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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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07NAIROBI1322 Somali Clan Warfare Threatens Reconciliation
[...] (C) An analysis of the Mogadishu neighborhoods in which yesterday's fighting occurred (3/21) indicates that the armed Hawiye opposition to the TFG has expanded from primarily the Ayr sub-clan to a variety of sub clans from the Hawiye/Habr Gidr (including the Saad and Duduble) and the Abgal su [...]
2007-03-22 15:12:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC MOPS SO ET UG
07NAIROBI1439OPPOSITION POLITICS: SUSPICION, ALLIES, AND A
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two opposition insiders recently shared their views on the current state of play within ODM-Kenya party ranks. While there is plenty of suspicion and alliance-making, there is still no apparent movement towards consensus on a single ODM-K presidential candidate or even on how [...]
2007-03-30 10:07:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PGOV KE
07NAIROBI1440 Somali -- Heavy Fighting Continues
[...] (C) Fighting continues today (3/30) in Mogadishu between Ethiopian forces and militia of the Hawiye/Haber Gedir sub-clan, and it appears to remain concentrated around the stadium in the northern part of the city. The Ethiopians do not appear to be advancing and may be surrounded in some loca [...]
2007-03-30 10:31:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC PREL MOPS SO ET UG
07NAIROBI1456 Somali Security Chief on Fighting
[...] (C) In the context of a meeting at the Embassy on April 1 with DS agents regarding future VIP travel to Somalia, Transitional Federal Government (TFG) security chief Mohamed Warsame Farah (AKA Darawish) discussed the current fighting in Mogadishu with Poloff. He stated that he had been in Ye [...]
2007-04-02 11:16:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPTER ASEC MOPS PGOV PREL EAID SO ET UG
07NAIROBI1496 USAID/EAST AFRICA/FFP MONITORING MISSION OF
[...] SUMMARY: Regional East Africa FFP Officer and USAID Rwanda Mission conducted a joint monitoring mission February 26 ? March 3, 2007, of Title II Cooperating Sponsors (CSs) World Vision (WV),Catholic Relief Services (CRS),ACDI/VOCA and their sub-grantees: Africare, ADRA and Food for the Hun [...]
2007-04-04 06:15:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDUSAID
07NAIROBI1514KENYA CONSTITUTION: MINIMUM REFORMS, MAXIMUM DEBATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A step back from complete overhaul, the current constitutional review debate in Kenya centers on a slate of "minimum reforms." Supporters of the proposed changes, many of which concern the electoral process, argue that these initial reforms must be made before the next general [...]
2007-04-04 09:38:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KE
07NAIROBI161 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USAID/AA,
[...] Embassy grants country clearance for the visit of Michael E. Hess, Assistant Administrator for the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance from o/a January 16-20, 2007 to meet with Somalia Diaspora, NGO partners and the donor community regarding the humanitarian situation i [...]
2007-01-09 13:32:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AO KE
07NAIROBI1621 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USAID/DCHA/OFDA
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Kenya for the visit of USAID/DCHA/OFDA Trainers Ms. Mary Beth Brennan Seng; Ms. Alisia Kachmar and Ms. Katherine Channell to conduct a workshop on USAID/DCHA/OFDA?s Guidelines for Unsolicited Proposals for current and potential partners in East and Central [...]
2007-04-13 07:20:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AO KE
07NAIROBI1622 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CHANTAL
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Kenya for the visit of USAID/OFDA Program Assistant, Chantal Ninteretse from o/a April 21 - 29, 2007 to consult on humanitarian issues with the OFDA regional office and consult on administrative issues with the OFDA Administrative Officer. 2. Country c [...]
2007-04-13 07:22:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AO KE
07NAIROBI1636 Somali Truce Holds Despite Fighting
[...] (U) The truce between Hawiye clan militia and Ethiopian troops in Mogadishu appears to be holding despite relatively heavy small arms and mortar fire since Tuesday evening (4/12). The fighting was mainly between Transitional Federal Government (TFG) forces and Hawiye/Abgal militia, with occa [...]
2007-04-13 11:30:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PREF ASEC MOPS SO ET
07NAIROBI1639MUSLIM LEADERSHIP VIEWS: HASSAN OLE NAADO
[...] (SBU) Summary: The national chairperson of the Kenya Muslim Youth Alliance (KMYA) depicts "African Islam" under siege from "Wahabi extremist foreigners." HKMYA favors moderate, modern, indigenous Islam with an emphasis on education as a means of uplifting the Muslim community. He also advoc [...]
2007-04-13 11:51:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPTER KE KISL KPAO PGOV PHUM
07NAIROBI1669ACHIEVING USG GOALS IN KENYA'S ELECTION
[...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: Kenya has an opportunity this year to enhance its position as a leading African democracy. USG goals for Kenya's December 2007 general elections are that 1) they are transparent and competitive, producing credible, widely accepted results; 2) candidates and th [...]
2007-04-17 09:24:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKE PGOV PHUM EAID
07NAIROBI1709CAADP MEETING, KIGALI, RWANDA MARCH 29-31, 2007
[...] Summary March 29-31 in Kigali, the Government of Rwanda and COMESA hosted a regional partners? meeting and a country round-table meeting on the Comprehensive African Agricultural Development Programme (CAADP). On March 31, a CAADP Country Compact was signed by the Rwandan Government, the Af [...]
2007-04-18 11:12:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDRW
07NAIROBI1770U.S. COMPANIES IN LEAD TO BRING FIBER OPTIC CONNECTIVITY TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: The pace is picking up in the race to build a submarine fiber optic cable that would give East and Southern Africa broadband connectivity to the rest of the world, and U.S. firms are playing pivotal roles. SEACOM, a private sector project designed, owned, and operated by a U.S. [...]
2007-04-20 09:03:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECPS EFIN KE
07NAIROBI1823ELIMINATING THE "APPLCIATION RECEIVED" STAMP
[...] Post received reftel and immediately discontinued use of the "application received" stamp. Nairobi has monitored the change over the past quarter and requests permission to reinstitute the stamp process for the following reasons: -- Issuances and refusals are not always being captured by th [...]
2007-04-26 05:56:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS OEXC CMGT DHS KE
07NAIROBI1830FRACTURED LUHYA IN WESTERN PROVINCE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The diverse Luhya groups in Kenya's Western Province defy a single characterization. However, disillusionment with the current administration's failure to deliver on its campaign promises is creating fertile ground for eager opposition ODM-K campaigners. END SUMMARY. Divers [...]
2007-04-26 12:55:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PGOV KE
07NAIROBI1867SOMALIA--THE WAY FORWARD
[...] (U) Summary. Building on Nairobi 1401, this message lays out a roadmap for influencing Somalia towards security and stability. Many of the elements we delineated in reftel remain relevant to current developments. End summary. 2. (C) The fighting in Mogadishu in recent weeks has clouded effo [...]
2007-04-30 14:03:00Embassy NairobiSECRETPGOV PREL PTER MOPS EAID SO ET
07NAIROBI1905Somalia--TFG/Hawiye Talks and Appointments
[...] (SBU) On April 29, Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Abdullahi Yusuf met with members of the Hawiye Leadership Committee in his headquarters, Villa Somalia. The meeting was initiated by Ethiopian military commanders and included TFG Prime Minster Ali Gedi and Ethiopian General [...]
2007-05-02 15:43:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET
07NAIROBI1907NURTURING DEMOCRACY -- AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO
[...] Summary. During a four-day trip to Nyanza and Western Provinces (in western Kenyan),the Ambassador talked with a wide cross-section of Kenyans about the state of democracy in the country, and about the importance of an inclusive, fair, and transparent electoral process. Although rich in res [...]
2007-05-03 10:59:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KDEM PGOV KE
07NAIROBI1918 Somalia--Peace Is Not Yet at Hand
[...] (C) Since the termination of fighting in Mogadishu last Thursday (4/26),the city has been unusually calm, in terms of combat; and the daily mortar, RPG, and small arms attacks have ceased--for the time being. Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and Ethiopian troops reportedly are moving f [...]
2007-05-03 14:04:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PREF ASEC MOPS SO ET
07NAIROBI1948POLITICS IN KISII LAND
[...] Summary: The Kisii community, accounting for four percent of Kenya's population, have been loyal to FORD-People party baron Simeon Nyachae, who supports the Kibaki administration. Now that Nyachae has announced his retirement from politics, opposition politicians are eyeing the Kisii vote. [...]
2007-05-07 13:08:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKE PINR PHUM PGOV SOCI
07NAIROBI1981KENYA'S VISION 2030: THINKING BIG, BUT IS IT REALISTIC?
[...] (SBU) Summary: Kenya has unveiled Vision 2030, an audacious national development plan whose goal is middle-income status for the country by 2030. The Vision calls for 10% GDP growth annually over the next 25 years (up from the current 6%),allowing Kenya to multiply per capita income by six t [...]
2007-05-09 14:27:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID EFIN PGOV KE
07NAIROBI2040KENYA TO RETAIN IGAD CHAIR, PLANS SUMMIT ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: Kenya will retain the chairmanship of IGAD at least through August and probably beyond. Kenya's immediate tasks as IGAD Chair are 1) to convince Eritrea to return to IGAD, 2) to promote Somali reconciliation and the success of AMISOM, and 3) to convene an IGAD Head of State su [...]
2007-05-14 12:41:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KE SO SU
07NAIROBI2069Somalia - Meeting with President Yusuf
[...] (C) Summary. During a May 15 meeting, TFG President Yusuf told the Ambassador that he is pursuing dialogue with various sub-clans and is committed to power-sharing to be worked out in the context of the National Reconciliation Congress. He indicated his intention to replace Prime Minister Gedi [...]
2007-05-15 14:23:00Embassy NairobiSECRETPGOV PREL PTER MOPS SO
07NAIROBI2072KENYA & ETHIOPIA ENHANCE BORDER COOPERATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Kenya and Ethiopia are enhancing coordination at the local level in the border region to better manage cross-border security issues involving the Borana/Oromo and Gabra communities. End Summary. 2. (SBU) PolCouns met with Sheikh Abdinassir, a former International Visitor g [...]
2007-05-16 05:03:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC ET KE KPAO PGOV PHUM PINR
07NAIROBI2098Somalia - Meeting with Solana Envoy
[...] (C) On May 14 the Ambassador met with Jean-Christophe Belliard, the Personal Envoy for Somalia of Javier Solana, EU Secretary-General. Belliard first visited Cairo and Addis Ababa before coming to Nairobi. In Addis Ababa Belliard met with Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, who reportedly expressed [...]
2007-05-16 11:14:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER MOPS SO
07NAIROBI2144KENYA: STILL IN THE HUNT FOR OIL AND GAS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Despite coming up dry in a $100 million test well drilled earlier this year, Kenya's national oil company is pursuing additional exploration for oil and gas in the country. China's national offshore oil company is currently a big player, but has to decide soon whether to move f [...]
2007-05-21 09:17:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENGR EPET EINV KE
07NAIROBI2152IMPACT OF OFDA DROUGHT PROGRAMS IN KENYA.
[...] Communities in Kenya's Makueni District are benefiting from USAID/OFDA 2005-2006 drought programming. A combination of newly constructed rainwater harvesting structures, expansion of piped water grids and rehabilitation of boreholes in several communities have improved water quality, increas [...]
2007-05-22 04:17:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM PREL KE
07NAIROBI216 PARTNERSHIP PRESENTATION TO PRESIDENT KIBAKI
[...] As previously reported, on November 21 the Ambassador delivered a major speech on U.S.-Kenyan relations which noted the important democratic progress that Kenya is making, but also talked frankly about the persistent problems of corruption and tribalism. Delivery of the speech was part of a b [...]
2007-01-12 07:30:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID ECON ETRD EFIN KE
07NAIROBI220PRESIDENT HAND PICKS ELECTORAL COMMISSIONERS;
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In what opposition leaders are calling a "blow to multi-party democracy," President Kibaki on January 11 appointed nine Commissioners to the Electoral Commission of Kenya, without consulting opposition parties. Although completely within Kenyan law, the move sets a bad preceden [...]
2007-01-12 08:07:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PREL KE
07NAIROBI2209 Somalia--Security a Long Way Off
[...] (C) Summary. The level of violence has risen in Mogadishu and the provinces since the Ethiopian/TFG action against the Ayr sub-clan and Courts' radicals in late April 2007. Attacks tend to be more focused than earlier in the year. While this violence could be laid at the feet of Islamic ex [...]
2007-05-23 14:58:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER ASEC EWWT EAID SO ET UG KS
07NAIROBI2215MUNGIKI: KENYA'S LARGEST CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Mungiki, a large criminal organization operating within the Kikuyu community, has a network of supporters within the government bureaucracy and political leadership. It's use of extreme violence to amplify its influence through terror and its parallel government weakens th [...]
2007-05-24 07:41:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC KDEM KE PGOV PREL PTER
07NAIROBI2238MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT FROM MUNGIKI-LAND: "I'M
[...] (C) Summary: Member of Parliament Elias Mbau recounts his own intimidation by the Mungiki in his constituency. He frankly admits that he was forced to change his tune after initially publicly opposing the criminal organization. He also confirms reports that the Mungiki have supporters in gov [...]
2007-05-25 09:58:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNASEC KCRM KDEM KE PGOV PINR PREL PTER
07NAIROBI2239 MEETING WITH SOMALI FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (SBU) Summary. In a meeting with Somalia's Foreign Minister, the Ambassador warned that time is running out for genuine reconciliation. The US will not support a conference that does not offer political reconciliation. Without political reconciliation, clan war will resume. The TFG needs t [...]
2007-05-25 10:03:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PINR SO
07NAIROBI2240OPINION LEADERS TALK POLITICS WITH AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of conversations with visiting Ambassador Johnnie Carson, opposition leaders, government officials and civil society interlocutors agreed that there was still much uncertainty surrounding the strength of Kenyan political coalitions and President Kibaki's health, that t [...]
2007-05-25 10:35:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PINR PHUM KCOR PTER KE
07NAIROBI2263Ali Mahdi on the Somalia Reconciliation Congress
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Ali Mahdi, Chairman of the National Governance and Reconciliation Committee (NGRC) to discuss planning and preparations for the National Reconciliation Congress (NRC) that will begin June 14. Mahdi confirmed that the NRC will cover social, political, and tr [...]
2007-05-29 14:17:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET
07NAIROBI2281 Meeting with Former Foreign Minister Hurreh
[...] (C) Summary. At a meeting with the Ambassador, Somali Education Minister Hurreh discussed the milieu of the upcoming National Reconciliation Congress and confirmed that the pressure to remove Prime Minister Gedi from office is building. The Ambassador emphasized that the Congress must inclu [...]
2007-05-30 14:21:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SCUL SO ET
07NAIROBI2292KENYA: ECONOMIC GROWTH STRONG, POVERTY AND INFLATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Kenya's 2006 Economic Survey reports that growth hit a 30-year high of 6.1% in 2006, and the GOK predicts 2007 growth will be between 5.8 and 6.5%. The new National Household Survey showed the national poverty rate fell from 52.3% in 1997 to 49.1% in 2006. After peaking in Dec [...]
2007-05-31 12:04:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV EAGR KE
07NAIROBI23SOMALIA - - OVERVIEW OF CURRENT ISSUES
[...] (C) Somalis across the spectrum ) including TFG officials, members of civil society, the business community, clan elders, and even moderate members of the Islamic Courts ) are all telling us that they deeply appreciate the positive role that the U.S. has been playing since the start of the Eth [...]
2007-01-03 18:56:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET KE
07NAIROBI2307FPU NAIROBI: FRAUD, FRAUD, EVERYWHERE
[...] Summary: Nairobi's Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) sees a wide variety of NIV, IV, and ACS fraud on a daily basis. May 15, 2007 proved to be an excellent example of the depth and breadth of fraud encountered over and beyond the normal workload, and is illustrative of a day in the life of our FPU [...]
2007-06-04 12:12:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KCRM KE
07NAIROBI2323COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DR. RUEBEN BRIGETY,
[...] USAID/Kenya grants country clearance for the visit of Dr. Rueben Brigety, Special Assistant to USAID/DCHA Assistant Administrator from on/about June 09 through June 15, 2007 as part of a review to analyze global trends of military engagement in humanitarian and development activities and asse [...]
2007-06-05 07:33:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AO KE
07NAIROBI2375KENYAN OPPOSITION POLITICS: DEAL OR NO DEAL?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Uncertainty and mistrust endure within the opposition coalition. While the Orange Democratic Movement-Kenya (ODM-K) continues to struggle with its presidential nomination process, it is increasingly clear that back-room deals will be made, egos will be bruised, and ODM-K leaders [...]
2007-06-07 11:43:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PGOV PHUM KE
07NAIROBI2385EMBU BISHOP: MPS WANT TO KEEP 'EM POOR & IGNORANT
[...] (C) Summary: The Bishop of Embu Diocese maintains that Mbere District's Members of Parliament purposely undermine efforts to raise educational standards and to develop the economy of the area so as to keep the population poor, dependent and easily manipulated. They also stymie projects with w [...]
2007-06-07 13:33:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALKE PGOV PHUM
07NAIROBI2446KANU NATIONAL CONFERENCE: KENYATTA HOLDS HIS GROUND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Amid ongoing debate about the party's position within the opposition coalition and an internal power struggle, KANU held its National Delegates' Conference in Nairobi on June 11. According to KANU officials, the meeting was a success as the party made clear its position with r [...]
2007-06-12 13:04:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PGOV KE
07NAIROBI2449LAND REFORM IN KENYA: TRYING TO RIGHT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The combination of an ever-expanding population, settler legacy, poverty, corruption, elite impunity, and an inadequate land law system make the ownership, tenure, and use of land one of the most volatile questions in Kenya today and one of the most serious impediments to econo [...]
2007-06-12 13:18:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR EINV EAID ETRD PGOV KCOR KE
07NAIROBI2452SOMALIA -- COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (S/NF) As described in current threat assessments, travel of USG personnel into Somalia, particularly in Mogadishu, remains problematic (Ref A). However, attendance by an appropriately high level USG official at the opening of Somalia's Nation [...]
2007-06-12 14:19:00Embassy NairobiSECRETPGOV PREL ASEC PTER MOPS SO
07NAIROBI2525MEETING WITH PRESIDENT KIBAKI
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a June 9 meeting, the Ambassador discussed with President Kibaki the expanding bilateral partnership, the problem of insecurity, governance issues, the elections set for later this year, and regional issues (Somalia and Sudan). Kibaki emphasized his desire to work closel [...]
2007-06-18 12:17:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALEAIR EFIN KCRM KE PINR PREL PTER SO SU
07NAIROBI255 SOMALIA DART SITUATION REPORT 3 - HEALTH
[...] The November-December floods raised concern that Somalia would see an increase in cases of water-borne diseases, malaria, and respiratory infections. Additionally, recent outbreaks of cholera and Rift Valley fever (RVF) have prompted Somalia health sector agencies to coordinate response plans [...]
2007-01-16 14:20:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PHUM PREL SO
07NAIROBI2575 Ambassador's Visit to the Kenyan Coast
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-21 10:03:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KE PGOV KCRM KWMN SNAR PHUM PTER
07NAIROBI2606Tour d'Horizon with Prime Minister Gedi
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador and Special Envoy John Yates met Prime Minister Ali Gedi on June 21 to discuss the June 18 announcement of a general amnesty, preparations for the National Reconciliation Congress, the current security situation, and the PM's upcoming travel to Washington and New Y [...]
2007-06-22 13:06:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET
07NAIROBI2618Ali Mahdi on National Reconciliation Congress
[...] (C) Summary: On June 22 Ali Mahdi, Chairman of the National Governance and Reconciliation Committee, and other committee members and advisors briefed the Ambassador and Special Envoy on delegate selection for the Congress, his meetings with the Hawiye, the status of security service and the sit [...]
2007-06-26 04:11:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC PTER KPAO SO ET
07NAIROBI263PRIME MINISTER GEDI PROMISES A "NEW SOMALIA," ACTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 7 meeting in Nairobi with Assistant Secretary Frazer, Somali Prime Minister Ali Gedi was confident a "new Somalia" was on its way, and appealed for immediate donor support. The rosy picture Gedi painted did not mask the very serious problems which remain within the [...]
2007-01-17 05:44:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET KE
07NAIROBI2630Somalia -- Update on AMISOM
[...] (C) The following (paras 2-14) is a retransmission in Department format of Reftel titled "Ugandan Peacekeeping Presence in Somalia, mid-June 2007" disseminated by Embassy Nairobi's Defense Attache Office (DAO) on June 25. 2. (S/REL TO USA, ACGU) SUMMARY. As of mid-June 2007, the AU Mission in [...]
2007-06-26 15:43:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET
07NAIROBI2631Somalia -- Update on AMISOM
[...] (C) The following (paras 2-14) is a retransmission in Department format of Reftel titled "Ugandan Peacekeeping Presence in Somalia, mid-June 2007" disseminated by Embassy Nairobi's Defense Attache Office (DAO) on June 25. 2. (S/REL TO USA, ACGU) SUMMARY. As of mid-June 2007, the AU Mission in [...]
2007-06-26 15:43:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET
07NAIROBI2632Somalia -- Update on AMISOM
[...] (C) The following (paras 2-14) is a retransmission in Department format of Reftel titled "Ugandan Peacekeeping Presence in Somalia, mid-June 2007" disseminated by Embassy Nairobi's Defense Attache Office (DAO) on June 25. 2. (S/REL TO USA, ACGU) SUMMARY. As of mid-June 2007, the AU Mission in [...]
2007-06-26 15:43:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET
07NAIROBI2640Somalia -- Update on AMISOM
[...] (C) The following (paras 2-14) is a retransmission in Department format of Reftel titled "Ugandan Peacekeeping Presence in Somalia, mid-June 2007" disseminated by Embassy Nairobi's Defense Attache Office (DAO) on June 25. 2. (S/REL TO USA, ACGU) SUMMARY. As of mid-June 2007, the AU Mission in [...]
2007-06-27 13:11:00Embassy NairobiSECRETPGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET
07NAIROBI2687MANDERA LAUNCH OF KENYA-SOMALIA CROSS-BORDER
[...] USAID/East Africa representatives, accompanied by representatives of USAID contractor Development Alternatives, Inc. (DAI),recently visited Kenya?s conflict-prone northeast province of Mandera. The two- night, three-day trip culminated in an event to launch the expansion of the Kenya-Somalia [...]
2007-06-29 07:05:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDKE
07NAIROBI2764KENYA & SOMALIA SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF ADMIRAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Welcome to Kenya, a stable, dynamic democracy and a key regional partner for the United States. Our partnership with Kenya focuses on five major goals: cooperate to fight insecurity and terrorism; combat disease and save lives; promote prosperity, fight poverty and invest in [...]
2007-07-06 05:02:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM KE PGOV PREL
07NAIROBI2771QUARTERLY FRAUD SUMMARY - NAIROBI
[...] (U) Summary. The following report replies to Ref I reinstitution of the quarterly fraud report covering the current condition of consular fraud in Kenya, with specific reference to fraud trends in non-immigrant visa, immigrant visa, and diversity visa applications as well as cases of American [...]
2007-07-06 06:56:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KCRM KE
07NAIROBI2816 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USAID/DCHA/OFDA
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Kenya for the visit of USAID/DCHA/OFDA Shelter and Settlements Advisor, Charles A. Setchell from o/a July 22-25, 2007 to meet with USAID/OFDA, UN Habitat and NGO staff to discuss USAID/OFDA shelter and settlements activities, and discuss selected issues re [...]
2007-07-10 08:14:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AO KE
07NAIROBI2820 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USAID/DCHA/OFDA
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Kenya for the visit of USAID/DCHA/OFDA Shelter and Settlements Advisor, Charles A. Setchell from o/a July 22-25, 2007 to meet with USAID/OFDA, UN Habitat and NGO staff to discuss USAID/OFDA shelter and settlements activities, and discuss selected issues re [...]
2007-07-10 08:15:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AO KE
07NAIROBI2974KENYA POLICE: REFORMS APLENTY, BUT PERFORMANCE LAGS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Kibaki administration has implemented significant reforms of the Kenya Police Service and greatly increased its resources. The worst police abuses of the Moi-era have been eradicated. However, reforms and increased resources have not yet yielded a dramatic rise in police [...]
2007-07-19 12:45:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASIG KCRM KE PREL PTER
07NAIROBI3021 THE TWELFTH SUMMIT OF THE COMESA AUTHORITY OF
[...] This is a summary of the Twelfth COMESA Summit proceedings held in Nairobi, Kenya, from May 22-23, 2007. The Summit was preceded by meetings of the Committee of Experts, Ministers of Justice, Ministers of Foreign affairs and COMESA Council of Ministers. The Fourth COMESA Business Summit and t [...]
2007-07-25 04:16:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA
07NAIROBI3059SUDAN, DARFUR: UN ADVISOR PEKKA HAVISTO BRIEFS SE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Pekka Haavisto, senior UN Advisor on Darfur, briefed the U.S. President's Special Envoy for Sudan Andrew Natsios on UN/AU efforts to organize effective peace talks for Darfur. Haavisto discussed the upcoming Tripoli and Mombasa (Center for Humanitarian Dialogue, CHD) meetings i [...]
2007-07-26 09:09:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL UN AU SU ER ET LY CD
07NAIROBI3175Somalia - Travel Plan and Security Assessment
[...] (S/NF) This is an action request. See para 10. This message proposes travel to Somalia during the next three months. I consider this travel essential to advance the high USG foreign policy priority to promote security and stability in Somalia. The travel is aimed at: facilitating our inter [...]
2007-08-06 11:32:00Embassy NairobiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET
07NAIROBI3231Kenya: Update on Charterhouse Money Laundering Scandal
[...] (C) Summary: The massive money laundering and tax evasion scandal involving Kenya's Charterhouse Bank remains stuck in legal limbo, but the momentum is with the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK),which is seeking to liquidate the bank once and for all. But doing so will be tricky in light of a seri [...]
2007-08-10 09:16:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALKCOR KCRM PREF ECON EFIN KE
07NAIROBI3257Somalia - PM Gedi on Reconciliation
[...] (SBU) See para 15 for action recommended. The Ambassador met August 11 with Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Prime Minister Ali Gedi to discuss reconciliation efforts, security in Mogadishu, and TFG efforts to secure Arab support. End Summary. -------------------------------- [...]
2007-08-13 13:06:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET
07NAIROBI3262KENYA AND EAST AFRICA: A STEP CLOSER TO FIBER OPTIC
[...] (SBU) Summary: Fiber optic connectivity in East Africa may be only a little more than 18 months away. The U.S-owned and managed SEACOM submarine fiber optic cable is at the starting line, ready to begin system construction in September under a contract with another U.S. firm, fiber maker Tyco [...]
2007-08-13 14:29:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECPS EFIN KE
07NAIROBI3313Somalia - Norwegian Diplomacy
[...] (C) We met August 15 with Brynjulf Mugaas, Norwegian Counselor for Somalia, to discuss Norwegian regional diplomacy focused on Somalia. Mugaas told us he spoke at length August 14 with Ibrahim Addow (Hawiye/Haber Gedir/Sa'ad),the former "Foreign Secretary" of the Council of Islamic Courts (CIC [...]
2007-08-16 13:47:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET
07NAIROBI3373Somaliland -- Foreign Minister on the Way Forward
[...] (C) Summary. On August 20, the Ambassador held consultations with Somaliland Foreign Minister Abdillahi Mohamed Duale (at his request) to discuss the full range of issues in the U.S.-Somaliland relationship. Topics included the arrest of opposition political leaders, elections and recognition [...]
2007-08-22 09:11:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET
07NAIROBI3375Somalia -- President Yusuf on the Way Forward
[...] (C) Following the U.S.-TFG consultations on August 16 (Ref A) President Yusuf privately discussed with the Ambassador and Special Envoy Yates the way forward on national reconciliation and other issues. 2. (S/NF) Yusuf said that some members of the TFG, including Prime Minister Gedi, want t [...]
2007-08-22 09:26:00Embassy NairobiSECRETPGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET
07NAIROBI3440SUDAN SPECIAL ENVOY MOI ON HIS ROLE AND NEXT STEPS
[...] (C) See para 7 for action request. The Ambassador met with ex-President Moi, now Kenya,s Special Envoy on Sudan, to raise the points in ref D, to obtain a readout of his visit to Khartoum, and to discuss next steps. 2. (C) Moi said that his meeting with Sudanese President Bashir focused exc [...]
2007-08-28 06:58:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALCA IT NL PHUM PREL SU UK NT KE
07NAIROBI3463Somalia - NRC Closing and Next Steps
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-28 14:53:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET
07NAIROBI3513A TALE OF TWO ORANGE CONVENTIONS: OPPOSITION
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Orange Democratic Movement-Kenya (ODM-K) nominated Kalonzo Musyoka for President at its convention held on 31 August. The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) nominated Raila Odinga for President at its convention the following day. As in '92 and '97, the opposition will ente [...]
2007-09-04 08:59:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KE PGOV PHUM
07NAIROBI3564 Somalia-After the Reconciliation Congress
[...] (SBU) Summary: As anticipated the NRC closed on August 30. Chairman Ali Mahdi recognizes the reconciliation process will be ongoing, and he expects to continue playing a pivotal role. (See Septel text of NRC Communique) President Yusuf has committed the TFG to moving forward with the transitio [...]
2007-09-07 10:30:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET
07NAIROBI3581KENYA ELECTIONS: PRESUMPTIVE ETHNIC ALIGNMENTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Analysis of raw voter registration data reveals the approximate ethnic composition of the electorate, which differs somewhat from that of the general population. Given current ethnic voting bloc political alignments and assuming no major disparities in voter turnout, this data [...]
2007-09-10 12:22:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKE PGOV PHUM
07NAIROBI36 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR RICK QUINBY,
[...] Embassy grants country clearance for the visit of, Rick Quinby, OFDA Program Officer from o/a January 10 - 12, 2007 to consult with the Regional Office and the mission. 2. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situation at the time of proposed travel. Per reftel, v [...]
2007-01-04 10:45:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AO KE
07NAIROBI3664Somalia: Alleged Assassination Threat
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Somalia Transitional Federal Government President Abdullahi Yusuf allegedly told Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles in Addis that he intends to remove Somalia TFG Prime Minister Gedi on October 14 or 15. Meles warned Yusuf against doing so, and told Yusuf to maintain the current TF [...]
2007-09-14 11:02:00Embassy NairobiSECRETPGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET
07NAIROBI3675 AMBASSADOR HIGHLIGHTS NEED TO COMBAT VIOLENCE AGAINST
[...] A week ago, Flora Tera, a woman who is competing in Meru in central Kenya to be the candidate for Parliament for a pro-government party, was severely beaten by a gang of thugs. The circumstances make clear that the gang deliberately sought to intimidate her from campaigning. Her leg was brok [...]
2007-09-17 13:50:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDKE KPAO PGOV PHUM
07NAIROBI3676 AMBASSADOR'S SPEECH ON DIVERSITY, DEMOCRACY, AND
[...] As part of continuing outreach on key issues, on September 10 in Mombasa Ambassador Ranneberger delivered a policy speech entitled "Diversity, Democracy, and Development." The speech was intended both to convey U.S. views on this important topic and to stimulate thought among Kenyans in the [...]
2007-09-17 13:52:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO KE
07NAIROBI3761KENYA ELECTIONS: ONE-THIRD OF CONSTITUENCIES
[...] (SBU) Summary & Introduction: Kenya's first two multiparty elections, in '92 and '97, were marred by widespread violence, most of it organized by the government. The 2002 election was much less violent and the November 2005 referendum was even less violent. This year, we predict little organ [...]
2007-09-21 10:41:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC KDEM KE PGOV PHUM
07NAIROBI3830KENYA: PARLIAMENT MOVES TO PREVENT INVESTIGATION OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: Kenya's Parliament has passed a bill containing an amendment to the country's primary anti-corruption law that would effectively bar the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission from investigating corruption cases prior to May 2003. This brazen attempt to secure immunity for some of the [...]
2007-09-27 04:29:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON KCOR PGOV KE
07NAIROBI3958Pace of Anti-Trafficking Activities Quickens in Kenya
[...] (U) Summary: The pace of anti-trafficking activities in Kenya quickened in the last week of September, with the first Africa-Wide Conference on Child Sexual Abuse, the regular meeting of the National anti-TIP Steering Committee, a briefing for 15 new Kenyan Ambassadors on TIP and victim assista [...]
2007-10-04 14:29:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB GTIP KCRM PHUM PGOV KE
07NAIROBI3969KENYA ELECTIONS: A GUIDE FOR THE PERPLEXED
[...] (SBU) Summary: The protagonists in Kenya's election drama have known one another for decades. At various times they were both allies and rivals. Incumbent President Mwai Kibaki will present himself as a stable, mature and dependable leader who reversed Kenya's downward spiral under Moi and i [...]
2007-10-05 03:29:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM KE PGOV PHUM
07NAIROBI3991KENYA ELECTIONS: MAIN OPPOSITION CANDIDATE ODINGA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During lunch on October 1, the Ambassador discussed the electoral process with Raila Odinga, the main presidential opposition candidate. A relaxed Odinga was looking and sounding presidential, though he professed not to be overly confident. Odinga described the political strategy [...]
2007-10-09 09:27:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PHUM KE
07NAIROBI3992Somalia - Tour d'horizon with Minister Hurreh
[...] (C) Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Minister of Education Ismael Hurreh told the Ambassador October 3 that on or about October 12 the government of Prime Minister Gedi will be dissolved by Parliament. There is no leading candidate to replace Gedi. End Summary. ----------------------- [...]
2007-10-09 10:26:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET
07NAIROBI3998AD EXEC ON DISARRAY IN KIBAKI CAMP, EVOLVING
[...] (C) Summary: An advertising executive currently working on the Kibaki campaign describes confusion in the President's camp. He posits that Kenya's newfound democratic freedoms have altered the political climate in ways that most of the country's politicians have failed to notice or adapt to. [...]
2007-10-10 11:04:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALKE PGOV PHUM
07NAIROBI4045QUARTERLY FRAUD SUMMARY - NAIROBI
[...] (U) Summary. The following report replies to Ref J reinstitution of the quarterly fraud report covering the current condition of consular fraud in Kenya, with specific reference to fraud trends in non-immigrant visa, immigrant visa, and diversity visa applications as well as cases of American [...]
2007-10-11 11:55:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KCRM KE
07NAIROBI4048KENYA RACES TO AVERT ENERGY SHORTAGE IN THE FACE OF SURGING
[...] (SBU) Strong economic growth, expanding trade, and rural electrification are driving demand for electricity and petroleum products in Kenya and the region beyond projected supplies, thus threatening an energy crisis that could slow economic growth. Kenya has plans to expand refinery and pipeli [...]
2007-10-11 11:57:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENGR EPET ECON EINV BTIO SENV KE
07NAIROBI4050QUARTERLY FRAUD SUMMARY - NAIROBI
[...] (U) Summary. The following report replies to Ref J reinstitution of the quarterly fraud report covering the current condition of consular fraud in Kenya, with specific reference to fraud trends in non-immigrant visa, immigrant visa, and diversity visa applications as well as cases of American [...]
2007-10-11 11:59:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KCRM KE
07NAIROBI407KENYA'S ANTI-CORRUPTION AGENCY PLAYS POLITICS, EXONERATES
[...] (C) Summary: In a setback to political and judicial accountability in Kenya, the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission (KACC) went public on January 19 with its recommendation, accepted by the Attorney General, to close investigations against two former cabinet ministers implicated on good evidence [...]
2007-01-24 04:03:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALKCOR PREL ECON EFIN KE
07NAIROBI4097KENYA ELECTIONS: ELECTORAL COMMISSION CHAIRMAN
[...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: The Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK) Chairman Samuel Kivuitu recently prepared a speech on the theme "Election 2007: Can Kenya Remain a Model for Africa?" The speech was delivered to the Kenya Alliance of Resident Associations by Kivuitu's deputy, as the Ch [...]
2007-10-16 08:49:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KDEM PGOV KE
07NAIROBI4120NAIROBI TRANSPORT BOSS ON CRIME, CORRUPTION &
[...] (C) Summary: The Chairman of Nairobi's private transportation association describes how the city's criminal organizations and police feed off the cash-rich sector. He also expresses concerns about a possible Raila Odinga presidency and mild support for Kibaki remaining in office. End Summary [...]
2007-10-17 12:20:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALASUP KCRM KE PGOV PHUM PINR
07NAIROBI4175KENYA'S ELECTIONS: PRESIDENT KIBAKI'S NATIONAL DAY
[...] (SBU) On October 20, President Mwai Kibaki delivered a National Day speech at Nairobi's Nyayo National Stadium before a near capacity crowd. Rival presidential candidate, Raila Odinga, was seated near the speaker's podium with other senior leaders of the opposition. Kibaki used the occassion [...]
