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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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08MOSCOW3127HFAC CHAIRMAN BERMAN MEETS DUMA IRC CHAIRMAN KOSACHEV:
[...] (SBU) Summary: Duma International Relations Committee Chair Kosachev told House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Berman October 14 that the difficult state of U.S.-Russian relations was due to Russia's "disappointment" over European security structures following the end of the Cold War. He [...]
2008-10-23 13:55:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KNDP NATO MARR PARM OREP GG IR RS
08MOSCOW3130RUSSIAN DFM BORODAVKIN ON NORTH KOREA, AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Summary. In an October 22 meeting with the Ambassador, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksey Borodavkin provided a readout of North Korean Foreign Minister Pak Ui Chun's October 15 meeting with FM Lavrov and expressed concern that the North Korean interpretation of the October 3 verif [...]
2008-10-24 03:30:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM RS KN AF
08MOSCOW3244RUSSIA PROMISES CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR U.S. GOALS
[...] (SBU) ESTOff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Security and Disarmament Affairs Second Secretary Alexander Bolichiov on November 5. Bolichiov was clear that the GOR continues to support the revised U.S. criteria-based proposal for Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) c [...]
2008-11-05 14:51:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IAEA RS
08MOSCOW3271RUSSIA LOSES NO MATTER HOW THE IRANIAN NUCLEAR
[...] (C) Summary: Russia will lose no matter how the Iranian nuclear controversy is resolved, according to analysts who argue that Russia faces either the prospect of a nuclear Iran causing instability in the Middle East, or a negotiated settlement that will lead Iran to "drop" Russia in favor of [...]
2008-11-10 13:05:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ENRG MARR MNUC IR RS
08MOSCOW3352UNDERSECRETARY BURNS' LUNCH WITH DFM RYABKOV:
[...] (S) Summary. DFM Ryabkov November 12 reiterated FM Lavrov's message to U/S Burns and the Ambassador that Russia saw the Sochi Strategic Declaration as the basis for future U.S.-Russian relations, and Medvedev's state of the union address had not been intended as a deliberate slap at President [...]
2008-11-19 12:22:00Embassy MoscowSECRETPREL PGOV MARR KNNP KACT MNUC EFIN AF GG AM
08MOSCOW3411ROSATOM TO SEND ONLY WORKING-LEVEL DELEGATION TO
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-25 20:06:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IR RS
08MOSCOW3429RUSSIA'S VIEWS ON THE IAEA REPORT ON IRANIAN AND
[...] (C) On November 25, ESToff delivered reftel points on the IAEA reports on the Iranian and Syrian nuclear programs to Alexander Bolichiov, Second Secretary in the MFA Department of Security and Disarmament Affairs. Syria ------ 2. (C) Bolichiov was dismissive regarding the points on [...]
2008-11-26 13:13:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA TRGY IR SY RS
08MOSCOW3604RUSSIA ON PREVENTING IMPLEMENTATION OF SYRIA'S
[...] (C) On December 12, ESToff delivered the reftel non-paper urging Russia to support efforts to prevent the implementation of a Syria-requested Technical Cooperation (TC) Project to conduct a feasibility study and site selection for a nuclear power plant in Syria to First Secretary Olga Kuzne [...]
2008-12-12 13:59:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA TRGY SY RS
08MOSCOW3605SEEKING RUSSIAN UPDATE ON SUKHUMI RADIOACTIVE
[...] (C) On December 12, ESToff requested an update on the four radioactive sources located in Sukhumi, Abkhazia from First Secretary Olga Kuznetsova, Nuclear Affairs Officer in the MFA Department of Security and Disarmament Affairs. While she was aware of the issue and its history, she said that [...]
2008-12-12 14:01:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKNP ENRG IAEA PARM PREL GG RS
08MOSCOW3778KOSACHEV MEETS CODEL TAUSCHER: MORE DIALOGUE NEEDED
[...] (SBU) Summary: Duma International Relations Committee Chair Konstantin Kosachev told CODEL Tauscher on December 16 that parliamentary dialogue between the U.S. and Russia needed to be revitalized. He suggested that the Duma International Relations and Defense Committees should meet with the H [...]
2008-12-31 12:57:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR PARM KNNP OREP RS
08MOSCOW400ANGARSK INTERNATIONAL ENRICHMENT CENTER: MOVING
[...] (SBU) Development of the International Uranium Enrichment Center (IUEC) in Angarsk continues to move forward, though the center is still a "virtual" one to be carved out of the existing Angarsk Chemical Complex. Embassy was warmly received during a visit to the complex. Embassy toured the ca [...]
2008-02-14 13:15:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PARM RS
08MOSCOW442RUSSIAN CONCERNS ON ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON EXPORT
[...] (SBU) On February 15, we delivered reftel points regarding U.S. support for the IAEA request to the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Governments for additional information regarding export denials to Iran or nuclear related items already delivered to Iran. 2. (SBU) Alexandr Bolichiov of the MF [...]
2008-02-15 15:17:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC AORC PARM IAEA IR RS
08MOSCOW591RUSSIAN COMMENTS ON USG VIEWS ON IAEA REPORT AND
[...] (S) On February 27 we delivered reftel non-paper (Ref B) regarding U.S. views of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) assessments of Iran's activities to Alexander Trifimov of the MFA Department of Security and Disarmament Affairs. 2. (S) Trifimov contended that Iran had been relati [...]
2008-03-03 07:57:00Embassy MoscowSECRETKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA UNGA PREL IR RS
08MOSCOW859RUSSIAN DEPUTY SECURITY COUNCIL NAZAROV ON IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: In a March 21 meeting with SFRC Staff Member Puneet Talwar and DCM, Russian Security Council Deputy Secretary Nazarov praised P5 1 unity on Iran, but argued that SIPDIS a lack of a roadmap, the failure to lay out positive inducements for Iranian action, over-reliance on sanct [...]
2008-03-28 13:40:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KNDP RS IR
08MUNICH17PREVIEW OF THE 44TH MUNICH CONFERENCE ON SECURITY POLICY
[...] (U) The 44th annual Munich Conference on Security Policy, the "Davos" of the security policy world, is set to take place February 8-10, 2008 at the Bayerischer Hof hotel in Munich, Germany. Invited guests include heads of state, foreign ministers, defense ministers, parliamentary delegations [...]
2008-01-11 17:03:00Consulate MunichUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM NATO GM
08MUNICH52OVERVIEW OF THE 44TH MUNICH CONFERENCE ON SECURITY POLICY
[...] (U) The 44th annual Munich Conference on Security Policy, under the theme "The World in Disarray - Shifting Powers - Lack of Strategies?" took place February 8-10, 2008 at the Bayerischer Hof hotel in Munich, Germany. Invited guests included more than 200 heads of state, foreign ministers, def [...]
2008-02-12 06:31:00Consulate MunichUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM MARR NATO GM
08MUNICH53ARMS CONTROL PANEL IGNORES REAL ISSUES AT MUNICH SECURITY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The 44th annual Munich Conference on Security Policy, with this year's theme "The World in Disarray - Shifting Powers - Lack of Strategies?" took place February 8-10, 2008 at the Bayerischer Hof hotel in Munich, Germany (see reftels). The second panel on February 9, "From Cooper [...]
2008-02-12 09:00:00Consulate MunichUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM NATO GM MARR
08MUSCAT181OMANI VIEWS ON LATEST IAEA BRIEFING ON IRAN
[...] (S) On March 2, the Ambassador conveyed U.S. views on the IAEA Secretariat's February 25 briefing on Iran, as described reftel, to Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi. The Ambassador also left reftel non-paper with the Minister. Bin Alawi listened closely, but did not ad [...]
2008-03-02 13:20:00Embassy MuscatSECRETPARM KNNP MNUC IAEA IR MU
08MUSCAT323NPT PREPARATORY COMMITTEE MEETING: OMAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-28 13:26:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL ENRG MNUC KNNP NPT IAEA MU
08MUSCAT403OMANI FOREIGN MINISTER DOWNBEAT ON PROSPECTS FOR
[...] (C) In a meeting with Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs on June 1 to discuss a number of issues (septels),the Ambassador delivered reftel demarche and non-paper on the latest IAEA report regarding Iran's nuclear program. Bin Alawi acknowledged U.S. concerns over Tehran's nuclea [...]
2008-06-02 10:03:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KNNP MNUC IR MU
08MUSCAT532DEMARCHE ON NAM FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING: OMAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-16 12:34:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL KNNP MNUC IAEA IR MU
08MUSCAT558OMAN MEDIA REACTION
[...] SUMMARY: Editorials and commentaries in Oman's dailies focused on the negative effect of Israeli Prime Minister Olmert's resignation and the U.S. elections on the peace process, and on violence between Palestinian groups. Articles in private daily "Al Watan" called Israel's negotiations with [...]
2008-08-04 12:11:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08MUSCAT565OMAN REMAINS WARY OF IRANIAN EXPANSIONISM
[...] (S/NF) Minister of the Royal Office and head of the Office of the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Ali bin Majid al-Ma'amari, reviewed Oman's view on Iran from a security perspective, highlighting Omani awareness of Iran's deceptive tactics and expansionist ideologic [...]
2008-08-07 07:43:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNPREL PARM IR MU
08MUSCAT683OMAN REQUESTS MEETING WITH U.S. IAEA DELEGATION TO
[...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) At the request of the Omani Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),the Ambassador met on September 21 with Ambassador Ali bin Salim bin Mas'ud al-Ma'amari, Chief of the MFA's newly established Office of Peaceful Nuclear Technology [...]
2008-09-23 13:37:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP MNUC ENRG MU
08MUSCAT829JOINT DEMARCHE TO OMAN ON INCREASING FINANCIAL
[...] (C) The ambassadors of the E3 and the U.S. - the Italian was unavailable to participate - called on Ambassador Ahmed al Harthy, Chief of Middle East Affairs of the Omani MFA, and Lyeutha al Mughairy, Director of the MFA Secretary General's Office, to deliver reftel demarche. 2. (C) In o [...]
2008-12-03 12:11:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALEFIN MNUC KNNP IR MU
08MUSCAT877OMANI MFA PRE-BRIEF OF GCC SUMMIT AGENDA AND ISSUES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Omani Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) briefed the diplomatic corps December 27 on the agenda for the December 29-30 GCC Summit. The agenda combines old, well-known issues, including the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Iran, Iraq, and the Gulf common market along with newer i [...]
2008-12-28 12:55:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ETRD PTER IR MU
08NASSAU404BAHAMAS DEMARCHE ON NPT PREPCOM DELIVERED
[...] (U) PolOff conveyed reftel demarche points on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Preparatory Committee Meeting to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Permanent Secretary, and Head of Legal Division, Donna Knowles-Lowe, and Under Secretary, International Relations Division, Marilyn Zon [...]
2008-05-23 17:13:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA BF
08NEWDELHI102MENON CLAIMS IAEA NEGOTIATORS NOT GOING BEYOND 123
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador told Foreign Secretary Menon January 11 that the demands made by the Indian negotiators during the January 2-4 safeguards talks with the IAEA appeared to go over beyond the principle of safeguards in perpetuity established in the 123 agreement. Menon countered that the [...]
2008-01-11 12:57:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN IR AF
08NEWDELHI1134INDIAN IRAN RETORT MIGHT LAY GROUNDWORK FOR
[...] (C/NF) Summary: External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee echoed April 23 the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesman's strong and unhelpful reaction to the U.S. statement on India's relationship with Iran. While the Communists expressed their approval for the MEA statement, Left leaders als [...]
2008-04-24 12:12:00Embassy New DelhiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN IR
08NEWDELHI1142AHMADINEJAD VISIT TO INDIA SEEN AS PURE POLITICS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: India's National Security Advisor MK Narayanan publicly confirmed that Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will visit India for seven hours on April 29 following a trip to Sri Lanka and prior to arriving in Pakistan. Post conveyed to senior Ministry of External Affairs officia [...]
2008-04-25 13:09:00Embassy New DelhiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV KNNP PARM PINR ECON ENRG EPET IR IN
08NEWDELHI1193MENON CAUTIOUS AND ADVANI SKEPTICAL ABOUT NUCLEAR
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon told the Ambassador May 1 that the Indian government would seek approval to submit the safeguards agreement to the IAEA in the May 6 UPA-Left committee meeting. Although he did not divulge any specifics, Menon believed that External Affairs Min [...]
2008-05-01 11:36:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI1194MENON SAYS AHMADINEJAD PLAYED TO MASSES DURING
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon related to the Ambassador May 1 that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told the Prime Minister during his April 29 stop in Delhi that the world is changing in Iran's favor. When asked for specifics, Menon noted, Ahmadinejad voiced more mild opini [...]
2008-05-01 11:39:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KNNP EPET KISL ENRG ECON ETRD IR IN
08NEWDELHI1248INDIA'S UPA-LEFT NUCLEAR COMMITTEE STALLS AGAIN
[...] (C) Summary: The UPA government and its Left allies agreed May 6 to hold a ninth committee meeting on May 28 to continue discussion about implementing the civil nuclear cooperation initiative. Although press reports indicated that External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee gave a pessimistic [...]
2008-05-07 13:42:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI1410NARAYANAN WORRIED ABOUT PAKISTAN AND NUCLEAR
[...] (C) Summary: National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan told the Ambassador May 23 that the May 13 Jaipur blasts had HUJI "fingerprints," but he expressed greater concern about increased infiltration from Pakistan, which he believed could lead to greater tragedy. He related that Pakistan had not [...]
2008-05-23 12:38:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI1432SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR FEINGOLD'S MAY 2008 VISIT
[...] (SBU) Dear Senator Feingold: The Country Team and I warmly welcome you to India. Your visit comes at a critical juncture in what has been a period of profound transformation in Indo-US relations. While we have successfully accelerated and expanded the ties between our two democracies into a [...]
2008-05-27 13:42:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON KNNP IN
08NEWDELHI1475CODEL FEINGOLD DISCUSSES PAKISTAN, NUCLEAR DEAL,
[...] (C) Summary: Special Envoy to the Prime Minister Shyam Saran told Senator Russ Feingold May 29 that India hoped to use its relative economic prosperity to promote the integration of South Asia. Saran expressed hope that the Indian government would soon submit the safeguards agreement to the I [...]
2008-05-30 11:57:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI1503SENATORS FEINGOLD AND CASEY MEETING WITH FOREIGN
[...] (C) Summary. In a May 30 meeting with Senators Feingold and Casey, Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee noted that the key to stability in the region lies in addressing extremism in the Pakistan-Afghanistan border regions. He expressed concern over increasing cross-border infiltration attempts o [...]
2008-06-03 11:02:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM ENRG KISL PHUM PREL TRGY TSPL AF
08NEWDELHI1509IAEA/IRAN: U.S. RESPONSE DELIVERED
[...] (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel points and nonpaper to External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee on May 30 on the margins of Mukherjee's meeting with Senators Feingold and Casey. Mukherjee welcomed the U.S. views but did not have a substantive response on the Indian intentions at the June [...]
2008-06-03 12:09:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR IN
08NEWDELHI1514DEFENSE MINISTER DISCUSSES REGIONAL AND NUCLEAR
[...] (C) Minister of Defense A.K. Antony discussed with Senator Feingold on May 30 regional issues including Pakistan, Burma, and Afghanistan, nuclear issues in the context of the U.S. presidential election and Iranian proliferation, and the U.S.-India defense relationship. Antony said that India [...]
2008-06-04 13:29:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR PARM KNNP IN
08NEWDELHI1563NUCLEAR DEAL REMAINS HOT POLITICAL ISSUE AS
[...] (C) Despite the domestic policy challenges of rising gas prices and Gujjar community unrest, the nuclear deal remains very much on the political agenda in Delhi as political factions pre-position themselves for upcoming state and ultimately national elections. The Congress Party is distracted [...]
2008-06-06 12:40:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI1677UPA-LEFT MEETING ON NUCLEAR DEAL POSTPONED TO JUNE
[...] (SBU) The United Progressive Alliance-Left committee meeting scheduled for June 18 to decide whether the government will take the next step toward completing the U.S.-India Civilian Nuclear Cooperation Agreement was postponed until June 25. Media reported that the official reason for the post [...]
2008-06-18 10:06:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI1691NUCLEAR DEAL END-GAME: CONGRESS PARTY TO DECIDE
[...] (C) The Congress Party, at the request of Prime Minister Singh, abruptly postponed the June 18 United Progressive Alliance-Left committee meeting to prepare to move forward with the next crucial step toward completion of the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative without the support o [...]
2008-06-19 10:21:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI1700NEW DELHI ESTH REPORT: JUNE 2008 THIRD WEEK
[...] SUMMARY: This edition of the New Delhi ESTH biweekly report includes a summary of the recent Asia Pacific Forum on Nuclear Technology, U.S.-India collaboration in accelerator technologies for the proposed International Linear Collider, a new launch date for India's first mission to the Moon, [...]
2008-06-20 09:34:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO SENV AMED CASC KSCA ECON ETRD BEXP EINV PGOV
08NEWDELHI1756SCENESETTER FOR REPRESENTATIVE ACKERMAN JULY 2008 VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) Dear Representative Ackerman and Delegation: The Country Team and I warmly welcome you to India. Your visit comes at a critical juncture in what has been a period of profound transformation in Indo-US relations. While we have successfully accelerated and expanded the ties between our [...]
2008-06-25 12:22:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON KNNP IN
08NEWDELHI1760FS MENON DESCRIBES HARDENED POSITIONS,
[...] (C) Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon described for the Ambassador on June 26 a hardening of positions on the part of the Left and within the Congress Party on whether to take the next step in advancing the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative. The Left ultimately rejected submis [...]
2008-06-26 07:18:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN KDEM
08NEWDELHI1798CONGRESS SEEKS SP SUPPORT ON NUCLEAR DEAL TO BUCK
[...] (C) The Congress Party appears on the verge of securing sufficient support from the Samajwadi Party (SP) to permit the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) coalition government to advance the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative and to prove a parliamentary majority even if the Left wi [...]
2008-06-30 12:32:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI1847SAMAJWADI PARTY SUPPORTS NUCLEAR DEAL, GOVERNMENT STRIVING FOR EARLY IAEA ANNOUNCEMENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A flurry of political activity over the past two days has culminated in the Samajwadi Party (SP) expressing public support for the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative following a meeting with Prime Minister Singh and negotiations with Congress Party President Sonia Gandh [...]
2008-07-04 16:16:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI1875PM DEPARTS FOR G-8 WITH GOVERNMENT SUPPORT FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Singh departed on July 7 for the G-8 Summit in Japan where he plans to ask world leaders to support the Indian government following its decision on July 4 to advance the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative to the IAEA and Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG). [...]
2008-07-07 14:29:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI1895CONFIDENCE VOTE FOLLOWS LEFT WITHDRAWAL AS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Left Front stated on July 8 its intention to withdraw from the Congress Party-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government and to seek a confidence vote, tentatively scheduled for July 21. The Samajwadi Party reiterated its support for the UPA government and the nuclear [...]
2008-07-08 14:36:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI1906INDIANS BEGIN TO FOCUS ON NEXT STEPS IN NUCLEAR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Speculation about the timing and likely result of a confidence vote following the Left Front's withdrawal of support from the Congress Party-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government dominated local media on July 9. Comments by Foreign Minister Mukherjee caused confusion [...]
2008-07-09 14:51:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI1921PAKISTANI HIGH COMMISSIONER DISCUSSION UNDERSCORES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During the Ambassador's call on him to explain next steps needed to bring the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Agreement to fruition, Pakistani High Commissioner Shadid Malik focused on the need for the Nuclear Suppliers Group to follow a "criteria-based approach,"specifying, "We can onl [...]
2008-07-10 13:43:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY PK IN
08NEWDELHI1922SARAN AND MENON OUTLINE MODEST INDIAN ACTION PLAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Ambassador discussed on July 10 next steps in the U.S.-India Civilian Nuclear Cooperation Initiative separately with Prime Minister's Special Envoy for the Nuclear Deal Shyam Saran and then Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon. Saran and Menon previewed planned travel by Ind [...]
2008-07-10 15:11:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI1944MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-INDIA NUCLEAR DEAL, MIDDLE
[...] "NO MORE DELAY," editorial in the July 14 independent Kolkata Bengali daily, ANANDABAZAR PATRIKA. "At the end of his rule, the Prime Minister has taken the first bold step on the Indo-U.S. nuclear deal by prioritizing national interests and ignoring nonsense opposition by the Leftists... If th [...]
2008-07-14 11:19:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI1945POLITICAL REALIGNMENT CONTINUES AS JULY 22
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Congress Party-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government continued to maintain its slim majority leading toward the July 22 confidence vote. Several small, marginal parties remained uncommitted, hoping to use their leverage to extract concessions for their support. [...]
2008-07-14 11:35:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIN PARM PK PREL TRGY TSPL
08NEWDELHI1959MENON HOSTS NSG AND IAEA REPRESENTATIVES TO PUSH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On July 14, Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon hosted more than fifty representatives from countries represented on the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors and Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG). Menon described the benefits "for India, for the IAEA and fo [...]
2008-07-15 11:52:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIN PARM PK PREL TRGY TSPL
08NEWDELHI1972POLITICAL BARGAINING CONTINUES PRIOR TO KEY VOTE IN PARLIAMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-17 13:23:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI1999INDIA ADVISES KAZAKHSTAN MUST CLARIFY MESA STATUS
[...] (S) Kazakhstan should submit a formal request to India as chair of the IAEA Middle East/South Asia Group (MESA) to be considered a member of that group, according to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) directors for Disarmament and International Security Affairs (DISA) Gaddam Dharmendra and Ama [...]
2008-07-21 11:14:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETIAEA KNNP PREL KZ SY AORC
08NEWDELHI2012INDIA'S UPA GOVERNMENT SURVIVES CONFIDENCE VOTE --
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The two-day special session of parliament to consider the confidence motion culminated late on July 22 with a victory for the Congress Party-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) coalition government. The tally was 275 votes in favor of the confidence motion, 256 opposed, and 1 [...]
2008-07-22 14:37:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI2019INDIA DISPATCHES ENVOYS TO 54 CAPITALS, EMBASSY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Embassy hosted 41 local representatives of Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) member countries to an information-sharing lunch on the next steps in the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative on July 23. Comments focused on the difficulties imposed by the compressed tim [...]
2008-07-23 13:20:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI2078SCENESETTER FOR VICE ADMIRAL WIERINGA DPPG AUGUST
[...] (SBU) The Country Team and I warmly welcome you to India. Your visit comes at an important juncture in our military relationship with India. The commanding position that the Soviet Union and later Russia enjoyed on military sales to India is weakening, the Ministry of Defense is progressing [...]
2008-07-30 09:52:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIN MASS MOPS PARM PREL XD
08NEWDELHI2086INDIA CONTINUES TO DEBATE NUCLEAR INITIATIVE, WARY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A week after the United Progressive Alliance (UP) government's victory in the July 22 confidence vote, the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative remains a focus of media coverage and political positioning. Print media scrutinized negotiations over the language of Indi [...]
2008-07-30 13:22:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI2126MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-INDIA NUCLEAR DEAL,
[...] "A BIG SUCCESS," editorial in August 3 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "India's government and its diplomats should be given credit for the green signal given to the India- specific safeguards agreement by the IAEA board of governors. The next step is to secure the vital 45-member NSG's approval, w [...]
2008-08-04 10:16:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2168INDIA CANCELS OVERFLIGHT PERMISSION FOR FLIGHT OF
[...] (S) The Charge d'Affaires delivered ref A demarche on August 6 to Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma and Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary for the Americas Gaitri Kumar. Sharma noted the urgency of the issue and the Indian government's obligation to comply wi [...]
2008-08-08 09:52:00Embassy New DelhiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI2170NSG MUST "ACCEPT INDIA AS IT IS," ACCORDING TO
[...] (C) Summary. In an August 6 meeting with the Charge, Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma thanked the USG for its efforts to advance the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Initiative and reaffirmed the GOI message -- accept India as it is -- in the lead up to the August 21-22 Nuclear Sup [...]
2008-08-08 10:35:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM ENRG KNNP PARM TSPL
08NEWDELHI223MENON SAYS HE REALIZES THAT THE NUCLEAR CLOCK IS
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Menon told the Ambassador January 23 that India and the IAEA have settled all technical issues but must still decide how to reflect the terms of the 123 Agreement in the safeguards agreement. Although he hesitated to predict that the January 29-30 round would wra [...]
2008-01-23 12:58:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI2266INDIA SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER
[...] (SBU) On behalf of Ambassador Mulford, we welcome your upcoming visit and offer this snapshot of the bilateral relationship. Coming only days after the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) plenary in Vienna, your visit gives us a chance to gauge where we stand in the NSG process and discuss next s [...]
2008-08-21 13:27:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MASS OREP KSTC KOMC IN IR PARM PK
08NEWDELHI2297SPECIAL ENVOY SARAN SAYS NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS
[...] (U) Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher cleared this report. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The Prime Minister's Special Envoy for the Civil Nuclear Initiative Shyam Saran reviewed with visiting Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher and Ambassador Mulford progress toward an India-specific exception in th [...]
2008-08-26 12:32:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI2479AUSTRALIA HIGH COMMISSION LABELS FM'S VISIT A
[...] (C) SUMMARY: While Indian media coverage of Foreign Minister Stephen Smith's visit to New Delhi focused overwhelmingly on Australia's decision not to provide uranium to India, the Australian High Commission focused on atmospherics and labeled the visit a success. The Government of Australia f [...]
2008-09-16 11:27:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2557INDIA QUIETLY SUPPORTS AFGHANISTAN FOR IAEA BOARD
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Poloff delivered ref A demarche on September 22 to Ministry of External Affairs director for Disarmament and International Security Affairs (DISA) G. Dharmendra (protect). Dharmendra said that Kazakhstan's outsider status in the IAEA's Middle East and South Asia (MESA) Group was [...]
2008-09-22 14:08:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETIAEA PARM MNUC
08NEWDELHI2589INDIA-EU SUMMIT PREVIEW (CANCEL THIS TELEGRAM)
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-26 12:01:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KNNP ETRD ENRG EAIR PHUM SENV TRGY
08NEWDELHI2591INDIA-EU SUMMIT PREVIEW NEW DELHI 00002591 001.2 OF 003
[...] (C) Summary. On September 29 and 30 Prime Minister Singh will travel to Marseilles for the ninth India-EU summit. While neither GOI nor EU interlocutors have expectations of big deliverables out of the summit, the two sides will deliver two declarations: one highlighting progress made in the India- [...]
2008-09-26 12:54:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KNNP ETRD ENRG EAIR PHUM SENV TRGY
08NEWDELHI2606INDIA SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY
[...] (SBU) Madame Secretary, we welcome your upcoming visit and offer this overview of the bilateral relationship. Coming only hours after hoped-for congressional approval of the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Agreement, your visit gives us a chance to mark this milestone in the relationship while pus [...]
2008-09-30 07:23:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP PARM ECON PGOV PTER EAID IN
08NEWDELHI2628INDIA REITERATES INTEREST IN TAKING ACTIVE ROLE IN
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on September 29 to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Director for Disramament and International Security (DISA) G. Dharmendra. Dharmendra made no immediate reply about whether India plans to participate in the Global Initiative (GI) Exercise Planning Gr [...]
2008-10-01 11:32:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC
08NEWDELHI2629MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-INDIA NUCLEAR DEAL, IRAN:
[...] "NUCLEAR AGREEMENT: WHAT TO LOSE, WHAT TO GAIN?" editorial in the September 30 right-of-center Urdu daily "MUNSIF", Hyderabad: "As desired by Manmohan Singh, the final seal on the Indo-U.S. Nuclear Agreement is just a matter of formality now. Very soon, the agreement would see the light of day [...]
2008-10-01 11:54:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN SIPDIS
08NEWDELHI2643MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-INDIA NUCLEAR DEAL, GLOBAL
[...] "INDIA DID IT" editorial in October 3 Kolkata Bengali independent ANANDABAZAR PATRIKA. "... As if ridiculing those of his allies...who regard the agreement as America's imperialist design, Manmohan Singh signed a nuclear deal with the French President... That Manmohan could come back with a d [...]
2008-10-03 12:24:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2745PARLIAMENT SESSION LIKELY TO BE STORMY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Both houses of the Indian Parliament convened a session on October 17 to open up a new session of Parliament, possibly its last before national elections due before May 2009. The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) is preparing itself for heated attacks from the Left Parties, [...]
2008-10-20 11:50:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PREL KNPP ECON IN
08NEWDELHI2764FOREIGN MINISTER LAVROV VISIT TO INDIA REAFFIRMS
[...] (C) Summary. During his October 20 visit to New Delhi, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov: -- brought a message that Russia's relations with India remain a priority for Moscow; -- announced Russia will assist India in building four additional nuclear reactors at the Kudankulam power project; [...]
2008-10-21 13:45:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY PREL RU IN
08NEWDELHI277INDIA TRIES TO OUTFLANK COMMUNISTS WITH GLOBAL
[...] (C) Summary: The wintertime flurry of diplomatic engagement between India and China, the UK, Australia, Canada and France has provided the opportunity for the Indian government to demonstrate to its Communist coalition partners the full international dimension of civil nuclear cooperation and [...]
2008-01-28 13:40:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI2816MENON ADDRESSES CIVIL NUCLEAR NEXT STEPS AND OTHER
[...] (C) This is an action request. See paragraph 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Mulford discussed next steps on civil nuclear cooperation and a range of bilateral issues with Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon on October 30. Menon said he was prepared to review draft diplomatic notes to bring [...]
2008-10-30 14:33:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI289GORDON BROWN IN INDIA: "PARTNERSHIP OF EQUALS"
[...] (C) Summary. Gordon Brown's first trip to India as Prime Minister brought nearly unanimous positive public reaction, despite "deliverables" being mostly reiterations of previous policy declarations and confirmations of the potential for a more prosperous future. The UK High Commission emphasi [...]
2008-01-29 10:04:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON UNSC IN
08NEWDELHI2906MENON OUTLINES VIEWS ON CIVIL NUCLEAR NEXT STEPS
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador asked Foreign Secretary Menon in a November 10 meeting about India's timetable for next steps in implementing the civil nuclear agreement. Menon said that a GOI legal review of the draft texts of diplomatic notes that would bring the agreement into force would be [...]
2008-11-12 10:50:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP ENRG EFIN IN
08NEWDELHI2936NEW DELHI BI-WEEKLY ESTH REPORT: NOVEMBER 2008 FIRST WEEK
[...] (U) SUMMARY: This edition of the New Delhi ESTH biweekly includes updates on the upcoming visit of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission delegation visit to India, the management of professional education in India and the opening of the UK Research Council's office in India and poaching incidents [...]
2008-11-18 08:25:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO SENV AMED CASC KSCA ECON ETRD BEXP EINV PGOV
08NEWDELHI2960GOI OFFICIALS SHARE VISIONS OF NUCLEAR NEXT STEPS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings, Prime Minister's Special Envoy Shyam Saran, Minister of Science & Technology and Earth Sciences Kapil Sibal, and Principal Scientific Advisor to GOI Dr. R. Chidambaram shared their thoughts on the way forward for the civil nuclear industry with Nuclear Reg [...]
2008-11-19 12:55:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALENRG TRGY ETTC KNNP PARM PREL TSPL IN
08NEWDELHI2985ATOMIC ENERGY CHAIRMAN KAKODKAR SHARES CANDID
[...] (SBU) This cable was cleared by NRC staff. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) Chairman Anil Kakodkar provided visiting Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Chairman Dale Klein November 18 in Mumbai with an unprecedently candid overview of India's plans and expectations for ci [...]
2008-11-24 12:27:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALENRG TRGY PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC BEXP IN
08NEWDELHI2986INDIA,S POSITION ON IRAN REMAINS UNCHANGED
[...] (C) Summary: PolCouns and PolOff delivered on November 24 reftel demarches on Iran to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran (PAI) Division, T.C.A. Raghavan, and Deputy Secretary for Disarmament and International Security Affairs, Vipul. The two m [...]
2008-11-24 12:46:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALAORC IAEA IR KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY
08NEWDELHI2996BARC DIRECTOR BRIEFS NRC DELEGATION, PROVIDES TOUR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On 21 November, Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC) Director Dr. Srikumar Banerjee and several senior members of the BARC staff briefed Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Chairman Klein and delegation on activities at BARC, and provided a tour of the Dhruva reactor, Engineering [...]
2008-11-25 13:22:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETBEXP ENRG ETTC IN KNNP PARM PREL TRGY TSPL
08NEWDELHI3023MENON FAVORS CLOSER COOPERATION FOLLOWING MUMBAI TERROR ATTACKS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon told Ambassador Mulford November 29 the terrorist at4acks in Mumbai were ""on a whole new level"" and that he looked forward to closer cooperation with the U.S. as the ""silver lining"" of the tragedy. Menon confirmed the FBI team had been cleared [...]
2008-11-30 14:34:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER IN KCRM
08NEWDELHI3024MENON FAVORS CLOSER COOPERATION FOLLOWING MUMBAI
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon told Ambassador Mulford November 29 the terrorist attacks in Mumbai were "on a whole new level" and that he looked forward to closer cooperation with the U.S. as the "silver lining" of the tragedy. Menon confirmed the FBI team had been cleared [...]
2008-11-30 14:35:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER IN KCRM
08NEWDELHI3076NEW DELHI BI-WEEKLY ESTH REPORT: NOVEMBER 2008 THIRD WEEK
[...] (U) Summary: This edition of the New Delhi ESTH biweekly report on science and technology includes an update on the recent Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Chairman and delegation's visit to India, the commencing of the Indian Space Research Organization's (ISRO) Chandrayaan I experiments, [...]
2008-12-08 04:22:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO SENV AMED CASC KSCA ECON ETRD BEXP EINV PGOV
08NEWDELHI3125INDIA SCENESETTER FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY
[...] (C) India is grappling with its worst crisis of political confidence in recent memory. The Mumbai terrorist attacks deeply demoralized and angered the Indian public. Indians have directed their fury at the political establishment, which they feel failed to protect them and responded in a hap [...]
2008-12-11 12:29:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KMDR KPAO ECON PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC
08NEWDELHI3127INDIA SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR KERRY
[...] (C) Senator Kerry, as you know your visit comes at a time of new tensions between India and Pakistan after the Mumbai attacks. The U.S. has encouraged the GOI to pursue a measured action. Both Secretary Rice and Deputy Secretary Negroponte have traveled to the region to meet with leaders in [...]
2008-12-11 13:46:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KMDR KPAO ECON PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC
08NEWDELHI313MENON SAYS INDIAN NEGOTIATORS AWAIT ASSURANCE FROM
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon told the Ambassador January 30 that the Indian government sought to arrange a call between Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) Secretary Anil Kakodkar and IAEA Director General Muhammad SIPDIS ElBaradei before sending a negotiating team back to [...]
2008-01-30 14:17:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI3146INDIA UNSURE OF PARTICIPATION IN IAEA TECHNICAL
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarch to Ministry of External Affairs Deputy Secretary for Disarmament and International Security Mr. Vipul December 11. Vipul was aware that the IAEA Board of Governors approved Syria's nuclear power plant technical feasibility study project proposal and that IA [...]
2008-12-12 14:50:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA SY TRYG IN
08NEWDELHI322AUSTRALIAN HIGH COMMISSIONER URGES U.S. TO KEEP UP
[...] (C) Summary: Australian High Commissioner John McCarthy urged Ambassador David Mulford January 30 to ensure that the U.S. continue pressuring the new Australian leadership to support an Indian exception in the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG). "It is important to continue to have the nuclear iss [...]
2008-01-31 12:18:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI3267MENON SAYS INDIA TO DECIDE ON INFORMATION-SHARING WITH PAKISTAN, OPPOSED TO SPECIAL ENVOY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon told Ambassador Mulford December 31 that the Indian government would make a decision later in the day on whether and how much information from the Mumbai terrorist attack investigations to share with Pakistan and other countries. Menon emphasized th [...]
2008-12-31 11:33:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MOPS PK IN
08NEWDELHI338SARKOZY'S VISIT TO INDIA LONG ON DRAMA, SHORT ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Sarkozy made a two-day stop in India amid a whirlwind of media speculation regarding whether his famous girlfriend, supermodel Carla Bruni, would accompany him. Sarkozy's visit stimulated both governments to officially confirm that they have finalized their civil nuc [...]
2008-02-01 12:04:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR MASS KNNP KOMC KUNR FR IN
08NEWDELHI354NARAYANAN SAYS INDIA SEEKS 123 LANGUAGE IN IAEA
[...] (C) Summary: National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan told the Ambassador February 4 that the Indian team negotiating the safeguards agreement has stayed within the bounds of the 123 Agreement. While he admitted that the Indian side has sought to include the 123 language in the operational sa [...]
2008-02-04 14:05:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI444MENON SAYS MUNICH MEETING HAS "CLEARED UP" INDIA'S
[...] (C) Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon told the Ambassador February 11 that the February 9 meeting in Munich between Indian National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan, Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) Secretary Anil Kakodkar and IAEA Director General (DG) Mohammad ElBaradei has allowed India t [...]
2008-02-11 14:27:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI474KARAT AND KAKODKAR SPAR IN PRESS WHILE INDIA
[...] (C) Summary: After several weeks of near-silence, Communist leader Prakash Karat denounced the civil nuclear initiative February 11, and demanded that the UPA government wait to finalize the IAEA safeguards agreement until the next U.S. administration comes to power. Department of Atomic Ener [...]
2008-02-13 11:51:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI524SARAN AND KAKODKAR SEND MIXED SIGNALS ON NUCLEAR
[...] (C) Summary: While Special Envoy Shyam Saran underlined February 18 the importance of completing the civil nuclear cooperation initiative as soon as possible, Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Anil Kakodkar downplayed the urgency during a press interaction February 18. Speaking at an Institut [...]
2008-02-19 12:28:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI538IRANIAN SPOKESPERSON SOUNDS OFF IN NEW DELHI ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Syed Mohammad Ali Hosseini visited New Delhi February 11-13, reportedly to encourage Indian interaction with Iranian media. Hosseini, however, did not miss the opportunity to publicly urge the Indians to expedite the proposed Iran-Pakistan- [...]
2008-02-20 11:40:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR ENRG EPET IR PK IS CH IN
08NEWDELHI541INDIAN PEACOCK DOES MATING DANCE FOR VISITING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Three months after Prime Minister Singh's visit to Moscow, Prime Minister Zubkov of the Russian Federation visited New Delhi February 12, accompanied by Russian Trade Minister Elvira Nabiullina and approximately 125 senior executives representing Russian industry and business. [...]
2008-02-21 05:45:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR MASS EAGR EPET ENRG TRGY ECPS
08NEWDELHI558SENATORS' NUCLEAR DEADLINE BRINGS (MOSTLY)
[...] (SBU) Summary: The setting of a June deadline by Senators Kerry, Biden and Hagel during their February 20 visit to Delhi has sparked a tepid reaction from the Congress Party and, strangely, the Communists, while media supporters have used the opportunity to remind the Indian government of its [...]
2008-02-22 08:52:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI560CODEL BIDEN MEETING WITH NSA NARAYANAN
[...] (C) Summary. In a February 20 meeting with Codel Biden (consisting of Senators Joe Biden, John Kerry and Chuck Hagel),National Security Advisor M.K.A. Narayanan disclosed that GOI negotiations with the IAEA on the India-specific safeguards agreement are going well and he expects the agreemen [...]
2008-02-22 09:55:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PARM KDEM KNNP ENRG SOCI IS
08NEWDELHI59WEAKENED UPA AND LEFT MULL MIDDLE WAY TO COMPLETE
[...] (C) Summary: While the Indian government prolongs the safeguards talks to a fourth round, the Congress Party and Left appear to have reacted to the Gujarat election loss by reaffirming that the UPA government will last its full term, which complicates the completion of the nuclear initiative in [...]
2008-01-08 12:31:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI606INDIAN PARLIAMENT BEGINS WITH NUCLEAR BANG
[...] (SBU) Summary: Building on the unexpected extension of Ambassador Ronen Sen's tenure in the U.S., President Patil's expression of hope for the completion of the nuclear deal during her first address to Parliament February 25 has injected life back into the civil nuclear cooperation initiative. [...]
2008-02-26 11:34:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI690SAFEGUARDS TALKS DONE, INDIA WILL SOON MAKE
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Menon and Special Envoy to the Prime Minister Shyam Saran confirmed to Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher March 4 that India and the SIPDIS International Atomic Energy Agency had finally completed their negotiations on a safeguards agreement. Menon discounte [...]
2008-03-05 11:58:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI7CODEL VOINOVICH MEETING WITH PM SINGH
[...] (C) Summary. In a December 29 meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Codel Voinovich (consisting of Senator Voinovich, and Congressmen Turner, Gingrey, Pearce and Bishop) expressed appreciation for the Prime Minister's leadership in bringing U.S.-India relations to new heights. Senator V [...]
2008-01-02 12:18:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KNNP SOCI IN
08NEWDELHI722ELECTIONS VS. ELECTRONS: POLITICAL DETAILS LOOM
[...] (C) Summary: With the resurgence of the civil nuclear political debate during the budget session of Parliament, observers have analyzed the minutiae to try to determine whether the UPA government calls the Left's bluff soon, waits until after the monsoon, or sits on the initiative altogether. [...]
2008-03-07 12:10:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI763SCENESETTER FOR SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE NANCY PELOSI
[...] (SBU) Dear Speaker of the House Pelosi, Members of Congress Markey, McDermott, Miller, Sensenbrenner, Inslee, Holmes Norton, Solis, Eshoo, Holt and the Honorable Mr. Livingood: The Country Team and I warmly welcome you to India. Your visit comes at a critical juncture in what has been a peri [...]
2008-03-13 12:36:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON KNNP IN
08NEWDELHI938AMBASSADOR FASTS FOR NUCLEAR DEAL
[...] (SBU) This is an action request for SCA. Please see para 7. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador told Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon April 1 that he will go on a hunger strike until the UPA government submits the IAEA safeguards agreement to the Board of Governors. Moreover, he continue [...]
2008-04-01 06:02:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI98950-50 CHANCE AT BEST FOR NUCLEAR DEAL AFTER MAY 9,
[...] (C) Summary: In light of the continuing political debate in Delhi, Indian observers have counseled that the central government will wait at least until Parliament approves the budget on May 9, after which the Congress Party may decide to move forward with the nuclear deal by submitting the saf [...]
2008-04-04 09:20:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI993CONGRESS INSIDER GIVES BLEAK VIEW OF NUCLEAR
[...] (C) Manish Tewari, Secretary in the All India Congress Committee (AICC),told poloff April 3 that there was no chance the UPA government would risk the downfall of the government in order to complete the nuclear initiative. If the Congress Party called the Left's bluff, he thought that "90 pe [...]
2008-04-04 10:24:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NICOSIA90PRIVATE-SECTOR OUTREACH AND THE GLOBAL INITIATIVE
[...] Per reftel, PolOff on January 30 demarched First Secretary Panayiotis Papadopolous, Department of Multilateral SIPDIS Affairs, Cypriot MFA, to encourage the Cypriot government to conduct private sector outreach in support of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GI). Papadopol [...]
2008-02-07 13:55:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL PTER KGIC IAEA CY
08OSLO255NORWEGIANS CONSIDER NPT POINTS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-05 06:11:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA NO
08OSLO436CONCERNS ABOUT RUSSIA, WASTE, AND SECURITY DURING
[...] (C) Summary: On his recent visit to Norway, Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Chairman Dale Klein was approached by Russian nuclear regulators extremely concerned about their vanishing authority. Norwegian officials also appear to be frustrated about Russia,s limited cooperation in cleanup [...]
2008-08-05 14:14:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKNNP NRC ENRG DOE TRGY SENV OVIP MX PARM RU
08OSLO483NORWAY CAUTIOUS ON UNSC SANCTIONS COMMITTEE IRAN
[...] (S) Poloff met with Erling Skjoensberg, senior advisor in the MFA department for disarmament and nonproliferation, who, along with Kaare Aas (current Ambassador to Afghanistan, but former security policy department head) will make decisions regarding reftel's subject matter for the GON. 2. [...]
2008-08-28 15:23:00Embassy OsloSECRETKNNP MNUC IR PARM IAEA TRGY UNSC PREL
08OSLO529NORWAY NONCOMMITTAL ON SYRIA AND IRAN ON IAEA
[...] (SBU) DCM contacted MFA Political Director Vegard Ellefsen (who was in New York for UNGA) stressing points in reftel. Ellefsen was unaware of this issue but promised to get back to us once he found out more. Steffen Kongstad, head of MFA Security Policy Section, after hearing reftel points was [...]
2008-09-24 14:03:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIAEA MNUC PARM NO
08OSLO545NORWAY SUPPORTS TRIAY AS PRESIDENT OF JOINT
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel talking points and biographic information to Knut Langeland, Ambassador for Disarmament affairs. Langeland forwarded the information to Ole Reistad, one of the directors of the Norwegian Radiation Protection Agency (NRPA). Reistad said that Norway wholeheartedl [...]
2008-10-07 16:35:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP IAEA AORC NO
08OSLO659NORWAY HAS NO PLANS TO HELP WITH SYRIA'S PROPOSED
[...] (C) Poloff spoke with Erling Skjonsberg, Senior Advisor in the MFA nonproliferation section, to discuss reftel. Skjonsberg noted our caution that technical knowledge acquired by Syria for the proposed nuclear plant could be diverted, and said that Norway has no present plans to cooperate on su [...]
2008-12-09 14:50:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA TRGY
08OTTAWA1093CANADA WILL SUPPORT AFGHANISTAN OVER SYRIA FOR
[...] (C) Colleen Swords, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Assistant Deputy Minister for International Security Affairs (and Canada's G-8 Political Director),told DCM August 15 that she was sure Canada would support Afghanistan over Syria if the race for the IAEA Board [...]
