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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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08DILI39EMBASSY DILI EAC MEETING, 11 FEBRUARY 2008
[...] (SBU) Charge convened Embassy Dili's Emergency Action Committee at 1300 hours on Monday, February 11 in response to the shooting earlier that morning of President Jose Ramos-Horta and attempted shooting of Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao by the group of fugitive military dissidents associated with [...]
2008-02-11 07:56:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC AMGT CASC TT
08DILI6THE RAMOS-HORTA ROAD SHOW -- BRINGING THE STATE TO THE
[...] (U) On January 7 - 9, PolOff accompanied President Jose Ramos-Horta on a government goodwill mission to two remote eastern towns to build support for his Anti-Poverty Task Force and outline the government's top priorities for 2008: resettlement of internally displaced persons (IDPs),reaching [...]
2008-01-14 07:14:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MARR MASS ID TT
08DILI65SECURITY MISSTEPS DAMAGE DILI' S RECENT PERFORMANCE
[...] (SBU) Serious missteps by the Timorese security forces, both the national police and the military, have dented the government's performance in recent days. UNMIT has reported several credible reports of human rights violations of varying severity by the police since February 11, including th [...]
2008-02-28 09:52:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL TT
08DJIBOUTI1018EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING:DJIBOUTI THREAT
[...] (SBU) On December 17, 2008 at 11:15 AM Embassy Djibouti's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) convened to discuss recent threat information. The EAC was led by Ambassador Swan and in attendance were RSO, ORA, POL, MNGT, PD, IMO, CON, USLO, CCE and members of CJTF-HOA security. 2. (S/NF) GRPO [...]
2008-12-17 17:12:00Embassy DjiboutiSECRETASEC DJ MOPS PTER SO
08DJIBOUTI1032DJIBOUTI: SENATOR FEINGOLD DISCUSSES REGION,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During a December 18-21 CODEL in Djibouti, Senator Feingold discussed Djibouti, Somalia, and regional concerns with top GODJ and Somalia officials. In meetings with President Guelleh, Foreign Minister Youssouf, and members of Djibouti's civil society, the Senator focused on the s [...]
2008-12-23 12:47:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALOREP PGOV PREL PHSA PTER PHUM EAID ECON KCOR
08DJIBOUTI1035DJIBOUTI -- SUMMARY OF DJIBOUTI PRESS 12/28/08
[...] Djibouti-United States: Barring the Route to the Traffic of Nuclear Materials (La Nation) 2. University of Djibouti: English Books Donation (La Nation) 3. Senator Feingold in Djibouti (La Nation) 4. Diplomatic Ballet in Djibouti (La Nation) Â [...]
2008-12-28 05:07:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR PREL PGOV DJ XA
08DJIBOUTI110SCENESETTER: EMBASSY DJIBOUTI WELCOMES ADMIRAL
[...] (C) Djibouti is a peaceful, tolerant, democratic, Muslim country that contributes remarkably to the national security of the United States as a key security partner. In addition to hosting a U.S. base, it refuels our ships (currently twice a week),broadcasts the Voice of America in Arabic and [...]
2008-02-04 13:18:00Embassy DjiboutiSECRETMASS PREL OVIP PGOV EAID DJ
08DJIBOUTI27SCENESETTER: EMBASSY DJIBOUTI WELCOMES GENERAL WARD
[...] (C) Djibouti is a peaceful, tolerant, democratic, Muslim country that contributes remarkably to the national security of the United States as a key security partner. In addition to hosting a U.S. base, it refuels our ships (currently twice a week),broadcasts the Voice of America in Arabic and [...]
2008-01-10 14:49:00Embassy DjiboutiSECRETEAID MASS MOPS PGOV PREL PTER DJ
08DJIBOUTI436DJIBOUTI EAC: IMPLICATIONS OF SOMALIA AIR STRIKES
[...] (C) On May 5, 2008, Djibouti's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met to discuss possible security implications in Djibouti from a U.S. air strike in Somalia that killed al-Shabaab leader Aden Hashi Ayrow. The EAC was led by DCM and attended by RSO, ORA, USLO, CJTF-HOA CCE, PD, POL/ECON, IMO, [...]
2008-05-06 14:37:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALASEC DJ MOPS PTER SO
08DJIBOUTI516EAC: MILITARY CLASHES BETWEEN DJIBOUTI AND
[...] (SBU) On Wednesday, June 11, Embassy Djibouti convened 2 meetings of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to discuss military clashes that occurred between Djibouti and Eritrea on the Ras Doumeras border on Tuesday, June 10. The meeting was led by Chargee d'Affaires Kathleen List and attended b [...]
2008-06-11 18:53:00Embassy DjiboutiSECRETASEC DJ MOPS SO
08DJIBOUTI544LOCAL PRESS WHITE-WASHES WORLD REFUGEE DAY SECURITY LAPSE
[...] RTD broadcast a two-minute news segment in Somali during the June 18 evening news. The tagline stated that UNHCR gave clothing, shoes, and toys to children at the Ali-Addeh refugee camp in southwest Djibouti in preparation for the celebration of World Refugee Day. RTD reported that the donat [...]
2008-06-23 05:22:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL KPAO DJ
08DJIBOUTI676SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE
[...] (SBU) DEMONSTRATIONS A. (U) ARE THERE ANY ETHNIC OR RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES IN COUNTRY CAPABLE OF CARRYING OUT SIGNIFICANT ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS? The majority of Djiboutians are Somalis with clan ties to Somaliland (northwestern Somalia). The population is 99 percent Sunn [...]
2008-08-21 09:41:00Embassy DjiboutiSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER DJ
08DJIBOUTI687FRAUD SUMMARY - DJIBOUTI
[...] Country Conditions: The Republic of Djibouti is a developing and stable African country in the Horn of Africa. Although exact statistics are unavailable, unemployment is estimated in excess of 50 percent of the working-age population. Over two- thirds of the country's estimated 650,000 reside [...]
2008-08-27 09:18:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC DJ ET ER SO XA
08DJIBOUTI763DJIBOUTI EAC MEETING ON U.S. EMBASSY SANA'A ATTACK
[...] (SBU) U.S. Embassy Djibouti EAC members met on September 18 to discuss the attack on U.S. Embassy Sana,a. EAC members observed that the attack had the traits of a more sophisticated and coordinated engagement than previously seen in the region. Due to Djibouti's close proximity in both geogr [...]
2008-09-18 14:11:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER DJ
08DJIBOUTI764SCENESETTER: EMBASSY DJIBOUTI WELCOMES BACK
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A key regional partner in the Horn of Africa, Djibouti hosts not only the sole U.S. military base in Africa, but also broadcasting facilities used by the Voice of America to reach Muslim audiences, one of USAID's primary global warehouses for pre-positioned emergency food stockpi [...]
2008-09-18 14:48:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MASS MOPS EAID DJ ER SO XA
08DJIBOUTI816SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF GENERAL NORTON A.
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A key regional partner in the Horn of Africa, Djibouti hosts not only the sole U.S. military base in Africa, but also broadcasting facilities used by the Voice of America to reach Muslim audiences, one of USAID's primary global warehouses for pre-positioned emergency food stockpil [...]
2008-10-17 16:47:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MASS MOPS EAID DJ ER SO XA
08DJIBOUTI842DJIBOUTI - UNHCR RECEIVES SUPPORT FROM DONORS
[...] SUMMARY: Post awarded a USD 20,000 grant to American-led NGO LIFE International to assist refugees in Djibouti with skills training. The UNHCR mission in Djibouti received donations from donor countries and NGOs during the holy month of Ramadan, and also received non-food items originally inten [...]
2008-10-27 08:08:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDPREF EAID DJ XA
08DJIBOUTI859DJIBOUTI'S QUEST FOR NEW ENERGY SOURCES
[...] SUMMARY: Djibouti is completely dependent on expensive diesel-generated power, and its nascent service economy is fast outstripping modest domestic production capacity. Faced with trying to maintain and expand electricity access for a populace already strapped by high food prices, while answer [...]
2008-11-02 11:09:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECON EINV SENV PGOV PREL ET DJ
08DJIBOUTI880PRESIDENT GUELLEH CONGRATULATES PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA
[...] The Embassy received via fax November 5 a congratulatory letter from President Guelleh to President-elect Barack Obama. Scan of original French-language text has been forwarded to AF/E. 2. BEGIN EMBASSY TRANSLATION. Presidency of the Republic Republic of Djibouti November 5, 2008 B [...]
2008-11-06 15:05:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL DJ
08DJIBOUTI89DJIBOUTI: 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] SUMMARY: Foreign direct investment in Djibouti in 2007 is five times as large as it was in 2003. Djibouti's economy is service-based, with the country's seaport accounting for the bulk of economic activity. Almost all food and many other goods are imported from Ethiopia, the Arabian Gulf, or [...]
2008-01-31 06:18:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ETRD ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV
08DJIBOUTI992DJIBOUTI -- SUMMARY OF DJIBOUTI PRESS 12/04/08
[...] General Ward of Africom in Djibouti (La Nation) 2. A Donation at the Right Moment (La Nation) ARTICLES: Â [...]
2008-12-10 05:52:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR PREL PGOV DJ XA
08DOHA132CHAD: DOHA EMBASSY OFFICER MEETING WITH CHADIAN
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: PolOff met at the Embassy February 11 with Jebren Issa, the Chadian rebel group "Union of Forces for Democracy and Development (UFDD)'s" self-described international spokesman. Issa, a naturalized British citizen, asked for USG assistance in his group's cause against the cur [...]
2008-02-13 08:13:00Embassy DohaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PHUM PREF CH SU QA
08DOHA151FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION CHAIRMAN'S
[...] (U) During a February 4-8 visit to Qatar focused on broadening knowledge about the liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry and sources of supply for the U.S. market, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Joseph Kelliher, Director of Energy Projects Mark Robinson, and Director of Ex [...]
2008-02-21 09:17:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET QA
08DOHA152QATAR: CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Post assesses that U.S. investments in Qatar's energy industry, coupled with the onset of regular liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports to the U.S. 2008-12, constitute the main critical infrastructure and key resources, which if destroyed, disrupted or exploited might have an im [...]
2008-02-21 09:57:00Embassy DohaSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL PGOV ECON ETTC EAID EFIN EAGR ASEC
08DOHA201FM Calls for GCC-Iran Nuclear Talks, Urges Attendance at
[...] (U) Summary: All the Qatari local dailies and Al Jazeera provided prominent coverage for a lecture delivered by Qatar's Premier and Foreign Minister Hamad Bin Jassim A Thani (HBJ) on March 9 on Gulf security at the onclusion of the seventh Doha Cultural Festival.HBJ advocated direct talks betwee [...]
2008-03-10 14:32:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO PREL MNUC IR QA
08DOHA237CDA CRITICIZES ARAB MEDIA CHARTER, STRIKES BACK AT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As a panelist at a public event sponsored by the Brookings-Doha Center on March 17, Charge expressed the USG's position that an Arab League charter proposing to limit satellite channels not be used to restrict media freedom (reftel). Charge said that media should be regulated n [...]
2008-03-24 11:16:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO PREL EG QA ALJAZEERA
08DOHA239SCENESETTER FOR FBI DIRECTOR'S APRIL 8-9 VISIT TO
[...] (S) Director Mueller: Embassy Doha welcomes your April 8-9 visit to Qatar. Your visit is formally hosted by the Director of Qatar State Security (QSS),Nasir Al-Ali, and his deputy Mohamad Al-Misnad. During your last visit here, in December 2004, you met with Minister of State for Internal [...]
2008-03-26 12:37:00Embassy DohaSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PHUM QA
08DOHA24SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY BODMAN'S JANUARY 21-22
[...] (C) Embassy Doha welcomes your January 21-22 visit to Qatar. You last met with Deputy Prime Minister/Minister of Energy and Industry Abdullah Al-Attiyah in Rome in November 2007. Prior to that, he visited you in Washington in May 2007, and you saw him in Doha in April 2006 and November 200 [...]
2008-01-09 13:11:00Embassy DohaSECRETENRG PREL QA
08DOHA241SCENESETTER FOR NEA ASSISTANT SECRETARY WELCH'S
[...] (C) Ambassador Welch, Embassy Doha welcomes your visit to Qatar. We have requested meetings for you with the Heir Apparent, Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani, who has overall responsibility for security issues in Qatar; Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Hamad Bin Jassim Al Thani (H [...]
2008-03-28 11:21:00Embassy DohaSECRETPREL PGOV PTER KWBG QA
08DOHA244QATAR: ADDITIONAL INPUT FOR THE EIGHTH ANNUAL
[...] (U) The information below, which Post either received in the past week from from the Qatar National Office for Combating Trafficking in Humans (TIP Office) or otherwise just became available, details additional efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) in Qatar during the reporting period [...]
2008-03-31 13:11:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PREF KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ELAB QA
08DOHA256DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL
[...] (SBU) Ambassador James Foley, Senior Coordinator for Iraqi Refugee Issues, delivered reftel demarche March 26 to Ambassador Abulla Al-Jabor, MFA Acting Director for European and American Affairs at the MFA. Al-Jabor, noting that he was standing in for colleagues currently on travel, undertook [...]
2008-04-03 11:03:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM PREL QA
08DOHA282MEDIA REACTION: B-1 BOMBER LOSS AT AL-UDEID AIRBASE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: All Qatari local dailies provided prominent front page coverage of an incident, in which a U.S. military B-1 aircraft was destroyed after it landed at Al Udeid Air Base (AUAB) in Doha on April 4 at 2110 local time. Al Jazeera satellite channel, which broke the story, provided ext [...]
2008-04-07 13:32:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALKPAO MARR MOPS PREL QA
08DOHA283DISGRUNTLEMENT AT AL JAZEERA ENGLISH; IS A NEW
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Al Jazeera Network's English channel, less than two years out of the starting box, continues to hemorrhage middle and senior-level staff, including big names like American Dave Marash, who excoriated the station for taking on an anti-American bent. Charges that the English [...]
2008-04-07 13:51:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAO PGOV QA
08DOHA291QATAR'S PRESS FREEDOM TRIPPED UP BY HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Coverage of CDA's April 8 press conference on the Human Rights Report vividly demonstrated Qatar's continuing media freedom challenges, particularly censorship and self-censorship. English-language newspapers generally highlighted both positive and negative aspects of Qatar's h [...]
2008-04-10 14:01:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KPAO QA
08DOHA359OIC ENVOY SADA CUMBER'S VISIT TO QATAR
[...] (C) Summary: President Bush's special envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) met April 29 with Qatar's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ahmed Al-Mahmoud. Al-Mahmoud welcomed U.S. initiatives with the OIC but cautioned that changing Muslims' views of the U.S. would also [...]
2008-05-04 13:53:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL QA
08DOHA393WORKER RIGHTS IN QATAR: NOT JUST A PROBLEM FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Qatar's economy is booming and has become heavily reliant on expatriate workers. The resulting influx of foreign workers, currently estimated at nearly 90 percent of the population, has caused the Government of Qatar to take sometimes stringent measures to ensure that the large [...]
2008-05-20 13:52:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM ELAB ECON SMIG QA
08DOHA416EX-GTMO DETAINEE SAMI AL-HAJJ SEES HERO'S WELCOME
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Al Jazeera cameraman Sami al-Hajj, recently released from Guantanamo, arrived in Doha with great fanfare on May 31 via a chartered Qatar Airways flight from Khartoum. Greeted by Al Jazeera Chairman Hamid bin Thamer al-Thani, members of the AJ Board of Directors, and hundr [...]
2008-06-02 12:04:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL KAWC PTER KPAO SU QA
08DOHA417EX-GTMO DETAINEE SAMI AL-HAJJ SEES HERO'S WELCOME
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Al Jazeera cameraman Sami al-Hajj, recently released from Guantanamo, arrived in Doha with great fanfare on May 31 via a chartered Qatar Airways flight from Khartoum. Greeted by Al Jazeera Chairman Hamid bin Thamer al-Thani, members of the AJ Board of Directors, and hundr [...]
2008-06-02 12:04:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL KAWC PTER KPAO SU QA
08DOHA460QATARI PRIVATE COMPANIES CONTINUE ABUSING LOW-PAID
[...] (SBU) Summary: Over 400 Nepalese laborers were detained May 29 by the Qatari Ministry of Interior's Criminal Investigation Department (CID) over a labor dispute with their employer, Trace Electronics. Despite legal protections for foreign workers, this incident demonstrates that private compa [...]
2008-06-26 09:51:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PGOV PHUM QA
08DOHA482DRL DAS BARKS-RUGGLES PROMOTES U.S. HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Erica Barks-Ruggles emphasized the importance of USG human rights reporting at an event on June 12 organized by the Brookings Doha Center. After her remarks, Barks-Ruggles answered a number of questions from audie [...]
2008-07-06 08:27:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KPAO QA
08DOHA505QATAR CONTINUES BALANCING ACT WITH IRAN'S BANK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Qatar's Deputy Central Bank Governor Sheikh Fahad Bin Faisal Al Thani told Charge the early June opening of a second Bank Saderat branch in Doha was the result of last-minute Iranian action on an old license. He asserted that the Central Bank is watching Iranian activity closely [...]
2008-07-15 06:40:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL KTFN KNNP INRB PARM MNUC ECON EFIN IR QA
08DOHA515CABINET RESHUFFLE: POWER STRUGGLE OR GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Consequences of the July 1 Cabinet re-shuffle (reftel) continue to be unclear, but Qataris and expat observers have begun analyzing the shifts in an attempt to determine who won and who lost among Qatar,s major power brokers. On the face of it, the creation of several new minist [...]
2008-07-22 12:11:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KPAO QA
08DOHA521QATAR INVESTMENT AUTHORITY, PART TWO: ASSETS AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) holds its estimated USD 60 billion in a wide variety of investments. Not content to sit on Treasury bills and other conservative, low-return assets, the QIA is buying significant stakes in Western and Asian firms, and taking on riskier inve [...]
2008-07-24 13:18:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALEINV EFIN ECON QA
08DOHA526QATAR ACCEPTS OIE GUIDELINES FOR U.S. BEEF,
[...] Qatar's National Food Safety Committee decided on April 14, 2008 to harmonize its regulations on the import of beef with World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) standards. Due to internal GOQ discussions, Post had been unable to confirm the formal adoption of these guidelines by the GOQ bef [...]
2008-07-27 13:17:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD QA
08DOHA545AMBASSADOR'S SWEARING IN AND ARRIVAL GARNER
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador's swearing-in ceremony in Portland, Oregon and immediate engagement in Arabic with the Qatari press, were well covered by the Qatari media and should present a solid basis for using the long-awaited arrival of a U.S ambassador to expand the Mission's engagement with t [...]
2008-07-31 13:32:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO QA
08DOHA590EXXONMOBIL ASSESSES FOUR TYPES OF RISK TO THE
[...] (C) ExxonMobil-Qatar President and CEO Alex Dodds told the Ambassador during an August 14 introductory call that his company and other energy firms face substantive risks in Qatar, though the profits are lucrative enough to keep them here anyway. Dodds noted that when existing projects are co [...]
2008-08-19 06:12:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ECON TRGY QA
08DOHA594MANY QATARIS DON,T SUPPORT EDUCATION CITY; "SYMBOL
[...] (C) On August 11, Ambassador paid an introductory call on James Reardon-Anderson, Dean of Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q),one of the six American universities at Education City. Characterizing Qatar as a "family-owned business," the Dean described Education City as a singular vision o [...]
2008-08-20 12:42:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI SCUL KPAO QA
08DOHA602QATAR PRIVATELY CRITICAL OF RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE IN
[...] (C) MFA Director of American and European Affairs Ambassador Adel Al-Khal told DCM August 24 that Qatar had not taken an official position on the Russia-Georgia conflict but found Russia's military offensive troublesome. Al-Khal noted the Russian Ambassador had recently called on him "to expla [...]
2008-08-24 12:57:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR RS GG QA
08DOHA605TOTAL DROPS IRAN LNG PROJECT BECAUSE OF SANCTIONS,
[...] (C) Total-Qatar's Marketing Manager, Jean-Francois Hery (protect),told Econoff August 18 that Total's July decision to pull out of a planned liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Iran's South Pars field was due not only to political uncertainty (as reported in press) but also because sanction [...]
2008-08-24 12:59:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALENRG EINV EPET QA IR
08DOHA607QATAR TO FOLLOW ARAB LEAGUE LEAD ON IAEA BOARD
[...] (C) MFA Director of American and European Affairs Ambassador Adel Al-Khal told DCM August 24 that "so far" Qatar is planning to abide by the March 2008 Arab League ministerial resolution supporting Syria's candidacy for the IAEA Board of Governors. He acknowledged, however, that the situation [...]
2008-08-24 13:23:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALIAEA PREL PARM KNNP MNUC IR SY AF QA
08DOHA625DOHA PRESS CONVEYS U/S GLASSMAN'S MESSAGE POSITIVELY
[...] Al Raya: The "War of Ideas" Man in the U.S. Administration in a Press Conference: -- Glassman Praises Qatar's Dialogue Initiatives -- We Need a Unified Position Between the United States and the Countries in the Region Against Extremism -- Washington is Not Appreciated Enough for its Assi [...]
2008-09-01 13:56:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO QA
08DOHA647AL JAZEERA TO AIR 9/11 CONSPIRACY DOCUMENTARY;
[...] (C) PAO telephoned Al Jazeera Director General Wadah Khanfar on September 3, requesting an explanation of a promotion aired on Al Jazeera Arabic that day for a program that will run September 10 on the Al Jazeera Documentary channel called "The Other September." According to the promotion, th [...]
2008-09-09 05:30:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAO QA
08DOHA664THE NEXT 3 YEARS--AN INTERAGENCY FIELD ASSESSMENT
[...] (U) Expected trends in Qatar's internal political situation and foreign policy over the next 36 months include: -- (S) A continuation of a tight grip on power by the Al Thani family, which has controlled pre- and post-independent Qatar for 140 years. -- (S/NF) Within the ruling family, a c [...]
2008-09-16 13:09:00Embassy DohaSECRETPREL AMGT KSPR ECON QA
08DOHA683AMBASSADOR'S LETTER: THE AMERICAN MAJLIS DURING
[...] (C) The small and attractive building with the inviting glass doors adjacent to the new Chief of Mission Residence here was identified on State Department blueprints as a drivers' room. Upon closer inspection, however, the Embassy determined that the Qatari landlord who had leased the family [...]
2008-09-23 10:55:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI SCUL QA
08DOHA685SECURITY PRIVATIZATION BEST SOLUTION FOR NEW
[...] (C) Rich Roth (protect),a private American consultant whose firm CTI Consulting Services has a security contract with the NDIA Committee, told Econoff in late August that the current NDIA design has secondary passenger and luggage screening capability at each gate - i.e., not just one general [...]
2008-09-24 13:15:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALEAIR ASEC QA
08DOHA687AL JAZEERA: WE'LL SHOW ANOTHER 9/11 FILM FOR
[...] (SBU) The USG's Open Source Centers in Amman and Doha provided the following summary of the "Zero 9/11" documentary, an Italian-produced film that aired on Al Jazeera Arabic in two parts on September 3 and 10 in prime evening time slots: -- The film casts doubt on the official U.S. Governm [...]
2008-09-24 13:48:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAO QA
08DOHA710QATAR STEPS UP MONITORING BANK LIQUIDITY AS DOHA
[...] (C) Following Minister of Finance Kamal's September 30 comments to the Ambassador that Qatari banks were in good shape and did not face a liquidity crisis, officials at the QFC have reported that the Central Bank nevertheless is "being more vigilant" in monitoring banks' liquidity. Employees o [...]
2008-10-09 14:28:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALEFIN EINV ECON PREL QA
08DOHA718SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
[...] (C) Embassy Doha welcomes your visit to Qatar. You are scheduled to meet with Qatar's Attorney General, Dr. Ali bin Fetais Al-Marri, and either the Director or Deputy Director of Qatar State Security (QSS). Dr. Al-Marri may also host a lunch in your honor that would include other Qatari judic [...]
2008-10-15 06:40:00Embassy DohaSECRETPTER ASEC PGOV PREL QA
08DOHA777SCENESETTER FOR CODEL HINOJOSA'S NOVEMBER 13-14
[...] (U) Embassy Doha welcomes your visit to Qatar. We have requested meetings for you with the Amir, the Prime Minister/Foreign Minister, and the Amir,s wife, Sheikha Mozah, who heads the Qatar Foundation, the organization that oversees the six U.S. universities in Qatar. Yours will be one of th [...]
2008-11-03 14:07:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO SCUL QA
08DOHA781QATAR'S INTEREST IN BILATERAL TAX TREATY
[...] (SBU) During a meeting with Finance and Economy Minister Yousef Hussain Kamal (septel),Deputy Treasury Secretary Robert Kimmitt inquired about a recent diplomatic note from the Qatari embassy in Washington to the Treasury Department indicating Qatar's interest in negotiating a bilateral tax t [...]
2008-11-05 07:52:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN BTIO ECIN ECON EINV QA
08DOHA783QIA ASSESSES INVESTMENT LANDSCAPE FOR TREASURY
[...] (C) Deputy Treasury Secretary Robert Kimmitt met October 29 with Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) Executive Board Member (and de facto Managing Director) Dr. Hussain Al-Abdulla. Also participating in the meetings from the U.S. side were Ambassador, Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary for the [...]
2008-11-05 08:07:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALEINV EFIN ECON QA
08DOHA791SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR MARK LAGON'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) Embassy Doha welcomes your visit to Qatar. We have requested meetings with Minister of State for Interior Affairs Sheikh Abdullah Bin Nasser Al Thani, Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Dr. Sultan Bin Hassan al-Dhabit al-Dousari, Minister of State for International Cooperation and Confer [...]
2008-11-06 14:25:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KTIP ELAB QA
08DOHA811QATAR'S ENERGY MINISTER CONFIRMS POSSIBLE JOINT
[...] (C) Drawing on Ref A, Ambassador met November 18 with Minister of Energy and Industry and Qatar Petroleum (QP) Chairman Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah to express strong U.S. concerns about development of a gas cartel and talks on a possible Qatar-Iran-Russia joint venture on LNG. Also attendin [...]
2008-11-18 14:33:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET EINV ETTC PREL QA IR RU
08DOHA820QATAR AIRWAYS U.S. FLIGHTS: KEEPING SECURITY ON
[...] (C) During summer and fall 2007, a series of U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) assessments revealed major problems in passenger and baggage screening and other aviation security areas at Doha International Airport, including for flights to the U.S. Since then, the GOQ worked i [...]
2008-11-20 13:39:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALEAIR ASEC QA
08DOHA83READOUT OF SECRETARY BODMAN'S JANUARY 22 MEETINGS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman visited Qatar January 22 for meetings with Minister of Energy and Industry Abdullah Al-Attiyah, the Amir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, and representatives of major U.S. energy companies in Qatar. Discussions focused on the U.S. perception that t [...]
2008-02-04 05:30:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET PREL EINV TRGY QA
08DOHA837EMBASSY DOHA WARMLY WELCOMES CODEL BAIRD (DECEMBER
[...] Embassy Doha warmly welcomes the December 2-3 and 5-6 visits to Qatar of United States Representative Brian Baird; United States Representative Lincoln Davis; Dr. Nichloas Palarino, Senior Investigator and Policy Advisor, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform; Brooke Bennett, Profession [...]
2008-12-01 10:48:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KW AF PK QA IZ
08DOHA841CODEL HINOJOSA DISCUSSES BRINGING MORE U.S.
[...] A Codel led by Congressman Ruben Hinojosa, Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Higher Education, and comprising Representatives Henry Brown, Mazie Hirono, Grace Napolitano and Ed Pastor, visited Doha November 12 - 14, spending a day focused on U.S. universities at Education City. 2. The C [...]
2008-12-03 10:44:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO OEXC OREP QA
08DOHA845AL JAZEERA: ADDRESSING THE PROBLEMS, CHANNELING
[...] (C) Several Al Jazeera employees, including interview producers, assessed that the network's most formidable obstacle to providing balanced, professional broadcasts was an often unsatisfactory set of guests willing to appear. Interview producers complained that the Al Jazeera Washington burea [...]
2008-12-04 07:34:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAO PGOV QA
08DOHA852Fraud Report - Doha
[...] (U) COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Qatar's population consists of a large majority of third country nationals (TCNs). NIV applicants from Bangladesh, Egypt, India, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Philippines, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen account for a large portion of post's visa [...]
2008-12-07 12:14:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC QA
08DOHA854QATAR OUTLINES DARFUR STRATEGY TO SE WILLIAMSON
[...] (C) In a November 24 meeting with Prime Minister Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani (Shaykh Hamad),the President's Special Envoy for Sudan Richard Williamson, accompanied by Ambassador, said he was pleased to be in Doha to discuss Qatar's Initiative on Darfur. Shaykh Hamad replied that Qatar needs the [...]
2008-12-14 07:05:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM QA SU
08DOHA876QATAR SEEKS MORE INFORMATION BEFORE FUNDING
[...] (C) Al-Rumaihi added during the December 17 meeting that Qatar was waiting to see what support other Arab states would provide before making a pledge. Ambassador said the USG could supply the list, and urged that Qatar support the STL, using reftel points. Ambassador said Qatar could make an [...]
2008-12-17 13:52:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER LE SY UNSC EUN QA
08DOHA882CIVILIAN USE OF AL-UDEID AIR BASE IN QATAR
[...] This message details policy on use of Al-Udeid Airbase in Qatar. Embassy Doha asks that it be made available to all USG travelers considering travel to or through Al-Udeid Airbase. 2. Al-Udeid Airbase is a Qatari - not American ) military installation. It is sovereign Qatari territory a [...]
2008-12-21 11:41:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA OVIP PREL MOPS QA
08DOHA94SCENESETTER FOR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S FEBRUARY
[...] (S) Mr. Attorney General: Embassy Doha welcomes your February 13-14 visit to Qatar. Your Qatari counterpart, Ali bin Fetais Al-Marri, met three times with your predecessor, in both Doha and Washington, and is extremely pleased at the prospect of your visit so soon after assuming office. This [...]
2008-02-04 13:30:00Embassy DohaSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PHUM QA
08DUBAI166RAS AL KHAIMAH, DUBAI "WANNABE"?
[...] (C) Summary. Unabashedly stating Ras al Khaimah (RAK) plans to become the UAE's "second Dubai" Dr. Abdul Rahman Al Naqbi, Director General of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said the small emirate (roughly 250,000 people) has big plans for its future. Under the forward-leaning and eclec [...]
2008-04-27 10:57:00Consulate DubaiCONFIDENTIALECON EINV ETRD BTIO PGOV ENRG AE
08DUBAI186OIC SPECIAL ENVOY SADA CUMBER STRESSES UAE/US COOPERATION
[...] (U) Summary: On May 1 Special Envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Sada Cumber visited Dubai to brief UAEG officials on his OIC mission and to encourage US/UAEG partnership on outreach efforts to the Muslim world. During his meeting with Minister of State for Cabinet Affai [...]
2008-05-14 12:04:00Consulate DubaiCONFIDENTIALOIC KISL UNESCO AORC PREL PGOV PHUM AE
08DUBAI213AMCIT ANTI-TIP ACTIVIST FACES ALLEGATIONS OF BABY SELLING
[...] (C) Summary: Outspoken UAE human rights activist Sharla Musabih (dual national AmCit/Emirati and founder of City of Hope, the first women's and children's shelter in the UAE) has been the focus of increasingly pejorative press coverage (ref A) which recently escalated to accusations of selling [...]
2008-06-08 07:01:00Consulate DubaiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KCRM KWMN ASEC ELAB AE
08DUBAI227CODEL GUTIERREZ ENGAGES DUBAI ENTITIES ON SOVEREIGN WEALTH
[...] (U) Summary: UAE Government officials and senior business executives told visiting members of Codel Gutierrez May 28-29 that investments from Dubai-owned companies did not represent a threat to the national security of the United States. The UAE-based officials voiced their concerns that incre [...]
2008-06-11 13:03:00Consulate DubaiCONFIDENTIALECON EINV ETRD BTIO PGOV AE
08DUBAI240BIG-NAME AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES SET TO ESTABLISH CAMPUSES IN
[...] (U) Summary: Michigan State University (MSU) and the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) have formally announced plans to establish permanent campuses in Dubai. MSU currently aims to enroll 800-1000 students, while RIT plans a full-scale residential campus of up to 3000-4000 students. Bot [...]
2008-06-25 13:14:00Consulate DubaiUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SCUL PGOV AE
08DUBAI249SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION DISCUSSES REGIONAL TRENDS WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: A Department of Transportation delegation led by Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters visited Dubai May 29 - June 1 to learn about the emirate's rapidly-expanding transportation infrastructure, as well as how this infrastructure will be integrated into the plans for regional [...]
2008-06-30 12:09:00Consulate DubaiUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV ETRD ELTN BTIO PGOV SENV AE
08DUBAI271DUBAI MEGA-PROJECTS PART 1: INCREASING THE COASTLINE TEN-FOLD
[...] (U) Summary. In support of Dubai's 2015 Strategic Plan, Dubai's parastatal conglomerates and their many subsidiaries (as well as a bevy of private developers)have commenced a staggering number of mega-projects (according to Middle East Economic Digest, the value of planned and underway projects wi [...]
2008-07-10 14:20:00Consulate DubaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV ETRD PGOV AE
08DUBAI272DUBAI MEGA-PROJECTS PART 2: THE OTHER 90% OF SHEIKH MOHAMMED'S VISION
[...] (U) Summary. Taking as gospel Dubai Ruler Sh. Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum's oft quoted line, "what you see is only 10 percent of my vision", Dubai's aggressive 2015 Strategic Plan targets 11% per annum planned real GDP growth with a focus on the six key sectors in which Dubai views itself as hav [...]
2008-07-10 14:32:00Consulate DubaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV ETRD PGOV AE
08DUBAI441AA/S MCNERNEY'S MEETINGS WITH THE AMERICAN BUSINESS COUNCIL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Acting Assistant Secretary for International Security and Nonproliferation Patricia McNerney visited Dubai on October 16 to discuss counter proliferation cooperation and export control issues related to Iran (see septel for meeting with MG Mohammed Al Qemzi). McNerney discusse [...]
2008-11-25 15:25:00Consulate DubaiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL IR ENRG ETTC ECON KNNP KCEM KOMC AE
08DUBAI443AA/S MCNERNEY'S MEETINGS WITH THE AMERICAN BUSINESS COUNCIL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Acting Assistant Secretary for International Security and Nonproliferation Patricia McNerney visited Dubai on October 16 to discuss counter proliferation cooperation and export control issues related to Iran (see septel for meeting with MG Mohammed Al Qemzi). McNerney discusse [...]
2008-11-25 15:27:00Consulate DubaiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL IR ENRG ETTC ECON KNNP KCEM KOMC AE
08DUBAI444AA/S MCNERNEY'S MEETINGS WITH THE AMERICAN BUSINESS COUNCIL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Acting Assistant Secretary for International Security and Nonproliferation Patricia McNerney visited Dubai on October 16 to discuss counter proliferation cooperation and export control issues related to Iran (see septel for meeting with MG Mohammed Al Qemzi). McNerney discusse [...]
2008-11-25 15:28:00Consulate DubaiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL IR ENRG ETTC ECON KNNP KCEM KOMC AE
08DUBAI445AA/S MCNERNEY'S MEETINGS WITH THE AMERICAN BUSINESS COUNCIL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Acting Assistant Secretary for International Security and Nonproliferation Patricia McNerney visited Dubai on October 16 to discuss counter proliferation cooperation and export control issues related to Iran (see septel for meeting with MG Mohammed Al Qemzi). McNerney discusse [...]
2008-11-25 15:29:00Consulate DubaiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL IR ENRG ETTC ECON KNNP KCEM KOMC AE
08DUBAI57DUBAI DESIGNATES CROWN PRINCE AND DEPUTY RULER
[...] (U) Summary: On February 1, 2008, Sheikh Mohammad bin Rashid Al Maktoum (MbR),Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, appointed his second eldest son, Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammad Al Maktoum (HbM),Crown Prince of Dubai. The appointment of the 25-year-old heir apparent [...]
2008-02-12 11:47:00Consulate DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR AE
08DUBAI61MBR FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES THE ARAB CENTRE FOR PHILANTHROPY
[...] (U) Summary: During a January 30 meeting, Nabil Alyousuf, Director General of the Dubai Executive Office and President of the recently established Mohammed bin Rashid Foundation (MbRF),elaborated on the proposed Arab Centre for Philanthropy, announced during the 20-21 January "From Charity t [...]
2008-02-14 13:23:00Consulate DubaiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM SCUL AE
08DUBLIN104IRELAND: EU VISIT TO CUBA WILL CONFORM WITH
[...] (C) POLOFF delivered reftel demarches to Americas Desk Officer Karen Miller, Department of Foreign Affairs, on February 29. Acknowledging USG concerns regarding the timing and focus of EU Commissioner Michel's visit to Cuba, Miller emphasized that the EU Common Position on Cuba requires that [...]
2008-02-29 14:52:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EUN CU EI
08DUBLIN106IRELAND - EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP)
[...] (SBU) Summary: On the verge of passing new comprehensive anti-trafficking legislation, Ireland made great strides during the reporting period to shore up protections against trafficking in persons (TIP) in the country. In addition to the new Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Bill 2007, which [...]
2008-03-03 10:21:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB EI
08DUBLIN109VISA WAIVER PROGRAM NEGOTIATIONS AND THE EU - THE
[...] (U) On March 4, Cons Chief met with Irish Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs Ray Bassett and Joe Hackett of SIPDIS the Irish Passport Office to deliver the demarche mentioned in reftel. Bassett was pleased to receive the information presented in the demarche and stated that he believe [...]
2008-03-05 11:02:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALCMGT CVIS EUN KJUS KPAO PGOV PREL PTER EI
08DUBLIN192SCENESETTER FOR IRISH PRIME MINISTER'S ADDRESS TO
[...] (C) Prime Minister (Taoiseach, TEE-SHUCK) Bertie Ahern's address to a Joint Session of Congress on April 30 will be framed by the Northern Ireland peace process, Irish economic growth (the "Celtic Tiger"),Ireland's view of its place in the world, and Ahern's announcement that he will step dow [...]
2008-04-11 14:38:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON ETRD EINV EAIR MOPPS MARR EI
08DUBLIN202007 ANNUAL OSAC CRIME AND SAFETY REPORT.
[...] (U) Although official Police reports for 2007 will not be available until later in the year, RSO police contacts have reported that crime overall in Ireland has risen over the last twelve months. There has been an increase in activities by organized criminal groups in Ireland. Preliminary rep [...]
2008-01-14 08:54:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDASEC APER AMGT EI
08DUBLIN23IRISH PRESIDENT MCALEESE TACKLES GLOBAL ISSUES IN NEW
[...] Summary: President of Ireland Mary McAleese addressed diplomats on January 14, delivering a wide-ranging speech focusing on Irish Government policy in regards to conflict resolution, climate change, human rights, overseas development aid, humanitarian crises, nuclear weapons proliferation, po [...]
2008-01-16 08:20:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM EI
08DUBLIN236IRELAND ENDORSES GLOBAL INITIATIVE
[...] (U) Ireland endorses the Statement of Principles of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism, according to a diplomatic note received at post on May 1. Begin text of note ------------------ 2. (U) Note No. 157/08. The Department of Foreign Affairs presents its compliments to th [...]
2008-05-01 13:24:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL EI
08DUBLIN289SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL LEAHY TO IRELAND
[...] (U) CODEL Leahy will arrive against a backdrop of a new Irish Government led by Prime Minister Brian Cowen, the continuing successful peace process in Northern Ireland, a slowing, but still world-class economic growth -- the "Celtic Tiger" -- and an Ireland that is increasingly engaged in for [...]
2008-05-21 15:56:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON ETRD EINV EAIR MOPPS MARR EI
08DUBLIN389BRIAN COWEN: NO SOLUTION TO THE LISBON CRISIS BUT
[...] (C) During the Ambassador's meeting with Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen on June 26, 2008 (their first formal meeting since Cowen assumed his new position as Taoiseach),Cowen affirmed continued Irish support for U.S. activities in Shannon and expanded CBP pre-clearance operations. Cowen ur [...]
2008-06-27 14:40:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALEAIR ECON ENRG ETRD EUN PGOV PREL EINV
08DUBLIN390IRISH VIEW OF SHAPING POST-CYCLONE ASSISTANCE IN
[...] (C) On June 30, 2008, POLOFF spoke with Conleth Brady, Deputy Director of the Asia and Oceania Division of the Department of Foreign Affairs. Brady indicated that to date Ireland had disbursed 1 million euro (USD 1.57 million) through Irish charities, and it is currently reviewing its abilit [...]
2008-06-30 15:31:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALBM EAID EUN PGOV EI
08DUBLIN43KOSOVO/CHAD HIGH ON IRISH FOREIGN AFFAIRS AGENDA
[...] (C) During a meeting with visiting Office Director Kathy Allegrone, Irish Foreign Affairs Political Director Rory Montgomery stated that Ireland is likely to quickly recognize a declaration of independence by Kosovo, though not without misgivings. Montgomery reaffirmed Ireland's commitment to [...]
2008-01-23 15:27:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS PARM KV EI
08DUBLIN436IRELAND WILLING TO CONSIDER RESETTLING GUANTANAMO
[...] (S) Summary: On July 15, 2008 Ambassador-at Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson met Michael Flahive, Assistant Secretary in the Irish Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, and Darach Mac Fhoinnbhairr (MAC-FIN-BAR),Director, America,s Section, Department of Foreign Affairs t [...]
2008-07-24 12:03:00Embassy DublinSECRETPREL PGOV PREF CJAN EUN KJUS KTIA EI
08DUBLIN51IRELAND -- INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2008
[...] Per reftel, the following is Embassy Dublin's 2008 Investment Climate Statement submission. 2. The text of the submission follows. BEGIN TEXT ---------- IRISH GOVERNMENT'S ATTITUDE TOWARDS FOREIGN INVESTMENT The Irish Government actively promotes foreign direct investment (FDI),[...]
2008-01-28 13:41:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PGOV OPIC KTDB USTR EI
08DUBLIN54AMBASSADOR TALKS PHILANTHROPY AND ECONOMY WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary. On January 23, the Ambassador met with Finance Minister Brian Cowen to gauge the Minister's attitude toward tax and other legislative changes aimed at increasing charitable giving in Ireland in advance of the Ambassador's February 21 Philanthropy Symposium. They also briefly di [...]
2008-01-30 09:23:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV EI
08DUBLIN545IRELAND'S SOCIAL PARTNERSHIP DEAL'S GOOD ENOUGH --
[...] (C) Summary: On September 18 the parties to the Social Partnership talks (principally business groups and trade unions) agreed on a provisional deal that, among other things, would freeze public sector wages for the next 11 months. A leading business representative told us this is the best de [...]
2008-10-01 12:25:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV EI
08DUBLIN566IRELAND UNLIKELY TO RESETTLE GUANTANAMO DETAINEES
[...] (S) EUR/WE Office Director Pamela Spratlen reviewed the status of Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson's presentation to the Irish government on July 15, 2008, in which Williamson requested the Government of Ireland to accept one or more detainees from Guantanamo who coul [...]
2008-10-15 08:54:00Embassy DublinSECRETPREL PGOV PREF CJAN EUN KJUS KTIA KAWC EI
08DUBLIN609SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL LEAHY TO IRELAND
[...] (U) Embassy Dublin welcomes Senator Leahy to Ireland. The Senator will arrive against a backdrop of an Irish Government led by Prime Minister Brian Cowen that is facing economic woes and uncertain relations with the European Union following its rejection of the Lisbon Treaty in a referendum i [...]
2008-11-06 18:38:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON ETRD EINV EAIR SENV MOPPS MARR
08DUBLIN616SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF DEPUTY SECRETARY
[...] (U) Welcome to Ireland. We look forward to your visit. You will arrive against a backdrop of an Irish Government led by Prime Minister Brian Cowen that is facing economic woes and uncertain relations with the European Union following its rejection of the Lisbon Treaty in a referendum in June [...]
2008-11-12 16:53:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON ETRD EINV EAIR SENV MOPPS MARR
08DUBLIN628DEPUTY SECRETARY TOUR D'HORIZON WITH TOP IRISH
[...] (C) Deputy Secretary John Negroponte and Undersecretary for Democracy and Global Affairs and Special Envoy to Northern Ireland Paula Dobriansky met Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen and Foreign Minister Micheal Martin on November 17. Discussions included the Northern Ireland Peace process, t [...]
2008-11-18 14:46:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EI
08DUBLIN662SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL DODD TO IRELAND
[...] (U) Embassy Dublin welcomes Senator Dodd to Ireland. The Senator will arrive against a backdrop of an Irish Government led by Prime Minister Brian Cowen that is facing economic woes, uncertain relations with the European Union following its rejection of the Lisbon Treaty in a referendum in J [...]
2008-12-07 10:44:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON ETRD EINV EAIR SENV MOPPS MARR
08DUBLIN707IRELAND/CUBA: UPCOMING MINISTERIAL VISIT AND
[...] (C) Summary. Ireland's Foreign Minister publicly announced plans for an official visit to Cuba in mid-February, a first for any Irish Minister. He also signaled Ireland's willingness to accept Guantanamo detainees as part of an EU response to any plan to close Guantanamo proposed by the inco [...]
2008-12-30 07:29:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PTER CU EI MX
08DUBLIN91IRISH PRIME MINISTER TO ADDRESS CONGRESS ON APRIL
[...] (C) Irish Prime Minister (Taoiseach) Bertie Ahern has announced that he has accepted an invitation from Speaker Nancy Pelosi to address a joint session of Congress on April 30, 2008. At the same time, Declan Ganley, the President of the Libertas Institute, which is leading the fight in Irelan [...]
2008-02-20 15:41:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN EI
08DUSHANBE102SETTING THE SCENE FOR ADMIRAL FALLON'S AND DASD
[...] (C) Summary. Embassy Dushanbe looks forward to the upcoming joint CDR USCENTCOM/DASD Central and South Asia visit to Tajikistan. This cable provides updates only to reference scenesetter cable, and as an update, is primarily addressed to Admiral Fallon. As offered your November visit, Presi [...]
2008-01-15 11:13:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MASS MCAP OVIP TI AF
08DUSHANBE1022DESIGNATION OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS
[...] (SBU) On July 28th, Post delivered ref demarche regarding the designation of additional Iranian entities and individuals under E.O. 13382 to the Europe and Americas Desk at the Tajik Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Post will submit any substantive response separately. 2. (U) Point of conta [...]
2008-08-01 11:17:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP EFIN PARM IR
08DUSHANBE1027DESIGNTION OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS
[...] (SBU) On July 28th, Post delivered ref demarche regarding the designation of additional Iranian entities and individuals under E.O. 13382 to the Europe and Americas Desk at the Tajik Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Post will submit any substantive response separately. 2. (U) Point of conta [...]
2008-08-05 03:37:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP EFIN PARM IR TI
08DUSHANBE1094TAJIKISTAN: RUSSIA - GEORGIA CONFLICT DEMARCHE
[...] (C) On August 21 Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche to Husrav Nosiri, MFA Director for North America and European Affairs (Assistant Secretary equivalent). Nosiri accepted the demarche with the comment that Tajikistan was unlikely to take any public stance on the conflict between Georgia [...]
2008-08-22 07:09:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL GG TI
08DUSHANBE1098MEET THE NEW TAJIK SPETZNAZ
[...] (C) On August 20, RSO met with Major General Abdurauf YUSUPOV, First Deputy Minister of Interior and Lieutenant Colonel Dilshod ISLOMOV, Commander of the new Special Forces Battalion ("SpetzNaz") for the Ministry of Interior. The purpose of the meeting was to be introduced to the SpetzNaz C [...]
2008-08-26 03:59:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALASEC PINR TI
08DUSHANBE1099FARCE DE TRIOMPHE - DUSHANBE CHANNELS PARIS AS IT
[...] (C) Summary: As with last year's CIS summit, the Tajik Government is using the occasion of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit to show off a city with new monuments, smooth and painted grand avenues, park restorations, elaborate and luxurious hospitality, and numerous cultural e [...]