2007-10-22 15:34:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM KE
07NAIROBI4186PRESIDENT KIBAKI DISSOLVES PARLIAMENT
[...] (SBU) On October 22, President Mwai Kibaki delivered a televised address dissolving Parliament and officially triggering Kenya?s election clock. Kibaki also announced that he signed eleven bills into law immediately prior to the dissolution, including the important Political Parties Bill (ref [...]
2007-10-24 03:59:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KUM KE
07NAIROBI4202KENYA'S BIG PUSH FOR ICT REFORM AND INFRASTRUCTURE
[...] (SBU) Summary: With elections looming in December, Kenya's private sector and reform-minded government officials are racing to either complete or put in motion a series of intertwined reforms and infrastructure projects aimed at generating growth across the entire economy through greater compe [...]
2007-10-25 06:10:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECPS EFIN KE
07NAIROBI4234 KENYA ELECTIONS: PARTY PRIMARIES TRIGGER SOME VIOLENCE
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the run-up to Kenya's national elections, some violence is occurring. Clashes have happened in areas which so strongly favor one party that the person who secures the party nomination is essentially assured of winning the Parliamentary seat. This type of intra-party violenc [...]
2007-10-26 12:09:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KE PHUM PREL
07NAIROBI4236 KENYA ELECTIONS: ELECTION DATE SET FOR DECEMBER
[...] (U) The Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK) just announced that the national elections will take place beginning on December 27. The silver-lining to a nation that now must spend its holiday season embroiled in what promises to be turbulent elections is that most people will be visiting fami [...]
2007-10-26 12:32:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PREL KCOR KE
07NAIROBI424KENYA: ETHNIC MAKE UP OF THE GOK
[...] (SBU) Summary: Kenyans often accuse the Kibaki administration of stacking the government with fellow Kikuyus. Our study of the top 198 government positions indicates that in fact Kikuyu representation is in line with their share of the general population. However, Kikuyu ministers run the k [...]
2007-01-24 11:34:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PREL KE
07NAIROBI4240Somalia - TFG Prime Minster Gedi Resigns
[...] (SBU) Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Prime Minster Ali Mohamed Gedi offered his resignation to TFG President Abdullahi Yusuf on October 29 in Baidoa. Gedi's resignation follows several weeks of acrimonious political debate in parliament on whether a vote of confidence should be called o [...]
2007-10-29 14:48:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SO
07NAIROBI4258KENYA ELECTIONS: SWING STATES PART TWO: WESTERN
[...] (SBU) Along with Rift Valley and the Coast, we have identified Western Province (WP) as one of Kenya's three key "swing states" in deciding the December 27 national elections. These three provinces potentially contain enough electoral votes and polling volatility to decide the election. Ref [...]
2007-10-30 15:14:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PHUM PREL KE
07NAIROBI4402KENYA ELECTIONS: COAST RUNNING 60/40
[...] (SBU) Summary: PolCouns' travels in Coast Province indicate that the coastal strip is strongly pro-Raila Odinga and his Orange Democratic Movement (ODM). The interior of the province is much less committed, with the President's Party of National Unity (PNU) coalition better represented. The [...]
2007-11-07 13:33:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKE PGOV PHUM
07NAIROBI4411KENYA ELECTIONS COUNTDOWN 1: 49 DAYS AWAY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. Mission Nairobi will send out over 60 observers nationwide for the party nomination process (primaries) scheduled around 16 November. Kalonzo Musyoka has until 13 November to decide if he wants to stand down in Kibaki's favor, as the presidential ballot will be set after tha [...]
2007-11-09 03:54:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKDEM PGOV PREL KE
07NAIROBI4423'Majimbo' - Kenya Finds An Election Issue
[...] (SBU) The issue of federalism - 'majimbo' - has recently emerged as a main plank in the opposition platform and a topic of intense public debate. Majimbo proponents - which include both major opposition parties - claim that devolving power to Kenya's provinces will allow citizens more contro [...]
2007-11-09 10:36:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KE
07NAIROBI4424'Majimbo' - Kenya Finds An Election Issue
[...] (SBU) The issue of federalism - 'majimbo' - has recently emerged as a main plank in the opposition platform and a topic of intense public debate. Majimbo proponents - which include both major opposition parties - claim that devolving power to Kenya's provinces will allow citizens more contro [...]
2007-11-12 08:00:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KE
07NAIROBI4427KENYA ELECTIONS: Presidential Candidate Kalonzo Musyoka on the Elections
[...] (C) Summary. Kalonzo Musyoka, one of the three principal presidential candidates, recently laid out to the Ambassador his campaign strategy and views on the upcoming elections. The bottom line is that Musyoka realizes he has no chance to win the election this round and sees his campaign as a [...]
2007-11-13 14:43:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KE PHUM PREL
07NAIROBI4428KENYA ELECTIONS: Presidential Candidate Kalonzo Musyoka on the Elections
[...] (C) Summary. Kalonzo Musyoka, one of the three principal presidential candidates, recently laid out to the Ambassador his campaign strategy and views on the upcoming elections. The bottom line is that Musyoka realizes he has no chance to win the election this round and sees his campaign as a [...]
2007-11-13 14:43:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KE PHUM PREL
07NAIROBI4429KENYA ELECTIONS: ELECTORAL COMMISSION CHAIR: "THE
[...] (C) Summary: ECK Chairman Kivuitu expressed to the Ambassador his determination to perform his function in a neutral, professional manner, resisting those who would have him favor one party over the others. He sees the press and "the people" as his allies in this effort. His initial impression o [...]
2007-11-13 14:56:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALKE PGOV PHUM
07NAIROBI4435Ambassadors Call On the Electoral Commission
[...] (SBU) Summary & Introduction: Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK) Chairman Samuel Kivuitu, Vice-Chair Kihara Muttu, and four staff members met with Chiefs of Missions from the UK, the United States, Canada, Sweden, and the European Commission on 8 November to review preparations for the 27 De [...]
2007-11-14 04:43:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KE
07NAIROBI4443AMERICAN VENTURE CAPITAL COMES CALLING IN KENYA
[...] (SBU) Summary: American venture capitalists are coming to Africa in a big way, if anecdotal evidence in Kenya is any indication. In a short span of time, the Embassy has had contact with three large venture capital funds, all heavyweights, looking at investing a combined $650 million in estab [...]
2007-11-14 07:18:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID EFIN KE
07NAIROBI4457KENYA ELECTIONS: POLLING MATTERS
[...] (C) Our election analysis (reftels) indicates a close race for the presidency. This analysis is based on voter registration data and traditional turnout rates as well as polling on presidential candidate preferences. We were concerned that widely published public opinion polls, which showed [...]
2007-11-14 13:32:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PREL KE
07NAIROBI4483NINTH PARLIAMENT WRAP UP (CORRECTED FORMAT)
[...] (U) President Kibaki dissolved the Ninth Parliament of Kenya on October 22, 2007, ending its five year term. Overall, its record was mixed. Parliament made strides strengthening its role as an independent branch of government. At times Parliament served as an effective counterweight to the his [...]
2007-11-19 12:00:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PGOV KE
07NAIROBI4510SOMALIA PRIME MINISTER -- Yusuf Changes His Mind
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Nur Hassan Hussein "Adde" will likely be announced as the new Prime Minister of the Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) November 20 rather than Sheikh Hassan Ali Nur who had been presented to us as the presumptive candidate just one week ago. We were told that Nur's ca [...]
2007-11-20 13:48:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET
07NAIROBI4511SOMALIA PRIME MINISTER -- Yusuf Changes His Mind
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Nur Hassan Hussein "Adde" will likely be announced as the new Prime Minister of the Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) November 20 rather than Sheikh Hassan Ali Nur who had been presented to us as the presumptive candidate just one week ago. We were told that Nur's ca [...]
2007-11-20 14:30:00Embassy NairobiSECRETPGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET
07NAIROBI4601KENYA ELECTIONS COUNTDOWN 3: 29 DAYS AWAY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: An average of 12 candidates will compete in each of Kenya's 210 parliamentary constituencies (2,547 candidates in total). The Steadman poll, generally considered the most credible, now shows Raila at 43.6 percent, Kibaki at 43.3 percent and Kalonzo at 11.4 percent. So far, we [...]
2007-11-28 14:39:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PGOV PREL KE
07NAIROBI4613UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TDA
[...] As requested in reftel, below is Embassy Nairobi's submission of information on Kenya's implementation of its international commitments to eliminate the worst forms of child labor, as required under the Trade and Development Act (TDA),for the Department of Labors preparation of the 2007 TDA re [...]
2007-11-29 13:30:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI KE
07NAIROBI463 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR LAURA POWERS,
[...] Embassy grants country clearance to Kenya for the visit of USAID/DCHA/OFDA Agriculture Technical Advisor, Ms. Laura Powers from o/a January 30, 2007 to o/a February 16, 2007 to provide support to USAID/DCHA/OFDA humanitarian activities in the region. 2. Country clearance is granted subjec [...]
2007-01-26 08:19:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AO KE
07NAIROBI4645KENYA SHILLING'S RISE AGAINST DOLLAR A TWO-EDGED SWORD
[...] (SBU) The Kenya shilling has appreciated 12.3% against the U.S. dollar this year, from Ksh69.55 on January 1 to Ksh61 on November 27. Kenya is highly dependent on dollar-denominated horticultural, tea, and tourism export earnings. Frightened exporters are intensifying their pressure on the C [...]
2007-12-04 09:02:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD PGOV EAGR KE
07NAIROBI4674Somalia - Cabinet Prospects
[...] (C) Sheikh Adan Mohamed Nur "Madobe," Speaker of the Transitional Federal Parliament of Somalia, told us Parliament is highly likely not to endorse PM Hussein's cabinet as announced December 2. Moreover, if submitted as now formulated and rejected by Parliament, Madobe said the government would [...]
2007-12-07 08:47:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SO
07NAIROBI4759KENYA ELECTIONS: COUNTDOWN 4: 13 DAYS AWAY:
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Political Section compared notes with other well informed political observers on prominent government and opposition MPs likely to be defeated in the parliamentary contest. The results appear below. In total, we expect the defeat of 136 MPs out of a total of 210 (65 perc [...]
2007-12-17 03:39:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PREL KE
07NAIROBI4824KENYA GDP GROWTH AND INFLATION STAY STRONG
[...] Summary: The Statistics Bureau estimated that real GDP grew 7.1% year-on-year (YOY) in the second quarter of 2007, based on growth in all sectors. Overall seasonally-adjusted inflation in the second and third quarters remained above 10%, and underlying inflation hit the Central Bank's 5% warni [...]
2007-12-21 12:52:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PGOV KE
07NAIROBI4825KENYA ELECTIONS: THE BATTLE FOR LANGATA - HOW A
[...] (C) Kenya,s Constitution requires that its President also be an elected Member of Parliament. Of the three major presidential candidates, only Raila Odinga lacks a safe seat. Odinga's choice to run for parliament in the ethnically mixed, Nairobi-based Langata constituency he has represented [...]
2007-12-21 12:53:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM KE
07NAIROBI4828KENYA ELECTIONS: ELECTORAL VIOLENCE - ECK AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The run up to the December 27 election is proving to be more violent than the last such contest in 2002, but still much less violent than Kenya's first two multiparty elections in 1992 and 1997. The majority of campaign activity falls within the bounds of the Electoral Code of [...]
2007-12-21 13:42:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PREL KE PGOV
07NAIROBI4829KENYA ELECTIONS: ELECTORAL VIOLENCE - ECK AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The run up to the December 27 election is proving to be more violent than the last such contest in 2002, but still much less violent than Kenya's first two multiparty elections in 1992 and 1997. The majority of campaign activity falls within the bounds of the Electoral Code of [...]
2007-12-21 13:46:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PREL KE PGOV
07NAIROBI4830 KENYA ON THE EVE OF NATIONAL ELECTIONS
[...] Summary: On balance, the Kenyan elections set for December 27 will likely be credible, but determining this will require careful reading of what is likely to be a messy process. Although President Kibaki and his Party of National Unity (PNU) could eek out victory, many observers see a win by o [...]
2007-12-24 11:12:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE
07NAIROBI523 SOMALIA DART SITUATION REPORT 10 UN
[...] The UN Country Team has launched a plan that outlines five priorities to achieve stabilization in Somalia over the next six months. The UN requests $50 million to achieve concrete outcomes from February to August 2007. The UN's priorities outlined in the document are building institutional [...]
2007-01-31 11:33:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PHUM PREL SO
07NAIROBI5401SOMALIA DISCUSSIONS WITH TFG FOREIGN MINISTER HURRE
[...] (C) As the Somalia crisis has unfolded, TFG Foreign Minister Hurre, who has been in Nairobi throughout, has been a useful source of information and insights into TFG actions. While he does not have much political clout within the TFG, he is in close contact with Yusuf and Gedi and reliably p [...]
2007-01-02 10:22:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET KE
07NAIROBI5402SOMALIA TFG PARLIAMENT SPEAKER HASSAN'S ROLE
[...] (C) As the current situation in Somalia has unfolded, we have been in close touch with TFG Parliament Speaker Hassan. Hassan left Baidoa over a month ago, stating that Parliament could not deliberate with freedom given pressures coming from President Yusuf and PM Gedi. He has insisted that Ged [...]
2007-01-02 10:22:00Embassy NairobiSECRETPGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET KE
07NAIROBI5403SOMALIA - SHEIKH SHARIF AND THE FUTURE ROLE OF
[...] Although Sheikh Sharif, the head of the Islamic Courts, executive branch has sometimes made harsh public statements, he is considered by most knowledgeable observers to be a moderate (the Ambassador took away that impression from his late August 2006 meeting with Sharif). Sharif is a respected [...]
2007-01-02 10:24:00Embassy NairobiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET KE
07NAIROBI5406"CORRECTED COPY TO INCLUDE PARAGRAPH
[...] (S) Although Sheikh Sharif, the head of the Islamic Courts, executive branch has sometimes made harsh public statements, he is considered by most knowledgeable observers to be a moderate (the Ambassador took away that impression from his late August 2006 meeting with Sharif). Sharif is a resp [...]
2007-01-02 11:07:00Embassy NairobiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET KE
07NAIROBI565U.S. FIRM TYCO GETS CONTRACT TO PERFORM SURVEY FOR FIBER
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Kenyan government has awarded a tender to U.S. firm Tyco Telecommunications to do a marine survey for the eventual construction of an undersea fiber optic cable to run between the United Arab Emirates and Mombasa, Kenya. Despite question marks about financing, the relevant [...]
2007-02-02 05:42:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECPS EFIN KE AE
07NAIROBI594 SOMALIA DART SITUATION REPORT 12 - FOOD
[...] According to the preliminary results of the UN Food and Agriculture's (FAO) Food Security Analysis Unit (FSAU) and the USAID-funded Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) multi-agency post-short rains assessment, the October-December rains in Somalia were largely beneficial for pasto [...]
2007-02-05 14:19:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PHUM PREL SO
07NAIROBI628POLITICS & RELIGIOUS IDENTITY IN KENYA
[...] (SBU) Summary: We estimate Kenya's religious demographics at 80 percent Christian, 10 percent Muslim and 10 percent followers of traditional African religions and other faiths. In the past, significant numbers of Kenyan voters have responded to appeals by their religious leaders to rise above [...]
2007-02-06 15:44:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKE KISL PGOV SOCI
07NAIROBI67SOMALIA: KENYAN PUSHBACK OF ASYLUM SEEKERS
[...] (C) The Ambassador raised reftel points with Foreign Minister Tuju the morning of January 4. The Ambassador emphasized the need for Kenya to cease the involuntary return of refugees (400 from Liboi and another 291 from Lamu) and meet its international humanitarian obligations to open its bord [...]
2007-01-04 13:42:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV PREL PHUM EIAD PTER KE SO
07NAIROBI75Kenya and China: Stronger Economic Ties Driven by Growing
[...] (SBU) Summary: Economic ties between Kenya and China are growing stronger, a trend being driven primarily by greater bilateral trade and, more precisely, by a rapid increase in Chinese exports to Kenya. While trade with China is increasingly important to Kenya, it still accounts for only 3% o [...]
2007-01-05 07:43:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KIPR KE CH
07NAIROBI759 SOMALIA DART SITUATION REPORT #14
[...] As the Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG) expands its administrative reach in southern and central Somalia, humanitarian agencies have begun to engage with relevant TFG ministries and Transitional Federal Institutions (TFIs). USAID's implementing partners in Somalia interact with l [...]
2007-02-14 12:44:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PHUM PREL SO
07NAIROBI762 Somalia Security Highlights
[...] (C) Two Somali groups have emerged claiming to lead the resistance to the TFG and its Ethiopian supporters. One of the groups has threatened to attack aircraft attempting to use Mogadishu International Airport, though it may be satisfied for the time being with disrupting TFG revenue flows. [...]
2007-02-14 13:30:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET
07NAIROBI820KENYA NOMINATION - AWARD FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN
[...] The Ambassador nominates for the Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage Kenyan Member of Parliament Njoki Ndung'u. In the face of fierce opposition, Ms. Ndung'u, one of only 18 women MPs in Kenya, drafted and championed the successful passage of the Sexual Offenses Act 2006. [...]
2007-02-20 11:24:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KDEM SOCI KE
07NAIROBI828SOMALIA DART SITUATION REPORT 15 - THE CLUSTER
[...] OCHA and UN Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) principals endorsed a cluster approach to international responses to humanitarian crises in 2005. The UN cluster system was designed as a global mechanism to address and identify gaps in response efforts and enhance the quality of humanitari [...]
2007-02-21 07:53:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM PREL SO
07NAIROBI870SOMALIA DART SITUATION REPORT 16 - THE IMPACT
[...] Continuing insecurity and political uncertainty in Somalia are displacing some populations from Mogadishu and impeding humanitarian operations in Lower Juba Region and Mogadishu. USAID's partners continue to operate under extremely difficult circumstances, but the populations that remain ina [...]
2007-02-23 09:30:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PHUM PREL SO
07NAIROBI871GOVERNANCE REPORT HELPS CRYSTALIZE DONOR CONSENSUS ON THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: A comprehensive World Bank assessment of governance in Kenya, still in draft, concludes that the control of corruption in Kenya improved in the early years of the Kibaki administration, but has since stagnated. Graft has not, however, returned to the levels seen under previous [...]
2007-02-23 09:32:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID EFIN KCOR PGOV KE
07NAIROBI924KENYA MAKES STEADY PROGRESS COMBATING COUNTERFEITING AND
[...] Sensitive but Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Although the Kenyan Minister of Trade himself admits that his country is the "dumping ground in East Africa for substandard goods" from China and India, Kenya in fact made steady progress in 2006 [...]
2007-02-27 10:51:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD EINV EFIN ECON PGOV KE
07NAIROBI927KENYA & SOMALIA SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF A/S
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Welcome to Kenya, a stable, dynamic democracy and a key regional partner for the United States. Our partnership with Kenya focuses on five major goals: cooperate to fight insecurity and terrorism; combat disease and save lives; promote prosperity, fight poverty and invest in [...]
2007-02-27 11:49:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PREL KE
07NAIROBI933USAID/FFP CONTRIBUTES $5 MILLION IN FOOD AID TO
[...] SUMMARY: Excessive and exceptional heavy rains and floods in November - December 2006 have negatively impacted food and seed production in Burundi. Their impact prolongs the hunger gap period to ten months; the short dry season harvest of December - January never occurred severely limiting th [...]
2007-02-27 13:28:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDBY KE
07NAIROBI938USAID/FFP CONTRIBUTES $5 MILLION IN FOOD AID TO
[...] SUMMARY: Excessive and exceptional heavy rains and floods in November - December 2006 have negatively impacted food and seed production in Burundi. Their impact prolongs the hunger gap period to ten months; the short dry season harvest of December - January never occurred severely limiting th [...]
2007-02-27 14:22:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDBY
07NAIROBI973KENYA & SOMALIA SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF S/WCI
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Welcome to Kenya, a stable, dynamic democracy and a key regional partner for the United States. Our partnership with Kenya focuses on five major goals: cooperate to fight insecurity and terrorism; combat disease and save lives; promote prosperity, fight poverty and invest in [...]
2007-03-01 06:42:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PREL KE
07NAPLES118APULIA: INNOVATION AT HOME, OUTREACH TO THE BALKANS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-19 20:52:00Consulate NaplesUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV PREL IT
07NAPLES119THE NAPLES GARBAGE CRISIS: A CASE STUDY IN SOUTHERN ITALIAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Although the accumulation of garbage in Italy's Campania region has declined significantly since it grew to crisis proportions earlier this year, continued national and even international press coverage have made it a symbol of everything that is wrong with the Italian South: i [...]
2007-11-20 16:38:00Consulate NaplesUNCLASSIFIEDSENV PGOV PREL CASC TBIO IT
07NAPLES129SICILIAN MAFIA REELING FROM POLICE AND BUSINESS ACTIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: A series of law enforcement successes in Sicily, including the arrest of a major mafia boss in November and a raid that netted 70 suspects on December 4, has the Cosa Nostra reeling. Business owners have increasingly banded together, refusing to pay the protection money that h [...]
2007-12-06 15:09:00Consulate NaplesUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCRM IT
07NASSAU1053FINANCE MINISTER AFFIRMS BAHAMAS' INTEREST IN
[...] (C) Minister of State for Finance Zhivargo Liang affirmed the new FNM government's interest in attracting more small-scale, boutique tourism investments as opposed to the large-scale investments popular during the Christie Administration. Liang emphasized that no investors would be turned awa [...]
2007-08-24 11:37:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALPGOV EINV ENRG ECON BF
07NASSAU1437 BUSINESS OUTLOOK CONFERENCE ON ABACO HIGHLIGHTS EMERGING
[...] SUMMARY: At the 4th Annual Abaco Business Outlook Conference earlier this fall, Deputy Prime Minister Brent Symonette told delegates that the Free National Movement government plans to monitor the environmental impact of major hotel investment projects. The theme of the conference, "Growth b [...]
2007-12-03 16:03:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EINV SENV BF
07NASSAU1458BAHAMAS GRAPPLES WITH SHARP RISE IN VIOLENT CRIME
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A series of high-profile murders of prominent professionals in Nassau and Freeport in mid-November, followed by a number of gangland-style killings in the capital November 24-28, have focused renewed public attention on a rising tide of violent crime in The Bahamas. Police stati [...]
2007-12-07 18:54:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KCRM KJUS BF
07NASSAU297AMBASSADOR AND FM MITCHELL REVIEW PSI, AUTEC,
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Rood and Foreign Minister Mitchell met March 7 to review outstanding bilateral issues, including the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI),the U.S. request to install new sonar arrays at the Atlantic Undersea Testing and Evaluation Center (AUTEC),the Ambassador's [...]
2007-03-09 12:21:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALPROV PREL KNNP KTIA BF
07NASSAU332AMBASSADOR AND ATTORNEY GENERAL DISCUSS PSI,
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Rood and Attorney General Allyson Maynard-Gibson discussed the status of ongoing joint criminal investigations, extraditions, and other law enforcement issues under the AG's jurisdiction. The Attorney General provided her reaction to elements of the just released huma [...]
2007-03-16 16:07:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALBF ECON KJUS KNNP MARR PREL
07NASSAU414OPPOSITION LEADER INGRAHAM SUPPORTS US ON AVIATION
[...] (C) Summary: In a final courtesy call, Ambassador Rood and Free National Movement (FNM) Leader Hubert Ingraham discussed aviation issues, judicial reform, educational initiatives, bilateral cooperation and upcoming elections. Ingraham promised to work closely with the FAA on aviation issues i [...]
2007-04-02 11:24:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR EAIR BF
07NASSAU435PM CHRISTIE CALLS MAY 2 ELECTIONS; TIGHT RACE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 4, Prime Minister Perry Christie dissolved parliament and announced that elections will be held May 2. At present, the race is too close to call, and neither party is likely to enjoy the same parliamentary majority now held by the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP). The key [...]
2007-04-04 21:10:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM
07NASSAU455ATTORNEY GENERAL OPENS WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY FOR
[...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) During his farewell call on Attorney General Allyson Maynard Gibson on April 4, Ambassador Rood reiterated his interest in seeing the U.S. and The Bahamas conclude a Proliferation Security Initiative agreement (PSI) -- a poin [...]
2007-04-11 22:20:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNMP BF
07NASSAU523EMBATTLED FOREIGN MINISTER ACCUSED OF CHINESE VISA
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Bahamian Consular Affairs Chief Dorothea Lafleur in a private lunch with Embassy's Consular Chief accused Foreign Minister Fred Mitchell of complicity in pressuring consular officers to issue visas to patently ineligible applicants. She further alleged that Mitchell was involve [...]
2007-04-24 21:35:00Embassy NassauSECRETPGOV PREL KCOR CH BF
07NASSAU550PRE-ELECTION ROUNDUP: MOMENTUM TO FNM AS PARTIES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In the final run up to May 2 elections, violence has faded, replaced with isolated vote-buying allegations, though these are not expected to compromise outcomes. In its recently released party platform, the opposition Free National Movement (FNM) has promised to restrict foreig [...]
2007-04-30 21:12:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KCOR BF
07NASSAU551WATERING THE GRASS ROOTS WITH FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff observed last-minute campaigning by Foreign Minister Fred Mitchell in his hotly-contested Fox Hill constituency. With small constituencies of only about 4000 people, candidates know voters by name, and are expected to visit with each voter personally. The result is a de [...]
2007-04-30 21:38:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KCOR KDEM BF
07NASSAU673GOVERNMENT IN THE SUNSHINE: INGRAHAM ROLLS OUT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Ingraham rolled out his government's plans for The Bahamas at the ceremonial opening of parliament May 23. Picking up on his campaign theme of restoring trust, Ingraham pledged to focus on good governance, accountability, transparency and respect for human righ [...]
2007-05-31 18:41:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ECON EINV KCOR BF
07NDJAMENA101CHAD: NEW CLASHES ON SUDAN/CHAD BORDER
[...] (U) In what was apparently a combined operation, UFDD (Union of Forces for Democracy and Development),RAFD (African Assembly of Democratic Forces) and RNDP (National Assembly for Democracy and Progress) rebels attacked Adre in the early hours of February 1. Humanitarian aid workers in the ar [...]
2007-02-01 17:01:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PGOV PREF PREL CD
07NDJAMENA119FOLLOW-UP MEETING WITH SLM/A REBEL LEADERS
[...] (C) Summary: Sudanese Liberation Movement (SLM/A) Chairman Ahmed Abdelshafi met with the Ambassador for the first time since the meeting of Special Envoy (SE) Natsios with rebel leaders in Abeche on January 19 (Ref A). Abdelshafi continues to reject the Darfur Peace Agreement as a basis for f [...]
2007-02-07 12:45:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF CD SU SCRS
07NDJAMENA121PRESIDENT DEBY BACKTRACKING ON UN FORCE IN EASTERN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-07 18:46:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALCD KPKO PREF PREL SU SCRSERD
07NDJAMENA122PRESIDENT DEBY BACKTRACKING ON UN FORCE IN EASTERN
[...] (C) UN Assistant Secretary General for Peacekeeping Operations Hedi Annabi told the Ambassador in meetings February 5 and 6 that President Deby seems to have backtracked on deployment of a UN military peacekeeping force to eastern Chad. Instead, Deby's preference remains a civilian police (ci [...]
2007-02-07 20:31:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL KPKO CD SU SCRS
07NDJAMENA129ADDITIONAL FOLLOW-UP MEETING WITH NRF/JEM
[...] (C) Summary. The NRF has high ambitions for a commanders conference/political meeting scheduled for Abeche starting 12 February. However, there remain issues of who will attend and how much consensus they will reach. Meanwhile, the NRF's renunciation of regime change (as recommended by Speci [...]
2007-02-09 12:58:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PREF CD SU CRS
07NDJAMENA163CHAD INTERETHNIC CONFLICT: "A POLITICAL CRISIS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Leading "Chad watcher" Roland Marchal emphasized that resolving the Darfur crisis required pressure on President Deby - pressure on Khartoum was not enough. President Deby's calculated pitting of ethnic group against ethnic group in eastern Chad (for the sake of regime survival [...]
2007-02-23 08:09:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PREF CD SU
07NDJAMENA17 CHAD: CENSORSHIP UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Nearly one month after declaring a state of emergency throughout the country, the Government of Chad continues to talk a tough line vis--vis the national press. The state of emergency, under which the GOC has implemented a hard line censorship policy, has been extended for s [...]
2007-01-09 06:48:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPAO PHUM CD
07NDJAMENA175DARFUR/ABECHE CONFERENCES YET TO MATERIALIZE, BUT
[...] (C). Summary. Although the proposed rebel conferences in Darfur and Abeche still have not occurred, a number of rebel leaders did attend the Tripoli conference last week. According to representatives of the Sudanese Liberation Movement (SLM) in Ndjamena, a unified SLM must still be achieved [...]
2007-02-27 12:40:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPREL LY CD SU SCRS
07NDJAMENA18DEBY PEACE ACCORD WITH FUC'S NOUR -- ONE LESS
[...] (C) Summary: The withdrawal of Sudanese government support and an alleged payment of $5.5 million from Libyan President Moammar Gadaffi may have combined to induce Chadian rebel leader Mahamat Nour to sign a peace agreement with the Deby government in Tripoli December 24. The significance of [...]
2007-01-09 15:15:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALCD MOPS PGOV PREL
07NDJAMENA189CHAD'S POSITION ON A UN BORDER FORCE HARDENING
[...] (U) On February 28 the Ambassador was called to the Foreign Ministry to receive a statement from Acting Foreign Minister Djidda Moussa Outman clarifying Chad's reservations on proposals by the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (UNDPKO) to the UN Security Council (UNSC) for a peacekeepi [...]
2007-02-28 15:54:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPKO PGOV PHUM PREL UNSC CD
07NDJAMENA195CHAD: PRIME MINISTER YOADIMNADJI DIES; KASSIRE
[...] (SBU) President Deby selected Dr. Nouradine Delwa Kassire Koumakoye to replace Prime Minister Yoadimnadji who died in Paris on February 24. Kassire previously served as Prime Minister from 1993-1995. Kassire is a southern Muslim with ties to some of Chad,s northern ethnic groups. --------- [...]
2007-03-01 15:17:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL CD
07NDJAMENA196CHAD: 2007 BUDGET IN DANGER OF SLIPPING
[...] (SBU) Summary: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and European Commission (EC) are concerned about the GOC's political will and capacity to meet agreed 2007 budget targets. Wage pressures, corruption and mounting military and off-budget spending -- combined with unrealistic assumptions of [...]
2007-03-02 11:00:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ELAB PGOV CD
07NDJAMENA199ABECHE: EASTERN CHAD HUB FOR THE UN, NGOS AND ANY
[...] (u) Summary. Abeche is the major city in eastern Chad, used as a hub by the UN agencies and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that work in the region. Security remains an issue, with the UN still drawn down to essential personnel only (Phase IV)). UN and NGO staff favor a [...]
2007-03-02 15:57:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREF PREL KCRS KPKO CD SU
07NDJAMENA200ABECHE: EASTERN CHAD HUB FOR THE UN, NGOS AND ANY
[...] (u) Summary. Abeche is the major city in eastern Chad, used as a hub by the UN agencies and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that work in the region. Security remains an issue, with the UN still drawn down to essential personnel only (Phase IV)). UN and NGO staff favor a [...]
2007-03-02 15:57:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREF PREL KCRS KPKO CD SU
07NDJAMENA204CHAD/USA SIGN AGREEMENT ON ESTABLISHMENT OF
[...] On March 5, the Ambassador signed an agreement with the Government of Chad on the establishment of the American International School of N'djamena. The Secretary of State for International Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Djidda Moussa Outman, signed for the Government of Chad. [...]
2007-03-05 16:59:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDASCH PREL CD
07NDJAMENA205LET'S TAKE THIS YES FOR AN ANSWER: NEXT STEPS ON A
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION: President Deby's rejection of the UN border force proposed by the UN's Department of Peacekeeping Operations (UNDPKO) leaves an opening for bringing in a smaller force tasked with protecting humanitarian operations in eastern Chad. We believe we should pur [...]
2007-03-05 17:20:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPKO PGOV PHUM PREF PREL UNSC CD
07NDJAMENA257 PRESIDENT DEBY ACKNOWLEDGES GUEREDA INSECURITY
[...] (SBU) Summary. President Deby visited Guereda March 22 to deal with ongoing Tama/Zaghawa conflict. In a meeting in Kounoungou Refugee Camp, he acknowledged to refugees, local residents, and the humanitarian community that there were indeed security problems, and said that he would create a n [...]
2007-03-26 12:25:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PGOV KCRS CD SU
07NDJAMENA258CHAD: MEETING WITH AHMED DIRAIJ
[...] (SBU) Summary. Sudan Federal Democratic Alliance (SFDA) leader Ahmed Diraij shared his impressions of diplomatic moves and countermoves by Chad, Sudan and Eritrea relative to the Darfur conflict with the Ambassador March 21. He expected continuing jockeying for position in the week ahead amo [...]
2007-03-26 12:32:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SU CD
07NDJAMENA261NEW POLLUTION ADDS TO CHAD'S UXO AND MINE LEGACY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Unexploded ordnance (UXO) left over from 2006 battles in eastern Chad is proving deadly to civilians (mostly children) and will be the focus of Chad's next demining appeal. The government's delay in providing long-promised counterpart funding is one of many problems hampering t [...]
2007-03-26 15:47:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID MARR MASS MOPS CD
07NDJAMENA274IMF WORRIED ABOUT CHAD FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: A visiting IMF team and World Bank mission leader said that maintaining fiscal sustainability in Chad will continue to be difficult, especially when substantial oil revenue is about to be received (oil taxes paid March 30 come to USD $420 million.) Major concerns include: incre [...]
2007-03-30 10:23:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV CD
07NDJAMENA278CHAD: DAS SWAN MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) James C. Swan April 2, Chad Foreign Minister SIPDIS Allam-mi explained that he had not yet briefed the Cabinet on his meetings in New York and therefore could not give an update on whether a green light would be given to the [...]
2007-04-03 09:43:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PREF PGOV UNSC CD SU
07NDJAMENA291SUDANESE REBELS STILL A LONG WAY FROM UNIFYING
[...] (C) Summary. NRF officials, including two ex-pat political representatives from the UK, indicated frustration at the slow progress of unifying the Sudanese rebels in a meeting with them April 4. They said they see the United States as an important friend and ally and urged diplomatic pressu [...]
2007-04-04 17:15:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PREF CD SU CRS
07NDJAMENA302CHAD SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE
[...] (C) Summary: United States interests in Chad have evolved over the last seven years. Highlights of the new relationship include U.S. humanitarian support for the Sudanese refugees in eastern Chad and U.S. political leadership in seeking a resolution of the Darfur conflict, U.S./Chad coopera [...]
2007-04-06 11:01:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF OTRA SU CD
07NDJAMENA318 CODEL MCGOVERN VISITS EASTERN CHAD, MEETS SUDAN REBELS
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Rep. James McGovern and staffers, plus Ambassador and Emboffs, visited the Abeche area on 6-7 April, meeting with local Chadian authorities, UN officials, NGO workers, and Sudanese rebel leaders. The group drove to Gaga camp to meet with Sudanese refugees. In a meeting with Rep [...]
2007-04-12 10:40:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PGOV PHUM KCRS CD SU OVIP OTRA
07NDJAMENA329CAR REFUGEES IN CHAD: INCREASE IN MALNUTRITION
[...] (SBU) Summary. An end-March monitoring visit to the three refugee camps for Central African Republic (CAR) refugees near Gore found that the malnutrition rate at Amboko Camp - the oldest of the three (established mid-June 2003) - had tripled from December to March. While the malnutrition rat [...]
2007-04-17 12:13:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PGOV KCRS CD CT
07NDJAMENA331DEPUTY SECRETARY MEETING WITH DARFUR REBELS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of Sudanese rebel movements from JEM, NMRD and SLA met with Deputy Secretary Negroponte in Ndjamena, April 17. The movements explained that three months of meetings in Chad had failed to unify the movements, but that they were still trying. The effort by GNU V [...]
2007-04-18 08:25:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PREF PGOV SU CD
07NDJAMENA357REFUGEE PROTECTION IN EASTERN CHAD - Part 1
[...] (U) Summary: A team from the DepartmentQs Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration/Africa Office (PRM/AFR) and the office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization (S/CRS) visited Sudanese refugee camps in eastern Chad from March 20-28 to monitor USG-funded protection and [...]
2007-04-26 09:35:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PGOV KCRS SU CD
07NDJAMENA358REFUGEE PROTECTION IN EASTERN CHAD - Part 2
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-26 09:37:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PGOV KCRS SU CD
07NDJAMENA385JEM LEADER ON CHAD-SUDAN BORDER CONFLICT
[...] (C) More fighting on the Chad-Sudan border is likely as both countries move to implement the agreement reached in Riyadh to stop supporting rebel groups aimed at each other, Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) Chairman Khalil Ibrahim told the Ambassador and Poloff May 5. Khalil expected Kha [...]
2007-05-07 14:54:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL CD SU
07NDJAMENA396SUDAN REBEL LEADER SEEKS DARFUR PEACE TALKS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) is ready to start Darfur peace talks tomorrow and wants to cooperate with the United States, JEM Chairman Khalil Ibrahim stressed in a meeting on May 5. Khalil expressed support for the United Nation's mediation effort, a Darfur ceasefire [...]