2008-08-15 19:18:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM IAEA KNNP MNUN IR SY AF CA
08OTTAWA1106IAEA BOG: CANADIANS OPPOSE SYRIAN BID, OPEN TO
[...] (C//Rel Can) At an August 19 follow-up to ref a demarche, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Non-Proliferation Craig Weichel confirmed DFAIT Assistant Deputy Minister Colleen Swords' assertion (ref b) that Canada would support Afghanistan over Syr [...]
2008-08-19 15:12:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL IAEA KNNP MNUN SY AF CA
08OTTAWA1247CANADA IN STEP WITH U.S. ON MESA CANDIDATE FOR
[...] (S) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Nuclear Disarmament Craig Weichel assured pol/miloff on September 19 that Canada and the U.S. are fully "in step" with respect to Afghanistan's bid for the Middle East South Asia (MESA) seat on the IAEA Board [...]
2008-09-19 18:41:00Embassy OttawaSECRETPARM MNUC IAEA AF SY IR CA
08OTTAWA1250CANADA CONCERNED ABOUT EFFORT TO DERAIL
[...] (C) According to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Non-Proliferation Shawn Caza, at the upcoming IAEA General Conference Canada will seek to kill a resolution on "Israeli nuclear capability" with a no-action motion. The way that support for the [...]
2008-09-19 20:08:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPARM MNUC IAEA IS CA
08OTTAWA1480CANADA CONCERNED BY IRANIAN AND SYRIAN NUCLEAR
[...] (C/NF) Canada found the November 19 IAEA report on the status of Iranian nuclear program to be "very bleak," according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) non-proliferation senior policy advisor Ryan Hewer. Hewer commented that the report clearly suggests a "consi [...]
2008-11-21 21:20:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MNUC KNNP PARM IAEA TRGY IR SY CA
08OTTAWA1552US-EU-CANADA TRILATERAL MEETINGS ON IRAN AND US-EU
[...] (C) Summary: On December 8, the United States, European Union, and Canada held their regularly scheduled trilateral discussion on Iran at the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) in Ottawa. Later in the day, U.S. and EU representatives met at the French Emba [...]
2008-12-12 21:40:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN UN XG XF IR CA
08OTTAWA210CANADIAN VIEWS ON DRAFT POLICY EXCEPTION FOR
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, ESTH Counselor advised officials in the Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Division of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) that the U.S. would not circulate a draft NSG policy statement regarding India until the Government of India and the IAEA ha [...]
2008-02-08 22:49:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP PARM TRGY IN CA
08OTTAWA334CANADA TO FLAG ITS CONCERNS ON IRAN AT IAEA BOG
[...] (C) According to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Senior Advisor for Non-proliferation Che van Haastrecht, Canada agreed with ref a points on Iran and the IAEA, and is particularly concerned about alleged Iranian studies that could point to weaponization. He added that I [...]
2008-03-04 22:34:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPARM KNNP MNUC IAEA IR CA
08OTTAWA723CANADA IN ACCORD ON IRAN AND IAEA
[...] (C) Director General for the Middle East and North Africa Gordon Venner (a former Canadian Ambassador to Iran) of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade on May 30 expressed appreciation to PolMinCouns for reftel views on Iran in advance of the June 2-6 IAEA Board meeting. [...]
2008-05-30 18:43:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP MNUC PARM IR IAEA CA
08OTTAWA754DEMARCHE ON CONVENTION ON SUPPLEMENTARY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-06 18:42:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP TRGY ENRG KSTC PARM IAEA CA
08OTTAWA888CANADA WILL NOT CONTRIBUTE TO NTI NUCLEAR FUEL BANK
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel demarche, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Adviser for Non-Proliferation Janice Fitchett confirmed that Canada would not pledge any financial support to the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) nuclear fuel bank project by the Septemb [...]
2008-06-30 18:36:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KNNP IAEA ENRG CA
08OTTAWA965LIKELY CANADIAN SUPPORT OF INDIA SAFEGUARDS
[...] (C) Summary: Canada and the U.S. share a similar view of how to proceed with the India-IAEA Safeguards Agreement, and the Cabinet probably will decide to support it early in the week of July 28. Canadian officials are concerned, however, about how the Agreement's corrective measures will pla [...]
2008-07-16 18:40:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL ETTC IN CA
08OTTAWA978(S) IAEA BOG: CANADA WILL URGE KAZAKHSTAN TO SEEK
[...] (S/Rel CAN) On July 19, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Director for Nuclear Non-Proliferation Shawn Caza agreed to reftel request, confirming Canada would move swiftly to urge Kazakhstan to run for a seat on the IAEA Board of Governors. If Kazakhstan decides to [...]
2008-07-18 22:05:00Embassy OttawaSECRETPREL PARM IAEA AORC SY KZ CA
08OUAGADOUGOU388BURKINA FASO: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NUCLEAR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-08 16:44:00Embassy OuagadougouUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM ENRG KNNP MNUC NPT IAEA UV
08OUAGADOUGOU841DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IAEA BOARD OF GOVERNORS ELECTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-25 16:52:00Embassy OuagadougouCONFIDENTIALPARM IAEA MNUC UV
08PANAMA344PANAMA: NPT PREPCOM MEETING DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-02 18:24:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA PM
08PANAMA581PANAMA: DEMARCHE ON NAM CONFERENCE DELIVERED
[...] (C) POL had delivered Reftel demarche to MFA political advisor Janio Tunon on July 16 to discuss Panama's position in the upcoming Non-Aligned Movement Ministerial Conference scheduled for July 29-30. POL underscored that Panama held a unique position as a NAM representative and UNSC member. PO [...]
2008-07-17 16:45:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPARM IR KNNP MNUC TRGY IAEA PERL UR PM
08PARAMARIBO188NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT) DEMARCHES
[...] (U) Per reftels, PolOff delivered demarches to Rosita Hubard, head of the International Organizations Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Suriname (GOS). Hubard had no immediate reaction, but said she did not believe any representative from the GOS was attending t [...]
2008-05-06 17:02:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA NS
08PARAMARIBO235DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IAEA/IRAN: LATEST IAEA REPORT
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, EconOff delivered demarche to Rosita Hubard, head of the International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Suriname. Hubard had no immediate reaction other than to note that no Suriname government official would be present at the June 2-6 IAE [...]
2008-06-02 19:41:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC PARM IR IAEA NS
08PARAMARIBO89DEMARCHES DELIVERED: U.S. VIEWS ON IAEA REPORT AND
[...] (U) Per reftel, Post delivered the demarches to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of the Government of Suriname (GOS) officials Terence Craig, Head of the Americas Divison, and Juliette Redman, official of the International Organizations Division. Craig and Redman had no immediate reaction. [...]
2008-03-03 18:54:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM IR IAEA NS
08PARIS1035NON-PAPER ON U.S. RESPONSE TO LATEST IAEA REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-30 15:39:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL KNNP MNUC IAEA FR IR
08PARIS1086USDP DISCUSSES LEBANON, AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN AND
[...] (S) Summary. On May 29, Eric Edelman, Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, met with French interlocutors including Gerard Araud, Political Director at the MFA, Michel Miraillet, Director of Strategic Affairs at the MOD and Francois Richier, Strategic Affairs Advisor at the Elysee, to discus [...]
2008-06-09 07:52:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL MOPS MCAP AF LE PK IR SY FR
08PARIS1200POLDIR PROPOSES FURTHER TARGETED IRAN SANCTIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 23, Political Director Gerard Araud summoned DCM to talk about Iran. He said his guess was that little would change in the coming months so the question was how to avoid the extremes of acquiescing or resorting to military force. He advocated a two-pronged approach invo [...]
2008-06-25 13:53:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNETTC PREL KNNP MNUC EFIN PGOV PHUM IR FR
08PARIS1227SOLICITING PLEDGES TO FUND THE NUCLEAR THREAT
[...] (SBU) On June 27, ESTH Counselor and ESTH Officer delivered to Martin Briens, Director of the Office of Disarmament and Nuclear Nonproliferation, reftel demarche regarding the need to raise matching funds to support the proposal under the Nuclear Threat Initiative to create a nuclear fuel ban [...]
2008-06-30 06:20:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYFR KNNP IAEA ENRG
08PARIS1447SPECIAL ENVOY WOLCOTT'S NUCLEAR ENERGY SUPPLY
[...] (U) Summary. On July 20-21, Ambassador Jackie Wolcott, Special Envoy for Nuclear Nonproliferation, and Special Assistant Marc Humphrey traveled to Paris for consultations on civil nuclear supply criteria in light of the anticipated expansion in nuclear energy. Meetings were held with officia [...]
2008-07-29 16:51:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALENRG TRGY KNNP PREL ETTC IAEA FR
08PARIS147FRENCH ANTICIPATE MAJOR PUSHBACK ON NEXT UNSCR ON
[...] (C) At the end of a late January 25 meeting on Iraq (septel),we informed French MFA DAS-equivalent for Iran, Iraq, and the Gulf Franck Gellet that we were mobilizing to begin talking to non-P-5 members of the UNSC on elements for a new UNSCR on Iran. Gellet said he appreciated the informat [...]
2008-01-29 06:20:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP UNSC FR IR
08PARIS1625FRENCH RESPONSE ON SUPPORTING AFGHANISTAN'S
[...] (C) We delivered reftel message on supporting Afghanistan's candidacy for the MESA seat on the IAEA Board of Governors (BOG) to French MFA DAS-equivalent for Levantine affairs Ludovic Pouille on 19 August. Prior to that meeting, we had previewed the pitch we would be making on August 13 to [...]
2008-08-22 14:39:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP MNUC IAEA FR SY IR AF
08PARIS1703ELYSEE READOUT OF SARKOZY'S SEPTEMBER 3-4 VISIT TO
[...] (S) Summary: During his September 3-4 visit to Damascus,President Sarkozy told Syrian President Bashar al-Asad that in order to establish a relationship of trust with France, Syria would need to honor its commitments and respect certain principles (e.g., Lebanon's sovereignty and the International [...]
2008-09-09 18:13:00Embassy ParisSECRETFR LE UNSC PREL
08PARIS1717FRENCH BELIEVE THAT ASSASSINATION OF SYRIAN
[...] (S/NF) As Washington readers and others ponder French policy toward Syria, and as an expansion of para 3 in reftel, we pass along the previously unreported views of two of our GOF interlocutors from meetings in late August on the mysterious assassination earlier in the month of Syrian brigad [...]
2008-09-12 17:57:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINS PINR FR SY LE
08PARIS186INDIA: SARKOZY VISIT INCREASES BILATERAL
[...] (C) Summary. President Sarkozy's January 25-27 official visit to India was political rather than commercially focused, according to DAS-equivalent Didier Leroy January 29. Leroy highlighted that France initialed a civil nuclear agreement, increased environmental cooperation, signed bilateral [...]
2008-02-01 17:59:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR IN
08PARIS1930IO DAS ANDERSON DISCUSSES UNITED NATIONS AGENCIES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: IO DAS Anderson discussed UN issues on October 10 with French MFA IO-DAS equivalent Marc Giacomini who expressed GOF support for the Immediate Plan of Action reform package being proposed at the FAO conference in Rome on November 19. He noted the importance of presenting a unifie [...]
2008-10-21 11:56:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KAWC FR UN
08PARIS1980FRENCH CIVILIAN NUCLEAR: CURRENT AMBITIONS AND FUTURE
[...] (SBU) Summary. In 10/16-17 meetings French officials and private sector representatives told Special Representative Frank Mermoud that France wants its national energy industrial groups to be leaders in the "nuclear renaissance". Expansion is being driven by energy security and climate change [...]
2008-10-29 11:16:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALENRG ETRD PREL FR GM
08PARIS2134P3 CONSULTATIONS ON NONPROLIFERATION AND DISARMAMENT IN PARIS
[...] (C) Summary. On November 7, Acting U/S John Rood met in Paris with his French and British counterparts Jacques Audibert and Mariot Leslie, respectively, to discuss a broad range of nonproliferation, arms control, and disarmament issues. Topics included regional issues (Iran, North Korea, and Syria) [...]
2008-11-21 08:21:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL PARM MARR KACT FR UK CH RU KN SY IR
08PARIS214FRANCE SUPPORTS PRIVATE SECTOR OUTREACH AND THE
[...] (SBU) Embassy poloff delivered reftel demarche together with Russian Federation terrorism expert Artem Studennikov on February 6 to Thomas Guibert, French MFA Strategic Affairs desk officer for the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. Guibert expressed France's support in principle [...]
2008-02-06 15:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL PTER KGIC IAEA FR
08PARIS2142FRENCH CAUTIOUS ON IAEA SYRIA REPORT
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche November 20 to Arnaud Mentre, action officer for Iran in the MFA's ISN-equivalent. Mentre was phlegmatic about the IAEA report on Iran, noting that Iran's enrichment seems to be on "autopilot" for the moment. As for Syria, Mentre offered as an initial impr [...]
2008-11-21 12:45:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR TRGY FR
08PARIS2212FRENCH SAY SYRIA DELIVERING ON ALL FRONTS
[...] (S) Summary: "We think Syria is delivering on the key dossier," French Presidency Advisor for the Middle East Boris Boillon said December 5, as he recapped his November 30 visit to Damascus with Presidency Secretary General Claude Gueant and NSA-equivalent Jean-David Levitte. In contrast to his col [...]
2008-12-05 18:18:00Embassy ParisSECRETPGOV PREL FR
08PARIS245P3 MEETING ON NONPROLIFERATION AND DISARMAMENT
[...] (S) Summary. On February 7, Acting U/S John Rood and his delegation met his French and British P3 counterparts, Philippe Carre and Mariot Leslie respectively, to discuss a broad range of nonproliferation, arms control and disarmament issues. Unusually, the French were closer to the U.S. than were t [...]
2008-02-12 10:58:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL NATO PARM MARR KACT FR UK CH EG IN RU
08PARIS360RECENT FRENCH MFA PUBLIC STATEMENTS ON IRAN/IAEA
[...] (SBU) We passed non-paper texts in reftels February 28 and 29 to the relevant French MFA officials in the Strategic Affairs and Middle East/North Africa directorates. Although the MFA has not offered any comments on the non-papers, we would note in the interim that the French have been very [...]
2008-02-29 18:03:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PARM PREL MNUC FR IR
08PARIS500FRANCE: CIVIL NUCLEAR EXPORTS BOOM
[...] (SBU) French President Sarkozy has announced contract signings or preliminary discussions for the eventual export of French nuclear technology during several recent trips abroad. Both France's nuclear powerhouse Areva (reftel) and French government officials emphasize that the export boom is f [...]
2008-03-17 17:12:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EIND ETRD KNNP PREL FR
08PARIS674FRANCE OFFERS VIEWS ON FAO, UNESCO, UNDP, IAEA AND WIPO
[...] (SBU) IO DAS Gerry Anderson met with MFA Deputy Director for United Nations and International Organization Affairs Marc Giacomini and several staffers April 10 for a tour d'horizon of a number of current IO issues, including financing, reform and upcoming elections at FAO, UNESCO, UNDP, IAEA [...]
2008-04-11 14:44:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL FAO UNESCO UNDP IAEA WIPO FR
08PARIS824FRANCE ON SYRIA'S CLANDESTINE NUCLEAR PROGRAM
[...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel points April 24 per an exchange of cables reported separately. 2. (U) The French MFA reported the following exchange at its April 25 press briefing between reporters and its spokesperson, Pascale Andreani (the English translation comes from the French MFA's w [...]
2008-04-28 16:09:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KNNP PARM IAEA DPRK FR SY
08PARIS858USD/P EDELMAN,S APRIL 28 MEETINGS WITH ELYSEE AND
[...] (C) Summary. On April 28, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman met with Francois Richier, Elysee Counselor for Strategic Affairs, and Michel Miraillet, Director of Strategic Affairs at the Ministry of Defense. Richier and Miraillet said France is satisfied with the outcomes of [...]
2008-05-02 08:52:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MARR MCAP MNUC EUN IR LE SY UK UP
08PARIS866GLOBAL INITIATIVE EXERCISE PLANNING GROUP FIRST
[...] (SBU) Summary: As part of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism, the Initiative co-chairs held the first Exercise Planning Group (EPG) meeting on April 15 in Paris to begin coordinating the development and execution of international exercises aimed at combating the threat posed by [...]
2008-05-05 16:23:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKGIC MCAP PINR PTER PARM IAEA FR
08PARIS867GLOBAL INITIATIVE EXERCISE PLANNING GROUP FIRST
[...] (SBU) Summary: As part of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism, the Initiative co-chairs held the first Exercise Planning Group (EPG) meeting on April 15 in Paris to begin coordinating the development and execution of international exercises aimed at combating the threat posed by [...]
2008-05-05 16:23:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKGIC MCAP PINR PTER PARM IAEA FR
08PARIS957YOUR JUNE 14-16 VISIT TO PARIS
[...] (C) Mr. President, you will arrive in France as Nicolas Sarkozy begins the second year of a five-year term as President. You will meet a Sarkozy chastened by the experience of a first year marked by a sharp drop in his political stock at home, but during which he nevertheless reclaimed French leade [...]
2008-05-19 14:41:00Embassy ParisSECRETECON FINR KPAL NATO OVIP PGOF PREL PTER SENV
08PARTO100602(U) SECRETARY RICE'S OCTOBER 4, 2008 CONVERSATION
[...] (U) Classified by: Paul Wohlers, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State, Reason 1.4 (d). 2. (U) October 4, 2008: 3:30 p.m.; New Delhi, India. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Ambassador David Mulford SCA Affairs Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher PA Assi [...]
2008-10-06 03:31:00US Delegation, SecretaryCONFIDENTIALOVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL PTER MASS IN
08PARTO121901(C) Secretary Rice's December 16, 2008 Meeting
[...] (U) Classified by: Uzra Zeya, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State. Reason 1.4.(d) 2. (U) December 16, 2008, 0915-1050, UN Headquarters, New York City 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary NEA A/S Welch NEA PDAS Feltman NEA/ARP Office Director Steinfel [...]
2008-12-19 12:15:00US Delegation, SecretaryCONFIDENTIALOVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL IR EUN XF XG
08PARTO8(U) Secretary Rice's June 26-27 Participation in
[...] (U) Classified by: Uzra Zeya, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (U) June 27, 2008 at 18:00, and June 28, 2008 at 09:30; Kyoto, Japan. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary U/S Bill Burns A/S Christopher R. Hill, EAP Lt. Gen. W [...]
2008-07-12 12:10:00US Delegation, SecretaryCONFIDENTIALOVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL PHUM KNNP KWBG
08PARTO80808(U) Secretary Rice's July 26, 2008, Meeting
[...] (U) Classified by: Kenneth Merten, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State. Reason 1.4 (d). 2. (U) July 26, 2008; 3:30 p.m.; Auckland, New Zealand. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Ambassador McCormick A/S Sean McCormack, PA LTG William Fraser, JCS DAS Sco [...]
2008-08-08 00:42:00US Delegation, SecretarySECRETOVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL ETRD PGOV ECON
08PORTAUPRINCE650HAITI: NPT PREPCOM RESPONSE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-05 18:49:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA PGOV HA
08PORTLOUIS233MAURITIUS OPEN TO DIALOGUE ON CONVENTION ON SUPPLEMENTARY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-27 11:22:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP TRGY ENRG KSTC IAEA PARM MP
08PORTLOUIS326MAURITIUS 'LIKE MINDED' ON IAEA BOARD SEAT
[...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel objectives to Ministry of Foreign Affairs First Secretary, Ms. Martine Young Kim Fat on September 19, and had a follow up meeting with Young Kim Fat on September 24. Young Kim Fat informed POLOFF that she personally agreed with USG points about blocking Syria and Ira [...]
2008-09-24 11:01:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIAEA PARM MNUC MP
08PRAGUE139CZECH CHAIRMAN OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE ON
[...] (C) Summary: Jan Hamacek, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the Czech Parliament, recently shared with us views on a broad range of topics, including missile defense (MD),Afghanistan, relations with the Topolanek government, and contacts with countries like Iran and Russia. On M [...]
2008-02-29 12:56:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EZ MARR
08PRAGUE36CZECH REPUBLIC DECLINES REQUEST FOR TEMPORARY
[...] (S) Econoff met with Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs Head of the Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Unit Pavel Klucky January 22 for response to the December 11 demarche requesting temporary storage of Iraqi uranium in the Czech Republic (Refs A & B). Despite wide inter-agency support for th [...]
2008-01-24 13:59:00Embassy PragueSECRETPARM PREL ECON ENRG EZ
08PRAGUE722CZECH REPUBLIC: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR SUPPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-19 14:23:00Embassy PragueSECRETKNNP PARM PREL TRGY EZ NR IR
08PRAGUE806CZECH REPUBLIC: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON PREVENTING
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-30 08:10:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA SY TRGY EZ
08PRETORIA1198DELIVERED: IAEA/IRAN LATEST IAEA REPORT AND U.S.
[...] (U) Mission delivered reftel points on 05 June to DFA Director: Disarmament and Non-Proliefration Titi Molaba. To date, we have received no substantive response. BOST [...]
2008-06-05 10:15:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNVC PARM IR SF IAEA
08PRETORIA1560(C) SOUTH AFRICA PREDICTS SOFT IRAN NAM STATEMENT
[...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Deputy Director: Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Michiel Combrink said that the drafting of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit statement on Iran's nuclear program will be a "very difficult process." Iran has [...]
2008-07-16 14:27:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPARM KNNP MNUC TRGY IAEA PREL IR
08PRETORIA1561SAG NOTES POSSIBLE PROBLEMATIC AREAS IN INDIAN
[...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, Department of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director: Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Michiel Combrink said that the South African Government (SAG) was "studying" the proposed India Safeguards Agreement, but strongly hinted that the SAG is inclined to sup [...]
2008-07-16 14:58:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL ETTC SF
08PRETORIA1631NAM COUNTRIES FAR APART ON IRANIAN NUCLEAR
[...] (C) Work on drafting on the NAM ministerial statement on the Iranian nuclear program has virtually come to a halt because of the "wide distance" between the Iranian draft and the revisions proposed by "core NAM countries," including South Africa, according to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA [...]
2008-07-25 12:39:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPARM TRGY IR SF
08PRETORIA2165SAG ALMOST READY TO SIGN AGREEMENT ON NUCLEAR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-02 08:56:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY KNNP PREL BEXP IAEA SF
08PRETORIA234AQ KHAN TRIAL: DANIEL GEIGES PLEADS GUILTY
[...] (C) SUMMARY and INTRODUCTION: Swiss citizen Daniel Geiges was convicted in the Pretoria High Court of unlawful manufacture of components for illicit gas centrifuge uranium enrichment plants intended for Libya and Pakistan and for associated export control violations on 05 February. This mes [...]
2008-02-05 14:08:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPARM MNUC PREL KNNP SF
08PRETORIA323DEFUELING THE DRC RESEARCH REACTOR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-15 11:55:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTRGY ENRG PREL AORC KNNP IAEA CG SF
08QUITO1162CORREA'S POLEMICAL VISIT TO IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: President Rafael Correa's December 5-9 visit to Iran, the first by an Ecuadorian president, resulted in 12 agreements and a $40 million line-of-credit. Our assessment is that GOE actions defy the spirit, but not the letter, of UN Security Council sanction resolutions. During the [...]
2008-12-19 22:21:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EFIN MASS EC IR
08QUITO301ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: IRAN, IAEA AND UNSCR
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered points and non-papers for reftels B and C on March 4 and for reftel D on March 10 to the MFA's Directorate General of Multilateral Affairs. Due to extensive travel and other commitments, including an active role in addressing the Ecuador-Colombia crisis at the OAS, MFA [...]
2008-03-28 20:07:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM ECON IAEA NSG EC IR
08QUITO394ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: TRAVEL BAN REQUIREMENTS
[...] (SBU) PolOff delivered Ref A points on April 30 to Lourdes Puma, MFA Director General of Multilateral Affairs, who had been previously unavailable due to her travel and participation in the EU-Andean Community negotiations. 2. (C) Puma reiterated the position she communicated in response [...]
2008-04-30 22:59:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALMNUC KNNP IR UNSC EC
08QUITO396ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: SYRIA'S CLANDESTINE
[...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel points on April 30 to Lourdes Puma, MFA Director General of Multilateral Affairs, who had been previously unavailable due to travel and her participation in the EU-Andean Community negotiations. 2. (C) Puma said that she was unaware of the Israeli Air Force m [...]
2008-04-30 23:11:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALKNNP DPRK SY IAEA PARM PREL EC
08QUITO397ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: NPT PREPARATORY COMMITTEE MEETING
[...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel points and U.S. proposed papers to the MFA's Multilateral Affairs Directorate on April 23, 2008. We received a response on April 30 from Lourdes Puma, MFA Director General of Multilateral Affairs, who had been previously unavailable due to travel and her partici [...]
2008-05-05 12:38:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM KNNP MNUC PREL NPT IAEA EC ENRG
08QUITO581ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: 60 DAY REPORT ON UNSCR
[...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel points on June 27 to Marisol Nieto, MFA Acting Director General of Multilateral Affairs. 2. (C) Nieto reiterated that the GOE's position on Iran is based on "principles" and that the IAEA should have been given additional time to work with Iran before introdu [...]
2008-06-30 21:39:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALEFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC EC
08QUITO776ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: INDIA-IAEA SAFEGUARDS
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points on July 14 to the MFA's Directorate General of Multilateral Affairs and followed up with Director General of Multilateral Affairs Lourdes Puma on August 8. Puma said that the GOE was pleased that the India IAEA Safeguards Agreement had been approved, that [...]
2008-08-22 12:51:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL ETTC EC
08QUITO777ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: IRAN AND THE NAM
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered Ref A points on July 14 to the MFA's Directorate General of Multilateral Affairs and followed up with Director General of Multilateral Affairs Lourdes Puma on August 8. 2. (C) Puma said that the GOE supported the passage of the Statement on Iran's Nuclear Issue adop [...]
2008-08-22 12:51:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IAEA PERL UR EC
08RABAT1109MOROCCANS MORE FORWARD-LEANING ON NUCLEAR ENERGY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Moroccan government, research, and industry leaders told Special Envoy for Nuclear Nonproliferation Jackie Wolcott that the Kingdom is preparing the necessary infrastructure and legal and regulatory framework for nuclear power. According to the Minister of Energy, the decision [...]
2008-11-28 13:52:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY ETRD TNGD KNNP MO
08RABAT170SCENESETTER FOR A/S WELCH'S VISIT TO MOROCCO
[...] (C) Ambassador Welch, the Moroccans will roll out the red carpet for you, including an audience with King Mohammed VI in Marrakech, as well as expected meetings with Foreign Minister Fassi Fihri and Intelligence Chief Mansouri. They are delighted you are visiting them before Algiers and will [...]
2008-02-22 17:42:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ECON MO
08RABAT241MOROCCO VOICES SUPPORT FOR ADOPTION OF UNSC
[...] On March 14, POLOFF conveyed to Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Chief of the Security and Disarmament Section Mr. Driss Rushdy reftel points concerning obligations imposed on U.N. member states by the recent adoption of UNSCR 1803, which imposes further sanctions on Iran for its fai [...]
2008-03-14 12:35:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDPARM KNNP MNUC IR MO
08RABAT389MOROCCO CONSIDERS US PRIORITIES AT NPT PREPATORY
[...] (SBU) On April 30, 2008, Poloff presented U.S. priorities for the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) prepatory conference (PrepCom) on April 28 and May 9, 2008 in Geneva (ref A) to Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Chief of United Nations Division Azzedine Farhane, in the form of non-pape [...]
2008-04-30 15:59:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG PREL MNUC PARM NPT IAEA KNNP MO
08RABAT568MOROCCO CONSIDERS PRESSING IRAN ON P5+1 PACKAGE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-18 17:09:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM KNNP UNSC IR MO
08RABAT661MOROCCAN MFA CONSIDERS U.S. POSITION ON NAM SUMMIT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-16 16:39:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDIAEA PARM PERL TRGY MNUC KNNP IR MO
08RABAT693NEW MOROCCAN ENERGY STRATEGY HITS FAMILIAR THEMES
[...] (C) Summary: Morocco's newly unveiled national energy strategy hits the familiar themes of diversification of supply, optimization of resources, and conservation in its effort to guarantee that the country will have sufficient energy resources available to meet a demand that is expected to gro [...]
2008-07-25 15:48:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON EFIN MO
08RABAT718NAM MINISTERIAL: SNOOZING DINOSAUR MUTTERS IN ITS
[...] (C/NF) Moroccan MFA Chief of Staff Nasser Bourita (strictly protect) said that Iran "did not get most of what it wanted" on the issue of its nuclear and missile programs during the recent Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Ministerial in Tehran. He expressed happiness with the more Morocco-friendly [...]
2008-08-04 11:05:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PARM KNNP WI ZI AG ZP ZR MO
08RABAT719NAM MINISTERIAL: SNOOZING DINOSAUR MUTTERS IN ITS
[...] (C/NF) Moroccan MFA Chief of Staff Nasser Bourita (strictly protect) said that Iran "did not get most of what it wanted" on the issue of its nuclear and missile programs during the recent Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Ministerial in Tehran. He expressed happiness with the more Morocco-friendly [...]
2008-08-04 11:05:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PARM KNNP WI ZI AG ZP ZR MO
08RABAT833MOROCCAN MFA ON THE ARAB LEAGUE MEETING AND NORTH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In preparation for the Arab League Ministerial, MFA Director General for Arab and Islamic Affairs Mohamed Azeroual told us that the League had no mechanism to block attendance by Mauritanian junta representatives. He maintained that democracy continued to function there and that [...]
2008-09-05 16:40:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL PBTS PINS PARM AL AG SY MR MO
08RABAT907MOROCCO UNDECIDED ON IAEA BOARD OF GOVERNORS VOTE
[...] (C) Poloff attempted to persuade Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Head of the United Nations Division Azzedine Farhane to support Afghanistan as the candidate of choice to fill the vacancy in the IAEA Board of Governors. Farhane stated that Morocco has not yet taken an official position o [...]
2008-09-22 17:59:00Embassy RabatSECRETIAEA PARM MNUC MO
08RANGOON793RUSSIA IN BURMA: UN ROLES; NUCLEAR COOPERATION;
[...] (C) Charge's Oct. 7 courtesy call on Russian Ambassador to Burma Mikhail Mgeladze included discussion of current UN efforts to influence events in Burma and a sketch of Russia's activities in country. Many political observers in Rangoon believe Russia has more access to influential Government [...]
2008-10-07 09:57:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SNUC UN RS BM
08REYKJAVIK122ICELAND RATIFIES IAEA CONVENTION ON NUCLEAR SAFETY
[...] (U) Iceland's Ministry for Foreign Affairs announced via a press release on June 25 that Iceland has ratified the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Convention on Nuclear Safety. Text of press release follows para. 2. 2. (U) Text of the MFA press release: The International Atomic [...]
2008-06-27 09:55:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDENRG SENV KTIA KNNP PARM IAEA IC
08RIGA2LAVROV'S VISIT TO RIGA
[...] (C) Summary: Russian FM Lavrov's December 18 visit to Riga was most notable in that it occurred at all. After months of work, his visit marked the first ever visit by a Russian or Soviet FM to an independent Latvia. The highlight was the exchange of instruments of ratification on the Latvia-R [...]
2008-01-02 05:27:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS ENRG ETRD EUN RS IR LG
08RIGA586IAEA BOARD OF GOVERNORS: LATVIA UNDERSTANDS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-23 08:09:00Embassy RigaSECRETPARM IAEA MNUC LG
08RIGA618LATVIA CONSIDERING RESPONSE TO US CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-09 12:08:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP IAEA AROC LG
08RIGA652LATVIA UNAWARE OF IRANIAN NUCLEAR CONFERENCE;
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Judite Dobele, the MFA's head of Middle East and Africa Division. Dobele stated that they were not aware of the Iranian Nuclear Conference in November but know that Iran has been active in their region on energy issues. She stated that Iran had been tryin [...]
2008-10-24 13:53:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC TRGY IR LG
08RIGA677 LATVIA SEEKS CONSENSUS AT NOV 19 NSG MEETING
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-05 11:12:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IAEA LG
08RIGA786LATVIA NOTES U.S. CONCERNS OVER SYRIA'S TECHNICAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-08 13:58:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPARM KNNP MNUC IAEA TRGY LG
08RIODEJANEIRO295NO TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL, BRAZIL'S
[...] Summary. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations in Vienna, Greg Schulte, visited Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on October 17 as part of his trip to the region, including Brasilia, Santiago and Buenos Aires (SEPTELS),for consultations on non-proliferation issues. In meetings with Brazil's nuclear re [...]
2008-10-22 15:17:00Consulate Rio De JaneiroUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM ENRG EIND EMIN AR BR
08RIYADH1153SAUDIS SUPPORT KAZAKHSTAN OVER SYRIA FOR IAEA
[...] (S) Pol Counselor delivered reftel demarche to Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organizations Director Ambassador Saleh Al-Kuhaimi on July 27. Al-Kuhaimi fully concurred that Syria is an unqualified candidate for a seat on the IAEA Board of Governors, outlining a long list of w [...]
2008-07-27 13:54:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETAORC IAEA KNNP KZ SA SY
08RIYADH1160SAUDIS PREFER SEPTEMBER FOR CIVILIAN NUCLEAR
[...] (SBU) Post formally advised the MFA of the Department's invitation to participate in discussions on civilian nuclear cooperation on July 21 in an urgent diplomatic note. We also conveyed the information to the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST),which functions as the de [...]
2008-07-28 14:26:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENERG IAEA KNNP SA
08RIYADH1237SAUDI COUNCIL OF MINISTERS APPROVES AGREEMENT WITH
[...] (C) On August 11, 2008, The Saudi Council of Ministers approved the Government of Saudi Arabia's (SAG) agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to enforce the Nuclear Safeguards Agreement under the frame work of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treat (NPT),as reported in loc [...]
2008-08-12 13:30:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNENERG IAEA KNNP SA
08RIYADH1268KACST PRESIDENT ON NUCLEAR ENERGY AND
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para nine. 2. (S) SUMMARY: POL/ECON counselor met with President of King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) Dr. Mohamed Al-Suwaiyel on August 12 following the announcement that the Saudi Council of Ministers approved bringing into f [...]
2008-08-18 13:45:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPREL KNNP PARM ENRG SA
08RIYADH1450SAUDI IAEA SAFEGUARDS AGREEMENT AND REQUEST FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary and action request: During a 20 September meeting with the Saudi delegate to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),Dr. Turki Al-Saud, Dr. Turki requested U.S. assistance to arrange a visit to the U.S. by a delegation from the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technolo [...]
2008-09-24 12:46:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ENRG IAEA KNNP BEXP SA
08RIYADH1864SAUDI ARABIA'S NUCLEAR ENERGY PLANS
[...] Saudi Arabia has only recently begun to examine how nuclear energy can best meet its national needs. Government statements have noted that Saudi Arabia would benefit from the ability to produce electricity from nuclear sources as well as to power expanded desalination operations. Part of the S [...]
2008-12-29 06:53:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO SA
08RIYADH365SAUDI LEADERSHIP KEENLY INTERESTED IN PEACEFUL
[...] (S) Summary: Acting Assistant Secretary for International Security and Nonproliferation Patricia McNerney led an 8-person delegation to Riyadh, February 26-27, to consult with senior Saudi Arabian Government (SAG) officials about possible U.S. engagement with the Kingdom on civilian nuclear [...]
2008-03-04 16:26:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETKCIP KGIC KNNP SA PREL IR PINR PGOV
08RIYADH639SAUDI AMBASSADOR ON KING'S THINKING REGARDING
[...] (S) Summary: In an April 17 meeting with the Charge' d'Affaires, Saudi Ambassador to the United States and Royal Advisor Adel al-Jubeir reaffirmed King Abdullah's strong interest in announcing or concluding agreements on visa reciprocity, Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP),and nuclear c [...]
2008-04-18 10:23:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETCVIS ECON ENRG IAEA KNNP PARM PINR PREL SA
08ROME1053IAEA/CSC: ITALY WILL CONSIDER NUCLEAR LIABILITY CONVENTION
[...] (SBU) Summary. Italian Government (GOI) officials have acknowledged the need to "dust off the files" on Italy's ratification of the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage (CSC),which has languished for a decade. They raised CSC ratification in a July 7 meeting with indu [...]
2008-08-18 15:09:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTRGY ENRG KNNP KSTC IAEA PARM SENV IT
08ROME1093ITALY SUPPORTS AFGHANISTAN'S CANDIDACY FOR IAEA
[...] (C) Poloff delivered Ref B demarche to Italian MFA Disarmament and Nonproliferation Agreement Implementation Office Director Vittorio Rocco on August 27. Rocco said Italy regards Afghanistan's candidacy for the IAEA MESA Board of Governors' seat as a positive development that will encourage o [...]
2008-08-28 13:05:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALIAEA PREL PARM KNNP MNUC IR SY IT AF
08ROME1163MFA MIDDLE EAST DG RAGAGLINI ON SYRIA AND IRAN
[...] (C) Summary. During a September 16 courtesy call by Political M/C MFA DG for the Middle East Cesare Ragaglini said Syrian FM al-Moallem surprised the Italians during his September 11 visit by appearing to condition movement on delineating the Syrian-Lebanese border on prior progress on the Go [...]
2008-09-17 14:24:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IT
08ROME1207DEMARCHE DELIVERED- PREVENTING IRANIAN ACQUISITION
[...] (C) On 23 September, Post delivered reftel demarche on preventing Iranian acquisition of Italian technology for building centrifuges to Pierfrancesco De Cercio of the Italian MFA. De Cerchio was initially unaware of Iran's deceptive trade practices related to its nuclear program, particul [...]
2008-09-26 10:40:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALKNNP TRGY PREL PARM MNUC AORC IAEA IT
08ROME1368ITALY TO SUPPORT USG POSITION AT NSG MEETING
[...] (C) On 5 November, Italian MFA Counselor for Nuclear Affairs Roberto Liotto informed Econoff that the GOI would support the US position at the November 19 meeting of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Consultative Group. The GOI agrees on the need for greater controls on transfers of enrichmen [...]
2008-11-10 15:59:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALKNNP ENRG ETTC MNUC PARM TRGY IAEA
08ROME1534ITALY SUPPORTS USG AT NSG BUT LACKS URGENCY ON IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: On 11 December, ISN Acting A/S Patricia McNerney held bilateral talks with the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She and Treasury DAS Daniel Glaser later met with the Ministry of Finance. These talks focused on efforts undertaken to prevent Iran's acquisition of a nuclear w [...]
2008-12-18 14:21:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALKNNP ENRG ETTC PARM IR IT
08ROME1535ITALY SUPPORTS USG AT NSG BUT LACKS URGENCY ON IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: On 11 December, ISN Acting A/S Patricia McNerney held bilateral talks with the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She and Treasury DAS Daniel Glaser later met with the Ministry of Finance. These talks focused on efforts undertaken to prevent Iran's acquisition of a nuclear w [...]
2008-12-18 14:55:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALKNNP ENRG ETTC PARM IR IT
08ROME189GOI EXPRESSES CONCERN ON TIMING OF NSG POLICY
[...] On February 8, Econoff delivered reftel points on the status of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) draft policy exception for the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative to Roberto Liotto, the Italian MFA official responsible for GOI participation in the NSG. Although Liotto agreed it [...]
2008-02-11 15:54:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP PARM TRGY IN
08ROME247IRAN: ITALY CONTESTS EDISON DEAL VIOLATES ISA;
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 10. Summary. -------- 2. (C) Econ M/C delivered points on the Iran Sanctions Act (ISA) and reported investment by Italian energy company Edison in Iran's Dayyer Block to MFA Political Director Giulio Terzi. Econ M/C also raised U.S. [...]
2008-02-28 16:35:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR IT
08ROME249ITALIAN MFA OFFICIAL OUTLINES ITALIAN ENERGY,
[...] (C) Summary. During a February 13 meeting with Embassy Officers, Giovanni Manfredi, the Italian MFA official responsible for energy issues, provided a wide-ranging and candid assessment of Italian energy and energy security policy. Manfredi said Italian demand for natural gas will continue t [...]
2008-02-29 12:14:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL EPET ENRG RU IT
08ROME256ITALY SHARES US VIEWS IAEA IRAN BRIEFING
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-29 16:14:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR IT
08ROME527NPT: ITALY APPRECIATES RECEIVING US NPT PREPCOM
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-24 15:06:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA
08ROME54ITALY: POL DIRECTOR TELLS U/S ROOD ITALY SUPPORTS
[...] (C) Italian MFA Political Director Terzi told U/S Rood that Italy supported additional measures to encourage Iran to suspend uranium enrichment (with a strong preference for a UNSCR, but also expressing openness to EU action). Terzi said the GOI believed in continuing the two-tracked approach [...]
2008-01-15 09:15:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNPGOV KNNP XF IT
08ROME744ITALY ALERT TO IRANIAN EFFORTS TO PROCURE
[...] (C) Econoff delivered Ref A points on critical equipment needs for Iran's IR-2 centrifuge design to Roberto Liotto, the Italian MFA official responsible for export controls and Italian participation in the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) on May 22. Liotto said he would pass the nonpaper to the [...]
2008-06-12 07:22:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALKNNP TRGY PREL PARM MNUC AORC IAEA UNSC IR IT
08ROME774SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF U/S ROOD TO ROME, JUNE
[...] (C) Summary: Your visit to Rome presents a well-timed opportunity to engage the GOI on a number of important security issues in the wake of the successful meetings between the President and PM Berlusconi on June 12. In particular, the positive atmosphere generated by the visit should contribu [...]
2008-06-19 12:14:00Embassy RomeSECRETPARM PREL MNUC MCAP MARR NATO ETTC KNNP IAEA
08ROME814ITALY SAYS EU CONSIDERING 25 MILLION EURO PLEDGE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-01 10:51:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALKNNP IAEA ENRG IT
08ROME887ITALY: IAEA BOG MESA SEAT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-18 11:38:00Embassy RomeSECRETIAEA KNNP PREL KZ SY AORC IT
08ROME888ITALY: SUPPORTIVE ON INDIA-IAEA SAFEGUARDS
[...] (C) Summary. Italy will seek to be supportive of India in the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG),but MFA officials urgently request information on the Indian sites to be placed under safeguards, and on the likely substance of the NSG waiver request. [...]
2008-07-18 14:57:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALIAEA ETTC KNNP AORC PARM PREL IT
08ROME988U/S ROOD DISCUSSES IRAN, MISSILE DEFENSE WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Italian MFA Political Director Terzi thanked U/S Rood on June 23 for the U.S. assistance in including Italy in pre P5+1 consultations on Iran. He said Italy was pushing for stronger EU measures against Iran and wanted to include a robust discussion of Iran by the Quint on the m [...]
2008-08-05 12:28:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPARM PREL MNUC MCAP MARR NATO ETTC KNNP IAEA
08SANJOSE181COSTA RICA ENDORSES UNSC RESOLUTION 1803
[...] (U) On March 4 we met with Alejandro Solano-Ortiz, alternate Director General of the Foreign Policy Office of the MFA, Raldolph Coto, Coordinator of the Foreign Policy Office of the MFA, and with Juan Salas, of the MFA UNSC desk to deliver the full text of the resolution and to seek their view [...]
2008-03-07 11:42:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IR IAEA CS
08SANJOSE315DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. PROPOSED PAPERS FOR NPT
[...] On April 24, we delivered reftel demarche to Carlos Cordero, Department of Disarmament, Terrorism and Organized Crime, in the MFA. Mr. Cordero seemed receptive and glad to receive the non-papers. 2. He advised that he would read and respond, but that a definitive response regarding sponsors [...]
2008-04-25 20:34:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ENNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA CS
08SANJOSE348DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NUCLEAR NPT PREPARATORY
[...] On April 30, Poloff transmitted reftel demarche to Carlos Cordero, Department of Disarmament, Terrorism and Organized Crime, in the MFA. Due to the May 1 Labor Day (extended) holiday, no response has been received. Post will advise when/if a response is received. 2. Poloff previously delive [...]
2008-05-05 18:22:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA CS
08SANJOSE502COSTA RICA MFA SUPPORTS IAEA-CSC, BUT RATIFICATION
[...] We delivered reftel talking points, including paragraph 38 points for Costa Rica, and non-paper to the MFA on May 28. On June 9, we followed up with Randolph Coto, MFA Department Head for International Organizations, Disarmament and Terrorism. 2. On June 9, Coto responded by email that he w [...]
2008-06-12 15:45:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KNNP TRGY ENRG KSTC IAEA PARM CS
08SANSALVADOR1103EL SALVADOR OPPOSES IRAN/SYRIA IAEA CANDIDACIES;
[...] (C) Summary: El Salvador supports our efforts to prevent Iran and Syria from winning a seat on the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors, but its voting rights in that agency remain suspended because its dues are in arrears. The Salvadorans raised concerns about Russia' [...]
2008-09-23 13:49:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IAEA PARM MNUC KV ES
08SANSALVADOR1188DELIVERED NPT NON-PAPER; GOES SUPPORTS WORKSHOP
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-15 23:05:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEG ENRG IS KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA ES
08SANSALVADOR529U.S. PROPOSED PAPERS FOR NPT PREPCOM DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-02 21:40:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA ES
08SANSALVADOR539TALKING POINTS ON NPT PREPARATORY COMMITTEE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-06 21:25:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA ES
08SANSALVADOR683LATEST IAEA REPORT AND U.S. RESPONSE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-10 22:37:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM IR IAEA ES
08SANTIAGO293CAN SHE DUCK THE LAME TAG?: BACHELET AT MIDPOINT
[...] (C) President Michelle Bachelet marked the halfway point in her four year term on March 11, a milestone perhaps become millstone, an anniversary freighted with the weight of unmet expectations. Bachelet swept into office two years ago, Chile's first female president, promising a new style of polit [...]