2008-08-26 04:17:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECON EINV PREL TI
08DUSHANBE1108TAJIKISTAN - REJECTING RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF
[...] (C) On August 27 Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche to MFA Director of North American and European Affairs (Assistant Secretary equivalent) Khusrav Nosiri. Nosiri could not offer a substantive reply, but said he would try to pass the substance of the demarche to the Minister of Foreign [...]
2008-08-28 05:44:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALPREL GG RU TI
08DUSHANBE1121TAJIKISTAN - CSTO MEETING AND POSSIBLE RECOGNITION
[...] (C) Acting DCM delivered reftel demarche to Khusrav Nosiri, Director of North American and European Affairs (Assistant Secretary equivalent) on September 1. Nosiri said he would pass the demarche to his superiors, and commented that Tajikistan would likely maintain its current policy of non-r [...]
2008-09-02 11:46:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS TI RS GG
08DUSHANBE1268DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IMPLEMENTING UN SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] (SBU) On October 3, PolOff delivered reftel demarche on implementing UN Security Council resolutions on Iran to Khusrav Noziri, the Head of the Europe and Americas Department of the Tajik Ministry of Foreign Affairs. We did not receive a substantive response, but Noziri said he would pass the [...]
2008-10-06 04:10:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDMNUC KNNP IR PARM TI
08DUSHANBE1316 TAJIKISTAN: END-OF-FISCAL YEAR PROJECT STATUS REPORT
[...] (U) Summary: At the end of August, Ambassador Jacobson and Foreign Minister Zarif signed two letters of agreement totaling over $13 million to continue INL border security, policing, and anti-crime programs and to initiate projects in the justice sector. INL Dushanbe provides the following en [...]
2008-10-16 12:08:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL CH TI
08DUSHANBE1343THE PAMIRS - GOING THEIR OWN WAY, WHETHER THEY
[...] (C) Summary: Contacts in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast (GBAO) say regional disaffection from the central government is less pronounced than political leaders in Dushanbe think. The Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) is making GBAO an example of liberal economic development and better ed [...]
2008-10-24 10:39:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID PHUM PREL ECON EINV SENV TI
08DUSHANBE1350SCENESETTER FOR DAS KROL VISIT NOVEMBER 10-13
[...] (U) Embassy Dushanbe looks forward to the upcoming visit of DAS George Krol. Following is a brief overview of the current situation in Tajikistan and our thoughts on the key issues DAS Krol will confront during his visit. POLITICAL OVERVIEW - STAGNATION IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY 2. (C) Li [...]
2008-10-30 11:49:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID ECON EINV PGOV PHUM TI
08DUSHANBE1372 TAJIKISTAN: 2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] (U) Tajikistan is not a producer of illicit narcotics, but it is a major transit country after Pakistan and Iran for heroin and opium from Afghanistan. The Republic of Tajikistan has emerged as a frontline state in the war on drugs and is taking the brunt of the boom in Afghan drug production. [...]
2008-11-03 12:09:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL RF TI
08DUSHANBE1380 TAJIKS WANT BETTER LAWS; U.S. ROLE UNCLEAR
[...] (U) Summary: Emboffs met with two of President Rahmon's legal advisors, Sodik Ashurovich Shohnazarov and Umed Boboev, to discuss areas of collaboration in reform of the justice sector. Tajik officials recognize the need to reform the country's legal infrastructure, and will establish a legisla [...]
2008-11-10 08:39:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KJUS KCRM PGOV TI
08DUSHANBE1382FEEDBACK ON TAJIKTIP PROSECUTORS' U.S. VISIT
[...] Summary: INL, Department of Justice/OPDAT and the Educational and Cultural Affairs Voluntary Visitors Division organized a one-week study tour to Washington for attorneys from the Prosecutor General's Office responsible for prosecuting TIP cases. The four prosecutors, accompanied by Embassy D [...]
2008-11-10 12:13:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KJUS KCRM TI
08DUSHANBE1396SCENESETTER FOR ARCENT COMMANDER LTG LOVELACE,S 20
[...] (U) Embassy Dushanbe looks forward to the upcoming visit of LTG Lovelace. Since Tajikistan,s limited defense capability consists primarily of Russian-influenced ground forces, the position of the ARCENT Commander is ideal to pursue basic and sorely needed reforms as well as further joint Taji [...]
2008-11-14 09:58:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALAF MAS MCAP OVIP PGOV PREL TI
08DUSHANBE1401TAJIKISTAN - DAS GEORGE KROL'S MEETINGS WITH TAJIK
[...] (C) Summary: During his three-day visit to Tajikistan, DAS Krol met with representatives of local businesses and foreign investors, international donors, civil society, and journalists. He visited the U.S.-funded bridge to Afghanistan at Nizhniy Pyanj, and Food for Peace-funded agricultural t [...]
2008-11-18 14:18:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EINV PREL PHUM PGOV TI
08DUSHANBE1402RAHMON HOLDS FORTH - DAS KROL'S MEETINGS WITH
[...] (C) Summary: In a two and half hour meeting on November 11, Rahmon urged greater U.S. attention to Afghanistan and the problem of narcotics trafficking, and said the global financial crisis was affecting Tajikistan because of lower prices for aluminum and cotton. While claiming Tajikistan was [...]
2008-11-19 03:09:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EINV PREL PGOV PHUM TI
08DUSHANBE1454UNEXPECTED CLOSURE OF TAJIK BORDER BY UZBEKISTAN
[...] (SBU) According to news reports, Uzbek authorities unilaterally closed their border with Tajikistan beginning on November 27. The Tajik State Committee for National Security said it had no warning of this move from the Uzbeks. The Uzbek Embassy in Dushanbe also seemed not to know the reasons [...]
2008-12-01 13:22:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UZ TI
08DUSHANBE1514TAJIKISTAN: NARCOTICS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND JUSTICE SECTOR
[...] Summary: The November visit by SCA DAS Krol provided welcomed insights into U.S. plans for Central Asia. EU and OSCE colleagues are still working to improve technical capacity for drug interdiction and Finland continues to stress strategic border management. Tajik law enforcement agencies hav [...]
2008-12-15 06:19:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL RF TI
08DUSHANBE1523GROWING INFLUENCE OF TRADITIONAL ISLAM IN TAJIKISTAN - WHAT
[...] (SBU) Summary: On December 11 and 12, EmbOffs accompanied William Trigg, USAID's Regional Society and State Advisor based in Bishkek, to meetings with Muslim clerics, government officials, and researchers in Dushanbe. During Trigg's visit, interlocutors said the Government of Tajikistan had li [...]
2008-12-18 04:04:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KIRF KISL TI
08DUSHANBE189SHOOT-OUT IN GARM, SITUATION CALM
[...] (SBU) Colonel Oleg Zakharchenko, the commander of OMON, the Interior Ministry's elite police squad, was killed February 2 in a 15-minute gunfight in Garm District, east of Dushanbe. Zakharchenko had reportedly led a 30-man unit to Garm to effect the arrest of Col. Mirzokhuja Ahmadov, a form [...]
2008-02-04 12:22:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC CASC TI
08DUSHANBE191FLIGHT OF PROLIFERATION CONCERN FROM NORTH KOREA
[...] (S) Emboff delivered reftel demarche to Ismatulloh Nasreddinov, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for European and American Affairs (Assistant Secretary Equivalent) on February 4. Mr. Nasreddinov assured us he would raise this matter immediately with his superiors. He also checked with th [...]
2008-02-04 12:28:00Embassy DushanbeSECRETPARM PREL KN TI
08DUSHANBE217 EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING - DUSHANBE 02/08/08
[...] (SBU) Summary: Per Department's request, Ambassador chaired an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting February 8 to discuss preparations and next steps in light of the current weather and energy problems in Tajikistan. Regional Security Officer, Management Officer, Political/Economics Chie [...]
2008-02-08 10:55:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC PTER TI
08DUSHANBE222DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO TAJIKS ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE
[...] (C) PolOff delivered the demarche on Kosovo independence as instructed to Husrab Noziri, the newly appointed Head of American and European Affairs at the Tajik Foreign Ministry. Noziri said he would discuss the issue with his superiors, but he would not comment on Tajikistan,s position on Kosov [...]
2008-02-11 14:32:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI EU
08DUSHANBE223DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION
[...] (S) PolOff delivered the non-paper on Air Koryo flight JS-621 as instructed to Husrab Noziri, the newly appointed Head of American and European Affairs of the Tajik Foreign Ministry. We passed a Russian version of the non-paper to ensure that there would be no miscommunication. Noziri said h [...]
2008-02-11 14:46:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL TI
08DUSHANBE224DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION
[...] (U) This message is being resent to correct the classification. 2. (S) PolOff delivered the non-paper on Air Koryo flight JS-621 as instructed to Husrab Noziri, the newly appointed Head of American and European Affairs of the Tajik Foreign Ministry. We passed a Russian version of the non-p [...]
2008-02-12 04:05:00Embassy DushanbeSECRETPARM PREL TI
08DUSHANBE228TIFA 2008 - TAJIKS WON'T PLAY, UNLESS IT'S THEIR
[...] (C) Summary: The Government of Tajikistan threatened to not participate in the 2008 Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) conference, and in regional consultations with the EU Troika, unless one of these two meetings is held in Dushanbe. End Summary. 2. (C) In his first meeting w [...]
2008-02-13 12:21:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALEINV ETRD PGOV PREL TI
08DUSHANBE245TAJIK-IRANIAN FRATERNAL RELATIONS RECONFIRMED
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Rahmon visited Iran unexpectedly February 9-10. He returned with promises of some fuel oil to help Dushanbe in the ongoing winter power shortage, and "agreements" for Iran to consider undertaking more hydropower, power transmission, and tunnel improvement work. The vi [...]
2008-02-19 11:38:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL IR TI
08DUSHANBE266TAJIKISTAN: FOLLOW-UP DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S.
[...] (C) PolOff delivered latest demarche (reftel) to Husrav Nosiri, the Director of the Foreign Ministry's Department of American and European Affairs. He said that Tajikistan did not yet have a position on Kosovo independence, but the Government of Tajikistan was "discussing the issue seriously." [...]
2008-02-21 05:35:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KV TI
08DUSHANBE433NDI SEES "SCORCHED EARTH" DEPARTURE FROM TAJIKISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: The National Democratic Institute's most recent application for registration was refused by the Tajik Government. With funding and patience running out, the Institute is considering exit strategies to implement by March 31. Their resident representative favors a "scorched earth" [...]
2008-03-23 06:16:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL PGOV PHUM TI
08DUSHANBE444TAJIKISTAN - SCENE SETTER FOR APRIL 1-3 VISIT BY
[...] (U) Embassy Dushanbe looks forward to the upcoming visit by DAS Pamela Spratlen. Following is a brief overview of the current situation in Tajikistan, and our thoughts on the key issues DAS Spratlen will confront during her visit. Political and Economic Overview ---------------------------- [...]
2008-03-31 03:02:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EINV PREL PGOV PHUM TI
08DUSHANBE457DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UPDATED SCHEDULE OF FLIGHT
[...] (S) PolOff delivered the non-paper on the Air Koryo charter flight as instructed to Husrav Nosiri, the Head of American and European Affairs at the Tajik Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He understood the importance of the information we provided, and he said that he would pass the information on [...]
2008-04-04 10:42:00Embassy DushanbeSECRETPARM PREL KNNP ISN EAP NEA TI
08DUSHANBE494TAJIKISTAN - A/DAS PAMELA SPRATLEN'S DISCUSSIONS
[...] (U) Summary: On April 2, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Central Asia and Public Diplomacy Pamela Spratlen told senior GOTI officials that the United States supported the OSCE Chairman in Office's (CiO) proposal as the basis for negotiation on renewal of the OSCE mandate in Tajikistan. H [...]
2008-04-09 10:30:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EINV PREL PHUM TI
08DUSHANBE521TAJIKISTAN'S CIVIL SOCIETY AND BUSINESS LEADERS NEED RULE
[...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified - Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary. Tajikistan's business advocates and civil leaders cited corruption and the lack of coherent laws and policies as the greatest impediments to business or reforming social institutions. In separate open and free- [...]
2008-04-15 07:31:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON KPAO TI
08DUSHANBE526 THE IMPACT OF NOT RIGHTSIZING EMBASSY DUSHANBE'S
[...] Summary: Embassy Dushanbe's thoroughly inadequate management staffing means we have had to turn down important positions requested by the Drug Enforcement Agency, Office of Defense Cooperation, and USAID. We understand the need for "triage" in the current budgetary environment, but urge the [...]
2008-04-16 04:54:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT EAID SNAR MASS PREL TI
08DUSHANBE634TAJIKISTAN - WHY AMERICAN CORNERS MATTER
[...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified - Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary. Despite widespread academic corruption and crumbling infrastructure, Tajik students and instructors are striving to achieve, as Public Affairs Officer and visiting Information Resources Officer learned during a [...]
2008-05-06 03:09:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON KPAO TI
08DUSHANBE688 RAHMON CALLS FOR THE TRANSFER OF ARREST POWER FROM THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: In his annual speech to Parliament, President Rahmon called for the transfer by 2010 of the power to issue preliminary arrest warrants from the prosecutors to the courts. Our contacts are uncertain whether this step will make much difference in the balance of power between the [...]
2008-05-20 07:47:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS TI
08DUSHANBE69TAJIKISTAN,S ISLAMIC REVIVAL PARTY: A FORMIDABLE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Following his re-election in September 2007 as Islamic Revival Party Chairman, Muhuddin Kabiri promised to continue modernizing the party and increase party membership (reftel). Meetings throughout the country confirm that the Party has benefited from government policies that [...]
2008-01-10 06:21:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KISL KDEM TI
08DUSHANBE720SHOOTOUT IN RAHMON'S CORRAL
[...] (C) On May 27, Tajik Ministry of Interior and State Committee on National Security forces raided the home of Suhrob Langariev in Kulyab. When government forces secured a perimeter, Langariev and a group of fighters opened fire. During a lull in the shootout, Langariev's father attempted to co [...]
2008-05-29 05:38:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC PTER PGOV KCRM TI
08DUSHANBE735TAJIKISTAN - VISIT TO RASHT VALLEY HIGHLIGHTS IMPORTANCE OF
[...] Summary: Ambassador spent two days in the poor but picturesque Rasht Valley this week, meeting with local government officials, U.S. Government grantees, and visiting villages receiving the final food distribution from the Food for Peace (P.L. 480) Program (FFP),through USAID implementing part [...]
2008-05-30 12:28:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON EAID ASEC TI
08DUSHANBE760TAJIKISTAN - SCENESETTER FOR JUNE 16-19 VISIT OF
[...] (U) Embassy Dushanbe looks forward to the upcoming visit of DAS George Krol. Following is a brief overview of the current situation in Tajikistan and our thoughts on the key issues DAS Krol will confront during his visit. Political Overview - Cracks in the Facade --------------------------- [...]
2008-06-09 13:27:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EINV PREL PGOV PHUM TI
08DUSHANBE830TAJIKISTAN'S PROSECUTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE - IT'S ALL ABOUT
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Tajikistani Prsoecutor General's Office (which equates to the Attorney General's Office is the United States, but has substantial investigatory powers not possessed by American prosecutors) continues to oppose anticipated reforms to the Criminal Procedure Code that will bring [...]
2008-06-23 04:49:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KJUS SNAR KCRM TI
08DUSHANBE85 "DOES DEMOCRACY MAKE YOU GAY?" AND OTHER BURNING QUESTIONS
[...] (U) Summary: Post's outreach program has provided an unprecedented opportunity for EmbOffs to reach out to Tajik youth under age 25, who comprise more than 50 percent of the population. These discussions have provided a window into the sheltered and increasingly conservative mindset of young T [...]
2008-01-14 03:50:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SCUL KPAO TI
08DUSHANBE877TAJIKISTAN - VISIT TO RASHT WARLORDS UNDERSCORES
[...] (C) Summary: In mid-June, the Embassy Regional Security Officer (RSO) traveled to the Rasht Valley to assess the security situation 4 months after a shootout between local and federal level Ministry of Interior forces (reftel). Local strongmen are not loyal to the central government, and are a [...]
2008-07-01 04:03:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL ASEC PTER PGOV TI
08DUSHANBE879TERRORIST FINANCE: PASSAGE OF RAJAH SOLAIMAN
[...] On June 24, Post delivered reftel demarche regarding the addition of eight Rajah Solaiman Movement names to the list of individuals/entities associated with the Taliban or al Qaida, via dipnote to the Americas Department of the Tajik Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Post will submit any substant [...]
2008-07-02 12:17:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDPREL TI KTFN PTER EFIN CVIS KVPR
08DUSHANBE888KOSOVO DEMARCHE DELIVERED; TAJIKISTAN NOT LIKELY
[...] (C) Per reftel, PolOff delivered a demarche on Kosovo to Khusrav Noziri, the Head of American and European Affairs at the Tajik Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Noziri gave his standard response ) he will pass the information we provided to his superiors. 2. (C) PolOff prompted Noziri by obser [...]
2008-07-03 11:18:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALPREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI TI KV
08DUSHANBE8952008 U.S.-CENTRAL ASIA TIFA COUNCIL MEETING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The fourth meeting of the U.S.-Central Asia Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council, held June 17-18 in Dushanbe was marked by strong participation by the private sector and by Afghan observers. However, representatives from the TIFA members themselves failed to [...]
2008-07-08 08:57:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD USTR ECON PREL AF KG KZ TI TX UZ
08DUSHANBE907 TAJIKISTAN: NARCOTICS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND JUSTICE SECTOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Tajikistan's Drug Control Agency intends to move its Kazakhstan liaison office to Osh, Kyrgyzstan. The Agency's annual counter-drug effort entitled "Poppy - 2008", is intercepting more marijuana than opium or heroin. The Ministry of Internal Affairs Counter-Narcotics Department [...]
2008-07-11 08:29:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL RF TI
08DUSHANBE996DESIGNTION OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS
[...] (SBU) On July 28th, Post delivered ref demarche regarding the designation of additional Iranian entities and individuals under E.O. 13382 to the Europe and Americas Desk at the Tajik Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Post will submit any substantive response separately. 2. Point of contact f [...]
2008-07-30 10:45:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP EFIN PARM IR TI
08DUSHANBE997TRANSFER OF TAJIK GTMO DETAINEE JUMMA JAN
[...] (S) On July 29, 2008 PolEcon Chief delivered reftel demarche to Khusrav Nosiri, Head of the Department of European and North American Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. PolEcon Chief specified that the date range for the transfer would be September 10-16, per email communication with [...]
2008-07-30 12:18:00Embassy DushanbeSECRETKDRG PHUM PINR PTER TI
08DUSSELDORF21REGIONAL CHAMBER OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO PUSH BACK ON IRAN
[...] (SBU) As part of the Mission's ongoing dialogue with the German business community on Iran-related issues, EMIN, CG and Pol/Econoff met with a senior Duesseldorf Chamber of Commerce (IHK) official on April 17, who expressed "fear" that the German government and the Federal Agency of Economics [...]
2008-04-23 14:11:00Consulate DusseldorfUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PTER PGOV KNNP ETTC MNUC PREL IR GM
08DUSSELDORF25BONN-VIBRANT: A GROWING CITY AFTER CAPITAL MOVES TO BERLIN
[...] (U) Summary: The gloom that descended upon Bonn in the wake of the German government's 1991 decision to move the capital back to Berlin has lifted as the city booms economically and retains its strong international orientation. Through the Bonn-Berlin Law and other initiatives introduced in t [...]
2008-04-29 13:15:00Consulate DusseldorfUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON GM
08DUSSELDORF34FOOTNOTE TO AN OLD CONTROVERSY: "LOCUST" BECOMES MODEL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Germany watchers will recall the politicization surrounding the takeover in 2004/2005 of the well known North Rhine Westphalia-based company Grohe by the U.S.-based Texas Pacific Group (TPG),which prompted former SPD party chair Franz Muentefering to coin the term "locusts" (H [...]
2008-07-11 08:09:00Consulate DusseldorfUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ECON ELAB PGOV GM
08DUSSELDORF36BROAD OPPOSITION FORMS AGAINST "ANTI-ISLAMIZATION CONGRESS"
[...] (U) Summary: Plans by the anti-immigrant, far right group "Pro Koeln" to hold a so-called "Anti-Islamization Congress" on September 19-20 in Cologne have provoked broad opposition from all major political parties, trade unions, and churches, as well as radical leftist and anarchist groups. Or [...]
2008-09-17 15:37:00Consulate DusseldorfUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KISL CASC ASEC GM
08DUSSELDORF40OUTGOING MUSLIM LEADER COMMENTS ON HIS TENURE AS KRM
[...] (SBU) Summary: Outgoing Muslim Coordination Council (KRM) Spokesman Ali Kizilkaya on September 22 gave us a critical view of progress in relations between Germany's Muslims and the German state. Reviewing his six month tenure, which ended September 29, he asserted that the KRM had made progre [...]
2008-10-08 04:09:00Consulate DusseldorfUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KISL GM
08DUSSELDORF41OUTGOING MUSLIM LEADER COMMENTS ON HIS TENURE AS KRM
[...] (SBU) Summary: Outgoing Muslim Coordination Council (KRM) Spokesman Ali Kizilkaya on September 22 gave us a critical view of progress in relations between Germany's Muslims and the German state. Reviewing his six month tenure, which ended September 29, he asserted that the KRM had made progre [...]
2008-10-08 04:10:00Consulate DusseldorfUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KISL GM
08EFTOBUENOSAIRES648ARGENTINA: SCENESETTER FOR FBI DEPUTY DIRECTOR
[...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. ------------ Introduction ------------ 2. (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your May 21-22 visit to Argentina. We are looking to build on an already positive bilateral relationsh [...]
2008-05-15 18:29:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM PTER SNAR ECON EFIN BEXP AR
08FESTTWO1NDJAMENA 001: AN EERIE NORMALCY RETURNS
[...] Summary: Life is slowly returning to what passes for normal in N'Djamena as Chadian citizens emerge from hiding or flight to view the newest scars on this historically war-torn city. The U.S. Embassy transferred operations from a temporary site at the French base to the Chancery and other fa [...]
2008-02-17 15:50:00US Delegation FEST TWOUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PREF CASC SU CD
08FESTTWO10 NDJAMENA 004 - SUSPENSION OF VISA SERVICES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Embassy N'Djamena has suspended all visa operations until further notice, with the exception of American Citizen Services. Post requests assistance from Embassies in flight route proximity from N'Djamena for Chadian national visa processing, including Paris, Yaounde, Libreville [...]
2008-02-20 17:14:00US Delegation FEST TWOUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CD
08FESTTWO14NDJAMENA 006: DAS SWAN MEETING WITH PRESIDENT DEBY
[...] (C) Summary. In discussions with the President of Chad and other GOC officials, Deputy Assistant Secretary Swan stressed that the time was ripe for moving forward on internal political dialogue and expressed USG support for regional initiatives to end the cycle of violence in Chad. President [...]
2008-02-27 11:39:00US Delegation FEST TWOCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PGOV PHUM SU CD
08FESTTWO2N'DJAMENA 002: FRENCH AMBASSADOR AND PRESIDENT DEBY WARN
[...] (S) Summary. The French here believe that they have credible evidence of direct Sudanese involvement in the most recent Chadian rebel attack on N'Djamena. Rebel forces are still in eastern Chad, and reportedly are being rearmed and resupplied by Sudan. The Ambassador presented his credentia [...]
2008-02-18 15:53:00US Delegation FEST TWOSECRETPREL PREF PGOV PHUM SU CD
08FESTTWO6N'DJAMENA 002: FRENCH AMBASSADOR AND PRESIDENT DEBY WARN
[...] (S) Summary. The French here believe that they have credible evidence of direct Sudanese involvement in the most recent Chadian rebel attack on N'Djamena. Rebel forces are still in eastern Chad, and reportedly are being rearmed and resupplied by Sudan. The Ambassador presented his credentia [...]
2008-02-18 17:25:00US Delegation FEST TWOSECRETPREL PREF PGOV PHUM SU CD
08FRANKFURT1020Law Enforcement Copes with Challenges of Global Terror in
[...] (C) Summary. The September 4 arrests of three terror suspects tied to the Islamic Jihad Union highlighted the prevalence of Islamic extremism and homegrown terrorism in Baden-Wuerttemberg, a large and conservative southern German state. All three suspects, two of whom are German converts, sp [...]
2008-04-07 09:19:00Consulate FrankfurtCONFIDENTIALPTER KHLS KJUS PGOV ASEC GM
08FRANKFURT808Law Enforcement Copes with Challenges of Global Terror in
[...] (C) Summary. The September 4 arrests of three terror suspects tied to the Islamic Jihad Union highlighted the prevalence of Islamic extremism and homegrown terrorism in Baden-Wuerttemberg, a large and conservative southern German state. All three suspects, two of whom are German converts, sp [...]
2008-03-19 14:48:00Consulate FrankfurtCONFIDENTIALPTER KHLS KJUS PGOV ASEC GM
08FREETOWN11FREETOWN MEDIA PLACEMENTS FOR DECEMBER 2007
[...] Summary: Embassy Freetown's outreach in December 2007 Included articles surrounding the arrival of the Amistad and programs organized to raise awareness about it, Ambassador Perry's maiden press conference, the performances of Devin Philips and New Orleans Straight Ahead jazz ensemble in Sierra [...]
2008-01-09 18:13:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO SL
08FREETOWN138FREETOWN MEDIA PLACEMENTS FOR FEBRUARY 2008
[...] Summary: Embassy Freetown's outreach in Freetown included articles surrounding the commemoration of Black History Month, including a discussion hosted by Ambassador Perry and film showings at the Kissy and Fourah Bay College Libraries. Ambassador Perry also opened a seminar on resources managem [...]
2008-03-25 14:06:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO SL
08FREETOWN154 AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH DIASPORA PARLIAMENTARIANS
[...] SUMMARY: On March 26, Ambassador Perry, the public affairs officer, and poloff met with 13 Members of Parliament (MPs) who have returned from the diaspora, as well as representatives of the National Democratic Institute (NDI). Many in the group spent at least a decade in either the United Stat [...]
2008-03-31 17:04:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM SL
08FREETOWN171CREDENTIALS REDUX
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador Perry presented her credentials in a formal ceremony at State House on April 7, 2008. She also presented the Letters of Recall of her predecessor, Ambassador Thomas N. Hull, III. The meeting was attended by nearly all members of President Koroma's cabinet, including the [...]
2008-04-09 11:13:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIALPREL APER AMGT SL
08FREETOWN182AMBASSADOR PERRY CALLS ON MINISTER OF PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador Perry recently paid a courtesy call on the Minister for Presidential and Public Affairs Alhaji Alpha Kanu at State House, accompanied by the Public Affairs Officer. The discussion covered issues of mutual interest including an American company's presence in Sierra Leon [...]
2008-04-15 15:04:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SL
08FREETOWN184PRESIDENT KOROMA INTERCEDES WITH CONCESSIONS TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: As reported in reftel A and B, Seaboard West Africa Ltd., an American-owned company operating the only flour mill in Sierra Leone, found itself in dire financial straits due to the volatility of the world commodities markets and price ceilings on flour. These negatively impacted t [...]
2008-04-16 16:38:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EAGR SL
08FREETOWN198UNREST IN KONO DISTRICT
[...] (U) On 04/23/2008, it was reported that there was a serious disturbance in the Kono District of Sierra Leone. In the early morning hours some local youth went to an area that is under contract to the Kariba Mining Company in Koidu Town to mine for diamonds at the No. 11 Tailings. The youth w [...]
2008-04-24 16:58:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC PGOV SL
08FREETOWN215SIERRA LEONE: ACTIVISTS FOR DEMOCRACY AND
[...] The Chief of Mission, working closely with the embassy team, is pleased to report significant progress in efforts to achieve the President's Freedom Agenda. As reported recently in the 2007 Human Rights Report, the Advancing Democracy and Freedom Report, and the Advancing Democratic Values Act [...]
2008-05-06 16:39:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL SL
08FREETOWN262EAC DISCUSSES SECURITY POSTURE FOR JULY 4TH EVENT
[...] (SBU) On June 3, 2008, the Freetown Emergency Action Committee convened to review Post's security posture in preparation for the Independence Day event to be held in the Chancery. The DCM, RSO, MGT, POL, DAO, USAID, A/PAO, GSO and ARSO were in attendance. The EAC agreed that the Embassy secur [...]
2008-06-03 11:44:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC SL
08FREETOWN274AMBASSADOR PERRY VISITS SIERRA LEONE'S NORTHERN
[...] SUMMARY: Ambassador Perry, accompanied by USAID and PAS staff, visited Port Loko and Bombali Districts in northern Sierra Leone on May 29, 2008. Included in the Ambassador's site visits were two Ambassador's Girls' Scholarship Program (AGSP) schools and meetings with key regional, local and po [...]
2008-06-09 12:52:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL KDEM PGOV SL
08FREETOWN283SIERRA LEONE REQUEST TO TRANSMIT RECOGNITION OF
[...] (SBU) The Government of Sierra Leone has requested that we transmit, on their behalf, the Note Verbale ccontained in paragraph 4 to the Kosovo Foreign Ministry. The Note Verbale recognizes and congratulates the Republic of Kosovo on their independence. As discussed ref e-mail, a scanned copy of [...]
2008-06-12 13:42:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNMIK PGOV SL
08FREETOWN313EAC DISCUSSES SECURITY FOR JULY 5 LOCAL ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) On July 1, 2008, the Freetown Emergency Action Committee convened to discuss the current situation leading up to the general local elections scheduled for July 5, 2008. The AMB, DCM, RSO, MGT, POL, DAO, USAID, CON, PAO, and LEGAT were in attendance. The EAC discussed several incidents of [...]
2008-07-01 15:37:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC SL
08FREETOWN315FREETOWN MONITORING PLAN FOR JULY 5 LOCAL ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) Sierra Leone will hold local elections on Saturday, July 5, 2008. Post has devised a plan to monitor 8 of the 14 electoral districts on election day. Six monitoring teams comprised of one to three Direct Hire Americans accompanied by Locally Engaged Staff will travel upcountry to observe [...]
2008-07-02 11:33:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM ASEC SL
08FREETOWN330(C//NF) NSDD 38 - U.S. DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
[...] (C) As Chief of Mission, American Embassy Freetown, I concur with the Defense Intelligence Agency's request to establish an additional position, that of a Operations Non-Commissioned Officer (Ops NCO) in the Defense Attache Office at post and consent to the NSDD 38 agreement. Please see resp [...]
2008-07-14 09:22:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIALKMRS AODE PINR AMGT SL
08FREETOWN332INDEPENDENCE DAY CONGRATULATIONS LETTER TO
[...] (U) Following is text of a letter received by post on July 9, from President Koroma to President Bush on the occasion of United States Independence Day 2008. Original wil be sent by pouch to AF/W desk officer for appropriate transmittal. 2. (U) BEGIN TEXT: June 30, 2008. His Excellency Geor [...]
2008-07-14 09:26:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SL
08FREETOWN337SIERRA LEONE EXPRESSES SYMPATHY RE: ISTANBUL ATTACK
[...] (U) Following is text from a letter received by post on July 10, from Minister Zainab Hawa Bangura to Secretary of State Dr. Condoleezza Rice on the tragedy that occured at the United States Consulate in Instabul, Turkey. Original will be sent by pouch to AF/W desk officer for appropriate tr [...]
2008-07-15 15:33:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV SL
08FREETOWN343UPDATE ON SIERRA LEONE DRUG SEIZURE
[...] (S) To date, there have been at least 17 arrests made in connection with the 730 kg of cocaine seized in the early hours of Sunday morning, July 13. The General Manager of Lungi Airport and other airport employees are among those that have been taken into custody. The eight individuals initi [...]
2008-07-17 15:11:00Embassy FreetownSECRETASEC CASC PGOV PREL SL SNAR
08FREETOWN345SIERRA LEONE: DRUGS AND THUGS - TAKE THEM OFF OUR
[...] (S) Summary: On July 17, the Ambassador responded to a late night (7/16) meeting request by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Finance regarding the July 13 drug seizure case. The Ambassador also wanted to raise the visitation issue again and have it confirmed for midday July [...]
2008-07-18 15:26:00Embassy FreetownSECRETPREL CASC SNAR MASS SL
08FREETOWN403MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS DISCUSSES COCAINE
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador, DCM, Poloff, and Deskoff met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MFA) and key members of her staff on July 31. The Minister promised to provide assistance in guaranteeing regular consular visits for the detained AmCit connected to the r [...]
2008-08-13 13:05:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SNAR SL
08FREETOWN414FREETOWN MEDIA PLACEMENTS FOR JULY 2008
[...] Summary: Embassy Freetown's media outreach in July included Ambassador Perry's remarks at the 232nd anniversary of the Independence of the United States, a statement commending the people of Sierra Leone for the successful conduct of the July 5 local council elections in Sierra Leone, and a st [...]
2008-08-25 08:17:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO SL
08FREETOWN447U.S. AMBASSADOR AND IMATT COMMANDER MEETING
[...] (C) Summary: On July 28, 2008, Ambassador June Carter Perry and Defense Attache Leslie Bryant met with Brigadier General Jonathan Powe to discuss the International Military Advisory Training Team to Sierra Leone (IMATT) mission, progress to date on the professionalization of the Republic of Si [...]
2008-09-10 18:45:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MASS SL UK
08FREETOWN456NEW CHINESE AMBASSADOR TO SIERRA LEONE SINGS SAME
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Perry met with the new Chinese Ambassador to Sierra Leone, Qui Shaofang, on September 10, 2008. The discussion centered on areas of mutual interest and concern in terms of bilateral relations with the Government of Sierra Leone (GoSL) and development issues and opportu [...]
2008-09-12 13:07:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR CH SL
08FREETOWN484WALK-IN: DUTCH NATIONAL WANTS TO PROVIDE NARCOTICS
[...] (S/NF) On September 25, 2008, at 1441 hours, local time, ARSO Freetown was contacted by Post's Public Affairs Officer stating that there was a person at the main gate who would like to speak with someone in the Security Section in regards to information that they have. ARSO Freetown met Adrian [...]
2008-09-30 15:13:00Embassy FreetownSECRET//NOFORNASEC CVIS PINR PREF PTER
08FREETOWN489 Fraud Summary - Freetown
[...] Freetown is a high fraud post. Despite much progress since the end of an 11-year civil war in 2001, Sierra Leone is ranked last on the UN Human Development Index. As such, socioeconomic conditions for many residents are poor and many people seek a better life elsewhere. There is a large dia [...]
2008-10-03 09:48:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC SL
08FREETOWN529COCAINE CASE PROGRESS: GOVERNMENT TIPS THEIR HAND
[...] (S) Summary: Meetings with the President of Sierra Leone and the Minister of Foreign Affairs the week of October 27 brought incremental progress in propelling the cocaine case out of its current intertia (reftel). Though the meeting between President Koroma, Ambassador, and DEA officials seeme [...]
2008-11-07 12:28:00Embassy FreetownSECRETPGOV PREL SNAR SL
08FREETOWN531U.S. Electoral Process Excites Sierra Leoneans
[...] Summary: On the afternoon and evening of November 4, Ambassador Perry welcomed visitors to a 6-station exhibit on the United States Presidential Elections. In total, nearly 400 people joined Embassy staff to learn about the different aspects of the process and to watch televised coverage of [...]
2008-11-07 14:03:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KDEM SL
08FREETOWN558FILLING THE VOID IN THE SCSL APPEALS CHAMBER
[...] (C) Summary: Poloff met with a highly-placed source within the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) on November 25 to discuss the implications of Justice Raja Fernando's death on the Appeals Chamber. Source commented that, beyond the legal issues themselves, members of the Chamber select the C [...]
2008-11-26 15:31:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIALKAWC KJUS PHUM PINR SL
08FREETOWN560"WE HAVE THE WILL AND THE ENERGY" - GOSL MAKES
[...] (C) Summary: Presidential Affairs Minister Alhaji Alpha Kanu paid a surprise call on Ambassador Perry on November 28 to advocate for Sierra Leone's inclusion in the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) program. He informed the Ambassador that he visited the MCC offices on November 24 to disc [...]
2008-12-01 15:00:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV PREL SL
08FREETOWN578SCENESETTER FOR CODEL NELSON DECEMBER 15 VISIT TO
[...] (U) Embassy Freetown looks forward to welcoming you to Sierra Leone. Your visit comes at a prescient time in our bilateral relationship with the Government of Sierra Leone (GoSL),as we attempt to support its ongoing efforts to re-build and flourish. Sierra Leone is known worldwide as a countr [...]
2008-12-11 17:51:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL OREP MARR SNAR SL
08FREETOWN594SENATOR NELSON TALKS DRUGS, SOFA, WITH PRESIDENT
[...] (U) Summary: Ambassador and Senator Bill Nelson met with President Koroma on December 15 to discuss security sector issues, including the increase in narcotics trafficking in Sierra Leone and the long-pending Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA). While Koroma wouldn't commit to taking immediate a [...]
2008-12-18 17:08:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR MASS SL
08FREETOWN599FREETOWN: EAC MEETS TO DISCUSS RAMIFICATIONS OF
[...] (SBU) EAC Freetown was convened on December 23 to discuss the possible ramifications of Guinean President Conte's death to security in Sierra Leone. Though Conakry is reported to be calm, EAC is concerned about potentially rapid deteriorations to the situation that may result in spillover effec [...]
2008-12-23 16:14:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC AMGT CASC SL
08FSCCHARLESTON1712POSSIBLE SHUTDOWN OF FINANCIAL OPERATIONS: HURRICANE HANNA APPROACHES SOUTH CAROLINA
[...] The National Hurricane Center is currently predicting that Hurricane Hanna will make landfall near Charleston, South Carolina on Friday evending or Saturday morning. Management in GFS Charleston has convened its emergency action committee and is watching the storm track and continues to consu [...]
2008-09-02 18:46:00US OFFICE FSC CHARLESTONUNCLASSIFIEDABUD AFIN AMGT KFSC
08FUKUOKA14FUKUOKA GOVERNOR STRESSES THE IMPORTANCE OF FDI; NEED TO
[...] (U) Econ Minister-Counselor Robert Cekuta met with Fukuoka Governor Wataru Aso during a March 4-5 visit to Fukuoka and Kitakyushu. The outspoken Fukuoka Governor, who also chairs the National Governors' Association of Japan, discussed how the Japanese perceptions of the U.S. as a superpower h [...]
2008-03-13 08:21:00Consulate FukuokaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV PREL JA
08GABORONE1082BOTSWANA-ZIMBABWE TENSIONS REMAIN HIGH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a series of meetings on December 9, contacts in Botswana's Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed to A/DCM that a ministerial level meeting of the SADC Organ on Politics, Defence, and Security troika will be held in Gaborone December 11. The purpose of this meeting is for t [...]
2008-12-11 11:02:00Embassy GaboroneCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ZI BC
08GABORONE1130KHAMA RESPONDS TO SECRETARY'S THANK YOU ON ZIMBABWE
[...] SUMMARY: President Khama has sent a response to Secretary Rice's letter of thanks regarding the GOB's leadership concerning the Zimbabwe crisis. 2. On December 24, Embassy Gaborone received a letter under cover of GOB Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Diplomatic [...]
2008-12-24 09:57:00Embassy GaboroneUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OPDC AF BC
08GABORONE1140GOB STILL NOT READY TO TREAT HIV POSITIVE REFUGEES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Botswana provides free antiretroviral therapy (ART) to over 90% of its citizens who need it, but the GOB does not include non-citizens resident in Botswana, including registered refugees, in its national ART program. Botswana's cabinet agreed to extend the ART program to regis [...]
2008-12-30 07:02:00Embassy GaboroneUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL KHIV PHUM TBIO BC ZI
08GABORONE566HELPING BOTSWANA WITHOUT HARMING OURSELVES
[...] (S/NF) Given our recent reporting on the forward-leaning and principled position the GOB has recently adopted vis-a-vis Zimbabwe (Refs C, D, and E),and the resultant GOB-GOZ polarization that has prompted a formal GOB request for deeper USG support with more extensive security assistance (Ref [...]
2008-07-11 21:31:00Embassy GaboroneSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV MARR MASS MCAP AEC BC ZI
08GABORONE647BOTSWANA FIRM BUT ISOLATED IN SADC OVER ZIMBABWE
[...] (C) Acting P/E Chief Woods delivered demarche per reftel on July 29 to MFA Assistant Director of the Americas Desk Shimane Kelaotswe. He expressed deep appreciation for USG support of Botswana's approach on Zimbabwe following the flawed June 27 election. Kelaotswe intimated that both the MFA [...]
2008-07-31 20:32:00Embassy GaboroneCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SADC SOCI BC ZI
08GABORONE657LETTER TO SECRETARY OF DEFENSE GATES FROM BOTSWANA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-05 12:51:00Embassy GaboroneUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL MARR BC
08GABORONE714TSVANGIRAI VISITS GABORONE AS FIRST STOP AFTER
[...] (C) Summary: Zimbabwe MDC opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai visited Gaborone immediately after the SADC Summit, reportedly meeting with President Khama who had boycotted the weekend's Johannesburg Summit in protest over the Zimbabwe political impasse. The GOB has been cagey about the visit [...]
2008-08-19 14:55:00Embassy GaboroneCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR SADC SOCI ETRD ZI BC SF
08GABORONE821TRANSMISSION OF LETTER TO PRESIDENT BUSH FROM
[...] Embassy Gaborone received a diplomatic note (Note NO/2008 EA 6/16 (s) XXVIII (77) C1) from the Government of Botswana conveying a letter to President Bush from President Khama. The transcription of the diplomatic note follows: 2. "Republic of Botswana NOTE NO: 40/2008 EA 6/16 (s) xxviii ( [...]
2008-09-12 15:27:00Embassy GaboroneUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PGOV BC
08GABORONE875USG PROPOSES ENHANCED SECURITY PARTNERSHIP WITH
[...] (S) DCM Philip Drouin called on Ambassador Mustaq Moorad, Deputy Permanent Secretary (DPS) in the GOB Office of the President (OP) on October 2 to follow-up and deliver the points and the USG proposal for a strengthened and deepened U.S.-Botswana security partnership, as outlined in Ref A. AF [...]
2008-10-04 15:30:00Embassy GaboroneSECRETPREL MARR MASS MCAP BC
08GABORONE911BOTSWANA: AFRICOM DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (C) Pol-Econ Chief met October 8 with Mr. Shimane Kelaotswe, Assistant Director for the Americas in the Botswana Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She delivered reftel points regarding AFRICOM and left several copies of the new command's informational brochure (distributed via email from AF/PDPA). [...]
2008-10-16 11:45:00Embassy GaboroneCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL BC
08GABORONE932AU-IBAR HOSTS REGIONAL AVIAN INFLUENZA WORKSHOP
[...] Summary: The African Union's Inter-Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR) hosted October 2-4 in Gaborone an Avian Influenza (AI) technical workshop for Southern Africa officials from the Ministries of Agriculture and Health, the World Health Organization (WHO),the World Animal Health Organizati [...]
2008-10-23 14:53:00Embassy GaboroneUNCLASSIFIEDKHIV TBIO ECON EAID SOCI BC
08GABORONE946BOTSWANA: SADC MUST TAKE A TOUGHER LINE ON ZIM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Nolan and Botswana's Foreign Minister Phandu Skelemani discussed Zimbabwe at length during their initial meeting at the Minister's office on October 27. The GOB is doubtful that any real progress will be made during the October 27 SADC troika meeting in Harare. The ne [...]
2008-10-28 07:39:00Embassy GaboroneCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC ZI BC
08GABORONE948AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON FOREIGN MINISTER SKELEMANI
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Nolan paid his initial courtesy call on Botswana's Foreign Minister Phandu Skelemani on October 27. The Ambassador stressed his intention to strengthen the already warm bilateral relationship between the U.S. and Botswana. Minister Skelemani thanked the USG for our [...]
2008-10-28 13:05:00Embassy GaboroneUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID KHIV BC
08GABORONE958BOTSWANA: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FINANCE
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Ambassador Nolan paid a courtesy call on Botswana's Minister of Finance and Development Planning Baledzi Gaolathe on October 28. The Finance Minister thanked the Ambassador for U.S. development assistance programs and noted that although Botswana has reached middle income status [...]
2008-11-03 10:29:00Embassy GaboroneUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EAID ENRG PREL KHIV BC
08GABORONE994SKELEMANI: ZIM POWERSHARING DEAL IS DEAD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During an office call with Foreign Minister Phandu Skelemani November 17, Ambassador Nolan asked for Botswana's view on the status of the powersharing agreement in Zimbabwe and next steps that SADC and the wider international community should take. Skelemani declared that "the de [...]
2008-11-17 13:09:00Embassy GaboroneSECRETPREL ZI BC
08GENEVA1001JCIC-XXXIII: U.S. PRESS STATEMENT ON START
[...] This is JCIC-XXXIII-023. 2. The text at Paragraph 3 below is the Press Statement on discussions in the Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission that are required by Article XVII concerning whether the START Treaty should be extended. The statement was delivered on November 21, 2008. [...]
2008-11-21 13:49:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA1003JCIC-XXXIII: (U) RUSSIAN FEDERATION HOSTED
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-014. 2. (U) Meeting Date: Monday, November 17, 2008 Time: 6:00 - 7:50 p.m. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) The Russian JCIC Delegation hosted a reception on November 17, 2008, at the Russian M [...]
2008-11-21 15:57:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA1005JCIC-XXXIII: (U) HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING ON
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-017. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 19, 2008 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 11:40 A.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) Meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on November 19, 2008, [...]
2008-11-21 16:02:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA1011JCIC-XXXIII: (U) UKRAINIAN CLOSING STATEMENT,
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-029. 2. (U) At Paragraph 3 below is the official translation of the Ukrainian Statement that was deliverd at the Closing Plenary Meeting of the Thirty-third Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the U.S. Mission on [...]
2008-11-22 12:23:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA1013JCIC-XXXIII: (U) KAZAKHSTANI CLOSING STATEMENT,
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-027. 2. (U) At Paragraph 3 below is the official translation of the Kazakhstani Statement that was deliverd at the Closing Plenary Meeting of the Thirty-third Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the U.S. Mission [...]
2008-11-22 12:23:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA1014JCIC-XXXIII: (U) BELARUSIAN CLOSING STATEMENT,
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-026. 2. (U) At Paragraph 3 below is the official translation of the Belarusian Statement that was deliverd at the Closing Plenary Meeting of the Thirty-third Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the U.S. Mission o [...]
2008-11-22 12:23:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA1019JCIC-XXXIII: (U) UKRAINIAN CLOSING STATEMENT,
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-029. 2. (U) At Paragraph 3 below is the official translation of the Ukrainian Statement that was deliverd at the Closing Plenary Meeting of the Thirty-third Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the U.S. Mission on [...]
2008-11-22 12:23:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA1025JCIC-XXXIII: RUSSIAN PRESS STATEMENT ON START
[...] This is JCIC-XXXIII-031. 2. The text at Paragraph 3 below is the official translation of a coordinated press statement on discussions that took place in the Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission as required by Article XVII of the Treaty on whether to extend the START Treaty. The U.S [...]
2008-11-22 12:51:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA1048UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE (UNFC): TRENDS AND ANALYSIS )
[...] (C) Summary: The 63rd UNGA First Committee (First Committee) offered few surprises and, as the last one before a new US administration, saw considerable hesitation among nations about taking new initiatives on nuclear issues. One diplomat characterized it as "flat." While movement on big nuc [...]
2008-12-02 16:34:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPARM CDG
08GENEVA1051OCTOBER 8-9, 2008, WTO SANITARY AND PHYTOSANITARY (SPS)
[...] Summary: The Forty-Second Meeting of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Measures was held October 8-9, 2008. The U.S. delegation was headed by Jane Doherty, (USTR),and included Christine Brown (Commerce),Mary Lisa Madell (APHIS),Daniella Taveau [...]
2008-12-03 15:52:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD USTR WTRO
08GENEVA180SRI LANKA CONTINUES TO RESIST PRESSURE IN HUMAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The EU continues to hold out the prospect of tabling a resolution critical of Sri Lanka in the Human Rights Council, but it has failed to pressure the GoSL into dropping its opposition to establishing an independent presence on the ground of the Office of the High Commissioner fo [...]
2008-03-10 17:25:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL UNHRC CE
08GENEVA256OIC POWER PLAY DOMINATES HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL \
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The seventh session of the Human Rights \ Council, which ran March 3-28 with an April 1 extension, \ highlighted the power of the Organization of the Islamic \ Conference (OIC) in that still evolving body. The session's \ defining moment came in the closing minutes of its last \ sche [...]