2007-05-08 16:59:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREF PREL UNSC CD
07NDJAMENA403DONORS ASKED TO TELL CHAD TO REIN IN SPENDING
[...] (C) Summary and action request: The IMF and the World Bank have asked the United States and France to join them in a new Multi-Donor Mission (MDM) to urge President Deby to rein in military and infrastructure spending in order to maintain Chad's solvency into 2008 and 2009. Chad's request to [...]
2007-05-10 09:32:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPGOV EFIN EAID CD
07NDJAMENA409CHAD FY O6 SECTION 1206 - MISI INITIATIVE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-11 12:18:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS MOPS PARM CD
07NDJAMENA410CHADIAN TROOP BUILD-UP UNDERWAY; ALL QUIET, FOR NOW
[...] (C) Summary: The Government of Chad (GOC) is ready to launch a major attack against Chadian rebels if the rebels cross over from Sudan for one last offensive before the rainy season -- or if they are expelled by Sudan. Embassy sources do not put much weight in the Saudi-brokered accord between [...]
2007-05-11 12:18:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CD SU
07NDJAMENA411CHAD FY O6 SECTION 1206 - MISI INITIATIVE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-11 12:18:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS MOPS PARM CD
07NDJAMENA419CHAD'S NEW PETROLEUM CODE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of the ExxonMobil-led oil consortium view Chad's new Petroleum Code as presenting a reasonable framework of incentives and obligations for foreign companies interested in oil exploitation. The Code is ambiguous on whether companies with existing agreements are [...]
2007-05-16 12:35:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EPET EFIN PGOV CD
07NDJAMENA42NEW CHINESE AMBASSADOR TO CHAD
[...] (SBU) Summary: Capping the reestablishment of relations with Chad, China's foreign minister visited N'Djamena January 6-7. China,s new envoy to Chad told the Ambassador that China recognizes that development in Chad and the region requires peace and stability. He noted China's interest in C [...]
2007-01-12 10:41:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EPET MOPS PREF PREL CD
07NDJAMENA424N'DJAMENA EAC FOR MAY 18, 2007
[...] (S) On May 18, 2007 at 0950 hours the N,djamena EAC to discuss recent threat information from SIMO regarding an RPG attack on the US Embassy and apparent kidnapping plans by Islamic extremists for Americans, French and Italian citizens living in Chad. Those present were the Ambassador, DCM, DA [...]
2007-05-18 17:49:00Embassy NdjamenaSECRETASEC
07NDJAMENA43C-130'S FOR CHAD?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Chad wants to buy four C-130 aircraft at a cost of over USD 300 million. Whether Chad needs or can afford so many new aircraft is questionable. Also an issue is how they will be used. Chad wants to buy them primarily to defend the regime against a backlash provoked by its re [...]
2007-01-12 12:06:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALBEXP EFIN KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL CD
07NDJAMENA434SLM UNITY MEETING YIELDS STILL ANOTHER FACTION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The attempt to reunify the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) at Ameri in Darfur last month appears instead to have succeeded in giving birth to yet another splinter group. According to its spokesman, speaking with us on May 22, the newly christened Revolutionary Military Counc [...]
2007-05-23 14:42:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREF PREL UNSC CD SU
07NDJAMENA446CHAD ELECTION DIALOGUE: A POSSIBLE OPPORTUNITY?
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Discussions on electoral reform are moving forward between the Mouvement Patriotique de Salut (MPS),Chad's ruling party, and the opposition. Agreement could come in the next weeks. Even diehard critics of the regime see promise that the talks could lead toward a more inclusive [...]
2007-05-30 14:47:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PHUM PREL CD
07NDJAMENA455GRAND IMAM VOICES CONCERN OVER EXTREMISTS' "NEW
[...] (C) SUMMARY Fundamentalist and extremist ideologies continue to gain influence in Chad, according to the Grand Imam, who reported on the "new strategy" of a number of Islamic organizations. The World Association of Muslim Youth (WAMY) and the Islamic Forum (IF) have been officially banned by [...]
2007-06-04 18:01:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNCD PGOV PREL KISL
07NDJAMENA462SLM LEADER COMMENTS ON UNIFICATION EFFORTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The prospects for leaders within the Sudanese Liberation Movement (SLM) to unify appear to be dim and getting dimmer. During a recent meeting with SLM leader Adam Shogar, he expressed dismay with recent unification efforts, and was focused on the differences between the vari [...]
2007-06-05 16:20:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREF PREL UNSC SU CD
07NDJAMENA470N'DJAMENA EAC DISCUSSES INTRUDER INCIDENT
[...] (SBU) On June 5, 2007 at 0830 hours the N,djamena EAC met to discuss the recent intruder penetration of the Embassy compound, counter-measures implemented and any new information. Those present were the Ambassador, DAO, RSO, MO, POL/MIL. The following information was discussed: 2. (S) As r [...]
2007-06-07 07:27:00Embassy NdjamenaSECRET//NOFORNASEC
07NDJAMENA474CHAD/SUDAN: MASALIT RESTIVENESS
[...] (SBU) Summary: A new Darfur rebel group is being formed composed of Masalit who object to control by Zaghawans, whether Chadian or Darfurian. The group may not get off the ground, but its formation is indicative of the splintering trend among the Darfur rebels and dissatisfaction among Masa [...]
2007-06-07 13:32:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM CD SU
07NDJAMENA477CHAD: FOREIGN MINISTER ON REBELS AND PEACEKEEPING
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador June 7, Foreign Minister Allam-Mi said that both Sudan and Chad were adequately abiding by the Riyadh accord's requirement to rein in each other's rebels. Greater calm had prevailed in eastern Chad as a result. Allam-mi hardened his verbiage op [...]
2007-06-07 15:56:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CH SU
07NDJAMENA488CHAD: LIMITS OF OIL REVENUE OVERSIGHT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the Ambassador June 11, the head of the oil-revenue supervisory office ("College"),Lamana Abdoulaye, acknowledged that the strictures on his office substantially diminished its effectiveness. He also claimed the College had turned back some faulty projects a [...]
2007-06-13 09:26:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ECON EFIN PREL CD
07NDJAMENA499CHAD: IMPORTANT JUNCTURE IN INTERNAL POLITICAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The ongoing political dialogue in Chad has come to a crunch point. According to a senior official who serves as go-between in the dialogue, several key areas of disagreement remain, but each one is surmountable. A prominent oppositionist has removed himself from the dialogu [...]
2007-06-15 15:42:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PHUM PREL CD
07NDJAMENA50EASTERN CHAD: USAID ASSESSMENT OF INTERNALLY
[...] Summary: The USG humanitarian assessment team in eastern Chad is investigating reports of rising numbers of internally displaced persons. On January 17 and 18, the team visited two IDP sites and refugee camps in the Farchana area of Assounga Departement. Recent arrivals at the sites are from [...]
2007-01-19 19:16:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PGOV PHUM PREF SOCI CD
07NDJAMENA504CHAD: KOUCHNER PLAN ACCEPTED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Deby hasaccepted a two-track humanitarian protection pla for eastern Chadthat Kouchner proposed to him une 10. The plan is modest but achievable. It culd have a relatively quick impact in protecting efugees and internally displaced persons, as well s somewhat reduci [...]
2007-06-18 10:45:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO CD PHUM PREF
07NDJAMENA506ISLAM IN SOUTHERN CHAD
[...] (SBU) Summary: What is the status of Islam in southern Chad, a relatively densely populated area but traditionally largely Christian or animist? Embassy NQDjamena PAO and Arabic/Muslim Outreach Specialist set out to answer this question, at least anecdotally, during two trips over a three- [...]
2007-06-19 16:13:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL OIIP KPAO KIRF PHUM CD
07NDJAMENA507CHAD: TOWARD FREER RADIO AND
[...] (U) Summary: There are some potentially significant changes underway in ChadQs media environment, and, with the apparent end of the State of Emergency, censorship of the independent press has virtually ceased. First, ChadQs government-controlled national radio and television are moving tow [...]
2007-06-19 16:16:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL OIIP KPAO KIRF PHUM CD
07NDJAMENA508CORRECTED VERSION: ISLAM IN SOUTHERN CHAD
[...] (SBU) Summary: What is the status of Islam in southern Chad, a relatively densely populated area but traditionally largely Christian or animist? Embassy N'Djamena PAO and Arabic/Muslim Outreach Specialist set out to answer this question, at least anecdotally, during two trips over a three- [...]
2007-06-20 06:43:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL OIIP KPAO KIRF PHUM CD
07NDJAMENA509CORRECTED VERSION; CHAD: TOWARD FREER RADIO AND
[...] (U) Summary: There are some potentially significant changes underway in Chad's media environment, and, with the apparent end of the State of Emergency, censorship of the independent press has virtually ceased. First, Chad's government-controlled national radio and television are moving tow [...]
2007-06-20 06:44:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL OIIP KPAO KIRF PHUM CD
07NDJAMENA516CHAD: DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES ON DIALOGUE, REBELS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Abderaman Moussa, the National Mediator, and Jean Alingue, prominent oppositionist, gave the Ambassador June 19 their very different views on the ongoing political dialogue and, in particular, participation of the rebels. Alingue said that the dialogue had reached agreement o [...]
2007-06-21 18:30:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM CD
07NDJAMENA517CHAD/SUDAN: JEM PERSPECTIVE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Taljadine Niam, JEM representative in Chad, met the Ambassador June 20 at his request, seeking to maintain contact despite sanctions on JEM leader Khalil Ibrahim. Khalil, he claimed, had departed Chad for Darfur with "all" the JEM forces. He said JEM (contrary to its blockin [...]
2007-06-21 18:57:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM CD SU
07NDJAMENA530CHAD: FURTHER ON KOUCHNER PLAN
[...] (SBU) Francois Dureau, representing the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) in talks in Chad, briefed ambassadors June 25, before departing the country, on the status of the two-track humanitarian protection plan for eastern Chad (reftel). He said that most of the discussions had [...]
2007-06-26 15:15:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO CD PHUM PREF
07NDJAMENA531CHAD MISSES 70 PERCENT TARGET BUT WORLD BANK STILL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The World Bank and IMF concluded two weeks of meetings with the Chadian government June 24, pleased with the participation of all ministries and opennness of the process. They brought senior Chadian officials, including military, together for the first time to focus on budget [...]
2007-06-26 15:22:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL CD
07NDJAMENA544CHAD: FISSURES IN OPPOSITION RANKS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two tracks of government-opposition talks have been under way for the past week, one with the Chadian rebels in Tripoli, the other a continuation of the internal dialogue in Ndjamena. Preliminary indications suggest that serious fissures are developing within the formerly cohe [...]
2007-06-29 10:30:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV CD LY SU
07NDJAMENA546CHAD OIL: GOVERNMENT WAVES THE CARROTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Working relations between the Government of Chad and the Esso-led oil consortium continue to improve. It appears that the President has been persuaded that taking too aggressive an approach at a time when the Consortium is weighing future investment decisions could jeopardize [...]
2007-07-02 16:08:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV CD
07NDJAMENA553TRANSFORMING CHAD: A CAUTIONARY TALE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over the last three years the United States has devoted more attention and resources to Chad than at any time since the joint fight against Libyan aggression in the 1980's. Chad is a major beneficiary of the Trans Saharan Counter-Terrorism Partnership initiative. It receive [...]
2007-07-03 20:54:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN EPET KDEM KPKO PGOV PHUM PREL PTER
07NDJAMENA555CHAD: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR YOUNOUSMI ON SUDAN,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Deby's close advisor Adoum Younousmi told the Ambassador July 3 that, during his trip to Khartoum the previous week, he had found the Sudanese leaders "lacking in vision" in their objectives in Darfur, but "evolving." They had asked for Chadian mediation with the Da [...]
2007-07-04 10:32:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PGOV CD SU
07NDJAMENA557DEMOCRACY AND STABILITY IN CHAD: IS THERE HOPE?
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Idriss Deby Itno is a master survivor in a political culture as cruel and a neighborhood as dangerous as any in the world. Over the course of the last few years he has succeeded once again in facing down all challengers despite the fierce backlash his move to become [...]
2007-07-05 07:35:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEAID EFIN EPET KDEM KPKO PGOV PHUM PREF PREL
07NDJAMENA564CHAD/SUDAN: ROUNDING UP DARFUR REBELS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The funeral and associated traditional mourning customs for President Deby's son tied up key players in Ndjamena, with the result that the Center for Humanitarian Dialogue (CHD) still does not have Chadian approval for a flight to take Darfur rebels to Mombasa. CHD is focusing [...]
2007-07-06 09:23:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM CD SU
07NDJAMENA594CHAD: TWO UNEASY TRACKS OF DIALOGUE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Strains within the opposition coalition have not yet led to an open rupture, but the internal political dialogue is blocked over the issue of a government of consensus. Meanwhile, there is apparent progress in the parallel dialogue in Tripoli between the government and rebels [...]
2007-07-13 18:06:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV CD LY SU
07NDJAMENA618CHAD FOREIGN MINISTER ON ARUSHA MEETING
[...] (SBU) Summary: Chad Foreign Minister Allam-mi stressed to Charge that Chad would do all it could to ensure a successful meeting in Arusha. Referring to Embassy demarches concerning the Center for Humanitarian Dialogue's aborted meeting in Mombasa, he stated that Chad did not want to have a bi [...]
2007-07-25 16:39:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV SU CD
07NDJAMENA619 EASTERN CHAD - INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT UPDATE
[...] Most internally displaced people (IDPs) in eastern Chad are now receiving assistance from humanitarian organizations. The numbers have stabilized at about 170,000, and due to the rains no major conflict is expected for several months. Issues faced by the humanitarian community include insecu [...]
2007-07-25 17:17:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PGOV PHUM SOCI PREF PREL CD
07NDJAMENA623UNDER-AGE RECRUITMENT IN CHAD
[...] SUMMARY: International media attention to under-age recruitment in Chad, stimulated by reports from Human Rights Watch and UN, has brought an indignant rebuke from the government spokesman, but, at the working level, it appears to have resulted in enhanced cooperation from the Ministry of De [...]
2007-07-26 13:08:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MCAP KAWC PREL CD
07NDJAMENA625 EASTERN CHAD - IDP NEEDS BEING MET
[...] Most of the estimated 173,000 internally displaced people (IDPs) in eastern Chad are now receiving assistance from humanitarian organizations. USAID/OFDA's partners and other humanitarian organizations are providing services to the IDPs in the water/sanitation/hygiene (WASH),health/nutritio [...]
2007-07-30 16:18:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PGOV PHUM SOCI PREF PREL CD
07NDJAMENA637SCENESTTER FOR GENERAL WARD
[...] (C) General Ward: Your first visit to Chad will highlight for President Idriss Deby Itno the importance the United States attaches to the Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership (TSCTP) and U.S. appreciation for Chad's support on counter-terrorism issues. We anticipate that the President [...]
2007-08-03 12:19:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CD
07NDJAMENA649CHAD SHOWS RENEWED INTEREST IN EXTRACTIVE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chadian officials, including the Minister of Oil, briefed donors on plans to implement the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in two World Bank-hosted meetings July 26 and July 31, 2007. Chad had already expressed interest in joining EITI in 2004, but there [...]
2007-08-08 05:57:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDCD ECON EPET PREL
07NDJAMENA657GUINNESS TESTS THE WATERS IN CHAD
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 26, Chad's only brewery, Les Brasseries du Tchad (BDT),announced the addition of Guinness to its existing product line. Chad's neighbor, Cameroon, has produced Guinness for years and some Cameroonian Guinness was imported to Chad both legally and clandestinely. By pr [...]
2007-08-13 12:59:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCD ETRD ECON PGOV PREL
07NDJAMENA665GENERAL WARD,S MEETING WITH CHAD PRESIDENT,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Commander of the European Military Command General William Ward met President Deby August 8 in Chad in a meeting primarily focused on aircraft sales. While arguing the case for Chad's need for C-130's, President Deby also expressed interest in learning more about the C-2 [...]
2007-08-14 13:28:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALCD PGOV PREL
07NDJAMENA674 EASTERN CHAD - USAID FIELD VISIT TO DOGDORE IDP
[...] The week of August 13, a USAID's Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance (DCHA) field officer based in eastern Chad traveled to the internally displaced person (IDP) site of Dogdore, the largest IDP site in eastern Chad. Dogdore's proximity to the Chad-Sudan border and the [...]
2007-08-16 16:37:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PGOV PHUM SOCI PREF PREL CD
07NDJAMENA676CHINA IN CHAD: AN ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mr. Huang Mingyuan, Economic and Commercial Counselor of the Chinese (PRC) Embassy in Chad, provided an overview of the current state of China's activities here. Since reopening its embassy in N'djamena in 2006, China has responded to a variety of needs expressed by the Chad [...]
2007-08-17 10:47:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCD CH ECON ETRD PREL ENRG EPET
07NDJAMENA70SPECIAL ENVOY NATSIOS TO REBELS: TIME IS NOT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In his meeting with DPA non- signatory groups, Presidential Special Envoy Andrew Natsios delivered a clear message to rebel leaders gathered in eastern Chad that the only solution to the Darfur crisis was through negotiation. He informed them that the USG supported an all-incl [...]
2007-01-24 17:47:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PREF CD SU
07NDJAMENA712CHAD:EU TEAM ASKS HARD QUESTIONS ABOUT PROPOSED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After the week-long visit of a European Commission Technical Assessment Team, many questions were still unanswered as to how a possible multidimensional UN/EU force would go about protecting refugees, IDPs and humanitarian workers in eastern Chad given the complex political an [...]
2007-09-07 15:32:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCD PGOV PHUM PREF PREL
07NDJAMENA755SUDAN REBEL ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING IN CHAD
[...] (SBU) Summary: The UN/AU organized September 19-20 meeting in N'Djamena was billed as an opportunity to organize Sudan rebel movement delegations and positions before the October 27, 2007 negotiation in Tripoli, but from most accounts it was inconclusive on all fronts and lacked the presenc [...]
2007-09-27 15:53:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PREF CD SU
07NDJAMENA792PEACE ACCORDS MULTIPLY WITH FRINGE CHAD REBEL
[...] (SBU) Summary. Five minor Chadian rebel/exile groups have signed generic peace agreements with the Government of Chad (GOC) in the last two weeks. The agreements include amnesty for rebels and a commitment to integrate rebel forces into the Chadian army and civil service. Negotiations in Trip [...]
2007-10-12 10:52:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL LY GB BN CD
07NDJAMENA849CHAD: GODBOLD UPDATE 10/30
[...] (SBU) Summary: Seized Amcit Cash Steve Godbold has been moved to a location deeper in the heart of the Tibesti, but his colleagues in N'Djamena are still confident that he is in good health and being well treated. The Red Cross has been contacted and is ready to facilitate his release, but t [...]
2007-10-31 18:14:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC PTER LY CD
07NDJAMENA85 Eastern Chad: USAID Assessment of Internally
[...] Summary: A USG humanitarian assessment team spent two weeks in Chad, including ten days in the East, investigating reports of internal displacement and assessing humanitarian conditions and response for the affected communities. This is the fourth and final cable from the team and includes k [...]
2007-01-29 15:30:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KCRS
07NDJAMENA870CHAD: ZOE'S ARK AND THE ALLEGED CHILD SMUGGLING
[...] (SBU) Nine Europeans and four Chadians remain in Government of Chad (GOC) custody in the widely-publicized and bizarre case in which a French NGO, Zoe's Ark, attempted to ferry 103 Chadian/Sudanese children to Europe in a chartered Spanish plane. Personal diplomacy by French President Sarkozy [...]
2007-11-07 16:07:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCD PHUM KTIP
07NDJAMENA877PRESIDENT DEBY SIGNS "THE LAST PEACE AGREEMENT"
[...] (C) Summary. President Deby signed what he called "the last peace agreement" with the remaining Chadian rebel groups at large in Libya on October 25. The formation of a new Government is still expected but other events (in particular, the Zoe's Ark Affair) have taken up government attention. [...]
2007-11-13 08:22:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PTER CD
07NDJAMENA886CHAD: MIXED SIGNALS ON GODBOLD CASE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Despite indications that he might be released shortly, seized American missionary Steve Godbold is still in the hands of MDJT rebels in the Tibesti region of Chad. End summary. 2. (SBU) On November 8 the Al-Wihda website announced that the MDJT splinter group claiming to ho [...]
2007-11-15 15:50:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC PTER CD LY
07NDJAMENA89Chad: 2007 Trafficking in Persons Report Part 2
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-30 10:49:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ELAB PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG KCRM KFRD KWMN CD
07NDJAMENA903CHAD: JEM EXPLAINS ARAB ALLIANCE AND WARNS OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of the Khalil Ibrahim-led wing of the Sudan Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) met with Emboffs November 19 to announce a new JEM/Arab alliance, explain the defects of the Sirte meeting and warn of future armed conflict in Darfur and Kordofan. End summary. JE [...]
2007-11-21 13:51:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPKO PGOV PHUM CD SU
07NDJAMENA99FOLLOW-UP MEETING WITH NRF REBEL LEADERS
[...] (C) Summary: The Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) has not yet been able to convince other members of the National Redemption Front (NRF) to issue a statement renouncing any intentions of seeking to overthrow the regime in Khartoum, JEM's political representatives told the Ambassador January [...]
2007-02-01 12:04:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF CD SU SCRS
07NEWDELHI1009AMBASSADOR PUSHES FOR DEFENSE SALES AND
[...] (C) Summary: In a February 27 call on Minister of Defense A.K. Antony, the Ambassador: -- emphasized the commitment the USG and American companies have demonstrated toward India's defense trade; -- pressed for a level playing field for American defense companies seeking business in India; [...]
2007-02-28 13:16:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR ETRD MOPS IN
07NEWDELHI1010BOFORS SCANDAL MIDDLEMAN CAUSING TROUBLE FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: On February 27, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs disrupted both houses of Parliament, demanding Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's resignation over alleged UPA mishandling of Ottavio Quattrocchi's extradition from Argentina. Quattrocchi is the main accused in the Bofors gun payo [...]
2007-02-28 13:30:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IN
07NEWDELHI1051INDIANS OFFER BLEAK ASSESSMENT OF AFGHANISTAN AND
[...] (S) Summary: During the February 28, 2007 session of the U.S.-India Counter-Terrorism Joint Working Group (CTJWG),the Indian delegation gave a tour d'horizon of developments in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Nepal to help set the stage for the day's discussions (reported Septel). Indian int [...]
2007-03-02 14:42:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV EFIN PINR MOPS KDEM KISL IN
07NEWDELHI1098CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS RE-EMERGES IN INDIA - MAN VS.
[...] (U) Summary: After a 32 year hiatus, the chikungunya virus is making a comeback in India. While the Government of India (GOI) estimates over 180,000 cases of chikungunya infection since December 2005, the actual number of cases is difficult to assess. The GOI,s lack of transparency in reporti [...]
2007-03-06 13:05:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV AMED EAGR IN KFLU ECON PREL SENV TBIO PTER
07NEWDELHI1101CONGRESS LEADERS CRITICIZE NUCLEAR DEAL AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Following a string of electoral defeats in Bihar, Mumbai, Uttarakhand, and Punjab, the most influential voices in the Delhi cocktail circuit as well as some of our most insightful political contacts in the states are telling us with one voice that Sonia Gandhi and her personal ad [...]
2007-03-06 16:38:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR ECON KISL KDEM KNNP PARM IN
07NEWDELHI1218SCENESETTER FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY SECRETARY SAMUEL W. BODMAN'S MARCH 2007 VISIT TO INDIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Secretary Bodman, the members of the Country Team warmly welcome you to New Delhi and Mumbai and look forward to your arrival on March 19. You are visiting at a crucial time in Indo-U.S. relations and are positioned to significantly advance our growing government-to-government, commer [...]
2007-03-13 13:28:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALENRG TRGY EPET EAID SENV PREL PGOV IN
07NEWDELHI1250INDO-FIJIAN RELATIONS GOOD DESPITE MILITARY COUP
[...] (C) Summary: Fiji's interim Foreign Affairs and External Trade Minister, Ratu Epeli Nailatikau, visited New Delhi March 3-4 (reftel). He met with both Ambika Soni, Indian Minister of Tourism and Culture, and Pranab Mukherjee, Minister of External Affairs, from whom Nailatikau reportedly re [...]
2007-03-14 13:40:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL FJ IN PBTS PGOV PINR
07NEWDELHI1273BJP RE-ENERGIZED, LOOKING FORWARD
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-15 12:49:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL PINR ECON KISL IN
07NEWDELHI1274BELLWETHER PROJECT: UTTAR PRADESH ELECTION
[...] (C) Summary: The crucial state of Uttar Pradesh (UP) is facing an election in April and May 2007 that could displace the current Samajwadi Party (SP) government. Although the political situation in UP is fluid and changing rapidly, there was a consensus on a number of key points during a mi [...]
2007-03-15 12:54:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SOCI ECON KISL KDEM KCRM IN
07NEWDELHI1292ECON HIGHLIGHTS FROM NEW DELHI(March 12-16, 2007)
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of March 12-16, 2006. --------------------------------------------- - ECONOMIST CONFERENCE: GOI ROLLS OUT RED CARPET --------------------------------------------- - 2. (U) Prime Minister Singh address [...]
2007-03-16 11:30:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EFIN ECON ETRD ENRG PREL PGOV IN
07NEWDELHI1297NAXALITES KILL 55 IN ATTACK ON SECURITY FORCES IN
[...] (C) Summary. Hundreds of Naxalite insurgents stormed a heavily-fortified security post in the Dantewada district of southern Chhattisgarh during a pre-dawn raid on March 15. After three hours of fighting, 55 security and police personnel were killed. This unfortunate and gruesome attack co [...]
2007-03-16 12:51:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER IN
07NEWDELHI1325INDIA FALLING SHORT OF POTENTIAL IN AFRICA,
[...] (C) Summary. Indian strategic thinkers agree that China is leading India in involvement with Africa by almost all economic and political measures. Not only does China have a greater volume of bilateral trade with Africa, but China is also pouring development aid and concessional loans into [...]
2007-03-19 12:53:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR IN CH ECON ENRG EPET EAGR
07NEWDELHI1383AMBASSADOR TAHIR-KHELI DISCUSSES PAKISTAN, WOMEN'S
[...] (C) Summary. In separate meetings with Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon and Prime Minister Media Advisor Sanjaya Baru, Ambassador Shirin Tahir-Kheli: -- discussed Indo-Pakistan relations, agreeing that the relationship is in relatively good shape at this time; -- urged her interlocutors [...]
2007-03-22 12:14:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWMN PK IN
07NEWDELHI139MINISTER OF STATE SHARMA: 123 AGREEMENT
[...] (C) Summary. In a January 9 meeting, Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma told the Ambassador: - India has "too much political capital invested" in the civil-nuclear agreement to allow for 123 Agreement talks to languish, adding a successful 123 conclusion is "imperative;" [...]
2007-01-10 13:08:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD ECON KNNP EAGR SOCI IN
07NEWDELHI1446BELLWETHER PROJECT: BIHAR IS MORE THAN JUST CROPS
[...] (SBU) Summary: For the last two decades, Bihar was ruled by a kleptocratic and corrupt government, suffered from discriminatory central government policies, and was mired in caste and class-ridden social divides. Despite its Buddhist sacred sites, bountiful rivers and fertile soil, Bihar has [...]
2007-03-23 14:41:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL PHUM ECON SOCI KDEM KISL IN
07NEWDELHI1458BELLWETHER PROJECT: BIHAR IS MORE THAN JUST CROPS
[...] (SBU) Summary: For the last two decades, Bihar was ruled by a kleptocratic and corrupt government, suffered from discriminatory central government policies, and was mired in caste and class-ridden social divides. Despite its Buddhist sacred sites, bountiful rivers and fertile soil, Bihar has [...]
2007-03-26 09:00:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL PHUM ECON SOCI KDEM KISL IN
07NEWDELHI1508NO CLEAR OUTCOME IN SIGHT FOR UPCOMING UTTAR
[...] (C) Summary: Although the election is set to commence on April 7, UP politics remain as confused and murky as ever. In the past few weeks, a close associate of Uttar Pradesh (UP) Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav has bolted to form a new party, and his Muslim support base appears to be incr [...]
2007-03-29 13:50:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM KISL SCUL IN
07NEWDELHI1509DELHI DIARY, MARCH 8-29
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of Political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for March 8-29, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting. Former Iranian President Gets a Warm Reception in India ------ 2. (SBU) The mostly Indian audience at the India Today annual "conclave" March 23 h [...]
2007-03-29 14:34:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KIRF KNNP IR BT KZ
07NEWDELHI1536BJP COCKY ABOUT UTTAR PRADESH AND DELHI POLL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 25, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) kicked off its campaign for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh (UP) State Assembly elections with a bang. The BJP is focusing on the UP elections, which start on April 7 with results to be announced May 11, and on April 5 Delhi Municipal electi [...]
2007-03-30 14:54:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PINR KISL IN
07NEWDELHI1622PM KOIRALA UPDATES ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER ON
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary Boucher met Prime Minister Koirala of Nepal April 3 on the sidelines of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation summit, and assured him that the U.S. supported the Government of Nepal, despite misgivings regarding Maoist entry into the Interim Gov [...]
2007-04-04 14:32:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV NP BT IN
07NEWDELHI1640PM WANGCHUK UPDATES ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher and Ambassador David Mulford met Prime Minister Wangchuk of Bhutan April 4 on the margins of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation Summit to discuss Bhutan's ongoing democratization [...]
2007-04-05 13:31:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF PHUM MOPS NP IN
07NEWDELHI1641BANGLADESH LEADER TELLS BOUCHER CREDIBLE ELECTIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Chief Advisor Fakhruddin Ahmed of Bangladesh told Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher April 5 that free, fair and credible elections were the primary goal of the caretaker government. In a meeting following the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation Summit in New Delhi, [...]
2007-04-05 13:37:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM BG IN
07NEWDELHI1653THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN INDIA - PART I
[...] (SBU) Summary: During the March 19-24 visit of Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State for Women's Empowerment Ambassador Shirin Tahir-Kheli, Mission officers joined Ambassador Tahir-Kheli to survey New Delhi's leading NGOs, think tanks, pundits, government officials and activists on the ch [...]
2007-04-09 07:29:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL PINR SOCI KWMN IN
07NEWDELHI1698INDIA DID NOT ATTEND IRAN'S NATANZ RIBBON-CUTTING
[...] (C) PolCouns delivered reftel points to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan) Dilip Sinha April 9. Amandeep Singh Gill, Director of MEA Disarmament and International Security Affairs, told PolOff April 10 that the MEA had instructed its Embassy i [...]
2007-04-10 13:13:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KNNP IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC
07NEWDELHI1699DESPITE WILD SPECULATION, UTTAR PRADESH ELECTORAL
[...] (C) Summary: Uttar Pradesh (UP) completed its first phase of polling on April 7. Due to the active involvement of an effective Election Commission (EC),the vote went smoothly and was violence free. Notoriously unreliable exit polls predict that the SP and BJP will lose seats, while Congre [...]
2007-04-10 13:26:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM PINR SCUL KDEM KISL IN
07NEWDELHI1704INDO-PAK DISCUSSIONS ON SAARC SIDELINES HINT AT
[...] (C) Summary: The recently concluded SAARC Summit (April 3-4) was notable for its lack of major tension over the perennially contentious issues between India and Pakistan. Indo-Pak experts on the sidelines of SAARC saw signals that a proposal may be just around the corner to try to resolve l [...]
2007-04-11 09:02:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
07NEWDELHI1723ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER AND GAITRI KUMAR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: South and Central Asian Affairs Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher met Ministry of External Affairs SIPDIS Joint Secretary Gaitri Kumar April 5 to review progress and obstacles on key U.S.- India bilateral issues, including defense, military relations, education, the Agricult [...]
2007-04-11 12:19:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR ETRD MOPS KPAO ENRG PARM PTER
07NEWDELHI1727PDP WINS PUBLIC BATTLE OVER JAMMU AND KASHMIR
[...] (S) Summary: People's Democratic Party (PDP) leader Mufti Muhammad Sayeed rather astutely and with exquisite timing caused a major dilemma that threatened to unravel the Congress-PDP coalition government of Jammu and Kashmir state. In negotiations before the SAARC Summit and on the eve of Ut [...]
2007-04-12 05:14:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PHUM PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
07NEWDELHI1749THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN INDIA - PART II
[...] (U) SUMMARY: This is the second in a two part series on the status of women in India. This cable is derived from Post's ongoing analysis of the issues facing women as well as conversations with politicians, think tanks, NGO activists, pundits, and government officials during Senior Advisor to [...]
2007-04-12 12:12:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL PINR SOCI KWMN IN
07NEWDELHI1915RAHUL GANDHI JUMPS INTO THE U.P. ELECTORAL FRAY
[...] (C) Summary: Rahul Gandhi, the heir apparent of the Gandhi family dynasty, has made a number of gaffes, suggesting an uneven start to his active political career. During a series of ""roadshows"" meant to jump-start the Congress campaign in ongoing Uttar Pradesh (UP) elections, Rahul made ellipti [...]
2007-04-23 11:56:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM PINR SCUL KDEM KISL IN PK
07NEWDELHI1938BRINGING SHAME ON FEMALE FETICIDE IN RAJASTHAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On an April 10-14 trip to Rajasthan, Poloff met with government officials, NGO's and others combating female feticide. They outlined hopeful new steps they are taking. Although only in the early stages, such programs hold promise in making inroads against female feticide and [...]
2007-04-24 11:22:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KWMN ECON PREL SOCI IN
07NEWDELHI1949EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: SANCHAR ANTENNA
[...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Export Control Officer (ECO) Paul Cushman and BIS FSN Prem Narayan attempted to conduct a Post-shipment Verification (PSV) at Sanchar Antenna and Communications Syste [...]
2007-04-24 12:10:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI1971GOI JOINT SECRETARY (EAST ASIA): CHINA BORDER
[...] (C) Summary. In an April 25 discussion, new MEA JS (East Asia) Vijay Gokhale: -- briefed PolCouns on the latest round of India-China border talks, saying little progress was made; -- downplayed the May 1 visit by North Korean Vice-Foreign Minister Kim Hyong Jun, stating such a meeting was a [...]
2007-04-25 12:04:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH KN JA IN
07NEWDELHI1974INDIA CAPABLE BUT UNWILLING TO PARTICIPATE IN IRAQ
[...] (C) The Government of India (GOI) is capable of sending both military and civilian resources to help accomplish the mission in Iraq, but the will to do so does not exist. In 2003, when the U.S. first approached the GOI to contribute troops to Iraq, then-Prime Minister Vajpayee's initial reac [...]
2007-04-25 12:33:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MASS MOPS PTER IZ IN
07NEWDELHI1977DELHI DIARY, APRIL 20-25
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for April 20-25, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Mid-Election Scandal Could Shake Up Politics -- Bhutan,s Voters Elect "Yellow" in Mock Polls -- Another Bomb Found and Defused in Bhutan [...]
2007-04-25 13:24:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CVIS KCRM KDEM PHUM SOCI PTER MOPS
07NEWDELHI2036NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of April 23-27, 2007. ------------------------------ OIL AND GAS MINISTER DISCUSSES LNG WITH TEHRAN ------------------------------ 2. (SBU) India's Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Murli Deora met [...]
2007-04-27 12:17:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS EAGR EAIR EFIN EINV PTER KTFN ETRD IN
07NEWDELHI2037INDIAN OFFICIAL SEES BANGLADESH AT CROSSROADS, SRI
[...] (C) Summary. In a meeting with PolCouns on April 26, MEA Joint Secretary Mohan Kumar: -- said that the caretaker government in Bangladesh has reached a crossroads by allowing Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia to return, stating such a move weakens the government and will force it to reassert itself in [...]
2007-04-27 12:27:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BG BM CE IN
07NEWDELHI2052EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: NATIONAL
[...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Former Export Control Officer (ECO) Michael Rufe (Rufe) and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Post-shipment Verification (PSV) at the National Informatics Centre Servi [...]
2007-04-30 10:46:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI2072G-8 SEEKING IMPROVED CT COOPERATION WITH INDIA
[...] (C) Summary: PolCouns attended a meeting of the G-8 Counter-Terrorism Action Group (CTAG) in New Delhi, which is now chaired by the German Political Counselor. The group attempts to coordinate G-8 efforts to partner with the Indian government against terrorism. The group discussed each coun [...]
2007-05-01 08:03:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
07NEWDELHI2092LATEST UTTAR PRADESH POLL CONFIRMS CONTINUED
[...] (C) Summary: The fifth phase of seven phases of the Uttar Pradesh (UP) election concluded on April 28, with a growing consensus that this election will likely spell the end of SP rule. An effective Election Commission has prevented the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) from using dirty tricks to [...]