2008-04-02 20:14:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG PGOV PINR PREL SOCI CI
08SANTIAGO583SMORGASBORD: NUMBER THREE AT MFA ON P5 AND IRAN,
[...] (C) Chile shares international concern over Iran's nuclear program, agrees the P5 1 package of incentives is generous, and recognizes continued Iranian isolation is the logical outcome should it refuse the package. Chile is prepared to offer the new administration in Asuncion technical assista [...]
2008-06-19 20:39:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO666CHILE TO SEEK MODERATION IN NAM STATEMENT ON IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-17 18:56:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IAEA PERL IR CI
08SANTIAGO667CHILE WORKING TO BUILD AGREEMENT ON INDIA-IAEA
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to Dennis Biggs, Foreign Ministry Deputy Director of the Office of Special Policies, on July 15. Biggs said Chile will support the India-IAEA Safeguards Agreement. 2. (C) Biggs gave Poloff an update the morning of July 17. He said Amb. Milenko Skonic, [...]
2008-07-17 18:56:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL ETTC IN CI PK SZ AU
08SANTIAGO955AMBASSADOR SCHULTE OUTLINES IN CHILE USG NUCLEAR
[...] (U) U.S. Ambassador to the IAEA Schulte October 14-16 reviewed with Chilean audiences Iran's ongoing failure to cooperate with the IAEA; USG and IAEA assessments of Tehran's attempts to develop nuclear weapons; and, the dual-track international effort to either bring Iran to the negotiating tab [...]
2008-10-24 17:56:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG SENV BTIO OEXC PGOV CI
08SANTIAGO956AMBASSADOR SCHULTE OUTLINES IN CHILE USG NUCLEAR
[...] (U) U.S. Ambassador to the IAEA Schulte October 14-16 reviewed with Chilean audiences Iran's ongoing failure to cooperate with the IAEA; USG and IAEA assessments of Tehran's attempts to develop nuclear weapons; and, the dual-track international effort to either bring Iran to the negotiating tab [...]
2008-10-24 17:57:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG SENV BTIO OEXC PGOV CI
08SANTIAGO958AMBASSADOR SCHULTE REVIEWS WITH CHILEANS IAEA OVERSIGHT
[...] (U) U.S. Ambassador to the IAEA Schulte, in Chile October 14-16 primarily to review developments on international efforts to rein in Iran's nuclear program (septel),also discussed the IAEA's role working with countries interested in safeguarding and sharing nuclear technology, as well as in de [...]
2008-10-24 19:31:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG SENV BTIO OEXC PGOV CI
08SANTODOMINGO749DEMARCHE DEMARCHE ON NPT PREPARATORY COMMITTEE
[...] POLOFF delivered Reftel talking points on the NPT Preparatory Committee Meeting to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano took our views on board but had no immediate reply. We will report any subsequent Dominican response. (U) Please visit us at http:/ [...]
2008-05-14 19:51:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA DR
08SAOPAULO683UN WORKSHOP ON IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1540, SAO PAULO, NOVEMBER
[...] (U)Summary: The UN Workshop on UNSCR 1540 Implementation held in Sao Paulo on November 24-28, 2008, was organized by the United Nations Office of Disarmament Affairs in cooperation with the Government of Brazil with funding by the European Union and the Governments of Norway and the United Sta [...]
2008-12-23 16:42:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP BR
08SEOUL1085ROK RESPONSE TO IRANIAN CRITICAL EQUIPMENT NEEDS
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel information to Kim Jae-woo, First Secretary for Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) on 28 May. Kim relayed continued support for U.S. and UN efforts to curtail Iranian illicit procurement activities. He undert [...]
2008-05-28 23:50:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDAORC IAEA IR KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TRGY UNSC
08SEOUL18846PT: ROKG READOUT ON SEPTEMBER 19 ENERGY MEETING
[...] (S) On September 22, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) North Korea Nuclear Negotiation Division Director Kim Gunn debriefed embassy representatives from Russia, Japan, China and the United States on the September 19 Energy and Economic Working Group (EEWG) bilateral meeting with N [...]
2008-09-23 08:15:00Embassy SeoulSECRETENRG KN KS PREL
08SEOUL1894 KOREA SEES VALUE IN THE CONVENTION ON SUPPLEMENTARY
[...] Summary: In a September 19 meeting with ESTHOFF and U.S. nuclear power industry representatives, officials of Korea's Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MEST) agreed in principle that the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage (CSC) was a constructive framewor [...]
2008-09-24 08:54:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDIAEA ENRG TRGY AORC KNNP KS JA CH
08SEOUL2231IRAN FM MOTTAKI: COOPERATION ON AFGHANISTRAN AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings on November 13 in Seoul with ROK Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan and Prime Minister Han Seung-soo, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki suggested that cooperation with the U.S. on Afghanistan and Iraq might be possible, but would depend on whether the U.S. was "s [...]
2008-11-18 08:08:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL IR KS KN AF IZ
08SEOUL2499ROKG VIEWS ON INCREASING PRESSURE ON IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: Econ MinCouns and Deputy Econ Couns followed up on reftel demarches on December 16 and 22 to multiple officials in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) and the Ministry of Strategy and Finance (MOSF) to discuss financial pressure on Iran as well as Korea,s energy rela [...]
2008-12-31 02:32:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALEFIN KNNP MNUC IR KS
08SEOUL295ROKG SATISFIED WITH IAEA IRAN EXPORT DENIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-14 05:54:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALAORC KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA KS IR
08SEOUL67NEVER SAY DIE -- UNIFICATION MINISTER ARGUES FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 8 meeting with the Ambassador, Unification Minister Lee Jae-jung stressed the need for a three-party summit between the U.S., DPRK and ROK, to declare an end to the Korean War and provide the necessary incentive for Kim Jong-il to give up his nuclear weapons. Lee list [...]
2008-01-13 22:19:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPROG PREL KS KN
08SEOUL918ROKG NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY PREPARATORY
[...] (SBU) On 1 May, poloff delivered reftel demarche to Choi Ki-Cheon, Deputy Director of the Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Choi said that the Disarmament and Non-proliferation Division's Lee Sang-soo departed for the Non-proliferation Tre [...]
2008-05-02 08:28:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA KS
08SHANGHAI422SHANGHAI SCHOLARS EXPRESS CONCERN OVER DELAY IN SIX-PARTY
[...] (S/NF) Summary: xxxxx are concerned about the current impasse in the Six-Party Talks, but each varies in his diagnosis of its causes and prescriptions for U.S. policy. xxxxx claims that a debate has emerged within the Chinese leadership over the merits of quick U.S. delisting, as a result of Pyongy [...]
2008-09-26 06:40:00Consulate ShanghaiSECRET//NOFORNCH KN PGOV PHUM PREL
08SINGAPORE1339 SINGAPORE EYEING NUCLEAR ENERGY FOR THE FUTURE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Singapore supports the use of nuclear energy for electricity generation, but it currently lacks the land space and technological expertise within its workforce to safely build and operate a nuclear facility. The GOS and other local energy experts view nuclear power as a viable [...]
2008-12-23 09:20:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EINV ETRD ECON SN
08SKOPJE164MACEDONIA SHARES U.S. CONCERNS REGARDING IRAN'S
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-29 07:05:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR MK
08SKOPJE172MACEDONIA: POINTS DELIVERED TO MFA REGARDING UNSC
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-04 15:53:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV MK KNNP MNUC PARM IR
08SKOPJE68MACEDONIA: POINTS DELIVERED ON OUTREACH TO PRIVATE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-28 12:43:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL PTER KGIC IAEA
08SOFIA110BULGARIA: GINGERLY SEEKING EXPANDED TIES WITH IRAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iranian FM Mottaki visited Sofia on January 22 and a Bulgarian parliamentary delegation visited Tehran January 21-24. Bulgarian officials downplayed the contacts as "nothing special" but at the same time described plans to revive the Bulgaria-Iran Joint Economic Council and se [...]
2008-02-21 13:31:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ENER PREL IR BU
08SOFIA123BULGARIA: SUPPORTIVE OF U. S. VIEWS ON IAEA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-29 11:48:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNPP MNUC PARM IR IAEA BU
08SOFIA279NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT) PREPARATORY
[...] Reftel demarche was delivered to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on April 30. We do not expect a response since the Ministry is closed for Bulgarian holidays until May 7. Beyrle [...]
2008-04-30 14:55:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA
08SOFIA329SOFIA: STRATEGIC LOCATION FOR DOE ENERGY ATTACHE
[...] (SBU) The Department of Energy's Attach Program is a resounding success. As DOE considers possible locations for its next Energy Attach, Embassy Sofia encourages a hard look at the superior value we offer. An office here would bracket coverage, analysis, and advocacy in Russia, the Caspian, [...]
2008-05-23 11:41:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG SENV APER BU
08SOFIA331SOFIA: STRATEGIC LOCATION FOR DOE ENERGY ATTACHE
[...] (SBU) The Department of Energy's Attache Program is a resounding success. As DOE considers possible locations for its next Energy Attache, Embassy Sofia encourages a hard look at the superior value we offer. An office here would bracket coverage, analysis, and advocacy in Russia, the Caspia [...]
2008-05-23 13:06:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG SENV APER BU
08SOFIA505TRANSCRIPT OF DOCUMENT HANDED OUT BY IRANIAN
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The following is a transcript of an Iranian document, entitled "The Islamic Republic of Iran's Proposed Package for Constructive Negotiations," provided to us bu the Israeli Embassy. The Israelis found it "interesting" that the Iranian Ambassador handed it out to Bulgarian [...]
2008-07-25 14:28:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNBU IR PGOV PREL
08SOFIA815OVERVIEW OF BULGARIA'S CIVIL NUCLEAR ENERGY PROGRAM
[...] (U) This is Embassy Sofia's response to Ref A Department of Commerce request for information on Bulgaria's civil nuclear energy program. OVERVIEW OF BULGARIA'S CIVIL NUCLEAR POWER PROGRAM --------------------------------------------- ----- 2. (U) Bulgaria ratified the Statute of th [...]
2008-12-29 13:41:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO BU
08SOFIA84BULGARIA SUPPORTS U.S. DECISION NOT TO CIRCULATE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-08 14:31:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP PARM TRGY IN BU
08SOFIA86BULGARIA: NON COMMITTAL ON DEMARCHE ON REQUEST
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-11 07:42:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC IR KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA BU
08STATE100866INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS -- GETTING THE
[...] (U) This is an action request for USUN, see para 4. 2. (SBU) Summary. During recent consultations in Vienna, the Terrorism Prevention Branch (TPB) of the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) reiterated its interest in working closely with the 1540 Committee. The TPB sought c [...]
2008-09-22 03:14:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC CW IAEA KPAO OSCE PREL PTER UNSC
08STATE101698ISN DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY HAYWARD'S MEETINGS
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (C) SUMMARY: ISN DAS Mary Alice Hayward led a State Department team in September 8 meetings with Ambassador Naela Gabr (Assistant Minister),Khalid Shamaa (Deputy Assistant Minister),and other Egyptian officials to discuss Nuclear Nonprolife [...]
2008-09-23 19:15:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM NPT IAEA EG IS IR
08STATE103443ISN DAS HAYWARD'S MEETINGS WITH ISRAELI OFFICIALS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ISN DAS Mary Alice Hayward, accompanied by a State Department delegation, briefed Israeli officials September 11 on the delegation's September 8 meeting in Cairo on Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT),International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Conference (GC),and nucle [...]
2008-09-26 20:39:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALEG ENRG IS KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA
08STATE103725NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT): NON-PAPER
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Background: ISN Deputy Assistant Secretary Mary Alice Hayward held meetings on NPT issues in Cairo (September 8; ref A) and Jerusalem (September 11; ref B). The meetings included discussion of the 1995 NPT Resolution on the Middl [...]
2008-09-29 13:34:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEG ENRG IS KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA
08STATE104182CRITICAL EQUIPMENT NEEDS FOR IRAN,S NEW IR-2
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: -- On May 15, Washington provided all Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Participating Governments (PGs) with detailed information regarding critical commodities Iran requires to support the deployment of the next g [...]
2008-09-30 14:56:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP TRGY PREL PARM ETTC MNUC AORC IAEA UNSC JP
08STATE104207UPDATE ON IRAN SPECIFIC EXPORT CONTROL OUTREACH
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: On May 15, Washington provided all Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Participating Governments (PGs) with detailed information regarding critical commodities Iran will require to [...]
2008-09-30 15:30:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PREL PARM IR MNUC UK GM FR BE IT SZ CH JP
08STATE104535MOVING IMPLEMENTATION FORWARD -- UNSCR 1540 --
[...] (U) This is an action request for USOSCE and UNVIE, see paras 4 and 7 below. 2. (SBU) Summary. In efforts to strengthen UNSCR 1540 implementation capacity, USOSCE and UNVIE have raised understanding among OSCE, IAEA, and UNODC about existing U.S. programs that promote 1540 implementation [...]
2008-09-30 22:27:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC IAEA KPAO OSCE PREL PTER UNSC EUN
08STATE105067IRAN/SWEDEN/NUCLEAR: COLENCO POWER ENGINEERING LIMITED'S ENGAGEMENT WITH IRAN ON DESIGN OF NEW LIGHT WATER REACTOR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-01 20:58:00Secretary of StateSECRETIR MNUC PARM
08STATE105173IMPLEMENTING UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS ON
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (U) OBJECTIVE: To reaffirm the importance of implementing all UN Security Council resolutions (UNSCRs) adopted on Iran following the adoption of UNSCR 1835. 3. (U) BACKGROUND: On Saturday, 27 September 2008, the UN Securi [...]
2008-10-02 01:17:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP IR MNUC PARM
08STATE105791(SBU) Secretary Rice's September 29, 2008
[...] (U) Classified by: Uzra Zeya, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State. Reason 1.4.(d) 2. (U) September 29, 2008; 9:00 a.m.; New York. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary George Krol DRL Assistant Secretary David Kramer SCA Noteta [...]
2008-10-02 22:12:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL PGOV PHUM KZ UNSC CONDOLEEZZA RICE
08STATE106079TRILATERAL STRATEGIC DIALOGUE SENIOR OFFICIALS
[...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary Burns hosted his Trilateral Strategic Dialogue (TSD) counterparts, Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Secretary Michael L'Estrange and Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Deputy Foreign Minister Kenichiro Sasae, at the TSD Senior Offi [...]
2008-10-03 17:24:00Secretary of StateSECRETAS JA PREL
08STATE108096NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT): DEMARCHE
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 2. 2. (C) ISN Acting Assistant Secretary Patricia McNerney called in Ukrainian Embassy officials on October 2 to request that Ukraine not move forward in proposing in the UN First (Disarmament) Committee (UNFC) its draft resolution on the Nonp [...]
2008-10-08 20:55:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL UNGA NPT IAEA UP
08STATE109919Second Meeting of the GNEP Reliable Nuclear Fuel Services
[...] Summary. The Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) Working Group on Reliable Nuclear Fuel Services held its second meeting September 3 - 4 2008 in Vienna Austria. The Group decided to establish two sub-groups, one on fact-finding and a second on the back end of the fuel cycle. The Fact Fin [...]
2008-10-14 21:08:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP TRGY AU
08STATE110756IRAN, NORTH KOREA, AND SYRIA NONPROLIFERATION ACT
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Moscow please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) Background: The Iran, North Korea and Syria Nonproliferation Act (INKSNA) requires periodic reports to Congress identifying foreign entities with respect to whom there is credible information indicating that th [...]
2008-10-16 21:56:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC RS
08STATE111761BURNS-SASAE-LEE TRILATERAL MEETING OCTOBER 14,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 14, Under Secretary Burns hosted a US-Japan-ROK trilateral meeting with Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Kenichiro Sasae and ROK Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Yong-joon. The wide-ranging meeting covered Afghanistan and Pakistan, Iran sanctions, dealing with a resurgent [...]
2008-10-20 22:22:00Secretary of StateSECRETEAID PREL JA KS
08STATE112442REPORT: ARF MULLS VISION STATEMENT, PUSHES DISASTER RELIEF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the October 8-10 ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Inter-sessional Support Group (ISG),ARF members discussed the foundational elements of an ARF Vision Statement to be drafted over the next year. The United States and a few others consistently encouraged ARF members to produce a [...]
2008-10-22 15:10:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ARF PTER NK BM IR ASEAN EAID MARR PK KNNP
08STATE11471UNCONTROLLED SATELLITE RE-ENTRY
[...] (SBU) THIS IA AN ACTION CABLE. SEE PARA 2 BELOW. 2. (SBU) IN RESPONSE TO INQUIRIES FROM THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE CENTER OF THE INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY (IAEA) THROUGH THE UN OFFICE OF OUTER SPACE AFFAIRS, MISSION IS REQUESTED TO DELIVER THE U.S. STATEMENT BELOW TO THESE OFFICES. BEGI [...]
2008-02-04 22:03:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTSPA TSPL UNGA
08STATE115017APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE
[...] (U) Classified by Bill Lucas, Director, EUR/ERA. Reasons: 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 18. 3. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold two meetings in early November: an informal gathering (Gymnich) in Marseille on November 3 and a formal Genera [...]
2008-10-28 23:33:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV ETRD IR AF EUN IS LE PK RS SO SY
08STATE115469NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT) NON-PAPER
[...] Reftel requested that a non-paper be given to appropriate government officials in Cairo and Jerusalem providing further details on a U.S.-proposed technical workshop for Egyptian and Israeli participation on nonproliferation matters, and that a reply be requested by October 17. Israel has agr [...]
2008-10-29 20:39:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC EG ENRG IS KNNP MNUC PARM PREL UNGA NPT IAEA
08STATE116428NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT): BILATERAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On the margins of the UN General Assembly,s First Committee meeting in New York, ISN/MNSA Director Marguerita Ragsdale, joined by Deputy Director Scott Davis, held informal bilaterals on Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) issues October 13-15 with Australia, Brazil, Canada, [...]
2008-10-31 15:45:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALAORC AS BR CA CH EG ENRG FR ID JA KNNP MNUC NZ
08STATE116629GOJ OFFICIALS CONFIRM TO ISN PDAS JORDAN,S
[...] (S/NF) Summary: International Security and Nonproliferation PDAS Patricia McNerney, during her October 13-14 visit to Jordan, discussed Iran, the full range of nonproliferation issues, and bilateral cooperation with Government of Jordan (GOJ) officials including Foreign Minister Salah Al-Bash [...]
2008-10-31 21:22:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNENRG PARM TRGY PREL JO
08STATE117570CHINA-PAKISTAN CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paras 12-13. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (S/NF) Following the return of Pakistani President Zardari from China, FM Sheh Mahmood Quereshi was quoted in the media announcing new civil nuclear cooperation with China to build two additional nuclea [...]
2008-11-04 22:39:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM PREL PGOV PTER PK EAID ECON EFIN CH ETTC AORC
08STATE117745U.S.-ROK PYROPROCESSING COOPERATION
[...] (C) Summary and Action Request: On October 20, 2008, the United States explained to the ROK its determination that the pyroprocessing process as contemplated by the ROK was reprocessing and proposed new parameters for U.S.-ROK bilateral cooperation in this area. Following discussion of the issu [...]
2008-11-05 15:14:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALENRG KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY KS
08STATE118652SYRIA: GUIDANCE FOR NOVEMBER IAEA BOARD OF GOVERNORS
[...] (S) At a November 3 Sub PCC meeting, the interagency agreed that the United States should seek to obtain a resolution on Syria at the upcoming IAEA Board of Governors meeting (November 27-28). While broad engagement with Board members should occur only after the expected report from the Direc [...]
2008-11-07 03:30:00Secretary of StateSECRETKNNP PREL PARM SY IAEA
08STATE121002RESPONSE TO CANADIAN REQUEST ON IMPLEMENTATION OF
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) OBJECTIVE FOR OTTAWA: -- To inform appropriate Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) interlocutors that ISN discussed coordination on Iran non-proliferation objectives with First Secretary [...]
2008-11-14 14:53:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEMIN ENRG ETTC IR KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY
08STATE122464FOLLOW-UP ON IRAN'S UPCOMING NUCLEAR CONFERENCE
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) OBJECTIVES: In coordination with French counterparts in country, Posts should reinforce the message that countries should not attend the 30 November 2008 &First International Conference on Nuclear Power Plants, Environmenta [...]
2008-11-18 21:22:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDIR KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY
08STATE123074IAEA REPORTS ON IRANIAN AND SYRIAN NUCLEAR
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 7-8. 2. (C) OBJECTIVES: -- To note the 19 November 2008 release of reports by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on the status of its respective investigations into the Iranian and Syrian nuclear programs. -- To urge ho [...]
2008-11-20 00:19:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR TRGY
08STATE125496JOINT DEMARCHE WITH EUROPEAN LIKEMINDED ON IRAN
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 5-6. 2. (SBU) OBJECTIVE: To participate in a joint demarche with France, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom to the Government of Switzerland to prompt its implementation of national sanctions measures on Iran. 3. (SBU) BACKGROU [...]
2008-11-26 18:20:00Secretary of StateSECRETKNNP MNUC PARM IR
08STATE125658COORDINATED DEMARCHE ON IRAN WITH EUROPEAN
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) OBJECTIVE: To participate in a joint demarche with France, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom to the Republic of Korea and Malaysia regarding the implementation of national sanctions measures on Iran. 3. (SBU) BACKGR [...]
2008-11-26 22:14:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM IR
08STATE126999SEEKING RUSSIAN UPDATE ON SUKHUMI RADIOACTIVE
[...] (C) Background: As outlined in Ref C, Washington has long been concerned about the possible existence of improperly secured, highly radioactive sources in Sukhumi, Abkhazia. We worked with the Georgian and Russian governments and the IAEA over the past few years to seek the removal of these so [...]
2008-12-02 21:07:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALENRG IAEA KNNP PARM PREL GG RS
08STATE127071UPCOMING MEETING ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) OBJECTIVE: To inform our outreach partners in Australia, Canada, Japan, and South Korea that they will soon be contacted by the Government of Italy to participate in a meeting in Rome on 12 December 2008 to discuss the impl [...]
2008-12-02 23:48:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EMIN ENRG ETTC EUN IR JA KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY
08STATE128957NEA MSP GUIDANCE 2011
[...] The following cable provides consolidated guidance from Washington to missions for the preparation of FY 2011 Mission Strategic Plans (MSP). This cable is divided into the following sections: Regional Bureau Guidance; Bureau of Resource Management (RM),Office of Strategic and Performance Pla [...]
2008-12-08 20:12:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDABUD AFIN AMGT KICA KSEP KSPR OTRA PREL XF
08STATE129010FY 2011 MISSION STRATEGIC PLAN (MSP) GUIDANCE FOR IO MISSIONS
[...] TABLE OF CONTENTS SUMMARY - Para 2 BUREAU OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION AFFAIRS POLICY OVERVIEW AND GUIDANCE - Paras 3-9 MSP OVERVIEW AND GUIDANCE - Paras 10-32 FUNCTIONAL BUREAU GUIDANCE --Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) - Para 33 --Bureau of Economic, Energy, and Busi [...]
2008-12-08 22:23:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT AFIN KSPR ABUD UN
08STATE130301CORRECTED COPY: CONSOLIDATED FY 2011 MISSION
[...] Summary: The following cable provides consolidated guidance from Washington to missions for the preparation of FY 2011 Mission Strategic Plans (MSP). This cable is divided into the following sections: Regional Bureau Guidance; Bureau of Resource Management (RM),Office of Strategic and Perform [...]
2008-12-11 19:27:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDABUD AFIN AMGT EAID KICA KSEP KSPR PREL EAP
08STATE13105JANUARY 30 MEETING OF THE G-8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The first G-8 Global Partnership Working Group meeting (GPWG) of the Japanese G-8 Presidency, which took place on January 30, 2008 in Tokyo, focused on expanding the geographic scope of GP activities and developing benchmarks to ensure that current pledges for GP projects in Rus [...]
2008-02-07 22:21:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY GM JA RS CA UK FR
08STATE13345TALKING POINTS ON IRAN: ELECTIONS, THIRD
[...] (SBU) Over the next two months, a number of key events related to Iran will take place: the UN Security Council is expected to adopt a third Chapter VII sanctions resolution on Iran; the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General ElBaradei will issue a late February report on [...]
2008-02-08 15:39:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALIR KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL UNSC IAEA
08STATE134440MISSION CLEARANCE REQUEST
[...] (U) The United States continues to be involved at all levels in coordinating support activities for various 1540 Committee implementation activities, and this involvement has deepened through our strategic interest in full implementation of UNSCR 1540 -- which recently included consultations [...]
2008-12-24 17:51:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC PARM PGOV PREL PTER UNSC OTRA
08STATE15648APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE FEBRUARY
[...] (U) Classified by William Lucas, Office Director, EUR/ERA. Reason: 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 13. 3. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold their next General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting in Brussels on February 18- [...]
2008-02-14 23:23:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALEUN PHUM PREL PGOV KV IS IR CD BM
08STATE20329UNDER SECRETARY BURNS'S MEETING WITH JAPANESE
[...] (C) Summary: U/S Burns met for two hours on January 29 with his new Japanese counterpart, Deputy Foreign Minister Kenichiro Sasae, to discuss G8, UNSC reform, Iraq, Iran, Russia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, and Burma. Sasae described Japan's priorities for the G8, which include climate ch [...]
2008-02-28 17:55:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALECON ENIV ENRG KGHG PREL PGOV EAID XB XC XD XE XH JA
08STATE21770UN SECURITY COUNCIL'S ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION 1803
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (U) BACKGROUND: On 3 March 2008, the UN Security Council adopted resolution 1803 by a vote of 14 to 0, with one abstention. This resolution imposes further sanctions on Iran in response to its failure to comply with its obliga [...]
2008-03-04 01:39:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM IR
08STATE22047UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' FEBRUARY 25 MEETING WITH
[...] (S) Summary. Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister (AFM) He Yafei and Under Secretary Burns met February 25 immediately prior to the P5 1 Political Directors, meeting on Iran. AFM He highlighted U.S.-Chinese agreement on the strategic importance of diplomatic approaches to North Korea and Iran. [...]
2008-03-04 17:27:00Secretary of StateSECRETBM CH ECON ENRG IR PGOV PREL XD
08STATE22352APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE MARCH 10-11
[...] (U) Classified by William Lucas, Office Director, EUR/ERA. Reason: 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 10. 3. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold their next General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting in Brussels on March 10-11. [...]
2008-03-04 22:42:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN ZL PK AF ZI IR GG IS SY LE
08STATE33674IRAN: IMPLEMENTING THE TRAVEL BAN AND TRAVEL
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3 for action. 2. (SBU) OBJECTIVE: To encourage countries to prohibit the travel of designated Iranian proliferators as authorized by UNSCRs 1737, 1747, and 1803 and solicit information on domestic procedures in place to ensure that designated [...]
2008-04-01 23:58:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALMNUC KNNP IR UNSC
08STATE33804EU COMMISSION CONSULTATIONS ON NONPROLIFERATION
[...] (SBU) A five-member delegation from the European Commission met USG nonproliferation experts at the Department of State March 11-12, and held an exchange of program activities and country priorities that both sides agreed will serve as the basis for better coordination. ISN Deputy Assistant [...]
2008-04-02 22:57:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PEL KNNP SC EU OSCE UNVIE EUN
08STATE34695UKRAINE: REPORTING ON THE NONPROLIFERATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUESTS: On February 14-15, the U.S. and Ukraine held the semi-annual U.S.-Ukraine Nonproliferation Working Group (NPWG) meeting in Washington, DC. This marks at least nine years of cooperation between the U.S. and Ukraine on important nonproliferation issues. Both [...]
2008-04-03 18:01:00Secretary of StateSECRETETTC PARM PREL EWWT PHSA UP
08STATE35962MARCH 26 MEETING OF THE G-8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP
[...] (SBU) AT THE MARCH 26 G-8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP WORKING GROUP MEETING (GPWG),RUSSIA POURED MORE COLD WATER ON THE PROPOSAL TO EXPAND GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP (GP) ACTIVITIES BEYOND RUSSIA AND THE REST OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION (FSU) -- THE PROPOSAL SUPPORTED BY ALL OTHER G-8 MEMBERS AND THE MAJOR GP [...]
2008-04-07 20:00:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCA CBC ETTC FR GM JA KNNP PARM PREL RS TRGY UK
08STATE37957POSSIBLE RELEASE OF A.Q. KHAN
[...] (C) Washington is concerned that the government of Pakistan may release A.Q. Khan. Washington requests Post to please draw from points in para 4, as appropriate, with senior government officials including the Director General of Strategic Plans Division Lt. Gen (retd) Kidwai. End summary and actio [...]
2008-04-10 22:26:00Secretary of StateSECRETKNNP MNUC PARM PK PREL
08STATE43044NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT)
[...] This cable requests action by COB April 25. Action embassies are requested to deliver the papers contained in paras 3 and 4 to host government officials responsible for NPT matters. CD Delegation in Geneva is requested to deliver the papers to other delegations that will be attending the Pr [...]
2008-04-23 19:59:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA
08STATE43817SYRIA'S CLANDESTINE NUCLEAR PROGRAM
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) On September 6, 2007, Israel destroyed a nuclear reactor Syria was clandestinely constructing, we judge with North Korean assistance. The reactor site was in Syria's eastern desert region in a location [...]
2008-04-25 01:01:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP DPRK SY IAEA PARM PREL
08STATE44841UN SECURITY COUNCIL INFORMAL CONSULTATIONS ON
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-28 20:46:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC IAEA IR
08STATE45218U.S. DEMARCHE ON NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY
[...] This is an action cable. Department requests that action addressees present the points in paragraph 7 as a demarche to appropriate host government officials and report responses. Embassies Buenos Aires, Brasilia, Cairo, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Mexico, Pretoria, Santiago, and Singapore are req [...]
2008-04-29 18:54:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA
08STATE52030CRITICAL EQUIPMENT NEEDS FOR IRAN,S NEW IR-2
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 11. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (SBU) OBJECTIVES: To encourage Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Participating Governments (PGs) to conduct outreach to manufacturers, law enforcement, and customs officials within their countries [...]
2008-05-15 21:42:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP TRGY PREL PARM IR MNUC AORC IAEA UNSC
08STATE52481(S) NIAG 8064: IRAN SEEKS RUSSIAN-ORIGIN NEUTRON
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (S/NF) Washington has information that a Malaysian firm with ties to Iran is seeking Russian-origin neutron generators from the All-Russia Research Institute of Automatics (II) (VNIIA). Neutro [...]
2008-05-16 18:27:00Secretary of StateSECRETKNNP PARM PREL MNUC IR
08STATE60269REPORT OF THE SECOND GNEP STEERING GROUP MEETING
[...] (U) SUMMARY. The Second Steering Group Meeting of the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) was held in Jordan on May 14-15, 2008, hosted by the Jordan Atomic Energy Commission and chaired by the United States. The meeting was attended by approximately 105 representatives of 28 countries ( [...]
2008-06-04 22:19:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA
08STATE60525REPORT OF THE SECOND GNEP STEERING GROUP MEETING
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Second Steering Group Meeting of the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) was held in Jordan on May 14-15, 2008, hosted by the Jordan Atomic Energy Commission and chaired by the United States. The meeting was attended by approximately 105 representatives of 28 countries ( [...]
2008-06-05 15:55:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA
08STATE61385COPUOS: GUIDANCE FOR 51ST SESSION OF UN COMMITTEE
[...] FOLLOWING IS GUIDANCE FOR THE 51ST SESSION OF THE UN COMMITTEE ON THE PEACEFUL USES OF OUTER SPACE (COPUOS). THIS GUIDANCE WILL FOCUS ON MATTERS THAT REQUIRE SPECIFIC ACTION BY THE COMMITTEE. USDEL SHOULD DRAW ON DETAILED GUIDANCE IN REFTEL A (SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SUBCOMMITTEE) AND REFTEL [...]
2008-06-06 20:26:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA UNPUOS UNGA PARM
08STATE62450APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE JUNE 16-17
[...] (U) Classified by Jeffrey Giauque, Senior Political Officer, EUR/ERA. Reasons: 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 24. 3. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold their next General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting in Brussels on Jun [...]
2008-06-10 18:57:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALEUN PHUM PREL PGOV ZL ZK IR IZ IS SY LE
08STATE63111G8 NPDG CONSIDERS NONPROLIFERATION STATEMENT
[...] (SBU) At its June 5 meeting, the G8 Nonproliferation Directors Group (NPDG) agreed on most of the nonproliferation language for the G8 Summit statement, but left some key issues unresolved. These included the G8's view of the way forward on nuclear disarmament, the DPRK (whether to mention ab [...]
2008-06-11 20:51:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL MNUC
08STATE63369ACTION REQUEST: REQUESTING EU JOINT DEMARCHE WITH
[...] (U) This cable is an action request. Please see paragraph 4 below. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: For several years the USG has sought to persuade the Government of Mexico (GOM) to fulfill its pledge under the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP) to convert a single HEU (Highly [...]
2008-06-12 14:44:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG PARM KNNP MX EUN
08STATE63666HAGUE CODE OF CONDUCT AGAINST BALLISTIC MISSILE
[...] (U) The Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (HCOC) held its Seventh Regular Meeting of Subscribing States on May 29-30, 2008, at the Vienna International Center (VIC),in Vienna, Austria. 75 of 130 Subscribing States registered for the meeting. Many Subscribing St [...]
2008-06-12 20:15:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPARM MTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC KNNP TSPA
08STATE63686U.S.-ICELAND SECURITY DIALOGUE MEETING, APRIL 30
[...] (C) Summary. U.S. and Icelandic officials April 30 reviewed Iceland,s defense developments and bilateral security cooperation at working-level Security Dialogue meetings in Washington, D.C. Iceland previewed creation of the Icelandic Defense Agency this year, its plan to host a high-level NA [...]
2008-06-12 20:43:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALIC NATO PGOV PREL
08STATE63757INSTRUCTIONS FOR STATEMENT IN UN SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] Mission should draw on the following in making a statement in the June 13 meeting of the UN Security Council at which Iran sanctions will be discussed. 2. Begin Text. Three months ago, this Council adopted Resolution 1803 to impose additional sanctions on Iran. These sanctions, as well [...]
2008-06-13 01:45:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC IR
08STATE63960ACTION REQUEST:P5+1 REFRESHED PACKAGE FOR IRAN
[...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para 2. 2. (SBU) ACTION: In advance of Javier Solana,s planned June 14 trip to Iran to present the updated P5 1 incentives package, action posts should immediately brief senior host government officials drawing upon the talking points in paragr [...]
2008-06-13 15:17:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIR PREL UNSC KNNP PARM FR UK CH RS BA KU MO JO TS
08STATE64210REPORT: 2008 NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The second meeting of the NPT PrepCom in the current review cycle was held in Geneva, Switzerland, from April 28 - May 9. One hundred six Parties participated, including a U.S. delegation led by Special Representative for Nuclear Nonproliferation Christopher Ford, and were able [...]
2008-06-13 20:49:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA
08STATE65500NUCLEAR COOPERATION WITH SAUDI ARABIA: NEXT STEPS
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph four. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) On May 16, Secretary Rice and Saudi Foreign Minister Saud Al Faisal signed a Memorandum of Understanding on peaceful nuclear energy cooperation similar to those signed earlier with Bahrain, Jordan and t [...]
2008-06-18 15:16:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL
08STATE65812Secretary Rice's Meeting with Turkish FM
[...] (U) Classified by Kurt Volker, EUR/FO. Reasons: 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (U) Participants: United States Secretary Rice S/CT Coordinator Ambassador Dailey NEA Assistant Secretary C. David Welch PA Sean McCormack EUR Acting Assistant Secretary Kurt Volker ISN Acting Assistant Secretary Pa [...]
2008-06-18 21:32:00Secretary of StateSECRETOVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL PTER PGOV
08STATE69020ANOUNCEMENT OF ACTIONS ON SIX-PARTY TALKS SECOND
[...] OBJECTIVE: The following background points should be used in responding to host government or press inquiries regarding actions taking place June 26, 2008, related to the Six-Party Talks "Second-Phase Actions for the Implementation of the Joint Statement." Posts are encouraged at their discre [...]
2008-06-26 20:53:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM KN KNNP
08STATE69339IMPLEMENTATION OF THE IRISL CARGO INSPECTION
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. ---------------------- SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND ---------------------- 2. (U) On March 3, 2008, the U.N. Security Council adopted Resolution 1803, which imposed further Chapter VII sanctions on Iran in response to its failure to c [...]
2008-06-27 15:56:00Secretary of StateSECRETAG AS AJ BE CH CY EG FR GM IN IR IT JA LY MY MT
08STATE69934PRESS STATEMENT ON STEPS TO END DPRK NUCLEAR
[...] ACTION REQUEST - USUN is instructed to support and vote for in the Council meeting of Monday, June 30 the text in para 2 below of a UNSC press statement on latest steps towards securing denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. End of action request. 2. Begin text of press statement: T [...]
2008-06-30 14:50:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM KNNP MNUC USNC KN
08STATE70827UNSC 1718 INFORMAL MEETING, JULY 2, 2008
[...] Mission should draw upon the statement below in July 2 UNSC informal consultations on UNSCR 1718 on nonproliferation in North Korea. 2. The Security Council meets today to discuss events concerning the DPRK and the implementation of UNSCR 1718 concerning nuclear nonproliferation. I am ve [...]
2008-07-02 00:13:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC KN
08STATE72006(S) INSTRUCTIONS TO PRESS IAEA FOR EARLIEST
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 3-5. 2. (S) Background: Department understands Indian Prime Minister Singh has privately sought his party,s backing to submit the safeguards agreement to the IAEA Board of Governors for approval and hopes to inform President Bush at the [...]
2008-07-03 21:50:00Secretary of StateSECRETENRG IN IAEA PGOV PREL KNNP
08STATE74922(U) Secretary Rice's June 26-27 Participation in
[...] (U) Classified by: Uzra Zeya, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (U) June 27, 2008 at 18:00, and June 28, 2008 at 09:30; Kyoto, Japan. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary U/S Bill Burns A/S Christopher R. Hill, EAP Lt. Gen. Wil [...]
2008-07-12 14:20:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALOVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL PHUM KNNP KWBG
08STATE76596DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND
[...] (U) This is an action request please see paragraph 3. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The United States designated an additional 11 Iranian entities and individuals under E.O. 13382 ("Blocking the Property of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators and their Supporters") on July 8, 2008. [...]
2008-07-16 21:09:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP EFIN PARM IR
08STATE7679APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE JANUARY 28-
[...] (U) Classified by William Lucas, Office Director, EUR/ERA. Reason: 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 15. 3. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold their next General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting in Brussels on January 28-2 [...]
2008-01-24 23:34:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALEUN PHUM PREL PGOV KV IR IZ IS SU
08STATE77144NUCLEAR FORENSICS EXPERTS PLAN PATH FORWARD
[...] (SBU) Summary: Atomic energy, law enforcement and policy experts from nearly 30 countries met in Sofia, Bulgaria June 17-19 under the auspices of the Nuclear Smuggling International Technical Working Group (ITWG) to share experience on nuclear forensics and illicit trafficking issues. The I [...]
2008-07-17 20:44:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC BE KNNP PREL PTER ENRG MNUC
08STATE79656(S) RESPONSE TO TURKEY ON SHIPMENT OF
[...] (S/NF) In January 2008, the U.S. approached Turkish officials concerning a shipment of a Turkish-origin machine tool that was destined for Pakistan (Refs A and B). At that time, we informed the GOT that this shipment consisted of a computer numerically controlled (CNC) five-axis machining cen [...]
2008-07-24 13:35:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM PK PREL TU
08STATE80088DEMARCHE REQUEST ON NATO MEMBERS AND ASPIRING
[...] (SBU) The department requests that action addressees pursue the following objectives with regard to host government's potential attendance at the upcoming Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Foreign Ministers meeting in Tehran, July 27-30, 2008. Posts should: -- Determine from host governments wheth [...]
2008-07-24 22:12:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYNATO PREL PHUM PTER IR
08STATE80523UAE FIRM,S INTEREST IN CONTROLLED SWISS MACHINE
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Abu Dhabi, please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) Background/Objective: In early June 2008, the UAE firm Golden Triangle Testing Equipment L.L.C. expressed interest in procuring fifty g-Mill 550 Twin machine tools from the Swiss firm Liechti Engineering AG [...]
2008-07-25 18:21:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL IR AE
08STATE81214(S) SWISS FIRM'S DISCUSSIONS WITH UAE FIRM ON
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Bern, please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) Background/Objective: In early June 2008, the UAE firm Golden Triangle Testing Equipment L.L.C. expressed interest in procuring fifty g-Mill 550 Twin machine tools from the Swiss firm Liechti Engineering AG. In [...]
2008-07-28 21:02:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC SZ AEC IR
08STATE81808IAEA: INSTRUCTIONS FOR USDEL TO IAEA BOARD OF
[...] Department appreciates the Mission,s reporting and analysis for the August IAEA BOG meeting (Refs A, B, C and D). Instructions for the U.S. Delegation (USDel) follow in paragraphs 2 through 4. 2. AGENDA ITEM 1 ) Nuclear Verification: Safeguards Agreement with India ISSUE: The BOG will b [...]
2008-07-30 11:59:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDIAEA TRGY ENRG KNNP ABUD AORC
08STATE81940IRANIAN COMPANY'S EFFORTS TO PROCURE A
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Madrid please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background: In October 2005, we provided the Government of Spain (GOS) with information indicating that the Spanish firm Maquinaria CME, S.A. was involved in a number of deals in 2004 and 2005 to sell comput [...]
2008-07-30 15:09:00Secretary of StateSECRETMTCRE PARM PREL ETTC MNUC TSPA SP IR
08STATE83144EFFORTS TO HALT IRANIAN PROCUREMENT IN CHINA
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ------------------- SUMMARY/BACKGROUND ------------------- 2. (S//NF) Washington is currently initiating a more focused strategy to prevent shipments of commodities of concern to Iran. We are approaching countries and asking them to inf [...]
2008-08-01 19:52:00Secretary of StateSECRETECON KNNP PARM PTER IR CH PINR
08STATE84719HAGUE CODE OF CONDUCT AGAINST BALLISTIC MISSILE
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Per Reftel, at the 7th annual Regular Meeting of the Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (HCOC) held in Vienna on May 29-30, 2008, the UK and the U.S. both strongly endorsed the idea of creating a hel [...]
2008-08-07 12:24:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPARM MTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC KNNP TSPA
08STATE94723IMPLEMENTATION OF THE IRISL CARGO INSPECTION
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ---------------------- SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND ---------------------- 2. (C) The Department sent a demarche (REF A) to initiate discussions with key countries on the importance of implementing robustly the inspection provision of [...]
2008-09-04 15:26:00Secretary of StateSECRETGR IS ECON EFIN EWWT ETRD PARM PREL KNNP EUN
08STATE95569UNMOVIC/UNSCR 1762: MOVING FORWARD
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to Iraqi Minister for Science and Technology Raad Fahmy's request to discuss the path to eventual normalization regarding Iraq's civil nuclear industry, including the ultimate lifting of relevant UNSCR obligations, this cable outlines the steps necessary for Iraq to [...]
2008-09-05 21:35:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL UNSC IAEA IZ
08STATE96555TTWG -- SNIPER RIFLES OFFERED TO IRAN'S MINISTRY
[...] This is an Action Request - Please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) Summary: We have information that in mid-May 2008 the Iranian Ministry of Defense was offered 40 German-made Unique Alpine sniper rifles and associated equipment by the French company TAC International. We believe that the rifles w [...]
2008-09-09 21:54:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM PREL MASS ETTC GM FR AU IR
08STATE97129USUN INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE IN UNSC MEETING ON IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-11 02:20:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC IR
08STATE99666CRITICAL EQUIPMENT NEEDS FOR IRAN,S NEW IR-2
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: Washington provided all Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Participating Government (PGs) with detailed information regarding the critical commodities Iran will require to support the deployment of the next generation [...]
2008-09-17 21:28:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP TRGY PREL PARM IR MNUC AORC IAEA UNSC UK GM FR
08STATE9967263RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: UNITED STATES GOALS AND
[...] (SBU) The upcoming General Debate of the 63rd UN General Assembly (UNGA),September 23 - October 1, and regular session, which continues through December, will provide a platform for the advancement of key U.S. interests. We will use the high-level ministerial meetings Secretary-General Ban i [...]
2008-09-17 21:46:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNGA
08STOCKHOLM404SWEDISH RESPONSE: CRITICAL EQUIPMENT NEEDS FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-03 14:47:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP TRGY PREL PARM MNUC AORC IAEA UNSC IR SW
08STOCKHOLM431SWEDISH INSPECTORATE FOR STRATEGIC PRODUCTS ON
[...] (S) On June 11, Deputy Economic Counselor met with Magnus Danielsson, Principal Administrative Officer, the Swedish Inspectorate for Strategic Products (ISP),to discuss Mahaco, a Swedish company owned and operated by a dual Swedish/Iranian national. Danielsson commented that Mahaco, which is [...]
2008-06-13 10:30:00Embassy StockholmSECRET//NOFORNPREL PARM MNUC IAEA UNSC ETTC MTCRE IR SW
08STOCKHOLM654SWEDISH RESPONSE: US CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT OF
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-01 12:39:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP ENRG TRGY OTRA IAEA AORC SW
08STOCKHOLM762SWEDISH RESPONSE ON AMENDING NSG GUIDELINES FOR
[...] (SBU) On November 13, Eskil Renstrom, Senior Advisor, Department for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs (MFA),told us that Sweden is actively working on capacity-building measures regarding transit/transhipment-related activities and counter-proliferat [...]
