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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
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Effective from January 1983

The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
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OPPORTUNITIES

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
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Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)

Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
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Effective from May 1983

Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
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Effective from August 1983

The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
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Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)

Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
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Effective from March 1983

The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
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Effective from October 1997

Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)

The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc

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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
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Effective from April 1984

Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
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Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)

Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:

* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).

Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
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Effective from July 2001

Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
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Effective from August 1989

Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCRM: Criminal Activity
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Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
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Effective from May 1991

Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
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Effective from December 2007

Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
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Effective from August 1986

Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
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Effective from May 2007

Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
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Effective from September 2006

Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
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Effective from June 2000

Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
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Effective from August 2006

Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)

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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
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Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
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Effective from January 1999

Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
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Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.

(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
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Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
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Effective from August 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
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Effective From October 1999

Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
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Effective from April 1984

Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
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Effective from February 1984

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
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Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
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Effective from May 2000

Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
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Effective from November 1984

Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
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Effective from August 1996

Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
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Effective from March 1993

Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
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Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
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Effective from October 1997

Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
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Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)

Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
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Effective from July 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
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Effective from June 1984

Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
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Effective from September 2008

Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
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Effective from November 1995

Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
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Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
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Effective from June 1995

Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
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Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
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Effective from January 1983

Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
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EXCHANGE OPERATIONS

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
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Effective from January 1983

Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
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Effective from October 1999

Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
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Effective from January 1983

A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)

The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
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Effective from January 1983

Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
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Effective from January 1985

The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
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Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)

People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
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Effective from January 1983

The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
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Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
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Effective from March 1995

The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)