2008-04-04 15:26:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC
08GENEVA419NEW UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN BURMA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Tomas Ojea Quintana, who recently assumed the mandate of UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights Situation in Myanmar, told us June 4 that he has much to learn about that country but is determined to use his experience as an Argentine human rights lawyer to press hard for democ [...]
2008-06-05 14:34:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PINR UNHRC BM
08GENEVA440 HRC Individual Complaints Procedure: Edgar Allen Stitzel
[...] Mission has received a note from the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)(G/SO 215/1 USA 47) transmitting in accordance with paragraph 94 of the annex of Human Rights Council resolution 5/1 of 18 June 2007 copies of a communication dated 30 May 2008 concerning human rights, [...]
2008-06-12 11:57:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHCR US
08GENEVA489FIRST RAFT OF UPR RESOLUTIONS OFFERS VANTAGE POINT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Human Rights Council (HRC) completed its first experience with one of its key innovations, the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism, in its June 2008 Eighth Session. The Council adopted consensus resolutions on each of the 32 UPR reviews conducted so far. There was sig [...]
2008-06-26 14:00:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM UNHRC
08GENEVA495EFFECTS OF U.S. HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DISENGAGEMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Human Rights Council's Eighth Session, which ran from June 3-18, featured renewed efforts by the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) and the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) to weaken human rights instruments, although with less drama than in previous sessions. In cases w [...]
2008-06-30 16:30:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC
08GENEVA504EGYPT'S AMBASSADOR SHOUKRY AND HIS AGGRESSIVE \
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Led by Ambassador Sameh Shoukry, Egypt's \ delegation in Geneva has stood out for its activist and at \ times aggressive approach to Geneva multilateral diplomacy, \ in pursuit of goals the U.S. does not support. This has been \ most noticeable in the Human Rights Council, where Egyp [...]
2008-07-02 17:12:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PINR UNHRC EG
08GENEVA511NEW OPT SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR RICHARD FALK
[...] (C) Summary: Newly appointed Special Rapporteur for the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Richard Falk, took the Human Rights Council by surprise in his first appearance before the body June 16 by proposing that his mandate be expanded to include violations of international humanitarian law [...]
2008-07-03 15:27:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM UNHRC IS
08GENEVA526ACTING A/S BRIAN HOOK MEETS A RANGE OF OFFICIALS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On a June 26-27 visit to Geneva, Acting A/S Brian Hook met with officials from a range of international organizations. With the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Hook brainstormed about innovative fundraising for international organizations. Officials from the O [...]
2008-07-10 12:22:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM UNHRC
08GENEVA564JCIC-XXXII: (U) OTHER PARTIES' STATEMENTS, JULY
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-007. 2. (U) Meeting Date: July 17, 2008 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva 3. (C) The texts contained in paragraphs 4 and 5 below are the official translations of the Belarusian and Ukrainian opening s [...]
2008-07-22 13:25:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA585JCIC-XXXII: WORKING GROUP MEETING ON DROVYANAYA
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-009. 2. (U) Meeting Date: July 18, 2008 Time: 3:30 - 5:10 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Working Group (WG) Meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on July 18, 2008, to discuss Russian-propos [...]
2008-07-24 07:39:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA587JCIC-XXXII: WORKING GROUP MEETING ON UKRAINIAN
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-011. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) A Working Group Meeting on the issue of Elimination of Solid Rocket Motor Cases for First Stages of SS-24 (Ukrainian issue) was held at the U.S. Mission on July 21, 2008. All Parties, except Belarus, were represented. The [...]
2008-07-24 15:43:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA588JCIC-XXXII: DOCUMENT INITIALLED AT JCIC-XXXII
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-018. 2. The text at paragraph 3 below is JCIC S-Series Joint Statement Number 29 "On Changes to the Boundary of Drovyanaya ICBM Base for Silo Launchers of ICBMs." The Joint Statement was initialed at the closing plenary meeting for JCIC-XXXII, held at the Russian M [...]
2008-07-25 06:25:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA600JCIC-XXXII: U.S.-HOSTED RECEPTION, JULY 23, 2008
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-015. 2. (U) Meeting Date: Tuesday, July 23, 2008 Time: 6:00 - 8:20 P.M.. Place: 41 Quai Wilson, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) The U.S. JCIC Delegation hosted a reception on July 23, 2008, and engaged members of the [...]
2008-07-25 13:51:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC US RS UP BO KZ ZR ZP
08GENEVA602JCIC-XXXII: RUSSIAN PAPER CONTAINING QUESTIONS ON
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-017. 2. (U) The text at paragraph 3 below is the official translation of a paper containing "Russian Questions on the Completion of Continuous Monitoring at Votkinsk and Closure of Points of Entry in Connection with Expiration of the START Treaty." The questions in [...]
2008-07-25 15:06:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA604JCIC-XXXII: BELARUSIAN CLOSING PLENARY STATEMENT,
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-021. 2. (U) Paragraph 3 below contains the text of the official translation of the Belarusian statement that was delivered at the closing plenary meeting of the Thirty-second Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at th [...]
2008-07-25 15:31:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA605JCIC-XXXII: KAZAKHSTANI CLOSING PLENARY
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-022. 2. (U) Paragraph 3 below contains the text of the official translation of the Kazakhstani statement that was delivered at the closing plenary meeting of the Thirty-second Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at t [...]
2008-07-25 15:42:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA608JCIC-XXXII: UKRAINIAN CLOSING PLENARY STATEMENT,
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-024. 2. (U) Paragraph 3 below contains the text of the official translation of the Ukrainian statement that was delivered at the closing plenary meeting of the Thirty-second Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at th [...]
2008-07-25 16:06:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA609JCIC-XXXII: DOCUMENTS COMPLETED ON SS-24 SRM
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-019. 2. The texts at paragraphs 3 and 4 below are JCIC Agreement 55 on "Changes to Section I of the Conversion or Elimination Protocol Regarding the Elimination Process for ICBMs for Mobile Launchers of ICBMs" and JCIC Joint Statement 40 "On the Elimination of SS-24 [...]
2008-07-26 12:26:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA611JCIC-XXXII: DOCUMENTS COMPLETED ON SS-24 SRM
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-019. 2. The texts at paragraphs 3 and 4 below are JCIC Agreement Number 55 on "Changes to Section I of the Conversion or Elimination Protocol Regarding the Elimination Process for ICBMs for Mobile Launchers of ICBMs" and JCIC Joint Statement 40 "On the Elimination o [...]
2008-07-26 12:26:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA679COMMUNICATION FROM SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON THE
[...] Mission has received a communication from the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders. This communication is number 34 on the Geneva 2008 Communications Log. 2. Begin text of letter. Excellency, I have the honour to address you in my capacity as Special Rapporteur [...]
2008-08-12 07:50:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHRC
08GENEVA684COMMUNICATION FROM SR ON THE PROMOTION AND
[...] Mission has received a communication from the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression and Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders. This communication is number 38 on the Geneva 2008 Communications Log. 2. [...]
2008-08-12 13:48:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHRC
08GENEVA751PART TWO OF TWO -- BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-04 15:35:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCD PARM PREL BWC CWC CBW TBIO
08GENEVA752PART ONE OF TWO -- BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION:
[...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and should be protected accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. The second annual meeting of BWC Experts for the 2007-2010 Work Program, focusing on biosafety, biosecurity, and professional responsibility in the life sciences, marked progress, register [...]
2008-09-04 15:35:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCD PARM PREL BWC CWC CBW TBIO
08GENEVA758IFRC: STRUGGLING WITH NEW APPROACH TO MIGRATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: The International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) recently appointed Thomas Linde to the newly created position of Special Representative on Migration. Charged with the task of developing a policy document for the IFRC and the national Red Cross a [...]
2008-09-08 12:23:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF EAID IFRC
08GENEVA773COMMUNICATION FROM UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON EXTRAJUDICIAL,
[...] (U) Mission has received a communication from the UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions, Philip Alston, dated September 12, 2008. This communication has been sent via e-mail to IO/RHS. 2. (U) Begin text of letter: Excellency, I have the honour to ad [...]
2008-09-16 09:44:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHRC
08GENEVA836UNAIDS: REPORT OF THE EXTRAORDINARY MEETING OF THE
[...] Summary: The UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board (PCB) met in Extraordinary Session on October 2, 2008, to consider candidates for the position of UNAIDS Executive Director. The U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, Ambassador Mark Dybul, chaired the meeting. While the PCB noted that all four short [...]
2008-10-09 08:58:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KHIV UNGA
08GENEVA882COLOMBIAN AMBASSADOR ON BAD NEIGHBORS, GRULAC, AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Colombian Ambassador to the UN in Geneva and soon-to-be-appointed Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, Clemencia Forero Ucros, called on Ambassador Tichenor on October 7 to present Colombia's forthcoming submission under the Universal Periodic Review mechanism and to explain Colomb [...]
2008-10-23 14:24:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM UNHRC CO
08GENEVA89RENEWED CHALLENGES TO THE INDEPENDENCE OF OHCHR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Countries seeking to weaken the independence of the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) have been stepping up their efforts. They did so most strikingly when High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour presented OHCHR's new Strategic Management Plan [...]
2008-01-31 06:55:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM UNHRC
08GENEVA913ITALIAN UNECE CANDIDATE BELIEVES SYG BAN MAY ACT QUICKLY ON
[...] (U) Paolo Garonna, Deputy Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE),met with Charge October 31 to seek USG support for his bid to be appointed by UN SYG Ban Ki-Moon as the UNECE Executive Secretary. Marek Belka is departing as ExecSec to work as an IMF Director in D [...]
2008-10-31 16:54:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECIN
08GENEVA915UK MAY CONSIDER WITHDRAWAL FROM DURBAN REVIEW
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The UK ambassador in Geneva privately told the Charge on October 31 that HMG might withdraw from the Durban process early in 2009 if that process did not improve and UK redlines were crossed. In that and a previous meeting, the UK delegation said that maintaining EU consensus o [...]
2008-11-03 16:30:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC UK
08GENEVA916WHO: IMPACT OF THE FINANCIAL CRISIS ON ACHIEVEMENT
[...] Summary. WHO convened a meeting of G-20 countries on October 31 to discuss the impact of the financial crisis on health and the social sector. Director-General Chan asked for advice, called for stable Official Development Assistance (ODA),committed to working with vulnerable countries, prom [...]
2008-11-03 16:43:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON TBIO WHO
08GENEVA927 UNECE Forum for the Environment Hanging in the Balance
[...] Summary. The UN Economic Commission for Europe's (UNECE) Committee on Environmental Policy (CEP) met Oct 13-15, to seek agreement on a reform to the Environment for Europe Ministerial Conference (EfE). While progress was made, there was no negotiated outcome. The major sticking points continu [...]
2008-11-05 13:51:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG SENV EIND UN ECE ECOSOC
08GENEVA961JCIC-XXXIII:(U) BELARUSIAN OPENING PLENARY
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-005. 2. (U) At paragraph 3 below is the official translation of the text of the Belarusian Statement that was delivered at the Opening Plenary Meeting of the Thirty-third Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the U [...]
2008-11-14 12:31:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA962JCIC-XXXIII: (U) KAZAKHSTANI OPENING PLENARY
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-006. 2. (U) At paragraph 3 below is the official translation of the text of the Kazakhstani Statement that was delivered at the Opening Plenary Meeting of the Thirty-third Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the [...]
2008-11-14 12:32:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA964JCIC-XXXIII: (U) UKRAINIAN OPENING PLENARY
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-008. 2. (U) At paragraph 3 below is the official translation of the text of the Ukrainian Statement that was delivered at the Opening Plenary Meeting of the Thirty-third Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the U. [...]
2008-11-14 12:33:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA977 The Seventeenth Session of the WIPO Standing Committee on
[...] SUMMARY: The 17th meeting of the SCCR focused on establishing a future work plan for the committee. The SCCR agreed to continue discussion on limitations and exceptions to copyright, including the question of format accessibility to copyright protected content by visually impaired persons. T [...]
2008-11-18 14:59:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDECON KIPR
08GENEVA983JCIC-XXXIII: (U) HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING ON
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-011. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 14, 2008 Time: 3:30 P.M. - 5:00 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation Meeting (HOD) was held at the Russian Mission on November 14, 2008 [...]
2008-11-19 08:16:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA984 UNCTAD - Trade and Development Board, 55th Session,
[...] SUMMARY: The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) held the 55th Session of its Trade and Development Board (TDB),UNCTAD's governing body, in Geneva from September 15-26, 2008. IO DAS Gerry Anderson represented the US during the high-level segment of the TDB, September [...]
2008-11-19 10:03:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD UNCTAD
08GENEVA991JCIC-XXXIII: HEAD OF DELEGATION MEETING ON THE
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-013. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 17, 2008 Time: 3:45 P.M. - 5:15 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) Meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on November 17, 2008, to c [...]
2008-11-20 12:54:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA997JCIC-XXXIII: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-012. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 17, 2008 Time: 10:40 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Working Group (WG) Meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on November 17, 2008, to discus [...]
2008-11-21 07:10:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA998JCIC-XXXIII: (U) HEAD OF DELEGATION MEETING ON
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-015. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 18, 2008 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 11:50 A.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) Meeting was held at the Russian Mission on November 18, 20 [...]
2008-11-21 07:17:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GEORGETOWN309GUYANA/CARICOM SECURITY ASSESSMENT
[...] (C) Guyana Summary: As demonstrated by two mass killings by gangs earlier this year and general homicide rates across the country, Guyana is ill-equipped to address its modern security challenges. Historically, security has been hindered by limited financial and human resources, poor training [...]
2008-05-23 21:55:00Embassy GeorgetownCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPTER PREL MASS MOPS XL GY
08GEORGETOWN364DIP NOTE REQUEST FOR USG FORENSIC ASSISTANCE IN
[...] (SBU) This is communication of a formal diplomatic request from the Government of Guyana (GoG) to the USG for provision of a forensic pathology team to assist in a criminal investigation. 2. (SBU) Begin text of cover Diplomatic Note: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Guya [...]
2008-06-24 20:28:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYGY PREL PGOV PINS PHUM MOPS
08GEORGETOWN365FORMAL GOG REQUEST FOR INFORMATION REGARDING
[...] (SBU) This is communication of a formal request by the Government of Guyana (GoG) for information relating to applications for export licenses. 2. (SBU) Begin text of letter: Ms. Karen Williams Charge d'Affaires Embassy of the United States of America Duke Street Kingston Dear Ms. W [...]
2008-06-24 21:19:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYGY PREL PGOV PINS ETTC
08GEORGETOWN390GUYANA DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MAJOR ISSUES AT
[...] (U) Per reftel, Post delivered diplomatic note and demarche to Audrey Waddell, Director of America and Asias at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Waddell agreed to foward the dip note and demarche to the appropriate office. 2. (U) Post will report any substantive response from the Government [...]
2008-07-09 21:35:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ECON ETRD WTRO
08GEORGETOWN449DEMARCHE DELIVERED: KEEPING THE PRESSURE ON THE
[...] (U) Econoff delivered demarche to Marsha Caddett, Americas Desk Officer at the MFA, who acknowledged receipt of the message but provided no substantive response. Williams [...]
2008-07-31 21:11:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPTER COL VE EUN AF SNAR PGOV PREL
08GEORGETOWN451GUYANA RESPONSE TO UNGA ATTENDANCE
[...] (U) Econoff delivered reftel request for information to Marsha Caddett, Americas Desk Officer at the MFA. Ms. Caddett noted that although plans were not yet confirmed, President Jagdeo was not likely to attend UNGA, and that Minister of Foreign Affairs Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett would likely lea [...]
2008-07-31 21:13:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA PREL OVIP KSEP UNGA
08GEORGETOWN459GUYANA AND FORESTRY SECTOR AT LOGGERHEADS; BOURGEONING
[...] (U) Summary: Guyana's forest-products sector, which with USAID support grew 56 percent from 2004 to 2006, will likely decline for the second consecutive year. In general, the private sector has worked to develop the forestry industry in a sustainable way, and large international wood companie [...]
2008-08-06 21:12:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBTIO EAGR EAID ECON EIND EINV SENV ETRD
08GEORGETOWN484GUYANA'S RESPONSE TO 2009 SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-18 21:47:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT AORC APER BEXP ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD KSUM
08GEORGETOWN685INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT, PART I
[...] (U) Post presents its 2009 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, Part I, Drugs and Chemical Control Guyana: I. Summary Guyana is a transit point for cocaine destined for North America, Europe, and the Caribbean, but not, it is thought, in quantities sufficient to impact the [...]
2008-12-03 19:10:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR GY
08GEORGETOWN702MEDIA REACTION TO THE USS KEARSARGE VISIT
[...] (U) Summary. The November 9-22 humanitarian mission to Guyana of the USS KEARSARGE generated widespread and overwhelmingly favorable coverage in both print and broadcast local media. The media consistently incorporated the KEARSARGE's motto "Continuing Promise" into their reporting, and frequen [...]
2008-12-11 10:53:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIEDGY SOCI PREL MARR
08GRENADA1GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT: DECEMBER 30, 2007 - JANUARY
[...] (U) Embassy Grenada's weekly activity report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. (U) Begin GWAR text: A. Minister Blasts Liat At the January 4 opening of Port Louis Marina and Victory Bar and Grill, Minister for To [...]
2008-01-09 20:09:00Embassy GrenadaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EAIR ELAB GJ CH
08GRENADA103GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT JULY 9 - 19, 2008
[...] (U) Embassy Grenada's weekly report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. (U) Begin GWAR text: a. Chinese Medical Team at Local Hospital An eight-member medical team from China arrived in Grenada during the week for a [...]
2008-07-23 20:44:00Embassy GrenadaUNCLASSIFIEDSOCI EFIN PGOV GJ
08GRENADA134GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - SEPTEMBER 21 - 27, 2008
[...] Embassy Grenada's weekly report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. Begin GWAR text: a. IMF Predicts Low Growth for Grenadian Economy The IMF's staff mission predicted a 1.6 per cent increase in economic growth for [...]
2008-10-01 21:32:00Embassy GrenadaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EAID SOCI SENV GJ XL
08GRENADA139REAGAN MONUMENT REDEDICATION HIGHLIGHTS GRENADA INTERVENTION
[...] (U) In a moving October 25 ceremony, the Ambassador re-dedicated the Ronald Reagan Monument in St. George's, Grenada honoring U.S. Service members who gave their lives in the 1983 U.S.-Caribbean intervention to restore democracy to Grenada. The Ambassador read a letter of appreciation from form [...]
2008-10-30 18:47:00Embassy GrenadaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS KPAO PGOV XL
08GRENADA141GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT FOR OCTOBER 26 - NOVEMBER 1,
[...] Embassy Grenada's weekly report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. Begin GWAR text: a. Alleged Plan for Benefits for Former Revolutionaries Local press reported that a coordinated effort is underway to promote the [...]
2008-11-05 20:54:00Embassy GrenadaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ELAB ETRD PREL GJ XL
08GRENADA37GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 17 - 23, 2008
[...] (U) Embassy Grenada's weekly activity report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. (U) Begin GWAR text: A. (U) Mitchell waits for CARICOM's input before deciding on ALBA Prime Minister Keith Mitchell announced that Gr [...]
2008-02-28 21:53:00Embassy GrenadaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETRD PGOV GJ
08GRENADA42GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT MARCH 2 - 8, 2008
[...] (U) Embassy Grenada's weekly activity report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. (U) Begin GWAR text: A. International Women's Day Celebrated in Grenada Grenada celebrated International Women's Day with events aroun [...]
2008-03-14 21:40:00Embassy GrenadaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ENRG EFIN KWMN GJ
08GRENADA50GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT: MARCH 16 - 22, 2008
[...] (U) Embassy Grenada's weekly activity report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. (U) Begin GWAR text: a. Will American Airlines Fly to Grenada Again? Grenada's Director of Tourism, Jocelyn Sylvester-Gairy announced [...]
2008-03-26 22:15:00Embassy GrenadaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAIR SOCI GJ
08GRENADA55GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT: MARCH 30 - APRIL 5, 2008
[...] (U) Embassy Grenada's weekly activity report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. (U) Begin GWAR text: A. ISPS Training Officers of the Grenada Port Authority (GPA),Sol Gas, and Chevron participated in a two-day se [...]
2008-04-09 21:26:00Embassy GrenadaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EWWT KCRM SOCI GJ
08GRENADA57GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT: APRIL 6 - 12, 2008
[...] (U) Embassy Grenada's weekly activity report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. (U) Begin GWAR text: a. Grenada Makes Significant Economic Progress Grenada made significant economic progress in 2007, according to [...]
2008-04-15 22:45:00Embassy GrenadaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EFIN ECON SNAR SOCI GJ
08GRENADA58PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP - CHORES IN ACTION IN GRENADA
[...] Ambassador Ourisman spent several hours in St. George's on April 14 meeting with American volunteer health workers with the Children's Health Organization for Relief and Educational Services (CHORES) program at the General Hospital. The Ambassador thanked Dr. Beverly Nelson for having the visi [...]
2008-04-18 19:26:00Embassy GrenadaUNCLASSIFIEDSOCI PREL EAID GJ
08GRENADA60GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT: APRIL 13- 19, 2008
[...] (U) Embassy Grenada's weekly activity report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. (U) Begin GWAR text: a)CHORES back to serve Grenada Ambassador Mary Ourisman visited Grenada briefly on April 14 to meet with the Chil [...]
2008-04-23 19:33:00Embassy GrenadaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SOCI PGOV ECON GJ
08GRENADA92GRENADA ELECTIONS IN THE SEASON OF CARNIVAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Grenadians describe the 2008 election cycle as carnival-like (Grenada's 2008 Carnival will take place August 11 - 12) with political parties waving party colors and rushing from point to point around the tri-island state staging entertainment-fueled rallies. Several candidates h [...]
2008-07-03 19:12:00Embassy GrenadaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV GJ
08GRENADA95NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS ENDS NEW NATIONAL PARTY 13 YEAR
[...] (SBU) Grenada's main opposition party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC),won a landslide victory on July 8, 2008, taking eleven of fifteen seats in the lower house of Parliament. With 80 percent of registered voters voting, NDC won 50.97 percent to the New National Party's (NNP) 47.77 p [...]
2008-07-11 23:21:00Embassy GrenadaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV GJ XL
08GUADALAJARA150PROMISE AND PROBLEMS IN RURAL GUANAJUATO
[...] Summary. A visit to rural Guanajuato to see the Bajio Community Foundation's projects provided a good view of what works and what doesn't to spur local economic development. Most of these communities survive and grow on remittances, but some organizations and individuals are trying to create [...]
2008-04-08 19:29:00Consulate GuadalajaraUNCLASSIFIEDSMIG SOCI ECON KPAO MX
08GUADALAJARA49DHS/STATE HOSTS REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON SMUGGLING AND
[...] Summary: In January, DHS and State's Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) hosted a seminar within the framework of the Regional Conference on Migration (RCM) in Manzanillo, Mexico. The workshop focused on best practices in the prosecution of human smugglers and traffickers in C [...]
2008-02-08 17:03:00Consulate GuadalajaraUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL SMIG KCRM MX XM XS
08GUADALAJARA611THE LATEST TARGET IN MEXICO'S DRUG WARS: THE SINALOA PRESS
[...] Summary: Increasing narco-violence has caused some Mexican states to become virtual open war zones. The cartels, fighting among themselves for control of territory and pressed by President Felipe Calderon's counternarcotics campaign, have resorted to blatant acts of violence - both in an effo [...]
2008-12-22 22:54:00Consulate GuadalajaraUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KPAO KCRM PHUM MX
08GUADALAJARA612CHEMICAL CITY: GUADALAJARA, JALISCO, AND THE METH TRADE
[...] (SBU) Summary: According to 2007 DEA estimates, 80 percent of the methamphetamine used in the United States originates from laboratories operated by Mexican-based syndicates on both sides of the border. Production is especially high in and around the city of Guadalajara due to the confluence [...]
2008-12-23 15:47:00Consulate GuadalajaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL EIND KJUS MX
08GUADALAJARA617BEAUTY AND THE BEASTS: MISS SINALOA DETAINED WITH DRUG
[...] (U) A December 23 joint military and police operation against suspected narcotraffickers in the Guadalajara suburb of Zapopan turned up an unexpected surprise: among the eight individuals detained with a quantity of guns, ammunition, and money was Laura Zuniga Huizar, currently Miss Sinaloa 20 [...]
2008-12-24 20:56:00Consulate GuadalajaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM ASEC MX
08GUADALAJARA618BEAUTY AND THE BEASTS: MISS SINALOA DETAINED WITH DRUG
[...] (U) A December 23 joint military and police operation against suspected narcotraffickers in the Guadalajara suburb of Zapopan turned up an unexpected surprise: among the eight individuals detained with a quantity of guns, ammunition, and money was Laura Zuniga Huizar, currently Miss Sinaloa 20 [...]
2008-12-24 20:56:00Consulate GuadalajaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM ASEC MX
08GUADALAJARA94BILATERAL SECURITY AND COUNTERNARCOTICS DEBATED IN
[...] Summary: Two days of scholarly discussions in Guadalajara on security issues and counter-narcotics challenges elaborated convergent and divergent points in our bilateral relationship. While we don't share the same world vision, the Merida Initiative may be one concrete action on which the U.S [...]
2008-02-27 22:35:00Consulate GuadalajaraUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SNAR KPAO MX
08GUANGZHOU1Shenzhen Development Bank Forging New Territory with
[...] (SBU) Summary: Shenzhen Development Bank (SDB),the first company to list publicly in China, is working closely with Chinese regulators to clarify untested regulations governing China's financial system especially as they relate to proprietary information, according to the bank's American chair [...]
2008-01-02 08:02:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON CH
08GUANGZHOU146Product Safety Testing, Booming Business in South China
[...] (SBU) Summary: Business is booming for product testing firms in south China. With heightened awareness of product safety risks among manufacturers and stricter enforcement by Chinese authorities, testing firms anticipate continued rapid growth and in some instances are literally working around [...]
2008-03-10 08:08:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EIND TBIO ECON PGOV CH
08GUANGZHOU159Sharing Information to Resolve IPR Issues
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-17 08:46:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO SCUL KIPR PGOV PINR WTRO ECON CH
08GUANGZHOU168SPEAKING OUT AT THE CPPCC: NINE DRAGONS CEO ZHANG YAN URGES
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a May 19 conversation with the Consul General, Nine Dragons dynamic CEO Zhang Yan said that she had been moved to offer suggestions to the government on the Labor Contract Law, taxes on the well-to-do and import incentives for energy efficient/environmentally friendly machiner [...]
2008-03-20 06:31:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB EINV ECON SENV PGOV CH
08GUANGZHOU173GUANGZHOU GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION - HARD TO SEE, EVEN HARDER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A team of China researchers estimates that corruption has cost the Chinese economy about RMB 3 billion (USD 420 million) each year between 1980 to 2002, and private sector contacts say the problem is "absolutely endemic" in Guangzhou. There have been some high-profile convictions [...]
2008-03-26 07:45:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SOCI ECON EFIN EIND EINT CH
08GUANGZHOU195LIMITS ON RESEARCH CAPACITY FOR SOUTH CHINA'S AQUATIC
[...] (SBU) Summary: For south China, evaluating the severity of pollution in its various aquatic ecosystems is a daunting task made more difficult by internal factors such as excessive bureaucracy and territorial attitudes among researchers. Agencies, institutions, and even individual researchers [...]
2008-03-31 09:18:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ECON TBIO CH
08GUANGZHOU201U.S. Businesses Still Bullish on South China
[...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. companies are optimistic about the economic outlook for south China, according to the American Chamber of Commerce in South China's (Amcham) annual survey of firms. However, some results suggested their outlook was slightly less rosy than a year ago, with fewer firms statin [...]
2008-04-02 08:39:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EINV ELAB CH
08GUANGZHOU214SHENZHEN STOCK EXCHANGE STARTUP BOARD TO OPEN IN AUGUST
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Shenzhen Stock Exchange's much delayed new board for start-up companies should open sometime around the Beijing Olympics in August. The board, which will benefit some smaller firms that find it difficult to raise capital due in part to Beijing's limits on bank lending, has s [...]
2008-04-11 09:07:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON CH
08GUANGZHOU225Despite One-Stop Lab, Producers Still Complain about
[...] (SBU) Summary: Even with the opening of south China's first joint-venture testing lab that will provide one-stop shopping for third party and government testing, toy manufacturers in the Pearl River Delta complain about the burden of meeting multiple standards. They believe that that a new con [...]
2008-04-21 07:30:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EIND TBIO ECON PGOV CH
08GUANGZHOU228Leaving the PRD - Regulations and Market Conditions Forcing
[...] (SBU) Summary: The numbers differ dramatically, with some investors hyping a massive exodus of factories from the Pearl River Delta (PRD) while local government officials spout figures that obscure the scale of the trend. But one thing is clear: many firms are choosing to move production to n [...]
2008-04-21 09:01:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV ELAB ETRD EFIN CH
08GUANGZHOU244Guangdong Officials Express Willingness to Cooperate to
[...] (SBU) Summary: In cordial meetings with Jared Ragland, Director of the U.S. Trade Representative's Office of Intellectual Property and Innovation, Guangdong provincial and municipal officials described recent successes in enforcing intellectual property rights (IPR),as well steps they plan to [...]
2008-04-25 08:54:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR ECON WTRO PGOV CH
08GUANGZHOU248Inland Aquaculture Challenges in the Pearl River
[...] (U) Summary: Inland aquaculture in south China faces two major environmental challenges: eutrophication (excess nutrient loading) and contamination. Guangdong officials have identified 18 lakes and reservoirs in the province as being more contaminated than Wuxi Lake, a focal point of internati [...]
2008-04-30 09:08:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIS SENV ECON CH
08GUANGZHOU373PROSECUTING RAPE CASES IN SOUTH CHINA'S CRIMINAL COURTS -
[...] (SBU) Summary: As Guangzhou's American Citizen Services Section continues to closely monitor the status of a criminal case in which an American citizen has been charged with rape, research into how the local courts handle the prosecution of these cases sheds some light on China's developing cri [...]
2008-06-26 08:58:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC CJAN PHUM PINS SOCI CH
08GUANGZHOU378Regulators' Vague Signals and Inflation Policies Causing
[...] (SBU) Summary: To incorporate locally, or to remain a foreign branch, that is the question for south China's international banks. Bank of Montreal, Bank of America and other foreign banks are concerned by what they see as unclear government signals that could lead to future losses if banks fail [...]
2008-06-27 02:55:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV CH
08GUANGZHOU398Credit Tightening Squeezing Small and Medium Enterprises in
[...] (SBU) Summary: Monetary tightening measures taken by the China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) have greatly reduced the amount of credit available in south China, according to bank executives and industry watchers. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are having difficulty obtaining credit [...]
2008-07-07 09:13:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV PGOV CH
08GUANGZHOU409Bishop of Guangzhou - Walking a Tightrope between Beijing
[...] (C) Summary: The Bishop of Guangzhou is clearly someone to watch - politically savvy, a man of immense faith and considerable charm, a connoisseur of fine wines (not just those used in the mass) and someone capable of both walking a tightrope between Rome and Beijing as well as finding ways to [...]
2008-07-11 08:17:00Consulate GuangzhouCONFIDENTIALKIRF PHUM PGOV SOCI CH
08GUANGZHOU412Bishop of Guangzhou - Walking a Tightrope between Beijing
[...] (C) Summary: The Bishop of Guangzhou is clearly someone to watch - politically savvy, a man of immense faith and considerable charm, a connoisseur of fine wines (not just those used in the mass) and someone capable of both walking a tightrope between Rome and Beijing as well as finding ways to [...]
2008-07-11 08:40:00Consulate GuangzhouCONFIDENTIALKIRF PHUM PGOV SOCI CH
08GUANGZHOU415Assistant USTR Karesh Discusses the Labor Contract Law in
[...] (SBU) Summary: China's new Labor Contract Law is forcing U.S. companies to reassess their hiring strategies, especially with regard to contract workers, according to executives who met recently with Assistant U.S. Trade Representative (AUSTR) for Labor Affairs Lewis Karesh. All of the executi [...]
2008-07-15 03:17:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB EIND EINV CH
08GUANGZHOU42DOC 'Clean-Energy' Trade Delegation Visits Guangzhou
[...] (U) Summary: During meetings with key government agencies in Guangzhou on January 11, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Market Access and Compliance David Bohigian, along with 16 members of his 'Clean-Energy' Trade Delegation, discussed environmental protection, IPR, energy conservation, moni [...]
2008-01-24 07:37:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON EMIN SENV PGOV TRGY CH
08GUANGZHOU4382008 Pearl River IP Forum Achieves Breakthrough in
[...] (SBU) Summary: The 2008 Pearl River IP Forum - jointly organized by the U.S. Consulate's Guangzhou branch of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO Guangzhou) and Guangdong Intellectual Property Office (IPO) on July 15 - brought together -- for the first time in recent memory -- bus [...]
2008-07-23 06:01:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR ECON PGOV CH
08GUANGZHOU45China's Young Urban Christians: Optimistic and
[...] (C) SUMMARY: China's new generation of urban Christians are supportive of government policies and confident that relations between underground churches and religious authorities will continue to improve, according to south China church elders and missionaries. However, older Christians worry th [...]
2008-01-25 08:04:00Consulate GuangzhouCONFIDENTIALKIRF PHUM PGOV SOCI CH
08GUANGZHOU500American Companies in Guangdong Take Lead in Adopting
[...] (U) Summary: HIV/AIDS awareness training, especially its transmission sexually, has increasingly become a priority for U.S. firms - like New Balance, Nordstrom, Levi Strauss and Wal-Mart - with suppliers and migrant workers in south China. Winning support from factory management is often the k [...]
2008-08-18 09:18:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO PGOV EAID SOCI CH
08GUANGZHOU509SOUTH CHINA REPORTING OFFICERS CONFERENCE, Guangzhou,
[...] (U) Consulate General Guangzhou is pleased to announce that it will host the 2008 South China Reporting Officers Conference September 24-27, 2008. Consulate General Guangzhou welcomes attendance and participation from all addressee posts. Topics of Discussion -------------------- 2. (U) [...]
2008-08-21 06:31:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA PREL ECON PGOV CH
08GUANGZHOU512Guangzhou - Avian Influenza Pandemic Planning
[...] (U) Summary: Consulate General Guangzhou has reviewed pandemic preparedness efforts based on guidance issued by the Department (reftel). Post's Emergency Action Committee meets regularly and reviews tripwires annually or as often as necessary if circumstances warrant. Employees are strongly en [...]
2008-08-22 02:04:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR KFLU CH
08GUANGZHOU52SHENZHEN STOCK MARKET LAMENTS LACK OF AUTONOMY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Managers at the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SSE) are frustrated that excessive regulation and limited market access for foreign investment banks stymie financial innovation, SSE officials told Embassy Beijing's Financial Attache and Congenoffs. As a large institutional investor, S [...]
2008-01-30 08:01:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN SENV ECON PGOV CH
08GUANGZHOU590SOUTH CHINA REPORTING OFFICERS CONFERENCE, SEPTEMBER 24-27,
[...] (U) Summary: The September 24-27 2008 South China Reporting Officers Conference - with participation by officers from Embassy Beijing, Consulate General Shanghai, Consulate General Hong Kong, the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT),and Consulate General Guangzhou - addressed four main themes: r [...]
2008-10-09 09:20:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL ECON PGOV CH TW HK
08GUANGZHOU60South China's Foreign Lawyers - Strangers in a Strange
[...] (SBU) Foreign attorneys in south China are subject to tight restrictions, including prohibitions on advising on Chinese law, with regard to the nature and scope of their professional activities. Traditional Western legal touchstones such as confidentiality, conflict of interest, and legal prec [...]
2008-02-01 09:32:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SOCI ECON EINV CM
08GUANGZHOU724Shantou - Eastern Guangdong Economy Has Advantages to
[...] (U) Summary: Maybe our industry and government contacts in Shantou are dreaming but they are starting to think that perhaps after thirty years their time has come and the global financial storm won't have the same damaging impact in eastern Guangdong Province that it's wreaking on the export-p [...]
2008-12-17 06:15:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB EFIN ETRD EIND PGOV
08GUATEMALA10SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY LEAVITT'S ATTENDANCE AT
[...] Your January 13-14 attendance at the inauguration of President-Elect Alvaro Colom will be an opportunity to highlight our efforts to promote economic development, poverty alleviation, democracy, and rule of law, following the 1996 signing of the Peace Accords, which put an end to the 36-year [...]
2008-01-04 17:44:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL GT
08GUATEMALA1017PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS RESIGNS OVER INVESTMENT
[...] (U) Summary: On August 6, President of Congress Eduardo Meyer of the governing UNE Party resigned from office in the face of mounting political pressure over an investment scandal that has wracked Congress and periodically dominated press headlines in Guatemala. In recent days, leaders of all [...]
2008-08-11 18:06:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCRM ECON GT
08GUATEMALA1018DEMARCHE ON 2009 SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS DRAFT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-11 18:11:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SOCI ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD KSUM GT
08GUATEMALA1030TWO CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS MURDERED
[...] (U) On August 7, Edvin Portillo, treasurer of the Pension Administration Board and member of the port workers union of the National Santo Tomas Pot Company (Empornac),was shot and killed by twounidentified assailants in Puerto Barrios, Izabal. Portillo, who was recently elected president of t [...]
2008-08-12 22:13:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB KCRM PHUM KJUS KDEM GT
08GUATEMALA1031GUATEMALAN DELEGATION TO DMA VIII CONFERENCE
[...] (C) On August 11, Embassy officer met with Colonel Manuel ALVAREZ Carranza with the MOD's Political Military Affairs Office to discuss the GOG's travel party and agenda for the September 2-6 DMA VIII conference in Alberta, Canada. According to Alvarez, the GOG's delegation will include the fol [...]
2008-08-12 22:28:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALECON MARR MOPS PGOV PREL GT
08GUATEMALA1036GUATEMALA'S TELECOMS CAFTA DISPUTE
[...] (SBU) Summary: USTR and Embassy officials met with GOG trade and telecoms officials July 23-25 in an effort to resolve a potential CAFTA arbitration complaint by a U.S. telecoms investor (Americatel) and to discuss broader CAFTA-DR compliance issues related to the case. Discussions centered o [...]
2008-08-13 14:27:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECPS EINV GT
08GUATEMALA1056(C) CONTROVERSIAL PROSECUTOR, OTHERS BEING REMOVED
[...] (C) President Colom is acting on CICIG's advice to remove from the Attorney General's Office senior personnel suspected of corruption or complicity in criminal activity. Six employees tendered their resignations during the week of August 11-15, and a seventh, Chief Homicide Prosecutor Matus, [...]
2008-08-19 21:00:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV SNAR KCRM PINR MOPS GT
08GUATEMALA1078CHIEF HOMICIDE PROSECUTOR ANNOUNCES RESIGNATION
[...] (U) Alvaro Matus, Chief Prosecutor of the Homicides Unit of the Attorney General's Office, announced August 20 that he will resign effective September 1. Matus cited personal and professional reasons for his decision. Reportedly, new Attorney General Velasquez had called for his resignation. [...]
2008-08-22 17:54:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALKJUS KCRM PGOV SNAR PINR MOPS GT
08GUATEMALA1087MERIDA INITIATIVE: GUATEMALAN PRISON CONDITIONS
[...] Summary: Guatemala's prison system is in desperate need of reform, according to officials who have worked on efforts to improve prison conditions under the previous and current administrations. Inadequate security measures, overcrowding, and ineffective rehabilitation programs, compounded by a [...]
2008-08-27 22:18:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PGOV KJUS GT
08GUATEMALA1124GUATEMALAN FOREIGN MINISTRY CREATES HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE
[...] The Foreign Ministry created an office to coordinate Guatemala's human rights agenda with national institutions, multilateral organizations, and embassies. The "Directorate of Human Rights, Rights of the Indigenous Peoples, Environment, Culture, and International Humanitarian Rights" is headed [...]
2008-09-04 22:40:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KJUS SOCI UN GT
08GUATEMALA1127COLOM NAMES RUDY VILLEDA TO HEAD GUATEMALAN TAX
[...] (U) On August 14, President Colom appointed Rudy Baldemar Villeda Vanegas to lead the Guatemalan Tax Administration Officem following the resignation of Carolina Roca. Villeda has extensive experience in the public sector including one term as President of the National Ports Commission and 21 [...]
2008-09-05 14:28:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN GT
08GUATEMALA1131PRESIDENT COLOM FIRES SECURITY CHIEF QUINTANILLA
[...] (C) On September 4, President Colom announced on national TV that he had accepted the resignation of Carlos Quintanilla, the controversial Director of Presidential Security (Secretariat for Administrative and Security Affairs, SAAS). Prior to making the announcement, the President called in [...]
2008-09-08 14:10:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ASEC SNAR GT
08GUATEMALA1180VP ESPADA JOINS EMBASSY'S AIRPORT SECURITY WORKING
[...] (SBU) Summary: Guatemala's Vice President Espada paid an unexpected visit to the August 26th meeting of the USG-GOG airport security working group. Espada highlighted the improvements made in airport security under the leadership of Director General of Civil Aviation Jose Carlos Suarez (refte [...]
2008-09-17 19:20:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON PGOV GT
08GUATEMALA1193GUATEMALAN LABOR MINISTRY LAUNCHES ANTI-CORRUPTION
[...] On September 18, the Ministry of Labor officially launched a public campaign against corruption with the objective of improving transparency and public services. According to Minister of Labor Edgar Rodriguez, its primary objective will be to create a culture of transparency in the area of pub [...]
2008-09-19 20:29:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB PGOV KCRM KJUS PHUM KDEM GT
08GUATEMALA1229GUATEMALA PASSES FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT
[...] Summary: After ten years of advocacy and three bills before Congress, the Guatemalan Congress unanimously passed the Free Access to Public Information Law on September 23. The law requires all public and private entities that receive public funds to respond to citizen requests for information [...]
2008-09-30 23:22:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KCRM KDEM KJUS SOCI MCC GT
08GUATEMALA1299PRIVATE SECTOR LEADERS POSITIVE ON RELATIONSHIP
[...] (U) Summary: On October 6, the CACIF (Coordinating Committee of Agricultural, Commercial, Industrial and Financial Associations) board of directors hosted Ambassador McFarland for lunch to describe its priorities and its relationship with the Colom Administration. CACIF directors made clea [...]
2008-10-17 17:20:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV PREL GT
08GUATEMALA130AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH INTERNATIONAL LABOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with an international labor delegation representing various local and regional labor organizations on January 28 during its third mission to Guatemala. The delegation expressed concern over the lack of progress in the investigation of the January 2007 murder [...]
2008-02-06 20:54:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALELAB KCRM PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV GT
08GUATEMALA1339 BI-WEEKLY REPORTING CABLE FOR PERIOD ENDING
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-28 20:28:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM ASEC PREL GT
08GUATEMALA1359GUATEMALA'S NOMINEE FOR 2009 SECRETARY'S AWARD FOR
[...] Embassy is pleased to nominate Norma Cruz, Director of NGO Survivors Foundation, as Guatemala's "Woman of Courage" for the 2009 Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage (ref A) in recognition of her exceptional courage, strength, and leadership in advocating for women's rights and [...]
2008-10-31 01:14:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PREL KPAO PHUM KJUS GT
08GUATEMALA1364USAID AND SOCIAL COHESION COUNCIL ESTABLISH WORKING GROUP
[...] Summary: On October 16, the Ambassador and USAID Acting Mission Director Rose Rakas attended a meeting led by First Lady Sandra Torres de Colom to discuss the Social Cohesion Council's poverty reduction programs and ways in which the USG, through USAID, could further support the GOG's anti-pove [...]
2008-10-31 15:58:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR ECON PGOV GT
08GUATEMALA1367DEMARCHE: U.S. CANDIDACY FOR INTER-AMERICAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-31 17:39:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDOAS KWMN PGOV PREL GT
08GUATEMALA1370CICIG'S CHALLENGES, ACCOMPLISHMENTS, AND MANDATE
[...] (C) UN and CICIG officials acknowledge that CICIG needs to show more results before consideration is given to extending its mandate. CICIG is confident that it can successfully prosecute some important cases before its mandate ends in September 2009, while others it is investigating would re [...]
2008-11-03 14:20:00Embassy GuatemalaSECRETKCRM PREL SNAR ASEC PINR GT
08GUATEMALA1371STAFFDEL TESS, GUATEMALA VISIT OCTOBER 12-14
[...] (C) Summary: Staffdel Tess visited Guatemala October 12 to 14 as part of a three-country fact finding tour of Central America. Delegation members held meetings with the members of the country team, civil society, and CICIG, as well as touring Guatemala's border with Mexico in the department of San [...]
2008-11-03 21:27:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALSNAR PBTS PGOV ORP GT
08GUATEMALA1407WHA/CEN DIRECTOR FOCUSES ON SECURITY DURING VISIT
[...] (C) During an October 22-25 visit to Guatemala, WHA/CEN Director Christopher Webster drew attention to the USG's programs address crucial security concerns in Guatemala. Webster briefed senior GOG leaders on the Merida Initiative, and heard from a variety of interlocutors about Guatemala's det [...]
2008-11-10 14:30:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SNAR ECON KV GT
08GUATEMALA1410GUATEMALA TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDACY FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-12 14:30:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDOAS KWMN PGOV PREL GT
08GUATEMALA1420KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION: GUATEMALAN RESPONSE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-13 17:48:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA KV GT
08GUATEMALA1455DEMARCHE ON NICARAGUAN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS -
[...] (C) Pol/Econ Couns delivered reftel demarche Nov. 19 to Carlos Raul Morales, Director General for Bilateral Affairs of the Guatemalan MFA, and North America Desk Officer Sandra Jovel. Morales said the GOG concurs with the USG's assessment of the situation in Nicaragua, and with the urgent ne [...]
2008-11-20 12:21:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NU GT
08GUATEMALA1474 BI-WEEKLY REPORTING CABLE FOR PERIOD ENDING 11/14/08 -
[...] (U) SUMMARY: This cable provides a summary of NAS activities in Guatemala covering the period ending November 14, 2008. End Summary. -------------- NARCOTICS -------------- 2. (U) AIRPORT: NAS met with General Perusina, Chief of Guatemala national airport security, to discuss the DGAC [...]
2008-12-01 07:39:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM ASEC PREL GT
08GUATEMALA1478UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR COMPARES DHS TO GESTAPO
[...] In a November 7 speech in Guatemala City, Jorge Bustamante, UN Special Rapporteur for the Human Rights of Immigrants (and a Mexican national),compared the actions of U.S. officials to deport illegal aliens from the United States with the Gestapo's repressive actions against Jews in Nazi Germa [...]
2008-12-02 10:50:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UN KHLS PREF PREL GT
08GUATEMALA149GUATEMALA'S TIP PROPOSALS FOR G/TIP FY08 FUNDS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-12 23:27:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG KJUS GT
08GUATEMALA1506BUDGET/TAX REFORM VOTE VICTORY FOR COLOM
[...] (SBU) Summary: On November 21, Congress passed President Colom's "solidarity tax" (ISO) and 2009 budget of Quetzales 49.7 billion (approximately $6.5 billion). The successful passage of these measures is a significant victory for President Colom and demonstrates his ability, at least for now [...]
2008-12-05 08:25:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN SOCI PGOV GT
08GUATEMALA1526 BI-WEEKLY REPORTING CABLE FOR PERIOD ENDING
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-12 09:02:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM ASEC PREL GT
08GUATEMALA1547AMBASSADOR'S MEETING ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
[...] Summary: Ambassador and Embassy officers met November 24 with a delegation of American and Guatemalan activists organized by a U.S.-based women's rights NGO to discuss violence against women in Guatemala. Delegation members expressed their concern over the climate of impunity and the level o [...]
2008-12-17 14:56:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PHUM KCRM KJUS KDEM SOCI GT
08GUATEMALA1550CICIG INVESTIGATING NICARAGUAN BUS KILLINGS
[...] (S) With the assistance of the Nicaraguan Police, CICIG and Guatemalan authorities under its supervision appear to be making good progress in their investigation of the November 8 murders of the 16 occupants of a Nicaraguan bus in eastern Guatemala. The murders appear to have been related to [...]