2007-05-02 11:23:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM PINR SCUL KDEM KISL IN
07NEWDELHI2101TOUR D'HORIZON WITH INCOMING MEA JOINT SECRETARY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A TOUR D'HORIZON WITH INCOMING MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS (PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN AND IRAN) JOINT SECRETARY T.C.A. RAGHAVAN MAY 1, POLCOUNS RAISED PETROLEUM SIPDIS AND NATURAL GAS MINISTER MURLI DEORA'S RECENT STOPOVER IN TEHRAN. RAGHAVAN SAID HE HAD NOT RECEIVED DETAILS, [...]
2007-05-02 12:44:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER EPET ETRD MARR PINR MOPS IR
07NEWDELHI2102PM HOSTS THIRD JAMMU AND KASHMIR ROUNDTABLE AS
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Singh chaired a third Roundtable Conference in New Delhi with Kashmiri leaders on April 21st, although separatists from both moderate and hard-line political camps refused to attend. The Prime Minister sat through more than 10 hours of presentations by Kashmiri p [...]
2007-05-02 12:48:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
07NEWDELHI2126HINDU RIGHT WINGER SAYS CLEAR-CUT NEPAL POLICY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Commerce, Law and Justice Minister, Dr. Subramanian Swamy, President of the Janata Party, gave DepPolCouns May 1 a read-out of his April 26 visit to Nepal. Swamy said he met one-on-one with the following: -- King Gyanendra -- Gyanendra's son Crown Prince Paras -- Prime [...]
2007-05-03 13:28:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR NP IN
07NEWDELHI2139DELHI DIARY, APRIL 26-MAY 4
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for April 26-May 4, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Indian Boots on the Ground in Afghanistan? -- Parliamentary Histrionics Play On -- Bhutanese Refugees Want To Participate In Election [...]
2007-05-04 11:02:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS AF PK IR IN
07NEWDELHI2142IRAN MANIPULATING INDIAN ELITE OPINION-MAKERS
[...] (C) This cable contains an action request for SCA. Please see paragraph 6. New Iranian Mischief ------ 2. (C) Ambassador K.V. Rajan, former Secretary of the Ministry of External Affairs and current Chairman of the Prime Minister's National Security Advisory Board (NSAB),called Charge May 4 for a [...]
2007-05-04 11:42:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR IR IN
07NEWDELHI2149NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of April 30 - May 4, 2007. PAKISTAN CUTS INTO INDIAN WHEAT MARKET -------------- 2. (SBU) For the first time in history, India is importing wheat from Pakistan as of April-May 2007. Taking advantage o [...]
2007-05-04 12:49:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV PTER ETRD IN
07NEWDELHI2203UTTAR PRADESH ELECTIONS CONCLUDED; RESULTS ON MAY
[...] (U) On May 8, polling concluded in the seventh and final phase of the protracted election in Uttar Pradesh (UP). The voting took place in 59 constituencies in East UP. Approximately 45 percent of the electorate cast their votes and there were no reported security incidents. The East UP dist [...]
2007-05-09 07:48:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PTER SCUL KDEM IN
07NEWDELHI2223INDIA-PAKISTAN STILL STUCK ON SIACHEN TALKS
[...] (S) Summary: Indian Defense Minister A K Antony traveled to the Army's Siachen base camp to demonstrate his administration's ongoing tough stance toward Pakistan in negotiations over troop withdrawal from the peaks surrounding the glacier, as well as to set a marker by which India can claim v [...]
2007-05-09 12:03:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
07NEWDELHI2254GOI REMAINS SKEPTICAL ON IRANIAN GAS PIPELINE AND
[...] (S) SUMMARY: EconMinCouns delivered to Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MPNG) Secretary M.S. Srinivasan on May 9 information that he had requested (ref A) confirming that -- contrary to top Iranian officials' claims to Srinivasan -- Iran does not have domestic engineering and technologi [...]
2007-05-10 12:05:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETEPET ELTN PREL EINV PGOV IN PK IR
07NEWDELHI2258TERRORIST INFILTRATION FALLING IN INDIAN KASHMIR, INCREASING IN INDIAN HEARTLAND
[...] (S) Summary: The Indian Home Ministry released its finding on May 10th that terrorist infiltration from Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir into Indian Kashmir fell to an all time low from January through March of 2007. Although these winter months are often considered a low period in violence and infil [...]
2007-05-10 13:15:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
07NEWDELHI2268MAYAWATI VICTORY IN UTTAR PRADESH ELECTION
[...] (C) Mayawati's decisive victory in the just-concluded Uttar Pradesh (UP) elections will reverberate throughout India and has serious implications for the UPA government in New Delhi and for India/US relations. Projections now place her Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) party just a hair's breath away [...]
2007-05-11 08:59:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PTER SCUL KDEM KISL IN
07NEWDELHI2280NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of May 7-11, 2007. STARBUCKS PENDING INVESTMENT APPLICATION --------------- 2. (SBU) On May 10, Econoffs held a conference call with Hong Kong based Starbucks representative Mike Yeager, Finance & Busine [...]
2007-05-11 12:13:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EFIN EINV ETRD IN
07NEWDELHI2313AFTER UTTAR PRADESH ELECTION DOMESTIC POLITICS
[...] (C) Summary: The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) won a landslide victory in Uttar Pradesh (UP) on May 11 and the state and India's domestic politics will never be the same. Mayawati, the new Chief Minister of UP, handed decisive defeats not only to her bitter rivals the Samajwadi Party (SP),but t [...]
2007-05-14 12:32:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PINR PTER SCUL KISL IN
07NEWDELHI2360DELHI DIARY, MAY 10-17
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for May 10-17, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Handicapping the Presidential Race -- The Mysterious Process of Indian Presidential Elections -- Next Phase of India-Pakistan Composite Di [...]
2007-05-17 14:13:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PHUM MASS PINR SOCI PK IN
07NEWDELHI2390TOUR D'HORIZON WITH CPI-M POLITBURO CHIEF SITARAM
[...] SUMMARY (C) On May 17, PolCouns met with Sitaram Yechury, a Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI-M) Member of Parliament (MP),member of the politburo and editor of the party journal "People's Democracy." Yechury welcomed the outcome of the recently concluded Uttar Pradesh (UP) elections a [...]
2007-05-18 13:36:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PINR IN
07NEWDELHI2391NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of May 14-18, 2007. INDIA AND CIVIL AVIATION -------------- 2. (U) In a productive meeting with Deputy Economic Counselor, Civil Aviation (CA) Joint Secretary RK Singh reviewed several key issues - in [...]
2007-05-18 13:42:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV ETRD IN
07NEWDELHI2411EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: CLARIANT
[...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Export Control Officer (ECO) Paul Cushman and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Post-shipment Verification (PSV) at Clariant Chemicals (India) Ltd. (Clariant),Raigad [...]
2007-05-22 03:45:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI2433BIOGRAPHY: UTTAR PRADESH CHIEF MINISTER MAYAWATI:
[...] (C) On May 13, 2007, Kumari Mayawati, commonly referred to as Mayawati or Bhenji (sister),was sworn in as Chief Minister (CM) of Uttar Pradesh (UP),India's most populous state. President of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP),a party created to represent low caste voters, Mayawati has long been [...]
2007-05-22 12:54:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PINR IN
07NEWDELHI2460DELHI DIARY, MAY 18-23
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for May 18-23, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Crude Bombs in UP Point to Internal Politics -- India Gives the Green Light for Civil Servants to Visit China -- Indian Army Chief Begins [...]
2007-05-23 12:48:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MOPS MARR PHUM BT PK CH IN
07NEWDELHI2475THE UPA AT THREE YEARS - MIRED IN MEDIOCRITY
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh released a "Report to the People" on May 22, outlining the achievements of his UPA government at the three year point. The PM acknowledged that inflation is a problem, providing assurances that his government would take measures to keep it from hur [...]
2007-05-24 10:28:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON PHUM PINR PTER KDEM IN
07NEWDELHI2480IRAQ'S OIL MINISTER TO SEEK INDIAN INVESTMENT
[...] (C) Summary. Iraqi Oil Minister Hussein al-Shahristani will visit India May 25-28, leading a delegation from a broad spectrum of the Iraqi government, in addition to several businesspeople. The main goal for Iraq is to get an Indian agreement for investment in either building a new oil refine [...]
2007-05-24 12:58:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD EPET ENRG IQ IN
07NEWDELHI2486NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of May 21-25, 2007. REF: NEW DELHI 02347 CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS TO DEEPEN DEBT MARKET ----------------- 2. (U) On May 16, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued draft guidelines for the introduction [...]
2007-05-25 06:07:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EFIN EINV ETRD IN
07NEWDELHI2533BIOGRAPHY: SATISH CHANDRA MISHRA, BAHUJAN SAMAJ
[...] (C) Satish Chandra Mishra, Member of Parliament (MP) from Uttar Pradesh (UP) in the Rajya Sabha (Upper House) and General Secretary of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP),is widely acknowledged to be the right hand man of Mayawati, the new powerful BSP Chief Minister (CM) of UP. She inducted him i [...]
2007-05-29 11:44:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PINR IN
07NEWDELHI2583TENSIONS IN RAJASTHAN ESCALATE AND SPREAD
[...] (SBU) The Gujjar community continues it demands to be socially demoted from the Other Backward Castes (OBC) category to the Schedule Tribe (ST) category to access job and education benefits reserved for STs. Violent Gujjar demonstrations have escalated and spread to neighboring states over th [...]
2007-05-31 15:09:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL PINR ASEC PTER SCUL CASC IN
07NEWDELHI2624SITREP: TRIBAL COMMUNITIES IN RAJASTHAN BATTLE FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Tensions in Rajasthan between the Gujjar and Meena communities continued unabated on June 2, as Meenas staged counter-demonstrations against Gujjar protests. To maintain pressure on the government, Gujjar leaders brought their protests to the capital, calling a bandh (general s [...]
2007-06-04 12:49:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PINR IN
07NEWDELHI2664DELHI DIARY, MAY 31-JUNE 6
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for May 31-June 6, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Mayawati Escapes the Noose -- Bhutan Now Has Four Political Parties -- Bhutan Reaffirms Support for "One China" Policy Mayawati Esc [...]
2007-06-06 11:51:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF KDEM PHUM BT CH TW KS IN
07NEWDELHI2743EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: INSTITUTE FOR
[...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Export Control Officer (ECO) Paul Cushman and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Post-shipment Verification (PSV) at Institute for Plasma Research (IPR),Gandhinagar, G [...]
2007-06-13 04:03:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI2766DELHI DIARY, JUNE 6 - 13
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for June 6 - 13, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: POL-MIL: -- India, China announce joint military exercises -- Russian Ground Force commander visits India -- Russia continues to gouge I [...]
2007-06-13 13:18:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PHUM PGOV MASS MARR KOMC KSTC RS
07NEWDELHI2788NEW UNION CABINET SECRETARY: K.M. CHANDRASEKHAR
[...] (C) On June 14, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh named former Revenue Secretary in the Ministry of Finance, K.M. Chandrasekhar, as Union Cabinet Secretary. A member of the 1970 batch of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) -- Kerala Cadre, Chandrasekhar now holds the highest ranking bureaucra [...]
2007-06-14 12:08:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PINR IN
07NEWDELHI2792HOT, TENSE SUMMER AWAITS JAMMU AND KASHMIR
[...] (S) SUMMARY: An unknown group claiming to be Al Qaeda's Indian wing has made and distributed in Jammu recorded statements declaring jihad on India. The Indian Army and several trusted analyst and journalist sources have scornfully dismissed the claim as a hoax, similar to last year's publici [...]
2007-06-15 01:13:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
07NEWDELHI2805INDIA ON THE THRESHOLD OF ELECTING ITS FIRST WOMAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: On June 14, after what threatened to become an insurmountable impasse, Congress and Left Party leaders agreed on current Rajasthan Governor Pratibha Devisingh Patil as the UPA/Left nominee for President of India. A longtime Gandhi/Nehru family loyalist, Patil would be the first [...]
2007-06-15 09:54:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PINR KIRF IN
07NEWDELHI2816AMBASSADOR AND NGO LEADERS DISCUSS TIP
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Mulford met New Delhi's leading NGOs and UN Agencies that work on trafficking in persons (TIP) and bonded labor on June 14 to solicit their reaction to the TIP Report and Action Plan and ask for their frank assessments of the TIP situation in India. Largely thanks [...]
2007-06-18 00:55:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PHUM KWMN ELAB KCRM SOCI IN
07NEWDELHI2830AMBASSADOR PRESSES FOR 123 CONCLUSION, SIGHTS ON
[...] (C) Summary. In a June 15 meeting with National Security Advisor MK Narayanan, the Ambassador: -- pressed for the earliest possible conclusion to 123 Agreement negotiations and pressed the Indian to clarify their notion of a stand-alone fully safeguarded reprocessing facility; -- urged for [...]
2007-06-18 10:48:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KNNP TSPA SENV SCUL IN EAGR
07NEWDELHI2840THE NEW UTTAR PRADESH GOVERNMENT WANTS CLOSE U.S.
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-19 05:01:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS KDEM SCUL SOCI EIND EINV ENRG
07NEWDELHI2865DELHI DIARY, JUNE 13-20
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for June 13-20, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Gloomy Pakistan Envoy -- GOI Ministry of Defense sends Shekhar Dutt to Bait the Bear -- Doctor in India Arrested for Female Feticide -- [...]
2007-06-20 11:47:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IN
07NEWDELHI2912NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of June 18-22, 2007. FIRST ROUND ON INDIA/EC FTA TALKS TO BEGIN NEXT WEEK -------------- 2. (SBU) European Commission Trade Counselor Bermejo told us that the first round of negotiations for an Indian [...]
2007-06-22 11:12:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV EAIR PTER KTFN PREL ENRG ECON IN PK IR
07NEWDELHI2916CONCLUSION OF THE SEVENTH US-INDIA WORKING GROUP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The seventh annual US-India Joint Working Group on Peacekeeping on June 19 focused on opportunities for the U.S. and India to work together to meet new challenges in global peacekeeping capacity. IO PDAS James Warlick led the US delegation, and Joint Secretary Sanjiv Arora of the [...]
2007-06-22 13:06:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO MARR UNGA IN
07NEWDELHI2918INDIAN OFFICIALS PRESS PDAS WARLICK ON UN REFORM,
[...] (C) Summary. In side meetings around the U.S.-India Peacekeeping Joint Working Group, Indian officials: -- pressed PDAS Warlick to support India's bid for a permanent UN Security Council; -- briefed on India's efforts within the G4 and the wider UN membership for the perm seat; -- agreed o [...]
2007-06-25 01:02:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KUNR IN
07NEWDELHI2935KASHMIR ANXIOUS WITH LITTLE SHORT-TERM HOPE FOR
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Unknown terrorists threw a grenade at a bus stop in Doda in J & K June 25, wounding 15, three critically. Thousands of Kashmiri Muslims, both Shi'a and Sunni, staged minor, non-violent street actions and chanted anti-US slogans June 14 and 15 to protest the Iraq Samarra Mosque bom [...]
2007-06-25 12:32:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
07NEWDELHI2991DELHI DIARY, JUNE 20-27
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for June 20-27, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- KK Katyal: Potential for South Asian Parliament -- Tawang Residents Speak Out Against China's Territorial Claims -- Controversy Continue [...]
2007-06-27 12:11:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IN
07NEWDELHI3031THE BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY: A HOUSE IN DISARRAY
[...] (C) Summary: In the Spring of 2007, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) appeared to be making a comeback after a series of electoral wins in both state assembly and municipal elections (reftel A). However, the euphoria ended following the party's abysmal performance in the May and June Uttar Pra [...]
2007-06-29 11:14:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PINR IN
07NEWDELHI3034NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of June 25-29, 2007. COMING SOON - EFFORTS TO AMEND THE MONEY LAUNDERING ACT --------------------------------------------- --- 2. (SBU) During a meeting with Econoff on June 29, Joint Secretary of Reve [...]
2007-06-29 11:42:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV EAIR PTER KTFN PREL ENRG ECON IN PK IR
07NEWDELHI3081DELHI DIARY, JUNE 28-JULY 5
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for June 28-July 5, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- SAARC Protocol on Trafficking Likely -- Mayawati Lays Out Her Priorities SAARC Protocol on Trafficking Likely ------- 2. (SBU [...]
2007-07-05 05:50:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM IN
07NEWDELHI3312NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of July 16 - 20, 2007. Chidambaram Signals Continued Tight Monetary Policy --------------------------------------------- -- 2. (U) Finance Minister Chidambaram on July 19 stated that the government wil [...]
2007-07-20 11:13:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EFIN EINV ETRD IN
07NEWDELHI3336INDIAN LEGISLATORS ELECT FIRST WOMAN PRESIDENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: After courting controversy and enduring a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led assault (Ref B & C) on her alleged corruption, Pratibha Devisingh Patil swept the Indian Presidential election on July 19, becoming the first woman to hold the mostly ceremonial but prestigious office. On [...]
2007-07-23 14:10:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL KWMN PINR IN
07NEWDELHI342BJP DOWNPLAYS IMPORTANCE OF FOREIGN POLICY
[...] (C) Summary: The UPA's January 3 luncheon meeting with the BJP leadership proved to be largely a flash in the pan. Subsequent events and statements by BJP insiders confirm that little of substance took place at the meeting, which consisted primarily of a briefing by Minister of External Affa [...]
2007-01-22 13:31:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PREF PINR PTER KDEM IN PK BT
07NEWDELHI3429NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of July 23 - 27, 2007. POSITIVE GOI NOISES ON DOW AND MCDERMOTT ---------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) There are indications that the legacy issues of Dow and McDermott may be moving closer [...]
2007-07-27 11:45:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EFIN EINV ETRD ENRG SENV IN
07NEWDELHI343INDIAN NSA NARAYANAN UPBEAT ON PAKISTAN, CAUTIOUS
[...] (S) Summary: National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan expressed optimism about the general trajectory of talks with Pakistan during a January 22nd meeting with Ambassador Mulford, although he said Prime Minister Singh was unlikely to schedule a trip to Islamabad before the SAARC summit in Ap [...]
2007-01-22 13:35:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK
07NEWDELHI3528NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of July 30 - August 3, 2007. Contains Business Proprietary information. TATA RUNS INTO TROUBLE IN TAMIL NADU --------------- 2. (SBU) Tata Steel's $620 million project proposed Tamil Nadu titanium d [...]
2007-08-03 12:36:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EFIN EINV ETRD ENRG SENV IN
07NEWDELHI3529DELHI DIARY, JULY 26-AUGUST 3
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for July 26-August 3, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- India "Looks East" and Discusses Bus Links with Burma -- NHCR Releases Guidelines for Child Rape Cases -- Five Arrested in Child La [...]
2007-08-03 12:38:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR KIRF KCRM ELTN BM IN
07NEWDELHI364INDIA CHOOSES NATIONAL INTERESTS OVER HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee visited Burma on January 19-22 to enlist the junta's help in India's counterterrorism efforts in the Northeast, to cooperate on the erection of border fences, and to attempt to secure a natural gas supply. The visit was trumpeted as a su [...]
2007-01-23 12:42:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER IN CE
07NEWDELHI3664HAL CHIEF ASSERTS U.S. LICENSING, VISA PROCEDURES
[...] (C) This is an action request for the Department. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary. Charge agreed to meet with the Chairman of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) at the latter's request on the margins of a visit to Bangalore to accompany U.S. Senator John Ensign. After briefing Cha [...]
2007-08-13 06:31:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR ETRD CVIS IN
07NEWDELHI3668LIEBERMAN ENGAGES INDIA ON CLIMATE CHANGE
[...] (SBU) Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee Senator Joseph Lieberman met on August 10 in New Delhi with Dr. Leena Srivastava, Deputy Director, Ambassador Chandrashekher Dasgupta, Distinguished Fellow, Dr. Prodipto Ghosh, Distinguished Fellow, and other senior staff of The Energy and [...]
2007-08-13 09:22:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAID KGHG ECON TSPL TRGY EFIN BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI3676 NEW DELHI ESTH OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF August 6
[...] (U) Summary: This week the ESTH office coordinated a climate change event for CODEL Lieberman, hosted STAFFDEL Killion, also in New Delhi on climate change, attended a workshop on creating a Global Environmental Entity, attended the IIT New Delhi Convocation, noted Battelle's intention to ent [...]
2007-08-14 08:02:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV TSPL TBIO ECON SOCI KSCA IN
07NEWDELHI3691NUCLEAR DEAL REACTION: LOTS OF NOISE, SOME HURT
[...] (C) Summary. Opposition parties loudly shouted protest slogans during Prime Minister Singh's August 13 suo moto speech in the lower house on the civil-nuclear agreement, and the reaction is expected to grow more boisterous as parliamentary debate continues the week of August 20. The Congress [...]
2007-08-14 12:56:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
07NEWDELHI3756NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS AUGUST 13-17, 2007
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of August 13-17, 2007. NO BANK FUNDING FOR DOMESTIC M AND A ACTIVITIES IN INDIA --------------------- 2. (U) In a conversation with Vishwavir Ahuja, Managing Director and Country Chief of Bank of Amer [...]
2007-08-17 12:28:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EFIN EINV ETRD ENRG SENV IN
07NEWDELHI3813INDIA LAUNCHES ITS OFFICIAL CLINICAL TRIALS REGISTRY
[...] (U) Summary. India is rapidly emerging as an attractive destination for clinical research. The need to ensure transparency, accountability and accessibility of clinical trial data has galvanized India to launch its official clinical trials registry. This initiative, christened as the Clinica [...]
2007-08-21 11:10:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO TSPL ECON KSCA IN
07NEWDELHI3885NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS AUGUST 20-24, 2007
[...] Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of August 20-24, 2007. TO QUELL UNREST, U.P. SHUTS DOWN GROCERY CHAINS ------------------ 2. On August 23, Uttar Pradesh's Chief Minister, Mayawati Kumari, ordered all organized grocery retailers in the s [...]
2007-08-24 11:20:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EFIN EINV ETRD ENRG SENV IN
07NEWDELHI3905SCO SUMMIT: INDIA "WATCHING AND WAITING" ON THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Bishkek, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Director for Eurasia Sandeep Arya and Under Secretary L. Savithri told PolOff Aug. 23 that the Government SIPDIS of India (GOI) was not interested in seeking full membe [...]
2007-08-27 12:10:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS ENRG MARR CH KZ KG TX TI UZ
07NEWDELHI396THE UTTAR PRADESH GOVERNMENT TEETERS ON THE EDGE
[...] (C) Summary: A long series of missteps by the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) in Uttar Pradesh (UP),has convinced most observers that its days are numbered and its ouster from power seemingly inevitable. Congress and an important regional party have withdrawn support from the SP government, re [...]
2007-01-25 08:22:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR SCUL KDEM KISL IN
07NEWDELHI3983NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS AUGUST 27-31, 2007
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of August 27-31, 2007. FINANCE MINISTRY FINDING WAYS AROUND FDI CAP ---------------- 2. (U) Local press reported this week that the Ministry of Finance (MoF) has approved a request by India's largest [...]
2007-08-31 10:21:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EFIN EINV ETRD ENRG SENV IN
07NEWDELHI406INDIA MULLING TALKS WITH KASHMIRI SEPARATISTS
[...] (S) Summary. Deputy PolCouns met with one of India's chief negotiators with the Kashmiri separatists, Union Cabinet Minister for Water Resources Professor Saifuddin Soz, himself a Kashmiri, to discuss Mirwaiz Omar Farooq's visit to Pakistan, New Delhi's response to the Mirwaiz's statements de [...]
2007-01-25 11:39:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
07NEWDELHI4076INDIAN RETAIL ENVIRONMENT GROWS MURKIER
[...] (SBU) The developments of the past two weeks in Uttar Pradesh (UP) and Kerala have further complicated an already volatile environment for retail investors. The UP government ordered several newly opened retail outlets closed following violent protests by traders, and Kerala is pushing for a [...]
2007-09-07 04:01:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBTIO EAGR ECON EINV IN
07NEWDELHI4095DEHI DIARY, AUGUST 31-SEPTEMBER 7
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for August 31-September 7, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Chennai Yawns through New President's First Visit -- Playing the Muslim Card: Congress Prepares for Possible Mid-term Electio [...]
2007-09-07 10:43:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KIRF KISL PHUM ENRG IN
07NEWDELHI4212NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR SEPTEMBER
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of September 10-14, 2007. NEW MORE LIBERAL AND RATIONAL FDI POLICY IN OCTOBER ------------------------- 2. (U) Director Gauri Singh in the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion at Ministry of [...]
2007-09-14 10:13:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN
07NEWDELHI4215INDIA PROVIDES NON-PAPER RESPONSE AND DATES FOR
[...] (U) This is an action request for ISN and SCA. Please see para 4. 2. (C) Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Director of the Disarmament and International Security Division (DISA) Amandeep Singh Gill gave poloff September 14 India's non-paper response (below) to the U.S. non-papers provided [...]
2007-09-14 12:05:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL MTCRE KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
07NEWDELHI4224DELHI DIARY, SEPTEMBER 8-14
[...] (U) This week's product is a joint effort of Embassy New Delhi and Consulate General Mumbai. Below is a compilation of political highlights for September 8-14, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Senior Nuclear Scientist Speaks in Support of Nuclear Deal -- BJP [...]
2007-09-14 12:53:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MNUC KNNP KISL IR PK BU IN
07NEWDELHI4272AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES CEO FORUM ISSUES WITH PLANNING
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met September 14 with Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Ahluwalia to discuss the upcoming CEO Forum, mid-October visit to India by Energy Deputy Secretary Sell for the APP and Energy Dialogue, and the end of October visit by Treasury Secretary Paulson and [...]
2007-09-18 12:16:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV PREL PARM TSPL KNNP TRGY IN
07NEWDELHI4336NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR SEPTEMBER
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of September 17-21, 2007. GOI ANNOUNCES REFUND OF SPECIAL ADDITIONAL DUTY FOR IMPORTS THAT PAY STATE VAT ----------------- 2. (U) The Indian government on September 14 notified a refund facility with [...]
2007-09-21 12:23:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN
07NEWDELHI4377IRAN AND THE NUCLEAR DEAL ARE NOT ELECTION ISSUES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During an Iran roundtable event hosted by PolCouns September 19, a group of Indian analysts, journalists and diplomats agreed that, while the Government of India (GOI) was struggling to live down the perception that it took orders from Washington, neither the nuclear deal nor Ir [...]
2007-09-26 01:18:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MNUC KNNP MOPS ENRG EPET PINR KISL
07NEWDELHI4414DELHI DIARY, SEPTEMBER 15-27
[...] (U) This week's product is a joint effort of Embassy New Delhi and Consulate General Mumbai in conveying items of interest for September 15-26, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- India to Launch Israeli Spy Satellite? -- BJP President Urges UN Resolution 1373 Sa [...]
2007-09-28 05:19:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KISL PTER MARR MOPS PHUM IS PK TI
07NEWDELHI4419NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR SEPTEMBER
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of September 24-28, 2007. MIXED SIGNALS ON RETAIL --- 2. (U) Two key GOI figures in the U.S. this week gave conflicting messages on the future of organized retail in India. Minister of Commerce and Ind [...]
2007-09-28 09:49:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN
07NEWDELHI4456WEST BENGAL CPM LEADER STANDS STRONG AGAINST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Following two days of Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) central committee meetings September 29-30 in Kolkata, West Bengal Chief Minister Jyoti Basu took a stand separating himself and his clique from the hardliners opposed to the 123 Agreement and the Indo-U.S. civil nucle [...]
2007-10-01 11:20:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KNNP PARM TSPL ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
07NEWDELHI4493NEPAL ELECTIONS - NOW OR NEVER ACCORDING TO THE MEA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary for Nepal and Bhutan Preeti Saran told PolCouns October 3 that it would be difficult for the Government of Nepal to switch to a proportional representation system now, as the Maoists are demanding, but that the Interim Parliament might [...]
2007-10-04 10:49:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MASS NP CH IN
07NEWDELHI4512NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of October 1-5, 2007. STRENGTHENING RUPEE HITS SOUTH INDIAN EXPORTERS -------------- 2. (U) South India's exporters are starting to feel the pain of the strengthening rupee. Local press reported on S [...]
2007-10-05 11:09:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN
07NEWDELHI4586HOUSE COMMITTEE INDIA VISIT TO ASSESS IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED
[...] (U) Summary: The Congressional House Committee on Energy and Commerce staff delegation (Staffdel) visited India September 8-15, 2007. The Staffdel accompanied a FDA team that was in India for inspection of a pharmaceutical company in Himachal Pradesh. The purpose of their visit was to exami [...]
2007-10-12 10:32:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO SENV AMED CASC KSCA IN
07NEWDELHI4597DELHI DIARY, OCT 5-12
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for October 5-12, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- FM Mukherjee Visiting Moscow -- India Put the Brakes on Rail Service to Dhaka -- Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's Trip to Africa -- Sin [...]
2007-10-12 13:31:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ELTN MOPS MARR ENRG EPET BG SN SF
07NEWDELHI4659HIGHLIGHTS OF NIH DIRECTOR'S OCTOBER VISIT TO INDIA
[...] (U) Summary: The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS),National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Dr. Elias A. Zerhouni and his delegation came at an opportune time to India as India announced plans to establish a new Department of Health Research within the Ministry of Health and [...]
2007-10-19 04:36:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO SENV AMED CASC KSCA IN
07NEWDELHI4678 NATIONAL WORKSHOP EMPHASIZES MERCURY MANAGEMENT
[...] (U) Summary: ESTHOffs attended a national workshop focused on "Mercury Usage, Processes, and Impacts in India," hosted by Indian NGO Toxics Link on 27-29 September. India is one of the world's biggest consumers of mercury (Hg) and both private sector and government representatives in attenda [...]
2007-10-22 06:49:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV TSPL TBIO ECON SOCI KSCA IN
07NEWDELHI4700THE SON ALSO RISES: RAHUL GANDHI TAKES ANOTHER
[...] (C) Summary: Congress Party supremo Sonia Gandhi appointed son Rahul Gandhi to a senior position in the Congress Party on September 24, a move that gives Rahul a formal role in the party organization and is seen as ensuring a clear line of dynastic succession. The appointment came as part of [...]
2007-10-23 11:44:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PINR PARM ENRG IN
07NEWDELHI4756NEW DELHI NERVOUSLY WATCHING DEVELOPMENTS IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: India-Pakistan relations continue to exude positive vibrations, but officials in New Delhi are closely watching developments in Pakistan for storm clouds on the diplomatic horizon. The Composite Dialogue process continues unabated despite distractions at the political level in [...]
2007-10-26 11:25:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PTER PK IN
07NEWDELHI4759NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of October 22-26, 2007. EXPANSION PROJECTS AT SOUTHERN AIRPORTS SHOW PROFITS ----------------------- 2. (SBU) The expansion of runways, apron areas and terminals at Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Coim [...]
2007-10-26 11:51:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON
07NEWDELHI4761INDIAN DEFENSE MINISTER CHIDES RUSSIANS ON ARMS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: While meeting with his Russian counterparts for high-level military discussions in Moscow October 16 ) 20, Indian Defense Minister Antony signed an agreement with Russia to co-develop a fifth generation fighter jet intended to rival the F/A-22 Raptor and the F-35 Joint Strike Figh [...]
2007-10-26 11:53:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MASS MARR KOMC KSTC IN RS
07NEWDELHI4766ANGELA MERKEL TO FOCUS ON CLIMATE CHANGE,
[...] (U) SUMMARY: German Chancellor Angela Merkel will be accompanied by a large private business delegation when she visits New Delhi October 29, and her visit will focus on Indo-German bilateral ties rather than EU and multilateral issues such as the NSG. German and Indian officials are expected [...]
2007-10-29 01:07:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECIN ECON EFIN ETRD ETTC KGHG SENV
07NEWDELHI4803BJP LEADERS RESPOND POSITIVELY TO AMBASSADOR'S
[...] (C) Summary: During a series of separate meetings October 24-30, the Ambassador encouraged senior BJP leaders Brajesh Mishra, L.K. Advani and Rajnath Singh to set aside their political differences with the ruling Congress Party and recognize that the civil nuclear cooperation initiative was fi [...]
2007-10-31 10:41:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
07NEWDELHI4815 ASIA-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP ON CLEAN DEVELOPMENT AND CLIMATE
[...] (SBU) Founding Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate (APP) Partners Australia, China, India, Japan, Korea, and the United States officially welcomed Canada as the seventh member of the Partnership at a productive Ministerial Meeting hosted by the Government of India in New [...]
2007-10-31 12:31:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ECON KGHG KSCA IN
07NEWDELHI4822MEA SLAMS UNMIN, URGES ELECTIONS AT THE SOONEST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary (for Nepal and Bhutan) Preeti Saran conveyed in an SIPDIS October 30 meeting with Acting PolCouns her government's disappointment with the electoral delay in Nepal, emphasized the need for New Delhi and Washington to pressure [...]
2007-10-31 13:27:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PREF KDEM UN BT NP IN
07NEWDELHI4855DELHI DIARY, OCT 27-NOV 2
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for October 27-November 2, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- March of the Landless -- Tehelka Expos of Modi Role in 2002 Gujarat Riots -- Bhutan Takes Out the Trash -- Indian Military to [...]
2007-11-05 13:19:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR MOPS BT IN
07NEWDELHI4881PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE, GUJARAT ELECTIONS KEY TO GOI
[...] (C) Summary: The upcoming winter session of Parliament in mid-November and Gujarat state assembly elections in mid-December will play a key role in shaping GOI actions on the US-India civil nuclear agreement. The respective positions of the Congress Party and the Left parties are likely to be fine- [...]
2007-11-06 13:18:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
07NEWDELHI4989DELHI DIARY, NOVEMBER 3-15
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi, in coordination with Consulate Chennai, for November 3-15, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Indo-Japan Relations Expected to Continue Positive Trend, But On Hold While Fukuda Gets Settl [...]
2007-11-15 12:16:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM CH JA IN
07NEWDELHI5003NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEKs OF
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the weeks of November 5-16, 2007. SUCCESSES FOR AES, VERIZON -------------------- 2. (SBU) GOI Confirms Coal Field for U.S. Power Company AES: AES received on November 6, 2007 final GOI Cabinet and Ministryof [...]
2007-11-16 12:47:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP EFIN EINV ECPS EPET ETRD EAGR ELTN ENRG
07NEWDELHI5026INDIA WANTS TO STAY QUIET ON ITS WESTERN (IRAN AND
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon told the Ambassador November 19 that the Indian government had not yet determined how it would express its concern about the IAEA Director General's Iran report. Although he conveyed the Indian government's continuing concern with the lack of t [...]
2007-11-20 11:51:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR EPET ENRG EINV IR PK IN
07NEWDELHI5054RAHUL PROVIDES STAR POWER, CONGRESS REAFFIRMS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Rahul Gandhi generated the buzz and excitement for party faithful at his official coming out party at the All India Congress Committee (AICC) meeting on November 17. Beside the celebration of Rahul (Refs A,B),the party strongly supported Congress President Sonia Gandhi,s and P [...]
2007-11-21 12:50:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL PINR PARM ENRG IN
07NEWDELHI5059MOHAMMAD SALIM SPOUTS COMMUNIST LINE ON NUCLEAR
[...] (C) Summary: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) Member of Parliament Mohammad Salim justified the violence in Nandrigram to PolCouns November 20 by claiming that the Communists drove out violent Maoists and restored law and order in the area. Now, he asserted, the CPM will prioritize pe [...]
2007-11-21 13:09:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
07NEWDELHI51LIMP GOI RESPONSE TO SADDAM EXECUTION DICTATED BY
[...] (C) Summary: The GOI issued a tepid if not unhelpful response to the December 30 execution of Saddam Hussein. This was dictated by Congress concerns regarding the sensibilities of India's Muslims. Congress faces a crucial election in Uttar Pradesh (UP) later this year and the state's Muslim [...]
2007-01-04 13:33:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC KDEM KISL SCUL PGOV IN IZ
07NEWDELHI5102 World Toilet Summit Puts Spotlight on Sanitation in India
[...] SUMMARY: ESTHOff attended the 2007 World Toilet Summit from October 31 - November 3 in New Delhi. The event was hosted by Sulabh International Social Service Organization and sponsored by the Government of India (GOI). The conference brought together senior Indian government officials, NGOs [...]
2007-11-27 07:51:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TBIO SOCI KSCA IN
07NEWDELHI5137FOREIGN MINISTER TELLS PARLIAMENT NO U.S. PRESSURE ON GAS
[...] (SBU) Media reported on November 28, 2007 that India's Minister of External Affairs, Pranab Murkherjee, had sent to the Lok Sabha a written reply to a question in which he denies that the U.S. has asked India not to move forward with the proposed Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) natural gas pipeline [...]
2007-11-30 01:13:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG PREL EPET EINV PGOV IN IR
07NEWDELHI5148NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of November 26-30, 2007. GOI ANNOUNCES ITS TAX REFORM AGENDA -------------- 2. (U) At a November 29 seminar on Indirect Tax Reforms, Dr. Parthasarthi Shome, Advisor to the Finance Minister, discussed [...]