The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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05SOFIA766CONTINUED CRIMINAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE FOR
[...] SUMMARY: Bulgarian criminal activity already has a direct and increasing impact on the United States, which is likely to continue even after Bulgaria's planned EU entry in 2007. Embassy Sofia requests continued U.S. criminal justice assistance following SEED graduation in FY06. Current U.S [...]
2005-04-21 14:02:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM KJUS EAID ASEC PREL BU
05STATE13048Status Report on SMART
[...] Please provide wide dissemination of the information in this telegram. 2. Reftels describe the Department's progress toward a new integrated messaging system. SMART (State Messaging and Archive Retrieval Toolset) remains the Department's highest priority information technology initiative. [...]
2005-01-24 16:42:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT AINF AADP ACOA ASEC KRIM
05STATE152885CURRENT STATUS OF SMART
[...] Please provide wide dissemination of the information in this telegram. 2. The purpose of this announcement is to provide an update on the status of SMART, the State Messaging and Archive Retrieval Toolset, which has been designed to consolidate cables, e-mails, and memos on a single platf [...]
2005-08-18 16:44:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT AINF AADP ACOA ASEC KRIM
05STATE219156SMART UPDATE
[...] Please provide wide dissemination of the information in this telegram. 2. This message is another in a series of updates on the status of SMART, the State Messaging and Archive Retrieval Toolset. SMART is designed to consolidate cables, e- mails, and memos on a single platform integrated wi [...]
2005-12-03 00:09:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT AINF AADP ACOA ASEC KRIM
05TAIPEI1038SMALL PRO-TIBETAN DEMONSTRATION AT AIT-TAIPEI
[...] (U) On Thursday 10 March 2005, approximately ten members of the Tibetan Youth Congress gathered near the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT-Taipei) to stage a protest marking the forty-sixth anniversary of the Tibetan uprising against Chinese communist rule. The small band of protesters arrived [...]
2005-03-10 09:00:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDASEC TW
05TAIPEI1055TAIWAN CONFIRMS ADHERENCE TO 12 CT CONVENTIONS AND
[...] (SBU) Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) on March 4 provided AIT official documentation confirming Taipei's adherence to the 12 international counterterrorism (CT) conventions and protocols. In December 2004, the Counterterrorism Action Group (CTAG) requested AIT verify that Taiwan [...]
2005-03-11 07:02:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ASEC TW
05TAIPEI1079SMALL ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATION AT AIT-TAIPEI
[...] (U) On Friday 11 March 2005, activist ZHOU Qingjun and five followers from his self-proclaimed Republic of China Patriotic Alliance staged a brief anti-American protest outside the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT-Taipei) Consular section. The demonstrators arrived around 1015 hours local ti [...]
2005-03-14 03:49:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDASEC TW
05TAIPEI1176AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN REPORTS PEACEFUL
[...] (U) On Wednesday 16 March 2005, activist ZHOU Qingjun and five followers from his self-proclaimed Republic of China Patriotic Alliance staged a brief anti-American protest outside the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT-Taipei) Consular section. The demonstrators arrived around 1500 hours local [...]
2005-03-17 23:55:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDASEC TW
05TAIPEI1187ANNIVERSARY PROTEST OF MARCH 19 SHOOTING LARGELY
[...] (C) Summary: Pan-Blue officials have told AIT that the planned March 19 rally to protest the one-year anniversary of the shooting of President Chen Shui-bian and Vice President Annette Lu is primarily to placate KMT Chairman Lien Chan. Though there are widespread doubts among Pan-Blue -- and n [...]
2005-03-18 09:27:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC TW
05TAIPEI1226TAIWAN - MARITIME SECURITY COORDINATION AND
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel, AIT/T offers the following information on maritime security issues in Taiwan. Taiwan's cooperation with the U.S. on maritime security issues is excellent, due in part to the importance of the shipping industry to the island's economy and Taiwan's exclusion from in [...]
2005-03-22 09:06:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT ECON ETRD KSTC PARM PHSA PREL PTER ASEC
05TAIPEI1434 FALSE MARRIAGES USED FOR TRAFFICKING IN TAIWAN
[...] (SBU) Summary. Kaoshiung County Police officials are investigating an organized crime case involving six Cambodian women who were trafficked to Taiwan and forced into prostitution. The women were promised jobs in a factory in Southern Taiwan and trafficked to Taiwan under false marriages. A [...]
2005-03-28 09:25:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ASEC TW TIP
05TAIPEI1512TAIWAN MAKING SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS ON TIP
[...] (U) Action Request see paragraph 7. 2. (U) AIT officers visited the Hsinchu Detention Center on March 29 and found the situation considerably improved for TIP victims since the November 2004 G/TIP visit. Ministry of Interior (MOI) authorities have made substantial efforts to improve protec [...]
2005-03-29 10:53:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ASEC TW TIP
05TAIPEI1526MILITARY OFFICERS INVOLVED IN HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: A year-long investigation into a illegal loan-sharking operation run by two Taiwan Army officers has resulted in a number of arrests and revealed additional involvement in prostitution, human trafficking and illegal weapons sales, according to local prosecutors. Kaohsiung pro [...]
2005-03-31 00:31:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM ASEC TW TIP
05TAIPEI1751TAIWAN ACTIVELY TACKLES TIP CHALLENGE
[...] (SBU) Action request: see paragraph 10. 2. (SBU) Summary. Since AIT and G/TIP's November 2004 visit, Taiwan immigration authorities have demonstrated at both the Hsinchu and Ilan Detention Centers that they have adopted a comprehensive screening process for trafficking in persons (TIP) vic [...]
2005-04-12 09:44:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV TW ASEC TIP
05TAIPEI1960FALLOUT OVER AIRPORT VIOLENCE CONTINUES
[...] (SBU) The April 26 clash between Pan-Green and Pan-Blue radicals at Taipei's Chiang Kai-shek (CKS) International Airport over KMT Chairman Lien Chan's visit to Mainland China continues to dominate the Taiwan media, attracting almost as much attention as Lien's ongoing visit itself. The violenc [...]
2005-04-28 09:21:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ASEC TW
05TAIPEI2077CHEN SCORES SMALL VICTORY WITH FIJI VISIT
[...] (C) President Chen Shui-bian achieved a small symbolic victory when he made an unannounced visit on May 4 to Fiji, which officially recognizes the PRC. Following his scheduled three stop South Pacific island tour to visit Taiwan diplomatic partners Kiribati, the Marshal Islands, and Tuvalu, P [...]
2005-05-09 22:37:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC TW
05TAIPEI2122BEIJING BLOCKING TAIWAN EFFORTS TO REPATRIATE PRC
[...] (SBU) Summary. PRC reluctance to accept back its own citizens detained in Taiwan as illegal immigrants, including many TIP victims, creates unnecessary hardship for both groups and a heavy financial burden on the Taiwan government. Contrary to claims by Beijing authorities (reftel) that the [...]
2005-05-11 09:27:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ASEC TW TIP
05TAIPEI2125TAIWAN'S PREPARATIONS FOR WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY
[...] (C) Summary. AIT's Deputy Director met with John Chen, Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) International Organizations Director General, to discuss issues related to Taiwan, the International Health Regulations (IHR) and the World Health Assembly (WHA). Chen and a delegation will tra [...]
2005-05-11 09:43:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC TW
05TAIPEI2420SCENESETTER FOR CONGRESSMAN KENNEDY
[...] (U) The United States has maintained unofficial relations with Taiwan under the Taiwan Relations Act (TRA) of 1979. The TRA commits the United States to offer defensive weapons to Taiwan, now the second largest purchaser of U.S. weapons systems in the world. Taiwan is governed by a multi-party [...]
2005-06-02 09:47:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN OTRA TW
05TAIPEI2477TAIWAN'S FOREIGN POLICY ALIENATING SOUTHEAST ASIA
[...] (C) Summary: Taiwan's relationship with Southeast Asia has deteriorated as Taipei's foreign policy has alienated some governments and allowed Beijing to increase its leverage. Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) is trying to encourage closer economic and political ties to Southeast Asi [...]
2005-06-06 10:57:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC TW
05TAIPEI2574TAIWAN'S NEW COUNTER-TERRORISM EFFORTS
[...] (C) Summary: The American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) Regional Security Officer (RSO) met with a member of Taiwan's newly formed Counter-Terrorism Office (CTO) to discuss potential training and program participation on counter-terrorism initiatives. The structure and function of the Counter- [...]
2005-06-13 03:14:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALASEC PTER TW
05TAIPEI2750TAIWAN ASSERTS VATICAN SUBTLY SIGNALING BEIJING
[...] (C) Summary: Taiwan officials contend that the Holy See and Pope Benedict XVI are subtly encouraging Beijing to resume an official dialogue, which was suspended by the PRC in 2000. While there has been no progress in the deadlock over Beijing's refusal to allow the Vatican complete jurisdicti [...]
2005-06-24 07:19:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC TW
05TAIPEI3018EU MISSIONS IN TAIWAN ENCOURAGING MODERATE STANCE
[...] (C) Summary: Representatives of EU member states in Taipei have begun to coordinate their efforts to convince EU and home country officials that Europe must look beyond economics in its ties with the PRC, particularly with regards to the arms embargo. Beginning in 2004, EU missions in Taipei s [...]
2005-07-14 08:04:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC TW
05TAIPEI3030NSC OFFICIALS DOWNPLAY "OFFENSIVE WEAPONS" IN
[...] (C) Summary. Taiwan National Security Council (NSC) officials dismissed recent press reporting that the upcoming National Security Report (see Ref A) will include references to "offensive weapons." They did, however, acknowledge that the report will very likely include a passing reference to [...]
2005-07-15 05:42:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC TW
05TAIPEI3098BEIJING PRESSING TAIWAN IN CENTRAL AMERICA
[...] (C) Summary. Central American Ambassadors in Taipei tell AIT that it is increasingly difficult for their countries to maintain diplomatic ties with Taiwan due to Beijing's campaign to exert economic and political pressure in the region. The PRC is offering lucrative economic incentives, spons [...]
2005-07-21 10:34:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC TW
05TAIPEI3160TAIWAN-JAPAN FISHING DISPUTE NOT HINDERING
[...] (C) Summary: Taiwan and Japanese officials insist that their fishing dispute will not affect Tokyo-Taipei security ties or their bilateral relationship. Both sides are preparing for another round of talks in Tokyo on July 29, but neither is optimistic there will be a breakthrough because sign [...]
2005-07-27 08:33:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC TW
05TAIPEI3262CHINA OUTMANEUVERING TAIWAN IN AFRICA
[...] (C) Summary: The PRC is promoting an economic and political campaign in Africa to expand its regional influence, secure natural resources, and pressure Taiwan's diplomatic partners. Taiwan officials and African diplomats resident in Taipei state Beijing is offering economic incentives to gove [...]
2005-08-08 01:21:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC TW
05TAIPEI342TAIWAN'S CONTAINER PORT SECURITY ABOVE AVERAGE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Volpe Transportation Systems Center visited the ports of Kaohsiung and Taichung from January 11-21 2005 to assess Taiwan's current container terminal port security practices. The representatives noted that security in [...]
2005-01-27 08:52:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ECON TW
05TAIPEI3527 TAIWAN AUTHORITIES INVESTIGATE MAJOR ALIEN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Local authorities are actively investigating a Taiwan-based alien smuggling ring that uses Taiwan national ID cards and passports belonging to aboriginal people from eastern Taiwan to smuggle illegal Mainland Chinese aliens into the United States and Canada. Information routine [...]
2005-08-24 03:29:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS ASEC PGOV TW
05TAIPEI3533Fake Viagra from China Seized in Southern Taiwan
[...] SUMMARY. Officials of the Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau (MJIB),Kaohsiung County station, recently raided a trading company and its affiliated retail shop in Kaohsiung County, Taiwan, and confiscated a large quantity of ecstasy and counterfeit Viagra. The company's owner was arre [...]
2005-08-24 08:28:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR ASEC EWWT ETRD PREL TW KS ESTH
05TAIPEI3568Media Reports on Seizure of Counterfeit US Dollars
[...] Summary. Taiwan's television and print media reported extensively on the seizure of counterfeit US dollars at the port of Kaohsiung on August 23. Most press reports portrayed on August 23 (TV) and August 24 (print) the seizure as a cooperative effort between Kaohsiung Customs and US CSI Team [...]
2005-08-26 07:53:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT ETRD ECON TW ASEC AMGT
05TAIPEI3664TFUS01: TAIWAN OFFERS MEDICAL TEAM, SUPPLIES
[...] (U) AIT Acting Director David J. Keegan on September 4 delivered reftel list of priority needs to the Taiwan government through Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Division of North American Affairs Secretary General Victor Chin. SecGen Chin delivered that information to Taiwan Minister of Fo [...]
2005-09-04 10:23:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON AEMR ASEC CASC MARR AMGT US ESTH
05TAIPEI3796PRC-VATICAN RELATIONS: TAIWAN ON THE SIDELINES
[...] (C) Summary: Taiwan has been relegated to an observer as the Vatican and the PRC gradually improve ties and slowly work towards diplomatic relations. Taipei's relationship with the Holy See has the full attention of Taiwan government officials, and President Chen Shui-bian has directed the Mi [...]
2005-09-13 08:46:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC SCUL TW
05TAIPEI4124TAIWAN ASSERTS IT HAS NO PLANS TO ENGAGE SUDAN
[...] (C) In light of the PRC's efforts to expand business ties and promote energy deals in Sudan, AIT consulted Taiwan National Security Council (NSC),Presidential Office, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA),and Chinese Petroleum Corporation (CPC) officials about Taipei's own policies and activiti [...]
2005-10-07 23:56:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC TW
05TAIPEI4225TAIWAN CLAIMS VENEZUELA AND CUBA SUPPORTING
[...] (C) Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) officials assert, based on information from Central American leaders, that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Cuban President Fidel Castro are covertly funding opposition parties in El Salvador and Nicaragua in hopes of replacing pro-USG administ [...]
2005-10-18 08:47:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC TW
05TAIPEI4292TAIWAN WOOING LATIN AMERICA ALLIES WITH NEW
[...] (C) Summary: Taiwan's US $250 million "Co-Prosperity Project" is a new foreign policy strategy aimed at bolstering Taiwan's standing with its diplomatic partners in Latin America and countering Beijing's growing economic ties. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) officials explain that the initi [...]
2005-10-21 09:28:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC XR TW
05TAIPEI4441TAIWAN STRUGGLING TO IMPROVE ROK TIES
[...] (C) Summary: Taiwan officials are frustrated by the Republic of Korea's (ROK) close ties to the PRC. They assert that Taipei's efforts to engage Seoul have been spurned because of PRC pressure and the ROK's goal of rapprochement with Pyongyang. ROK diplomats in Taipei complain that Taiwan Pr [...]
2005-11-02 08:54:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC TW
05TAIPEI4880TAIWAN: 2005 REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) The American Institute in Taiwan's (AIT) submission for the 2005 Country Reports on Terrorism (CRT) is as follows: TAIWAN ------ 2. (U) There were no acts of international or domestic terrorism in Taiwan in 2005. Even though Taiwan is frequently prevented from participating in inte [...]
2005-12-14 08:24:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER PINR EFIN KCRM TW
05TAIPEI8662005 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: TAIWAN
[...] (U) Following is AIT/T's 2004-05 trafficking-in-persons (TIP) report. The report is according to reftel sections, beginning with 18 A. -------- Overview -------- 18 A. (SBU) Is the country a country of origin, transit or destination for international trafficked men, women or children? [...]
2005-03-02 22:51:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG TW TIP
05TAIPEI955BREAKTHROUGH ANNOUNCED IN MARCH 19, 2004, ALLEGED
[...] (U) The Tainan Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) announced on Monday, March 7, a breakthrough in the year-long investigation of the March 19, 2004, shooting of President Chen Shui-bian and Vice President Annette Lu in Tainan. CIB Director Hou You-yi stated that law enforcement authorities b [...]
2005-03-07 10:40:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC TW
05TEGUCIGALPA1349THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK: HONDURAN JUDICIAL SYSTEM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: It is possible that the National Congress may remove the Attorney General (AG) Ovidio Navarro and Deputy AG Yuri Melara in the next 2-4 weeks. Last week's indictment of the outgoing Government and Justice Minister and the revelation of U.S. revocation of the Deputy AG's visa are [...]
2005-06-24 14:09:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCOR KJUS PHUM PINR ASEC EAID HO
05TEGUCIGALPA137PHONE NUMBER LINKS BETWEEN M/V ABDUL RAHMAN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-20 14:51:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETASEC
05TEGUCIGALPA1389FAREWELL TO ARMS: HONDURAS TO DESTROY 6000+ WEAPONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 13, 2005, Honduran Minister of Defense Federico Breve Travieso announced that the Honduran Armed Forces (HOAF) will destroy more than 6000 excess/obsolete weapons currently stored at the Army's Logistics Support Center (CALE). The weapons date as far back as World War I [...]
2005-06-30 15:11:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETASEC HO PGOV PREL PTER SNAR
05TEGUCIGALPA1580ATTEMPTED ROBBERY AND MURDER OF DEA AGENT
[...] Summary. On July 27, 2005, at approximately 1100 hours local time, DEA Agent Timothy Markey, vacationing in Honduras, was shot and killed while visiting the Suyapa Cathedral in Tegucigalpa. Two individuals now in custody appear to be responsible for the shooting/death of Agent Markey. Local au [...]
2005-08-01 20:29:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDKSAC ASEC CASC KCRM PREL PGOV KPAO HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1594KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY: RASH OF POLICE
[...] According to the Honduran Government, 39 Honduran police officers have been murdered this year, five in the last week of July, some in spectacularly gruesome fashion. In some of the murder cases, captured suspects have been linked to gangs, and speculation is rampant that the vast majority of [...]
2005-08-01 22:38:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PINR PGOV SNAR SOCI PHUM SMIG ASEC HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1726HONDURAN IMMIGRATION DIRECTOR RAMON ROMERO
[...] (C) Summary. Former Honduran Immigration Director Ramon Romero, arrested May 1 in the corruption/fraud scandal at Honduran Immigration, was released on bail August 18 in a judicial decision that appears to have been made due to corrupt influence. Romero's attorney previously admitted that Ro [...]
2005-08-19 22:14:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALSMIG PGOV KJUS KCRM PTER SNAR PREL ASEC HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1802HONDURAN IMMIGRATION SCANDAL: ROMERO ATTACKS
[...] (C) Summary. The Honduran Immigration scandal continues to be a hot topic. Former Immigration Director Ramon Romero filed a legal complaint August 29 against EmbOffs, in an apparent attempt to distract attention from his own legal problems. The Special Prosecutor for Organized Crime appeal [...]
2005-08-31 23:15:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETSMIG PGOV KJUS KCRM PTER SNAR PREL ASEC HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1821HONDURAN IMMIGRATION SCANDAL: ROMERO LOSES APPEAL
[...] (C) Summary. The Tegucigalpa Appeals Court ruled 2-1 late August 31 in favor of the Public Ministry's appeal of the August 18 decision by a lower court to grant bail to former Honduran Immigration Director Ramon Romero on the charge of abuse of authority. Post's initial assessment is that Ro [...]
2005-09-02 22:03:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALSMIG PGOV KCRM PTER SNAR PREL ASEC KLIG HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1837RAISING FUEL COSTS LEADS TO TRANSPORTATION STRIKE
[...] (U) Summary. On Tuesday, September 6, 2005, both taxi and bus drivers blocked intersections and several main arteries leading in and out of Tegucigalpa to protest the raising cost of gasoline in Honduras. There have been unconfirmed reports of violence, including rocks being thrown at vehicles [...]
2005-09-07 18:28:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC EPET ECON ELAB PGOV CASC KSAC HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1851 Honduras: Public Unrest Over Gasoline Price
[...] Summary: Unusually effective strikes by taxi drivers hit major urban centers on September 6-7, following a 25 percent increase in gasoline prices in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Whether prompted by easing markets or political pressure, the GOH walked back nearly half of the increase on Sep [...]
2005-09-08 21:29:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ENRG EINV ELAB ECON PGOV CASC ASEC HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1859HONDURAN GAS PRICE PROTESTS RATTLE PRESIDENT
[...] (C) A harried Honduran President Ricardo Maduro telephoned the Charge late on September 7, saying that he might declare a "State of Siege" to deal with the crisis on the streets. The president bitterly charged Liberal Party presidential candidate Manuel "Mel" Zelaya with inciting insurrection [...]
2005-09-09 00:32:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EPET ELAB PHUM CASC ASEC HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1873HONDURAS: GOH ROLLS BACK PRICES; CARDINAL, IMF
[...] (C) Summary: In a session lasting until four a.m. September 8, the National Congress passed three decrees that seek to alleviate the impact of higher fuel prices on Honduran workers. One rolls back gasoline prices and calls for a commission to establish a new gasoline pricing formula; the se [...]
2005-09-12 22:28:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ELAB EPET ENRG PGOV CASC ASEC HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1908RSO COORDINATES WITH HONDURAN AUTHORITIES IN MS-13
[...] On September 7, 2005 RSO coordinated with Honduran law enforcement authorities in an operation that targeted MS-13 gang members. Honduran authorities conducted raids in six Honduran cities where MS-13 operated. Honduran authorities hailed this effort as a success as they arrested 162 gang mem [...]
2005-09-16 23:45:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1936A DISTURBING TREND OF U.S. CRIMINALS OBTAINING
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the month of September RSO and the Consular section's Anti-Fraud unit (AFU) have has tracked two separate cases of U.S. felons/fugitives who have obtained a valid Honduran passport under fraudulent means. RSO is also aware of one other case where a Salvadoran gang member was [...]
2005-09-21 16:47:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PGOV SNAR PTER CPAS KCRM KJUS HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1938SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ)
[...] (U) The following responses are keyed to the Security Environment Profile Questionnaire (ref A). --------------------------------- POLITICAL VIOLENCE --------------------------------- Â [...]
2005-09-21 17:27:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRET//NOFORNASEC HO KSAC
05TEGUCIGALPA1954A DISTURBING TREND OF U.S. CRIMINALS OBTAINING
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the month of September RSO and the Consular section's Anti-Fraud unit (AFU) have has tracked two separate cases of U.S. felons/fugitives who have obtained a valid Honduran passport under fraudulent means. RSO is also aware of one other case where a Salvadoran gang member was [...]
2005-09-22 18:48:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV SNAR PTER CPAS KCRM KJUS HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1992HONDURAN MINISTERS DEMARCHED ON DEPORTATION PLAN;
[...] (SBU) Charge, Acting DCM, Consul General, and PolChief met September 26 with Minister of the Presidency Ramon Medina Luna, Minister of Government and Justice Jose Pacheco, Acting Foreign Minister Juan Alberto Lara Bueso, and Commissioner for Hondurans Overseas AMB Rene Becerra to deliver ref A [...]
2005-09-27 22:48:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SMIG ASEC PGOV KCRM HO
05TEGUCIGALPA2131HONDURAN GASOLINE PRICE FREEZE EXTENDED UNTIL
[...] (C) Summary: The Honduran &Notables8 committee has recommended extending the gasoline price freeze in effect since September 7 until November 30, just after the November 27 presidential elections. The IMF has given tacit approval to the plan, but will most likely honor the GOH request to pos [...]
2005-10-18 16:23:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ELAB EPET ENRG PGOV CASC ASEC HO
05TEGUCIGALPA218HONDURAS REQUEST FOR INCLE ANTI-TIP FUNDS -
[...] Summary: We request that G/TIP allocate INCLE funds totaling $129,500 to one Honduran project that will strengthen the capacity of the National Preventive Police and the Public Ministry to combat the commercial sexual exploitation of women and children. The project will be implemented jointly [...]
2005-02-01 11:43:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG ELAB EAID ASEC HO
05TEGUCIGALPA2194HONDURAN GASOLINE PRICES FROZEN UNTIL "END OF
[...] (C) Summary: Despite the Honduran Notables Commission recommendation to end the freeze on November 30, the Honduran legislature has extended the gasoline price freeze in effect since September 7 until the &end of the year,8 or until the approved 300 million Lempira (USD 16 million) government [...]
2005-10-27 15:45:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ELAB ENRG EPET ASEC CASC PGOV HO
05TEGUCIGALPA2443CONTINUING CORRUPTION WITHIN GOVERNMENT OF
[...] (C) Summary - RSO, in conjunction with Department of Homeland Security (DHS),is investigating a smuggling operation involving immigration officials from Honduras and Guatemala. We believe this operation involves the smuggling of Brazilian nationals through Honduras and Guatemala with the fin [...]
2005-12-05 23:34:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALASEC
05TEGUCIGALPA2457HONDURAS: FINAL FUEL REPORT DELAYED; STRIKES
[...] (U) Presentation of the third and final report on fuel pricing by the Honduran "Notables Commission" (a select commission of Honduran citizens convoked by Congress to recommend reforms for gasoline imports pricing) has reportedly been delayed until Wednesday, December 7, when commission head C [...]
2005-12-06 23:27:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC ECON EFIN ELAB ENRG EPET HO PGOV
05TEGUCIGALPA2516ATTEMPTED INTRUSION INTO USAID BUILDING TEGUCIGALPA
[...] (SBU) Summary: At approximately 1710 hours on 12/14/2005, RSO was notified by the Local Guard Force (LGF) that an unknown Honduran male entered the USAID building through the main pedestrian exit. The intruder, who was unarmed but acting in an irrational and paranoid manner, was handcuffed [...]
2005-12-15 22:24:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC
05TEGUCIGALPA2558TEGUCIGALPA EAC MEETING - DECEMBER 2005 - HOLIDAY
[...] (U) Classified by Acting RSO Robert A. Rentz; Reason 1.4 (C,D) 2. (SBU) Per reftel A, Post convened a meeting of the Mission EAC in order to review the security posture of both American and Mission community interests during the upcoming holiday season. The EAC members also discussed pot [...]
2005-12-21 20:50:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALAEMR ASEC CASC HO PTER
05TEGUCIGALPA2568MEDIA REACTION ON CSI, DECEMBER 19, 2005
[...] On 1/14 the Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" published an editorial entitled "Secure Port." "Honduras and the U.S. just signed a `Container Security' agreement to employ security measures on containers exported from Puerto Cortes to the U.S. and other countries." "Ambassador Char [...]
2005-12-22 14:13:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PGOV PREL KPAO KHLS ASEC EWWT HO UNTERR
05TEGUCIGALPA2572HONDURAS CURRENTLY NOT AN AUDIENCE FOR AL-MANAR
[...] (S) According to contacts of the Public Affairs Section, five cable companies in Honduras carry Arabic language stations, the two main carriers in Tegucigalpa, one in San Pedro Sula, one in Tela, and one in Danli. None appear to carry with the Hezbollah station Al-Manar. The Arabic speaking [...]
2005-12-22 20:36:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL PGOV ANET ASEC XF KU SA JO LE HO
05TEGUCIGALPA2579CARJACKING OF U.S. MISSION VEHICLE AND ABDUCTION
[...] (SBU) Summary: At approximately 1700 hours on Thursday, 12/22/2005, a USAID-employed Foreign Service National (FSN) was returning an official vehicle to the USAID warehouse when he was intercepted by a pickup-truck occupied by five masked gunmen armed with automatic weapons. Three of the gun [...]
2005-12-24 23:22:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC
05TEGUCIGALPA2582FSN ACCOUNT OF CARJACKING, ABDUCTION PROVEN FALSE
[...] (SBU) Summary: RSO has determined through further investigation that the recently alleged carjacking of an official USG vehicle and abduction of a USAID FSN (see reftel) was fabricated in its entirety. The FSN, when faced with new evidence that the RSO had obtained, admitted that he took th [...]
2005-12-27 19:14:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC
05TEGUCIGALPA26HONDURAS APPROVED FOUR OUTSTANDING
[...] Summary: During 2004, the GOH ratified two outstanding OAS counterterrorism (CT) conventions and achieved congressional approval of the last two outstanding international conventions/protocols. The GOH is now a party to 10 international and two regional CT conventions and will soon be a party [...]
2005-01-04 21:35:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL KTIA PARM EAIR EWWT KCRM ASEC HO
05TEGUCIGALPA261GANGS IN HONDURAS - MARA 18, MARA SALVATRUCHA, THE
[...] (U) The following cable builds on previous Post reporting on gangs with an eye on the differences and similarities between the two major gangs (Mara 18 and Mara Salvatrucha),the "war tax" gangs impose, and the challenges Honduras faces in confronting gangs. War on Gangs ------------ 2. [...]
2005-02-04 14:29:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PINR PGOV SNAR SOCI PHUM SMIG ASEC HO
05TEGUCIGALPA557A COALITION OF GROUPS PROTEST AGAINST HONDURAN
[...] Summary - On March 8, several groups protested against the CAFTA resolution which was passed by the Honduran congress on March 3. The protesters blocked roads in various locations outside of the capital. At approximately 1645 hours, more than 800 demonstrators protested in front of the Congres [...]
2005-03-11 20:41:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PGOV ETRD ELAB PREL HO KSAC
05TEGUCIGALPA586GANGS IN HONDURAS (C-CN5-00136) - RESPONSES TO
[...] (SBU) This cable responds to questions raised in ref A: A. (SBU) The Annual Report of the International Narcotics Control Board, released March 2, specifically states that "In countries in Central America, many youth gangs have become involved in violent crime and drug trafficking." See ht [...]
2005-03-16 20:40:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PINR PGOV SNAR SOCI PHUM SMIG ASEC HO
05TEGUCIGALPA623HONDURAS: MARITIME SECURITY COORDINATION RESPONSE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Post maintains extensive contacts with the GOH and the private sector on all issues relating to maritime security and the efficient and safe functioning of Honduras' ports. Coordination at Post among agencies is excellent and is conducted on an as-needed basis. The GOH has demo [...]
2005-03-21 12:43:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT ETRD PGOV KSTC PARM PREL PTER ASEC HO
05TEGUCIGALPA871 NSDD 38 - MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION
[...] Ambassador Palmer approves reftel request for the Millenium Challenge Corporation to establish a presence in Tegucigalpa, Honduras consisting of 1 USDH Director, 2 USDH or USPSC program managers and up to 4 Locally Employeed Staff, contigent upon satisfactory clarification of the following sub [...]
2005-04-25 20:42:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDAODE AMGT KMRS ABLD ASEC EAID HO
05TEGUCIGALPA900CORRUPTION SCANDAL AT HONDURAN IMMIGRATION: US ASSISTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: State sections, with DS agents in the lead, and other U.S. agencies have assisted the Government of Honduras's (GOH) investigation of the GOH Immigration Service. Post received information from various sources indicating that the GOH Immigration Service is rife with corruption. [...]
2005-04-28 00:57:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSMIG ASEC PGOV KJUS PTER SNAR PREL HO
05TELAVIV1028WB/G SITREP: IDF ARRESTS SIX PALESTINIANS IN THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: One Palestinian was lightly injured by IDF riot gas inhalation in the West Bank during a protest against the separation barrier and six Palestinians were arrested by the IDF in the West Bank February 17. Two shooting incidents occurred near Rafah overnight February 17-18, but n [...]
2005-02-18 16:35:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV103WB/G SITREP: TWO GUNMEN KILLED IN ATTACK ON THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The body of second Palestinian gunman was found late on January 5 near the Erez Crossing, both men having been shot and killed after they succeeded in approaching the crossing overnight January 4-5 along with a group of pilgrims leaving to go on the Hajj. The militants used sm [...]
2005-01-06 16:12:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV1170WB/G SITREP: FEBRUARY 28, 2005 (1200 HOURS LOCAL)
[...] (SBU) Summary: A suicide bomber affiliated with Palestinian Islamic Jihad detonated an explosive device outside a Tel Aviv nightclub at 2320 hours February 25, killing four people and injuring another 55 Israeli civilians, five of them severely and eight moderately. A fifth victim died of he [...]
2005-02-28 10:57:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV1210WB/G SITREP: MARCH 1, 2005 (1300 HOURS LOCAL) --
[...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinian landowners and Israeli and Palestinian demonstrators clashed with Israeli Border Police during a protest against the construction of the separation barrier near the village of Bayt Surik, west of Jerusalem. One Border Police officer was injured. In Jerusalem, at le [...]
2005-03-01 17:41:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV1243WB/G SITREP: PA INTERIOR MINISTER FIRES JENIN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinian Authority (PA) Interior Minister Nasir Yusif replaced all the PA security chiefs and deputies in Jenin during a March 1 visit to inspect the overall security situation in the city. The dismissals followed a confrontation that included a brief exchange of gunfire be [...]
2005-03-02 14:18:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV1276WB/G SITREP: IDF RAIDS WB QASSAM ROCKET WORKSHOP;
[...] (SBU) Summary: A car bomb exploded without causing injuries March 3 near IDF soldiers patrolling in the vicinity of Joseph,s Tomb in Nablus. Jewish worshippers were near the area at the time of the explosion. In addition, two explosive devices detonated without causing injury near IDF soldi [...]
2005-03-03 15:27:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV1306WB/G SITREP: THREE PALESTINIANS LIGHTLY INJURED
[...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinians clashed with the IDF on March 3 in areas near Jerusalem and Hebron to protest construction of the separation barrier. Three Palestinians were injured and seven others were arrested in the West Bank March 3-4. Palestinians shot at IDF soldiers in Gaza March 3, but n [...]
2005-03-04 15:43:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV131WB/G SITREP: FATAL ATTACK ON SETTLER NEAR NABLUS;
[...] (SBU) Summary: Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility for an attack on a settler car near Nablus January 7 that left one settler dead. A five-year-old Palestinian boy was accidentally killed in the West Bank January 6 when an IDF jeep ran him over. In Gaza, one Palestinian was kil [...]
2005-01-07 15:10:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV1336ISRAEL: FIFTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (SBU) This cable is the first part of a three-part message in response to reftel. Embassy point of contact is poloff Jenifer Joyce, telephone number (972) (3) 519-7437. Fax number (972)(3) 519-7484. Poloff spent approximately 80 hours in preparation of the report. Deputy polcouns spent app [...]
2005-03-07 15:30:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV1337ISRAEL: FIFTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-07 15:34:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV1338ISRAEL: FIFTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (SBU) This is the third part of a three-part message responding to reftel. Embassy point of contact is Jenifer Joyce, telephone number (972)(3) 519-7437, fax number (972)(3) 519-7484. ------------------------------------ Protection and Assistance to Victims ------------------------------- [...]
2005-03-07 15:37:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV1395ICRC REP ON POST-THREAT ACTIONS
[...] (C) ICRC Head of Delegation Francois Bellon and Deputy Head Carlos Batallas met March 1 with Polcouns, Legatt and Poloff to review details and follow-up of a reported potential threat to ICRC members inside the Gaza Strip. Legatt had conveyed to the ICRC February 26 a non-specific report he h [...]
2005-03-09 12:57:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ASEC KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV1525WB/G SITREP: ONE PALESTINIAN WOUNDED BY IDF FIRE
[...] (SBU) Summary: One Palestinian was wounded in the West Bank by IDF fire and, according to UNRWA, two Palestinians were wounded in IDF-initiated shootings in Gaza. The IDF, however, says that only one Palestinian was wounded in the same incident. Thousands of Gazans turned out March 12 to pe [...]
2005-03-14 15:50:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV1538WB/G SITREP:7,000 FATAH SUPORTERS RALLY IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: The IDF arrested two Palestinians March 14 when the men tried to infiltrate the border fence into Israel east of Dayr al-Balah. The men reportedly intended to enter Israel in search of work. Fatah organized a rally of some 7,000 people March 14 in Jabaliya in honor of "Pales [...]
2005-03-15 15:00:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDKWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL
05TELAVIV1561WB/G SITREP: ONE ISRAELI SETTLER AND ONE
[...] (SBU) Summary: One Israeli settler was injured in a shooting incident perpetrated by the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, and one Palestinian was injured by IDF fire in the West Bank March 15-16. Gaza was quiet, except for one mortar shell explosion near Neve Dekalim, but no injuries resulted. End [...]
2005-03-16 14:28:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV1585WB/G SITREP: AT LEAST SIX PALESTINIANS WOUNDED IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Two Palestinian youths were wounded by IDF gunfire in Tulkarm after they threw a firebomb at an IDF jeep on March 16, and at least six Palestinians were wounded by rubber-coated bullets and tear gas during a protest against the construction of the separation barrier in Safa and [...]
2005-03-17 11:49:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV1636WB/G SITREP: FIVE PALESTINIANS AND ONE ISRAELI
[...] (SBU) Summary: West Bank settlers wounded five Palestinian workers were wounded in an attack in Nahliel and an Israeli woman was lightly wounded by a metal object thrown at her car in the West Bank March 18. Palestinians launched two rockets in the Gaza strip March 17, but no injuries occurr [...]
2005-03-18 15:27:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV1890WB/G SITREP: SETTLERS BEAT AND INJURE PALESTINIANS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The IDF reported no security incidents in the Gaza Strip between March 25-28. UNRWA reported that Palestinian militants fired small arms at Gadid settlement and fired a mortar shell at Netzarim settlement, causing no injuries. Israeli media reported that anti-disengagement "s [...]
2005-03-28 14:48:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL
05TELAVIV1917WB/G SITREP: ISRAELI FORCES SHOOT AND INJURE THREE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian-made bomb detonated in the car of a prominent Gaza lawyer, injuring him lightly. Gazan militants fired on IDF positions, causing no injuries. In the West Bank, Israeli forces shot and injured three Palestinians near Hebron and Nablus. Shots we [...]
2005-03-29 12:04:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL
05TELAVIV1956WB/G SITREP: EIGHT PALESTINIANS AND THREE PA
[...] (SBU) Summary: The IDF arrested eight Palestinians and three uniformed PA policemen in the West Bank March 29. Palestinians shot at IDF soldiers east of Netzarim and near Rafah March 29 in the Gaza strip, but no injuries occurred. End Summary. --------- West Bank --------- 2. (SBU) A [...]
2005-03-30 14:51:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV2009WB/G SITREP:GAZA QUIET; IDF INJURES THREE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The IDF shot and injured three Palestinians and arrested two others March 31 in the West Bank. Gaza remained quiet April 1, without incident. End Summary. --------- West Bank --------- 2. (SBU) ATTACKS/SECURITY: -- Deaths: Nil. -- Injuries: The IDF shot and i [...]
2005-04-01 12:25:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV2236WB/G SITREP: IDF KILLS THREE PALESTINIANS IN GAZA,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Israeli police on April 10 arrested 31 Israeli right-wing protesters during a demonstration in the Old City of Jerusalem. Israeli police also arrested eight Palestinians during clashes in the vicinity of the Lion,s Gate entrance to the Old City the same day. Israeli police on [...]
2005-04-11 14:32:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV2255WB/G SITREP: NINE PALESTINIANS INJURED IN WEST
[...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinians in Nablus on April 11 clashed with IDF soldiers conducting arrest operations in the city, resulting in light injuries to nine Palestinians. Palestinian gunmen on April 11 opened fire and threw stones at a Palestinian Authority (PA) police station in Hebron, followi [...]
2005-04-12 10:42:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV2310WB/G SITREP: TWO PALESTINIAN YOUTHS INJURED IN THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: One Palestinian youth was injured critically when a stray bullet hit him in the chest in Tulkarm in the West Bank April 12. Another Palestinian youth was injured in the Balatah refugee camp in Nablus when an explosive device detonated in his hands April 12. Two mortar shells [...]
2005-04-13 15:21:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV2362WB/G SITREP: IDF KILLS AL-AQSA MILITANT IN NABLUS,
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, the IDF on April 14 shot and killed an al-Aqsa Martyrs, Brigades militant during an arrest operation in the Balatah refugee camp in Nablus, according to Israeli media reports. Palestinian sources, however, have termed the incident a targeted killing by the ID [...]
2005-04-14 15:19:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV2421WB/G SITREP: SETTLERS INJURE THREE PALESTINIANS IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Four Palestinians were injured and one Hamas activist was arrested in the West Bank April 14. In the Gaza Strip, Palestinians fired five rockets, two at Neve Dekalim and three at Netzarim, but no injuries resulted, according to UNRWA. The IDF reported that Palestinians shot [...]
2005-04-18 12:51:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV2436GENERAL WARD AND ISRAELI DEFMIN DISCUSS
[...] (C) Summary: Lieutenant General Ward and the Charge met with Defense Minister Mofaz in Tel Aviv on April 13, 2005, to review the current security situation in Israel and the Occupied Territories. General Ward said he sees the lack of trust and partnership on both sides as contributing to a ne [...]
2005-04-18 14:37:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PGOV ASEC KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV2567WB/G SITREP: IDF SOLDIER STABBED IN WEST BANK
[...] (SBU) Summary: An IDF soldier sustained moderate injuries after he was stabbed in the neck April 23 near Ganim settlement, east of Jenin. The IDF closed the area while in pursuit of the assailant, but no arrests have been made in connection with this attack. In the Old City of Hebron, settl [...]
2005-04-25 15:28:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV2607WB/G SITREP: ONE IDF SOLDIER KILLED IN THE WEST
[...] (SBU) Summary: An IDF soldier died April 25 near Halhoul village, north of Hebron, after being run over by a Palestinian motorist. Other IDF soldiers at the roadblock opened fire, killing the driver, identified as Iyad al-Duwaik. An IDF investigation is ongoing; PA security sources said tha [...]
2005-04-27 05:56:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV2647TIME TO RESTART GAZA WATER PROJECTS?
[...] (U) This joint message from Embassy Tel Aviv and ConGen Jerusalem is an action message; please see paragraph 12. ------------------- Summary and Comment ------------------- 2. (C) Following the October 2003 roadside bombing that claimed the lives of three USG personnel in Gaza, we dis [...]
2005-04-28 12:26:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON SENV ASEC KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT HUMANITARIAN AID
05TELAVIV2655WB/G SITREP: ONE IDF SOLDIER INJURED IN GUSH KATIF
[...] (SBU) Summary: IDF troops arrested two Palestinian minors at the Jalama checkpoint, east of Jenin, April 27, whom the troops claimed were planning to carry out an attack inside Israel. Two bags loaded with explosives were found with the two youths, one of whom claimed that he was dispatched b [...]
2005-04-28 16:48:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV2698WB/G SITREP: 28 PALESTINIANS, INCLUDING AN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Some 28 Palestinians were lightly to moderately injured in the village of Bil,in, west of Ramallah, during clashes with the IDF that erupted April 28 during protests against the construction of the separation barrier on lands belonging to village residents. Among those injured [...]
2005-04-29 16:31:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV2899WB/G SITREP: AL-AQSA MILITANTS AND PA POLICE CLASH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Exchanges of gunfire erupted between al-Aqsa gunmen and PA police May 9 in Jenin, after the police opened fire on an al-Aqsa leader's car when he refused to stop at a PA police checkpoint, according to PA security sources. As of 1300 hours, community leaders were working to co [...]
2005-05-09 14:21:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV2938WB/G SITREP: THREE MORTAR SHELLS FIRED IN GAZA;
[...] (SBU) Summary: A Palestinian man was killed in Yatta village, near Hebron, on May 9, according to Palestinian sources, but the killers and motive remain unknown. PA police said that the man's death appeared to have resulted from a criminal act, but added that they are also investigating whet [...]
2005-05-10 14:51:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV2967WB/G SITREP: SETTLERS INJURE PALESTINIAN GIRL IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Settlers in Hebron beat and lightly injured a Palestinian girl May 10. Also on May 10, the IDF arrested three Fatah activists in Zawata village, near Qalqiliya, and four Palestinians in Yatta, south of Hebron. Israeli police shut down two PA election registration centers in Ea [...]
2005-05-11 15:13:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV2996WB/G SITREP: THREE KATYUSHA ROCKETS LAND IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Israeli settlers beat and lightly injured an elderly Palestinian man working in fields near Salem village on May 12, and IDF soldiers arrested 22 settlers for entering Palestinian villages near Nablus the same day for a demonstration and refusing IDF orders to leave. The arres [...]
2005-05-13 14:57:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV3127WB/G SITREP: EIGHT PALESTINIANS INJURED IN WB
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, eight Palestinians protesting against the construction of the separation barrier were wounded by the IDF near the village of Bil'in, near Ramallah, May 20, and a 14-year-old Palestinian was wounded by an explosion as he was playing in a valley near the East Je [...]
2005-05-23 14:46:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV3152WB/G SITREP: FATAH ACTIVISTS CLASH WITH PA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Approximately 300 Fatah activists the evening of May 23 attempted to enter the Muqata'a in Ramallah in order to visit former Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Arafat's gravesite. Clashes erupted as PA security forces blocked their entrance into the compound. The Fatah activ [...]
2005-05-24 15:07:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV3172WB/G SITREP: TWO WB BANK TEENS ARRESTED WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: The IDF on May 24 arrested a Palestinian teenager carrying two pipe bombs in a bag as he attempted to pass through the Huwwara checkpoint, south of Nablus. Israeli sappers later blew up the bag containing the bombs. This arrest follows a similar occurrence May 22, when a Palest [...]
2005-05-25 14:04:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV3204WB/G SITREP: PA POLICE OFFICIAL AMBUSHED IN GAZA
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the Gaza Strip, Egyptian mediators failed to resolve the conflict between Fatah and Hamas over municipal election results in several Gaza municipalities. Armed militants ambushed the convoy of PA anti-riot police chief BG Abdullah Khalil, wounding his bodyguard on the evenin [...]
2005-05-26 14:23:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV3226WB/G SITREP: PA SECURITY OFFICERS AND CIVIL POLICE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Officers from the Palestinian Authority (PA) Preventive Security Organization (PSO) and the PA civil police clashed in Ramallah on the evening of May 26 following a dispute between a PSO officer and members of the civil police. At least three civil police sustained injuries in [...]
2005-05-27 14:02:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV331WB/G SITREP: ONE ISRAELI SHIN BET OFFICER AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: As newly elected PA Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas met with leaders of several armed militant factions in the Gaza Strip on January 18 at Gush Katif junction, a suicide bomber detonated explosives, killing one Shin Bet officer and wounding eight other Israelis. Hamas claimed cre [...]
2005-01-19 14:34:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV3477WB/G SITREP: SENIOR FATAH OFFICIAL KILLED IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, the family of an alleged Israeli collaborator reportedly killed a senior Fatah official and his brother in Nablus, sparking demonstrations at the Muqata,a in Ramallah. An IDF soldier and two foreign national protesters were injured near Salfit in clashes bet [...]
2005-06-06 13:26:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDKWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL
05TELAVIV3526WB/G SITREP: THREE QASSAMS FALL ON SDEROT, TWO
[...] (SBU) Summary: Hamas militants fired five Qassam rockets into Israel the morning of June 7, three of which landed in the town of Sderot. No injuries were reported, but three Israelis were treated for shock. Also on June 7, Islamic Jihad and, according to some reports, Hamas, claimed respons [...]
2005-06-07 15:26:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV355WB/G SITREP: A TOTAL OF FIVE PALESTINIANS KILLED
[...] (SBU) Summary: Two IDF soldiers were wounded January 19 southeast of the Erez Crossing, near Nissanit, when Palestinian militants fired an anti-tank missile at a bulldozer they were operating. A total of five Palestinians were killed and another six were injured January 19-20 in Gaza clashes [...]
2005-01-20 14:12:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV3560WB/G SITREP: MORTAR AND ROCKET FIRE CONTINUES IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: The IDF on June 7 clashed with demonstrators protesting the construction of the separation barrier near the village of al-Ramadin, southwest of Hebron. Two protesters sustained light injuries during the protest. PA President Mahmud Abbas is scheduled on June 8 to travel to the [...]
2005-06-08 15:31:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV3594WB/G SITREP: TWO IDF SOLDIERS AND ONE PALESTINIAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinian militants fired some 17 mortar rounds and rockets on Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip overnight June 8-9. Two IDF soldiers were lightly injured when a mortar struck near their outpost in the vicinity of Neve Dekalim. The barrage followed an IAF missile strike [...]
2005-06-09 14:45:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV382WB/G SITREP: IDF TROOPS KILL THREE PALESTINIANS,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Israeli troops shot and killed three Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, including one 12-year-old boy on January 21. The IDF also shot and injured three other Palestinians in the Gaza strip January 21. End Summary. ---- Gaza ---- (SBU) ATTACKS: -- Death: Israeli media rep [...]
2005-01-21 15:36:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV3893WB/G SITREP: IDF SWEEP ARRESTS 52 PIJ MILITANTS IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: The IDF arrested 52 PIJ activists in the West Bank on June 20, including 25 in Bethlehem and a senior PIJ leader, Ra'id al-Hijawi, in Jenin, according to PA security sources. Eight Palestinians were injured in clashes with the IDF near Yatta village, south of Hebron, in anti-b [...]
2005-06-21 15:06:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV3955WB/G SITREP: IDF ARRESTS AT LEAST 11 WEST BANK
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, the IDF arrested five alleged PIJ activists June 22 in and around Jenin, and six Palestinians and one foreign peace activist in anti-barrier protests in Bili'in, near Ramallah, the same day. PA security forces entered the Amari refugee camp to arrest several [...]
2005-06-23 13:48:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV3992WB/G SITREP: AL-AQSA GUNMEN KILL ONE PA POLICEMAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades gunmen killed one PA police officer, Ziad al-Bzur, during an assault on Jenin,s main police station June 23, according to PA security sources. The tension between al-Aqsa gunmen and PA police began when police arrested an al-Aqsa member for attacking [...]
2005-06-24 14:49:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV4183WB/G SITREP: CLASHES BETWEEN FATAH AND HAMAS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Israeli Press reported that six Palestinians were injured July 4 in clashes between Fatah and Hamas activists in Bani Suhelia, east of Khan Yunis. Hamas leaders Mahmoud al-Zahar and Mushir al-Masri rejected PA Prime Minister Abu Ala'a's call to form a national unity government [...]
2005-07-05 13:40:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV4213WB/G SITREP: SETTLERS INJURE TEN PALESTINIANS IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, the IDF arrested two youths July 5 on suspicion of throwing a firebomb at an Israeli car near Nilli settlement, east of Highway 443. IDF forces demolished 17 structures in the West Bank villages of Beit Furik and Ein al-Bida, both in the Jordan valley, on Jul [...]
2005-07-06 14:39:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV4244WB/G SITREP: ONE PALESTINIAN DEAD, FOUR INJURED IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: IDF troops shot and killed 17-year-old al-Aqsa Brigades member Ahmad Masimi and lightly injured an accomplice, Ahmad Sanakreh, on July 6 in Nablus. According to Israeli security sources, the IDF returned fire after shots were fired at several busloads of settlers who had enter [...]
2005-07-07 13:44:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV4267WB/G SITREP: 19 PALESTINIANS INJURED IN WEST BANK
[...] (SBU) Summary: A total of 19 Palestinians were lightly injured on July 7 during stone throwing clashes that erupted with the IDF during a protest against the separation barrier in the village of Immatin, near Nablus. Also in the West Bank, the IDF arrested seven PIJ militants on July 7 during [...]
2005-07-08 14:59:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV4418WB/G SITREP: MORTAR, ROCKET FIRE CONTINUE IN GAZA;
[...] (SBU) Summary: Intense mortar and Qassam fire from Gaza continued through the weekend of July 16-17, easing up somewhat on July 18. On July 17, the IDF killed the Hamas military commander in Khan Yunis in a targeted killing and also killed, in a separate incident, a PIJ militant who was prep [...]
2005-07-18 16:38:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV4482WB/G SITERP: PA-HAMAS CLASH IN GAZA AS
[...] (U) This is a joint ConGen Jerusalem/Embassy Tel Aviv cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: Up to twelve Palestinians were injured in an extended PA-Hamas clash in the Gaza Strip on July 19. One Palestinian was reported dead due to IDF warning fire when a car tried to force its way through a closed Is [...]
2005-07-19 16:11:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV4523WB/G SITREP: PA-HAMAS CLASH IN GAZA CITY FOLLOWS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Despite an 0100 July 20 announcement from Fatah and Hamas that they had agreed to end clashes between their forces, Hamas gunmen exchanged fire with PSO forces in Gaza City at about 0200 on July 20. Four Hamas men and one PSO officer were reported injured. Mortar, rocket and [...]
2005-07-20 12:49:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV4613WB/G SITREP: GAZA BOY KILLED BY ROCKET THAT FELL
[...] (SBU) Summary: A homemade rocket launched at a Gaza settlement failed to hit its intended target on July 21, killing instead a Palestinian boy in Khan Yunis and wounding his brother. Only one other incident of rocket fire and only one incident of mortar fire were reported from Gaza. PA secu [...]
2005-07-22 14:36:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV4755WB/G SITREP: EREZ CROSSING AND INDUSTRIAL ZONE
[...] (SBU) Summary: On July 31 the GOI opened the Erez Crossing for Palestinian merchants and the Erez Industrial Zone for Palestinian laborers, both for the first time since the July 12 suicide bombing in Netanya. Two UNDP consultants were kidnapped July 29 by a Gaza clan whose members hoped to [...]
2005-08-01 15:38:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV4780WB/G SITREP: GUNMEN KILL PA POLICEMAN, WOUND THREE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Armed men in Gaza killed a PA police officer August 1 during an apparent kidnapping attempt. Gunmen also wounded three PA intelligence officers in Gaza City on August 1. A Palestinian died and five were wounded when an explosive device detonated overnight August 1-2 in a villa [...]
2005-08-02 15:53:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV4804WB/G SITREP: PALESTINIAN CHILD KILLED BY QASSAM IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: One child was killed and up to eleven other Palestinians injured when a Qassam aimed at Sderot landed in Beit Hanoun. Elsewhere in Gaza, former Palestinian prisoners occupied two Palestinian Authority (PA) buildings in Rafah. In the West Bank, Israeli authorities arrested 25 [...]
2005-08-03 14:30:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV4831WB/G SITREP: THOUSANDS OF PALESTINIANS RALLY IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: The IDF reported one mortar attack and five shooting incidents in Gaza overnight with no injuries. Israeli police and army units arrested up to 200 protesters attempting to infiltrate into Gaza. According to UNRWA, some 15,000 Palestinians held a rally outside the Palestinian [...]
2005-08-04 16:19:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDKWBG KPAL PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV4861WB/G SITREP: IDF SOLDIER KILLS FIVE ISRAELI ARABS
[...] (SBU) Summary: A religious, right-wing IDF soldier, who had been AWOL for a month, killed four Israeli Arabs on a bus in the north of Israel on August 4, before a crowd killed him (septel). IDF soldiers overnight killed three Palestinians who approached the Gush Katif settlement, reportedly w [...]
2005-08-05 15:05:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV51WB/G SITREP: SEVEN DEAD, SIX WOUNDED IN BAYT
[...] (SBU) Summary: IDF tank fire killed at least seven Palestinians and injured six more January 5 in Bayt Lahiya, as IDF soldiers attempted to target militants launching rockets at Israeli settler targets. One Israeli child was lightly wounded January 4 when Palestinian militants fired mortars [...]
2005-01-04 16:46:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV5104A/S WELCH DISCUSSES DISENGAGEMENT AND GAZA
[...] (C) Summary: A/S Welch, Ambassador Kurtzer and General Ward met with Minister of Defense Mofaz and his key staff on August 16 to review the status of settler evacuation from Gaza, and to discuss the status of an Israel-Egyptian protocol on troop deployments along Egypt's border with Gaza. A/ [...]
