSIGHTS INTO HOW THE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN IS AFFECTING ZAPATERO AND HIS CABINET AND INTO FACTORS SHAPING SPANISH DOMESTIC ECO [...]	2009-10-14 19:32:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINR ECON EFIN SP
09STATE109436	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-22 20:29:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	ETTC KOMC SP SW
09STATE115561	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050101274 for the export of International Traffic in Arms (ITAR)-controlled L-100 aircraft part [...]	2009-11-09 19:03:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC SP LY
09STATE116864	LAUNCH OF SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION STS-129 [...] SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION STS-129, ATLANTIS (OV-104),WILL LAUNCH FROM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER (KSC),FLORIDA, NO EARLIER THAN NOVEMBER 16, 2009. THE LAUNCH WINDOW OPENS AT 2:23 PM EST, (19:23 UTC/GMT) AND IS 10 MINUTES LONG. NOMINAL END OF MISSION LANDING AT KSC IS SCHEDULED FOR NO EARLIER THAN NO [...]	2009-11-12 20:41:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA FR SP
09STATE120010	(S/NF) KUDOS AND FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS ON MADRID'S [...] (C) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS GREATLY APPRECIATE POST'S INSIGHTFUL REPORTING ON MADRID'S POLICY TOWARD TEHRAN. WE READ REF A WITH GREAT INTEREST AND FOUND THE REPORTING INVALUABLE TOWARD UNDERSTANDING SPAIN'S CURRENT POSITION ON ADDITIONAL IRAN SANCTIONS. WE WOULD APPRECIATE ANY FURTHER INFORMAT [...]	2009-11-20 17:46:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL SP
09STATE120011	(S/NF) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON SPAIN'S EU [...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ARE INTERESTED IN SPAIN'S JANUARY-JUNE 2010 EU PRESIDENCY AND WOULD APPRECIATE ANY INFORMATION ON HOW SPAIN IS PREPARING TO TAKE ON THE EU PRESIDENCY. AS TIME AND RESOURCES PERMIT, WE WOULD ALSO APPRECIATE INFORMATION ON HOW MADRID WOULD ADDRESS ISSUES SUCH AS THE [...]	2009-11-20 17:50:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PGOV PREL SP
09STATE123343	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050095697 for the export of International Traffic in Arms (ITAR)-controlled high powered amplif [...]	2009-12-02 13:46:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC KZ SP
09STATE129187	ENGAGING COALITION PARTNERS TO QUICKLY REVIEW [...] (U) This is an action request (see paragraph 3). 2. (U) Begin Summary: Significant numbers of additional U.S. civilian personnel are now arriving in Afghanistan for deployment to all Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) as a critical element of our strategy. To facilitate timely deploy [...]	2009-12-17 22:00:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID UK NO SW GM HU CA NL LH FR SP IT NZ EZ
09STATE130501	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on license 050204437 for the export of International Traffic in Arms (ITAR)-controlled C-295 aircraft parts [...]	2009-12-23 15:29:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC SP VN
09STATE22065	LAUNCH OF SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION STS-119 [...] SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION STS-119, DISCOVERY (OV-103),WILL LAUNCH FROM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER (KSC),FLORIDA, NO EARLIER THAN MARCH 11, 2009. THE LAUNCH WINDOW OPENS AT 09:15 PM EDT, MARCH 11 (MARCH 12, 01:15 UTC/GMT) AND IS 10 MINUTES LONG. NOMINAL END OF MISSION LANDING AT KSC IS SCHEDULED FOR [...]	2009-03-09 22:33:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA FR SP AIN
09STATE26316	PROVIDING FEEDBACK TO THE GOS ON THE EXPORT OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Madrid please see paragraph 5. SPAIN REQUESTS U.S. VIEWS ON EXPORT OF TUBES TO IRAN --------------------------------------------- ------- 2. (S) Background: Per Reftel, the Spanish interagency is currently reviewing an export license submitted b [...]	2009-03-19 13:45:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	MTCRE PARM PERL ETTC MNUC TSPA SP IR
09STATE2886	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-5. 2. (U) The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests posts' assistance in conducting a post-shipment end-use check on license 05-1000927 for the export of aircraft parts to Portugal. Posts are requested to [...]	2009-01-12 18:08:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC SP PO
09STATE2888	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-5. 2. (U) The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests posts' assistance in conducting post-shipment end-use checks on license 05-1000934 for the export of aircraft parts to Brazil. Posts are requested to c [...]	2009-01-12 18:11:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC BR SP
09STATE29395	(S) ALERTING SPAIN TO TURKISH INTERMEDIARY'S EFFORTS TO SUPPLY SPANISH-ORIGIN MACHINE TOOLS TO IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-26 20:46:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL TW IR SP
09STATE30962	SPANISH FIRM SHIPS ADDITIONAL CONSIGNMENT OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Madrid please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background: In mid-January, we shared with the Spanish government information indicating a business relationship between the Spanish firm Aceros IMS and several firms that believe could be acting on behalf of t [...]	2009-03-31 19:19:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC MNUC TSPA SP SY
09STATE41098	SPANISH COMPANY ORION AIR LEASING AIRCRAFT TO [...] (C) Department requests action addressee approach Orion Air to discuss their decision to lease two aircraft to Syrian Pearl Airways (Reftel). Post may draw from the attached talking points as needed. Post is also requested to obtain from Orion Air any relevant documents, such as the lease a [...]	2009-04-23 22:36:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL SP SY
09STATE4134	SPANISH METAL MERCHANT SUPPLIES SYRIAN ENTITIES OF PROLIFERATION CONCERN (S) [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-15 16:35:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	ETTC MNUC MTCR PARM PREL SP SY TSPA
09STATE47001	LAUNCH OF SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION STS-125 [...] SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION STS-125, ATLANTIS (OV-104),WILL LAUNCH FROM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER (KSC),FLORIDA, NO EARLIER THAN MAY 11, 2009. THE LAUNCH WINDOW OPENS AT 13:42 EDT, (17:42 UTC/GMT) AND IS 62 MINUTES LONG. NOMINAL END OF MISSION LANDING AT KSC IS SCHEDULED FOR NO EARLIER THAN MAY 22, 2 [...]	2009-05-08 13:38:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA FR SP AIN
09STATE47933	DEMARCHE REQUEST: POSSIBLE TEMPORARY DENIAL ORDER [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Embassy Madrid is requested to provide Orion Air with a copy of the Temporary Denial Order (TDO) and deliver the below talking points before 9am May 12 EST if possible. Embassy Madrid is also requested to share the talking points with appropriate GOS offici [...]	2009-05-11 23:07:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL SP SY