2008-12-17 16:51:00Embassy GuatemalaSECRETSNAR PGOV PINR KCRM KJUS NI GT
08GUATEMALA158DAS MADISON DISCUSSES MERIDA INITIATIVE IN
[...] (U) Summary. WHA Deputy Assistant Secretary Kirsten Madison visited Guatemala January 28 - February 1. During her week-long visit, she met with local and national government officials, civil society representatives, business leaders, Peace Corps Volunteers and recipients of USG-funded progr [...]
2008-02-15 16:49:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC PREL MCAP MARR EAID SNAR KCRM KDEM
08GUATEMALA1592VICE PRESIDENT ESPADA SPEAKS OUT ON WEAKNESS OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: On December 17, Vice President Rafael Espada delivered the keynote address at the graduation ceremony for the National Strategic Studies Program. Espada criticized Guatemalan political parties, including his own UNE party, as personal vehicles rather than genuine institutions. [...]
2008-12-30 11:20:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR PINR PREL GT
08GUATEMALA178(C) GUATEMALA GIVING SERIOUS CONSIDERATION TO
[...] (C) Summary. Acting Foreign Minister Miguel Ibarra told us privately that Guatemala would likely sign a PetroCaribe deal with the GOV to meet a small percentage of Guatemala's energy needs. This initial agreement would allow the GOG to assess Venezuela's ability to meet its needs, while mai [...]
2008-02-21 17:10:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG ECON VZ GT
08GUATEMALA249AMBASSADOR REES HIGHLIGHTS MULTILATERAL SOCIAL ISSUES DURING GUATEMALA VISIT
[...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Grover Joseph Rees, Special Representative for Social Issues, visited Guatemala February 19-21. Rees met with senior government officials, civil society, and press to discuss human rights and other key social issues. He also visited a USG-funded community health cent [...]
2008-02-28 16:19:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYESOCI PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV KCRM EAID UNGA GT
08GUATEMALA304BANANA WORKERS UNION CO-FOUNDER MURDERED IN
[...] (U) Summary: On March 2, Miguel Angel Ramirez, co-founder and organizer of the recently formed Banana Workers Union of the South (SITRABANSUR) at Chiquita banana-producing Olga Maria Farm, was killed at home by unidentified armed assailants who broke into his house. Ramirez' murder occurred [...]
2008-03-10 22:45:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALELAB KCRM PHUM KJUS KDEM ETRD GT
08GUATEMALA327GUATEMALA'S INPUT FOR 2008 TIP REPORT (APRIL 2007
[...] Post submits the following information (keyed to ref A) on anti-trafficking efforts undertaken by the Guatemalan government between April 2007 and March 2008 in the areas of prevention, protection and assistance to trafficked victims, and investigation and prosecution of traffickers. While ch [...]
2008-03-13 22:37:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB GT
08GUATEMALA328GUATEMALAN WOMEN'S GROUPS PRESENT 100-DAY PLAN
[...] (U) Summary: Women's groups congregated in front of the National Palace, Congress, and the Supreme Court on March 5 to present to the government a 100-day plan for women. First Lady Sandra Torres de Colom pledged her support to advance their agenda and promised to deliver the plan to Presiden [...]
2008-03-13 22:47:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWMN KCRM PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV SOCI GT
08GUATEMALA33COLOM ANNOUNCES HIS CABINET
[...] (C) President-Elect Alvaro Colom, who will assume office January 14, announced his new cabinet January 8. Many of the nominees are well and favorably known to the Embassy, and we believe we can work well with them. Colom told the Ambassador that, in choosing his cabinet officers, he tried t [...]
2008-01-11 17:15:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR GT
08GUATEMALA355CICIG COMMISSIONER DISCUSSES PROGRESS AND
[...] (C) Summary: In a March 14 meeting with the Ambassador and Pol/Econ Counselor, CICIG Commissioner Carlos Castresana discussed progress in establishing the CICIG office and beginning its first investigations. He outlined concerns over the extent to which some Guatemalan law enforcement organi [...]
2008-03-19 13:39:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPTER KCRM ASEC VZ PREL PHUM KJUS PGOV GT
08GUATEMALA371RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
[...] Poloff delivered reftel talking points to Luis Carranza, Director of Multilateral Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, seeking GOG support for DPRK mandate extension and support for the other country-specific mandates that are up for renewal. Carranza said that Guatemala would not oppose [...]
2008-03-25 22:27:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KDEM PJUS PREL SOCI GT
08GUATEMALA387GUATEMALAN NARCO-GUNFIGHT HIGHLIGHTS NEED FOR
[...] (U) Summary. A shootout involving Mexican and Guatemalan narcotraffickers in Zacapa left eleven dead and two more wounded on March 25. Initial DEA and NAS reports confirm that members of the Mexican gang "Los Zetas" participated in the shootout that resulted in the death of Guatemalan major [...]
2008-03-28 15:03:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALKCRM SNAR PTER PGOV KJUS KDEM GT
08GUATEMALA446GOG STRUGGLES TO MAKE ENDS MEET
[...] SUMMARY: The Colom administration arrived in office with a surging economy and a reasonable budget that projected a 2008 fiscal deficit of 1.6% of GDP. On April 1, Guatemala's Congress approved the last of five IDB and World Bank loans necessary to finance the 2008 budget deficit. Finance Min [...]
2008-04-09 19:45:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV GT
08GUATEMALA464CRIME OVERSHADOWS SOCIAL INITIATIVES DURING
[...] (C) The Colom Government's first three months in office have been difficult. High-profile crimes shocked the country and distracted public attention from the government's plans for social investment and reform. Contradictory policy pronouncements and personnel shifts have given the impressio [...]
2008-04-15 19:52:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON ASEC GT
08GUATEMALA482GUATEMALAN RESPONSE ON POTENTIAL SALE OF
[...] SUMMARY: On April 10, PM/DDTC representatives Judd Stitziel and Kyle Ballard, and Embassy officers conducted meetings requested Ref A to explore the sale of MAP-origin firearms by the Guatemalan Ministry of Defense (MOD) to U.S. firearms dealer Century Arms via Guatemalan company GIR SA in [...]
2008-04-17 19:24:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC GT
08GUATEMALA556GOG CHANGES SECURITY DETAIL OF HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] On April 24, the Guatemalan government announced that the Presidential Secretariat of Security and Administrative Affairs (SAAS) will no longer provide personal security to private citizens, including human rights defenders, who are not affiliated with the government. National Civil Police (P [...]
2008-04-30 00:05:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV KJUS KCRM KDEM GT
08GUATEMALA600COLOM SAYS PETROCARIBE NEGOTIATIONS AT "IMPASSE"
[...] (U) President Alvaro Colom told press May 8 that the GOG's discussions with the Government of Venezuela about a PetroCaribe deal are at an "impasse." "We do not want to get into the fuels business; that's not a government function," Colom reportedly told journalists. Colom also dismissed the [...]
2008-05-09 18:07:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG ECON VZ GT
08GUATEMALA607GUATEMALA NOT PREPARED TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO AT THIS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-13 22:27:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALOPDC PREL UN UNMIK PGOV EU YI GT
08GUATEMALA621CICIG COMMISSIONER PROVIDES UPDATE
[...] (C) At luncheon hosted by Swiss Ambassador on May 14, CICIG Commissioner, Carlos Castresana provided overview to international community ambassadors involved with CICIG on activities to date. Of note were the following comments by Castresana: Relations between CICIG and the GOG - Castresa [...]
2008-05-16 13:19:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPTER KCRM PREL PHUM KJUS PGOV GT ASEC
08GUATEMALA654GUATEMALA: REVIEW OF CUBA FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE
[...] (C) Post's response to reftel regarding the relationship between the Cuban and Guatemalan governments is provided below. -- The GOG has not actively promoted the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba, and has not officially supported activities connected with the May 21 Day of [...]
2008-05-22 22:52:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL CU GT
08GUATEMALA677GUATEMALA TAKES STEPS TO RESOLVE ELECTRICITY CRISIS
[...] Summary: During a recent lunch with the Ambassador, Guatemalan Energy and Mines Minister Carlos Meany detailed steps the GOG has taken to mitigate a shortage of electricity that would have resulted in blackouts by April 2009. The Ministry has signed contracts to expand Guatemalan electrical [...]
2008-05-28 22:43:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECON PREL PGOV GT
08GUATEMALA678GUATEMALA: CONTACT INFORMATION FOR LEADING
[...] (SBU) Post's response to reftel requesting names, titles and contact numbers for leading government and political officials follows below: Country: Republic of Guatemala Date: May 27, 2008 Head of State Last/Family Name: COLOM Caballeros First/Middle Names: Alvaro Conve [...]
2008-05-28 22:55:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL GT
08GUATEMALA684EMBASSY GUATEMALA FOLLOW-UP MAY 21 - DAY OF
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-30 15:51:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KPAO PHUM PREL SOCI CU GT
08GUATEMALA689GUATEMALA TELCOM DISPUTE - GOG INTERESTED IN
[...] (U) On March 6, U.S.-owned telecommunications company Americatel submitted a letter to the Guatemalan Ministry of Economy requesting consultations with the GOG under Article 10 of CAFTA-DR, the first step in filing a dispute for arbitration under CAFTA-DR. Americatel requested that the GOG ta [...]
2008-05-30 19:20:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECPS EINV GT
08GUATEMALA736GUATEMALA: DEMARCHE ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel talking points on U.S. participation in the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to Luis Carranza, Director for Multilateral Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Carranza expressed regret over the U.S. decision to withdraw from observer status in the UNHRC and [...]
2008-06-10 22:38:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM GT
08GUATEMALA763GUATEMALA: DEMARCHE ON IOM DG CANDIDATE AMBASSADOR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-17 19:45:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL SMIG AORC XR XM XL CA GT
08GUATEMALA771A VIEW FROM THE FIELD: THE COLOM GOVERNMENT'S
[...] Summary. The Colom government's political fortunes are closely linked with its ability to deliver on promises of reducing poverty, especially among the rural, indigenous poor of Guatemala. Across the countryside, optimistic technocrats are determined to implement new programs announced by th [...]
2008-06-18 22:36:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ECON GT PGOV
08GUATEMALA796DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH CICIG COMMISSIONER
[...] (C) Carlos Castresana, Commissioner of the UN-led International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG),told visiting Deputy Secretary Negroponte that criminal penetration of the Guatemalan state was substantially worse than he had anticipated. Castresana described the Police and A [...]
2008-06-26 16:06:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALOVIP KCRM PGOV PHUM ASEC GT
08GUATEMALA802DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH GUATEMALAN CIVIL SOCIETY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Secretary Negroponte visited Guatemala June 5-6. On June 6, he met with civil society leaders to discuss human rights and other key social issues. Civil society leaders expressed concern over impunity and corruption, and stressed the need to strengthen state institution [...]
2008-06-26 22:33:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALOVIP ESOCI KCRM PHUM KJUS KDEM SNAR ECON GT
08GUATEMALA821GUATEMALAN MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT DIES IN
[...] (U) On June 27, Minister of Government Carlos Vinicio Gomez Ruiz, along with Vice Minister of Government Edgar Hernandez Umana and two pilots, died in a helicopter crash. The four men were returning from a ceremony in the department of Peten when their helicopter crashed in a remote and mounta [...]
2008-07-01 23:19:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCRM KJUS ASEC SNAR ES GT
08GUATEMALA826GUATEMALAN FOREIGN MINISTER'S LETTER TO SECRETARY
[...] Embassy received a letter on July 2 from the Minister of Foreign Affairs extending best wishes to Secretary Rice on the occasion of our Independence Day. Below is the unofficial translated text of the letter. BEGIN TEXT Guatemala June 26, 2008 Your Excellency Secretary of State: I [...]
2008-07-02 17:39:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM GT
08GUATEMALA85CICIG SELECTING CASES, RECRUITING STAFF
[...] (C) CICIG Commissioner Carlos Castresana told Ambassador Jan. 25 that he was in the process of selecting the first cases that CICIG would investigate. He believes CICIG should concentrate on recent cases in which new evidence could still be gathered, rather than older cases of historic intere [...]
2008-01-29 16:06:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV SNAR ASEC KCRM KJUS GT
08GUATEMALA867AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON PRESIDENT COLOM
[...] (C) During the Ambassador's July 8 farewell call on President Colom, Colom defended his decision to sign a PetroCaribe deal with Venezuela, asserting that the deal would help to alleviate rising fuel and food prices. Colom expressed confidence in new Minister of Government Jimenez, and reviewed the [...]
2008-07-09 22:12:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG ECON GT
08GUATEMALA890PARLACEN MURDER UPDATE: 13 GANG MEMBERS ACQUITTED
[...] (SBU) On July 10, a three-judge panel acquitted 13 gang members of charges relating to the February 2007 murder of four Guatemalan police officers accused of killing three El Salvadoran representatives to the Central American Parliament (PARLACEN) and their driver (reftel). The police officers [...]
2008-07-14 22:23:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM SNAR PGOV PHUM KJUS ASEC ES GT
08GUATEMALA90VFM IBARRA DISCUSSES FOREIGN POLICY PRIORITIES
[...] (C) According to new Vice Foreign Minister Miguel Ibarra, the Colom Government will make a priority of maintaining productive, positive relations with the USG, and advancing toward resolution of the Belize border dispute. The GOG is considering joining Petrocaribe, but the MFA is giving close [...]
2008-01-29 21:15:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BE VE CU GT
08GUATEMALA906PARLACEN MURDER SUSPECT SMEARS NAS EMPLOYEE WITH
[...] (SBU) On July 15 Mayor of San Jose Acatempa Carlos Enrique Castillo delivered to prosecutors fabricated recordings in which a speaker purporting to be Embassy NAS employee Ray Campos gives police instructions to intercept and detain the three Salvadoran PARLACEN deputies who were murdered Feb [...]
2008-07-16 21:22:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALSNAR ASEC PINR ES GT
08GUATEMALA924INFLATION AND NARCOTRAFFICKING WORRIES IN ZACAPA
[...] (C) Weak rule of law and rising inflation are taking a toll on economic activity and citizen security in Zacapa, an eastern department of Guatemala wracked by narcotrafficking. An unprecedented March 25 gun battle between Mexican and Guatemalan narcotraffickers that killed eleven has left Zac [...]
2008-07-22 14:20:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALECON SNAR ENRG PGOV SENV GT
08GUATEMALA956GPS TRACKING SYSTEM IMPLICATES DETECTIVES IN
[...] (C) The Global Positioning System (GPS) located in a National Civil Police (PNC) vehicle and eyewitness accounts led to the arrest of three detectives from the PNC's Division of Criminal Investigation (DINC),who were charged with the extrajudicial killings of two individuals. Arrest warrants [...]
2008-07-28 17:36:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALKCRM PGOV PHUM KJUS ASEC GT
08GUATEMALA962GUATEMALA RATIFIES PROTOCOL ON UN CONVENTION AGAINST
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-28 22:26:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PGOV UN GT
08GUATEMALA969COLOM RESHUFFLES CABINET AT SIX MONTHS
[...] (C) Summary: Just over six months into his Presidency, Alvaro Colom has replaced some members of his cabinet and indicated that further changes may be forthcoming. While publicly defending his administration's progress to date, in private Colom has expressed growing frustration with the slow [...]
2008-07-29 20:34:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCRM KJUS ASEC SNAR GT
08GUATEMALA974U.S. LABOR OFFICIALS VISIT GUATEMALA TO INITIATE REVIEW OF
[...] (U) U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) officials visited Guatemala July 20-25 to initiate review of a submission filed by the AFL-CIO, in collaboration with six local unions, under CAFTA labor provisions. The submission alleges labor violations in five cases, including the 2007 murder of two union [...]
2008-07-30 18:23:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ETRD KDEM PGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM GT
08GUATEMALA977PRESIDENT COLOM ANNOUNCES PERSONNEL CHANGES AT
[...] (U) On July 29, President Colom announced changes in the military high command and the Public Ministry. Jose Amilcar Velasquez Zarate, Chief of the Attorney General's Guatemala City Office, will replace Juan Luis Florido as Attorney General. Colom also announced that General Ronald Mauricio [...]
2008-07-30 23:06:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCRM KJUS PHUM GT
08GUAYAQUIL174NEW MINISTER OF INDUSTRIES COMES FROM CUENCA,S
[...] (C) Summary: Xavier Abad replaced Raul Sagasti as Minister of Industry and Competition. Both are businessmen who are not affiliated with Correa,s party, but Abad may be a more effective advocate for the private sector than the low-profile Sagasti. Abad is from the prosperous southern highlan [...]
2008-07-28 14:27:00Consulate GuayaquilCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EC
08GUAYAQUIL233OPPOSITION TO CONSTITUTION STRUGGLES FOR MESSAGE
[...] (SBU) Summary. In the final days of the campaign for approval of the draft constitution, the opposition has yet to find a coherent or unified theme. The Catholic Church and disparate evangelical Christian pastors have led the most visible campaign against the new constitution, claiming that [...]
2008-09-25 21:00:00Consulate GuayaquilCONFIDENTIALPGOV EC
08HALIFAX25SEAL HUNT PROTESTS: THE ANNUAL CONTROVERSY AND ARRESTS
[...] Summary: Animal rights activist Paul Watson has seen Canadian authorities tow his vessel the "Farley Mowat" into Sydney, Nova Scotia and his two key officers arrested in connection with his traditional battle to stop Canada's seal hunt. End Summary. 2. The annual seal hunt off Canada's e [...]
2008-04-14 20:01:00Consulate HalifaxUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHSA EFIS SENV CASC
08HALIFAX28VIEW FROM THE BORDER: MAINE-NEW BRUNSWICK CROSSINGS
[...] SUMMARY: Building on the border reporting in ref (a),conoff and assistant visited the Calais/St. Stephen and Houlton/Woodstock ports of entry on the Maine/New Brunswick border the week of March 31. Meetings with border officials, community representatives and businesspeople confirmed that th [...]
2008-04-21 12:44:00Consulate HalifaxUNCLASSIFIEDCPAS PGOV PREL WHTI ASEC ECON CA
08HALIFAX45ENERGY PROJECTS IN ATLANTIC CANADA - FACTS AND FIGURES
[...] This cable is a "primer" on the status of significant operating and future energy projects in Atlantic Canada. The Atlantic Provinces Economic Council (APEC),a regional think tank, reported in March 2008 that actual and proposed new investment in these projects had reached the level of $42 [...]
2008-06-13 19:06:00Consulate HalifaxUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ENRG PGOV CA
08HALIFAX50TRIAL DATE SET FOR SEA SHEPHERD SEAL HUNT PROTESTORS
[...] SUMMARY: Two officers of a Dutch-registered vessel, owned and operated by the U.S.-based Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, will be back in Canada in April 2009 to face trial over their involvement in a marine protest against Canada's east coast seal hunt. END SUMMARY. 2. Court officials [...]
2008-07-10 19:26:00Consulate HalifaxUNCLASSIFIEDEFIS PHSA PREL CASC CA
08HALIFAX70HALIFAX ANNUAL CERTIFICATION OF CONSULAR MANAGEMENT
[...] In accordance with reftel, Halifax conducted its annual review of consular management controls on November 10, 2008. Harold D. Foster, FS-01, Consul General certifies successful completion of the management review and that post is in full compliance. 2. a. Standard Operating Procedures: [...]
2008-11-10 19:35:00Consulate HalifaxUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CVIS CASC KFRD CA
08HAMBURG2GERMAN AL QAEDA ACCOMPLICE FOUND GUILTY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 24, the Schleswig- Holstein Higher Regional Court (OLG) convicted Redouane El-Habhab of founding a foreign terrorist organization and assisting a terrorist organization and sentenced him to a five year and nine month prison term. The verdict is not yet legally bind [...]
2008-01-28 12:49:00Consulate HamburgUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KJUS KHLS PREL ASEC GM
08HANOI1010QSCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE VISIT TO VIETNAM
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-03 09:53:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER ECON ETRD VM
08HANOI1039(U) Deputy Secretary Negroponte's September 11, 2008
[...] (U) September 11, 2008; 0915; Hanoi, Vietnam. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Michael Michalak DAS Scot Marciel PolCouns Brian Aggeler D Special Assistant Kaye Lee D Special Assistant Ted Wittenstein DPolCouns Mike Goldman (Notetaker) VIETNAM DPM/FM Pha [...]
2008-09-12 08:48:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD VM
08HANOI1040(U) Deputy Secretary Negroponte's September 11, 2008
[...] (U) September 11, 2008; 0915; Hanoi, Vietnam. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Michael Michalak DAS Scot Marciel PolCouns Brian Aggeler D Special Assistant Kaye Lee D Special Assistant Ted Wittenstein DPolCouns Mike Goldman (Notetaker) VIETNAM DPM/FM Pha [...]
2008-09-12 08:49:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD VM
08HANOI1041(U) DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE'S SEPTEMBER 11, 2008
[...] (U) September 11, 2008; 1700; Hanoi, Vietnam. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Michael Michalak DAS Scot Marciel PolCouns Brian Aggeler D Special Assistant Kaye Lee D Special Assistant Ted Wittenstein PolOff Christian Marchant (Notetaker) VIETNAM PM Nguy [...]
2008-09-12 08:49:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL ECON ERTD AMGT VM
08HANOI1042(U) Deputy Secretary Negroponte's September 11, 2008 lunch
[...] (U) September 11, 2008; 1200; Hanoi, Vietnam. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Michael Michalak DAS Scot Marciel DCM Virginia Palmer D Special Assistant Kaye Lee D Special Assistant Ted Wittenstein PolCouns Brian Aggeler (Notetaker) VIETNAM VFM Pham Binh [...]
2008-09-12 08:50:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL PGOV PHUM ECON SENV AMGT
08HANOI1043(U) Deputy Secretary Negroponte's September 11, 2008
[...] (U) September 11, 2008; 14:00; Hanoi, Vietnam. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Michael Michalak Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel PolCouns Brian Aggeler D Special Asst. Kaye Lee D Special Asst. Ted Wittenstein Jane Bocklage (Embassy Notetaker) Vi [...]
2008-09-12 08:50:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL PGOV AMGT CONS MARR CH VM
08HANOI1044(U) Deputy Secretary Negroponte's September 11, 2008
[...] (U) September 11, 2008; 14:00; Hanoi, Vietnam. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Michael Michalak Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel PolCouns Brian Aggeler D Special Asst. Kaye Lee D Special Asst. Ted Wittenstein Jane Bocklage (Embassy Notetaker) Vi [...]
2008-09-12 08:51:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL PGOV AMGT CONS MARR CH VM
08HANOI1045(U) DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE'S SEPTEMBER 11,
[...] (U) September 11, 2008; 16:30; Hanoi, Vietnam. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Michael Michalak DAS Scot Marciel PolCouns Brian Aggeler D Special Assistant Kaye Lee D Special Assistant Ted Wittenstein Marine and Naval Attache Major Tim Riesner Poloff James O [...]
2008-09-12 09:17:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP MARR MASS PREL CH VM
08HANOI1056(SBU) Deputy Secretary Negroponte's Dinner with Vietnamese
[...] (U) September 11, 2008; 19:00 p.m.; Hanoi, Vietnam. 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. The Deputy Secretary Amb. Michael Michalak Amb. Scot Marciel, EAP DAS DCM Virginia Palmer D Special Assistant Kaye Lee D Special Assistant Ted Wittenstein Press Officer Angela Aggeler (Embassy Notetaker) [...]
2008-09-15 08:47:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL PGOV PHUM OPRC ECON ETRD
08HANOI1086LARGE PRAYER VIGIL NEAR HANOI CATHEDRAL, AP REPORTER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Between 150 and 200 Catholic priests and an equal number of supporters gathered in prayer outside the former residence of the Papal Nuncio to protest ongoing destruction of property claimed by the Church. According to priests, riot police and construction teams arrived in the [...]
2008-09-19 10:12:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL CASC VM
08HANOI1109DCM Covers Cooperation, Disputes with Vietnam's MPS
[...] (SBU) Summary: DCM and Ministry of Public Security (MPS) Major General To Lam addressed a wide range of issues in their September 23 meeting. Lam noted excellent bilateral cooperation in counterterrorism and nonproliferation, and discussed MPS's requests for assistance. The DCM pressed for pr [...]
2008-09-25 00:25:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV ECON MOPS PREL VM
08HANOI1113VIETNAM CIVAIR: SCENESETTER FOR OCT 6-8 OPEN SKIES TALKS
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Vietnam's civil aviation negotiator for upcoming negotiations with the U.S. stated that he is willing to discuss Open Skies, but noted that fifth freedom passenger services between Japan and Vietnam continue to be a concern. All-cargo liberalization is less problema [...]
2008-09-26 09:44:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAIR EIND EINV ETRD VM
08HANOI1118HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE - NGUYEN KHAC TOAN RAILS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A fiery and vocal advocate of large-scale demonstrations, author Nguyen Khac Toan remains under house arrest. Unlike other dissidents in "administrative detention" who are relatively free to travel and to meet with visitors, Toan is subject to constant supervision by the police [...]
2008-09-30 08:35:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PREL PGOV VM
08HANOI1125SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY MARK KIMMITT AND THE
[...] (SBU) Embassy Hanoi looks forward to welcoming you to Vietnam. Your visit for the first-ever U.S.-Vietnam defense dialogue will be an important milestone in the growing U.S.-Vietnam relationship and will highlight a broad area of bilateral defense and security cooperation that has now begun to [...]
2008-10-01 10:10:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MOPS PREL PGOV OTRA VM
08HANOI1139REVIEWING THE TRADE AGENDA: TRANSPAC, BIT, IMPORT
[...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. For official use only, not for dissemination outside USG channels or posting on the internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Embassy Hanoi discussed a number of trade and investment agenda items with Government of Vietnam (GVN) officials from the ministries [...]
2008-10-03 09:28:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV ECIN ECON PGOV VM
08HANOI1188GVN DEEMS FIRST DEFENSE DIALOGUE A SUCCESS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a variety of sidebar conversations during and following the first-ever U.S. Political Defense Dialogue in Hanoi (reftel),Government of Vietnam (GVN) interlocutors indicated that the talks went very well. While sensitivities on defense issues remain, GVN participants affirmed [...]
2008-10-17 09:26:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MOPS PREL PGOV OTRA VM
08HANOI1189GVN DEEMS FIRST DEFENSE DIALOGUE A SUCCESS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a variety of sidebar conversations during and following the first-ever U.S. Political Defense Dialogue in Hanoi (reftel),Government of Vietnam (GVN) interlocutors indicated that the talks went very well. While sensitivities on defense issues remain, GVN participants affirmed [...]
2008-10-17 09:26:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MOPS PREL PGOV OTRA VM
08HANOI119GVN TO RELEASE IMPRISONED CYBER DISSIDENT
[...] (SBU) Imprisoned journalist Tran Khai Thanh Thuy was tried and sentenced today by the Hanoi People's Court to nine months and 10 days or time served and is expected to be released imminently, according to Thuy's husband, who attended the trial. Foreign diplomats were not allowed to attend the [...]
2008-01-31 09:41:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PGOV VM
08HANOI1211SCENESETTER FOR U.S.-VIETNAM POLICY PLANNING TALKS
[...] (C) Dr. Gordon: Your visit to Hanoi for the inaugural round of U.S.-Vietnam Policy Planning Discussions comes at an opportune moment. Our bilateral relationship with Vietnam is arguably at its highest point since relations were normalized in 1995. Propelled by a series of senior bilateral vis [...]
2008-10-27 06:45:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV OTRA VM
08HANOI1243U.S.-VIETNAM POLICY PLANNING TALKS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Meeting for the inaugural round of U.S.-Vietnam policy planning discussions, S/P Director David Gordon and the MFA's DG for Policy Planning, Bui Thanh Son, engaged in a candid, cordial, and at times freewheeling exchange of views on the implications of the global financial cri [...]
2008-11-07 03:40:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD EFIN VM
08HANOI1265VIETNAM'S DISTRIBUTION SECTOR READIES FOR FOREIGNERS
[...] (U) Summary. In less than two months, Vietnam will open its distribution and retail sectors to fully foreign-owned firms. Preparations for these important changes have not been problem-free, and both the GVN and the private sector have at times seemed to talk past each other. There is also a v [...]
2008-11-14 07:28:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON EINT KTDB VM
08HANOI1286STROLLING DOWN RED CARPET: VIETNAMESE LEADERS SEEK
[...] (C) Summary: Over the past month, Vietnam's leaders have been especially busy carrying out Vietnam's "friends with all" foreign policy, visiting Beijing and Moscow and welcoming top leaders from around the world. According to an expert on Vietnam's foreign relations, the advisory councils of [...]
2008-11-20 09:40:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PGOV PHUM VM
08HANOI129GVN AND CATHOLIC CHURCH SEEK TO DEFUSE LAND DISPUTE
[...] (U) Summary: In a reversal of the GVN's move last week to seek legal action against ongoing Catholic prayer vigils and protests seeking the return of church lands in downtown Hanoi, both the GVN and the Catholic Church have made conciliatory statements and pledged to work together to resolve th [...]
2008-02-04 09:19:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KIRF PHUM PGOV VM
08HANOI1315VIETNAM'S PERSPECTIVES ON DECEMBER ASEAN SUMMITS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Anxieties about political unrest notwithstanding, Vietnam considers the December 15-18 ASEAN summits to be among the most important diplomatic events of the year and will be sending a large delegation. MFA and think tank contacts confirm that the global financial crisis will be [...]
2008-12-02 07:53:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PGOV UNSC EFIN ECON BM VM
08HANOI1342SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BAUCUS, DEC 16-20, 2008
[...] (SBU) Embassy Hanoi looks forward to welcoming you to Vietnam. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung's June visit to Washington exemplifies a U.S.-Vietnam relationship that continues to broaden and mature, in the process spurring economic, social and technological development that has eased the path [...]
2008-12-09 10:30:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP EFIN EAID ECPS ECON ETRD VM
08HANOI1347VIETNAM-CUBA: TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT
[...] (C) MFA officials and contacts at the MFA-affiliated Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam insist that Vietnam and Cuba continue to enjoy warm "fraternal" relations. Absent fundamental change in either country, there is little prospect that Vietnam will substantially support U.S. priorities for Cuba [...]
2008-12-11 09:00:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL CU VM
08HANOI1357SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR WEBB'S DECEMBER VISIT TO VIETNAM
[...] (SBU) Senator Webb: Your December 22-January 2 visit to Vietnam comes at an opportune moment. Our bilateral relationship with Vietnam is arguably at its highest point since relations were normalized in 1995. Propelled by a series of senior bilateral visits, the United States and Vietnam have [...]
2008-12-15 09:09:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD MARR VM
08HANOI1360TOUR D'HORIZON WITH MFA VICE MINISTER
[...] (SBU) Summary: In what we hope will be a regular monthly exchange, the Ambassador raised UNSC Security Council Resolutions on Somalia (septel),Vietnamese membership in the Trans Pacific Partnership, human rights, adoption, the Megaports Initiative and our proposed MOU on civilian nuclear pow [...]
2008-12-15 10:19:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETRD TRGY VM
08HANOI1368STAFFDEL NELSON REVIEWS FOOD SAFETY ISSUES
[...] (U) Summary. A Staff Delegation from the House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce, consisting of Chief Investigator David Nelson and Investigative Counsel Krista Carpenter, visited Hanoi from December 4 to 8 to meet with Government of Vietnam (GVN) officials to review U.S. foo [...]
2008-12-17 04:42:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR SENV TBIO EFIN ETRD VM
08HANOI1372STAFFDEL NELSON REVIEWS FOOD SAFETY ISSUES
[...] (U) Summary. A Staff Delegation from the House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce, consisting of Chief Investigator David Nelson and Investigative Counsel Krista Carpenter, visited Hanoi from December 4 to 8 to meet with Government of Vietnam (GVN) officials to review U.S. foo [...]
2008-12-17 08:39:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR SENV TBIO EFIN ETRD VM
08HANOI1382AUSTR ASSESSMENT: VIETNAM GSP AND LABOR REFORM
[...] (SBU) Summary: AUSTR Lewis Karesh's December 3-7 visit to Vietnam focused on labor reform, especially freedom of association and collective bargaining, the statutory requirements for GVN to receive GSP status. After a series of frank discussions regarding labor issues, the GVN indicated that [...]
2008-12-18 10:38:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD ECIN EINT ELAB VM
08HANOI1389SENIOR DEPUTY AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS ASSEMBLY'S EVOLVING
[...] (SBU) Summary: The President of the influential Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations Vu Xuan Hong insists that National Assembly (NA) deputies should play a stronger "supervisory" role in Vietnam's system and wants more international NGOs to work in the country. In a December 11 conversa [...]
2008-12-19 10:40:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV PHUM SOCI VM
08HANOI1399 GVN TURNS DOWN AUTOMATIC EXTENSION OF 99 YEAR NEC LEASE
[...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: The GVN has once again unequivocally stated that they cannot agree to any formula for extending NEC lease terms beyond the maximum of 99 years for diplomatic organizations permitted by their Land Law, and the 99 year term for the future USG NEC site specified [...]
2008-12-22 10:25:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYABLD AMGT KREC VM
08HANOI1401SENATOR BAUCUS URGES VIETNAM TO OPEN MARKET TO U.S BEEF,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) met with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, National Assembly Vice Chairman Uong Chu Luu, Industry and Trade Minister Vu Huy Hoang and Education Vice Minister Banh Tien Long on December 16-17, 2008. Baucus urged Vietnamese officials to open the [...]
2008-12-23 08:07:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP EFIN EAID ECPS ECON ETRD VM
08HANOI1404VIETNAM FOOD SECURITY RESEARCH BY STAFFDEL LUSE, SENATE
[...] (U) Summary: Keith Luse, Senior Professional Staff Member, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, met with Vietnamese officials, scientists, policy makers, and NGO representatives to analyze food security issues and identify partnership opportunities in Vietnam from December 6-11. Vietnamese pa [...]
2008-12-24 07:14:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EAGR TBIO EAID VM
08HANOI1408SENATOR WEBB'S DECEMBER 23-24 MEETINGS IN HANOI
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging set of meetings in Hanoi December 23-24, Senator Jim Webb emphasized the considerable progress made since he first re-engaged with Vietnam as a civilian in 1991. Speaking with officials from the National Assembly (NA),MFA and Ministry of Industry and Trade (M [...]
2008-12-30 04:43:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD MARR VM
08HANOI145 VIETNAM SHRUGS OFF CUBAN AND VENEZUELAN ECONOMIC TIES
[...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. For official use only, not for dissemination outside USG channels or posting on the internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Cuba does not appear to be in a rush to learn about Vietnam's successful free market experiments, according to officials from Vietn [...]
2008-02-05 08:02:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON PREL VM
08HANOI147AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH US-VN DIALOGUE GROUP ON AGENT
[...] (SBU) Summary. On February 1, Ambassador Michalak met with the U.S.-Vietnam Dialogue Group on Agent Orange-Dioxin (Dialogue Group). Formed by the Aspen Institute, with support from the Ford Foundation, the Dialogue Group made its second visit to Vietnam to observe containment measures at the [...]
2008-02-12 01:30:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SENV TBIO KPAO VM
08HANOI152DEEPENING COOPERATION ON LEGAL REFORM: THE AMBASSADOR MEETS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) Judicial Affairs Committee Chairwoman Le Thi Thu Ba discussed with the Ambassador how the USG and GVN can deepen cooperation on judicial and legal reform in Vietnam. Laws on enforcement of civil and criminal court judgments must be revised so th [...]
2008-02-12 09:55:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM ECON PGOV KCOR KPAO SOCI PREL VM
08HANOI155 DEMARCHE TO VIETNAM ON TAFT GOODS PROPOSAL
[...] (SBU) On February 13, Econ Counselor demarched the Government of Vietnam on labeling for textile, apparel, footwear, and travel (TAFT) goods (reftel) through Nguyen Hong Duong, Deputy Director of the Americas Department of the Ministry of Industry and Trade. We gave Duong a copy of the U.S./EC [...]
2008-02-13 09:46:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD WTRO ECON VM
08HANOI156 PM TAPS TRADE MINISTRY TO TAKE OVER MAIN TIFA DUTIES
[...] (U) This cable is Sensitive But Unclassified. For official use only, not for dissemination outside USG channels or posting on the internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has instructed the Trade and Industry Minister to take over the lead of the U.S. - Vietnam Trade and [...]
2008-02-13 09:58:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON ECIN EINV PGOV VM
08HANOI169FBI DIRECTOR MEETS WITH VICE MINISTER OF MINISTRY OF PUBLIC
[...] (SBU) Summary: During FBI Director Robert Mueller's January 30 meeting with Ministry of Public Security (MPS) Vice Minister Nguyen Van Huong, the Vietnamese agreed to simplify and intensify information sharing in criminal matters and enthusiastically welcomed prospects for enhanced training pr [...]
2008-02-14 10:14:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC KCRM PGOV PREL PTER PINS VM
08HANOI175IRI Explores Possibilities in Vietnam
[...] (U) Summary: While the conversations were mainly introductory and exploratory, the unprecedented level of interaction by Government of Vietnam (GVN) offices during the International Republican Institute's (IRI's) recent visit was a positive sign the GVN may be more willing to meet with NGOs an [...]
2008-02-15 10:13:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KWMN PHUM PGOV VM
08HANOI184HUNDREDS ATTEND FUNERAL FOR VIETNAMESE DISSIDENT LEADER
[...] (SBU) Summary: The February 16 funeral for Dr. Hoang Minh Chinh, a former Communist Party ideologue and GVN vice minister turned dissident and democracy activist, drew hundreds of relatives and supporters as well as a heavy police presence. Many dissidents reported that they were prevented fro [...]
2008-02-19 09:48:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV KIRF VM
08HANOI194VIETNAM SHOULD REMAIN ON THE 2008 SPECIAL 301 WATCH LIST
[...] (SBU) Summary: Mission Vietnam recommends continued placement of Vietnam on the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative's (USTR) Special 301 Watch List for 2008. One year after acceding to the World Trade Organization, Vietnam has continued efforts to put in place an effective legal regime to [...]
2008-02-20 09:49:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ECON ETRD VM
08HANOI209UPDATE ON JAILED AMCIT DISSIDENT NGUYEN QUOC QUAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Amcit Nguyen Quoc Quan, jailed in November 2007, is still "under investigation" and has yet to be charged. Meanwhile, a prospective defense lawyer has reported receiving threatening messages warning him not to represent Dr. Quan. The Ambassador raised Dr. Quan's case again with [...]
2008-02-22 10:09:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL VM
08HANOI22 CODEL HOYER'S MEETINGS WITH GVN LEADERSHIP
[...] (SBU) Summary. On January 3, a thirteen-member Congressional delegation, led by Majority Leader Representative Steny Hoyer and Minority Whip Representative Roy Blunt, discussed bilateral priorities during meetings with President Nguyen Minh Triet, the Chairman of the National Assembly Nguyen P [...]
2008-01-07 08:55:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ENRG KIPR OTRA OVIP UNSC ECON VM
08HANOI225SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILL VISIT TO VIETNAM
[...] (SBU) Ambassador Hill: Mission Vietnam looks forward to welcoming you back to Hanoi. Your visit is well timed to focus Vietnamese leaders on the importance we attach to strengthening and deepening our bilateral relationship in the year ahead, especially after bad weather in China forced the la [...]
2008-02-26 09:14:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV OTRA ECON VM
08HANOI226Baby Buying: Selling Infants to China Sparks Outrage; Some
[...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past week, major Vietnamese media outlets have highlighted the case of four individuals arrested for smuggling newborn infants to China, among other abuses related to trafficking in children. One was an investigative report on a local baby-selling ring in Ha Tay provinc [...]
2008-02-26 10:34:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CASC CMGT KOCI VM CN
08HANOI23 CODEL HOYER'S MEETINGS WITH GVN LEADERSHIP
[...] (SBU) Summary. On January 3, a thirteen-member Congressional delegation, led by Majority Leader Representative Steny Hoyer and Minority Whip Representative Roy Blunt, discussed bilateral priorities during meetings with President Nguyen Minh Triet, the Chairman of the National Assembly Nguyen P [...]
2008-01-07 08:55:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ENRG KIPR OTRA OVIP UNSC ECON VM
08HANOI243VIETNAM TRADE IN 2007: U.S. EXPORTS UP 73 PERCENT, TOTAL
[...] Summary. Vietnam's total trade with the world broke the $100 billion mark in 2007, capping 16 consecutive years of expanding trade with a 29 percent increase over 2006. U.S. exporters also gained in 2007 as U.S. exports grew 73 percent, three times as fast as Vietnamese exports to the United [...]
2008-02-29 09:34:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EAGR EFIN EFIS EIND EPET ECON KTDB KTEX VM
08HANOI273EMBASSY REQUESTS PERMISSION TO VISIT FOR SPOUSE OF JAILED
[...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Dao Viet Trung told visiting Assistant Secretary Christopher Hill in their March 3 meeting (septel) that SIPDIS the ministry is prepared to assist in facilitating a visit by Ms. Huong Mai Ngo to her husband, imprisoned Amcit dissident Nguyen Quoc Quan. Following up on [...]
2008-03-06 09:55:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL VM
08HANOI277ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILL VISIT TO VIETNAM
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a March 2-3 visit to Hanoi, Assistant Secretary for East Asia and Pacific Affairs Christopher R. Hill met with the GVN Ministry of Foreign Affairs (paras 2-12) and National Assembly (paras 13-15),the Communist Party of Vietnam (paras 16-20),religious leaders (paras 21-23),n [...]
2008-03-07 04:28:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV OTRA ECON ETRD CONS VM
08HANOI312 FOLLOWING UP WITH VIETNAM ON TAFT AND ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS
[...] (SBU) On March 13, acting Econ Counselor followed up with the Government of Vietnam (GVN) on the proposal on labeling for textile, apparel, footwear, and travel (TAFT) goods, in a joint demarche with his EU counterpart in Hanoi. The GVN said that it "warmly welcomed" the proposal and "shares i [...]
2008-03-17 09:49:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD WTRO ECON VM
08HANOI33SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) Deputy Secretary Negroponte: Mission Vietnam looks forward to welcoming you to Hanoi. Your visit is well timed to focus Vietnamese leaders on the year ahead, which with focused effort should bring a further deepening in the bilateral relationship. While the relationship is broadening and [...]
2008-01-10 06:16:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV OVIP VM
08HANOI358 TIFA MEETINGS FOCUS ON TRADING RIGHTS, IPR AND MARKET
[...] (SBU) Summary: The United States and Vietnam conducted Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) talks in Hanoi from March 19 - 21, during which the sides followed up on a full range of WTO implementation and other issues including IPR, market access for pharmaceuticals and cultural prod [...]
2008-03-28 09:24:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON EAGR EFIN KIPR EIND EPET KTDB VM
08HANOI359VIETNAM PREPARES TO BUILD FIRST MDB-FINANCED DAM
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Vietnam (GVN) is set to begin construction in 2009 on the Song Bung IV hydroelectric dam, Vietnam's first multilateral development bank-financed hydropower project. USAID Senior Environmental Policy Advisor Leslie Johnston recently traveled to Vietnam to condu [...]
2008-03-28 09:39:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON SENV ENRG TRGY SOCI IBRD AID VM
08HANOI37FORD FOUNDATION GRANTEES HOST AGENT ORANGE DISABILITY FORUM
[...] (U) Summary. On December 18, the Ford Foundation funded a national disabilities workshop focusing on Agent Orange (AO) and its contaminant dioxin. Various speakers highlighted the need for collective Government of Vietnam (GVN) and international support for the disabled suffering from war leg [...]
2008-01-10 10:08:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SENV TBIO KPAO VM
08HANOI370HHS SECRETARY LEAVITT: VIETNAM SCENESETTER, PART II OF III
[...] (U) This cable is Sensitive But Unclassified. It is for official use only, not for dissemination outside USG channels or posting on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Secretary Leavitt, this cable supplements Ref A and highlights the overarching health-related challenges facing Vietnam. We are proud [...]
2008-04-01 01:12:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KPAO KFLU KHIV VM
08HANOI383CHOLERA REAPPEARS IN NORTHERN VIETNAM
[...] (SBU) Summary. Three months after the Government of Vietnam (GVN) announced the successful control of an outbreak of cholera (ref A),the disease has reappeared in several provinces in northern Vietnam, including Hanoi. Though international health experts predicted the likelihood of small, ep [...]
2008-04-03 10:05:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR VM
08HANOI385 VIETNAM FORMALLY AGREES TO HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE
[...] (SBU) Vietnam's MFA formally agreed to hold the next round of the bilateral Human Rights Dialogue on May 29, 2008 in Hanoi, Vietnam. In dipnote 158/NG-TCQT, the unofficial translation of which follows below, the MFA also reports that its delegation will be represented by an unspecified Assistan [...]
2008-04-04 02:25:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KIRF PHUM PGOV VM
08HANOI389POSSIBLE DETENTION OF AMCIT VIET TAN MEMBER IN HO CHI MINH
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-04 10:46:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM PINR CASC VM
08HANOI395DETAINED VIET TAN MEMBERS RELEASED; NGUYEN QUOC QUAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-07 09:52:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM PINR CASC VM
08HANOI414POLITBURO MEMBER SEEKS ANTI-CORRUPTION TRAINING FOR PARTY
[...] (SBU) In an April 9 meeting with Ambassador, Politburo member Nguyen Van Chi asked for U.S. help in selecting American institutions with expertise in anti-corruption work which could cooperate with Vietnam to enhance its capacity in that regard. The Ambassador and Chi discussed Hanoi's fight a [...]
2008-04-10 09:32:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM ECON PGOV KCOR KPAO SOCI PREL VM
08HANOI417GVN REQUESTS THAT USG TREAT NGUYEN QUOC QUAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: A senior MFA official predicts that imprisoned AMCIT Nguyen Quoc Quan will soon be tried, after which his wife will be able to visit him in prison. He further implied that Nguyen Quoc Quan would then be released, but warned that this could not be seen to occur "under U.S. press [...]
2008-04-11 08:19:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL CASC VM NGUYEN QUAN QUOC
08HANOI421FIRST CHOLERA CASE IN HO CHI MINH CITY
[...] (SBU) Ho Chi Minh City reported its first case of cholera in the current outbreak, a 71 year old woman from Thu Duc district. According to Dr. Nguyen Van Chau, Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Health Department, the woman was admitted to Ho Chi Minh City Medical Hospital on April 6 suffering fr [...]
2008-04-11 09:56:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR VM
08HANOI422ADOPTION FRAUD SUMMARY - VIETNAM
[...] Summary : Adoption related fraud in Vietnam is a large and growing problem. The combination of a decentralized administrative system, a legal framework that lacks procedures for oversight and accountability, and an unregulated donation system have combined to produce an adoption system rife [...]
2008-04-11 10:00:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CPAS CMGT KFRD ASEC VM
08HANOI484AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH VICE FOREIGN MINISTER ON POSSIBLE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Michalak discussed possible deliverables for a visit to the United States by Vietnamese Prime Minister Dung with Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh on April 25. The Ambassador noted that we need to make progress on human rights before the visit. The Ambas [...]
2008-04-25 09:19:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL VM
08HANOI508DHHS SECRETARY LEAVITT FOCUSES ON PRODUCT SAFETY, INFLUENZA
[...] (SBU) Summary. During his visit to Hanoi, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt successfully advocated for the United States and Vietnam to draft a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on product safety in preparation for the upcoming visit to the United States by Vietnamese Pr [...]
2008-05-05 06:04:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KPAO KFLU KHIV VM
08HANOI516STILL LUCID AT 97: GENERAL VO NGUYEN GIAP TALKS EDUCATION
[...] (SBU) On April 25, the Ambassador and General Vo Nguyen Giap discussed efforts to increase educational exchanges between the United States and Vietnam. After imploring the Ambassador to work to bring the overall relationship to an even higher level, Giap echoed the Ambassador's desire to see m [...]
2008-05-05 09:47:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM ECON PGOV KCOR KPAO SOCI PREL VM
08HANOI528VIETNAM OUTREACH ON ACTIVISTS FOR DEMOCRACY AND DISSIDENTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Michalak has named the promotion of human rights as his top priority in Vietnam. In support of the President's freedom agenda, the Ambassador has raised human rights with the highest levels of the Vietnamese government, including both the President and Prime Minister. [...]