2005-08-18 07:57:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS ASEC KWBG KPAL PINS ETRD IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV571WB/G SITREP: IDF ARRESTS FIVE PALESTINIANS IN THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the absence of incursions or demolitions in the Gaza strip, the IDF accidentally shot and killed a 10 year-old girl and wounded another 7 year-old Palestinian child in Rafah January 31. As many as 32 Palestinians, including passersby, were injured in violent clashes th [...]
2005-01-31 17:41:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV583WB/G SITREP: MILITANTS FIRE 12 MORTAR SHELLS IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the Gaza Strip, IDF fire reportedly injured one Palestinian in the Rafah refugee camp. According to the IDF, Hamas militants fired 12 mortar shells at various locations throughout the Strip in response to the January 31 shooting of a Palestinian girl in Rafah, an incidicent [...]
2005-02-01 10:53:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDKWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL
05TELAVIV6442UN THIRD COMMITTEE: ISRAEL EXPLAINS PROBLEM WITH
[...] (C) Following reftel (B) demarche, Israeli MFA Deputy Director General for Central Europe and Eurasia (A/S-equivalent) Mark Sofer contacted poloff to discuss Israeli difficulties with the Third Committee resolution on Uzbekistan. According to Sofer, Israel does not intend to co-sponsor the re [...]
2005-11-10 10:03:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPHUM ASEC IS UZ GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV649WB/G SITREP: ISRAELI POLICEMAN INJURED AND FIVE
[...] (SBU) Summary: An Israeli policeman in the Old City was injured trying to prevent Jewish youth from stoning Arabs, and eight international activists were injured while protesting construction of the separation barrier, on February 1. Five Palestinians were arrested by the IDF in the West Ban [...]
2005-02-02 14:22:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV651WB/G SITREP: PALESTINIAN YOUTH WOUNDED BY IDF
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, a Palestinian was shot and wounded by IDF soldiers during stone-throwing skirmishes near the village of Burqa south of Jenin. Two Palestinian youths were injured during stone-throwing clashes with the IDF in Nablus. Four Palestinians were arrested in various [...]
2005-02-03 14:21:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV653WB/G SITREP: PALESTINIAN YOUTH WOUNDED BY IDF
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, a Palestinian was shot and wounded by IDF soldiers during stone-throwing skirmishes near the village of Burqa south of Jenin. Two Palestinian youths were injured during stone-throwing clashes with the IDF in Nablus. Four Palestinians were arrested in various [...]
2005-02-03 14:21:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV7003ISRAEL: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] In response to reftel, Embassy Tel Aviv submits the following proposed draft for the Israel section of the 2005 Country Reports on Terrorism. This draft has been cleared with ConGen Jerusalem, which is producing a report on the Palestinian Authority (septel). ------------------ GENERAL ASS [...]
2005-12-19 13:21:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC COUNTERTERRORISM GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV711WB/G SITREP: PIJ AND AAMB INJURE FOUR IDF
[...] (SBU) In the West Bank on February 3, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad and al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades wounded four IDF soldiers in a shooting attack south of Hebron. Eight international activists were lightly injured in clashes with the IDF when protesting the construction of the seamline barrie [...]
2005-02-04 13:08:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV73WB/G SITREP: EIGHT ARRESTED IN WEST BANK; IN GAZA,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Violence continued in Gaza January 4-5 with 11-12 IDF soldiers reportedly injured by Qassam rocket attacks and eight Palestinians, including six members of the same family and one militant, killed by Israeli gunfire. In the West Bank, eight Palestinians were arrested, including [...]
2005-01-05 15:44:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV76NASSER YUSIF ON POSSIBLE SECURITY ROLE
[...] (SBU) Summary: National Security Force BG Nasser Yusif told poloffs recently that, if called upon to join an Abu Mazen government as interior minister, he would bring the green-uniform public security forces, Force 17, and the naval or coastal police under his personal operational control, an [...]
2005-01-05 16:13:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALKWBG PREL PTER ASEC GZ IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV886WB/G SITREP: FEBRUARY 14, 2005 (1300 HOURS LOCAL)
[...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinian militants launched three shooting attacks at IDF and Israeli settler targets February 11-14, including one in which militants fired on Israeli laborers who were putting up a fence along the Kissufim Road. No injuries were reported. The GOI agreed February 14 to th [...]
2005-02-14 15:23:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV916WB/G SITREP: FEBRUARY 15, 2005 (1300 HOURS LOCAL)
[...] (SBU) Summary: A Palestinian driver said that an Israeli car fired shots at his vehicle north of Nablus on February 14, damaging his vehicle but causing no injuries. The IDF arrested a total of eight Palestinians throughout the West Bank February 14-15. In Gaza, unknown assailants opened fi [...]
2005-02-15 14:02:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV946WB/G SITREP: TWO AL-AQSA MILITANTS AND A
[...] (SBU) Summary: The IDF shot and killed two Al-Aqsa militants in the West Bank, while an Israeli settler killed a 15-year-old Palesinian in Ramallah. In Gaza, militants fired mortar shells at Morag and Neve Dekalim. No injuries were reported in either attack. End Summary. --------- West [...]
2005-02-16 15:47:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV960EU COPPS STRESS DONOR COORDINATION WHILE BUILDING
[...] (SBU) Summary: The director of the EU's police reform program, Jonathan McIvor, told the DCM and emboffs February 15 that a lack of credibility among the population is the biggest problem facing the PA police, due in large part to the fact that it is militants rather than the police that "st [...]
2005-02-17 10:30:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID PREL KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV969WB/G SITREP: FEBRUARY 17, 2005 (1300 HOURS LOCAL)
[...] (SBU) Summary: On February 16, settlers west of Hebron attacked a group of Amcit (Christian Peacemakers) and Italian peace activists who were escorting Palestinian shepherds grazing animals, beating up and injuring two activists, according to humanitarian NGOs. PA Labor Minister Ghassan Khat [...]
2005-02-17 12:28:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05THEHAGUE1201ONE YEAR SOFA FOR NETHERLANDS ANTILLES AND ARUBA
[...] (SBU) In accordance with ref A, Embassy Legal Counselor exchanged diplomatic notes on May 3, 2005, concluding an exercise specific status of forces agreement with the Netherlands to provide privileges and immunities for U.S. forces in Aruba and the Netherlands Antilles. The agreement entered [...]
2005-05-04 09:29:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT APER ASEC KTIA MARR MOPS PREL NL NA
05THEHAGUE2705ISLAMIC EXTREMISM IN THE NETHERLANDS
[...] (S) This cable responds to ref a request for information on Islamic Extremism in the Netherlands. 2. (S) SUMMARY: Within the relatively large Dutch Muslim Community, Islamic Extremism represents a worrisome and growing trend. Dutch security and intelligence services estimate that about 5 p [...]
2005-10-06 17:12:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPREL PTER PGOV SOCI ASEC KISL NL
05THEHAGUE2860NETHERLANDS: NATO SUPPORT TO PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE
[...] (C) National Security Advisor Rob Swartbol said October 21 that the Dutch are considering deploying a field hospital in conjunction with the Czechs as part of the international assistance relief efforts. The deployment could happen in "about a week" once the Dutch and Czechs finalize plans, he [...]
2005-10-21 13:38:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALAEMR ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PREF PREL PK NL NATO
05THEHAGUE2912ROTTERDAM VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT
[...] (C) Summary. The sprawling port of Rotterdam and its substantial petroleum refining and storage facilities is critical to the European economy. The Dutch government considers the port one of seven "critical infrastructure" sectors in the Netherlands, and considerable public and private secto [...]
2005-10-26 15:30:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALEPET ETRD EWWT PTER PINR ASEC KHLS
05THEHAGUE2934NETHERLANDS: NO MI-17 HELICOPTERS, EXPERTISE
[...] (C) DAO contacts confirm that the Netherlands does not have any MI-17s, spare parts or relevant maintenance expertise on this type of Russian helicopter, and will be unable to provide assistance with regard to Pakistan's request. SCHOFER [...]
2005-10-28 08:08:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALAEMR ASEC EAID IN PGOV PK PREF MASS NL NATO
05THEHAGUE3130REQUEST FOR RESCHEDULE DATE - NCD THE HAGUE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-21 09:40:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDACOA AMGT AMTC ASEC
05THEHAGUE3394 AVIAN INFLUENZA - NETHERLANDS TRIPWIRES AND
[...] This message responds to the tasking in ref A to develop mission-specific tripwires and responses regarding avian influenza. We believe that the Netherlands is relatively well prepared to respond to such an epidemic, and that our most probable response to a significant outbreak of human H5N1 [...]
2005-12-23 11:06:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC CASC AMED KFLO NL AMER
05THEHAGUE3396COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL LANDRIEU
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Senator Mary Landrieu, Senator David Vitter, Representative Bill Jefferson, Herman Gesser and Adam Sharp, Senator Landrieu's Staff Members; Drew Willison and Roger Cockrell, Professional Staff Members, SAC-EW; Kyle Ruckert, Chief of Staf [...]
2005-12-23 11:08:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AMGT ASEC AFIN NL
05THEHAGUE932UPDATED PRE-ADVANCE TEAM SCHEDULE FOR THE
[...] Embassy The Hague warmly welcomes White House Site Survey Team led by Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Advance Todd Beyer. 2. Per your request, we have created a notional itinerary for the White House Site Survey on April 13- 14. All times are notional. We welcome [...]
2005-04-08 06:44:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC OTRA PREL NL OVIP BUSH GEORGE
05TOKYO1440FOURTH U.S.-JAPAN COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP
[...] (C) Summary. Following brief opening remarks by CTWG co-chairs, Political Section Deputy Reynolds and MOFA International Counterterrorism Cooperation Division Director Shinsuke Shimizu, Cabinet Secretariat Assistant Counselor Hiroyuki Yamaya kicked off the fourth U.S.-Japan Counterterrorism [...]
2005-03-11 08:08:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALASEC CVIS ETTC KVPR KFRD PTER SENV JA
05TORONTO2601VISAS VIPER MANDATORY STATUS REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER
[...] Summary. Post held its monthly Terrorist Lookout Committee meeting 28 SEPTEMBER 2005 in accordance with reftel A) and Section 304 of the Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2002. 2. Participants: CG, CONOFF, POL/ECON, FPM, RSO, ATF, FBI, DHS/ICE, DHS/Pearson. 3. Terror [...]
2005-10-03 12:08:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KVPR CVIS KCRM CA CMGT PINR PREL ASEC
05TORONTO2907 Monthly Visas VIPER report OCTOBER 2005,
[...] Summary. Post held its monthly Terrorist Lookout Committee meeting 02 NOVEMBER 2005 in accordance with reftel A) and Section 304 of the Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2002. 2. Participants: ACG, CONOFF, POL/ECON, FPM, RSO, FBI, DHS/ICE, Secret Service. 3. Terroris [...]
2005-11-04 10:00:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KVPR CVIS KCRM CA CMGT PINR PREL ASEC
05TUNIS1442VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT FOR JULY 2005
[...] Post's Visa Viper Committee met on Friday, July 1, 2005. The Ambassador chaired the meeting, which was attended by Consular, Pol/Econ, ODC, DAO, ORA, Public Affairs, Management, FSI Arabic language field school, and MEPI representatives. We reviewed the recently disseminated revised procedures [...]
2005-07-01 15:17:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR CVIS PTER ASEC PINR CMGT TS
05TUNIS2075JEDDAH LESSONS LEARNED - FOLLOW-UP
[...] (S/NF) Ambassador chaired a meeting of Embassy Tunis Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on 09/13/2005 to discuss reftel, Jeddah Lessons Learned. Also present were DCM, RSO, RMAS, PA, MEPI, FSI, MGT, DAO, ODC, MED, P/E. 2. (S/NF) Embassy Tunis EAC reviewed and discussed reftel in detail, con [...]
2005-09-15 14:30:00Embassy TunisSECRET//NOFORNASEC AMGT
05VIENNA1103VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: VIENNA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-05 11:29:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR PTER CVIS ASEC PINR AU
05VIENNA1447VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: VIENNA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-03 11:42:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR PTER CVIS ASEC PINR AU
05VIENNA1595AUSTRIAN VIEWS ON ICAO LEADERSHIP AND REFORM ISSUES
[...] On May 13, Econ Unit Chief delivered reftel talking points and non-paper to Alois Kraut, Head of the Transport and Telecommunication Unit in the MFA. Kraut confirmed that there were on-going discussions within the EU regarding possible reforms for ICAO. Kraut said the EU was discussing the [...]
2005-05-13 15:45:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ASEC AU ICAO
05VIENNA1715FOURTH GLOBAL FORUM ON FIGHTING CORRUPTION - AUSTRIAN RESPONSE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-24 09:45:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC CPAS CVIS KCRM KFRD PINR PINS PREL SOCI AU
05VIENNA2244VISAS VIPER MAY 2005 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT:
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-05 13:26:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR PTER CVIS CMGT ASEC PINR PREL AU
05VIENNA2604VISAS VIPER JULY 2005 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT:
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-03 11:29:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR PTER CVIS CMGT ASEC PINR PREL AU
05VIENNA2955TFUS01: AUSTRIAN OFFERS OF ASSISTANCE FOR
[...] Summary: Top Austrian officials have made specific offers to the Ambassador for disaster assistance. The Austrian military has made a specific offer of a Disaster Relief group to provide capabilities including water purification, decontamination, and search and rescue support. In [...]
2005-09-03 11:01:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON AEMR ASEC CASC MARR AMGT US AU
05VIENNA2956TFUS01: NEEDS LIST PASSED TO AUSTRIA -- AUSTRIA
[...] Ambassador contacted Austrian Foreign Ministry Secretary General Johannes Kyrle (in the absence of the Foreign Minister) on September 4 to convey ref (a) and (b) needs list and secretary's statement on Hurricane Katrina. On behalf of the Minister, Kyrle undertook to work on supplying U.S. needs [...]
2005-09-04 13:39:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON AEMR ASEC CASC MARR AMGT US AU
05VIENNA2970VISAS VIPER AUGUST 2005 MONTHLY ACTIVITY
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-07 11:17:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR PTER CVIS CMGT ASEC PINR PREL AU
05VIENNA3017TFUS01: ACCEPTANCE OF AUSTRIAN ASSISTANCE OFFER FOR
[...] Ambassador and Embassy officers will convey acceptance of Austrian offer for 500 tarps and 300 camp beds immediately to senior Austrian officials per reftel. 2. For 24-hour contact on assistance and relief operations, contact the Austrian Federal Alarm Center ("Bundeswarnzentrale"): Addr [...]
2005-09-11 00:37:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR EAID PREL PGOV ASEC MARR AMGT US AU
05VIENNA3018TFUS01: ACCEPTANCE OF AUSTRIAN ASSISTANCE OFFER FOR
[...] Ambassador and Embassy officers will convey acceptance of Austrian offer for 500 tarps and 300 camp beds immediately to senior Austrian officials per reftel. 2. For 24-hour contact on assistance and relief operations, contact the Austrian Federal Alarm Center ("Bundeswarnzentrale" [...]
2005-09-11 00:43:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR EAID PREL PGOV ASEC MARR AMGT US AU
05VIENNA3085REDESIGNED U.S. $10 NOTES: EMBASSY VIENNA POC
[...] Embassy Vienna point-of-contact for issues relating to the redesigned U.S. $10 notes is Econ Unit Chief Phillip Nelson; phone (43)-1-31339-2299; fax (43)-1-31339-2916; email nelsonpr@state.gov. Brown [...]
2005-09-15 15:05:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EFIN KPAO AU
05VIENNA3304VISAS VIPER SEPTEMBER 2005 MONTHLY ACTIVITY
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-06 07:42:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR PTER CVIS CMGT ASEC PINR PREL AU
05VIENNA3310VISAS VIPER SEPTEMBER 2005 MONTHLY ACTIVITY
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-06 11:53:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR PTER CVIS CMGT ASEC PINR PREL AU
05VIENNA3427DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: NATO SUPPORT TO PAKISTAN
[...] (U) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on October 21 to Thomas Hajnoczi, the Austrian MFA's assistant secretary level Director for Political Military Affairs. 2. (C) Hajnoczi said Austria had reached the limits of its capabilities in deploying 60 troops from the elite NBC unit to the [...]
2005-10-21 15:41:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALASEC EAID MASS PGOV PREF PREL PK AU AMEMR NATO
05VIENNA3576VISAS VIPER OCTOBER 2005 MONTHLY ACTIVITY
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-08 12:17:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR PTER CVIS CMGT ASEC PINR PREL AU
05VIENNA3766UPDATED CONTACT INFORMATION FOR POST TERRORISM
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-29 14:40:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC EFIN KCRM PTER AU
05VIENNA3787VISIT TO VIENNA OF U/S R. NICHOLAS BURNS AND
[...] Post warmly welcomes visit of Under Secretary for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns, Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Daniel Fried, and Special Assistant to the Under Secretary David Bame to Vienna, Austria December 7, 2005. 2. U/S Burns and party will be met at t [...]
2005-12-01 13:47:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOVIP OTRA ASEC AU
05VIENNA3823VISAS VIPER NOVEMBER 2005 MONTHLY ACTIVITY
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-06 14:58:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR PTER CVIS CMGT ASEC PINR PREL AU
05VIENNA389VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: VIENNA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-10 07:20:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR PTER CVIS ASEC PINR AU
05VIENNA3923Austria: 2005 Country Report on Terrorism
[...] Austria has been a constructive ally in the fight against terrorism. Austria has shown leadership in regional anti-terrorism initiatives and in ongoing efforts to tighten controls on suspected terrorism financing. 2. Austria is forthcoming and diligent in implementing asset freeze decis [...]
2005-12-20 12:05:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC KCRM KHLS EFIN KPAO AU
05VIENNA602AUSTRIA: FIFTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] Entire cable is sensitive but unclassified, please treat accordingly. 2. Below please find Embassy Vienna's submission for the annual TIP Report. Responses are keyed to reftel. BEGIN TEXT: 18. OVERVIEW ------------ A. Austria as a Country of Transit and Destination Police, M [...]
2005-03-01 20:09:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB AU
05VIENNA725Disaster Preparedness in the Austrian Alps
[...] Summary: On March 2 and 3, 2005, ConGen and RSO visited the Tyrolean capital of Innsbruck for briefings on disaster preparedness by state government officials. A tour of the State Fire Fighting Institute specifically included, at our request, tunnel fire rescues. We then visited the Avalanch [...]
2005-03-08 08:43:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDCASC ASEC AEMR AU
05VIENNA728VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: VIENNA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-08 10:51:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR PTER CVIS ASEC PINR AU
05VIENNA8VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: VIENNA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-04 11:57:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR PTER CVIS ASEC PINR AU
05VIENNA851DISSUADING IRAN FROM INTERFERING IN IRAQ: AUSTRIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-15 12:20:00Embassy ViennaSECRETPREL ASEC IZ IR AU
05VILNIUS1013SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ)
[...] DEMONSTRATIONS A. ARE THERE ANY ETHNIC OR RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES IN COUNTRY CAPABLE OF CARRYING OUT SIGNIFICANT ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS? No B. HAVE THERE BEEN ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS IN THE COUNTRY WITHIN THE LAST 12 MONTHS? No C. HAVE DEMONSTRATIONS TAKEN PLACE NEAR OR IN [...]
2005-09-23 16:28:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC LH PTER
05VILNIUS1136GOL CONSIDERS ADDITIONAL AID TO PAKISTAN VIA NATO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-21 15:58:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALAEMR ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PREF PREL LH
05VILNIUS1166EAC FOR AVIAN INFLUENZA PLANNING
[...] Vilnius EAC convened October 25 to discuss preparedness for Avian Flu contingencies and decided to take the following safety measures: A. Post will procure small amounts of Tamiflu for contingencies until Department orders of the same arrive at Post. B. Post will procure hand sanitiz [...]
2005-11-02 05:39:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDAMED AMGT ASEC LH
05VILNIUS1202VILNIUS UNATTENDED OPERATIONS WAIVER REQUEST
[...] (S) Post requests a temporary waiver to begin 24-hour unattended operations for classified communications. Post needs to have all message traffic available at the beginning of the business day in order to operate efficiently in response to Washington taskings. We cannot do that now without i [...]
2005-11-10 15:09:00Embassy VilniusSECRETAADP ABLD AMGT ACOA ASEC KRIM LH
05VILNIUS1292LITHUANIA: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] General assessment: No acts of international terrorism of major significance occurred in Lithuania during 2005. Lithuania is not designated as a state sponsor of terrorism, and has not otherwise been determined by the Secretary of State to be subject to the Country Reports on Terrorism. 2. [...]
2005-12-12 06:31:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDASEC LH PTER
05VILNIUS1312FIRST LITHUANIAN EXTRADITED TO THE UNITED STATES
[...] On December 8, 2005, Anjei Iantsevitch became the first Lithuanian extradited to the United States. He was arrested in on November 8 2005 at his home in Vilnius. 2. Iantsevitch is the subject of a criminal indictment of the Northern District of New York on counterfeit securities charges. [...]
2005-12-15 16:23:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CJAN KCRM LH
05VILNIUS1345 COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL SENSENBRENNER
[...] Post warmly welcomes CODEL Sensenbrenner and is pleased to grant country clearance for the period of January 10-12, 2006 for the purpose of high-level discussions regarding visa policy in Lithuania. 2. Ambassador Mull will greet the CODEL on its arrival at the airport. The Embassy's poin [...]
2005-12-28 14:51:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AMGT OREP ASEC AFIN FR NL PL RS LH
05VILNIUS1347Avian Influenza: Lithuania tripwires and contingency
[...] Embassy Vilnius has reviewed the preparedness steps and tripwire guidance in ref A. As requested, we have developed our own readiness measures against avian influenza, including tripwires for possible drawdown requests and shelter-in-place plans. 2. Per paragraph 6 of ref A, Post has atte [...]
2005-12-30 06:33:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC CASC AMED AEMR LH
05VILNIUS139A/S HARTY'S MEETING WITH GOL CONSULAR OFFICIALS
[...] (U) Summary: Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs Maura Harty met with Lithuanian Vice Foreign Minister Zenonas Petrauskas and Consular Department Director Vaidotas Verba on February 2, 2005. The MFA demonstrated its plans for biometric identity documents and suggested a potential soluti [...]
2005-02-10 11:48:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV CASC PREL CVIS CMGT ASEC LH
05VILNIUS182LITHUANIA 2005 ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP)
[...] (SBU) Summary: Lithuania is a country of origin, transit, and destination for international trafficking in women. Although the exact extent and magnitude of trafficking in persons (TIP) in Lithuania is unknown, Europol estimates that over 1,200 Lithuanian women are victims of human trafficki [...]
2005-02-25 13:47:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF LH
05VILNIUS244 STATUS OF COMPLIANCE - SECURITY OVERSIGHT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-10 11:07:00Embassy VilniusSECRETASEC ASIG
05VILNIUS372GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM ASSESSMENT: LITHUANIA
[...] (S) Lithuania has a low terrorism threat, and we are working hard with Lithuanian security agencies to keep it that way. There are no known terrorist operational cells, logistical cells, or support organizations in Lithuania. There are no known incidents of terrorism financing or terrorism-re [...]
2005-04-08 14:19:00Embassy VilniusSECRETPREL PTER ASEC LH
05VILNIUS596GERMAN AND LITHUANIAN AUTHORITIES SCRUTINIZE MONEY
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY RSO BRENT A. BARKER. REASON 1.5 (D). 2. (C) Summary. The Lithuanian Financial Crime Investigative Service recently disclosed to us that in 2004 it received an informal request from a German government agency regarding a financial transaction used to "purchase equipment in [...]
2005-06-10 05:04:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALMCAP KSTC PARM PTER PINR EFIN KNNP ASEC IR LH
05VILNIUS597STATUS OF COMPLIANCE - SECURITY OVERSIGHT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-10 05:04:00Embassy VilniusSECRETASIG ASEC
05VILNIUS635EAC Convened to Discuss July 4 Event in Vilnius
[...] (U) Post convened a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee on June 16, 2005, per reftel. 2. (C) The EAC knows of no specific threat information or concerns with regard to Fourth of July events in Lithuania. RSO is coordinating with the local police, who have promised to provide a suffici [...]
2005-06-17 11:54:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALASEC PTER CASC LH
05VILNIUS683LITHUANIA TIP UPDATE: JANUARY-JUNE 2005
[...] The Government of Lithuania advanced its campaign against trafficking in persons during the first six months of 2005. Joint Lithuanian and British law enforcement efforts resulted in the breakup of a cross-border human trafficking chain that had sent women and girls to the UK. The Government [...]
2005-06-29 15:14:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF LH
05VILNIUS711LONDON BOMBINGS: VILNIUS EMERGENCY ACTION MEETING
[...] CDA chaired a meeting of the core EAC at OOB July 8 to review the Mission's security posture in the wake of the terrorist attacks in London. RSO, DIA, ORA, MGT, CONS, POL, and PAS attended. The EAC noted that that a group claiming responsibility for the bombings had indicated its intent to t [...]
2005-07-08 11:48:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC CASC PTER LH
05VILNIUS721QUARTERLY STATUS REPORT, JANUARY - MARCH 2005
[...] (U) SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT EVENTS A. (U) NARRATIVE OF ACTIVITIES DEA Regional Basic Narcotics Officers School (March 30 - April 8). This is a two-week Basic Narcotics Officers School with an emphasis on clandestine laboratory training conducted in Vilnius, Lithuania. Thirty-six students [...]
2005-07-12 05:03:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC LH
05VILNIUS87SCENE SETTER FOR A/S MAURA HARTY'S VILNIUS VISIT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Maura, it is an honor and delight to welcome you back to Lithuania, where we continue to benefit from your outstanding work as one of this Mission's "founding mothers." Since your last visit, Lithuania has matured into an important partner for the U.S., with re [...]
2005-01-26 14:16:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL CMGT CVIS CASC ASEC LH
05VILNIUS911TFUS01: PRESIDENT ADAMKUS EXPRESSES CONDOLENCES,
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-02 16:13:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON AEMR ASEC CASC MARR AMGT US LH
05WARSAW1168 POLAND: FIFTH ANNUAL (2005) TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (SBU) Following are responses keyed to questions in paragraphs 18-21 of REFTEL A. Embassy point of contact is POLOFF Tom Yeager (telephone: 48-22-504-2676, fax 48- 22-504-2613, e-mail yeagerta@state.gov). POLOFF (FP- 04) spent 65 hours collecting data and compiling report; Two POLFSNs spent [...]
2005-03-02 15:08:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF KWMN PL KRCM
05WELLINGTON1000 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL
[...] (SBU) Embassy warmly welcomes the Congressional delegation led by Representative Sherwood Boehlert to Christchurch, New Zealand from January 4 - 12, 2006. New Zealand country clearance is granted to the following delegation members as listed in reftel: Rep. Sherwood Boehlert and Spouse, Rep [...]
2005-12-28 23:02:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AS NZ
05WELLINGTON1002 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DAVID HUNTER,
[...] (SBU) Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. David Hunter, Staff Member, S-HSGAC, as part of the Congressional delegation led by Senator John McCain to Christchurch, New Zealand from January 4 - 11, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to inspect ongoing oceanographic and [...]
2005-12-29 22:06:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AS NZ
05WELLINGTON135 COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO THE COOK ISLANDS FOR IRS
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to IRS Officials Jay Van Kirk, Reginald Brown, Monte J. Myers, and Tonya Martin to travel to The Cook Islands, February 24 - March 12, 2005. The purpose of travel is to provide a 2-week Financial Investigative Techniques (FIT) class to Cook Island Law Enforcem [...]
2005-02-15 23:23:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ECON ASEC HK NZ IRS
05WELLINGTON20SENTENCING IN NEW ZEALAND'S LARGEST PASSPORT FRAUD
[...] (U) Following their conviction for conspiring to commit forgery in October (reftel),refugees to New Zealand Iraqi Fahad Jaber AJEIL and his brother-in-law, Kuwaiti Riyad Hamied SULTAN, were sentenced December 20 in the Auckland District Court. Ajeil, who had been found guilty on 14 forgery-r [...]
2005-01-11 01:56:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PGOV PINS TSPL NZ
05WELLINGTON213 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JOSEPH E.
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to IRS Official Joseph E. Slavinskas to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from April 8 - 18, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to discuss cases with New Zealand tax officials. 2. (U) Embassy understands that country clearance is the on [...]
2005-03-15 02:19:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ECON ASEC HK NZ IRS
05WELLINGTON221 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS - NEW ZEALAND 3/2005
[...] (SBU) Following are responses to the Trafficking in Persons report for New Zealand, keyed to reftel: Begin responses: 18. Overview: New Zealand fully complies with international standards to eliminate trafficking. New Zealand problems with internationally trafficked persons are qui [...]
2005-03-16 02:43:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB NZ
05WELLINGTON243NEW ZEALAND: INTERNATIONAL COORDINATION AND
[...] In response to reftel, following are details and a few observations on how post handles maritime security issues in New Zealand. 2. Post and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) attach, based in Singapore, work closely to coordinate our approaches to the New Zealand government [...]
2005-03-23 04:07:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT ASEC ECON ETRD KSTC PARM PHSA PREL PTER NZ ADM
05WELLINGTON259 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TIMOTHY D.
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to IRS Supervisory Competent Authority Analyst Timothy D. Dehan to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from April 8 - 13, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to discuss advance pricing arrangement tax cases with New Zealand tax officials. [...]
2005-03-30 00:40:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ECON ASEC HK NZ IRS
05WELLINGTON299 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ELLSWORTH AND
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to FAA Aviation Inspectors Gene H. Ellsworth and David A. Johnson, to travel to New Zealand from May 2-19, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to inspect U.S. certified foreign repair stations in New Zealand. 2. (U) Embassy understands th [...]
2005-04-08 15:35:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA EAIR ASEC NZ
05WELLINGTON332 COOK ISLANDS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR VAN KIRK,
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to IRS Officials Jay Van Kirk, Reginald Brown, Monte Myers, and Tonya Martin, to travel to the Cook Islands from May 19 - June 4, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to provide a two-week Financial Investigative Techniques (FIT) class to Coo [...]
2005-04-22 04:06:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ECON ASEC HK CW NZ IRS
05WELLINGTON333 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR VAN KIRK, MAY
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Hong Kong IRS Attache Jay Van Kirk to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from May 17 - 20, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to make a presentation on terrorist financing at the New Zealand Police Financial Crime and Money Laundering sem [...]
2005-04-26 01:22:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ECON ASEC HK NZ IRS
05WELLINGTON372 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA EMPLOYEE
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to FAA Program Director Paul A. Krois to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from May 22-27, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to witness the New Zealand field trial associated with the International Civil Aviation Organization normal oper [...]
2005-05-03 16:20:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC EAIR NZ
05WELLINGTON411 COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO THE COOK ISLANDS FOR IRS
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Lane Timm, Director of IRS-CID National Criminal Investigation Training Academy, to travel to the Cook Islands, May 30 - June 4, 2005. The purpose of travel is to attend the Financial Investigative Techniques (FIT) class and participate in the graduation c [...]
2005-05-24 02:11:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ECON ASEC HK NZ IRS
05WELLINGTON428INVITATION TO THE US-EU INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
[...] On May 27, Ambassador Swindells presented reftel background information about the U.S.-EU Iraq conference to Simon Murdoch, Chief Executive at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Minister Goff is on official travel in North America.) The Ambassador made the presentation together with Dutch Amba [...]
2005-06-01 02:45:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PREL
05WELLINGTON5NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL KOLBE (JAN
[...] (SBU) Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Codel Kolbe, to travel to New Zealand from January 7 - 15, 2005. 2. (SBU) Embassy Control Officer is Political-Economic Counselor Katherine Hadda. Contact details are as follows: Office: 644-462-6063 Fax: 644-472-3537 [...]
2005-01-05 04:38:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN NZ
05WELLINGTON531EAC MEETING WELLINGTON
[...] (S) The Emergency Action Committee convened 1400 hrs local time on July 8, 2005 to discuss security profile in light of the London explosions. Embassies Wellington and Apia were notified of the London explosions by the RSO in Canberra via RMAS. 2. (U) Embassy Wellington has put the Local G [...]
2005-07-08 03:49:00Embassy WellingtonSECRETASEC PTER CASC AMGT
05WELLINGTON555 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KYLE OLSEN,
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to FAA Official Kyle L. Olsen to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from July 19-23, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to attend flight safety foundation aviation safety workshop. 2. (U) Embassy understands that country clearance is t [...]
2005-07-12 10:57:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC EAIR NZ
05WELLINGTON63 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMBASSADOR
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Ambassador Jackie W. Sanders, Special Assistant Renick H. Smith, and NP/MNA Foreign Affairs Officer Elizabeth A. Murphy, to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from February 10-12, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to meet with New Zealan [...]
2005-01-26 03:10:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ABUD AMGT ASEC OVIP NZ NPT
05WELLINGTON675TFUS01: NEW ZEALAND OFFERS ASSISTANCE
[...] The Government of New Zealand has made a general offer of assistance to the United States in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. In addition, the government has approved specific areas of assistance, and the New Zealand Embassy has been instructed to convey those offers to USG officials on Se [...]
2005-09-02 05:58:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON AEMR ASEC CASC MARR AMGT US NZ
05WELLINGTON684SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ)
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-08 03:02:00Embassy WellingtonSECRET//NOFORNPTER ASEC NZ
05WELLINGTON721REQUEST FOR TOP SECRET PROCESSING AND STORAGE
[...] (C) Embassy Wellington requests authorization to process and store classified materials at the top secret level. 2. (C) Wellington CIWG met 15 September 2005 and agreed that it was in Post's best interest to be able to increase our processing and storage levels. Embassy Wellington currently [...]
2005-09-19 19:43:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALASEC KSEO NZ
05WELLINGTON724 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CHRISTINA LIN
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Supply Chain Security Specialists Christina Lin and Jay Im to travel to Auckland, New Zealand from on or about the 17th of October 2005 to on or about the 21st of October 2005. The purpose of this visit is to conduct Customs Trade Partn [...]
2005-09-20 01:50:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC ETRD AMGT NZ
05WELLINGTON729EMBASSY WELLINGTON EAC MEETING SEPTEMBER 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-21 03:40:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC NZ
05WELLINGTON732EMBASSY WELLINGTON EAC MEETING SEPTEMBER 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-21 19:22:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC NZ
05WELLINGTON758NEW ZEALAND ASKS ABOUT ACCESS TO TSA'S NO FLY LIST
[...] (S) Summary: New Zealand Immigration is interested in possible access to the Transportation Security Administration's "no fly" list as a way to improve the country's border security. New Zealand law enforcement agencies already work closely with U.S. counterparts, and New Zealand Immigration [...]
2005-09-30 02:50:00Embassy WellingtonSECRETPTER ASEC CVIS PGOV PINR PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON809 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR BRAXTON,
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officials Sherri Braxton, Douglas Palmeri, and Matthew Wolf to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from October 28 - November 3, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Customs Asia Pacific Enfo [...]
2005-10-18 00:50:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC ETRD AMGT NZ
05WELLINGTON810 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR WEISSMAN AND
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to ICE officials Kimberly Weissman and Matthew Coughlin to travel to Auckland, New Zealand from on or about November 3 to on or about November 9, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to staff the U.S. visit booth at the ACI Conference Trade S [...]
2005-10-18 18:37:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC ETRD AMGT NZ
05WELLINGTON83 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JOHN MENTZ,
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. John Mentz, Office of Nonproliferation Policy, to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from February 10-12, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to meet with New Zealand Government officials in preparation for the 2005 Review Conference [...]
2005-01-31 02:26:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ABUD AMGT ASEC OVIP NZ NPT
05WELLINGTON836 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MATTHES AND
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to ICE Officials Justin Matthes and Louritha Green to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from on or about October 30 to on or about November 2, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Regional Movement Alert List meeting. 2. (U) [...]
2005-10-26 04:30:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC ETRD AMGT NZ
05WELLINGTON838 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ICE LEFFLER
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to ICE Officials Jason Leffler and Jeremy Luczkowski to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from on or about November 20-23, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to conduct customs trade partnership against terrorism C-TPAT validations for APJ [...]
2005-10-26 22:54:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC ETRD AMGT NZ
05WELLINGTON839 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ICE KNOPP AND
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to ICE Officials Raymond Knopp and Arlene Villalba to travel to Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand from on or about November 19 - 23, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to conduct customs trade partnership against terrorism C-TPAT validat [...]
2005-10-26 23:00:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC ETRD AMGT NZ
05WELLINGTON840 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ICE STAJCAR
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to ICE Officials Daniel Stajcar and Anthony Orosz to travel to Auckland, New Zealand from on or about November 18-23, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to conduct customs trade partnership against terrorism C-TPAT validations for Sampco, [...]
2005-10-26 23:01:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC ETRD AMGT NZ
05WELLINGTON848NEW ZEALAND'S RESPONSE TO APPEAL FOR PAKISTAN
[...] (U) Post on October 25 delivered the ref A demarche -- seeking New Zealand's contribution to earthquake relief and rehabilitation in Pakistan -- to the New Zealand Agency for International Development (NZAID). Jane Coster of NZAID reported October 28 that New Zealand had contributed NZ $1.5 m [...]
2005-10-28 02:23:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALEAID AEMR ASEC MASS PGOV PREF PREL PK NZ NATO
05WELLINGTON870 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JASON LEFFLER
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials Jason Leffler, supply chain specialist, and Jeremy Luczkowski, program officer, to travel to Auckland, New Zealand, from on or about November 15 to on or about November 26, 2005. The pur [...]
2005-11-07 22:05:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC ETRD AMGT NZ
05WELLINGTON880NEW ZEALAND WANTS TO MOVE AHEAD ON HSPD-6
[...] (C) Summary: The New Zealand government remains eager to move quickly toward bilateral sharing of terrorist lookout information. To move forward, however, the government needs to know more about how the information it supplies to the United States would be used, details on how such an informa [...]
2005-11-10 03:40:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC CASC CVIS PGOV PREL PINR NZ
05WELLINGTON884NEW ZEALAND'S RESPONSE TO MESSAGE ON NATO SUPPORT
[...] (C) Post's defense attache on October 28 delivered the ref C demarche -- encouraging New Zealand's contribution to the NATO relief effort in Pakistan -- to Air Vice-Marshal David Bamfield, vice chief of the New Zealand Defense Force (ref A). In a letter dated November 2, Air Marshal Bruce Fer [...]
2005-11-14 03:24:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALEAID AEMR ASEC MASS PGOV PREF PREL PK NZ NATO
05WELLINGTON913 NEW ZEALAND TERRORISM REPORTING OFFICER
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-28 22:47:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC EFIN KCRM NZ
05WELLINGTON931EMBASSY WELLINGTON EAC MEETING NOVEMBER 2005
[...] (U) Embassy Wellington's Emergency Action Committee met November 28, 2005 to approve releasing a warden message on the Avian Bird Flu. 2. (U) Message summary: "The Department of State has decided to preposition Tamiflu at its Embassies and Consulates for eligible U.S. Government Employees a [...]
2005-12-05 23:01:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC NZ
05WELLINGTON957NEW ZEALAND: COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] The following is Embassy Wellington's submission for the 2005 Country Terrorism Report on New Zealand: New Zealand New Zealand has a strong capacity to develop and implement counter-terrorism policies, and further strengthened its role in the global war on terror in 2005 through domestic [...]
2005-12-13 00:16:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO NZ
05WELLINGTON996 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL
[...] (SBU) Embassy warmly welcomes the delegation led by Mr. Mike Ringler, Professional Staff Member (PSM) House Appropriations Committee (HAC) to visit Christchurch, New Zealand from January 10 - 18, 2006. New Zealand country clearance is granted to the following delegation members: Mr. Mike Rin [...]
2005-12-28 04:10:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN NZ
05WELLINGTON997 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL MCCAIN,
[...] (SBU) Embassy warmly welcomes the delegation led by Senator John McCain to Christchurch, New Zealand from January 4 - 11, 2006. New Zealand country clearance is granted to the following delegation members as listed in ref A: Senator John McCain, Senator Joe Lieberman, Senator Susan Collins, [...]
2005-12-28 04:43:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AS NZ
05YEREVAN131CESIUM 137 CONFISCATED ON THE TURKISH BORDER
[...] (C) At a January 23 meeting, Ashot Martirosyan, head of the Armenian Nuclear Regulatory Agency (ANRA) told us that on 16 December, a source of Cesium 137 was seized by Turkish Authorities at the Turkish-Georgian border. Martirosyan stated that he received a fax from the Turkish Atomic Energy [...]
2005-01-26 11:51:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPINR MNUC PARM KCRM PTER ASEC AM KPRP
05YEREVAN154UPDATE ON CESIUM 137 CONFISCATED ON THE TURKISH
[...] (C) On January 31, we met with Armen Israelian, head of the MFA's Department for Arms Control and International Security to follow up on the reported (ref) seizure on the Georgia-Turkey border of cesium-137 reportedly originating in Armenia. Israelian said that the Armenian National Security [...]
2005-01-31 13:10:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPINR MNUC PARM KCRM PTER ASEC TU AM
05YEREVAN1596TFUS01: ARMENIAN OFFER OF ASSISTANCE
[...] (U) The Republic of Armenia has offered to send as many as thirty trained rescue workers to the U.S. at its own expense to assist in search and rescue operations in New Orleans. End Summary. 2. (SBU) President Kocharian's Chief of Staff called Ambassador the afternoon of September 2 to make [...]
2005-09-02 12:18:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON AEMR ASEC AMGT AM
05YEREVAN1604TFUS01: ARMENIAN OFFER OF MONETARY AND OTHER
[...] (SBU) In a telephone conversation with Ambassador Evans this morning, Deputy Foreign Minister Arman Kirakossian, on behalf of the Armenian Government, offered USD 100,000 in cash to support Hurricane Katrina disaster relief efforts. This follows the September 2 offer of as many as thirty trai [...]
2005-09-06 12:12:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR AMGT ASEC ECON PREL AM
05YEREVAN1885ARMENIA: NONCOMMITTAL ON SUPPORT FOR NATO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-21 12:07:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALAEMR ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PREF PREL PK AM NATO
05YEREVAN1906 LATEST OPPOSITION PARTY RALLY -- SAME RHETORIC,
[...] (U) Aram Sargsyan's opposition Republic Party held a party meeting and rally October 25 in Yerevan's Matenadaran (Manuscript Museum) Square. The rally was peaceful and a modest police force of four officers was stationed at the sidelines of the meeting to assist with traffic flow and help ped [...]
2005-10-26 12:24:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC AM
05YEREVAN1907GOAM REQUESTS USG ASSISTANCE TO IDENTIFY ABANDONED
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) This is an action request. In a dipnote dated October 21 and received October 26, Deputy Foreign Minister Arman Kirakossian officially requested USG assistance -- both financial and technical [...]
2005-10-26 12:24:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID ENRG KNNP PGOV PHUM PREL AM
05YEREVAN1911DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ARMENIAN SUPPORT FOR PAK
[...] (C) We delivered reftel points regarding Pakistan's MI-17 helicopter operations to Deputy Minister of Defense General-Lieutenant Artur Aghabekyan. Aghabekyan contacted Chief Military Inspector General-Lieutenant Alik Mirzabekyan, who said that Armenia does not/not have MI-17 helicopters in it [...]
2005-10-27 12:09:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALAEMR ASEC EAID IN PGOV PK PREF MASS AM NATO
05YEREVAN2022ARMENIA: LACK OF SUPPORT FOR PAKISTAN RELIEF
[...] (C) On multiple occasions since October 21, Armenian Defense and Foreign Affairs officials have not responded to our calls for military and other assistance -- which we think they are capable of rendering -- to the Pakistan relief effort. Early promises to answer requests for assistance (reft [...]
2005-11-17 13:35:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALAEMR ASEC EAID PGOV PREF MASS AM IN PK NATO
05YEREVAN2045ARMENIA: TRANSFER OF CUSTODY OF L.A. MURDER
[...] (SBU) On November 21, Armenian authorities transferred fugitive suspect Akop Akopyan to U.S. custody. Akopyan, a U.S. Permanent Resident but still an Armenian citizen, was the prime suspect in a September 2000 gangland murder in Los Angeles. The location, apprehension and eventual transfer of [...]
2005-11-22 10:51:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM ASEC CFED CPAS SOCI GG AM FBI
05YEREVAN2075OPPOSITION RALLY DRAWS LACKLUSTER RESPONSE
[...] (C) Opposition leaders came together November 28 in a larger group than they have in the past, but still only managed to draw about 2500 people to an afternoon rally on a perfect fall day in Yerevan. One day after the constitutional referendum that Council of Europe (CoE) observers characteri [...]
2005-11-28 14:50:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ASEC AM
05YEREVAN2197 AVIAN INFLUENZA: EMBASSY YEREVAN TRIPWIRES
[...] (SBU) Post's Avian Influenza (AI) Taskforce meets on a regular basis and met on December 8 to discuss tripwires and response actions. Post has completed all but three of the preparedness steps outlined in ref A and is in the process of completing the outstanding tasks. Information about reso [...]
2005-12-21 12:27:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMED AMGT ASEC CASC CMGT AM
05YEREVAN267ARMENIA: KURDS DEMONSTRATE FOR OCALAN
[...] (SBU) Marking the sixth anniversary of the capture of Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan, about 250 ethnic Kurds came to Yerevan in buses February 15 to stage a peaceful march across downtown Yerevan and demonstrate in front of Armenian Government buildings and the United Nations Development Progr [...]
2005-02-15 14:00:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PTER ASEC PHUM AM
05YEREVAN312LITTLE PROGRESS ON INVESTIGATING SEIZURE OF
[...] (C) Armenia asserts that it has still not received formal notification that from either the IAEA or from the Turkish authorities that Cesium-137 seized on the Georgia-Turkey border in December 2004 originated in Armenia. Armenian MFA experts tell us they will insist on a formal investigation [...]
2005-02-24 09:00:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALMNUC PARM KCRM PTER ASEC AM TU KPRP
05YEREVAN358 TWO SEPARATE GROUPS PROTEST AT EMBASSY
[...] (SBU) Two small groups, for a total of fewer than 100 people, protested in front of the U. S. Embassy on Monday, February 28. The groups sought to commemorate attacks on ethnic Armenians in Sumgait in 1988. Both protests seem to have been intended to counterbalance reports of efforts to com [...]
2005-03-01 13:37:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM ASEC AM
05YEREVAN524EXPLOSIVE DEVICE DESTROYS VEHICLE OF TOP GOAM
[...] (U) Local press reported March 24 that an explosive device went off in front of the Armenian State Customs committee building at 10:00 a.m. local time, damaging the official vehicle of the Committee Chairman Armen Avetisyan. Avetisyan had already left the car and had entered the building by th [...]
2005-03-24 13:36:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC AM
05YEREVAN634UPDATE ON CESIUM 137 CONFISCATED ON THE TURKISH
[...] (C) We recently met with Ashot Martirosyan, head of the Armenian Nuclear Regulatory Agency (ANRA) to follow-up on any details concerning the December 2004 Cesium-137 seizure at the Georgian/Turkish border per ref A. Martirosyan stated that ANRA had still not received any official notification [...]
2005-04-12 02:17:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPINR MNUC PARM KCRM PTER ASEC TU AM
05YEREVAN846RUSSIAN OFFICIAL COMMENTS ON ARMENIAN BORDER
[...] (C) A Russian Border Guard (RBG) official posted in Armenia contends that the border with Turkey is porous and that locals easily cross at will. On the margins of a routine meeting to discuss consular fraud prevention, he told us he was concerned about the possibility of corruption at the air [...]
2005-05-13 12:43:00Embassy YerevanSECRETKFRD PGOV ASEC TU AM RU
05ZAGREB1955EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING ON AVIAN
[...] (U) The DCM convened the EAC on December 16, 2005, to review post's avian influenza preparedness plans and tripwires. All embassy sections were represented. 2. (U) The DCM conducted a point-by-point review of post's preparedness steps and asked the EAC members for any input they may have o [...]
2005-12-16 14:01:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC HR
05ZAGREB1985CROATIA: AVIAN INFLUENZA POST CONTINGENCEY
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-22 10:39:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO PREL AMGT ASEC AMED AEMR HR
06ABIDJAN1004COTE D'IVOIRE: TOXIC WASTE SCANDAL UNFOLDS
[...] (U) Summary. The illegal dumping of toxic waste at eleven open-air garbage sites around the city of Abidjan has reportedly left three people dead and led some 1,500 others to seek treatment for symptoms of nausea, rashes, fainting, diarrhea and headaches. The dumping has generated public pro [...]
2006-09-08 17:44:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SENV ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN1027COTE D'IVOIRE: VISIT BY AFRICAN UNION CHAIRMAN
[...] (U) Sassou Nguesso, President of the Republic of Congo and current Chairman of the African Union (AU),visited Abidjan September 10-12. He met individually with each of the five principal Ivoirian political leaders: President Gbagbo, principal opposition party leaders Bedie and Ouattara, a [...]
2006-09-12 15:14:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN1036COTE D'IVOIRE: TENTH MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL
[...] (C) Summary. The tenth meeting of the International Working Group (IWG) produced a somewhat bolder than usual communique challenging the African Union (AU) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to devise new, better transition arrangements to take effect after October. T [...]
2006-09-14 11:02:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN1042COTE D'IVOIRE SITREP 15 SEPTEMBER 2006, 1430 GMT
[...] (U) A number of roadblocks were established in Abidjan on the morning of September 15. By early afternoon, some of these had been dismantled although roadblocks remained primarily in the Riviera district of Abidjan, where the Embassy is located. A group of about 50 protesters gathered in the [...]
2006-09-15 15:56:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC SENV CASC IV
06ABIDJAN1050COTE D'IVOIRE: PRIME MINISTER FORMS A NEW
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Banny has formed a new cabinet, replacing the former Ministers of Transport and Environment, dividing the Ministries of Justice and Interior in twoministries each, and naming two new Secretaries of State, a rank slightly below that of minister. Thus, the new cabin [...]
2006-09-18 16:35:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN1070COTE D'IVOIRE: EVENTS AND RHETORIC HEATING UP AS
[...] (C) Summary. Events and rhetoric are heating up but proceeding largely as expected as October 31 approaches. The local press is reporting that the September 20 meeting in New York chaired by Secretary General Annan and attended by key African leader and all the key Ivoirian political leaders [...]
2006-09-22 16:52:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN1088COTE D'IVOIRE: UPDATE ON AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS',
[...] Air Traffic Controllers: As of 1500 GMT September 27th, the strike of the 27 Ivorian employees of the Agency for Aeronautical Security in Africa (ASECNA),which operates air traffic control at Abidjan's airport, was suspended for one month, allowing a full resumption of both domestic and inte [...]
2006-09-28 14:03:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ELAB PREL ASEC IV ECON
06ABIDJAN1099COTE D'IVOIRE: WORLD BANK'S CHIEF OF MISSION
[...] (C) Summary. The World Bank's Chief of Mission Doffonsou told EconChief September 28 that the Ivorian Government has failed to make headway on its $348 million (m) in arrears to the Bank, and that without action, that sum continues to steadily mount. While the government has been offered the [...]
2006-10-02 15:49:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALEFIN PREL ECON IV ASEC
06ABIDJAN1105GBAGBO AND SUPPORTERS ADOPT A TOUGHER LINE IN
[...] (C) Summary. Tensions are running higher in Abidjan as President Gbagbo's mandate nears its end and in the run-up to the October 6 ECOWAS meeting on Cote d'Ivoire. President Gbagbo and his supporters, particularly FPI President N'Guessan, have adopted a tougher, uncompromising stance, and t [...]
2006-10-03 16:50:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN1108COTE D'IVOIRE: CUSTOMS AGENTS RELEASED
[...] (SBU) In the afternoon of October 3, 2006, three Customs Agents who were arrested in connection with the toxic waste pollution scandal on September 7 (reftel A) were released on bail after a strike, threatened since September 26, commenced on the morning of October 3. 2. (SBU) The strike [...]
2006-10-04 10:31:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EAIR PREL IV ECON ASEC
06ABIDJAN112GBAGBO USES ARTICLE 48 POWERS TO EXTEND NATIONAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: The January 27 extension by Presidential decree of the Mandate of the National Assembly (NA) has further weakened Prime Minister Banny, and continued President Gbagbo's challenge to the International Community. The New Forces, who do not have any deputies in the assembly, have [...]
2006-02-01 15:51:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN1150COTE D'IVOIRE: FORCES NOUVELLES COMMUNICATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: FN Spokesman Lobognon expressed deep disappointment at the outcome of the Abuja Summit on Cote d'Ivoire, suggesting it would allow President Gbagbo to drag his feet on the identification process for yet another year. Lobognon added that Gbagbo acted to obstruct the consensus adop [...]
2006-10-12 15:48:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN1153EXXONMOBIL TELLS GOV'T IT INTENDS TO SELL
[...] (SBU) ExxonMobil Regional Director John A.C. Bell, along with Regional Manager Frederic Dauvergne and local Director General Manar Sall met with EconChief on October 10 to discuss the company's announcement to the government of Cote d'Ivoire that it intends to sell its stake in its Ivorian f [...]
2006-10-13 15:10:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EINV ASEC PREL IV ECON
06ABIDJAN1173GOVERNMENT CREATES 133 JUDGESHIPS TO RESUME AND
[...] (U) President Gbagbo has signed a decree creating 133 judgeships throughout Cote d'Ivoire, in areas controlled by both the government and the New Forces. The decree was signed on October 5 but only published on October 17, on the eve of the AU Peace and Security Council meeting on Cote d'Ivoi [...]
2006-10-18 17:29:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ASEC KPKO IV
06ABIDJAN1251RESIDENTS OF YOPOUGON ROUT PRO-GOV'T MILITIA
[...] (SBU) On November 3, residents of the Azito neighborhood in the populous Yopougon suburb of Abidjan engaged in a daylong battle with members of a pro-government militia, the Groupe des Patriotes pour la Paix (GPP),and eventually succeeded in ejecting them entirely. Long-simmering tensions e [...]
2006-11-09 14:32:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALASEC IV MARR PREL
06ABIDJAN1303COTE D'IVOIRE: AMBIGUOUS ROLE OF THE SECURITY
[...] (C) Summary. The armed forces are playing a very ambiguous role in Cote d'Ivoire's political process. No one trusts the security forces: not President Gbagbo, not Prime Minister Banny, and not the public. FANCI (Armed Forces of Cote d'Ivoire) Chief of Staff Mangou's loyalty to Gbagbo goes w [...]