2008-11-13 16:12:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP ENRG ETTC MNUC PARM TRGY IAEA SW
08STOCKHOLM814SWEDES SAY COLENCO NOT EXPORTING OR SUPPORTING
[...] (S) Swedish Radiation Safety Authority Inspector Lars Hildingsson told us December 2 that he met with Lucien Teuckens, Head of Nuclear Technology at AF-Colenco Ltd., on November 13. The purpose of the visit was to review Colenco's activities with Iran, as well as its contacts with Swiss autho [...]
2008-12-05 14:45:00Embassy StockholmSECRETMNUC PARM IR SW
08STOCKHOLM844SYRIA AND IAEA DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-19 09:13:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA TRGY SY SW
08TALLINN149ESTONIA PROVIDES DRAFT GLOBAL INITIATIVE JOINT
[...] (U) Action request - please see paragraph (3). 2. (SBU) On April 25, Anneli Poolakese, Counter Terrorism Desk Officer at the Estonian MFA, provided Poloff the MFA's draft text for the proposed Estonia-U.S.-Russia joint editorial on the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GI) (re [...]
2008-04-25 13:12:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KNP RU EN
08TASHKENT1077UZBEKISTAN: PREPARING FOR GC VOTE ON MESA GROUP
[...] (S) On September 18, A/DCM and Poloff delivered reftel demarche on U.S. opposition to potential Syrian or Iranian membership on the IAEA Board of Governors to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas Department Chief Mamajanov. Mamajanov said that Uzbekistan will study the information properly and [...]
2008-09-18 12:33:00Embassy TashkentSECRETIAEA PARM MNUC UZ
08TASHKENT301UZBEKISTAN: RESPONSE TO UNSCR 1803 DEMARCHE
[...] (S/NF) Ambassador delivered ref A demarche on Iranian nuclear activities March 7 to Oybek Eshonov, Head of the MFA's Department of Asian and African Countries. Eshonov underscored Uzbekistan's concerns about Tehran, saying that reform is stalled, the economy is sinking and Ahmadinejad is unpo [...]
2008-03-10 12:17:00Embassy TashkentSECRET//NOFORNPREL IAEA KNNP MNUC PARM IR UZ
08TASHKENT43RADIATION DETECTION UPDATE: GOVERNMENT OF UZBEKISTAN PASSES QUESTION RESPONSES, COMMISSION'S FINDINGS REF: A. 07 STATE 163194 B. 07 TASHKENT 2063 C. 07 TASHKENT 2081 D. 07 TASHKENT 2090 E. TD-314/79205-07 Classified By: Poloff Steven Prohaska and DTRO Chief Fred Carter for re asons 1.4 (b, d).
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-10 17:54:00Embassy TashkentSECRET//NOFORNMNUC KNNP PARM KCRM PTER ASEC KCOR KZ KG UZ
08TBILISI156GEORGIA: PRIVATE SECTOR OUTREACH ANT THE GLOBAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-01 11:17:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL PTER IAEA KGIC GG
08TBILISI2085GEORGIA: GUIDANCE REQUESTED ON REMOVAL OF
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Summary and Comment: In spite of the August conflict and loss of official Georgian access to the Abkhazia separatist region, MFA officials continue to seek U.S. assistance to develop a plan to remove four high-level radioactive [...]
2008-11-07 13:03:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PGOV PREL GG GR
08TBILISI934GEORGIA: NON-PAPER ON CONVENTION ON SUPPLEMENTARY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-04 06:55:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPARM TRGY ENRG KNNP KSTC IAEA GG
08TEGUCIGALPA608DELIVERY OF USG VIEW ON THE CONVENTION ON
[...] 1. On June 5, 2008, Econoff expressed USG views related to the Convention of Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage (CSC) to Ambassador Eduardo Rosales Ramirez, Director of the External Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Econoff explained the position and delivered the Re [...]
2008-06-27 15:30:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP KSTC TRGY ENRG PARM IAEA HO
08TELAVIV1070ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading electronic media reported that today Israeli and Syrian representatives announced in Jerusalem, Damascus, and Ankara that their countries were engaged in indirect p [...]
2008-05-21 10:18:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1370ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-26 10:23:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1383ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-27 10:36:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1693U/S ROOD DIALOGUE WITH ISRAEL: NON-PROLIFERATION
[...] (U) On July 16, Acting Under Secretary John Rood held a Strategic Affairs Dialogue with members of the GOI, including MFA, Israeli Defense Intelligence (IDI),and the Israel Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC). This is the last of three cables covering the dialogue, focusing on non-proliferation and ar [...]
2008-08-04 12:22:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL PTER KNNP MNUC MCAP KN
08TELAVIV2114ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-16 10:03:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2124ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] World Financial Crisis 2. Mideast 3. U.S./India Nuclear Agreement ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The headlines in today's media were split between the world financial crisis, the Kadima primaries, and Iran's nuclear threat. The m [...]
2008-09-17 09:17:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2153ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that yesterday PM Ehud Olmert tendered his resignation to President Shimon Peres. Ha'aretz reported that in private conversations yesterday, FM Tzipi Livni said that if [...]
2008-09-22 10:04:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2255ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that the index of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange dropped by 4.5% yesterday. Both Yediot and Maariv listed the losses sustained by the richest Israelis. Maariv bannered: QT [...]
2008-10-03 10:30:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2308MFA CONFERENCE PROVIDES PLATFORM FOR LIVNI
[...] (SBU) Summary. Foreign Minister Livni used the MFA's first annual policy and strategy conference as a platform to elucidate her cautious approach to peace negotiations, stressing her views that negotiations must be grounded in political reality, should not be accelerated to accommodate polit [...]
2008-10-08 11:10:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KNNP IR KPAL IS
08TELAVIV2520ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on a wave of layoffs in Israel, and quoted Finance Minister Roni Bar-On as saying that Qthe man in the street wonQt pay for the tycoonsQ ills. The media reported that [...]
2008-11-13 11:35:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2553ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-17 11:24:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2568ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- HaQaretz reported that senior American officials fear that opening a U.S. interests section in Tehran could strengthen President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and help him win the pr [...]
2008-11-18 11:07:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2569A/S DESUTTER'S COMPLIANCE DIPLOMACY VISIT TO ISRAEL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation (VCI) Paula DeSutter held consultations with GOI officials and Israeli think tanks October 30 as a part of her Compliance Diplomacy visit to the Middle East. The purpose of these consultations was to discuss t [...]
2008-11-18 12:40:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPARM KNNP KTIA IS
08TELAVIV2576ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-20 11:20:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2733ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The headlines of major media (lead story in HaQaretz) quoted President-elect Barack Obama as saying yesterday on NBCQs QMeet the PressQ program that the West must engage in "tough but direc [...]
2008-12-08 11:53:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2774ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast 3. Human Rights ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- HaQaretz reported that Likud Chairman Benjamin Netanyahu told the newspaper that Likud is behind him and far-right-winger Moshe Feiglin will soon disappear. The Jerusal [...]
2008-12-11 12:07:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2797ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Global War on Terror ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media quoted Khaled Mashal, the head of HamasQs political bureau, as saying that Hamas does not plan to extend its truce with Israel beyond this Friday, Dec [...]
2008-12-15 11:44:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV460ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. U.S.-Israel Relations 4. DPRK ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that on Wednesday afternoon a student at the Sapir College near Sderot was killed by a Qassam rocket and that Grad-style Katyus [...]
2008-02-28 11:06:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV545ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-10 11:18:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV611ISRAELI MFA OFFERS MIXED REACTION TO UNSCR 1803,
[...] (C) On March 13, Polcouns and Poloff met with MFA Deputy Director General for Strategic Affairs Miriam Ziv and aide Jonathan Miller to discuss reftel points regarding UNSCR 1803 and the preceding IAEA briefing on Iran non-compliance, which we had passed to her last week. Ziv welcomed the passag [...]
2008-03-14 14:31:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IR IAEA
08TELAVIV691ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reported that Vice President Dick Cheney's second meeting with PM Ehud Olmert on Monday morning, like their first meeting on Saturday night, was shrouded [...]
2008-03-25 10:25:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08THEHAGUE1013NETHERLANDS: DUTCH CONCERN ON IRAN STEALTH
[...] (C) Summary. The Dutch are concerned that Iran's slick use of media and events may have ensnared the incoming European Union (EU) Presidency and numbed other EU members to Iran's nuclear program. Head of the Nuclear Affairs and Non-Proliferation Division, Henk cor Van der Kwast, told PolMil [...]
2008-12-10 07:04:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM MOPS PREL NATO MNUC TRGY IR NL
08THEHAGUE123NETHERLANDS/SYRIA: DUTCH FM PUSHES SYRIA TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 8, 2008, poloff discussed Dutch FM Verhagen's January 23-24 trip to Syria with Gert Kampman, MFA Deputy Director for the Middle East. Kampman, who accompanied Verhagen during the trip, said that the FM reviewed the Middle East peace process, Lebanon, Iran, and human r [...]
2008-02-11 13:02:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM NL SY IS TU LE
08THEHAGUE149NETHERLANDS/NSG: INFORMATION ON APPROVED EXPORT
[...] (SBU) Econoff shared on February 7 ref A points requesting information on nuclear-related items actually delivered to Iran with Kees Jan Steenhoek, Senior Policy Advisor for Foreign Economic Relations and Export Control at the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs. 2. (SBU) In a subsequent [...]
2008-02-19 14:37:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP AORC MNUC PARM IAEA IR NL
08THEHAGUE268NETHERLANDS/IRAN: IRAN DEPUTY FM SAFARI VISITS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-18 11:39:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR NL IR
08THEHAGUE313NIAG 6004: DUTCH UPDATE ON TRITIUM GAS SHIPMENT
[...] (S) Summary: The GONL confirmed an attempted shipment of tritium gas to Iran by a Dutch firm in December 2007. According to MFA Senior Advisor for Nuclear Affairs and Nonproliferation Ceta Noland, the Dutch are continuing to investigate the incident and may pursue criminal charges against the Dutch [...]
2008-04-03 14:17:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPARM PREL IR NL
08THEHAGUE513NETHERLANDS/IAEA: EVALUATING THE CSC, NO POSITION
[...] (SBU) EconOff met June 11 with Michel Deelen, Deputy Head, Environment and Nuclear Safety Division, and Hendrik Koets, Advisor, Economic and Environmental Affairs Department, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to follow up on reftel demarche. Deelen and Koets said the Dutch position rega [...]
2008-06-13 11:24:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP TRGY ENRG KSTC IAEA PARM NL
08THEHAGUE552NETHERLANDS/IRAN: SUPPORT FOR "ROBUST" RESPONSE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 24, poloff reviewed developments in Iran policy with Dutch MFA officials Loek ten Hagen, Iran desk officer, Huib Mijnarends, Senior Policy Officer in the Terrorism and New Threats Unit, and Ceta Noland, Senior Advisor for Nuclear Affairs and Nonproliferation. The Dutch [...]
2008-06-26 16:08:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP MNUC PARM IR NL
08THEHAGUE553NETHERLANDS/IRAN: SUPORT FOR ROBUST RESPONSE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 24, poloff reviewed develpments in Iran policy with Dutch MFA officials Lek ten Hagen, Iran desk officer, Huib Mijnarends,Senior Policy Officer in the Terrorism and New Treats Unit, and Ceta Noland, Senior Advisor for uclear Affairs and Nonproliferation. The Dutch continue to s [...]
2008-06-26 16:08:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP MNUC PARM IR NL
08THEHAGUE585NETHERLANDS/IAEA: DUTCH ANNOYED BY PROPOSED INDIA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-11 09:54:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM IAEA NL
08THEHAGUE588NETHERLANDS/TRITIUM: SHIPMENT DETAILS / IAEA
[...] (S) SUMMARY: On July 9, Dutch MFA Senior Advisor for Nonproliferation and Nuclear Affairs Ceta Noland provided poloff with further details on the tritium gas shipment reviewed in reftels, including background on the Dutch company involved and the likely location of the tritium, and the Dutch b [...]
2008-07-11 09:56:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPARM PREL IR NL
08THEHAGUE604NETHERLANDS: CAUTIOUS ABOUT NUCLEAR FUEL BANK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 26, poloff delivered reftel points to Henk Cor van der Kwast, Director of the Nuclear Affairs and Nonproliferation Division at the Dutch MFA. In a July 17 discussion, Van der Kwast and Ralf van de Beck, Senior Policy Officer, said the Dutch were not ready to contribute to [...]
2008-07-18 12:44:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP IAEA ENRG EU NL
08THEHAGUE623NETHERLANDS/IRAN: SANCTIONS AND ENGAGEMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch expect an insufficient Iranian response to the P5 1 proposal and the international community will need to move forward with additional multilateral sanctions. The Dutch continue to engage Iran on human rights despite strong differences of opinion within the Dutch gover [...]
2008-07-23 10:00:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM EU UN NL IR
08THEHAGUE672NETHERLANDS/IAEA: DUTCH WANT MORE DELIBERATION ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch do not expect to be able to approve a proposal on India during the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) meeting in late August -- the Dutch need a proposal to review, and more time to review it. At the August 1 meeting of the IAEA Board of Governors (BoG),the Dutch supported [...]
2008-08-07 11:58:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM IAEA NL IN
08THEHAGUE758NETHERLANDS: PREVENTING IRAN'S ACQUISITION OF NEW
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-15 13:24:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC PARM TRGY ENRG EMIN ETTC IR NL
08THEHAGUE803NETHERLANDS/IAEA: PREPARATIONS FOR MESA SEAT VOTE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-25 13:10:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP IAEA SY IR AF NL
08THEHAGUE813NETHERLANDS: LIKELY TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-29 15:09:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA AORC NL
08THEHAGUE891CWC: DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY STALEY'S VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) Deputy Assistant Secretary Ken Staley participated in the Executive Council (EC) of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague from October 13 - 15. In addition to the formal Council sessions, DAS Staley met with OCPW Director-General Rogelio Pfirter, [...]
2008-10-23 11:53:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPARM PREL PTER CWC
08THEHAGUE927NETHERLANDS/SYRIA: "REAL CHANGE" BEFORE EU
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch state they want "real change" in Syria's behavior before expanding relations. At the same time, the Dutch have exchanged high-level visits with Syria, including an October 22 meeting between FM Verhagen and D/PM Dardari. The Dutch requested more information on the repo [...]
2008-11-04 15:31:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR SY EU NL
08THEHAGUE929NETHERLANDS/NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS GROUP (NSG): DUTCH
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-05 11:53:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IAEA NL
08THEHAGUE957NETHERLANDS/EU: DUTCH PRESS RUSSIA ON GEORGIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 30, Dutch FM Verhagen urged Russian FM Lavrov to comply with the 6-point ceasefire plan for Russia and Georgia. Verhagen and Lavrov disagreed on Iran, with Lavrov suggesting Iran is being unfairly pressured. Lavrov urged support for the Medvedev plan for European secu [...]
2008-11-17 16:06:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD EU NL GG RS IR
08TIRANA334 ALBANIAN REACTION TO US PROPOSED PAPERS FOR THE NPT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-25 11:44:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMNUC IAEA ENRG PREL AL
08TIRANA561ALBANIA SUPPORTS IAEA INDIA SAFEGUARD AGREEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-25 15:06:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMNUC IAEA ENRG PREL AL
08TIRANA92ALBANIA WELCOMES CODEL TANNER
[...] (U) Embassy Tirana warmly welcomes the Tanner Congressional Delegation to Albania February 22, to assess Albania's readiness for NATO. Overview -------- 2. (U) Albania has made good progress on NATO- and EU-oriented reforms and is committed to continuing implementation. Albania is a valu [...]
2008-02-07 06:19:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP OVIP NATO AL
08TOKYO1011NUCLEAR ENERGY: JAPAN AND FRANCE REAFFIRM SHARED
[...] (SBU) Prime Minister Fukuda and French Prime Minister Fillon reaffirmed Japan and France see a prominent role for nuclear energy in achieving sustainable growth and energy security in their respective countries at their meeting in Tokyo April 11. Their joint Declaration on Cooperation in th [...]
2008-04-11 09:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP ENRG PREL IAEA MNUC FR JA
08TOKYO1209DEMARCHE ON NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT)
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-02 05:46:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA JA
08TOKYO1373THE FIFTH ASIAN SENIOR-TALKS ON NONPROLIFERATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ISN Deputy Assistant Secretary Mary Alice Hayward and ISN Counterproliferation Director Tony Foley represented the U.S. at the fifth Asian Senior-Level Talks on Nonproliferation (ASTOP V) in Tokyo April 25, 2008. Recent news on North Korea's proliferation activities conducted [...]
2008-05-20 07:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPARM ENRG ETTC PREL KNNP MNUC JA
08TOKYO1541JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER MEETS PRESIDENT AHMADINEJAD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Prime Minister Fukuda met June 3 with Iranian President Ahmadinejad in Rome on the margins of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) summit meeting. In the fifty-minute pull-aside, which was requested by the Iranians, PM Fukuda told Ahmadinejad that the perpetuation o [...]
2008-06-05 09:42:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP UNSC IR JA
08TOKYO1556DEMARCHE DELIVERED: JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO CRITICAL
[...] (U) Please see action requests in paragraphs 3 and 4. 2. (SBU) ESToff delivered non-paper and photos in ref to METI Security Export Control Policy Division Deputy Director Atsushi Tanizawa and Deputy Director Yukio Yoshihiro May 29. Tanizawa said Japan is complying with UN Security Council [...]
2008-06-09 00:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP TRGY PREL PARM IR MNUC AORC IAEA UNSC JA
08TOKYO1600JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/12/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-12 01:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1605JAPAN-ROK STRATEGIC DIALOGUE FOCUSES ON ROADMAP
[...] (C) Summary. Tokyo and Seoul called for Six-Party Talks (6PT) participants to develop a roadmap for DPRK denuclearization during the June 5 Japan-ROK Strategic Dialogue discussions in Tokyo. Both sides agreed on the difficulty of persuading the DPRK to submit a complete declaration. The ROK [...]
2008-06-12 06:48:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL ETRD JA KN KS
08TOKYO1642G8 POLITICAL DIRECTORS MEETINGS IN TOKYO, JUNE 10,
[...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary Bill Burns participated in the June 9-10, 2008 Tokyo meetings of the G8 Political Directors, hosted by Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Kenichiro Sasae. Discussion topics included Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Zimbabwe and a review of the plan [...]
2008-06-16 22:50:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER UK IT GM RS CA SI AF PK
08TOKYO1675LDP LEADER YAMASAKI AND DIET GROUP SUPPORT LIFTING
[...] (C) Summary: Japan should lift sanctions and provide immediate energy assistance in exchange for the DPRK reopening its inquiry into the abduction issue, senior LDP Lower House member Taku Yamasaki has told the Embassy. However, Yamasaki and his 40-member supra-partisan group of Diet members [...]
2008-06-18 08:22:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV JA
08TOKYO1702JAPAN CONSIDERING CSC RATIFICATION
[...] (U) Please note action requests in paras 4 and 6. 2. (SBU) Embassy officers delivered points (ref) urging Japan's membership in the Convention of Supplementary Compensation (CSC) to Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) Atomic Energy Division Deputy Direct [...]
2008-06-20 05:58:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALKNNP TRGY ENRG KSTC IAEA PARM JA
08TOKYO1828 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/03/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-03 08:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1878 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/08/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-08 07:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1915JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/11/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-11 01:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1934 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/11/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-11 08:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1964JAPAN-INDIA SUMMIT BILAT UNEVENTFUL; JAPAN STILL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: There was no set agenda for the bilateral meeting between Japanese Prime Minister Fukuda and Indian Prime Minister Singh July 9 on the margins of the G-8 Summit. The two merely exchanged pleasantries with Fukuda assuring Singh that the Japan-India relationship remains one of Japa [...]
2008-07-16 01:23:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP ETRD IN JA
08TOKYO1980DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON THE INDIA-IAEA SAFEGUARDS
[...] Emboffs delivered points in ref to MOFA Non-Proliferation, Science, and Nuclear Energy Special Assistant Toshio Kaneko. Kaneko said his office will handle the interagency coordination and provide a response to Washington before the upcoming Board of Governors' election. 2. Additionally, [...]
2008-07-17 02:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL ETTC
08TOKYO1989DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IAEA BOARD OF GOVERNORS MESA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-17 09:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDIAEA KNNP PREL KZ SY AORC JA
08TOKYO210COMMENTS DELIVERED ON G-8 NUCLEAR POWER
[...] (SBU) Post delivered comments enclosed in ref on the GOJ G-8 Nuclear Power Infrastructure Initiative Draft Discussion Paper to MOFA International Nuclear Energy Cooperation Division Deputy Director Shoichi Nagayoshi January 28. Nagayoshi said his Division will consider the comments in prepar [...]
2008-01-28 06:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC PREL IAEA PARM JA
08TOKYO211PRIVATE-SECTOR OUTREACH AND THE GLOBAL INITIATIVE
[...] This message contains an action request. 2. ESToff delivered the points contained in ref to Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Nuclear Cooperation Division officer Yukari Aosa on January 22. She had no immediate reply to the points on encouraging private-sector partnerships in t [...]
2008-01-28 06:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL PTER KGIC IAEA JA
08TOKYO2143FURTHER VIEWS ON CSC AND NUCLEAR LIABILITY
[...] (C) Econoff met July 30 with incoming Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) Atomic Energy Division Deputy Director Taro Hokugo. MEXT's Atomic Energy Division is revising Japan's nuclear liability law and plans to submit a draft to the Diet by February 2009, [...]
2008-08-05 07:44:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALKNNP TRGY ENRG KSTC IAEA PARM JA
08TOKYO2154TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - TERRORIST ATTACK IN
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Wednesday morning Japanese newspapers gave prominent front-page coverage to a series of sudden thunderstorms that hit Tokyo on Tuesday. 2. "Concerns Remain About Beijing Olympics" The liberal Mainichi's editorial argued (8/6): "...It should be noted that the terrorist at [...]
2008-08-06 04:50:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2240JAPAN SUPPORTS U.S./INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR
[...] (U) Please see action request in paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) EMIN met with MOFA Deputy Director General for Nonproliferation and Science, Akihiko Nakajima Aug. 13 and delivered the points concerning August 21-22 Nuclear Suppliers Group meeting (ref). Nonproliferation Division Director Tomiko I [...]
2008-08-14 08:54:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL ETTC AORC JA
08TOKYO2305JAPAN OPPOSED TO SYRIA IAEA BOG CANDIDACY
[...] (C) EST Chief delivered points in ref to MOFA Special Assistant for Arms Control, Disarmament, and Nonproliferation Taijiro Kimura August 20. Kimura said Japan shared the United States' view that Syria was an unacceptable candidate for the IAEA BOG because of Syria's cooperation with North K [...]
2008-08-21 07:14:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALIAEA PREL PARM KNNP MNUC IR SY AF JA
08TOKYO2308JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/22/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-22 00:39:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2337TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - GEORGIA-RUSSIA CRISIS
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top items on Tuesday morning included a consensus forged among ruling coalition officials that the extraordinary Diet session will convene on September 12 and run through November 20. 2. "U.S.-Russia Summit Needed" The liberal Mainichi argued (8/26): "Rather than leaving his s [...]
2008-08-26 06:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2364 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/28/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-28 07:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2460JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/09/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-09 01:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2535DEMARCHE ON INCLUSION OF LANGUAGE SUPPORTIVE OF
[...] (U) Please see GOJ request for information at the end of para 3. 2. (SBU) Energy Attache delivered nonpaper in ref to MEXT Director for Atomic Energy Tomohiro Yamano, the GOJ lead official on CSC matters, September 16. Yamano noted that Tokyo had received the draft IAEA General Conference [...]
2008-09-16 09:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY AORC JA
08TOKYO2610IAEA: JAPAN OPPOSES IRAN AND SYRIA BUT UNDECIDED
[...] (C) A/EMIN delivered demarche in ref. to MOFA Nonproliferation, Science and Nuclear Energy Division Director Tomiko Ichikawa September 19. Ichikawa said Japan agreed with the U.S. that Syria and Iran were unacceptable candidates for the IAEA Middle East and South Asia group Board of Governor [...]
2008-09-22 08:20:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALIAEA PARM MNUC JA
08TOKYO2726IAEA: JAPAN TO SUPPORT AFGHANISTAN FOR MESA BOG
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-30 07:38:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALIAEA PARM MNUC JA
08TOKYO2765DEMARCHE RESPONSE: CRITICAL EQUIPMENT NEEDS FOR
[...] (SBU) On October 2, EconOff delivered points contained in ref to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Export Controls Deputy Director Shinichi Sato and Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Export Controls Deputy Director Atsushi Tanizawa. 2. (SBU) Sato expressed appreciation for the non-paper. [...]
2008-10-03 06:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM TRGY PREL ETTC MNUC AORC IAEA KNNP JA IR
08TOKYO2849 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/14/08-1
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-14 06:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO285MOFA RESPONSE TO U.S.-INDIA DRAFT POLICY EXCEPTION
[...] (SBU) ESToff delivered points in ref to MOFA Non-Proliferation, Science, and Nuclear Energy Division Assistant Director for Export Control Shinichi Sato January 28. Sato appreciated for the update and said the GOJ will likely need "some time" to examine the IAEA-India safeguards agreement [...]
2008-02-04 09:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP PREL IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY JA
08TOKYO2920 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/20/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-20 08:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2930RETIRED GSDF GENERAL GRIM ABOUT FUTURE ENFORCEMENT
[...] (C) Summary: Retired Japanese Ground Self Defense Force (GSDF) General Naruhiko Ueda privately painted a bleak picture of the GOJ's ability to control sales/re-sales of dual-use and military items. Ueda said the lack of cooperation among government ministries, weak Customs enforcement activ [...]
2008-10-21 05:43:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALETTC ETRD KOMC JA
08TOKYO2954MAYOR OF TEHRAN VISITS JAPAN
[...] (C) Tehran Mayor Mohammad-Baqer Ghalibaf visited Japan October 16 - 21, confirmed MOFA Second Middle East Director Motosada Matano. According to Matano, Ghalibaf was invited by the Japanese under the auspices of their "Opinion Leader Program." The Japanese view him as important because he is [...]
2008-10-22 08:58:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KNNP IR JA
08TOKYO2978 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/24/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-24 08:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3002JAPANESE QUESTIONS REGARDING IRANIAN NUCLEAR
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (SBU) Econ officer delivered demarche and non-paper in ref to officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Non-proliferation, Science, and Nuclear Energy Department on October 23. Similarly, Pol officer delivered the demarche an [...]
2008-10-28 02:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC IR MNUC TRGY JA
08TOKYO3033 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/30/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-30 22:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3077JAPANESE RESPONSE AND QUESTIONS ON NSG
[...] This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (SBU) Econoff delivered demarche points contained in ref to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA),Non-proliferation, Science, and Nuclear Energy official Shinichi Sato October 31. Sato responded positively, commenting that the GOJ support [...]
2008-11-05 07:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IAEA JA
08TOKYO3205RUSSIA FM CRITCIZES JAPAN'S ROLE IN G8 REGARDING
[...] (C) Summary. Russian FM Lavrov leveled pointed criticisms and expressed displeasure with Tokyo's policies toward Russia during a November 4-5 visit to Japan. The Russian said Moscow sees little advancement in bilateral relations ) a fact for which Tokyo is solely responsible, he charged. Lav [...]
2008-11-19 09:42:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON JA RS KN
08TOKYO3229JAPANESE RESPONSE REGARDING REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE
[...] (C) Per instructions in ref A, EST Chief demarched Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Non-proliferation, Science, and Nuclear Energy Division Director Tomiko Ichikawa November 25. Econoff and poloff previously had delivered points contained in ref B to MOFA counterparts in the Non-proliferat [...]
2008-11-25 07:52:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IAEA JA
08TOKYO3316IRANIAN VICE PRESIDENT MASHAIE VISITS TOKYO
[...] (C) Iranian Vice President for Cultural Heritage and Tourism Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie visited Tokyo November 27-30, according to MOFA Second Middle East Division Principal Deputy Director Motosada Matano. While in Japan, Mashaie met with governmental and private tourism officials, had breakfas [...]
2008-12-04 09:08:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL IR JA
08TOKYO3362Japan Economic Scope for December 8, 2008
[...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope for December 8, 2008 Business -------- 2. (U) American and Kyushu Companies to Develop Rapid Vehicle Charging Stations Ener1, a New York based energy storage company, announced a deal with Kyushu Electric Power (Kyuden) to develop rapid [...]
2008-12-11 01:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EFIN EAGR PREL SENV JA
08TOKYO3379THE OFFICIAL, PUBLIC IRANIAN LINE IN TOKYO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iranian Ambassador to Tokyo Sayed Abbas Araghchi continues to take advantage of opportunities to publicly promote Iran's policies, speaking most recently on December 5 at a lecture sponsored by the Sasagawa Peace Foundation. Araghchi provided a brief introduction attempting to ex [...]
2008-12-12 07:05:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL IR JA
08TOKYO3395JAPAN UNDECIDED ON SYRIAN-IAEA COOPERATION
[...] (C) Econoff delivered demarche contained in reftel to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) International Nuclear Cooperation Deputy Director Shoichi Nagayoshi and Non-proliferation, Science, and Nuclear Energy Division action officer for Syria Shingo Ito December 9. In response, Nagayoshi not [...]
2008-12-15 07:42:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA TRGY JA
08TOKYO34323-4 DECEMBER NUCLEAR SAFETY AND SECURITY GROUP
[...] (SBU) Summary: During the third meeting of the G8 Nuclear Safety and Security Group (NSSG) held in Tokyo December 3-4, NSSG members reviewed the status of ongoing projects, discussed the future of initiatives proposed during Japan's 2008 G8 presidency, and reviewed a draft plan of work for t [...]
2008-12-17 07:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM ENRG TRGY NRR MNUC PUNE JA
08TOKYO3459TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - OPEC, CARIBBEAN-LATIN AMERICA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Friday morning included the likelihood that Toyota will post an operating loss in the current business year ending in March for the first time in half a century. 2. "Plunging Prices No Excuse Not to Curb Reliance on Oil" On OPEC's decision to slash oil producti [...]
2008-12-19 05:50:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO376NEWLY ARRIVED IRANIAN AMBASSADOR COMMENTS ON
[...] (U) In a February 11 paid advertisement in the International Herald Tribune on the occasion of the 29th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, newly arrived Iranian Ambassador Abbas Araghchi (not yet officially accredited) seeks to spread his country's official positions on withstanding foreig [...]
2008-02-13 02:52:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL IR JA
08TOKYO449IRANIAN VISITORS TO JAPAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The secretary of Iran's Human Rights Commission, Mohammad Javad Larijani, visited Japan February 11-18, 2008. He met with a number of officials, including the Foreign and Justice ministers. Although the purpose of his visit ostensibly was to discuss human rights issues and a po [...]
2008-02-20 08:54:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KNPP UNSC IR IZ AF JA
08TOKYO498PHYSICAL PROTECTION: MOFA SUPPORT FOR US/JAPAN
[...] (C) Summary. MOFA official Yasuyoshi Komizo, meeting February 18 with a visiting interagency delegation, conveyed strong support for continuing U.S.-Japan cooperation on the physical protection of nuclear materials. He also noted GOJ willingness to send representatives to the U.S. to partic [...]
2008-02-26 04:45:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNENRG JA KNNP MNUC
08TOKYO558MISSION JAPAN INPUT FOR CONGRESSIONAL ENERGY REPORT
[...] (U) The following, keyed to the specific queries contained in ref, is in response to the Department's request for input in preparing the report to Congress mandated in the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. It should be noted throughout, that while the Embassy's Economic Section, p [...]
2008-03-03 08:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDENRG APER ABUD JA SENV
08TOKYO611ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO JAPAN: FIRST IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli Prime Minister Olmert's February 25-28 visit to Tokyo focused on expanding the bilateral relationship, particularly trade, but also addressed regional issues including the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP),Iran, North Korea, and China. On the peace process, Olmert thanked [...]
2008-03-07 08:10:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD PINR KPAL KWBG IR NK IS JA
08TOKYO710NEW IRANIAN AMBASSADOR IN TOKYO DISCUSSES NUCLEAR
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Speaking on the record March 13 at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan, newly accredited Iranian Ambassador to Japan Seyed Abbas Araghchi presented Iran's views of the standoff regarding its nuclear program. He asserted that Iran began its program at the behest of the United [...]
2008-03-17 08:29:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PHUM PINR EPET SNAR KNNP UNSC IZ
08TRIPOLI966LIBYA: WE WILL NOT SELL URANIUM YELLOWCAKE TO IRAN
[...] (C) The CDA met with Tajuri el-Sheradi Tajuri, Director of UN Affairs at the General People's Committee for Foreign Liaison and International Cooperation (MFA-equivalent),on December 18 to convey reftel demarche (the non-paper had been conveyed under cover of a diplomatic note on December 4). [...]
2008-12-18 16:41:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM TRGY ENRG EMIN ETTC PREL PGOV IR
08TUNIS112TUNISIA REPORTS NOT INVITED TO MOROCCO GI
[...] (SBU) In a February 4 diplomatic note, and in response to Post's January 31 delivery of reftel demarche, the Tunisian Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported that it had not yet received an invitation from the Government of Morocco to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GI) Seminar [...]
2008-02-06 07:52:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL PTER KGIC IAEA TS
08TUNIS1193TUNISIA: GETTING READY FOR NUCLEAR POWER
[...] (SBU) GOT officials expressed strong interest in U.S. civil nuclear cooperation during the November 19 visit of Ambassador Jackie Wolcott, Special Envoy for Nuclear Nonproliferation, and her interagency delegation. Wolcott discussed opportunities for increased technical exchanges, human capit [...]
2008-12-03 08:52:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD TS
08TUNIS1250TUNISIA: Nuclear Energy Plans
[...] (U) This message is in response to Ref A request for Civil Nuclear Trade Initiative related information. The bulk of the information was acquired during the November 18 - 20, 2008 visit of Special Envoy for Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Jackie Wolcott (Ref B). ------------------------- Nuclea [...]
2008-12-24 17:38:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDECON ENRG EAID EFIN ETRD TS
08TUNIS292 TUNISIA REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR 2008-2010 IAEA BOARD OF
[...] (SBU) The GOT has requested USG support for Tunisia's candidacy for a seat at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors for the period 2008-2010. An informal Embassy translation of the Foreign Ministry's diplomatic note is in para 2. The original has been faxed to NEA/MA [...]
2008-03-21 07:59:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY TSPL KNNP TS
08TUNIS416TUNISIAN RESPONSE TO SYRIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM
[...] (SBU) This cable contains and action request: Please see para 3. 2. (C) During an April 25 meeting with the Ambassador on other topics, MFA Director General for the Americas and Asia Elyas Kasri asked about the recent news about Syria's covert nuclear program. Referring to reftel talking p [...]
2008-04-28 07:39:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPGOV KNNP DPRK SY IAEA PARM PREL TS
08UNVIEVIENNA129IAEA/IRAN: EU-3 PREPARED TO SPONSOR A BOARD
[...] (S) At a UK hosted-meeting on February 26, like-minded COMs (P3 1, Canada, Australia and Japan) agreed to pursue a Board of Governor's resolution on Iran assuming adoption of a UNSCR on Friday, February 29. The EU-3 agreed to prepare a draft. In order to mitigate any risk of interfering with [...]
2008-02-27 13:24:00UNVIESECRETKNPP PARM IAEA IR
08UNVIEVIENNA140IAEA/GC: ARAB LEAGUE SEEKS DIALOGUE ON ISRAELI
[...] (C) Arab League representative Wael Al-Assad met with like-minded Missions (EU-3, U.S., Australia, Norway, Japan) on February 21 to discuss the General Conference (GC) resolution on the "Israeli Nuclear Threat" (INT). Al-Assad appealed for dialogue with those Missions that had successfully opp [...]
2008-02-28 15:27:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALIAEA KNPP AORC IS EG
08UNVIEVIENNA154IAEA/IRAN/BOG: CUBA AND IRAN VS. THE REST OF THE
[...] (C) The March 5 Board of Governors deliberations on Iran's nuclear program stepped up pressure on Iran to comply with UNSC and Board requirements, and to address weaponization activities cited by the Director General. The DG delivered a typically balanced opening statement, regretting that Ira [...]
2008-03-07 07:56:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALKNPP IAEA AORC PARM IR
08UNVIEVIENNA164IAEA/DG SELECTION: PFIRTER JOINS AMANO IN THE RACE
[...] (S) Summary: This cable is provided solely for the purpose of updating the Department on the state-of-play on IAEA DG succession. Consistent with previous instructions, Mission is not engaging publicly or privately in this campaign. The campaign for DG succession has coalesced around two mo [...]
2008-03-14 08:53:00UNVIESECRETAORC IAEA KNPP JA AR
08UNVIEVIENNA165IAEA: WEOG STONEWALLS ON ISRAEL,S MEMBERSHIP
[...] (C) Following up on the effort during the U.S. WEOG Chairmanship last fall (Ref B) to extend membership to Israel, the Australian Chair relayed a formal request from Israel to the group. In a February 19 WEOG meeting, Ireland, New Zealand, Switzerland, Sweden, Spain and Finland raised reserv [...]
2008-03-14 08:57:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC IAEA KNPP IS
08UNVIEVIENNA185 IAEA/IRAN: P5+1 CONSIDER "WHAT NEXT?"
[...] (C) At a U.S. hosted meeting of P5 1 Ambassadors on March 26, the EU-3 shared their assessments of the March Board and considered next steps on Iran in the lead up to the June Board. Ambassador Schulte underlined the need to support the Secretariat's investigation of past weaponization activit [...]
2008-03-27 17:33:00UNVIESECRETPARM AROC IAEA KNNP IR
08UNVIEVIENNA196IAEA/BOG: SEEKING A LEADERHIP ROLE, UAE TO
[...] (S) Ambassador Schulte shared ref a points on April 4 with UAE Ambassador Al Dosari encouraging the UAE to consider running for the MESA seat on the 2008-2009 Board of Governors. Al Dosari expressed interest in doing so and indicated he would raise the issue with capital. The UAE was last on [...]
2008-04-04 15:29:00UNVIESECRETAORC IAEA KNPP AE
08UNVIEVIENNA20IAEA/IRAN: ELBARADEI SEES PROGRESS FROM TEHRAN TRIP
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-14 15:02:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALKNPP IAEA PARM AORC IR
08UNVIEVIENNA215IAEA: HAYWARD DELEGATION TOUR D,HORIZON WITH SENIOR AGENCY OFFICIALS Classified By: Ambassador Gregory L. Schulte for reasons 1.4 b,d and h Summary --------
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-16 10:30:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPARM AORC IAEA KNPP IR KN
08UNVIEVIENNA223NPT: UKRAINIAN CHAIRMAN PREVIEWS PREPCOM
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Schulte discussed the forthcoming NPT PrepCom with Ukraine PrepCom Chair Yelchenko on April 16. Yelchenko is intent on getting procedural issues out of the way, and seeks to have a productive outcome but did not insist on consensus - he preferred a strong Working Paper [...]
2008-04-18 11:37:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPARM AROC KNPP UP
08UNVIEVIENNA232IAEA/GC: AL PROPOSES NON-THREATENING RESOLUTION ON
[...] (C) Arab League (AL) SYG Amr Moussa conducted consultations in Vienna April 16-18 regarding an AL sponsored agenda item in the IAEA General Conference (GC) on the "Israeli Nuclear Threat." In an April 17 meeting with Ambassador Schulte, Moussa insisted that the AL would re-introduce an agenda [...]
2008-04-21 16:37:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC PARM KNPP IS EG
08UNVIEVIENNA240 IAEA/IRAN: FRANCE PUSHES P5+1 FOR AN EXPERTS
[...] (C) Summary: At a French-hosted meeting April 22, P5 1 COMs exchanged views on Iran developments post-Shanghai and expectations for forthcoming Iran-IAEA discussions on weaponization. The UK, Germany and U.S. were skeptical of this latest development while Russia and China predictably highli [...]
2008-04-25 13:41:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPARM AORC KNPP IAEA IR
08UNVIEVIENNA264IAEA/SYRIA: THE CASE OF THE MISSING REACTOR
[...] (S) The Syria Al-Kibar nuclear-reactor storm passed quickly over Vienna the week of April 21 when the USG made public information about the reactor and the Israeli attack, and briefed the IAEA Secretariat on our information. Syria immediately circulated a letter to Arab Group members denying [...]
2008-05-08 15:32:00UNVIESECRETIAEA AROC ENRG KNNP MNUC TRGY SY IS
08UNVIEVIENNA271IAEA/IRAN: ACTING U/S ROOD DISCUSSES A POSSIBLE
[...] (S) Over lunch with P5 1 Ambassadors May 6, Acting U/S Rood pressed for a Board resolution on Iran in June. The EU-3 agreed that Board and UNSC actions were complimentary and not mutually exclusive; the UK was particularly frustrated by the lack of Board action. EU-3 members joined the Actin [...]
2008-05-13 06:32:00UNVIESECRETPARM AORC KNPP IAEA IR
08UNVIEVIENNA274IAEA/IRAN: BUSHEHR SAFETY ISSUES; POSSIBLE DELAY
[...] (U) This cable contains recommendations and guidance requests. See paras 15 and 16. ------- Summary ------- 2. (S) IAEA safety officials have been reviewing the Russian-drafted Safety Analysis Report (SAR) on Iran's Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP). Although they are being very ti [...]
2008-05-13 14:29:00UNVIESECRETENRG KNNP IAEA UNVIE RS IR OSCE
08UNVIEVIENNA283IAEA/IRAN: ACTING U/S ROOD DISCUSSIONS WITH DG AND
[...] (S) Acting U/S for Arms Control and International Security John Rood discussed the state-of-play on Iran May 6 with IAEA Director General ElBaradei and Safeguards DDG Olli Heinonen. ElBaradei stressed the need for a face saving measure on suspension and said the P5 1, minus the U.S., should del [...]
2008-05-19 07:34:00UNVIESECRETPARM AORC KNPP IAEA IR
08UNVIEVIENNA284IAEA: U/S ROOD TOUR D,HORIZON WITH DG ELBARADEI
[...] (C) In a series of meetings with IAEA Director General ElBaradei and Secretariat officials May 6, Acting U/S for Arms Control and International Security John Rood discussed priority issues on the U.S. agenda: nuclear safeguards in the DPRK and India; reliable access to nuclear fuel (RANF) and [...]
2008-05-19 08:23:00UNVIESECRETAORC PARM ENRG TRGY KNPP KN
08UNVIEVIENNA290IAEA/SYRIA: SETTING THE STAGE FOR THE JUNE BOARD
[...] (S) During a series of technical briefings on Syria May 16 and 19, following up on discussions during his Washington consultations, Ambassador Schulte canvassed Board member views on discussion of Syria in the June Board. Ambassador Schulte outlined U.S. objectives for the Board: to spotlight [...]
2008-05-20 18:09:00UNVIESECRETPARM MNUC AORC KNPP SY IS
08UNVIEVIENNA305IAEA/IRAN: NEW VIOLATIONS?
[...] (C) Action request: The Director General's May 26 report on Iran (GOV/2008/1) cites two potential violations by Iran of its international obligations. Mission requests a legal opinion by May 30th as to whether these two instances can be deemed "new" violations by Iran of its Safeguards Agree [...]
2008-05-28 15:06:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC PARM KNPP IAEA IR
08UNVIEVIENNA309IAEA/IRAN: GETTING TO CONSENSUS ON A CHAIRMAN,S
[...] (C) P5 1 Deputies/Counselors meeting May 29 agreed to seek instructions on a Canadian draft Chairman's Statement (para 13) by Friday May 30. Russia did not have any readout from the PolDir phone conference. China said it had instructions to "explore" the possibility of a Chairman's Statement. [...]
2008-05-29 16:46:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC PARM KNPP IAEA IR
08UNVIEVIENNA31IAEA/IRAN: TIME TO KILL THE WORK PLAN?
[...] (C) Summary: Like-minded Ambassadors and Charges (P3 1, Australia, Canada, Japan) took stock of the DG's weekend trip to Tehran and the status of the work plan in a January 15 Australian-hosted meeting. All agreed that the DG had not made any breakthrough on key issues (disclosure of the past [...]
2008-01-17 15:05:00UNVIESECRETIAEA KNPP PARM IR
08UNVIEVIENNA343IAEA/GC: ONE MIDDLE EAST, TWO RESOLUTIONS
[...] (C) Both Egypt and the Arab League have circulated their respective draft IAEA General Conference resolutions (paras 27-28). The revised Egyptian text purports to be based on consensus UNGA language and incorporates some of the French-proposed amendments rejected last year, but is still not a [...]
2008-06-13 08:33:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALMNUC PARM AORC KNPP IS EG
08UNVIEVIENNA368CONSULTATIONS WITH INCOMING FRENCH EU PRESIDENCY
[...] (C) On June 24 Mission discussed upcoming issues for Vienna-based international organizations with the French Mission, the next EU Presidency. France welcomed early consultation with the U.S. and outlined priorities for its Presidency, focusing on those relevant to Vienna organizations: energ [...]
2008-06-27 14:47:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC PARM MNUC KNPP ETTC KSTC SNAR KCOR
08UNVIEVIENNA37IAEA/IRAN: DG TELLS STEINMEIER IRAN NOT READY TO
[...] (S) Summary: DG ElBaradei did most of the talking in his January 17 meeting with German FM Steinmeier and made a hard sell against passage of a punitive UNSCR, which he argued would empower hardliners in Iran. Steinmeier pushed back and also made strong public comments underscoring the intern [...]