2008-05-06 10:24:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL VM
08HANOI535AMBASSADOR EXCHANGES VIEWS ON HUMAN RIGHTS, CHINA WITH
[...] (SBU) On May 2, CPV External Relations Commission (ERC) Chairman Tran Van Hang told the Ambassador the ERC welcomes the positive developments in U.S.-Vietnam relations, especially in trade, investment and education. He appealed for Vietnam to be granted GSP and agreed that many recently opened [...]
2008-05-08 09:44:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM ECON PGOV KCOR KPAO SOCI PREL CM VM
08HANOI536 NGUYEN QUOC QUAN: REQUESTS FOR CONSULAR AND SPOUSAL VISITS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 7, 2008 ConOff met with Le Ba Dong, Chief of the Foreign Consular Relations Section at MFA, at MFA's request. Dong confirmed to ConOff that the trial of Nguyen Quoc Quan is scheduled for May 13. He then noted that, because of the proximity of the trial and the fact that [...]
2008-05-08 09:45:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL CASC VM NGUYEN QUAN QUOC
08HANOI541POLITBURO MEMBER COMMENTS ON AMBASSADOR'S PRIORITIES AND
[...] (SBU) On May 5, influential Politburo member and Standing Member of the Secretariat Truong Tan Sang met the Ambassador to discuss U.S.-Vietnam relations, the Ambassador's priorities for his tenure in Vietnam and economic issues. The "consensus" within Vietnam's governing circles is that Hanoi [...]
2008-05-08 10:18:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PHUM PGOV KCOR KPAO SOCI PREL CM VM
08HANOI55 ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM - PM AGREES TO "GUILLOTINE" TO CUT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved an unprecedented three-year action plan known as "Project 30" to implement sweeping administrative and regulatory reforms in Vietnam that will affect all 22 national ministries and 64 provinces. This plan, developed by USAID with the [...]
2008-01-16 09:54:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID BEXP ETRD VM
08HANOI550DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER DISCUSSES PM'S VISIT, HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (SBU) On April 29, Deputy Prime Minister and Politburo member Truong Vinh Trong discussed with the Ambassador Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung's planned visit to the United States, the cases of political dissidents Le Thi Cong Nhan and Bui Kim Thanh and Government of Vietnam (GVN) efforts against [...]
2008-05-12 03:02:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM ECON TBIO PGOV SOCI PREL KCOR KHIV KPPAO
08HANOI597VIETNAM: FURTHER DISCUSSIONS ABOUT GPOI TRAINING
[...] On May 8, poloff and DATT met with MOD External Relations Department Senior Colonel Nguyen Dinh Huy to reiterate the USG's previous invitation to the GVN to participate in the Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI)(Ref A) and to provide a list of possible GPOI training courses (Ref B). Seni [...]
2008-05-21 09:35:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDKPKO MARR MASS PREL PGOV VM
08HANOI614SCENESETTER FOR U.S.-VIETNAM HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE
[...] (SBU) Assistant Secretary Kramer: Mission Vietnam looks forward to welcoming you to Hanoi. Your visit is well timed to focus Vietnamese leaders on the importance we attach to human rights in strengthening and deepening our bilateral relationship in the year ahead. Overall, the U.S.-Vietnam re [...]
2008-05-23 10:11:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV OTRA ECON VM
08HANOI643VIETNAM: FORCED AND CHILD LABOR IN THE PRODUCTION OF GOODS
[...] Summary: Forced and child labor (as defined by the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005) is not generally used to produce goods in Vietnam. While there is some evidence that abuses do sometimes occur, they are neither widespread nor systematic. Indeed, much of the inform [...]
2008-06-02 09:48:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON POL EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI VM
08HANOI667VIETNAM: SFRC STAFFDEL STUDIES TRANSPARENCY IN EXTRACTIVE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Senate Foreign Relations Committee professional staff members Jay Branegan and Marik String visited Hanoi May 25-29, 2008 to meet with GVN officials, private sector energy companies and NGOs to discuss transparency in extractive industries. The Extractive Industries Transparency [...]
2008-06-06 05:48:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON SENV ENRG TRGY SOCI IBRD AID VM
08HANOI682UNITED STATES AND VIETNAM HOLD ANNUAL HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (SBU) This year's Human Rights Dialogue was a candid and constructive exchange, with both sides vowing to move the bilateral relationship forward in the one arena where the USG and GVN continue to have serious differences. The USG delegation, lead by DRL Assistant Secretary David Kramer, urged [...]
2008-06-09 07:29:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KIRF PREL PGOV OTRA VM
08HANOI728GVN URGED TO CONSIDER PARTICIPATION IN PSI AND GLOBAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-18 00:42:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM VM
08HANOI731SCENESETTER FOR U.S. VISIT OF VIETNAM PRIME MINISTER DUNG
[...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam's Prime Minister views his June 24 White House meeting as an opportunity to confirm to all -- including those who hate us -- that the United States will remain a big part of Vietnam's future. In particular, he will celebrate our remarkable economic partnership, built on [...]
2008-06-18 09:37:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ECON ETRD EINV PREL PHUM KIRF EAIR VM
08HANOI738FOCUS ON U.S. BUSINESS IN VIETNAM: DISTRIBUTION RIGHTS;
[...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. For official use only, not for dissemination outside USG channels or posting on the internet. 2. (U) This cable is the first in a series focusing on issues on the U.S. private sector and business agenda in Vietnam. 3. (SBU) Summary: The issu [...]
2008-06-20 10:19:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON EIND EINV VM
08HANOI783PROMINENT VIETNAMESE BUSINESS LEADER DISCUSSES
[...] (C) In late June, Poloffs met Le Thien Thanh, who like many children of leading Vietnamese communists, is a wealthy businessman and General Director of the Thien Mien Company. Thanh's father, Le Duan, was General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) for close to 30 years and is sa [...]
2008-07-03 10:00:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALECON PHUM PGOV KCOR KPAO SOCI PREL VM
08HANOI857LEADERSHIP CHANGES AT MFA, HANOI CITY GOVERNMENT
[...] (SBU) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has added three vice ministers, although with some of the four current ministers likely to take other positions how many total vice ministers the ministry will have remains to be seen. There is speculation that the changes lay the groundwork for curr [...]
2008-07-23 08:08:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV VM
08HANOI864VIETNAM SEEKS STRONGER U.S. SUPPORT AGAINST CHINESE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Citing recent press reports making public China's warning to ExxonMobil to pull out of an offshore oil exploration deal with Vietnam, an MFA official told Pol Counselor in a July 24 meeting that Vietnam will protect the interests of ExxonMobil. He also requested a strong express [...]
2008-07-24 09:33:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON CM VM
08HANOI87EAP DAS MARCIEL AND GVN DISCUSS HUMAN RIGHTS, GOVERNANCE,
[...] (U) This cable is Sensitive But Unclassified. For official use only, not for posting on the internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Scot Marciel discussed human rights, cooperation in governance reform and law enforcement, and a possible visit by Prime Minister Dung [...]
2008-01-25 09:52:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ABLD PBTS PHSA PHUM PREL ECON VM
08HANOI897RUSSIAN CONCERN ABOUT CHINESE PRESSURE ON EXXONMOBIL
[...] (SBU) Citing recent press reports making public China's warning to ExxonMobil to pull out of an offshore oil exploration deal with Vietnam (Reftel),Russian Econ/Commercial Counselor Vadim Bublikov shared with Poloffs and Econoff Russia's "deep concern" about the situation and how it could affe [...]
2008-08-04 00:32:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON CM VM
08HANOI90ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND IPR ENFORCEMENT IN VIETNAM'S CHINA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam's mountainous northeast border region with China has tied its economic development plans to Vietnam's growing international trade. Provincial governments are making the most of their geographic advantages and reaping growth rates that exceed the 8.5 percent national aver [...]
2008-01-28 01:29:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON KIPR EAID EINV ETRD OTRA EIND VM
08HANOI934 SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SHELBY, AUG. 21 to 24, 2008
[...] (SBU) Embassy Hanoi looks forward to welcoming you to Vietnam. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung's June visit to Washington exemplifies a U.S.-Vietnam relationship that continues to broaden and mature, in the process spurring economic, social and technological development that has eased the path [...]
2008-08-11 04:37:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP EFIN EAID ECPS ECON ETRD VM
08HANOI965SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR STEPHEN
[...] (SBU) Embassy Hanoi looks forward to welcoming you to Vietnam. Your visit will be an important contribution to the growing U.S.-Vietnam relationship and will highlight a broad area of bilateral defense and security cooperation that is gathering momentum in the wake of the Vietnamese Prime Minis [...]
2008-08-18 09:21:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MOPS PREL PGOV OTRA VM
08HANOI975 OIL PRODUCTION DOWN, REVENUES UP AT PETROVIETNAM
[...] Summary: Shrinking reserves meant Vietnam produced only 16.5 million tons of crude oil in 2007, down 7.6 percent from 2006. Oil revenues increased sharply, however, as world prices soared. Vietnam, currently a net oil exporter, expects to be a net importer by 2015 due to rising domestic demand [...]
2008-08-20 09:50:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON SENV ENRG TRGY VM
08HARARE1007AMCIT REPATRIATION HIGHLIGHTS ZIM'S CRUMBLING HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-07 11:44:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDCASC AMED CMGT PGOV SOCI ZI
08HARARE1011 HARARE: CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO THE PRESIDENT-ELECT
[...] Following is the text of a congratulatory message from Robert Mugabe to the President-elect of the United States of America, Mr. Barack Obama. Under the terms of a yet-to-be-implemented power sharing agreement, Mugabe would continue to serve as the President of Zimbabwe. 2. BEGIN TEXT. [...]
2008-11-10 09:17:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL OVIP ZI
08HARARE1013ZIM NOTES 11-7-2008
[...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - SADC Extraordinary Summit on Deck... - Mugabe Congratulates Obama... - Global Fund "diversion" goes public... - Cholera Outbreak Continues... - Civil Service Corruption Rampant... - WOZA Women Released on Bail... - Visiting American Surgi [...]
2008-11-10 13:20:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
08HARARE1025ZIM NOTES 11-14-2008
[...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - SADC Attempts to Impose Political Solution... - Protesters Beaten by Police, One Miscarried in Custody... - RBZ Returns Global Fund Money... - Diamonds are a Crooked Politician's Best Friend... - Visiting American Surgical Team Moves to Private [...]
2008-11-17 14:08:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
08HARARE1039COLLAPSE: ZIMBABWE'S HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
[...] (SBU) Zimbabwe's health system has collapsed. Most of Zimbabwe's public hospitals, including the three main medical centers in Harare, are closed. Many clinics lack basics including staff, water, electricity, and medical supplies. Despite protests by medical professionals and outcry over the [...]
2008-11-20 15:18:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALSOCI EAID AMED PGOV CACS PHUM ZI
08HARARE1057ZIM NOTES 11-28-2008
[...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Negotiators Sign Constitutional Amendment 19... - Treasury Department Designates More Cronies... - Supreme Court Dismisses Danish Suit... - Elders Turned Away... - Frustrated Soldiers Trash Bank... - Mbeki expresses frustration with MDC-T [...]
2008-12-01 08:06:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
08HARARE1066EAC MEETS TO DISCUSS DISTURBANCES BY SOLDIERS,
[...] (SBU) Harare EAC convened on December 2 to discuss recent incidents involving disgruntled soldiers (reftel) and a planned December 3 demonstration by the Zimbabwe Council of Trade Unions (ZCTU) and the National Constitutional Assembly (NCA). The EAC determined that these developments required [...]
2008-12-03 15:47:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC AMGT CASC PREL ZI
08HARARE1067HARARE MANAGEMENT CHALLENGE: COPING WITH COLLAPSE
[...] SUMMARY: The collapse of Zimbabwe's infrastructure and economy continues to provide new challenges to post management. Post currently has the capacity to provide regular water supplies to all USG offices and residences except those in commercial office buildings. Additional wells may be requ [...]
2008-12-03 17:06:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT SOCI ECON PGOV AMED ZI
08HARARE1076Proposed Zimbabwe Travel Alert - Cholera
[...] Post recommends a Travel Alert be issued for Zimbabwe, warning American citizens of cholera, inadequate potable water, and a collapsed medical infrastructure. The latest outbreak of cholera, which started in August 2008, has overwhelmed medical resources in country, exposed a critical potable [...]
2008-12-05 07:00:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDCASC ASEC AMED ZI
08HARARE1121HARARE JOURNALIST ABDUCTED, MORE POTENTIALLY TARGETED
[...] (SBU) Accredited freelance Zimbabwean journalist Shadrack Andrisson Manyere was abducted from his home in Norton, a suburb of Harare, on the evening of Saturday December 13. Manyere has been a frequent critic of the Zimbabwean government and, unlike some journalists, is fully accredited by the [...]
2008-12-15 15:00:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL KPAO ZI
08HARARE1125HARARE EAC REVIEWS TRIPWIRES AND CHOLERA OUTBREAK
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Post's EAC met on December 15 to review trip wires in relation to the cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe and the collapse of medical services. The EAC agreed that the situation falls within the "Growing Potential for Drawdown" category in which Post has generally operated since March [...]
2008-12-16 12:46:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMED AMGT ASEC PGOV PREL SOCI CASC TBIO ZI
08HARARE1126HARARE: EAC DISCUSSES HOLIDAY PLANS
[...] (SBU) Harare EAC convened on 15 December to review the Embassy's Tripwires, specifically, the areas of medical/natural disasters in light of the growing cholera situation (Ref A),holiday security planning and the larger security situation. In evaluating holiday security, the EAC endorsed con [...]
2008-12-16 13:42:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC AMGT CASC PREL ZI
08HARARE1136ZIM NOTES 12-19-2008
[...] SUMMARY ----------- This is the last edition of Zim Notes in 2008. We will resume publication on January 2. Topics of the week: - Constitutional Amendment 19 Gazetted... - Allegations of MDC Paramilitary Camps in Botswana Refuted... - PF ZAPU Reemerges... - New Attorney General Ap [...]
2008-12-19 11:02:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
08HARARE134Zim Notes 2-08-2008
[...] The Embassy Harare Political/Economic Section began producing Zim Notes in July, 2007 to present a perspective on current events in Zimbabwe. Suggestions are always welcome. If you would like to receive Zim Notes by email, as well, please contact Frances Chisholm at chisholmfm@state.gov. Dist [...]
2008-02-15 10:55:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
08HARARE245ZIMBABWE ELECTIONS: ELECTION DAY
[...] (U) Summary: Voting day in Zimbabwe was largely calm and peaceful. Eleven embassy observers who were spread out throughout the country were permitted to observe the vote and remain at polling stations for vote counts. In defiance of the government, the MDC told the press it would announce r [...]
2008-03-29 22:36:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ASEC ZI
08HARARE246MUGABE EXPECTED TO DECLARE VICTORY; EAC ADVISES
[...] (SBU) Embassy contacts in both the MDC and ZANU-PF reported at 17:30 Sunday evening that President Mugabe was planning to declare himself the winner of Zimbabwe's presidential election. MDC sources understood the announcement was scheduled for 18:30 pm local time; ZANU-PF sources were less de [...]
2008-03-30 17:18:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC PGOV ZI
08HARARE268SITUATION REPORT: EAC DISCUSSES ZIMBABWE ELECTION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Harare EAC met on April 2 to discuss scenarios that could ensue once election results are announced. DCM chaired the meeting, which was attended by RSO, RPOL, POL, PAS, CONS, AID, DAO, MGT, and CDC. The EAC considered a runoff the most probable outcome at the moment, but ackno [...]
2008-04-02 17:22:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALASEC AMGT CASC PREL ZI
08HARARE270EMBASSY HARARE ELECTION OBSERVATIONS: A POSITIVE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Harare deployed 11 teams to observe elections on March 29; all reported that voting took place in a calm and orderly manner. Observer teams were generally well-received at polling stations and throughout the different constituencies, including ruling party strongholds. [...]
2008-04-03 15:40:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC ZI
08HARARE275SITUATION REPORT: PENDULUM SWINGS FROM RUNOFF TO
[...] (C) Harare has remained quiet throughout the day April 3, but the rumor mill has continued to churn. Late in the morning Post contacts reported that ZANU-PF was preparing to pull out all the stops to assure itself victory in a runoff. Shortly after, usually well-informed contacts told us that [...]
2008-04-03 17:06:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
08HARARE279SITUATION REPORT: HARARE EAC EVALUATES SITUATION,
[...] (U) Embassy Harare EAC met on April 4 to review events of the last 24 hours and determine whether any adjustments are required in Post's security posture or in guidance to American citizens. DCM chaired the meeting. 2. (C) Poloff reviewed the current situation. He told EAC that a Zimbabwe [...]
2008-04-04 13:05:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALASEC AMGT CASC PREL ZI
08HARARE282SITUATION REPORT: ONE WEEK LATER: TSVANGIRAI CALLS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY One week after election day, in the wake of a government crackdown on international journalists and NGO staff, opposition presidential candidate Morgan Tsvangirai held a press conference to reiterate his call for the Zimbabwean Electoral Commission (ZEC) to announce the official [...]
2008-04-05 15:23:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PHUM ASEC CASC ZI
08HARARE287SITUATION REPORT: ZIMBABWE CALM AS HIGH COURT
[...] (SBU) Harare's residents remain calm and continue to go about daily activities despite entering a ninth day of waiting for the results of Zimbabwe's presidential contest. The High Court ruled on April 7 that it does have jurisdiction in a petition brought by the opposition MDC to compel the Zi [...]
2008-04-07 15:40:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ASEC KDEM CASC ZI
08HARARE310AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH GENERAL SOLOMON MUJURU
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the Ambassador on April 10, General Solomon Mujuru gave no hint of his commonly-known differences with President Robert Mugabe, and little indication that Mugabe would consider stepping down. He acknowledged that sanctions (understood to be targeted and intern [...]
2008-04-10 11:42:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ZI
08HARARE34HARARE 2008 BFIF PROJECT PROPOSAL
[...] (U) Embassy Harare proposes to draw on the Business Facilitation and Incentive Fund (BFIF) to support a sequel to successful previous BFIF-funded "Just Business" fora (Refs A and B). ---------------------------- "Just Business" Forum Sequel ---------------------------- 2. (SBU) Post [...]
2008-01-17 13:40:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYABUD AMGT BEXP ECON ETRD ZI
08HARARE345ZIM NOTES April 17, 2008
[...] SUMMARY ------------- Topics of the week: - Still No Election Results, Court Rebuffs Opposition Demand - Post-Election Violence Spreads, One Confirmed Death - Scores of Opposition Arrested - An Analytic Note On Violence - Opposition "Stay-In" a Flop - UN Security Council Deliberates Over Z [...]
2008-04-17 15:43:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
08HARARE361 SPOTTING INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN ZIMBABWE'S RUINS
[...] (U) In the midst of Zimbabwe's distressed economy, some investors see opportunity that the risk averse abandoned long ago. Banking on economic recovery and attracted to Zimbabwe's cheap price tags, investors are looking at sectors with international links or those that will benefit from an inc [...]
2008-04-23 12:58:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON PGOV ASEC ZI
08HARARE376ZIM NOTES April 25, 2008
[...] SUMMARY ------------- Topics of the week: - Signals or Smoke Screen, State-Media Floats Idea of Government of National Unity - No End To Post-Election Violence - Recount Results Trickle In - UN Human Rights Officials Visit Harare - Chinese Ship With Arms For Zimbabwe On Its Way Home - G [...]
2008-04-25 13:09:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
08HARARE389HARARE: EAC MEETS TO DISCUSS POST ELECTION
[...] (SBU) Embassy Harare's EAC met on April 30 to review the situation and the mission's security posture. The DCM chaired the meeting; In attendance were representatives from RSO, DAO, CONS, USAID, MGT, R/POL, CDC, GSO, MED, CLO and MSG. 2. (SBU) DCM explained that the Zimbabwe Electoral C [...]
2008-05-02 09:16:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC AMGT CASC PREL ZI
08HARARE413HARARE: EAC MEETS TO DISCUSS TARGETED VIOLENCE
[...] (SBU) Embassy Harare's EAC met on May 8 to review the political situation and the Mission's security posture. The Ambassador chaired the meeting. In attendance were representatives from RSO, POL/ECON, CONS, USAID, MGT, R/POL, CDC, GSO, IMO, CLO and MSG. 2. (SBU) The Ambassador explained [...]
2008-05-08 15:01:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC AMGT CASC PREL ZI
08HARARE414HARARE: EAC MEETS TO DISCUSS TARGETED VIOLENCE
[...] (SBU) Embassy Harare's EAC met on May 8 to review the political situation and the Mission's security posture. The Ambassador chaired the meeting. In attendance were representatives from RSO, POL/ECON, CONS, USAID, MGT, R/POL, CDC, GSO, IMO, CLO and MSG. 2. (SBU) The Ambassador explained [...]
2008-05-08 15:09:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC AMGT CASC PREL ZI
08HARARE45AMBASSADOR TAKES POLITICAL PULSE IN BULAWAYO
[...] (C) On his first trip to Bulawayo (Zimbabwe's second largest city),the Ambassador met with leading opposition political figures and civil society leaders to gauge attitudes toward upcoming elections. They uniformly told him that an MDC victory in March was highly unlikely. Paul Themba Nyat [...]
2008-01-23 13:05:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC ZI
08HARARE457HARARE EAC MEETS TO REVIEW TRAVEL AND SECURITY
[...] (SBU) Embassy Harare's EAC met on May 22 to review the political situation, including the confirmation of the announcement of the election runoff date of June 27, the current Travel Alert, and the Mission's security posture. The Ambassador chaired the meeting. In attendance were representati [...]
2008-05-23 07:34:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC AMGT CASC PREL PHUM ZI
08HARARE459RICH PLATINUM CLAIMS CHANGE HANDS IN HUSH-HUSH
[...] (C) Mining giant Anglo American ceded to the Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ) close to 30 percent of its platinum claims on the Great Dyke in an agreement signed on March 23, 2008. In return, it will receive a special mining lease that allows it to hold offshore foreign exchange earnings from its [...]
2008-05-23 10:23:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALEMIN EINV PGOV ASEC MASS ZI CH RS
08HARARE463MEDIA CRACKDOWN: INTIMIDATION INCREASES AHEAD OF RUNOFF
[...] SUMMARY: Alongside the ongoing ZANU-PF directed violence in advance of Zimbabwe's June 27 presidential election runoff, the Mugabe regime's crack down on dissenting opinion is increasingly targeting the independent media and even those within the state media who favor more balanced coverage. Ac [...]
2008-05-27 13:53:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM ZI
08HARARE47AMBASSADOR CALLS ON BUSINESS COMMUNITY TO BE
[...] (SBU) Beginning his outreach to Zimbabwe's beleaguered business community, on January 17 Ambassador challenged members of the American Business Association of Zimbabwe (ABAZ) to be more energetic in bringing about peaceful change in Zimbabwe. Speaking at the monthly meeting of ABAZ, he said [...]
2008-01-23 14:09:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV ZI
08HARARE474VIOLENCE BEATING DOWN VOTER OPTIMISM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a visit to Mashonaland East, scene of post-election violence, Embassy officers interviewed religious leaders, doctors, and one victim of the post-election violence. While reluctant to speak freely, these Zimbabweans expressed dismay and frustration at the growing violenc [...]
2008-06-02 12:28:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE478NEW MDC MP FEARS FOR SAFETY, HOPES FOR ELECTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Newly elected MDC MP for Mutasa South, Michek Kagurabadzwa is in hiding, fearing arrest and detention. Press reports indicate that five MDC MPs have been jailed in recent weeks. Despite the ongoing violence in the countryside, including in his own constituency, Kagurabadzwa rem [...]
2008-06-02 15:49:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE482TSVANGIRAI OUTLINES GOALS FOR MDC-LED PARLIAMENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 30, Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Presidential candidate Morgan Tsvangirai addressed MDC Members of Parliament (MPs),outlining his initiatives for parliament. Describing his goals as the "Restore Hope Campaign," he laid out a number of ambitious initiatives int [...]
2008-06-03 17:02:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE491HARARE EAC MEETS TO DISCUSS DETENTION OF EMBASSY
[...] (SBU) The Harare Emergency Action Committee (EAC) convened on June 6 to review the detention of Embassy employees that occurred on June 5 (SEPTEL) and the need for additional security precautions as a result of the incident. The EAC agreed that the fact-finding and observation missions in the [...]
2008-06-06 14:41:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALASEC AMGT CASC PREL ZI
08HARARE493U.S. DIPLOMATS AND STAFF DETAINED BY ZIM SECURITY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 5, five U.S. diplomats and two locally employed staff (LES),accompanied at times by British diplomats, were detained, harassed, and threatened by government security forces, military, police, and "war veterans" during a pre-election assessment trip in Mashonaland Ce [...]
2008-06-06 16:42:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE494RETALIATION AGAINST MDC ACTIVISTS, CANDIDATES FOR
[...] (C) Four women, one man and three children under the age of two were arrested and three homes were raided in Bindura after a visit by American and British diplomats on June 5. About six hours after the June 5 visit, a female MDC Councilor and an MDC activist were arrested at the Councilor's r [...]
2008-06-06 16:51:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE512ZIM VIOLENCE AND ARRESTS, IN DETAIL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Mugabe regime's political crackdown ahead of the June 27 presidential run-off is increasingly targeting opposition leadership. On June 12, presidential candidate Morgan Tsvangirai was twice detained by police while attempting to campaign, bringing the total to four deten [...]
2008-06-16 04:39:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE513ZIM VIOLENCE AND ARRESTS, IN DETAIL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Mugabe regime's political crackdown ahead of the June 27 presidential run-off is increasingly targeting opposition leadership. On June 12, presidential candidate Morgan Tsvangirai was twice detained by police while attempting to campaign, bringing the total to four detention [...]
2008-06-16 04:39:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE553ZIM HUMANITARIAN CRISIS GROWS: WITH UN AGENCIES
[...] (U) The humanitarian crisis in Zimbabwe continues to worsen. Politically motivated violence continues unabated. Humanitarian space continues to shrink. Access to the most vulnerable populations remains restricted. All this, combined with a high level of uncertainty, and exacerbated by the Z [...]
2008-06-27 14:54:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PHUM PREF PGOV PREL ZI
08HARARE579AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH GIDEON GONO
[...] (C) The Ambassador met with Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor Gideon Gono on July 1. The discussion focused on GOZ misappropriation of Global Fund money, President Robert Mugabe's health, and ZANU-PF politics and plans. ---------------------------- Global Fund Misappropriation ----- [...]
2008-07-01 15:11:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC PHUM EAID ZI
08HARARE598EMBASSY HELPS OVER 300 IDPS, MORE IN NEED AS
[...] (C) On July 3, 308 displaced Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) supporters came to the U.S. Embassy after being locked out of the MDC headquarters, Harvest House. Through considerable effort, Mission staff transferred about 64 women and 68 children to existing safe houses in Harare that day [...]
2008-07-07 16:20:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALEAID PHUM PREF PGOV PREL ZI
08HARARE604UK COMPANY SUSPENDS HARD CURRENCY DELIVERIES TO
[...] (C) U.K.-based Travelex suspended its supply of foreign currency to Western Union Zimbabwe in late June, apparently fearful of being tarred with sustaining the Mugabe regime. Consequently, Zimbabwe's major money transfer company has capped cash disbursements while it scrambles for alternate su [...]
2008-07-10 12:32:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PGOV ASEC ZI
08HARARE611ZIM NOTES 7-11-2008
[...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - ZANU-PF-MDC Preliminary Talks Begin... - Parliament to Convene... - Violence Continues... - Attack on Government IDP Camp... - IDPs Flee to Embassy... - Global Opinion of South Africa Slumps... - Remittance Disbursements Capped for Lack [...]
2008-07-14 14:47:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
08HARARE639FARM INVASIONS: ZIM DISMISSES SADC TRIBUNAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: State-sponsored land seizure and harassment of white farmers in Zimbabwe continues, in violation of an injunction by the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Tribunal. Despite a July 18 decision by the Tribunal reaffirming the injunction, condemning the government's rec [...]
2008-07-28 15:04:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALEAGR KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
08HARARE699ZIM NOTES 8-15-2008
[...] Topics of the Week: - Talks Break Off... - Tsvangirai's Travel to SADC Summit Interrupted... - French and Swedish Charges Threatened... - Botswana Deports Zimbabwean Journalist... - Soaring Inflation... - Tobacco Deliveries Lagging... - "Zimbabwe - Beyond Tomorrow"... ---- [...]
2008-08-18 13:51:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
08HARARE715ZIM NOTES 8-22-2008
[...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Negotiations Stall Again... - SADC Communiques... - Parliament to Convene... - Violence Continues... - MDC and Donors Meet... - Magistrate Court Dismisses Case Against MDC MP... - WOZA Arrests... - "Zim's inflation not that bad"... - Exchang [...]
2008-08-25 13:02:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
08HARARE767PRIVATE SCHOOLS ATTEMPT TO DOLLARIZE TUITION
[...] (SBU) Private schools in Zimbabwe began requesting payment last week in US dollars or British pounds in an attempt to retain teachers and meet rising educational costs. Zimbabwean government officials quickly declared the practice illegal and deployed inspectors t investigate schools and threa [...]
2008-09-03 14:44:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE777WORLD BANK MISSION EMPHASIZES COMMITMENT TO POLICY
[...] (SBU) During the week of August 18 three World Bank officials visited Harare to brief donors on developments related to the Multi-Donor Trust Fund (MDTF),hear donors concerns about its implementation, discuss conceptualization of a programmatic MDTF, and take the pulse of the economy. Maputo- [...]
2008-09-05 11:00:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV ZI
08HARARE78Zim Notes November 16, 2007
[...] The Embassy Harare Political/Economic Section began producing Zim Notes in July, 2007 to present a perspective on current events in Zimbabwe. Suggestions are always welcome. If you would like to receive Zim Notes by email, as well, please contact Frances Chisholm at chisholmfm@state.gov. Dist [...]
2008-01-28 15:05:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
08HARARE784 ZIMBABWE - AMBASSADOR'S SPECIAL SELF-HELP PROGRAM FORMAL
[...] Summary: Post has focused funding the following areas based on the current harsh economic and political climate and the HIV/AIDS pandemic: communities, children and orphans, schools, water development projects and income generation. During the election period from mid March for the next thre [...]
2008-09-08 09:36:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KPRP XA ZI
08HARARE833MUGABE SPEECH DAMPENS EXCITEMENT OF SIGNING
[...] (SBU) President Mugabe and Prime Minister Tsvangirai delivered contrasting speeches following today's signing of a power-sharing accord between ZANU-PF and the two MDC opposition factions. Tsvangirai stressed the need for governmental unity and immediate food and medical assistance to Zimbabw [...]
2008-09-15 15:58:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE838BFIF-FUNDED FORUM STIMULATES PUBLIC DEBATE ON
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 12. ------- Summary ------- 2. (U) On August 21, the American Business Association of Zimbabwe (ABAZ),supported by the State Department's Business Facilitation and Incentive Fund (BFIF) and by local companies, held an economic forum on tackling h [...]
2008-09-17 10:33:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD PGOV ZI
08HARARE85AMBASSADOR MEETING WITH GOZ MINISTER AND MUGABE
[...] (C) The Ambassador met January 28 with Nicholas Goche, the Minister of Public Service, Labor, and Social Welfare. Goche is also one of the ZANU-PF negotiators in the SADC mediation process. He promised the Ambassador he would attempt to facilitate a one-on-one meeting between the Ambassador [...]
2008-01-31 11:08:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC ZI
08HARARE863ENVIRONMENT SUFFERING AS POACHING INCREASES
[...] (C) Increasing pressures from poaching, deforestation, and Zimbabwe's economic free-fall pose serious threats to Zimbabwe's wildlife. Poaching is on the rise, with at least 38 rhinos killed so far in 2008. While much of this poaching has come from organized groups trafficking ivory, skins, [...]
2008-09-22 10:42:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALSENV EAGR ECON KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
08HARARE864AGREEMENT'S MEDIA PROVISIONS LACKING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Local Zimbabwe media groups have cautiously welcomed the signing of the power-sharing agreement between the Zimbabwe National African Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) and the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC),noting that it offers some hope for media reform. The groups say the [...]
2008-09-22 15:16:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV ECPS ASEC ZI
08HARARE873FY08 BFIF DETAILED ACTUAL EXPENDITURES - ZIMBABWE
[...] The following is a detailed accounting of actual expenditures for the American Business Association of Zimbabwe (ABAZ) 2008 forum held on August 21, 2008 and funded by Business Facilitation Incentive Fund (BFIF). As instructed in reftel A, receipts and supporting documents will be faxed to Gal [...]
2008-09-24 13:02:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDABUD AFIN BEXP BTIO EINV ETRD ZI
08HARARE947RESERVE BANK,S PROFLIGACY ON PATRONAGE VEHICLES
[...] (C) A Zimbabwean businessman based in Namibia described to us how the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) is importing and financing hundreds of vehicle for distribution to cronies and opposition party officials alike. The RBZ is financing the purchase of this popular source of patronage with money [...]
2008-10-21 13:43:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV EFIN ASEC ZI
08HARARE956"QUIET DIPLOMACY" SUSPENDS ELEPHANT HUNTING IN
[...] (C) After issuing commercial hunters hundreds of questionable permits for elephant hunting in national parks, the Zimbabwean Parks and Wildlife Authority (Parks) has agreed, under pressure from photographic tour operators, to suspend the hunting. The operation, which only lasted a few weeks, [...]
2008-10-23 10:25:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALSENV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE981AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH RBZ BOARD MEMBER
[...] (C) The Ambassador met October 29 with Lovemore Chihota, a successful Zimbabwean businessman, war veteran, and current member (and former chairman) of the board of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ). Chihota painted himself as a political moderate, constantly referring to President Mugabe as [...]
2008-10-29 14:58:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM EAID ZI
08HAVANA103CUBAN HEALTHCARE: “AQUI NADA ES FACIL”
[...] (C) SUMMARY: This cable is a follow up to Reftel and provides anecdotal accounts from Cubans about their healthcare, based on USINT FSHP's (Foreign Service Health Practitioner) interactions with them, her unauthorized visits to Cuban hospitals, and her care of USINT American and Cuban personnel. En [...]
2008-01-31 19:52:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL ECON AMED SOCI AMGT CU
08HAVANA120CUBA DISSIDENT GROUP FLAMUR: POLITICAL MOVEMENT OR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Dissident group FLAMUR (Latin American Federation of Rural Women) seeks to represent the interests of rural women in Cuba. The group receives guidance and other supplies from support groups in the U.S. During 2007, it drafted a petition calling for the GOC to do away with the [...]
2008-02-06 14:42:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PINR PREL PHUM CU
08HAVANA144STATE OF THE CUBAN ECONOMY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOC claimed 7.5% GDP growth during 2007. Although even that figure is most likely exaggerated, it is significantly less growth than was claimed the previous year. While "by how much" the economy grew is debatable, it is undeniable that the Cuban economy is growing. The GO [...]
2008-02-12 21:22:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PINR PREL CU
08HAVANA168CUBAN YOUTH CAUGHT BETWEEN HOPE AND FEAR
[...] (C) Summary: In two meetings Cuban youth groups said young people see that they have a historic opportunity to create a change in their country. However, they report widespread fear among the population. They state that Cuban youth want change but are unclear as to what exactly these changes w [...]
2008-02-20 19:54:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALCU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08HAVANA170LIFE OUTSIDE HAVANA- TRIP OBSERVATIONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: January 17, 2008, COM and ConOff traveled to Guardalavaca and Holguin in Holguin Province to visit an American prisoner being held there. However, the travel also afforded a rare opportunity for USINT personnel to see conditions in the provinces and converse with people outside [...]
2008-02-21 22:40:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALCU EAGR ECON SOCI
08HAVANA201CUBA: 2ND UPDATE ON REACTIONS TO RAUL'S SPEECH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Post continued to receive reactions to the events of February 24 from members of civil society, the Catholic Church, and average Cubans. For the short term, most Cubans dismiss the likelihood of political changes. Simultaneously, they are increasingly speculating about possible [...]
2008-02-27 23:39:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PINR PREL PHUM CU
08HAVANA245BERTONE VISIT GENERATES BROAD DISAPPOINTMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The visit to Cuba of Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone was considered a disappointment by everyone USINT has spoken with, though presumably not by the GOC itself. In a subsequent meeting with the COM, the Nuncio seemed especially disappointed. But even normally c [...]
2008-03-14 18:08:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALCU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08HAVANA257MILK: A POSSIBLE HARBINGER OF WHAT NEW REFORMS MAY
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: During his 26 July speech, Raul cited the example of milk to explain how he wanted the GOC to lead the way toward progress on satisfying the material needs of its people. Measures being taken by the GOC to improve milk production may indicate the nature of other types [...]
2008-03-21 20:36:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PINR PREL CU
08HAVANA306APPARENT CHANGES IN GOC MANAGEMENT/LOGISTICS
[...] (SBU) Summary: USINT has noticed several changes in the way the GOC is handling management/logistics issues that may indicate some changes in policy. End Summary. 2. (SBU) The following is a list of apparent policy changes regarding management/logistical issues between USINT and the GOC: [...]
2008-04-11 20:26:00US Interests Section HavanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT CU PREL
08HAVANA316COLOMBIAN AMBASSADOR ON CUBAN ROLE IN
[...] (C) COLOMBIAN AMBASSADOR LONDONO TOLD US 15 APRIL THAT CUBA CONTINUES TO PLAY AN UNUSUALLY DISCREET ROLE IN COLOMBIA'S DISPUTE WITH ECUADOR. THE CUBANS HAVE STUCK TO THEIR ALMOST COMPLETE SILENCE ON THE ISSUE. FM PEREZ ROQUE, IN LONDONO'S VIEW ON DIRECT INSTRUCTIONS FROM RAUL CASTRO, TOLD GR [...]
2008-04-16 14:40:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CU CO EC VN
08HAVANA335IMPLICATIONS FOR U.S. OF POSSIBLE REFORM IN CUBAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Significant reform of Cuba's restrictive travel policies for Cuban citizens, reported to be imminent, could result in increased illegal migration towards the United States, certainly in the short-to-medium term. Migrant flows would probably be directed through Mexico and Central A [...]
2008-04-22 20:27:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALSMIG PGOV CMGT CU
08HAVANA336DAMAS DEFIANT AFTER POLICE BREAK UP PROTEST
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with COM today, Laura Pollan, spokesperson for the Cuban organization Ladies in White, stated that her arms and shoulders are still sore after police yesterday roughly broke up a protest by Pollan and nine supporters. However, Pollan and fellow Dama Berta Soler wer [...]
2008-04-22 20:56:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALCU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08HAVANA337LEADING DISSIDENT TELLS US NOT TO UNDERESTIMATE
[...] (C) Summary: Prominent pro-democracy advocate, Martha Beatriz Roque (MBR),carefully watched official Cuban news coverage of the 4/21 police action to break up a demonstration by the organization Damas de Blanco ("Ladies in White"). She stated that while the coverage seems clumsy and hastil [...]
2008-04-23 19:47:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALCU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08HAVANA348RAUL CASTRO ANNOUNCES COMMUNIST PARTY CONGRESS FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the meeting of the 6th plenary of the Cuban Communist Party (PCC) Central Committee, President Raul Castro announced that the next Communist Party congress will be held in the second half of 2009. If it takes place at that time, the congress will be the first full PCC in [...]
2008-04-29 21:37:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALCU PGOV
08HAVANA358MEXICAN AMBASSADOR DISCUSSESS RELATIONS WITH CUBA
[...] (U) Mexican Ambassador Enrique Gabriel Jimenez Remus gave COM a rundown on the status of bilateral topics over dinner on April 30. 2. (C) High Level Visits: A Calderon visit cannot be set until Cuban FM Felipe Perez Roque visits Mexico DF. At that time, the Cubans will carry a formal [...]
2008-05-02 21:11:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CU ME
08HAVANA362REMARKS BY CUBAN OPPOSITION LEADER TO POTUS
[...] Following is an unofficial translation of remarks made by prominent opposition leader Martha Beatriz Roque Cabello during a video teleconference with President Bush on May 6. Original Spanish version will follow septel. 2. (Begin unofficial translation). First I'd like to thank you on beh [...]
2008-05-07 13:14:00US Interests Section HavanaUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV KDEM PREL CU
08HAVANA369 TEXT OF REMARKS BY OPPOSITION LEADER TO POTUS
[...] Following is the Spanish language text of the remarks made by prominent opposition leader Martha Beatriz Roque Cabello during a video teleconference with President Bush on May 6. 2. Begin text: Primero que todo quiero darle las gracias, en nombre de los tres (1),por una sola vez, por p [...]
2008-05-08 21:11:00US Interests Section HavanaUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV KDEM PREL CU
08HAVANA373CUBA: REQUEST FOR NEW OFAC PROVISION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: It has come to USINT's attention that there are some U.S. citizen priests and other religious workers living and practicing in Cuba. They do so by living and working among Cubans; doing, literally, "God's work." Such positive U.S.-Cuban contact is precisely the kind of constru [...]
2008-05-12 12:27:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL CU
08HAVANA374CUBA: REQUEST FOR NEW OFAC PROVISION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: It has come to USINT's attention that there are some U.S. citizen priests and other religious workers living and practicing in Cuba. They do so by living and working among Cubans; doing, literally, "God's work." Such positive U.S.-Cuban contact is precisely the kind of constru [...]
2008-05-12 12:27:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL CU
08HAVANA377CONGRESS OF WRITERS AND ARTISTS DEBATES CHANGES IN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-12 14:19:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALCU PGOV SCUL
08HAVANA383BRIGADE 2506 ATTRACTS LITTLE INTEREST AMONG CUBAN
[...] (C) Summary: Brigade 2506, a Florida-based organization that includes many Bay of Pigs veterans, asked USINT to facilitate a video conference with two Cuban dissidents it selected by Brigade 2506 , as well as a representative of FLAMUR (the Federation of Latin American Rural Women). Brigade [...]
2008-05-13 16:23:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALCU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08HAVANA396CUBANS APPLAUD BUSH REMARKS
[...] (C) Summary: On Wednesday, May 21, ninety-five Cubans watched the live broadcast from the White House commemorating Cuban Solidarity Day at the invitation of USINT. Everyone who spoke to USINT staff had high praise for the President's speech, remarking that it reflected a firm commitment to [...]
2008-05-21 21:28:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALCU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08HAVANA397GOC PROPAGANDA CAMPAIGN TARGETS OPPOSITION, USINT
[...] (C) The GOC wrapped up a three-day marathon of attacks on the dissident community and on USINT with a second press conference at the Foreign Ministry (MINREX) led by FM Perez Roque. The campaign had been launched at another MINREX conference on Monday, May 19 (REF XXX). Perez-Roque devoted [...]
2008-05-23 16:03:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALCU PGOV PHUM PINR PREF
08HAVANA419FIDEL ATTACKS U.S. ELECTION PROCESS
[...] (U) In the May 26 editions of Granma and Juventud Rebelde, Fidel Castro dedicated one of his periodic "Reflexiones" pieces to the U.S. election campaign, focusing on Barack Obama's May 23rd speech on Latin America. Entitled "The Cynical Policy of the Empire," the piece gives faint praise to [...]
2008-06-02 14:38:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALCU PGOV PREL
08HAVANA426LETTER TO POTUS FROM CUBAN DISSIDENT MARTHA
[...] After a hiatus brought about by GOC attacks on dissident leaders, especially Martha Beatriz Roque, and on USINT, COM met with Roque on June 2 at her apartment. Pol/Econ Counselor and dissident leader Vladimiro Roca also were present. During the encounter, Roque handed COM the letter at para [...]
2008-06-04 13:29:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALCU EAID PREL
08HAVANA440GOC ANNOUNCES PLANNED CUBA-VENEZUELA FIBER OPTIC
[...] (U) The June 9, edition of Granma dedicated an entire page and a half to an article touting a joint Cuban-Venezuelan project to build a 1,550 km fiber optic cable from Cuba to Venezuela, with an intermediate stop in Jamaica. According to the article, the cable would run from La Guaira in Ven [...]
2008-06-10 19:16:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALCU ECON ECPS KCIP PGOV PREL
08HAVANA453NBA VISIT TO CUBA
[...] (U) A group of 80 members of the National Bar Association (NBA),an association of black lawyers, judges and legal para-professionals, recently spent a week in Cuba as part of a humanitarian visit. USINT had two events with representatives of this group: a sit-down dinner at the COM residence [...]
2008-06-13 22:26:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALKPAO PINR PREL
08HAVANA460VISIT TO CUBA OF BRAZILIAN FOREIGN MINISTER AMORIM
[...] (C) Poloff met with Brazilian DCM Vilmar Coutinho (please protect) to discuss the May 30-31 visit to Cuba of Brazilian foreign minister Celso Amorim. Amorim's visit was a follow-up to Brazilian President Lula da Silva's January 2008 visit to Cuba (Reftel). In addition to meeting with his co [...]
2008-06-17 14:41:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF ETRD CU BR
08HAVANA494FIDEL CASTRO LASHES OUT AT EU DECISION ON CUBA
[...] (SBU) While opposition members continue to express disappointment with the EU decision on Cuba sanctions, and fear that it presages another crackdown on their activity, former President Fidel Castro appears to be beside himself with anger over the EU decision. 2. (SBU) Fidel wrote at leas [...]
2008-06-25 20:14:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CU EU
08HAVANA511FORMER CUBINT CHIEF, DAGOBERTO RODRIGUEZ BARRERA,
[...] (SBU) The Embassy of Switzerland received a diplomatic note dated June 26, 2008 announcing that former Cubint chief,Dagoberto Rodriguez Barrera, has been chosen as the new Vice-Minister of foreign relations of Cuba, replacing Eumelio Caballero Rodriguez who was named Ambassador to Algeria. Ro [...]
2008-07-02 14:40:00US Interests Section HavanaUNCLASSIFIEDCU EU PGOV PREL
08HAVANA542INFORMAL POLL OF REFUGEE APPLICANTS SHOWS WOEFUL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: FROM MAY 20 TO JUNE 20, USINT REFUGEE UNIT CONDUCTED AN UNOFFICIAL AND UNSCIENTIFIC SURVEY OF 236 CUBAN ADULTS (OVER AGE 21) WHO WERE PRINCIPAL APPLICANTS FOR REFUGEE STATUS. RESULTS REVEALED THAT OVER HALF OF THOSE SURVEYED COULD NOT IDENTIFY ANY OF SEVEN PROMINENT CUBAN DISSIDENTS/OP [...]
2008-07-09 20:51:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINS PINR PREF CU
08HAVANA66COMSEC DISCUSSES FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY WITH CUBAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On 14 January Commerce Secretary Gutierrez spoke by video conference with 10 representatives of Cuban youth organizations. The participants discussed their desires for democracy and freedom. They also spoke about the prospects of achieving a democratic transition in Cuba and the i [...]
2008-01-18 16:13:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALCU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08HAVANA701AGENDA PARA LA TRANSICION PRESENTS FORMAL
[...] (U) Agenda para la Transicion (APT) leaders Martha Beatriz Roque (MBR) and Vladimiro Roca, flanked by other members of the APT leadership gave a press conference to mostly foreign press at Roca's house on August 26, to announce that they had presented a formal complaint (denuncia) to the Att [...]
2008-08-27 13:49:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALCU PGOV PREL PHUM
08HAVANA718MGJM01: Effects of Hurricane Gustav on Cuba
[...] Hurricane Gustav made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane in Western Cuba, Pinar del Rio province on August 30 after passing over Isla de Juventud. The eye of the hurricane passed approximately 50 miles from the city of Havana, mitigating the amount of wind and rain received. No serious damag [...]
2008-09-03 12:32:00US Interests Section HavanaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR CU XL XK
08HAVANA731 MGHH01: USINT HAVANA EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE -
[...] Post's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met this afternoon to discuss changes to Hurricane Ike's projected path and the potential impact to UNINT operations. 2. As of 2:00 p.m., Saturday, Ike was a Category Three (3) storm approximately 300 miles east of Cuba and scheduled to make landfall [...]
2008-09-06 21:27:00US Interests Section HavanaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC AEMR AMGT CASC PREL PINR CU
08HAVANA732 MGHH01: USINT HAVANA EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE -
[...] Post's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met at noon today to discuss the current status of Hurricane Ike and the impact to UNINT operations. 2. As of 11:00 a.m. Sunday, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) reported no change in the status of Hurricane Ike. It remains a Category Four (4) sto [...]