2006-11-24 14:36:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PREL ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN1316GBAGBO HEADED FOR COLLISION COURSE WITH OPPOSITION
[...] (C) Summary: President Gbagbo unexpectedly reinstated three senior officials who were implicated in the toxic waste disaster but are stalwarts in Gbagbo's FPI (Ivoirian Popular Front) party. He also sacked the director general of the state-owned newspaper, Fraternite Matin, for carrying a r [...]
2006-11-28 18:02:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SENV ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN134COTE D,IVOIRE'S TRANSITION: STRUGGLING TO GET OFF
[...] (C) Summary. The October 6 decision by the African Union (AU) that President Gbagbo should remain as head of state and a new Prime Minister be appointed to bring the country to disarmament and elections has failed to generate the hoped-for momentum among the Ivoirian actors. The peace proces [...]
2006-02-08 14:32:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO ASEC EFIN IV
06ABIDJAN1343PROPOSAL FOR UN SECURITY COUNCIL PERMREPS TO VISIT
[...] (C) I believe it would be most useful for the Permreps or acting Permreps of the P-5 to come to Abidjan, to deliver in person a message of support for UN Security Council Resolution 1721. Though he nominally welcomed UNSCR 1721, President Gbagbo has said from the outset that it contains attac [...]
2006-12-06 15:14:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV UNSC ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN1355ELEVENTH MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL WORKING GROUP
[...] (C) Summary. At the eleventh meeting of the International Working Group (IWG),Prime Minister Banny sought to persuade the group that significant progress has been made to implement UN Security Council Resolution 1721, especially on re-launching identification, returning civil servants to the [...]
2006-12-08 14:20:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC UNSC IV
06ABIDJAN1372COTE D'IVOIRE: MILITARY REPORTS ALLEGED COUP PLOT
[...] (C) Summary. On December 12 the press spokesman of the defense and security forces announced that a coup plot had been uncovered, involving the assassination of President Gbagbo, the armed forces chief of staff, and several other top security force commanders. The man accused of being the ma [...]
2006-12-13 12:26:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV ASEC PREL IV
06ABIDJAN1376COTE D'IVOIRE: POLITICAL PROCESS DRIFTING
[...] (C) Summary. Well into the second month of Cote d'Ivoire's second year of transition to postponed elections, the political process continues to drift. President Gbagbo is essentially ignoring UN Security Council Resolution 1721 and defying the peace process, and the political opposition has [...]
2006-12-14 14:28:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN1393COTE D'IVOIRE: 2006 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] General Assessment: Cote d'Ivoire does not engage in any major counterterrorism efforts as terrorist groups are not known to be present and thus terrorist activity is not a percieved threat in this country. Cote d'Ivoire has been in the throes of a political-military crisis since 2002 which [...]
2006-12-19 16:53:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER ASEC PGOV IV
06ABIDJAN1430COTE D'IVOIRE: GBAGBO GAMBLES WHILE THE POLITICAL
[...] (C) As 2006 comes to an end, the Cote d,Ivoire peace process continues to drift. President Gbagbo is waiting for rebel FN (New Forces) leader Guillaume Soro to respond to the five "proposals" he unveiled December 20 (Reftel). The pro-opposition newspaper Le Patriote reported December 27 that [...]
2006-12-28 16:15:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNSC ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN150COTE D'IVOIRE: MOVING THE PEACE PROCESS FORWARD
[...] (C) Since 2002, the Cote d'Ivoire peace process has gone through multiple mediators and mediations including Lome, Linas-Marcoussis, Accra, and Pretoria. Each has petered out in turn, leaving Cote d'Ivoire far short of reunification, disarmament, and elections. Per reftel, the new government [...]
2006-02-12 08:03:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN179ECHOES OF ARETHA FRANKLIN: THE REBELS WANT RESPECT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador made a three-day trip to Bouake and Korhogo, in New Forces (FN) territory in the North, to urge the ex-rebels to help move the political process forward. We found a relatively relaxed security environment and a population whose most pressing concerns were not the [...]
2006-02-17 10:30:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN199COTE D'IVOIRE: SORO AND GBAGBO TO MEET FEBRUARY 27
[...] (C) On February 22, Sidike Konate, spokesperson for the New Forces (NF),called on the Ambassador to inform him that a meeting between President Gbagbo and NF Secretary General Guillaume Soro is scheduled to take place February 27. There will also be a second meeting between Gbagbo and all thr [...]
2006-02-23 16:27:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN217COTE D'IVOIRE: POLITICAL LEADERS' SUMMIT MEETING
[...] (U) The meetings that were scheduled to take place February 27 between President Gbagbo and New Forces Secretary General Guillaume Soro; and between Gbagbo, Soro, former Prime Minister Ouattara and former President Bedie (reftel) did not happen, because of a disgreement over security arrangeme [...]
2006-02-28 14:06:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC KPKO IV
06ABIDJAN226COTE D'IVOIRE: 2006 TIP REPORT
[...] (SBU) Since a September 2002 coup attempt that evolved into a civil war, Cote d'Ivoire has been partitioned in two with the government maintaining control of the south and the ex-rebel New Forces controlling the north. Tensions between the two sides have lessened since the appointment of a new [...]
2006-03-01 16:49:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IV
06ABIDJAN228COTE D'IVOIRE: POLITICAL LEADERS HOLD SUMMIT
[...] (C) Summary. Cote d'Ivoire's five principal political leaders met in Yamoussoukro February 28, the first such meeting since the current crisis began in 2002. They reaffirmed their commitment to the Pretoria Agreement and to holding elections as scheduled, and agreed on six sets of issues: im [...]
2006-03-01 16:50:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN238COTE D'IVOIRE: TRANSPORTATION MINISTER PROMISES
[...] (U) On March 1 the Minister of Transport, Innocent Anaky Kobanan (who is from the opposition Movement of Forces for the Future (MFA) party),announced the introduction of a new "single ticket" system for public transportation (mini-busses and taxis). In addition to the single ticket system, th [...]
2006-03-03 14:25:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN246COTE D'IVOIRE: FRENCH FORCES CONFRONT IVOIRIAN
[...] (U) Most newspapers reported March 3 the French Defense Minister's official letter of protest to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan regarding recent incursions of Ivoirian military forces into the Zone of Confidence (ZC) separating the government-controlled south from the rebel-controlled north. [...]
2006-03-06 14:15:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC CI
06ABIDJAN255ALASSANE OUATTARA RESTRUCTURES THE RDR
[...] (U) On March 4-5, presidential candidate and former Prime Minister Alassane Ouattara's political party, the RDR (Rally of Democratic Republicans),met at the UN-protected Golf Hotel in Abidjan, to restructure the party and increase the number of leadership positions at the top. More than 700 [...]
2006-03-08 15:22:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN261COTE D'IVOIRE: ELECTORAL COMMISSION DEADLOCK IS
[...] (U) On March 7, the outgoing executive board of the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) met with the incoming board, to officially hand over governance of the board. 2. (U) This formalizes the agreement that was reached at the February 28 Yamoussoukro summit of Cote d'Ivoire's four princ [...]
2006-03-09 16:50:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOVE PREL ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN284REBEL LEADER GUILLAUME SORO RETURNS TO ABIDJAN
[...] (U) New Forces (FN) leader Guillaume Soro arrived in Abidjan from the northern rebel capital of Bouake on March 14 around 1100, via UN helicopter. He met with President Gbagbo around noon, immediately after arriving, and then met with Prime Minister Charles Banny. In the evening he met with [...]
2006-03-15 17:20:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN316SUBJECT: COTE D'IVOIRE: IVOIRIAN WORKERS, PARTY
[...] (C) On March 20, PIT (the Ivoirian Workers, Party) suspended its participation in the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC),to protest the fact that the highest-ranking position it was given on the IEC's Executive Board was Deputy Treasurer. In the previous IEC, PIT held the position of Tre [...]
2006-03-23 16:57:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN317COTE D'IVOIRE: EXAMS FINALLY HELD IN THE NORTH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 27 children in the New Forces (NF) controlled zone finally started taking the exams that will allow them to progress to the next level of their education. Since February 2004 the pro-Gbagbo Minister of Education had been refusing to allow the exams to be held unti [...]
2006-03-23 16:57:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN320COTE D'IVOIRE: FIFTH MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL
[...] (C) Summary. The International Working Group (IWG) held a largely uneventful fifth meeting March 17. Prime Minister Banny, UN High Representative for Election (HRE) Monteiro, and the new Chairman of Cote d'Ivoire's Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) gave presentations. Some element of dr [...]
2006-03-24 16:21:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN332COTE D'IVOIRE: PEACE IS IN THE AIR, FOR THE MOMENT
[...] (C) Summary. Peace is in the air. Prime Minister Banny has an impressive list of accomplishments, and political leaders seem to have set their minds on elections. Still, there is a daunting list of tasks yet to be completed, including issuing national identification cards and registering vo [...]
2006-03-30 15:43:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN339COTE D'IVOIRE: EXAMS FINALLY HELD IN THE NORTH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 27 children in the New Forces (NF) controlled zone finally started taking the exams that will allow them to progress to the next level of their education. Since February 2004 the pro-Gbagbo Minister of Education had been refusing to allow the exams to be held unti [...]
2006-03-31 14:12:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN369COTE D'IVOIRE: THE UPS AND DOWNS OF THE PEACE
[...] (C) Summary. As expected, The peace process is going through ups and downs. Pro-Gbagbo militias are threatening to take to the streets as they did in January, this time over the sequencing of identification vis a vis disarmament. Preliminary results indicate that only about 20 percent of st [...]
2006-04-06 15:40:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN409COTE D'IVOIRE: PRIME MINISTER'S UPCOMING VISIT TO
[...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Banny told the Ambassador that the primary objective for his upcoming visit to Washington is to request assistance for Cote d'Ivoire's peace process from the World Bank and the IMF. The Ambassador underscored the urgency of moving forward with identification and d [...]
2006-04-21 14:19:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN414COTE D'IVOIRE: SIXTH MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL
[...] (C) At the sixth meeting of the International Working Group (IWG),the group was alarmed to hear from a series of senior Ivoirian officials in charge of various aspects of the peace process that the political process is once again at an impasse and that hardly any progress has been made toward [...]
2006-04-21 16:38:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN417COTE D'IVOIRE: CONTROVERSY OVER IDENTIFICATION
[...] (C) Summary. A bitter dispute over how to identify who is an Ivoirian lies at the heart of Cote d'Ivoire's current political crisis. No new identifications have been registered since 2003, and no identity cards have been issued since 1999. Prime Minister Banny has made resuming the identifi [...]
2006-04-24 15:59:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN428COTE D'IVOIRE: STUDENT UNION STAGES STREET PROTESTS
[...] (SBU) The Cote D'Ivoire Federation of University and High School Students (FESCI) staged street demonstrations in Abidjan April 25 to demand an end to the current teachers strike. The government-owned but generally factual newspaper Fraternite Matin estimated the number of protesters at 1500. [...]
2006-04-26 15:15:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC PREL IV
06ABIDJAN447COTE D'IVOIRE: GBAGBO ISSUES COMBATIVE STATEMENT
[...] (C) On April 25 President Gbagbo issued a statement through his press spokesman laying out his views on how the country should move forward toward elections. The statement was typical of Gbagbo: combative, defensive, disingenuous and hardly presidential. Gbagbo denied that he had agreed at th [...]
2006-05-03 16:41:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN475COTE D'IVOIRE: SIXTH MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL
[...] (C) At the sixth meeting of the International Working Group (IWG),the group was alarmed to hear from a series of senior Ivoirian officials in charge of various aspects of the peace process that the political process is once again at an impasse and that hardly any progress has been made toward [...]
2006-05-09 17:11:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN483THE FPI AFTER SIX YEARS IN POWER
[...] (C) Summary. President Gbagbo,s ruling FPI party is feeling defensive, with little to show after almost six years in power. The party came into office in the flawed 2000 elections with a sweeping agenda of socialist reform. It has achieved few of them while failing to address the fundamenta [...]
2006-05-11 16:55:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN493COTE D'IVOIRE: THIRTY-SIX CONVICTED FOR JULY 2005
[...] (U) Summary: On May 5, an Ivoirian Military Tribunal convicted and sentenced 36 individuals to terms ranging from two to 15 years for their role in the July 2005 attacks on Agboville and Anyama, two towns located respectivly 70 and 7 KM North of downtown Abidjan. During the attacks, 24 people [...]
2006-05-12 16:42:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO ASEC AEMR IV
06ABIDJAN495GOCI TO LAUNCH PILOT IDENTIFICATION PROGRAM ON MAY
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Prime Minister,s office and a New Forces (FN) representative have told us that on May 18 the government will begin a pilot population identification program at seven locations in government and FN territory and in the Zone of Confidence. End summary. 2. (SBU) Francois K [...]
2006-05-12 16:58:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPKO ASEC PREL IV
06ABIDJAN500PRIME MINISTER DISCUSSES IDENTIFICATION
[...] (U) SUMMARY. On May 14, Prime Minister Charles Konan Banny addressed the nation on the televised evening news and confirmed reports that the Ministry of Justice will begin pilot identification programs on May 18. Banny also announced that identification and disarmament (DDR) would occur sim [...]
2006-05-15 13:33:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN504COTE D'IVOIRE: MORE VIOLENCE IN WEST
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-15 17:24:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC KPKO IV
06ABIDJAN51COTE D'IVOIRE: GBAGBO SHOWS BANNY WHO'S BOSS
[...] (C) While the pretext for the current unrest is the International Working Group's recommendation that the mandate of the National Assembly not be extended, it is clear that the real aim is to undermine Prime Minister Banny. We have indeed heard that the National Assembly's mandate is a "red l [...]
2006-01-18 16:29:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN515MORE DETAILS ON PILOT IDENTIFICATION PROGRAM
[...] (U) Summary: More details about the pilot identification process emerged on May 15, during a press conference by the Minister of Justice, Mamadou Kone. The pilot identification program will target anyone over 13 years of age who is without documents. Once the pilot phase has ended, the Mini [...]
2006-05-17 15:31:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC KPKO IV
06ABIDJAN523PILOT ID PROGRAM GETS OFF TO A GLACIAL START IN
[...] (C) The pilot identification program got off to an inauspicious start with only one petitioner appearing in the Port Bouet district of Abidjan on the morning of May 18, the first day of the program. About thirty Young Patriots showed up around 9:00, along with sanctioned Young Patriot leader [...]
2006-05-18 15:01:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC KPKO IV
06ABIDJAN526PRELIMINARIES TO DISARMAMENT PROCESS TO BEGIN SOON
[...] (SBU) The Chiefs-of-Staff of the New Forces (FAFN) and Ivoirian (FANCI) militaries agreed on May 17 to start assembling troops in preparation for a disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) program. The NF will gather troops at two sites (at Botro, in the far northeast, and Bouna, [...]
2006-05-19 16:09:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC KPKO EFIN IV
06ABIDJAN532COTE D'IVOIRE: STATUS OF PILOT ID PROGRAM
[...] Summary: The second and third day of the pilot identification program ran smoothly in all seven sites both north and south. After the first day, pro-Gbagbo militias ceased their disruptive activities against the program in the south and the population appears to be gaining confidence in the [...]
2006-05-23 10:49:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ASEC KPKO IV
06ABIDJAN55COTE D'IVOIRE: OBASANJO AND GBAGBO ISSUE
[...] (U) Nigerian President Obasanjo made a brief visit to Abidjan the evening of January 18, and met at the airport with President Gbagbo. Also present were Prime Minister Charles Konan Banny, UN Special Representative of the Secretary General Pierre Schori, South African Special SIPDIS Repres [...]
2006-01-19 15:42:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN554COTE D'IVOIRE: SEVENTH MEETING OF THE
[...] (C) Summary. The International Working Group (IWG) held a largely uneventful seventh meeting on May 19. Prime Minister Banny, UN High Representative for Elections (HRE) Studeman, Ivoirian Chief of Staff General Mangou, and New Forces Chief of Staff Bakayoko, along with the head of the Elect [...]
2006-05-26 09:57:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN568COTE D'IVOIRE: PILOT IDENTIFICATION PROGRAM
[...] (U) Summary: From May 18 through 24, 4810 applicants were interviewed at seven sites in the pilot identification program. A total of 2601 birth certificates and 2188 certificates of nationality were approved after interviews averaging 40 minutes per person. The pilot identification program [...]
2006-05-30 16:48:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ASEC KPKO IV
06ABIDJAN583COTE D'IVOIRE: PILOT IDENTIFICATION PROGRAM
[...] (U) Summary: From May 18 through 24, 4810 applicants were interviewed at seven sites in the pilot identification program. A total of 2601 birth certificates and 2188 certificates of nationality were approved after interviews averaging 40 minutes per person. The pilot identification program [...]
2006-06-02 09:36:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ASEC KPKO IV
06ABIDJAN60COTE D'IVOIRE: THIRD MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL
[...] (C) Summary. The subject that came in for the most discussion at the January 15 meeting of the International Working Group (IWG) was the future of the National Assembly, whose mandate expired December 16. Heads of delegation reached an initial consensus to recommend that the Assembly remain [...]
2006-01-20 16:34:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN613COTE D'IVOIRE: FINAL NUMBERS FROM PILOT ID PROGRAM
[...] (U) The Ivorian government announced the official figures for the pilot identification process which ended on May 27. The official figures are: 5003 applicants were interviewed, 3907 birth certificates were granted, and 3137 certificates of nationality were approved. The analysis of the pilo [...]
2006-06-08 15:20:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ASEC KPKO IV
06ABIDJAN616FESCI UNDER SERGES KOFFI: THE FIRST YEAR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: FESCI (Federation of High School and University Students of Cote d'Ivoire) was created by President Gbagbo and other professors in 1992 at the birth of Cote d'Ivoire's multi-party system to give students a voice in the new political environment. It rapidly degenerated into a maf [...]
2006-06-09 14:09:00Embassy AbidjanSECRET//NOFORNKPKO PREL PGOV ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN623COTE D'IVOIRE: ELECTORAL COMMISSION STRUGGLES
[...] (C) Summary: Four months away from the October date by which Cote d'Ivoire's postponed presidential elections are supposed to be held, the CEI (Independent Electoral Commission) has ambitious, probably unrealistic plans to carpet the country with thousands of polling stations and train tens o [...]
2006-06-09 17:45:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN713NEW FORCES PREVENTED FROM MEETING PRESIDENT
[...] (U) On July 4, a delegation of New Forces (NF) soldiers led by Chief-of-Staff General Soumailo Bakayoko was refused entry to the Prime Minister's office (Primature) prior to a scheduled meeting with President Gbagbo. Gbagbo wrote the NF last week, inviting the NF military (FAFN) to meet with h [...]
2006-07-05 17:33:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO IV
06ABIDJAN718COTE D'IVOIRE: UN SECRETARY GENERAL CHAIRS
[...] (C) Summary. UNSYG Annan chaired a mini-summit on Cote d'Ivoire in which participants set several deadlines to accelerate key elements of the peace process, including identification, DDR, and organization of elections. There was no discussion of possible scenarios if presidential elections [...]
2006-07-06 18:16:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN759COTE D'IVOIRE: IDENTIFICATION PROCESS OFF TO A
[...] (C) Summary: The launching of itinerant courts to document the approximately four million unregistered people in Cote d'Ivoire has gotten off to a shaky start. On top of administrative problems, the leader of President Gbagbo's Ivoirian Popular Front (FPI) party has called upon Gbagbo's fo [...]
2006-07-14 16:53:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN771COTE D'IVOIRE: TEACHERS RESUME STRIKE
[...] (SBU) Primary and secondary school teachers, who suspended their strike June 20 after meeting with President Gbagbo (ref A),are threatening to resume the strike July 18. The teachers said at the time that their demands had not been met but that they would suspend the strike to allow for furth [...]
2006-07-18 13:09:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB ASEC KPKO IV
06ABIDJAN778COTE D'IVOIRE: PRO-GBAGBO MILITIAS CONTINUE TO
[...] (C) The local press July 18 was full of reports of incidents throughout the government-controlled areas of the country where pro-Gbagbo Young Patriots militias successfully blocked the "audiences foraines" -- itinerant courts -- from going forward with the identification process (reftel),inc [...]
2006-07-18 16:06:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN779COTE D'IVOIRE: GOVERNMENT MISSES DEADLINE TO CLEAR
[...] (U) Cote d'Ivoire missed a July 17 deadline to clear its arrears with the World Bank in time for the Bank to approve its USD 100 million contribution to the funding for Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) at its July 27 Board meeting. 2. (C) Cote d'Ivoire's arrears with the [...]
2006-07-18 16:14:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON IBRD KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN782COTE D'IVOIRE: SITUATION REPORT: YOUNG PATRIOTS
[...] (C) Beginning early this morning at about 0600 local, Young Patriot militias erected a series of roadblocks at main road and intersections throughout Abidjan to protest the mobile identification teams launched by Prime Minister Banny. The roadblocks, which increased in size and number throu [...]
2006-07-19 14:54:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC CASC IV
06ABIDJAN783COTE D,IVOIRE SITUATION REPORT - 1700 GMT JULY 19,
[...] (SBU) As of late afternoon, roadblocks in the Abidjan districts of Riviera (where Embassy is located),Cocody, and Deux Plateaux, where most Embassy personnel reside, have been dismantled or shut down. The airport remains open and we understand that Air France is flying tonight. An Embassy v [...]
2006-07-19 17:00:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN788COTE D'IVOIRE: NINTH INTERNATIONAL WORKING GROUP
[...] (C) Summary. The International Working Group (IWG) held a largely uneventful ninth meeting July 20. The Prime Minister sought to reassure the group that his peace train is on track and moving forward, but once again he was long on promises and short on specifics. The communique from this m [...]
2006-07-21 15:35:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN804SEVERAL PEOPLE KILLED IN CLASHES OVER ID PROCESS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Several people were killed and more than twenty injured over the weekend in Divo during violent confrontations at protests aimed at blocking the "audiences foraines" -- itinerant hearings -- from going forward with the identification process. Opposition party leaders are enco [...]
2006-07-24 16:24:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC PREL KPKO IV
06ABIDJAN810PRIME MINISTER BANNY ATTEMPTS TO ADDRESS CONCERNS
[...] (C) Summary. The Prime Minister spoke to the nation last night on the mobile identification process, addressing concerns raised by the President's FPI party and its supporters intent on disrupting the process. The PM made clear that the mobile teams are essential to the peace process and the [...]
2006-07-25 15:38:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC PREL KPKO IV
06ABIDJAN812COTE D'IVOIRE: BANK EMPLOYEES REPORTEDLY POSTPONE
[...] (C) On July 25, leaders of the union representing all bank employees in Cote d'Ivoire told us they had postponed a three-day strike that the union had threatened to start on July 26. This decision was reportedly made after the banking sector employers' association offered fresh talks. Union [...]
2006-07-25 16:09:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALELAB EFIN PGOV ASEC KPKO IV
06ABIDJAN832UN CLOSELY FOLLOWING IDENTIFICATION PROCESS
[...] (C) Summary. The United Nations is monitoring the progress of the registration of undocumented Ivoirians, in preparation for elections, and gave a briefing for embassies and international organizations July 25. Reportedly, almost all of the teams sent into rebel-held areas in the north are o [...]
2006-07-27 17:00:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC KPKO IV
06ABIDJAN839MODEST START TO DISARMAMENT OF WESTERN MILITIAS;
[...] (U) On July 26, the disarmament/dismantling of ex-combatant, pro-Gbagbo militias got underway in the western town of Guiglo in the presence of Prime Minister Banny, DDR Commission (PNDDR) chief Ouassenan Kone, and UN officials. Approximately 150 militias reported to the demobilization site to [...]
2006-07-28 17:02:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC KPKO IV
06ABIDJAN854COTE D'IVOIRE: SECURITY AND MILITIA FORCES WAGE
[...] (U) On the morning of Monday, July 31, national security forces of the Command Center for Security Operations (CECOS) fought a battle with members of the armed, pro-Gbagbo Patriotic Group for Peace (GPP) and Young Patriots militia in the busy downtown district of Plateau in Abidjan, after the [...]
2006-08-01 17:31:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV ELAB EFIN IV
06ABIDJAN857WESTERN MILITIAS DISARMAMENT UPDATE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-01 18:59:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN874COTE D'IVOIRE: UN BRIEFS AGAIN ON IDENTIFICATION
[...] (C) Summary: The UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (ONUCI) reports that in the first two weeks of the current identification operation, there were just over 35,000 applications for registration in one form or another, from the estimated four million undocumented Ivoirians and foreigners born her [...]
2006-08-03 16:47:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC KPKO IV
06ABIDJAN876COTE D'IVOIRE: PARTIAL DISMANTLEMENT OF MILITIAS
[...] (C) Summary. The dismantling of pro-Gbagbo militias in western Cote d'Ivoire continues to experience problems. It appears that only a fraction of the militia members are included in this program, and very little real disarmament has yet taken place. End Summary. 2. (C) The dismantling of [...]
2006-08-04 11:25:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN885COTE D'IVOIRE: UN SUSPENDS DISMANTLEMENT OF
[...] (C) Summary: The UN confirms reports that it has halted the dismantlement of militias in Guiglo over the weekend. A UN official told us that tension in Guiglo remained high as some 1000 militia members from other towns continued their protests over the weekend. Although officially the UN cl [...]
2006-08-08 18:19:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN903COTE D'IVOIRE: GBAGBO REINS IN IDENTIFICATION
[...] (C) Summary. President Gbagbo has declared that the mobile courts carrying out the identification process can only issue birth certificates, not a second category of identification document that provisionally establishes Ivoirian nationality. In reaction, the rebel New Forces suspended their [...]
2006-08-10 12:36:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN911COTE D'IVOIRE: TENSIONS CONTINUE WITHIN MARITIME
[...] (U) On August 8, Maritime Police officers announced in a press conference that on August 4 Minister of Transport Anaky Kobenan (leader of the MFA, an opposition party) had issued the payment of bonus arrears in the amount of USD 234,000 (CFAF 117 million) and suspended Director General for M [...]
2006-08-11 18:55:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC ELAB EFIN
06ABIDJAN926COTE D'IVOIRE: PEACE TRAIN SLOWS TO A CRAWL
[...] (C) The Cote d'Ivoire peace train has slowed to a barely perceptible crawl. Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR),dismantling of militias, and identification of Ivoirian nationals are supposed to be proceeding concomitantly but instead they are bogging down concomitantly. DDR [...]
2006-08-18 10:40:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN928COTE D'IVOIRE: NEW FORCES AND POLITICAL
[...] (U) On August 17, leaders of the political opposition and the rebel New Forces (FN) met in Daoukro (home of ex-president Bedie) to consult on the current political situation. All the major party leaders were present: ex-president Henri Konan Bedie, leader of the PDCI (Democratic Party of Cot [...]
2006-08-18 17:09:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN947COTE D'IVOIRE: GETTING THE PEACE PROCESS BACK ON
[...] (C) Summary. What can the United States do to try to break the current gridlock in the Cote d'Ivoire peace process? We suggest that the United States consult with France and the UK and together with those governments jointly approach the African Union (AU) to urge that African leaders re-en [...]
2006-08-24 10:48:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PGOV ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN963COTE D'IVOIRE: INTERNATIONAL WORKING GROUP MEETING
[...] (U) The next meeting of the International Working Group (IWG) has been postponed from September 1 to September 8. In his letter notifying IWG members of the change, Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Pierre Schori explained that it was made at the request of Prime Minster [...]
2006-08-25 15:51:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN991COTE D'IVOIRE: UPCOMING SUMMITS IN YAMOUSSOUKRO
[...] (C) Summary. So far President Gbagbo is saying he will not attend the Secretary General's September 20 mini-summit on Cote d'Ivoire in New York, but he might change his mind under pressure from the Secretary General and his African counterparts. Prime Minister Banny and all the opposition le [...]
2006-09-01 16:50:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PGOV ASEC IV
06ABUDHABI1120DESIGNATION OF AL-MANAR, LEBANESE MEDIA GROUP, AND AL-NOUR
[...] (C) Ambassador met with MFA U/S Abdullah Rashid al-Noaimi March 22 to inform him of the USG´s intent to designate domestically al-Manar Television, the Lebanese Media Group, and al-Nour Radio as Specially Designated Global Terrorists under Executive Order 13224. Ambassador noted that the designa [...]
2006-03-22 12:34:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC ETTC KPAO AE
06ABUDHABI1401SCENESETTER FOR HOMELAND SECURITY AND
[...] (S) Summary. Embassy Abu Dhabi looks forward to welcoming you to the UAE on April 23. In the aftermath of the controversy of the Dubai Ports World acquisition of P&O, your assurances to Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ),your host for the visit, that the USG values the UA [...]
2006-04-10 14:23:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPTER PINS ASEC EPET MCAP KPAL AE IZ IR
06ABUDHABI1725SCENESETTER FOR COUNTERTERRORISM COORDINATOR
[...] (S) Summary. Embassy Abu Dhabi looks forward to welcoming you to the UAE on May 7. U.S. and UAE officials have had a number of productive meetings on the topic of counterterrorism, the most recent of which came on April 22, when Fran Townsend, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security [...]
2006-04-29 13:15:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPTER PINS ASEC EPET MCAP IR IZ AE
06ABUDHABI2133PHILIPPINES INQUIRY ABOUT PIRATED VESSEL, CREW
[...] (C) Summary: The Philippines Ambassador to the UAE, Mr. Libran N. Cabactulan, called on Ambassador May 23 to discuss the status of the vessel M/T Lin 1 and its crew of 20 Filipinos seized by Somali pirates on March 29. Cabactulan said that his government wanted to know if the U.S. Navy was co [...]
2006-05-23 11:16:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC PREL RP SO AE
06ABUDHABI2445UAE ESTABLISHES NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] (U) On June 13, the UAE passed a long-anticipated federal law establishing a National Security Council (NSC). According to the public announcement of the council's formation (which was the front-page headline story on all Arabic and English papers),the NSC will be responsible for formulating [...]
2006-06-14 09:35:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER EPET PINR ASEC KHLS AE
06ABUDHABI3101CONCLUSION TO PIRATED VESSEL EPISODE
[...] (C) Reftel noted the Philippines Ambassador to the UAE's concerns about the safety of the 20-member Filipino crew of a UAE-based vessel, the M/T Lin 1, which was at the time in the hands of Somali pirates. We now understand, from Philippines Ambassador Libran Cabactulan and media reports that [...]
2006-07-31 12:35:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC PREL RP SO AE
06ABUDHABI3370UAE CRISIS MANAGEMENT: MOVING FORWARD INCH BY INCH
[...] (C) Summary. Recognizing that the UAE lacks unified crisis response capabilities, the UAE leadership initiated a plan to develop a national crisis management system over a year ago. However implementation of the plan is moving forward at a glacial pace, and UAE authorities continue to develo [...]
2006-08-20 11:08:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPTER ASEC EPET ENRG PINR KHLS AE
06ABUDHABI789UAE 2006 TIP REPORT
[...] (U) Following is Post's submission of the 2006 Trafficking in Persons Report for the United Arab Emirates, covering the reporting period of March 2005 through March 2006. Responses under each section heading are keyed to the relevant sections of ref. A paragraphs 21-24. Embassy TIP points [...]
2006-03-04 03:39:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF ELAB KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC AE
06ABUJA1008POLITICAL SECURITY UPDATE
[...] (U) Summary: On April 10, 2006, the Ambassador and Regional Security Officer met with heads-of-mission and security officers from the Embassies and High Commissions of: France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Australia, Britain, and Canada. The group discussed the increased security threats in Abuja a [...]
2006-05-04 13:37:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC EPET AF NI
06ABUJA1038 ILEA GABORONE - INTERNATIONAL BANKING AND MONEY
[...] The following are selected for the above referenced ILEA Course. Ayeni Toyin Independent Corrupt Practices Commission, Abuja Head of Department finance DOB - 31 March 1969 Gender - Female Passport Number - Nigeria A2114519 Telephone - (234)-9-523-6691 [...]
2006-05-08 10:42:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM ASEC EAID ECON KJUS
06ABUJA1314 ILEA GABORONE - LAND BORDER INTERDICTION TRAINING
[...] The following are selected for the above referenced ILEA Course. Okunade Taopheeq Lasisi Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Lagos Deputy Superintendent of Police Gender - Male DOB - 10 July 1968 Passport number - Nigeria, A3045031A Telephone - [...]
2006-06-01 14:54:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM ASEC EAID ECON KJUS
06ABUJA1353 ILEA GABORONE - CYBER CRIME AND CAPACITY BUILDING
[...] The following are selected for the above referenced ILEA Workshop. Dansadau Saidu Mohammed Senator Federal Republic of Nigeria DOB - 20 June, 1953 Gender - Male Passport Number - A3038935A Expiry Date - 18 August 2010 Edet Emmanuel Osong Prosecu [...]
2006-06-05 12:03:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM ASEC EAID ECON KJUS
06ABUJA1591 ILEA GABORONE - LAND BORDER INTERDICTION COURSE,
[...] The following are 5 nominees selected for the above referenced ILEA Training. Okunade Taopheeq Lasisi Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Lagos Deputy Superintendent of Police Gender - Male DOB - 10 July 1968 Passport number - Nigeria, A304503 [...]
2006-06-26 08:50:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM ASEC EAID ECON KJUS
06ABUJA1624 ILEA GABORONE -LAW ENFORCMENT EXECUTIVE
[...] The following are 8 nominees selected for the above referenced ILEA Training. Dalyop Gyang Dudu DOB-23 October, 1958 Gender - Male Superintendent of Customs Nigeria Customs Service Telephone Number-(234)-803-835-3477 Passport No - A3447395A Expiry Date-15 June 2011 Nn [...]
2006-06-27 15:07:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM ASEC EAID ECON KJUS
06ABUJA1626 ILEA GABORONE -SMALL ARMS TRAFFICKING, AUGUST 14-
[...] The following are 5 nominees selected for the above referenced ILEA Training. Samuel Etaifo Erale DOB-03 February, 1968 Gender - Male Superintendent of Police Nigeria Police Force Telephone Number-(234)-9-234042 Passport No - A1171002 Expiry Date-25 September, 2006 [...]
2006-06-27 15:07:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM ASEC EAID ECON KJUS
06ABUJA1959THE ROAD TO CALABAR
[...] Summary. Emboffs recently took an overland trip from Abuja to Enugu, and then onward to Calabar, traveling on 2 of Nigeria's 3 "national roads." Poor road and vehicle conditions, appalling standards of driver conduct, and a lack of signage all provided challenges throughout the journey. Thi [...]
2006-07-28 14:02:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDELTN PHUM KCOR ASEC NI
06ABUJA1960ANAMBRA CRISIS CONTINUES
[...] (C) Violence continues in Anambra state after a July 20 meeting between state government and security officials and members of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB). On July 22 a group of armed youth ran amok in Onitsha before moving on the Nnewi. On J [...]
2006-07-30 14:19:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ASEC NI
06ABUJA2065NIGERIAN MUSLIM REACTION TO ISRAEL-LEBANON CONFLICT
[...] Approximately 25,000 Lebanese citizens reside in Nigeria, according to recent estimates. Since July 31, members of the Nigerian Lebanese community have staged peaceful demonstrations in major Nigerian cities, including Abuja, Lagos, Kano, and Gusau. Participants gathered to highlight the pli [...]
2006-08-11 08:46:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ASEC LE NI
06ABUJA225NIGERIA: HOSTAGE CRISIS HIDES POLITICAL CRISIS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The recent hostage incident in Delta State was a political conflict masquerading as a criminal incident. Its resolution, although fortunate, does not address the underlying political issues. Consequently, more such events are likely in the future. The government response demons [...]
2006-01-31 16:24:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALEPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI HOSTAGES
06ABUJA2316NIGERIAN NSA MUKHTAR ON SITUATION IN THE DELTA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During an August 31 meeting in his office with AF DAS Linda Thomas-Greenfield and the Ambassador to reiterate USG concern over the situation in the Niger Delta, Nigerian National Security Advisor (NSA) General Mukhtar admitted that problems were complex, and that some key militan [...]
2006-09-06 07:45:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPTER EPET ASEC NI
06ABUJA232HOPES FOR PEACE AND TALK OF WAR AT DARFUR TALKS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The pace of the Darfur Peace Talks has accelerated. The parties appear to have more of a negotiating mandate, and although red-lines remain, those committed to a settlement still outnumber the spoilers. International observer corps, enthusiasm about the improved op tempo, however [...]
2006-02-01 15:30:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS PGOV PREF PHUM ASEC SU DARFUR
06ABUJA234SUDAN: GETTING PAST "NO" ON SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Skilled AU mediation has wrested control out of the hands of the incapable chairman of the Security Arrangements Committee and established some promising common ground between the parties at the Darfur Peace Talks. The Movements, superficial grasp of the modalities of [...]
2006-02-01 15:31:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPARM PGOV PINS ASEC SU DARFUR
06ABUJA2547SHELL TELLS THE PRESIDENT DELTA REPAIRS WILL BE
[...] (C) Summary: Shell has halted attempts to restore production in the Western Delta due to continued security considerations. In a September 25 meeting, President Obasanjo told Shell he was willing to acknowledge the importance of security up front. He otherwise appeared poorly briefed on Shell' [...]
2006-09-27 14:25:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALEPET ECON PGOV EINV ASEC NI
06ABUJA2761CHEVRON MUSINGS ON ELECTIONS AND SECURITY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Peter Williams (protect),Consultant/Special Advisor to Chevron Nigeria, met with the Charge to discuss the 2007 election and to provide an update on bunkering activities in the Delta. Williams suspects that the election cycle will be "messy, ugly and won't end the ongoing probl [...]
2006-10-17 15:44:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ASEC PTER NI
06ABUJA2867NIGERIA ADC AIR CRASH SHAKES CONFIDENCE IN SECTOR
[...] (SBU) Summary. Nigeria's troubled aviation sector suffered another major blow with the October 29 crash of a Sokoto-bound ADC Airlines Boeing 737 aircraft just beyond Abuja International Airport, which killed at least 98 persons. Minister of Aviation Babalola Borishade blamed the crash on pil [...]
2006-11-01 07:51:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR CASC AMGT ASEC NI
06ABUJA2894NIGERIAN AVIATION, TOURISM MINISTERS EXCHANGE JOBS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Following concern over the October 29 ADC Airlines crash that killed 96 persons, Nigerian President Obasanjo announced November 2 he had switched the jobs of two ministers. Former Minister of Aviation Babalola Borishade took the job of Femi Fani-Kayode, Minister of Culture and T [...]
2006-11-03 13:27:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR CASC AMGT ASEC NI
06ABUJA2902ASSESSMENT OF NFIU FOR EGMONT GROUP ADMISSION
[...] (U) Summary: A representative from the U.S. Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FINCEN) unit conducted a positive assessment of Nigeria's Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) for membership in the Egmont Group at the next plenary session for 2007. The assessment went well and the U [...]
2006-11-05 16:11:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON ASEC KCRM PTER NI
06ABUJA3008NIGERIAN AVIATION ROUNDUP
[...] (U) Summary. A five-member team from the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) arrived in Nigeria on November 8 to audit the country's aviation industry over a 10-day period. Nigerian President Obasanjo signed a new civil-aviation law on November 16 to improve the country's aviation [...]
2006-11-17 12:04:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR CASC AMGT ASEC NI
06ABUJA3025VICE PRESIDENT ON SECURITY AND OTHER MATTERS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Vice President Atiku Abubakar told Ambassador on November 20 that he moved out of his official residence over the weekend due to a specific security threat. He then commented that President Obasanjo's concern for his international reputation was "gone," and that the confusion [...]
2006-11-21 17:04:00Embassy AbujaSECRETPGOV ASEC PREL NI
06ABUJA3083NIGERIAN AVIATION MINISTER ON U.S. AIR LINKS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The new Minister of Aviation met with the Ambassador on November 23 and expressed a strong interest in expanding aviation links between Nigeria and the U.S. and broadening cooperation in civil aviation more generally. He thanked the U.S. for its support through the National Tran [...]
2006-11-30 13:19:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR CASC AMGT ASEC NI
06ABUJA651BOEING OFFICIAL ON NIGERIA'S LACK OF AIR SAFETY
[...] (U) Ambassador and embassy officers met March 16 in Abuja with Chamsou Andjorin, the Boeing International Corporation's executive director, international relations, for West and Central Africa; and Philip de St. Aubin, Boeing's vice president, international relations, for Africa. 2. (SBU [...]
2006-03-23 11:26:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR CASC ASEC AMGT NI
06ABUJA666ECOWAS LOOKING AT ROLE IN NIGER DELTA
[...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador on March 21, the Executive Secretary of ECOWAS, Dr. Mohammed Ibn Chambas, suggested a possible entry for ECOWAS involvement in Niger Delta conflict mediation. Chambas believes the negative impact of the violence on natural gas supply to the West African G [...]
2006-03-24 12:33:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALEPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI
06ABUJA873VICE PRESIDENT TO LAUNCH CAMPAIGN ON MAY 29 IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Vice President Atiku Abubakar asked to see Ambassador early on April 13 before departing for his Easter break in Adamawa State. At the meeting, Atiku discussed President Obasanjo's and the PDP's efforts to intimidate him, including the protests that had occurred just a few days [...]
2006-04-20 16:07:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC NI
06ABUJA878SSS EJECTS POLCOUNS FROM HILTON HOTEL
[...] Summary: On Thursday April 20, agents of Nigeria's State Security Service harassed the Political Counselor as he attempted to enter Abuja's Hilton hotel to meet with a contact. They pushed PolCouns and forcibly removed him from the hotel, but refused to identify themselves. Several local j [...]
2006-04-21 13:56:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PGOV PHUM NI
06ACCRA1160LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE TO GHANA: IMPROVING
[...] (SBU) Summary: The UK High Commission recently chaired a donors, meeting on law enforcement assistance to Ghana. The U.S. and the U.K. are the only significant donors on law enforcement issues. The U.K. is focusing on narcotics trafficking, financial fraud, document fraud, basic police tr [...]
2006-05-19 09:48:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC EAID GH PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR
06ACCRA1291GHANA POLICE SERVICE GRADUATES INSTRUCTORS AND
[...] Speaking at two recent graduation ceremonies for ICITAP-funded instructor development courses and the Ghana Police Service's 39th Cadet Officers' Course, GOG officials confirmed Ghana's commitment to ongoing training and lauded advances in the police training program, but admitted that shortfa [...]
2006-06-07 07:44:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PINS ASEC SOCI GH
06ACCRA1855ILLEGAL SMALL ARMS IN GHANA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ghana has an estimated 150,000 illegal arms. Most are crude locally made guns, but there is an unknown quantity of arms trafficking from elsewhere in West Africa. Ghana,s Small Arms Commission has worked with the UNDP and civil society on the issue since 2003 through the Ghana [...]
2006-08-14 12:11:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL PGOV PHUM KCRM MOPS ASEC GH
06ACCRA472GHANA PASSES PEOPLE'S REPRESENTATION BILL,
[...] (U) Summary: On February 23, Ghana's parliament passed the Representation of the People (Amendment) Bill, giving Ghanaians residing abroad the right to vote. The President has 21 days to sign the bill into law. Passage came two days after a major opposition demonstration in Accra turned u [...]
2006-02-26 08:39:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC GH PGOV PHUM
06ACCRA518GHANA'S 2006 TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS REPORT
[...] (SBU) As requested ref A, post submits this cable as input for the sixth annual Trafficking in Persons Report. Ghana has problems with both domestic and international human trafficking. The GOG, international and local NGOs have combined efforts to focus on combating domestic trafficking in chi [...]
2006-03-02 13:57:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB GH
06ADANA10HUMAN RIGHTS PROTEST IN ADANA
[...] (U) The Adana Chapter of Turkey's Human Rights Association lead a protest at the US Consuate in Adana on Friday, January 20, 2006 at 12:15 pm. There were aproximately 40 attendees and the protest lasted twenty minutes. A representative made a statement protesting the conditions of the prison [...]
2006-01-23 06:51:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PREL TU ADANA
06ADANA133TURKEY: SATURDAY BOMBING IN MERSIN
[...] (U) One police officer and twelve civilians were wounded by a bomb which exploded at 11:40 am on Saturday, June 3, 2006, in downtown Mersin. The bomb reportedly was planted in a black plastic bag. Some press accounts attribute the detonation to a remote control device. No American citizens w [...]
2006-06-06 06:59:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC TU
06ADANA144TURKEY: ATTEMPTED BOMING IN TARSUS
[...] (SBU) The Anti-Terror Branch of the Turkish National Police reported, to Consulate Adana's SD Supervisor, that the police had a tip regarding Turkish citizen Fahrettin Kocakaya (born in Diyarbakir in 1987). They were following him when he came to Tarsus and attempted to enter the Sub-Governo [...]
2006-06-16 12:15:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC TU
06ADANA148COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL DEAL
[...] U.S. Consulate Adana grants country clearance to Representatives Nathan Deal, Charlie Norwood, Michael Burgess, Gene Greene; Staffers Chris Riley, Todd Smith, Lodriguez Murray, Brandon Clark; as well as U.S. Army Escort Major Patrick Lewis and Attending Physician Dr. Mark Corrairie who will vi [...]
2006-06-21 13:15:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN TU
06ADANA27CHRISTIANS FACE STRONG INTOLERANCE IN ADANA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Adana Christians are disturbed by the recent beating of a local Christian man, but do not consider the incident out of the ordinary for Christians in the Turkey's eastern Mediterranean (Adana, Mersin, Gaziantep) region. Police behavior toward Christians in Adana has improved i [...]
2006-02-08 09:34:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM ASEC
06ADANA69POLICE SHOOTING OUTSIDE US CONSULATE ADANA
[...] (SBU) On Sunday, April 2, 2006 at 10:40 am an altercation occurred between a TNP police member on duty at the US Consulate in Adana and his Supervisor. The Supervisor has been working at the Consulate for approximately four years and the other policeman only six weeks. The two policemen have [...]
2006-04-04 09:39:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC TU
06ADDISABABA1042ETHIOPIA: MELES REACHING OUT TO SOME INTERNAL
[...] (C) Summary: The Charge pressed PM Meles again to release on bail at least some of those facing treason charges in connection with November riots. While the PM offered no concessions now, he reaffirmed that after the trial had been completed, political options were available. Meles also prom [...]
2006-04-19 05:36:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ASEC MARR ET
06ADDISABABA1607ETHIOPIA: GOE OPPOSES ACCOMMODATION WITH SOMALIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Foreign Minister Tekeda Alemu told Charge June 12 the GOE was concerned that USG "feelers" to the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) in Mogadishu could affect that attitudes of other players, including the Transitional Federal Government (TFG). Tekeda bemoaned the fact that many a [...]
2006-06-13 11:36:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ASEC PGOV ET SO ER
06ADDISABABA1634ETHIOPIA: PM MELES ON SOMALIA, ERITREA BORDER AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Meles told the Charge and CJTF-HOA Commander Rear Admiral Hunt June 13 that Ethiopia would not take military action against the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) in Somalia unless the ICU moved against Baidoa, which the PM did not expect them to do. Meles said the Transi [...]
2006-06-15 08:56:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETPREL ASEC MARR KPKO ET ER SO
06ADDISABABA1647IGAD AMBASSADORS IN ETHIOPIA DISCUSS SOMALIA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a meeting of ambassadors from IGAD member states and donor partners June 15, the Ambassador of the Somalia TFG to Ethiopia, Abdil Karim Farah, told those assembled that the armed units of the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) were advancing toward both Belet Dweyne and Baidoa. He s [...]
2006-06-15 17:03:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIGAD PTER ASEC MARR KPKO AU SO ET
06ADDISABABA1691CORRECTED COPY -- IGAD AMBASSADORS IN ETHIOPIA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a meeting of ambassadors from IGAD member states and donor partners June 15, the Ambassador of the Somalia TFG to Ethiopia, Abdil Karim Farah, told those assembled that the armed units of the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) were advancing toward both Belet Dweyne and Baidoa. He s [...]
2006-06-20 13:41:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIGAD PTER ASEC MARR KPKO AU SO ET
06ADDISABABA1869ETHIOPIA: GOE SAYS NO INCURSION IN SOMALIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: An Ethiopian government spokesman publicly denied that Ethiopian troops had crossed the Somali border and reaffirmed Ethiopia's desire to work with regional partners on a response to the situation in Somalia. Meanwhile, a senior Ethiopian military official has assured post that t [...]
2006-07-07 15:34:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC MOPS ET SO
06ADDISABABA1904CORRECTED COPY - ETHIOPIA: GOE SAYS NO INCURSION
[...] (S) SUMMARY: An Ethiopian government spokesman publicly denied that Ethiopian troops had crossed the Somali border and reaffirmed Ethiopia's desire to work with regional partners on a response to the situation in Somalia. Meanwhile, a senior Ethiopian military official has assured post that t [...]
2006-07-12 14:45:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETPREL ASEC MOPS ET SO
06ADDISABABA2526ETHIOPIA: DEPUTY MINISTER TEKEDA TALKS SOMALIA,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Foreign Minister Tekeda Alemu told AF DAS Yamamoto Sept. 16 that although the GOE does not see increased risk of conflict with Eritrea, it nevertheless would prefer a six-month extension of UNMEE. In Somalia, the GOE now hopes only to contain the Council of Islamic Courts [...]
2006-09-16 13:17:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MOPS AU ET ER SO
06ADDISABABA2572ETHIOPIA: GENERALS' DEFECTION MAY SIGNAL DEEPER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent defections of senior Oromo military officers have shaken the Ethiopian military establishment. Brigadier General Kemal Gelchu of the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) defected to Eritrea on Aug 8, taking as many as two hundred soldiers and lower level officers with [...]
2006-09-21 13:21:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETPGOV KDEM MOPS ASEC ET ER
06ADDISABABA2872ETHIOPIA: MELES HOPES TO DELAY SOMALIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Meles told visiting Gen. Fulford and SFRC staffer Michael Phelan that delays and problems with IGASOM deployment might leave Ethiopia to face the Council of Islamic Courts (CIC) alone, but that he hoped to hold off on military intervention until around mid-November. He said th [...]
2006-10-26 17:12:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS ASEC PTER UNSC SO ET
06ADDISABABA2901ETHIOPIA: SIMULTANEOUS STRUGGLES FOR DEMOCRACY AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ethiopia currently finds itself engaged in simultaneous struggles for democratization and security amid extremely difficult circumstances. Eritrea is providing material support to both the GOE's internal opponents and its newest external nemesis, the Council of Islamic Courts (CI [...]
2006-10-31 14:12:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PHUM ASEC ET ER SO
06ADDISABABA3048AN AMERICAN/ETHIOPIAN PARTNERSHIP SO CRITICAL AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: As I prepare to turn over my responsibilities to my good friend and respected colleague, Ambassador Don Yamamoto, I urge the USG to maintain and strengthen our partnership with Ethiopia. Ethiopia is moving in the right direction -- despite the nay-sayers -- on democracy, devel [...]
2006-11-15 15:10:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALASEC ET PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SO
06ADDISABABA3115ETHIOPIA: PARLIAMENT CONSIDERS AUTHORIZATION OF
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In a remarkable session on Nov. 23, Prime Minister Meles asked Parliament to approve a resolution stating Ethiopia's desire for peaceful relations with Somalia, but authorizing "any measures necessary" to respond to the Council of Islamic Court's (CIC) declared jihad against Ethi [...]
2006-11-28 10:24:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS PREL ASEC ET SO ER
06ADDISABABA3175ETHIOPIA: SEN. FEINGOLD TALKS SOMALIA, HUMAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Meles told visiting U.S. Senator Feingold Nov. 30 that while the GOE was trying to avoid war with the Council of Islamic Courts (CIC) in Somalia, armed conflict was likely in the coming weeks. Meles expected that the CIC would move against Somalia's Transitional Federal Govern [...]
2006-12-04 05:50:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS ASEC PHUM ET SO
06ADDISABABA3392ADDIS ABABA EAC REVIEWS SECURITY SITUATION AFTER ETHIOPIAN
[...] (U) On December 26, the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met to review the general security situation in Ethiopia as well as post's general security posture. The following offices were represented at the EAC: Charge, A/DCM, PE, DATT, USAID, USAU, CONS, RMO, ORA, CDC, MGT, GSO, A/PAO, MSG and [...]
2006-12-27 06:02:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC ET SO
06ADDISABABA3410CORRECTED COPY: SOMALIA: GOE PM MELES SAYS
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (S) SUMMARY: Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles told Charge that the "Jihadist" leaders of the Council of Islamic Courts (CIC) had fled Mogadishu as ENDF and TFG forces closed in on the Somali capital. ACTION REQUEST: Meles ask [...]
2006-12-28 14:14:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETMOPS ASEC PREL PGOV SO ET
06ADDISABABA3418RESPONSE FROM ADDIS ABABA REGARDING SADDAM HUSSEIN VERDICT.
[...] (SBU) On December 26, the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met to review the general security situation in Ethiopia as well as post's general security posture. The following offices were represented at the EAC: Charge, A/DCM, PE, DATT, USAID, USAU, CONS, RMO, ORA, CDC, MGT, GSO, A/PAO, MSG an [...]
2006-12-29 10:16:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ET SO PTER PGOV PHUM CASC KAWC KJUS IZ
06ADDISABABA3419RESPONSE FROM ADDIS ABABA REGARDING SADDAM HUSSEIN VERDICT.
[...] (SBU) On December 26, the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met to review the general security situation in Ethiopia as well as post's general security posture. The following offices were represented at the EAC: Charge, A/DCM, PE, DATT, USAID, USAU, CONS, RMO, ORA, CDC, MGT, GSO, A/PAO, MSG an [...]
2006-12-29 11:04:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ET SO PTER PGOV PHUM CASC KAWC KJUS IZ
06ADDISABABA402ETHIOPIA: FY2006 FUNDING REQUESTS FOR ESF
[...] Embassy Addis Ababa submits two proposals for FY2006 ESF anti-trafficking in persons projects. As requested, the proposal information has been formatted per reftel guidelines and listed in priority order. Due to space constraints, the entire text of the project proposals could not be include [...]
2006-02-09 16:10:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN KCRM PHUM ASEC ELAB SMIG USAID
06ADDISABABA658ETHIOPIA: POST REPLY TO TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (SBU) Responses cued to reftel questions are provided below. QUESTION 21: OVERVIEW ---------------------- A. Ethiopia is a country of origin for internationally trafficked women, to a far lesser extent men, and a small number of children. Trafficking also occurs within the country's [...]
2006-03-06 13:20:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF
06AITTAIPEI1786AIT CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL GROVE
[...] AIT Taipei welcomes and grants travel clearance to STAFFDEL Grove, consisting of Senate Appropriations Committee (SAC) Professional Staff Member Paul Grove and DOS Cindy Chang, Senior Advisor for Appropriations, Legislative Affairs visit to Taipei 06/01-04/06. Visitors to Taiwan are reminde [...]
2006-05-25 03:38:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN BM JA TH TW OTRA PREL
06AITTAIPEI3888Demarche on International Expansion of Federal Flight Deck
[...] Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Representative Sharon Walloppillai and AIT-Taipei econoff delivered reftel demarche to Taiwan Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) Deputy Director General George Lee on November 13, 2006. Lee indicated that Taiwan was open to the U.S. proposal to [...]