2008-01-18 15:56:00UNVIESECRETPARM KNPP AORC IAEA IR
08UNVIEVIENNA373IAEA: U/S BURNS DISCUSSIONS WITH DG ELBARADEI
[...] (S) Summary: IAEA DG ElBaradei told U/S Burns June 23 that he would encourage Iran to take advantage of the P5 1 offer. ElBaradei focused almost exclusively on the freeze element of the P5 1 way forward paper, in the hope that it would help re-start negotiations. U/S Burns cautioned that th [...]
2008-07-03 13:23:00UNVIESECRETAORC PARM MNUC TGRY KNPP KN SY IR
08UNVIEVIENNA377ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONCERNING NORWAY'S
[...] (C) Ambassador Schulte passed on the U.S. talking points to the Norwegians regarding their proposal for safety training in Iran and received a positive response. IAEA is moving ahead with plans for the program which includes training, workshops and on-the-job rotations in other countries for [...]
2008-07-08 07:39:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALENRG KNNP IAEA RS IR OSCE
08UNVIEVIENNA385IAEA/BOARD: KAZAKHS NERVOUS ABOUT CONTESTING SYRIA
[...] (S) Summary: Kazakh Ambassador Abdrakhmanov expressed some reluctance in a discussion with Ambassador Schulte on July 7 to contest the Syrian candidacy for the open MESA seat at the Board of Governors. He reported that Syria was adamant about its candidacy, and claimed Arab/MESA support, inc [...]
2008-07-10 15:39:00UNVIESECRETPARM KNNP PREL AORC IAEA KZ SY
08UNVIEVIENNA392INDIA/IAEA SAFEGUARDS - GETTING TO YES IN THE BOARD
[...] (C) Mission has been seeking expeditious consideration of the India-IAEA Safeguards Agreement, which we now expect to come before the Board on August 1 (reftel). Like-minded allies advise that successful Board approval and next steps to make the initiative a reality will require a multi-facete [...]
2008-07-14 08:02:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALIAEA ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IN
08UNVIEVIENNA395IAEA: DG CONCERNED ABOUT INDIA AGREEMENT; SEEKS
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Responding to ref A demarche, IAEA DG ElBaradei assured Ambassador Schulte on July 14 that he will continue to support the India safeguards agreement and hoped for consensus at the August 1 Board of Governors but indicated Pakistan could be problematic. He urged the U.S. to high [...]
2008-07-14 15:43:00UNVIESECRETAORC PARM MNUC TGRY KNPP KN SY IR IN
08UNVIEVIENNA411SCENESETTER FOR VISIT TO VIENNA FOR A/S HILL AND
[...] (S) The forthcoming visits by A/S Hill on July 25 and Acting ISN A/S McNerney on July 27 provide an opportunity to lay to rest concerns expressed by Director General ElBaradei and the Secretariat on the IAEA's role in the upcoming verification work in the DPRK (ref A). The IAEA has a consi [...]
2008-07-22 12:13:00UNVIESECRETAORC IAEA KN KNNP
08UNVIEVIENNA417IAEA SHARES COST ESTIMATE FOR INDIA SAFEGUARDS
[...] (C) Summary: The IAEA Secretariat has shared with us on a confidential basis their estimates for the near term costs of implementing safeguards in India as part of the US-India nuclear deal, which could total Euro 19 million by 2016. Speaking with DCM on July 23, Deputy Director General Heinon [...]
2008-07-24 12:58:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALENRG IAEA KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY ETTC IN
08UNVIEVIENNA430IAEA/BOARD: PAKISTAN WILL NOT BLOCK INDIA
[...] (S) Summary: Speaking on instructions, Pakistani Ambassador Shahbaz advised Ambassador Schulte on July 30 that Pakistan would not call for a vote or block Board approval of the India agreement. Ambassador Schulte repeatedly pressed him to withdraw his letter on the India agreement but Shahbaz [...]
2008-07-30 13:10:00UNVIESECRETENRG IAEA KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY ETTC IN PK
08UNVIEVIENNA431IAEA/BOARD:KAKODKAR PROMISES PRUDENCE AT INDIA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-31 12:22:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALENRG IAEA ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IN
08UNVIEVIENNA437IAEA/INDIA: BOARD ADOPTS INDIA SAFEGUARDS AGREEMENT
[...] (C) U.S-led diplomatic efforts in coordination with India and other key allies paved the way for the consensus adoption of the India Safeguards Agreement by the Board of Governors on August 1. A ringing endorsement from IAEA Director General ElBaradei helped sealed the deal in the Board. In [...]
2008-08-01 17:56:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALENRG IAEA KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY ETTC IN
08UNVIEVIENNA445IAEA/SYRIA: AS KAZAKHS DAWDLE, AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Kazakhstan is still not prepared to challenge Syria's candidacy for the open MESA seat on the Board of Governors (2008-2010) absent a "100 percent" guarantee of victory, Kazakh Ambassador Abdrakhmanov told Ambassador Schulte August 6. He continued to stress Arab support for Syria, despite [...]
2008-08-07 15:34:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPARM KNNP PREL AORC IAEA KZ AF SY
08UNVIEVIENNA448IAEA/SAL: PLUTONIUM "EXPLOSION" AT THE NUCLEAR LAB
[...] (C) Summary. A contamination incident occurred at the IAEA's Safeguards Analytic Laboratory in Seibersdorf on August 3, in which five plutonium reference solution vials exploded due to a buildup of gases, primarily hydrogen. The vials, which were 15 years old, built up gases to an estimate [...]
2008-08-08 13:49:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY
08UNVIEVIENNA453IAEA/BOG: MESA REBUFFS KAZAKHSTAN; AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Acting on instructions, Kazakhstan sought to present its candidacy for the 2008-2010 open MESA seat on the Board of Governors to Indian MESA Chair Kumar, but was rebuffed by Kumar who disputed Kazakhstan's eligibility and bona fides as a MESA group member. The IAEA Statute is silent on MES [...]
2008-08-14 06:15:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPARM KNNP PREL AORC IAEA KZ AF SY
08UNVIEVIENNA454IAEA/BOG: MESA REBUFFS KAZAKHSTAN; AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Acting on instructions, Kazakhstan sought to present its candidacy for the 2008-2010 open MESA seat on the Board of Governors to Indian MESA Chair Kumar, but was rebuffed by Kumar who disputed Kazakhstan's eligibility and bona fides as a MESA group member. The IAEA Statute is silent on MES [...]
2008-08-14 06:15:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPARM KNNP PREL AORC IAEA KZ AF SY
08UNVIEVIENNA459IAEA/INDIA: ENCOURAGING SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS
[...] (C) Summary. In an August 14 meeting with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director of External Relations and Policy Coordination (EXPO) Vilmos Cserveny, Ambassador Schulte raised the need for India and the IAEA to achieve "substantial progress" toward concluding an Additional Prot [...]
2008-08-14 15:20:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALENRG ETTC IAEA IN KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY
08UNVIEVIENNA460IAEA/GC: EGYPT AND ISRAEL AT LEAST TALKING ABOUT
[...] (C) Israeli and Egyptian Ambassadors made at least a first attempt to discuss the Egyptian draft Middle East Safeguards (MES) resolution in bi-lateral consultations in Vienna. Neither had a "mandate" to negotiate, and they did not get very far, Israeli Ambassador Michaeli reported to Ambassador [...]
2008-08-18 14:47:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALMNUC PARM KNPP IS EG
08UNVIEVIENNA461IAEA/BOG: THREE, POSSIBLY FOUR, MESA SEAT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Iran announced its candidacy for an IAEA Board of Governors seat 2008-2010 during a regional group meeting August 14 that also addressed the Syrian and Afghan candidacies. Arab members of the Middle East/South Asia (MESA) group, nine of the current 15 members, continued to ba [...]
2008-08-18 15:31:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPARM KNNP PREL AORC IAEA KZ AF SY IR
08UNVIEVIENNA477FOLLOW-UP ON IAEA-NORWAY SAFETY TRAINING PROJECT
[...] (U) Mission rep spoke to IAEA and delivered ref D talking points regarding safety concerns at Iran's Bushehr reactor on August 13. Norway has agreed to the training plan and IAEA is moving forward with plans. The IAEA recommends that the United States demarche Hungary, Bulgaria, Slovakia and [...]
2008-08-27 14:13:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALIAEA MNUC PARM PREL TRGY KNPP UNSC IR NO
08UNVIEVIENNA488IAEA/DG: ELBARADEI (FOR NOW) WILL NOT SEEK A NEW
[...] (U) According to an official memorandum circulated by the Chairman of the Board of Governors on the Appointment of the Director General (GOV/2008/44) and posted on September 5, IAEA Director General ElBaradei will not/not seek a further term of office upon the expiration of his current term on [...]
2008-09-05 12:12:00UNVIECONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAORC IAEA KNNP ENRG TRGY
08UNVIEVIENNA494SUBJ: IAEA/BOG: SEEKING AN IRAN RESOLUTION IN
[...] (S) Another negative IAEA Director General's report on Iran, as expected in advance of the September Board, will strengthen the argument for further censure of Iran for its failure to cooperate with the ongoing IAEA investigation, in particular the IAEA effort to pursue evidence of military/we [...]
2008-09-10 13:20:00UNVIESECRETAORC KNNP IAEA IR CA
08UNVIEVIENNA511IAEA/IRAN: P5+1 WILL TAKE CUES FROM POLDIRS ON
[...] (C) In a German-hosted P5 1 Ambassadors meeting on September 16, no members of the group were instructed as to a possible Iran resolution at next week's IAEA Board meeting, and all awaited the scheduled September 19 5 1 Political Directors meeting for guidance. While Germany appealed for a Bo [...]
2008-09-16 17:36:00UNVIESECRETAORC IAEA KNNP IR
08UNVIEVIENNA532 IMPROVING FINANCE AND GOVERNANCE AT UNODC
[...] (U) The open ended Finance and Governance Working Group (FinGov) of the UNODC will have its first meeting on October 7. This meeting is intended for member states to submit their position papers, which the chair (Namibia and Sweden) will use for developing a single paper that will be circulat [...]
2008-09-29 10:18:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM UN AU
08UNVIEVIENNA543IAEA/IRAN: STATUS OF NORWEGIAN IMPLEMENTATION OF
[...] (SBU) At the request of the Norwegians, Mission Officers (MsnOffs) met with Erling Skjonsberg, Senior Adviser, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Section for Disarmament and Non-proliferation on Saturday, October 4 on the margins of the IAEA General Conference. Skjonsberg sought the mee [...]
2008-10-08 15:21:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC IR PARM IAEA TRGY UNSC PREL
08UNVIEVIENNA545IAEA/BOG: OCTOBER SESSION APPROVES DG ELECTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-09 11:29:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC IAEA KNPP MNUC PREL UN
08UNVIEVIENNA546IAEA/GC: MIDEAST MELTDOWN, TAKE 3
[...] (C) For the third consecutive year, Middle East issues nearly derailed the IAEA General Conference (GC). After a hard-fought Plenary floor fight consuming 15 hours of debate, the GC adopted a more balanced Middle East Safeguards (MES) resolution than in the past by a vote of 82-0-13 (U.S., Is [...]
2008-10-09 14:38:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN IS EG
08UNVIEVIENNA55IAEA/IRAN: ISRAEL IN THE DOG HOUSE WITH DG,
[...] (S) Israeli Ambassador Michaeli informed Nuclear Counselor January 30 that the GOI is in a "bad situation" with the DG. ElBaradei is refusing to meet with any representative of the current Israeli government with the exception of Michaeli, following an unauthorized remark on the part of an Isra [...]
2008-01-31 09:57:00UNVIESECRETIAEA KNPP AORC PARM IR IS
08UNVIEVIENNA565IAEA/GC: GENERAL DEBATE HIGHLIGHTS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-21 14:44:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY IR KN SY LY IN
08UNVIEVIENNA569IAEA/TC: SYRIA NUCLEAR POWER PROJECT MAY DROP FROM
[...] (C) As reported ref a para 6, the IAEA Secretariat indicated to us a Technical Cooperation (TC) proposal was forthcoming from Syria on the economic feasibility of nuclear power. Msnoffs stated at the time the U.S. view that nuclear power cooperation with Syria was inappropriate while Syria w [...]
2008-10-22 15:57:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALKNNP IAEA TRGY SY
08UNVIEVIENNA575IRAN,S UPCOMING NUCLEAR CONFERENCE ON 30 NOVEMBER
[...] (C) IAEA participation in the November 30-December 1 Iranian-hosted conference on "Nuclear Power Plants, Environmental and Sustainable Development" would be confined, per current plans, to the presentation of one paper on reactor safety issues. DCM on October 28 alerted the DG's Special Assi [...]
2008-10-28 15:21:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALKNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY AORC IR
08UNVIEVIENNA583AMBASSADOR PRESSES ELBARADEI ON EARLY REPORT ON
[...] (S) In an October 31 meeting with IAEA Director General Mohammed ElBaradei, Ambassador Schulte reiterated the U.S. request for a written report to the IAEA Board of Governors, under a Syria-specific verification agenda item, detailing the Agency's ongoing investigation into Syrian clandestine [...]
2008-11-03 06:52:00UNVIESECRETKNNP IAEA AORC IR SY KN
08UNVIEVIENNA584IAEA TECHNICAL COOPERATION: IRAN, SYRIA, BURMA
[...] (C) On October 28, the IAEA officially released the documentation for the 2009-2011 Technical Cooperation cycle in advance of the November Technical Assistance Cooperation Committee (TACC) and Board of Governors meetings. All documentation released on the IAEA's GOVATOM restricted distributio [...]
2008-11-03 06:52:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALKNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY AORC IR SY BM
08UNVIEVIENNA585 IAEA: PURSUING TERM LIMITS FOR THE DIRECTOR
[...] (S) The IAEA is an outlier among most international organizations (IOs) which have instituted term limits for their directorships. Previous efforts to do so at the IAEA have failed due to G-77 opposition as they were seen as directed against DG ElBaradei. The DG election cycle presents an op [...]
2008-11-04 14:22:00UNVIESECRETAORC KNPP IAEA UN
08UNVIEVIENNA587IAEA PROGRAM SUPPORT COSTS - A BUDGET ISSUE THAT
[...] (SBU) Summary: The IAEA has no clear policy on the application of Program Support Costs (PSCs) to extrabudgetary contributions. In recent months, however, the Secretariat has dabbled with implementing a universal fee of 7 percent. The U.S. and Australia have so far refused to pay the 7 perce [...]
2008-11-06 15:23:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIAEA OTRA KNNP TRGY AORC UN PREL AS CA
08UNVIEVIENNA590ANSWERING THE MAIL ON SUPPORT TO IAEA SAMPLE
[...] (S) Summary and Recommendation: The IAEA is proceeding toward expansion of the Clean Laboratory at the Safeguards Analytical Laboratories (SAL) in Seibersdorf to house an Ultra-High Sensitivity (UHS-SIMS) mass spectrometer. The Japanese Government has agreed to fund the UHS-SIMS machine, and [...]
2008-11-07 16:45:00UNVIESECRET//NOFORNAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY
08UNVIEVIENNA602IAEA/UNCOPUOUS: FIFTH JOINT EXPERTS GROUP MEETING ON THE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The UNCOPUOS Scientific and Technical Subcommittee (STSC)/IAEA Joint Expert Group (JEG) met in Vienna during the week of 20 October 2008 to review comments from IAEA Member States to the revised draft Safety Framework for Nuclear Power Source (NPS) Applications in Outer Space. J [...]
2008-11-14 15:48:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA UNGA UNPUOS AORC ENRG TRGY KNNP OTRA AU
08UNVIEVIENNA604IAEA/TC: STATUS UPDATE ON PROPOSED SYRIA NUCLEAR
[...] (S) The IAEA Department of Safeguards recently circulated a confidential internal memo (strictly protect) outlining Safeguards Department concerns with the Syrian technical cooperation (TC) project proposal entitled "Conducting a Technical and Economic Feasibility Study and Site Selection for [...]
2008-11-14 16:39:00UNVIESECRETKNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY AORC SY
08UNVIEVIENNA611IAEA/TC: LIKE-MINDED MOVE TOWARD CONSENSUS ON
[...] (S) SUMMARY: On November 18, Mission met with like-minded counterparts to discuss the Agency's request to approve a Syrian technical cooperation (TC) project SYR/0/020 Conducting a Technical and Economic Feasibility Study and Site Selection for a Nuclear Power Plant during the November 24-2 [...]
2008-11-19 12:15:00UNVIESECRETKNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY AORC SY
08UNVIEVIENNA612IAEA/SYRIA: MULTIPLE SMOKING GUNS IN DG REPORT ON
[...] (SBU) The Director General's report on the Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement in the Syrian Arab Republic (GOV/2008/60),released on November 19, provides a compelling case for continued investigations into the existence of an undeclared reactor at Al Kibar (referred to in the re [...]
2008-11-19 17:58:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM SY KN IAEA KNNP
08UNVIEVIENNA613IAEA/IRAN: NO COOPERATION, NO PROGRESS, NO STOP
[...] (SBU) The IAEA Director General's (DG) November 19 report on Iran-consisting of only four pages-provides updated figures for centrifuge activities at Natanz, highlights Iran's continued rejection of the IAEA's request to visit the Heavy Water Research Reactor at Arak (based on Iran's claimed [...]
2008-11-19 18:40:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALKNNP AORC IAEA IR
08UNVIEVIENNA614REPATRIATION OF U.S. ORIGIN NUCLEAR MATERIAL FROM
[...] (SBU) Summary. On November 4-5, a DRC delegation met in Vienna with IAEA officials and a U.S. delegation from the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and U.S. Department of State (DOS). The NNSA Global Threat Reduction Initiative (GTRI) and the Democratic Republic of Congo, in coor [...]
2008-11-20 07:32:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC ENRG IAEA KNNP MNUC PTER TRGY
08UNVIEVIENNA616IAEA/SYRIA/IRAN: PRE-BOARD ENGAGEMENT WITH BOARD
[...] (SBU) Ambassador Schulte hosted consultations with 16 Board members (Russia, China, Algeria, Albania, Brazil, Ecuador, Finland, Germany, India, Iraq, Ireland, Lithuania, Mexico, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland) on November 20 to solicit views on the Iran and Syria reports and next ste [...]
2008-11-20 17:27:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALIAEA PREL KNNP TRGY SY IR
08UNVIEVIENNA628 IAEA/IRAN: TECHNICAL BRIEFING LARGELY REPEATS
[...] (SBU) On November 21, Ops B Director Herman Nackaerts provided Member States a technical briefing on the Director General's (DG) report on Iran that largely repeated the same points covered in the report. Nackaerts provided an overview of Iran's enrichment- and heavy water-related activiti [...]
2008-12-01 14:51:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP AORC IAEA IR
08UNVIEVIENNA630ELBARADEI DESPAIRS ON PROSPECTS FOR SYRIA
[...] (C) Summary: Meeting with the Ambassador on November 26, IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei reaffirmed his disagreement with US efforts to block the Agency's nuclear reactor feasibility Technical Cooperation (TC) program for Syria and offered suggestions for a framework (subsequently adop [...]
2008-12-01 15:58:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPREL IAEA MNUC KNNP SY
08UNVIEVIENNA637IAEA/IRAN: BOARD OF GOVERNORS CALLS FOR IRANIAN
[...] (SBU) The November 27, 2008, IAEA Board of Governors discussion of Iran largely focused on Iran's failures to abide by the UNSC and Board resolutions and Iran's lack of cooperation with the IAEA on issues associated with "possible military dimensions" (PMD). In addition to the core like-min [...]
2008-12-03 15:18:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP AORC IAEA IR
08UNVIEVIENNA639IAEA: NOVEMBER 2008 BOARD WRAP-UP
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-04 14:07:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY IR KN SY
08UNVIEVIENNA64IAEA/IRAN: MAINTAINING PRESSURE ON IRAN AT THE
[...] (S) Our principal goal for the Iran agenda item at the March 3-7 Board is, as it has been for the last two years, to support dual-track strategy and, in particular, the Security Council process. Since the Board passed a resolution on February 4, 2006, referring the file to the UNSC, we have no [...]
2008-02-05 16:39:00UNVIESECRETIAEA KNPP AORC IR
08UNVIEVIENNA640IAEA/TACC WRAP-UP: SYRIA OVERSHADOWS NOVEMBER TACC
[...] (SBU) Debate over the Syrian proposal for a nuclear power feasibility study was the main event at the November 24-26 IAEA Technical Assistance and Cooperation Committee (TACC) meeting. In the end, the U.S. and other likeminded agreed not to block consensus on the entire 2009-2011 Technical Co [...]
2008-12-05 12:40:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC IAEA KNNP ENRG TRGY EAID SY
08UNVIEVIENNA643IAEA/DG RACE: MINTY,S CAMPAIGN PITCH TO WEOG
[...] (C) Meeting with Western European and Others Group (WEOG) Ambassadors, at his request, on December 1, South African Governor Abdul Minty fielded a wide range of pointed questions on Agency priorities as a prospective candidate for IAEA Director General. Minty informed WEOG members that his Mi [...]
2008-12-05 14:16:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC PREL PARM IAEA KNPP JA AR SF
08UNVIEVIENNA644IAEA: LETTER RECEIVED FROM IAEA REGARDING VOLUNTARY
[...] U.S. Mission received a letter from the IAEA dated October 30, 2008, which we conveyed initially by e-mail. Begin text of letter: Sir, I have the honour to refer to my letter dated 2008-06-26 informing you of the IAEA's acceptance of your Government's voluntary contribution of USD 500, [...]
2008-12-05 15:31:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP IAEA AORC TRGY
08UNVIEVIENNA647INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NUCLEAR ENERGY IN IRAN
[...] (C) Per an IAEA readout, the recent two-day nuclear power conference displayed negligible international involvement in Iran's nuclear sector (apart from Russia) and cannot have failed to reflect to the Iranian government the limitations on its relations with the Agency. IAEA official Christer [...]
2008-12-09 16:27:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALENGR KNNP IAEA RS IR
08UNVIEVIENNA648IAEA: DG DISCUSSES SYRIA AND IRAN WITH ACTING U/S
[...] (C) IAEA Director General ElBaradei advised Acting U/S for Arms Control and International Security John Rood in a November 20 meeting that the IAEA had received "the maximum it could get" from Iran absent a political opening, and encouraged P5 1 engagement with Iran on a freeze-for-a-freeze to [...]
2008-12-10 12:29:00UNVIESECRETPARM MNUC KNNP IAEA AORC IR SY
08UNVIEVIENNA655IRAN: TEHRAN EDUCATES DELEGATION ON ITS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-12 16:03:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR IR KNNP
08UNVIEVIENNA658IAEA: LETTER RECEIVED FROM IAEA REGARDING VOLUNTARY
[...] U.S. Mission received a letter from the IAEA dated October 30, 2008, which we conveyed initially by e-mail. Begin text of letter: Sir, I have the honour to refer to my letter dated 2008-06-26 informing you of the IAEA's acceptance of your Government's voluntary contribution of USD 50 [...]
2008-12-18 15:04:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP IAEA AORC TRGY
08UNVIEVIENNA660INCOMING CZECH EU PRESIDENCY SIGNALS ENTHUSIASM
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-18 15:45:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC PARM MNUC KNNP ETTC KSTC SNAR KCOR IR SY
08UNVIEVIENNA663NUCLEAR SAFETY: U.S. DEL REPORT ON THE THIRD ORGANIZATIONAL
[...] (SBU) Confrontation and procedural machinations marred the October 2008 Organizational Meeting on the Joint Convention. The meeting's main purpose was to elect officers for the May 2009 Third Review Meeting of the Contracting Parties. The U.S. candidate for presidency of the Third Review Meet [...]
2008-12-19 16:04:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY KNNP AORC
08UNVIEVIENNA664GENEVA GROUP MOVES TO IMPLEMENT IAEA RULES ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: This is a guidance request (see paragraph 7). Geneva Group members have reached consensus to request the IAEA Secretariat to report in writing on the financial implications of resolutions introduced for consideration by the Board or General Conference. Such reporting conforms [...]
2008-12-22 07:27:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIAEA AORC KNNP TRGY UN PREL SZ
08UNVIEVIENNA667 IAEA: Syria and Iran Display "Responsible" Interest in
[...] (U) Summary: A December 2008 IAEA workshop on nuclear power infrastructure reflected how governments have improved their understanding of the complexities of developing, operating, and regulating safe nuclear power. This technical gathering advanced the U.S. goal of institutionalizing and imp [...]
2008-12-23 13:35:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTRGY ENRG AORC KNNP BTIO SY IR EG
08UNVIEVIENNA83IDENTIFYING SENIOR AMCITS AT IAEA AND OTHER
[...] (C) Per ref A, Mission has identified senior level positions (Director-level and above) at the IAEA and other international organizations in Vienna that are critical to U.S. interests. At the IAEA, AmCits hold the senior-most of six Deputy Director General (DDG) positions, and three of 19 ava [...]
2008-02-12 16:18:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC APER IAEA
08UNVIEVIENNA97IAEA/BOG: AFRICA GROUP IN UPHEAVAL; SYRIA SEEKS
[...] (SBU) This is an action request, see para 4. 2. (C) Summary: Mission received an inexplicable dipnote from Syria requesting U.S. support for its candidacy on the 2008-2009 Board of Governors. The Middle East South Asia group (MESA) is not expected to have a contested election requiring a [...]
2008-02-15 16:17:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALIAEA PREL KNPP SY EG SF
08UNVIEVIENNA98IAEA/IRAN: LIKE-MINDED READY TO DRAFT A BOARD
[...] (S) Summary: At a Canadian-hosted meeting February 14 like-minded COMs (P3 1, Canada, Australia, Japan) agreed to work discretely on a Board resolution on Iran, with experts scheduled to meet February 20. Canadian Ambassador Gervais-Vidricaire made a strong case for the Board to reassert its [...]
2008-02-15 16:54:00UNVIESECRETPARM KNPP AORC IAEA IR
08USEUBRUSSELS713EU POSITIVE, BUT NO COMMITMENT ON IAEA NUCLEAR
[...] (SBU) Lars-Gunnar Wigemark, European Commission External Relations Security Policy Unit Head, responded to reftel points by explaining that IAEA Director General ElBaradei raised the issue of an EU contribution to the IAEA fuel bank project with Commission President Barroso and Energy Commiss [...]
2008-05-14 08:40:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KNNP EUN IAEA
08USNATO122NATO'S BUCHAREST SUMMIT DECLARATION, CABLE 2 OF 2
[...] (U) Due to the length of the communique, this is cable 2 of 2. 2. (C) SUMMARY, repeated from Cable 1 of 2: As reflected in the Bucharest Declaration (see para 3),the April 3-4 NATO Summit in Bucharest advanced U.S. policy objectives on a variety of fronts. NATO Heads of State and Governme [...]
2008-04-08 17:59:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS NATO PREL
08USNATO96NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - MARCH 12, 2008
[...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: Secretary General De Hoop Scheffer welcomed the appointment of Kai Eide as Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in Afghanistan, and urged Allies to support him fully. Deputy Chairman of the Military Committee (D/CMC) LTG Eik [...]
2008-03-13 12:42:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
08USOSCE219U.S. 1540 COORDINATOR CONSULTS WITH OSCE, UNODC,
[...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. coordinator for UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1540 Thomas Wuchte met with OSCE, IAEA, and UNODC officials to discuss next steps in gaining their support for further implementation of UNSCR 1540 and 1810, particularly in the OSCE region. Wuchte met with the chief o [...]
2008-09-19 15:51:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OSCE AORC KPAO PTER UNSC
08USOSCE293FSC DECEMBER 10: UNSCR 1540 COMMITTEE CHAIR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Jorge Urbina, chair of the UNSCR 1540 Committee, told the FSC its members were in the vanguard of states implementing the resolution, which calls on all states to prevent the proliferation of WMD and their delivery systems to non-state actors. Urbina said the Best P [...]
2008-12-11 15:01:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS CY XG
08USOSCE310FSC AUTUMN 2008 END-OF-ROUND: GEORGIA-RUSSIA WAR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Recriminations from the August Georgia-Russia war echoed through the autumn session in the Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC),coloring Security Dialogue presentations and even reactions to an otherwise mundane decision describing the work of the Forum. Russia introduced a d [...]
2008-12-17 12:30:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS GG XG
08USOSCE318REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE - NEXT STEPS IN VIENNA ON
[...] (SBU) GUIDANCE REQUEST: Mission requests Washington approval to circulate the revised Food-for-Thought paper in para 4. The revision reflects USDEL discussions per earlier guidance (ref A) and the visit of the Chairman of the 1540 Committee to the OSCE (ref B). See also para 3 on concerns ra [...]
2008-12-18 15:49:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL OSCE RS XG
08USUNNEWYORK1174IRAN/SANCTIONS: MUTED COUNCIL SESSION HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 11, the Chair of the 1737 (Iran) Sanctions Committee updated the Council on the Committee's activities during the last ninety days, highlighting a briefing by the United States on the transfer of goods and technology to Iran and a briefing by Norway on a planned nucl [...]
2008-12-16 17:05:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC PGOV ETTC
08USUNNEWYORK1190UNSC: OUTGOING PERM REPS ANALYZE AND DISSECT BODIES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 15, outgoing Security Council Perm Reps from Italy, South Africa, Indonesia, Belgium and Panama provided the Council with analysis, personal reflections and "lessons learned" about their Chairmanships of UN Security Council Subsidiary Bodies. The Belgian Perm Rep la [...]
2008-12-19 19:58:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC PGOV ETTC
08USUNNEWYORK139U.S. AND JAPAN DISCUSS IRAN, EAST TIMOR, BURMA,
[...] (C) Summary. During a regular U.S.-Japan bilateral meeting on February 8, Amb Khalilzad and Japanese PermRep Takasu discussed Iran, Burma, Afghanistan, DPRK, and a range of other issues (UN Reform discussion covered septel). On Iran, Takasu reiterated Japanese support for the draft UNSCR, bu [...]
2008-02-14 13:44:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM KUNR IR BM AF KS SU
08USUNNEWYORK254UN/IRAN SANCTIONS: CHAIRMAN DELIVERS QUARTERLY
[...] (C) On March 17, Belgian PermRep and Iran Sanctions Committee Chair Johan Verbeke presented his fifth quarterly report on the Committee's work to the Security Council. From December 19 to March 17, the Committee received one report on the implementation of UNSCR 1737, bringing the total to 88 [...]
2008-03-20 00:30:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPARM IR UNSC MNUC ETTC KNNP
08USUNNEWYORK828UN/IRAN SANCTIONS: COUNCIL FOCUSES ON FINANCIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-17 23:14:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPARM IR UNSC MNUC ETTC KNNP
08USUNNEWYORK864AT UN, HEADS OF STATE BEGIN 63RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[...] SUMMARY: The United Nations General Debate opened on September 22 with several heads of state taking the floor. Most speakers mentioned the global food crisis, and many spoke on peace-building, energy issues, global warming, the financial crisis, and human rights. UN reform was another commo [...]
2008-09-25 22:24:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON BR US FR RP QA LI TU AR MA
08USUNNEWYORK887UN GENERAL DEBATE: FOCUS ON ISRAEL/PALESTINE,
[...] SUMMARY: During the September 27 morning plenary meeting of the UNGA General Debate, Vietnam, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Egypt, Mali, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Syria, Oman, Kazakhstan, Algeria, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates (UAE),Gambia, Niger and Romania spoke. Saudi Arabia distributed its Fore [...]
2008-09-30 20:18:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PBTS AORC UNGA VM PP PE EG SA ML
08USUNNEWYORK93UNSCR 1540: DEMARCHES ON MANDATE RENEWAL
[...] (SBU) Begin Summary: Per reftel, Mission delivered the demarche providing U.S. objectives for the renewal of the 1540 Committee's mandate to the UK and French representatives to the Committee. While emphasizing that they did not have reactions from Paris or London, both welcomed the U.S. in [...]
2008-01-31 23:10:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AORC KPAO UNSC OAS KNNP UK FR
08USUNNEWYORK96563RD UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE (UNFC): DAY ONE AND TWO
[...] (U) Summary: The First Committee on International Security and Nuclear Disarmament conducted its general debate from October 6 to October 14. This summary comprises statements from Days 1 and 2 (October 6 and 7) of the debate. The following spoke on Day 1: Sergio Duarte, High Representativ [...]
2008-10-22 22:04:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCDG KN PARM PREL UNGA CD
08USUNNEWYORK99463RD UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE (UNFC):DAY FIVE, SIX AND
[...] (U) Summary: The First Committee on Disarmament and International Security conducted its general debate from October 6 to October 14. This summary comprises statements from Days 5, 6 and 7 (October 10, 13 and 14) of the debate. The following states spoke on Day 5: Belarus, Philippines, Israel [...]
2008-10-31 21:10:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDCD CDG KN PARM PREL UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK99663RD UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE (UNFC): DAY ONE, TWO AND
[...] (U) Summary: The First Committee on Disarmament and International Security conducted its thematic debate on nuclear weapons from October 14 to 16. This summary comprises statements from all three days (October 14, 15 and 16) of the debate. On Day 1, representatives from the following states [...]
2008-10-31 21:19:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDCD CDG KN PARM PREL UNGA
08VIENNA1058U/S BURNS DISCUSSES INDIAN NUCLEAR DEAL AND IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: Austrian FM Plassnik and State Secretary Winkler told U/S Burns in Vienna July 18 that they were encouraged that Burns would attend the July 19 meeting in Geneva with Javier Solana, other members of the P-5 1, and Iran. They also said they were pleased by press reports indicating [...]
2008-07-25 14:47:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN ETTC PARM PINR KNNP PHUM IR AU
08VIENNA1095AUSTRIANS PROMOTE JOINT STATEMENT OF CONCERN AT
[...] (C) Pushed by long-standing principle and short-term political calculations, Austria, with Norwegian support, is seeking support from "like-minded" states to agree to a statement of concerns about the terms of the IAEA Safeguards Agreement to be approved August 1. The Austrians do not believe [...]
2008-07-31 14:25:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALMNUC KNNP AU
08VIENNA1176AUSTRIANS REMAIN UNDECIDED ON NSG DRAFT EXCEPTION
[...] (C) The Ambassador discussed reftel A points August 13 with Johannes Kyrle, MFA SecGen. He emphasized that the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Initiative is of vital importance to the USG, and to the global non-proliferation regime. He stressed that the NSG needs to act quickly in order for the Ini [...]
2008-08-14 06:18:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL ETTC AORC AU
08VIENNA1400GC VOTE ON MESA SEAT AT IAEA BOG; AUSTRIA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-22 13:27:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALIAEA PARM MNUC AU
08VIENNA1507AUSTRIA EXPECTS TO SUPPORT U.S. COMPLIANCE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-09 09:02:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM CDG PREL UNGA AU
08VIENNA1523AUSTRIAN RESPONSE TO NPT TECHNICAL WORKSHOP FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-14 14:56:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDEG ENRG IS KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA AU
08VIENNA1524AUSTRIAN POSITION ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-14 14:57:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP IAEA AORC AU
08VIENNA1614IRANIAN EX-PRESIDENT KHATAMI DISCUSSES NUCLEAR
[...] (C) Summary: Former Iranian President Khatami discussed Iran's nuclear program, the upcoming Iranian elections, and human rights in Iran with GOA leaders during an October 25-27 visit to Vienna. Khatami told President Fischer that Iran has the right to develop nuclear technology for civilian [...]
2008-11-03 13:28:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM IAEA ENRG MNUC PARM IR AU
08VIENNA1664AUSTRIAN POSITION ON AMENDING NSG GUIDELINES FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-13 15:11:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IAEA AU
08VIENNA1735FOREIGN AND DEFENSE POLICY OUTLINE OF THE NEW
[...] (U) The November 23 coalition agreement between Austria's Social Democrats and Conservatives includes brief (less than 10 percent of the total text) sections on foreign and defense policy. These for the most part affirm in broad terms existing policy -- specifics are given only in areas where [...]
2008-11-26 09:59:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AU
08VIENNA175AUSTRIA ON IRAN SANCTIONS; OMV; INDIA NUCLEAR DEAL
[...] (C) Summary. At a Feb. 4 lunch with USUNVIE Amb. Schulte and Embassy Vienna Charge Kilner, MFA PolDir Thomas Mayr-Harting and Chancellery Foreign Policy Advisor Bernhard Wrabetz detailed GoA objections to sanctions against Iran outside the UNSC framework. Austria's concerns rest on a commitm [...]
2008-02-05 14:08:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP ENRG IR EPET AU ETTC
08VIENNA1808AUSTRIA ON AMENDING NSG GUIDELINES FOR ENR TRANSFER
[...] (C) Austrian MFA Non-Proliferation Director Alexander Marschik and IAEA Unit Head Andreas Launer reported Dec. 10 that, though the MFA supports the unbracketed text of the proposed revised text for NSG Guidelines paras 6 and 7, the Austrian Economics Ministry and, especially, the Environment M [...]
2008-12-11 07:54:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY AU
08VIENNA1846AUSTRIAN POSITION ON IMPLEMENTATION OF SYRIA'S
[...] (C) Polchief discussed reftel points December 15 with Andreas Launer, MFA Unit Chief for IAEA, CTBTO Prep Com, and NPT. Luaner said the GOA shares the USG's concerns regarding possible safeguards violations by Syria, and would like to see these concerns addressed before Syria benefits from any [...]
2008-12-16 10:22:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA SY TRGY AU
08VIENNA286AUSTRIA EXPECTS NO MATERIAL EU RESPONSE TO IAEA
[...] (U) Econ/Pol Counselor met 2/28 with MFA Acting Disarmament Director Benedict and IAEA Office Director Launer to discuss the follow-up to the Feb. 22 and 25 briefings on Iran-IAEA developments. Launer agreed with the U.S. assessment that Iran's stance is not credible and that further action i [...]
2008-02-29 09:53:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IR IAEA AU
08VIENNA567AUSTRIA: POSITIVE TOWARD U.S. NPT PAPERS
[...] Econ/Pol Counselor met April 24 with MFA Disarmament Director Alexander Marschik, who will lead the Austrian delegation for the first week of the Prepcom, to discuss reftel papers. (Marschik's deputy, Andreas Launder, will take over during the second week.) Marschik said he expected Austria [...]
2008-04-24 13:28:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDMNUC KNNP ENRG NPT IAEA AU
08VIENNA587AUSTRIA: LATEST NPT DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-02 09:24:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDMNUC KNNP ENRG IAEA NPT AU
08VIENNA698DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: CRITICAL EQUIPMENT NEEDS FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-20 15:50:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTRGY KNNP PREL PARM MNUC AORC IAEA UNSC AU IR
08VIENNA721AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: May 27, 2008
[...] According to a new opinion poll, there is little public support for the strike Austrian doctors have threatened to hold in June. Three quarters of Austrians believe a doctors' strike is not justified, and most say they believe the doctors' real concern in the matter is their own financial posit [...]
2008-05-27 15:09:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA726AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: May 28, 2008
[...] The Austrian government, under pressure to act against rising fuel prices, has said it will respond by introducing a series of countermeasures. Vice-Chancellor and Finance Minister Wilhelm Molterer (OeVP) told ORF radio this morning that both commuter and mileage allowances will be raised "cons [...]
2008-05-28 13:45:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA797OMV UNDER PRESSURE TO CONCLUDE SOUTH PARS DEAL
[...] (C) Thomas Mayr-Harting, the MFA's Political Director, told EUR DAS Bryza and Charge on June 2 that OMV is under intense pressure from Iran to conclude its South Pars deal "in the next 4-5 months." Mayr-Harting said that the GoA would continue to advise OMV to go slow, but, if other European [...]
2008-06-10 10:09:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALENRG ETTC PREL EPET EINV AU IR
08VIENNA799OMV UNDER PRESSURE TO CONCLUDE SOUTH PARS DEAL
[...] (C) Thomas Mayr-Harting, the MFA's Political Director, told EUR DAS Bryza and Charge on June 2 that OMV is under intense pressure from Iran to conclude its South Pars deal "in the next 4-5 months." Mayr-Harting said that the GoA would continue to advise OMV to go slow, but, if other European [...]
2008-06-10 10:09:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALENRG ETTC PREL EPET EINV AU IR
08VIENNA800OMV UNDER PRESSURE TO CONCLUDE SOUTH PARS DEAL
[...] (C) Thomas Mayr-Harting, the MFA's Political Director, told EUR DAS Bryza and Charge on June 2 that OMV is under intense pressure from Iran to conclude its South Pars deal "in the next 4-5 months." Mayr-Harting said that the GoA would continue to advise OMV to go slow, but, if other European [...]
2008-06-10 10:10:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALENRG ETTC PREL EPET EINV AU IR
08VIENNA939AUSTRIA: IAEA INSPECTION IN SYRIA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-01 14:39:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPARM KNNP PREL AU
08VIENTIANE244NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT) PREPARATORY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-25 09:05:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP LA MNUC PARM PREL
08VIENTIANE255U.S. DEMARCHE ON NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-02 09:27:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP LA MNUC PARM PREL
08VILNIUS198EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - April 04, 2008
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Vitebsk Opposition Activists Jailed and Fined (para. 2) - Vandals Attack Opposition Party Headquarters (para. 3) - Milinkevich Holds Meetings in Gomel Region (para. 4) [...]
2008-04-05 08:50:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08VILNIUS229LITHUANIA FOR STRICT UNSC SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-11 14:23:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC UNSC IR LH
08VILNIUS567(C) LITHUANIA TO DESIGNATE IRANIAN ENTITIES AFTER
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-18 12:15:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALKNNP EFIN PARM IR IAEA LH
08VILNIUS571LITHUANIA OK ON IAEA-INDIA AGREEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-18 13:18:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL ETTC IAEA LH
08VILNIUS667LITHUANIA WILL NOT OPPOSE INDIA EXCEPTION AT NSG
[...] Robertas Rosinas, head of the MFA's Arms Control and Terrorism Prevention Division, told us on August 12 that the GOL will not oppose the exception for India at the NSG meetings August 21-22. He noted GOL concerns that India is not part of the Non-Proliferation Treaty -- concern shared by mo [...]
2008-08-12 15:28:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL ETTC AORC LH IN
08VILNIUS925LITHUANIA FAVORABLE ON SUGGESTED CRITERIA FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-31 14:17:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC IAEA LH
08WARSAW1170POLAND TO CONTINUE STRICT IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR
[...] (C) The GOP considers the potential threat posed by Iran to be among the world's "highest concerns," according to Piotr Kozlowski, Iran desk officer in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Political External Chief made reftel demarche 3 October with Kozlowski and left copies of UNSC Resolution [...]
2008-10-03 15:28:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP IR MNUC PARM PL
08WARSAW1185US CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT OF THE THIRD REVIEW
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-09 06:41:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC ENRG IAEA KNNP OTRA TRGY PL
08WARSAW1450POLAND'S PLANS FOR A CIVIL NUCLEAR PROGRAM
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Polish government has committed to develop a nuclear power sector, driven by CO2 emissions constraints and reluctance to rely on imported energy. Prime Minister Tusk recently announced his intention to have two reactors up and running by 2020; an ambitious target for a coun [...]
2008-12-23 15:50:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG EINV TRGY BEXP BTIO PL
08WELLINGTON200NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE TO CONVENTION ON
[...] (SBU) A senior policy analyst from the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT contacted Pol/Econ Counselor on June 26 with an interim response to reftel demarche. She noted that her office has sought detailed advice from a New Zealand expert, who is also part of the IAEA's expert group [...]
2008-06-30 03:53:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KNNP KTIA NZ
08WELLINGTON257NEW ZEALAND HAS CONDITIONS FOR US-INDIA DEAL
[...] (C) In an August 20 meeting between the Ambassador and Minister for Disarmament Phil Goff, the Ambassador pointed out the strategic and historic importance of the US-India deal, and the very real possibility that the Indians could shelve it if the NSG demands proved too politically difficult [...]
2008-08-20 04:24:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL ETTC NZ
08WELLINGTON397NEW ZEALAND SUPPORTS STRONG STATEMENTS ON IRAN,
[...] (C) On November 25, Pol/Econ Counselor met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade International Security and Disarmament Division Chief Joan Mosley and Deputy Director Jillian Dempster to discuss the recent IAEA reports on Iran and Syria, ongoing TACC discussions and next steps in Vienna. [...]
2008-11-25 23:42:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALMNUC PREL KNNP IAEA PARM NZ
08WELLINGTON413CONTINUITY URGED IN BRIEFING TO NZ FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) Briefing to Incoming Ministers (BIM),publicly released on December 8, makes a strong case for continuing the policies and approach of the previous government. The MFAT BIM provides the Ministry's opening summary of its current p [...]
2008-12-15 02:28:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM NZ
08WINDHOEK126HCOC AND NAMIBIA
[...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche, encouraging Namibia to join the Hague Code of Conduct, to MFA Multilateral Affairs Officer Nada Kreuger on May 7, 2008. Kreuger had no substantive reply, but promised to forward the information to the relevant MFA legal officials who review all possible Namib [...]
2008-05-08 14:38:00Embassy WindhoekUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP PREL MNUC PARM NPT IAEA WA
08WINDHOEK127NAMIBIA AND UNSCR TRAVEL BANS ON IRANIANS
[...] (SBU) Poloff discussed the issue of UNSCR-imposed travel bans on designated Iranian officials (reftels) with MFA Multilateral Affairs Officer Nada Kreuger on May 7, 2008. Kreuger explained that Namibia had hosted a team from the UN Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee (1267 Committee) in [...]
2008-05-08 14:38:00Embassy WindhoekUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PREL MNUC PARM NPT IAEA WA
08WINDHOEK301NAMIBIA: IAEA BOARD OF GOVERNORS VOTE
[...] (C) Emboff met with the Namibian Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Director of Multilateral Affairs Julius Zaya Shiweva and delivered reftel demarche on September 22. Shiweva stated that "to his knowledge Namibia had not yet been approached by any country" with regards to the nomination of a memb [...]