2008-09-07 18:55:00US Interests Section HavanaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC AEMR AMGT CASC PREL PINR CU
08HAVANA784CUBAN PARTICIPATION IN THE PRESIDENT'S EDUCATION
[...] ( C ) SUMMARY: USINT Havana appreciates WHA and ECA support for Cuba's participation in Partnership for Latin American Youth (PLAY) programs. We believe that such programs would be very well received among Cubans. We are not sanguine about the likelihood of the GOC standing aside to allow t [...]
2008-09-30 21:02:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALEAID SCUL CU
08HAVANA814DAMAS TELL FIRST LADY ABOUT HURRICANE DEVASTATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 16, seven members of the group Damas de Blanco, an organization of the relatives and supporters of Cuban political prisoners, spoke by video conference with First Lady Laura Bush, and Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez. The Damas described the dire situation of som [...]
2008-10-16 20:57:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALCU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08HAVANA816DAMAS TELL FIRST LADY ABOUT HURRICANE DEVASTATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 16, seven members of the group Damas de Blanco, an organization of the relatives and supporters of Cuban political prisoners, spoke by video conference with First Lady Laura Bush, and Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez. The Damas described the dire situation of som [...]
2008-10-17 12:29:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALCU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08HAVANA852U.S. ELECTIONS GENERATE INTENSE INTEREST IN CUBA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: As with many things about the U.S., Cubans were captivated by the U.S. election process this year. Even official media devoted significant time and space to covering the primary and final elections (until the final election itself was over that is). USINT hosted an election nig [...]
2008-11-06 16:08:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SOCI PINR EAID CU
08HAVANA878ALL CHINA, ALL THE TIME - AT LEAST THIS WEEK
[...] (C) For four straight days, Chinese President Hu Jintao's 36 hour visit has dominated the Cuban press. China and Cuba signed 12 agreements, including renewed contracts for Cuban exports and much needed restructuring of Cuba's debt. Hu arrived in Cuba in between visits by Brazilian President [...]
2008-11-21 19:40:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU
08HAVANA88DIPS CORPS COMMENTS ON CUBA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: COM and other USINT officers have been making the rounds of the Dip Corps in Havana to gauge third country views and experiences on the situation in Cuba. The following reports meetings with officials in the Russian, Chinese, Romanian, Italian and Indonesian embassies. Meetin [...]
2008-01-25 16:59:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALCU PINR PREL
08HAVANA880ALL CHINA, ALL THE TIME - AT LEAST THIS WEEK
[...] (C) For four straight days, Chinese President Hu Jintao's 36 hour visit has dominated the Cuban press. China and Cuba signed 12 agreements, including renewed contracts for Cuban exports and much needed restructuring of Cuba's debt. Hu arrived in Cuba in between visits by Brazilian President [...]
2008-11-21 20:49:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU
08HAVANA915SPANISH DIPLOMAT CLAIMS SOCIALIST PARTY LEADER
[...] (C) During a December 4 luncheon hosted by the Dutch Embassy and attended by the Charge and the Consul General, and representatives from various European Union countries, and the Russian, Mexican, and Peruvian embassies, Spanish DCM Juan Lopez Herrera (protect) claimed that Jose Antonio Blanco [...]
2008-12-10 18:29:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV CU SP
08HAVANA9522008 CUBA INCSR FIRST DRAFT
[...] Cuba is strategically located in the Caribbean between the United States and the drug producing countries of South America. Although Cuba is neither a significant consumer nor a producer of illegal drugs, its ports, territorial waters, and airspace are susceptible to narcotics trafficking fro [...]
2008-12-24 13:42:00US Interests Section HavanaUNCLASSIFIEDCU SNAR
08HAVANA956RAUL VENTURES OFF THE ISLAND, COMMENTS ATTEMPT TO
[...] (C) Summary: From December 13 to December 18, Raul Castro traveled off the island for the first time since taking over for brother Fidel in July of 2006. The first part of the trip was an awkward stop in Caracas. The second part was to attend regional summits in Costa do Sauipe Brazil and [...]
2008-12-24 16:11:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON PHUM CU
08HAVANA963HUMAN RIGHTS ROUND UP DECEMBER 2008
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 10, Cuban state security moved to prevent many activists from marking the 60th anniversary of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). The police detained at least 80 pro-democracy activists. All were released without charges within 24 hour [...]
2008-12-29 20:47:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALCU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08HAVANA964HUMAN RIGHTS ROUND UP DECEMBER 2008
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 10, Cuban state security moved to prevent many activists from marking the 60th anniversary of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). The police detained at least 80 pro-democracy activists. All were released without charges within 24 hour [...]
2008-12-29 20:47:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALCU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08HAVANA969NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MEETING; RAUL'S SPEECH HOLD NO
[...] (C) The Cuban National Assembly concluded its second 48-hour session on December 27 with a speech by President Raul Castro. In spite of the auspicious timing just days before the 50th anniversary of the Cuban revolution on January 1, the National Assembly session and Raul's speech were hardl [...]
2008-12-30 20:45:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CU
08HELSINKI149Finland: DOL Assistant Secretary for Policy
[...] Department of Labor Assistant Secretary for Policy Leon R. Sequeira participated in a panel at the Nordic- American Dialogue at Hanasaari, a trans-Atlantic forum organized by the Swedish-Finnish Cultural Center in Helsinki Finland on March 3. On March 4, Sequeira discussed aging population i [...]
2008-04-02 09:59:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIEDELAB SMIG SOCI ECON FI
08HELSINKI155THOUGHTS ON FINLAND AS I DEPART POST
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Upon my departure following two years of service as the US Ambassador to Finland, I would like to thank you and President Bush for having afforded me this tremendous opportunity. My team and I have worked hard to nurture and strengthen the US- Finnish bilateral [...]
2008-04-07 13:38:00Embassy HelsinkiCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON PGOV MARR ETRD FI
08HELSINKI185HIGH TECH PUBLIC DIPLOMACY IN HELSINKI
[...] (U) Working in a high tech country provides opportunities to explore innovative public diplomacy avenues for outreach to a tech savvy crowd. Working closely with the Public Affairs Section, the Economic Section recently created a "geocache" in downtown Helsinki to encourage people to visit th [...]
2008-04-29 13:50:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIEDECPS TSPL KPAO FI
08HELSINKI203FINLAND JOINS REWNEWABLE ENERGY AND ENERGY
[...] (U) On April 29, the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs signed a Memorandum of Understanding to join the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP). Dr. Maranne Osterkorn, International Director at REEEP, atended the signing ceremony at the British Embasy in Helsinki. Finlan [...]
2008-05-09 13:39:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIEDENRG SENV EUN FI
08HELSINKI231FINLAND TO JOIN METHANE TO MARKETS PARTNERSHIP
[...] (U) On May 15th Finland announced its intentions to join the Methane to Markets Partnership (M2M),an international initiative that advances cost-effective, near-term methane recovery and use as a clean energy source. Finland will be the 25th country to join this U.S.-led international partner [...]
2008-05-29 04:18:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY SENV EAGR FI
08HELSINKI270AMBASSADOR BARRETT MEETS WITH FORMER FINNISH
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-24 05:25:00Embassy HelsinkiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL OECD UN FI
08HELSINKI456AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON IN FINLAND
[...] (C) Ambassador Williamson briefed Finnish officials about his recent trip to Georgia on September 15. Williamson urged the Finns to use their chairmanship to push for a more robust OSCE monitoring mission that would have access to South Ossetia and Abkahzia and could document abuses. Finnis [...]
2008-10-08 13:34:00Embassy HelsinkiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM OSCE EUN ICJ GG RS FI
08HELSINKI541SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT TO FINLAND,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. You will arrive in Finland as the Finns enjoy considerable international acclaim for their efforts in international crisis management, not only as a result of their effective Chairmanship of the OSCE, but also for the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to former President Martti Ahtis [...]
2008-11-25 15:05:00Embassy HelsinkiSECRETFI MARR PGOV PREL
08HELSINKI561U/S BURNS MEETS FINNISH FM AND OSCE CIO ALEXANDER
[...] (SBU) Summary: U/S Burns met Finnish Foreign Minister and OSCE Chairman in Office (CiO) Alexander Stubb on the margins of the OSCE Ministerial Council meeting December 4 in Helsinki. Burns provided Stubb an update on Secretary Rice's trip to India, and Stubb replied that was where she needed [...]
2008-12-11 13:46:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM PHUM OSCE FI GG RS IR IS CH IN
08HELSINKI562FINLAND TO INCREASE ENGAGEMENT IN AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. According to Finnish officials, the revised Afghanistan policy to be presented to the Finnish Parliament in February 2009 will call for increased civilian and military personnel, as well as greater development assistance. Debate within the government (GOF) about increasing suppor [...]
2008-12-11 14:18:00Embassy HelsinkiCONFIDENTIALFI MARR PGOV PREL
08HELSINKI579FINLAND: COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] Finland continued its support of the War on Terror, as evidenced by its approximately 100 troops deployed in Afghanistan in support of ongoing NATO/ISAF operations, 450 troops in KFOR operations in Kosovo and 60 in Chad. Officials of the Government of Finland focused on economic, social, and [...]
2008-12-23 09:31:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS FI
08HILLAH18SAYID AMAR AL-HAKIM AND GOVERNOR AL-TAIE DISCUSS ELECTIONS,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 17, Najaf Governor Asad Abu Gelal al-Taie organized a series of meetings to welcome the Ambassador in Najaf that included a meeting with Amar al-Hakim (son and heir apparent of Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq leader Abd al-Aziz Hakim),a luncheon with 30 Najaf notable [...]
2008-02-20 19:08:00REO HillahCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ
08HILLAH19NAJAF ANNOUNCES INAUGURAL TOURISM CONFERENCE, CALLS FOR
[...] (U) This is a PRT Najaf Cable. 2. (U) Summary. In a February 7 meeting with PRT Najaf, the Najaf Provincial Council (PC) Tourism Committee announced that it decided to hold the three-day tourism conference April 5 - 7, in conjunction with Iraqi Tourism Week, which will begin on April 1 with [...]
2008-02-26 18:17:00REO HillahUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECIN ECON KPAO SOCI SCUL IZ
08HILLAH47FIRST STATE OF BABIL CONFERENCE: AMIDST THE GRIPES, A PLEDGE
[...] (U) This is a PRT Babil cable. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On April 10, Governor Salam Salah Mahdi al-Muslimawi and Provincial Council Chairman Muhammad Ali Hussain Al-Massudi held a conference with District and Sub-District leaders on the "State of Babil." Although much of the discussion (at the Gove [...]
2008-04-13 17:05:00REO HillahUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV IZ IR
08HILLAH5NAJAF GOVERNOR ON OUTREACH, BANKING, AIRPORT, IRANIAN
[...] (U) This is a PRT Najaf cable. 2. (S) SUMMARY: In a January 8 meeting with Najaf PRT Team Leader, the Governor Najaf outlined provincial diplomatic and economic activities. The Governor also described ongoing efforts to improve the banking sector in Najaf, and he reiterated his vision of t [...]
2008-01-11 15:08:00REO HillahSECRETPGOV PREL ECON VT IZ
08HILLAH52NAJAF'S KUFA UNIVERSITY - MUCH TO BOAST BUT "WORDS" OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Kufa University staff has made impressive progress since PRT Najaf's introductory meeting November last year. With some PRT assistance, the influential university president Dr. Razak Al-Essa has accomplished much that was on his "wish list." (ref) In March, Kufa University becam [...]
2008-05-05 15:15:00REO HillahCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINR SCUL SOCI IZ
08HILLAH53BABIL AND THE POLITICS OF SECURITY
[...] (U) This is a PRT Babil cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The ISF emerged from the late March clashes with Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) with a renewed sense of strength, demonstrating an ability to better coordinate IP and IA actions. It has not been able, however, to build on that success, largely due to t [...]
2008-05-08 12:09:00REO HillahSECRETPGOV PTER PINR IZ IR
08HILLAH58ISCI INTRIGUE IN BABIL
[...] (U) This is a PRT Babil cable. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The former de facto leader and heavyweight in Babil's Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) provided insight into his strife-ridden party, panhandled for U.S. support, and faulted the U.S. for not being more actively involved in shaping the [...]
2008-05-27 03:37:00REO HillahSECRETPGOV PINR IZ IR
08HILLAH59ISCI INTRIGUE IN BABIL
[...] (U) This is a PRT Babil cable. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The former de facto leader and heavyweight in Babil's Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) provided insight into his strife-ridden party, panhandled for U.S. support, and faulted the U.S. for not being more actively involved in shaping the [...]
2008-05-27 03:37:00REO HillahSECRETPGOV PINR IZ IR
08HILLAH66BABIL PC ENDS BOYCOTT OF U.S.G.
[...] (U) This is a PRT Babil cable. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Babil Provincial Council Chairman Muhammad Ali Hussayn al-Massudi (PCC) and Governor Salam Salih Mahdi al-Muslimawi agreed to end a two-week boycott of all U.S. entities working out of the al-Hillah Regional Embassy Office (REO) during a June [...]
2008-07-02 14:17:00REO HillahUNCLASSIFIEDIZ IR PGOV PINR
08HILLAH86BADR BESET BY SCORPIONS
[...] (S) On September 28, Babil - based SWAT commandos (the Scorpions) accompanied by U.S. Special Forces raided Badr's provincial HQ offices in Al-Hillah and confiscated illegal weapons, including 35 AK-47's, six rocket propelled grenade (RPG) launchers, 30 mortar rounds (80m),three BKC's, five M5 [...]
2008-10-01 15:21:00REO HillahSECRETPGOV PINR IZ
08HOCHIMINHCITY105CODEL HOYER MEETING WITH FAMILY MEMBERS OF DISSIDENTS
[...] (SBU) HCMC Bar Association lawyers and family members of imprisoned dissidents relayed stories of courage and conviction during their January 4 meeting with Representative Hoyer and members of his delegation. Speaking eloquently about the need for greater legal reform in Vietnam, the lawyers ca [...]
2008-01-24 06:57:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL VM
08HOCHIMINHCITY1066CRIME SYNOPSIS FOR HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-11 09:08:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIEDASEC VM
08HOCHIMINHCITY1070CHOICE OF DEFENSE ATTACHE HIGHLIGHTS VIETNAMESE OFFICIALS'
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The decision to appoint an American of Vietnamese origin as Defense Attache at the Embassy in Hanoi touched off a round of soul-searching at senior levels in the GVN and CPV by forcing leaders to explicitly declare why they did, or did not, object to the issuance of a visa for the [...]
2008-12-12 05:37:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CitySECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV MARR SOCI VM
08HOCHIMINHCITY1075HOPES AND FEARS OF MEKONG DELTA REST WITH ITS DEVELOPING
[...] (SBU) Summary: In anticipation of possible changes to the way the United States regulates imported Vietnamese tra and basa ("catfish"),Senior Investigator David Nelson from the House of Representatives' Committee on Energy and Commerce visited seafood producers in the Mekong Delta on December [...]
2008-12-16 11:34:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR SENV TBIO EFIN ETRD VM
08HOCHIMINHCITY1088DIVERGENT DEVELOPMENT PATHS IN THREE "DEEP SOUTH" PROVINCES
[...] (U) Summary. Vietnam's "deep south" provinces of Ca Mau, Bac Lieu and Soc Trang are among the roughest business environments in the southern provinces of Vietnam. Both private and state-owned enterprises say they are struggling with poor infrastructure, weak consumer demand and inadequate acc [...]
2008-12-23 11:37:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EIND EAGR PGOV SENV SOCI TBIO VM
08HOCHIMINHCITY1092CODEL BAUCUS SCORES POINTS WITH HCMC AND CAN THO LEADERS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Political, business and civil society leaders in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC),Can Tho City and Long An Province all warmly welcomed Senator Max Baucus during his December 18-20 visit to promote bilateral relations, advance U.S. trade policy and increase educational cooperation. Ho [...]
2008-12-24 07:43:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR ETRD EFIN SOCI PGOV PREL OTRA OVIP VM
08HOCHIMINHCITY1096VIETNAMESE FISH INDUSTRY COURTS CODEL BOSWELL
[...] (SBU) Summary: During CODEL Boswell's visit to the Mekong Delta on December 18, GVN officials and business executives appealed for greater U.S.-Vietnamese cooperation on trade issues and emphasized the concerted efforts Vietnam has made toward improving food safety standards for its aquaculture [...]
2008-12-29 10:40:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR ETRD EFIN SOCI PGOV PREL OTRA OVIP VM
08HOCHIMINHCITY156VIETNAM'S CAGED BEARS: HCMC'S SMALL STEPS AT PROTECTION
[...] (U) Summary: Ho Chi Minh City is home to a number of wild-game restaurants now coming under greater scrutiny because they push the line between exotic and illegal. After a concerned Amcit recently reported seven bears caged outside one such restaurant, the Consulate followed up. While we le [...]
2008-02-20 01:36:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON SENV SOCI EAGR VM
08HOCHIMINHCITY239STEEP WAGE INFLATION HITS HCMC EMPLOYERS, CONSULATE
[...] (U) Summary. Rapid economic growth accompanied by years of rising foreign investment in Vietnam mean companies new and old are competing over human resources, especially the limited pool of professionals (ref B). Combined with uncomfortably high inflation, the corporate scuffle for personnel [...]
2008-03-06 08:47:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD ELAB EINV VM
08HOCHIMINHCITY248OUSTING CORRUPT LEADER IS A START, BUT CAN THO NEEDS
[...] (SBU) Following allegations of land-deal corruption, the Communist Party Central Committee reprimanded and fired Can Tho People's Committee Chairman Vo Thanh Tong on March 3. This is good news for the "capital of the Mekong" and an encouraging, though not unprecedented, development. Can Tho's [...]
2008-03-07 11:39:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EIND PGOV PINR VN
08HOCHIMINHCITY305TH HUMANITARIAN RESETTLEMENT PROCESS JOINT WORKING GROUP
[...] (U) Summary: During the fifth Humanitarian Resettlement (HR) Joint Working Group (JWG) meeting on December 13, discussion centered on plans to conclude the process and was generally productive. The two sides agreed on a final round of Public Information Outreach (PIO) throughout southern Vie [...]
2008-01-07 05:30:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL KPAO VM
08HOCHIMINHCITY39HCMC BUSINESS LEADERS -- THE SOUTH IS RISING AGAIN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: For proof that Vietnam really is changing, one need look no further than the fate of persons closely associated with the pre-1975 Republic of Vietnam (RVN) government and their families. After years of poverty and deprivation, often including lengthy stints in harsh "reeducation [...]
2008-01-10 11:39:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR ELNT ETRD BEXP VM
08HOCHIMINHCITY414CENTRAL HIGHLANDS LEADERS ROLL OUT WELCOME MAT IN DAK LAK
[...] (SBU) During the Ambassador's two-day trip to Dak Lak March 17-18, Central Highlands officials spoke positively about their recent Voluntary Visitor (VolVis) trip to the United States, reiterating their desire to promote more two-way exchanges. While skeptical about the perceived credibility of [...]
2008-04-23 04:12:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM PREF SOCI ECON EAGR VM
08HOCHIMINHCITY479VIET TAN TRIAL RESULTS IN RELEASES; AMCIT TO BE DEPORTED
[...] (SBU) Summary: Amid heavy security, Viet Tan activists Nguyen Quoc Quan, Nguyen The Vu and Nguyen Quoc Hai were tried by the HCMC People's Court on May 13 and sentenced under Article 84 of the Vietnamese Penal Code, which deals with crimes directly related to terrorism. American citizen Nguyen [...]
2008-05-15 05:07:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC PHUM PREL PGOV VM
08HOCHIMINHCITY480CENTRAL HIGHLANDS DEMONSTRATIONS DWINDLING
[...] (SBU) Summary: Reports of civil unrest in the Central Highlands are dwindling, but tensions between ethnic minorities, Kinh majority residents and local authorities remain. One contact estimates 20-30 "instigators" remain in custody in Gia Lai. Post is following up on reports of fatalities i [...]
2008-05-15 09:00:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL PGOV SOCI VM
08HOCHIMINHCITY503CARDINAL MAN TALKS ABOUT LAND AND OTHER CATHOLIC CONCERNS
[...] (SBU) At dinner with the Consul General on May 14, HCMC Cardinal Pham Minh Man was upbeat regarding the recent return of land at La Vang, an important pilgrimage site in Hue province. Despite this positive development, the Cardinal stressed the Church still has many outstanding property issues [...]
2008-05-22 05:14:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIRF PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI VM
08HOCHIMINHCITY510FROM ANTI-AMERICAN WARRIORS TO PRO-DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS: THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The "Democracy Writers" of Dalat, a small group of former Viet Cong fighters and war time propaganda writers who have become outspoken pro-democracy advocates, state that conditions for political dissidents in Vietnam have improved somewhat over the past few years but remain far fr [...]
2008-05-23 04:07:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PGOV PREL VM
08HOCHIMINHCITY583SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL: A/S HERNANDEZ DELEGATION OPENS DOORS
[...] (SBU) Assistant Secretary of Commerce Hernandez led a trade delegation of 14 small- and medium-sized U.S. enterprises (SMEs) to HCMC on June 18-20. The delegation's meetings with potential local partners, HCMC officials, and Amcham members generated commercial opportunities and increased unde [...]
2008-06-27 02:04:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND ETRD BEXP KTEX OTRA OVIP VM
08HOCHIMINHCITY61HUMANITARIAN RESETTLEMENT PROCESS DISTILLED
[...] (U) Summary: Roughly eighteen months into the two year Humanitarian Resettlement (HR) process application period, the pool of potential viable applicants appears to be almost exhausted, as shown by an overall approval rate (ratio of total applications to approved cases) of only two percent. T [...]
2008-01-14 03:31:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM CVIS PREL VM
08HOCHIMINHCITY686TIEN GIANG POLICE PROTEST RECENT FRAUD UNIT VISIT TO THEIR
[...] (SBU) Summary: On July 23, the Ho Chi Minh City External Relations Office (ERO) Deputy Director Nguyen Vu Tu asked to meet with the CG and other consulate staff to discuss a recent fraud investigation undertaken by the Consular Section's Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU). According to the ERO, Minist [...]
2008-07-25 10:41:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS KFRD PGOV PREL VM
08HOCHIMINHCITY689SCENESETTER FOR CODEL COSTELLO
[...] (SBU) Mission Vietnam looks forward to welcoming you to Ho Chi Minh City. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung's June visit to Washington exemplifies a U.S.-Vietnam relationship that continues to broaden and mature, in the process spurring economic, social and technological development that has ease [...]
2008-07-28 10:07:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EAIR ELTN VM
08HOCHIMINHCITY692SCENESETTER FOR CODEL COSTELLO
[...] (SBU) Mission Vietnam looks forward to welcoming you to Ho Chi Minh City. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung's June visit to Washington exemplifies a U.S.-Vietnam relationship that continues to broaden and mature, in the process spurring economic, social and technological development that has ease [...]
2008-07-29 09:09:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PGOV PREL ECON EAIR ELTN VM
08HOCHIMINHCITY714PASSING OUT THE PATRONAGE: MANAGING VIETNAM'S LARGEST SOE'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: According to some private business leaders in HCMC, Prime Minister Dung has used his direct authority over Vietnam's 22 largest State-owned conglomerates to both gain some level of control of these unwieldy giants and to construct a political patronage system under which every majo [...]
2008-08-08 04:54:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCRM PREL VM
08HOCHIMINHCITY801HCMC TRANSPORTATION OFFICIAL AT THE HEART OF NEW PMU
[...] (C) Summary: Two recent corruption cases share one thing in common--an influential HCMC official with sterling ties to the Politburo who allegedly demanded bribes to clear the way for two major infrastructure projects. The official at the heart of these cases is Huynh Ngoc Sy, Deputy Director [...]
2008-09-03 09:07:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON SOCI PHUM VM
08HOCHIMINHCITY821(U) DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE'S SEPTEMBER 12-13 VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the Deputy Secretary's visit to Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) on September 12-13, HCMC government officials, business leaders and legal professionals outlined the many challenges and opportunities that will set the course for the future development of the city and the path Viet [...]
2008-09-15 10:05:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI KIRF
08HOCHIMINHCITY9AMBASSADOR MICHALAK'S MEETING WITH HCMC BAR ASSOCIATION
[...] (SBU) At Ambassador Michalak's December 3 meeting with key members of the HCMC Bar Association, member lawyers gave a frank assessment of Vietnam's current legal system and advocated for further reform. The lawyers were hopeful that the establishment of regional courts will increase transparen [...]
2008-01-03 08:45:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL SOCI VM
08HOCHIMINHCITY917PRESBYTERIANS CELEBRATE FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY SINCE
[...] (SBU) Summary: On September 19, the Vietnam Presbyterian Church celebrated its first General Assembly since it received national recognition in 2007. Deputy Director of the National Committee for Religious Affairs (CRA) Nguyen Thanh Xuan welcomed the Consul General and other foreign officials [...]
2008-10-06 09:46:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KIRF PHUM VM
08HOCHIMINHCITY967SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS CELEBRATE FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[...] (U) Summary: Religious leaders and officials gathered at the Seventh Day Adventist's main HCMC church on October 23 to celebrate the denomination's first General Assembly since it became nationally registered in December 2006. Government leaders praised the church's moral and humanitarian mes [...]
2008-10-27 11:32:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KIRF PHUM VM
08HOCHIMINHCITY998THE AMERICAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN HCMC
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over two hundred professors, students, reporters, business leaders, and local officials gathered in a ballroom festooned with red white and blue balloons and featuring jumbo-sized televisions for the first large-scale election event to be held in post-war HCMC. While we did not [...]
2008-11-07 04:32:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SOCI KPAO VM
08HONGKONG1034HONG KONG AVIAN FLU NEWS: RESEARCH BREAKTHROUGH,
[...] (U) Summary. A research team led by University of Hong Kong (HKU) scientist, Dr. Yuen Kwok-yung, reported a significant breakthrough in treatment for the influenza A/H5N1 virus on June 3, 2008. Dr. Yuen explained that the trial's triple-drug combination administered on infected mice suppress [...]
2008-06-10 07:45:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU EAGR CASC AMED AMGT PINR MO HK
08HONGKONG1041OUR MACAU AGENDA: EXPANDING RAPIDLY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past year, we have greatly expanded our commitment of time and resources to Macau. In November 2006, we established a "Team Macau" as a platform for interagency coordination. All of the 13 USG agencies represented at post participate in this effort, which was driven i [...]
2008-06-11 09:31:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL ECON EINV SOCI CH HK MC
08HONGKONG1061HONG KONG H5N1 UPDATE: NEW H5N1 POULTRY INFECTION
[...] (U) Summary: On June 11, the Hong Kong Government (HKG) Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) announced additional positive test results for H5N1 virus in live poultry in Hong Kong wet markets, bringing the total to four markets infected to date. As a result, all poultry s [...]
2008-06-12 09:31:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU EAGR CASC AMED AMGT PINR MO HK
08HONGKONG1221PANDEMIC PLANNING: HONG KONG RESPONSE
[...] (SBU) Consulate General Hong Kong appreciates the updated pandemic planning guidance and clarifications in reftel A, and submits the following response regarding Hong Kong and Macau preparedness and pandemic planning. Post is taking/has taken the following actions: 2. (SBU) Consulate Emplo [...]
2008-07-07 01:13:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU EAGR PINR CH HK
08HONGKONG1276INFLATION, BDA POSE PROBLEMS FOR MACAU MONETARY
[...] (C) Summary: Inflation and the future of Banco Delta Asia (BDA) are the Macau Monetary Authority's (AMCM) most pressing problems. BDA's anti-money laundering (AML) regime has regressed since AMCM was forced to return management control of the bank in September 2007. Controlling shareholder [...]
2008-07-14 11:02:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON MO NK CH
08HONGKONG1747BEIJING INCREASES STAKES IN MAINLAND BANKS, HANG SENG
[...] Summary: Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index (HIS) closed up 9.6 percent on September 19 and ended the week down only 25 points at 19,328. Market gains were heavily influenced by Beijing's publicly announced purchase of shares in three large state-owned banks. Short-term interbank loan rates eased an [...]
2008-09-19 10:42:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK CH
08HONGKONG1775HONG KONG SEEKS TO MODERNIZE COPYRIGHT ORDINANCE
[...] (C) Summary: The HKG recently closed its written public comment period on several proposals to modernize and strengthen Hong Kong's Copyright Ordinance (CO). The proposed amendments largely concern the digital transmission of copyrighted materials, especially via the Internet. Many Internet [...]
2008-09-24 09:04:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK CH
08HONGKONG179HONG KONG'S 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] The following is the 2008 Investment Climate Statement for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. ----------------------------------- A.1 Openness to Foreign Investment ----------------------------------- 2. Hong Kong pursues a free market philosophy with minimal government interfe [...]
2008-01-28 06:34:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC MO
08HONGKONG186 FUNDING REQUEST FOR FY2008 BIOTECHNOLOGY OUTREACH AND
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 9. 2. Summary and Action Request: Hong Kong is on the brink of initiating the formal process for establishing mandatory labeling for biotech foods. This step could seriously undermine sales to this 8th-largest market for U.S. value-added agric [...]
2008-01-29 07:41:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO HK
08HONGKONG1866Hang Seng Plummets, HKMA Cuts Base Rate but HIBOR Still Up
[...] Summary: The Hang Seng Index followed the other Asian markets down sharply on Wednesday, falling 8.16 percent. The IMF's warning that losses from U.S. loans and securitized assets could reach US$1.4 trillion appeared to drive investors to dump shares. In a presentation in Hong Kong, the IMF u [...]
2008-10-08 10:41:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK CH
08HONGKONG1886Hang Seng in Biggest Slide since Asia Financial Crisis
[...] Summary: The Hang Seng fell another 7.7 percent on Friday, October 10, capping its biggest weekly slide since the Asian Financial Crisis. HIBOR remained high, despite HKMA efforts to assure banks have access to short-term capital. Hong Kong economic leaders predicted worse to come, advising [...]
2008-10-10 10:19:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK CH
08HONGKONG1962MACAU GAMING BOOM THREATENED BY RESTRICTED VISAS,
[...] (C) Summary: U.S. casino executives, Macau government officials and gaming industry experts tell us new constraints are harming continued growth in Macau's gaming industry. While gaming has driven Macau's double-digit economic growth in recent years, gaming company executives said the PRC's re [...]
2008-10-23 10:19:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV ETRD MO CH
08HONGKONG2045HKSARG LETTER OF CONGRATULATIONS TO
[...] (U) Below is the text of a letter of congratulations to President-elect Obama from Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Chief Executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen. We will forward the original, and fax a copy, to EAP/CM. 2. Begin text: Mr. Barack Obama President-elect United States of A [...]
2008-11-07 00:51:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV HK
08HONGKONG2060MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA AND CHINA;
[...] U.S. president-elect Obama and China 2. Financial tsunami 3. U.S. presidential election HEADLINES AND EXCERPTS: Â [...]
2008-11-10 09:02:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR
08HONGKONG2061MACAU SARG LETTER OF CONGRATULATIONS TO
[...] (U.) Below is the text of a letter of congratulations to President-elect Obama from Macau Special Administration Region Chief Executive Ho Hau Wah (Edmund Ho). We will forward the original, and fax a copy, to EAP/CM. 2. Begin Text, The Honourable Barack Obama President-elect of the Uni [...]
2008-11-10 09:27:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV HK
08HONGKONG2071HONG KONG LABOR RIGHTS GROUP PUSHING COLLECTIVE
[...] (C) Summary: A leading local advocate for labor rights in mainland China has begun to use the mainland's Labor Contract Law (LCL) of 2008 to organize workers in Guangdong province. His organization plans to target a successful foreign manufacturer that can become a model for future collective [...]
2008-11-12 09:41:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV ETRD EIND ELAB PGOV CH
08HONGKONG2170HONG KONG ECONOMY FALLS INTO RECESSION; HKG
[...] (U) Summary: The Hong Kong government's third quarter economic report, released November 21, confirmed that Hong Kong has officially slipped into a recession, with seasonally adjusted growth falling by 0.5 percent, after a drop of 1.4 percent in the second quarter of 2008. Private consumptio [...]
2008-12-02 03:19:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN HK CH
08HONGKONG2195EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: PIONEER
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-05 07:46:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDBMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
08HONGKONG2198Lawsuits, Layoffs and Interest Rate Hikes in Hong Kong
[...] Summary: The Hong Kong Association of Banks has reportedly suggested postponing plans to buy back Lehman minibonds, while a an American law firm has contacted Hong Kong investors, offering to explore the possibility of filing a class action lawsuit in the U.S. against HSBC. Financial Secretary [...]
2008-12-05 11:44:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK CH
08HONGKONG2211U.S. PRODUCT SAFETY COMPLIANCE: BEARABLE FOR THE
[...] (C) Summary: In discussions with a Congressional Staff Delegation to Hong Kong, Wal-Mart executives promised timely compliance with all regulatory requirements under the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) of 2008. They assured the Staffdel that all food products on the compan [...]
2008-12-09 00:52:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK
08HONGKONG2223 CONSUL GENERAL'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH HONG KONG
[...] (U) Summary: Secretary for Food and Health York Chow discussed with the Consul General restrictions on U.S. beef, the threat to U.S. exports of packaged foods posed by Hong Kong's new nutritional labeling law, and shared food safety concerns regarding imports from the Mainland, during an intro [...]
2008-12-11 00:15:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EAGR HK CH
08HONGKONG255TIP, MONEY LAUNDERING, PROTECTING AMCITS: CG
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a productive and friendly meeting January 29 with Macau's chief executive, Edmund Ho, Consul General Cunningham received positive initial reactions to our plans to expand contacts with the growing American community there and to strengthen liaison with the Macau government to e [...]
2008-02-11 02:36:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALKCRM SMIG SOCI PGOV PHUM CACS CH MC MG HK
08HONGKONG259PRC CENTRAL GOVERNMENT COMFORTABLE WITH U.S.
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PRC Ministry of Foreign Affairs Commissioner to Macau Wan Yongxiang told Consul General Cunningham on January 30 that Beijing was comfortable with the rapid rise of U.S. and other foreign investment in Macau's gaming and tourism industry and, despite some stresses as Macau society [...]
2008-02-12 08:21:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALKCRM SMIG SOCI PGOV PHUM CACS CH MC MG HK
08HONGKONG368HONG KONG INPUT ON NEW REPORTS TO CONGRESS ON
[...] (U) In response to reftel, Consulate General Hong Kong provides the following input for reports required under the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (P.L. No.110-140). 2. (SBU) Sections and Staff: The combined Economic-Political Section (EP),enhanced by regular involvement by [...]
2008-02-28 07:37:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDENRG SENV ABUD APER HK
08HONGKONG510MACAU: BEIJING'S STEPPING STONE TO LUSOPHONES,
[...] (C) Summary: Professor Ivo Carneiro, Vice-Rector for Research and International Relations at Macau's Inter-University Institute, recently told us that Beijing's goals for Macau include: (1) closer integration with the Pearl River Delta, especially Zhuhai; (2) expanding trade links with overse [...]
2008-03-18 08:24:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG CH MC HK
08HONGKONG616HONG KONG PANDEMIC PLANNING: CDC VISIT AND OUTREACH
[...] (U) Summary. Lisa Koonin, Infectious Disease Expert with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) visited Hong Kong on March 28 to aid post and local U.S. businesses in their pandemic planning efforts. Post convened a meeting of the Consulate's internal Avian Influenza Working [...]
2008-04-03 10:24:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU EAGR CASC AMED AMGT PINR MO HK
08HONGKONG820EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION:
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-06 02:10:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDBMGT BEXP ETRD ETTC HK
08HONGKONG894MFA COMMISSIONER IN MACAU RESPONDS ON U.S.
[...] (C) PRC Ministry of Foreign Affairs Commissioner to Macau Wan Yongxiang told Consul General Cunningham in a meeting in Macau on May 15 that the notion of a "consular agent" was still new to China, and would require further deliberation and study by Beijing. China was not yet ready to agree to [...]
2008-05-16 10:16:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALCMGT CVIS AMGT AFIN APER PREL HK MC CH
08IHARTOUM1126GOSS MINISTER FOR PRESIDENTIAD AFFAIRS ON ICC, ELECTIONS,
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a July 26 meeting with ConGen Juba, Luka Biong Deng, Minister for Presidential Affairs, Said the possible ICC indictments against GNU President Bashir present a golden opportunity to leverage concessions from him, that elections in 2009 are the only path to actually holding a [...]
2008-07-27 14:09:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PPEL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08IRANRPODUBAI1SUPPORTING "FRIENDS OF AMERICA" IN IRAN (IPRO PD YEAR 1,
[...] (C) Summary: As reftel details, the Department restarted US-Iran official exchanges in August 2006, featuring the flagship USG exchange program, the IVLP. The Iranian government became aware early on of USG funding for the IVLP and, even for the first program in November of 2006, issued writte [...]
2008-01-16 08:52:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALOEXC PGOV PINR
08IRANRPODUBAI12IRAN: ELECTION EVE OBSERVATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-13 16:50:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETIR PGOV PREL
08IRANRPODUBAI15IRANIAN MAJLES--POST ELECTIONS ANALYSIS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-19 15:37:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETIR PGOV PREL
08IRANRPODUBAI16QALIBAF -- A CHALLENGER FOR THE IRANIAN PRESIDENCY IN 2009?
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-30 13:19:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALIR PGOV PREL
08IRANRPODUBAI19NED FELLOWS CAUGHT IN MEDIA CROSSFIRE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-10 12:37:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL IR
08IRANRPODUBAI7EBRAHIM YAZDI ON US POLICY AND IRAN'S FUTURE
[...] (S//NF) Summary: Former foreign minister and leader of Freedom Party of Iran Dr. Ebrahim Yazdi (please protect) discussed his views of US policies on Iran with IRPoff Feb 20 when he came to Dubai to collect his US visa. Yazdi expressed his view that US policy on Iran is flawed and unclear, arg [...]
2008-02-28 14:33:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNIR PGOV
08ISLAMABAD1032PAKISTAN AND OIC SPECIAL ENVOY CUMBER'S REQUEST
[...] (U) On March 7 Poloff informed MFA Americas Division Director Mansoor Khan of Special Envoy Cumber's interest in a meeting with the Pakistani delegation at the OIC summit in Dakar. We also provided contact information per reftel. Khan said the best POC for arranging a meeting with FM Inam ul [...]
2008-03-07 15:17:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDAORC OIC PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD1072ZARDARI'S VIEWS ON AGREEMENT WITH NAWAZ
[...] (C) Summary: Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Asif Zardari told Ambassador March 10 that yesterday's agreement with Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) leader Nawaz Sharif was less than it seemed regarding the restoration of the judges (Ref A). Zardari reiterated his desire to work with Mush [...]
2008-03-10 15:21:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD1073IMET: RECAPTURING PAKISTAN'S LOST GENERATION
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see Paras 2 and 9. 2. (U) SUMMARY. Post welcomes Department's proposal to expand IMET funding for Pakistan (reftel) and intends to focus additional funding on those Pakistani military officers, now at mid and senior ranks, who were unable to participat [...]
2008-03-10 15:27:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MASS MARR PK
08ISLAMABAD1100BIOSECURITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM: SUPPORT FOR AVIAN INFLUENZA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Avian influenza (AI) and the threat of pandemic influenza continue to be key issues in Biosecurity Engagement Program (BEP) discussions with Pakistani health and agricultural officials. Continued AI outbreaks in poultry as well as a confirmed human case in late 2007, have sparked [...]
2008-03-12 12:32:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO PTER TSPL ETTC PK
08ISLAMABAD1272CJCS MULLEN'S MEETING WITH COAS GENERAL KAYANI
[...] (C) Summary: CJCS Mullen met with Pakistan's Chief of the Army Staff General Ashfaq Kayani twice March 3-4. At a private dinner on March 3, they engaged in a discussion of Pakistan's new political landscape in the aftermath of the February 18 parliamentary elections. During talks on March [...]
2008-03-24 13:59:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR MASS PGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1330THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH ASIF ZARDARI
[...] (C) Summary. In a wide-ranging discussion March 25, Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Asif Zardari told the Deputy Secretary that the National Assembly would give newly elected Prime Minister Gillani a vote of confidence on March 29. This would give the new government six months to beg [...]
2008-03-27 07:49:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PK
08ISLAMABAD1332THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN
[...] (C) Summary. In a March 25 meeting, Foreign Secretary Khan told the Deputy Secretary it might be possible to schedule the next round of the U.S.-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue in Washington in June, depending on approval of the incoming Foreign Minister. Khan said there was a chance of progre [...]
2008-03-27 07:53:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PK
08ISLAMABAD1351CODEL TIERNEY'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF
[...] (C) In a March 27 meeting with Codel Tierney, President Musharraf praised newly elected Prime Minister Gillani, urged the new government to make the transition from politics to governance, and discussed efforts to combat extremism. End Summary. 2. (C) Codel Tierney (Representatives John [...]
2008-03-28 17:54:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PK
08ISLAMABAD1420THE PORT OF GWADAR: MEGA PORT DREAM REQUIRES ENERGY TO BE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Without fanfare and in the midst of the political changeover, Pakistan's strategic new seaport in Balochistan became operational and opened the trade routes to Central Asia, Afghanistan and Iran. Investors and energy are desperately needed to make the Pakistani dream of a mega-p [...]
2008-04-03 08:24:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EINV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD1424CODEL TIERNEY MEETS WITH PAKISTAN'S DEPOSED CHIEF
[...] (C) Summary. In a March 27 meeting with Codel Tierney, former Chief Justice Chaudhry and his lawyer Aitzaz Ahsan affirmed their commitment to seeing the Chief Justice return to his duties, along with other judges removed by President Musharraf following the November 3 State of Emergency. Chau [...]
2008-04-03 10:37:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD1449CODEL TIERNEY MEETS WITH PAKISTAN'S FIRST FEMALE
[...] (C) Summary. On March 27, Codel Tierney met with Dr. Fehmida Mirza, Pakistan's first female National Assembly speaker. She stressed that women's rights, especially in the areas of healthcare and education, would be her top commitment while in this historic position. The Speaker also eagerly a [...]
2008-04-04 06:46:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PK PREL KWMN
08ISLAMABAD145CODEL LIEBERMAN MEETS WITH HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST,
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 9 meeting with Codel Lieberman, human rights activist Asma Jahangir expressed her great concern for the current political and economic atmosphere within Pakistan. She also has hope for the elections but sees that the relationship between the American and Pakistani go [...]
2008-01-10 08:41:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1459CODEL TIERNEY MEETS WITH ZARDARI
[...] (C) Summary: On March 27, CODEL Tierney met with Pakistan People,s Party (PPP) co-chair Asif Zardari. Zardari professed his appreciation for U.S. support for the election and stressed that the U.S. should consider the new Parliament the primary decisonmaking entity in the government. He deta [...]
2008-04-04 09:15:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1475CODEL BIDEN'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF
[...] (C) In a February 19 meeting with President Musharraf, Codel Biden congratulated the President on keeping his commitment to hold free and fair elections. Musharraf shared his views on why he believed the deposed judiciary could not be restored, expressed satisfaction with progress against e [...]
2008-04-07 03:25:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PK
08ISLAMABAD1493BOUCHER DINNER WITH PAKISTAN MUSLIM LEAGUE-NAWAZ
[...] (C) Summary. During a dinner hosted by the Charge, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher discussed challenges facing the new Pakistani government with leaders of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz. Finance Minister-designate Dar outlined steps the new governmen [...]
2008-04-08 08:49:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PK
08ISLAMABAD1498BOUCHER,S MEETING WITH RELIGIOUS PARTY LEADER
[...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher met with religious party leader Fazlur Rehman March 28. While the maulana thanked Boucher (and Deputy Secretary Negroponte) for reaching out to all of Pakistan's political parties during their recent visit, he [...]
2008-04-08 09:33:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD1527PROFILE: PAKISTANI DEFENSE MINISTER AHMED MUKHTAR
[...] (SBU) Summary: On March 31, Ahmed Mukhtar was sworn into office as Pakistan's new Minister of Defense. Mukhtar is a Pakistan People's Party (PPP) stalwart and a close associate of PPP co-chair Asif Zardari; until recently he had been a top contender for the position of Prime Minister. End Summ [...]
2008-04-10 10:43:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PINR PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1536DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE'S MEETING WITH THE AMERICAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Secretary Negroponte and Assistant Secretary Boucher met with the elected Executive Board of the American Business Council (ABC) in Karachi on March 27. Representatives from U.S. companies were optimistic about Pakistan's investment climate but expressed concerns over the [...]
2008-04-11 03:14:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD1574AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON INTERIOR ADVISOR REHMAN MALIK
[...] (C) Summary: In an April 14 meeting with Ambassador, the new senior Advisor for Interior Rehman Malik repeatedly emphasized the new coalition government's commitment to fighting terrorism, his long-standing ties to American law enforcement, his closeness to Benazir Bhutto during the negotiations le [...]
2008-04-15 12:53:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPGOV PINR PK PREL PTER SNAR ASEC
08ISLAMABAD1600CODEL CAPUANO MEETS WITH NEW GOP
[...] (C) Summary: Codel Capuano visited Islamabad April 13-14, meeting with Pakistan's new Prime Minister, Interior Minister and Deputy National Assembly Speaker. The delegation included U.S. Representatives Michael Capuano (D-MA),William Pascrell (D-NJ) and Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ),as well as House [...]
2008-04-17 13:43:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL PTER
08ISLAMABAD1609MUSHARRAF ON RELEASE OF TALIBAN/AQ DETAINEES
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-18 11:44:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPGOV PHUM PINR PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1614PM GILLANI SAYS NO TO RELEASING 27 AQ/TALIBAN DETAINEES
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-18 15:50:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPGOV PHUM PINR PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD172USG MEDIA LEAKS HAVE PAKISTANI MILITARY "REVIEWING CONTINGENCIES"
[...] (C) Summary. Foreign Secretary Riaz Khan and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Tariq Majid separately called in Ambassador January 8 and 9 to express their concern about repeated media reports stating senior USG officials were considering unilateral action within Pakistan. Both official [...]
2008-01-11 10:24:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PINR KPAO PK
08ISLAMABAD1734NAVIGATING THE MAZE OF PAKISTANI ENERGY POLICY- PART THREE
[...] (U) Please see Action Request in paragraph 28. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Concluding the three part roadmap of agencies involved in Pakistan's energy policy, this cable outlines the involvement of the Prime Minister's Secretariat, four additional Cabinet level Ministries, and five other regulatory a [...]
2008-05-04 05:27:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENGY EFIN ECON EINV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD1756AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PML-N LEADER NAWAZ SHARIF
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador called on former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on May 2 to discuss the judges restoration issue, the South Waziristan peace deal and the Pakistani economy. Nawaz said a committee would be established to draft a parliamentary resolution to reinstate the judges on May 12. [...]
2008-05-05 13:43:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KJUS PK
08ISLAMABAD1811OIC ENVOY SADA CUMBER'S VISIT TO PAKISTAN
[...] (SBU) Summary. In meetings May 2 with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the General Coordinator of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) Standing Committee on Scientific and Technological Cooperation (COMSTECH),the Chairman of the Council of Islamic Ideology, journalists, religious lead [...]
2008-05-12 09:22:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1825LIFE AT NDU: TRAINING PAKISTAN'S NEXT GENERATION OF MILITARY LEADERS
[...] (C) Summary: Pakistan's National Defense University's curriculum is designed to foster national pride, but many of its students and instructors have an anti-American bias. Their attitudes demonstrate why we should continue our efforts to increase IMET opportunities, especially those aimed at the ge [...]
2008-05-12 12:36:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1829CODEL SMITH MEETS PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF
[...] (C) Summary. In a meeting April 28, Codel Smith discussed the political and economic situation and efforts to combat extremism in Pakistan. Musharraf expressed appreciation for U.S. assistance in the tribal areas but said more was needed; he defended efforts by the new government to begin n [...]
2008-05-12 12:54:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD188PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF AND CODEL LIEBERMAN DISCUSS BILATERAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a January 9 meeting with Codel Lieberman, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf explained the mechanisms to ensure the election process is free and fair, and commented on improved relations with Afghanistan. Lieberman delivered two messages: (1) the February 18 general electi [...]