2006-11-17 09:26:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON PTER ASEC TW
06AITTAIPEI4165LAUNCH OF SECURE FREIGHT INITIATIVE - NONPAPER
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-20 08:50:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT KHLS ASEC PTER ECON TW
06AITTAIPEI646TAIWAN'S FOREIGN AID TO CENTRAL AMERICA
[...] (C) The following is AIT's response to questions posed in C-AL5-01181 (Ref A) on the status of Taiwan's "Co-Prosperity" project and general foreign aid policies for Central America. 2. (C) Funding for Taiwan's US $250 million "Co-Prosperity" project (Ref B) is still under consideration in th [...]
2006-03-01 09:11:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC XR TW
06AITTAIPEI648TAIWAN OFFICIALS WORRIED OVER VATICAN TIES
[...] (C) Taiwan Foreign Ministry and Presidential Office officials are increasingly concerned about the status of Taipei's relationship with the Vatican. In an unusual move, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) European Department Director-General Larry Wang requested a 27 February meeting with AIT [...]
2006-03-01 22:59:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC XR TW
06AITTAIPEI951TAIWAN'S NEW DIPLOMATIC STRATEGY IN THE MIDDLE EAST
[...] (C) Summary: Taiwan has been quietly pursuing a diplomatic strategy that focuses on expanding bilateral ties in the Middle East and North Africa. In the last year, Taiwan made progress with Libya, the UAE, and Saudi Arabia and is working to expand ties with Israel. Taipei has also shown a wi [...]
2006-03-22 05:16:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC XR TW
06ALGIERS1184UPTICK IN VIOLENCE IN ALGERIAN COUNTRYSIDE
[...] (SBU) Since late April, GSPC terrorists have intensified their attacks against both traditional military and government targets and civilians in areas to the east and west of Algiers. The GSPC has changed tactics and increased the lethality of its attacks. The Algerian Army for its part has [...]
2006-06-27 17:32:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV ASEC AG
06ALGIERS1360POLICE BREAK UP DEMONSTRATION IN ALGIERS; OTHERS
[...] (SBU) The Movement for a Society of Peace (MSP),a moderate Islamist party belonging to the presidential coalition, attempted to organize a peaceful march July 20 from the First of May shopping area to the UN offices in Algiers to protest Israeli military operations in Lebanon and express sol [...]
2006-07-22 14:10:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC PGOV PHUM KDEM AG
06ALGIERS1403ALI BELHADJ PROTESTS U.S. ACTIONS IN LEBANON IN
[...] (U) In a deliberate challenge to the authority of the GOA, which released him from prison March 6 under the terms of the Charter for Peace and National Reconciliation, co-founder of the now banned Islamic Salvation Front (FIS) Ali Belhadj demonstrated in front of Embassy Algiers July 31, carr [...]
2006-07-31 16:50:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM ASEC AG
06ALGIERS605ALGERIA ACTIVELY SEEKING TO PREVENT TRAVEL OF
[...] (S/NF) The GOA is committed to preventing Algerian would-be foreign fighters from traveling to Iraq and to breaking up networks recruiting foreign fighters of various nationalities. Algeria continues to arrest persons traveling with this intent and has won U.S. Government recognition for bei [...]
2006-04-03 14:54:00Embassy AlgiersSECRET//NOFORNPTER ASEC PREL PGOV CG IZ AG
06ALGIERS722ATTACK ON CUSTOMS OFFICIALS SPARKS MAJOR OFFENSIVE
[...] (U) According to an April 10 article in the official French daily El Moudjahid, corroborated by an announcement from the Ministry of the Interior, an orchestrated terrorist attack on Algerian Customs officials by the Group Salafist for Preaching and Combat (GSPC) on April 7 sparked a major off [...]
2006-04-18 16:03:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC AG
06ALMATY1437ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING IN KAZAKHSTAN -
[...] (SBU) Summary: In conjunction with pending anti-money laundering (AML) legislation, INL sponsored an AML study tour for Kazakhstani parliamentarians to visit the financial intelligence unit (FIU) in Copenhagen, Denmark. Prior to the trip, the majority expressed doubt about the necessity for t [...]
2006-04-20 08:42:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR ASEC KCOR KCRM PREL KZ
06ALMATY1636 KAZAKHSTAN: EXTENSION OF THE PHASE OUT PLAN FOR
[...] The social transition and security/law enforcement sectors of assistance to Kazakhstan are slated for phase-out in 2011, per the country's phase out assessment. As such, post understands that phase out plans must be prepared in 2006, five years before the expected phase out date, to ensure t [...]
2006-05-05 14:26:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ASEC EG KZ
06ALMATY1960KAZAKHSTAN: A/S PATTERSON'S MEETINGS WITH GOK
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a May 12 visit to Astana, INL A/S Anne Patterson, accompanied by Ambassador Ordway, secured agreement with the Vice Minister of Interior to initiate a counter-narcotics strategy dialogue. Her conversation with the Deputy Procurator General broke through a logjam on the [...]
2006-06-03 03:09:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR ASEC KCOR KCRM PREL KZ
06ALMATY2191KAZAKHSTAN: PROCURATOR GENERAL'S OFFICE WANTS CHANGE IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: INL funded a conference on improving the collection of crime statistics, organized by the Procurator General's Office in conjunction with the Customs Control Committee and the Border Guard Service. The main purpose of the conference was to improve collection of legal statistics [...]
2006-06-21 08:45:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR ASEC KCRM KCOR PREL KZ
06ALMATY2370Q1 AND Q2 FRAUD SUMMARY - ALMATY
[...] A. COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Since independence in 1991, the economic situation in most of Kazakhstan has improved. In the larger cities, such as Almaty, Astana, and Atyrau, the oil and gas industry has provided an economic boom. However, the improvement in living conditions is uneven and in many r [...]
2006-07-05 08:29:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS KCRM CPAS CMGT ASEC KZ
06ALMATY3107 CONTACTING MISSION KAZAKHSTAN DURING THE MOVE FROM
[...] (SBU) Embassy Almaty is preparing to move to Astana, pending completion of the New Embassy Compound (NEC) in Kazakhstan's capital. Although the move into the NEC will not start until September 29, many sections have already relocated to temporary offices in the Embassy Branch Office in Asta [...]
2006-09-06 02:29:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT ACOA AFIN ASEC KZ
06AMMAN1176VERDICTS IN THE CHEMICAL PLOT, ZARQAWI SENTENCED TO DEATH - AGAIN
[...] (U) Summary: Jordan's State Security Court (SSC) on February 14 sentenced nine men to hang, including al-Qaida in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, for the 2004 plot to carry out a chemical/vehicle-borne explosive attack against the U.S. Embassy and Jordanian government targets. The plot's ma [...]
2006-02-16 16:22:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PHUM ASEC IZ SY JO
06AMMAN1501THREE PRISONS BACK UNDER CONTROL AFTER RIOTS
[...] (C) Summary: Authorities have regained control of three prisons after overnight riots. Islamist extremists at the prisons appear to have been at the center of the disturbances. According to local security contacts, members of parliament from the Islamic Action Front took part in successful n [...]
2006-03-02 07:27:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM ASEC JO
06AMMAN1523JORDANIAN AUTHORITIES CAPTURE TERRORISTS
[...] (U) Jordanian dailies led with the GOJ's announcement that the General Intelligence Directorate (GID) foiled a suicide bombing plot by capturing three terrorists. GOJ spokesman Nasser Judah said the captured terrorists planned to attack a "vital civilian facility" in Amman. State-run TV showe [...]
2006-03-02 14:10:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPTER PHUM ASEC IZ SY JO
06AMMAN1691JORDAN'S SIXTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (U) Embassy point of contact on trafficking in persons is political officer Jonathan Peccia (grade 4),phone number 202-536-4173, ext. 6597 or 962-6-590-6597, fax number 962-6-592-0159. Officer spent approximately 40 hours preparing the report. Pol FSN spent 16 hours preparing the report. [...]
2006-03-07 15:22:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB JO
06AMMAN1827TWO FOLEY ASSASSINS HANGED
[...] (U) Jordanian authorities carried out the executions of two men convicted for the October 28, 2002 assassination of USAID diplomat Lawrence Foley. Libyan national Salim Suwayd, and Jordanian national Yasir Furayhat were hanged at dawn March 11. 2. (U) The executions came ten days after rio [...]
2006-03-12 16:40:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV PHUM ASEC JO
06AMMAN2118JORDAN'S STATE SECURITY COURT MOVES ON TERRORISM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan's State Security Court (SSC) indicted 20 defendants for terrorist activities in connection with attacks in Amman and Aqaba last year, and indicted members of the "Al-Mansurah" cell for conspiring to carry out terrorist acts. The SSC reached verdicts in six terrorism-rela [...]
2006-03-22 16:12:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PHUM ASEC IZ SY JO
06AMMAN2145NINE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 2002 MA'AN UPRISINGS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The State Security Court (SSC) sentenced nine of the 108 defendants in the 2002 Ma'an uprising (refs A, B) to death on March 22. The defendants, charged with carrying out terrorist acts, possessing automatic weapons, and illegal public assembly, claimed that their confessions we [...]
2006-03-23 15:51:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PHUM ASEC JO
06AMMAN2322FOREIGN FIGHTER DEMARCHE
[...] (C) Polcouns made Ref A points on foreign fighters in a March 9 meeting with Dimai Haddad, head of Foreign Minister Khatib's private office. Haddad said the GOJ views it as in its own interest to stop any young men, Jordanian or foreign, who fit the foreign fighter profile. He pointed to Jor [...]
2006-03-30 14:40:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PTER PREL ASEC CG XA XF XG XI JO
06AMMAN2496SPOTTY RESPONSE TO CALL FOR GENERAL STRIKE;
[...] ( SBU )The Islamic Action Front,s call for a two-hour general strike April 9 met with a mixed response. In several East Amman lower middle-class neighborhoods known for Islamist sympathies, poloff observed between one quarter and one half of shops closed on some commercial streets. Several [...]
2006-04-09 14:48:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ASEC KISL ECON ELAB JO
06AMMAN2657QAFQAFA PRISON RIOT BY TAKFIRI ISLAMISTS
[...] (SBU) On April 13, at approximately 0900 hours (local),a riot took place in Qafqafa prison, located near Irbid approximately fifty miles north of Amman. According to RSO sources in the Public Security Directorate (PSD),the riot occurred when PSD officers assigned to the prison attempted to [...]
2006-04-13 13:47:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PTER PHUM JO
06AMMAN3325TERRORISM TRIALS UPDATE
[...] SUMMARY: Jordan's State Security Court (SSC) began proceedings against would-be suicide bomber Sajida Rishawi - an Iraqi woman who attempted to blow herself up during the November 2005 hotel bombings in Amman - and against six defendants charged with firing rockets at two U.S. vessels in Aqab [...]
2006-05-11 05:20:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PHUM ASEC IZ JO
06AMMAN4685JORDAN'S STATE SECURITY COURT MOVES ON TERRORISM
[...] SUMMARY: Jordan's State Security Court (SSC) continued proceedings against would-be suicide bomber Sajida Rishawi, as well as six defendants charged with firing rockets at two U.S. warships in Aqaba. The SSC began proceedings against nine defendants - including Azmi Jayousi - for an attempted [...]
2006-06-25 13:44:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PHUM ASEC IZ IS JO
06AMMAN4686LOCAL G-8 COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP MEETS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The G-8 plus three (Australia, Switzerland, and Spain) Counterterrorism Action Group (CTAG) met in Amman June 20 to discuss the status of counterterrorism security assistance to Jordan. Representatives from the UN's Counterterrorism Executive Directorate (UNCTED) joined the CTAG m [...]
2006-06-25 13:44:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC UN JO
06AMMAN5516COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMBASSADOR ZALMAY KHALILZAD
[...] (U) Because of recent terrorist attacks and attempted terrorist operations in Jordan (see para 9),the U.S. Government has urged all Americans to review the need for planned travel to Jordan. In addition, Embassy Amman requires U.S. government agencies and travelers to limit their official t [...]
2006-07-23 12:24:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALAMGT ASEC OTRA IZ JO
06AMMAN5529TFLE01: PROTESTERS DENOUNCE ISRAEL, U.S. AND GOJ;
[...] (C) Summary: Friday after-prayer protests remained peaceful but were larger and more widespread than the previous week's. The New York Times' report that the USG was accelerating supplies of bombs to Israel dominated local media, along with allegations that U.S. diplomatic efforts were aimed [...]
2006-07-23 14:18:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC MARR IS LE JO
06AMMAN5745TFLE01 - REACTIONS TO QANA TRAGEDY
[...] (C) Contacts and press express anger over the Qana attack, but are still digesting the Secretary's success in gaining a 48-hour suspension of airstrikes and prospects for comprehensive action in the Security Council. In most respects, it is business as usual in Amman but we are monitoring security [...]
2006-07-31 11:22:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC IS LE JO
06AMMAN5963TFLE01: DEMONSTRATION LEADS TO SCUFFLE, ARRESTS
[...] ( SBU ) Media and security contacts report that an unlicensed protest after Friday prayers August 4 at an Amman mosque led to sparring that left two police and two protesters hospitalized with minor injuries. Police detained 10 protesters, all of whom were released on bail after a few hours [...]
2006-08-07 14:07:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC IS LE JO
06AMMAN713AMMAN FRAUD PREVENTION MANAGEMENT REPORT
[...] (SBU) Jordan is a small country with limited natural resources and high unemployment and poverty rates. While the economy has made significant gains in recent years, the poverty level remains at or near 30 percent and estimated unemployment ranges from 15 to 30 percent. There are roughly 5.3 [...]
2006-01-29 15:11:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS CPAS KFRD KCRM CMGT ASEC JO IZ
06AMMAN7277SAJIDA AL-RISHAWI SENTENCED TO DEATH
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-21 13:49:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PHUM ASEC IZ JO
06AMMAN7630TERRORISM TRIALS UPDATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan's State Security Court (SSC) handed down sentences in six terrorism-related cases and began proceedings against Nabil Ahmad Issa Jaaoura, a Jordanian who allegedly killed a British tourist at Amman's Roman Amphitheater in early September, and Ziyad Khalaf Karbouli, an Ira [...]
2006-10-05 06:18:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PHUM ASEC IZ SY JO
06AMMAN8303MUTED REACTION TO SADDAM'S SENTENCING
[...] (SBU) Protesting Saddam Hussein's sentencing November 5, an impromptu gathering of students burned an American flag at the University of Jordan's Amman campus before authorities peacefully dispersed them. Several Islamist and other opposition members of parliament publicly denounced Saddam's [...]
2006-11-07 08:37:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC IZ JO
06AMMAN8408ANGRY REACTIONS TO BEIT HANUN DEATHS AND U.S. VETO
[...] (SBU) Most Jordanians reacted with anger to full-page photos in local papers of dead Gazan women and children, and to Arab satellite media coverage of the story. Israel's announcement that it would investigate the incident, and the USG's expression of regret, were received by the public and [...]
2006-11-14 08:22:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC JO
06AMMAN8596AVIAN FLU/PANDEMIC INFLUENZA: EMBASSY PREPAREDNESS AND
[...] (U) Summary: Post has regularly and consistently encouraged the personal responsibility measures suggested reftel for avian flu preparedness (stockpiling non-perishable food, water, and medicines, maintaining good hygiene by washing hands and surfaces, and cooking food properly). Post also ma [...]
2006-11-26 15:02:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT AMED TBIO ASEC EAGR KFLU JO
06AMMAN8850TRIALS IN JORDAN'S STATE SECURITY COURT - AN UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Jordan's State Security Court (SSC) handed down sentences in four terrorism-related cases, and continued proceedings against Nabil al-Jaaoura, a Jordanian who allegedly killed a British tourist at Amman's Roman Amphitheater in early September, and Ziyad Khalaf Karbouli, an Iraqi charged [...]
2006-12-13 05:45:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PHUM ASEC IZ SY JO
06ANKARA102ANKARA EAC MEETING 01/06/2006
[...] (U) Charge chaired the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on 01/06/06 to discuss recent developments with Avian Influenza (AI) in Turkey before the upcoming Turkish holiday. In attendance were representatives from the following sections/agencies: RSO, MGT, IMO, RMO, CON, DAO, POL, MSG, FCS, EC [...]
2006-01-06 13:22:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDASEC AMGT CASC AMED TU
06ANKARA1251TURKEY AND THE PKK: TERRORIST ATTACKS CONTINUE
[...] (C) Summary: There have been several terrorist attacks over the past week in southeastern Turkey and in the Aegean city of Izmir. These attacks, which have resulted in several fatalities, are likely the first salvos of PKK/Kongra-Gel's expected, annual spring offensive. End Summary. 2. (C [...]
2006-03-10 12:41:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PTER ASEC TU
06ANKARA2383COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL PENCE + 8 TO
[...] Embassy Ankara welcomes and grants country clearance to the House International Relations Committee Congressional Delegation led by Rep. Mike Pence and including Rep. Mike Ferguson, Rep. Lincoln Davis, Rep. Jim Costa, Professional Staff Members Sam Stratman, Alan Makovsky and Hillel Weinberg, [...]
2006-05-02 06:11:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN AMGT ASEC GM GR IZ JO OREP TU
06ANKARA2791TURKISH PM ERDOGAN AND FM GUL ON VISITS TO THE U.S.
[...] (c) Summary: Turkish PM Erdogan informed Ambassador May 15 that he now wants to proceed with plans to visit the US and meet President Bush in early June. FM Gul,s travel plans are unclear. Erdogan and Gul said the Turkish government will approach us on specifics shortly. End Summary. 2 [...]
2006-05-16 12:32:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALOVIP OTRA AMGT ASEC PREL PGOV TU
06ANKARA3FRAUD SUMMARY - TURKEY
[...] Until recently Turkey could be considered a low-fraud country from a consular perspective. In the past year, however, Mission Turkey has seen an increase in the number of fraudulent documents presented during interviews, and also uncovered several alien smuggling rings. These more recent ex [...]
2006-01-03 07:17:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC TU
06ANKARA3476PKK VIOLENCE CONTINUES: TEN YEAR-OLD CHILD AMONG
[...] PKK attacks in southeast Turkey for the week of June 5-11 killed four Turkish security forces personnel and one civilian, a ten year-old child (according to press reports). During the same week, 15 security forces were WIA, as were seven civilians. Two PKK terrorists were killed in a firefigh [...]
2006-06-13 12:21:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL ASEC MOPS TU IZ
06ANKARA3727EXPLOSION IN TURKISH TOURIST AREA KILLS FOUR,
[...] (C) Summary: A June 25 explosion in the city of Manavgat, on Turkey's south coast, killed four people, none of them AmCits. We have received conflicting information on whether the explosion was an accident or a bombing. End Summary. 2. (U) On June 25, an explosion in Manavgat, on Turke [...]
2006-06-26 13:52:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALASEC PTER TU
06ANKARA3775PKK AFFILIATE CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY FOR BOMBING
[...] (S) SUMMARY: The Kurdish Freedom Falcons (TAK),a well-known PKK affiliate, has claimed responsibility for the June 26 bombing in Manavgat, a tourist destination near the coastal resort of Antalya. This bombing fulfills previous threats by TAK to target foreign tourists and brings the death [...]
2006-06-27 14:59:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETASEC PTER MOPS PKK
06ANKARA4034AMB. WILSON'S VISIT TO IZMIR FOR FOURTH OF JULY
[...] Summary: Ambassador's first official visit to Izmir on June 26-27, 2006 was characterized by a warm welcome from a cross-section of political and business leaders as well as positive press coverage that was picked up at the national level. The reopening of an American Consulate was raised at [...]
2006-07-11 11:05:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AMGT ASEC TU
06ANKARA4326TFLE01: AIRCRAFT NEEDED NOW TO EVACUATE AMCITS TO
[...] (U) This is an urgent action request -- please see para. 4. 2. (SBU) Over 700 of the approximately 1700 American citizens and their dependents evacuated from Turkey to Lebanon on July 23 remain at Incirlik Air Base. Schedules for commercial charter flights from Incirlik to CONUS have come a [...]
2006-07-27 10:25:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC MOPS ASEC TU LE CY
06ANKARA4354TFLE01: UPDATE ON EVACUEE PROCESSING IN TURKEY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Of the 1,700 evacuees received in Turkey, approximately 700 remain on the Incirlik Air Base as of July 28, awaiting chartered aircraft. All three of the flights scheduled to depart July 28 were canceled. These repeated cancellations and delays are seriously undermining morale o [...]
2006-07-28 16:16:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC ASEC TU LE CY
06ANKARA4481KILLING DETERS CHEVRON IN SE TURKEY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Having long struggled to gain security permission for access to do a seismic survey on its petroleum exploration permit near Silopi on the Iraqi border, Chevron has overcome one obstacle after another, but the recent death from an improvised explosive device (IED) of one of its [...]
2006-08-03 14:59:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET ASEC EINV SENV EWWT TU IZ
06ANKARA468PROPHET MOHAMMED CARTOONS PROMPT CONSTRUCTIVE
[...] (C) Summary: Turkish public reaction to European publication of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed has so far consisted of generally peaceful protests and media condemnation, mostly in the pro-Islamist media. Government reaction has been moderate and constructive, with officials condemning the [...]
2006-02-06 13:50:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC KISL TU
06ANKARA4986TURKEY COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CG MCKAY +3
[...] Embassy Ankara grants country clearance to Coast Guard Officials Raymond McKay, Irvin Jones, Noel Bolleurs and Daniel Vazquez who will travel to Izmir to conduct an EXBS-sponsored Port Security/Port Vulnerability workshop from September 17 to 23, 2006. 2. Control Officer is Kevin Lyon who [...]
2006-08-29 12:36:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KCRM PARM SNAR TU
06ANKARA500ATTACK BY ANTI-CHRISTIAN ASSAILANTS
[...] (U) This message is from AmConsulate Adana. 2. (C) Summary: AMCON ADANA PO on February 2 discussed a January 8 attack by anti-Christian assailants against Turkish Protestant pastor Kamil Kiroglu. Kiroglu confirmed the accounts of his attack first reported on the COMPASS news website (co [...]
2006-02-07 12:01:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ASEC TU
06ANKARA56VISAS VIPER: TURKEY JANUARY 2006 MONTHLY ACTIVITY
[...] (U) This cable constitutes the monthly Visas Viper report for Embassy Ankara and Consulates Istanbul and Adana. Consulates submit Visas Viper reports to Ankara for inclusion in the Embassy's Visa Viper working group report. 2. (U) Visas Viper meetings were held by Embassy Ankara on 03 Janua [...]
2006-01-05 10:49:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR CVIS CMGT PTER PINR ASEC TU
06ANKARA5796HIJACKING OF THY FLIGHT 1476 ON OCTOBER 3, 2006
[...] (U) Turkish Deputy Director General for Civil Aviation, Haydar Yalcin, described for us the October 3 hijacking of Turkish Airlines Boeing 737 flight 1476. Yalcin said Turkish national Hakan Ekinci seized control of the flight soon after its departure from Tirana in route to Istanbul's Ataturk [...]
2006-10-05 09:59:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER EAIR ASEC TU
06ANKARA6072ENCOURAGING TURKISH ATTENDANCE AT THE NOVEMBER 7-8
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-20 13:50:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL ASEC PGOV JN TU
06ANKARA723ATTACKS ON TURKISH POLICE MARK SIXTH ANNIVERSARY
[...] (C) Summary: The Turkish press reported two separate February 16 attacks on Turkish police in Istanbul and various demonstrations in southeastern Turkey. These attacks, and similar attacks over the past two weeks (reftel),are probably orchestrated by PKK/Kongra-Gel and related Kurdish groups [...]
2006-02-16 12:48:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER ASEC TU
06ANKARA989TURKEY: SIXTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: OVERVIEW AND
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in Reftel A. This is part 1 of 3 (septel). Embassy point of contact is Linda Fenton, telephone number 90-312-455-5555 X 2513, fax number 90-312-468-4775. Fenton (FS-04) spent a [...]
2006-02-28 13:37:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF TU
06ANKARA990TURKEY: SIXTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: INVESTIGATION
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in Reftel A. This is part 2 of 3 (septel). -------------------------------------------- Investigation and Prosecution of Traffickers ------------------------------------------ [...]
2006-02-28 13:37:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF TU
06ANKARA991TURKEY: SIXTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: PROTECTION AND
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in Reftel A. This is part 3 of 3 (septel). ------------------------------------ Protection and Assistance to Victims ------------------------------------ [...]
2006-02-28 13:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF TU
06ANTANANARIVO1122TEST-RETURNING EXILE RAISES TENSION IN MADAGASCAR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The planned return to Madagascar of an exiled political leader, Pierrot Rajaonarivelo, has the potential to trigger unrest in some parts of the country. Rajaonarivelo, a former Vice Prime Minister and the Secretary General of the AREMA Party, has been tried and sentenced in abs [...]
2006-10-06 11:35:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC MA PGOV PREL
06ANTANANARIVO1134TEST-2 RETURNING EXILE RAISES TENSION IN MADAGASCAR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The planned return to Madagascar of an exiled political leader, Pierrot Rajaonarivelo, has the potential to trigger unrest in some parts of the country. Rajaonarivelo, a former Vice Prime Minister and the Secretary General of the AREMA Party, has been tried and sentenced in absen [...]
2006-10-06 12:36:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC MA PGOV PREL
06ANTANANARIVO1136TEST-2 RETURNING EXILE RAISES TENSION IN MADAGASCAR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The planned return to Madagascar of an exiled political leader, Pierrot Rajaonarivelo, has the potential to trigger unrest in some parts of the country. Rajaonarivelo, a former Vice Prime Minister and the Secretary General of the AREMA Party, has been tried and sentenced in absen [...]
2006-10-06 12:58:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC MA PGOV PREL
06ANTANANARIVO1142 THWARTED RETURN OF EXILE RAISES POLITICAL TENSIONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The low-level political tension in Madagascar continues after the Government of Madagascar (GoM) closed a coastal airport on Saturday, October 7 to prevent the return of exiled political leader Pierrot Rajaonarivelo from Paris via Riunion. RajaonariveloQs supporters have peacefu [...]
2006-10-10 14:59:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC CASC MA
06ANTANANARIVO1297 FORMER GENERAL ATTEMPTS "COUP" ACTION
[...] (SBU) Former Army General Andrianafidisoa, also known as General Fidy, and 12 to 20 supporters made an unsuccessful attempt at a military coup from November 17 to 18 in Madagascar's capital of Antananarivo. Early November 17, General Fidy and supporters -- officers, enlisted, and militia known [...]
2006-11-18 10:32:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM PINR ASEC CASC MA
06ANTANANARIVO1301GENERAL FIDY STILL AT LARGE AFTER COUP ATTEMPT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-20 12:41:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM PINR ASEC CASC MA
06ANTANANARIVO1304GENERAL FIDY STILL AT LARGE AFTER COUP ATTEMPT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Antananarivo is calm and quiet in the wake of the failed weekend coup attempt although the "coup" leader, General Fidy, remains in hiding and in occasional contact with the press. Fidy appears to have grossly over-reached as few military officers rallied to his cause. During hi [...]
2006-11-20 13:51:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM PINR ASEC CASC MA
06ANTANANARIVO1389 RENEGADE GENERAL FIDY CAPTURED
[...] (SBU) Mixed Police and Gendarmes forces arrested "coup" leader and renegade General Andrianafidisoa (Fidy) in Antananarivo the evening of December 12 (reftel). Media reports indicate General Fidy was surprised and did not resist. As a military suspect, Fidy is held by the Gendarmes Brigade i [...]
2006-12-13 13:23:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM PINR ASEC CASC MA
06ANTANANARIVO1423ANNUAL OSAC CRIME/SAFETY REPORT FOR MADAGASCAR/COMOROS
[...] OVERALL CRIME AND SAFETY SITUATION: --------------------------------------- Crime occurs in Madagascar as it does in most major cities in the world. However, despite the continued impoverished economy Antananarivo has seen a decrease in violent crimes. Moreover, the recent successful Preside [...]
2006-12-20 12:09:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC KSAC MA
06ASHGABAT1289TURKMENISTAN'S PRESIDENT SAPARMYRAT NIYAZOV DIES
[...] (U) This is an action message. Request para 14. Summary ------- 2. (C) Turkmenistan's President, Saparmyrat Niyazov,died at approximately 0100 local time on December 21, as has been confirmed by the official state media. The funeral will be held December 24, and Turkmenistan will obs [...]
2006-12-21 09:30:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CASC ASEC TX
06ASHGABAT1292NIYAZOV DEATH SITREP 001: 12/21/2006
[...] (C) Post has learned that Afghanistani President Karzai, Ukrainian President Yushchenko, Kazakhstani President Nazarbajev, Uzbekistani President Kerimov and Tajikistani President Rahmonov are planning to attend the funeral. In addition Armenian Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan, Georgian Pri [...]
2006-12-21 14:55:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC CASC TX
06ASHGABAT1295NIYAZOV DEATH SITREP 002: 12/22/2006
[...] (C) During a December 22 meeting of the Emergency Action Committee, post reviewed drawdown tripwires and agreed that there was no need to consider drawdown at this time. The political situation remains stable, with governmental offices continuing to function. Funeral events will begin 9:00 [...]
2006-12-22 10:55:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC CASC TX
06ASHGABAT1301NIYAZOV DEATH SITREP 003: 12/22/06
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes Washington's discussion of next steps for Turkmenistan and offers the following input: -- The focus should be on the historic opportunity for a "new relationship," and respect for the outcome of the transition to a new president. Having A/S Boucher head the USG delega [...]
2006-12-22 13:33:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ASEC CASC TX
06ASHGABAT1313DEATH OF NIYAZOV SITREP 005: 12/27/2006
[...] (C) Turkmenistan remains calm. Peace Corps volunteers are returning to their assigned cities, and government institutions are continuing to function, albeit in some chaos. Charge met today with the head of the Americas section at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to discuss next steps, includ [...]
2006-12-27 14:26:00Embassy AshgabatSECRETPGOV PREL ASEC CASC TX
06ASHGABAT134EMBASSY ASHGABAT HOLDS AVIAN FLU TOWN HALL
[...] On January 25, 2006 the Embassy organized a town hall meeting for resident American citizens in Turkmenistan to discuss concerns regarding avian flu. Approximately 40 Americans (including Embassy and Peace Corps staff) attended the event. 2. Ambassador informed the audience that although [...]
2006-01-26 06:53:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAGR ETRD CMGT KFLU TX
06ASHGABAT257EMBASSY ASHGABAT SUBMISSION FOR 2006
[...] (U) The following is Embassy Ashgabat's responses to the 2005-2006 Trafficking in Persons Report for Turkmenistan. The report follows the guidelines outlined in reftel. 2. (SBU) U.S. Embassy Ashgabat's point of contact for anti- trafficking in persons programs is: Ian Turner, Consular Off [...]
2006-03-06 11:47:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC ELAB KCRM KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG TX
06ASHGABAT880DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE STUDY TOUR ARRANGEMENTS FOR
[...] In response to reftel request to extend an invitation to the Government of Turkmenistan to nominate 10 law enforcement officials to a study tour of the United States this October, the embassy forwarded an official notification to the government on August 15. Embassy requested a list of nominee [...]
2006-08-18 08:06:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KCRM SNAR OTRA TX
06ASMARA756OLF CHAIRMAN SPEAKS ON ENDF AND RECENT OROMO
[...] (C) On September 22, Poloff met with Oromo Liberation Front(OLF) Chairman Daoud Ibsa in Asmara. Daoud provided further insight into the state of affairs of the Ethopian National Defense Force (ENDF) and the OLF efforts in Ethiopia, following the September defections of two high level ENDF gene [...]
2006-09-25 12:09:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS KDEM ASEC ET ER
06ASTANA32KAZAKHSTAN ENACTS LONG-AWAITED ANTI-TRAFFICKING AMENDMENTS
[...] On March 2, President Nazarbayev signed into law a comprehensive set of anti-Trafficking in Persons amendments ("TIP amendments") drafted by an inclusive interagency anti-trafficking Working Group. The TIP amendments strengthen anti-trafficking provisions within the criminal code, the code o [...]
2006-04-19 05:30:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREL PREF PGOV
06ASTANA559INL TRAINING, OCTOBER 30 - NOVEMBER 2, FRANKFURT RSC
[...] Summary: INL/RM, INL Regional Officer, and INL/AAE conducted training for INL personnel and financial management staff from missions in Central Asia, Russia, Georgia, Armenia and Ukraine at the Frankfurt Regional Support Center (RSC) October 30-November 2. 2. The training introduced par [...]
2006-11-13 04:59:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM AMGT AFIN ASEC
06ASTANA689KAZAKHSTAN: DEFACTO DELAY IN AML LAW?
[...] Summary: Enactment of an extension of the Property Legalization Law until April 1, 2007 is likely to create similar delay in the enactment of the anti-money laundering (AML) and counter terrorism financing law currently under consideration in the Kazakhstani Mazhilis (lower house of parliament) [...]
2006-11-29 09:36:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR ASEC KCOR KCRM PREL KZ
06ASTANA901KAZAKHSTAN: COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] Included is Post's submission for the 2006 Annual Terrorism Report for Kazakhstan, as well as point of contact information as requested in reftel. 2. Embassy point of contact is: Douglas Monk +7(3172) 70-24-79 monkd@state.gov 3. Note: Post requests that the term "Kazakhstani" not b [...]
2006-12-21 01:41:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC KRCM EFIN KHLS KPAO KZ
06ASUNCION1053PARAGUAY'S ANTI-DRUG UNIT SEIZES MORE WEAPONS
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Paraguay's Anti-Drug Secretariat (SENAD) struck again, landing its third major weapons seizure in two months when it raided the Asuncion home and store of a registered arms dealer October 13. SENAD confiscated 195 firearms, C-4 explosives and approximately 8,000 rounds of amm [...]
2006-10-19 11:27:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALASEC KCRM PTER SNAR PINR PA
06ASUNCION1089PARAGUAY: ANTI-DRUG UNIT SUCCESS NO ACCIDENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Paraguay's National Anti-Drug Secretariat (SENAD) has taken serious steps to combat illicit trafficking of narcotic drugs by disrupting important cocaine and marijuana trafficking networks in close cooperation with international law enforcement agencies. The arrests of important d [...]
2006-10-30 18:43:00Embassy AsuncionSECRETASEC KCRM PTER SNAR PINR PA
06ASUNCION1123COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TREASURY ADVISOR JOSEPH
[...] Per reftel, country clearance is granted for Joseph Bognanno, Diplomatic Passport: 900525202, Clearance:Secret, for travel to Asuncion during the period of November 27 - December 1, 2006, for the purpose of working with INL to provide technical assistance to the Superintendent of Banks and Fin [...]
2006-11-07 20:15:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR AMGT ASEC PA AR CI UY
06ASUNCION1221SUSPECT COURT RULING SPARKS OUTRAGE AND VIOLENCE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: A court decision to convict of manslaughter the owners of a supermarket in which 350-plus perished in a fire -- vice the murder charges most Paraguayans clearly sought -- prompted December 5 the worst rioting Asuncion has seen since 1999 riots toppled then-President Cubas. Violenc [...]
2006-12-06 20:25:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPHUM ASEC PINS SNAR KCRM PA
06ASUNCION1248COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TREASURY ADVISOR JOSEPH
[...] Per reftel, country clearance is granted for Joseph Bognanno, Diplomatic Passport: 900525202, Clearance:Secret, for travel to Asuncion during the period of December 17-22, 2006, for the purpose of working with INL to provide technical assistance to the Superintendent of Banks and Financial Int [...]
2006-12-15 16:27:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR AMGT ASEC PA AR CI UY
06ASUNCION1265GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR - GLOBAL PURSUIT OF TERRORIST
[...] (U) ON DECEMBER 21, 2006, CONSUL MET WITH PARAGUAYAN IMMIGRATION DIRECTOR, ARSENIO ORUE, WHO PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION TO QUESTIONS IN REFTEL: A. (SBU) IMMIGRATION DATABASES: 1) (SBU) WHAT COMPUTERIZED IMMIGRATION DATABASES ARE USED TO TRACK ENTRIES AND EXITS? IS THE IMMIGR [...]
2006-12-27 20:50:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALKVPR PTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS PA
06ASUNCION149PARAGUAY'S LEFTIST PATRIA LIBRE ACCUSED OF KILLING
[...] (C) Summary: On February 6, an undercover Paraguayan National Police officer was shot and killed by automatic gunfire in an ambush in the Department of Concepcion. The leftist Patria Libre Party (PPL) is accused of the killing in retaliation for the February 5 arrests of several relatives and [...]
2006-02-09 22:06:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPTER PINR PGOV ASEC KCRM PA CO CU VE
06ASUNCION182PARAGUAY: UPDATE ON LEFTIST PATRIA LIBRE ARRESTS
[...] SUMMARY: (S//NF) Police officials transferred the six members of the leftist Patria Libre Party, who were arrested on February 5 in connection to the recent seizure of a truck containing weapons and explosives, to Emboscada High Security Prison. Separately, they discovered letters declaring t [...]
2006-02-17 15:53:00Embassy AsuncionSECRETPTER PREL PINR PGOV ASEC SNAR MARR MASS KCRM
06ASUNCION210PARAGUAY: UPDATE ON LEFTIST ACTIVITY IN CONCEPCION
[...] (U) Summary: Patria Libre Party (PPL) militants blamed for the February 6 murder of a policeman in the Department of Concepcion (ref A) reportedly siphoned off funds transferred from bank accounts in Europe to legitimate campesino organizations. Brazilian authorities provided Paraguayan autho [...]
2006-02-27 11:09:00Embassy AsuncionSECRETPTER PINR PREL PGOV ASEC SNAR MARR MASS KCRM
06ASUNCION216PARAGUAY: THE SIXTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (SBU) This cable responds to the detailed questions regarding Anti-Trafficking in Persons efforts for Paraguay. OVERVIEW A. Paraguay is a source country for trafficked women and children, many of whom are smuggled across Paraguay's borders into the neighboring countries of Brazil and Arge [...]
2006-02-28 17:16:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF PA
06ASUNCION218PARAGUAY'S INTERIOR MINISTER ON ELECTION,
[...] (C) Summary: On 2/27 Interior Minister Rogelio Benitez told Ambassador President Duarte's recent election victory was an historic opportunity to cleanse the Colorado Party (ANR) and pursue Duarte's reform agenda. He highlighted differences between perceptions of insecurity and the reality. H [...]
2006-02-28 20:05:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PINR ASEC MARR SNAR CVIS KCRM
06ASUNCION568REPORT ON THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND
[...] Summary: Vice-Consul interviewed four individuals working in Paraguay's correctional system to obtain information on prisons and the criminal justice system. There are 13 correctional facilities in Paraguay housing approximately 5,000 inmates. Jails are overcrowded and inmates live in squ [...]
2006-06-01 20:51:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC CMGT PA
06ASUNCION789COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PROPOSED MAP PROCUREMENT
[...] Per reftel, country clearance is granted for Judith Monte, Diplomatic Passport: 900442164, Clearance:TS, for travel to Asuncion during the period of September 14-20, 2006, for the purpose of Map Procurement Mission. The conrol officer for the visit is Sterling Tilley, Jr., office tel.: 011-59 [...]
2006-08-03 18:56:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR AMGT ASEC PA AR CI UY
06ATHENS1144COUNTRY CLEARANCE AND THREAT ASSESSMENT
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of the House International Relations Committee Delegation led by Rep. Mike Pence and including Rep. Mike Ferguson, Rep. Lincoln Davis, Rep. Jim Costa, Rep. Joseph Pitts. Control Officer for the visit will be Marielle Martin, w [...]
2006-05-04 14:39:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC AFIN GM GR IZ OREP TU
06ATHENS1145COUNTRY CLEARANCE AND THREAT ASSESSMENT
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of the House International Relations Committee Delegation led by Rep. Mike Pence and including Rep. Mike Ferguson, Rep. Lincoln Davis, Rep. Jim Costa, Rep. Joseph Pitts. Control Officer for the visit will be Marielle Martin, w [...]
2006-05-05 03:57:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT AFIN ASEC GM GR IZ OREP TU
06ATHENS1691ACTIONS OF POLICE, NOT PROTESTERS, CONDEMNED AFTER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following months of demonstrations over now-stalled reforms to Greek higher education, another angry protest on June 27 left parts of central Athens damaged, including the U.S.-affiliated Hellenic American Union and University. Focusing on protesters' rights, media and opposi [...]
2006-07-03 14:20:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC SCUL GR
06ATHENS3231S/CT CRUMPTON DISCUSSES TERRORISM WITH GREEKS
[...] (C) Summary: On December 12, Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador Henry Crumpton met with the Greek Ministers for Foreign Affairs and Public Order and the Director General of the Greek National Intelligence Service (EYP). Discussions focused on the regional threat posed by terrorists u [...]
2006-12-21 08:47:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC OTRA PTER GR
06ATHENS3254ATHENS RSI DECEMBER 2006 READOUT
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On December 11, Embassy Athens hosted Chiefs of Mission and others from posts in Amman, Ankara, Beirut, Cairo, Nicosia, Rome (MFO),Sofia, and Tel Aviv, as well as participants from S/CT, INL, NEA, DOJ, OSD, CENTCOM, EUCOM, and the NCTC, for an Eastern Mediterranean conference [...]
2006-12-28 13:44:00Embassy AthensSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV ASEC OTRA PTER GR
06ATHENS900COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL HASTERT (APR 8-9)
[...] Embassy Athens warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for Representative J. Dennis Hastert, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and accompanying members of his delegation. The Control Officer for the April 8-9 visit is Karen Grissette. She can be reached during office hours throu [...]
2006-04-04 11:33:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GR IN NP VM
06AUCKLAND9VISAS VIPER: JANUARY MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT: NEW ZEALAND
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-13 18:39:00Consulate AucklandUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC NZ
06BAGHDAD1439REQUEST COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR BAGHDAD REFUGEE
[...] Country clearance is requested for the May 10 - 14 travel of Baghdad Refugee Coordinator Camille Hill to Jordan. Ms. Hill has filed an electronic request for travel form with ISU-Amman including requests for assistance with necessary hotel, regional air, and ground transportation arrangements [...]
2006-05-01 18:43:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA PREF SMIG SY IZ
06BAGHDAD152FOLLOW-UP TO JANUARY 10 EMERGENCY ACTION
[...] (SBU) On January 16, Deputy Chief of Mission and Regional Security Officer evaluated threat and movement information on Routes Dover and Tampa. DCM and RSO concluded that Route Dover will remain off- limits for Chief of Mission motorcade movements. Route Tampa may be utilized on a case-by-cas [...]
2006-01-18 13:09:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC AMGT CASC PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD1567MOI ARRESTS GENERAL, 17 OTHERS FOR KIDNAPPING
[...] (U) In an Al Jazeera television interview on May 7, Minister of Interior (MoI) Bayan Jabr announced the arrest of an Iraqi Major General and 17 other ministry employees implicated in kidnapping and death squad activities (interview was reported by Reuters). He said that the officer "kidnapped [...]
2006-05-11 18:12:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ASEC IZ
06BAGHDAD1869PM HOPES TO COMPLETE SELECTION OF SECURITY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 1 meeting with Ambassador, PM Maliki repeated his intent to complete selection soon of Ministers of Defense and Interior. MinDef will be either Abdel Qader al-Mufraji (if Kurds can be brought on board) or Nabil Khalil Saeed. MinInt candidates are Tawfiq Yasseri or Farouk [...]
2006-06-03 16:14:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETASEC IZ PGOV PREL
06BAGHDAD217POSSIBLE SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE ATTACK AGAINST
[...] (S) SUMMARY: On January 23, 2006 at about 1411 hours local time, a possible surface-to-air missile (SAM) was fired at a Coalition aircraft eight miles southwest of Baghdad International Airport (BIAP). Countermeasures were deployed and a possible detonation 100 meters from the aircraft was re [...]
2006-01-26 14:49:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETASEC IZ
06BAGHDAD2293AL-HILLAH 6/26/06 EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE
[...] (SBU) NOTE: Due to technical problems at REO Al-Hillah, Embassy Baghdad is transmitting this cable. END NOTE. 2. (SBU) The Regional Coordinator (RC) convened the Core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on June 26 to discuss threat information related to REO Al-Hillah. In attendance were the [...]
2006-06-30 13:24:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNASEC AMER PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD2316EMBASSY BAGHDAD - SECURITY FOR THE 231ST USMC
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel, Embassy Baghdad is planning a ceremony on the Embassy Annex compound to celebrate the 231st birthday of the United States Marine Corps. Due to the current threat environment at post, our security posture remains high. Post has significant COM and DOD assets deplo [...]
2006-07-03 08:04:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT ASEC KMSG IZ
06BAGHDAD2400PRT-BAGHDAD: PROVINCE'S SECURITY COMMITTEE
[...] (C) Summary: PRT Representatives attended the Baghdad Provincial Council (BPC) Security Committee meeting July 2. Discussions centered on the presence of foreign elements and other Anti-Iraqi Forces (AIF). The committee also discussed concerns about corruption and collusion within Baghdad-base [...]
2006-07-09 13:27:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPINS PGOV PREL PTER PINR ASEC IZ
06BAGHDAD2569PRT BAGHDAD: DISPLACED PERSONS STILL A CHALLENGE
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with PolOffs July 9, representatives of the 9 Nissan's District Advisory Council (DAC) described the difficulties facing the IDPs in the area, notably lack of assistance by the Iraqi government and the international community. The representatives commented on insecu [...]
2006-07-18 14:34:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL PTER PINR ASEC IZ
06BAGHDAD2907PRIME MINISTER ON SECURITY ISSUES
[...] (S) Summary: On July 29, MNF-I CG Casey briefed Prime Minister Maliki on security-related developments that had occured during his absence from Iraq. The Prime Minister's National Security Adviser, Dr. Mowaffaq Al-Rubaie was also present. General Casey stressed to the Prime Minister that the [...]
2006-08-12 09:32:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETASEC IZ MARR PREL PTER
06BAGHDAD2931MOWAFUQ AL-RUBBAIE ON SHIA AND SECURITY
[...] (C) Summary: In an August 10 meeting with the Ambassador and DCM, Iraqi National Security Advisor Mowafuq al-Rubaie discussed the Prime Minister's reservations about the use of force in the Baghdad Security Plan. Additionally, Rubaie acknowledged that there have been discussions about removing [...]
2006-08-13 12:56:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER ASEC MARR IZ
06BAGHDAD2932MALIKI TALKS ON DOMESTIC POLITICS AND TURKISH PKK
[...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: On August 10, the Prime Minister told the Ambassador that he had donated $27,000 to a new party formed by 600 former Ba'athists who now support the GOI. He criticized CoR Speaker Mashhadani for not cooperating with the government. The PM alleged that MNF-I publicly [...]
2006-08-13 13:14:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS ASEC TU IZ
06BAGHDAD3287PROVINCIAL LEADERS AGREE TO SUPPORT BAGHDAD
[...] (C) Summary: As the Baghdad Security Plan (BSP) begins to achieve results in the focus areas, the Baghdad Provincial Council (BPC) has begun to regain infrastructure reconstruction and economic recovery momentum. At a dinner hosted by the CDA, BPC Chairman Mu,eem al-Khademi, Baghdad Governor [...]
2006-09-06 06:16:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PINR ASEC IZ
06BAGHDAD343EMBASSY BAGHDAD AVIAN INFLUENZA TRIPWIRES AND
[...] The Embassy Baghdad Avian Influenza (AI) Working Group (AIWG, which included MED, ECON, Health Attache, IRMO, USAID, USDA/FAS, MGT, PAO, and MNF-I),met on January 18, 2006 to discuss Embassy tripwires and possible responses. Based on this meeting, the Embassy Health Unit drafted AI Tripwires [...]
2006-02-06 13:36:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDAMED AMGT CASC ASEC EAGR EAID TBIO KFLU
06BAGHDAD3912REQUEST TO USE BASRAH UN BUILDINGS
[...] (C) Summary: In his October 18 meeting with United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary General for Iraq, Ambassador Ashraf Jehangir Qazi, the Charge requested permission to allow Basrah's Regional Embassy Office staff to use UN Buildings on humanitarian grounds. Ambassador Qazi s [...]
2006-10-18 18:31:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALASEC PTER AMGT IZ
06BAGHDAD411REQUEST COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR BAGHDAD REFUGEE
[...] Country Clearance is requested for the February 19- March 4 travel of Baghdad Refugee Coordinator Camille Hill to Jordan and Syria. RefCoord is joining PRM/ANE Office Director Richard Albright and PRM/ANE Iraq Program Officer Liana Brooks-Rubin for meetings in Amman and Syria February 22 to [...]
2006-02-11 07:12:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA PREF SMIG SY IZ
06BAGHDAD417UN U/SYG VENESS AND DCM DISCUSS IZ TRANSITION PLAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Visiting UN U/SYG for Safety and Security David Veness called on the DCM on February 10 to discuss plans for the transition of the International Zone (IZ); short- and longer-term UN security and logistical arrangements; the development of Iraqi Security Forces (ISF); and the curre [...]
2006-02-11 12:31:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC PGOV ASEC IZ
06BAGHDAD4634AL-ANBAR PRT: RAMADI POLICE RECRUITS SEEK JOB
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Over 200 Anbari men from Ramadi and surrounding towns turned out on December 17 for the first day of a three-day recruiting drive for the Iraqi police forces. Many applicants cited job security as the main motivation for their interest in joining the Iraqi police. While they we [...]
2006-12-20 14:06:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PINS PHUM ASEC KJUS IZ
06BAGHDAD4654THE SECURITY SITUATION IN ANBAR: A YEAR-END REVIEW
[...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. 2. (S) Summary. The security situation in Anbar is typically described as "deteriorating," and there is little doubt that the enemy is deeply rooted here and ruthlessly pursues its goals. However, AQI is on the defensive. The organization may hav [...]
2006-12-21 16:38:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV PINS ASEC PHUM KDEM PINR IZ
06BAGHDAD511DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY PERSONNEL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Multi-National Security Transition Command Iraq (MNSTC-I) and U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Attache and Country Director have agreed to submit the following request for DHS specialists to assist the GOI in controlling its borders and ports of entry (POEs) for CY 20 [...]
2006-02-18 13:32:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PBTS ASEC EAIR SMIG PARM IZ
06BAGHDAD558TURKISH CONSULATE IN MOSUL MUST PROVIDE ITS OWN
[...] (C) The Turkish delegation led by Avni Botsali sent to evaluate sites for a new Turkish Consulate in Mosul (reftel) completed its visit and departed on February 18. Botsali, the Consul-General-designate, had hoped to come to Mosul, check the lay of the land, rent some property, and make it re [...]
2006-02-22 11:49:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU IZ ASEC
06BAGHDAD734IRAQ: ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (U) The following is post's submission to the annual trafficking in persons report. Embassy point of contact is PolOff Lourdes Lamela, US phone 914-822-2901 and at email Lamelalm @ state.gov. This report reflects approximately 26 hours of preparation. -------- OVERVIEW -------- 2. (U [...]
2006-03-07 19:24:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF PHUM PTER
06BAKU1156IBRAHIMOGLU LEADS 70 PERSON PROTEST AT ISRAELI
[...] (C) Former Juma Mosque Imam Ilgar Ibrahimoglu led a group of roughly 70 - 80 in an August 3 nonviolent protest of Israeli actions in the Middle East in front of the Israeli Embassy. Ibrahimoglu told Emboff that police officers arrived late and largely permitted the group to demonstrate without [...]
2006-08-04 14:00:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KISL ASEC CASC IS LE AJ
06BAKU1481COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMBASSADOR PETER ALLGEIER,
[...] Embassy Baku warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Ambassador Peter Allgeier to travel to Baku 15-18 October 2006 on a PD-sponsored Speaker program to conduct public outreach, in addition to meetings with the GOAJ on WTO accession. Control officer will be Public Diplomacy Officer Li [...]
2006-10-12 08:01:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT OVIP OTRA ETRD ASEC AJ
06BAKU170MINOR PROTESTS MARK MINSK GROUP CO-CHAIRS VISIT AS
[...] (SBU) The Karabakh Liberation Organization (KLO) once again was up to its usual tactics during the visit of the three OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs January 31-February 1. Ambassador Steven Mann, US Special Negotiator for the conflict and Minsk Group Co-Chair, was met at the airport by two noisy a [...]
2006-02-06 07:27:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KDEM ASEC KPAO PREL PGOV AJ
06BAKU1842AZERBAIJAN: 2006 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] Summary: Cooperation between Azerbaijan and the United States on counterterrorism predates the September 11, 2001 attacks and the waiver of Section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act in January 2002. Over the past five years, the GOAJ has continued to step up its efforts to combat terrorist fina [...]
2006-12-21 10:51:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EFIN KCRM KPAO PTER KHLS AEMR AJ KAPO
06BAKU206MINOR CARTOON PROTEST EVOLVES OUT OF ASHURA CEREMONIES
[...] (SBU) Following Ashura observances at one of Baku's main mosques on February 9, a group of around 200 protestors decided to break off from the main group to march to the French Embassy to protest the Mohammed cartoons. While the group was able to march a reasonable distance, it was finally sto [...]
2006-02-10 13:41:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KIRF KISL PGOV KDEM ASEC AJ
06BAKU235AMBASSADOR AND UN RESIDENT COORDINATOR URGE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 14 Ambassador Harnish along with representatives from UN agencies and the USAID country director met with Prime Minister Artur Rasizadeh to urge a more active response by the GOAJ to the avian influenza outbreak in Azerbaijan. In a positive step forward, Rasizadeh gav [...]
2006-02-15 13:36:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALKFLU SOCI TBIO KSCA EAGR EAID CASC ASEC AJ
06BAKU257AZERBAIJAN AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE: GOAJ,
[...] (SBU) International pressure on the GOAJ to take avian influenza seriously appears to have prompted the GOAJ to take action. Following Ambassador and UN Resident Coordinator,s February 14 approach to Prime Minister Rasizade (reftel) and European Commissioner Ferrero-Waldner,s February 16 pitc [...]
2006-02-17 14:18:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALEAGR EAID PGOV KFLU ASEC CASC AJ
06BAKU280ONE STEP FORWARD, TWO STEPS BACK; FEBRUARY 20
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At a February 20 briefing for the diplomatic corps on avian influenza, Azerbaijani Minister of Agriculture Abbasov reviewed the steps the GOAJ has taken and reported that the GOAJ's revised action plan had been submitted to the Cabinet of Ministers. Abbasov said the GOAJ now ha [...]
2006-02-23 04:31:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALEAGR KFLU EAID PGOV ASEC CASC AJ
06BAKU309AZERBAIJAN 2006 TIP REPORT SUBMISSION
[...] (U) As per reftel, paragraph 3 below begins Embassy Baku's submission on status of action the GOAJ has taken on combating human trafficking. Answers are keyed to questions in reftel. 2. (SBU) In preparing this report, Post has undertaken extensive contacts with international organizations, [...]
2006-02-28 08:52:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KWMN PREF PGOV PHUM KFRD ASEC ELAB
06BAKU317AZERBAIJAN'S OPPOSITION LEADERS DISCUSS PLANS WITH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During separate mid-February meetings with Ambassador, three prominent opposition leaders discussed their plans for party development and election strategies this year. While Ali Kerimli's Popular Front has reconstituted the Azadliq Bloc as a political bloc (without Musavat) an [...]
2006-02-28 14:16:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KDEM ASEC PGOV PREL PINR IR AJ
06BAKU324AZERBAIJAN: MALL PROTEST OVER DESTRUCTION OF THE
[...] (C) On February 25, fifteen miles north of Baku in the village of Nardardan, approximately 75 protesters demonstrated against the February 22 destruction of the Al-Askariya mosque in Iraq. Newspaper reports stated that Nardaran demonstrators also burned U.S., Danish and Israeli flags to expres [...]
2006-03-01 10:16:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL PHUM ASEC AJ
06BAKU362PRESIDENT'S DECREE GIVES GREATER POWERS TO NEW
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 27, President Aliyev issued a decree detailing the activities the new Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES) will undertake. In addition to the broad responsibilities outlined by the decree establishing the Ministry (ref b),the new decree called for: creation of a mi [...]
2006-03-07 11:21:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON ASEC KDEM PHUM PINR AJ
06BAKU455UPDATE ON NAGORNO-KARABAKH: CEASEFIRE VIOLATIONS
[...] (U) Militant rhetoric on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict during the past week followed reports of ceasefire violations and an announcement that three soldiers were convicted of treason for collusion with Armenia. Meanwhile President Aliyev called on the Armenians to accept the useful suggestions [...]
2006-03-23 13:17:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PBTS MOPS ASEC AJ
06BAKU517UPDATE ON NAGORNO-KARABAKH: CEASEFIRE VIOLATIONS
[...] (U) Ceasefire violations continued over the last ten days, as eleven violations were registered and OSCE monitoring had to be stopped because of the firing. Militant rhetoric on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict continued from senior GOAJ officials, including President Aliyev, who said that the si [...]
2006-04-04 12:40:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PBTS MOPS ASEC AJ
06BAKU528AZERBAIJAN: COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LAWRENCE
[...] Embassy Baku warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to USDA FAS Lawrence Barbieri to travel to Baku on/about 3-6 May 2006, to participate in the U.S.- Azerbaijan Joint Economic Task Force on 4 May 2006. Control officer will be Economic Officer Aaron Scheibe. Mr. Scheibe can be reached a [...]
2006-04-05 13:06:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC EAGR OTRA AJ
06BAKU631CONVICTION OF ARMY OFFICER IN HUNGARY SPARKS SMALL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a case closely followed by many Azerbaijanis, on April 13 a Hungarian court convicted Army Lieutenant Ramil Safarov to life imprisonment for the February 2004 murder of an Armenian officer during a NATO Partnership for Peace (PfP) exercise. Azerbaijani media has followed every [...]