2008-09-26 11:08:00Embassy WindhoekCONFIDENTIALIAEA PARM MNUCWA WA
08WINDHOEK305NAMIBIA: IAEA BOARD OF GOVERNORS VOTE
[...] (C) CDA met with Ministry of Health deputy Permanent Secretary Norbert Forster on September 30 to discuss the IAEA vote for the MESA Group open seat, per ref C. The Ministry of Health's Permanent Secretary, Forster's immediate superior, is currently in Vienna as head of Namibia's delegation [...]
2008-09-30 13:53:00Embassy WindhoekCONFIDENTIALIAEA PARM MNUCWA WA
08YEREVAN100ARMENIA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2008
[...] (U) Per reftel, Embassy Yerevan, Armenia submits the following as its 2008 Investment Climate Statement. ---------- BEGIN TEXT ---------- 2. According to data from the National Statistical Service (NSS),foreign investment in Armenia has steadily increased from USD 70 million in 2001 to [...]
2008-02-08 03:16:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR AM
08YEREVAN1049ARMENIA'S CIVIL NUCLEAR ENERGY PLANS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-31 09:30:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO
08YEREVAN780DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOR GC VOTE ON MESA GROUP SEAT
[...] (S) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA's Acting Head of UN Department Nouneh Zastoukhova requesting staunch GOAM opposition to Iran and Syria's candidacy to the IAEA Board of Governors, support for Afghanistan's nomination to the Board of Governors, and support for Kazakhstan's bid to join [...]
2008-09-30 03:54:00Embassy YerevanSECRETPARM MUNC IAEA AM
08YEREVAN837AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON ENERGY MINISTER
[...] (C) During their introductory meeting October 9, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Armen Movsisian emphasized to the Ambassador the GOAM's need to pursue energy security. The recent crisis in Georgia was a reminder of Armenia's vulnerability to the region's political instability, and the [...]
2008-10-16 08:15:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID ENRG AMGT TU AJ IR AM
08ZAGREB172GOC RESPONSE TO LATE FEBRUARY IAEA REPORTS ON IRAN
[...] Embassy PolOff delivered points outlined in reftels to Mario Horvatic, GOC's representative on the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) Board of Governors. Horvatic expected a more positive response from the EU to the reports from Director General ElBaradei and Deputy Director General [...]
2008-02-29 11:29:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IR IAEA
08ZAGREB281KOSOVO, IRAN AND COUNTERTERRORISM DOMINATE A/S
[...] SUMMARY: (U) Assistant Secretary for International Organizations Kristen Silverberg visited Croatia on March 17-18 to discuss United Nations Security Council issues. The A/S held working meetings with senior officials from the MFA and the Offices of the President and Prime Minister, as well a [...]
2008-03-27 09:57:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV HR KO UN
08ZAGREB445ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - JUNE 13, 2008
[...] (U) IN ABSENTIA WAR CRIMES CONVICTION "UPHELD": This week the Split County Court sentenced former Serb police commander Mitar Arambasic to 20 years imprisonment for war crimes. Arambasic, who was extradited from the U.S. in 2006, was retried by the same judge who had convicted him in absenti [...]
2008-06-17 10:35:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV HR
08ZAGREB476REGIONAL SEMINAR IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1540 IN EUROPE
[...] SUMMARY. The first UNSCR 1540 seminar held in Europe since UNSCR 1810,s adoption in April 2008 took place on June 5-6, 2008, in Rakitje, Croatia. Croatia and Romania hosted the workshop, entitled "United Nations Security Resolution 1540: A Path for Further Implementation," in cooperation with [...]
2008-06-26 10:56:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDHR NATO PREL UNGA
08ZAGREB557CROATIAN PARTICIPATION IN NAM MINISTERIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-25 10:54:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL NATO PHUM PTER IR HR
08ZAGREB629CROATIA: SCENESETTER FOR DAS JONES
[...] (U) Stu, the Croatia that you will be visiting on September 10 has changed greatly from your desk officer days and even from the time we worked together on NATO issues. Croatia has made steady progress in strengthening its democracy and rule of law, reforming its economy, cooperating with the [...]
2008-09-05 11:22:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OTRA ASEC PGOV NATO HR
08ZAGREB673CROATIA LIKELY TO SUPPORT AFGHANISTAN, OPPOSE
[...] (SBU) PolOff delivered ref points to Mario Horvatic, Croatia's representative to the IAEA Board of Governors. Horvatic indicated the GOC has not conveyed to him its official position regarding the candidacies of Syria, Iran, and Afghanistan. He noted his personal preference that neither Syria [...]
2008-09-24 05:10:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIAEA PARM MNUC HR PREL
08ZAGREB828IRANIAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER TO VISIT CROATIA
[...] (C) Petar Mihatov, MFA State Secretary Bozinovic's Chief of Staff, informed Pol Off on November 27 that Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister (DFM) for European Affairs Mahdi Safari was scheduled to visit Zagreb on December 15 and 16. DFM Safari had meetings set up with President Mesic and State Sec [...]
2008-12-04 16:06:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL HR IR IS
09ABUDHABI1151ABU DHABI CROWN PRINCE WARNS DOE DEPSEC PONEMAN ABOUT IRAN
[...] (S/NF) Summary: During a December 9 meeting in Abu Dhabi (other meetings reported septel),Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman told Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) that the USG shared many energy policy priorities with the UAE, including renewable energy development and th [...]
2009-12-17 13:07:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PARM ENRG IR YM AE
09ABUDHABI157UAE NUCLEAR TENDER -- THE WORLD'S LARGEST (AND FASTEST)
[...] (C/NF) Summary. The United Arab Emirates' effort to establish a civilian nuclear power industry moved closer to implementation during a February 5-7 "engagement conference" for interested bidders. Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) invited major U.S., French, Korean and Japanese firms w [...]
2009-02-12 10:19:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNENRG KNNP PGOV ECON ETRD AE
09ABUDHABI237UAE CONFIRMS NO NUCLEAR COOPERATION WITH PAKISTAN
[...] (S) On March 11, EconOff delivered ref A talking points on UAE nuclear cooperation with third countries, specifically Pakistan, to MFA Special Representative for International Nuclear Cooperation and UAE IAEA Permanent Representative Hamad Al Kaabi. Al Kaabi said the UAE has not changed its po [...]
2009-03-12 07:10:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPARM PREL MNUC KNNP PGOV PK AE
09ABUDHABI478NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS GROUP BRIEFS UAE NUCLEAR EXPORT CONTROLS
[...] (SBU) Summary: UAE officials working on developing nuclear power met May 12 in Abu Dhabi with the Nuclear Suppliers Group, discussing mechanisms of collaboration to prevent proliferation and ensure program integrity. With members of the UAE's export control team also present, they reviewed UA [...]
2009-05-13 13:30:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ENRG KNNP PNUC ECON AE
09ABUDHABI490UAE NUCLEAR TENDER MOVES FULL SPEED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-14 13:34:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNENRG KNNP PGOV ECON ETRD AE
09ABUDHABI491UAE NUCLEAR TENDER MOVES FULL SPEED AHEAD
[...] (C/NF) Summary: On May 6, Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) invited three international consortia to bid on a nuclear power plant tender valued at over USD 20 billion. Bids are due by July 3, and two consortia will be chosen to enter into formal negotiations by July 27. Officials hop [...]
2009-05-14 13:36:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNENRG KNNP PGOV ECON ETRD AE
09ABUDHABI540 NRC VISIT HIGHLIGHTS US-UAE NUCLEAR COOPERATION POTENTIAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The May 19-21 visit of Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Executive Director for Operations Bill Borchardt and Director of International Programs Margie Doane to Abu Dhabi and Dubai provided an opportunity to engage key UAE nuclear officials on regulatory issues of safety, secur [...]
2009-05-31 12:50:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG PARM SENV MNUC PGOV AE
09ABUDHABI585 UAE INTERESTED IN DOE/NNSA COOPERATION, MOU
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. In response to reftel request, the Ambassador and EconOff discussed DOE/NNSA's interest in pursuing nuclear infrastructure cooperation with the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR) and the Emirates Nuclear Energ [...]
2009-06-11 12:28:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY AORC KNNP OTRA AE
09ABUDHABI808 OPPORTUNITIES FOR DOE/NNSA TECHNICAL COOPERATION IN UAE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the August 3-5 visit of a DOE/NNSA and State delegation, UAE nuclear power officials expressed great interest in bilateral civil nuclear infrastructure engagement and formal cooperation in the fields of safety, security and safeguards, under the auspices of a bilateral imp [...]
2009-08-13 04:34:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY AORC KNNP OTRA AE
09ABUDHABI813UAE SUPPORT FOR IAEA FUEL BANK EFFORTS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-16 05:15:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALENRG KNNP IAEA PGOV AE
09ABUDHABI814UAE POLICY ON NPT REVIEW AND RELATED ISSUES
[...] (C) The information in this message is provided in response to reftel request: -- The UAEG takes a supportive approach to most international nonproliferation issues but its diplomatic impact is limited due to human resource constraints and a historically low-key approach to diplomacy. -- [...]
2009-08-16 06:39:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALENRG KNNP IAEA PGOV AE
09ABUDHABI827UAE NUCLEAR TENDER UPDATE
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Three international consortia are bidding on the UAE's nuclear power plant tender (reftels) valued at over USD 20 billion. KEPCO (now teamed with Westinghouse) appears to have the technical and commercial advantage, while Areva, teamed with Bechtel, is leveraging its French gov [...]
2009-08-19 11:40:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNENRG KNNP PGOV ECON ETRD AE
09ABUDHABI916"EXPANDING CHORUS ON IRAN" DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO UAE
[...] (C) DCM delivered reftel demarche to Emirati MFA Assistant Minister for Political Affairs Tariq Haidan. He urged the UAE to encourage Iran to engage in meaningful discussions with the P5+1 and respond to U.S. offers of engagement on its nuclear program. After discussing reftel points for GCC [...]
2009-09-16 13:37:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA AORC GCC MU QA IQ IR AE
09ABUDHABI953UAE NUCLEAR LAW PASSED; NUCLEAR REGULATOR CREATED
[...] (C) Summary: On October 4, UAE state news agency WAM announced that President Khalifa had signed Federal Law No. 6/2009 regarding Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy. Codifying the UAE's stated policy, Article 2 states "The design, development, construction and operation of facilities for enrichme [...]
2009-10-06 14:03:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALENRG KNNP PGOV ECON ETRD AE
09ABUJA1743NIGERIA: BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR 2010 NPT
[...] (C) In response to Reftel, Poloff discussed Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and disarmament issues with Foreign Ministry (MFA) First United Nations (UN) Division Director Maria Laose. The GON strongly supports the NPT, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT),Fissile Material Cuto [...]
2009-09-18 16:15:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PARM AORG UNGA IAEA NPT NI
09ABUJA1847NIGERIA PROFESSES LITTLE TO NO INFLUENCE WITH IRAN
[...] (C) PolOffs briefed Foreign Ministry (MFA) First United Nations Director Maria Laose October 6 on the outcome of Geneva talks with Iran (Ref A) and delivered a non-paper on Iran's covert uranium enrichment facility (Ref B). In response, Laose professed that her government had "no influence" w [...]
2009-10-08 07:28:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPARM KNNP MNUC IR NI
09ABUJA33NIGERIA:DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RATIFICATION OF
[...] (U) Charge d'Affaires Lisa Piascik delivered reftel demarche to Mr. Toyin Solaja, the incoming Director for North America and the Caribbean at the Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Abuja, during his courtesy call to the Embassy on January 8. CDA commended Nigeria for having an Additional [...]
2009-01-09 09:58:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC IAEA ENRG NPT PREL KNNP TRGY KTIA PARM
09ABUJA696 NIGERIA TO HEAD THE FORUM OF NUCLEAR REGULATORY BODIES IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On April 10, ESTHOff met with the Director General of the Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NNRA),Professor Shemsiden Elegba, who reported that he has been elected to chair the newly-formed Forum of Regulatory Bodies in Africa (FORBIA). The forum aims to harmonize and str [...]
2009-04-23 08:19:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP ENRG ECON PARM TRGY PTER PGOV KRAD NI
09ABUJA887NIGERIA: IRANIAN URANIUM DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (C) Polcouns and Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Maria Laose, Director of the Second United Nations (UN) Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on May 21. Laose formerly worked for the Nigerian mission to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna and is their point perso [...]
2009-05-21 17:43:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL PGOV NI
09ACCRA1077GHANA: BRIEFING ON OUTCOME OF P5+1 TALKS WITH IRAN
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche October 8 to Mrs Beatrice Brobbey, Director, International Organizations and Multilateral Bureau at the Ghana MFA, briefing Brobbey on the October 1 P5 1 talks, and asking Ghana to press Iran to fulfill the commitments it made in Geneva. We also urged Ghan [...]
2009-10-09 11:35:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IR GH
09ACCRA423GHANA RESPONSE TO IAEA DIRECTOR GENERAL ELECTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ghana offers strong support for Japanese candidate Yukiya Amano to be IAEA DG but does not give a definitive "yes". END SUMMARY 2. (U) Per reftel, PolOff Raymond Stephens delivered demarche to Dr. Kojo Assan, Director, International Organizations and Multilateral Bureau, Ghan [...]
2009-05-08 12:17:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALAORC IAEA KNNP PREL
09ACCRA583DEMARCHE DELIVERY ON INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR FUEL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Reftel demarche delivered to the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ghana appeared favorably disposed to supporting an open discussion at the IAEA regarding an international nuclear fuel bank, but gave no specific assurances of what steps the [...]
2009-06-19 13:20:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP ENRG TRGY
09ACCRA584IAEA REPORTS ON IRAN AND SYRIA DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-22 09:33:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP PARM IAEA MNUC IR SYR TRGY XA XY GH
09ACCRA968DEMARCHE ON IRAN CHORUS
[...] (C) Per reftel, PolOff delivered the demarche September 15 to Mrs. Perpetual Dufu, Deputy Director, International Organizations and Multilateral Bureau at the Ghana MFA. Dufu stated that Ghana supports the peaceful use of nuclear technology and will work with the IAEA to ensure that nuclear te [...]
2009-09-16 16:10:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR PREL AORC
09ADDISABABA357AU SUMMIT -- AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH SOUTH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 2, AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter met South African Foreign Minister Dlamini Dlamini-zuma on the margins of the African Union Summit. Their discussion focused primarily on the situation in Zimbabwe and touched on Sudan and Congo. Dlamini-zuma made tw [...]
2009-02-09 17:06:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV XA AU
09AITTAIPEI1416MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CHINA VISIT, PRESIDENT
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage December 2 on the city mayors' and county magistrates' elections around the island, which are scheduled to be held on December 5, and on the sudden resignation of Japan's representative to Taiwan. Several papers also repor [...]
2009-12-02 09:52:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09ALGIERS1043ALGERIAN RESPONSE TO EL-BARADEI REPORT ON SYRIA
[...] (SBU) Pol-Econ Chief on November 19 explained reftel points on the most recent IAEA Director General report on Syria to Hamza Khelif, head of the Sub-Directorate for Disarmament in the MFA's General Directorate for Political and International Security Affairs, and left him a copy of para 6 ref [...]
2009-11-23 12:35:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM KNNC IAEA SYR AG
09ALGIERS1048ALGERIA ON IAEA - IRAN NEXT STEPS
[...] (SBU) Pol-Econ Chief on November 19 explained reftel points on the IAEA case against Iran to Hamza Khelif, head of the Sub-Directorate for Disarmament in the Algerian MFA's General Directorate for Political and International Security Affairs. 2. (SBU) Saying he would refer the points to hig [...]
2009-11-25 06:28:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC IAEA IR AG
09ALGIERS195ALGERIA RESERVED ON MARCH 2 IAEA BOARD MEETING
[...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to MFA Deputy Director of International Security Issues Ali Alaoui on February 25. We underscored USG concerns regarding the IAEA reports on Iran and Syria and urged Algeria to make a strong national statement on both issues at the upcoming Board of Governors [...]
2009-02-25 16:52:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM IAEA MNUC IR SYR AG
09ALGIERS464ALGERIA LIKELY TO SUPPORT SOUTH AFRICAN IAEA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-11 11:03:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALAORC KNNP IAEA PREL AG
09ALGIERS749ALGERIA: NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE 2010
[...] (U) Per reftel, Embassy POC on NPT-related issues will be Michael Bosshart, Political and Economic Section Chief, as of September 1, 2009. 2. (U) We believe that much of Algeria's NPT-related policy is coordinated through Algeria's ambassador to the IAEA in Vienna, although some authority m [...]
2009-08-12 17:30:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDAORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
09ALGIERS822MIDDLE EAST ISSUES IN IAEA GENERAL CONFERENCE:
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-14 13:46:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALAORC PARM KNNP IAEA PREL IS EG AG
09ALGIERS824ALGERIA: DEMARCHE ON IAEA REPORTS ON IRAN AND
[...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief presented reftel demarche September 13 to Hamza Khelif, Deputy Director for Disarmament in the MFA's Office of Security and Disarmament. Khelif noted that as president of the IAEA Board of Governors, Algeria carried a special responsibility to be impartial and listen to all [...]
2009-09-14 16:32:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM IAEA MNUC IR SY TRGY AG
09ALGIERS839ALGERIA TO ENGAGE IRAN ON AMCIT DETAINEES
[...] (C) The Algerian MFA says that Algeria's Minister of Foreign Affairs would engage with his Iranian colleague on the margins of UNGA to help obtain the humanitarian release of U.S. citizens detained in Iran. It would also instruct its Ambassador in Geneva to work with the U.S. and Egyptian del [...]
2009-09-17 17:31:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALAG CASC IR KNNP MNUC PARM PHUM PTER
09AMMAN1319DEMARCHE DELIVERED: JORDAN SUPPORTS INTERNATIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-14 08:12:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA JO
09AMMAN1480CONFERENCE ADDRESSES NUCLEAR ENERGY AND NON-PROLIFERATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nuclear energy and non-proliferation experts discussed security challenges in the Middle East during the conference "Nuclear Proliferation and Nuclear Energy Security, Political and Economic Implications" held in Amman from June 22-24. Participants welcomed the call by President [...]
2009-07-01 11:05:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON TRGY KNNP PARM JO XF
09AMMAN1570JORDAN CREATES TASK FORCE TO FIND COMMON GROUND
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The Government of Jordan (GOJ) has created a high-level, interagency Task Force to consider USG-proposed changes on the bilateral 123 Nuclear Energy Cooperation Agreement (NCA). This development appears to be the result of the Ambassador going over Toukan's head and speaking [...]
2009-07-13 11:48:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNENRG KNNP ECON PGOV PREL JO
09AMMAN2114JORDAN: EXPANDING THE CHORUS ON IRAN, IAEA MIDDLE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-15 13:06:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR PREL AORC JO
09AMMAN2290JORDAN PRODUCES YELLOWCAKE AND SEEKS COOPERATION
[...] (C) Summary: Jordan's Atomic Energy Commission (JAEC) is keen on reaching a nuclear cooperation agreement with the United States even as it continues to sign similar agreements with other countries, most recently Argentina on September 22. JAEC also has had discussions with regional actors [...]
2009-10-14 08:04:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNENRG ECON EMIN TRGY KNNP PARM JO
09AMMAN469DEMARCHE DELIVERED: JORDANIAN VIEWS OF THE NPT
[...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points on February 5 to MFA nonproliferation pointman Khaled Takhayneh, seeking official comment on Jordan's goals regarding the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) and the upcoming review process. On February 18, PolOff met with Takhayneh, who offered a general [...]
2009-02-19 14:12:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALAORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
09ANKARA1033YOUR VISIT TO TURKEY
[...] (C) Admiral Stavridis: Welcome to Turkey. Your trip will underscore Turkey's status as an essential Ally in every existing NATO operation and in what we seek to accomplish in this region. 2. (C) Issues to Raise: -- Turkey's primary security focus remains its counter-insurgency effort a [...]
2009-07-20 12:18:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS MASS NATO TU
09ANKARA1317TURKEY: VIEWS ON THE LATEST IAEA REPORTS ON IRAN
[...] (C) We shared U.S. views on the latest IAEA reports on Iran and Syria (ref a) and passed the non-paper to MFA Deputy DG for Nonproliferation and Disarmement Ahmet Gun on September 8. Gun agreed that the measures undertaken by Iran at Arak and Natanz as signals of cooperation were minimalist, [...]
2009-09-09 10:54:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM IAEA MNUC TRGY PREL TU
09ANKARA1362TURKEY: MFA CONTENDS IT GAVE CLEAR MESSAGE TO IRAN
[...] (C) Late on September 14 the Ambassador met with MFA Under Secretary Sinirlioglu and delivered REF A points on Turkey's key role in expressing our shared concern about Iran's nuclear program, and the potential for an already delicate security situation to unravel. Sinirlioglu asserted that F [...]
2009-09-16 14:36:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR TU
09ANKARA1382TURKISH MFA: FM PRESSED IRAN ON ENGAGEMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 18 MFA's Department Head for Iran Korkut Gungen gave us a readout of FM Davutoglu's September 12-13 visit to Iran, noting that Davutoglu had raised the nuclear issue with each of his interlocutors (including a tete-a-tete with Ahmadinejad) and had pressed the GOI to [...]
2009-09-18 16:04:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR TU
09ANKARA1406TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-28 11:47:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1414TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-30 05:51:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1418TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-30 13:20:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1429TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-02 11:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1437TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-05 10:52:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1478TURKEY: ISN DELEGATION TWISTS ARMS, MAKES PROGRESS
[...] (C) During September 28 consultations with the Turkish interagency in Ankara, ISN DAS Eliot Kang and ISN/NESS Office Director Richard Stratford made a persuasive case for Turkey to join the growing consensus for new guidelines at the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) to prohibit the transfer of n [...]
2009-10-14 09:17:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PREL TU
09ANKARA1553TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-27 12:55:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1580TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-03 11:39:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1583WORKING ERDOGAN BACK INTO THE FOLD ON IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: During an October 21 meeting with MFA Undersecretary Sinirlioglu, the Ambassador challenged Prime Minister Erdogan's recent dismissal of international community allegations that Iran intends to acquire nuclear weapons as "gossip." The Ambassador emphasized Iran will be the singl [...]
2009-11-03 16:41:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MNUC TU IR
09ANKARA159TURKEY: NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT) POST
[...] Post POC for NPT-related isssues is Robert Lee in the Office of Political Military Affairs. He can be reached via e-mail at leerd@state.gov or leerd@state.sgov.gov or by phone at 90-312-457-7177. The GOT POC for NPT-related is Mustafa Yurdakul, Section Chief in MFA's Department for Nonproli [...]
2009-02-02 13:50:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP AORC ENRG MNUC PARM PGOV PREL IAEA
09ANKARA1601MORE COMMENTATORS QUESTION AKP FOREIGN POLICY
[...] (SBU) Among Turkish media commentators and academics, we are observing an increasing tendency to question the Erdogan/Davutoglu foreign policy's perceived goal of reorienting Turkey away from the West towards positions and a vernacular that appeal to the "Islamic street." Riza Turmen, a former [...]
2009-11-09 06:01:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV TU
09ANKARA1607AMBASSADOR BROACHES ANTI-US RHETORIC WITH BAYKAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with the Republican People's Party (CHP) Chairman Deniz Baykal on November 5 to confront him about his persistent use of anti-American rhetoric in speeches on otherwise purely internal matters. Baykal ducked and weaved, contending he is often misquoted. Bayk [...]
2009-11-09 10:47:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR TU
09ANKARA1608SCENESETTER FOR YOUR TRIP TO TURKEY
[...] (S) I look forward to welcoming you. Missile Defense is at the top of our crowded agenda with Turkey and the Turks are fully engaged. They will look for you to advance the discussions which were well begun by Sandy Vershbow and others both here in Ankara and at NATO. They will be looking fo [...]
2009-11-09 11:07:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPARM PREL NATO TU
09ANKARA1609TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-09 11:18:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1614TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-10 12:10:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1654TURKEY: A/S GORDON PRESSES FM DAVUTOGLU ON IRAN
[...] (S) Iran dominated A/S Gordon's 40-minute meeting November 12 with Foreign Minister Davutoglu. The FM had just gotten off the phone with El-Baradei and had discussed in detail the IAEA proposal to send Iran's low enriched uranium to Turkey. El-Baradei had said he would "call Washington" that s [...]
2009-11-17 17:08:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETKNNP PREL TU IR
09ANKARA1660TURKEY WANTS MORE INFORMATION ON ANGARSK RESERVE
[...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche to MFA Energy Department Head Berris Ekinci and Nonproliferation and Disarmament Section Head Mustafa Yurdakul on November 17. While noting no particular objections to the reftel information, Ekinci said the GoT will seek additional information about the prop [...]
2009-11-19 06:17:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP AORC IAEA ENRG TRGY
09ANKARA1665TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-19 11:55:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1704TURKEY/IRAN NUCLEAR: TURKEY STILL WORKING TRR
[...] (C) On November 25, DCM raised reftel points with MFA Deputy Undersecretary Engin Soysal. We delivered the same message to MFA Deputy DG for South Asia Burak Akcapar and Nonproliferation Section Head Mustafa Yurdakul. Soysal said that FM Davutoglu was planning to brief NSA Jones on his discu [...]
2009-11-25 16:33:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP IR TU
09ANKARA1707TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-01 13:03:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1712TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-02 14:53:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA284TURKISH VIEWS ON HANDLING IRAN AND SYRIA AT THE
[...] (C) UNVIE Senior Advisor Andrea Hall, accompanied by Mission Turkey officers, met February 17 in Ankara with Turkish IAEA Governor Hakan Fidan and separately with the GOT Nonproliferation Task Force chaired by MFA Nonproliferation and Disarmament Deputy Director General Ahmet Gun to encourage [...]
2009-02-23 12:24:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS KNNP IAEA TU IR SY
09ANKARA331ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-03 14:30:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA336CODEL WEXLER TELLS ANKARA THAT GAZA RESPONSE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Congressman Wexler's message to Turkey's leaders during his February 17-20 visit was blunt. He told President Gul, PM Erdogan, Chief of the Turkish General Staff (TGS) Basbug, PM Foreign Policy Advisor Davutoglu, MFA U/S Apakan, and other GOT, Parliamentary and opposition party [...]
2009-03-04 16:19:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER IS TU
09ANKARA387NSG - TURKEY WILLING TO TAKE THE CHAIR, UNLIKELY
[...] (C) Turkey's willingness to chair the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG - see reftel) is a welcome sign of its increasing engagement in international nonproliferation efforts, and we expect that, from a management standpoint, Turkey will be able to serve effectively as chair. We want to sound a not [...]
2009-03-16 15:33:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALKNNP TRGY ETTC MNUC PARM ENRG IAEA
09ANKARA4Turkey's Nuclear Energy Plans
[...] (U) This cable responds to Ref A request for information for the Civil Nuclear Working Group of the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee. Overview of Civil Nuclear Power Program --------------------------------------- 2. (U) The GOT conducted a tender in 2008 for construction and ope [...]
2009-01-02 16:18:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDECON ENRG ETRD TU
09ANKARA476ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-27 13:51:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA557ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-15 11:58:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA663TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-07 10:39:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA780SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF TURKISH FM DAVUTOGLU
[...] (S) Newly appointed Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu welcomes the opportunity to meet with you early in his tenure as Minister. Our continued willingness to engage the Turks at the highest levels reinforces the message that this administration considers Turkey a strategic partner. Turkish of [...]
2009-06-03 08:12:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PGOV PTER ENRG TU
09ANKARA839SCENESETTER: YOUR VISIT TO TURKEY
[...] (C) Dave, thanks for taking the time to come to Turkey. Building on President Obama's and Secretary Clinton's landmark visits earlier this year, your trip will further underscore our recognition of Turkey as an essential partner in practically every mission we seek to accomplish in this regio [...]
2009-06-17 08:34:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPREL PARM PTER TU
09ANKARA841TURKEY ON IAEA REPORTS ON IRAN AND SYRIA
[...] (C) The Ambassador met with MFA Undersecretary Ertugrul Apakan on Jun 12 and made reftel demarche, urging support for the IAEA reports on Iran and Syria. The Ambassador pressed for Turkey to make a strong national statement, calling on Iran and Syria to cooperate in a transparent manner with [...]
2009-06-17 15:11:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM IAEA MNUC TRGY
09ANKARA878TURKEY: IRANIAN PROTESTS: THE START OF A
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Based on reports from their embassy and consulates in Iran, the MFA described the ongoing demonstrations as the "start of a political revolution." The reaction of former President Rafsanjani and the "fractured" political elite in Iran will be one of the main determining factors f [...]
2009-06-23 15:10:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL IR TU
09ANKARA882TURKEY'S EXPLANATION FOR WEAK IAEA STATEMENT ON
[...] (C) On June 22, DCM met with Hakan Fidan, PM Erdogan's Foreign Policy Adviser and also Turkey's governor on the IAEA, to discuss Turkey's national statement on Iran. DCM expressed regret that the Turkish national statement did not call for Iran to provide transparency and access to the IAEA [...]
2009-06-23 16:17:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALKNNP AORC IAEA IR TU
09ANKARA893TURKEY: AMBASSADOR RAISES IRAN WITH FORMIN
[...] (S) Ambassador raised Iran with FONMIN Davutoglu and MFA U/S Apakan on the margins of a meeting February 23. Stating that we was speaking on his own and without instructions, Ambassador said that we was troubled by the Turkish statement regarding Iran at the June 15 IAEA board meeting (ref A) [...]
2009-06-24 14:24:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL AROC KNNP IAEA IR TU
09ANKARA959TURKEY: GETTING PAST "NO" ON NEW NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS
[...] (C) Summary: Our effort to persuade Turkey to change its view on supporting a "clean text" of guidelines on enrichment has continued after the Budapest NSG meeting in early June. Action Request: See Para. 7. End Summary 2. (C) DCM met with PM Erdogan's foreign policy advisor and IAEA Board [...]
2009-07-07 04:26:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG KNUC TU
09ANKARA960TURKEY: GETTING PAST "NO" ON NEW NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS
[...] (C) Summary: Our effort to persuade Turkey to change its view on supporting a "clean text" of guidelines on enrichment has continued after the Budapest NSG meeting in early June. Action Request: See Para. 7. End Summary 2. (C) DCM met with PM Erdogan's foreign policy advisor and IAEA Board [...]
2009-07-07 04:58:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG KNUC TU
09ASHGABAT1175TURKMENISTAN: EXPANDING THE CHORUS ON IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-15 10:39:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR PREL AORC TX
09ASHGABAT1402HUNGARIAN AMBASSADOR TO TEHRAN DISCUSSES "BURNING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Hungarian Ambassador to Iran Gyorgy Busztin met October 29 with Charge to share his views on the situation in Iran. Busztin said the protests marked a turning point for the country, because the government lost legitimacy and people felt the power they had to promote change. He s [...]
2009-11-02 12:24:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM IR TX
09ASHGABAT77TURKMENISTAN: ANNOUNCEMENT OF RATIFICATION OF THE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-16 10:03:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIEDAORC IAEA ENRG NPT PREL KNNP TRGY KTIA PARM
09ASHGABAT888TURKMENISTAN: U/S BURNS' MEETING WITH TURKMEN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During an hour and a half, wide-ranging discussion on July 10, Under Secretary for Political Affairs Bill Burns and Turkmen President Berdimuhamedov touched on regional issues, including Turkmen support for the stability of Afghanistan. Other participants in the meeting incl [...]
2009-07-16 10:14:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG PHUM PREL TX
09ASTANA1033 KAZAKHSTAN: BUSINESS AS USUAL IN THE URANIUM MINING
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 10-11, Energy Officer met with senior managers from Kazakhstan's national nuclear energy company Kazatomprom (KAP) and KAP's foreign partners in Almaty to discuss the impact of the Prosecutor General's ong [...]
2009-06-17 09:25:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR EMIN ENRG EINV ELAB KNNP KZ
09ASTANA1103 KAZAKHSTAN: SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY BURNS'S JULY
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Your visit to Astana is a key opportunity for engagement with the leadership of our most important partner in Central Asia. We have a robust bilateral relationship, with close cooperation on such critical issues as [...]
2009-07-02 11:33:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM ECON EPET KNNP AF RS KZ
09ASTANA1251 KAZAKHSTAN: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BOEHNER'S AUGUST 8-9
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Astana warmly welcomes your August 8-9 visit to Kazakhstan, which comes at a particularly opportune time. With its upcoming 2010 chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) [...]
2009-07-24 08:53:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV PHUM EPET KDEM KNNP KZ
09ASTANA1407 KAZAKHSTAN: SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY MORNINGSTAR
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Astana warmly welcomes your August 26-28 visit to Kazakhstan, which comes at a particularly opportune time. With its upcoming 2010 chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (O [...]
2009-08-18 07:25:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV KZ
09ASTANA1536 KAZAKHSTAN LIKELY TO BUZZ ON IRAN
[...] (C) During a September 16 meeting with Kazakhstani Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Umarov, the Ambassador delivered the talking points (ref) urging Kazakhstan to send a strong private message to Iran about its nuclear program, possibly during a bilateral meeting at UNGA. Umarov agreed to pass [...]
2009-09-17 08:43:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MNUC AORC KNNP IAEA UN IR KZ
09ASTANA1541KAZAKHSTAN: A KEY PARTNER ON NON-PROLIFERATION REF: A. A. ASTANA 00607 B. B. ASTANA 01090 C. C. ASTANA 01164 D. D. 08 ASTANA 01867 E. E. 08 ASTANA 01648 F. F. 08 ASTANA 01649 G. G. ASTANA 02232 H. H. ASTANA 00200 I. I. ASTANA 00623 J. J. STATE 76904 K. K. ASTANA 00521 L. L. 08 ASTANA 02298 M. M. 08 ASTANA 02316 N. N. ASTANA 00254 O. O. ASTANA 01536 Classified By: Ambassador Richard E. Hoagland, 1.4 (b/d)
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kazakhstan is a full and supportive partner of the United States on countering proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs). Kazakhstan actively participates in many international counter-proliferation organizations. Recently, it sought to enhance its role in non-proliferation [...]
2009-09-18 11:12:00Embassy AstanaSECRETPARM PGOV PREL ECON MNUC KNNP KZ
09ASTANA1627 KAZAKHSTAN: SCENESETTER FOR DOE DEPUTY SECRETARY PONEMAN
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Astana warmly welcomes your October 5-8 visit to Kazakhstan, which comes at a particularly opportune time. With its upcoming 2010 chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OS [...]
2009-09-28 01:55:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON ENRG EPET EINV KZ
09ASTANA1770CURRENT U.S.-KAZAKHSTANI NON-PROLIFERATION PROGRAMS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-02 12:12:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PARM ECON MNUC KNNP KZ
09ASTANA1886 KAZAKHSTAN: DEPUTY SECRETARY OF ENERGY'S BILATERALS
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman discussed cooperation on counter-proliferation and peaceful nuclear energy production with several of Kazakhstan's most influential non-proliferation policymakers during h [...]
2009-10-19 05:03:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PGOV PREL ECON MNUC KNNP KZ
09ASTANA1901 KAZAKHSTAN: DEPUTY SECRETARY OF ENERGY PONEMAN'S MEETING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: During an unusually warm and cordial meeting between Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman and State Secretary-Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev in Astana on October 7: -- Poneman pressed Kazakhstan to commit the required funding to finish fully the final step [...]
2009-10-21 09:17:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON ENRG EPET KNNP IAEA IR KZ
09ASTANA1944 KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON GLOBAL NUCLEAR ENERGY
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) We delivered reftel points to the MFA via diplomatic note on October 20. On October 29, the MFA informed us that our non-paper was forwarded to the Ministry of Energy and Minerals for consideration and did not yet have a res [...]
2009-10-30 07:17:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP IAEA KZ
09ASTANA1945 KAZAKHSTAN: NUCLEAR SUMMIT SHERPA AND SOUS-SHERPA
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Per reftel, on October 28, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed Post that Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Kairat Umarov will represent Kazakhstan as Sherpa at the Nuclear Security Summit Sherpa meeting in Tokyo on De [...]
2009-10-30 09:57:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PTER ENRG KNNP TRGY IAEA KZ
09ASTANA1951 KAZAKHSTAN: SCA DAS KROL DISCUSSES BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During an October 29 meeting, Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Umarov, SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary George Krol, and NSC's Director for Central Asia Kurt Donnelly discussed the upcoming Global Nuclear Security Su [...]
2009-11-03 02:48:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM ENRG KNNP OSCE KZ
09ASTANA2006 KAZAKHSTAN: SCENESETTER FOR FBI DIRECTOR ROBERT S.
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Astana warmly welcomes your November 17-18 visit to Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan has proven to be an increasingly reliable security partner and a steady influence in a potentially turbulent region. Although Ka [...]
2009-11-13 05:56:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINS SOCI KZ
09ASTANA2110 KAZAKHSTAN: SCENESETTER FOR INL ASSISTANT SECRETARY DAVID
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Astana warmly welcomes your December 9 visit to Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan has proven to be an increasingly reliable security and law enforcement partner and a steady influence in a potentially turbulent regi [...]
2009-12-04 04:50:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINS SNAR SOCI KZ
09ASTANA2202 KAZAKHSTAN'S VIEWS ON ITS NEIGHBORS
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert Blake thanked State Secretary-Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev and President Nazarbayev's foreign policy advisor Kairat Sarybai for Kazakhst [...]
2009-12-23 05:07:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ETRD ECON OSCE AF CH IN IR KZ
09ASTANA223KAZAKHSTAN'S PRIMARY POINTS OF CONTACT FOR THE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-06 08:58:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP AORC ENRG MNUC PARM PGOV PREL IAEA
09ASTANA2257KAZAKHSTAN'S INITIAL RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE TO PREVENT THE TRANSFER OF URANIUM TO IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-30 07:48:00Embassy AstanaSECRETPGOV PREL PARM MNUC KNNP IR JA KZ
09ASTANA2273KAZAKHSTAN STRONGLY DENIES REPORT OF POTENTIAL URANIUM TRANSER TO IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-31 07:44:00Embassy AstanaSECRETPGOV PREL PARM MNUC KNNP IR JA KZ
09ASTANA264KAZAKHSTAN: MFA OFFICIAL SAYS FM TAZHIN WILL BE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Former MFA Americas Department Director Talgat Kaliyev told Pol-Econ Chief on February 12 that Foreign Minister Tazhin will be replaced in the coming months. Kaliyev explained that he has been appointed to be Tazhin's advisor on OSCE issues. He said that Kazakhstan intends to p [...]
2009-02-13 09:41:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ECON KNNP OSCE IAEA KZ
09ASTANA297KAZAKHSTAN: MFA OFFICIAL URGES A POTUS VISIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a February 18 with Pol-Econ Chief, MFA Americas Department Director Askar Tazhiyev pressed for a POTUS visit to Kazakhstan in the near future. This would send a clear signal to Russia that the United States remains fully engaged in Central Asia, and would support Kazakhsta [...]
2009-02-19 10:30:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID ECON KNNP IAEA RS AF KZ
09ASTANA521KAZAKHSTAN: PREVENTION OF NUCLEAR SMUGGLING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The State Department's Preventing Nuclear Smuggling Program conducted a table-top nuclear smuggling exercise in Astana February 24-25. Almost 20 Kazakshtani officials from eight government agencies attended the event. Kazakhstan is currently finalizing a national nuclear smuggl [...]
2009-03-20 08:41:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL PTER MARR MNUC KNNP CH KZ
09ASTANA601KAZAKHSTAN: STATE SECRETARY SAUDABAYEV CONFIRMS
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 9. 2. (S) SUMMARY: State Secretary Kanat Saudabayev told the Ambassador on April 7 that Kazakhstan is willing to host the international nuclear fuel bank, just as President Nazarbayev had announced to the press on April 6. He said that the ba [...]
2009-04-07 12:35:00Embassy AstanaSECRETPGOV PREL PHUM MARR KNNP IAEA AF IR KZ
09ASTANA604KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR SARYBAY SAYS
[...] (S) SUMMARY: On April 8, Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Kairat Sarybay gave the Ambassador a readout of President Nazarbayev's April 6 meeting with Iranian President Ahmadinejad. Sarybay said that Ahmadinejad appeared to welcome President Obama's April 5 Prague speech. Ahmadinejad main [...]
2009-04-08 10:14:00Embassy AstanaSECRETPREL PGOV CASC MARR KNNP IAEA AF IR KZ
09ASTANA607KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENT NAZARBAYEV DISCUSSES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad visited Astana April 6-7, where he met with President Nazarbayev, participated in several ceremonial events, and gave a speech at a local university. During a joint press conference following the Nazarbayev-Ahmadinejad meeting, Ahmadinejad d [...]
2009-04-08 11:32:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EINV ENRG EPET ETTC KNNP IR KZ
09ASTANA638 KAZAKHSTAN: MFA REASSURES VISITING SCA/CEN DIRECTOR THAT
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: MFA Americas Department Director Askar Tazhiyev told visiting SCA/CEN Director Tom Hushek on April 8 that Kazakhstan is committed to upholding ODIHR's mandate during its 2010 OSCE Chairmanship. Tazhiyev explained [...]
2009-04-14 11:47:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE KNNP TU KZ
09ASTANA674KAZAKHSTAN: SCENESETTER FOR FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Kazakhstani Foreign Minister Marat Tazhin's May 4-5 visit to Washington is the Obama Administration's first opportunity for face-to-face engagement with the leadership of our most important partner in Central Asia. We have a robust bilateral relationship with Kazakhstan, with cl [...]
2009-04-21 11:45:00Embassy AstanaSECRETPREL PGOV PHUM ECON EPET KNNP AF RS KZ
09ASTANA982 KAZAKHSTAN: CHINESE AMBASSADOR COMMENTS ON KEY FOREIGN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 5, Chinese Ambassador Cheng Guoping hosted the Ambassador for dinner at the restaurant on the 23rd floor of a striking new hotel built in Astana and owned by the Chinese National Petroleum Company. During a fascinating, wide-ranging, three-hour tour d'horizon, the Chinese Amb [...]
2009-06-08 10:08:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EPET AF GG RS IR KN ZK KZ
09ATHENS138NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT): GREECE POCS
[...] (SBU) Post provides in paragraph 2 contact information for Embassy Athens and the Greek government for issues related to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT). Post will transmit by septel a substantive response to other reftel requests for information prior to the February 20 deadline. I [...]
2009-02-02 14:16:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
09ATHENS1431Greece: IAEA General Conference
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Greece agrees with us that a single resolution on the Middle East is a smart goal for the IAEA General Conference, but is skeptical about Arab flexibility, given the previous year's close vote. Greece hopes for a unified EU position at the GC, and along with other EU members is p [...]
2009-08-18 13:17:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALAORC PREL PARM KNNP IAEA GR
09ATHENS1461GREEK VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF SEPTEMBER GYMNICH
[...] (SBU) On September 2 PolOff delivered reftel Gymnich backgrounder and points to Niki Kambas of the Greek MFA Directorate for Common Foreign and Security Policy. Kambas noted that, overall, she does not foresee any big changes from the "usual positions" for issues on the agenda and said Greece [...]
2009-09-04 12:30:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALEUN GR PGOV PREL
09ATHENS1479GREECE WILL FOLLOW EU CONSENSUS ON MIDDLE EAST ISSUES AT
[...] (C) Pol-Mil Chief delivered Reftel A points to the MFA's Disarmament Sub-Section Head Loukas Tsokos on September 16. Tsokos reiterated the Greek position, as detailed in Reftel B, noting that Greece continues to believe that a single Middle East resolution is desirable, and that Greece will [...]
2009-09-16 11:29:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALAORC PARM PREL KNNP IAEA GR
09ATHENS1511Embassy Athens Engages with GoG on Iran
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Athens' Front Office and Political Section have engaged with our Greek partners from the highest levels to the working level at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in order to expand our dialogue on Iran. Characterizing the Iranian regime as weak, Greek interlocutors maintain [...]
2009-09-25 14:15:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNGA IAEA KPAL IR IS GR
09ATHENS1577Greece on Iran: Wants More Information on Additional
[...] (C) In the latest in a series of meetings on Iran, PolCouns and PolOff met 10/16 with representatives from the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs A6 Middle East and D1 International Organization directorates to give a readout of the P5+1 October 1 meeting, underscore the need for vigilance in mo [...]
2009-10-26 13:43:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPARM PREL PGOV ENRG IR GR UNGA IAEA RS PHUM
09ATHENS1651ASD VERSHBOW'S GREEK BILATS: AEGEAN/TURKEY, NATO, ISAF,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings November 16 with the Prime Minister's Diplomatic Advisor Dimitris Paraskevopoulos and MFA Secretary General Ioannis-Alexis Zepos following his participation in the High Level Consultative Committee (reftel),Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Sec [...]
2009-11-20 15:27:00Embassy AthensSECRETPREL PGOV MARR NATO GR TU MK ZL AF RS IR
09ATHENS230GREECE AND NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT)
[...] (SBU) We discussed ref B points and request for information on Greek views on the current Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) review cycle with the Greek POC on NPT matters, MFA D1 Directorate Second Counselor Loukas Tsokos (contact information in ref A),on February 2 and again on February [...]
2009-02-20 14:40:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
09BAGHDAD1284IRAQ CONFIRMS SUPPORT FOR AMANO AS IAEA DIRECTOR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-17 03:04:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP AORC IAEA IZ
09BAGHDAD1869A PREVIEW OF IRAQ FM ZEBARI'S TRIP TO THE U.S. -
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with FM Hoshyar Zebari to discuss his upcoming trip to the U.S. FM Zebari noted that he had asked the Iraqi permanent mission at the UN to request a meeting with the U.S. permanent representative during his July 12-15 stay in New York; he looks forward to his [...]