2007-11-30 11:21:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN
07NEWDELHI5157DELHI DIARY, NOVEMBER 22-30
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for November 22-30,2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- India Freezes Arms sales to Burma -- India votes against the UN's draft resolution on Burma -- PM Singh to Visit China -- Indian is Fi [...]
2007-11-30 13:50:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER SENV ECON CH BM IN
07NEWDELHI5174MILD PARLIAMENT DEBATE SHOWS CONGRESS ENJOYS
[...] (C) Summary: Meeting at a November 30 roundtable, Indian observers thought that the November 28 lower house debate in Parliament on the civil nuclear cooperation initiative effectively showed that the Congress Party has the strength to go forward on the deal. Several analysts pointed to the s [...]
2007-12-03 13:41:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
07NEWDELHI5206NUCLEAR DEBATE RERUN GETS PERSONAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Personal attacks between the ruling Congress Party and opposition BJP leaders marked the eight-hour-plus December 4-5 Rajya Sabha (upper house) nuclear debate in Parliament. Going over the same arguments as in previous Parliament debates, the Left and United National Progressiv [...]
2007-12-05 13:11:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
07NEWDELHI5226FORMER HARYANA CONGRESS CHIEF MINISTER DITCHES
[...] (C) Summary: The departure from the Congress Party of Haryana heavyweight Bhajan Lal muddies the political landscape in the state and weakens the Congress Party's electoral prospects. Bhajan Lal commands a considerable following among certain sections of the state's non-Jat community. By sp [...]
2007-12-07 10:16:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IN
07NEWDELHI5230NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF DECEMBER 3-7, 2007
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of December 3-7, 2007. INVESTMENTS KEEP ROLLING INTO SOUTH INDIA ------------------ 2. (U) Seeking to take advantage of Tamil Nadu's revised industrial policy, both Dell and Nokia announced expansion p [...]
2007-12-07 12:13:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN
07NEWDELHI5243A/S SAUERBREY DISCUSSES REFUGEE PROBLEM WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: On a November 4-7 trip to Bhutan, Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugee, and Migration (PRM) Ellen SIPDIS Sauerbrey met with the Fourth and former King Jigme Singye Wangchuck, the Prime Minister, the Foreign Secretary, and the Managing Director of Kuensel, the national n [...]
2007-12-07 14:42:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PGOV PHUM PREL PINR IN BT
07NEWDELHI5290USG SHOULD GIVE BHUTAN BACK FROZEN DRUK AIR FUNDS
[...] (C) I would like to bring to your personal attention the long-standing unresolved matter of Bhutanese government funds frozen due to USG economic sanctions against Burma. I want to offer a way forward for resolving this bilateral irritant with the Bhutanese and thereby send a message that the [...]
2007-12-12 10:43:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN EAIR IN BT
07NEWDELHI5299BHUTAN EXPERIENCING GROWING PAINS IN ITS
[...] (C) Summary: In November, Poloff accompanied Population, Refugee, and Migration (PRM) A/S Ellen Sauerbrey to Bhutan to discuss resolution of the protracted Bhutanese refugee crisis in Nepal (ref A). During this visit, interlocutors including the former King, Jigme Singye Wangchuck, Prime Minis [...]
2007-12-13 09:00:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM KWMN IN BT
07NEWDELHI5318NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of December 10-14, 2007. DETAILS LEAKED ON LONG-AWAITED RETAIL REPORT ------------- 2. (U) Several Indian dailies, most extensively Mint, reported on details from the overdue study by the Indian Counci [...]
2007-12-14 12:24:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN
07NEWDELHI5322 Ranthambore Wildlife Crime Workshop Emphasizes Need for
[...] SUMMARY: The New Delhi ESTH and Public Affairs sections held a wildlife crime workshop November 4 - 6 near Ranthambore National Park (RNP) in order to highlight USG commitment to wildlife conservation and to provide much needed training to park rangers, local police, and prosecutors in crime [...]
2007-12-17 01:16:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TBIO SOCI KSCA IN
07NEWDELHI5327INDIAN DEFENSE SECRETARY TO GC HAYNES: TIES
[...] (C) Summary. In a December 14 meeting among Department of Defense General Counsel William J. Haynes, Indian Defense Secretary Vijay Singh, and Integrated Defense Staff Chief SIPDIS General Hardev Singh Lidder, Singh and Lidder: -- Accepted responsibility on India for failure to complete [...]
2007-12-17 10:55:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR IN
07NEWDELHI535BJP LEADERSHIP SHUFFLE COMPOUNDS CONFUSION
[...] (U) On January 29, BJP Party President Rajnath Singh announced a shake-up in the party leadership. He moved Arun Jaitley, considered by many to be the most articulate and perhaps the sharpest of the party's Generation Next leadership, from "Party Spokesman" to "Secretary of the Parliamentary [...]
2007-02-02 12:30:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KDEM KIRF IN
07NEWDELHI5366CHEMICALS MINISTRY DETAILS GOI CONSIDERATIONS ON DRUG
[...] (SBU) Summary: Following a meeting in which Mr. Ranga Iyer of Wyeth Pharmaceuticals expressed concern that the GOI would institute a price-control regime discriminatory against imported drugs, Econoff met with Joint Secretary G. S. Sandhu of the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers (MCF) to di [...]
2007-12-20 05:47:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBTIO ECON EINV ETRD KIPR IN
07NEWDELHI5367AVIAN INFLUENZA: NEW DELHI CONFERENCE DISCUSSES THREAT,
[...] The Government of India (GOI) hosted a successful international conference on avian and pandemic influenza, in collaboration with the International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Influenza (IPAPI),on December 4-6. Several themes emerged: that the international community cannot let down it [...]
2007-12-20 05:48:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO EAGR KFLU EAID PREL IN
07NEWDELHI5380DELHI DIARY, DEC 17-21
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for Decemebr 17-21, 2007, that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Court Orders Reopening Riots Case Against Congress Leader Jagdish Tytler -- Rajasthan Gujjars Threaten Warpath Again -- India-China [...]
2007-12-20 12:39:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALKIRF CVIS PREL PGOV KJUS PHUM SOCI NP VM CH
07NEWDELHI5392INDIAN OBSERVERS (MOSTLY) THINK NUCLEAR DEAL WILL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Gathered at a December 26 roundtable, politicians and journalists largely agreed that the UPA government will still complete the nuclear deal despite the Congress Party's overwhelming loss in the Gujarat state elections, but differed on the process and reasoning. Member of Parl [...]
2007-12-26 12:25:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN IR AF
07NEWDELHI5418SCENESETTER PART I: THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Secretary Leavitt, your visit to India comes at a difficult juncture in what has been a time of deep transformation in Indo-U.S. relations. Just as we were poised to accelerate and expand ties between our two democracies into a more comprehensive relationship, the ruling coalit [...]
2007-12-28 10:59:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO SENV AMED CASC KSCA IN
07NEWDELHI622EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: NATIONAL
[...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. BIS requested a PSV at National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI),a GOI entity under the Ministry of Science & Technology, Website: www.ngri.org.in. NGRI was li [...]
2007-02-08 07:06:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI636KASHMIRIS IRATE OVER CUSTODIAL KILLINGS; PM SINGH TAKING ACTION
[...] (S) Srinagar was once again gripped with protests on February 7th, as police officials announced that they had dug up five unmarked graves in an ongoing investigation of custodial killings. Our interlocutors say Prime Minister Singh is influencing the investigations as a confidence building [...]
2007-02-08 12:50:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PHUM PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
07NEWDELHI658INDIA COMPLETES PLANS TO BUY FORTY MORE SUKHOI 30S
[...] (U) Reporting from Aero India in Bangalore, Indian media quoted Chief of Air Staff S.P. Tyagi on February 8 as saying India would soon sign a deal to import 40 more Sukhoi-30 planes from Russia. The news, which was overshadowed in morning papers by multi-billionaire Ratan Tata's "exhilarating [...]
2007-02-09 12:57:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ETRD PINR IN
07NEWDELHI659THE UTTARAKHAND ELECTION: A SMALL CONTEST WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Uttarakhand had the good sense in 2000 to break away from Uttar Pradesh (UP). This has spared the state from the chaotic and criminal regional parties that continue to destroy UP. Instead, Uttarakhand has a political system dominated by the two national parties - Congress and [...]
2007-02-09 13:06:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM IN
07NEWDELHI662BELLWETHER PROJECT: INDIA RISING, PUNJAB STRUGGLING
[...] (C) Summary: For decades, Punjab has struggled with corruption and bad political leadership. Despite its reputation as the breadbasket of India, Punjab's agriculture economy is failing and the common Punjabi feels left out of India's economic boom. Unemployment is widespread, inflation is r [...]
2007-02-09 13:54:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL PHUM ECON SOCI KDEM IN
07NEWDELHI693EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: GUJARAT ALKALIES
[...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Acting Export Control Officer (ECO) David Nardella and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Post-shipment Verification (PSV) at Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Ltd. (GACL) [...]
2007-02-12 11:20:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI701INDIAN NSA NARAYANAN DISCUSSES RUSSIAN MIG-35,
[...] (S) Summary: Lieutenant General Maples, Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, met with Indian National Security Advisor MK Narayanan on February 8th to discuss joint efforts to increase U.S.-India defense cooperation. NSA Narayanan explained India's longstanding concern about Chinese d [...]
2007-02-12 14:08:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
07NEWDELHI729AFGHAN AMBASSADOR OPEN TO INCREASED INDIAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Afghan Ambassador to India, Dr. Sayed Makhdoom Raheen, told Ambassador Mulford February 12 that India and Afghanistan had a strong relationship, and that Indian help in strengthening Afghanistan's infrastructure was welcome. He said that Pakistan is overly sensitive about India [...]
2007-02-13 11:10:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS ELTN AF PK IR IN
07NEWDELHI752BOTH SIDES VICTORIOUS IN BAGLIHAR VERDICT, INDIA
[...] (C) Summary. The World Bank-appointed neutral expert announced his ruling on February 12 regarding the controversial Baglihar dam project, which both Pakistan and India claimed as a victory. Several specifications contested by Pakistan are being addressed, but the overall design of the dam [...]
2007-02-14 13:02:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWWT ECON PBTS ENRG ECIN KISL PK IN
07NEWDELHI760EXTRANCHECK: NDAA POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: INSTITUTE FOR
[...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Acting Export Control Officer (ECO) David Nardella and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Post-shipment Verification (PSV) at Institute for Plasma Research (IPR),Vadod [...]
2007-02-15 05:19:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI768PM TELLS SECRETARY GUTIERREZ U.S.-INDIA RELATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez met Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh February 14. The two agreed to explore means to strengthen cooperation in science and technology, clean energy and education, and with regards to education, the Secretary mentioned his initiatives an [...]
2007-02-15 09:18:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAF BEXP EAGR ECON EFIN ETRD IN KPAO MASS PK
07NEWDELHI776MORE BAD NEWS FOR U.P. CHIEF MINISTER MULAYAM
[...] (SBU) In Uttar Pradesh (UP),the shaky and beleaguered government of Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav (reftels) came another step closer to falling on February 14. The Supreme Court ruled that the defection of 13 MLAs from the opposition BSP to the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) on August 27, [...]
2007-02-15 11:05:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KDEM IN
07NEWDELHI786INDIA APPEASES LEFT AND MUSLIMS WITH TEHRAN VISIT,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: "Times of India" diplomatic correspondent Indrani Bagchi, who accompanied Foreign Minister Mukherjee on his visit to Tehran February 6-7, told Deputy PolCouns that the visit had been an exercise by the government of India (GOI) to garner headlines that would please the Indian Mus [...]
2007-02-15 13:48:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EPET PARM KNNP IR PK IN
07NEWDELHI849SAMJHAUTA EXPRESS TRAIN BOMBINGS UNEXPECTEDLY
[...] (C) Summary: Indian and Pakistani officials rushed to mobilize joint efforts in response to the February 18th attack on the New Delhi to Lahore Samjhauta ("friendship") Express train, which killed 67 Indian and Pakistani nationals. Indian press reports point out that this may be the first ti [...]
2007-02-20 14:17:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
07NEWDELHI871SAMAJWADI PARTY PULLS SUPPORT FROM UPA GOVERNMENT,
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-21 14:31:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PINR KISL IN
07NEWDELHI909SCENESETTER: INDIA COUNTER-TERRORISM JOINT WORKING
[...] (S) Summary: Embassy New Delhi warmly welcomes the visit of Acting Coordinator for Counterterrorism Frank Urbancic, and looks forward to adding dynamism to the India-U.S. Counter-Terrorism Joint Working Group (CTJWG) and developing an atmosphere where ideas and information are easily exchanged by b [...]
2007-02-23 11:41:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL KTFN
07NEWDELHI916WITH AN EYE ON CHINA, JAPAN AND INDIA KICK OFF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The governments of India and Japan are hoping to commence a new economic partnership with round one of negotiations on the Japan-India Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA),followed by the visit of a high-level Japanese business delegation to India. The Economic Minister of the [...]
2007-02-23 12:35:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ECIN EINV JP CH IN
07NEWDELHI937DELHI TO ELECT A NEW MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT ON APRIL
[...] (U) On March 23, the Delhi State Election Commission announced that the city will hold municipal elections on April 5, with the results tabulated on April 7. The city recently increased its municipal wards from 134 to 272. Each of these much smaller bodies will elect a Municipal Counselor. [...]
2007-02-26 11:12:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ECON IN
07NEWDELHI94PARTY SPOKESMEN AGREE THAT EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT
[...] (C) Summary: On January 9, during the annual meeting of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI),political leaders from the BJP, Congress and the CPI(M) examined Indian economic policy from their own ideological perspectives. Despite an attempt by the BJP's Ravi Sh [...]
2007-01-09 11:49:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALEAGR ECON ETRD ELAB ENRG PGOV PREL PINR IN
07NEWDELHI945STAFFDEL FARKAS DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, IRAN,
[...] (C) On February 23, Senate/House Armed Services Committee staffdel Farkas met with Dilip Sinha, Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary for Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran, then separately with Brigadier AS Nundal, MEA Director for Military Affairs, and Avinash Pandey, MEA Director for Co [...]
2007-02-26 14:06:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AF IR PK IN
07NEWDELHI946STAFFDEL FARKAS DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, IRAN,
[...] (C) On February 23, Senate/House Armed Services Committee staffdel Farkas met with Dilip Sinha, Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary for Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran, then separately with Brigadier AS Nundal, MEA Director for Military Affairs, and Avinash Pandey, MEA Director for Co [...]
2007-02-26 14:08:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PTER NATO IN
07NEWDELHI975BJP WINS CLEAR MAJORITY IN UTTARAKHAND
[...] (U) Summary: The Uttarakhand unofficial election results were announced February 27, and the BJP won a clear mandate to form the next state government. According to media reports, Congress has conceded defeat, with state party spokesman Surendra Agarwal blaming divisions among secular voters [...]
2007-02-27 12:18:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL IN
07NEWDELHI976UTTAR PRADESH FACES A LONG BITTER ELECTION SEASON
[...] (C) Summary. The protracted drama of Uttar Pradesh (UP) politics is likely to go on throughout a long grueling election campaign, and may not even be resolved after the election results are out. Despite growing opposition against SP misrule, the crafty UP Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav [...]
2007-02-27 12:37:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PINR KISL IN
07NIAMEY1064U.S. AMBASSADOR MEETING WITH GOVERNMENT OF NIGER
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-24 12:10:00Embassy NiameyCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS NG
07NIAMEY1222NIGER: AMBASSADOR'S TRIP REPORT
[...] (U) Summary. Over a 16-day period, an Embassy delegation supported a successful basketball caravan and tolerance campaign that covered eight cities in seven of Niger's eight regions. The insecurity in the Agadez region (northern Niger) made it impossible to include a caravan stop there; howev [...]
2007-09-27 14:01:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON SOCI ASEC CASC EAID NG
07NIAMEY1237NIGER: IS TANDJA SEEKING A THIRD TERM?
[...] (SBU) There are signs that President Tandja may seek to stay in office beyond the end of his current term in 2009: -- He has put a growing number of government activities under his "Presidential Special Program" and is increasing the amount of time the government-controlled media gives to tho [...]
2007-10-02 14:27:00Embassy NiameyCONFIDENTIALPGOV NG
07NIAMEY128NIGER TRIP REPORTS (1) ILLELA: LESSONS LEARNED FROM SMALL
[...] (U) In December, Poloff conducted extensive travel to Niger's Tahoua and Agadez Regions. One outcome was a series of in-house trip reports providing readers with background on the issues, people, and preoccupations of several key towns and sub-regions. With the expectation that such a "virtual [...]
2007-02-13 08:25:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAGR EAID ECON SOCI SMIG SENV NG
07NIAMEY1430NIGER: THE SITUATION IN THE NORTH
[...] (SBU) A truck hit a landmine south of Agadez on December 5. The Nigerien Military has resupplied its garrison in Ifeoruane. The MNJ claims the United States as friend based on a VOA stringer's contact with it. The GON is organizing a regional conference on trafficking. A UN consultant has [...]
2007-12-05 18:19:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PGOV PREL NG
07NIAMEY1478NIGER: WHAT DIDN'T HAPPEN ON DECEMBER 18
[...] (C) Niger's national day celebration went off without incident despite MNJ threats against it. The GON and MNJ continue to blame each other for landmines in the south. There was a reported attempt to lay a mine in the southern town of Tanout on December 18. The MNJ's recent actions have not [...]
2007-12-21 09:32:00Embassy NiameyCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV ASEC NG
07NIAMEY158IN LAST PLACE AND FALLING: THE PROBLEM OF EDUCATION IN
[...] Niger's education system ranks among the worst in the world. It suffers from a crumbling infrastructure, a lack of resources and a teacher corps that is under-trained and demoralized. Niger's woes are compounded by a population growth rate of 3.4%, one of the highest in the world. Corruption [...]
2007-02-22 15:59:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO KMCA NG
07NIAMEY167NIGER TRIP REPORTS (3) THE NOMADIC ZONE
[...] (SBU) This is the third cable in a series of trip reports (reftels A&B) that examine conditions, contacts, and political issues in central and northern Niger. This edition takes a look at the nomadic zone known as the Azaouagh (or Azawak). A large and sparsely populated zone in the northern par [...]
2007-02-23 12:39:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAID ECON SOCI NG
07NIAMEY22FOUR YEARS ON, NIGERIEN NGO UP IN ARMS OVER NIGER
[...] Apparently prompted by the execution of Saddam Hussein, on Sunday, January 7, a Nigerien NGO gave a press release denouncing the USG for its "false accusation against Niger for the sale of uranium to Iraq." The NGO, CODDAE - the "Collective for the Defense of Rights to Energy in Niger" - is m [...]
2007-01-10 15:18:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO NG
07NIAMEY23NIGER: THREE PILLARS OF TRADITIONAL SLAVERY - AND
[...] Traditional caste-based servitude in Niger has always rested on three pillars: a lack of economic options for slaves, who tend to live in the least developed regions of the world's least developed country; a lack of social mobility in slaves' typically small, isolated, nomadic communities; an [...]
2007-01-10 15:19:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SOCI ELAB NG
07NIAMEY610NIGER TRIP REPORTS (4) ARLIT: PORTRAIT OF A BOOM TOWN
[...] (U) This is the forth in a series of trip report cables documenting life, leaders, and issues in several key towns and regions (reftels A, B, C),of central and northern Niger. 2. (SBU) Arlit, in northern Niger, owes its existence and prosperity to uranium mining. As world prices rise and th [...]
2007-04-24 16:21:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PAGR ECON EMIN EINV SENV NG
07NIAMEY616NIGERIEN PRESIDENT CONCERNED WITH SMUGGLING
[...] (U) President Tandja devoted much of his April 23 speech marking the 12th anniversary of the agreement ending the Tuareg rebellion to blaming drug and weapons traffickers for recent insecurity in the north. 2. (SBU) Tandja also expressed his concern about drug trafficking to the UNDP resid [...]
2007-04-27 12:39:00Embassy NiameyCONFIDENTIALPGOV SNAR NG
07NIAMEY625NIGER: A PESSIMISTIC ASSESSMENT OF GON-TUAREG
[...] (C) Summary: Mohamed Anacko, the man responsible for implementing the 1995 agreement ending the Tuareg rebellion, fears that President Tandja's desire for a military solution to the recent Tuareg uprising risks turning it into a full fledged rebellion that could affect the entire region. He [...]
2007-05-03 12:06:00Embassy NiameyCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV PREL CASC EMIN NG
07NIAMEY635NIGER: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH POLITICAL
[...] (C) Summary: Opposition party officials are concerned about the stalled trial regarding corruption in the education sector, student violence, and the lack of action during the current Assembly session. Their biggest concern, however, is the recent violence in the north, which they said could t [...]
2007-05-07 13:30:00Embassy NiameyCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NG
07NIAMEY639NIGER: FRENCH AMBASSADOR ON THE SECURITY SITUATION
[...] (C) Summary: The French Ambassador to Niger believes a GON attempt to defeat Tuareg dissidents risks turning bandits and drug smugglers into something much worse, possibly to include allies of AQIM. The Nigerien Armed Forces (FAN) cannot defeat the Mouvement des Nigerien pour la Justice (MNJ),[...]
2007-05-08 11:55:00Embassy NiameyCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS MASS FR NG
07NIAMEY641NIGER PROFITS FROM URANIUM IN REVITALIZED MARKET
[...] (C) For the first time since 1983, the Government of Niger (GON) will exercise its right to purchase and sell some of the country's uranium production this year. Moreover, it may sell its share (anticipated to be 300 tons this year and as much as 1,045 tons/year from 2008) to an American power [...]
2007-05-08 16:33:00Embassy NiameyCONFIDENTIALEINV EMIN ENRG ETRD PGOV PREL NG BBSR BTIO
07NIAMEY713NIGER: MINISTRY OF RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS (MRA)
[...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador, accompanied by locally-engaged staff Political Assistant (notetaker),paid a May 16 courtesy call on the recently-appointed Cabinet Minister for the Ministry of Religious Affairs (MRA),Issaka Labo. The MRA's responsibilities include a security element complementa [...]
2007-05-22 11:36:00Embassy NiameyCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SOCI PINR NG
07NIAMEY714COLD CASE: SHARI'A AND THE MIGRATION OF VICE
[...] Open-source reporting and some academic studies have suggested that the imposition of Shari'a in northern Nigeria led to an exodus of prostitutes, petty criminals, and bar owners to the southern frontier zones of Niger. Nigerien Hausaland, these reports suggested, saw a considerable increase [...]
2007-05-22 12:47:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KWMN SOCI EAID SMIG NG
07NIAMEY737NIGER: PARLIAMENT PLAYS WITH PM CENSURE MOTION
[...] (U) On Saturday the 26th, the opposition in Niger's National Assembly raised a censure motion against the coalition government of Prime Minister (PM) Hama Amadou, alleging negligence in its management of the investigation of a public school funds scandal rumored to implicate the PM (reftel). A [...]
2007-05-29 13:10:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KCOR NG
07NIAMEY739ISLAM IN NIGER (4): ATTITUDES TOWARD IZALA IN
[...] (U) NOTE: This is the fourth in a series of cables (reftels A,B,C) reporting on the changing nature of Islam in Niger. END NOTE ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) Previous cables in this series examined the rise, in Niger, of a Wahhabist-inspired form of Islamic fundamentalism from the Sha [...]
2007-05-29 15:48:00Embassy NiameyCONFIDENTIALEAID KDEM PGOV PINR PTER SOCI KISL NG
07NIAMEY742ALIVE AND WELL: PROFILES OF TRADITIONAL
[...] During recent travel Poloff examined the role of traditional chiefs in Niger. Characterized since colonialism by a highly-centralized state that often undercut traditional rulers, Niger has recently embraced a system of political decentralization based on democratically elected local governme [...]
2007-05-30 16:04:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM PHUM SOCI NG
07NIAMEY763GON FALLS ON CENSURE MOTION; NEW PM AND CABINET WILL
[...] On May 31, the National Assembly of Niger passed (by 62 votes out of 113) a motion of no confidence moved by opposition MPs against the GON. Prime Minister Hama Amadou and all of the GON's 31 ministers must now resign. President Mamadou Tandja will name a new PM. Yesterday's events brought an e [...]
2007-06-01 13:11:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KCOR NG
07NIAMEY787 NIGER: PRESIDENT TANDJA NAMES NEW CABINET
[...] Summary: President Tandja, on June 9, announced a new cabinet made up of 32 members (including the Prime Minister),to replace the one that was dissolved following the National Assembly's May 31 no confidence vote on the former Prime Minister (ref a). Nineteen incumbent ministers, including t [...]
2007-06-11 13:48:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM KCOR NG
07NICOSIA1002FM LAVROV DELIVERS SUPPORT FROM MOSCOW
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Greek Cypriot opinion leaders characterized Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's December 9-10 visit to the island as "Russia Riding to the Rescue." Lavrov's timing was impeccable, and seemingly too providential (for the G/C cause) to be coincidental. He arrived shortly before two [...]
2007-12-19 14:52:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CY RU SE
07NICOSIA1006Political Polling Center-stage in Cypriot Election
[...] (SBU) Summary: With the Cypriot presidential campaign in full-swing, pollsters are conducting and presenting "Gallups" nearly every week. Compared to the February 2003 race and earlier elections, their numbers have almost doubled. Cypriot media outlets conduct many surveys, and later devote [...]
2007-12-21 12:46:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL CY
07NICOSIA115ARMENIANS IN CYPRUS: FITTING IN BEATS FALLING OUT
[...] SUMMARY: Successful for four hundred years in maintaining their unique culture, language and religion, Cyprus's Armenians -- who enjoy "official religious group" status under the Republic's 1960 convention -- nonetheless seek closer ties to the majority Greek Cypriot population. As such, Arm [...]
2007-02-07 09:12:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM PREF CY TU
07NICOSIA120CYPRUS OIL AND GAS LICENSING RIGHTS CHALLENGED BY
[...] (C) Summary: The GoC intends to go forward with its first licensing round for the exploration and exploitation of potential offshore oil and natural gas deposits, despite strong criticism and thinly-veiled threats from the Government of Turkey and the Turkish Cypriot leadership. The GoC plans [...]
2007-02-08 15:40:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALEPET ETRD PGOV PREL EINV ECON TU CY
07NICOSIA124CYPRUS'S "LATINS" CHART COURSE FOR GROWTH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The smallest of Cyprus's three "official religious groups," the "Latins," originally the descendants of the island's Frankish and Venetian overlords, are also the least homogenous. This Roman Catholic grouping, along with the Armenian Orthodox and Maronite Catholics, were recogn [...]
2007-02-12 15:26:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM CY
07NICOSIA125NEW LAW BRINGS CYPRUS INTO COMPLIANCE WITH EU
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Cyprus's Parliament passed February 1 a new immigration law to bring the nation into compliance with European Union norms. Under the legislation, legally employed foreign workers who have been on the island for five years can apply for long-term residency. That many officials [...]
2007-02-13 05:10:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM CY
07NICOSIA135CYPRUS - INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF COURAGE NOMINATION
[...] Per reftel action request, Embassy Nicosia nominates anti-TIP activist Ms. Mine Yucel for the Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage. For further information regarding this nominee, please contact Embassy's Bicommunal Program Coordinator Juliette Dickstein, dicksteinja@state.gov, [...]
2007-02-14 09:16:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PHUM PREL KPAO CY
07NICOSIA140CYPRUS: CIV-MIL RELATIONS HIT NEW LOW, TALAT
[...] (S) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. Relations between the increasingly assertive Turkish military and the increasingly hesitant Turkish Cypriot civilian leadership have taken a definite turn for the worse in recent months. The January contest of wills between "TRNC President" Talat and the generals ove [...]
2007-02-14 13:55:00Embassy NicosiaSECRETPGOV PREL PHUM UNFICYP MOPS TU CY
07NICOSIA144CYPRUS APPLIES TO JOIN EUROZONE
[...] (SBU) Summary. On February 13, Cyprus took the historic step of applying formally to adopt the Euro as its official currency effective January 1, 2008. Cyprus's economy continues to perform well within the Maastricht criteria for Euro adoption. As a result, the EU is widely-expected to appr [...]
2007-02-16 15:06:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EUN CY
07NICOSIA168REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS -- SEVENTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT SUBMISSION
[...] (U) Paras 3-6 are sensitive but unclassified --not/not for Internet distribution. 2. (U) Embassy Nicosia hereby submits information for the April 2006 - March 2007 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Embassy point of contact is Terry Steers-Gonzalez, Political Section, Tel: (357) 22-39-336 [...]
2007-03-01 14:39:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM CY PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
07NICOSIA197COMMUNIST CHIEF UNDECIDED ON PRESIDENTIAL RUN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: AKEL desires continued cooperation with coalition mates DIKO and EDEK, Secretary General Dimitris Christofias informed the Ambassador March 5. Nonetheless, party leaders have not yet determined whether to support a re-election bid by President Tassos Papadopoulos, urge the coal [...]
2007-03-07 15:54:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CY TU
07NICOSIA209DIKO: NEW LEADERSHIP, OLD THINK
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Of Cyprus's Big Four political parties, only DIKO saw its vote haul increase in the most recent elections (December 2006). A confident DIKO President Marios Karoyian attributes the success to a reorganization effort he initiated upon taking office in October. The party's mess [...]
2007-03-12 15:09:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM CY TU
07NICOSIA213Cyprus Steps Up Anti-Trafficking Efforts
[...] (SBU) Summary: In recent meetings with authorities and NGO representatives involved in the fight against trafficking in persons (TIP),EmbOffs and visiting Desk Officer witnessed increased efforts and new initiatives. In the south, the GOC has taken concrete steps to fulfill the "Three P's" -- [...]
2007-03-13 11:25:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM CY
07NICOSIA247CYPRUS PASSES LEGISLATION FOR JOINING EUROZONE
[...] (SBU) Summary. On March 15, Cyprus adopted four bills establishing the legal framework for the adoption of the Euro on January 1, 2008. Cyprus is currently well-positioned to meet the Maastricht criteria and receive the final clearances this summer from EU authorities to take this historic s [...]
2007-03-21 08:23:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EUN CY
07NICOSIA282ARCHBISHOP TAKING STEPS ON INTER-FAITH TALKS,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent Cyprus developments on inter-faith dialogue, Church re-organization, and the fight against trafficking in persons (TIP) dominated discussion at a March 22 meeting between Poloff and Archbishopric official Bishop Vasilios. In a pleasant surprise, new Archbishop Chrysostom [...]
2007-04-02 13:32:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM CY
07NICOSIA301NATIONALISTS AND DEEP STATE STIRRING THE "TRNC" POT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In recent months, nationalist elements in the "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus" appear to be manufacturing and/or exploiting events in order to pressure pro-solution "President" Mehmet Ali Talat and "Prime Minister" Ferdi Soyer to toe a harder line more consistent with polici [...]
2007-04-05 07:57:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU
07NICOSIA322CYPRUS: EMBASSY-SPONSORED IPR WORKSHOP BRINGS GOVERNMENT
[...] (U) Summary: On March 29, over 60 GoC officials and Cypriot business representatives discussed ways to improve enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPR) at an all-day seminar organized by the Economic/Commercial section and the Cyprus American Business Association. International spea [...]
2007-04-16 08:49:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ECON ETRD EUN CY
07NICOSIA323CYPRUS: IPR WORKSHOP IN TURKISH CYPRIOT COMMUNITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Around 25 Turkish Cypriots professionals, members of Turkish IPR NGOs, representatives of international business associations and leading Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot IPR lawyers discussed ways to improve IPR enforcement in the Turkish Cypriot community during a March 30 s [...]
2007-04-16 10:25:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ECON ETRD EUN CY
07NICOSIA365T/C LABOR UNIONS DISAPPOINTED WITH "GOVERNMENT"
[...] Summary: Turkish Cypriot (T/C) labor union leaders are voicing growing disappointment with the performance of the current "TRNC government." The Republican Turkish Party (CTP) came to power in 2005 with overwhelming labor support, union representatives told us in a series of recent meetings; [...]
2007-04-26 13:31:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ELAB PHUM CY
07NICOSIA418FAMAGUSTA MAYOR FAVORS INCREASED BI-COMMUNAL
[...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Despite the total failure of the so-called "Finnish Initiative" in 2006 (Reftel),Greek Cypriot officials and property owners in Famagusta are actively seeking ways to keep their issue on the political map. The opening of the fenced-off area of Varosha and it [...]
2007-05-15 14:41:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU
07NICOSIA434TURKISH CYPRIOT CENSUS DEBATE FOCUSES ON NATIVES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: "Native" Turkish Cypriots continue to outnumber their mainland Turkey-born brethren, according to a controversial census that T/C authorities conducted in 2006 but whose results they are releasing in periodic installments. The census findings also refute an oft-repeated Greek Cy [...]
2007-05-18 11:12:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU CY
07NICOSIA439EUROPEAN COMMISSION GIVES CYPRUS GREEN LIGHT TO ADOPT EURO;
[...] (SBU) Summary. On May 16, the European Commission released a report confirming that Cyprus, along with Malta, meets the EU convergence criteria and recommended that Cyprus (and Malta) be allowed to adopt the Euro on January 1, 2008. Also on May 16, the European Central Bank released its own [...]
2007-05-21 13:47:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EUN CY
07NICOSIA45CYPRUS: 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-12 15:19:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ECON ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR CY
07NICOSIA456PRISON BRAWL REVEALS HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES, DISCOMFORT WITH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turf battles over drug dealing morphed into open rioting May 8 at a prison in north Nicosia. Unable to suppress the fighting, penitentiary leadership summoned for assistance "TRNC" riot police, who ended the conflict quickly. Soon afterwards, however, media alleged that polic [...]
2007-05-29 14:12:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL CY TU
07NICOSIA489 FRINGE CANDIDATE SUPPORTS ANNAN PLAN REVIVAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Costas Themistocleous, a former Minister of Agriculture in the Glafkos Clerides administration (1998-2003),will run in next year's presidential elections, "not to win, but to tell Cypriots my version of the 'truth' about the Cyprus problem." Themistocleous warns that Cyprus is [...]
2007-06-05 12:12:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL CY
07NICOSIA498CYPRUS GETS PRELIMINARY ECOFIN GO-AHEAD TO JOIN EUROZONE;
[...] (SBU) Summary. As expected, EU finance ministers gave Cyprus (and Malta) a preliminary green light to adopt the Euro effective January 1, 2008, at the June 4-5 ECOFIN meeting. The finance ministers are expected to give final approval at the July 10 ECOFIN meeting, where they will also establ [...]
2007-06-08 15:07:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV EUN CY
07NICOSIA507"TRNC" PROPERTY COMMISSION GATHERING STEAM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Established in 2005 as a "local remedy" for Greek Cypriots seeking redress over confiscated property in northern Cyprus, the "TRNC Property Commission" is gaining visibility and, in certain circles, acceptance. Over 180 G/Cs have petitioned the Commission seeking restitution of [...]
2007-06-12 14:11:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CY TU
07NICOSIA510NEW GOC MEASURES FOR TURKISH CYPRIOTS: LESS THAN
[...] (C) Summary and comment: The GoC recently announced new measures ostensibly designed to promote economic development in the Turkish Cypriot community. These include 30 million Euro in grants from 2007 to 2010 to joint ventures with at least 30 percent Turkish Cypriot participation (although [...]
2007-06-14 11:00:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL ETRD EUN CY
07NICOSIA52ASSIMILATION, AGING THREATEN CYPRUS MARONITES
[...] SUMMARY: The Maronite community -- self-described as 6,000-strong but likely half that -- enjoys "official religious group" status under Cyprus's 1960 constitution. Concentrated historically in four villages south and west of Kyrenia, the Catholic Maronites endured near-total dislocation aft [...]
2007-01-16 15:26:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL UNFICYP PHUM PREF TU CY
07NICOSIA521SOUTH'S TURKISH CYPRIOTS CITE DISCRIMINATION, NEEDS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Perhaps 1500 Turkish Cypriots reside in the government-controlled areas of Cyprus. Like the enclaved Greek Cypriots of the Karpass peninsula, the T/C community, centered in second-city Limassol, endures isolation and depends heavily on Republic of Cyprus handouts for its exist [...]
2007-06-18 14:03:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PGOV CY TU
07NICOSIA56CYPRUS' PROPOSAL FOR BFIF FUNDS
[...] Summary: Embassy Nicosia requests BFIF funding to: 1) enable interoperability with Department of Commerce computer systems. Part of the funding would cover travel expenses for the FCS Athens computer expert to come to Cyprus to connect Nicosia to the FCS computer system and train Embassy perso [...]
2007-01-18 12:03:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ABUD AMGT ETRD ECON EINV BTIO CY
07NICOSIA579AKEL CONGRESS GIVES GREEN LIGHT TO CYPRUS'S FIRST COMMUNIST
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a historical first, coalition partner and communist party AKEL decided at its July 8 congress to nominate its own leader, Demetris Christofias, as presidential candidate, either for the pro-government coalition parties jointly or on his own. The decision signals the end of th [...]