2006-04-25 10:52:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPHUM KDEM PGOV PREL PBTS ASEC AM AJ
06BAKU782PROTESTS IN IRAN CONTINUE TO MAKE NEWS IN
[...] (U) The protests by Azeri-Iranians in northern Iran continue to supply a steady diet of news stories to an interested readership in Azerbaijan. The TURAN news agency cites unnamed Iranian sources to the effect that "tens of thousands" participated in a major protest in the Iranian city of Par [...]
2006-05-30 12:57:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM PINR ASEC IR AJ
06BAMAKO521FALLOUT FROM QADHAFI'S VISIT CONTINUES AS TUAREGS
[...] (C) Summary. The fallout from Qadhafi's tumultuous mid-April visit to Timbuktu (ref A) continued to spread as members of the National Assembly expressed concern over Libya's intentions and some Tuareg leaders requested autonomy for Kidal. On April 19 a group of National Assembly Deputies sug [...]
2006-05-08 16:16:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PGOV EINV ASEC ML
06BAMAKO577ARMED ASSAILANTS ATTACK MILITARY POSTS IN KIDAL -
[...] (C) The Embassy has received reports of an attack by armed assailants on two military posts in Kidal. According to Embassy contacts, the attack and an ensuing gun battle occurred during the early hours of May 23. Although reports are contradictory, the attackers appear to have targeted a lar [...]
2006-05-23 13:44:00Embassy BamakoSECRETASEC PREL PGOV PINR CASC ML
06BAMAKO578EAC DECISIONS REGARDING ATTACKS IN KIDAL AND
[...] (C) As noted in reftel, the Ambassador chaired an EAC meeting at 1400 following reports of apparently coordinated attacks on Malian military bases in Kidal and Menaka. The results of the EAC meeting are noted below. 2. (C) The Embassy's RSO confirmed that no tier one tripwires have been re [...]
2006-05-23 17:11:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALASEC PREL PGOV PINR CASC ML
06BANDARSERIBEGAWAN572BRUNEI'S HARI RAYA: OPEN TALK AT OPEN HOUSES
[...] (C) At this year's Hari Raya open houses -- a custom that distinguishes Brunei's celebration of the post-Ramadan month -- Ambassador and DCM heard unusually candid views from senior GoB officials on issues ranging from royal succession, bilateral security cooperation, and the status of major [...]
2006-11-08 03:39:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC ECON SOCI CVIS MARR PTER PHUM
06BANDARSERIBEGAWAN582COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA LOURDES Q. MAURICE
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for Federal Aviation Administration Chief Scientific and Technical Advisor, Office of Environment and Energy Lourdes Q. Maurice to visit Brunei from November 30 - December 1 to do a presentation on Communicating Aviation's Environmental Challenges f [...]
2006-11-14 04:17:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA ASEC BX
06BANDARSERIBEGAWAN629BRUNEI MONITORS JAMA'AT AL-TABLIGH
[...] (S) French Ambassador to Brunei told Ambassador that the Government of Brunei's Internal Security Division (ISD) informed the French external intelligence service that it is actively monitoring approximately 400 Bruneian residents who are members of the Islamic missionary organization Jama'at [...]
2006-12-14 07:15:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanSECRET//NOFORNASEC BX PINR PTER
06BANDARSERIBEGAWAN636PURSUIT OF TERRORIST INFO EXCHANGE WITH BRUNEI
[...] (C) Reftel requested reporting on Government of Brunei (GOB) activities to collect identifying personal information on terrorists or suspected terrorists. Following post assessment is keyed to questions posed reftel. The majority of this information has not/not been publicly released by the [...]
2006-12-22 08:36:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanSECRETASEC BX CVIS KHLS KVPR PINR PREL PTER
06BANGKOK111US-AUSTRALIA-JAPAN TRILATERAL COUNTERTERRORISM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to reftel, we have met twice with our Australian and Japanese counterparts to coordinate counterterrorism actions in Thailand more closely. We found a high level of agreement on the main counterterrorism concern here, the growing anti-government violence in the three [...]
2006-01-06 10:04:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL ASEC TH
06BANGKOK1261THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR: S/CT, AMBASSADOR
[...] (U) Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Amb. Crumpton from March 4 - 7, 2006. 2. (U) Hotel reservations have been made at: Four Seasons Hotel, 155 Rajadamri Road, Bangkok Tel: 66-2-251-6127 Fax: 66-2-254-5390 Room rate is $125.00 net (taxes and American breakfast [...]
2006-03-02 03:50:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER OTRA ASEC AMGT TH
06BANGKOK1302THE THAI ARMY COMES TO DINNER
[...] (C) Summary. During a March 2 dinner hosted by the Ambassador, Royal Thai Army (RTA) CINC, GEN Sonthi Boonyaratglin and his senior staff appeared relaxed and gave no indication that the Army plans to involve itself in the ongoing political crisis. Sonthi told the Ambassador that he had rec [...]
2006-03-02 11:34:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL MARR TH TRT SNAP
06BANGKOK1342LABOR LEADER PREDICTS LARGE MARCH 5 ANTI-THAKSIN
[...] (C) Summary: A senior Thai labor leader, who played a key role in organizing labor turnout for the 1992 pro-democracy demonstrations, said there are signs that the coming March 5 anti-Thaksin rally will attract a huge crowd fueled by protesters arriving in Bangkok mid-week. Somsak Kosaisook s [...]
2006-03-03 10:26:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALASEC ECON ELAB PGOV PREL TH
06BANGKOK1376THAI POLITICAL UPDATE: DUELING DEMOS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Thaksin's ruling Thai Rak Thai had the bigger demonstration, but the opposition rally on Sunday had more spirit. Thaksin promised more of everything: political reform, transparency and, by the way, a pay raise for civil servants. The opposition scored by turning out a bigger cr [...]
2006-03-06 23:57:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ASEC TH SNAP TRT
06BANGKOK1539DCM RECEIVES DEMARCHE - MYSTERY FLYERS IN LA
[...] (C) On March 13, DCM Arvizu received a demarche from MFA Director-General Nongnuth Phetcharatana related to the distribution of flyers in Los Angeles that make "inappropriate references" to the King and the Crown Prince. According to DG Nongnuth, the 18-page flyer was distributed in Los Angele [...]
2006-03-13 08:54:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC TH
06BANGKOK1546DELPHIC ORACLES AND BLACK MAGIC - THAILAND UPDATE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: All TV stations, at the request of the Palace, ran film of the King's May 1992 meeting with General Suchinda and protest leader Chamlong, in which the King called on them to avoid confrontation and find a peaceful solution. In the wake of the Sunday evening broadcast, there have [...]
2006-03-14 00:01:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ASEC TH TRT
06BANGKOK194 COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO BANGKOK FOR STAFFDEL STOPHER
[...] (U) Embassy Bangkok warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to STAFFDEL Stopher to travel to Thailand from January 17 to January 19, 2006, per REFTEL. 2. (U) Embassy Point of Contact (POC) David Marsden, Deputy Chief, SA. Work phone: 66-2-205-4988, Cell: 66-1-205-0474 Fax: 66-2-2 [...]
2006-01-11 08:02:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN CB RP TH UK VM
06BANGKOK1946ELECTION ON APRIL 2. THEN WHAT?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The elections on Sunday will not end the political crisis. Given the lack of monitors or meaningful opposition parties, it seems likely that Thaksin's Thai Rak Thai (TRT) will be able to rack up a substantial vote. However, it faces serious problems in the South, and potentiall [...]
2006-03-31 11:02:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC PHUM TH
06BANGKOK2270MOVING FORWARD ON AN SEA CT STRATEGY
[...] (S/REL AUS UK CAN) SUMMARY: On March 6, Embassy Bangkok and S/CT Ambassador Henry Crumpton hosted regional Chiefs of Mission and participants from other U.S. agencies to follow up on the January CT consultations in Jakarta (REFTELS). Chiefs of Mission (COMs) continued to develop a framework to [...]
2006-04-19 23:37:00Embassy BangkokSECRETASEC PTER CASC PGOV PINS KJUS KISL TH
06BANGKOK253 REQUEST FOR AUTHORIZATION - STAFFDEL STOPHER
[...] Reftel authorized disbursement of maximum USG per diem rate in USD equivalent, plus USD 50 for actual cost, local transportation, and other expenses for Staffdel Stopher/Ennis/Parker travel. Request authorization to pay each Staffdel officer one additional day lodging at USG per diem rate fo [...]
2006-01-13 08:10:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN CB RP TH UK VM
06BANGKOK2989COUNTRY CLEARANCE: STAFFDEL GROVE VISIT TO BANGKOK
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes May 27-28 and June 1 (transit) visit of Staffdel Grove to Bangkok. Initial POC is Political Officer James Cole (66-2-205-4816 (O); 66-2-287-4652 (H); 66-1 868-0498 (Cell) Colejf@state.gov (e-mail)). Embassy vehicle and driver will meet Mr. Grove and Ms. Chang on arri [...]
2006-05-18 08:46:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AFIN AMGT ASEC BM TH
06BANGKOK4618STAFFDEL GREGORY
[...] Post welcomes Mr. Douglas Gregory, LTC Edward Martin and COL Ray Helton from August 3-5, 2006. 2. Per reftel request, hotel reservations have been made at: Conrad Hotel, All Seasons Place, 87 Wireless Road, Bangkok. Tel: (66-2) 690-9999 Fax: (66-2) 690-9000 Room rate is $125.00 net [...]
2006-07-31 03:02:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN TH
06BANGKOK5058SCENESETTER FOR THE AUGUST 26 - SEPTEMBER 2 VISIT
[...] (C) Ellen, we look forward to your visit to Thailand. Bilateral relations with Thailand have been generally excellent. Thailand is a security treaty ally and has been firmly supportive of the Global War on Terror. American businesses have over $20 billion in direct investment in Thailand, an [...]
2006-08-18 07:27:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL ASEC OTRA TH
06BANGKOK5203CAR BOMB DISCOVERED NEAR PRIME MINISTER'S RESIDENCE
[...] (C) Summary: On August 24, Police defused a large car bomb in the neighborhood of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's residence and arrested an Army Lieutenant who works for a controversial retired Army Major General, Panlop Pinmanee. General Panlop has been dismissed from his position as Deput [...]
2006-08-24 11:16:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALASEC PINS MOPS PGOV TH
06BANGKOK5204CAR BOMB DISCOVERED NEAR PRIME MINISTER'S RESIDENCE
[...] (C) Summary: On August 24, Police defused a large car bomb in the neighborhood of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's residence and arrested an Army Lieutenant who works for a controversial retired Army Major General, Panlop Pinmanee. General Panlop has been dismissed from his position as Deput [...]
2006-08-24 11:18:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALASEC PINS MOPS PGOV TH
06BANGKOK5228NO CLARITY ON ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT
[...] (C) Authorities have released no further useful information yet today about the bomb discovered August 24 by the Prime Minister's residence Government. Government and security officials have proclaimed that the bomb was an assassination attempt. The Defense Minister told the press it was a [...]
2006-08-25 11:31:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALASEC PINS PGOV TH
06BANGKOK5255CABINET MEMBER DISCUSSES THAI POLITICAL SITUATION
[...] (C) Cabinet member Suranand Vejjajiva told us on August 28 that he sought to encourage Prime Minister Thaksin to withdraw from politics as soon as possible, but others around Thaksin urged him to continue fighting his political opponents. Suranand, Minister Attached to the Prime Minister's Of [...]
2006-08-28 10:01:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS ASEC TH
06BANGKOK5463EX-CABINET SECRETARY ASSESSES PM THAKSIN'S POSITION
[...] (C) Thailand has become a police state, according to former Cabinet Secretary Borwornsak Uwanno, who claimed the government tapped the phones of political figures and that some key Thaksin Shinawatra loyalists remained in place out of fear. In a September 5 call on the Ambassador, Borwornsak [...]
2006-09-06 09:36:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM MOPS ASEC TH
06BANGKOK5466THAKSIN ADVISOR HEAPS SCORN ON OPPONENTS
[...] (C) Efforts to destroy Prime Minister Thaksin represent the decrepit Thai royalist oligarchy's desire to overthrow democracy, according to close Thaksin advisor Pansak Vinyaratn. In a September 5 meeting with the Ambassador, Pansak claimed Thaksin intended to withdraw from politics after the [...]
2006-09-06 09:45:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM MOPS ASEC TH
06BANGKOK5565THAKSIN LOYALIST SEES LIGHT AT THE END OF THE
[...] (C) Former House of Representatives Speaker Bhokin Bhalakula claimed the upcoming legislative election would reaffirm majority support for Thai Rak Thai (TRT),although Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra likely would not seek to remain as Prime Minister. In a September 8 lunch with the Ambassa [...]
2006-09-11 09:32:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PHUM MOPS ASEC TH
06BANGKOK5567THAI DEPUTY PM OPTIMISTIC ABOUT UPCOMING ELECTION
[...] (C) Deputy Prime Minister Suwat Liptapanlop predicted PM Thaksin Shinawatra's Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party would win a majority of the vote in the upcoming legislative election, and participation of opposition parties would diminish the enthusiasm for street demonstrations. In a September 11 lun [...]
2006-09-11 09:39:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS ASEC TH
06BANGKOK5711MILITARY AND PRIME MINISTER FACE OFF OVER MILITARY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The police have arrested more military personnel from the controversial military Internal Security Operation Command (ISOC) in connection with the alleged car bomb assassination attempt against Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Thai opinion is still very divided about whether t [...]
2006-09-15 10:26:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PHUM MOPS ASEC TH
06BANGKOK5747SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: FIRST WESTERNER KILLED IN
[...] (C) Summary. Six bombs exploded in the southern city of Hat Yai on the night of September 16, wounding at least sixty people and killing four--including a Canadian-American. This is the first Western-fatality linked to the ongoing separatist violence in Thailand's southern provinces. Althoug [...]
2006-09-18 10:34:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV CASC PINR PTER ASEC TH
06BANGKOK5814THAILAND MILITARY COUP LEADER BRIEFS FOREIGN
[...] 1. (C) Summary: The Thai military-led "Council for Democratic Reform Under the Constitutional Monarchy" (CDRM) held a briefing for the Bangkok diplomatic corps and defense attaches at Royal Thai Army Headquarters in Bangkok on September 20. Speaking for the CDRM, Army Commander-in-Chief So [...]
2006-09-20 13:02:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PHUM MOPS ASEC TH
06BANGKOK5832FORMER PREMIER ANAND: COUP FORESTALLED VIOLENCE
[...] (C) The September 19 coup d'etat forestalled an imminent violent confrontation between enemies and loyalists of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, according to former Prime Minister Anand Panyarachun. In a September 21 meeting with the Ambassador, Anand related that Thaksin had already [...]
2006-09-21 11:04:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM MOPS ASEC TH
06BANGKOK5836THE MONARCHY'S ROLE IN THAILAND'S SEPTEMBER 19 COUP
[...] (C) It remains unclear whether Thailand's King encouraged or provided approval in advance for the September 19 coup d'etat by the Council for Democratic Reform Under the Monarchy (CDRM). However, the CDRM is publicly linked to the monarchy to a greater extent than previous coup plotters, and [...]
2006-09-21 11:40:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM MOPS ASEC TH
06BANGKOK5894NEW CONSTITUTION DRAFTER BRIEFS AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) Constitution drafter Borwornsak Uwanno briefed the Ambassador September 25 on the intentions of the Council for Democratic Reform Under the Monarchy (CDRM),including: - The issuance of an interim constitution, on/about October 1, that would restore protections for civil liberties and pr [...]
2006-09-25 10:36:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM MOPS ASEC TH
06BANGKOK5895THAILAND UPDATE: SEPTEMBER 25
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Council for Democratic Reform Under the Constitutional Monarchy (CDRM) banned both wiretapping and political activities against the interests of the CDRM. Television broadcasts have featured the coup leaders receiving the Royal Command that gave the King's imprimatur to their [...]
2006-09-25 11:10:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL MOPS KDEM ASEC TH
06BANGKOK5908PRIVY COUNCIL PRESIDENT PREM DISCUSSES TRANSITION
[...] (C) I spoke with Privy Council President Prem Tinsulanonda September 25, explaining I wanted to check on his well-being, given reports on the night of the coup that Thaksin had tried to arrange Prem's arrest. Sounding relaxed, confident, and very pleased with the course of events, Prem assured [...]
2006-09-26 04:10:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM MOPS ASEC TH
06BANGKOK5928THAI MFA PERMSEC CONFIDENT OF MEETING TWO WEEK
[...] (C) MFA Permanent Secretary Krit Garnjana-Goonchorn said the King would sign Thailand's interim constitution on September 29. In a September 26 meeting with the Ambassador, Krit said this constitution would provide for the Council for Democratic Reform (CDR) to become a new Security Council, [...]
2006-09-26 11:02:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM MOPS ASEC TH
06BANGKOK5972DEMOCRAT PARTY LEADER DISCUSSES COUP AFTERMATH
[...] (C) Democrat Party (DP) leader Abhisit Vejjajiva expressed confidence that Council for Democratic Reform (CDR) leader General Sonthi would happily relinquish power, but Abhisit thought the CDR would have difficulty restoring full civil liberties until taking measures against key Thaksin admini [...]
2006-09-28 10:57:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM MOPS ASEC TH
06BANGKOK6002CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR EMERGES AS TOP ECONOMIC
[...] (C) Summary: In a September 28 meeting with the Ambassador, Bank of Thailand Governor Pridiyathorn Devakula stated his intention to be the prime economic adviser to the soon to be appointed interim Prime Minister (reportedly, General Surayud Chulanond). He confirmed the CDR's commitment to [...]
2006-09-29 10:03:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PINS PHUM MOPS ASEC TH
06BANGKOK6004AMBASSADOR PRESSES CDR ON TRANSITION
[...] (C) The Ambassador on September 29 pressed Council for Democratic Reform (CDR) Secretary General Winai Phattiyakul to address concerns that CDR members would retain substantial influence after the promulgation of the interim constitution. Winai explained that certain provisions of the interim [...]
2006-09-29 10:28:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM MOPS ASEC TH
06BANGKOK6121THAILAND UPDATE: OCTOBER 5
[...] (C) Council for National Security (CNS) Secretary General Winai Phattiyakul told the press that the parliament would have to initiate the lifting of martial law; involving the not-yet-formed parliament could significantly delay the restoration of full civil liberties. An academic advisor to t [...]
2006-10-05 10:12:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ECON MOPS KDEM ASEC TH
06BANGKOK7501THE NEW PUSH FOR THAI POLICE REFORM
[...] (C) Summary. Plans to reform Thailand's notoriously venal and abusive police may be gaining steam, in part due to strong interest from the Prime Minister's office. While many people agree on the need for change--and the legislature is already drawing up plans--the exact prescription for refor [...]
2006-12-20 08:12:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PINR KHUM KDEM ASEC TH
06BANGUI157CAR: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET TRAINING
[...] A search of Embassy biographic and human rights files found no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights as of this date by the following individual nominated for IMET English Language Course (WCN 1210@, MASL B177009, 11/1/2006) and Infantry basic officer training (WCN 1210A, MASL B [...]
2006-10-19 13:58:00Embassy BanguiUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM ASEC MASS PREL PINR PINS CD
06BANJUL182THE GAMBIA: MORE ON FAILED COUP ATTEMPT
[...] (C) Amidst ongoing calm and atmosphere of general normality in the Gambian capital following the reportedly aborted coup plot March 21, GOTG source claims that the ringleader was spotted entering the Casamance region in Senegal. In March 22-23 meetings, our Emergency Action Committee (EAC) agr [...]
2006-03-23 18:35:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS CASC ASEC GA
06BANJUL184THE GAMBIA: PROMINENT JOURNALIST'S COMMENTS ON
[...] (C) Well-informed journalist, Pap Saine, expressed certainty that there had been a coup attempt foiled here March 21, asserting that the immediate cause was widespread discontent in the regular army over special benefits enjoyed by President Jammeh's guard force. Saine indicated that the numb [...]
2006-03-24 13:37:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS CASC ASEC PHUM GA
06BANJUL188THE GAMBIA: LATEST DEVELOPMENTS FOLLOWING COUP
[...] (C) President Jammeh issued a predictably tough, defiant statement on the failed coup attempt, describing the plotters as "bed bugs and fleas" and warning that they would receive no leniency. He also indicated the GOTG's determination to host the AU Summit in July as scheduled -- "whether any [...]
2006-03-27 14:30:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS CASC ASEC PHUM GA
06BANJUL190THE GAMBIA: POSSIBLE SENEGALESE ANGLE IN TELEVISED
[...] (C) On March 27, Amcit (dual national) Tamsir Jasseh and other suspects in the aborted March 21 coup attempt gave televised confessions of their involvement, and Jasseh's role, judging from his statement, was greater than he had previously indicated to Ambassador. The statements by Jasseh and [...]
2006-03-28 17:36:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS CASC ASEC PHUM GA
06BANJUL194THE GAMBIA: CALM, BUT JITTERY ENVIRONMENT
[...] (C) Amidst a calm, but jittery atmosphere, there have been additional televised statements by persons suspected of involvement in the March 21 coup attempt. A senior police official noted the release of two military officers cleared of involvement and estimated the remaining number of detaine [...]
2006-03-30 18:38:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS CASC ASEC PHUM GA
06BANJUL206THE GAMBIA: UPDATE ON AFTERMATH OF ABORTED COUP
[...] (C) Sources portray President Jammeh as still recovering from a sense of shock and betrayal following the aborted coup attempt March 21, although he works to convey the image of a leader fully in charge in his public appearances. The GOTG itself has yet to provide much information on the foile [...]
2006-04-04 18:11:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS CASC ASEC PHUM GA
06BANJUL212THE GAMBIA: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR ON AFTERMATH OF
[...] (C) In April 6 meeting with senior presidential adviser, Secretary General Njie, Ambassador reiterated our concern SIPDIS over reports of detainees' mistreatment, detention of National Assembly Speaker and others, and private newspaper's closure in connection with the recent aborted coup at [...]
2006-04-06 17:34:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS CASC ASEC PHUM KMCA GA SG
06BANJUL222THE GAMBIA: LATEST DEVELOPMENTS FOLLOWING FOILED
[...] (C) President Jammeh continues his efforts to demonstrate that he remains in charge and that the public is rallying around him, while opposition parties issued a statement April 9 expressing doubt about the GOTG's capacity to "manage the apparent crisis." There are signs of disarray at the N [...]
2006-04-10 17:19:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS CASC ASEC PHUM KMCA GA SG
06BANJUL225THE GAMBIA: FOLLOW-UP DEMARCHE ON DETAINEES
[...] (C) Ambassador met April 13 with Foreign Minister's deputy, William Joof, to reiterate our concern over authorities' reported abuses following the March 21 aborted coup plot and to reiterate our request for prompt access to detained American citizen (dual national) Tamsir Jasseh (ref a). (NOTE [...]
2006-04-13 13:22:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPROG PREL PHUM PINS CASC ASEC KMCA GA SG
06BANJUL233THE GAMBIA: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SPEAKER REMOVED,
[...] (C) The National Assembly Speaker, Sheriff Dibba, suspected of involvement in the failed coup plot, was released from detention April 15, but removed from the National Assembly by President Jammeh. A senior National Intelligence Agency official, Keemo Balajo, was also released and his job res [...]
2006-04-18 14:07:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS CASC ASEC PHUM KMCA GA SG
06BANJUL249THE GAMBIA: MORE DETAINEES RELEASED, OTHER
[...] (C) The General Manager and Editor-in-Chief of the journal, "Independent," are among detainees released April 20 and ostensibly cleared of involvement in the aborted coup plot March 21. Ambassador met April 21 with Interior Minister Jatta and pressed again for access to Amcit detainee and for [...]
2006-04-21 16:11:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS CASC ASEC PHUM KMCA GA SG
06BANJUL252THE GAMBIA: FURTHER DEMARCHE ON ACCESS TO AMCIT,
[...] (C) Ambassador met April 24 with Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary William Joof and repeated previous requests for SIPDIS access to Amcit Tamsir Jasseh, detained for suspected involvement in the March 21 aborted coup plot (ref a). Ambassador stressed dismay at the delay in our obtaining a [...]
2006-04-24 17:30:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS CASC ASEC PHUM KMCA GA SG
06BANJUL382THE GAMBIA: TSA AND USCG SECURITY ASSESSEMENT VISIT
[...] (U) SUMMARY. The port and airport of Banjul were reviewed by visitors from USCG and TSA in early June. Gambian officials welcomed the visits and were open to all recommendations for improvements to enhance security. Both the port and airport received overall favorable reviews and are judged t [...]
2006-06-15 17:51:00Embassy BanjulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYFAA PTER ASEC OTRA EWWT ETRD GA EAIR ECON
06BANJUL459THE GAMBIA: STATEMENT ON SITUATION IN LEBANON
[...] (U) The resident Lebanese community here has gone public with its concern over the situation in Lebanon, denouncing Israel over the violence. On July 18, local media carried the statement made on behalf of the Lebanese community by the Lebanese Honorary Consul, who condemned "in strongest term [...]
2006-07-18 14:17:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC PTER GA LE
06BANJUL472THE GAMBIA: UPDATE ON REACTION TO MIDEAST VIOLENCE
[...] (U) Following the resident Lebanese community's July 18 statement denouncing Israel for the ongoing Mideast violence (reftel),President Jammeh has also condemned the Israelis. In a televised statement marking the anniversary of his 1994 coup, Jammeh expressed concern over the clashes, but por [...]
2006-07-24 12:51:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC PTER GA LE
06BANJUL476TFLE01: FURTHER GAMBIAN REACTION TO MIDEAST
[...] (SBU) Following his July 21 statement criticizing Israel over the Mideast violence (reftel),President Jammeh has continued to denounce Israel. In a July 24 speech, he spoke of an "agenda of war in the Middle East" aimed at the destruction of Syrian and Iran so as to "allow the expansion of I [...]
2006-07-27 10:47:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC PTER GA LE
06BANJUL487TFLE01: GAMBIAN CONDEMNATION OF ISRAEL OVER QANA
[...] (SBU) The GOTG wasted no time in condemning Israel over the July 30 air strike on Qana, Lebanon. Issuing a statement the same day. the GOTG denounced "this atrocious Israeli action," describing it as "illegal, barbaric, and inhuman." It called on the "International Community" to "ensure the i [...]
2006-07-31 16:41:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC PTER GA LE
06BANJUL692THE GAMBIA: VERDICT IN SADDAM HUSSEIN CASE
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel, Ambassador convened the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to assess the possible impact on the local security environment of the conviction and sentencing to death of Saddam Hussein. There was agreement among EAC members that the verdict was not likely to generate [...]
2006-11-07 12:11:00Embassy BanjulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL CASC GA
06BANJUL765GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR- GLOBAL PURSUIT OF TERRORIST
[...] RSO met with host country officials, the Inspector General of Police and Director of Immigration. In those meetings both conveyed that the Gambia does not have a means of tracking suspected terrorists in the country. They do not have a digital tracking system at the border crossings to moni [...]
2006-12-21 15:53:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALASEC CVIS KHLS KVPR PGOV PINR PREL PTER
06BANJUL769THE GAMBIA: HOLIDAY SECURITY ADVISORY
[...] (C) In response to reftel, Ambassador convened EAC meeting December 22 to review the security posture of the Embassy and the private Amcit community in advance of the holiday period. On the eve of both major Islamic and Chrisitan holidays, EAC members noted the harmonious relationship between [...]
2006-12-22 11:16:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALASEC PTER CASC GA
06BANJUL778THE GAMBIA: EXECUTION OF SADDAM HUSSEIN
[...] (C) In response to reftel, Ambassador convened EAC meeting December 29 to review the security posture of the Embassy and the private Amcit community in light of the anticipated execution of Saddam Hussein. EAC members agreed that Hussein's execution was not/not likely to generate much interes [...]
2006-12-29 10:21:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALASEC PTER PGOV PHUM CASC KAWC KJUS IZ GA
06BASRAH120EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE- REO BASRAH 07/17/2006
[...] (SBU) The Deputy Regional Coordinator (DRC) chaired a session of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on July 17 to discuss the security situation in Basrah and possible implications from the current violence in Lebanon. Attending the meeting were representatives from the agencies at the Reg [...]
2006-07-20 08:31:00REO BasrahCONFIDENTIALASEC PTER IZ
06BASRAH121DETERIORATING SECURITY IMPACTING REO BASRAH
[...] (C) Summary: Following the arrest of a high ranking Jaysh al Mahdi (JAM) member on July 16 by the British military, the REO Basrah Palace compound has come under significant increased indirect fire (IDF) attacks, severely impacting REO operations. There is insufficient space in hard buildings [...]
2006-07-21 16:41:00REO BasrahCONFIDENTIALASEC AMGT PTER IZ
06BASRAH123EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE- REO BASRAH 07/23/06
[...] (C) The Deputy Regional Coordinator (DRC) chaired a session of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on July 23 to discuss the continued threat of sustained indirect fire (IDF) attacks and the lack of adequate hardened protection for all of the 419 personnel on the Regional Embassy Office (REO) [...]
2006-07-24 10:12:00REO BasrahCONFIDENTIALASEC AMGT PTER IZ
06BASRAH124UPDATE ON REO BASRAH PARTIAL REDEPLOYMENT
[...] (C) In the past 24 hours, the Regional Embassy Office (REO) has redeployed 115 personnel to other locations in Iraq. In the next 24 hours, another 22 personnel will be redeployed completing the bulk of REO Basrah's redeployment. The redeployment was accomplished utilizing existing transporta [...]
2006-07-27 06:35:00REO BasrahCONFIDENTIALAMGT ASEC IZ
06BASRAH126EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE - REO BASRAH 07/27/06
[...] (C) The Deputy Regional Coordinator (DRC) chaired a session of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on July 27 to discuss plans to manage the continued threat of sustained indirect fire (IDF) attacks with the reduced number of personnel on the Regional Embassy Compound. Attending the meeting [...]
2006-07-28 11:50:00REO BasrahCONFIDENTIALASEC AMGT PTER IZ
06BASRAH145MURDER INVESTIGATION OF REO BASRAH LOCAL EMPLOYEE
[...] (C) Summary: On August 26, 2006, a local Triple Canopy contract employee who worked as a translator at Basrah's Regional Embassy Office (REO) was murdered and her sister seriously injured as they returned home from work. RSO and ARSO interviewed the employee's two brothers, one of whom w [...]
2006-09-11 14:12:00REO BasrahSECRETASEC PGOV IZ
06BASRAH146MURDER INVESTIGATION OF BASRAH REO LOCAL EMPLOYEE
[...] (C) Summary: On August 26, 2006, a local Triple Canopy contract employee who worked as a translator at Basrah's Regional Embassy Office (REO) was murdered and her sister seriously injured as they returned home from work. RSO and ARSO interviewed the employee's two brothers, one of whom works [...]
2006-09-11 16:42:00REO BasrahCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC IZ
06BASRAH153REGIONAL EMBASSY OFFICE BASRAH EMERGENCY ACTION MEETING ON
[...] (C) The Regional Coordinator (RC) chaired a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on September 22, 2006, to discuss the latest indirect fire (IDF) attacks against the Regional Embassy Office (REO) and the general security situation. The EAC was prompted by a rocket attack on the REO [...]
2006-09-24 11:36:00REO BasrahCONFIDENTIALASEC PTER IZ AMGT
06BASRAH154REO BASRAH EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING ON 09/22/2006
[...] (C) The Regional Coordinator (RC) chaired a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on September 22, 2006, to discuss the latest indirect fire (IDF) attacks against the Regional Embassy Office (REO) and the general security situation. The EAC was prompted by a rocket attack on the REO [...]
2006-09-24 15:09:00REO BasrahCONFIDENTIALASEC PTER IZ
06BASRAH155TEMPORARY REDUCTION OF THE TRIPLE CANOPY FIXED SITE GUARD
[...] POST REQUESTS THAT 30 OF THE SCHEDULED 60 TCN PERUVIAN GUARDS NOT DEPLOY TO THE U.S. REO BASRAH AT THIS TIME. 2. THE GUARDS WERE SCHEDULED TO WORK ADDITIONAL POSTS CREATED BY NEW CACS (COMPOUND ACCESS CONTROLS),PROVIDE FOR ONE DAY OFF PER WEEK FOR EXISTING GUARDS AND ADD AN EXTRA GUARD IN T [...]
2006-09-28 10:46:00REO BasrahUNCLASSIFIEDASEC AMGT IZ
06BASRAH159REO BASRAH EAC MEETING ON 10/06/06
[...] (C) The Regional Coordinator (RC) chaired a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on October 6, 2006, to discuss the latest indirect fire (IDF) attacks against the Regional Embassy Office (REO) and the general security situation. The EAC was prompted by almost daily IDF and mortar a [...]
2006-10-08 13:13:00REO BasrahCONFIDENTIALASEC PTER AMGT IZ
06BASRAH161BASRAH PROVINCIAL COUNCIL MEMBER DEPLORES SECURITY
[...] (C) Summary: On October 15, the Regional Coordinator (RC) and poloff met with Basrah Provincial Council (BPC) member Sayed Ghali Nujem Mutar. The discussion focused on the miserable security situation in Basrah and the ineffectiveness of the security committee led by General Ali al-Hammadi a [...]
2006-10-15 17:19:00REO BasrahCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC IZ
06BASRAH162REO BASRAH EAC MEETING ON 10/15/2006
[...] (C) The Regional Coordinator (RC) chaired a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on October 15, 2006, to discuss the latest indirect fire (IDF) attacks against the Regional Embassy Office (REO) and the general security situation. Attending the meeting were the Regional Security Offi [...]
2006-10-16 07:21:00REO BasrahCONFIDENTIALASEC PTER AMGT IZ
06BASRAH163FURTHER EXPLANATION OF REO BASRAH'S SECURITY EQUITY
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-18 13:08:00REO BasrahCONFIDENTIALASEC PTER AMGT IZ
06BASRAH165REO BASRAH EAC MEETING ON 10/20/2006
[...] (C) The Regional Coordinator (RC) chaired a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on October 20, 2006, to discuss moving to a minimized staffing level due to the severe IDF threat against the Regional Embassy Office (REO) and the general security situation. Attending the meeting wer [...]
2006-10-21 15:51:00REO BasrahCONFIDENTIALASEC PTER AMGT IZ
06BASRAH177REO BASRAH EAC MEETING ON 12/29/06
[...] (S) The Regional Coordinator (RC) chaired a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on December 29, 2006, to discuss impending execution of Saddam Hussein. As per reftel, the EAC assessed the local reaction and threat in response to the execution. The EAC along with the British milit [...]
2006-12-29 13:22:00REO BasrahSECRETASEC IZ CMGT
06BASRAH50UK CONSULATE BASRAH TO TRIM ITS PERSONNEL
[...] (C) On April 7 and 9, UK Consul General (CG) James Tansley advised the Regional Coordinator (RC) for Regional Embassy Office Basrah (REO) that the UK Government planned to reduce temporarily Foreign Commonwealth Office (FCO) personnel at the consulate on the Basrah Palace compound. The recomme [...]
2006-04-09 13:12:00REO BasrahCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC PTER IZ
06BASRAH63BASRAH POLICE - A WORK IN PROGRESS
[...] (C) Summary: The Basrah police force is a barometer to gauge the ability of the local government to govern in the south, and a viable police force is essential to curb internal security threats. The police force has received large amounts of assistance from the Coalition and has made some pr [...]
2006-05-01 13:18:00REO BasrahSECRET//NOFORNPGOV KDEM ASEC IZ
06BASRAH65HASSAN AL-RASHID ON SECURITY, THE BASRAH GOVERNMENT AND THE
[...] (C) Summary: In a May 3 meeting with Badr Organization chief Hassan al-Rashid, the Regional Coordinator (RC) discussed the threats against the employees of the Regional Embassy Office (REO) in Basrah and suggested that splinter groups could be responsible. Hassan believes that the Basrah Pro [...]
2006-05-04 16:32:00REO BasrahCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC KDEM IZ
06BASRAH67BASRAH EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING 05/01/06
[...] (SBU) The Regional Coordinator for Regional Embassy Office Basrah (REO) chaired a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on May 1 to discuss the security situation in Basrah. The Deputy Regional Coordinator, RSO, ORA, CPATT, Triple Canopy, POL/ECON Section, USAID, SCID and KBR manage [...]
2006-05-05 12:00:00REO BasrahSECRETASEC PTER IZ
06BASRAH91EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING - REO BASRAH
[...] (SBU) The Deputy Regional Coordinator (DRC) chaired a session of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on June 1 to discuss the security situation in Basrah. The discussion centered on the impact of the Prime Minister's announcement of a state of emergency in Basrah, FSN intimidation, and the [...]
2006-06-03 05:11:00REO BasrahSECRETASEC PTER PGOV IZ
06BASRAH93SERIOUS CONCERNS WITH NEWLY-APPOINTED BASRAH SECURITY
[...] (C) Summary: It is unlikely that the 5-person emergency security committee appointed by PM Nouri Al Maliki will be able to positively impact on the security situation in Basrah. Three of its members, Badr Corps head Hadi al-Amiri, former Minister of Transportation Salam al-Maliki, and Minist [...]
2006-06-04 17:33:00REO BasrahCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KISL ASEC IZ
06BASRAH94PM MALIKI DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY IN BASRAH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a press conference in Basrah on May 31, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki declared a one-month state of emergency in Basrah and requested that the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) devise a security plan to stabilize the city. This announcement follows a May 29 press conference in Basra [...]
2006-06-05 15:23:00REO BasrahCONFIDENTIALAMGT ASEC PGOV PREL PTER IZ
06BASRAH95STATE OF EMERGENCY IN BASRAH IS "MESSY"
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Little changed on the streets the day after Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki completed his one-day visit to Basrah on May 31 and declared a state of emergency for one month in Basrah. REO contacts report that the PM's visit was well received by all residents of Basrah, except local [...]
2006-06-05 15:38:00REO BasrahCONFIDENTIALAMGT ASEC PGOV PREL PTER IZ
06BASRAH96VIOLENT ATTACKS IN BASRAH DESPITE STATE OF EMERGENCY
[...] (U) Summary: Following a suicide bomb at the main marketplace in Basrah, a Sunni mosque was attacked leading to increased fear among the Sunni population in Basrah. It is unclear exactly who was responsible for either attack, however, the State of Emergency declared by the Prime Minister has [...]
2006-06-06 05:21:00REO BasrahCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL ASEC IZ
06BEIJING11932AFM LI HUI PREVIEWS SCO SUMMIT, COMMENTS ON U.S.
[...] The Chinese Government is currently investigating reports received from the U.S. Embassy on increased risks to U.S. citizens in China and will do its utmost to safeguard diplomatic personnel and facilities, MFA Spokesperson Liu Jianchao stated during a special June 12 press briefing on the Ju [...]
2006-06-12 11:43:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER PINL ASEC CH KG KZ
06BEIJING12531JUNE 15 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRAN/SCO SUMMIT,
[...] Key points made at the June 15 MFA press briefing are as follows: -- Iranian President Ahmadinejad's remarks at the June 15 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit reflected only Iran's position. -- Beijing welcomes Iran's willingness to negotiate with relevant parties to resolve [...]
2006-06-15 11:17:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM PHUM ASEC CH IR
06BEIJING12988VOIP IN CHINA - NOT UNTIL CHINA's TELECOM
[...] (SBU) Summary: Enthusiasm in China for Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) was evidenced by over 1,400 registered attendees at a June 14-16 China VoIP Conference & Expo in Beijing. While VoIP technology is mature and software like Skype is but a download away, China's VoIP companies are face [...]
2006-06-20 03:39:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV ECPS PGOV ASEC WTRO CH
06BEIJING13684VOIP: A CASE STUDY OF CHINA'S INTERNECINE PROFIT
[...] (SBU) Summary: In an informal interview during the June 14-16 China VoIP Conference & Expo in Beijing with Dr. Kan Kaili, Director of the Policy and Development Institute of Information Industries at Beijing University of Post and Telecommunications, he likened the profit wars between China's [...]
2006-06-28 00:32:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV ECPS PGOV ASEC WTRO CH
06BEIJING14062WHITE PAPER ON RFID TECHNOLOGY RELEASED
[...] (SBU) Summary: The recent release of the "White Paper on China's Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Technology and Policy" has raised questions within both industry and government as to which path China will choose as it tries to develop yet another standard with world-wide trade implicati [...]
2006-07-05 05:24:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV ECPS PGOV ASEC WTRO CH
06BEIJING151103G: NO LICENCES IN SIGHT BUT PLENTY OF ENTHUSIAM
[...] (SBU) Summary: A recent conference in Beijing brought together an enthusiastic international group of academics and software and hardware vendors who agree that China is ready for 3G, although it is still unclear what the "killer application" will be. The key challenge the industry faces is [...]
2006-07-20 06:03:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV ECPS PGOV ASEC WTRO CH
06BEIJING16502BEIJING DOES NOT EXPECT SERIOUS ANTI-JAPAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: NEITHER JAPANESE DIPLOMATS NOR BEIJING-BASED JAPAN EXPERTS ANTICIPATE LARGE-SCALE ANTI-JAPANESE PROTESTS SUCH AS THOSE THAT OCCURRED IN APRIL 2005 SHOULD JAPANESE PM KOIZUMI VISIT YASUKUNI SHRINE ON OR AROUND AUGUST 15. THE JAPANESE EMBASSY HERE TWEAKED ITS EMERGENCY PLAN IN CA [...]
2006-08-11 08:54:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC JA CH
06BEIJING16514CODEL STEVENS AND LIU QI DISCUSS BEIJING OLYMPIC
[...] (SBU) Codel Stevens, accompanied by the Ambassador, met with Beijing Party Secretary and President of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 29th Olympiad Games (BOCOG) Liu Qi to discuss Olympic preparations, including security, venue construction, traffic management, air quality, media, you [...]
2006-08-12 10:13:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KOLY ASEC CH
06BEIJING16516CODEL STEVENS AND LIU QI DISCUSS BEIJING OLYMPIC
[...] (SBU) CODEL STEVENS, ACCOMPANIED BY THE AMBASSADOR, MET WITH BEIJING PARTY SECRETARY AND PRESIDENT OF THE BEIJING ORGANIZING COMMITTEE FOR THE 29TH OLYMPIAD GAMES (BOCOG) LIU QI TO DISCUSS OLYMPIC PREPARATIONS, INCLUDING SECURITY, VENUE CONSTRUCTION, TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT, AIR QUALITY, MEDIA, YOU [...]
2006-08-13 22:59:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KOLY ASEC CH
06BEIJING16819FOREIGN MINISTRY CONDEMNS PM KOIZUMI'S SHRINE
[...] (C) Summary: Beijing strongly condemned the visit by Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi to Yasukuni Shrine, with the Foreign Ministry stating that PM Koizumi was "challenging international justice and trampling human conscience." Foreign Minister Li told Japanese Ambassador Miyamoto that PM Ko [...]
2006-08-15 10:17:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC JA CH
06BEIJING3747INSTITUTIONS IN BEIJING QUIETLY WARNED NOT TO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-01 12:03:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV ASEC CH TW JA
06BEIJING8257EAP SENIOR ADVISOR MCGANN DISCUSSES STRAITS OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 28 EAP Senior Advisor Steven McGann briefed MFA Asian Affairs Department Counselor Guo Yan on the 2005 Jakarta International Maritime Organization (IMO) meeting and the February 2006 Alameda &Enhancing the Safe Use of the Strait of Malacca Conference.8 McGann explained t [...]
2006-05-04 09:55:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER IMO EFIS ETTW KTIA ASEC CH
06BEIRUT1013INL BUDGET CALL: LEBANON RESPONSE
[...] (SBU) While Embassy Beirut is not an NAS post, it can conduct activities in support of INL's two performance goals: -- Countering international trafficking in drugs, persons, and other illicit goods; and -- Promoting international cooperation to combat drugs and crime. With this in min [...]
2006-03-30 14:02:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYABUD ASEC EAID KCRM LE SNAR
06BEIRUT1461MGLE01: A/S HILLEN MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary: The normally taciturn Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh was almost buoyant in his May 5 meeting with PM A/S Hillen. A/S Hillen accompanied by the Ambassador spoke with Salloukh about U.S. assistance to Lebanon, and U.S. commitment to Lebanon in the wake of PM Sinora's A [...]
2006-05-10 05:25:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS ASEC SNAR PTER LE
06BEIRUT1462MGLE01: A/S HILLEN MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-10 05:26:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS ASEC SNAR PTER LE
06BEIRUT1464MGLE01: PM A/S HILLEN MEETS DEPUTY PM AND DEFENSE
[...] (S) In a 5/4 dinner meeting with the Ambassador and PM A/S Hillen, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias al-Murr said that enhanced U.S. security assistance would boost morale in the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and make his job easier in soliciting equipment donations from Gulf cou [...]
2006-05-10 06:45:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPREL MASS ASEC SNAR PTER LE SY
06BEIRUT1465MGLE01: A/S HILLEN MEETS WITH UN REPRESENTATIVE
[...] (C) UN Representative Geir Pedersen believes the events of the past few months have greatly changed the political situation in Lebanon, particularly concerning Hizballah. Whereas before, Hizballah essentially had a free pass on its arms and political objectives, now the terrorist organization [...]
2006-05-10 06:47:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS ASEC SNAR PTER LE SY IS
06BEIRUT1466MGLE01: A/S HILLEN'S MEETING WITH ISF GENERAL RIFI
[...] (C) A/S Hillen met with ISF General Ashraf Rifi at the ISF headquarters in Beirut to discuss U.S. - Lebanese cooperation on security assistance programs. Rifi thanked A/S Hillen and the U.S. for our assistance, and said he looked forward to a long partnership with the United States. Rifi sai [...]
2006-05-10 07:16:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS ASEC SNAR PTER CASC LE
06BEIRUT1467MGLE01: A/S HILLEN MEETS WITH LAF COMMANDER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 4, Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs Hillen, accompanied by Ambassador, DATT, and ODC Chief, met with Lebanese Armed Forces Commander Michel Suleiman at the Lebanese Armed Forces Headquarters at the Ministry of Defense. Suleiman welcomed the prospect of g [...]
2006-05-10 07:24:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS ASEC SNAR PTER PBTS LE SY
06BEIRUT1507MGLE01: TWO "MARCH 14" MINISTERS AND ONE AOUN MP
[...] (C) Two of Prime Minister Siniora's "March 14" cabinet ministers criticized Hizballah's support for a anti-government demonstration on May 10, pointing at the incongruity of Hizballah supporting an effort to bring down a cabinet in which it participates. They were considerably more forgiving [...]
2006-05-12 14:12:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ELAB KISL ASEC LE
06BEIRUT1508MGLE01: DEFENSE AND ACTING INTERIOR MINISTERS
[...] (C) In a May 11 meeting with acting Interior Minister Ahmad Fatfat (other issues discussed are reported in reftel),the Ambassador raised the subject of the Secretary of Defense's coming invitation to Fatfat and Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias al-Murr to visit Washington. Fa [...]
2006-05-15 05:51:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL OVIP ASEC MASS PTER KCRM LE
06BEIRUT1675MGLE01: S/CT COORDINATOR CRUMPTON HEARS STRAIGHT
[...] (S) Visiting S/CT Coordinator Crumpton had a long 5/22 conversation with Druze leader Walid Jumblatt, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias al-Murr, and Telecommunications Minister Marwan Hamadeh -- three men convinced they have been, or will be, targeted for assassination by the S [...]
2006-05-30 11:00:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPREL ASEC MASS PTER KCRM KISL LE
06BEIRUT1678MGLE01: CT COORDINATOR CRUMPTON AND ISF DIRECTOR
[...] (S) In a May 23 meeting, Internal Security Forces (ISF) Director General Ashraf Rifi told Counterterrorism Coordinator Crumpton, the Ambassador, and emboffs that the ISF was rapidly expanding both its size and mission. From a personnel level of 13,000 last year, Rifi plans to increase the I [...]
2006-05-30 11:54:00Embassy BeirutSECRETASEC JO LE MAS PTER SA SY
06BEIRUT1747MGLE01: DISTURBANCES IN BEIRUT AND ELSEWHERE OVER
[...] (SBU) At 2300 hrs. local on June 1, Lebanese Shi'ite Muslims rioted in Rweissat Jdeideth, West Beirut, Baalbeck, Nabatieh, Sidon and Tyre in protest of a satirical TV show, entitled "Basmat-Watan," which mocked Hizballah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah. The largest number of prote [...]
2006-06-02 13:20:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDASEC LE PTER
06BEIRUT2034MGLE01: UNIIIC AND THE DEFENSE'S CASE FOR JAILED
[...] (S) Reftel reports that UNIIIC Commissioner Serge Brammertz is deeply worried that the evidence against the four jailed Lebanese generals, suspected of complicity in the Hariri assassination, may not be strong enough to justify their continued detention. Release of the generals would have a [...]
2006-06-20 12:44:00Embassy BeirutSECRET//NOFORNPTER KCRM PINR KISL ASEC LE SY UN
06BEIRUT2293MGLE01: BRAMMERTZ SLOGS ON WITH UNIIIC BOUND BY
[...] (S/NF) According to United Nations International Independent Investigation Commission (UNIIIC) Commissioner Serge Brammertz, administrative delays with the UN's bureaucracy have taken up 50 to 70 percent of his time in the last month and have significantly hindered the UNIIIC's efficacy and p [...]
2006-07-07 15:14:00Embassy BeirutSECRET//NOFORNPTER KCRM PINR ASEC SY LE
06BEIRUT2322MGLE01: JA'JA' SAYS FEAR OF SECTARIAN CLASHES IS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-10 14:57:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PTER KISL KDEM ASEC MCAP LE SY IZ
06BEIRUT2412TFLE01: CENTRAL BANK REQUESTS USG ASSISTANCE IN
[...] (U) This message contains an action message for the Department -- see para 6. 2. (C) Finance Minister Jihad Azour alerted us this morning to a forthcoming request from the Lebanese Central Bank for assistance in transporting cash in US dollars from Cyprus to Beirut. The Central Bank planned to co [...]
2006-07-18 16:20:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS EFIN ASEC LE IS
06BEIRUT2413TFLE01: INCENSED BY ISRAELI TARGETING OF LAF,
[...] (S/NF) While acknowledging that there was something not quite right abotu the activities at the Jamhour military base, French Ambassador Emie described recent Israeli strikes on Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) facilities as "unbelievable." If the Israeli campaign was going to continue along these lines [...]
2006-07-18 16:26:00Embassy BeirutSECRET//NOFORNPREL MOPS PTER ASEC CASC LE FR
06BEIRUT2513TFLE01: MP BOUTROS HARB: NASRALLAH CANNOT BECOME
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 1, Ambassador and Emboff met with MP Boutros Harb at his home in Beirut. Harb insisted that Hizballah must be prevented from emerging from the conflict in a position of power, as this would spell tragedy for Lebanon and the region. Yet he warned that as Hizballah continues to [...]
2006-08-01 16:10:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALASEC IS LE MOPS PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2538TFLE01: LEBANON,S YOUNG PROFESSIONALS ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 3 PolOff hosted a dinner at his residence in the Embassy compound. The guests were young professionals in the government, media, and private sectors. They are disappointed that in their view Israel is losing the war against Hizballah. These educated, Christian professionals d [...]
2006-08-05 13:38:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALASEC IS LE PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2649ARTICLE THREATENS MARWAN HAMADEH, WHO SEES IT AS
[...] (S/NF) Reftel noted that Minister of Telecommunications Marwan Hamadeh -- who survived one assassination attempt already, on 10/1/04 -- believes that he is again being targeted. He heard a veiled threat in the 8/14 "victory speech" by Hizballah Secretary General, and he pointed out that he [...]
2006-08-15 13:26:00Embassy BeirutSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER ASEC MOPS SY LE IS
06BEIRUT2802LEBANON: BRAMMERTZ PURSUES SEVERAL LEADS; MAY NOT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-29 16:01:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPTER KCRM PINR ASEC SY LE
06BEIRUT2803LEBANON: BRAMMERTZ PURSUES SEVERAL LEADS; MAY NOT
[...] (C/NF) During an August 28 meeting with the Ambassador and poloff, an alternately cagy and revealing Commissioner Serge Brammertz, head of the United Nations International Independent Investigation Commission (UNIIIC),indicated that "Lebanon's next-door neighbor" is still the chief suspect i [...]
2006-08-29 16:01:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPTER KCRM PINR ASEC SY LE
06BEIRUT334MGLE01: EU REPORTS ON ATTACKS AGAINST DANISH AND
[...] (C) The EU Commission delegation in Beirut reported to us that the Danish Consulate and Austrian Embassy in Beirut suffered considerable damage from fire and rioting on February 5, but neither mission was physically entered. There were light attacks against the buildings that housed the Dutc [...]
2006-02-06 16:45:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL ASEC AU LE DK
06BEIRUT3643LEBANON: EMBASSY DELEGATION VISITS UNIFIL, BLUE
[...] (C) An Embassy Beirut delegation visited UNIFIL's Naqoura headquarters and toured the Blue Line area November 14. UNIFIL Commander General Alain Pellegrini and senior officers gave a positive overview of UNIFIL's deployment in the south, but he and top commanders expressed private reticence tow [...]
2006-11-17 11:16:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER ASEC MARR LE IS
06BEIRUT3680LEBANON: EMBASSY EAC CONVENES TO REVIEW SECURITY
[...] (SBU) At 1800 hrs. local on November 21, DCM convened the Embassy Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to review the security situation and related Embassy activities following the assassination at 1545 hrs. local of Lebanese Minister of Industry Pierre Gemayel. At the time of the EAC meeting, [...]
2006-11-21 17:38:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC KCRM LE
06BEIRUT381MGLE01: ASSISTING DENMARK AND OTHERS WEATHER
[...] (C) Summary: The building housing the Danish Consulate and the Austrian Embassy in Beirut was attacked during demonstrations on Sunday, February 5. At this time, Danish officials are operating out of the French Embassy in Beirut and the Austrian officials are being housed in the EU Commiss [...]
2006-02-09 16:45:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALKDEM PHUM ASEC PREL LE DK
06BEIRUT385MGLE01: JUMBLATT AND HAMADEH TRYING TO HEAD OFF
[...] (C) During a 2/9 meeting with the Ambassador, the two Druze pillars of the "March 14" camp, Walid Jumblatt and Marwan Hamadeh, were receptive to arguments that a large rally marking the one-year anniversary of former Prime Minister Hariri's would carry serious risks. They agreed that creativ [...]
2006-02-10 17:17:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PTER KISL ASEC LE
06BEIRUT386MGLE01: JUMBLATT AND HAMADEH TRYING TO HEAD OFF
[...] (C) During a 2/9 meeting with the Ambassador, the two Druze pillars of the "March 14" camp, Walid Jumblatt and Marwan Hamadeh, were receptive to arguments that a large rally marking the one-year anniversary of former Prime Minister Hariri's would carry serious risks. They agreed that creativ [...]
2006-02-10 17:17:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PTER KISL ASEC LE
06BEIRUT727FOLLOW UP ON FOREIGN FIGHTERS TO IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-09 15:35:00Embassy BeirutSECRETASEC KISL PTER LE SY
06BEIRUT891MGLE01: AMBASSADOR DELIVERS DEMARCHE ON
[...] (S/NF) On March 21, the Ambassador and econoff delivered reftel demarche to Prime Minister Fouad Siniora and advisers Mohammad Chattah and Roula Noureddine (other topics reported septel). Siniora listened carefully and stoically as the Ambassador presented the demarche. Siniora was not ent [...]
2006-03-21 14:14:00Embassy BeirutSECRET//NOFORNASEC ETTC IS KPAO LE PREL PTER
06BELGRADE1934SERBIA: 2006 COUNTRY REPORTS ON
[...] (u) The USG has an overall excellent working relationship with Serbia on counter- terrorism issues. Both policy-level and operational-level interlocutors have been eager to cooperate with the USG on a wide range of issues including border security, information sharing, antiterrorism finan [...]
2006-11-28 16:22:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO SR
06BELGRADE31SAM: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM V2
[...] (u) General Assessment/Cooperation: The USG has an overall excellent working relationship with Serbia and Montenegro (SaM) on counter-terrorism issues. Both policy-level and operational-level interlocutors have been eager to cooperate with the USG on a wide range of issues including border [...]
2006-01-11 12:46:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO SR
06BELGRADE343SERBIA ANNOUNCES FIRST CASE OF H5 AVIAN FLU
[...] The Serbian Ministry of Agriculture announced on March, 2 that a case of Avian Influenza was found in a dead swan in a canal in the Backi Monostor area in Sombor (near the Hungarian border). Following lab tests conducted by the Veterinary Scientific Institute in Novi Sad and the Veterinary In [...]
2006-03-03 16:18:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDAMED AMGT TBIO ASEC CASC ETRD EAGR EAID KFLU RO WHO
06BELGRADE675 MONTENEGRO: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS: MORE
[...] On April 20, the Superior Court of Bijelo Polje sentenced Rajko S. Djukovic from Pljevlja to three years in prison, and Branislav M. Brasnjo (also from Pljevlja) to two years and eight months and Elvir S. Kalac from Rozaje to two years and six months on charges of human trafficking, pursuant t [...]
2006-05-03 08:48:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB MW
06BELIZE1047 FINAL CABLE FROM BELIZE CITY
[...] This cable marks the closing of the era of U.S. diplomatic and consular representation in Belize City. After nearly 160 years in this small town on the Caribbean Sea, the U.S. Embassy and staff will relocate 55 miles inland up a two-lane road into the rainforest to the capital city, Belmopan. [...]
2006-11-15 14:02:00Embassy BelmopanUNCLASSIFIEDABLD ASEC PREL BH
06BELIZE200BELIZE: SIXTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (U) The following responses are keyed to Ref A "Checklist" paragraphs 21-24. 2. (SBU) Para 21: Overview of Belize's activities to eliminate trafficking in persons: A. Belize is a transit and destination country for international trafficked men, women and children, though apparently [...]
2006-03-01 17:13:00Embassy BelmopanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF BH
06BERLIN1389GERMAN MINISTRIES ON SCHENGEN SUSPENSION FOR WORLD
[...] (C) While Germany has announced it would suspend Schengen provisions and re-establish border controls if necessary during the World Cup June 9 - July 9, the reality seems to be the move is little beyond a legal step needed in case Germany decides it needs some additional specific measures again [...]
2006-05-22 17:02:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KHLS PINR ASEC GM EU
06BERLIN2303SCENESETTER: FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER'S BERLIN VISIT
[...] (C) Summary. German officials welcome your visit to Berlin to show the strength of U.S.-German law enforcement and counterterrorism cooperation; we want you to use the visit to strengthen it further. You can underscore to nearly all key law enforcement decision-makers the need for uncomplica [...]
2006-08-11 11:34:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPTER KJUS ASEC PGOV ETTC CVIS PREL KHLS GM
06BERLIN2740GERMANY -- RELEASE OF SUSPECT IN ATTEMPTED TRAIN
[...] (SBU) The German Federal Prosecutor's Office announced September 14 the release from investigatory detention of Fadi Al Saleh, one of three individuals arrested in connection with the July 31 attempted bomb attacks on the German railway system (Reftel). Al Saleh, a Syrian national, is suspect [...]
2006-09-15 15:59:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPTER ASEC KCRM GM
06BERLIN3565GERMANY: COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) Germany continues to be a strong partner in countering the global terrorist threat by participating in military operations overseas, providing leadership in multilateral settings, and fighting terrorism within its borders. German cooperation with the United States on the counterterrorism [...]