2009-07-10 14:20:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC IZ KU EG TU
09BAGHDAD1961IRAQ'S NEW ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 9. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) The Council of Ministers (CoM) signed an order in April 2009 establishing the Iraqi National Atomic Energy Commission, an inter-ministry commission mandated to provide coordination and advice regard [...]
2009-07-20 10:45:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALTPHY SENV TRGY TSPL PARM ENRG KGIT KNNP KSCA
09BAGHDAD2463SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN TO
[...] (S/NF) Mr. Vice President, your upcoming trip to Iraq comes at an important time in Iraq's political calendar. As the Islamic month of Ramadan draws to a close, Iraqi political leaders are furiously at work negotiating potential alliances in advance of the January 2010 parliamentary elections [...]
2009-09-12 14:13:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL ENRG KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD2762FM ZEBARI DEMARCHED ON IRAN, COMMENTS ON
[...] (C) Summary: In an October 12 meeting, A/DCM delivered the (reftel) points relating to the P5 1 talks with Iran to FM Zebari. Zebari responded with a brief readout from a recent meeting with Iranian President Ahmedinajad, suggesting that Iran will not immediately comply with P5 1 demands. [...]
2009-10-14 12:34:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IZ TU SY
09BAGHDAD3124IRAQ'S ACTING NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER ON THE MEK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a November 25 meeting with Post's Iran Watchers (IW),Dr. Safa Al-Shaykh (Da'wa party),the GOI's Acting National Security Adviser (A/NSA),said the GOI's policy on the Mujahideen-e-Khalq (MEK) is dictated largely by domestic and regional (vice international) political cons [...]
2009-12-02 07:35:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER IR IZ
09BAGHDAD3187GOI AND USG FURTHER DIALOGUE ON CHAPTER VII ISSUES
[...] (SBU) Summary: On December 9, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Senior Policy Adviser, Ambassador Fareed Yasseen, and MFA Policy Planner Sarhad Fatah, engaged in a video-conference with a six-member pre-JCC technical group at the Department of State in Washington and the U.S. Mission to the United [...]
2009-12-12 08:37:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL IZ KU
09BAGHDAD3311A/S FELTMAN, PM ADVISOR DISCUSS CHAPTER VII
[...] (C) Summary: NEA A/S Jeffrey Feltman told PM Advisor December 17 that the U.S. is committed to a long-term partnership with Iraq. Rikabi welcomed the commitment but signaled frustration about the lack of progress on some issues and called for the two sides to establish some "milestones" and [...]
2009-12-22 15:13:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF IZ KU
09BAGHDAD3340PM ADVISOR ON PRESIDENCY COUNCIL, IHEC, ADDITIONAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Advisor Sadiq Rikabi told A/DCM December 21 that according to the Iraqi constitution, the Presidency Council would expire with the current government and that any constitutional fix to extend it would be extremely difficult. He expressed uncertainty about whether the Presiden [...]
2009-12-27 12:44:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM UNSC KJUS IZ SY
09BAGHDAD3367FOLLOW UP ON THE WMD DEMARCHE AT MFA, BORDER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior MFA officials December 29 responded positively to follow-up on the WMD points contained in ref A. They seemed initially to favor the second option presented, pursuing a Security Council resolution that would automatically terminate Chapter VII WMD restrictions under UNSC [...]
2009-12-30 12:49:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC IZ
09BAGHDAD419IRAQ MAKING ENCOURAGING PROGRESS ON NUCLEAR CLEAN-UP
[...] (SBU) The Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) took EconOffs, MNFI, and two visiting Texas Tech University (TTU) Professors on a walking tour of the Tuwaitha Nuclear Research Facility (TNRF) February 9 to assess the progress of MoST's nuclear facility dismantlement and disposal project. T [...]
2009-02-18 07:40:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALTPHY SEVN TSPL PARM ENRG KGIT KNNP KSCA ENRG
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN226DEMARCHE RESPONSE: EXPANDING THE CHORUS ON IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-18 08:33:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanCONFIDENTIALKNNP UNGA PARM IAEA PREL AORC BX
09BANGKOK1407 THAILAND'S RESPONSE TO INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR FUEL BANK
[...] (SBU) On June 10, Econoff delivered reftel demarche talking points to Mr. Pakawat Srisukwattana of the Peace, Security, and Disarmament Division; Department of International Organizations; Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. (SBU) Mr. Pakawat stated that the Royal Thai Government (RTG) is plann [...]
2009-06-11 00:25:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA TH
09BANGKOK2278THAI THOUGHTS ON NPT REVIEW AND HOPES FOR BANGKOK
[...] (C) We met September 4 with Cherdkiat Atthakor, Director of the MFA's Peace, Security and Disarmament Division, to discuss reftel questions regarding the NPT review cycle. Cherdkiat welcomed President Obama's prioritization of non-proliferation concerns and of arms control. The approach was a [...]
2009-09-08 09:31:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALAORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
09BANGKOK2505Thailand Hopes for Nuclear Power by 2020
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Thailand's 2007-2021 Power Development Plan (PDP) calls for nuclear production of electricity by 2020. Newly-revised goals call for 1,000 MW from nuclear power in each of four years beginning in 2020, which would account for about five percent of total electricity use. Author [...]
2009-10-01 08:47:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIAEA TRGY ENRG TH
09BANGKOK3010 Thai Civilian Nuclear Energy Program: Renewed Focus and
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In spite of anticipated community protests, Thailand appears committed to developing its civilian nuclear energy and research programs. The Royal Thai Government's (RTG) Office of Atoms for Peace (OAP) hosted the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) earlier this month to di [...]
2009-11-25 10:38:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIAEA TRGY ENRG TH
09BEIJING1013APRIL 16 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: NORTH KOREA, HOLBROOKE VISIT,
[...] Key points at the April 16 MFA press briefing: -- China has "taken note" of reports that International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors have been expelled from North Korea. -- Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke "exchanged views on issues of common interest [...]
2009-04-16 22:47:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PARM KNNP KWBG IAEA EFIN AMED CH KS KN
09BEIJING1067APRIL 21 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: UN CONFERENCE ON RACISM,
[...] Key points at the April 21 MFA press briefing: -- China "regrets to see some countries did not attend" the UN Conference on Racism. -- China is ready to play a constructive role in the Middle East and hopes relevant parties follow UN resolutions and use diplomacy to achieve "the peaceful c [...]
2009-04-21 22:43:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM ENRG KPAL IAEA SENV CH EG IS JA RS
09BEIJING1113IRANIAN OFFICIAL ADDRESSES BEIJING AUDIENCE ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A visiting Iranian Atomic Energy Agency official told an invited audience of some 30 PRC government officials, Chinese academics, and foreign diplomats (including PolOff) April 23 that Iran considered the attainment of nuclear energy a main policy goal, and argued that sanction [...]
2009-04-24 11:18:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH IS
09BEIJING1120U.S. UNVIE AMBASSADOR SCHULTE AND PRC DG CHENG
[...] (C) In Beijing to represent Energy Secretary Chu at the April 20-24 International Nuclear Energy Ministerial, U.S. Ambassador to UNVIE Greg Schulte met with MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Director General Cheng Jingye on April 22. Ambassador Schulte complimented DG Cheng for Chi [...]
2009-04-27 06:22:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC IAEA CH IR NK
09BEIJING1515CHINA CONSIDERING INCREASE IN THE INTERNATIONAL
[...] PolOff delivered ref A demarche encouraging China to support a significant real increase in the IAEA regular budget and to move costs associated with nuclear security into the regular budget to Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division Deputy Director Zhang Shen on June 5. Zhan [...]
2009-06-05 08:38:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL AORC ENRG KNNP IAEA CH
09BEIJING1516IAEA FUEL BANK ISSUE: CHINA SUPPORTS FULL
[...] PolOff delivered reftel demarche encouraging China to support a full and open discussion of fuel bank assurances at the June 15-18 IAEA Board of Governors meeting, including advocating with other countries to do the same, to Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division Deputy Direc [...]
2009-06-05 08:41:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA CH
09BEIJING1662PRC/IRAN: HU-AHMADINEJAD MEETING; ELECTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: An MFA official reported that President Hu Jintao told Iranian President Ahmadinejad on the margins of the SCO Summit that Iran needed to show flexibility, take advantage of the opportunity to engage with the United States, and help the international community oppose nuclear prol [...]
2009-06-18 14:04:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH
09BEIJING1803PRC/IRAN: SCHOLAR ON ELECTION'S TIANANMEN ECHOES,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: According to a senior Chinese academic, Beijing was handling coverage of the contested Iranian elections carefully in light of potential comparisons by ordinary Chinese of the unrest to the leadership split that lead to the June 4 Tiananmen massacre. Our contact said that Beijin [...]
2009-06-30 11:12:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH
09BEIJING18262009 U.S.-CHINA DEFENSE CONSULTATIVE TALKS (DCT),
[...] (C) During a discussion on advancing the U.S.-PRC Dialogue on Nuclear Policy and Strategy as part of the 10th U.S.-China Defense Consultative Talks (DCT),Lieutenant General Ma Xiaotian responded to a U.S. presentation on the Defense Department's Nuclear Posture Review (NPR),Ballistic Missil [...]
2009-07-01 01:16:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MOPS CH TW
09BEIJING18352009 U.S.-CHINA DEFENSE CONSULTATIVE TALKS (DCT),
[...] (C) During U.S.-China Defense Consultative Talks June 24, 2009, Michele Flournoy, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (USDP) presented the U.S. perspective on the situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan, stressing the importance of China's role in the region. PRC military officials perceived [...]
2009-07-01 06:14:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MOPS EAID IR AF PK
09BEIJING1911SCENESETTER FOR DOE SECRETARY CHU VISIT TO CHINA
[...] (SBU) Secretary Chu, Chinese leaders are eagerly looking forward to your visit to China and to engaging you on issues of energy, climate change and science, among others, that will help determine the quality of life of the Chinese and American people over the next few decades. Your visit come [...]
2009-07-08 23:06:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL PGOV ECON PARM MARR SENV ENRG KGHG CH
09BEIJING2438PRC/IRAN: SCHOLAR SUGGESTS U.S. NEGOTIATE SE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The unstable post-election political climate in Iran likely precludes the initiation of formal negotiations with Iran on ceasing its uranium enrichment program, according to a PRC scholar. Though Iran is sincere in wishing to reach out to the United States on broader bilateral i [...]
2009-08-25 09:41:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH
09BEIJING2593CHINA: NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE REPORTING REQUEST
[...] (C) Below, please find Embassy Beijing's responses to reftel questions in preparation for the 2010 Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conference (RevCon). -- What is the host government's general attitude towards CTBT, FMCT, NPT, and U.S.-Russian arms control efforts? What factors influence its [...]
2009-09-10 09:26:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PGOV UNGA
09BEIJING2679P-3 NPT AND FMCT DRAFT AGENDA DELIVERED TO CHINA
[...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche outlining a draft agenda for a discussion of Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) and Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty (FMCT) issues at the upcoming P-3 meeting in Washington on September 18 to Zhang Hongliu of MFA's Arms Control and Disarmament Department General Po [...]
2009-09-18 03:53:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDAORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
09BEIJING2787DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PRC STRESSES ROLE OF IAEA,
[...] (C) China hopes the IAEA will investigate reports of Iran's covert uranium enrichment facility near Qom according to its mandate, according to MFA Department of Arms Control and Disarmament Nuclear Division Deputy Director Shen Jian. In response to reftel points on the Qom facility, Shen stres [...]
2009-09-28 10:43:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP MNUC PARM CH IR
09BEIJING2932PRC/IRAN: PREMIER WEN PUSHES RAHIMI ON DIALOGUE;
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On the margins of Shanghai Cooperation Organization high-level meetings October 15, PRC Premier Wen Jiabao urged Iranian First Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi to move forward with direct talks with the United States and offered PRC support to do so, according to an MFA offici [...]
2009-10-22 12:03:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH
09BEIJING2934OCTOBER 22 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: PIRATES, CHINA-INDIA, REBIYA
[...] Key points at the October 22 MFA press briefing: -- The Chinese Government remained concerned about the security of the 25 member crew of the De Xin Hai and an "all-out rescue effort" was ongoing. -- China and India were both emerging countries and had common interests that would benefit f [...]
2009-10-22 00:54:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM PARM CH IR IS AF IN JA
09BEIJING2958MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA MILITARY RELATIONS, NORTH KOREA,
[...] U.S.-CHINA MILITARY RELATIONS "Increasing trust, eliminating doubts, and friendly cooperation" The official Communist Party People's Daily (Renmin Ribao) (10/24)(pg 3): "Major General Qian Lihua, Director of the Foreign Affairs Office at the Ministry of National Defense, said that since P [...]
2009-10-25 08:53:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2978DOE DEPUTY SECRETARY DISCUSSES INTERNATIONAL
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Department of Energy (DOE) Deputy Secretary (DEPSEC) Daniel Poneman met privately with the head of China's National Energy Administration (NEA) ZHANG Guobao on the margins of the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) Ministerial in Beijing on October 23. The two discussed the [...]
2009-10-26 09:09:00Embassy BeijingSECRETENERG ECON ETTC TRGY KNNP IAEA KTIA CVIS CH
09BEIJING2980OCTOBER 27 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: CHINA-AFRICA COOPERATION,
[...] Key points at the October 27 MFA press briefing: -- China would deepen ties with Egypt and promote China-Africa and China-Arab ties at the early November Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt -- China hoped relevant parties would q [...]
2009-10-26 22:57:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM PARM EAID CH IR IS AF IN JA
09BEIJING2984MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA MILITARY RELATIONS, U.S. SPACE
[...] U.S.-CHINA MILITARY RELATIONS "U.S. and Chinese military shake hands at the Pentagon" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(10/28)(pg 1): "During the visit of Chinese military leaders to the U.S., the U.S. opened up rarely-seen, secret m [...]
2009-10-27 09:55:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3060SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S TRIP TO CHINA
[...] (C) Mr. President, China's leaders view your upcoming travel to Shanghai and Beijing as the single most important visit to China by a foreign leader this year. As we have heard repeatedly, President Hu Jintao and the senior leadership are committed, as are we, to making your meetings and prog [...]
2009-11-05 11:08:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV CH ECON IR KN MARR MNUC OVIP PARM PHUM
09BEIJING3095DOE DEPUTY SECRETARY DISCUSSES NEW NUCLEAR ENERGY
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Department of Energy (DOE) Deputy Secretary (DEPSEC) Daniel Poneman met privately with Keisuke TSUMURA, the Parliamentary Secretary for Science and Technology in Japan's Cabinet Office, and Shunsuke KONDO, the Chairman of Japan,s Atomic Energy Commission (AEC),on the margins of [...]
2009-11-12 23:37:00Embassy BeijingSECRETENERG ECON ETTC TRGY KNNP IAEA KTIA CVIS CH
09BEIJING3096GNEP BEIJING MINISTERIAL - AGREEMENT TO CONSIDER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: China--led by National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Vice Chairman and National Energy Administration (NEA) chief ZHANG Guobao--hosted the third Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) Executive Committee meeting on October 23 in Beijing. The U.S. delegation was le [...]
2009-11-13 00:33:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON ETTC TRGY KNNP IAEA KTIA CVIS CH
09BEIJING3113NATO DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL IN BEIJING
[...] (C) Summary: In Beijing November 9-12 for the NATO-China dialogue, NATO Deputy Secretary General Ambassador Claudio Bisogniero briefed the Chinese on NATO's New Strategic Concept effort, operations in Afghanistan, and relations with Russia, Central Asia, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization [...]
2009-11-13 09:25:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR MASS MNUC PHSA MOPS AF PK IR
09BEIJING3141IAEA: CHINA TENTATIVELY SUPPORTS ANGARSK NUCLEAR
[...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche encouraging China to support an anticipated Russian resolution to create a nuclear fuel reserve at Angarsk, Russia, during the November 26-27 IAEA Board of Governors meeting to Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division Director Zhang Shen o [...]
2009-11-20 00:33:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AORC TRGY ENRG KNNP IAEA CH
09BEIJING3142IAEA: CHINA DESIRES SYRIAN COOPERATION WITH IAEA
[...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche and nonpaper requesting active Chinese support in pressing Syria to change its confrontational course and fully cooperate with the ongoing IAEA investigation of its nuclear program to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division Director Zha [...]
2009-11-20 00:33:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPARM IAEA KNNP CH SY
09BEIJING3172SCENESETTER FOR UNDERSECRETARY BURNS' TRIP TO CHINA
[...] (C) Undersecretary Burns, the President's November 15-18 visit to Beijing and Shanghai advanced the conversation with the Chinese on issues of high priority to the United States, particularly global economic recovery, North Korea, Iran and Afghanistan, climate change and proliferation. Your vi [...]
2009-11-25 08:26:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MNUC PARM PHUM CH AF PK IR
09BEIJING3211DECEMBER 1, 2009 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: COPENHAGEN
[...] Key points at the December 1 MFA press briefing were: -- At the 12th China-EU Summit in Nanjing, President Hu met with EC President Jose Manuel Barroso and other EU leaders and discussed climate change, sustainable development, and joint responses to the financial crisis. -- China believes [...]
2009-12-01 11:40:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM ECON SENV PHSA CH EUN KN RP XK
09BEIJING3237DECEMBER 3, 2009 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: CLIMATE CHANGE,
[...] Key points at the December 3 MFA press briefing were: -- China believes developing countries such as China and India do not have an "obligation" to binding initial carbon reduction targets. -- China hopes to cooperate and sustain the momentum on dialogue with the United States regarding Ce [...]
2009-12-03 11:32:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM MNUC MARR SENV CH AF IR CA RS
09BEIJING3239DECEMBER 3, 2009 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: CLIMATE CHANGE, SOUTH
[...] Key points at the December 3 MFA press briefing were: -- China believes developing countries such as China and India do not have an "obligation" to binding initial carbon reduction targets. -- China hopes to cooperate and sustain the momentum on dialogue with the United States regarding So [...]
2009-12-04 03:03:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM MNUC MARR SENV CH AF IR CA RS
09BEIJING3312UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' DECEMBER 9, 2009
[...] (SBU) December 9, 2009; 3:45 p.m.; Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Beijing 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- Under Secretary Burns Amb. Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., Embassy Beijing David Shear, EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Laura Rosenberger, Special Assistant to the Under Secretary [...]
2009-12-11 10:07:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL MNUC SENV PARM CASC
09BEIJING3313UNDER SECRETARY BURNS MEETING WITH CCID DIRECTOR
[...] (C) Under Secretary Burns met with Director of the Chinese Communist Party's Central Committee International Liaison Department (CCID) Wang Jiarui December 9 to discuss U.S.-China cooperation on North Korea and Iran. Wang said that the "ideal outcome" of Special Representative for North Korea Polic [...]
2009-12-11 10:22:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MNUC PGOV KN IR CH
09BEIJING3414SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MURRAY
[...] (SBU) Senator Murray, your delegation will arrive in Beijing and Shanghai two months after President Obama's November 15-18 visit to China. Overall, the Chinese leadership is pleased with the direction of U.S.-China relations and your hosts will likely frame this session of U.S.-China Interpa [...]
2009-12-21 10:36:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV PHUM ECON CH TW IR NK
09BEIJING439CHINA SHARES NPT PREPCOM AND REVCON PRIORITIES
[...] (SBU) Summary: PolOff discussed reftel questions regarding China's priorities for the upcoming Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) third Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) and 2010 NPT Review Conference (RevCon) with MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division Deputy Director [...]
2009-02-20 08:53:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM MNUC AORC DCG ENRG KNNP PREL PGOV UNGA
09BEIJING478CHINA REACTS TO IAEA REPORTS ON IRAN AND SYRIA
[...] (S) PolOff delivered reftel demarche on the IAEA's recent reports on Iran and Syria to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division Deputy Director Zhang Shen on February 25. As instructed, PolOff requested China's support for a strong P5 1 statement demanding Iran's full and [...]
2009-02-25 07:35:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM KNNP IAEA MNUC TRGY IR SY CH
09BEIJING548CHINA URGED NOT TO DELIVER A NATIONAL STATEMENT ON
[...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche urging China to not deliver a national statement on Iran at the IAEA Board of Governors meeting to MFA Department of Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division Deputy Director Shen Jian on the morning of March 4. Shen noted previous receipt [...]
2009-03-04 06:53:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPARM EMIN TRGY ETTC MNUC KNNP PREL CH IR
09BEIJING560PRC/IRAN: CHINA SEEKS CLARITY ON U.S. IRAN POLICY,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: China is keen to understand the direction of U.S. policy toward the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and is willing to facilitate dialogue between the two sides, according to an MFA official. China remains committed to the P5-plus-1 process but values its bilateral engagement with [...]
2009-03-04 12:55:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH
09BEIJING58PRC: DASD SEDNEY DISCUSSES MIL-MIL, IRAN, TAIWAN
[...] (S) In a December 19 meeting with Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense David Sedney emphasized the need for improving U.S.-China military-to-military relations and stressed that single issues should not interfere with dialogue between the United States an [...]
2009-01-08 09:49:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL MARR MASS PARM PTER CH TW IR PK IN KN
09BEIJING972PRC/IRAN: BEIJING URGES TEHRAN TO RESPOND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese officials have urged Iran to respond positively to an invitation to meet with the P5-plus-1 grouping, according to the MFA. The Chinese told the Iranian Ambassador to China April 9 that the United States reiterated Iran's right to peaceful use of nuclear energy and that I [...]
2009-04-13 10:28:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH
09BEIRUT1066GOL NOT LIKELY TO MAKE STATEMENTS ABOUT IRAN'S
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-29 12:00:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM KNNP MNUC LE IR
09BEIRUT87LEBANON: SIGNING ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL AGREEMENT
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points and text of the USG announcement of the U.S.- IAEA "Additional Protocol" ratification to Oussama Khachab, Head of the Americas Desk at the Lebanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),and Nada Akl, First Secretary in the Department of International Organiza [...]
2009-01-21 16:21:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ENRG IAEA KNNP KTIA MNUC NPT PARM PGOV
09BELGRADE1112SERBIA: UPDATE ON DEFENSE AND SECURITY ISSUES
[...] (SBU) As the Serbian government begins its second year in office, it is inching closer to NATO at an almost imperceptible rate - naming an ambassador after months of delay and slowly implementing the Security Agreement - while searching for ways to increase its involvement in regional grouping [...]
2009-09-25 17:33:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MARR PREL SR
09BELGRADE141SERBIA ASKED ABOUT NPT RELATED ISSUES
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-17 09:49:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDAORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA IAEA
09BELGRADE42SERBIA INFORMED OF RATIFICATION OF IAEA ADDITIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-14 08:13:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIAEA PREL MNUC PGOV SR KNNP PARM
09BELGRADE842EXBS: SERBIA, ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - JULY, 2009
[...] BROAD AREAS OF INTEREST TO ADVSORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS -- The initial set of technical systems definition requirements for the Montenegrin Maritime Surveillance System integrated software package has been submitted for the further development of an RFQ. This system should provide a "fu [...]
2009-08-11 14:53:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP PBTS SNAR KCRM SR BK
09BERLIN1004GERMANY: UPDATED POINTS OF CONTACT FOR NPT-RELATED
[...] Per ref A request, please note that the key points of contact for NPT-related issues in the German MFA remain Arms Control and Disarmament Office Director Nikolai von Schoepff (240-RL@diplo.de) and his deputy Stefan Kordasch (240-0@diplo.de). Both can be reached at tel. 0049-30-5000-4268. E [...]
2009-08-14 17:13:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDAORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
09BERLIN1021GERMANY: VIEWS ON IRAN SANCTIONS AND PRELIMINARY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-21 15:43:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALAORC PREL PARM KNNP IAEA EG IS GM
09BERLIN1112(C) IAEA: GERMANY READY FOR IRAN SANCTIONS; WANTS
[...] (C) Summary. On September 8 poloff informed MFA IAEA lead Hans-Peter Hinrichsen that the U.S. was delivering reftel demarche to all IAEA Board Members. Hinrichsen shared copies of the EU and E3 statements to be released that day (see paragraphs 12 and 13). Hinrichsen asked for the USG to in [...]
2009-09-10 10:04:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALAORC PREL PARM KNNP IAEA EG IS GM
09BERLIN1143GERMANY ALREADY "IN THE CHOIR" ON IRAN
[...] (C) The Ambassador called German MFA Political Director Stanzel September 15 to discuss reftel on expanding the chorus on Iran. Stanzel thanked the Ambassador for the update and said Germany agreed with our message and was taking similar action with only subtle differences. Stanzel added t [...]
2009-09-16 15:31:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR PREL AORC
09BERLIN1169NPT REVCON: GERMANY UNDERSCORES NEED TO REASSURE
[...] (C) Summary. Post addressed ref A questions about German positions on non-proliferation in refs B & C. During subsequent meetings, German officials have also emphasized the need to overcome NAM suspicions that non-proliferation efforts are veiled attempts to infringe on NPT Article IV rights. [...]
2009-09-21 10:42:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALAORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL IAEA
09BERLIN1199MEDIA REACTION: GERMANY, IRAN, ECONOMIC, GUANTANAMO,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Germany) Outcome of Bundestag Elections 3. (Iran) New Enrichment Plant 4. (Economic) Aftermath of G-20 Summit 5. (U.S.) Closure of Guantnamo 6. (Honduras) Escalation of the Situation  [...]
2009-09-28 13:08:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM IR ECON US HO
09BERLIN1242MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, OLYMPICS, NIDEAST, EU; Berlin
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict 3. (Olympics) Impact on Obama Administration 4. (Mideast) Goldstone Report 5. (Ireland) Aftermath of Irish Vote On Lisbon Treaty  [...]
2009-10-05 13:29:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IR US XF EU
09BERLIN1244OCT. 7 IRAN MEETING: GERMANY COMMITTED TO
[...] (S) SUMMARY. The German Chancellery's Deputy National Security Advisor equivalent, Nikel, stressed to the DCM, in an October 1 meeting, that Chancellor Merkel remained committed to pursuing serious sanctions should Iran not cooperate on the nuclear dossier. However, both Nikel and MFA offici [...]
2009-10-05 14:27:00Embassy BerlinSECRETKNNP MNUC PARM UNSC PREL IR ETTC GM
09BERLIN1251MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN, EU, ECONOMIC,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict 3. (Pakistan) Islamabad Bomb Attack 4. (Afghanistan) Future Strategy 5. (EU) Future of Lisbon Treaty 6. (Economic) IMF/World Bank Meeting 7. (U.S.) Economic Policy 8. (U.S.) No Obama-Dalai Lama Meeting  [...]
2009-10-06 11:54:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IR PK AF EU US
09BERLIN126GERMANY: POINTS OF CONTACT FOR NPT-RELATED ISSUES
[...] The key points of contact for NPT-related issues in the German MFA are Arms Control and Disarmament Office Director Nikolai von Schoepff and his deputy Stefan Kordasch. According to von Schoepff, Director General for Arms Control and Disarmament Peter Gottwald, is likely to lead the German de [...]
2009-02-02 16:48:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDAORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
09BERLIN1276GERMANY INVITED TO WASHINGTON EXPERTS AND TOKYO
[...] (SBU) Econoff provided reftel information to MFA Desk Officer for Nuclear Energy and Non-proliferation Dr. Bernd Rinnert. Rinnert thanked Econoff for the points and stated that the German Sherpa for the Nuclear Security Summit will be Ambassador Viktor Elbling, Commissioner for Nuclear Energy [...]
2009-10-13 16:14:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC ENRG PREL PTER TRGY IAEA
09BERLIN1310MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, SUDAN
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Iranian Talks in Vienna 3. Afghanistan Election Fraud 4. New U.S. Policy on Sudan  [...]
2009-10-20 12:25:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM IR AF SU
09BERLIN1320MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, VP BIDEN IN EUROPE,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Iranian Nuclear Program 3. VP Biden in New Europe 4. Guantanamo 5. Climate Protection 6. Afghanistan  [...]
2009-10-22 13:00:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO AF US PL IR GM
09BERLIN1364MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, AFGHANISTAN MIDEAST, IRAN, EU,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) Bomb Attack, U.S. Strategy 3. (Afghanistan) Karzai Brother on CIA Payroll 4. (Mideast) Clinton Visit 5. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict 6. (EU) Future President 7. (U.S.-Germany) Relations 8. (Environment) Climate Talks [...]
2009-10-29 13:15:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO AF XF IR EU GM KGHG
09BERLIN142SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MCCAIN/LIEBERMAN TO MUNICH,
[...] (U) Mission Germany is delighted to welcome you to Munich for the 45th Munich Security Conference (MSC). The high profile U.S. delegation is eliciting extreme interest from the MSC's international participants, among them more than 70 heads of state or government, and foreign and defense min [...]
2009-02-04 11:48:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAFIN AMGT ASEC OREP PGOV PREL GM
09BERLIN143SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR JOHN KERRY, CHAIRMAN OF
[...] (U) Mission Germany is delighted to welcome you to Munich for the 45th Munich Security Conference (MSC). The high profile U.S. delegation is eliciting extreme interest from the MSC's international participants, among them more than 70 heads of state or government, and foreign and defense min [...]
2009-02-04 11:57:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAFIN AMGT ASEC OREP PGOV PREL GM
09BERLIN1449MEDIA REACTION: POTUS IN CHINA, BURMA, CLIMATE,
[...] Lead Stories 2. U.S.-Chinese Relations 3. U.S.-Burmese Relations 4. APEC--Climate Protection 5. Iranian Nuclear Conflict 6. Future of Guant namo Prisoners 7. Strategy on Afghanistan  [...]
2009-11-16 13:08:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO KGHG GM US AF BM CH IR
09BERLIN1487MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, U.S., AFGHANISTAN, U.S.-CHINA,
[...] Lead Stories 2. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict, Maneuvers 3. (U.S.) Healthcare Reform 4. (Afghanistan) U.S. Arming Local Militias 5. (U.S.-China) Relations 6. (Climate) Copenhagen Conference 7. (EU) Future Leadership  [...]
2009-11-23 12:07:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IR US AF KGHG EU
09BERLIN1489IRAN: GERMANY, FRANCE, UK CONSIDERING JOINT
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points on Iran's nuclear program and the next steps to German MFA Iran Task Force Director Andreas Krueger. Krueger thanked Poloff for the information that the US would be delivering the points in IAEA capitals and said Germany, France and the UK were currently d [...]
2009-11-23 13:46:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL
09BERLIN1493GERMANY ECHOES USG ON IAEA SYRIA REPORT
[...] (C) On November 20, MFA IAEA/Syria lead Robert Siegfried told poloff that Germany was in agreement with reftel points regarding Syria's engagement with the IAEA. Siegfried expected the EU declaration on Syria to be in line with the concerns voiced by the IAEA. Moreover, it would re-emphasize [...]
2009-11-24 08:10:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPARM IAEA PREL KNNP SY GM
09BERLIN1501ANGARSK NUCLEAR FUEL BANK: GERMANY CONCERNED ABOUT
[...] (C) Germany is supportive the ref A Angarsk nuclear fuel reserve proposal, but would prefer text changes that address concerns about "conditions of supply" and "market neutrality" before pledging co-sponsorship. Econoff met with MFA Desk Officer for Nuclear Energy and Non-Proliferation, Dr. [...]
2009-11-24 16:55:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY RS PK IN IS JP KS
09BERLIN1512MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, RUSSIA, SWITZERLAND,
[...] Lead Stories 2. (Afghanistan) Upcoming Presidential Speech 3. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict 4. (Russia) Train Derailment 5. (Switzerland) Ban to Build New Minarets 6. (Dubai) Financial Crisis 7. (China) Monetary Policy 8. (Germany) Demjanjuk Trial  [...]
2009-11-30 12:02:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR AF IR RS SZ ZP CH GM
09BERLIN1521MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, RUSSIA, CLIMATE, WTO,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) President Obama's Address 3. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict 4. (Russia) Medvedev's Security Initiative 5. (Climate) Copenhagen Conference 6. (Economic) WTO 7. (Economic) Dubai's Financial Problems, Implications  [...]
2009-12-02 11:39:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR AF IR RS KGHG ETRD ZP
09BERLIN187GERMANY: 2010 NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE MUST SUCCEED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: There is a great deal of interest in Germany -- in the government, the Bundestag, the press, and among the NGO and think tank community -- about the upcoming Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) and Review Conference (RevCon). Interlocutors insist the 20 [...]
2009-02-13 15:00:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALAORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
09BERLIN228GERMANY ANXIOUS FOR RESULTS AT NEXT WEEK'S
[...] (C) PolOff delivered ref points to Martin Langer, head of the MFA's IAEA Unit in the Nuclear Arms Control (REF 240) Division on February 24. Langer noted that Germany shares many of our views and concerns about Iran's and Syria's refusal to work with the IAEA and the nature of those contries' [...]
2009-02-24 16:46:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALIAEA KNNP MNUC PARM IR GM SYR TRGY
09BERLIN264GERMANY'S THREE-PRONGED APPROACH TO RETURNING HEU
[...] (C) This is an action request, please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Germany is exploring the mechanics of returning Russian-origin Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU) that is currently stored at the Rossendorf Research Reactor in the German state of Saxony to Russia. German Foreign Ministry [...]
2009-03-05 16:46:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKNNP TRGY IAEA RS GM
09BERLIN384MEDIA REACTION: POTUS VISIT, G20, U.S.-RUSSIA, AFGHANISTAN,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. POTUS Visit to Europe 3. G20 Summit 4. Obama-Medvedev Meeting 5. The Hague Conference on Afghanistan 6. New Israeli Government 7. Arab League Summit 8. Chodorkovsky Trial  [...]
2009-04-01 12:53:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US RS AF IR IS QA XG
09BERLIN424(C) GERMANY SAYS CYPRUS WILL BLOCK TURKEY FROM NSG
[...] (C) According to Germany, the current Chair of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG),Cyprus will block Turkey's candidacy to chair the NSG in 2010. Germany has been in direct contact with Nicosia and Ankara on this impasse and stated that the Cypriots, primary objection to Turkey's NSG Chairman [...]
2009-04-09 14:25:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALENRG ETTC IAEA KNNP PARM TRGY TU CY GR HU GM
09BERLIN425GERMANY PLEASED WITH USG ROLE ON ROSSENDORF
[...] (C) Summary: Germany welcomed the USG's quick and helpful response offering assistance regarding the return and subsequent reprocessing of Russian-origin highly enriched uranium (HEU) from Saxony's Rossendorf nuclear research facility back to Russia. On March 25, EconOff met with German MFA [...]
2009-04-09 14:43:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALENRG KNNP OTRA TRGY IAEA RS GM
09BERLIN443MEDIA REACTION: GMOs, Bagram, DPRK, Iran, Cuba, Thailand
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Germany) Ban on GMOs 3. (U.S.) Bagram Prisoners 4. (North Korea) Six-Party Talks 5. (Iran) Nuclear Program 6. (U.S.-Cuba) Relaxation of Sanctions 7. (Thailand) Revolution Cancelled  [...]
2009-04-15 12:06:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US CU MD SO IT RS UP GG KG
09BERLIN52(S) GERMANY REQUESTS USG INFORMATION REGARDING
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 5. 2. (S) On January 13, MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Nancy Reck provided Global Affairs Officer with a German-language nonpaper requesting quick-turn information from the U.S. regarding the transfer of nuclear technology to Chin [...]
2009-01-14 16:41:00Embassy BerlinSECRETENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY PK CH GM
09BERLIN565GERMANY NON-COMMITAL ON NEXT ROUND OF VOTING FOR
[...] (C) PolOff delivered ref points to Martin Langer, head of the MFA's IAEA Unit in the Nuclear Arms Control (REF 240) Division on May 15. Langer noted that Germany shares many of our views regarding Amano's candidacy for the IAEA's Director General position, and supported him in the last round o [...]
2009-05-15 10:47:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALIAEA KNNP MNUC PARM IR GM
09BERLIN662IAEA ELECTION OF DIRECTOR GENERAL: GERMANY STILL
[...] (S) Unable to reach Foreign Minister Steinmeier, Charge delivered the points in ref A to MFA State Secretary Peter Ammon on June 3, urging Germany to continue supporting Yukiya Amano in the next round of voting for Director General of the IAEA. Ammon took the points on board, but deferred a s [...]
2009-06-03 13:47:00Embassy BerlinSECRETAORC KNNP IAEA PREL GM
09BERLIN693GERMAN MFA SKEPTICAL ON IAEA BUDGET INCREASE AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The German MFA, like the Economics Ministry, has strong doubts about the proposed increase in the 2010-2011 IAEA budget. The MFA prefers a zero-growth budget and believes the IAEA could fulfill its current mission and any additional responsibilities by simply being more efficien [...]
2009-06-10 12:41:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALAORC ENRG IAEA KNNP PREL UN GM
09BERLIN702GERMAN MFA CLAIMS INTERAGENCY VICTORY ON
[...] (C) Summary: The German MFA claimed it had resolved German interagency dissent regarding its proposed transfer of spent nuclear research fuel to Russia for reprocessing (ref A). The MFA also outlined its vision of the USG role in the Berlin meetings, hoping for public USG support of the tran [...]
2009-06-11 13:25:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALENRG KNNP OTRA TRGY IAEA RS GM
09BERLIN708GERMAN VIEWS ON JUNE 15-16 EU GAERC MEETING
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany believes that the recent successful elections in Lebanon, which appear to have been conducted without undue Syrian influence, open the door to the signing of the updated EU-Syria Association Agreement (AA),perhaps as early as September. According to the German MFA, only [...]
2009-06-12 16:45:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN XF CU AF PK ZL BM GM
09BERLIN709IAEA REPORT ON SYRIA: GERMANY DECLINES TO DO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-12 17:16:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM IAEA MNUC IR SY TRGY
09BERN108NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT): SWISS
[...] (C) Summary: The Swiss government generally believes that the U.S. Administration has outlined a "good agenda" for the NPT, particularly with regard to disarmament and arms control issues. Switzerland has sponsored UN resolutions on de-alerting nuclear weapons, and will continue to do so. Fo [...]
2009-03-11 16:31:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPARM MNUC KNNP AORC PREL UNGA IAEA SZ
09BERN213SWITZERLAND'S VOTING PLAN IN IAEA DIRECTOR GENERAL
[...] (C) Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) Director for Arms Control and Disarmament, Andreas Friedrich, told poloff on May 11 in response to reftel demarche that Switzerland would most likely support the election of Yukiya Amano of Japan as Director General in the upcoming IAEA e [...]
2009-05-12 11:55:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALSZ IAEA KNNP AORC PREL
09BERN243SWITZERLAND NOT SUPPORTIVE OF IAEA BUDGET INCREASE
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered the reftel message on June 4 to Jean-Daniel Praz, Deputy Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Section of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA),and the FDFA's point-of-contact for IAEA issues. Praz said that the GoS has a general policy of advocating [...]
2009-06-05 16:51:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC ENRG IAEA KNNP PREL UN SZ
09BERN253NUCLEAR FUEL BANK: SWISS FAVOR COMMERCIAL SUPPLY
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel message June 4 to Jean-Daniel Praz, Deputy Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Section of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA),and the FDFA's point-of-contact for IAEA issues. Praz said that, while not opposed in principle to the idea of a n [...]
2009-06-15 16:16:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM ENRG KNNP TRGY IAEA
09BERN362NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT) REVIEW
[...] (C) Summary: The Swiss government strongly supports entry into force of the CTBT, negotiations on a verifiable FMCT, and efforts to reinforce the NPT, particularly with regard to disarmament and arms control issues. The Swiss welcome U.S.-Russian nuclear disarmament negotiations, and are con [...]
2009-08-31 22:38:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALAORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
09BERN371SWISS VIEWS ON THE LATEST IAEA REPORTS ON IRAN AND
[...] (C) Summary: The Swiss share our general analysis of the IAEA reports on Iran and Syria. They are curious to know how the recent P5-plus-1 Political Directors meeting and "package" proposal announced by Tehran might affect the calculus with Iran. The main point of contact for IAEA issues at [...]
2009-09-04 17:32:00Embassy BernSECRETPARM KNNP IAEA MNUC PREL SY IR SZ
09BERN505IAEA BOG: SWISS VIEWS REGARDING IRAN, SYRIA, AND
[...] (C) Summary: Poloff discussed messages in reftels on November 24 with Andreas Friedrich, Head of the Arms Control and Disarmament Section of the Federal Department for Foreign Affairs (FDFA),and with Jean-Daniel Praz, Friedrich's deputy and FDFA point-of-contact for IAEA issues. Friedrich an [...]
2009-11-24 16:52:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPARM IAEA KNNP SY IR SZ
09BERN92IAEA REPORTS ON IRAN AND SYRIA
[...] (C) Acting POL/E Counselor conveyed the reftel message on February 26 to Andreas Friedrich, Head of the Arms Control and Disarmament Section of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (EDA). Friedrich said that he expected that Switzerland will make national statements at the March 2-6 [...]
2009-02-27 18:17:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPARM IAEA KNNP MNUC IR SYR TRGY SZ
09BISHKEK1056KRYGYZSTAN: EXPANDING THE CHORUS ON IRAN
[...] (C) The Ambassador delivered REFTEL points to Kyrgyz Prime Minister Igor Chudinov on September 17. Chudinov took note of the points but made no substantive comment. Ambassador will follow up with the Foreign Minister. GFOELLER [...]
2009-09-18 04:15:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR PREL AORC KG
09BOGOTA2964IAEA MIDDLE EAST DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-16 15:34:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AORC PARM KNNP IAEA EG IS CO
09BOGOTA2965COLOMBIA SHARES OUR IRAN CONCERNS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-16 15:35:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA AORC IR CO
09BOGOTA330BOGOTA RESPONSE TO NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY
[...] On January 30, Post delivered all points in reftel to Patricia Cortes, Director of the MFA's Office of U.S. and Canadian Affairs. Cortes told us that the Colombian Government's point of contact for NPT related issues will be Nhora Quintero, Coordinator for Disarmament in the MFA. The Embassy [...]
2009-02-03 20:29:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ENRG MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA KNNP CO
09BOGOTA3439DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. POSTURE ON IRAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-25 19:27:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL CO IR
09BRASILIA1038VISIT OF WMD COORDINATOR SAMORE TO BRASILIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. NSC WMD Coordinator Gary Samore visited Brasilia August 6-7 to hold discussions with senior Brazilian officials on North Korea, Iran and strengthening international nonproliferation and disarmament efforts. Samore approached the Brazilians as potential partners in nonprolifera [...]
2009-08-20 18:25:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALKNUP PARM PREL NPT IAEA MNUC BR
09BRASILIA1141BRAZIL: VIEWS ON PROPOSED NUCLEAR FUEL BANKS - INTERESTING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Brazil is interested in discussing further the proposals for nuclear fuel banks. In particular, it has concerns about possibly restricting a country's right to nuclear technology for peaceful purposes and also about under what criteria a country could draw on [...]
2009-09-14 19:13:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY BR
09BRASILIA1170BRAZIL ON IRAN: A SOFT VOICE IN THE CHORUS
[...] (C) Summary. Brazilian MRE Undersecretary for Political Affairs Roberto Jaguaribe, recently returned from a diplomatic mission to Tehran, told Charge D'Affaires on September 16 that additional dialogue rather than sanctions will be most the most effective means of pressuring Iran to develop [...]
2009-09-18 15:10:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR PREL AORC BR
09BRASILIA1186BRAZILIAN VIEWS ON THE LATEST IAEA REPORTS ON IRAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Government of Brazil (GOB) is concerned about Iran's and Syria's nuclear activities and wants all parties to work with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to answer the outstanding questions. The GOB does not see the latest IAEA reports on these countries as closin [...]
2009-09-23 16:39:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM IAEA MNUC IR SY TRGY PREL BR
09BRASILIA1228BRIEFING ON OUTCOME OF P5+1 TALKS WITH IRAN IN
[...] (C) Post delivered the reftel message October 5 to Ministry for External Relations (MRE) Director for Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies Santiago Mourao. Mourao was well informed on the issue but was curious about the details of the proposal to provide fuel for the Teheran Research React [...]
2009-10-06 20:32:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP MNUC PARM BR
09BRASILIA1230QOM REPORT GETS THE BRAZILIANS THINKING
[...] (C) Summary. During an October 1 meeting with poloff, Ministry of Foreign Relations (MRE or Itamaraty) Central Asia (including Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India) Director Ricardo Luis Pires Ribeiro da Silva acknowledged that the September 24 report to the IAEA on the Qom nuclear facility ch [...]
2009-10-07 17:30:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KNNP BR IR
09BRASILIA1261BRAZIL: SCENESETTER FOR OCTOBER 27-30 VISIT OF SPECIAL REP
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The visit of the Special Representative of the President for Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Ambassador Susan Burk, comes at an important time. Brazil is reviving its long dormant civilian and military nuclear energy programs. It closed down its nuclear weapons program in 1990 and j [...]
2009-10-23 18:54:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP IAEA ENRG ETTC BR
09BRASILIA1299NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION HEAD D'AGOSTINO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Following up on the August meeting between Gary Samore from the National Security Council and General Jorge Felix, Minister of the Brazilian Cabinet for Institutional Security (GSI),the Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA),Thomas D'Agostino, ha [...]
2009-11-06 12:45:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PREL NPT IAEA MNUC PARM BR
09BRASILIA1300BRAZIL ON AHMADINEJAD, IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM, AND
[...] (U) Paragraphs 2 and 8 contain Mission Brazil action request. 2. (C) Summary and Action Request. With Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's November 23 visit approaching, President Lula has not adopted a position on the IAEA (P5 1) Geneva proposal or the Iran nuclear program as a whole [...]