09STATE49690	AIRCRAFT IN EXETER EN ROUTE TO SYRIA (CHAM PEARL [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Embassy London is requested to provide Flybe Aviation Services with a copy of the Temporary Denial Order (TDO) and deliver the talking points below as soon as possible May 15. Embassy is requested to share talking points with the FCO and seek their assistanc [...]	2009-05-15 00:24:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL SP SY UK
09STATE64206	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on licenses 050097913 and 050051555 for the export of International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) - c [...]	2009-06-22 12:59:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC SP
09STATE68878	DEMARCHE REQUEST: ENSURING FAIRNESS BY BIDDERS IN [...] (SBU) Summary and action request. Please see para 2 for action request. Response requested by July 7. The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) is expected to announce next week the winner of the nearly $4 billion third set of locks contract. This project is the centerpiece of the Canal,s overa [...]	2009-07-02 15:56:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT BEXP ECON EFIN ETRD PM SP FR IT
09STATE69224	DEMARCHE REQUEST: ENSURING FAIRNESS BY BIDDERS IN [...] 1. (SBU) Summary and action request. Please see para 2 for action request. The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) is expected to announce next week the winner of the nearly $4 billion third set of locks contract. This project is the centerpiece of the Canal,s overall expansion plan. The thre [...]	2009-07-02 22:33:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT BEXP ECON EFIN ETRD PM SP FR IT
09STATE71082	LAUNCH OF SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION STS-127 [...] SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION STS-127, ENDEAVOUR (OV-105),WILL LAUNCH FROM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER (KSC),FLORIDA, NO EARLIER THAN JULY 11, 2009. THE LAUNCH WINDOW OPENS AT 07:34 PM EDT, JULY 11 (23:34 UTC/GMT) AND IS 10 MINUTES LONG. NOMINAL END OF MISSION LANDING AT KSC IS SCHEDULED FOR NO EARLIER [...]	2009-07-09 16:16:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA FR SP AIN
09STATE75563	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Embassy's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on application 050177626 for the export of night vision goggles (NVGs) to Spain. Post is requested to co [...]	2009-07-20 19:48:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC SP
09STATE80201	(U) "JOINING HANDS AGAINST FORCED MARRIAGES" [...] (S/NF) NATIONAL COUNTERTERRORISM CENTER (NCTC) ANALYSTS IN THE RADICALIZATION AND EXTREMIST MESSAGES GROUP (REMG) ARE INTERESTED IN REPORTING ON THE EUROPEAN INITIATIVE AGAINST FORCED MARRIAGES LAUNCHED BY STICHTING PLATFORM ISLAMITISCHE ORGANISATIES RIJNMOND - FOUNDATION PLATFORM ISLAMIC OR [...]	2009-07-31 21:33:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR SCUL BE FR GM IT NL SP UK
09STATE81473	BLUE LANTERN CHECK ON DENIED LICENSE APPLICATION [...] (U) This is an action message. See paragraphs 2-8. 2. (U) The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post assistance regarding follow-up to the denial of license application 050128842. 3. (U) Reason for request: license application 050128842, a [...]	2009-08-05 14:56:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	BB EC ETTC KOMC SP UK
09STATE81475	BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON [...] This is an action message. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post assistance in conducting a pre-license and post-shipment check for the export of battlefield effects simulators to Spain. Post is requested to complete [...]	2009-08-05 15:04:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC SP
09STATE83014	COMBATTING VENEZUELAN DIVERSION OF ARMS TO THE [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassies Madrid and Stockholm see para 6. 2. (S/NF) Summary: In an August 3 telcon with the Secretary, Colombian President Uribe expressed concerns over evidence that three Swedish-origin anti-tank missiles sold to Venezuela were found in the possession [...]	2009-08-10 21:32:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM PREL XT XM RS CO VE SW SP
09STATE90920	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050095697 for the export of International Traffic in Arms (ITAR)-controlled high powered amplif [...]	2009-09-01 13:10:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC KZ SP
09STATE92584	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050106146 for the export of International Traffic in Arms (ITAR)-controlled cables for C-295 ai [...]	2009-09-04 20:11:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC SP ID
09STATE96274	OFFICE OF DEFENSE TRADE CONTROLS COMPLIANCE [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraph 6. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests that Embassy convey to appropriate Spanish officials the policy of denial imposed on Spanish company, Elint S.A. Until further notice, Elint S.A. will not be appr [...]	2009-09-16 16:52:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC SP
09STATE99586	BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]	2009-09-24 17:51:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC SP
09STOCKHOLM231	SWEDISH VIEWS ON APRIL GAERC AGENDA [...] (C) Summary: In an April 1 meeting, EU Deputy Correspondent Jonas Wendel discussed the problematic invitation of Pres. Lukashenko to the May 7 Eastern Partnership launch; the EU's policy plans with Israel, Syria and Iran; upcoming (and rescheduled) summits, and Montenegro. Wendel told us he a [...]	2009-04-07 16:45:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EU BO IS IR SY MW ZK BM SP SW
09STOCKHOLM543	SWEDEN, COLUMBIA AND THE FARC [...] (C) Summary: Swedish Foreign Ministry officials noted their dismay with recent evidence that Swedish arms, originally sold to Venezuela, were diverted to the FARC. They said this evidence would be sufficient to prevent any future proposed arms sales from Sweden to Venezuela and promised that t [...]	2009-08-25 05:37:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL XT XM RS CO VE SW SP
09STOCKHOLM596	PATH OF LEAST RESISTANCE: SWEDEN ON RUSSIAN ARMS [...] (C) Summary: Sweden, in a bilateral manner and not as EU President, briefed EU Member States at the September 4 COARM meeting on the discovery that 1980s-era Swedish-origin missile launchers sold to Venezuela ended up in FARC arms caches in Colombia (reftel A). They also plan to issue a "stat [...]	2009-09-18 11:08:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL XT XM RS CO VE SW SP
09TRIPOLI563	AU SUMMIT: A/S CARSON'S MEETING WITH SPANISH MINISTER OF STATE FOR AFRICAN AFFAIRS CLASSIFIED BY: Gene A. Cretz, Ambassador, US Embassy Tripoli, Department of State. REASON: 1.4 (b),(d) [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-13 09:49:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SO SP AU LY
09TRIPOLI73	A KING IN AL-QADHAFI'S COURT: SPAIN'S JUAN CARLOS VISITS [...] (C) Summary: King Juan Carlos of Spain's visit to Libya served as a platform for the GOL to walk back Muammar al-Qadhafi's announcement that oil production might be nationalized. In the first visit of a Spanish head of state since Libya's independence in 1951, Juan Carlos' delegation managed to se [...]	2009-02-01 10:07:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EINV EPET LY SP