2008-01-14 10:07:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PK
08ISLAMABAD191AMBASSADOR PATTERSON MEETS WITH CARETAKER FINANCE MINISTER
[...] SUMMARY. In a January 4 meeting with caretaker Minister of Finance Salman Shah, Ambassador Patterson inquired about the state of Pakistan's economy following the violence after Bhutto's December 27 assassination and raised commercial advocacy issues, coalition support funds, anti-money launderi [...]
2008-01-14 12:24:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV PREL PK EAID
08ISLAMABAD1932PAKISTAN: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR VIGILANCE REGARDING BANK
[...] (S) Economic Counselor and Economic Officer delivered reftel demarche May 22 to senior officials at the Ministries of Finance and Foreign Affairs (MFA). Both Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas Director General Sohail Mahmood and Ministry of Finance Senior Joint Secretary Iqbal Hussain pledge [...]
2008-05-23 12:57:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETECON EFIN ETTC KNNP MNUC PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD1947CODEL FEINGOLD MEETS WITH LAWYERS' MOVEMENT LEADERS
[...] (C) Summary: U.S. Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI),visiting Islamabad May 26, met with leaders of Pakistan's lawyers' movement. The Senator noted his long-standing support for the lawyers, calling both the USG's response to Musharraf's 2007 state of emergency and the new GOP's plans to reinstate [...]
2008-05-28 10:48:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL KJUS PHUM
08ISLAMABAD1968CODEL NELSON MEETS WITH PRIME MINISTER GILANI
[...] (C) Summary. In a meeting May 27 with Pakistan Prime Minister Gilani, Codel Nelson discussed the political and economic situation and efforts to combat extremism in Pakistan. Gilani expressed appreciation for U.S. assistance, particularly in the tribal areas, but said more was needed. He ou [...]
2008-05-29 14:53:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD1970FATA IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AS OF MAY 23, 2008
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-30 03:49:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID MASS SNAR PK
08ISLAMABAD1999CODEL NELSON MEETS PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF
[...] (C) Summary. In a meeting May 27 with Pakistan President Musharraf, Codel Nelson discussed the political and economic situation and efforts to combat extremism in Pakistan. Musharraf expressed appreciation for U.S. assistance and understanding on the strategic issue of terrorism and hoped clo [...]
2008-05-30 16:23:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD2000FATA IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AS OF MAY 23, 2008
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-31 03:21:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID MASS SNAR PK
08ISLAMABAD2003CODEL FEINGOLD MEETS WITH PML-N PARLIAMENTARY LEADER NISAR
[...] (C) Summary: In a May 26 meeting with Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) parliamentary leader Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, Senator Russ Feingold discussed Pakistan's current political situation and efforts to combat extremism. The PML-N, Nisar insisted, considers the U.S. to be a friend but took [...]
2008-05-31 11:06:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PINR ECON PK
08ISLAMABAD2019 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 03, 2008
[...] "Blast Rocks Danish Embassy In High-Security Area: 8 Killed" "Dawn" (06/03) "A car-bomb exploded outside the Danish Embassy in Islamabad in one of the most high-security residential districts on Monday, killing eight people and injuring more than 25 others." 2. "Terrorism Remains A Real [...]
2008-06-03 09:11:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD2041CODEL SCHIFF MEETS PML-N INFO SECRETARY AHSAN IQBAL
[...] (C) Summary: Codel Schiff -- U.S. Representatives Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Allyson Schwartz (D-PA) -- met May 27 with Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Information Secretary and National Assemblyman Ahsan Iqbal. He argued that the U.S. had relied too heavily on President Pervez Musharraf, pa [...]
2008-06-04 13:23:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL PTER
08ISLAMABAD2051CODELS LEVIN AND CASEY DISCUSS BORDER SECURITY AND AID WITH PM GILANI
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-05 14:31:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER ECON PINR PREF PK
08ISLAMABAD2095PAKISTAN: RESPONSE TO PRE-NOTIFICATION OF TRUST ALTERNATIVE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-11 11:32:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETKTFN PREL PTER PK
08ISLAMABAD226NSA TARIQ AZIZ ON A NATIONAL UNITY GOVERNMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-15 13:15:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD228ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF RECENT VIOLENCE IN PAKISTAN
[...] This cable was coordinated with Consulates Karachi, Lahore and Peshawar. Summary 2. (SBU) Summary: The violence following Benazir Bhutto's December 27 assassination cost Pakistan approximately $2 billion dollars in lost tax revenue, foregone production, and infrastructure damage. In [...]
2008-01-16 02:04:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON ENRG EINV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD2303PRIME MINISTER GILANI AND CODEL CARDIN DISCUSS BILATERAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a June 30 meeting with Codel Cardin, Pakistan Prime Minister Yousaf Gilani requested increased cooperation with the U.S. on security and economic assistance. He also firmly asserted that Pakistan's nuclear assets are protected and expressed hope for greater international focu [...]
2008-07-07 07:04:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EAID PTER IN PK
08ISLAMABAD2313USDP EDELMAN DISCUSSES MILITANT THREAT WITH ARMY
[...] (C) Summary. Under Secretary for Defense Policy Eric Edelman met separately with 11th Corps Commander Lieutenant General Masood Aslam and Inspector General Frontier Corps Major General Muhammed Alam Khattak on June 3 in Peshawar to discuss negotiations with tribal leaders and the importance o [...]
2008-07-07 13:00:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER MASS PK
08ISLAMABAD2323 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 08, 2008
[...] "Fear Grips Citizens As Seven Blasts Rock Karachi" "The News" (07/08) "A series of seven bomb blasts rocked Karachi on Monday, killing at least one person and injuring more than 40, the state-run television reported. Intelligence sources claimed that the criminals wanted to provoke ethnic [...]
2008-07-08 09:00:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD2377 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 12-14, 2008
[...] "10 U.S. Soldiers Killed In Attack On Afghan Base" "Dawn" (07/14) "A multi-pronged militant assault on a small, remote U.S. base in the eastern Nuristan province and killed 10 American soldiers and wounded 15 on Sunday in the deadliest attack on U.S. forces in Afghanistan in three years." [...]
2008-07-14 09:57:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD2416PAKISTAN NOTIFIED OF ARB-4 PROCEEDINGS PERTAINING
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-16 09:44:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PK PREL PTER KDRG
08ISLAMABAD2455REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON PAKISTANI DETAINEES
[...] (C) Please see action request para 3. On July 17, Mansoor Khan, Director of the Americas Desk with the MFA, requested a meeting with Poloff to compare lists of Pakistani detainees currently held by the U.S. as a follow up to the June 18 meeting concerning the recent ARB-4 (Ref B). The MFA lis [...]
2008-07-21 13:35:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL PHUM PINR PTER KDRG
08ISLAMABAD2505 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 24, 2008
[...] "Coalition Leaders Go For Talks In FATA; Parliament To Evolve Greater Consensus Against Extremism" "The News" (07/24) "Leaders of the ruling coalition in their meeting here on Wednesday resolved to pursue dialogue rather than military operation in the militancy-hit FATA, saying force would b [...]
2008-07-24 09:29:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD2524SCENESETTER FOR PM GILANI'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON
[...] (S/NF) Summary. Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani will be anxious to prove that he is committed to fighting "Pakistan's war" on terrorism and will outline the GOP's partial response to the July demands presented by CJCS Mullen/DDCIA Kappes. Gilani will publicly support the coaliton's "neg [...]
2008-07-25 13:26:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD2608 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 02-04, 2008
[...] "SAARC Accord To Curb Terror, Fight Hunger" "Dawn" (08/04) "South Asian leaders signed a legal cooperation pact on Sunday to combat terrorism and agreed to set up a food bank to fight hunger in the face of rising food prices in one of the world's poorest regions. But the South Asian Associat [...]
2008-08-04 11:15:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD2689COALITION CONFIDENT; MUSHARRAF WEIGHING OPTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: The media campaign over President Musharraf's impeachment swung into high gear over the weekend as coalition members met to draft an impeachment charge sheet and there was wild speculation about the potential vote count for impeachment. Al Qaeda weighed in with a purported audio [...]
2008-08-11 14:07:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD2752FINANCE MINISTER QAMAR REQUESTS URGENT U.S. INTERVENTION FOR ECONOMIC STABILITY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-18 10:28:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD2772POTENTIAL PAKISTANI PRESIDENTS
[...] (C) Summary: Following Musharraf's resignation August 18, Pakistan's political party leaders began immediate debates over who would become the next president; they have now taken a 72 hour break. On August 20, the Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) made a surprise announcement that it would suppor [...]
2008-08-21 03:48:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PK PINR
08ISLAMABAD2802IMMUNITY FOR MUSHARRAF LIKELY AFTER ZARDARI’S
[...] (C) Summary. In separate meetings with Asif Zardari, PM Gilani and Chief of Army Staff Kayani, Ambassador pressed for quick action on immunity for former President Musharraf. Zardari and Gilani said flatly that they were committed to providing immunity, but not until after the presidential election [...]
2008-08-23 14:12:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV EAID PK
08ISLAMABAD2819PAKISTAN: POSITIVE REACTION TO PLANNED RETURN OF
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-26 05:19:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL PHUM PTER
08ISLAMABAD2872PAKISTAN NOTIFIED OF ARB-4 PROCEEDINGS PERTAINING
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-29 11:20:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL PHUM PTER PINR KDRG AF
08ISLAMABAD2894"SUSPENSION" NOT CEASE-FIRE
[...] (C) Summary. During a September 2 meeting with Ambassador, Interior Minister Malik insisted that there was no "cease-fire" in the tribal areas but only a one-month suspension of air operations during Ramadan. This was in response to parliamentarians' complaints about collateral damage and [...]
2008-09-02 13:50:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PK PREF
08ISLAMABAD2962WAY FORWARD ON BAJAUR AND COIN STRATEGY
[...] (C) Reftels laid out the opportunity that the current situation in Bajaur presents to help the Pakistani government implement a comprehensive counterinsurgency (COIN) strategy, and our recommended approach for helping them get there. While the circumstances on the ground have changed somewhat, [...]
2008-09-08 14:02:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPGOV PREL MOPS PREF PINR PK
08ISLAMABAD2994ADDITIONAL REACTION TO THE SOUTH WAZIRISTAN STRIKE
[...] (C) MFA Director General for Americas Sohail Mahmood convoked Polcouns September 11 to express deep concern about today's New York Time's story, which alleged that President Bush had approved U.S. military raids into Pakistan. Asking who was providing this information and what were their mo [...]
2008-09-11 13:44:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL PTER MOPS
08ISLAMABAD3008PAKISTAN MILITARY DECLARES IT HAS ORDERS TO
[...] (SBU) Summary. GOP leaders are falling beyond Chief of Army Staff General Kayani's September 10 statement defending Pakistan's sovereignty and denying the agreed rules of engagement allow U.S. forces to conduct operations inside Pakistan. The Pakistani military spokesman declared that the [...]
2008-09-12 11:27:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD3014PAKISTAN MILITARY DECLARES IT HAS ORDERS TO
[...] (SBU) Summary. GOP leaders are falling beyond Chief of Army Staff General Kayani's September 10 statement defending Pakistan's sovereignty and denying the agreed rules of engagement allow U.S. forces to conduct operations inside Pakistan. The Pakistani military spokesman declared that the [...]
2008-09-13 05:10:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PTER PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD3048POST-ATTACK RESOURCE REQUESTS FOR CONSULATE
[...] (SBU) In the wake of the August 26 attack on Principal Officer (Ref B),post has taken initial steps to enhance its security posture to respond to Peshawar's heightened threat conditions (Ref A). The State platform is already under tremendous pressure because of a more than 200 percent staffi [...]
2008-09-17 10:09:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC PK
08ISLAMABAD3070OUTREACH TO ASFUNDYAR WALI KHAN AND CHAUDHRY NISAR
[...] (C) Summary. In separate discussions with Ambassador September 19, Awami National Party leader Asfundyar Wali Khan and Pakistan Muslim League-N leader Chaudhry Nisar both said they were encouraged by signs that some local tribes had decided to rise up and fight militants. Khan said candidly [...]
2008-09-19 14:56:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV MOPS PK
08ISLAMABAD3074SITREP 01, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: EXPLOSION AT
[...] (C) Post reports major explosion at 2000 hours (local time) at the Marriott Hotel in downtown Islamabad. A car bomb reportedly rammed the front gate of the Marriott, setting fire to the hotel. The lobby leading into the reception area was destroyed and multiple fires continue on several floo [...]
2008-09-20 16:13:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL AMGT CACS ASEC PTER PINR
08ISLAMABAD3075SITREP 02, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: "LINE CROSSED" IN
[...] (C) As of September 21, 0030 hours (local time),Pakistani media continues to report 40 persons were killed and more than 250 injured in the Marriott blast. According to Interior Minister Rehman Malik, as much as one thousand kilograms of explosives were used in the initial vehicle-borne blas [...]
2008-09-20 18:48:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL AMGT CACS ASEC PTER PINR
08ISLAMABAD3076SITREP 03, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: ISLAMABAD QUIET,
[...] (C) As of September 22, 1000 hours (local time),two TDY staff remain missing. Pakistani media report at least 60 dead and over 200 injured. Media also reports that the Marriott hotel is structurally compromised and may collapse. 1200 kilos of explosives were used in the attack. Due to extr [...]
2008-09-21 04:50:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPGOV PREL AMGT CACS ASEC PTER PINR PK
08ISLAMABAD3078ISLAMABAD EAC MEETING
[...] (SBU) Ambassador chaired an EAC. All sections/agencies were represented. RSO provided a summary of the VBIED attack. According to latest information, it appears at approximately 2000 hrs., an altercation between the Marriott hotel security staff and an unknown number of people in a sedan b [...]
2008-09-21 07:50:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER CASC PK
08ISLAMABAD3080SITREP 04, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: ONE MISSING TDY
[...] (C) As of September 21, 1830 hours (local time) the body of one missing TDY employee has been identified in the ruins of the Marriott hotel, bringing the total number of official Americans killed to two. One TDY employee remains missing and is feared dead. A Department of Defense medevac flig [...]
2008-09-21 13:55:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL AMGT CACS ASEC PTER PINR
08ISLAMABAD3096SITREP 05, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: DEATH TOLL RISES;
[...] (C) As of September 22, 1800 hours (local),two Embassy personnel are confirmed deceased, one remains missing. One Embassy contractor remains at Shifa Hospital, Islamabad, for observation; one Embassy official was mil medevaced at 0100 hours. 2. (C) In total, approximately 95 Pakistanis [...]
2008-09-22 13:30:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PK PREL AMGT CACS ASEC PTER PINR
08ISLAMABAD3120ZARDARI- AHMEDINEJAD BILAT MEETING: PROGRESS ON THE IPI?
[...] (SBU) Summary: Local media reports that while in New York for United Nations General Assembly meetings, Information Minister Sherry Rehman briefed journalists on the outcome of a meeting between President Zardari and President Ahmedinejad. Rehman reportedly stated that both countries have agre [...]
2008-09-24 14:08:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EAID EFIN ENGY PK
08ISLAMABAD3121PAKISTAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON WORLD FOOD PROGRAM
[...] (SBU) Economic Counselor delivered reftel demarche on September 23 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Americas Director Mansoor Ahmed Khan. Khan promised to process the request immediately given the time sensitivity of the World Food Program food shipments. Khan noted that he will pass it t [...]
2008-09-24 14:10:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR MARR MCAP WFP PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD3137 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 26, 2008
[...] "Pakistan, US Blow Hot and Cold Over Flare-Up" "Dawn" (09/26) "Security forces fired on two NATO helicopters which had intruded into Pakistan territory on Thursday, forcing them to turn back to Afghanistan, officials said. "Two helicopters from the Afghanistan side crossed into Saidgai, Ghul [...]
2008-09-26 09:44:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD3139SEPTEMBER 20 MARRIOTT BOMBING: EFFECT ON LOCAL BUSINESS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Marriott hotel bombing on September 20 caused significant damage to an office building directly adjacent to the hotel, which contained primarily information technology (IT) companies, including local offices of some large American and multinational corporations. Other busin [...]
2008-09-26 12:57:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ETRD ECON EINV PK
08ISLAMABAD3176U.S.-PAKISTAN COUNTER-TERRORISM BILATERALS
[...] (C) Summary: On August 22, a delegation led by Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador Dailey met with a delegation led by Minister of the Interior Malik for a counter-terrorism bilateral, the first such dialogue since 2006. The topics of discussion included security forces training, terro [...]
2008-10-02 11:46:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PK PREL PTER
08ISLAMABAD3182REVISED COPY: U.S.-PAKISTAN COUNTER-TERRORISM
[...] (C) Summary: On August 22, a delegation led by Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador Dailey met with a delegation led by Minister of the Interior Malik for a counter-terrorism bilateral, the first such dialogue since 2006. The topics of discussion included security forces training, terro [...]
2008-10-06 05:56:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PK PREL PTER
08ISLAMABAD3186TOUR D'HORIZON WITH ZARDARI
[...] (C) Summary: In a discursive conversation with President Zardari on October 2, Ambassador again encouraged the appointment of a czar for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). She stressed that the federal and provincial governments were not working well together to confront the is [...]
2008-10-06 10:20:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PTER PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD3231 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: OCTOBER 09, 2008
[...] "Military Seeks Politicians' Support to Fight Militants; Opposition Dissatisfied" "Dawn" (10/09) "The military took elected representatives of the nation into confidence on Wednesday about the worsening situation in FATA, NWFP and Balochistan and the U.S.-led 'war on terror' during a joint [...]
2008-10-09 10:08:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD3240 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: OCTOBER 10, 2008
[...] "Bomber Runs Down Anti-Terror Office In Islamabad" "The News" (10/10) "At least eight people were injured when a suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden vehicle into the central office of anti-terrorist squad (ATS) located in the premises of Police Headquarters, Islamabad on Thursday." [...]
2008-10-10 10:38:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD3249ZARDARI IS SECURE, BUT THE GOP IS VULNERABLE
[...] (C) Summary. Despite political parlor talk that Asif Zardari has only a few months to get control of Pakistan or face a military coup, we see no immediate threat Zardari will be ousted from power. His chief threat comes from Chief of Army Staff General Kayani, who has no desire to take on [...]
2008-10-13 09:59:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD3254PAKISTAN'S NATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: This cable contains an action request, see paragraph 9. The National Book Foundation (NBF) has the mandate of providing affordable textbooks, reference books and research books to university students as well as promoting the growth of a domestic book industry. This mandate has [...]
2008-10-14 05:31:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EFIN EINV KIPR PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD3349NAWAZ'S TENETS FOR WAR ON TERROR
[...] (C) Summary: The opposition Pakistan Muslim League-N's (PML-N) Nawaz Sharif has submitted a letter to PM Gilani outlining his party's six tenets for any counterterrorism strategy. While blaming the Musharraf administration for misguided policies and claiming a desire for consensus, the letter [...]
2008-10-22 12:47:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER MOPS EAID PK
08ISLAMABAD3371FRIENDS OF PAKISTAN: NEXT STEPS
[...] (C) Summary. At a meeting October 22 with Ambassador, Foreign Secretary Bashir reported that the MFA was circulating to GOP ministries a tasking for an options paper on Pakistan's sectoral needs to build security and economic capacity. The MFA will share that paper with the U.S. and the UK [...]
2008-10-24 12:07:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PK
08ISLAMABAD3373BOUCHER REVIEWS COUNTER-TERRORISM EFFORTS WITH
[...] (C) Summary. In two separate wide-ranging discussions with Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Boucher, Interior Minister Malik reported that the Pakistani government remained firmly committed to completing military action against extremists in Bajaur. Malik expressed co [...]
2008-10-25 08:06:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL PTER
08ISLAMABAD3383 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: OCTOBER 27, 2008
[...] "Gilani Terms U.S. Raids Disastrous" "Dawn" (10/27) "U.S. attacks in tribal areas are harming the government's efforts to isolate extremists and mobilize people against militancy, according to Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani. Addressing a press conference after returning from Beijing on S [...]
2008-10-27 09:37:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD3402DURRANI TELLS BOUCHER OF SUCCESSFUL VISIT TO INDIA
[...] (C) Summary. During an October 20 meeting with Assistant Secretary Boucher, National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister Durrani said military progress in Bajaur was slow because militants were being reinforced with fighters from Afghanistan, neighboring tribal areas and from Arab and North A [...]
2008-10-28 12:42:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPREL PTER PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD3499TWO PAKISTANI ULEMA GROUPS CONDEMN SUICIDE BOMBINGS
[...] (C) Summary: However haltingly, the GOP has begun work on its own strategic information campaign to convince civil society to take ownership of the fight against extremism. The pro-secular Pakistan People's Party recognizes it must bring the religious right, which thrives on anti-Americanism, [...]
2008-11-06 10:59:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PK PHUM KISL
08ISLAMABAD35GOP RELEASES PALESTINIANS FROM PAN AM 73 HIJACKING
[...] MFA Americas Desk Director Mansoor Khan advised PolCouns January 3 that the Pakistan Federal Review Board had reviewed the cases of the four Palestinians who were jailed in 1988 for their involvement in the September 1986 hijacking of Pan Am Flight 73. The Board decided that, because the four [...]
2008-01-03 15:18:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER PK
08ISLAMABAD3538 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: NOVEMBER 10, 2008
[...] "NATO Jets Kill 8 Banned Outfit Members In Khyber" "Daily Times," "The Nation" (11/10) "NATO jets today bombed Tirah Valley in Khyber Agency, killing eight members of a banned outfit - Amar Bil Maroof - and injuring three, 'Dawn News' reported. The channel said the NATO jets targeted hideo [...]
2008-11-10 08:27:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD3590IDEAS FOR USG ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE FOR PAKISTAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. As the Government of Pakistan (GOP) and the IMF edge closer to finalizing an agreement, additional donor assistance will likely be sought to bolster the IMF package. Post recommends consideration of the following economic options to support the democratically-elected Government o [...]
2008-11-14 12:02:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD3593ZARDARI TO PETRAEUS: "DEFEAT IS NOT AN OPTION"
[...] (C) Summary. During a November 3 meeting with CENTCOM Commander Petraeus, President Zardari repeated his commitment to fight terrorism, saying "defeat is not an option." He renewed his request for U.S. economic support, indicated he could support some unilateral U.S. military actions if they w [...]
2008-11-15 05:02:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD3594MOD MUKHTAR MEETS GENERAL PETRAEUS
[...] (C) Summary. During a November 3 meeting with CENTCOM Commander General Petraeus, Minister of Defense Mukhtar expressed concern about the political difficulties that ongoing U.S. strikes in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) were creating for the Pakistani government. He reques [...]
2008-11-15 05:18:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD3640 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: NOVEMBER 19, 2008
[...] "U.S. Commander Says Pakistan Backed Raid" "Dawn" (11/19) "The U.S. military has launched a coordinated operation with Pakistani forces to put pressure on insurgents on both sides of Afghanistan's wild eastern frontier, a U.S. military commander said on Tuesday. Dubbed "Operation Lionheart," [...]
2008-11-19 10:14:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD3644PAKISTAN'S NEED FOR PL-480 WHEAT
[...] (C) Summary. Embassy recommends food assistance for Pakistan. Domestic food shortages - but most fundamentally the inability of the new civilian government to deliver to its citizens - can and will undermine American security objectives in Pakistan. As we have reported, the Pakistani military [...]
2008-11-19 12:10:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD3656USAID/OFDA PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE SHELTER UPDATE
[...] On October 29, a magnitude 6.4 earthquake in Balochistan Province of Pakistan caused significant damage to the traditional mud and timber houses, primarily affecting Ziarat and Pishin districts, with some damage also reported in Harnai district. Different assessments produced a range of estim [...]
2008-11-20 13:20:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PGOV PK PINR PREL PTER
08ISLAMABAD3671 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: NOVEMBER 21, 2008
[...] "Suicide Attack on Mosque: Lashkar Chief Eliminated" "Dawn" (11/21) "The chief of a tribal lashkar and eight other people were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up in a mosque in Bajaur Agency on Thursday. According to an official claim, 17 militants, including 11 foreigners, were k [...]
2008-11-21 10:47:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD3712JANG GROUP'S BEHAVIOR MAKES WORKING WITH GEO TV UNTENABLE
[...] This is an action request see paragraph 15. 2. Summary: Post believes the time has come to end the contract the BBG holds with "GEO TV Network" and move it to a responsible organization. GEO is owned by the "Jang Group," a multimedia corporation owning Urdu and English language newspape [...]
2008-11-26 14:10:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PK
08ISLAMABAD3722 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: NOVEMBER 28, 2008
[...] "Mumbai Death Toll Rises To 125; India Blames Neighbors" "The News" (11/28) "Indian commandos killed the last three gunmen at the Taj Hotel late Thursday and were sweeping another luxury hotel in search of hostages and trapped people after militants stormed targets across Mumbai, leaving 125 [...]
2008-12-01 02:08:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD3744 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 02, 2008
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-02 09:59:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD3776DECISION NEEDED ON PAKISTAN GSM-102 APPEAL
[...] (SBU) Summary. Post requests that a decision be made for a plan under GSM-102 for Pakistan. Two items are delaying Pakistan from purchasing U.S. wheat under the GSM-102 program. First, Post renews its appeal for USDA's speedy approval of the 5 Pakistani banks, originally identified by the Gov [...]
2008-12-05 07:07:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EAID PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD3791PM GILANI TELLS CODEL MCCAIN PAKISTAN WILL ACT
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Gilani told Senators John McCain, Joseph Lieberman and Lindsey Graham the GOP will take action against individuals implicated in the Mumbai attacks as Secretary Rice had urged. On December 6, the Prime Minister, joined by Foreign Minister Qureshi, said the government h [...]
2008-12-08 08:56:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER IN PK
08ISLAMABAD3811 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 06-09, 2008
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-11 11:52:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD3822 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 12, 2008
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-12 09:49:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD3837PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: December 15, 2008
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-15 10:13:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD3841SENATOR LIEBERMAN MEETS WITH PPP AND PML
[...] (C) Summary: Senator Joseph Lieberman (I-CT),traveling to Pakistan as part of Codel McCain, met separately December 6 in Islamabad with representatives of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League (PML). The PPP parliamentarians reiterated the government's support for the [...]
2008-12-16 03:12:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER MOPS IN PK
08ISLAMABAD3886 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 19, 2008
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-19 09:57:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD3889FATA UPDATE - 19 DECEMBER 2008
[...] (C) Summary. Consulate Peshawar personnel report that rocket attacks are becoming a near-daily occurrence throughout Peshawar, but continue to result in little damage and very few deaths. Government of Pakistan (GoP) and Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) officials have noted to Ambassador an [...]
2008-12-19 13:01:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PREF PREL PTER PK
08ISLAMABAD3902LAWYERS POLITICIZED, BLAME U.S. FOR MUMBAI ATTACKS
[...] (C) Since the ouster of President-General Pervez Musharraf, the lawyers' movement has become less and less an independent force on Pakistan's political scene. Many of its original leaders are looking for dignified exits, ceding ground to some die-hard firebrands (reftel). The opposition Paki [...]
2008-12-22 08:30:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KJUS EAID PK
08ISLAMABAD391AMERICAN COMPANIES EXPERIENCE INCREASED DIFFICULTY DOING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Islamabad has received an increased number of complaints from American companies over the last several months regarding unfair practices on the part of GOP, many stemming from action of the caretaker government. General Electric, Oracle, Bell Helicopters and AES have exper [...]
2008-01-26 03:55:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALECON PREL ETRD EAID EINV EFIN PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD392AMERICAN COMPANIES EXPERIENCE INCREASED DIFFICULTY DOING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Islamabad has received an increased number of complaints from American companies over the last several months regarding unfair practices on the part of GOP, many stemming from action of the caretaker government. General Electric, Oracle, Bell Helicopters and AES have experience [...]
2008-01-26 03:55:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALECON PREL ETRD EAID EINV EFIN PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD3933PAKISTANI MEDIA AND GOP ATTITUDES TOWARD THE BIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent article in the Pakistani press has criticized the Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) as "one-sided" and "in favor of U.S. investors" only. The article presents some misconceptions about the BIT and was refuted by a Ministry of Investment official. Five outstanding issues [...]
2008-12-23 13:19:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALEINV EFIN ENGY ECON PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD3935 JAMAAT-I-ISLAMI CONDUCTS PEACEFUL PROTEST IN PESHAWAR
[...] (SBU) Summary. One of the largest Pakistani religious parties, Jamaat-i-Islami (JI),led by its chief Qazi Hussain Ahmad, staged a large demonstration in Peshawar to demand that Pakistan stop permitting NATO supplies to flow through the area into Afghanistan. Between 6,000-10,000 protestors pa [...]
2008-12-24 01:06:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDPTER MOPS PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD3942GOP PLANNING FOR FRIENDS OF PAKISTAN, DONORS CONFERENCE AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 23, the DCM met with Secretary General Salman Farruqui in order to discuss the upcoming Friends of Democratic Pakistan meetings, the proposed Donors Conference and the Energy Dialogue. Farruqui extended the GOP's invitation to Secretary-designate Clinton to attend the [...]
2008-12-25 04:52:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALEINV EFIN ENGY ECON PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD418 GOP REQUESTS NEW DATE FOR ENERGY DIALOGUE DISCUSSIONS IN
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para five. --------------------------------------------- ---------- GOP Requests New Date for Discussion with USG on Energy --------------------------------------------- ---------- 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. In response to a letter dated October 25, 2007 [...]
2008-01-29 12:49:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON EFIN EINV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD421MQM LOOKING FOR RESPECT
[...] (C) Summary. The Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) based in Karachi appears to be transforming itself from a group of thugs to a service-based grass-roots political party. Expecting to win 20-25 seats in the upcoming National Assembly elections, MQM also sees itself as a potential kingmaker in formati [...]
2008-01-29 13:36:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PK
08ISLAMABAD422CRIMINAL PLANNING BEHIND POST-ASSASSINATION
[...] (C) Summary. During a visit to Karachi January 25-26, Ambassador heard a consistent message about the violence that wracked the city for three days after Benazir Bhutto's assassination. According to our contacts, while there were grief-stricken mobs, much of the damage was carefully planned [...]
2008-01-29 13:51:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PK
08ISLAMABAD423SOLIDARITY CENTER REPRESENTATIVES DISCUSS THE CURRENT STATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a January 28 meeting with the Ambassador, Tim Ryan, the American Center of International Labor Solidarity's Asia and Europe Office Director, described the current status of the labor movement in Pakistan. Highlighting the role that organized labor can play in the development [...]
2008-01-29 14:20:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ETRD PGOV SOCI PK
08ISLAMABAD470TAKING THE KARACHI BUSINESS COMMUNITY'S PULSE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Econ Counselor and Econoff traveled to Karachi to meet with a broad section of Karachi's dynamic business community. The overall consensus was that 2007 had been a good year for business in spite of repeated political turmoil and violence. Concern over lack of law and order and t [...]
2008-02-01 09:44:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALECON EINV EFIN PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD483“THE BEST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN IN PAKISTAN”
[...] (C) Summary. During a meeting with Ambassador January 31, Nawaz Sharif confirmed he was ready to work with the Pakistan People's Party in a post-election coalition government and described this union as "the best thing that could happen in Pakistan." He dismissed reports of threats against his life [...]
2008-02-01 13:41:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD525SCENESETTER FOR CJCS ADMIRAL MULLEN
[...] (S) Summary. We look forward to your visit to begin the process of strengthening and refocusing our military to military relations with Pakistan's CJCS General Majid and COAS Kayani. This has become increasingly urgent because of the expanding insurgency in the tribal areas and attacks against [...]
2008-02-05 14:32:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PK
08ISLAMABAD61DISCUSSION WITH NAWAZ SHARIF DESIGNEES REGARDING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At the request of Nawaz Sharif, RSO Islamabad met January 03, 2008 in Lahore, with three individuals empowered by Nawaz Sharif to discuss his security. RSO duplicated the discussion he had with the security representatives of Benazir Bhutto (see Reftel) and also provided the same names [...]
2008-01-04 11:45:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC PTER CASC PINR PK PGOV
08ISLAMABAD621AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PAKISTAN MINISTER OF HUMAN
[...] (C) Summary: During a February 7 meeting, Caretaker Minister for Human Rights Burney told Ambassador he was struggling to staff and fund his new ministry. He reviewed plans to establish a National Human Rights Commission and drove home his passion for working with trafficked children and the [...]
2008-02-11 14:33:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD75DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PAN AM 73 HIJACKERS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-07 01:44:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PTER PK
08ISLAMABAD789HI-TECH START-UP COMPANIES IN LAHORE -- A BRIGHT SPOT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Economic and Commercial Affairs Counselor and FCS Specialist visited a number of hi-tech start-up companies founded by Pakistanis with extensive U.S. experience in the Lahore area February 11-13. NetSol, PalmChip and Raffles were particular standouts, with each NetSol license [...]
2008-02-23 04:52:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD808MUSHARRAF DISCUSSES ELECTIONS, HIS ROLE, AND EFFORTS IN THE
[...] (C) Summary: President Musharraf discussed elections, set out his vision for a President whose party is in the minority, and explained the GOP's continuing efforts to combat extremism in the FATA to CODEL Hutchison on February 22. Regarding elections, Musharraf thought that the most importa [...]
2008-02-25 14:40:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PK
08ISLAMABAD831MINISTRY OF LABOR AND PAKISTAN WORKERS FEDERATION DISCUSS
[...] (SBU) Summary: In separate meetings with EconOffs, Ministry of Labor officials and organized labor representatives discussed the current state of Government of Pakistan (GOP) labor initiatives. All of our interlocutors stressed the need to increase human resource development and technical trai [...]
2008-02-27 07:50:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ETRD PGOV SOCI PHUM PK
08ISLAMABAD857PAKISTAN WORKERS FEDERATION SECRETARY GENERAL CRITICAL OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a February 13 meeting with Economic and Commercial Affairs Counselor, Pakistan Workers' Federation (PWF) Secretary General Khursheed Ahmad criticized the Government of SIPDIS Pakistan's (GOP) economic and labor policies, accusing them of "taking for granted that labor doesn [...]
2008-02-27 14:34:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ETRD PGOV SOCI PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD899ANP LEADER ASFUNDYAR WALI KHAN
[...] (C) Summary: This is one of several profiles on politicians who may be major players in the new Pakistani government. Asfundyar Wali Khan is leader of the Awami National Party (ANP),a Pashtun nationalist party with support throughout the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) and Federally Admini [...]
2008-02-29 14:03:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD900AN ADDITION TO THE PM SHORT LIST: AHMED MUKHTAR
[...] (C) Summary: This is one of several profiles on politicians who may be major players in the new Pakistani government. Ahmed Mukhtar, a crony of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-Chair Asif Zardari, emerged this week in the press as an another possible candidate for PPP Prime Minister. End su [...]
2008-02-29 14:28:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL PHUM
08ISLAMABAD997JUI-F IN DENIAL OVER ELECTORAL LOSS
[...] (C) Summary: In a March 4 meeting with PolCouns, Maulana Haideri, Secretary General of the religious party Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) complained about election rigging and accused the USG of helping secular parties such as the Pakistan People's Party (PPP). He said that the JUI-F had not ye [...]
2008-03-05 14:06:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL
08ISTANBUL129IRAQ DISCLOSES PLAN TO EXPORT GAS TO SYRIA IN
[...] (SBU) Iraqi Energy officials stated at a meeting with Turkish and U.S. officials in Istanbul that Iraq will export natural gas to Syria within two years. Subsequent expansion of this gas field in western Iraq would aim at exports to Europe via Turkey and the Nabucco pipeline, though realizing [...]
2008-03-13 12:25:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDENRG IZ TU EG
08ISTANBUL147LONG-TIME AKP-ER HAS WEATHERED THE STORMS, DEBATES
[...] (C) Summary. Nureddin Nebati, a leading businessman associated with religiously-tied Independent Industrialists and Businessmen's Association (MUSIAD) and a founding member of the Justice and Development Party's (AKP) Istanbul branch, along with AKP's Istanbul Deputy Chairman of Economic Affa [...]
2008-03-24 12:45:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV TU
08ISTANBUL181AKP STATE MINISTER CUBUKCU PESSIMISTIC ON CLOSURE
[...] (C) Summary: State Minister Nimet Cubukcu expressed her concerns regarding the Justice and Development Party (AKP) closure case to Consul General at a small dinner party April 4 in Istanbul. Despite the "baseless" charges against the party, Cubukcu expected the high court would ban the party i [...]
2008-04-11 15:04:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU
08ISTANBUL198JOURNALISTS COMMENT ON AKP CLOSURE CASE
[...] (C) Summary. The Consul General met recently for off-the-record discussions with two sets of journalists to discuss recent political developments, including the closure case against the Justice and Development Party (AKP). In the first meeting, Cengiz Candar from Referans, Sami Kohen from M [...]
2008-04-22 16:57:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU
08ISTANBUL199CUKUROVA MEDIA SAYS U.S. BEARS IMAGE BURDEN OF
[...] (C) Summary. In an April 11 meeting, Consul General and senior management and editors from the Cukurova Media Group discussed US-Turkey relations. The media representatives identified Kurdish Northern Iraq as a major source of negative public opinion about the U.S., as well as a more "conte [...]
2008-04-22 17:13:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU
08ISTANBUL207ISTANBUL PREPARING FOR CONFLICT ON MAY DAY
[...] (U) Conflicts between police and illegal protestors seem inevitable as both the government and labor groups have staked out firm positions with regard to May Day protests in Istanbul's Taksim Sqaure. The Istanbul Governor had earlier denied labor groups' request for permission to march on Tak [...]
2008-04-30 16:07:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ELAB PHUM TU
08ISTANBUL287THE IRANIAN MFA'S THINK-TANK DIRECTOR ON IRAN AND
[...] (C) Summary and comment: Dr. Rasoul Mousavi, the director of the Iranian MFA's think-tank, claimed at a conference on Asian security held in Istanbul on May 21 that Iran stands ready to help resolve outstanding regional security challenges; has the most to lose from continued instability and [...]
2008-05-29 04:27:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IR TU
08ISTANBUL29HRANT DINK SUCCESSOR: PROPOSED ARTICLE 301 CHANGES
[...] (C) Summary and comment. During a January 9 meeting at Agos newspaper headquarters, Consul General discussed the status of constitutional and democratic reform in Turkey with Etyen Mahcupyan, editor-in-chief of the Armenian weekly and head of the Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation [...]
2008-01-17 08:12:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KIRF AM TU
08ISTANBUL310AN IRANIAN ANALYST LOOKS AT US-IRAN RELATIONS
[...] (S/NOFORN) Summary and comment: A prominent Tehran-based political and economic analyst spoke with Consulate Istanbul's Iran Watcher June 6 about the prospects for US-Iran relations, Iran's nuclear program and the P5 1 offer, and Iran's compelling need for US energy investment and technology [...]
2008-06-13 10:32:00Consulate IstanbulSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PINS IR
08ISTANBUL320IRAN/ENERGY: THE IRANIAN DEPUTY OIL MINISTER'S
[...] (C) Summary and comment: Iran's Deputy Oil Minister responsible for natural gas, Seyed Reza Kasaezadeh Mahabadi, gave a detailed overview of Iran's current and future natural gas capacities, plans, and needs at the May 30 "8th International Energy Arena" hosted by a consortium of Turkish pub [...]
2008-06-16 13:20:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALENRG PREL PGOV ECON IR TU
08ISTANBUL334ISTANBUL ANAVATAN PARTY REPEATING OLD POLITICAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Motherland Party (Anavatan) Istanbul Deputy Chairman Korhan Kongaz expects the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) will be banned and that early elections will result from the party's closure. Kongaz said a reconstituted AKP under a different name would be severely weakene [...]
2008-06-23 13:14:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU
08ISTANBUL335THE CURRENT STATE OF AFFAIRS: CONVERSATION WITH
[...] (C) Summary. U.S.-educated, Bilgi University Professor Soli Ozel offered us a tour d'horizon of the political situation in Turkey. Like other observers we've seen over the last several weeks, Ozel expresses bitter disappointment that the Justice and Development Party (AKP) squandered politi [...]
2008-06-23 15:07:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU
08ISTANBUL361IRAN/P5+1 OFFER: LOCAL EXPERTS PESSIMISTIC,
[...] (C) Summary: In discussions with several well-informed contacts over the past two weeks regarding the updated P5 1 offer to Iran and the regime's likely response, Consulate Istanbul "Iran Watcher" was told that the regime would most likely claim to be responding to the offer in good faith -- [...]
2008-07-03 12:35:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS KNNP EU IR TU
08ISTANBUL369A LIFE COMBATTING ARTICLE 301
[...] Summary: On June 27, we met with Turkish publisher and freedom of expression activist Ragip Zarakolu to discuss his June 17 sentence in the first case tried under the amended Turkish Penal Code (TPC) Article 301 (insulting the Turkish nation) (refA). An Istanbul court sentenced Zarakolu to pa [...]
2008-07-09 08:31:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL AM TU
08ISTANBUL371TERRORIST ATTACK AT AMERICAN CONSULATE ISTANBUL
[...] (SBU) Summary: On July 9, 2008 at approximately 1100 hours local time, three male assailants approached the Turkish National Police guard booth located outside Consulate Istanbul's main entrance (lower CAC) and opened fire on four police officers. In the ensuing shoot-out, three assailants and [...]
2008-07-09 20:08:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALASEC PTER CA CASC
08ISTANBUL437CG'S COURTESY CALL ON IBRAHIM YILDIZ, CUMHURIYET
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Editor-in-chief Ibrahim Yildiz displayed little of the staunchly secularist, anti-AKP and isolationist rhetoric which has become the stock and trade of Cumhuriyet, Turkey's "paper of Ataturk." Cumhuriyet, once the paper of the social democrats, bureaucrats and labor un [...]
2008-08-15 15:24:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI TU
08ISTANBUL438AHMADINEJAD IN ISTANBUL
[...] (C) Summary: Iranian President Ahmadinejad led an Iranian delegation to Istanbul August 14-15 for a bilateral "working visit." Five agreements -- on security cooperation, the environment, transportation, tourism, and archives -- were signed, but observers said these were not likely to conta [...]
2008-08-15 17:40:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS KNNP TU IR
08ISTANBUL439AHMADINEJAD IN ISTANBUL
[...] (C) Summary: Iranian President Ahmadinejad led an Iranian delegation to Istanbul August 14-15 for a bilateral "working visit." Five agreements -- on security cooperation, the environment, transportation, tourism, and archives -- were signed, but observers said these were not likely to conta [...]
2008-08-16 08:35:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS KNNP TU IR
08ISTANBUL440AHMADINEJAD IN ISTANBUL
[...] (C) Summary: Iranian President Ahmadinejad led an Iranian delegation to Istanbul August 14-15 for a bilateral "working visit." Five agreements -- on security cooperation, the environment, transportation, tourism, and archives -- were signed, but observers said these were not likely to conta [...]
2008-08-16 08:35:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS KNNP TU IR
08ISTANBUL459SPECIAL ENVOY CUMBER'S ISTANBUL VISIT WITH OIC SYG
[...] (SBU) Summary: Presidential Special Envoy Cumber underscored the need for OIC and USG interaction and cooperation prior to international gatherings during his August 22 meetings in Istanbul with OIC Secretary General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu and members of the Turkish media. During their meeting a [...]
2008-08-25 09:08:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OIC PGOV PHUM TU
08ISTANBUL468ISTANBUL BRANCH OF NATIONALIST ACTION PARTY LOOKS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ihsan Barutcu, Istanbul chair of the National Action Party (MHP),along with his deputy -- Nazme Celenk, and Mithat Melen, MHP MP from Istanbul, all welcomed greater cooperation with the United States in recent conversations with us. All three MHP officials stated Turkey must [...]
2008-08-28 08:58:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL TU
08ISTANBUL487GULEN MOVEMENT AFFILIATES PLAN TURKISH-ARMENIAN
[...] Summary. Gulen-affiliated organizations are planning a multi-cultural event April 2-5, 2009, in Costa Mesa, California, titled "Anatolian Cultures & Food Festival/ Discovering Turkey." The festival will inform the local community about Anatolian Culture and the contributions to it of (among o [...]
2008-09-10 13:52:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM SCUL SOCI TU AM GR
08ISTANBUL492STAFFDEL MAKOVSKY MEETS WITH AKP INSIDER AND U.S.
[...] (U) Summary: On September 3 a House Foreign Relations Committee staff delegation led by Alan Makovsky discussed the future of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) with AKP founding member H. Cuneyd Zapsu; and, in a separate meeting, discussed the Turkish business climate with members [...]
2008-09-15 11:51:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU EINV IR
08ISTANBUL498IRAN/MEDIA: "THE DAILY ABSURDITIES" OF WORKING
[...] (C) Summary: The Istanbul correspondent (protect) for Iran's English-language "Press TV" satellite news channel shared with us recently a number of anecdotes illustrating Press TV's "inconsistent approach" to journalistic standards, including refusing to air her report on recent corruption a [...]
2008-09-17 08:21:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL TU IR
08ISTANBUL535RECTOR: CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS CHANGE THE FACE OF
[...] (C) Summary: Bogazici University rector Kadri Ozcaldiran provided Consul General with a bleak prospect for the future of what was once Turkey,s premier small university. The conversation occurred against a backdrop of high media coverage of Ozcaldiran,s unique approach to enforcing a ban on [...]
2008-10-17 14:22:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM AA OSCE
08ISTANBUL540IRANIAN AND AFGHAN REFUGEES IN TURKEY: A SNAPSHOT
[...] (C) Summary: We met October 8-10 with UNHCR, provincial, municipal, and police officials, an NGO, and Iranian Baha'i families in Van province in southeast Turkey, to look at conditions facing Iranian refugees. Van hosts between 1700 and 2100 registered refugees, mostly Iranian and Afghan. So [...]
2008-10-23 05:17:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PGOV PINS PREL IT TU
08ISTANBUL557IRANIAN TOURISM: AN OPPORTUNITY FOR LEVERAGE?
[...] (C) Summary: Iran is making a strong diplomatic push to promote tourism cooperation with Turkey and "friendly" organizations like the D8 and the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO). Iran sees tourism and related investment as a way to ease its isolation and boost economic growth, and th [...]
2008-11-03 14:18:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS ECON EINV CVIS SCUL SOCI TU IR
08ISTANBUL558AKP VICE CHAIR DISCUSSES TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY
[...] (SBU) Summary. In a recent discussion with diplomats and media representatives, Egemen Bagis, who is Turkish ruling AK Party (AKP) Vice Chairman in charge of Foreign Affairs, MP for Istanbul, and a confidant to Prime Minister Erdogan, praised the AKP's redirection of Turkey's foreign policies [...]
2008-11-04 08:55:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL EU SC TU
08ISTANBUL560IRAN EXPERTS REACT TO US ELECTIONS WITH SURPRISE,
[...] (S) Summary: Our contacts in Turkey and in Iran who follow US-Iran relations closely, including think tank experts, correspondents, and businessmen, have expressed a range of reactions regarding the implications for US-Iran relations to the election of Barack Obama. Their views ran the gamu [...]
2008-11-05 13:01:00Consulate IstanbulSECRETPREL PGOV IR US TU
08ISTANBUL577FACILITATING INVESTMENT IN THE TURKISH ENERGY
[...] (SBU) Summary: On October 30 and 31 a high-level USG delegation led by Acting Deputy Secretary of Energy Jeffrey Kupfer discussed Turkey's energy needs and U.S. suggestions on ways to help facilitate investment in Turkey's energy sector with senior Government of Turkey (GOT) officials (reftel [...]
2008-11-18 07:40:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EINV EFIN TU
08ISTANBUL58EDITOR CITES IMPROVED US-TURKEY RELATIONS;
[...] (C) Summary and comment. Aksam daily newspaper editor-in-chief Serdar Turgut expressed optimism regarding improved U.S.-Turkish relations while lamenting a lack of press freedom in Turkey during a January 24 meeting with the Consul General. Turgut was particularly concerned for his country' [...]
2008-02-01 11:41:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ TU
08ISTANBUL589AFGHANISTAN'S ISTANBUL CG COMMENTS ON
[...] (C) Summary: Afghan CG in Istanbul Azzim Nasser-Zia said his biggest challenge is dealing with smuggled Afghan citizens. Some pay up to USD 10,000 to be smuggled from Afghanistan through Turkey to Europe; most are caught before entering the EU. Turkish police send up to 600 such Afghans a [...]