2007-07-10 13:41:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL CY
07NICOSIA583ELECTORAL HEAT ON, PAPADOPOULOS MOVES ON ONE-YEAR
[...] (C) Summary: ROC President Tassos Papadopoulos and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat are likely to meet in an attempt to "break through the stalemate" of their agreement on July 8 of last year. In two July 5 letters sent to the UN and forwarded to Talat, Papadopoulos called for two se [...]
2007-07-12 05:26:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALCY PGOV PREL
07NICOSIA585LILLIKAS ON PAPADOP'S POLITICAL FUTURE (AND HIS
[...] (C) In a one-on-one conversation on the evening of July 11, Foreign Minister Giorgos Lillikas, who earlier that day had submitted his resignation to President Papadopoulos, offered the Ambassador comments on the collapse of the governing coalition and the upcoming presidential race. Lillikas n [...]
2007-07-12 11:33:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALCY PGOV PREL
07NICOSIA593BIOTECH: OVER PRESIDENT'S OBJECTIONS PARLIAMENT PASSES LAW
[...] (SBU) Summary. On July 12, the Cypriot parliament ignored President Papadopoulos's opposition and passed 42-0 a law requiring all stores to place products with biotech content on separate shelves. The President had earlier refused to sign the bill and returned it to the parliament for a seco [...]
2007-07-13 12:30:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR TBIO ECON ETRD SENV EUN CY
07NICOSIA594TURKEY'S ELECTIONS AS SEEN FROM THE "TRNC"
[...] (SBU) With only six days until Turkey goes to the polls, the July 22 election is, perhaps surprisingly, not at the forefront of everyone's minds in Cyprus's north, the self-proclaimed, unrecognized "TRNC." This is partly because ongoing domestic issues, including a "government" financial scan [...]
2007-07-16 10:45:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CY
07NICOSIA595EMOTION OF FIRST RETURNS OF MISSING PERSONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The UN Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) in Cyprus has returned to family members the remains of 28 Cypriots missing from the 1963 to 1974 period of intercommunal conflict. The remains of all 13 Turkish Cypriots were buried in an elaborate and emotional July 12 military cere [...]
2007-07-17 06:50:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCY UNFICYP PHUM PGOV
07NICOSIA619TURKISH ELECTORATE GRANTS "TRNC GOVERNMENT" WISH
[...] (C) Summary: The resounding win of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in Turkey was a surprise to most Turkish Cypriot contacts of the Embassy and has stabilized the wobbly CTP-OP "TRNC Government". The post-election euphoria, though, will not dispel the allegations of corruption that [...]
2007-07-27 13:50:00Embassy NicosiaSECRETCY PGOV PREL
07NICOSIA620PRESIDENT PAPADOPOULOS OFFICIALLY ENTERS PRESIDENTIAL RACE
[...] (SBU) Summary: On July 24, the last of the three main contenders for the presidency, incumbent Tassos Papadopoulos, officially confirmed that he will seek reelection. The main themes of his televised announcement were the rejection of the Annan Plan and support of the subsequent July 8 process [...]
2007-07-27 14:11:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL CY
07NICOSIA622BIOTECH: PRESIDENT REFERS BIOTECH SEGREGATION BILL TO
[...] (SBU) Summary. On July 25, President Papadopoulos refused to sign the biotech segregation bill (ref A),and, on the advice of the Attorney General, referred it to the Supreme Court on procedural and constitutional grounds. It is unclear how the Supreme Court may rule, and a decision by the [...]
2007-07-30 10:53:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR TBIO ECON ETRD SENV EUN CY
07NICOSIA640YOUTH POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS: CYPRUS'S FUTURE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Every major political party in the Republic of Cyprus has a youth branch. The two largest and most significant are EDON and NEDISY, affiliates of Cyprus's largest political organizations, AKEL and DISY, respectively. Though distinct from the mother parties, these Greek Cyprio [...]
2007-08-07 11:16:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PREL CY
07NICOSIA665GRANTS ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY
[...] The following is in response to reftel regarding request for information on PD support gaps and the management burden of all grant awards. 2. ICASS Support: The PA section receives excellent support in PD budget planning and execution, IRM system management, HR matters, financial managemen [...]
2007-08-14 14:25:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDKICA KPAO OIIP AMGT
07NICOSIA669PRESIDENTIAL CHALLENGER KASOULIDES SEES OUTLOOK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ebullient and outgoing as ever, DISY-supported presidential candidate Ioannis Kasoulides displayed a new air in a recent meeting with EmbOffs: confidence. Just two months ago, certain he faced a Herculean challenge in defeating incumbent Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulos, Ka [...]
2007-08-17 09:21:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PREL CY
07NICOSIA674"TRNC": THE MUFTI RESIGNS
[...] (C) Summary: Beset for months by allegations he had misused his office for political gains, Turkish Cypriot Mufti Ahmet Yonluer resigned his position August 14. In actuality a mid-level "TRNC" bureaucrat who couldn't find Mecca with a map -- Yonluer's ceremonial robes, displayed prominently [...]
2007-08-17 14:14:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CY
07NICOSIA685TALAT WILL MEET, BUT IS WARY OF PAPADAPOULOS'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Domestic political concerns -- mainly the need to show Greek Cypriot voters that their president sought a Cyprus Problem solution -- was driving Tassos Papadopoulos's push for a meeting of community leaders, "TRNC President" Mehmet Ali Talat told the Ambassador August 20. Despite [...]
2007-08-22 15:34:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU
07NICOSIA696RUMORS OF DEVELOPMENT SHAKE CYPRUS'S KARPASS
[...] (U) Summary: The pristine Karpass peninsula, the long finger of land stretching northeast "like a dagger toward the heart of Anatolia," has dominated north Cyprus newscasts nightly this summer. A sleepy corner of the island known more for its turtle hatcheries and unbroken surf, Karpass has [...]
2007-08-27 11:56:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM SENV CY TU
07NICOSIA729LEADERS' MEETING BRINGS NO BREAKTHROUGHS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Fourteen months after concluding a framework arrangement to restart stalled Cyprus Problem negotiations -- the July 8 or Gambari Agreement, which envisioned regular tete-a-tetes of the island's community leaders -- RoC President Tassos Papadopoulos and Turkish Cypriot "President [...]
2007-09-06 13:59:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU
07NICOSIA74MISSING PERSONS COMMITTEE OPTIMISTIC ON RETURN OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Tripartite Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) is making steady progress exhuming and identifying Greek and Turkish Cypriots missing since 1963-1974. Pledges from the USG and other donors have ensured sufficient funding for operations to continue well into 2008, and CMP member [...]
2007-01-25 13:43:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM UNFICYP TU CY
07NICOSIA754SWEDES' CYPRUS MUSINGS: CHANNEL THEIR INTEREST
[...] (C) Summary: Our UK counterparts share our skepticism about the timing of Sweden's emerging proposal on Cyprus. A formal proposal at this stage runs the risk of backfiring and allowing President Papadopoulos and the other candidates in the presidential race to shift to the international comm [...]
2007-09-14 14:00:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU SW FI
07NICOSIA803ELECTIONS: CITING FRONT-RUNNERS' FLAWS, LONG SHOT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite trailing Cyprus's "serious" presidential candidates by significant margins, outsider Costas Themistocleous voices no intention of abandoning his electoral campaign anytime soon. Recent polling shows Themistocleous's three rivals each tallying between 29 and 31 percent; i [...]
2007-10-03 11:52:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNFICYP CY TU
07NICOSIA804DEMANDS OF MFA POSITION TO HARDEN SOFT-LINER?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Ministry dissatisfaction over our concept of "consultations" -- translated, the Embassy's continuing attempts to brief and respect the sensitivities of the MFA on our assistance to Turkish Cypriots (T/Cs) in northern Cyprus -- dominated the DCM's September 25 courtesy ca [...]
2007-10-03 12:02:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU
07NICOSIA836LOSING SUPPORT, MAJOR T/C PARTIES DEBATE EARLY,
[...] (C) Summary: Two of three major Turkish Cypriot political parties admit a recent drop in voter support, while a third argues its numbers are steady or rising despite indications to the contrary. Together, the Republican Turkish Party (CTP),National Unity Party (UBP) and Democratic Party (D [...]
2007-10-18 04:03:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CY TU
07NICOSIA839DISY CHIEF OPTIMISTIC BUT LAMENTS CANDIDATE'S
[...] (C) Summary: DISY-backed presidential candidate Ioannis Kasoulides bests his competitors in smarts and moderation, but has failed to impress the Cypriot electorate with leadership skills and political savvy, bemoaned party chief Nikos Anastassiades in an October 16 meeting with the Ambassado [...]
2007-10-18 11:41:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNFICYP CY TU
07NICOSIA843CYPRUS NOMINEE FOR 2008 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF
[...] (SBU) Per reftel action request, Embassy Nicosia nominates anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) activist Eleni ("Elena") Pissaridou for the 2008 Secretary of State's Annual Award for International Women of Courage (IWOC). Pissaridou is the Director of STIGMA, the Organization for the Care of Vi [...]
2007-10-19 10:39:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN KPAO PREL PHUM CY
07NICOSIA85PARLIAMENT TO CONSIDER "COMMANDEERING" T/C
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As a result of a landmark 2005 Supreme Court decision that returned the property of a Turkish Cypriot who had resettled in the south, Greek Cypriot "refugees" inhabiting T/C houses have lived with the constant threat of eviction should legal T/C owners move south and seek rest [...]
2007-01-30 16:07:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNFICYP ECON CY
07NICOSIA856DIKO CHIEF CONFIDENT OF PARTY GROWTH, PAPADOPOULOS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In trumpeting his party's double-digit growth and asserting that "his" presidential candidate -- incumbent President Tassos Papadopoulos -- would win easy re-election in February 2008, Democratic Party (DIKO) chief Marios Karoyian oozed confidence in his October 22 meeting with [...]
2007-10-26 09:31:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CY
07NICOSIA874ROC CUSTOMS REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE RE SUSPECT
[...] (SBU) On October 24, the Chief of the Anti-Smuggling Enforcement Team (ASET),Republic of Cyprus (ROC) Customs, requested Embassy Nicosia's assistance regarding a suspect cargo shipment in the port of Limassol. On October 25, Econ Chief, PolOff, visiting Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( [...]
2007-10-30 15:16:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCY EI ETTC KOMC
07NICOSIA887TURKISH CYPRIOT PROTEST VOTE SEEKS PARTY TO SUPPORT
[...] (C) Summary: New Turkish Cypriot (T/C) political parties have begun to emerge in response to growing voter frustration with traditional offerings. On the right, the Freedom and Reform Party (OP) -- which formed one year ago, allegedly with Ankara's aid -- is trying to re-brand itself as a mod [...]
2007-11-05 14:39:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CY TU
07NICOSIA889CYPRUS: FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE OUTBREAK SUSPECTED
[...] (SBU) Summary. Barely days after widespread fears over an outbreak of scrapie proved unfounded, Cypriot animal husbandry is now facing the specter of foot and mouth disease. The European Commission was expected to meet on November 6 to decide on further measures, after ordering a ban on Cyp [...]
2007-11-07 05:52:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON ETRD TBIO CY
07NICOSIA910CYPRUS: WATER SUPPLY BAD NOW - WORSE NEXT YEAR
[...] (SBU) There has been no significant rainfall in Cyprus since March, 2007. As a result, reservoirs are down to about 8 percent of capacity - down from over 25 percent full this time last year. While anticipated winter rains should avoid any immediate water shortages, the severely stressed groun [...]
2007-11-15 07:48:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD SENV CY
07NICOSIA932ELDER STATESMAN TROUBLED BY ELECTORAL THEMES,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The possible re-election of incumbent Tassos Papadopoulos deeply concerns former President and DISY founder Glafcos Clerides. In a November 14 meeting with the Ambassador, the octogenarian Clerides noted that many Cypriots realized the dangers "five more years of Tassos" would [...]
2007-11-19 15:01:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNFICYP CY
07NICOSIA933CYPRUS: 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] Per Reftel request, Post submits in para 2 below Part I (Drugs and Chemical Control) of the 2006-2007 INCSR. The report is based on an update of last year's published version. 2. BEGIN TEXT Cyprus I. Summary Cyprus has been divided since the Turkish military intervention of 197 [...]
2007-11-20 06:20:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR CY
07NICOSIA949CYPRUS: ELECTION CAMPAIGN -- IT'S NOT THE ECONOMY, STUPID
[...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction. Presidential elections are now less than three months away (scheduled for February 17, 2008) and the candidates have begun their campaigning in earnest. The Cyprus problem remains far and away the leading debate issue, and will likely play the most decisive ro [...]
2007-12-03 13:42:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN KGOV PREL CY
07NICOSIA980"TRNC" ECONOMIC SLIDE AND THE DEUS EX MACHINA
[...] (C) Summary. The "TRNC" economy has grown at break-neck speed over the last three years, largely fueled by the boom in real estate. Overbuilding, poor finance structures and issues that have scared off foreign property buyers have turned the boom into a bust resulting in a growing liquidity sh [...]
2007-12-14 06:35:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV PREL CY
07NICOSIA986CYPRUS: SESAME REGIONAL SCIENCE PROJECT -- STILL NOT QUITE
[...] (U) Summary. On December 11 and 12, 2007, Cyprus hosted the Eleventh Meeting of the Council of the Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East (SESAME). Per Ref e-mail, Post ECON Officer and ECON Specialist attended the meeting to follow up on developments. [...]
2007-12-14 13:57:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON TSPL OSCI TNGD TPHY UNESCO CY
07NOUAKCHOTT140MEETING WITH NATIONAL SECURITY CHIEF
[...] (C) Charge and EmbOff called on Director General of National Security Colonel Mohamed Ould Cheikh Mohamed Ahmed, aka Colonel Ghazwany, February 7. Joined by the Director General of State Security, Commissioner Taleb Abeidi Mohamed Abdelahi, Colonel Ghazwany said he understood the principled r [...]
2007-02-07 17:50:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALKDEM MASS PGOV PINR PINS MR
07NOUAKCHOTT207MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE HANANA
[...] (C) Summary. Presidential candidate Saleh Ould Hanana said the August 2005 coup d'etat was a "vindication" of his bloody 2003 coup attempt. While pleased with the transition, he believes that the new government will need to go further in several areas. He was a "witness" to the 1989 Events, w [...]
2007-02-23 16:07:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR EAID KDEM MR
07NOUAKCHOTT334MAURITANIA SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENTIAL DELEGATION
[...] (C) After almost 30 years of military rule, Mauritania's first credibly elected president since independence will be sworn in on April 19. The U.S., in cooperation with its international partners and the Mauritanian transitional government, worked actively to bring about this historic transit [...]
2007-04-05 18:55:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALOVIP PGOV ECON EAID PREL KMCA MARR MASS ASEC
07NOUAKCHOTT400PARLIAMENT CONVENES, ELECTS ITS LEADERSHIP
[...] (U) The new parliament met for the first time April 26, in the final step to the return to constitutional order. The Military Council for Justice and Democracy following the August 3, 2005 coup dissolved parliament and suspended the part of the constitution requiring parliamentary decision, a [...]
2007-04-27 13:46:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID KDEM PHUM PINR MR
07NOUAKCHOTT407NEW WAY FORWARD ON IRAQ -- MAURITANIA
[...] (C) Mauritania lacks the capability to provide military contribution to the Coalition at this time. Mauritania has a small contingent n the AMIS peacekeeping forces in Sudan (a 20-memer liaison unit). We have proposed that Mauritani join the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISM),but have [...]
2007-04-30 18:39:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MASS MOPS PTER IZ MR
07NOUAKCHOTT566FOREIGN MINISTRY REFUTES ALLEGATIONS OF SECRET CIA
[...] (U) This an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (U) A spokesman from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation has categorically denied what he called "baseless" allegations, published in the New Yorker, that the government of Colonel Ely Vall had allowed the creation of secre [...]
2007-06-21 17:36:00Embassy NouakchottSECRET//NOFORNMR PGOV PHUM PREL PTER
07NOUAKCHOTT584CHARGE MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER ZEINE OULD
[...] (C) Summary: In a tour d'horizon meeting June 21, Prime Minister Zeine Ould Zeidane assured Charge that Mauritania would continue to work closely with the United States on counter-terrorism despite the recent release of suspects thought to pose a threat to United States interests. He indicated [...]
2007-06-26 14:56:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALEAID ETRD MR PGOV PHUM PREL PTER
07NOUAKCHOTT712ABDALLAHI PROMISES CONTINUED CT AND CN COOPERATION
[...] Summary: President Abdallahi stressed his government's determination to continue close cooperation with the United States on Counter Terrorism and Counter Narcotics. He expressed his disappointment in the outcome of the recent terrorist trials, and explained his government's decision to reco [...]
2007-08-08 07:15:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MASS ECON PHUM MR
07NOUAKCHOTT78MEETING WITH KEY MILITARY OFFICIAL ABDEL AZIZ
[...] (C) Summary. The Presidential election will be held as scheduled, without interference and in a transparent manner, according to one of the country's key military officers. Colonel Abdel Aziz said that the ruling Military Council will maintain its neutrality, while an individual, such as he, m [...]
2007-01-29 10:59:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALKDEM MASS PGOV MR
07OSAKAKOBE268HIROSHIMA MAYOR ON IWAKUNI CASE: QDOOR OPEN TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba telephoned Consul General on December 5 to discuss the October 14 incident involving Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni personnel and a woman in nearby Hiroshima City, now that the criminal investigation has been dropped by Japanese prosecut [...]
2007-12-06 04:50:00Consulate Osaka KobeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PGOV ASEC JA
07OSAKAKOBE36KANSAI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KIX) UPBEAT ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: Speaking with Embassy Economic Counselor and econoff in Kyoto ahead of the first U.S.- Japan bilateral aviation talks in three years, President Murayama and Executive Vice President Hirano of the Kansai International Airport Company (KIAC) said that MLIT was prepared to allow " [...]
2007-02-20 00:48:00Consulate Osaka KobeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON JA
07OSLO1086NORWEGIAN ENERGY: HEADY WITH GAS, BUBBLY WITH OIL
[...] (C) Summary. In a recent review of energy issues facing Norway, the third largest exporter of gas and fifth largest exporter of oil, Petroleum Ministry officials discussed: --anti-competition concerns raised by the recent merger of Norwegian state-owned oil companies Statoil and Norsk Hydro; [...]
2007-11-07 09:24:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALECON EPET ENRG EINV SENV NO
07OSLO1099PAKISTANI NORWEGIANS RIPE FOR RADICALIZATION?
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 23. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Norway is increasingly a land of immigrants, with over twenty three percent of the capital city,s population now designated as non-Norwegian,. The largest non-Western group is Pakistani, a population that has established deep [...]
2007-11-08 15:28:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PINR KCRM KPAO PK NO
07OSLO1113NORWAY AND AFRICA, A RELATIONSHIP UNDERGOING CHANGE
[...] (U) Summary. The GON has made Africa a priority, expanding activities there beyond its long-standing development presence. One concrete example is the GON,s commitment to contribute a 200 person engineering battalion to the UN mission in Darfur. A more negative example is the recent expulsi [...]
2007-11-19 11:13:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PBTS KPKO ET ER NO
07OSLO1161NORWAY'S DEFENSE POLICY AT A CROSSROADS: CLARITY
[...] (SBU) Norway is undergoing a philosophical, bureaucratic and public debate on what its defense policy, obligations and needs will be for the next five to ten years. The outcome will have significant implications for Norway,s ability to fulfill NATO obligations as well as its ability to cope wi [...]
2007-12-18 13:17:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MCAP PREL PINR PINS PGOV NO
07OSLO161SPECIAL ENVOY NATSIOS MEETS ERITREAN REPRESENTATIVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. Special Envoy Andrew Natsios met with Eritrean Presidential Advisor Yemane Ghebreab in Oslo on February 10, 2007. Ghebreab stated that Eritrea is interested in a comprehensive peace in Sudan and is moving ahead with plans for a Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) parties conferenc [...]
2007-02-16 16:13:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID KPKO NO
07OSLO229NORWAY TIGHTENS DOMESTIC AIR TRAVEL SECURITY,
[...] (U) As of March 1, Norwegian domestic air travelers with checked luggage are required to show photo ID at boarding gates. This new procedure supplements ID verification at check-in and puts Norway in compliance with EC directives requiring bag-passenger matching. The Norwegian Civil Aviatio [...]
2007-03-07 16:11:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON PREL NO
07OSLO302MONEY TALKS, BUT IS NORWAY LISTENING?
[...] (U) Summary: On March 22 Norges Bank Governor General Svein Gjedrem presented diplomatic corps members with a vision of an incredibly vibrant, but oil-dependent, Norwegian economy reaching new fiscal heights on the wings of increasing energy demand and oil prices. Gjedrem's analysis of the [...]
2007-03-29 08:53:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EPET ENRG EINV NO
07OSLO330SUSTAINABILITY SMORGASBORD: THE OSLO CSR CONFERENCE
[...] (C) Summary. On March 28 through March 30, Norway hosted "Partnerships for Sustainable Development: The Oslo Conference on Good Governance and Environmental Responsibility." Gathering public and private sector leaders, NGOs and international experts, including Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus [...]
2007-04-03 14:31:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID ENRG ECON EPET EINV KPIR NO
07OSLO362NORWAY NORMALIZING ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP WITH
[...] (U) Summary: Palestinian Finance Minister Fayyad's April 12 visit to Oslo highlighted the economic aspect of Norway's March 17th decision to normalize relations with the Palestinian National Unity Government (NUG). FM Stoere stated that Norway is ready to resume direct, broad budgetary suppor [...]
2007-04-13 11:08:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN IS KPAL PINS PREL ISPA NO
07OSLO382NORWAY'S MISSILE DEFENSE DEBATE BROADENS, WITH
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-18 05:21:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL NO
07OSLO404SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S APRIL 25-26 VISIT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-19 15:58:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP NO
07OSLO462NORWAY AND SUDAN-TDRA SUPPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-04 06:48:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM EAID NO
07OSLO573NORWAY POSITIVE ON NATO REQUEST FOR ISAF FORCES
[...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel A points to Ministry of Defense and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, requesting that Norway provide two OMLTs, 15 trainers for CSTC-A and fill the remaining billets committed to ISAF HQ. Embassy also raised the issue of sending the Telemark battalion to Afghanistan in [...]
2007-05-31 14:32:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALNATO PINS PREL MOPS MARR NO
07OSLO614POSITIVE MOVEMENT IN THE MISSILE DEFENSE DEBATE IN NORWAY BUT NO BREAKTHROUGH
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Lt. General Obering,s June 6 visit to Oslo, building on Secretary Rice,s April visit and Embassy Oslo,s continued outreach, has helped move the governmental and public debate over missile defense in Norway in a positive direction. Norway has not changed its basic skepticism of missile [...]
2007-06-08 13:16:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PREL NO
07OSLO646NCA PRESSES FOR U.S. ACTION IN ERITREA/ETHIOPIA
[...] (C) Summary. On June 14, Norwegian Church Aid (NCA) General Secretary Reverend Atle Sommerfeldt and Special Advisor Arne Saeveraas called upon Ambassador Whitney, requesting USG support in easing escalating Eritrean/Ethiopian tensions. (Note: The NCA is the largest NGO in Norway involved i [...]
2007-06-15 08:36:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL PKPO NO
07OSLO691NORWEGIANS TO BACK U.S. ON AVIATION SAFETY, EU ON
[...] (SBU) On June 25, Post received the following response from the Norwegian Ministry of Transportation regarding aviation security, aviation safety, and environmental positions at September's ICAO assembly in Montreal. Norway backs our positions on aviation safety and security while supporting [...]
2007-06-27 08:30:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ETRD SENV ECON PREL NO
07OSLO704DARFUR HYBRID OPERATION
[...] (C) On June 29 we delivered reftel points to Anne Kjersti Froeholm, Senior Adviser in the Global Security Issues and Crisis Management Section. The GON continues to investigate whether a joint Norwegian-Swedish engineering unit is possible, with a precondition that any unit would clearly be [...]
2007-06-29 14:20:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL UNSC MASS KPKO SU NO
07OSLO717(S) SAFE REORGANIZATION AND MANPOWER REDUCTION IN
[...] (S) On July 3 Ar Attache delivered reftel points to MOD Directo of the Transatlantic and European Security Coopration Division Henning Vaglum. Vaglum voiced th GON's appreciation of the notice of pending actons, and will forward the information to the ppropriate office in Stavanger. Noting [...]
2007-07-05 13:28:00Embassy OsloSECRETPREL MARR PARM NATO NO
07OSLO723SRI LANKA CO-CHAIRS MEET IN OSLO
[...] (C) Summary: Representatives of the Sri Lanka Co-Chairs (United States, European Union, Japan, and Norway) met in Oslo on June 29, to discuss the latest developments in Sri Lanka. All participants agreed that the situation is bleak with few small signs of opportunity. Assistant Secretary Ric [...]
2007-07-06 11:08:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PTER CE NO
07OSLO729NORWAY: NEGATIVE IMPACT OF U.S. WEAPONS SYSTEM PROBLEMS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-10 09:33:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL NO
07OSLO814HAMAS: MAIN THEME OF FM STOERE'S MID EAST TRIP
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-13 09:32:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALIS KPAL PGOV PREL NO
07OSLO815HAMAS: MAIN THEME OF FM STOERE'S MID EAST TRIP
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-13 09:32:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALIS KPAL PGOV PREL NO
07OSLO988GETTING NORWAY TO DO MORE ON AFGHANISTAN:
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-01 13:02:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL AF NO
07OTTAWA108IMPLEMENTATION OF WHTI AIR RULE: CANADA IS MOSTLY
[...] (SBU) Summary: The general view of Mission Canada, from Nova Scotia to British Columbia, is that the January 23 implementation of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) passport requirement will take place with little disruption to air travel from Canada to the United States. Under [...]
2007-01-22 20:43:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON KHLS EAIR ASEC CPAS CA
07OTTAWA1126Ottawa to make it easier for Canadians to get passports
[...] Summary: In a relaxation from previous policy, Canadians will be able to renew their passports without submitting proof of citizenship or a guarantor declaration after August 15. The "guarantor" process will also be simplified for first-time applicants so that most citizens can act as guaranto [...]
2007-06-13 12:52:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDECIN ECON SOCI PGOV PREL KHLS CPAS CA
07OTTAWA1587CANADA'S NEW FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER MAXIME
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Maxime Bernier has enjoyed a swift rise in his eighteen-month career in federal politics, becoming only the fifth Quebecer to serve as Canada's Foreign Affairs minister following a shuffle of cabinet responsibilities on August 14, 2007. Bernier is regarded as an ambitious, smart [...]
2007-08-17 21:22:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CA
07OTTAWA1639GOVERNMENT OF CANADA REPORTEDLY ON TRACK FOR NEW
[...] (SBU) Summary. Ailish Johnson (protect),an Analyst in the Economic and Regional Development Policy Department of the Privy Council Office (PCO) reaffirmed that the Government of Canada intends to introduce a copyright bill "as soon as possible" in the Fall. Johnson also said the Department o [...]
2007-08-27 19:49:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR
07OTTAWA1862HARPER TO OPPOSITION: BRING IT ON!
[...] (C) Summary: PM Harper held the first press conference of his tenure to deliver one simple message to the opposition: if you don't go along with the conservative program, you can meet us in the voting booth. In a rare and gutsy move, he laid out the essence of his upcoming Throne Speech - tax [...]
2007-10-05 01:54:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPGOV CA
07OTTAWA1878CANADA LOOKING FOR NEW APPROACHES TO
[...] (C) Summary: Recognizing the need to better organize Canada's institutions to promote democratic development abroad, the Canadian Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development recently conducted a study of democracy promotion. The committee's report was issued in J [...]
2007-10-05 19:06:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV KDEM CA PREL
07OTTAWA189CANADA'S NEW ENVIRONMENT MINISTER HITS THE GROUND
[...] (C) Summary: Canada's new Environment Minister John Baird seems delighted to have responsibility for the politically charged environmental portfolio which is expected to be a key issue in the national election anticipated for later this year. Already, he has demonstrated his skills on the flo [...]
2007-02-02 16:40:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNSENV PGOV PINR ENRG CA
07OTTAWA1910OCTOBER 16 THRONE SPEECH: NEW BEGINNING OR AN END?
[...] (C) Summary. The government's early evening October 16 Speech from the Throne will lay out the revised agenda of Prime Minister Stephen Harper for the new parliamentary session. The Bloc Quebecois and the New Democratic Party (NDP) are already committed to opposing it. The Liberals therefor [...]
2007-10-15 19:29:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV CA
07OTTAWA1922CANADA: MAKING THE CASE FOR THE AFGHAN MISSION
[...] (C/NF) Summary. The Canadian body politic is highly conflicted over the Afghan mission, with one poll in September indicating that 68 pct of Canadians want a complete pullout in February 2009 and 56 pct want the troops out even earlier, while an October poll shows that 54 pct want Canadian tr [...]
2007-10-17 16:10:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MOPS PGOV CA AF PK
07OTTAWA1928 HARPER GOVERNMENT TO SURVIVE THRONE SPEECH
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Liberal leadership will not seek to bring down the Harper government over the contents of the October 16 Throne Speech, recognizing election fatigue among the voters. The Liberals have charged that the government's comments on Afghanistan were nonetheless too ambiguous, w [...]
2007-10-17 22:57:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL CA AF
07OTTAWA1954GOC RESPONSE RE 2008 US-CANADA BILATERAL
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel demarche regarding the upcoming Bilateral Consultative Group (BCG) meeting in Washington, Deputy Director for Counterterrorism Yves Beaulieu and Policy Advisor Neil Brennan from the International Crime and Terrorism Division of the Department of Foreign Affairs and [...]
2007-10-22 18:38:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL CA
07OTTAWA1955OTTAWA OUTLINES INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY STRATEGY
[...] (SBU) Summary: On October 17, the Government of Canada announced a three-step strategy to strengthen the protection of intellectual property rights (IPR). While short on details and timelines, the strategy addresses several USG's concerns, including conforming Canadian law with the WIPO Inte [...]
2007-10-22 20:03:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KIPR
07OTTAWA1966CANADIAN READOUT ON DEATH OF MULLAH NAQIBULLA
[...] (/NF) Summary. Canadian officials are concerned about the power vacuum left in the wake of the death of Mullah Naqibullah (Naqib) in Kandahar, as well as likely diminished loyalty to the central government from the Alokozai tribe and greater dangers for NATO-ISAF operations in the Arghandab [...]
2007-10-24 20:44:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MOPS AF CA
07OTTAWA1991 THE CANADIAN DOLLAR AND INFLATION CONTROL
[...] (u) Summary: The consequences of the rapid appreciation of the Canadian dollar's (the "loonie") value to above $1 U.S. for the first time in more than three decades are a topic of daily public discussion in Canada. Bank of Canada Governor David Dodge and other Bank officials have hinted that [...]
2007-10-29 20:06:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN CA
07OTTAWA2016 HARPER GOVERNMENT ADVANCES ITS AGENDA... FOR NOW
[...] (SBU) Summary: With the opposition Liberal party abstaining on another key confidence vote on October 31, the Harper government continues aggressively to push its policy agenda in Parliament. Key legislation that Prime Minister Harper promised in the Speech from the Throne (ref c) - on terrori [...]
2007-11-01 20:04:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CA
07OTTAWA2022CANADA: (4/5) 220TH MEETING OF THE U.S.-CANADA
[...] (U) Summary. U.S. Co-Chairman George Nethercutt and Canadian Co-Chairman Rick Casson, M.P. convened the 220th meeting of the Permanent Joint Board on Defense (PJBD) at the Canadian Maritime Warfare Center in Halifax, Nova Scotia October 9 - 11, 2007. This is the fourth in a series of five te [...]
2007-11-02 19:16:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS NORAD CA
07OTTAWA2034CANADA ON MID-NOVEMBER IAEA REPORT ON IRANIAN
[...] (U) This is an action request -- see para para 5. 2. (C) In response to reftel demarche, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Nuclear Non-Proliferation Adviser Che van Haastrecht on November 5 expressed appreciation for our text outlining how the P5 Plus [...]
2007-11-05 22:12:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPARM KNNP IAEA IR CA
07OTTAWA2048THE U.S. - CANADA BORDER IN 2007: GROUND TRUTH AND
[...] (SBU) As part of a year-long effort to "map the border," Mission Canada officers fanned out along the frontier to observe ground truth in how the border functions and how to make it work better. Part I of this three-part series covered our conclusions and recommendations. This message covers [...]
2007-11-07 20:37:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KCRM PGOV ASEC KHLS ECON CA
07OTTAWA2058THE U.S. - CANADA BORDER IN 2007: GROUND TRUTH AND
[...] (SBU) As part of a year-long effort to "map the border," Mission Canada officers visited the frontier to observe ground truth in how the border functions and how to make it work better. Part I of this three-part series reviewed conclusions and recommendations, Part II covered ports of entry, [...]
2007-11-08 18:12:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KCRM PGOV ASEC KHLS ECON CASC CA
07OTTAWA2069CANADIANS, GERMANS DISCUSSING HELICOPTER SUPPORT
[...] (S/NF) Summary: German and Canadian officials in Ottawa are discussing the possible deployment of German CH-53 rotary-wing aircraft to southern Afghanistan in support of NATO-ISAF operations. The Canadians asked us to avoid raising or pressing the matter with the Germans for now because thei [...]
2007-11-09 15:42:00Embassy OttawaSECRET//NOFORNPREL MOPS MARR NATO CA GM
07OTTAWA2073NEW CHALLENGES TO CANADA'S AFGHAN DETAINEE POLICY
[...] (C) Summary: According to Canadian officials, the government soon will face new legal and political challenges to its practice of conveying detainees to Afghan authorities. Official documents that the Canadian federal court has compelled the government to convey to opponents of the policy w [...]
2007-11-09 22:01:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPHUM NATO AG CA
07OTTAWA2078DEMARCHE ON DEMOCRACY IN VENEZUELA
[...] (C) In a meeting with PolMinCouns on November 13, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's South America Division Director Daniel Daley expressed appreciation for reftel views as well as shared concern about negative trends in Venezuela. He cited mid-October talks in Washingt [...]
2007-11-13 19:38:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM VE CA
07OTTAWA2080NEW CHALLENGES TO HARPER GOVERNMENT FROM AN OLD
[...] (C) Summary: New revelations about a more than decade-old scandal involving then-Conservative Prime Minister Brian Mulroney have begun to haunt the Conservative government of PM Stephen Harper. With opposition members of Parliament openly raising the possibility of a cover-up and rifts devel [...]
2007-11-13 21:14:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPGOV CA
07OTTAWA2125SCENESETTER FOR CANADA POLICY PLANNING TALKS,
[...] (C) Summary: Stephen Harper leads one of the most stable minority governments in Canadian history. He is a Western conservative who came to power on a domestic agenda but has been surprisingly focused on foreign affairs. Harper's foreign policy style includes a halting transition from "peac [...]
2007-11-20 23:06:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CA
07OTTAWA2133CANADA SEEKS DEDICATED HELICOPTER AND UAV SUPPORT
[...] (C) Summary: The Canadian government is lobbying European NATO partners to provide dedicated helicopter and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) support in the Kandahar region of Regional Command - South (RC-S) in Afghanistan. Canada's military has no organic capability of this type, despite an on [...]
2007-11-21 21:12:00Embassy OttawaSECRET//NOFORNPREL MOPS NATO AF CA
07OTTAWA2138CANADIAN VIEWS ON OSCE MADRID MINISTERIAL
[...] (C) In a meeting with PolMinCouns on November 23, the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's Defence and Security Relations Division Director Michael Walma and Deputy Director Anne Burgess expressed appreciation for reftel views on the OSCE Madrid Ministerial and said that C [...]
2007-11-23 20:08:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL OSCE PGOV PHUM CA
07OTTAWA222IMPLEMENTATION OF WHTI AIR RULE--TWO WEEKS ON AND
[...] (U) Two weeks after the January 23 implementation of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) rule requiring U.S.-bound air travelers to hold a passport as proof of identity and citizenship, there have been no serious problems or delays reported at any of Canada's airports. Having been [...]
2007-02-06 21:38:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDECON KHLS EAIR ASEC CPAS CA
07OTTAWA2230CANADA REPORTEDLY DRAFTING ANTI-COUNTERFEITING
[...] (U) Summary: The Government of Canada is reportedly preparing two major pieces of legislation designed to better protect intellectual property rights (IPR). The Government of Canada has confirmed that the first bill, an update to Canada's copyright law (see refs A and B),will be introduced t [...]
2007-12-07 21:30:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD KIPR CA
07OTTAWA2233U.S.-CANADA POLICY PLANNING TALKS: AFGHANISTAN,
[...] (C) Summary: U.S. and Canadian Policy Planners met November 29-30 to discuss the broad strategic outlook over the next 25 years (with specific reference to the National Intelligence Council's 2020 and 2025 projects) and a range of international and regional issues that represent policy priorit [...]
2007-12-07 22:06:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CA AF PK XB XL XM XK
07OTTAWA2255CRITICAL MEDICAL RADIOISOTOPE PRODUCTION MAY
[...] (U) Summary: In the face of a growing shortage of medical radioisotopes, the Canadian House of Commons passed emergency legislation late on December 11 to exempt the nuclear reactor where much of the world's supply of medical radioisotopes is produced from regulatory oversight (for a very narro [...]