09UNVIEVIENNA176	IAEA DG RACE: ECHAVARRI PITCHES FOR U.S. SUPPORT; [...] (C) This is an action message. UNVIE proposes USG consider whether or at what juncture officials in Washington should receive Luis Echavarri, candidate for the office of Director General of the IAEA, for an exchange of views about the Agency and an assessment of his potential if Japanese Amb [...]	2009-04-21 16:47:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA MY SI
09UNVIEVIENNA177	IAEA DG RACE: ECHAVARRI PITCHES FOR U.S. SUPPORT; [...] (C) This is an action message. UNVIE proposes USG consider whether or at what juncture officials in Washington should receive Luis Echavarri, candidate for the office of Director General of the IAEA, for an exchange of views about the Agency and an assessment of his potential if Japanese Amb [...]	2009-04-22 07:23:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA MY SI
09UNVIEVIENNA178	IAEA/DG RACE: MINTY RE-ENTERS RACE, CHANGING THE [...] (S) The IAEA Secretariat confirmed that South Africa had officially submitted its re-nomination of Governor Abdul Minty for Director General April 21. Minty's performance in the first round proves he cannot win, but he has emerged as a standard-bearer for the "non-aligned" members of the IAEA. [...]	2009-04-22 14:41:00	UNVIE	SECRET	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA MY SI SF
09UNVIEVIENNA180	IAEA/DG RACE: BELGIUM TO THROW HAT IN THE RING [...] (C) Following earlier reports (ref a) of a possible Belgian candidacy for IAEA Director General, the Belgian Mission confirmed April 24 that the nomination of Jean-Pol Poncelet, though not yet official, would be submitted either later the same day or early April 27 (the last day for nominatio [...]	2009-04-24 11:44:00	UNVIE	SECRET	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA MY SI SF BE
09UNVIEVIENNA189	IAEA/DG RACE: FIVE CANDIDATES AT CLOSE OF [...] (S) As of the close of nominations April 27, there are five official candidates for IAEA Director General: Yukiya Amano (Japan),Abdul Minty (South Africa),Luis Echavarri (Spain),Jean-Pol Poncelet (Belgium) and Ernest Petric (Slovenia). No further candidates can join the race at this junct [...]	2009-04-28 16:28:00	UNVIE	SECRET	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA MY SI SF BE
09UNVIEVIENNA209	IAEA/DG RACE: ECHAVARRI MAKES A STRONG SHOWING [...] (C) Spanish DG candidate Luis Echavarri emerged the clear "winner" over Belgian candidate Jean-Pol Poncelet in a joint meeting of the two candidates with the Western European and Others Group (WEOG) May 6. Drawing on his 25 years of experience in the nuclear field, Echavarri demonstrated solid [...]	2009-05-07 16:39:00	UNVIE	SECRET	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA MY SI SF BE
09UNVIEVIENNA244	IAEA/DG RACE: BOARD MEETS THE FIVE CANDIDATES [...] (C) The five DG candidates each performed respectably at the informal Board session May 26 with no clear winner (full text of remarks emailed to Department.) Japanese candidate Amano tailored his intervention for G-77 consumption, highlighting that the IAEA should not be a nuclear watchdog bu [...]	2009-05-27 16:43:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA SI SF BE
09UNVIEVIENNA260	IAEA/DG RACE: CAMPAIGN UPDATE FROM AMANO [...] (S) Taking stock in advance of the June 9 straw poll, Japanese DG candidate Yukiya Amano provided Ambassador Schulte an update June 5 of Japan's world-wide wide campaign. The GOJ is pulling out all the stops on Amano's behalf, including contacts by PM Aso and at the FM level. Among the undec [...]	2009-06-05 12:06:00	UNVIE	SECRET	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA SI SF BE
09UNVIEVIENNA268	IAEA/DG RACE: AMANO MAKES A STRONG SHOWING IN [...] (S) The results of the June 9 informal straw poll -- Amano 20, Minty 11, Echavarri 4, and Poncelet and Petric both 0 -- place Amano in good stead for the formal vote, which the Board Chair announced would be held over a two-day session on July 2-3. Certainly, the momentum is with Amano and man [...]	2009-06-09 13:25:00	UNVIE	SECRET	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA SI SF BE
09UNVIEVIENNA310	IAEA/DG RACE: AMANO EYES NARROW VICTORY WHILE [...] (S) Entering the final days before the July 2-3 balloting, Japanese DG candidate Yukiya Amano shared the same assessment of the race on June 29 as he has previously but tempered by some new concerns. Japan still calculates "around 20" commitments. Factoring in a 20-30 percent average margin f [...]	2009-06-29 15:46:00	UNVIE	SECRET	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA SI SF BE
09UNVIEVIENNA318	IAEA/DG RACE: AMANO WINS NARROW VICTORY DUE TO ONE [...] (C) Japanese DG candidate Yukiya Amano narrowly won the required two-thirds majority in a final "confidence" vote July 2. One abstention in the final tally (23 "Yes" 11 "No" and 1 abstention) lowered the margin for victory to 23 votes. This completes the "Selection Stage" of the DG election [...]	2009-07-02 15:27:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA SI SF BE
09UNVIEVIENNA319	IAEA/DG RACE: AMANO ACCLAIMED DIRECTOR GENERAL [...] (C) With resounding and sustained applause, the Board of Governors appointed Japanese Ambassador Yukiya Amano as the IAEA Director General-designate July 3 by acclamation. More than three dozen statements of congratulations, including on the part of the G-77, NAM, EU, all regional groups, and [...]	2009-07-06 12:21:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA SI SF BE
09USNATO534	NATO SYG PRESSES HUNGARY AND ROMANIA FOR MORE ISAF [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: The U.S. Deputy Director of the Secretary General's Private Office Jeff Rathke (strictly protect) told us that Secretary General Rasmussen pressed Hungary and Romania on November 19 for additional troops for the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan. [...]	2009-11-19 16:58:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	MOPS PREL MARR MASS NATO AF HU RO SP
09USUNNEWYORK239	SPANISH PERMREP PAYS INTRODUCTORY CALL ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Spanish Permrep Juan Antonio Yanez-Barnuevo reviewed Spain's UN priorities in a March 9 introductory meeting with Ambassador Rice. He observed that the Second Forum of the Alliance of Civilizations set to take place in Istanbul on April 6-7 would coincide with President Obama' [...]	2009-03-11 00:15:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MINURSO SP
09USUNNEWYORK638	ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATIONS [...] (U) USUN PolCouns attended a June 22 meeting of the Friends of the Alliance of Civilizations (AOC) as an Observer. The meeting, co-chaired by the Permanent Representatives of Turkey and Spain, provided a briefing on the Second Forum of the AOC, held in Istanbul on April 6-7, 2009, and focused [...]	2009-06-29 16:26:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KIRF KISL SP TU
09USUNNEWYORK641	ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATIONS: AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS [...] This is an action cable. See paragraph 6 below. 2. (SBU) Turkish PermRep Ilkin and Spanish PermRep Yanez-Barnuevo requested a meeting with Ambassador Rice to urge U.S. backing for the Alliance of Civilizations (AOC). They explained that the initiative for the AOC came from their governme [...]	2009-06-30 20:40:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KIRF KISL SP TU