2006-12-21 16:42:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC GM
06BERN1044SWISS ARREST MEMBERS OF AN APPARENT ISLAMIST
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-24 12:51:00Embassy BernSECRET//NOFORNPTER KCRM EAIR ASEC SZ
06BERN716CUBA: SWISS FM CALMY-REY'S MARCH 23 MEETING WITH
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-31 16:12:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL ASEC CU SZ
06BISHKEK1297REPORT OF THE BISHKEK EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on September 6, 2006 to review the disappearance of Major Jill Metzger, assigned to Manas Airbase. Present at the EAC were the DCM, RSO, POL/ECON, POL/RA, AID, DAO, PAS, CONS, MGT, RLA, GSO and Base Representative [...]
2006-09-07 09:55:00Embassy BishkekSECRETPGOV PREL ASEC MARR KG PINR
06BISHKEK157011/8/06 EAC MEETING REGARDING DEMONSTRATIONS IN
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the Bishkek Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on November 8. Present at the meeting were: AMB, DCM, POL/ECON, POL/RA, MSG, PAS, MGT, DAO, SAO, CONS, USAID, MED, INL, EXBS, CLO, RLA, USAID, RSO, Peace Corps, and Manas Air Force Base representatives. [...]
2006-11-08 12:18:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC PGOV PINR PREL
06BISHKEK1571KYRGYZSTAN PROTEST "DE-ESCALATING"
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Late on November 7, opposition and pro-government parliamentarians reached agreement on a draft of a new constitution that reportedly strengthens the role of the parliament. This latest draft follows the submission of proposed amendments to the constitution by President Bakiyev [...]
2006-11-08 13:06:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL ASEC KG
06BISHKEK1586PARLIAMENT PASSES, PRESIDENT SIGNS NEW KYRGYZ
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Late on November 8, the Kyrgyz Parliament adopted a new constitution that appears to limit the powers of the president and to increase the role of the parliament. On November 9, President Bakiyev signed the new constitution into effect, although under the terms of the agreement bo [...]
2006-11-09 12:08:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL ASEC KG
06BISHKEK1602EAC MEETING RE ABDUCTION OF USAID OFFICER'S SPOUSE
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the Bishkek Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on November 13. Present at the meeting were: AMB, DCM, POL/ECON, POL/RA, MSG, PAS, MGT, DAO, SAO, CONS, USAID, MED, INL, CLO, RLA, USAID, RSO, Peace Corps, U.S. Treasury Representative, and Manas Air Forc [...]
2006-11-14 02:41:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC PGOV PINR PREL KG
06BISHKEK1621BISHKEK EAC MEETING ON FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS IN
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador chaired an EAC meeting late on November 16. In attendance were AMB, DCM, POL/ECON, POL/RA, MSG, PAS, MGT, DAO, SAO, CONS, USAID, MED, RLS, and RSO. Peace Corps and CLO were subsequently briefed by DCM. 2. (C) Ambassador said that the meeting was called to discuss new d [...]
2006-11-16 13:38:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC PGOV PINR PREL KG
06BISHKEK1643BATTLE BEGINS OVER NEW KYRGYZ CONSTITUTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Kyrgyz government, opposition, and civil society leaders are still assessing the impact of the new constitution adopted November 9, and the political maneuvering over its implementation is well underway even though the official text has yet to be published. Reactions to the new [...]
2006-11-20 12:39:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL ASEC KG
06BISHKEK1710PM KULOV: CAUTIOUSLY MOVING FORWARD IN A NEW ERA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with Prime Minister Kulov November 30 to discuss a range of issues. Kulov called the new constitution "flawed" and said that the president emerged as the "big winner." He expressed little faith in the political opposition, saying they were disunited and corrupt. [...]
2006-12-05 05:15:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MARR ASEC KG
06BISHKEK1723ACTION REQUEST RECOMMENDING RESUMPTION OF
[...] (U) This cable contains an Action Request; see para 8 below. 2. (C) On November 16, 2006, the USAID office in Osh, Kyrgyz Republic temporarily suspended operations due to a perceived security threat. The perceived threat centered around the recovery of a stolen diplomatic vehicle that reap [...]
2006-12-06 15:03:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC PGOV PINR PREL KG
06BISHKEK1726KYRGYZ FOREIGN MINISTER ON POLITICS, ECONOMY,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 1 meeting, the Ambassador and Foreign Minister Jekshenkulov discussed the current political, economic and security situation; the Procurator General's probe into the National Democratic Institute (NDI),International Republican Institute (IRI) and IFES;, and Kyrgyz- [...]
2006-12-07 10:16:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM ASEC KG
06BISHKEK1730BISHKEK EAC MEETING ON RECOMMENDATION TO REOPEN
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador chaired an EAC meeting the morning of December 6. In attendance were AMB, DCM, POL/ECON, POL/RA, PAS, MGT, DAO, CONS, CLO, Peace Corps, USAID, MED, RSL, Manas Airbase, and RSO. Also attending was USAID Regional Deputy Director Delaney from Almaty. 2. (C) The Bishk [...]
2006-12-07 11:57:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC KG PGOV PINR PREL
06BISHKEK1751RESUMPTION OF OPERATIONS AT USAID OFFICE IN OSH,
[...] (C) On 13 December 2006, USAID OSH office director Zach Shelton informed RSO that all three MVD guards are now armed. The pre-conditions set by the EAC in REFTEL Bishkek 1723 for resuming operations at the Osh USAID office have been met. 2. (C) In State 196694, the Department stated tha [...]
2006-12-13 10:57:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC KG PGOV PINR PREL PTER
06BISHKEK701CRIME FIGURE WITH SUSPECTED TIES TO GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: According to press reports and the Interior Ministry (MVD),notorious mob figure and parliamentary candidate Ryspek Akmatbayev (reftels a and b) was killed by unknown persons on May 10 approximately 12 kilometers outside of Bishkek. According to the MVD, Akmatbayev was shot 28 [...]
2006-05-11 12:01:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS KCRM ASEC KG
06BISHKEK766LITTLE TENSION IN RUN-UP TO MAY 27 OPPOSITION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Four days before the large opposition demonstration planned for May 27 in central Bishkek, tensions are noticeably lower than in the run-up to the April 29 opposition protest (reftel). Opposition leaders have in recent days backed away from an earlier vow to call for President [...]
2006-05-23 12:21:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM PINS PREL ASEC KG
06BISHKEK779ALL SIDES PREDICTING A PEACEFUL MAY 27
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: One day before the May 27 opposition demonstration in central Bishkek (reftel),both government and opposition contacts continue to predict a violence-free demonstration. One protest organizer told the Embassy on May 26 that the opposition is expecting 30,000 demonstrators to [...]
2006-05-26 10:11:00Embassy BishkekSECRETPGOV PHUM KDEM PINS PREL ASEC KG
06BISHKEK796LARGE OPPOSITION DEMONSTRATION ENDS PEACEFULLY ON
[...] (U) SUMMARY: According to Embassy observer estimates, between 12,000 and 20,000 opposition protesters demonstrated peacefully on Bishkek's main square on May 27 for approximately 3 hours. Official Kyrgyz estimates put the size of the crowd at 15,000-20,000, while protest organizers told the [...]
2006-05-30 11:26:00Embassy BishkekUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KDEM PINS PREL ASEC KG
06BOGOTA11398POLITICAL UNCERTAINTY PROMPTS SPECULATION ABOUT
[...] (C) There is widespread concern among Colombia's political elite about the possibility of violence directed against one or more political figures related to the ongoing para-political scandal. Less clear is whether the concerns are based on solid information or speculation. Polo Democratic [...]
2006-12-21 19:04:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALASEC KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA1967COLOMBIA'S SIXTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (U) Embassy point of contact on trafficking in persons is human rights officer Laura Kirkpatrick, phone number (57-1) 383-2168, fax number (57-1) 315-2163. Officer spent 50 hours preparing report. 2. (U) Responses below are to questions in paragraphs 21-24 of reftel. Please note that answ [...]
2006-03-04 00:25:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CO
06BOGOTA2237ANSWERS TO REMAINING QUESTIONS FOR COLOMBIA'S
[...] (U) REF A responded to questions posed in REF B for the 2006 Annual Anti-Trafficking in Persons report. Para. 2 of REF A indicated that some questions from paragraphs 21.A., 23.E., and 23.I. of REF B were outstanding and would be answered when the information was provided. Answers to these q [...]
2006-03-10 23:07:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CO
06BOGOTA3773FORMER PRESIDENT GAVIRIA'S SISTER KILLED IN
[...] (C) Liliana Gaviria, sister of former President Cesar Gaviria, was killed on the evening of April 27 in what appears to have been a failed kidnap attempt. Police discovered Gaviria's body about 1.5 miles from her apartment complex in Pereira shortly after assailants shot and killed Gaviria's [...]
2006-04-28 18:15:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALKCRM PGOV ASEC CO
06BOGOTA5571COLOMBIA ATPDEA-RELATED ACTIVITY 2005
[...] Below is Post's response to the U.S. International Trade Commission's request for information regarding Andean Trade Preferences and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA) - related investment in Colombia during 2005. 2. Over the past decade, ATPDEA has provided significant economic benefits to [...]
2006-06-21 14:34:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD OTRA ASEC CO
06BOGOTA8032COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR ANDES REGIONAL
[...] This is an action message. Embassy Panama see para. 4; Embassy Quito see paras. 5 and 6. 2. Embassy Bogota requests country clearance for Tom Targos, Andes Regional Refugee Coordinator (RefCoord),to monitor the programs and activities of the International Organization of Migration (IOM) a [...]
2006-09-01 15:39:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA PHUM PREF PREL
06BOGOTA825FARC ALLOWS THREE HOSTAGES TO ASK VENEZUELA FOR
[...] (C) Three of twelve Cali legislators the FARC kidnapped in 2002 requested "asylum" from Venezuela in a videotape the FARC made, edited, and delivered recently to hostages' families. Parts of the tape were later aired on television. President Uribe said he would support the move, notwithstan [...]
2006-01-30 15:03:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER ASEC CO
06BRASILIA1178U.S. OIL EXPLORATION/PRODUCTION FIRMS FIND BRAZILIAN
[...] (SBU) Summary. During a series of June 5-6 meetings with U.S. firms involved in upstream petroleum sector operations, our interlocutors complained of Brazil's inadequate climae for foreign investment. In separate meetings,Exxon-Mobil, Chevron, and El Paso recounted talesof Brazil's dysfuncti [...]
2006-06-13 12:12:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG EINV ECON PGOV ASEC BR
06BRASILIA1467NOMINATIONS FOR FINANCIAL INVESTIGATIONS TECHNIQUES (FIT)
[...] Per reftels, this cable transmits Post's nomination of sixteen Brazilian participants to take part in the Financial Investigations Techniques (FIT) courses to be held at the International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA) in Lima from July 31 to August 4, 2006 and August 7 to 11, 2006. These nom [...]
2006-07-20 15:35:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC SNAR PREL KCRM BR
06BRASILIA2094COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NTSB and FAA INVESTIGATORS TO PROVIDE
[...] Post grants country clearance for the October 03-12 (tentative departure) visit of 4 USG travelers, William R. English, Stephen M. Demko, Scott A. Warren, of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and Floyd A. James of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to travel to Rio De Janei [...]
2006-10-02 18:02:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA ASEC BR
06BRASILIA2106COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ADDITIONAL NTSB EMPLOYEE TO PROVIDE
[...] Post grants country clearance for the October 04-15 (tentative departure) visit of Brian Keane Murphy, aircraft structures specialist, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to travel to Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, for the purpose of aiding the Brazilian authorities' investigation into the fat [...]
2006-10-03 18:53:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA ASEC BR
06BRASILIA2355EMBASSY BRAZIL RESPONSE TO AVIAN INFLUENZA - SHELTER IN
[...] Mission Brazil's AI Monitoring Group continues to meet on a regular basis to update and revise its tripwires and to maintain vigilance in preparing the Embassy for the event of a pandemic outbreak of AI. Post feels, however, that it is still too soon to actively prepare the U.S. community in t [...]
2006-11-08 18:53:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT AMED TBIO ASEC KFLU KSAF KSEO BR
06BRASILIA2466BRAZIL - TBA TERROR FINANCE DESIGNATIONS
[...] (S/NF) This is a coordinated message from all law enforcement and intelligence agencies represented at post. 2. (S/NF) Post understands that Washington agencies are now planning to delay by one week, until November 29, the designation of nine individuals and two entities operating in the Tr [...]
2006-11-22 13:37:00Embassy BrasiliaSECRET//NOFORNKTFN EFIN PTER SNAR ETTC PREL ASEC BR
06BRASILIA343ICAO: MISSION RAISES VOSS CANDICACY WITH U/S AT MFA
[...] (U) On February 13, per instructions from Washington, Charge d'Affaires delivered talking points, the biography and the vision paper of ICAO Secretary General Candidate Bill Voss to Brazilian U/S for Latin American Affairs Jose Eduardo Martins Felicio. Felicio thanked Charge for the informat [...]
2006-02-16 13:28:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ICAO ASEC BR
06BRASILIA49TERRORISM: TRACKING EXPANSION OF AL-MANAR TV TO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-10 13:42:00Embassy BrasiliaSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER ANET
06BRASILIA553COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR STAFFDEL TAYLOR (MARCH
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for StaffDel Ms. Alison Taylor, Professional Staff Member (PSM),Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (SEPW) who will lead a staff delegation to Curitiba, Brazil, March 20-31, 2006, to observe the Eighth Session of the Conference of Parties [...]
2006-03-20 11:00:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN TBIO KSCA OTRA BR
06BRASILIA578VICE-MINISTER OF JUSTICE OPEN TO COOPERATION ON IPR PIRACY,
[...] (SBU) Summary. On March 17, FCS Senior Commercial Officer (SCO) and Commercial Attache met with National Secretary of Public Safety Luiz Fernando Correa to discuss pending bilateral trade issues. In this friendly hour-long meeting Correa proved open to cooperation with the USG on: a) combatin [...]
2006-03-22 19:26:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP KIPR KCRM ASEC ECPS EAIR BR
06BRASILIA588MINISTRY OF JUSTICE OPEN TO COOPERATION ON IPR PIRACY,
[...] (SBU) Summary. On March 17, FCS Senior Commercial Officer (SCO) and Commercial Attache met with National Secretary of Public Safety Luiz Fernando Correa to discuss pending bilateral trade issues. In this friendly hour-long meeting Correa proved open to cooperation with the USG on: a) combatin [...]
2006-03-23 10:59:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP KIPR KCRM ASEC ECPS EAIR BR
06BRASILIA593NO BRAZILIAN BROADCASTS OF AL-MANAR
[...] (S) Post delivered Ref A, paragraph 3 talking points to the Maria Luiza Lopes da Silva, the Foreign Ministry Deputy Coordinator for the Combat Against Illicit Transnational Activities, in a March 22 conversation. Silva had no substantive response. 2. (S) Alberto Milgewitz of the local Jewi [...]
2006-03-23 17:53:00Embassy BrasiliaSECRETPTER ASEC ETTC KPAO BR
06BRASILIA674COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CODEL SPECTER (APRIL 2006)
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Senator Arlen Specter, Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee (SJUD),to visit Brasilia and Manaus, Brazil, April 12-15, 2006, in order to meet with heads of State and evaluate matters of concern to the Senate Judiciary Committee, especially [...]
2006-04-06 19:58:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN SENV TBIO KSCA OTRA BR
06BRASILIA678SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL SPECTER
[...] (SBU) The United States Mission in Brazil warmly welcomes your April 12-15, 2006 visit to Brasilia (DF) and Manaus (AM),Brazil. We look forward to your trip and are arranging meetings and events for you in Brasilia and Manaus. As the Charge d'Affaires, I will meet your party upon arrival and [...]
2006-04-07 18:57:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AFIN AMGT ASEC PGOV ECON KSCA SENV OTRA DR CO
06BRASILIA823CODEL SPECTER VISIT TO BRAZIL APRIL 12-15, 2006
[...] (SBU) The Congressional delegation headed by Senator Arlen Specter, Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, visited Brasilia and Manaus April 12-15, 2006, and met with Brazilian officials to discuss narcotics, immigration and environmental issues. Codel members included Senator Specter and Mrs. [...]
2006-04-27 17:17:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN SENV TBIO KSCA OTRA BR
06BRATISLAVA160SLOVAKIA ANNUAL REPORT ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (U) Embassy TIP Point of Contact: Name: Richard "Trey" Lyons Position: Political Officer Phone: 00421 2 5922 3210 Fax: 00421 2 5922 3109 E-mail: LyonsRN@state.gov 2. (SBU) OVERVIEW OF ANTI-TRAFFICKING ACTIVITIES --------------------------------------------- --- A. A COUNTRY OF ORI [...]
2006-03-01 07:01:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD PREF ASEC
06BRIDGETOWN1002FRAUDULENT US PASSPORT INFORMATION FAXED TO
[...] On 05/16/2006, Police Constable Taylor of the Royal Barbados Police Force requested assistance from the Embassy Bridgetown regarding verification of two fax photo copies of US passports received by a local travel agent. 2. According to Constable Taylor, his office was requested to verify a [...]
2006-06-12 14:02:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1019 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO FRIEND FOR
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Michael N. Friend to travel to Barbados June 19 - June 22, 2006. The purpose of this mission is to perform ADPE maintenance and upgrades to the TCSC server. 2. Embassy assistance is not required. Point of contact is CDR P. Kofi Aboagye, Chief, [...]
2006-06-14 15:58:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDMARR ASEC SNAR KRIM OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN103COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ICE OFFICERS TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for ICE officers Miguel Covarrubias and Glen Beck to escort criminal Oswald Jacob transiting through Barbados to Trinidad & Tobago, January 20, 2006. 2. Embassy RSO has notified Barbados authorities of the details of the transit visit. Understan [...]
2006-01-18 11:42:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB
06BRIDGETOWN104COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ICE OFFICERS DE
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for ICE Officers Eduardo De La Cruz and Omar Gomez to escort criminal Enver Pemberton A096108478 to St. Kitts on January 18, 2006. RSO understands that escorting officers will return to U.S. on evening flight departing on January 18, 2006. 2. E [...]
2006-01-18 11:44:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB
06BRIDGETOWN107LOCAL GUARD FORCE VEHICLES FUNDING REQUEST
[...] Post requests funding to replace our existing two (2) LGP roving patrol vehicles that have exceeded their life-cycle: --A) Vehicle No. 1 Isuzu Pickup VIN No. JAATFS55H37102871 Purchase date 04-Oct-2003 Mileage - 152,654 kms. --B) Vehicle No. 2 Isuzu [...]
2006-01-18 16:12:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ABUD ASUP AFIN
06BRIDGETOWN111AI REPORT #6: POST TRIPWIRE INPUT PERSONNEL
[...] Embassy Bridgetown has designated Lauren Bradley and Nancy Nelson to be responsible for inputting the Avian Influenza Tripwire Data. Requested information on employees is below. 2. Name: Lauren M. Bradley Position Title: Office Management Specialist (OMS) Office: Political/Economic Cle [...]
2006-01-18 20:49:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC CASC AMED KFLO AEMR BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1129COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO DIXON TO TRAVEL TO DOMINICA
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Ms. Sadie Dixon to travel to Dominica on or about July 15, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to assist with the Legal Drafting activity in Dominica. 2. Understand Embassy assistance is not required. If you have any questions, please contact M [...]
2006-07-03 11:51:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA EAID DO XL
06BRIDGETOWN113 COMMENDATION FOR EUGENE CUNNINGHAM
[...] Post commends Eugene Cunningham, DS/PSD/PCB, Physical Security Specialist, for his outstanding support at the U.S. Embassy in Grenada during January 11-13, 2006. 2. Mr. Cunningham accomplishments were significant during his short stay in Grenada. His comprehensive physical security guid [...]
2006-01-19 12:03:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC AADP AMGT BB
06BRIDGETOWN1130COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO PICK TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Billy Pick, HIV Technical Advisor, USAID to travel to Barbados on or about July 12, 2006 and to depart on/about July 22, 2006. The purpose of travel is to provide requested HIV prevention technical assistance to the Caribb [...]
2006-07-03 11:51:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN114COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO DENISE LAWRENCE
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Denise Lawrence, Program Development specialist USAID/Jamaica to travel to Antigua on January 25-26, 2006. 2. The purpose of this visit is to lead Public Information discussions on the all-hands Trade meeting and to provide feedback/input in [...]
2006-01-19 13:19:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID OTRA BB
06BRIDGETOWN116RSO GRENADA TRIP REPORT (12/20-
[...] This is an action cable for DS/PSD/PCB and FRC ESC. 2. This trip report contains information related to the RSO's and FSNI's travel to St George's, Grenada, from December 20-21, 2005. This report conforms to the requirements outlined in ref. 3. The RSO met with the Principal Officer [...]
2006-01-19 14:10:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ABLD AMGT BB XX
06BRIDGETOWN1161COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO KAREN D. TURNER TO TRAVEL TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for Ms. Karen D. Turner, USAID/J-Cars Mission Director to travel to Barbados on/about July 12, 2006 to August 13, 2006. The purpose of this TDY is to provide coverage to the Caribbean Regional Program satellite office in the absence of a USG represent [...]
2006-07-06 21:17:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA EAID BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN117RSO GRENADA TRIP REPORT (01/11-13/2006)
[...] (U) This trip report contains information related to the RSO's and SD Coordinator's travel to St. George's, Grenada, from January 10-13, 2006. This report conforms to the requirements outlined in reference. 2. (SBU) Eugene Cunningham, DS/PSD/PCB, traveled to and assisted post with physical [...]
2006-01-19 14:10:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC ABLD AMGT BB XX
06BRIDGETOWN120COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR JOHN WILSON TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown requests country clearance for John Wilson, Development Program Specialist - Environment, to travel to Freeport, Bahamas March 5-8, 2006 to participate in the Hurricane Ivan close out events and conduct final inspection. 2. Mr. Wilson holds no-access level of security [...]
2006-01-19 17:55:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA EAID BB
06BRIDGETOWN1206COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR WELCH TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Ms. Karen Welch to travel to Barbados on or about July 17- 23, 2006. The purpose of travel is to attend the USAID-funded workshop on Avian and Pandemic Flu Preparedness for the Caribbean. 2. Embassy point of contact is US [...]
2006-07-12 19:46:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID OTRA BB
06BRIDGETOWN121COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ICE ATTACHE
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for ICE Attach Michael P. Looney to travel to Bridgetown on January 19-21, 2006. The purpose of his visit is to meet with the Ambassador to discuss budget and MPP projections. 2. Post notes that ICE Attach Looney requires no further assistance [...]
2006-01-19 18:34:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB
06BRIDGETOWN1216ST. LUCIA - PM ON GOVERNMENT EFFORTS TO COMBAT
[...] (C) Summary: In a July 11 call on Ambassador Kramer, St. Lucia Prime Minister Kenny Anthony pleaded for the USG to delay toughening the language on crime in the St. Lucia Consular Information Sheet (CIS) until after national elections. To make his case, he highlighted his government's effor [...]
2006-07-13 18:53:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALCASC ASEC PREL PGOV PINR SNAR KCRM ST XL
06BRIDGETOWN122 COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR
[...] Embassy Bridgetown requests country clearance for S/A Brendan F. Clarke to travel to Nassau on 01/20/06 to 01/27/06. The purpose of this official trip is to work with DEA on an ongoing investigation. 2. S/A Brendan F. Clarke holds a security clearance level of Top Secret. Official Passport [...]
2006-01-19 20:04:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB
06BRIDGETOWN1235EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE (EAC) MEETING,
[...] (C) In response to reftel, Embassy convoked an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on Friday, July 14, 2006, attended by Ambassador, A/DCM, P/E, RSO, DET CDR, LEGATT, DEA, IRS, CON, ORA, IPO, MLO, USAID, OFDA, PAS, OBO, and GSO. A/DCM explained the need to review the security posture of [...]
2006-07-14 21:04:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC PTER BB
06BRIDGETOWN131COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO TREASURY ADVISOR
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly grants country clearance to Treasury Advisor Charles K. Sciarini to travel to Antigua and Barbuda from January 22 - 30, 2006 and to Barbados from January 30 - 31, 2006. 2. Purpose of trip is to work with the Financial Investigation Unit (FIU)in Antigua and meet wi [...]
2006-01-20 14:16:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA AC BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1315INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY PREPARES TO STEP UP INTO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The first meeting of the International Support and Advisory Group (ISAG) for Cricket World Cup 2007 was held July 26-27 in Bridgetown, Barbados. The objective of the meeting was to pull together an informal group composed of hosting and playing nations and the international com [...]
2006-07-28 22:09:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNASEC CPAS PINR PTER AFIN UNSC USOAS XL
06BRIDGETOWN1336COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR PEACE CORPS EXPERT CONSULTANT
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Frances Asturias to travel to St. Lucia arriving August 3, 2006 and departing September 8, 2006. The purpose is to serve as management advisor for Peace Corps staff. 2. Post understands that Peace Corps Eastern Caribbean b [...]
2006-08-03 13:44:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA ST XL
06BRIDGETOWN1359COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO KAREN WELCH TO TRAVEL TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. John Mason, Executive Associate to travel Barbados for the period August 19-25, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to conduct Evaluation Planning and Performance Management workshops. 2. No Embassy support assistance is r [...]
2006-08-04 15:52:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID OTRA BB
06BRIDGETOWN1375CWC 2007: TRADEWINDS BECALMED
[...] (U) This is an action message: see para. 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY: SOUTHCOM's annual Tradewinds exercise may be a victim of Caribbean indifference. To date, there has been tepid response to MLO requests for information on participation by Cricket World Cup (CWC) countries. Post respectfully [...]
2006-08-08 21:38:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNASEC MOPS PREL XL
06BRIDGETOWN1376COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MASON TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. John Mason, Executive Associate to travel Barbados for the period August 19-25, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to conduct Evaluation Planning and Performance Management workshops. 2. Embassy point of contact is USAID [...]
2006-08-09 12:20:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1379AMENDED COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MCMILLAN AND
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-09 16:21:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KSCA TBIO ASEC OTRA GJ BB HO
06BRIDGETOWN139 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO RENE RODRIQUEZ
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Mr. Rene Rodriquez, for travel to Barbados March 24, 2006. Mr. Rodriquez will be replacing Mr. Michael Papale as the new OSTR. 2. Understand Embassy assistance is required. Point of contact is Mike Papale, OSTR, (246) 436-4950, ext 2407. He wi [...]
2006-01-23 11:39:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1403COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MANHERTZ AND DEMERCADO TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Huntley Manhertz, Consultant Economist and Ms. Marlene Demercado, Program Officer, Development Associates Inc. to travel to Barbados for the period August 19-25, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to conduct a workshop with [...]
2006-08-11 18:22:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1404COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO BESHAWRED TO TRAVEL TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Ms. Lily Beshawred, Deputy Program Director, Office of Program Development and Management USAID/Jamaica to travel to Barbados for the period August 21-27, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to assist in conducting the Performanc [...]
2006-08-11 18:29:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN141COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ROBERT DIGGS TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for OBO Fire Protection Specialist Robert Diggs to travel to Barbados on 9-15 February 2006. The purpose of this trip is to evaluate construction of the fire protection systems of the new embassy compound. Please be informed that safety shoes are re [...]
2006-01-23 12:56:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDABLD AMGT ASEC BB
06BRIDGETOWN142COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ICE OFFICERS
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for ICE officers William Buonocore and John Reiter to escort criminal David Smith #A076582354 to Barbados on January 23-24, 2006. 2. Embassy RSO has notified Barbados authorities of the details of the visit. Understand that further Embassy ass [...]
2006-01-23 13:38:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1422COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO WISECARVER TO TRAVEL TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Steven Wisecarver to travel to Barbados on or about August 18 through November 18, 2006. The purpose of travel is to serve as interim Office Director for CRP satellite office. 2. Hotel reservations have been confirmed at [...]
2006-08-15 12:01:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1423COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO KING TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Hope King, Public Health Advisor, NCHSTP, CDC, HHS to travel to Barbados for the period August 20-21, 2006 and September 20-21, 2006. 2. Post notes that traveler will be staying at the Hilton Barbados Hotel, Bridgetown, Ba [...]
2006-08-15 14:09:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN143COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ICE OFFICERS MILLER AND
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for ICE officers Anne Miller and Bruce Wright to escort criminal Rashe Raphiel #A074853546 to St. Lucia on February 7-8, 2006. 2. Embassy RSO has notified St. Lucia authorities of the details of the visit. Understand that further Embassy assis [...]
2006-01-23 14:10:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1452COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO EARLE TO TRANSIT BARBADOS TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Peter Earle, to travel to Antigua August 25, 2006 and to Dominica August 26, 2006. The purpose of this travel is to conduct training sessions for numerators for the baseline survey. 2. Please note that traveler will be stay [...]
2006-08-18 16:01:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID OTRA AC DO XL
06BRIDGETOWN1495COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO ADOLFO A. FRANCO TO TRAVEL TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Mr. Adolfo A. Franco, Assistant Administrator, Latin America and the Caribbean, to travel to Barbados on or about September 25-27, 2006 to participate in the 2006 Chiefs of Mission HIV/AIDS Conference. 2. Embassy point of contact is USAID Office [...]
2006-08-25 17:20:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN151COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR ARMBRISTER AND
[...] Embassy Bridgetown - Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) requests clearance for, IRG/OFDA-LAC Consultants Mrs. Beryl Armbrister and Mr. Clive Lorde, employed by/contractor for OFDA, to travel to Kingston, Jamaica on/about February 6-10, 2006 to be Instructors at the Initial Damage Ass [...]
2006-01-23 20:05:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA EAID BB JM XL
06BRIDGETOWN152COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR ARSO BRIDGETOWN
[...] U.S. Embassy Bridgetown request country clearance for S/A Sean A Nedd, ARSO, to travel to Port Au Prince from Feb 2-12, 2005 as part of DS/IP/WHA security detail for scheduled Government of Haiti Elections. 2. Embassy Bridgetown requests that hotel reservations be made in the name of trav [...]
2006-01-23 20:21:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB HA XL
06BRIDGETOWN1542ST. LUCIA'S DISCONNECTED PRIME MINISTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Kramer and MLO Aboyagye traveled to St. Lucia August 3 to dedicate two SOUTHCOM-constructed projects and meet informally with St. Lucia Prime Minister Anthony. While both ceremonies created positive public impressions of U.S.-St. Lucia cooperation, Ambassador Kramer [...]
2006-09-01 21:13:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC SNAR KPAO PINR UNGA ST XL
06BRIDGETOWN1546COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO KAREN TURNER TO TRAVEL TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Ms. Karen D. Turner, Mission Director USAID/Jamaica-Caribbean to travel to Barbados on or about September 24-30, 2006 to participate in the 2006 Chiefs of Mission HIV/AIDS Conference. 2. Embassy point of contact is USAID Officer Steven Wisecarve [...]
2006-09-05 12:24:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1547COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO S. KEN YAMASHITA TO TRAVEL TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Mr. S. Ken Yamashita, Director of the Office of HIV/AIDS to travel to Barbados on or about September 24-28, 2006 to participate in the 2006 Chiefs of Mission HIV/AIDS Conference. 2. Control officer is Martina Strong at Embassy Bridgetown Tel: 1 [...]
2006-09-05 13:36:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN155COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR JOHN WILSON TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown requests country clearance for John Wilson, Development Program Specialist to travel to Tobago for the period February 13-15, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to participate in Hurricane Ivan close out events in Tobago. 2. Mr. Wilson is an FSN officer with no security [...]
2006-01-23 21:12:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID OTRA BB TD XL
06BRIDGETOWN1556BARBADOS: OP-ED RILES LOCAL JEWISH COMMUNITY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On August 26, a leading daily newspaper ran a half-page op-ed piece in its weekly "As A Matter Of Fact" column, which offended Barbados' Jewish community. Intended as criticism of the armed conflict in Lebanon, the article degenerated into the propaganda of intolerance. The pap [...]
2006-09-06 13:57:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM ASEC OPRC KPAO SCUL BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN165TRAVEL LOCATOR FOR BRIDGETOWN A/RSO NEDD
[...] (SBU) Locator data as required: 2. NAME OF TRAVELER: Sean A Nedd 3. TITLE: A/RSO Bridgetown, Barbados 4. POINTS OF CONTACT: U.S. Embassy Port Au Prince Port Au Prince, Haiti ARSO Cellular (246) 823-2098 5. PURPOSE: DS/IP/WHA Security Detail to Haiti for Election Covera [...]
2006-01-25 17:56:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC OTRA BB
06BRIDGETOWN168COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR HUBBS AND LAVOIE
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for USSS employees Michael Hubbs and David Lavoie to come to Bridgetown between the dates January 31 - February 3, 2006. The purpose of their visit is to assist local law enforcement with counterfeit currency investigations and provide a counterfei [...]
2006-01-26 12:56:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN171COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR LACY BRANCH TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for Project Developers Inc,(sub- contractors of Stronghold Engineering) personnel Lacy Branch. The purpose of this trip is to survey current construction operation during the period Feb. 06 - Feb.11, 2006. Please be informed that [...]
2006-01-26 16:07:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDABLD AMGT ASEC OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1718COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR HOGAN TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS,
[...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants country clearance to Patrick Hogan, Peace Corps Associate Director for Safety and Security, to travel to Barbados, St. Lucia, Grenada, and Dominica a/o October 1, 2006 and to depart a/o October 12, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to accompany Peace Co [...]
2006-09-26 20:39:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB ST GJ DO XL
06BRIDGETOWN1719COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EDWARDS AND COVINGTON TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants country clearance to Michael Edwards, Director of IT Infrastructure, and Eric Covington, Lead IT Specialist to travel to St. Lucia from October 22-27, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to consult with Peace Corps staff to gather requirements for future I [...]
2006-09-26 20:42:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA ST XL
06BRIDGETOWN1721Bridgetown Final Accreditation
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, OBO/Bridgetown confirms that the New Embassy Compound (NEC) is ready for the final accreditation inspection. OBO/Bridgetown sent updated accreditation checklists via C-Lan in late August and last week. 2. (SBU) OBO/Bridgetown confirms that the following work is complete or [...]
2006-09-26 20:58:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYABLD ASEC AMGT BB
06BRIDGETOWN173COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR PHAM, STRAWTER,
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for OIC Peter Pham, STS James Ellis, SEO Richard Strawter, STS William Kramer and SW1 Steven League to travel to Bridgetown on February 6-10, 2006 to provide technical security support. 2. Reservations have been arranged at the Hilton Barbados, [...]
2006-01-26 16:35:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KSEO
06BRIDGETOWN1730COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR SHOUBA TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS,
[...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants country clearance to Peace Corps Safety and Security Officer Neil Shouba to travel to Barbados, St. Lucia, Dominica, St. Kitts/Nevis, Grenada, and Antigua/Barbuda from o/a October 1-16, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to serve as the Technical Advisor [...]
2006-09-27 17:06:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA ST DO SC GJ AC XL
06BRIDGETOWN177COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR RICHARD
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for Security Management Deputy Director Richard Colquhoun to visit Barbados on February 21-23, 2006. The purpose of this trip is to evaluate and review SSM's performance. Please be informed that safety shoes are required to gain access to the site. [...]
2006-01-27 17:02:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDABLD AMGT ASEC BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1778COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FARMER TO TRAVEL TO SAINT
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to International Health Coordinator, William Farmer, who will meet with Peace Corps staff to perform an assessment of medical facilities. 2. Post understands that Peace Corps Eastern Caribbean based in St. Lucia will arrange [...]
2006-10-06 21:09:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA ST DO SC XL
06BRIDGETOWN1790COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR KIRK TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS
[...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants country clearance for Matthew Kirk to travel to Barbados to attend the Cricket World Cup 2007 planning meetings to be held on October 11-12, 2006. 2. Per reftel, Embassy understands arrival assistance is not needed. 3. Embassy point of contact is [...]
2006-10-10 16:24:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1791COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR BRANDON LEE TO TRAVEL TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants country clearance for Brandon Lee to travel to Barbados to attend the Cricket World Cup 2007 planning meetings to be held on October 11-12, 2006. 2. Per reftel, Embassy understands arrival assistance is not needed. 3. Embassy point of contact is [...]
2006-10-10 16:33:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1795COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR RODRIGUEZ TO TRAVEL TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants country clearance for Eric Rodriguez, BCBP, to travel to Barbados to attend the airlines CARICOM APIS briefing from scheduled from October 16-18, 2006. 2. Per reftel, Embassy understands arrival assistance is not needed. 3. Embassy point of conta [...]
2006-10-10 19:12:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1807COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO QUAIN TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Ms. Estelle Quain to travel to Bridgetown to participate as a presenter at the Caribbean Training Integration Workshop on or about November 12 - 18, 2006. 2. Embassy point of contact is USAID Representative/Barbados, James Goggin, Phone: 1(246) [...]
2006-10-12 10:34:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ASEC OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1810COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO LLOYD TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Ms. Ethleen Lloyd, Chief of Global AIDS Program, NCHSTP, HHS/CDC to travel to Barbados on or about November 11 - 18, 2006 to attend workshop with Caribbean HIV/AIDS training coordinators. 2. Post understands traveler has reservations at the Acc [...]
2006-10-12 17:35:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KSCA OTRA ASEC BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1816COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO LLOYD TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Ms. Ethleen Lloyd, Chief of Global AIDS Program, NCHSTP, HHS/CDC to travel to Barbados on or about November 11 - 18, 2006 to attend workshop with Caribbean HIV/AIDS training coordinators. 2. Post understands traveler has reservations at the Acc [...]
2006-10-13 17:59:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KSCA OTRA ASEC BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1830COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO TRAVEL TO DOMINICA FOR DR. CHARLES
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Dr. Charles Barber, Environmental Advisor, to travel to Dominica for the period October 29 to November 5, 2006. 2. The purpose of the travel is for Dr. Barber to assist in the implementation of the USAID-funded project "Commercialization of Nut [...]
2006-10-17 12:47:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB EAID
06BRIDGETOWN1883COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR PEACE CORPS IT SPECIALIST MR.
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Adam McWilliams to travel to St. Lucia arriving o/a October 26, 2005. The purpose is to assist with a telecommunications project. 2. POC while in St. Lucia will be Ms. Kate Raftry, Peace Corps Eastern Caribbean Countr [...]
2006-10-26 18:44:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA ST XL
06BRIDGETOWN1884COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR PEACE CORPS IT SPECIALIST MR.
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Domenico Palombo ams to travel to St. Lucia arriving o/a October 26, 2005. The purpose is to assist with a telecommunications project. 2. POC while in St. Lucia will be Ms. Kate Raftry, Peace Corps Eastern Caribbean C [...]
2006-10-26 18:49:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA ST XL
06BRIDGETOWN1889COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ELIZABETH BUNKER AND CRIST
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Elizabeth A. Bunker and Crist Chensvold to travel to St. Lucia from November 5-22, 2006. From St. Lucia, Bunker and Chensvold will travel to Antigua, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and St. Vincent. The purpose of this trip is fo [...]
2006-10-26 19:42:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA ST XL
06BRIDGETOWN1896AMBASSADOR KRAMER'S FAREWELL MEETING WITH FOREIGN
[...] (U) Summary: On October 25, Ambassador Kramer met with Barbados' Foreign Minister Miller. They discussed U.S.-Barbadian relations, the continued deadlock over the GRULAC UN Security Council Seat, and planning for Caribbean Heritage Month celebrations in 2007. End Summary. "Things are Look [...]
2006-10-27 17:12:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ASEC UNSC ETRD KWMN BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1899AMBASSADOR KRAMER FAREWELL TOUR: ST. LUCIA
[...] (SBU) On October 13, Ambassador Kramer traveled to St. Lucia for farewell meetings with Prime Minister Dr. Kenny Anthony, Governor General Dame Pearlette Louisy and Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Senator Victor Philip La Corbiniere. The Ambassador used the meetings to gauge St. Luc [...]
2006-10-27 17:42:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC SNAR KPAO PINR UNGA ST XL
06BRIDGETOWN190COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR COLON TO TRAVEL
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to COL Wilfredo Colon, United States Army (USA) for travel to Barbados February 02 - 04, 2006. The purpose of this mission is to meet with Ambassador Kramer and USMILGRP Commander, CDR Peter Kilfoyle on the State Partnership Program. 2. Understan [...]
2006-01-31 10:45:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1904AMBASSADOR KRAMER'S FAREWELL MEETING WITH PRIME
[...] (C) Summary: During her October 23 farewell meeting with Barbados' Prime Minister Arthur, Ambassador Kramer took stock of U.S.-Barbadian relations and discussed areas where greater collaboration could be useful. Ambassador Kramer urged Prime Minister Arthur to review Barbados' stance on Vene [...]
2006-10-27 18:50:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ASEC UNSC ETRD CASC BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN191COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ICE OFFICERS
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for ICE Officers Sherry Petronsky and John Langer to escort Fabian Gittens #A097410426 to Barbados, February 9-10, 2006. 2. Embassy RSO has notified Barbados authorities of the details of the visit. Understand that further Embassy assistance [...]
2006-01-31 10:46:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN192COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ICE OFFICERS
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for ICE Officers Carlos Torres and Datza Valcarcel to escort Richard Elliott to Antigua, February 7-8, 2006 2. Embassy RSO has notified Antigua authorities of the details of the visit. Understand that further Embassy assistance is not required. [...]
2006-01-31 10:47:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN197COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR SCOTT BAILEY TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for Stronghold Engineering personnel Scott Bailey. The purpose of this trip is to survey current construction operation during the period Feb. 08 2006 - Jul 31 2006. Please be informed that safety shoes are required to gain acces [...]
2006-01-31 10:49:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDABLD AMGT ASEC BB
06BRIDGETOWN198REQUEST TO INCREASE LOCAL GUARD COVERAGE - US
[...] (SBU) Post requests authorization to increase the coverage of an existing local guard position at the U.S. embassy in Grenada by 15.5 hours. US MISSION - GRENADA 2. (SBU) AmEmbassy Grenada is an unclassified lock and leave stand-alone facility. The embassy compound has two (2) vehicle e [...]
2006-01-31 10:49:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC ABUD ASUP AFIN GJ BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN199FRAUD SUMMARY - BRIDGETOWN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-31 10:49:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KCRM BB
06BRIDGETOWN201DENIAL OF COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR
[...] Per reftel(A),Embassy Bridgetown received a country clearance request for ICE Agents to escort deportee Fonseca, A#012815006, to Tortola, British Virgin Islands on 02/02/2006. 2. U.S. Embassy Bridgetown regrets to inform you that country clearance cannot be granted to this territory by [...]
2006-01-31 10:52:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB
06BRIDGETOWN202 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR AVSED TO TRAVEL
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Lt CDR Kimberley J. Avsec, U.S Coast Guard, for travel to Barbados February 22 - 26, 2006 and to Antigua and Barbuda February 26 - 02 March, 2006. The purpose of these missions is to have bi-lateral port security discussions with port officials of [...]
2006-01-31 10:55:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA AC BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN207 COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TRAVEL TO BARBADOS AND
[...] AmEmbassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to LTG H Steven Blum, Chief National Guard Bureau (CNGB),Dr. John Finney, POLAD to Chief NGB, Major Joseph Reale, Executive Officer and Aide to the Chief NGB, Major Philip Johnson, National Guard Bureau-J5/IA SOUTHCOM Desk Chief and Mrs. Susan Blu [...]
2006-01-31 14:36:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN208COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR PEACE CORPS TDY
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Peace Corps TDY Judith Kerr to transit Barbados to St. Lucia from February 2 - 17, 2006. The purpose is to assist with administrative matters during the period in the absence of post's Administrative Officer. 2. Post un [...]
2006-01-31 14:50:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB ST XL
06BRIDGETOWN212COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO SUTHERLAND MILLER
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Mr. Sutherland Miller, Legal and Regulatory Reform Specialist to travel to Barbados on February 8-11, 2006. 2. The purpose of this visit is to conduct work under Chemonics contract. 3. Mr. Miller has no access security clearance 4. [...]
2006-01-31 20:56:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID OTRA AC BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN213 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MADELYN S.
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Madelyn S. Marchessault, (M/P) from February 20 - 22, 2006 who will be part of the group accompanying Under Secretary of State Fore on her trip to WHA posts. 2. Embassy point of contact is Management Counselor Leo F. Voyt [...]
2006-01-31 21:23:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN214BRIDGETOWN RECEIPT OF SBU SHIPMENT
[...] (SBU) Post acknowledges receipt of shipment under registry #3437219. All contents were received in good working order and will be distributed accordingly for their exclusive usage. 2. (SBU) RSO's office wishes to thank all those individuals who assisted in providing these very needed [...]
2006-01-31 22:14:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC KMSG BB
06BRIDGETOWN2146DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON APIS LEGISLATION
[...] Per reftel instructions, talking points were delivered by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #1661, Dominica #1662, St. Kitts #1663, St. Lucia #1664, St. Vincent #1665) on December 6, 2006. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. No demarche was sent to the Ba [...]
2006-12-06 18:08:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ASEC KDHS XL
06BRIDGETOWN2163COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MICHAEL DONALD TO TRAVEL TO
[...] EMBASSY BRIDGETOWN GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO MICHAEL DONALD, REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISOR FOR THE CARIBBEAN, TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS ON OR ABOUT DECEMBER 10-16, 2006. 2. EMBASSY POINT OF CONTACT IS USAID REPRESENTATIVE JAMES GOGGIN, TEL: 1(246) 228-8070, FAX: 1(246) 228-8589. MR. DONALD W [...]
2006-12-08 17:24:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AMGT EAID ASEC BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN2164COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR BLACKWOOD AND DONALD TO
[...] USAID BRIDGETOWN REQUESTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MR. MANSFIELD BLACKWOOD, SENIOR TECHNICAL SPECIALIST, USAID, AND MR. MICHAEL DONALD, REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISER, TO TRAVEL TO TOBAGO FOR THE PERIOD DECEMBER 13-14, 2006. THE PURPOSE OF THE VISIT IS TO REVIEW FOR INTERNAL CLOSING OUT PURPOSES S [...]
2006-12-08 17:57:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC EAID TD XL
06BRIDGETOWN2248NEW ST. LUCIAN CABINET: MOSTLY QUALIFIED, BUT...
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Sir John Compton's new cabinet was sworn in on December 19. Although the UWP picked appropriately prepared candidates for most ministries, it seems the Foreign Minister and Minister for Home Affairs and National Security are surpringly inexperienced for their posit [...]
2006-12-27 13:33:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ASEC ST XL
06BRIDGETOWN2250COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR GREEN TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Robert Green, IRM/TSI/Employee, to provide computer logistics during office move, travel to Barbados on or about January 9-16, 2007. 2. Reservations are confirmed at the South Beach Resort and Vacation Club, Rockley at Accra, Christ Church - Tel [...]
2006-12-27 17:39:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA AMGT EAID OVIP BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN2262STATE-DOD MOU ON SECURITY-ANNUAL REVIEW OF MOA
[...] This cable is a response to reftel. 2. The answers provided below are keyed to reftel: --A. Para 7 (reftel). On October 5, 2006, Chief of Mission (Barbados) and Southern Command Combatant Commander signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) on security for members of the Department of De [...]
2006-12-29 13:44:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDAODE AMGT ASEC KMRS BB
06BRIDGETOWN2265COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR BRITTON TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for Ms. Avril Britton, Financial Support Advisor USAID/Jamaica to travel to Barbados on or about January 2-4, 2007 for to perform Section 1311 and Accruals Review. 2. Reservations are confirmed at the Coral Sands Beach Resort, Worthing, Christ Chu [...]
2006-12-29 22:01:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA EAID BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN2266COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MULLINGS FOR TRAVEL TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for Audrey Mullings, OFDA/IRG consultant to travel to Dominica on or about January 9-12, 2007 to Co-facilitate Technical Assistance in Shelters and Shelter Management and Damage Assessment and Needs Workshops. 2. Understand Embassy assistance is no [...]
2006-12-29 22:02:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ASEC OTRA DO XL
06BRIDGETOWN277BRIDGETOWN A/RSO RETURN TO POST
[...] Per above listed reftels, this cable advises that that A/RSO Sean A Nedd has returned to Post. The below listed information is submitted accordingly: A. EMPLOYEE: Sean A Nedd B. TYPE OF TRAVEL: DS/IP/WHA SECURITY DETAIL C. DEPENDANTS AT POST: None D. DATE DE [...]
2006-02-13 11:38:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC OTRA BB
06BRIDGETOWN290COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR WAHLBERG, MOTES
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Debra Wahlberg, Preston Motes and Laura Vinoly to travel to Barbados on February 22-23, 2006. 2. The purpose of this visit is to attend meetings with USAID personnel and to train USAID staff to operate the DEVIS Management, Monitoring and Eval [...]
2006-02-14 17:03:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN291 COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GREENE TO TRAVEL TO
[...] AmEmbassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Ms. Robin Greene, Logistics Management Specialist for travel to Barbados March 11 - 18, 2006. The purpose of this mission is to attend the RSS Security Cooperation Conference. 2. Embassy assistance is requested. Hotel and transportation arra [...]
2006-02-14 19:13:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN292 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR WILCOX TO
[...] AmEmbassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Ms. Cynthia M. Wilcox, Supply Analyst for travel to Barbados March 12 - 18, 2006. The purpose of this mission is to attend the RSS Security Cooperation Conference. 2. Embassy assistance is requested. Hotel and transportation arrangements are [...]
2006-02-14 19:16:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN294GRENADA: MORE UNFOUNDED COUP RUMORS
[...] (C) Summary: After weeks of hurried phone calls and circumspect hints that something unspecified was about to happen in Grenada, Prime Minister Keith Mitchell finally confided to the Ambassador during a face-to-face meeting in December that he feared opposition politicians were out to change [...]
2006-02-14 19:31:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ASEC GJ XL
06BRIDGETOWN296COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO SUSANNA AULBACH
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Susanna Aulbach to travel to Antigua for the period February 19-22 and 23-26, 2006 and Barbados for the period February 22-23, 2006 2. The purpose of this visit is to conduct training for the project office staff and USAID personnel in the us [...]
2006-02-16 15:56:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID OTRA BB
06BRIDGETOWN297COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ICE OFFICERS DE
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for ICE Officers Eduardo De La Cruz and Jose Fuentes to escort criminal Valentine Graham #A037189311 to St. Kitts on February 23, 2006. RSO understands that escorting officers will be return to U.S. on evening flight departing on February 23, 2006. [...]
2006-02-16 15:57:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB SC
06BRIDGETOWN298COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ICE OFFICERS
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for ICE Officers Ivory Young and Luis Alonzo to escort criminal Mandy Poleon #A041791282 to St. Lucia on February 16, 2006. 2. Embassy RSO has notified St. Lucia authorities of the details of the visit. Understand that further Embassy assistan [...]
2006-02-16 15:58:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB
06BRIDGETOWN300 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO HUBERT WRIGHT
[...] AmEmbassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Mr. Hubert D. Wright, Engineer for travel to Saint Lucia February 22 - 24, 2006. The purpose of this mission is to visit the Humanitarian Assistance Program (HAP) Warehouse sites and meet with Embassy and contractor personnel on changes and work [...]
2006-02-16 16:56:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB ST XL
06BRIDGETOWN3042005 OSAC CRIME AND SAFETY REPORT (OCSR) FOR
[...] CHIEF OF MISSION (COM) responsibility extends to seven (7) independent nations of the Eastern Caribbean including: -- Antigua and Barbuda -- Barbados -- Dominica -- Grenada -- St. Kitts and Nevis -- St. Lucia -- St. Vincent and the Grenadines CONSUL GENERAL (CG),Bridgetown provides c [...]
2006-02-17 12:52:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC KCRM KSAC BB GJ XL
06BRIDGETOWN313RSS CHAIRMAN AGREES TO PARTNERING WITH U.S.
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Kramer and the National Guard Bureau (NGB) Chief, Lt. General Blum, met February 3 with Antigua and Barbuda's Prime Minister Spencer, acting in his capacity as Council Chairman of the Regional Security System (RSS),to pitch RSS participation in USSOUTHCOM's State Part [...]