2007-12-12 21:45:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO ECON KSCA CA
07OTTAWA2260LEGISLATION PASSED, AECL RESTARTS REACTOR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-13 19:37:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO ECON KSCA CA
07OTTAWA2265CANADA ON NORTHERN UGANDA, JUBA
[...] (C) This is an action message -- see para 5. 2. (C) In a meeting with PolMinCouns on December 14, Department of Foreign Affairs Director for Eastern and Southern Africa Lisa Stadelbauer and Director of Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding Group Shawn Barber expressed appreciation for r [...]
2007-12-14 20:01:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PHUM UG CA
07OTTAWA2266CANADA ON KOSOVO
[...] (C) According to Department of Foreign Affairs Director General for Central, East, and Southern Europe Robert Hage, Canada will not be among either the first or the last to recognize Kosovo following a unilateral declaration of independence. While the government has not yet reached a formal [...]
2007-12-14 21:05:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV YI CA
07OTTAWA2278CANADA COMPLETES WORK ON BILATERAL TAX TREATY
[...] ON DECEMBER 14, FINANCE MINISTER FLAHERTY ANNOUNCED THAT, AS A RESULT OF BILL S-2 RECEIVING ROYAL ASSENT, THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT HAS NOW COMPLETED THE STEPS REQUIRED IN CANADA TO GIVE EFFECT TO THE FIFTH PROTOCOL TO THE CANADA-UNITED STATES INCOME TAX CONVENTION. THE PROTOCOL WILL COME INTO [...]
2007-12-18 21:48:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON ETRD CA US
07OTTAWA2279GoC FOREIGN MINISTRY KEEN ON DISASTER TALKS
[...] Econoff and ESTH/ECON Specialist as well as the Acting CBP Attach met with officials from Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) on December 17 to invite DFAIT participation in the meeting, proposed for January or February 2008, of the Consultative Group called for in the bilateral 19 [...]
2007-12-18 22:10:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR ECON PREL CA MX
07OTTAWA2308NEW BY-ELECTIONS MAY SIGNAL CONSERVATIVE CONFIDENCE
[...] (U) Prime Minister Stephen Harper on December 21 set the date of March 17 for by-elections in the Commons' ridings in Toronto Centre (Ontario),Willowdale (Ontario),Vancouver Quadra (British Columbia),and Desnethe-Missnippi-Churchill River (Saskatchewan). Liberals (including three former [...]
2007-12-21 21:30:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPGOV CA
07OTTAWA2326PM LINKS PAKISTAN TO AFGHAN MISSION; MEDIA COMMENT
[...] (U) Summary: Prime Minister Harper joined other world leaders on December 27 in condemning the murder of Benazir Bhutto, stressing that Bhutto's death "cannot be allowed to permit any delay in the return of Pakistan to full democracy." Harper expressed concern about the implications of Bhutto [...]
2007-12-31 13:00:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS MARR PK AF CA
07OTTAWA250NUNAVUT PREMIER EXPRESSES CONCERNS OVER POLAR BEAR
[...] (SBU) Nunavut premier Paul Okalik called on Ambassador on February 7 to express his concerns over the Fish and Wildlife Service's December 27 announcement proposing to list the polar bear as "threatened" under the Endangered Species Act. Economic Minister-Counselor and ESTH Counselor also sat i [...]
2007-02-09 13:59:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV CA
07OTTAWA272WMD Foreign Consequence Management MoU
[...] Summary: The Embassy believes that the suggested MoU between DFAIT and State is not necessary because existing arrangements already address its intent. These include a 1986 treaty-level all-hazards mutual assistance agreement; the 1999 Canada-U.S. "Guidelines Concerning Cooperation on Chemica [...]
2007-02-09 21:27:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA PTER TBIO CA
07OTTAWA351LIBERAL ENVIRONMENT CRITIC SHARES VIEWS ON CLIMATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Liberal MP and environment critic David McGuinty (younger brother of Ontario premier Dalton McGuinty) has substantial experience on economic and environmental issues at the national and international levels and appears a formidable opponent to counter Tory environment Minister Jo [...]
2007-02-26 18:40:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV PINR CA
07OTTAWA50HARPER NAMES BAIRD ENVIRONMENT MINISTER; HOPES FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: The most noteworthy change in PM Harper's January 4 cabinet re-shuffle in preparation for a probable election later this year saw the oft-criticized Rona Ambrose depart Environment Canada for the much less sensitive Intergovernmental Affairs portfolio. Her replaceme [...]
2007-01-11 13:24:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG PGOV PINR CA
07OTTAWA639CANADIAN REACTION TO LATEST IPCC REPORT
[...] (SBU) Summary. Environment minister Baird reacted to the latest IPCC report with a statement promising early announcement of mandatory targets for reducing emissions of GHG and air pollutants. The Conservative government has been under intense pressure for its failure to place a policy prior [...]
2007-04-10 17:18:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG CA
07OTTAWA651 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR PDAS MCNERNEY AND
[...] (SBU) Post grants country clearance for visit of PDAS Patricia McNerney, Kurt Kessler, Anthony Ruggiero and Jennifer Fowler to Ottawa on April 15-16 to meet with Canadian officials. 2. Embassy point of contact is Political Officer Keith Mines (613-688-5242). He can be reached by e-mail a [...]
2007-04-11 18:01:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA CA
07OTTAWA795TURNING THE CORNER - CANADA'S NEW REGULATORY
[...] (U) Saying "the time has come for action," Environment Minister John Baird released the government's long-awaited "Turning the Corner" plan, its framework to regulate emissions of greenhouse gases and air pollutants, in Toronto on April 26. The plan's targets will force significant action by [...]
2007-05-02 18:26:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG CA
07OTTAWA887IPR: CANADA REPORTEDLY PREPARING TO CRIMINALIZE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Canada's reaction to USTR's April 30th decision to maintain Canada's position on the Special 301 Watch List has been largely muted. However, intellectual property rights (IPR) - especially theater camcording - are now generating prominent news stories. The GOC is reportedly pr [...]
2007-05-11 19:30:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KIPR CA
07OUAGADOUGOU1080 Burkina Faso Believes Cote d'Ivoire Ready for Peace,
[...] Classified by Amb. Jeanine Jackson for 1.5 (b) 2. (C) Summary. Intense diplomacy by Burkina Faso's President Compaore led to the November 29 signature by Ivorian President Gbagbo and Prime Minister Soro of two side agreements to the Ouagadougou Peace Accord (OPA). These side agreements pr [...]
2007-12-10 17:23:00Embassy OuagadougouCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS MASS UNGA UV IV
07OUAGADOUGOU920Burkinabe Peacekeeping Forces in Darfur: Urgent Need
[...] (C) AmEmbassy Ouagadougou wishes to flag for you the urgent issue of the U.S. purchase of 26 armored personnel carriers (APCs) for the Burkinabe battalions that we hope to have deployed to Darfur. Over many months, the ACOTA program has been working successfully to train and equip multiple Bu [...]
2007-10-31 10:56:00Embassy OuagadougouCONFIDENTIALMASS PREL MOPS MARR UV
07PANAMA1007ACE NOMINATION - MANZANILLO INTERNATIONAL TERMINAL
[...] (U) SUMMARY: I am pleased to nominate Manzanillo International Terminal Panama-S.A. (MIT) as Embassy Panama's multinational enterprise candidate for the Secretary of State's 2007 Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE). MIT is a joint venture between Carrix, Inc., headquartered in Seattle, Washi [...]
2007-06-14 20:22:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDECON AID BEXP ELAB ETRD PM SENV
07PANAMA1035PANAMA POST: EDITION I
[...] (U) This cable is the first edition of what we hope will be a periodic series of reports on political developments. The Panama Post will include news items that would normally fall on our editor's cutting room floor. Our intent is to provide our Washington consumers a more textured understan [...]
2007-06-18 19:25:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ELAB PHUM KCRM AMGT VE PM
07PANAMA1052PANAMA POST: EDITION II
[...] (U) Welcome to edition II of the Panama Post! We hope that our readership will enjoy the following items and that they will enhance your understanding of Panama's political environment: -- Terrorist possible next National Assembly President; -- Balbina Herrera may be Revolutionary Democrat [...]
2007-06-21 20:55:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KCRM PM
07PANAMA1053PANAMA: KOSOVO DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-21 20:56:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC UNMIK YI PM
07PANAMA1102PANAMA POST: EDITION III
[...] (C) The following are the top stories for the third edition of the Panama Post: -- Attorney General names new acting head of FBI-equivalent; -- Fifth candidate announces run for presidency of governing Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD); -- Insights into why Panamanians join political par [...]
2007-06-29 20:30:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCRM KJUS SNAR SOCI PM
07PANAMA1107OXY REFINERY PROJECT OFFERS GREAT OPPORTUNITIES,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On June 27, 2007, EconOff met with Occidental Petroleum Corporation (Oxy) executives to discus the status of Oxy's and Qatar Petroleum's (QP) proposed $7 billion, 350,000 barrel per day refinery in Puerto Armuelles, Panama. Oxy executives said that they have only just begun to [...]
2007-07-02 17:08:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ENRG ETRD PM SENV
07PANAMA1111PANAMA: NEW CANAL MINISTER DISHES
[...] (C) While ostensibly reaching out to make himself available to address concerns U.S. firms may have concerning the canal expansion project, recently appointed Minister of Canal Affairs (and former Comptroller General) Dani Kuzniecky was more intent on dishing on the Panama Canal Authority (AC [...]
2007-07-02 22:15:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EWWT ECON PM
07PANAMA1186PANAMA: TORRIJOS VENTS TO AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) Panamanian President Martin Torrijos vented to Ambassador on July 9 as they traveled together from Panama City to Colon to visit the USNS Comfort. In an atypically chatty mood and highly agitated, Torrijos let down his guard and let loose: lambasting the press, asserting that former civil [...]
2007-07-11 20:42:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ETRD PM
07PANAMA1226PANAMA POST: EDITION VI
[...] (C) Dichter and Neira's latest poll (REFTEL B),published by Panama City broad sheet daily La Prensa on July 16, set the political tone for this week. Taking a significant dive in the polls, Panama City Mayor and aspirant for the governing Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) presidential no [...]
2007-07-23 12:31:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PM
07PANAMA1236PANAMANIAN FIRM WINS FIRST CANAL EXPANSION CONTRACT
[...] (U) SUMMARY. On July 6, 2007, the Panamanian company, Constructora Urbana S.A. (CUSA),presented the lowest bid on the Panama Canal expansion project's first construction contract, and was awarded the contract on July 16. CUSA is Panama's largest highway/heavy construction contractor. The co [...]
2007-07-23 12:37:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EWWT FCSC PM
07PANAMA1305PANAMA CANAL AUTHORITY SEEKS TO KEEP COAST GUARD
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On July 26, 2007, Panama Canal Authority (ACP) Administrator Alberto Aleman Zubieta told the Ambassador that he would like to keep the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) billet (CGB) embedded with the Panama Canal Authority (ACP). He added that the ACP would continue to benefit from the [...]
2007-08-02 21:18:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PM
07PANAMA1309PANAMA POST VII
[...] (C) In its latest edition, the Panama Post covers the following stories: -- Pedro Miguel Gonzalez, wanted in the U.S. for the 1991 murder of U.S. serviceman Zak Hernandez, riding high in his campaign to be President of Panama's National Assembly; -- Jose Miguel Aleman to be Endara's vice pr [...]
2007-08-03 17:21:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PM
07PANAMA1346PANAMA POST: EDITION VIII
[...] (C) The latest edition of the Panama Post reports on a relatively slow week in Panamanian politics, though with some important movement on efforts to block a terrorist from becoming National Assembly President. Highlights include: -- President Torrijos gets message on Pedro Miguel Gonzalez, [...]
2007-08-10 20:04:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KJUS KCRM EWWT PM
07PANAMA1408PANAMA: WANTED FELON/TERRORIST CLOSER TO SECURING
[...] (C) "President Torrijos and (1st VP and FM) Samuel Lewis informed (National Assembly President) Elias Castillo and (National Assembly President aspirant) Deputy Pedro Miguel Gonzalez on August 14 at the Decameron resort that Torrijos would back Gonzalez to be the next President of the Nationa [...]
2007-08-21 17:58:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PTER KCRM KJUS ETRD PM
07PANAMA1430PANAMA POST: EDITION IX
[...] (C) For the ninth edition of the Panama Post, our top stories are: -- Ernesto "El Toro" Perez Balladares will run for president, wants to face Vallarino; -- Jose Manuel Teran: opposition needs to rally around Vallarino; -- Juan Carlos Varela and his campaign team lunch with Ambassador; [...]
2007-08-24 21:22:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ELAB PM
07PANAMA1440PANAMA: CABINET RESIGNS, PEDRO MIGUEL GONZALEZ
[...] (C) President Torrijos, entire cabinet composed of fourteen ministers resigned on the afternoon of August 27. Torrijos will now be free to accept and reject resignations as he reorganizes his cabinet. This sudden mass resignation is not only the culmination of months-long rumors of a cabinet [...]
2007-08-27 22:09:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCRM KJUS PM
07PANAMA1474PANAMA POST: EDITION X - "THE PEDRO MIGUEL
[...] (C) This week's politics -- and in turn this week's edition of the Panama Post -- was dominated by the race to become the next President of the National Assembly and the prospects that Pedro Miguel Gonzalez (PMG),a fugitive from U.S. justice in connection with the 1992 murder of U.S. servic [...]
2007-08-31 20:31:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCRM KJUS PM
07PANAMA1476PANAMA: TORRIJOS NAMES NEW CABINET
[...] (U) Replacing five cabinet ministers, Panamanian President Martin Torrijos named a total twenty-seven high-level appointments to his administration. Torrijos' decisions were announced by Secretary of State Communication Erich RODRIGUEZ Auerbach on August 30 in a press release. On August 27, a [...]
2007-08-31 21:04:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON PM
07PANAMA1487SCENESETTER: SECRETARY OF COMMERCE CARLOS
[...] (U) Welcome and Summary. Embassy Panama extends a warm welcome to you and your delegation. Your engagement in Panama can help strengthen our bilateral relationship, boost support for the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA),reinforce U.S. export opportunities regarding the $5.25 bil [...]
2007-09-06 12:24:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDOVIP ETRD PGOV PM
07PANAMA1497TORRIJOS TALKS SECURITY
[...] (C) Summary: In a September 6 office call by SouthCom Commander, ADM Stavridis, and Ambassador Eaton, an unusually talkative Panamanian President Torrijos talked about a broad range of security issues, but studiously avoided mentioning the elephant in the room: his ongoing political crisis ov [...]
2007-09-06 22:09:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ETRD PM
07PANAMA1532GUTIERREZ DELIVERS POSITIVE TPA MESSAGE AND
[...] (C) Summary: Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez visited Panama September 12-13 with a strong message on the benefits of a TPA for Panama and the U.S. Alluding to Pedro Miguel Gonzalez's (PMG's) elevation to National Assembly presidency, Secretary Gutierrez also made clear in all his public a [...]
2007-09-14 23:16:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALETRD KPAO PGOV OVIP PM
07PANAMA1677TRADE MINISTER: BEAT PMG BY RATIFYING THE TPA
[...] (C) Summary: Trade Minister Alejandro Ferrer cautioned the U.S. on October 11 to not turn its back on its friends. He argued that USG ratification of the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA) would be the best way to beat back Pedro Miguel Gonzalez (PMG) and others of his ilk in the PRD. [...]
2007-10-15 20:09:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON PREL PGOV PM
07PANAMA1719U.S. FIRM EXPECTS LABOR AND HOUSING CONSTRAINTS ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 16, 2007, EconOff met with Bechtel's Peter Pappas, Principal Vice President, and Paul Gibbs, Business Development Manager, to discuss Bechtel's design/build contract bid on the $5.25 billion Panama Canal expansion project. The contract winner is scheduled to be announc [...]
2007-10-30 16:44:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PM PREL
07PANAMA1722PANAMA: FORMER PRESIDENT MOSCOSO COMES TO LUNCH
[...] (C) "The opposition must unite if it is to have a chance at defeating the (governing Revolutionary Democratic Party) PRD," former President Mireya Moscoso on October 29 during a lunch hosted by Ambassador at his residence. Alberto Vallarino would be opposition's best candidate, though she was [...]
2007-10-30 19:27:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ETRD PM
07PANAMA1737PANAMA: THE WAY AHEAD
[...] (C) The election of Pedro Miguel Gonzalez (PMG),who is under federal indictment on five counts related to the 1992 murder of U.S. serviceman Zak Hernandez, as president of Panama's National Assembly marks a watershed for the U.S.-Panama bilateral relationship and Panamanian domestic politics [...]
2007-11-02 18:54:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON SNAR MARR MOPS KCRM PM
07PANAMA1738PANAMA: SOMBER 1ST VP & FM UNLOADS PRIVATELY WITH
[...] (S) "I do not trust Pedro Miguel Gonzalez (PMG)," First VP and FM Samuel Lewis confessed to Ambassador while conceding that President Martin Torrijos was unlikely to dissuade PMG from stepping down from the Presidency of the National Assembly thereby clearing the way for the U.S. Congress to [...]
2007-11-02 18:55:00Embassy PanamaSECRETPGOV PREL ECON KCRM KJUS PTER CU VE MX PM
07PANAMA1801PANAMA POST: EDITION XI
[...] (C) Back from an extended hiatus, the Panama Post now brings you its Thanksgiving edition. Increasingly, the Panama Post is the hearing these days from all quarters that, despite her protests to the contrary, current Minister of Housing Balbina Herrera will be the governing Democratic Revolu [...]
2007-11-21 20:23:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PM
07PANAMA1817PANAMA: TORRIJOS ADMINISTRATION SILENT AS MAJOR
[...] (C) Though thirteen days into its first major corruption scandal, no senior Torrijos Administration official has yet to speak out publicly regarding the alleged embezzlement of approximately USD 892,932 from the Fund for Educational Equality and Quality (FECE). The scandal, which broke on No [...]
2007-11-29 21:22:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCRM PREL PM
07PANAMA184PANAMA: SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT TORRIJOS'
[...] (C) Panamanian President Martin Torrijos will visit Washington February 14-16 for a meetings with the President and the Secretary of Defense, outreach to the AFL/CIO, business leaders, and the Hill to lobby for adoption of the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA). Indeed, advancing the [...]
2007-02-06 21:04:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ETRD SNAR KJUS UNSC PM
07PANAMA1840PANAMA: PATRIOTIC UNION VP BACKS MARTINELLI
[...] (C) "I think the opposition needs to start unifying behind Martinelli," Patriotic Union (UP) VP Anibal Galindo told POLCOUNS on December 6, confirming rumors that Galindo was coordinating his political activities with Martinelli. "One has to respect the hard work that (Democratic Change (CD) [...]
2007-12-06 23:01:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PM
07PANAMA185PANAMA: SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT TORRIJOS'
[...] (C) Panamanian President Martin Torrijos will visit Washington February 14-16 for a meetings with the President and the Secretary of Defense, outreach to the AFL/CIO, business leaders, and the Hill to lobby for adoption of the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA). Indeed, advancing the [...]
2007-02-06 21:08:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ETRD SNAR KJUS UNSC PM
07PANAMA1858PANAMA: BALBINA - "I DON'T WANT TO RUN FOR
[...] (C) "I don't want to run for president. (Panama City Mayor) Juan Carlos Navarro will be the PRD presidential nominee," Panamanian Minister of Housing Balbina Herrera told POLCOUNS on December 9. Echoing her emphatic August 9 assertions to DCM, she declared, "I intend to run for mayor." Aske [...]
2007-12-12 13:36:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PM
07PANAMA189PANAMA: NORIEGA EXTRADITION AND FRANCE
[...] (SBU) French Ambassador to Panama Christophe Philibert provided Ambassador on February 5 a non-paper concerning the extradition of former Panamanian strongman Manuel Antonio Noriega to France (para 2). Philibert also provided a draft press communique on the matter for use in Panama (para 3). [...]
2007-02-07 19:18:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKJUS KCRM PGOV PREL FR PM
07PANAMA1895PANAMA: AD HOC COMMITTEE WADES THROUGH SUPREME
[...] (SBU) An ad hoc committee, named by President Martin Torrijos, on December 17, began wading through the applications of candidates interested in filling one of two seats Panama's Supreme Court. In keeping with the method established for his last nominations, Torrijos named this committee to p [...]
2007-12-20 21:59:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PM
07PANAMA1896PANAMA: PRD-OPPOSITION COMPROMISE MOVES DAY OF
[...] (C) National Assembly President Pedro Miguel Gonzalez's resolution to proclaim December 20 -- the anniversary of OPERATION JUST CAUSE, the 1989 U.S. invasion of Panama -- a "Day of Mourning and of Patriotic Reflection" was approved by the National Assembly in its third and final debate on Dec [...]
2007-12-20 22:09:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PM
07PANAMA1898POTENTIAL SEISMIC RISKS MAY THREATEN PANAMA CANAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The historical view that Panama does not experience earthquakes was wrong, geological experts employed by the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) told EmbOffs. These experts said emerging geologic research suggests that Central Panama -- including the Panama Canal and Panama City area -- [...]
2007-12-20 23:00:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALSENV AMER EWWT ELTN TPHY PM
07PANAMA1900PANAMA: DOCTORS' STRIKE ENDS WITH 26.8 PERCENT
[...] (SBU) Ending 39 days on strike, the National Medical Commission of Negotiation (COMENAL) reached agreement with the GOP on a 26.8% raise, on December 14. COMENAL, which launched its strike on November 6 with demands for a 60% raise, has also agreed to make up the estimated 600 thousand appoi [...]
2007-12-21 13:49:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PGOV ECON SOCI PM
07PANAMA230PANAMA: NOMINATION FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMAN OF
[...] (U) Per reftel instructions, Embassy Panama is pleased to nominate Angelica Maytin for the Secretary of State's Award for International Women of Courage (IWOC). 2. (SBU) Biographical information and justification statement for Ms. Maytin follow: Name: Angelica Maytin Justiniani Title: [...]
2007-02-14 21:09:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PHUM PREL KPAO PM
07PANAMA255MONEY LAUNDERING & PANAMA'S REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Panama's construction boom, prevalence of offshore corporations, and status as a regional financial center provide a conducive environment for money laundering. Amid speculation as to the source of financing and demand for Panama's real estate boom, a review of information ava [...]
2007-02-21 20:29:00Embassy PanamaSECRETECON EFIN EINV ETRD KCRM
07PANAMA269PANAMA: LABOR INFORMATION FOR DOL'S FTA REPORTING
[...] (U) Per reftel instructions, updated information on labor conditions in Panama follows. Responses are listed by the order given in reftel. --------------- LEGAL FRAMEWORK --------------- 2. (U) We know of no further developments to implement the suggested changes made by the ILO Comm [...]
2007-02-23 19:43:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB OTRA PM
07PANAMA28PANAMA MARKS CONCLUSION OF FTA (TPA) NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (U) SUMMARY. The GoP is engaged in a full court press to solidify public support for the U.S.-Panama FTA (now renamed as a "Trade Promotion Agreement" or "TPA") Working through the holidays, President Martin Torrijos led a December 27 event to mark the conclusion of the TPA negotiations. The [...]
2007-01-08 20:24:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFTA ETRD FAS FCSC PM
07PANAMA307PANAMA 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] The resolution of a number of investment dispute cases in recent years opened the way for the April 2004 start of bilateral negotiations for a free trade agreement between the United States and Panama. The negotiations concluded successfully in December 2006. As of early 2007, the re-named [...]
2007-03-01 22:42:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ECON EFIN ETRD OPIC KTDB USTR
07PANAMA464JAPAN EFFECTIVELY LOBBYING ON WHALING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. George Novey, Sub-Administrator of the GOP's Aquatic Resources Authority (ARAP),told EconOff that he and Richard Pretto Malca, the ARAP Administrator, agree with the Government of Japan's request that the GOP abstain from voting during the May 2007 International Whaling Conven [...]
2007-03-28 13:42:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIS ETRD PM SENV
07PANAMA489PANAMA: MOSCOSO ACTIVELY SHAPING OPPOSITION
[...] (C) Asserting the Panamenista Party would not have a presidential candidate for Panama's May 2009 elections, former President Mireya Moscoso told POLCOUNS on March 27 that she would work to unify the opposition and have the Panamenista Party enter into a coalition with a viable presidential [...]
2007-03-30 19:06:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PM
07PANAMA508NAS PANAMA MID-YEAR FY 2007 REPORT OF ACTIVITIES
[...] (SBU) Summary: NAS had a busy and productive first half of FY 07. Our assistance was vital to preparing the imminent launch of DEA's Title III wiretap program. We completed several major donations to the National Police (PNP) and National Maritime Service (SMN),including projects that imp [...]
2007-04-04 14:11:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM MCAP PM
07PANAMA557PANAMA SUPPORTIVE BUT WARY ON KOSOVO
[...] (C) "Rest assured, we're on the same page" on Kosovo future status, First VP and FM Samuel Lewis told Ambassador Eaton and POLOFF when he delivered reftel demarche on April 12. Lewis expressed Panamanian support of the UNMIK Administrator's recommendations -- including independence -- but a [...]
2007-04-12 22:53:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL UN UNMIC PGOV YL PM
07PANAMA563TORRIJOS TO MOVE COMPTROLLER KUZNIECKY TO CANAL
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On April 12, 2007, President Martin Torrijos announced that Dani Ariel Kuzniecky would be the new Minister for Canal Affairs and President of the Panama Canal Authority's (ACP) Board of Directors replacing Ricaurte "Catin" Vasquez. Kuzniecky is currently Panama's highly-regarded [...]
2007-04-13 19:43:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV EWWT
07PANAMA636PANAMA: PANAMENISTA PARTY PRESIDENT LAYS OUT
[...] (C) "Panama has fifteen to twenty years to get its act together to prevent populism from taking root here," Panamenista Party President and presidential candidate Juan Carlos Varela told POLCOUNS on April 20. Varela stated that, with the right leadership (ostensibly his),stronger institutio [...]
2007-04-23 21:33:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PM
07PANAMA637PANAMA: PANAMENISTA PARTY PRESIDENT LAYS OUT
[...] (C) "Panama has fifteen to twenty years to get its act together to prevent populism from taking root here," Panamenista Party President and presidential candidate Juan Carlos Varela told POLCOUNS on April 20. Varela stated that, with the right leadership (ostensibly his),stronger institutions, and [...]
2007-04-23 21:33:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON PM
07PANAMA715PANAMA: TWO PRD WOMEN ACTIVISTS SHARE VIEWS
[...] (C) Panamanian President Martin Torrijos "is a completely different person these days," de facto PRD women's group secretary Maribel Coco told POLREP on April 27. "Before winning election, he had close contact with the party structures, but now he ignores them." According to PRD women's act [...]
2007-05-03 16:19:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PM
07PANAMA718PANAMA: EX-MOLIRENA MEMBER/NEW PATRIOTIC UNION
[...] (C) "Over five thousand former members of the (Liberal Republican Nationalist Movement) MOLIRENA have joined Patriotic Union (UP)," Delia Cardenas told POLCOUNS during their May 3 during. Cardenas, one of the more notable ex-MOLIRENA members to join UP, asserted that UP would be the primary [...]
2007-05-03 18:47:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PM
07PANAMA788PANAMA TO NEGROPONTE: WE WELCOME TRADE DEAL, BUT
[...] (C) Summary. In separate May 11 encounters with Deputy Secretary of State John D. Negroponte, a cross-section of Panamanian business, civil society, and media leaders welcomed the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA). They cautioned, however, that Panama also had to reform its educati [...]
2007-05-15 17:38:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON PREL PGOV ENRG UNSC OAS PM
07PANAMA85PANAMA: SOUTHCOM COMMANDER MEETS WITH PRESIDENT TORRIJOS; 9:00 A.M., JANUARY 19; PALACIO DE LAS GARZAS, PANAMA CITY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-19 20:32:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PBTS ECON PN
07PANAMA868LIKELY ARREST OF FORMER NATIONAL MARITIME SERVICE
[...] (C) Panama's Technical Judicial Police (PTJ) is currently attempting to arrest former National Maritime Service (SMN, Panama's Navy equivalent) director Ricardo Traad Porras, along with four former subordinates and an attorney, on charges of narcotics-related corruption and illicit enrichment [...]
2007-05-25 21:17:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALSNAR CVIS PREL PM
07PANAMA910SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF STATE RICES' JUNE 4 VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) Welcome and Summary. Embassy Panama extends a warm welcome to you and your delegation. Your engagement in Panama can help strengthen our excellent bilateral relationship, solidify support for the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA),reinforce U.S. support for, and interest in, [...]
2007-06-01 16:32:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ETRD ECON OVIP OTRA PM
07PANAMA914SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF STATE RICE'S
[...] (SBU) Welcome and Summary. Embassy Panama extends a warm welcome to you and your delegation. Your engagement in Panama can help strengthen our excellent bilateral relationship, solidify support for the U.S.- Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA),reinforce U.S. support for, and interest in [...]
2007-06-01 22:25:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ETRD ECON OVIP OTRA PM
07PARAMARIBO109CY-06 INL END USE MONITORIING REPORT: SURINAME
[...] Post is pleased to provide its 2006 End Use Monitoring Report in accordance with the format provided in ref. A. 2. SUMMARY: Suriname instituions receiving INL funded assistance used all resources provided in an effective manner and in accordance with their stated purpose. INL assistance h [...]
2007-03-07 18:35:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AFIN NS
07PARAMARIBO121DUTCH WANT ENERGY, NEIGHBORLY RELATIONS WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Dutch Ambassador-at-large Maurice De Hond told EmbOffs that the Dutch have &good relations8 with Venezuela, their &neighbor8 through the Antilles. De Hond also indicated interest in alternative energy sources in South America, particularly ethanol out of Brazil. The Dutch appea [...]
2007-03-13 15:30:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIALPGOV ENRG NL VE NA NS
07PARAMARIBO127BOUTERSE COMEBACK SPINS ITS WHEELS AS TRIAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The long-delayed murder trial of former military strongman Desi Bouterse and other suspects is now expected to start in March or April of 2007. However, Bouterse is among 23 suspects and it appears they will be tried in turn, meaning it could be months or even years before Boute [...]
2007-03-14 21:14:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NS
07PARAMARIBO165CHINESE HIGH OFFICIAL VISITS: POPULAR WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Li Changchun, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee, arrived in Suriname on March 27 for a two-day visit. In a striking display of warm relations by the government of Suriname (GOS),Li was met by Vice Presi [...]
2007-04-03 18:06:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV NS CH ECON
07PARAMARIBO256SURINAME/VENEZUELA: PRETROCARIBE DEAL REINSTATED
[...] Contrary to announcements in April, 2007 Suriname has reversed its position and is now moving ahead with a PetroCaribe agreement with Venezuela. On May 22, Natural Resources Minister Gregory Rusland signed an investment agreement with Venezuela's "Bandesbank," opening the way for Suriname to [...]
2007-05-24 16:12:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ENRG ETRD ECON EINV PREL NS
07PARAMARIBO264AMNESTY FOR SURINAME'S FORMER MILITARY STRONGMAN, DESI
[...] (U) During the week ending May 25, Suriname's ruling New Front plus coalition parties held high-level talks concerning a possible referendum to allow the Surinamese electorate the right to decide whether suspects of the December 8 (1982) murders should be granted amnesty. The chief proponent of [...]
2007-05-29 19:40:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PGOV NS
07PARAMARIBO282DRUGS TO THE WEST, ROBBERY TO THE EAST: TAXI
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over the last two years, there have been 48 instances of Surinamese taxi drivers who have been victims of reported crimes up to and including murder. On the lone road west from Paramaribo to Guyana, the most common incidence is involvement in drug transportation. Taxi drivers [...]
2007-06-05 19:36:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC SNAR PGOV NS
07PARAMARIBO406SURINAME FIRST LADY LIKELY UNABLE TO ATTEND MRS.
[...] Per reftel, post met with Nalinie Sewpersadsingh, Head of the International Organizations Division of the Government of Suriname Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and discussed possible attendance of the First Lady of Suriname, Liesbeth Venetiaan, at a September 24 event to be hosted by Mrs. Bush. [...]
2007-08-02 19:27:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA NS SOCI
07PARAMARIBO407SURINAME: NO CONCRETE INFORMATION YET ON UN
[...] Per reftel, post met with Nalinie Sewpersadsingh, Head of the International Organizations Division of the Government of Suriname Ministry of Foreign Affairs and discussed United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) attendance. Post met with Sewpersadsingh on July 27 and again on August 1. Sewpers [...]
2007-08-02 19:27:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA NS
07PARAMARIBO441TAIWAN AID PROPOSAL "IN THE GARBAGE?"
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A Surinamese delegation including four parliamentarians traveled to Taiwan from July 16-20 on their "personal title," and returned to Suriname with an "official" offer of aid from the government of Taiwan (GOT). However, the government of Suriname (GOS) has never acknowledged [...]
2007-08-20 18:58:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV NS CH TW
07PARAMARIBO470COMBATTING CORRUPTION: THE NEW COOL IN SURINAME
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While police have arrested two people in connection with the embezzlement scandal at the Ministry of Finance (reftel),Minister Humphrey Hildenberg has asked the Government's Central Accounting Department (CLAD) to launch a second investigation at his Ministry, this time at the T [...]
2007-09-06 20:20:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCOR NS
07PARAMARIBO501(C) SCENESETTER AND READ-AHEAD FOR THE VISIT OF DEFENSE SECRETARY ROBERT GATES TO PARAMARIBO, SURINAME SATURDAY AFTERNOON OCTOBER 6, 2007
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-19 21:09:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR NS
07PARAMARIBO511JUNGLE COMMANDOS BLOCK PARAMARIBO-ALBINA ROAD
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Former rebel forces blockaded the main East-West route on September 17, effectively closing down traffic from Paramaribo to Suriname's eastern-most city Albina in the district of Marowijne. The roadblock was lifted following Government of Suriname assurances that it would impl [...]
2007-09-21 20:38:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV NS
07PARAMARIBO529MARITIME BORDER DECISION: SURINAMERS, DISAPPOINTED BUT
[...] (U) SUMMARY. The fate of the disputed maritime area off the borders of Suriname and Guyana was settled September 20 in a long-awaited and much-anticipated decision by the U.N. International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea (ITLOS). While GOS President Ronald Venetiaan expressed satisfaction and [...]
2007-09-27 20:55:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPBTS EINV EPET PGOV PREL NS
07PARAMARIBO540FIRST-EVER CABINET LEVEL VISIT TO SURINAME, SECRETARY GATES MEETS PRESIDENT VENETIAAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-10 20:14:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIALNS OVIP PGOV PREL
07PARAMARIBO543First-Ever Cabinet Level Visit to Suriname:
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In this unprecedented half-hour meeting in Paramaribo between Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Surinamese President Ronald Venetiaan, participants discussed the overwhelmingly positive week-long visit of the hospital ship, USNS Comfort, as well as the importance to Suriname of [...]
2007-10-12 16:17:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV OVIP NS
07PARAMARIBO554SURINAME: CENTRAL BANK REPAYING PL480 DEBT ARREARS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Central Bank Governor Andre Telting, during an October 15 meeting with the Ambassador and Pol/Econ Chief, said the Central Bank is making payments to bring its PL480 debt to the United States up-to-date but will continue to negotiate on making payments on the GSM102 debt. End [...]
2007-10-19 19:24:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON ETRD PREL NS
07PARAMARIBO585STUDENT DEMONSTRATIONS: FAILED ACTION OR OMINOUS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Protest demonstrations organized by the Youth Collective Suriname (JCS) continued on November 5 and marked the third time in less than a week that students took to the streets of Paramaribo, ostensibly to protest deficiencies in the educational system and other youth issues. Mem [...]
2007-11-09 12:09:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIALPGOV NS ASEC
07PARAMARIBO586STUDENT DEMONSTRATIONS: FAILED ACTION OR OMINOUS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Protest demonstrations organized by the Youth Collective Suriname (JCS) continued on November 5 and marked the third time in less than a week that students took to the streets of Paramaribo, ostensibly to protest deficiencies in the educational system and other youth issues. Mem [...]
2007-11-09 12:10:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIALPGOV NS ASEC
07PARAMARIBO596PRESIDENT, TOP OFFICIALS WARN OF DESTABILIZATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Government of Suriname (GOS) President Ronald Venetiaan and other officials warned on November 14 of attempts by the political opposition to destabilize the government. However, citizen reactions have been calm, and tended to blame the government for creating fear. Meanwhile [...]
2007-11-16 18:27:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASIC NS
07PARAMARIBO617JUSTICE MINISTER TALKS PRIVATELY ABOUT STRIKES,
[...] (U) From Ambassador Lisa Bobbie Schreiber Hughes. 2. (C) In response to my telephone request, Justice and Police Minister Chandrikapersad Santokhi invited me and my RSO, Doug Marvin, to attend his November 29 meeting with Dutch Ambassador Tanya van Gool and her political officer to disc [...]