09WARSAW1063	REPLY DEMARCHE BIOTECH VOTES. [...] Poland will vote against biotech variety approvals reftel at the Agriculture Council and the Standing Committee on Food Chain meetings scheduled October 19. This vote conforms to the Polish Council of Minister's decision of December 2008 to vote against all biotech events at the EU level, con [...]	2009-10-16 13:38:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD EUN TBIO SP
09WELLINGTON329	DRAFT MOU ON LIFE, SECURITY AND MOBILITY SUPPORT DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-23 04:34:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID UK NO SW GM HU CA NL LH FR SP IT NZ EZ
10BARCELONA20	BARCELONA BRIEF - A TWICE MONTHLY ROUNDUP OF POL/ECON [...] (U) Barcelona Mayor Jordi Hereu's announcement that the city will bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics has sparked tension with the neighboring autonomous community of Aragon, which also seeks to host the Games. Hereu's surprise announcement last month caught many off guard, as Aragon's capital c [...]	2010-02-22 09:36:00	Consulate Barcelona	UNCLASSIFIED	SP FR AN PGOV PNAT PREL KCOR ECON EINV ELAB
10KATHMANDU94	NEPAL BACKS U.S. POSITION ON IRAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] (SBU) During a February 1 meeting with Acting Foreign Secretary Durga Bhattarai, Charge highlighted U.S. efforts to engage Iran on its nuclear program and Iran's continued unresponsiveness. He urged Nepal to support efforts to increase pressure on Iran (reftel). Charge noted that all countri [...]	2010-02-01 12:08:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL IR SP NP PARM
10LONDON255	UK SEES FOREIGN OWNERSHIP AS KEY ISSUE IN UPCOMING U.S.-EU SECOND STAGE NEGOTIATIONS IN MADRID [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-04 10:15:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAIR ECON EU SENV SP UK
10LONDON414	LEFT-LEANING EUROPEAN LEADERS RALLY BEHIND GORDON [...] (SBU) Summary. An international conference on jobs had the feel of a campaign rally for Prime Minister Brown, with several left-leaning European leaders strongly praising Brown for rescuing the world from the economic crisis. The theme of the February 19 conference held in London by Progressi [...]	2010-02-23 18:09:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON PGOV PREL SP UK GR NO EU
10MADRID108	SPAIN'S EXPERIENCE WITH ELECTRONIC IDENTITY CARDS [...] (SBU) Electronic identities in Spain are governed by Law 59 of 2003, known as the electronic signatures law. Spain began issuing electronic national identity cards (DNIs) in 2006. The DNI is the document that citizens and residents are required to present for access to government facilities [...]	2010-01-29 13:38:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS SP
10MADRID114	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, JANUARY 25-29 [...] (U) The official National Institute of Statistics (INE) fourth-quarter 2009 unemployment rate was 18.8%, a raise of almost 1% from the previous quarter. This is the third consecutive year that the unemployment rate has increased. Over 4.3 million Spaniards were unemployed, up by 1.1 million f [...]	2010-01-31 23:04:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECPS EFIN ELAB SP
10MADRID116	CHILD LABOR AND FORCED LABOR IN SPAIN [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-02 07:12:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI USAID SP
10MADRID117	CHILD LABOR AND FORCED LABOR IN SPAIN [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-02 07:12:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI USAID SP
10MADRID118	MADRID RESPONSE RE DEVELOPING A COMMUNITY OF [...] The following officers and local engaged staff (LES) cover energy issues: Ari Nathan, Environment, Science, Technology and Health officer, covers renewable energy, nuclear power, and climate change (nathana@state.gov, 34.91.587.2385); Amy Dove, Economic officer, covers oil and gas (dovean@st [...]	2010-02-02 07:45:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SP
10MADRID119	EXTENSIVE USG ENGAGEMENT WITH SPAIN ON IRAN'S [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Post has left no stone unturned in its extensive engagement with the GOS on the USG's dual-track engagement with Iran and the importance of increasing pressure on Iran if Tehran fails to reciprocate with confidence-building measures and transparency regarding its nucl [...]	2010-02-02 07:48:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET//NOFORN	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL IR TRGY SP EUN UNSC
10MADRID125	SPANISH MFA ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR [...] (C) Spanish MFA Sub-DG for Non-proliferation and Arms Control Gonzalo de Salazar requested a meeting with Polcouns February 2 to discuss the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT),the USG deposit of instruments of ratification of Protocol III (incendiary weapons) of the Convent [...]	2010-02-03 07:19:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL IR SP
10MADRID133	SPANISH REACTION TO ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING U.S.-EU [...] (C) Summary. In the last 48 hours the Ambassador has spoken with Spanish National Security Advisor Leon, FM Moratinos, and President Zapatero regarding the announcement that President Obama will not attend a U.S.-EU Summit in Spain. Spanish disappointment -- both among senior government officials a [...]	2010-02-03 14:51:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP
10MADRID135	SPAIN RECEIVES U.S.-EU SECOND STAGE AIR TRANSPORT [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-04 08:34:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR EUN KTIA IC NO SP

10MADRID136	SPAIN RECEIVES U.S.-EU SECOND STAGE AIR TRANSPORT [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-04 08:40:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR EUN KTIA IC NO SP
10MADRID138	ANNUAL REQUEST FOR STAFFING, EMPLOYMENT, AND [...] (U) ECON sent fax and left repeated voicemail messages with Carmen Molina, Director of Human Resources at the UN's World Tourism Organization, to request the reftel budgetary and personnel information. After multiple non-responsive inquiries, ECON is forced to assume that as in prior years the [...]	2010-02-04 11:10:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC APECO APER ECON KUNR OCED POLUN UNESCO SP
10MADRID14	SPAIN ECONOMIC ROUNDUP, DEC.28 - JAN.8 [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-08 16:31:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ELAB ENRG ETRN SP
10MADRID140	SPAIN PROVIDES EU RESPONSE TO CITES PROPOSALS [...] Econoff delivered reftel demarche talking points to Manuel Calderon, Head of the Scientific Evaluation Section for CITES of Spain's Office of Biodiversity in the Ministry of Environment and Rural and Marine Affairs on January 25. On February 3, Calderon responded to the US proposals, explaini [...]	2010-02-05 09:15:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KSCA CITES AORC UNEP SP
10MADRID143	SPAIN'S POLICIES ON DISTRACTED DRIVING [...] Summary. Econoff delivered reftel A demarche to Spanish government officials involved in the development of traffic regulations on February 3. They said that Spain passed a 2005 law making it illegal to drive while using a mobile communication device unless it is hands-free. The law created [...]	2010-02-05 12:21:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SOCI UNDP UNGA SP