2006-02-17 17:58:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV PINR SNAR ASEC AC XL
06BRIDGETOWN315GRENADA: A REQUEST COUCHED IN FAMILIAR ALARMISM
[...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with Ambassador Kramer, advisors to Grenada Prime Minister Keith Mitchell requested U.S. assistance in bringing a naval floating hospital to Grenada during Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007. Barry Collymore and Dr. Rudy Webster warned that the opposition would take a [...]
2006-02-17 18:51:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ASEC SNAR CH GJ VE XL
06BRIDGETOWN317 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR TREASURY
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Mr. Sciarini and Mr. Davidson for travel to Antigua March 5- 10, 2006. The purpose of travel is to meet with the Financial Services Regulatory Commission (FSRC) and the Office of National Drug and Money Laundering Control Policy (ONDCP). 2. Mr [...]
2006-02-21 12:48:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA SNAR BB
06BRIDGETOWN318QUARTERLY STATUS REPORT FOR EMBASSY BRIDGETOWN
[...] (U) SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT INFORMATION: ---------------------------------- AMERICAN EMBASSY BRIDGETOWN located on Barbados is comprised of 8 resident agencies housed in four separate facilities; the Chancery, the Admin Annex, the Consular building and the warehouse. Construction on t [...]
2006-02-21 12:50:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN322QUARTERLY STATUS REPORT FOR EMBASSY BRIDGETOWN
[...] (U) SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT INFORMATION: ---------------------------------- AMERICAN EMBASSY BRIDGETOWN located on Barbados is comprised of 8 resident agencies housed in four separate facilities; the Chancery, the Admin Annex, the Consular building and the warehouse. Construction on t [...]
2006-02-21 15:28:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN329DENIAL OF COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR U.S.
[...] Per reftel(A),Embassy Bridgetown received a country clearance request for U.S. Marshals to travel to the British Virgin Islands to discreetly escort a subject wanted in Fairfax, Virginia on February 22, 2006. U.S. Embassy Bridgetown regrets to inform you that country clearance cannot be gra [...]
2006-02-22 11:12:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC BB
06BRIDGETOWN336COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ICE OFFICERS
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for ICE Officers Daniel Henderson, Gilbert Garcia, and Joseph Verge to escort criminal Craig Warner A037189320 to St. Kitts on February 22, 2006. RSO understands that escorting officers will be return to U.S. on evening flight departing on February [...]
2006-02-22 17:01:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB
06BRIDGETOWN338CORRECTED COPY: AI REPORT #7: POST'S AI-SPECIFIC
[...] This is a corrected cable in response to reftel. See additional information in para 2 about Embassy's activities and constituent Post in Grenada, changes in para 3 on Post's geographic areas of responsibility and concern, and tripwire-related changes in para 5. 2. Summary: Post's Avian I [...]
2006-02-22 18:19:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR AMED AMGT ASEC CASC EAGR EAID ETRD KFLO
06BRIDGETOWN339COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR COASTAL
[...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants country clearance for Coastal International employee David Mitchell to travel to Bridgetown on March 1, 2006 - 28 February 2007. The purpose of this trip is to provide Cleared American Guard (CAG) support to the OBO construction project. 2. Reservat [...]
2006-02-22 19:57:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDABLD AMGT ASEC OTRA BB
06BRIDGETOWN341COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO WAHLBERG AND DE
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Debra Wahlberg and Pieter De Jong to travel to Barbados February 28-March 2, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend the CHAMP Thematic Cooperating Group on Hazard Mitigation Policy and Planning meeting and make a brief presentation at this m [...]
2006-02-22 20:52:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB EAID
06BRIDGETOWN348COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ICE OFFICERS
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for ICE Officers Jean Elliott and Eric Pecoraro to escort deportee Wayne Semple A#036521594 through Barbados to Guyana on February 27 - March 1, 2006 2. Embassy RSO has notified Barbados authorities of the details of the visit. Understand that [...]
2006-02-23 19:30:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB
06BRIDGETOWN353COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FLYNN,
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for Flynn Consultant LLC furniture installers Julie Flynn, Clark Mahlebashian, Michael Pfrang and Robert Hester. The purpose of this trip is to install furniture in the NEC for the period March 12 2006 - April 9 2006. Please be i [...]
2006-02-24 11:48:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDABLD AMGT ASEC OTRA BB
06BRIDGETOWN354COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ICE OFFICERS
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for ICE Officers Kirk Heim and Joseph Cicatello to escort deportee Deoraj Persaud A#041929097 through Barbados to Guyana on March 6-7, 2006. 2. Embassy RSO has notified Barbados authorities of the details of the visit. Understand that further [...]
2006-02-24 11:50:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB
06BRIDGETOWN355COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ICE OFFICERS ORR
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for ICE Officers Jerry Orr and Linda Ryder to escort deportee Reco Omar Grimes A#096416134 to Barbados on March 8-10, 2006. 2. Embassy RSO has notified Barbados authorities of the details of the visit. Understand that further Embassy assistanc [...]
2006-02-24 11:51:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB
06BRIDGETOWN356COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MARCUS SINGLETON
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Marcus Singleton to travel to Barbados on February 26, 2006 to conduct a physical security assessment for USAID. 2. Point of contact is Sean Hall at Tel.(246)228-8070 or Fax. (246) 228-8589. 3. Entry requirements: A valid U.S. passport is [...]
2006-02-24 17:02:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID OTRA BB
06BRIDGETOWN358RSO COVERAGE FOR CARIBBEAN ISLANDS
[...] (U) See para. 6 for Action Request: that DS/IP/WHA delineate Diplomatic Security Service responsibility for coverage of Caribbean island territories for security related functions. 2. (U) The Chief of Mission (COM) for Bridgetown is accredited to the following island nations: --A. Barba [...]
2006-02-24 21:39:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC
06BRIDGETOWN362COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ICE OFFICERS
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for ICE Officers Scott Burnside and Terry Florian to escort deportee Fazak Karim A#036430057 through Barbados to Guyana on March 13-15, 2006. ICE Officers will transit Barbados with the criminal alien March 13, while enroute to Guyana. The ICE Off [...]
2006-02-27 12:36:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB
06BRIDGETOWN363COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ROBERT K. COLE
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for OBO Construction Analyst Robert K. Cole. The purpose of this visit is to assist the Project Director during the period February 28th - March 10th 2006. Please be informed that safety shoes are required to gain access to the site. 2. Reserva [...]
2006-02-27 12:54:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDAMLB AMGT ASEC OTRA BB
06BRIDGETOWN383TIP SUBMISSION - ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
[...] (U) As requested in reftel, below are Post's responses to questions regarding St. Vincent and the Grenadines for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. Paragraph 21 - Overview ----------------------- 2. (SBU) -- A) Is the country a country of origin, transit, or destination for int [...]
2006-03-01 20:42:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF VC XL
06BRIDGETOWN384TIP SUBMISSION - DOMINICA
[...] (U) As requested in ref A, below are Post's responses to questions regarding Dominica for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. Paragraph 21 - Overview ----------------------- 2. (SBU) -- A) Is the country a country of origin, transit, or destination for internationally trafficked [...]
2006-03-01 20:42:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF DO XL
06BRIDGETOWN385TIP SUBMISSION - ST. LUCIA
[...] (U) As requested in reftel, below are Post's responses to questions regarding St. Lucia for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. Paragraph 21 - Overview ----------------------- 2. (SBU) -- A) Is the country a country of origin, transit, or destination for internationally traffick [...]
2006-03-01 20:42:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF ST XL
06BRIDGETOWN386TIP SUBMISSION - BARBADOS
[...] (U) As requested in reftel, below are Post's responses to questions regarding Barbados for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. Paragraph 21 - Overview ----------------------- 2. (SBU) -- A) Is the country a country of origin, transit, or destination for internationally trafficke [...]
2006-03-01 20:43:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM ELAB KFRD ASEC KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN387TIP SUBMISSION - ST. KITTS AND NEVIS
[...] (U) As requested in reftel, below are Post's responses to questions regarding St. Kitts and Nevis for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. Paragraph 21 - Overview ----------------------- 2. (SBU) -- A) Is the country a country of origin, transit, or destination for internationall [...]
2006-03-01 20:44:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF SC XL
06BRIDGETOWN388TIP SUBMISSION - ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
[...] (U) As requested in reftel, below are Post's responses to questions regarding Antigua and Barbuda for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. Paragraph 21 - Overview ----------------------- 2. (SBU) -- A) Is the country a country of origin, transit, or destination for internationall [...]
2006-03-01 20:44:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF AC XL
06BRIDGETOWN389 TIP SUBMISSION - GRENADA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post consulted with the Royal Grenada Police Force, Ministry of Legal Affairs, Ministry of Labor, and NGOs and has received no reports of any form of Trafficking in Persons (TIP) as defined in Reftel. There are no laws in Grenada concerning TIP. End Summary. Paragraph 21 - [...]
2006-03-01 21:40:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF GJ
06BRIDGETOWN395COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KAREN D. TURNER TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for Ms. Karen D. Turner, USAID/J-Cars Mission Director to travel to Barbados on March 5-11, 2006. The purpose of this visit is the Mission's Director's monthly visit to Barbados to meet with CRP staff, US Ambassador and Deputy Chief of Mission and o [...]
2006-03-02 22:34:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB EAID
06BRIDGETOWN426COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO SANDRA ROSEMBAUM
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Sandra Rosenbaum to travel to Barbados for the period March 20-21 2006, Antigua March 21- 15 and Dominica March 25-28, 2006. 2. The purpose of this visit is to review security/safety of all Chemonics personnel contracted under the Caribbean O [...]
2006-03-08 12:48:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB EAID
06BRIDGETOWN432COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO STEVEN YOON TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Steven Yoon, Epidemiologist, NCHSTP, CDC, HHS to transit Barbados en route to Guyana on March 16, 2006. 2. Embassy point of contact is Angela Davis, HIV/AIDS Technical Specialist, phone: 1(246) 228-8070, fax: 1(246)228 [...]
2006-03-08 21:18:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDEAID OTRA ASEC XL BB
06BRIDGETOWN481COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Mr. Keith Ford to travel to Barbados March 19 - 22, 2006 to attend the Comprehensive Disaster Management Forum. 2. Understand Embassy assistance is not required. If you have any questions, please contact Sean Hall at Tel.(246)228-8070 or Fax. [...]
2006-03-17 11:42:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB EAID
06BRIDGETOWN501COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR PEACE CORPS
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Frances Asturias to travel to St. Lucia arriving March 22 and departing June 1, 2006. The purpose is to serve as management advisor for Peace Corps staff. 2. Post understands that Peace Corps Eastern Caribbean based in St [...]
2006-03-21 17:24:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA ST XL
06BRIDGETOWN502COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EMILE CORNEILLE TO
[...] AmEmbassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for OBO Regional Director Emile Corneille to perform a site review of the construction project at the NEC March 21 - 23 2006. Please be informed that safety shoes are required to gain access to the site. 2. Reservations have been confirmed for [...]
2006-03-21 18:44:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDAMLB AMGT ASEC BB
06BRIDGETOWN503COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR TRAVEL TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for Project Developers Inc, (sub- contractors of Stronghold Engineering) personnel Jose D. Escobar, Jorge E. Villa, Alan C. Biddle, Brian W. Colson, Billy S. Crutchfield, Michael T. Dahl, Tiran L. Moats, Michael L. Reese, Lacy B [...]
2006-03-21 19:04:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDABLD AMGT ASEC BB
06BRIDGETOWN505BARBADOS REQUESTS URGENT USG ASSISTANCE ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: Barbados Deputy Prime Minister Mia Mottley requested USG assistance in funding and setting up a Caribbean regional immigration database before Cricket World Cup 2007. Speaking during a March 17 meeting with Ambassador Kramer, Mottley asked the USG to take the regional immigrati [...]
2006-03-21 19:13:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PTER ASEC SNAR XL
06BRIDGETOWN571COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO SUTHERLAND MILLER
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Mr. Sutherland Miller to travel to Grenada on April 19-20, 2006. 2. Understand Embassy assistance is not required. If you have any questions, please contact Rebecca Rohrer at Tel.(246)228-8070 or Fax. (246) 228-8589. 3. Entry requirements [...]
2006-04-03 17:11:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB EAID
06BRIDGETOWN576COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO SUTHERLAND MILLER
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Mr. Sutherland Miller to travel to Grenada on April 19-20, 2006. 2. Understand Embassy assistance is not required. If you have any questions, please contact Rebecca Rohrer at Tel.(246)228-8070 or Fax. (246) 228-8589. 3. Entry requirements [...]
2006-04-04 10:55:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB EAID
06BRIDGETOWN611DS/ATA TRAINED BOMB TECHNICIANS RESPOND TO
[...] According to Barbados daily "The Nation" on 04/06/2006, members of the Royal Barbados Police Force's (RBPF) explosive countermeasures unit responded to a suspicious device discovered in a Barbados residential neighborhood. These RBPF officers received and completed DS/ATA sponsored Explosive [...]
2006-04-07 19:53:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KPAO BB
06BRIDGETOWN612COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR HERMENCE
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Hermence Matsotsa to St. Lucia for TDY from April 18 to September 16, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to serve a five month HIV/AIDS related Crisis Corps assignment in St. Lucia. 2. Post understands that Peace Corps Ea [...]
2006-04-07 20:09:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB ST XL
06BRIDGETOWN642COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO BARBER TO TRAVEL
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Dr. Charles Barber to travel to Dominica April 30 - May 6, 2006. 2. Understand Embassy assistance is not required. If you have any questions, please contact Rebecca Rohrer at Tel.(246)228-8070 or Fax. (246) 228-8589. 3. Entry requirement [...]
2006-04-13 14:54:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA EAID DO XL
06BRIDGETOWN643 COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR IRS OFFICIALS
[...] Embassy Bridgetown requests country clearance for Frederick Dulas, Regional IRS Representative, and Paul J. Rolli, Manager overseas operations, to travel to BVI on May 10 - 12, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to meet with tax directors and Ministry of Finance Officials to discuss matters un [...]
2006-04-13 15:05:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CFED OTRA VI
06BRIDGETOWN655COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR BOOTHE TO TRAVEL
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for Mr. Peter Boothe, Voucher Examiner, USAID/Jamaica to travel to Barbados on April 24-28, 2006. 2. Understand Embassy assistance is not required. If you have any questions, please contact Rebecca Rohrer at Tel.(246)228-8070 or Fax. (246) 228-8 [...]
2006-04-19 21:50:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC OTRA EAID BB GY XL
06BRIDGETOWN666COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR HUNT, LAMBERT
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Barbara Hunt, Clement Lambert and Jodi Grant to travel to St. Lucia from April 30 - May 8, 2006. 2. Understand Embassy assistance is not required. If you have any questions, please contact Rebecca Rohrer at Tel: (246) 228-8070 of fax (246) 228 [...]
2006-04-20 17:33:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB EAID
06BRIDGETOWN689COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR KAREN D. TURNER
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for Ms. Karen D. Turner, USAID/J-Car Mission Director to travel to Barbados on/about May 7-13, 2006. 2. Understand Embassy assistance is not required. If you have any questions, please contact Rebecca Rohrer at Tel.(246)228-8070 or Fax. (246) 22 [...]
2006-04-25 03:49:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB EAID
06BRIDGETOWN690COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR LILY BESHAWRED
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for Ms. Lily Beshawred, Acting Office Director, Office of Program Development and Management to travel to Barbados on/about May 7-13, 2006. 2. Understand Embassy assistance is not required. If you have any questions, please contact Rebecca Rohrer [...]
2006-04-25 03:49:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB EAID
06BRIDGETOWN694COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR ANGELA DAVIS TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown requests country clearance for the following person to attend the Latin American & Caribbean Avian Influenza Meeting on May 3-5, 2006. Name: Angela Davis Title: Program Management Specialist Purpose: To attend the Avian Influenza Meeting Passport Number: PC611409 - ( [...]
2006-04-25 18:17:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA EAID BB PE XL XM
06BRIDGETOWN700 ST. LUCIA: VIOLENT CRIMES HIGHLIGHT POOR SECURITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: A series of violent crimes has drawn attention to St. Lucia's poor security situation, which has the potential to hurt this Caribbean nation's tourism- dependent economy. In the course of only a few weeks, several St. Lucians were killed, the nation's Roman Catholic Bishop was [...]
2006-04-26 20:56:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC PGOV PREL SMIG KCRM ST XL
06BRIDGETOWN702COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Debra Wahlberg and Preston Motes to travel to Barbados on May 9-12, 2006. to attend meetings with USAID personnel. 2. Understand Embassy assistance is not required. If you have any questions, please contact Rebecca Rohrer at Tel.(246)228-807 [...]
2006-04-27 14:57:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB EAID
06BRIDGETOWN744CLARITY OF PURPOSE ACHIEVED ON CWC REGIONAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Barbados Deputy Prime Minister Mottley hosted a meeting between Embassy officials and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Director of Foreign Operations in Customs and Border Protection (CBP),Charles Stallworth, April 18, 2006. The meeting proved to be beneficial as it de [...]
2006-05-03 17:12:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PTER ASEC CPAS XL
06BRIDGETOWN772COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ANJABEBU ASRAT
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Anjabebu Asrat to travel to St. Lucia for TDY from May 8 to October 31, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to serve as six month HIV/AIDS related Crisis Corps assignment in St. Lucia. 2. Post understands that Peace Corps [...]
2006-05-05 13:36:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB ST XL
06BRIDGETOWN804COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR JULIE CICCARONE
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Country Desk Officer Julie Ciccarone to travel to St. Lucia for TDY from May 22 to June 4, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend the close of service conference for Peace Corps volunteers as well as attending training [...]
2006-05-10 16:57:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB ST XL
06BRIDGETOWN826COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR RICHARD PYLE TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Special Services Officer, Richard Pyle to travel to St. Lucia for TDY from May 11 to May 17, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to meet staff and volunteers in St. Kitts and St. Lucia. 2. Embassy Bridgetown would like to [...]
2006-05-12 19:50:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA SC ST XL
06BRIDGETOWN841COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO TRAVEL TO GRENADA
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to the following persons for travel to Grenada on or about May 23, 2006. Nidhi Tandon Shannon Pritchard Hannah Dupal Anna Biroo Christine Wilson Catherine Ormond Mary Seraphin Julia Winston Dauphine Cato Ammorelle Edwards Joclyn Trumpet [...]
2006-05-15 16:38:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID OTRA GJ XL
06BRIDGETOWN855COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MICHAEL TAYLOR
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to USAID personnel Michael Taylor for travel to Grenada on May 23 - 25, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend meetings related to the review and close out of GBAR SME activity at Belmont Estate. 2. Understand Embassy assistance is not req [...]
2006-05-16 21:03:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID OTRA GJ XL
06BRIDGETOWN860COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR KAREN D. TURNER
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for Ms. Karen D. Turner, USAID/J-Cars Mission Director to travel to Barbados on/about June 5-8, 2006. 2. Understand Embassy assistance is not required. If you have any questions, please contact Rebecca Rohrer at Tel.(246)228-8070 or Fax. (246) 22 [...]
2006-05-17 20:15:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID OTRA BB
06BRIDGETOWN88COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ICE OFFICERS TO ESCORT
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for ICE officers Joseph Cicatello and Scott Wolfe to escort Jageshwar Ramnauth through Barbados to Guyana on January 16, 2005. RSO understands that the escorts will stay at Le Meridein Hotel located in Georgetown, Guyana. 2. Embassy RSO has no [...]
2006-01-13 20:21:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB
06BRIDGETOWN899COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO HAMILTON TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Mr. O'Neil Hamilton to travel to Antigua for the period May 30 to June 2, 2006 and to Dominica June 6-10, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to conduct four Public Outreach 101 training workshops. 2. Understand Embassy assistance is not requir [...]
2006-05-25 19:37:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID OTRA AC DO XL
06BRIDGETOWN910CLOCK TICKING (LOUDLY) ON CARIBBEAN IMMIGRATION
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Following the second ad hoc CARICOM Attorneys General meeting in Jamaica (Reftel A),Barbados Deputy Prime Minister Mottley requested a meeting with Ambassador Kramer to discuss the urgency of getting USG commitment for [...]
2006-05-26 16:31:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALASEC CPAS PINR PREL PTER UNSC XL
06BRIDGETOWN94ATA: 5501- ILEA LATIN AMERICA COMBATING
[...] Per reftel, the following is the travel itinerary for the Barbados Delegation Members attending ATA 5501 ILEA Conference: DP Bridgetown 01/22/06 AA946 0739hrs AR Miami 01/22/06 1040hrs DP Miami 01/22/06 AA2119 1832hrs AR San Salvador 01/ [...]
2006-01-13 20:41:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC BB
06BRIDGETOWN964COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR JONATHAN
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for Mr. Jonathan Schofield, Special Agent, to travel to Barbados June 10-15, 2006. 2. Understand Embassy assistance is not required. If you have any questions, please contact Rebecca Rohrer at Tel.(246)228-8070 or Fax. (246) 228-8589. 3. Ent [...]
2006-06-07 14:45:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID OTRA BB
06BRIDGETOWN965COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MICHAEL MAURY
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for Mr. Michael Maury Cassell, Health Development Officer, USAID, to travel to Barbados July 12-21, 2006. 2. Hotel reservations have been made at the Coral Sands Hotel, Worthing, Christ Church, Tel (246)-435- 6617. Your confirmation number is [...]
2006-06-07 15:23:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID OTRA BB
06BRIDGETOWN966COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR KAREN D. TURNER
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for Ms. Karen D. Turner, USAID/J-Cars Mission Director to travel to St. Kitts on/about June 20-22, 2006. 2. Understand Embassy assistance is not required. If you have any questions, please contact Rebecca Rohrer at Tel.(246)228-8070 or Fax. (246) [...]
2006-06-07 15:25:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB EAID
06BRIDGETOWN97COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO LISA FITZPATRICK
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Lisa Fitzpatrick, CDC Global AIDS program to travel to Barbados on January 18-19, 2006 to participate in CHART/I-TECH nursing working group meeting. 2. Understand Embassy assistance is not required. If you have any questions, please contact Se [...]
2006-01-17 16:48:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB EAID
06BRIDGETOWN993COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO WHALEY FOR TRAVEL TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to David Whaley, Professional Staff Member, House Resources Committee (HRESO),for travel to St. Kitts and Nevis from June 15-21, 2006. Mr. Whaley will attend the International Whaling Commission's 58th Annual Meeting as part of the U.S. Deleg [...]
2006-06-09 20:50:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN OTRA SC XL
06BRIDGETOWN998BARBADOS RESCUE SERVICES PREPARE FOR CRICKET
[...] According to a June 9 article in the Barbados daily newspaper, The Nation, on June 6, 2006, members of the National Conservation Commission (NCC),Barbados Police Force, Ambulance Service, and Coast Guard, under the direction of the national disaster preparedness agency, participated in a sea [...]
2006-06-12 12:04:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KPAO BB
06BRUSSELS4187BELGIUM: 2006 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) Post submits the following update on Belgium for the Department,s 2006 Patterns of Global Terrorism report (reftel). 2. (U) Patterns of Global Terrorism ) Belgium Update for 2006: ------------------ General Assessment ------------------ 3. (U) The Belgian government continues [...]
2006-12-20 15:18:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC EFIN PTER BE
06BUCHAREST1054ROMANIAN ARRESTED FOR PLANNING CAR BOMBING IN
[...] (SBU) Romanian media have reported heavily on the arrest June 26 of a Romanian man near Timisoara who allegedly planned to detonate a car bomb in a busy intersection to protest Romania's military contribution to Iraq and strong relationship with the U.S. Suspect Ioan Florin Lesch, also called [...]
2006-06-28 13:39:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL PINS PINR ASEC RO
06BUCHAREST178VANGOETHEM VERDICT, SENTENCING ROILS U.S.-ROMANIAN RELATIONS
[...] (C) Summary. The acquittal of former MSG Detachment Commander Christopher VanGoethem on January 31 of negligent homicide, along with the news that he would only receive a reprimand for his conduct, has roiled U.S.-Romanian relations. The denouement of the case will likely complicate ratification by [...]
2006-02-01 19:06:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCRM ASEC SOCI MARR MOPS RO
06BUCHAREST1874ROMANIA: 2006 COUNTRY TERRORISM REPORT
[...] This report provides Embassy Bucharest,s submission for the 2006 Country Reports on Terrorism. 2. Summary: Romania continued to be a staunch ally in the global war against terrorism, providing a full range of political, diplomatic, and military support for U.S. goals to combat internation [...]
2006-12-18 13:09:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC PGOV PREL MOPS ECON NATO RO
06BUCHAREST199VANGOETHEM VERDICT: PUBLIC OUTRAGE CONTINUES
[...] (C) Summary. The acquittal of former MSG Detachment Commander Christopher VanGoethem on January 31 of negligent homicide continues to receive prominent press coverage, with political leaders and the general public alike questioning the reasons for the verdict as well as the commitment of the USG to [...]
2006-02-04 09:35:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCRM ASEC SOCI MARR MOPS RO
06BUCHAREST519WHAT ROMANIA CAN DO TO PROMOTE STABILITY, SECURITY
[...] (C) Summary. Romania's desire to play an active role in the Black Sea region could, if properly channeled and supported by the U.S., the U.K. and like-minded partners, further our goals for the region and beyond. Bucharest could play a positive role in promoting regional efforts to strengthen [...]
2006-03-24 18:00:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM SOCI ECON ENRG ASEC PTER KCRM
06BUDAPEST1913DEMONSTRATIONS CONTINUE; DISTINCTIONS EMERGE
[...] (SBU) Crowds estimated at 10,000 - 15,000 gathered at Parliament on the evening of September 20, but the authorities report fewer and less severe violent incidents overnight. Residents are adjusting to the evening demonstrations against the Gyurcsany government and accept the peaceful expressi [...]
2006-09-21 15:05:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ASEC HU
06BUDAPEST1929BUDAPEST DEMONSTRATIONS: ENTER STAGE RIGHT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-22 16:10:00Embassy BudapestUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM ECON ASEC CASC HU
06BUENOSAIRES109 QUARTERLY STATUS REPORT - BUENOS AIRES:
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT EVENTS: A. OVERVIEW OF ACTIVITIES: Â [...]
2006-01-17 12:07:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC
06BUENOSAIRES1099 Argentina: Disaster Management System Overview
[...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified - Not For Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: The GOA has a number of agencies in place to deal with disaster management, many with well-trained personnel and established action plans. Of them, the GOA Nuclear Regulatory Agency (ARN) is particularly wel [...]
2006-05-15 14:44:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID OFDA PREL SENV KNNP KSCA AEMR ASEC KESS AR
06BUENOSAIRES2613AMBASSADOR'S NOVEMBER 16 MEETING WITH MINISTER OF
[...] (C) On November 16, Ambassador had a very constructive first meeting with Minister of the Interior Anibal Fernandez. They discussed the excellent working relations between Embassy agencies and the four federal law enforcement agencies under the Minister's control. The Minister explained his [...]
2006-11-22 21:40:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR PTER KCRM PARM EWWT KNNP ASEC AR
06BUENOSAIRES309Argentina - WHA FY-2006 ESF Anti-Trafficking
[...] The following anti-trafficking project proposal developed in coordination with the Regional Office of the International Organization for Migration is submitted by Embassy Buenos Aires for funding consideration from FY 2006 ESF appropriations per reftel instructions: A. PROJECT TITILE: Pr [...]
2006-02-08 19:44:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PHUM ASEC ELAB SMIG AR
06BUENOSAIRES723 Embassy Buenos Aires Avian Influenza Tabletop
[...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified - Not For Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: Embassy Buenos Aires' Avian Influenza (AI) Mission Task Force (MTF) conducted an AI mission specific tabletop exercise which was led by the PMO and included CLO, IRM, PAS and the MSG representatives on Marc [...]
2006-03-28 17:34:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT ASEC CASC AMED KFLO AEMR AR
06BUJUMBURA607BURUNDI - RELIEF TO DEVELOPMENT
[...] Following significant political progress, the overall humanitarian situation is improving in Burundi. The transition from relief to development is underway, but humanitarian coordination is essential to prevent critical gaps between relief and development assistance. However, several variab [...]
2006-07-18 07:28:00Embassy BujumburaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PHUM ASEC PREL BY
06CAIRO1636JERICHO PRISON CRISIS PROMPTS CANCELLATION OF
[...] (C) Summary. Local sources confirm that the Jericho prison crisis in the West Bank has prompted the postponement of an expected visit to Israel by Egyptian Intelligence Minister Omar Soliman scheduled to begin March 15, as well as the postponement of travel to Egypt by Palestinian President [...]
2006-03-15 14:37:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ASEC KPAL EG IS
06CAIRO1676JERICHO PRISON INCIDENT PROMPTS HARSH REACTION
[...] (C) Presidential Spokesman and Senior Advisor Soliman Awad called the Ambassador late March 15 to share that a parliamentary committee had severely grilled a senior Ministry of Foreign Affairs official March 14 during an emergency session to address the Jericho prison incident. Awad explained [...]
2006-03-16 15:33:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL PTER ASEC UNSC EG IS
06CAIRO1696THE SECOND U.S. - EGYPT CT JOINT WORKING GROUP
[...] (C) Egypt hosted the second U.S.-Egypt Counterterrorism Joint Working Group on February 26, 2006. In a full day of talks, S/CT Amb. Crumpton and a six-member U.S. delegation discussed with the GOE's Inter-Ministerial Counterterrorism Committee the importance of a coordinated, interdisciplinary appr [...]
2006-03-19 15:04:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV KISL ASEC EG
06CAIRO170SUDANESE REFUGEES IN EGYPT
[...] (SBU) THE VIOLENT CONFRONTATION ON DECEMBER 30 BETWEEN EGYPTIAN POLICE AND SUDANESE REFUGEES WHEN AT LEAST 27 LOST THEIR LIVES AND HUNDREDS MORE WERE DETAINED, HAS FOCUSED WORLD-WIDE ATTENTION ON THE LIVES OF THE MANY ASYLUM- SEEKERS WHO HAVE SOUGHT REFUGE IN CAIRO. MANY OF THESE FLED TURMOI [...]
2006-01-12 20:03:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM PREL ASEC CVIS EG SU UNHCR
06CAIRO2228IRAQ: ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN MINISTERS APRIL 12
[...] (C) Arab League (AL) Secretary General Amre Moussa provided the Ambassador April 12 with a brief read-out of that day's Iraq "Follow-Up Committee" ministerial meeting in Cairo. Despite Iraq's decision to boycott the meeting, nine Arab foreign ministers agreed on three main points, Moussa sai [...]
2006-04-13 13:26:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS ASEC PTER EG IZ
06CAIRO2267EGYPT: SECTARIAN VIOLENCE IN ALEXANDRIA
[...] (C) Summary: Attacks on Friday, April 14 against worshipers in three separate Alexandria churches killed one elderly Christian, wounded more than a dozen others and sparked a weekend of unrest. Clashes continued at a lower tempo on April 16 and the death that day of a Muslim injured April [...]
2006-04-16 15:35:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KIRF ASEC EG
06CAIRO2437TERRORIST BOMBINGS IN DAHAB, SINAI KILL AT LEAST
[...] (SBU) At around 1915 local time April 24, three bombs exploded in the Sinai resort town of Dahab, approximately 80 KM north of Sharm el-Sheikh. An Egyptian Ministry of Interior statement released approximately 2100 local put the total number of dead at 10 and 70 injured. This number is proba [...]
2006-04-24 21:57:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC CASC EG
06CAIRO2438APRIL 25 UPDATE ON DAHAB TERROR ATTACKS
[...] (U) The official numbers of dead and injured following the April 24 triple bombing at the Dahab seaside resort in the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, remain in flux, with State Security sources informally sharing their count of 24 killed and upwards of 100 injured. The Embassy is not aware of any Am [...]
2006-04-25 12:59:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PTER ASEC EG
06CAIRO2593UPDATE ON RECENT SINAI TERROR ATTACKS
[...] (C) Ten days after the April 24 terrorist attacks in Dahab and April 26 attacks against MFO units (reftels) the security situation in Sinai remains unsettled. Intensive police operations are continuing, particularly concentrated in the Jebel Maghara region, roughly 60 KM southwest of Al-Arish, [...]
2006-05-04 08:15:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV ASEC EG
06CAIRO268SUDAN REFUGEES: EGYPT RELEASES ADDITIONAL
[...] (SBU) MFA Assistant Minister for American Affairs briefed the DCM January 18 on the status of detained Sudanese asylum seekers in Egypt. Hefny clarified that 153 Sudanese had been released January 17, with an unspecified number of others to be released shortly. UNHCR, he said, had been given [...]
2006-01-18 16:34:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM PREL ASEC CVIS EG SU UNHCR
06CAIRO2989EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY CONCERNED OVER SECURITY
[...] (C) During a May 15 luncheon, MFA Assistant Minister for American Affairs Ambassador Salama Shaker pressed the DCM on GOE security concerns for its Washington, D.C. mission (ref). Shaker reported continuing GOE anxiety over what it perceives as inadequate notification by D.C. and federal au [...]
2006-05-18 12:40:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC EG
06CAIRO382SECTARIAN VIOLENCE NEAR LUXOR
[...] (C) Summary: The village of Udayssat, 23 km south of Luxor, witnessed sectarian strife on January 18-20, resulting in clashes and the murder of a Christian man and the death of a Christian boy in murky circumstances. As of January 23, a heavy police presence remains in the area. A leading [...]
2006-01-23 15:19:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PHUM PINS KIRF KISL EG
06CAIRO480SUDAN REFUGEES: UNHCR MEETS DEADLINE, BUT
[...] (SBU) UNHCR has completed its evaluation of the 183 Sudanese asylum seekers still in detention since they were forcibly evicted from a sit-in in a downtown park last December 30 and will present its final report to the GOE tonight. Since it reopened its offices, UNHCR has been overwhelmed wit [...]
2006-01-26 16:06:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM PREL ASEC CVIS EG SU UNHCR
06CAIRO639SUDAN REFUGEES: UNHCR COMPLETES ITS WORK WITH
[...] (SBU) Although some Sudanese asylum seekers were released during the week, 155 remain in detention following their forcible eviction from a sit-in in a downtown park December 30. UNHCR has completed its evaluation of all of those still in detention and will present its final report to the GOE [...]
2006-02-02 14:50:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM PREL ASEC CVIS EG SU UNHCR
06CAIRO6459UNSCR 1718 WILL DEFINE EGYPT'S NORTH KOREA POLICY
[...] (C) Poloff delivered ref A demarche on October 17 to MFA Cabinet Advisor for Asian Affairs Moataz Al Zahran, stressing USG concerns over North Korea's test of a nuclear device, and the importance of strict implementation of UNSCR 1718. Poloff emphasized resolution language on prevention of ma [...]
2006-10-18 14:48:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC PNUK PTER EG NK
06CAIRO6746EGYPTIAN TABLOIDS CRITICIZE EMBASSY LES
[...] (C) Summary: Two Egyptian tabloids with a history of spurious attacks on Egyptian human rights and democracy activists recently turned their sights on a senior Egyptian employee of post's Economic-Political Section, decrying his work on religious freedom and MEPI. Post sees no evidence at [...]
2006-11-07 09:22:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KIRF EG
06CAIRO6821PANDEMIC INFLUENZA: CAIRO PREPARATIONS FOR POSSIBLE
[...] (U) Since the outbreak of Avian Influenza in Egypt and neighboring countries in 2005, post has actively urged both mission members and the wider AMCIT community to prepare for pandemic influenza. In order to alert the community on the basics of AI and pandemic influenza preparation, the Embass [...]
2006-11-09 15:27:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT AMED TBIO ASEC CASC KFLU KSAF KSEO
06CAIRO713ANGER IN EGYPT OVER DANISH CARTOONS EXPRESSED
[...] (SBU) Egyptians are peacefully expressing their outrage over Danish cartoons of the Prophet Mohamed, which is finding expression through various official and private channels. Businesses and consumers are boycotting Danish products, and the government is publicly condemning the cartoons in a [...]
2006-02-06 15:49:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PREL PGOV ECON ASEC EG DE
06CAIRO715CAIRO CONSULAR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY INITIATIVE
[...] Summary. The Consular Section is aiming to make a more positive impression on the 40,000 Egyptians who come to its windows every year by considering them a target audience for public diplomacy efforts. This is in line with post's Peace objective and with the Department's objective to promote [...]
2006-02-07 05:17:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDCASC ASEC EG
06CAIRO7200EGYPT: 2006 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] Egypt is an ally in the Global War on Terrorism. The Egyptian and U.S. Governments maintained close cooperation on a broad range of counter-terrorism and law enforcement issues in 2006 and exchanged information on a variety of terrorism, security, and law enforcement matters during the course [...]
2006-12-20 13:01:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC EG
06CAIRO783SUDAN REFUGEES: ALL UNHCR `PERSONS OF CONCERN'
[...] (SBU) Emboffs met separately February 9 with MFA and UNHCR to discuss the status of Sudanese asylum seekers in Cairo. All UNHCR `persons of concern' have been released, leaving the fate of the remaining 156 detainees in question. MFA contacts rule out deportations in the short term, and belie [...]
2006-02-09 14:29:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM PREL ASEC CVIS EG SU UNHCR
06CAIRO800DANISH CARTOON CONTROVERSY: GOE WORKING TO DEFUSE
[...] (C) According to our European colleagues, GOE officials, and our own analysis, the GOE and Egyptian public remain deeply angered over the cartoon controversy and believe additional steps can be taken by the Danes to defuse the current tensions. The issue of physical security for the Danish an [...]
2006-02-09 18:05:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ASEC EG DA
06CALCUTTA100INDIAN OFFICIALS REPORT NO PROGRESS IN CASE OF KIDNAPPED
[...] (SBU) Post continues monitor the kidnapping case of the Kuki Movement for Human Rights (KMHR) Chairman and Kuki Christian Church Administrative Secretary Dr. Tongkhojang Lunkim (REFTEL). On January 17, the Kuki Liberation Army (KLA) kidnapped Dr. Lunkim in the Senapti district of the Northeast [...]
2006-03-01 13:16:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PHUM KRIM ASEC IN
06CALCUTTA101WEST BENGAL LEFTISTS PROTEST PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) On March 1, demonstrators from the youth wings of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM),the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) and the Students Federation of India (SFI),protested the impending arrival of President Bush to India in front of the American Center in Calcut [...]
2006-03-01 13:26:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC CASC CVIS PREL KRIM OVIP IN
06CALCUTTA109MAOIST INSURGENTS EXECUTE WEST BENGAL COMMUNIST PARTY
[...] (SBU) Summary: March 4-5 Communist Party of India - Maoist (Maoist) insurgents killed two Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPM) workers in separate attacks in West Bengal. These attacks come just a week after a Maoist-emplaced landmine killed three West Bengal policemen. The recent spate [...]
2006-03-07 07:07:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PINR ASEC KRIM PHUM PGOV IN
06CALCUTTA123KUKI LIBERATION ARMY RELEASE KIDNAPPED CHRISTIAN LEADER DR.
[...] (SBU) On March 18, the Kuki Liberation Army (KLA) in the Northeast Indian state of Manipur released Chairman of the Kuki Movement for Human Rights (KMHR) and Administrative Secretary of the Kuki Christian Church Dr. Tongkhojang Lunkim after two months of captivity. The KLA returned him in good [...]
2006-03-20 13:35:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PHUM SOCI PGOV ASEC IN
06CALCUTTA134PARTIES JOCKEY FOR POSITION JUST DAYS BEFORE ASSAM STATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 3 India's Northeastern state of Assam will begin its two-phased state assembly election. The second phase will be the following week on April 10. Even in the last hours of campaigning, the situation is still very fluid. No party has a clear majority and yet no formal [...]
2006-03-31 12:51:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PTER ASEC SOCI IN
06CALCUTTA137BIHAR GOVERNMENT STRUGGLES TO ERADICATE POLIO AND FACES
[...] (SBU) Summary. On March 23 CG had introductory meetings with recently elected Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his senior officials to discuss the new state government's economic development, public health and security initiatives. Kumar and other contacts expressed a strong interest in [...]
2006-04-03 10:02:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON SOCI ASEC KHIV IN
06CALCUTTA145EXIT POLLS SHOW NO CLEAR WINNER IN ASSAM'S LAST ROUND OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: On April 10, the Congress-ruled Northeast Indian state of Assam concluded its second and final phase of state assembly elections. Counting of votes and announcing of results will be on May 11. Exit polls indicate that the Congress Party will not retain a majority of over 64 se [...]
2006-04-11 12:48:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PTER ASEC SOCI IN
06CALCUTTA148LEFTIST PROJECTED TO WIN WEST BENGAL STATE ASSEMBLY
[...] (SBU) Summary: On April 17, West Bengal will hold its first phase of the state assembly elections. With only a few days remaining, main opposition parties the Trinamul Congress (Trinamul) and the Congress Party (Congress) have failed to unite against the ruling Left Front. The only "opposit [...]
2006-04-13 14:46:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SOCI ASEC IN
06CALCUTTA306NORTHEAST INDIAN STATE MEGHALAYA STRUGGLES WITH SOCIAL AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: July 7-8, 2006 ConGen visited the Northeast state of Meghalaya to meet senior government officials and to attend a regional conference on trafficking in persons in the capital, Shillong. Meghalaya's persistent insurgency problem appears to have moderated, with the two dominant [...]
2006-07-18 09:28:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM ECON KWMN EMIN ASEC IN BG
06CALCUTTA307CALCUTTA EAC MEETING JULY 14, 2006
[...] (SBU) In response to ref. A, on July 14 post convened an EAC meeting to discuss the local security implications of escalating hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah. 2. (SBU) The Consulate has received no information indicating the possibility of violent protests or threats in Calcutta or [...]
2006-07-18 10:32:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC PTER PGOV IN
06CALCUTTA349UNITED LIBERATION FRONT OF ASOM CONDUCTS DEADLY EXPLOSIVE
[...] (SBU) In the run-up to India's August 15 Independence Day celebrations, the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) conducted two deadly explosive attacks in the Northeast Indian state of Assam. On August 11, six policemen were killed when a landmine exploded under a police convey conducting [...]
2006-08-14 12:36:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PINR ASEC CASC IN BG NP
06CALCUTTA389NORTHEAST INDIAN STATE OF MANIPUR EXPERIENCES ESCALATING
[...] (C) SUMMARY. August 22-25 ConGen visited the Northeast Indian state of Manipur to assess the security situation and to follow the investigation of the August 16 grenade attack on the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) temple in Imphal (REFTELS). Manipur suffers from over 30 [...]
2006-09-01 13:50:00Consulate KolkataCONFIDENTIALPTER PHUM ASEC CASC PGOV SOCI IN
06CALCUTTA481UPPER ASSAM `LIKE A BATTLEFIELD' AS INDIAN SECURITY FORCES
[...] (SBU) Summary: On September 24, the GOI resumed its operations against the Assam-based United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA). This resumption of hostilities came forty-one days after the Indian military unilaterally suspended its operations against ULFA. Though the GOI is calling the brea [...]
2006-10-24 10:23:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER PHUM PINR IN BT
06CALCUTTA508LEFTISTS DEMONSTRATE AGAINST SADDAM HUSSEIN'S DEATH
[...] (SBU) In response to ref. A, on November 5, post convened an EAC meeting to discuss the local security implications of the death sentence verdict in the Saddam Hussein case. EAC had no indication of direct threats. However, local security and police were directed to be alert for possible prot [...]
2006-11-06 12:38:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC PTER PGOV IN
06CALCUTTA509DEADLY BOMB ATTACKS IN ASSAM KILL 12 PEOPLE AND INJURE 50
[...] (SBU) Summary: Following Assam's bloodiest month of insurgent violence this year, November began with one of Assam's deadliest bombings in recent years. On November 5, two bomb explosions in Assam's capital Guwahati killed 12 people and injured at least 50 others. GOI and state law enforcem [...]
2006-11-06 15:54:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC MARR PTER PHUM IN
06CALCUTTA517DAILY DEMONSTRATIONS AGAINST SADDAM HUSSEIN DEATH SENTENCE
[...] (SBU) The street in front of post's American Center continues to be the venue for daily demonstrations against the recent Saddam Hussein death sentence. A range of the usual Leftist groups have come out to express their opposition to the verdict but other political groups, such as the youth [...]
2006-11-13 07:35:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC AMGT CASC PREL IN
06CALCUTTA533BOMBS ON TRAIN IN W. BENGAL KILL AT LEAST SIX
[...] (U) Summary: On November 20, an explosion on the Haldibari-New Jalpaiguri passenger train in northern West Bengal killed at least 6 and injured more than 50 people. Unofficial estimates indicate the death toll may rise to 15. No Americans have been reported injured. Although no one has cl [...]
2006-11-21 12:22:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PTER IN
06CALCUTTA536INDIAN AUTHORITIES SEIZE USD 70 MILLION AMPHETAMINE
[...] (SBU) Summary: On November 14 officials of the Indian Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) seized an estimated USD 70 million in methampetamine precursor chemicals in a cargo shipping container at a warehouse in Calcutta. NCB officials arrested Indian national of Chinese origin Vincent Chang alia [...]
2006-11-28 08:05:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM SOCI ASEC IN CH CO
06CALCUTTA540STRIKE CALLED IN WEST BENGAL AS OPPOSITION DESTROYS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 1, West Bengal regional political party Trinamul Congress (TC) organized a12-hour general strike in the state, disrupting commercial activity and resulting in some violent incidents. One government official was killed and four people reportedly injured by crude bom [...]
2006-12-01 13:32:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV IN EINV ECON ASEC
06CALCUTTA558ANOTHER STRIKE HURTS WEST BENGAL
[...] (U) Summary: On December 14 the 24-hour all India bandh (strike) called by the Center for Indian Trade Unions (CITU) against the economic policies of the Central government brought the entire state of West Bengal to a grinding halt. Flights and trains to and from Calcutta were cancelled and [...]
2006-12-15 13:27:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIEDECON SOCI EINV ETRD ASEC IN
06CALCUTTA561NAGA INSURGENCY OFFERS NO EASY SOLUTION
[...] (SBU) Summary: December 4-7, ConGen met with government officials and contacts in the Northeast Indian state of Nagaland to discuss ongoing ethnic Naga insurgencies. During this period, representatives of the separatist National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Isak-Muivah) (NSCN-IM) factio [...]
2006-12-18 11:58:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC PREL PGOV PHUM IN BM
06CALCUTTA63ASSAM POLICE SHOOT VIOLENT PROTESTORS DEMONSTRATING AGAINST
[...] (U) On February 10, nine people were killed in the Northeast Indian state of Assam when police opened fire on demonstrators protesting the death of suspected United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) supporter Ajit Mahanta while in Indian Army custody. On February 5, the Indian Army detained Maha [...]
2006-02-14 07:16:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PINR SOCI ASEC IN
06CALCUTTA66MINERAL RICH JHARKHAND SUFFERS INSURGENCY AND POVERTY
[...] (SBU) February 5-8, CG visited the Eastern Indian state of Jharkhand to assess the economic development, security, religious freedom and the political situation. A new state, established only in 2000, Jharkhand is still experiencing serious growing pains. The National Democratic Alliance (ND [...]
2006-02-14 12:20:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON ASEC EIND EMIN SOCI PHUM IN
06CALCUTTA93KUKI LIBERATION ARMY ABDUCTS KUKI COMMUNITY LEADER DR.
[...] (SBU) On January 17, the Kuki Liberation Army (KLA) kidnapped Chairman of the Kuki Movement for Human Rights (KMHR) and Administrative Secretary of the Kuki Christian Church Dr. Tongkhojang Lunkim in Senapati district of Manipur state in Northeast India. While ostensibly fighting for an indepe [...]
2006-02-24 10:08:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PTER ASEC KCRM SOCI IN
06CARACAS1032BRV IRRITATED BY AMBASSADORIAL OUTREACH ACTIVITIES
[...] (C) VFM Maripili Hernandez convoked the Ambassador on April 12 to complain that his public diplomacy visits to poor communities were inadequately coordinated, and to suggest that we were collaborating with the independent media to provoke incidents during such visits. The Ambassador rejecte [...]
2006-04-17 19:14:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC VE
06CARACAS1263CARACAS-LA GUAIRA BYPASS ROAD CLOSED AGAIN
[...] (SBU) On May 8, after heavy rains, a landslide blocked the newly-constructed Bridge Bypass Road (BBR) built to link Caracas to the main air and sea ports. The 2.5 km road, opened in late February as an alternate route after the closure and collapse of the highway bridge, has steep pitching a [...]
2006-05-10 19:12:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAIR ETRD KDEM PGOV ASEC VE
06CARACAS1293UPDATE ON CARACAS-LA GUAIRA BRIDGE BYPASS ROAD
[...] (SBU) Traffic on the Bridge Bypass Road built to link Caracas to the main air and sea ports has resumed on both lanes for heavy and light traffic, with some intermittent closures. The Ministry of Infrastructure (MINFRA) has announced possible closures from 10PM-4AM to reinforce the steep pit [...]
2006-05-12 20:21:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAIR ETRD KDEM PGOV ASEC VE
06CARACAS1680AMBASSADOR VISITS CHAVEZ'S HOME STATE
[...] (C) The Ambassador traveled to Barinas on May 18, visiting two USAID projects and a radio station, and meeting with the local bishop and civic leaders. Surprisingly, no untoward incidents marred the visit of the Ambassador to the heart of chavismo, Chavez's home state. The Ambassador reques [...]
2006-06-08 16:00:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM ASEC ECON EAGR EIND VE
06CARACAS3507CHAVEZ DIRTY TRICKS, THE ROSALES "BUBBLE," AND THE
[...] (C) Summary. Apart from a few rock-throwing attacks by Chavistas, the Rosales and Chavez campaigns have to date largely stayed away from each other. However, the December 3 presidential election will inevitably put ardent activists of both camps in close proximity. Both the Chavez and Rosale [...]
2006-11-30 22:05:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ASEC VE
06CARACAS523VENEZUELA'S SIXTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT SUBMISSION
[...] (SBU) The following is post's input (ref A) for the sixth annual anti-trafficking in persons report (TIP). Political officer LaTranda Martin is Embassy,s point of contact. Telephone: 58-212-907-8531; Fax: 58-212-907-8033; Email: martinls@state.gov. Hours spent compiling the report: 31. 2 [...]
2006-02-24 21:11:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF
06CARACAS630UPDATE ON CARACAS AVIAN INFLUENZA CONTINGENCY
[...] (SBU) On January 19, Post Emergency Action Committee (EAC) Avian Influenza (AI) Subcommittee met with the Regional Medical Officer (RMO) to discuss Post preparedness. The Subcommittee then held a follow-up meeting on January 26 to review the preparedness checklist as it pertains to Post oper [...]
2006-03-08 20:43:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR AMGT ASEC CASC AMED KFLO VE
06CARACAS633COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR US DELEGATION TO
[...] The Embassy grants country clearances for the visit to Venezuela of T. March Bell, Mark Mittelhauser, Pedro Moreno, Stacy D. Williams, and Carla Menares Bury from Monday, March 13 through Saturday, March 18. This approval is granted on the condition that the travelers will be utilizing an off [...]
2006-03-08 20:52:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAGR ECON KCRM KFRD OAS AMGT APER VE
06CARACAS656CHAVEZ USES INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY FOR EMBASSY
[...] (C) An estimated 2,500 protesters, supported by prominent Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) officials, staged a demonstration at the Embassy on March 8 to protest the U.S. government's policies in Iraq. The group's leadership, National Assembly deputies Celia Flores and Desiree Santos, p [...]
2006-03-10 18:15:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC VE
06CARACAS698ANOTHER TRANSPORTISTA PROTEST OUTSIDE EMBASSY
[...] (U) The transport workers held a small peaceful demonstration on March 15 outside the Embassy. This, like the February 23 demonstration (ref a),was likely organized by the BRV. At about 1 pm roughly two dozen almost empty buses arrived at the Embassy. The caravan had been driving around t [...]
2006-03-16 11:59:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALASEC KDEM PGOV VE
06CARACAS742CARACAS-LA GUAIRA BRIDGE COLLAPSES
[...] (SBU) On March 19, the closed bridge linking Caracas and its international air and sea ports collapsed. Chavez and the Ministry of Infrastructure (MINFRA) both stated that the BRV had knowledge of the imminent collapse and were planning to demolish the bridge, but that they didn't release thi [...]
2006-03-21 15:19:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAIR ETRD KDEM PGOV ASEC VE
06CARACAS785AMBASSADOR GETS DELAYED BY PROTESTERS IN GUARICO
[...] (C) Ambassador Brownfield and Emboffs were tracked by an aggressive and ultimately violent group of protesters on March 22 during an outreach trip to the state of Guarico (though there were no injuries to Embassy personnel). A noon-hour press conference and lunch at a local club dragged into [...]
2006-03-27 10:40:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ELAB KDEM SCUL EAID ASEC VE
06CASABLANCA1020 VISAS VIPER FOR AUGUST 2006 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] (U) Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met September 5, 2006. The meeting was chaired by the Acting DCM and attended by representatives from CONS, RAO, RSO, POL, ECON, PAS, DAO and LEGATT. 2. (SBU) The Committee submits the following 53 [...]
2006-09-08 17:11:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
06CASABLANCA1151 VISAS VIPER FOR SEPTEMBER 2006 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] (U) Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met October 2, 2006. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and attended by the CG and representatives from CONS, RAO, RSO, POL, ECON, PAS, DAO and LEGATT. 2. (SBU) The Committee submits the following [...]
2006-10-06 15:41:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
06CASABLANCA1286 VISAS VIPER FOR OCTOBER 2006 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] (U) Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met November 7, 2006. The meeting was chaired by CONS on behalf of the DCM and attended by the CG and representatives from RAO, RSO, ECON, PAS, DAO and LEGATT. POL earlier reported they had no names [...]
2006-11-09 15:47:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
06CASABLANCA1293 VISAS VIPER REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-15 07:06:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
06CASABLANCA1294 VISAS VIPER REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-15 07:34:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
06CASABLANCA1314 VISAS VIPER FOR NOVEMBER 2006 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] (U) Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met December 4, 2006. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and attended by the CG and representatives from CONS, POL, RAO, RSO, ECON, PAS, DAO and LEGATT. 2. (SBU) The Committee submits the following [...]
2006-12-05 07:58:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
06CASABLANCA165FY2006 ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) PROJECTS FOR
[...] Mission Morocco welcomes the Department's continued interest in supporting Moroccan efforts to stem trafficking in persons, treat its victims, and punish its perpetrators. The mission is very appreciative of Department's recent decision to earmark USD 183,344 in support of two anti-traffickin [...]
2006-02-07 17:43:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM EAID ELAB KCRM KWMN SMIG ASEC MO
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