2009-11-06 12:54:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL KIRF KNNP CVIS BR IR
09BRASILIA1320AMB. SUSAN BURK MEETS WITH BRAZILIANS IN PREPARATION FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During meetings in Brasilia on October 28, Special Representative of the President for Nuclear Non-proliferation Susan Burk garnered support from Brazilian counterparts for the U.S. approach to the 2010 Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) review conference. The Brazilian Ministry of [...]
2009-11-16 14:26:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALKNNP IAEA ENRG BR
09BRASILIA1341DEMARCHE RESPONSE: MANAGING THE VISIT OF IRANIAN
[...] (C) Summary. CDA met separately November 18 with Brazilian Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Under Secretary for Political Affairs II (Asia) Roberto Jaguaribe and Foreign Policy Advisor in the Presidency Marcel Biato to deliver demarche regarding the November 23 visit to Brazil of Iranian [...]
2009-11-20 18:21:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL AORC CASC BR IR
09BRASILIA1368AHMADINEJAD VISIT READOUT: A WELL-SCRIPTED AFFAIR
[...] (SBU) This message covers our initial readout of the visit to Brazil by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Follow-up messages will be sent once we obtain a more in-depth readout of the conversation between President Lula and President Ahmadinejad. Summary ------- 2. (C) President [...]
2009-11-25 19:06:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM AORC CASC BR IR
09BRASILIA1370NUCLEAR FUEL BANKS - BRAZIL THINKS THE IDEA IS PREMATURE
[...] (SBU) On November 25, Science Counselor discussed the proposal for establishing a nuclear fuel bank (per REFTELS B and C) with the Director of Brazil's Ministry of External Relations' (MRE) Department of Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies, Minister Santiago Mourao. As indicated in REFTEL [...]
2009-11-27 09:45:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY RS BR
09BRASILIA1371BRAZIL ON IRAN AT IAEA: NOT SUPPORTIVE OF P5+1 TABLING
[...] (C) Science Counselor discussed reftel points and key messages on November 25 with Santiago Mourao, the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations' (MRE) Director of the Division for Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies. A very well-informed Mourao said that Brazil still does not have a positi [...]
2009-11-27 09:48:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL IAEA IR BR
09BRASILIA1447WHA A/S VALENZUELA RECEIVED BY EAGER BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) Summary. On his first visit to Brazil as Assistant Secretary, Arturo Valenzuela was received December 14 by senior government officials eager to minimize differences and demonstrate their interest in working with the USG on a range of topics. Meetings with the Presidential Foreign Policy A [...]
2009-12-29 17:16:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL BR
09BRASILIA180UNDERSTANDING BRAZIL'S FOREIGN MINISTRY, PART 2:
[...] (C) Summary: As Brazil takes an increasingly prominent place on the international stage, its Foreign Ministry, known widely as Itamaraty after its headquarters building, finds itself in a difficult transition, with new institutional challenges. Itamaraty is struggling to meet President Lula's [...]
2009-02-12 20:11:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON OIIP BR
09BRASILIA196BRAZIL RESPONSE TO INQUIRIES ABOUT VIEWS ON NUCLEAR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Brazilian Ministry of Exterior Relations (MRE) Director of the Division for Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies, Minister Santiago Mourao, to stressed that Brazil would like to see a consensus document come out of the 2010 Review Conference concerning the Nuclear Nonproliferat [...]
2009-02-13 19:33:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALAORC CDG ENRG KNNP PARM UNGA IAEA NPT BR
09BRASILIA201KEY BRAZILIAN NUCLEAR OFFICIAL DISCUSSES POSSIBLE WAY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On February 4, Othon Pinheiro, Director-President of Eletrobras Termonuclear S.A., briefed the Ambassador on a new concept for indirect monitoring rather than intrusive inspections as a way to provide the IAEA with assurances about the nature of Brazil's nuclear activities. This [...]
2009-02-17 18:40:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALENRG IAEA KNNP TRGY ETTC AR BR
09BRASILIA202 BRAZIL'S REVISED CLIMATE CHANGE NEGOTIATING TEAM AND VIEWS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Brazilian climate change negotiating team for 2009 is significantly different than the one for 2008. Most importantly, Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Under Secretary for Policy Everton Vargas (who is going to Germany) will be replaced as head of the team by Ambassado [...]
2009-02-17 19:46:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KGHG EAGR EFIN ECON BR
09BRASILIA403BRAZIL-UK: ECONOMIC CRISIS, CLIMATE ARE KEY ITEMS AT LULA-BROWN MEETING
[...] (C) In a meeting with Ambassador Sobel March 28, British Ambassador to Brazil Alan Charlton provided a readout of the March 26 meeting between Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Charlton said that the economic crisis was the principal topic o [...]
2009-03-31 21:00:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN SENV ECON EAID KNNP BR UK PARM
09BRASILIA599NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION: BRAZIL MAY SOFTEN ON IAEA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. It appears that an internal turf battle between Brazil's Defense and External Relations Ministries led to Defense Minister Nelson Jobim's refusal to cooperate with the IAEA's request to interview a Brazilian scientist over his book on nuclear weapons. Minister Jobim now recognize [...]
2009-05-11 21:19:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALENRG KNNP TRGY ETTC IAEA BR AR
09BRASILIA605IAEA ELECTIONS: BRAZIL APPEARS POISED TO THROW ITS HAT IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Post delivered demarche (REFTEL A) about USG support for the Japanese candidate Amano to become the new Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and reasons why Brazil should do so too. Nonetheless, Brazil will support the South African candidate Minty. [...]
2009-05-13 13:28:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALAORC PREL KNNP IAEA ENRG ETTC JA SF BR
09BRASILIA616 BRAZILIAN SCIENTIST'S BOOK ON NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS OFFERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-15 17:34:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC ENRG IAEA KNNP TRGY BR
09BRASILIA643 (S/NF) BRAZILIAN SCIENTIST'S BOOK ON NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
[...] (S/NF) Dalton Ellery Barroso, a Brazilian scientist working for the Ministry of Defense, has written a book entitled "The Physics of Nuclear Explosives" ("A Fisica dos Explosivos Nucleares"). Post has found that this book is offered for sale to the general public through an online Brazilian b [...]
2009-05-19 20:05:00Embassy BrasiliaSECRET//NOFORNAORC ENRG IAEA KNNP TRGY BR
09BRASILIA679BRAZILIAN FOREIGN MINISTER - AND POSSIBLE CANDIDATE FOR IAEA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: There have been press reports that Brazil's Minister for Exterior Relations Celso Amorim wants to be a candidate to become the next Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Although Amorim has denied any interest in the IAEA job, the persistence of the [...]
2009-05-28 20:04:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL ENRG ETTC EPET EINV KNNP IAEA IR BR
09BRASILIA698BRAZIL -IAEA DEMARCHES ON BUDGET AND INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR
[...] (SBU) On June 4, Post delivered the two demarches and provided the referenced non-papers in REFTELS concerning the June 15-19 meeting of the Board of Governors (BOG) of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to the Ministry of External Relations' (MRE) Division of Disarmament and Sensiti [...]
2009-06-04 18:34:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC ENRG IAEA TRGY KNNP NPT PREL UN BR
09BRASILIA700BRAZIL -IAEA DEMARCHES ON BUDGET AND INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR
[...] (SBU) On June 4, Post delivered the two demarches and provided the referenced non-papers in REFTELS concerning the June 15-19 meeting of the Board of Governors (BOG) of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to the Ministry of External Relations' (MRE) Division of Disarmament and Sensiti [...]
2009-06-04 18:34:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC ENRG IAEA TRGY KNNP NPT PREL UN BR
09BRASILIA702BRAZIL: MINOR LEAK AT ANGRA II NUCLEAR REACTOR; NO SERIOUS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Brazilian National Commission on Nuclear Energy (CNEN) reported that a minor accident at the Angra II nuclear reactor on May 15 led to a small leak of low levels of radiation. CNEN tell Post that they have reviewed the situation and have decided to maintain the current poli [...]
2009-06-04 19:34:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP IAEA BR
09BRASILIA716BRAZIL: CONGRESSIONAL HEARING ON WEAKNESSES IN MONITORING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At May 14 hearings before the Brazilian Chambers of Deputies expert witnesses disagreed over the seriousness and accuracy of the criticisms contained in a recent report by the Brazilian government accountability office (Tribunal de Contas da Uniao) finding faults and irregulari [...]
2009-06-05 15:50:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP IAEA ETTC EINV IR BR
09BRASILIA759BRAZIL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED IAEA BOARD OF GOVERNORS
[...] (SBU) On June 12, Environment, Science, Technology and Health (ESTH) Officer delivered the information and questions contained in REFTEL to Fabio Antibas, Deputy Director of the Ministry of Exterior Relations' Division of Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies. 2. (SBU) Mr. Antibas received [...]
2009-06-16 19:43:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PARM IAEA MNUC IR SYR TRGY BR
09BRASILIA773BRAZIL'S LULA: NO FRAUD IN IRANIAN ELECTION
[...] (C) Summary: In reaction to the protests following the Iranian presidential elections, President Lula went beyond the usual Brazilian platitudes about not commenting on the internal affairs of other countries and defended the legitimacy of the vote in Iran while reiterating his invitation to A [...]
2009-06-18 19:27:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IR BR
09BRASILIA960BRAZIL: SCENESETTER FOR AUGUST 4-6 VISIT OF
[...] (C) Summary: The relationship between the United States and Brazil is as productive and broad-based as it has ever been in recent decades, the result of the cordial personal connection already established between President Obama and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, which is building on [...]
2009-08-04 12:21:00Embassy BrasiliaSECRET//NOFORNPREL BR
09BRATISLAVA98NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY PREPCOM - SLOVAK
[...] (SBU) Summary. Poloff discussed reftel points briefly with Milan Ciganik, Director for Disarmament, OSCE and Counter-Terrorism at Slovakia's MFA. If the EU is able to find a common position for the third Preparatory Committee Meeting (PrepCom),Slovakia will take that position. Differences bet [...]
2009-02-27 07:19:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC CDG ENRG KMNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
09BRUSSELS1248BELGIAN VIEWS AND DECISION-MAKING ON
[...] Summary: Policy-making on non-proliferation and disarmament issues in Belgium is concentrated in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, under the direction of Werner Bauwens, Special Envoy for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation. Final decisions on policy are made in consultation with Minister of Fo [...]
2009-09-16 15:27:00Embassy BrusselsSECRETAORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
09BRUSSELS1263EXPANDING THE CHORUS ON IRAN
[...] (SBU) USEU Poloff met on 9/18 with EU Council Secretariat official Lene Lindholdt Hove to discuss EU efforts to broaden the chorus on Iran. Hove noted that EU member states' Foreign Ministers UNGA statements on Iran had been coordinated, the first time the EU had pre-coordinated its message o [...]
2009-09-18 17:17:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR PREL AORC PTER EUN
09BRUSSELS1270UNDER SECRETARY TAUSHCER TO EU: BE READY TO
[...] (C//NF) Summary: Under Secretary Ellen Tauscher's September 1 visit to Brussels was an important opportunity to reinforce to the EU that Iran has until September 24, between the start of UNGA and the G-20 meeting in Pittsburgh, to respond to the U.S. and P5 1 offers to negotiate on the nucl [...]
2009-09-21 14:18:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPARM ETTC PREL XF IR EUN
09BRUSSELS1271UNDER SECRETARY TAUSCHER DISCUSSES
[...] (SBU) Summary: On September 1, during her first trip to Europe as Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security, Ellen Tauscher held separate meetings on non-proliferation and disarmament issues with the EU's envoy for non-proliferation, Annalisa Giannella, EU Council Director [...]
2009-09-21 14:19:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL XF EUN ETTC
09BRUSSELS1301U.S.-EU TROIKA CONSULTATIONS ON DISARMAMENT AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The semi-annual U.S.-EU Troika consultations on disarmament and nonproliferation took place on September 9, 2009. The two sides were generally on the same wavelength on key armation issues. ISN DAparticular that the EU crt in this area, so that Egypt could not say nothing had [...]
2009-09-25 14:15:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR PREL AORC PTER EUN XF
09BRUSSELS1354EU OFFICIALS REQUEST INFORMATION ON SANCTIONS
[...] (SBU) On September 29 USEU officers delivered reftel points on the Iranian covert reactor site at Qom to Hans Grundberg, who handles the Iran portfolio for the Swedish EU Presidency. We reviewed points again the following day with EU Council Secretariat Iran desk officer Lene Hove. Neither h [...]
2009-10-08 11:22:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR PREL EUN
09BRUSSELS1360BELGIAN VIEWS ON IRANIAN PROLIFERATION AND
[...] (C) Summary: In a joint demarche, political officers from the United States, the United Kingdom and France urged Werner Bauwens, the Belgian MFA's Special Envoy for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, to show concern about the recently revealed clandestine uranium enrichment facility in Iran, an [...]
2009-10-09 14:28:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALMNUC PREL PGOV IR BE
09BRUSSELS148EMBASSY BELGIUM POINTS OF CONTACT FOR NPT-RELATED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-02 16:23:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDAORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
09BRUSSELS1562U/S BURNS TO EU: NEED TO INCREASE THE PRESSURE ON
[...] (S) Summary: On November 20, Under Secretary Burns pressed upon EU Political and Security Committee (PSC) Ambassadors a sober outlook on Iran's nuclear program and policies. We are rapidly reaching the limits of what existing pressure measures on Iran can achieve, he said. Burns noted that [...]
2009-11-20 18:38:00USEU BrusselsSECRETPARM PREL ECON EUN UNSC IR ETTC
09BRUSSELS1596BELGIUM: U.S. POSTURE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff met on November 24 with the Belgian Special Envoy for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, Werner Bauwens, before Bauwens left for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) meeting on Iran. Bauwens harbors little hope that Iran will cooperate with the IAEA and said that [...]
2009-11-27 06:32:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALKNNP IR PREL BE
09BRUSSELS205IRAN: FEBRUARY 6 EU DEBATE ON SANCTIONS AND U.S.
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On February 6, EU Political and Security Council Ambassadors debated next steps on Iran policy. Council Secretariat DirGen Robert Cooper briefed the EU-27 on the P5 1 meeting earlier in the week. Given U.S. reaffirmation of the dual-track policy and the fact of t [...]
2009-02-12 19:04:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KNNC ETTC ETRD EFIN IR EUN
09BRUSSELS250BELGIAN VIEWS ON NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY
[...] (C) Summary: Belgium's main objective for the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) 2010 Review Conference is making progress not only on non-proliferation but also disarmament, showing concrete results. The GOB would like to see the United States engage Iran on a bilateral basis. The USG [...]
2009-02-23 09:24:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALAORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
09BRUSSELS361IRAN: MARCH 3 EU DEBATE ON SANCTIONS AND U.S.
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: On March 3, EU Political and Securty Council Ambassadors held an inconclusive debate on Iran policy with a view toward framing a response to the U.S. Iran policy review. Council Secretariat DirGen Robert Cooper circulated a draft paper detailing the purely military nature of th [...]
2009-03-13 14:39:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KNNC ETTC ETRD EFIN IR EUN
09BRUSSELS49DEMARCHE: SYRIA ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT TO BE
[...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Czech (EU presidency) PermRep Milena Vicenova January 13. In her discussion, Ambassador reviewed U.S. concerns about Syria's behavior, including assistance to Hezbollah and Hamas, lack of cooperation with the IAEA, the problem of foreign fighters tr [...]
2009-01-15 08:54:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL EU SY
09BRUSSELS58BELGIUM SUPPORTS EU-SYRIA ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche requesting delay in approval of an EU-Syria association agreement to Liliane Bloem, Acting Director of the European Affairs Department, on January 12 and to Yves Rogister, a desk officer in the Department for the Middle-East & North Africa, on January 13. [...]
2009-01-15 15:55:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL EU SY BE
09BRUSSELS598BELGIUM ON ATTENDANCE AND AGENDA FOR GLOBAL
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche jointly with diplomats from the Netherlands and Russian Embassies to Belgium on April 24. They met with Werner Bauwens, Belgian Special Envoy for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to deliver the invitation to the Global I [...]
2009-04-27 09:05:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPARM KNNP PREL MNUC PTER KGIC BE
09BRUSSELS599BELGIAN CANDIDATE FOR DIRECTOR GENERAL OF IAEA TO
[...] (C) On April 24, Werner Bauwens, Belgian Special Envoy for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, informed Poloff unofficially that Belgium will soon put forward the name of Jean-Pol Poncelet as a candidate to succeed Mohamed El-Baradei as Director General of the [...]
2009-04-27 09:10:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALKNNP ENRG PREL MNUC IAEA BE
09BRUSSELS812BELGIAN CANDIDATE FOR IAEA DIRECTOR GENERAL
[...] (C) Poloff spoke on June 11 with Werner Bauwens, Belgian Special Envoy for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, about the candidacy of Jean-Pol Poncelet for Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency. Bauwens was in Budapest. He said that he was disappointed that Poncelet had n [...]
2009-06-11 14:59:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALMNUC ENRG PARM BE
09BUCHAREST56REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON SECURITY OF EUROPEAN NUCLEAR MATERIALS (C-WP8-01022)
[...] (SBU/NF) This report responds to questions raised in ref A. As post acquires additional information it will be reported septel. 2. (S/NF) Over the past several months, EconOff has accompanied representatives of the National Commission for Nuclear Activities Control (CNCAN) on site visits to sever [...]
2009-01-28 09:36:00Embassy BucharestSECRET//NOFORNKNNP MNUC PARM ENRG PINR RO
09BUCHAREST613 ROMANIA REACTION TO IAEA REQUEST
[...] (SBU) POLOFF delivered REF comments September 3 to Nineta Barbalescu, Director of the MFA Directorate for OCSE, Asymmetric Threats and Nonproliferation. Barbalescu said Romania agreed that Iran, and to some extent Syria, would attempt to use procedural issues to prolong debates and in effect [...]
2009-09-04 09:37:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP PARM IAEA MNUC TRGY PREL IR SY RO
09BUCHAREST663ROMANIAN RESPONSE TO THE EXISTENCE OF A COVERT
[...] (SBU) Deputy POL Chief coordinated with representatives from UK and French Embassies in Bucharest to jointly deliver Reftel demarche on the existence of a covert uranium enrichment facility in Iran to the Deputy Director of the Asymmetric Risks and Non-Proliferation Division of the MFA, Anca J [...]
2009-09-30 12:53:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIEDIR KNNP MNUC PARM RO
09BUCHAREST786 ROMANIAN SUPPORT FOR ANGARSK RESERVE
[...] (SBU) POLOFF delivered REF comments 23 November to Nineta Barbulescu, Director of the MFA Directorate for OCSE, Asymmetric Threats and Nonproliferation. Barbulescu expressed Romanian support for the Angarsk Reserve, but expressed concern that the Non-Aligned Movement countries continue to o [...]
2009-11-24 13:16:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY RO
09BUDAPEST113HUNGARY: NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT)
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 5. 2. (U) Post provides the following responses provided by the MFA's Security and Non-proliferation Department, keyed to questions outlined in ref A, paragraph 8. 3. A. (C) What are the host government's objectives for the NPT in general, and [...]
2009-02-09 11:17:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PARM NPT MNUC ENGR HU
09BUDAPEST617HUNGARIAN COMMENTS ON THE IAEA GENERAL CONFERENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-25 16:06:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALKNNP AORC PREL PARM IAEA HU
09BUDAPEST665HUNGARIAN ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON UPCOMING IAEA
[...] (C) In a September 10 meeting with PolOff, MFA Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Section Chief Mark Horvath provided an update to ref B comments concerning the upcoming IAEA General Conference. Horvath said that Sweden, currently holding the EU Presidency, responded to the ref A referenced E [...]
2009-09-11 14:54:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALKNNP AORC PREL PARM IAEA HU
09BUDAPEST669DEMARCHE RESPONSE: HUNGARY SUPPORTIVE OF U.S.
[...] (C) Emboff delivered reftel talking points to Sandor Racz, Senior Advisor to the Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Section within the Hungarian Foreign Ministry's Department for Security Policy and Non-Proliferation. Racz expressed Hungary's concurrence with the U.S. position on the IAEA Gene [...]
2009-09-15 15:01:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALAORC PARM PREL KNNP IAEA EG IS HU
09BUDAPEST740HUNGARIAN REQUEST TO SUPPORT CANDIDATE FOR UN
[...] (U) Post received the following Note Verbale from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs requesting support to re-elect its candidate to the post of Inspector in the United Nations Joint Inspection Unit (JIU). Full text follows. BEGIN TEXT: 13656/Adm/KUM/2009 Budapest, 08 September 2009 NOTE V [...]
2009-10-09 14:27:00Embassy BudapestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AORC UN HU
09BUDAPEST770GLOBAL NUCLEAR ENERGY PARTNERSHIP DEMARCHE
[...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel talking points to Mark Horvath, Head of Section for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation at the Hungarian MFA, and to Kristof Horvath, Department Head for Nuclear and Radioactive Materials at the Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority (HAEA). Both interlocutors indicate [...]
2009-10-20 16:25:00Embassy BudapestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP IAEA HU
09BUDAPEST844HUNGARY'S VIEW ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM AND NEXT
[...] (C) PolOff met November 23 with Mark Horvath, the MFA's Office Director for non-proliferation issues to discuss reftel. Although not a member of the IAEA Board of Governors, Horvath said that Hungary will use its "small voice" to promote active IAEA action on the Iran issue. He commented th [...]
2009-11-25 07:24:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALPREL EU PARM IR HU
09BUENOSAIRES1031GOA SHARES ITS CONCERN ABOUT INTERPOL STATEMENT ON
[...] (C) Argentine Vice Foreign Minister Victorio Taccetti voiced concern with Charge d'Affaires on September 14 over a press statement quoting the Secretary General of Interpol, Ronald Noble, discussing efforts to resolve the dispute between Argentina and Iran over Iranian suspects in a 1994 terro [...]
2009-09-16 19:36:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALKNNP PTER MNUC PREL AORC IR AR
09BUENOSAIRES1069FOREIGN MINISTER TAIANA DECIPHERS ARGENTINA FOR
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Martinez presented copies of her credentials on September 18, the day of her arrival in country, to Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana. A friendly and expansive Taiana emphasized the high priority the Government of Argentina (GOA) placed on securing a meeting for President [...]
2009-09-23 19:53:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PARM ECON AR
09BUENOSAIRES1223AMBASSADOR RAISES PRESS FREEDOM, TIP ISSUES WITH
[...] (C) Summary and introduction: In a very warm, 70-minute meeting November 11, Argentine Vice Foreign Minister Victorio Taccetti welcomed the Ambassador and said he was pleased by news of the U.S. Senate's confirmation of WHA A/S Arturo Valenzuela's nomination. The Ambassador raised trafficking [...]
2009-11-12 21:06:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ASEC KREC AMGT PTER ELAB KTIP AR
09BUENOSAIRES1231ARGENTINA RECEPTIVE ON NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE GOALS IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During meetings in Buenos Aires on October 26-27, Special Representative of the President for Nuclear Nonproliferation Susan Burk successfully identified areas of common interest and support going in to the 2010 Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference. Candid [...]
2009-11-17 19:45:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPREL IAEA ENRG AR KNNP
09BUENOSAIRES1241(SBU) Argentina Sees Fuel Bank Proposal as Interesting but
[...] (SBU) Argentine Foreign Ministry Director for International Security, Nuclear and Space Affairs (DIGAN),Gustavo Ainchil, told Political Officer November 20 in response to reftel points that Argentina was not prepared to support the Angarsk Nuclear Fuel Bank proposal at the IAEA. Ainchil said [...]
2009-11-24 15:56:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP TRGY PREL AORC IAEA AR
09BUENOSAIRES1300MEDIA REACTION: WEEK OF NOVEMBER 24-30; 11/30/09; BUENOS
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT The most important international stories were related to: the outcome of the Honduran presidential election; expectations for the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit; and implications of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's visit to Brazil and Bolivia. 2. HONDURA [...]
2009-11-30 20:38:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO KMDR PREL
09BUENOSAIRES1305(C) Argentine MFA Shares Some Concerns About Brazilian
[...] (C) Summary: Argentine MFA nuclear non-proliferation officials shared concerns about the direction of Brazilian security policy in the final years of the Lula Government during a meeting December 10. These were "yellow lights" only, but the Argentines were concerned by Brazil's outreach to Ir [...]
2009-12-24 16:03:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP PARM PGOV BR AR
09BUENOSAIRES173ARGENTINA: SMALL AMOUNT OF CESIUM 137 IS STOLEN
[...] (SBU) In the early hours of February 19, two armed individuals robbed a lead container holding the equivalent of 2.5 curies of cesium 137 from the warehouse of Baker Atlas, a U.S. company involved in oil exploration in Neuquen, in the South of Argentina. The assailants entered the scene shortl [...]
2009-02-19 20:23:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG IAEA KNNP KCSA TRGY ASEC AR
09BUENOSAIRES183ARGENTINA: UPDATES ON THEFT OF CESIUM 137
[...] (SBU) GOA officials report that the Argentine Federal Police (PFA) have now taken the lead in the investigation of yesterday's theft of nuclear material in Neuquen, Argentina. The GOA's Nuclear Energy Commission (CNEA),Nuclear Regulatory Agency (ARN),Neuquen provincial police, and the Gendar [...]
2009-02-20 20:09:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG IAEA KNNP KCSA TRGY ASEC AR
09BUENOSAIRES184ARGENTINE FEDERAL POLICE RECOVERS CESIUM 137
[...] (SBU) In the evening of February 20, Argentine Federal Police recovered the stolen container of cesium 137 unopened and made an arrest in connection with the case (reftels). A very senior police official reported to RSO that the tracking of an extortion call made earlier in the day had allowed [...]
2009-02-21 13:07:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG IAEA KNNP KCSA TRGY ASEC AR
09BUENOSAIRES197ARGENTINA: ANSWERS TO FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS ON
[...] (SBU) Following are Post's answers to questions raised, keyed to Ref A: A) The NRA confirms that it used equipment donated by DOE as part of the upgrade of their nuclear emergency response center. Two types of equipment were used: 1) a "SPARC", which was calibrated for CS-137 with a similar [...]
2009-02-26 10:37:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG IAEA KNNP KCSA ASEC AR
09BUENOSAIRES365IAEA DG RACE: ARGENTINA WILLING TO CONSIDER
[...] (C) Summary: According to senior Argentina MFA advisor Rafael Grossi, Argentina will consider endorsing Argentine citizen Rogelio Pfirter as a compromise candidate for Director General of the IAEA if it receives high-level requests from the United States and a couple of other European or P5 go [...]
2009-03-27 20:59:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPREL IAEA PARM KNNP AR
09BUENOSAIRES628IAEA DG RACE: JAPANESE REQUEST APPROACHING CFK VIA
[...] (C) The head of the Japanese Embassy's political section in Buenos Aires, First Secretary Kenya Uno, called on polcouns May 26 and said Ambassador Yukiya Amano, Japanese candidate for Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, had visited Buenos Aires and met with Argentine FM [...]
2009-05-28 21:34:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP AORC IAEA PARM AR
09BUENOSAIRES668ARGENTINA ON IAEA FUEL BANK DISCUSSIONS AND IAEA
[...] (SBU) Political Officer spoke June 5 with the Argentine Foreign Ministry's Director for International Security, Nuclear and Space Affairs (DIGAN),Gustavo Ainchil, to deliver Refs A and B demarches. 2. (SBU) Addressing the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) budget, Ainchil said that [...]
2009-06-09 13:35:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP IAEA AR
09BUENOSAIRES694ARGENTINA: DEMARCHES ON IAEA FUEL BANK DISCUSSIONS
[...] (C) Political Officer spoke June 12 with Dr. Carlos Cherniak in the Argentine Foreign Ministry's Directorate for International Security, Nuclear and Space Affairs (DIGAN),to deliver Ref A demarche. Cherniak was familiar with the Director General's latest reports on Iran and Syria and said th [...]
2009-06-12 22:31:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPREL IAEA PARM KNNP AR
09BUENOSAIRES759ARGENTINA NOT MOVING YET ON IAEA DG RACE, BUT
[...] (C) Argentina continues to largely accept the U.S. analysis of the July 2nd IAEA vote and is clearly considering the U.S. case for voting in favor of Japanese candidate Amano. Charge d'Affaires spoke with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Cabinet Chief D'Alotto on Friday, June 26, to elicit his fee [...]
2009-07-01 14:48:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPREL IAEA PARM KNNP AR
09BUENOSAIRES762(C) ARGENTINA OFFERS ABSTENTION ON FIFTH ROUND IN
[...] (C) Following up on Charge d'Affaires' June 26 outreach (ref B),Argentina Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chief of Staff Alberto D'Alotto phoned CDA July 1 to inform him that Argentina had reconsidered its position on the IAEA DG race. D'Alotto said that Foreign Minister Taiana had determined tha [...]
2009-07-01 20:03:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP IAEA AR
09BUENOSAIRES775(C) ARGENTINA: EMBASSY RECOMMENDS THANKING FM
[...] (U) Action Request for Department in paragraph three. 2. (C) Following the decision by the GOA on July 1 (ref B) to offer an abstention in the fifth round of voting for IAEA DG candidate Amano, Political Counselor received a call July 2 from Japanese Embassy First Secretary Kenya Uno to expr [...]
2009-07-02 20:08:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP IAEA AR
09BUENOSAIRES827NOW WHAT? THE KIRCHNERS' OPTIONS IN POST-ELECTION
[...] (C) Summary/Introduction. More than two weeks have passed since Argentina's ruling first couple lost badly in mid-term congressional elections. It has taken President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) and her husband Nestor time to process the meaning of the debacle and respond. Though the GOA h [...]
2009-07-15 18:28:00Embassy Buenos AiresSECRETPGOV PREL ECON AR
09BUENOSAIRES964ARGENTINA ENTHUSIASTIC AND RESPONSIVE ON
[...] (C) Summary: A delegation led by White House Special Assistant and WMD Coordinator Gary Samore visited Argentina for consultations on August 10, generating significant goodwill and enthusiasm among Argentine interlocutors to continue bilateral consultations and cooperation on key nuclear arms [...]
2009-08-24 20:37:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PTER ENRG ETTC TRGY SENV AR
09BUJUMBURA302NUCLEAR SMUGGLING INCIDENT/PORTAL DETECTION AT BUJUMBURA REF: STATE 030541 Classified By: CDA JoAnne Wagner for reasons 1.4 (b) (d).
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-02 12:28:00Embassy BujumburaSECRETASEC KCRM KNNP MNUC PARM PINR PREL PTER
09BUJUMBURA689NUCLEAR SMUGGLING INCIDENT/PORTAL DETECTION AT
[...] (SBU) Post wishes to alert the Department and Washington agencies per reference A that it has received a report indicating a potential incident of illicit trafficking in nuclear and/or radiological materials. The report was generated by the Defense Attache (DATT) after a walk-in, Nawab Chakaa [...]
2009-12-17 10:43:00Embassy BujumburaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC BY KCRM KNNP MNUC PARM PINR PTER
09CAIRO1096EGYPT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED - DISCUSSIONS OF FUEL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-16 07:06:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP TRGY IAEA EG
09CAIRO1220U.S.-EGYPT STRATEGIC DIALOGUE OF JUNE 7
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-30 03:51:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PTER SCUL PHUM SU SO IR AF PK SY
09CAIRO1743EGYPTIAN VIEWS ON IAEA GC NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: Key Egyptian interlocutors say Egypt has worked in good faith to achieve consensus in Vienna, including showing substantial flexibility on the GC President's initiative. They are willing to continue to work toward this goal via the now-circulated MES text. In the Egyptian view, Israe [...]
2009-09-09 15:46:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP PARM IAEA IS IR EG
09CAIRO1804FM ABOUL GHEIT ON UNESCO, NONPROLIFERATION, IRAN ,
[...] Key Points: -- (C) FM Aboul Gheit said the USG "campaign" against UNESCO candidate Farouk Hosni stemmed from a misunderstanding of his record. Egypt continues to work with the USG on the range of bilateral and multilateral issues. However, citing mounting press criticism, the FM said the basis for [...]
2009-09-16 15:19:00Embassy CairoSECRETPREL IAEA KNNP PARM IR IS KPAL EG
09CAIRO1842EGYPT AND THE IAEA GENERAL CONFERENCE
[...] (C) Embassy Cairo commends the efforts of US Mission Vienna to engage Egypt and Israel on the Middle East Safeguards (MES) text at the IAEA GC meetings in Vienna, described in ref a and b, and the positive outcome achieved on that resolution. We believe it represents in part a new approach from the [...]
2009-09-24 12:14:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP PARM EG
09CAIRO189NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT) CONTACTS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-03 06:25:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDAORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
09CAIRO1960AMBASSADOR GOLDBERG DISCUSSES NORTH KOREA WITH MFA
[...] (C) Key Points: -- During an October 4 meeting with Ambassador Goldberg, Deputy Assistant Foreign Minister for Disarmament Khalid Shamma said Egypt supports the implementation of UNSCR 1874 and Six-Party talks aimed at denuclearizing North Korea. -- He noted that MFA shares information on [...]
2009-10-14 14:55:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP PTER EFIN ECON PARM KN IR EG
09CAIRO200INVITATION TO NNSA HUMAN RESOURCES SEMINAR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-04 13:42:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY AORC OTRA EG
09CAIRO2279EGYPT: EL BARADEI'S "CONDITIONED" PRESIDENTIAL RUN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-10 13:35:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM EG
09CAIRO2308EGYPT: CAN KIFAYA REGAIN LOST MOMENTUM?
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-17 12:41:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM PHUM EG
09CAIRO2348EGYPT'S NUCLEAR POWER PLANT PLANS SUBJECT TO DELAYS
[...] (C/NF) Main Points: -- Egypt's first commercial scale reactor is officially slated to come on line in 2020, with three more to be in operation by 2025. The GOE is expected to announce in January 2010 that El Daba on the Mediterranean Coast will be the site of the first plant. -- Nuclear Power Plant [...]
2009-12-22 13:29:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAORC EG IAEA KNNP PREL TRGY UN
09CAIRO2350EGYPTIAN OFFICIALS DISCUSS NPT REVIEW WITH UNDER
[...] (C) Key Points: -- During a December 3 meeting, Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Ellen Tauscher and Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit discussed preparations for the May 2010 Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) review conference. -- Tauscher stressed that a successful review confere [...]
2009-12-22 13:32:00Embassy CairoSECRET//NOFORNPREL KNNP PARM IS IR SY EG
09CAIRO2361EGYPT'S NUCLEAR REGULATORY LAW TO BE ENACTED BUT
[...] (C/NF) Main points: -- Egypt's draft law on regulation of civil nuclear power and safety is expected to pass into law shortly after the New Year. -- Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority (EAEA) Chairman Mohamed El Kolaly told us December 15 that under the new law his agency will be succeeded by an indep [...]
2009-12-23 14:15:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAORC EG IAEA KNNP PREL TRGY
09CAIRO2404EGYPT-U.S. JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON NUCLEAR
[...] (C) Main Points: -- During upcoming JSCNEC meetings in Cairo GOE wants a tight focus, both in agenda and in delegation composition, on technical issues related to Egypt's expanding civil nuclear power development. -- GOE flagged several civil nuclear issues as already the subject of GOE consultatio [...]
2009-12-30 15:36:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALAORC EG EU IAEA KNNP PREL RS TRGY UN
09CAIRO420 EGYPT'S ECONOMY: WEEKLY PRESS ROUND-UP
[...] The following is a summary of notable economic news stories as they appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press. GAS RESERVES 70 TRILLION CUBIC FEET ----------------------------------- 2. Wood Mackenzie, an energy consulting firm, estimated that EgyptQs natural gas reserves stand at [...]
2009-03-11 15:35:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EPET EFIN EAGR ETRD ENRG MNUC PGOV EG
09CAIRO659CODEL TAUSCHER APRIL 9 MEETING WITH THE EGYPTIAN
[...] (SBU) Key Points: -- Egypt's leading thinkers on non-proliferation urged the U.S. to support the concept of a nuclear-free Middle East zone, as a way to get past the Israel-Iran stalemate. -- Egyptian Council on Foreign Affairs proposes adding a seat for an Arab representative to the 5 plu [...]
2009-04-16 06:43:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PREL IS IR EG
09CAIRO851EGYPT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IAEA DIRECTOR GENERAL
[...] (C) On May 14, Poloffs urged MFA Disarmament Affairs official Heba Negm to support the candidacy of Yukiya Amano of Japan as IAEA Director General (reftel). Negm replied that Egypt supported Abdul Minty of South Africa during the first round along with the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) group, b [...]
2009-05-17 12:49:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP PARM EG
09CAIRO940EGYPT: FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS NO TO AMANO FOR IAEA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-26 10:24:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP IAEA PARM EG
09CANBERRA1043AUSTRALIA AGREES WITH U.S. POSTURE ON IRAN'S
[...] (C) Summary: Australia is in complete agreement with the P5 1 two track approach to Iran's nuclear program. It has lobbied for this approach at APEC and the East Asian Summit and has made its views clear to Iran. When there is a need for further sanctions because of Iranian refusal of IAEA [...]
2009-11-25 09:33:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPREL IR AS
09CANBERRA1058NUCLEAR FUEL BANKS: AUSTRALIA VOTES FOR ANGARSK
[...] (SBU) We conveyed November 14 to Australia's DFAT Arms Control Director Jane Hardy, Director the USG request for support of the Angarsk Reserve resolution before the IAEA (Ref A). Australia voted in favor of the resolution at the November 26 IAEA Board of Governors meeting. BLEICH [...]
2009-11-30 06:45:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY AS
09CANBERRA1094AUSTRALIA SUPPORTS U.S. POSITIONS ON NPT, FINAL
[...] SUMMARY: (C/NF) Australia supports the U.S. views on the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) ahead of next year's review conference, but has not finalized its own policy. Australia will review its nuclear stance early next year, although a major policy shift is not expected. Officials stressed th [...]
2009-12-11 05:50:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KNNP PARM ENRG IAEA NPT MNUC KTBT AS
09CANBERRA179AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT VIEWS ON NUCLEAR
[...] In response to our January 30 demarche (reftel),John Sullivan, Assistant Secretary for Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT),provided the following responses to our specific questions, drawn from a GOA interagency review. We have not yet rece [...]
2009-02-20 06:43:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDPARM MNUC KTIA PREL AS
09CANBERRA181CORRECTED COPY: AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT VIEWS ON
[...] In response to our January 30 demarche (reftel),John Sullivan, Assistant Secretary for Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT),provided the following responses to our specific questions, drawn from a GOA interagency review. We have not yet rece [...]
2009-02-23 04:08:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDPARM MNUC KTIA PREL AS
09CANBERRA202AUSTRALIA DEMURS ON DEMARCHING NAMIBIA OVER
[...] (SBU) We presented reftel demarche to John Sullivan, Assistant Secretary for Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT),on February 27. Bill Bryson, Executive Officer for Arms Control, joined on the call. 2. (C) Sullivan reacted with some puzzle [...]
2009-02-27 06:56:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM TRGY ENRG ETTC EMIN IR AS
09CANBERRA402SCENE SETTER-CDR GEN D. MCNABB VISIT TO AUSTRALIA
[...] (C/NF) Australia is the closest of our five treaty allies in the Asia-Pacific region and has deployed forces with the United States in every major military engagement since World War I, including most recently in Afghanistan and Iraq. Relations intensified dramatically in the wake of the 9/11 [...]
2009-04-22 01:57:00Embassy CanberraSECRETPREL OTRA AS
09CANBERRA445AUSTRALIA ON IAEA DIRECTOR GENERAL ELECTION
[...] (C) Australia remains solidly behind Japanese Ambassador Yukiya Amano for IAEA director general, according to Acting Assistant Secretary for Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Wendy Walsh. During a May 8 call by poloff to thank Australia for its support and outline U.S. strategy going int [...]
2009-05-08 08:45:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALAORC KNNP IAEA PREL AS
09CANBERRA536IAEA: AUSTRALIA OPEN TO WELL-JUSTIFIED BUDGET
[...] (SBU) Australia is open to considering an increase in the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) budget providing the IAEA Secretariat is able to adequately justify the increase. The GOA requested clarification whether the U.S. budget proposal was for an across-the-board increase or appl [...]
2009-06-05 10:18:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC ENRG IAEA PREL KNNP AS
09CANBERRA543AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO NUCLEAR FUEL BANK DEMARCHE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Australia will be prepared to discuss the Nuclear Fuel Bank proposal at the June 11-15 IAEA Board of Governor's meeting in Vienna, but has reservations about the utility of the initiative, prefering to allow open market forces to provide an assured supply of nuclear fuel. Moreov [...]
2009-06-09 22:34:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM ENRG AS
09CANBERRA57SCENE SETTER FOR CDR USN SEVENTH FLEET VADM J.
[...] (C/NF) Australia is the closest of our five treaty allies in the Asia-Pacific region and has deployed forces with the United States in every major military engagement since World War I, including most recently in Afghanistan and Iraq. Relations intensified dramatically in the wake of the 9/11 [...]
2009-01-16 05:25:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPREL OTRA AS
09CANBERRA61SCENE SETTER FOR CDR USN SEVENTH FLEET VADM J.
[...] (C/NF) Australia is the closest of our five treaty allies in the Asia-Pacific region and has deployed forces with the United States in every major military engagement since World War I, including most recently in Afghanistan and Iraq. Relations intensified dramatically in the wake of the 9/11 [...]
2009-01-19 23:23:00Embassy CanberraSECRETPREL OTRA AS
09CANBERRA785AUSTRALIAN REPONSE TO SEARCH FOR CONSENSUS ON
[...] (C) On August 24, Jane Hardy, Director of Arms Control Section, Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) told poloff the GOA agreed that a single consensus resolution was a good tack to take concerning the contentious issues of the Middle Ea [...]
2009-08-26 06:34:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALAORC PREL PARM KNNP IAEA EG IS AS
09CANBERRA793GICNT: GOA INFORMED THAT UNODC IS OBSERVER
[...] (U) The embassy has informed Mohan Mathews, Counter-Terrorism Branch, International Security Division, Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) that the United Nations' Office on Drugs and Crime has joined three other international organizations (IAEA, EU and INTERPOL) as off [...]
2009-08-27 06:27:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL PTER KGIC AS
09CANBERRA802RESPONSE TO REPORTING REQUEST - NPT REVIEW
[...] (SBU) Australia is a strong partner with the U.S. and the multilateral community in working to prevent nuclear proliferation. As an NPT signatory, the GOA takes a multi-dimensional approach to nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament. The GOA is a major supporter of the Nuclear Non-Prolifer [...]
2009-08-31 21:59:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
09CANBERRA828AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO US VIEWS ON IAEA REPORTS ON
[...] (S) On September 8, Jane Hardy, Director of Arms Control Section, Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) told poloff that the GOA agreed that the IAEA's report on Iran's and Syria's nuclear programs did not give either country a clean bill [...]
2009-09-10 04:38:00Embassy CanberraSECRETKNNP PARM IAEA MNUC IR SY TRGY PREL AS
09CANBERRA829AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO US VIEWS ON IAEA REPORTS ON
[...] (S) On September 8, Jane Hardy, Director of Arms Control Section, Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) told poloff that the GOA agreed that the IAEA's report on Iran's and Syria's nuclear programs did not give either country a clean bill [...]
2009-09-10 04:38:00Embassy CanberraSECRETKNNP PARM IAEA MNUC IR SY TRGY PREL AS
09CANBERRA830AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO US VIEWS ON IAEA REPORTS ON
[...] (S) On September 8, Jane Hardy, Director of Arms Control Section, Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) told poloff that the GOA agreed that the IAEA's report on Iran's and Syria's nuclear programs did not give either country a clean bill [...]
2009-09-10 04:38:00Embassy CanberraSECRETKNNP PARM IAEA MNUC IR SY TRGY PREL AS
09CANBERRA831AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO US VIEWS ON IAEA REPORTS ON
[...] (S) On September 8, Jane Hardy, Director of Arms Control Section, Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) told poloff that the GOA agreed that the IAEA's report on Iran's and Syria's nuclear programs did not give either country a clean bill [...]
2009-09-10 04:38:00Embassy CanberraSECRETKNNP PARM IAEA MNUC IR SY TRGY PREL AS
09CANBERRA839DEMARCHE RESPONSE: IAEA GENERAL CONFERENCE MIDDLE
[...] (C/NF) On September 14, Poloff presented points in reftel to Wendy Walsh, Executive Officer Arms Control Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). Walsh told poloff that neither the GOA nor New Zealand believe that the New Zealand General Conference President's attempt to creat [...]
2009-09-14 07:29:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALKNNP AORC PARM PREL IAEA
09CANBERRA845AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON EXPANDING THE
[...] (C) On September 14, Poloff delivered reftel talking points concerning a common position towards Iran at the IAEA and the UNGA to Wendy Walsh, Executive Officer, Arms Control Section, and Jenny Bloomfield, Director of the Middle East Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). [...]
2009-09-16 06:55:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA PREL AORC AS
09CANBERRA891AUSTRALIA RECEIVES GICNT UPDATE
[...] (U) On September 29, the embassy informed Mohan Mathews, Counter-Terrorism Branch, International Security Division, Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) that the Nov 2009 Exercise Planning Group of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT),to be held in B [...]
2009-09-29 07:30:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL PTER KGIC AS
09CARACAS1495Foreign Ministry Communique on U.S. "Offer to Mediate"
[...] On November 17, 2009, the Foreign Ministry released the communiquC) contained in para 3 below. An informal English version is contained in para 2 below. This communiquC) was apparently in response to the remarks of the Department Spokesman on November 13, in which he said in answering a ques [...]
2009-11-20 23:05:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIEDPREL CO VE
09CHISINAU74MOLDOVA RECEIVED DEMARCHE CONCERNING
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-04 12:43:00Embassy ChisinauUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC IAEA ENRG NPT PREL KNNP TRGY
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