10MADRID146	AMBASSADOR SOLOMONT'S FEBRUARY 4, 2010, MEETING [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador paid his first call on Spanish VP Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega February 4, 2010. They discussed the U.S.-EU summit and Spain's hopes for a bilateral visit by President Obama; Haiti; Afghanistan; Iran; Latin America; Counter-Terrorism, including data protecti [...]	2010-02-05 16:45:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER AF HA IR SP XM
10MADRID148	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, FEBRUARY 1-5 [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-08 07:42:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ELAB KIPR SP
10MADRID154	SPAIN DETAILS ITS STRATEGY TO COMBAT THE RUSSIAN MAFIA [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: National Court Prosecutor Jose "Pepe" Grinda Gonzalez on January 14 gave a detailed, frank assessment of the activities and reach of organized crime (OC) in both Eurasia and Spain and Spain's strategy for how best to combat it in court. As he did so, he evaluated the levels [...]	2010-02-08 11:00:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET//NOFORN	KJUS KHLS PGOV PREL PTER SP PINS KCOR PINR
10MADRID155	AMBASSADOR SOLOMONT'S FEBRUARY 4, 2010 MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-08 11:27:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ELAB KIPR SP
10MADRID160	ACTION REQUEST II: PRESSURING IRAN ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Polcouns met February 8, 2010, with Spanish MFA Sub-DG for the Near East Alberto Ucelay to deliver ref a points. Ucelay was joined by Beatriz Lorenzo from the MFA's Human Rights Office. Ucelay said Spain shared U.S. worries over the human rights violations occurring in Iran. He said that [...]	2010-02-08 14:58:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PHUM PREF SP
10MADRID161	SPAIN: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING RESULTS FOR SOCOM [...] (U) Pursuant to provisions of the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act, Post has carefully reviewed the human rights records of the following Spanish candidates who have been invited to participate in the 5th Annual Sovereign Challenge Foreign Military Attache (FMA) conference, to be hel [...]	2010-02-08 15:13:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS PREL PGOV PHUM SP
10MADRID162	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL CARDIN, FEBRUARY 15-17, SPAIN [...] (U) Summary: Embassy Madrid welcomes the February 15-17 visit of Codel Cardin to Spain. U.S.-Spain relations are strong and based on shared global interests, including our association in NATO, the fight against terrorism, and growing economic ties. Spaniards are enthusiastic about President [...]	2010-02-08 15:28:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL SP
10MADRID173	SPANISH MINISTER OF INTERIOR ON TFTP AND [...] (C) The Ambassador spoke February 11, 2010, with Spanish Minister of Interior Rubalcaba about the defeat of the TFTP interim agreement in the European Parliament. Rubalcaba, who spoke to the parliament February 10 in an effort to save the interim agreement, twice described the parliamentarians [...]	2010-02-12 13:58:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP
10MADRID174	SPAIN: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF [...] (SBU) Ambassador met February 10 with Minister of Culture Angeles Gonzalez Sinde to discuss bilateral cooperation on cultural issues, intellectual property rights and draft legislation that would enhance the government's ability to combat digital piracy, and the Holocaust-related claim by AMCI [...]	2010-02-12 15:25:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR PGOV PREL PHUM SCUL SP
10MADRID175	AMBASSADOR'S FEB. 10 MEETING WITH HEALTH MINISTER [...] (U) In the Ambassador's February 10 introductory call, Minister Jimenez outlined Spain's success in achieving universal health coverage, a comprehensive eHealth system, and progressive elder care. She noted that her Ministry was working on a U.S.-EU MOU on eHealth that she would discuss in [...]	2010-02-12 16:11:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON TINT SOCI SP
10MADRID176	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, FEBRUARY 8-12 [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-12 16:34:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON ELAB ECPS SP
10MADRID179	SPAIN IPR: AUSTR WILSON'S MEETINGS WITH GOS, OPPOSITION, [...] (SBU) During a February 4-5 visit to Madrid, Assistant USTR for Europe met with government officials, private sector representatives, and an opposition politician to discuss USG concerns over Internet piracy in Spain and the government's legislative proposal. Content industry representatives d [...]	2010-02-16 07:09:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD EUN SP
10MADRID181	ASSISTANT SECRETARY CARSON'S MEETING WITH SPANISH VICE [...] Summary. On January 28, Assistant Secretary for African Affairs, Johnnie Carson, met with Spanish Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs, Angel Lossada, on bi-lateral issues related to Africa. Lossada described Spanish interests and concerns in West Africa; requested U.S. views on a proposed confe [...]	2010-02-16 12:40:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SP
10MADRID187	A/S VALENZUELA DISCUSSES LATIN AMERICA WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an excellent and extremely cordial meeting that lasted over two hours on February 1, WHA Assistant Secretary Arturo Valenzuela and NSA-equivalent Bernardino Leon, Secretary General of the Office of the Presidency, discussed prospects for U.S.-Spanish cooperation in Latin America [...]	2010-02-18 16:11:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CU SP
10MADRID188	AMBASSADOR'S FEBRUARY 10 CALL ON SPANISH CHIEF OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador called February 10 on Chief of Defense (CJCS-equivalent) General Jose Julio Rodriguez. The meeting was warm and brief. The two discussed the issue of strategic communications on our shared mission in Afghanistan, U.S. access to Spanish military bases, and the limi [...]	2010-02-18 16:12:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NATO AF SP
10MADRID190	DHS SEC. NAPOLITANO ADDRESSES EU'S JHA MINISTERS [...] (SBU) Summary. Secretary Napolitano met with European Union (EU) Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) ministers January 21-22 in Toledo, Spain, and achieved trans-Atlantic consensus to improve aviation security. Her attendance at the plenary meeting led to the issuance of a U.S.-EU Joint Declaratio [...]	2010-02-19 14:17:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET//NOFORN	EUN SP PREL PINS PTER PINR KHLS KCIP KCRM
10MADRID191	SPAIN: IRAN'S 20 PERCENT ENRICHMENT PLAN IS [...] (C) During a wide-ranging discussion with Post officials, the senior nuclear expert at the Spanish MFA on February 10 expressed considerable unease with Iranian President Amadinejad's early February announcement that Tehran would begin to enrich uranium to 20 percent. Carlos Torres, Counselor [...]	2010-02-19 14:18:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET	MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC MNUC TSPA SP SY IR KNNP
10MADRID192	SPAIN: MFA DISCUSSES COMBATING NUCLEAR TERRORISM [...] (C) SUMMARY. Carlos Torres, Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament within the MFA's DG for Strategic Affairs and Terrorism, on February 10 spoke with POLOFF and Deputy ECONCOUNS on a nascent MFA proposal regarding a year-long series of trilateral technical exercises with the USG an [...]	2010-02-19 14:18:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL SP KNNP MO KGIC PTER