2008-11-21 13:22:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PINS PGOV PHUM TU IR AF
08ISTANBUL599NO AMERICANS INJURED IN BOMB ATTACK AT AKP
[...] (SBU) Media sources reported, and an official of Turkey's ruling AK Party (AKP) confirmed to Consulate personnel, that at 1500 hours local time an explosion occurred at the AKP Istanbul headquarters in the Sutluce neighborhood of Istanbul. Istanbul Governor Muammer Guler released a statement [...]
2008-12-02 06:47:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PTER TU
08ISTANBUL601IRAN/ETHNIC GROUPS: AN ETHNIC RIGHTS ACTIVIST
[...] (S) Summary: An Iranian-Azeri journalist told us November 29 that the June 2006 ethnic Azeri demonstrations against authorities in northwest Iran were "an awakening" for the Azeri ethnic movement and led the regime to conclude it was a threat to stability. He described a diffuse ethnic move [...]
2008-12-02 14:02:00Consulate IstanbulSECRETPREF PHUM PINS IR TU AZ
08ISTANBUL62KURDISH PROFESSIONALS SUSPECT CHANGE IN U.S.
[...] (C) Summary and comment. Members of an association of Kurdish intellectuals recently discussed with us Turkish military operations in Northern Iraq, the state of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) and the importance of democratization for defeating PKK terrorism. Group members l [...]
2008-02-05 05:56:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ PGOV PHUM TU
08ISTANBUL98TURKISH MEDIA FIGURES DISCUSS HEADSCARF, POLITICS,
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. Conversations between Consul General and top media representatives in Istanbul in January and February ranged from discussing the headscarf debate to the status of major political parties and the U.S. image in Turkey. Concern about suspension of important reforms an [...]
2008-02-27 05:24:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON PREL PHUM PROP SOCI SCUL TU
08JAKARTA1002INDONESIA - GLOBAL LAUNCH OF HARRISON FORD PSAS ON WILDLIFE
[...] This message responds to reftel action request on the global launch of three television public service announcements (PSAs) on combating wildlife trafficking featuring actor Harrison Ford. 2. Post has been in discussions with Cinema 21, the largest Indonesian cinema network. Cinema 21 has [...]
2008-05-21 10:14:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KPAO ID
08JAKARTA1044LIFTING THE TRAVEL WARNING FOR INDONESIA: MAKING
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, the Embassy would like to propose new language to Country Specific Information (CSI) and the Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC) Crime and Safety Report. The suggested language is designed to ensure that the security language in all our public documents is consistent. [...]
2008-05-28 12:44:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC AEMR ASEC PREL AMGT ID
08JAKARTA1046PAPUA -- NO EVIDENCE OF MILITARY ATTACK ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Overseas NGOs have alleged that there was recently a major incident pitting the Indonesian military against civilians in the Papuan highlands. Human rights groups in Papua have found no evidence of any attack. The bubbling up of such allegations--which is a regular occurrence- [...]
2008-05-29 06:17:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS ID
08JAKARTA1055BURMA: GOI CRITICIZES ASSK'S CONTINUED DETENTION;
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Wirajuda has criticized the Burmese regime's extension of Aung San Suu Kyi's house arrest. Indonesian legislators have also strongly condemned the regime's move and promised to press the Yudhoyono administration to take tougher action. The GOI plans to move fo [...]
2008-05-30 07:33:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID ID BM
08JAKARTA1083Villagers Blockade USAID Contractor Office in Aceh
[...] (SBU) Summary. Villagers barricaded the complex of USAID-funded engineering subcontractor Parsons near the town of Lamno in Aceh on the night of June 2. Signs on the barricades warned people against attempting to enter or exit the compound. Two Americans and numerous Indonesian staff were in [...]
2008-06-03 09:49:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON ASEC CASC SOCI ID
08JAKARTA1084Villagers Blockade USAID Contractor Office in Aceh
[...] (SBU) Summary. Villagers barricaded the complex of USAID- funded engineering subcontractor Parsons near the town of Lamno in Aceh on the night of June 2. Signs on the barricades warned people against attempting to enter or exit the compound. Two Americans and numerous Indonesian staff were [...]
2008-06-04 00:15:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON ASEC CASC SOCI ID
08JAKARTA1124HARRISON FORD WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING PSAS REACH TENS OF
[...] Post has convinced seven television stations with a total estimated viewership of 72 million to run the Harrison Ford public service announcements (PSAs) on wildlife trafficking during June. Six Indonesian television stations with a total viewership of 58 million (public television TVRI, and t [...]
2008-06-09 23:21:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SENV TPHY TRGY ID
08JAKARTA1145INDONESIA'S 2008 SUBMISSION FOR 527 REPORT ON INVESTMENT
[...] (SBU) Below please find Post's 2008 submission pursuant to the requirements of Section 527 of the FY 94-95 Foreign Relations Authorization Act (FRAA). 2. (SBU) The United States Government is aware of one (1) claim of United States citizens against the Government of Indonesia (GOI). This c [...]
2008-06-12 00:26:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC EINV KIDE ECON OPIC PGOV ID
08JAKARTA1173 ATTORNEY GENERAL MUKASEYQS VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 9, 2008, Attorney General Mukasey visited Jakarta to meet with Attorney General Supandji, Indonesian National Police (INP) Chief Sutanto, and other Indonesian officials. While issues of terrorism remained high on the agenda, AG Mukasey also focused on cooperation rega [...]
2008-06-16 08:05:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCRM KJUS KCOR
08JAKARTA1174PAPUA -- GOI PLANNING FOR CONGRESSMAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A senior Indonesian official told Congressman Faleomavaega that President Yudhoyono supported the idea of the Congressman's returning to Indonesia's restive Papua province. Indonesian legislators have also invited Mr. Faleomavaega to Papua and plan to press the GOI that they, to [...]
2008-06-16 09:38:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ID
08JAKARTA120BURMA -- INDONESIAN CIVIL SOCIETY PLANS CONFERENCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: An Indonesian coalition of civil society activists met January 17 with emboffs in order to plan a regional conference on Burma to take place in March in Jakarta. The USG-funded conference would invite civil society representatives from ASEAN and other Asian nations, as well as [...]
2008-01-22 06:55:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID BM ID
08JAKARTA1214PRESSING INDONESIA ON ZIMBABWE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission reviewed points with the GOI underscoring USG and international community concern about the situation in Zimbabwe. Pol/C emphasized to contacts the need for a robust Presidential Statement (PRST),noting that the regime's actions have serious implications for the wider [...]
2008-06-23 06:16:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM UNSC ID ZI
08JAKARTA1247NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH UNIT -- LEGISLATIVE HEARINGS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) held hearings June 23 and 25 to discuss the future of the U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU 2) based in Jakarta. The DPR heard testimony from high-level representatives of the Ministry of Health, the military, and the Departme [...]
2008-06-26 10:04:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR TBIO AMED ID
08JAKARTA1248CHILD LABOR PARTICIPATION IN NORTH SUMATRA,S PRAWN
[...] This cable was coordinated with Embassy Jakarta. 2. (SBU) Summary: Child labor is a persistent feature of North Sumatra's prawn industry. While the low level of economic development is one component of the problem, the sharp difference between junior high and senior high school fees - and [...]
2008-06-26 10:32:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD PHUM PGOV ID
08JAKARTA1260MAJOR MUSLIM GROUP SPONSORS CONFERENCE; MODERATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over a hundred prominent experts from 27 countries gathered to discuss the topic of "Addressing Facets of Violence: What can be Done?" at the Second World Peace Forum hosted by Muhammadiyah--Indonesia's second-largest Muslim organization with over 30 million members. The eve [...]
2008-06-27 08:42:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS KIRF KISL ID
08JAKARTA1270ZIMBABWE -- URGENT DEMARCHE RE DRAFT UNSC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission reviewed latest points re Zimbabwe with the GOI, underscoring deep international concern about the sham election held there recently. Pol/C noted that the USG wanted to work with Indonesia on a draft UNSC resolution that would address the situation, and call for an asset [...]
2008-06-30 06:23:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM UNSC ZI ID
08JAKARTA1272TERRORIST FINANCE -- ENCOURAGING SUPPORT FOR 1267
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Pol/C met with GOI contact, urging that Indonesia join the U.S. in publicly welcoming on June 30 the follow-on resolution to UNSCR 1735 related to Al-Qaida and the Taliban. Pol/C urged that the GOI join the USG in strongly supporting the resolution in public. Pol/C noted that [...]
2008-06-30 07:33:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER EFIN UNSC ID
08JAKARTA1283PRESSING INDONESIA ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission reviewed points related to recognizing Kosovo and participation in the Kosovo Donors Conference with GOI contact. Pol/C underscored that Indonesian recognition would help Kosovo on its positive path and noted that 43 countries had already taken that step since February. [...]
2008-07-01 08:07:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UN UNMIK KV ID
08JAKARTA1293ZIMBABWE -- URGING INDONESIA TO SUPPORT A ROBUST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission reviewed latest points re Zimbabwe with GOI contacts, focusing on key aspects of the draft resolution. Pol/C noted the regime's use of violence and the completely illegitimate election, stressing that the Security Council had to react in a strong, convincing manner. Con [...]
2008-07-02 07:42:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM UNSC ZI ID
08JAKARTA1311DEFMIN REVIEWS MIL-TO-POLICE TRAINING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 2, the Ambassador asked Indonesian DefMin Sudarsono to reconsider the Defense Ministry's request that U.S. military forces cease providing counternarcotics training to the Indonesian police. Sudarsono said he would review the matter. The two also discussed U.S. assistan [...]
2008-07-08 04:14:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR KNAR PGOV ID
08JAKARTA1322ZIMBABWE -- URGING INDONESIA TO SUPPORT PROPOSED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 9, DCM delivered ref A demarche concerning the draft UNSC resolution on Zimbabwe to a senior Indonesian official. The official said the GOI would consider USG views as it formulated its position. Russian and Chinese embassy officials offered no substantive comment on th [...]
2008-07-09 09:58:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC ID ZI
08JAKARTA1323ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS -- URGING GOI TO REJECT DRAFT
[...] (C) The DCM delivered ref A demarche to Bunyan Suprapto, Director for North American Affairs at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU),on July 9. The DCM underscored that no resolution should be adopted given the ongoing bilateral negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority [...]
2008-07-09 10:08:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC ID XF
08JAKARTA1354GOI PROPOSES BILATERAL DEFENSE COOPERATION
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) has sent Embassy Jakarta the text of a proposed Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA). Indonesia is in the process of concluding DCAs with it [...]
2008-07-15 06:52:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR ID
08JAKARTA1389COP9 BASEL CONVENTION ON HAZARDOUS WASTES, JUNE 23-27, 2008
[...] (U) SUMMARY. The ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP9) to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal was held June 23-27, 2008, in Bali, Indonesia. A major U.S. objective was achieved in the creation of a partnership t [...]
2008-07-21 05:25:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDKGHG SENV KSCA KTIA PGOV ID
08JAKARTA1394ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM -- GOI DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON
[...] (SBU) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission has received a diplomatic note from the GOI containing Indonesia's latest response to the U.S. proposal to create an Inter-sessional Meeting (ISM) on Nonproliferation and Disarmament. [...]
2008-07-21 07:25:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR ASEAN ARF ID
08JAKARTA1395INDONESIA: WORLD OCEANS CONFERENCE TO COMPLEMENT UNFCCC
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Indonesia (GOI) intends for the May 2009 World Oceans Conference (WOC) to complement and support the December 2007 Bali Plan of Action and the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change. The Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries describes a process for dev [...]
2008-07-21 08:16:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID KGHG SENV PGOV ID
08JAKARTA142COMMEMORATING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF DR. MARTIN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: A large group of Indonesian activists, labor leaders, scholars and students gathered at Pol/C's residence on January 22 to commemorate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. They watched a short film about Dr. King and the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, and listened to [...]
2008-01-23 10:24:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KPAO ID
08JAKARTA1428IRANIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM--PRESSING INDONESIA ON NAM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has urged key Indonesian interlocutors not to allow the upcoming Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Foreign Ministers' meeting in Tehran to be used as a platform for Iran's continued defiance of UNSC and IAEA obligations. In reply, Indonesian officials reaffirmed their oppositi [...]
2008-07-24 08:52:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP ID IR
08JAKARTA1429UN MISSION ETHIOPIA/ERITREA -- SHARING U.S. VIEWS
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission delivered reftel message outlining USG views on the way forward for the UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) to GOI interlocutors on July 24. They took note of our views and prom [...]
2008-07-24 08:57:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO UNSC ID ET ER
08JAKARTA1458MEDIA REPORTS ABOUT ALLEGED PLANS OF TERRORIST
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On July 29, international and local media reported that recently arrested terrorist suspects had murdered an Indonesian Christian, intended to target a U.S. national, and planned to attack the Indonesian Supreme Court. [...]
2008-07-29 08:41:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC KJUS PTER ID
08JAKARTA1470IRANIAN DEPUTY FM'S SPEECH FALLS FLAT IN JAKARTA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Mohammadi outlined a grand vision of international order in a July 29 speech in Jakarta. In his schema, Iran is inspiring a global movement of the world's oppressed peoples against domination by the U.S. and its allies. Mohammadi--who extolled Sh [...]
2008-08-01 08:27:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ID IR
08JAKARTA1481ISLAMIC CONFERENCE STRESSES MODERATE THEMES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A major Indonesian Islamic organization, Nadhlatul Ulama (NU),and the GOI hosted a large international conference of Islamic scholars in Jakarta last week. Starting with President Yudhoyono's opening address, the conference generally hit on positive themes. As part of this mod [...]
2008-08-04 08:18:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KISL ID
08JAKARTA1504LAWSUIT AGAINST THE USG: IMMUNITY LANGUAGE
[...] (U) This message requests the Department's guidance. Please see para 5. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Jakarta has reviewed Washington's draft diplomatic note (refmail) in response to the avian influenza lawsuit. Embassy Jakarta recommends that the assertion of sovereign immunity be the cor [...]
2008-08-07 08:58:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV TBIO KFLU KLIG ID
08JAKARTA1515MARRIOTT BOMBING VICTIMS COMMEMORATE TRAGIC DAY
[...] (U) SURVIVORS HOST COMMEMORATION: Survivors of the August 5, 2003 Marriott Hotel bombing in Jakarta commemorated the five-year anniversary on Tuesday, with a prayer led by a Muslim cleric at 12:45 p.m., the moment of the bombing. The attack killed 12 and injured approximately 150, mostly I [...]
2008-08-08 09:52:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KISL ID
08JAKARTA1522PAPUA -- TENSIONS TORQUE UP IN RESTIVE PROVINCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian security forces allegedly shot a Papuan protester to death during an August 9 rally in Papua. The shooting came after activists raised a flag regarded as a separatist symbol during a large rally. On the advice of the GOI, Mission has postponed a trip to Papua due to t [...]
2008-08-11 09:32:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL ID
08JAKARTA1527VISIT BY NOTED U.S. SCHOLAR PLACES ACCENT ON
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Key Indonesian Muslim leaders joined noted U.S. scholar on Islam John Esposito for the August 10 launch of the translated version of his 2008 book, "Who Speaks for Islam?" The discussion focused on how Indonesian Muslims--the largest community of Muslims in the world with roug [...]
2008-08-12 05:11:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KIRF KISL ID
08JAKARTA156MAJOR ECONOMIES MEETING II - INDONESIAN DELEGATION AND
[...] (U) This message provides updates on Indonesia's delegation to -- and GOI comments on the agenda of -- the Major Economies Meeting on Energy Security and Climate Change (MEMII). Per reftel, Deputy Minister for Environment, Ms. Masnellyarti Hilman will head the Indonesian delegation to MEMII. [...]
2008-01-25 06:54:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG SENV KGHG ECON PREL ID
08JAKARTA1572SPECIAL ENVOY FOR ANTI-SEMITISM VISITS INDONESIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During his recent visit to Jakarta, Gregg Rickman, the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat anti-Semitism, met with a wide range of Indonesian government officials and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to discuss anti-Semitism and religious tolerance. Although Judaism is not [...]
2008-08-19 08:53:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KIRF KISL ID
08JAKARTA1590TFGG01 GEORGIA: CONTINUING TO ENGAGE INDONESIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Underscoring key points from Ref A, Mission continues to engage Indonesian officials on the situation in Georgia. Officials agree the situation is serious and have voiced support for a peaceful solution and Georgia's sovereignty. That said, Indonesia does not seem inclined to [...]
2008-08-21 09:16:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC ID GG RS
08JAKARTA1600GEORGIA -- REVIEWING POINTS RE ABKHAZIA/SOUTH
[...] (C) SUMMARY -- Mission has reviewed Ref B points with the GOI regarding Abkhazia/South Ossetia. Pol/C underscored that Russian recognition of the two entities as separate countries would be a serious mistake, setting a dangerous precedent that would lead to further instability. Department of [...]
2008-08-25 05:56:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALUNSC PREL ID GG RS
08JAKARTA1624PAPUA -- AMBASSADOR HUME'S MEETING WITH GOVERNOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 22 meeting in Jakarta, Ambassador Hume reviewed key priorities with Papua Governor Barnabas Suebu. Suebu said implementation of Papua's Special Autonomy was lagging because Jakarta was reluctant to give up power. He expressed satisfaction with the investigation int [...]
2008-08-27 05:54:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ECON EMIN ID
08JAKARTA1625GEORGIA--UNDERSCORING USG POINTS REJECTING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission underscored to GOI contacts the USG's rejection of Russia's August 26 recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia as independent states. Pol/C emphasized that this move undercuts efforts to mediate a lasting, peaceful resolution of the disputes in these two regions of Geo [...]
2008-08-27 07:18:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ID GG RS
08JAKARTA163EAST TIMOR/INDONESIA -- KEY EXPERT PREVIEWS JOINT
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Embassy Dili. 2. (C) SUMMARY: An American advisor to the Commission of Truth and Friendship Indonesia-Timor Leste (CTF) told the DCM on January 18 that the Commission will present its final report to the presidents of the two countries in March. The [...]
2008-01-25 09:59:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV TT ID
08JAKARTA1632NBA, EMBASSY JAKARTA REALIZE INDONESIA'S HOOP DREAMS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Using the first-ever visit of a National Basketball Association (NBA) player to Indonesia as a platform, Embassy Jakarta reached Indonesian audiences with a combination of sports diplomacy and commercial advocacy. A gala reception at the Ambassador's residence and a basketball cli [...]
2008-08-28 05:50:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SCUL ID
08JAKARTA1633GEORGIA: PRESSING INDONESIA ON UPCOMING UNSC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has engaged GOI officials to urge that representatives from Abkhazia and South Ossetia not be allowed to participate in the upcoming UNSC meeting on Georgia. Mission also urged Indonesia to press Russia to rethink its recognition of the breakaway regions, affirm Georgia [...]
2008-08-28 06:41:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC ID GG RS
08JAKARTA1655LABOR/HUMAN RIGHTS CONTACTS ALLEGE HARASSMENT,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A prominent Indonesian freelance writer--and former fellow at Harvard--told Labatt that he believes that he has been under surveillance by GOI intelligence agencies. He says this could be because of his investigative reporting on human rights issues. He asked that the USG keep [...]
2008-09-02 08:25:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ELAB PHUM ID
08JAKARTA1670ASEAN DISASTER PREPAREDNESS: ASEAN SECGEN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: ASEAN Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan has welcomed the U.S. proposals for ASEAN disaster preparedness and expressed confidence that all elements in the proposed concept paper can be incorporated into the ARF disaster relief exercise that the United States and the Philippines are [...]
2008-09-04 09:00:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR MASS ASEAN
08JAKARTA1688USG HUMAN RIGHTS PRIORITIES AT UNGA: INDONESIAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has urged the GOI to support U.S. positions on the various specific resolutions slated for discussion in the Third Committee of the upcoming UN General Assembly. Department of Foreign Affairs officials from two separate offices took our points on board, but made no comm [...]
2008-09-08 05:56:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNGA ID
08JAKARTA1712INDONESIA CREATES NEW DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER POSITION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) has created the new position of Deputy Foreign Minister and is expected to install career diplomat Triyono Wibowo as its first incumbent on September 11. The precise responsibilities, authority and relationship to other senio [...]
2008-09-10 09:00:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ID PREL
08JAKARTA1738COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES: U.S. PRIORITIES
[...] (U) On September 13, Dep/Pol/C discussed U.S. priorities for the upcoming meeting of the Community of Democracies with Cicilia Rusdiharini, Deputy Director for North American Affairs at the Department of Foreign Relations. Dep/Pol/C emphasized that the United States took the CD dialogue seri [...]
2008-09-12 08:38:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KDEM PHUM UNGA ID
08JAKARTA174SUHARTO'S DEATH YIELDS MUTED REACTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Former president Suharto died of multiple organ failure in Jakarta, January 27. The former general was buried mid-day January 28 at the Suharto family cemetery in central Java in a ceremony attended by President Yudhoyono and a host of political heavyweights and foreign dignitar [...]
2008-01-28 10:15:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS ID
08JAKARTA1742AVIAN INFLUENZA LAWSUIT AGAINST USG: IMMUNITY
[...] (SBU) On September 15, poloff delivered to the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) the Department of Justice (DOJ) memorandum on the Application the Law of Foreign State Immunity: Sarmili v. World Health Organization and United States of America and the letter addressed to the co [...]
2008-09-15 08:06:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV TBIO KFLU KLIG ID
08JAKARTA1746PAPUA -- NO ONE INJURED AS SMALL BOMBS GO OFF NEAR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Three small explosive devices have gone off near a massive copper and gold mine operated by U.S. company Freeport-McMoRan near Timika, Papua, in eastern Indonesia. Police are investigating the explosions, which did not cause any injuries or significant damage. An underground pr [...]
2008-09-16 04:52:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS EMIN PTER ID
08JAKARTA1751DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNAIDS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-16 06:54:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDKHIV UNGA EAID
08JAKARTA1773HURRICANE IKE -- CONDOLENCE MESSAGE FROM FM
[...] (U) On September 18, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU),provided Mission with a condolence letter from FM Wirajuda to Secretary Rice regarding Hurricane Ike. Please see paragraph 2 for the text of the letter. Mission will transmit the original via pouch. 2. (U) Begin text: Jaka [...]
2008-09-18 09:17:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OPDC ID
08JAKARTA1793DEFENSE COOPERATION -- GOI PROPOSES NEW JOINT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: GOI officials have proposed a new three-way joint counternarcotics training exercise to be discussed at the next Indonesia-U.S. Security Dialogue (IUSSD) in the Spring of 2009. The exercise would involve PACOM/JIATF West, the Indonesian National Police (Polri) and the Indonesian [...]
2008-09-22 08:34:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR KNAR PGOV ID
08JAKARTA1817PAPUA -- GOI INVESTIGATES RECENT BOMBINGS; ARRESTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Authorities continue to investigate a series of small bombings on the premises of an American-owned mining company in Papua, eastern Indonesia. No clear explanation for the bombings--which caused no injuries and little damage--has yet emerged. Also in Papua, police have arrest [...]
2008-09-25 08:11:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL ID AS
08JAKARTA182APEC-ASEAN COOPERATION, CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY -
[...] (SBU) Summmary. Ambassador Haslach met with business and government leaders January 21-23 in Jakarta. American business leaders noted that U.S. companies have a comparative advantage in the region on corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs. ASEAN and APEC are seeking ways to work more [...]
2008-01-29 10:19:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAPEC ECON ETRD EINV EFIN ID
08JAKARTA1828FRENCH NATIONAL KIDNAPPED IN NORTH ACEH
[...] (SBU) Summary. A French national consultant for the World Bank and his Indonesian driver were kidnapped and held by a group calling themselves Sword Force in the Sawang subdistrict of North Aceh Regency on the early afternoon of September 23. After repeated threats to their lives at sword poi [...]
2008-09-26 07:09:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ASEC CASC SOCI ID
08JAKARTA1847DOE Megaports Initiative on the Table, but Has Hurdles to
[...] (U) Summary. After over 2 years of limited bilateral talks on the Megaports Initiative, the Department of Energy (DOE) presented anew the Initiative to the Indonesian government and offered a draft agreement to implement the program in Indonesia. DOE's proposal for future cooperation includes [...]
2008-10-03 03:15:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EWWT KNNP KTIA ID
08JAKARTA185CENTRAL JAVA -- PROMOTING U.S.-INDONESIAN RELATIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: POL Regional Security Unit Chief met security policy scholars, and spoke at a local university and Muslim boarding school in Yogjakarta, central Java, January 28-29. He highlighted positive developments in U.S.-Indonesian relations, and opportunities for further cooperation on [...]
2008-01-30 08:14:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO ID
08JAKARTA1856IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM -- ENGAGING INDONESIA ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Per reftel instruction, Mission has engaged GOI contacts, emphasizing the importance of vigorous implementation of all UNSC resolutions on Iran's nuclear program. GOI officials agreed that Iran must comply with its nonproliferation obligations and promised to continue to implem [...]
2008-10-03 06:25:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP ID IR
08JAKARTA1913LOW-KEY APPROACH BEST FOR JAKARTA NAVAL MEDICAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission urges USG patience concerning discussions with the GOI re the future of the Naval Medical Research Unit Two (NAMRU-2) in Jakarta. Recent press reports that NAMRU-2 was to be closed are in error. The GOI has told us that it needs time before resuming negotiations toward [...]
2008-10-15 08:37:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR TBIO AMED ID
08JAKARTA1977INDONESIA - OCTOBER 27 AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. French embassy officials reported that in a series of avian influenza (AI) related meetings, Government of Indonesia (GOI)officials told them that the AI situation in Indonesia is improving and that the sample sharing impasse will likely end soon. U.S. government efforts to cont [...]
2008-10-27 08:28:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KLIG
08JAKARTA2014MUSLIM MILITANTS CONVICTED FOR ATTACK ON RELIGIOUS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Two hard-line Muslim militant leaders who led a June 1 attack against a peaceful religious freedom rally were convicted of inciting violence and other crimes in an October 30 verdict in Central Jakarta Court. The 18-month prison sentences handed down sent a clear law enforcement [...]
2008-10-31 08:52:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS KIRF KISL ID
08JAKARTA2044 INDONESIA -- PRESIDENT'S REMARKS ON THE U.S. ELECTIONS
[...] (U) On November 5, Indonesian President Yudhoyono made the following remarks regarding the U.S. elections. The text of his remarks is contained in para two. 2. (U) Begin text: PRESIDENT SUSILO BAMBANG YUDHOYONO'S REMARKS ON THE U.S. ELECTIONS JAKARTA, INDONESIA, NOVEMBER 5, 2008 [...]
2008-11-05 09:55:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV OVIP ID
08JAKARTA2048WINNING THE "WAR OF IDEAS" IN INDONESIA
[...] (U) Post appreciates the opportunity to share our public diplomacy experience in Indonesia and welcomes the Under Secretary's thoughts (reftel). Indonesians, while the largest Muslim-majority population in the world, look at the world differently from the way Middle Easterners do, and we need [...]
2008-11-05 11:10:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO OPRC OIIP KISL KHLS ID
08JAKARTA2058DISCUSSING NOVEMBER 15 SUMMIT WITH PRESIDENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono (SBY) wants Indonesia to be part of the solution at the upcoming Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy. At SBY's request, Ambassador Hume briefed him on summit preparations in a meeting on November 5. SBY welcomed the G-20 Leaders format and st [...]
2008-11-06 10:06:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN SENV ENRG KMCA PGOV PREL MCC ID
08JAKARTA2068GOI EXECUTES BALI BOMBERS; POLICE REPORT SITUATION
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The GOI has executed the three Bali bombers. The police report that the situation is calm, thus far. Mission has sent out a Warden message. Press guidance is attached in para seven. END SUMMARY. 3. [...]
2008-11-09 03:13:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PTER ASEC CASC ID AS
08JAKARTA2072BALI DEMOCRACY FORUM -- FIRST MEETING TO TAKE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda briefed diplomats about the inaugural meeting of the Bali Democracy Forum (BDF) scheduled for December 10-11 in Bali. Governments from throughout Asia and the Middle East have been invited to participate while other countries--such as the U.S.--c [...]
2008-11-10 08:32:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PGOV ID
08JAKARTA2108BURMA -- PRESSING GOI ON THE REGIME'S LATEST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission delivered Ref A message regarding the Burmese regime's latest crackdown to Indonesian officials and a key parliamentarian on November 17. Mission underscored the need for continued international pressure in the wake of the harsh sentences imposed on democracy advocates [...]
2008-11-17 09:32:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNGA ID BM
08JAKARTA2137INDONESIAN SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT SENDS LETTER TO
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Agung Laksono, Speaker of the Indonesian Parliament (DPR),has sent a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The original copy of the letter has been sent to the Speaker's Office in Washington. A scanned copy has been provided to EAP/MTS. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) In the letter, Speak [...]
2008-11-19 09:35:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KDEM ID
08JAKARTA2156Indonesian corruption prosecutors experience first-hand how
[...] (SBU) Summary: Twelve prosecutors from the Indonesian Attorney General's Office Anti-Corruption Task Force participated in an INL-funded two-week visit to the U.S. to learn how the U.S. investigates and prosecutes public corruption cases. The delegation, led by DOJ/OPDAT Resident Legal Advisor [...]
2008-11-24 10:49:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KJUS KCOR ID
08JAKARTA2170BALI DEMOCRACY FORUM: MORE DETAILS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Indonesia's Bali Democracy Forum will be attended by approximately 28 participants from Asia and the Middle East, including four heads of state, plus several observers from Europe and the Americas. Burma is sending a deputy minister. Iran and North Korea are not attending. Inv [...]
2008-11-25 11:12:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM ID MG
08JAKARTA218SCENESETTER FOR FEBRUARY 17-21 CODEL PRICE VISIT
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Embassy Jakarta welcomes you to Indonesia, one of the world's most dramatic democratic success stories. Your visit comes on the heels of former president Suharto's passing, an event which serv [...]
2008-02-04 08:28:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV OVIP ID
08JAKARTA2194BIOSECURITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM IN INDONESIA
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Biosecurity Engagement Program (BEP) is a pathogen security program run out of the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation (ISN). BEP Indonesia works with partner institutions in the Ministries of Health (MOH),Research and Technology, and Agriculture to suppor [...]
2008-12-02 10:27:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KLIG
08JAKARTA2195MISSION'S ENGAGEMENT OF INDONESIAN PARLIAMENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission has successfully stepped up engagement with the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR). Parliamentary exchanges funded by the House Democracy Assistance Commission (HDAC),USAID, PAS and other sources have been instrumental in encouraging DPR to engage productively w [...]
2008-12-02 10:55:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM ID
08JAKARTA2197AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BILATERAL AND REGIONAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Hume met FM Wirajuda for a wide-ranging discussion of bilateral and regional issues on December 2. The Ambassador urged moving forward on a number of pending bilateral agreements that were close to completion. Wirajuda agreed, particularly in concluding as soon as p [...]
2008-12-03 10:31:00Embassy JakartaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV KDEM KPAO ID
08JAKARTA2201INDONESIA STILL CONSIDERING KOSOVO RECOGNITION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission delivered reftel points to GOI officials and urged Indonesia to recognize Kosovo. Indonesia has not yet made a decision on Kosovo recognition but will consider USG views as it considers the matter. END SUMMARY 2. (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Cicilia Rusd [...]
2008-12-04 07:46:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ID KV
08JAKARTA2205INDONESIAN HIGH SEAS DRIFTNET ACTIVITY INFORMATION
[...] This message responds to reftel request for information from Indonesia for purposes of the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act. 2. Summary. The Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (MMAF) has provided specific information on the vessels listed on the Inter-American T [...]
2008-12-04 10:10:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EFIS ETRD PGOV ID
08JAKARTA2235ENCOURAGING CREDIBLE VOICES TO COUNTER VIOLENT
[...] (U) Thank you for the opportunity to share our views on strategic communications and PD work in culturally diverse, strategically located Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim-majority nation and third largest democracy. Embassy's previous Ref B report "winning the 'war of ideas' in Indonesia" [...]
2008-12-11 12:28:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALKPAO OPRC OIIP ID
08JAKARTA2266INDONESIA HOSTS INAUGURAL BALI DEMOCRACY FORUM
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Indonesia hosted the inaugural meeting of the Bali Democracy Forum (BDF),December 10-11. The event was attended by 32 Asian countries, and seven observer countries from Europe and North Ameri [...]
2008-12-15 10:33:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KDEM XB XD XF
08JAKARTA2279A RARE MOMENT TO ADVANCE U.S. INTERESTS IN
[...] This message is Sensitive But Unclassified; please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: 2009 presents a moment of opportunity to advance U.S.-Indonesian relations, with a creative smart power approach. This message describes that opportunity and outlines how we can develop a strong 21st [...]
2008-12-17 09:28:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KDEM EFIN SENV ID
08JAKARTA2320INDONESIAN SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT SENDS LETTER TO
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Agung Laksono, Speaker of the Indonesian Parliament (DPR),has sent a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The letter congratulates the Speaker on the results of the November elections. The letter also thanks the Speaker for the recent launch of a USG information network which will [...]
2008-12-24 04:19:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KDEM ID
08JAKARTA2344AMBASSADOR URGES SWIFT COMPLETION OF DEFENSE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Hume met December 30 with a key GOI defense official and urged Indonesia to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on defense cooperation with the United States as quickly as possible. Indonesian officials hope to complete their review of the U.S.-proposed text soon [...]
2008-12-30 10:24:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV ID
08JAKARTA245BANTEN -- OUTREACH IN KEY REGION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Pol/C visited Banten Province in western Java, February 4-5. Pol/C spoke about the U.S. presidential election process to a large, friendly group of university students. Pol/C also met Banten's Governor and regional police chief, the only women to hold such positions in Indones [...]
2008-02-06 09:12:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO TBIO EAGR ID
08JAKARTA265SECRETARY GENERAL SURIN ON BURMA, CHINA'S ROLE, AND U.S.
[...] (SBU) Summary. Secretary General Surin believes that China gains a heftier -- undeserved -- stature in ASEAN every time U.S. leaders are absent from an ASEAN Summit or high-level meeting, to our detriment. He notes the U.K. has decided to sign ASEAN's Treaty of Amity and Cooperation; it is no [...]
2008-02-08 02:57:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEAN EAID KDEM KHIV PGOV PREL ID BM CH
08JAKARTA278Indonesian Input for New Required Energy Report
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-11 09:30:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG SENV APER ABUD ID
08JAKARTA281EAST TIMOR -- INDONESIA MONITORING SITUATION
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY -- In the aftermath of the February 11 attack on President Ramos-Horta, Indonesia is monitoring the situation in East Timor with concern. GOI officials have confirmed that Indonesia views the situation as an [...]
2008-02-11 10:36:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IP TT
08JAKARTA339PROSECUTOR TRAINING AND PUBLIC OUTREACH IN
[...] (U) This cable was coordinated with Consulate Medan. It is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 14-15, the Attorney General's Terrorism and Transnational Crime Task Force--the GOI's key body involved in prosecuting terrorism-related case [...]
2008-02-21 07:28:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO PTER KJUS ID
08JAKARTA355NEW CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR NOMINEES - NO INSIDERS
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Yudhoyono nominated two outsiders to replace outgoing BI Governor Burnhannudin Abdullah, whose five-year term ends May 17, 2008. Abdullah has been named in a corruption case involving payments to Parliament to pass banking legislation in 2003/4. Raden Pardede, an econ [...]
2008-02-24 07:47:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON PGOV PINR ID
08JAKARTA415INDONESIA ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Indonesia took a major step forward in fighting trafficking in persons (TIP) in April 2007 with the signing into law by President Yudhoyono of a tough, comprehensive Law on the Eradication of the Criminal Act of Trafficking in Persons. Police and prosecutors began using the n [...]
2008-02-29 08:07:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF ELAB EAID ID
08JAKARTA416INDONESIA LOOKS AT POST-ELECTION TIES WITH U.S.
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The Policy Planning Office of the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) held a retreat in Bali, February 27-28. Pol/C participated in the conference which focused on prospects for U.S.-Indonesia [...]
2008-02-29 08:16:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ID
08JAKARTA452BURMA -- USG-SPONSORED CIVIL SOCIETY CONFERENCE IN
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: An intensive USG-sponsored conference on "The Role of ASEAN Civil Society in Supporting Human Rights and Democracy in Burma" will take place in Jakarta March 6-7. Over 20 regional experts will [...]
2008-03-05 10:07:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID BM ID
08JAKARTA481BURMA -- JAKARTA CONFERENCE ISSUES ROBUST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A regional USG-funded civil society conference on Burma concluded March 7 in Jakarta with a declaration calling on ASEAN to reject the regime's May referendum unless there was genuine dialogue and popular involvement. With participation by regional experts--including a monk who [...]
2008-03-10 10:22:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID BM ID
08JAKARTA484BEIRUT CONFERENCE -- URGING INDONESIAN ATTENDANCE
[...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Trini Gunarti, Deputy Director for North American Affairs at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU),on March 10. Poloff stressed that--as a Muslim-majority democracy and contributor to UNIFIL--Indonesia should show support for Lebanon by attending [...]
2008-03-11 03:29:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS ID LE
08JAKARTA524EXTREMIST MEDIA GETS SOPHISTICATED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Jemaah Islamiyah and other radical Islamists have had their ability to carry-out terrorist operations severely weakened in the last few years. Elements of these groups, however, still exist and they are increasingly focusing their energies on spreading radical thinking through [...]
2008-03-14 09:05:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KPAO SOCI ID
08JAKARTA526UPDATE ON MEGAPORT INITIATIVE IN INDONESIA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-14 09:19:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EWWT ID KNNP KTIA PREL TRGY
08JAKARTA54ISLAMIC PARTY VALUES PUBLIC DIPLOMACY PROGRAMS
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified -- please handle accordingly. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY: Leaders of Indonesia's largest Islamic party (PKS) told the Ambassador that separatism, climate change and transnational crime were the greatest threats to Indonesia's security. PKS officials sa [...]
2008-01-09 10:13:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KISL KPAO ID
08JAKARTA578Indonesia - Post Contingency Planning and Updated
[...] (SBU) Summary: Our Emergency Action Committee reviewed and reaffirmed our Avian Influenza (AI) tripwires on March 13. This cable provides minor updates to the original tripwires. End Summary. 2. (SBU) Following a review of Ref A, the Mission's Avian Influenza Working Group (AIWG) updated E [...]
2008-03-19 08:32:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU AMED CASC AMGT PGOV SOCI ID ASEC
08JAKARTA598INDONESIA'S ADAM AIR GROUNDED FOR SAFETY REASONS
[...] (U) Summary. The Directorate General for Civil Aviation (DGCA) revoked Adam Air's operational specification effective March 19, 2008, grounding the airline's entire fleet. On March 10, 2008 Adam Air flight 292 skidded off the runway on the Indonesian island of Batam with 177 passengers on bo [...]
2008-03-25 09:26:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON CASC ETRD PGOV ID
08JAKARTA60FM WIRAJUDA OUTLINES BILATERAL AND REGIONAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging discussion with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Wirajuda discussed regional developments and outlined bilateral priorities. Wirajuda looked forward to increased security cooperation with the United States as Indonesia made progress on human rights. He worried [...]
2008-01-11 03:59:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS MASS ID
08JAKARTA652IRAN -- IMPLEMENTING THE TRAVEL BAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Pol/C reviewed reftel points with GOI contacts, underlining the need for all countries to take required steps regarding the travel of designated Iranian proliferators as authorized by UN Security Council Resolutions. GOI contacts--noting that they are enforcing all appropriate [...]
2008-04-02 05:09:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC KNNP UNSC IR ID
08JAKARTA655C-D18-00223: INDONESIA REACTS CALMLY TO RELEASE
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya and Consulate Medan. It is Sensitive but Unclassified. SIPDIS 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Indonesians are beginning to react to the release of the Dutch M.P.'s anti-Islamic video. President Yudhoyono condemned the film and said [...]
2008-04-02 07:16:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ASEC ID
08JAKARTA672EAST TIMOR/INDONESIA COMMISSION COMPLETES REPORT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Timor Leste-Indonesia Commission of Truth and Friendship (CTF) has completed its report and will submit it to the two governments soon. The unanimous findings hold both pro-Indonesian and pro-independence militias responsible for gross human rights violations which occurre [...]
2008-04-03 08:27:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV TT ID
08JAKARTA673NEXT STEPS RE U.S. NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH UNIT
[...] (SBU) Please see Action Request in para 5. 2. (SBU) The Naval Medical Research Unit in Jakarta (NAMRU-2) has just received a letter from the Indonesian Ministry of Health (MOH) informing NAMRU that "all studies/surveillance which include transfer of biological specimens" must cease pending [...]
2008-04-03 09:19:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR TBIO AMED ID
08JAKARTA729A/S O'BRIEN EMPHASIZES IRAN, ASSET FREEZING IN
[...] (C) Summary: Treasury Assistant Secretary for Terrorism Financing and Financial Crimes O'Brien visited Indonesia April 2-3 to urge Indonesian government officials, regulatory agencies and private sector to be vigilant about Iran's outreach plans in the region and to more vigorously enforce ass [...]
2008-04-10 06:54:00Embassy JakartaSECRETKTFN EFIN PTER PGOV ID
08JAKARTA745AMBASSADOR'S OP-ED PIECE HIGHLIGHTS DEMOCRACY,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 12, The Jakarta Post published an op-ed written by the Ambassador on democracy and human rights in Indonesia. Reactions to the piece have been positive. A key contact from the Office of the President expressed appreciation for the piece, telling the Ambassador that t [...]
2008-04-14 08:59:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KPAO ID TT
08JAKARTA76PROMOTING RELIGIOUS TOLERATION AT A KEY ISLAMIC
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloff underscored the importance of religious freedom and highlighted the positive role played by Muslims in the United States during a talk at a major Islamic school in West Jakarta. Pesantren [...]
2008-01-14 11:49:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KPAO KISL ID
08JAKARTA763A/S HILL DISCUSSES REGIONAL AND BILATERAL ISSUES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 4 in Jakarta, EAP A/S Christopher R. Hill assured key Indonesian officials of the USG's commitment to Southeast Asia. He also explored ways to press for reform in Burma, progress regarding Iran's nuclear program and Middle East peace. On the bilateral front, he discus [...]
2008-04-16 07:26:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ID XB XF
08JAKARTA775Indonesian Transportation Minister Positive on GE Bid,
[...] (U) Summary. On April 16, 2008, Ambassador Hume met with Minister of Transportation Jusman Syafii Djamal and Director General of Rail Wendy Aritenang Yazid to advocate on behalf of General Electric's (GE) potential bid for a $55 million locomotives contract. Djamal was generally positive tow [...]
2008-04-18 02:20:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP ELTN EFIN EAIR EWWT ECON PGOV ID
08JAKARTA789INDONESIAN ISLAMIC SECT THREATENED
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Following a recommendation by a government monitoring body to outlaw the minority Muslim sect Jamaah Ahmadiyah as "heretical," the GOI is preparing a joint decree to ban the organization. However, the Attorney General's Office and some Muslim leaders are reportedly calling for the [...]
2008-04-21 07:00:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KIRF SOCI PINS ID
08JAKARTA804U.S. NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER DRAWS FURTHER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari paid a surprise visit to the U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit in Jakarta (NAMRU-2) on Friday, April 18. Although the visit went without serious incident, Supari escalated her criticism of NAMRU in subsequent media interviews. Several legisla [...]
2008-04-22 09:44:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR TBIO AMED ID
08JAKARTA815INDONESIAN MINISTERS DISCUSS SAMPLE SHARING AND HEALTH
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-23 09:05:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
08JAKARTA853SCENESETTER FOR USTR AMBASSADOR SCHWAB VISIT TO
[...] (C) Summary: Your trip to Indonesia comes at a time when we are having difficulty finding traction in our bilateral trade and investment relationship. The dual forces of democratization and decentralization that have made Indonesia a political success story have been accompanied by a desegr [...]
2008-04-29 07:01:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALETRD EINV ECON PGOV ID
08JAKARTA862BURMA -- ENGAGING INDONESIA ON THE REGIME'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has underscored to Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) contacts reftel concerns about the Burmese regime's May 10 referendum. Pol/C stressed that the regime's conduct of the referendum has totally failed to adhere to international standards. DEPLU contacts replied th [...]
2008-04-30 05:56:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ID BM
08JAKARTA903SAMPLE SHARING IMPASSE CREATES ADDITIONAL HEALTH RISKS
[...] (SBU) Summary. International public health officials are focusing on the risks associated with Indonesia's refusal to share avian influenza (AI) virus samples. Minister of Health Siti Fadilah Supari's policies are damaging surveillance studies for other emerging diseases and related scientifi [...]
2008-05-07 10:09:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KLIG
08JAKARTA955LIFTING THE TRAVEL WARNING FOR INDONESIA
[...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Hume and the Embassy Country Team unanimously believe the time has come to lift the travel warning for Indonesia. Given the government of Indonesia's strong efforts to combat terrorism - and the fact that there has not been a major terrorist incident since October 20 [...]
2008-05-14 04:12:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC AEMR ASEC PREL AMGT ID
08JAKARTA957PAPUA -- HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE HIGHLANDS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Alleged human rights violations by Indonesian security forces in the Papua highlands have declined significantly in recent years and the police have taken steps to inculcate respect for human rights among their personnel. Nevertheless, many Papuans remain deeply suspicious of the [...]
2008-05-14 09:23:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ID
08JAKARTA975USTR SCHWAB LEADS TRADE AND INVESTMENT DISCUSSIONS WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Schwab held wide-ranging trade and investment discussions as part of an interagency delegation to Bali, Indonesia for negotiations under the U.S.-Indonesia Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) on April 30-May 2 and for ASEAN-U.S. TIFA meetings on May 2-4. [...]
2008-05-15 09:05:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EFIN EAGR ECON PGOV ECPS KFLU ID
08JAKARTA985CHARGE'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN AFFAIRS LEGISLATORS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a May 14 discussion with Indonesian legislators, Charge d'Affaires pressed for positive action in response to the forthcoming report of the Indonesia-Timor Leste Commission on Truth and Friendship (CTF). The legislators said they intended to invite U.S. Representative Eni F [...]
2008-05-16 09:17:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ID TT
08JAKARTA992EAST TIMOR -- HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS SUPPORTIVE OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Timor Leste-Indonesia Commission of Truth and Friendship (CTF) has invited the Presidents of the two countries to Bali on May 26 to receive its final report. The CTF's Summary--presented to the two governments in April--has been leaked to human rights activists who tell us p [...]
2008-05-19 08:41:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV TT ID
08JAKARTA993U.N. DECOLONIZATION CONFERENCE WRAPS UP IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission attended the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization conference in Bandung, Indonesia, May 14-16. As observers, Pol/C and Pol FSN did not participate in the debates, which included criticism of the USG in relation to Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Probably [...]
2008-05-19 08:48:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNAUS MO ID
08JAKARTA995LIFTING THE TRAVEL WARNING FOR INDONESIA: MAKING
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, the Embassy would like to propose new language to Country Specific Information (CSI) and the Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC) Crime and Safety Report. The suggested language is designed to ensure that the security language in all our public documents is consistent. [...]
2008-05-19 09:16:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC AEMR ASEC PREL AMGT ID
08JEDDAH107MOSQUE SERMONS FOR SAUDI ARABIA FEBRUARY 8, 15,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Grand Mufti criticized on February 8 the United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) report on women's rights in Islam and Saudi Arabia, arguing that it was "based on fallacies" and "unfair" (Reftel B). Throughout the Kingdom, Imams conducted rain prayers against the drought [...]
2008-03-05 17:20:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI KISL SA
08JEDDAH12GCC COUNTRIES IMPRESSED WITH ABHA CULTURE AND COMMERCE FESTIVAL
[...] (C) The CG visited the Yemeni Consulate General on December 31 to offer condolences for the death of Sheikh Abdullah Bin Hussein Al Ahmar, the speaker of Yemen's parliament. During the visit, the Yemeni CG, Ambassador Mohammed Al Qutaish, said that he had read much about the American Culture [...]
2008-01-08 12:13:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALPREL SCUL SA SOCI
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