10MADRID194	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, FEBRUARY 15-19 [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-21 12:44:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN SP
10MADRID199	ENGAGING SPAIN ON INFORMATION-SHARING AND DATA [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Post, joined by visiting VIP delegations such as DHS Secretary Napolitano, CODEL Cardin, and the U.S. delegation to the US-EU Informal Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) on Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) issues, has engaged extensively with officials from the Ministries o [...]	2010-02-22 17:30:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KTFN KCRM KHLS ECPS ECON PREL KPAO SP
10MADRID20	AMBASSADOR SOLOMONT'S JANUARY 9, 2010, MEETING [...] (C) Summary: Shortly after his arrival January 9, the Ambassador went to the MFA to present copies of his credentials. Unexpectedly, he was received personally by FM Moratinos. Moratinos conveyed King Juan Carlos' greetings and said the King was anxious to meet the Ambassador. A credential [...]	2010-01-11 16:35:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AF HO IR IS SP WI
10MADRID200	SPANISH VIEWS GOING INTO ANSF FORCE GENERATION [...] (C) Spain fully supports Afghan National Security Force (ANSF) targets, and recognizes the importance of an effective ANSF to the Allies' transition out of Afghanistan, but does not expect to announce additional contributions to Afghanistan at the February 23 NATO/ISAF force generation confere [...]	2010-02-23 07:16:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL NATO SP AF
10MADRID202	SPAIN REQUESTS MINISTERIAL-LEVEL U.S.-EU CLIMATE [...] On February 22 Ambassador Solomont received a letter from Spanish Secretary of State (vice minister) for Climate Change Teresa Ribera requesting, on behalf of the EU, consultations with the USG on climate change at the ministerial level. The text of the letter is as follows: (begin text) D [...]	2010-02-23 14:11:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KGHG SENV SP
10MADRID206	SPAIN HOSTS HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE WITH CUBA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Spanish officials hosted their Cuban interlocutors for a bilateral human rights dialogue February 18 in Madrid. This was the fourth round of the dialogue created in April 2007 when Foreign Minister Moratinos visited Havana. Moratinos, who did not participate in the latest di [...]	2010-02-25 13:15:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM CU SP
10MADRID21	SCENESETTER FOR YOUR MEETINGS WITH EU POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Embassy Madrid welcomes your visit for the EU Political Directors meeting hosted by Spain. The GOS seeks to strengthen EU (and GOS) ties with the USG during its presidency, and your interlocutors will be eager to meet with you. U.S.-Spain relations are strong and based on shared global [...]	2010-01-11 17:54:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EU IR SP
10MADRID215	SPAIN CONTINUES TO SEEK EU CONSENSUS FOR [...] (SBU) PolOff conveyed reftel A points to Marcelino Cabanas, the MFA's Subdirector General for United Nations and Global Issues. Cabanas thanked Poloff for sharing what he called a "traditional view" but he indicated that Spain, during its rotating presidency of the Council of the European Un [...]	2010-02-26 12:12:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	IO PHUM UNGA SP
10MADRID216	USAID ADMINISTRATOR AND EUROPEAN COUNTERPARTS [...] (U) USAID Administrator Dr. Rajiv Shah, EU Development Ministers, and EU officials discussed the U.S.-EU Transatlantic Development Dialogue, Haiti, and related issues during the EU Development Ministers Informal Meeting on February 17-18 at La Granja, Spain. In plenary sessions and in bilater [...]	2010-02-26 12:21:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID KGHG SENV SP TBIO
10MADRID218	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL GORDON, MARCH 5-9, SPAIN [...] (U) Embassy Madrid welcomes your visit. U.S.-Spain relations are strong and based on shared global interests, including our association in NATO, the fight against terrorism, and growing economic ties. Spaniards are enthusiastic about President Obama, and the GOS is optimistic about the prosp [...]	2010-02-26 16:42:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL SP
10MADRID25	AMBASSADOR SOLOMONT'S JANUARY 12, 2010, MEETING [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Spanish SYG of the Presidency (NSA-equivalent) Bernardino Leon January 12. He wanted to meet with Leon as soon as possible to begin to establish a good working relationship and to share his observations regarding the U.S.-Spain bilateral relationship. He emphasi [...]	2010-01-13 14:29:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP
10MADRID31	SPAIN WORKING WITH EU PARTNERS TO REACH EMISSIONS [...] As the newly arrived Ambassador is still making introductory calls, Post engaged at working level to quickly convey the message on climate change. Econoff delivered the demarche to Deputy Director General for Climate Change Affairs Paz Valiente and Deputy Director General for Emissions Tradin [...]	2010-01-15 12:28:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KGHG SENV ENRG SP
10MADRID4	SCENESETTER FOR STAFFDEL KESSLER'S VISIT TO SPAIN [...] (SBU) Embassy Madrid welcomes your visit, which comes at an auspicious moment as Spain assumes the European Council Presidency for a six-month period. U.S.-Spain relations are strong and based on shared global interests, including our association in NATO, the fight against terrorism, and growi [...]	2010-01-05 12:19:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KTFN KNNC PREL SP IR
10MADRID42	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, JANUARY 11-15, 2010 [...] (U) Local media reported on German government criticism of President Zapatero's EU statement calling for economic sanctions for EU member countries that fail to meet specified objectives in the successor to the Lisbon Strategy for EU Growth. Rainer Breuderle, German Minister of Economics and [...]	2010-01-19 12:30:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN ELAB KIPR SP
10MADRID48	U/S BURNS MEETING WITH SPAIN FM MORATINOS [...] (C) Summary: At lunch with Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs William Burns and Ambassador Solomont on January 15, Spanish FM Moratinos outlined his recent engagement with the PalestinQ leadership to promote progress in the peace process and reiterated his willingness to help where [...]	2010-01-19 16:08:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SP
10MADRID49	AMBASSADOR SOLOMONT'S JANUARY 18, 2010, MEETING WITH SPANISH MINISTER OF INTERIOR RUBALCABA [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-19 17:34:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP
10MADRID6	SPAIN: MOVING PAST CORRUPTION SCANDALS, POPULAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. The center-right Popular Party (PP),the largest opposition party in the Spanish Congress, enters 2010 with a series of polls indicating that - by an increasingly large margin - it would oust the incumbent Socialists (PSOE) in a hypothetical vote, although the next [...]	2010-01-07 13:13:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SP KCOR KCRM KJUS
10MADRID60	REPLY TO BLUE LANTERN 050204437 [...] SUMMARY: Post has made pre-license inquiries requested reftel regarding dealings between Vietnamese security forces and Spanish aerospace and defense leader European Aeronautic Defense and Space (EADS) CASA. David de Teran, Head of Export Compliance for EADS CASA, informed Pol-Mil officer t [...]	2010-01-21 12:12:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC SP VN
10MADRID61	SPAIN-HAITI: INT'L COORDINATION AND REGISTRATION [...] In response to reftel Econoff contacted the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation and Development (AECID). Luz Corcobado Lopez, Head of AECID's Humanitarian Aid section, said that Spain, like other European Union member states, provides real time information on humanitarian aid direct [...]	2010-01-21 12:12:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM PREF UN SP
10MADRID62	SPANISH PARTICIPATION IN PRAGUE PRT CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Post conveyed reftel invitation and talking points to key contacts at Spanish Ministries of Defense and Foreign Affairs the week of January 11, and learned that Spain will be represented by the civilian team leader from its provincial reconstruction team and possibly by local embassy sta [...]	2010-01-21 16:11:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL NATO EAID KPAO AF SP
10MADRID64	SPAIN'S VIEWS ON JANUARY 25 FOREIGN AFFAIRS COUNCIL [...] (C) Polcouns delivered the FAC points January 22 to Spanish MFA Sub-DG for Foreign Policy and Common Security Ricardo Lopez Aranda. On Yemen, Lopez said the problem clearly required a global approach. Referring to A/S Gordon's January 15 meeting with the EU-27 Political Directors at La Granj [...]	2010-01-22 14:17:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP
10MADRID67	AMBASSADOR SOLOMONT'S JANUARY 21, 2010, MEETING [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador called January 21, 2010, on opposition party leader Mariano Rajoy and Rajoy,s Chief of Cabinet, Jorge Moragas. They discussed Afghanistan, Iran, IPR, the Spanish economy, and Latin America. End summary. Afghanistan 2. (C) The Ambassador congratulated Rajoy on the Popu [...]	2010-01-22 15:43:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KIPR AF IR XM SP
10MADRID68	AMBASSADOR'S CONVERSATION WITH SPANISH CLIMATE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ambassador discussed follow-up to the Copenhagen Accord with Secretary of State for Climate Change Teresa Ribera on January 21. The discussion focused on Spain's outreach efforts in Latin America, particularly to counter efforts by Venezuela, Bolivia and Cuba to discredit [...]	2010-01-22 16:07:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG SP KGHG
10MADRID69	SPAIN INCREASINGLY LIKE-MINDED ON ADDITIONAL IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Ambassador Stephen Mull, Special Advisor to P, on January 15 briefed Spanish diplomats regarding key updates in the USG's engagement track with Iran and the need to begin focusing on a UNSC resolution for additional sanctions if Tehran refuses to engage. Mull emphasiz [...]	2010-01-22 16:09:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL IR IAEA TRGY NPT SP EUN
10MADRID70	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, JANUARY 18-22 [...] (U) The European Commission will limit Spain's banking sector restructuring fund (FROB) to loans of no more than 2% of 'risk-weighted assets' to distressed banks and savings banks, or 2% of their "determined minimum amount of capital to operate effectively." The EC made this announcement after [...]	2010-01-22 17:00:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN KIPR SP
10MADRID72	SPAIN'S RESPONSE TO KIDNAPPINGS IN MAGHREB [...] (C) SUMMARY: Concerned for the well-being of three Spanish citizens kidnapped by Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) in Mauritania in November, the Zapatero Administration is acutely aware of the risks to Westerners in the Maghreb and Sahel regions and has taken a variety of steps to bring a [...]	2010-01-25 10:45:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL ASEC XI XG SP
10MADRID73	DAS JONES' JANUARY 13 MEETING WITH SPAIN ON BOSNIA [...] (U) Participants U.S. EUR DAS Stuart Jones Bosnia Desk Officer Michael Fooks Poloff Jenny Cordell (notetaker) Spain Director General for North America and non-EU Europe, Luis Felipe Fernandez de la Pena Subdirector General for Candidate and Neighborhood Policy Countries, Ramon Albaroa [...]	2010-01-25 10:47:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SP
10MADRID75	SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY CARSON'S [...] (U) Embassy Madrid welcomes your visit for EU consultations on Africa being hosted by Spain. The GOS seeks to strengthen EU (and GOS) ties with the USG during its presidency. U.S.-Spain relations are strong and based on shared global interests, including our association in NATO, the fight ag [...]	2010-01-25 12:57:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SP
10MADRID76	INAUGURAL U.S.-SPAIN COUNTER-TERRORISM AND ORGANIZED CRIME EXPERTS MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-25 14:33:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR KHLS KJUS PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER SP
10MADRID78	SPAIN: PROSECUTOR DISAVOWS AL-QAIDA TIES TO [...] (S//NF) Contrary to self-incriminating court testimony by the government's star witness in the recently concluded trial regarding the plot to attack the Barcelona metro system, National Court Prosecutor Vicente Gonzalez Mota on January 13 privately confirmed to POLOFF that there were no Al-Qaid [...]	2010-01-25 15:30:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINS PTER KJUS SP KCRM PINR
10MADRID79	SPAIN: FIVE CONVICTED FOR SENDING MUJAHEDEEN TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. The National Court on January 13 convicted five of nine defendants in the joint prosecution against the radical Islamists detained in January 2006 in the simultaneously executed Operations Chacal (See Ref A for more details) and Camaleon, which took down cells in Barcelona and Mad [...]	2010-01-25 15:35:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PTER KJUS SP KCRM
10MADRID80	AMBASSADOR SOLOMONT'S JANUARY 22, 2010 MEETING [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging two-hour meeting with the Ambassador January 22, President Zapatero praised USG humanitarian efforts in Haiti, reiterated his personal commitment to resettle as soon as possible five detainees from Guantanamo, pledged Spanish support on Iran and Afghanistan, and endor [...]	2010-01-25 16:45:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP
10MADRID81	SPAIN: PROBLEMS USING USG-PROVIDED EVIDENCE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: National Court Prosecutor Dolores "Lola" Delgado on January 13 vented to US DOJ officials on problems she is encountering in trying to introduce evidence provided by the USG - primarily from the US intelligence community - in her prosecution of radical Islamist terrorists. She d [...]	2010-01-25 16:58:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PTER KJUS SP KCRM PINR
10MADRID86	AMBASSADOR SOLOMONT'S JANUARY 25 CALL ON [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-26 18:10:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP ECON EINV ENRG KIPR SP
10MADRID87	SCENESETTER FOR WHA A/S VALENZUELA'S JANUARY 31 [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-27 12:31:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SP
10MADRID89	AMBASSADOR SOLOMONT'S JANUARY 27, 2010, MEETING [...] (C) The Ambassador presented his credentials to King Juan Carlos January 27, 2010. After the presentation, the King pulled the Ambassador aside for a 20-minute talk. The King said he was pleased the Ambassador had arrived. He stressed that he wanted Spain to be better known in the U.S. and h [...]	2010-01-27 18:07:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP
10MADRID90	AMBASSADOR SOLOMONT,S JANUARY 26, 2010 MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Solomont called January 26 on Spanish Defense Minister Carme Chacon. The two discussed aspects of the bilateral defense relationship, Spanish support for Afghanistan, the humanitarian response to the earthquake in Haiti, and Spanish leadership of EU missions in Bosnia [...]	2010-01-28 06:30:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NATO AF SP
10RABAT47	USG DOE/NNSA BILATERAL NUCLEAR EMERGENCY [...] SUMMARY: U.S Department of Energy (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA),Office of International Emergency Management and Cooperation (IEMC) personnel conducted bilateral nuclear emergency management discussions and training with Government of Morocco (GOM) officials January 1 [...]	2010-01-22 17:11:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY TPHY SENV TNGD KNNP MO SP
10STATE10111	SYRIAN ENTITY SEEKS BEARINGS FROM SPAIN FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Madrid please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) Background and Objectives: We want to share with Spanish officials information indicating that as of early December 2009, the Spanish firm Coll Vilaro offered to provide Swiss-origin ball bearings to the Syrian [...]	2010-02-01 21:03:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC MNUC TSPA SP SY
10STATE14505	BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON [...] This is an action message. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post assistance in conducting a pre-license and post-shipment check for the export of satellite components to Germany. Post is requested to complete this Blu [...]	2010-02-18 15:15:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC FR GM KOMC NL SP
10STATE16771	THANKS FOR OUTSTANDING VISIT SUPPORT [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-23 23:18:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER EUN SP
10STATE5386	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050199611 for the export of International Traffic in Arms (ITAR)-controlled machine gun weapon [...]	2010-01-20 14:16:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC SP
10USOSCE25	OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: JANUARY 18 - 22, 2010 [...] (SBU) In a January 14 meeting, Vytautas Nauduzas, a Lithuanian ambassador-at-large and the personal representative of the Chairman-in-Office for transport, told PolOff that Lithuania is leaning very strongly toward choosing energy security as the theme of the Economic and Environmental Forum ( [...]	2010-01-29 07:42:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR OSCE PGOV PREL RS KZ UK SP LH AL AF
86MADRID4272	SPAIN RECALLS AMBASSADOR FROM LIBYA IN [...] (U) THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED APRIL 10 THAT IT IS "RECALLING" ITS AMBASSADOR TO TRIPOLI FOLLOWING QADHAFI'S RENEWED THREAT THE DAY BEFORE TO ATTACK U.S. FACILITIES IN SPAIN. 2. (C) THE MFA DESK OFFICER FOR LIBYA, JOSE MARIA VALDEMORO, TELLS US THAT AMB. PEIDRO WAS IN FACT ALREADY [...]	1986-04-11 17:14:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR SP LY
86MADRID5480	QADHAFI RETALIATES AGAINST SPANISH EXPULSIONS [...] (C) LIBYA MAY 12 RESPONDED TO FRIDAY'S EXPULSION OF ITS CONSUL GENERAL, CHARGED WITH PASSING FUNDS TO A SPANISH ARMY COLONEL ON THE ANTI-DEMOCRATIC RIGHT, BY PNG'ING THE SPANISH COMMERCIAL AND CULTURAL COUNSELORS IN TRIPOLI. MFA'S SUBDIRECTOR GENERAL FOR NORTH AFRICA TELLS US THAT THE GOS WI [...]	1986-05-12 17:58:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET	PTER PINR PREL SP LY
86MADRID8158	SHI'IA TERRORISTS PARDONED BY SPANISH GOVERNMENT [...] (U) THE GOS JULY 12 OFFICIALLY PARDONED TWO LEBANESE SHI'IA TERRORISTS CONVICTED AND SENTENCED TO 23 YEARS IN PRISON EACH FOR A BOTCHED 1984 ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AGAINST A LIBYAN DIPLOMAT IN MADRID. THE TWO, MOHAMMED RAHAL AND MUSTAFA ALI JALIL, HAVE BEEN EXPELLED FROM SPAIN AND ARE EXPECTE [...]	1986-07-14 18:19:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER SP
88MADRID15938	SPAIN: 1988 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] SPAIN AND THE U.S. SIGNED A SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL EXTRADITION TREATY ON FEBRUARY 9, 1988 THAT STRENGTHENED COOPERATION AGAINST INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM BY PROVIDING THAT ANY FUGITIVE CHARGED WITH A VIOLENT CRIME CANNOT DEFEAT EXTRADITION BY CLAIMING HIS OFFENSE WAS POLITICAL IN NATURE. THE USG A [...]	1988-12-09 20:31:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER SP
90MADRID12668	SPAIN: 1990 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] THE FOLLOWING REPORT IS THE ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT FOR SPAIN FOR 1990. RESPONSES ARE KEYED TO THE QUESTIONS IN REFTEL. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A. PROSECUTIONS INVOLVING TERRORISM - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2. THE TWO MAJOR TERRORIST GROUPS IN SPAIN ARE THE EXTREM [...]	1990-10-31 15:25:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER SP PGOV KPRP
91MADRID12971	SPAIN: 1991 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] THE FOLLOWING REPORT IS EMBASSY'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT FOR SPAIN FOR 1991. RESPONSES ARE KEYED TO THE QUESTIONS POSED IN REFTEL. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A. GOS PROSECUTIONS INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND SIGNIFICANT ACTS OF DOM [...]	1991-11-12 18:01:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV KPRP SP
92HAVANA781	SPAIN AND CASTRO [...] (C) USINT APPRECIATES EMBASSY MADRID'S EXCELLENT REPORT ON SPAIN'S GROWING DISENCHANTMENT WITH FIDEL CASTRO. WE FOLLOW THE SPANISH-CUBAN RELATIONSHIP AS CLOSELY AS WE CAN FROM HAVANA, AND OUR INFORMATION TRACKS WELL WITH THAT IN REFTEL. WE OFFER A COUPLE OF THOUGHTS FROM THE HAVANA PERSPEC [...]	1992-02-07 20:15:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CU SP
97MADRID11809	SPAIN: 1997 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] THE ONLY TERRORIST GROUP OPERATING IN SPAIN IS THE BASQUE TERRORIST GROUP ETA (FATHERLAND AND LIBERTY),WHICH CONTINUED IN 1997 ITS CAMPAIGN OF MURDER, BOMBINGS, KIDNAPPINGS, AND STREET VIOLENCE. THE GOVERNMENT HAD SOME SUCCESS AGAINST ETA DURING THE YEAR, WITH KEY ARRESTS IN SPAIN AND FRANCE [...]	1997-12-02 08:32:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER SP
98MADRID12132	SPAIN: 1998 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] THE BASQUE TERRORIST GROUP ETA ANNOUNCED A UNILATERAL AND UNCONDITIONAL CEASE-FIRE ON SEPTEMBER 16. THE CEASE-FIRE HAS HELD. PRIOR TO THE CEASE-FIRE, ETA KILLED SIX PERSONS IN 1998. PRESIDENT AZNAR CALLED NOVEMBER 3 FOR DIRECT TALKS WITH ETA ON WAYS TO MAKE THE CEASE FIRE PERMANENT. THOSE [...]	1998-12-02 10:11:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER SP

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