2007-12-04 11:22:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASIC PREL SNAR NS
07PARAMARIBO626BOUTERSE'S TRIAL BEGINS WITHOUT HIM; STRIKES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The &December Process8 murder trial of Desi Bouterse began anti-climactically on November 30 with Bouterse,s failure to appear. The venue was heavily secured, and as expected Bouterse,s lawyer called for dismissal, claiming the court has no jurisdiction. Outside the venue, at [...]
2007-12-05 15:02:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKCRM PGOV ASEC PREL NS
07PARAMARIBO638BOUTERSE'S TRIAL BEGINS WITHOUT HIM; STRIKES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The &December Process8 murder trial of Desi Bouterse began anti-climactically on November 30 with Bouterse,s failure to appear. The venue was heavily secured, and as expected Bouterse,s lawyer called for dismissal, claiming the court has no jurisdiction. Outside the venue, at [...]
2007-12-10 19:19:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKCRM PGOV ASEC PREL NS
07PARIS1011 UNESCO DG REACTS TO HIGH-LEVEL PANEL REPORT "DELIVERING AS
[...] This is a guidance request, see para 4. 2. Summary: After some initial hesitation, UNESCO's Director General Matsuura continues to engage member states on the results of the UN high level panel report "Delivering as One." At a March 9 question and answer session with member states, the D [...]
2007-03-15 13:32:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDUNESCO AORC UNGA PREL PHUM SOCI EAID
07PARIS1026ELECTION SNAPSHOT: ROYAL AND SARKOZY UNCERTAIN HOW
[...] (C) Asked to predict the result of the first round of the French presidential election now five weeks away, President Chirac is reported to have facetiously replied, "I see Sarkozy, Royal, Bayrou and Le Pen each getting 20 percent of the vote." In the most reputable polls there remains more [...]
2007-03-16 13:26:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
07PARIS1038ELECTION SNAPSHOT: ROYAL AND SARKOZY UNCERTAIN HOW
[...] (C) Asked to predict the result of the first round of the French presidential election now five weeks away, President Chirac is reported to have facetiously replied, "I see Sarkozy, Royal, Bayrou and Le Pen each getting 20 percent of the vote." In the most reputable polls there remains more [...]
2007-03-16 17:02:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
07PARIS1063DOD USDP EDELMAN AND FRENCH POLITICAL DIRECTOR
[...] (S) SUMMARY: During a March 15 meeting with USDP Edelman, MFA Political Director Araud accepted fully the U.S. right to deploy MD in the Czech Republic and Poland while noting the need for careful Russia management. Agreeing with Edelman that this was more a problem of politics than physics, A [...]
2007-03-19 15:45:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL FR NATO PARM AF IZ IR MOPS MNUC KCFE
07PARIS1066 (SBU) UNESCO -- INFORMATION MEETING ON TECHNICAL MISSION
[...] (U) Summary and background: Six Arab state members of UNESCO have requested an extraordinary and unprecedented special meeting of the UNESCO Executive Board to discuss Israeli archaeological work on the ramp leading to the al-Mughrabi Gate on the Temple Mount. At the invitation of the Israeli [...]
2007-03-19 16:33:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNESCO SCUL IS
07PARIS1067FRANCE/COTE D'IVOIRE: LINKING THE OUAGA ACCORD TO
[...] (C) Summary: French MFA AF DAS-Equivalent for West Africa Francis Blondet reviewed developments in Cote d'Ivoire during a March 14 meeting with AF/W Deputy Donald L. Heflin. Blondet did not deviate from the supportive French stance toward the Ouagadougou Accord; however, he reiterated French c [...]
2007-03-19 16:53:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR IV FR
07PARIS1074 INTERNET RIGHTS FORUM DISCUSSES PROPOSED INTERNET
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-20 08:00:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS ETRD FR
07PARIS1076FRANCE'S AEROSPACE CLUSTER
[...] (U) SUMMARY: As part of France's new scientific and innovation policy (see ref a),France embarked on an ambitious program of naming competitiveness clusters throughout the country (ref b). Possibly the most visible of these clusters focuses on aerospace and embedded systems in the Midi-Pyrene [...]
2007-03-20 10:05:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTSPL EINV EAIR TSPA TNGD EIND ECON PGOV FR
07PARIS108DOWNSIDES TO CHIRAC'S FEBRUARY 2-3 ENVIRONMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: The French Embassy in Washington recently invited Interior Secretary Kempthorne and EPA Administrator Johnson to attend the Conference for Global Ecological Governance to be held in Paris in early February. Given the characterization of agenda issues and the s [...]
2007-01-10 15:56:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV AORC PREL FR
07PARIS1090FRANCE ON BURMA: IT'S ALL ABOUT CHINA?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the defeat of the Burma resolution in the U.N. Security Council, the MFA -- never fully convinced of the value of a resolution over a presidential statement -- believes Burma is a dead letter in the UNSC and fears further UNSC action would provoke the Chinese, whose coop [...]
2007-03-20 17:05:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC BM FR
07PARIS1103FRANCE ON BURMA: IT'S ALL ABOUT CHINA?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the defeat of the Burma resolution in the U.N. Security Council, the MFA -- never fully convinced of the value of a resolution over a presidential statement -- believes Burma is a dead letter in the UNSC and fears further UNSC action would provoke the Chinese, whose coop [...]
2007-03-21 15:04:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC BM FR
07PARIS1111GENERAL OBERING'S MARCH 16 MISSILE DEFENSE
[...] (C) Summary: MOD and MFA officials welcomed briefings by Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Director LT. General Obering on March 16. The MOD was primarily in a listening mode, raising only a few key questions. General Obering stressed that: 1) the Iranian ICBM, IRBM, SRBM threat is real, growing a [...]
2007-03-22 08:20:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALMARR MNUC PARM FR
07PARIS1115GENERAL OBERING'S MARCH 16 MISSILE DEFENSE
[...] (C) Summary: MOD and MFA officials welcomed briefings by Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Director LT. General Obering on March 16. The MOD was primarily in a listening mode, raising only a few key questions. General Obering stressed that: 1) the Iranian ICBM, IRBM, SRBM threat is real, growing a [...]
2007-03-22 13:25:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALMARR MNUC PARM FR
07PARIS1116 OECD: MARCH 20 COUNCIL DISCUSSION OF ENLARGEMENT AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: The March 20 Council discussion of enlargement and enhanced engagement broke no new ground, with OECD Members holding to longstanding positions. Secretary General (SG) Gurria focused on the latest version of his informal paper, which continues to advocate opening discussions w [...]
2007-03-22 13:31:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD OECD
07PARIS112FRENCH SHARE VIEWS ON LEBANON CONFERENCE, UNSCR
[...] (S) Summary: EB PDAS Liz Dibble and NEA DAS Robert Danin met with the MFA's Herve Besancenot (DAS-equivalent for the Levant) and the Elysee's Dominique Boche (Chirac's Middle East advisor) on January 9 to discuss preparations for the January 25 Lebanon conference (septel to follow) and options [...]
2007-01-10 17:01:00Embassy ParisSECRETFR KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY
07PARIS1137MFA CRITICAL OF SYG'S WESTERN SAHARA ENVOY VAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL DEMARCHE, THE MFA'S CHRISTIAN TESTO (DAS-EQUIVALENT FOR THE MAGHREB) AGREED THAT IT MADE SENSE TO PRESS FOR DIRECT MOROCCAN/POLISARIO TALKS. HE WAS CRITICAL OF PETER VAN WALSUM, THE UN SYG'S PERSONAL ENVOY FOR THE WESTERN SAHARA. TURNING TO UNSC DYNAMICS, HE [...]
2007-03-23 11:27:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV AG FR MO PREL SP UK WI UNSC
07PARIS1146WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: MISSILE DEFENSE; IRAQ--FOUR YEAR
[...] (SBU) Most media outlets portrayed the issue of U.S. missile defense installations in the Czech Republic and Poland as splitting Europe on its 50th anniversary. The four year anniversary of the beginning of the war in Iraq was also cause for reflection on the status of the conflict and the U.S [...]
2007-03-23 14:12:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPRC PREL KPAO FR
07PARIS1228A/S O'BRIEN MEETINGS ON IRAN SANCTIONS
[...] (S) Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Patrick O'Brien consulted March 15-16 with French officials to discuss implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1737 on Iran sanctions, share information on individuals and entities involved in Iran's nuclear weapons program, learn the status of [...]
2007-03-27 16:27:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL EFIN ETTC KTFN KNNP IR FR
07PARIS123UNESCO REFORM: NATURAL SCIENCES SECTOR AWAITS CONCLUSIONS
[...] Summary: On the margins of the January 9-12 meeting of the panel established to review UNESCO's Natural Sciences sector and Social and Human Sciences sector, there is uncertainty both in the delegations and in the secretariat as to what the review exercise might yield. This includes concern [...]
2007-01-11 15:29:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDUNESCO SCI SENV AORC EAID
07PARIS1252CHAD/SUDAN/C.A.R.: CONVINCING DEBY TO ACCEPT UN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Chad desk officer Michael Deslaimes (PROTECT THROUGHOUT) on March 27 said that the international community needed to emphasize to Chad's President Deby the benefits for Chad of a UN peacekeeping mission on the Chad-Sudan border, rather than stress how such a mission could h [...]
2007-03-29 11:41:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO UNSC CD SU FR
07PARIS1270FRANCE: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL OBERSTAR VISIT APRIL
[...] (SBU) We would like to extend a warm welcome to Codel Oberstar for your April 3 - 6 visit to France. During your stay here you will have meetings with senior French officials, including Transportation Minister Dominique Perben, Minister Delegate for Trade Christine Lagarde, and Director Genera [...]
2007-03-30 10:03:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAIR ETRD PREL FR
07PARIS1307JOHNNY ABDO: DISTRUSTFUL OF SAUDI DIPLOMATIC
[...] (C) Summary: In a March 30 meeting, Former Lebanese Intelligence Chief Johnny Abdo said he distrusts the recent flurry of Saudi diplomatic activity on Lebanon, and faulted the Saudis for not taking Saad Hariri seriously. A March 14 supporter, Abdo nevertheless criticized the March 14 leadersh [...]
2007-04-02 16:49:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR LE PGOV PREL SY
07PARIS1334OECD: State of Play on Enlargement and Enhanced Engagement
[...] (SBU) Summary: As we approach the April ECSS and May Ministerial Council Meeting, elements of an OECD enlargement and enhanced engagement (EE) package are emerging. Members appear ready to bless opening accesion negotiations with Chile and Israel, although some continue to express concerns a [...]
2007-04-04 16:10:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON ETRD OECD
07PARIS1361A/S C/T COORDINATOR TALKS PKK TO THE FRENCH
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Acting S C/T Coordinator Frank Urbancic and a U.S. interagency delegation met March 29 with a French interministerial group to discuss strategies for dismantling the capabilities of the PKK to finance and recruit in Europe. The French delegation provided a comprehensive overview o [...]
2007-04-05 15:41:00Embassy ParisSECRETPTER EFIN KCRM PINR PREL TU GM FR
07PARIS1386ELECTION SNAPSHOT: PERSONAL ATTACKS INTENSIFY AS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Three weeks from the April 22 first round of France's presidential elections, the two leading candidates have intensified their attacks on each others' character as they aim to sway the undecided to vote against their opponent. Polls released during the week of March 31 - April [...]
2007-04-06 14:31:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB PINR SOCI ECON EUN FR
07PARIS1418France Telecom's Transformational Strategy
[...] (SBU) On March 30, France Telecom (FT) executives told us that FT had to expand into new areas, both geographically and functionally, since telecom services were minimally profitable in France. FT emphasized that value-added services delivered through broadband and mobile telephony would be th [...]
2007-04-10 14:06:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS ETRD FR
07PARIS1448NEW BIOTECH DEVELOPMENTS - FRANCE
[...] Summary: Biotech issues continue to make headlines in France. An anti-biotech lobby reported on health risks associated with MON863 biotech corn, while the President and Director of Greenpeace France were charged with an ?incentive or direct provocation of GMO destruction? in a lawsuit. [...]
2007-04-11 11:29:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD EU FR
07PARIS147Reporting Cable: NINTH OECD WORKING GROUP ON WASTE
[...] The draft agenda (ENV/EPOC/WGWPR/A(2006)1) was accepted without comment, as was the Summary Record of the Eighth Meeting. AGENDA ITEM 3: ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS --------------------------------------------- --- 2. Several countries including the US, gave brief synopse [...]
2007-01-12 15:15:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDETRD OTRA SENV KSCA TPHY FR
07PARIS1491ELECTION SNAPSHOT: WITH TEN DAYS TO GO - SARKOZY
[...] (U) With less than ten days remaining before the April 22 first round of France's presidential elections, the relative standing of the leading candidates in the polls remains essentially unchanged from what is was mid-March (refs). Heading into the home stretch, former Interior Minister Nicol [...]
2007-04-13 14:45:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ELAB PINR SOCI ECON EUN FR
07PARIS150 WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: IRAQ AND NEW STRATEGY; AMERICAN AIR
[...] (SBU) Speculation as to President Bush's new strategy for Iraq, including the replacement of Generals George Casey and John Abizaid, began to gain momentum in the French media this week. Before the President's address to the nation, commentators analyzed the possible consequences of sending ne [...]
2007-01-12 16:36:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPRC PREL KPAO FR
07PARIS151COUNTERTERRORISM CONSULTATIONS WITH THE FRENCH
[...] (S) SUMMARY: A USG Delegation led by Ambassador-at-large for Counterterrorism, Hank Crumpton, held strategic counterterrorism consultations with senior French officials December 7. The two delegations exchanged views on the overall threat situation, improvements to both countries' counterterr [...]
2007-01-16 07:34:00Embassy ParisSECRETPTER PGOV PREL FR
07PARIS1537France's Presidential Candidates' Views on the Digital
[...] (SBU) The emergence of a new generation of candidates and voters is helping define France's response to Internet growth and regulation, electronic commerce, and new technologies. For the first time in a presidential campaign, this is an issue of political debate. The Forum of Internet Rights, [...]
2007-04-17 16:22:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS KIPR ETRD FR
07PARIS158UPDATE ON LEBANON DONORS CONFERENCE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: FRANCE IS ENCOURAGED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF LEBANON'S PROPOSED ECONOMIC PROGRAM TO GARNER DONOR SUPPORT, AND IS RELATIVELY WELL-ADVANCED IN PREPARATIONS FOR THE JANUARY 25 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR LEBANON. THE LEBANESE ECONOMIC TEAM GAVE A VERY GOOD PRESENTATION OF ITS ECONOMIC [...]
2007-01-16 15:18:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KDEM PGOV PREL LE SY FR
07PARIS1587COTE D'IVOIRE: FRENCH REMAIN WARY, INTEND TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Cote d'Ivoire desk officer Charlotte Montel said on April 18 that outward signs in Cote d'Ivoire remained positive but that France remained wary that the situation could take a turn for the worse. The GOF was not convinced of President Gbagbo's good intentions over the long [...]
2007-04-19 15:32:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS IV FR
07PARIS1595ELECTION EVE: BETWEEN SARKOZY AND ROYAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the final days before the April 22 first round of the French presidential election, the latest polls continue to predict that center-right UMP candidate Nicolas Sarkozy, followed by Socialist Party candidate Segolene Royal, will be the two victors for the May 7 run-off. Ce [...]
2007-04-20 11:27:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
07PARIS1623C.A.R.: FRENCH HOPEFUL BUT NOT CONVINCED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA C.A.R. desk officer Daniel Westerink on April 28 said that the GOF was encouraged by the recent peace pact engineered by President Bozize and UFDR leader Damane but was not convinced that this arrangement would prove significant because of uncertainty over whether other UFD [...]
2007-04-24 14:28:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS MOPS CT FR
07PARIS168UNESCO CONFERENCE ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND MEDIA
[...] (SBU) UNESCO hosted a three-day international conference on the "Freedom of Expression and Media Development in Iraq" January 8-10 in Paris, bringing together over 300 participants, including 200 Iraqi journalists, some 20 members of the Iraqi parliament, government officials, and media owners [...]
2007-01-17 14:18:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNESCO SCUL KDEM IZ
07PARIS1692(S) TERRORIST ABDALLAH IN THE HOSPITAL; SIGNS GOOD
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Convicted terrorist and political assassin, Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, remains in prison. His parole request is not likely to be decided until June 2007. The Ministry of Justice has assured the Ambassador that it opposes parole. Abdallah's worsening health, however, could potent [...]
2007-04-27 05:16:00Embassy ParisSECRETPGOV PTER FR
07PARIS1693ELECTION SNAPSHOT: IN FIRST WEEK OF SECOND-ROUND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With a little more than a week to go, center-right Presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy continues to hold a distinct lead over center-left candidate Segolene Royal in all polls of second-round voter intentions, with 53 percent for Sarkozy and 47 percent for Royal. Sarkozy an [...]
2007-04-27 13:37:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
07PARIS1695AF DAS THOMPSON'S MFA DISCUSSIONS ON ZIMBABWE,
[...] (C) Summary: AF DAS Carol Thompson pushed for active engagement on Zimbabwe and mapped out USG public health initiatives in Africa, e.g. PEPFAR and the President's Malaria initiative, in a meeting with MFA AF A/S-Equivalent Jean de Gliniasty. Gliniasty called for letting Africans take the le [...]
2007-04-27 14:19:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR ZI FR
07PARIS170CHIRAC'S ENVOY TO IRAN -- WHAT'S PROMPTING THIS
[...] (S) LE MONDE'S JAN. 17 EDITION RAN A FRONT-PAGE STORY ON CHIRAC,S INTEREST IN PURSUING A DIALOGUE WITH IRAN ON LEBANON, THUS CONFIRMING WHAT MFA POLITICAL DIRECTOR GERARD ARAUD TOLD THE AMBASSADOR DURING THEIR JAN. 15 MEETING. WE FACE THE PROSPECT OF UNTOWARD POLICY INITIATIVES BY CHIRAC DUR [...]
2007-01-17 14:18:00Embassy ParisSECRETFR IR LE PGOV PREL
07PARIS1708FRENCH SUPPORT FOR IRAQ COMPACT, IRAN SANCTIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt met with the French April 26 to discuss Iraq and Iran. Officials remained positive about the Iraq Compact's goals, but were unable to confirm ministerial participation at the Compact launch due to French elections. On Iran, both of the president [...]
2007-04-27 16:29:00Embassy ParisSECRETEFIN PREL ETTC PARM IR IQ FR
07PARIS1717BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On April 12, emboffs conducted a pre-license check on application 050038126 for the export of 12 filter assemblies to Sabena Technics in France via the UK. Sabena Technics has a good reputation in the aircraft maintenance field, and post has no derogatory information about the [...]
2007-04-30 14:47:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC FR
07PARIS1742PARIS CLUB - APRIL 2007 TOUR D'HORIZON AND CAR NEGOTIATION
[...] (SBU) At the April 19-20, 2007 meeting of the Paris Club, creditors provided debt relief to the Central African Republic in recognition of its eligibility for the Heavily Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) Initiative and to facilitate the newly signed Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) wit [...]
2007-05-02 16:39:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
07PARIS1784ELECTION EVE: SARKOZY EXTENDS HIS LEAD GOING INTO
[...] (U) On the eve of the run-off election between former Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy and Poitou-Charentes Region President Segolene Royal, France's electorate is looking forward -- though not without some apprehension -- to the choice of direction for France that it will make in electing a [...]
2007-05-04 14:03:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
07PARIS1785DJIBOUTI AND RWANDA: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ON
[...] SUMMARY: (C) MFA DAS-equivalent Helene Le Gal on April 30 said that recent developments in the Borrel case, involving judicial searches of the MFA and Justice Ministry, largely involved internal French legal issues. The Borrel case continued to affect France-Djibouti relations, although bo [...]
2007-05-04 14:37:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ICJ RW DJ FR
07PARIS18 FRANCE'S ENERGY SECURITY POLICY
[...] (C) Summary. The GOF is enhancing its energy security through diversification of supply sources and increasing the percentage of nuclear and renewables in its energy mix, while decreasing the use of oil and coal. While these changes are guided partially by a desire to become more energy indep [...]
2007-01-03 15:56:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPINR EPET ENRG KPRP ECON FR
07PARIS1817THE FRENCH ELECT SARKOZY -- WHAT THEIR CHOICE MEANS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In electing Nicolas Sarkozy as France's sixth President under the Fifth Republic (ref),French voters: -- entrusted their country's highest office to an intensely ambitious and passionately action-oriented politician; -- endorsed the wide-ranging program of reforms -- includi [...]
2007-05-09 13:50:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
07PARIS1844ENGAGING THE NEW FRENCH GOVERNMENT ON FOREIGN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign policy played only a negligible role in the presidential election campaign that concluded May 6, and Sarkozy has relatively little experience in foreign affairs, despite his tenures as Interior and Finance Minister. Nonetheless, Sarkozy's personality is such that he will w [...]
2007-05-10 09:17:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EUN IR AF NATO IZ TU UNO LE YI RS
07PARIS1870CWC CONSULTATIONS WITH FRANCE, UK AND GERMANY IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The French hosted consultations on the Chemical Weapons Convention with the U.S., UK, and Germany in Paris, May 3, 2007 preceded on May 2 by biological weapons discussions (reported Septel). Due to new French and UK Heads of Delegation, this round of Close Allies discussions brou [...]
2007-05-11 13:53:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL FR GM UK
07PARIS1879SAAD HARIRI'S MEETING WITH SARKOZY
[...] (C) PRESIDENT-ELECT SARKOZY ASSURED PRESIDENT CHIRAC AND LEBANESE MP SAAD HARIRI ON MAY 10 THAT HE WILL STAY THE COURSE ON PURSUING A CHAPTER VII UNSCR TO ESTABLISH THE SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON. ACCORDING TO READOUTS WE RECEIVED AFTER THE MEETING FROM DOMINIQUE BOCHE, CHIRAC'S MIDDLE EAST [...]
2007-05-11 15:29:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR PGOV PREL LE SY
07PARIS1887FRANCE: GENERAL AGREEMENT WITH U.S. ON GAERC ISSUES
[...] (U) We shared reftel points on May 11 with MFA CFSP Deputy Emmanuel Cohet. 2. (C) Western Balkans: Cohet indicated that Bosnia is unlikely to be discussed. Regarding Serbia, he indicated that France shares our position on the new government and on cooperation with the ICTY. On Kosovo, [...]
2007-05-11 17:19:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EUN ETRD KPAL XG IS IR AF
07PARIS1888FRANCE AND LEBANON: UPDATE ON CHAPTER VII
[...] (C) NEA Watcher met May 11 with Damien Loras, FM Douste-Blazy,s cabinet advisor for the Middle East, to discuss French thinking on the content and timing of a Chapter VII resolution to establish the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. On content, Loras noted that the French disagreed with essential [...]
2007-05-11 17:59:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR PGOV PREL LE SY
07PARIS189COTE D'IVOIRE: LACK OF PROGRESS WEIGHS HEAVILY ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Desk officers from the MFA's AF and IO bureaus, in a January 10 meeting with AF/W desk officer Emily Plumb, expressed their dismay and frustration at the lack of progress towards a political solution in Cote d'Ivoire. The French remain committed to the various efforts by the i [...]
2007-01-18 12:37:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PGOV MOPS PHUM IV FR
07PARIS1892COMOROS: FRANCE SHARES U.S. ASSESSMENT AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA AF DAS-equivalent Jean-Claude Brunet on May 10 said that France shared USG views (refs A and B) on the current situation in the Comoros. The situation had calmed in the past few days, but much depended on how President Sambi now responded to Anjouan "President" Bacar's con [...]
2007-05-14 08:58:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR CN FR
07PARIS1938UK READOUT OF BLAIR-SARKOZY MEETING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: UK PM Blair's May 11 meeting with French President-elect Sarkozy focused primarily on next steps on the EU constitutional treaty in advance of Sarkozy's May 16 meeting with German Chancellor Merkel, according to UK DCM Hitchens; the UK hope is that the Blair, Sarkozy and Merkel will re [...]
2007-05-15 09:13:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EUN PGOV ETRD UK GM TU PINR
07PARIS1946IRAN-VENEZUELA: FRANCE TOUGH ON NUCLEAR ISSUE,
[...] (S) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: In response to ref A demarche, MFA DAS-equivalent for South America Pinard assured us May 16 that President Chirac had taken a hard line with Chavez on Iran's nuclear weapons program during their last phone conversation before Chirac leaves office on May 16, and surm [...]
2007-05-15 14:20:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL FR EUN MARR PHUM MASS ECON PTER VE IR
07PARIS1947MAY 2 BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS NONPROLIFERATION
[...] (C) The French hosted consultations on biological weapons (BW) nonproliferation with the U.S., UK, and Germany in Paris, May 2, 2007. (May 3 chemical weapons discussions are reported reftel). New French and UK Heads of Delegation for this round of "Close Allies" reinvigorated discussions, fa [...]
2007-05-15 14:52:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL GM UK FR
07PARIS195MFA POLITICAL DIRECTOR DOWNBEAT ON IRAQ,
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador, French MFA Political Director Gerard Araud was uniformly downbeat in his comments about Iraq, the Middle East peace process, and Lebanon. Iraq has passed the point of no return on remaining a unified state, Araud contended. The current hostilitie [...]
2007-01-18 15:09:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM EFIN UNSC IR LE SY IZ FR
07PARIS1995THE PRESIDENT'S JUNE 6 MEETING WITH FRENCH
[...] (C) The meeting between the President and French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Heiligendamm June 6 will be their first official encounter since then-Interior Minister Sarkozy met briefly with the President on September 12, 2006. The two presidents will meet on the same day that Defense Secretar [...]
2007-05-18 09:20:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EUN NATO ECON SENV AF IQ RS TU PGOV
07PARIS2027THE FILLON GOVERNMENT, SARKOZY'S REFORM TEAM, NAMED
[...] (SBU) Intent on maintaining the momentum for reform, President Sarkozy moved quickly following his inauguration May 16 (ref B). Sarkozy named his administration's first Prime Minster, Francois Fillon the following day, May 17, then immediately named the line-up of the Fillon government on Ma [...]
2007-05-18 17:54:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
07PARIS2072VICE FM ASANO ON KOREAN ABDUCTIONS, U.S.-JAPAN TRADE,
[...] (C) Summary: Deputy Secretary John Negroponte and Assistant Secretary for Economic, Energy and Business Affairs Dan Sullivan met on May 15 on the margins of the ECD Ministerial Council Meeting with Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Katsuhito Asano. Asano proposed that President Bush and Prime M [...]
2007-05-21 12:57:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD EAID OECD JA KN AF
07PARIS2088 FRANCE: FIRST QUARTER GDP GROWTH DISAPPOINTING
[...] SUMMARY: French GDP growth did not accelerate in the first quarter contrary to expectations, increasing only 2.0 percent (annualized) compared to the fourth quarter of 2006. GDP growth was still heavily dependent on consumption, but export growth rebounded. INSEE is now using European and U.S [...]
2007-05-22 08:21:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV FR
07PARIS2137CLUSTER MUNITIONS: FRANCE PROPOSES PUSH IN CCW
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY. The French MFA shares the U.S. view that negotiations on cluster munitions cannot proceed productively outside the Convention on Chemical Weapons. To slow the growing political momentum behind the Norwegian push to ban [...]
2007-05-23 15:48:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALMARR PARM PGOV PREL NATO FR
07PARIS2196GOF RESTRUCTURING: IMPLICATIONS FOR ECONOMIC AGENDA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Reorganization of the French government's economic, social and transportation ministries (reftels) will create new challenges and opportunities for our interaction with the French on economic issues. The incorporation of transport and energy into Minister of State Alain Juppe' [...]
2007-05-25 16:28:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV ETRD FR
07PARIS2202STAYING IN SYNCH WITH FRANCE ON SYRIA
[...] (U) This is an action request; see para 9. 2. (C) Summary: FM Kouchner's May 24 comments in Beirut have fed speculation here that France is on the verge of revising its policy toward Syria. While the French position remains somewhat murky (Kouchner appeared to walk back his comments on May [...]
2007-05-29 09:15:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR LE SY PREL
07PARIS2263FRENCH INITIATIVES ON DARFUR
[...] (C) Summary: The French Government is finalizing an accelerated policy review of options on Darfur that promises a substantial uptick in diplomatic and other engagement, including a proposed ministerial-level Contact Group meeting in Paris on June 25 (Ref A). President Sarkozy will receive FM [...]
2007-05-31 13:30:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR CD SU FR
07PARIS232FRANCE 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Investment Climate Statement Contents A. French Investment Regime A1. Openness to Foreign Investment A2. Conversion and Transfer Policies A3. Expropriation and Compensation A4. Dispute Settlement A5. Performance Requirements and Incentives A6. Right to Private Ownership and Establis [...]
2007-01-22 12:35:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ELAB PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR FR
07PARIS2359FRENCH WILL NOT LEAVE AFGHANISTAN; LESS PRESSURE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Political Director Gerard Araud told the Ambassador on June 4 that President Sarkozy had made a decision the previous day that France would not leave Afghanistan, but did want to begin discussing an exit strategy in a restricted format (Germany, the UK, the U.S., and France). [...]
2007-06-05 09:55:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO MOPS MARR IR FR
07PARIS2374PARIS CLUB - MAY 2007 TOUR D'HORIZON AND PERU AGREEMENT
[...] (SBU) At the May 22-24 meeting of the Paris Club, creditors agreed to allow Peru to prepay at face value as much as $2.5 billion in previously rescheduled non-concessional debt in order to support its efforts to implement sound debt management policies. The Secretariat reported on technical [...]
2007-06-05 16:52:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
07PARIS2384FRANCE REACTS TO PRESIDENT'S MAY 31 CLIMATE
[...] (C) Summary: Generally, the French government has been cautiously positive about the President's climate initiative. At the same time, it continues to stress the importance of involuntary constraints on greenhouse gas emissions. In a G-8 'tour d'horizon' with journalists, President Sarkozy w [...]
2007-06-06 07:08:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG FR GB SENV
07PARIS2405MFA MIDDLE EAST CHIEF: A MIDDLE EAST LANDSCAPE IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ON JUNE 6, JEAN FELIX-PAGAGNON, DIRECTOR OF THE MFA'S MIDDLE EAST BUREAU, PAINTED A RELENTLESSLY DEPRESSING TABLEAU OF THE MIDDLE EAST. AGAINST THIS BACKGROUND, HE TRACED PRESIDENT SARKOZY'S PRIORITIES, BEGINNING WITH NORTH AFRICA (VITAL TO SARKOZY'S PLANS TO RESHAPE FRANCES IMMI [...]
2007-06-07 14:44:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV FR LE PREL
07PARIS2488REVEREND MOON'S REQUEST TO VISIT FRANCE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND GUIDANCE REQUEST: International Unification Church founder, Dr. Sun Myung Moon, and his wife, currently designated as "dangerous persons" and banned from entering France under the Schengen Information System, hope that the recent ruling of a German court to overturn the ban [...]
2007-06-11 10:09:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALSOCI SCUL PROP PINS PHUM FR GM
07PARIS254UNESCO - FIRST LADY LAURA BUSH'S UNESCO ROUNDTABLE ON
[...] Summary. On January 15, 2007, Ambassador Oliver moderated a Roundtable at UNESCO hosted by First Lady Laura Bush and Director General Matsuura on the topic, "Teacher Training and Literacy". The purpose of this roundtable was to highlight the First Lady's role as Honorary Ambassador for the UN [...]
2007-01-22 16:30:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDUNESCO SCUL KPAO
07PARIS257FRENCH NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR'S VIEWS ON MIDDLE
[...] (S) Summary: French NSA-equivalent Maurice Gourdault-Montagne (MGM) told the Ambassador on January 22 that "some" are calling for France to freeze plans for establishing an international tribunal on Lebanon until next autumn, in the hope that this delay would allow Lebanese PM Siniora to break [...]
2007-01-22 17:22:00Embassy ParisSECRETFR KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY
07PARIS259FRANCE SIGNS ASEAN TREATY
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 16 meeting with EAP DAS Thomas Christensen, MFA A/S-Equivalent Michel Filhot explained that France had now signed the ASEAN Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (TAC) at the instigation of President Chirac. France sought to deepen regional ties and to encourage other EU m [...]
2007-01-23 07:02:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALASEC PHUM PREL PINR BM FR
07PARIS2643YOUR JUNE 24-25 VISIT TO PARIS
[...] (C) Madam Secretary: You will be arriving in a France whose mood is up-beat for the first time in years. Sarkozy's energy and determination to meet challenges head-on and break with the past have lifted national morale. His resounding presidential victory May 6 -- notwithstanding the French [...]
2007-06-19 17:16:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EUN NATO UNO UNMIK YI RS IR IS LE
07PARIS266 UNESCO: AFRICAN MIGRATION MEETING WITH ADG PIERRE SANE
[...] An informal consultative meeting was held Wednesday, 17 January 2007 at UNESCO to discuss the issue of African Migration, in connection with the Executive Board resolution number 57, initially put forward by Senegal. 2. The meeting chaired by Pierre Sane, UNESCO's Assistant Director General [...]
2007-01-23 16:00:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDUNESCO SCUL SOCI SMIG
07PARIS2663UNSCR 1747/OECD: FRENCH VIEWS ON IRAN EXPORT CREDITS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-21 08:03:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN ETRD EXIM OECD UN IR FR
07PARIS2685GOF: LEBANON CONFERENCE AND DIALOGUE WITH SYRIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Boris Boillon, President Sarkozy's Middle East Advisor, told us on June 21 that France would await the results of the Arab League's national dialogue conference in Beirut, scheduled for next week, before ultimately committing to host a similar event in Paris. As a result, the noti [...]
2007-06-21 17:56:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL LE SY FR
07PARIS27FLYING IN STYLE: FRENCH STARTUP ELYSAIR EYES
[...] (SBU) Summary: French start-up Elysair inaugurated flights on its Paris-New York route January 3 using its all business-class "L,Avion" brand. Touting fares that are 50% lower than Air France business-class and the convenience of using nearby airports at Orly and Newark, Elysair hopes to grab [...]
2007-01-04 16:18:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON FR
07PARIS2726U/S BURNS' JUNE 13 LUNCH WITH FRENCH FM KOUCHNER
[...] (U) June 13, 2007, 1:00 P.M. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Under Secretary Burns Ambassador Stapleton Ambassador Frank Wisner, U.S. Special Envoy for Kosovo Final Status Issues P Staff Bame Pol Espinoza (notetaker) France Foreign Minister Kouchner Political Director Araud A/S-equival [...]
2007-06-26 08:49:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EUN NATO YI UNMIK UNO LE IR
07PARIS2741 FRENCH TAX REFORM PACKAGE
[...] SUMMARY: New French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde introduced a tax reform bill on June 20 "in favor of labor, employment and purchasing power". The cost of the tax package could mean the government budget deficit in 2007 and 2008 will again exceed the EU-imposed limit of 3 percent of GDP [...]
2007-06-26 15:27:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV FR
07PARIS2743U/S BURNS' JUNE 12 DINNER MEETING WITH FRENCH
[...] (U) June 12, 2007, 8:30 P.M. 2. (U) Participants U.S. Under Secretary Burns Ambassador Stapleton P Staff Bame Pol Recinos (notetaker) France MFA Political Director Gerard Araud Elysee Strategic Affairs Advisor Francois Richier Elysee Americas Advisor Damien Loras MOD Diplomatic Advis [...]
2007-06-26 15:42:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL MARR MOPS EUN NATO AF TU GG FR
07PARIS2787A/S FRIED AND COUNSELOR COHEN DISCUSS KOSOVO, IRAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 25 meeting on the margins of the Secretary's visit to Paris -- and prior to the ministerial SIPDIS meeting that evening on Kosovo -- A/S Fried and Counselor Cohen discussed Kosovo, Iran, and Russia/CFE with MFA Political Director Araud. They generally agreed on the [...]
2007-06-28 11:15:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EUN NATO UNO UNMIK YI RS IR IS LE
07PARIS2791 FRENCH GDP GROWTH REMAINS MODERATE
[...] SUMMARY: In its June overview, the National Statistical Agency INSEE forecast French GDP growth to increase 2.1 percent in 2007 compared to 2.2 percent in 2006. It stressed that GDP growth would reach 2.5 percent in Q-4 over Q-4 2006 due to solid household consumption. INSEE confirmed that th [...]
2007-06-28 14:35:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV FR
07PARIS2802FRANCE INCREASING JUSTICE AID TO AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 28, MFA sources confirmed that that the new French administration is showing much more interest in Afghanistan, and that France plans to increase civil assistance to Afghanistan in a number of ways. The GOF has decided to provide an expert and some funding for a regional [...]
2007-06-29 12:11:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKJUS PREL SA AF IBRD FR
07PARIS2820SPECIAL ENVOY FOR SUDAN ANDREW NATSIOS' JUNE 25, 2007
[...] (C) Summary. French Presidential Advisor on Africa Bruno Joubert said on June 25 that Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner would hold a meeting with President Sarkozy within a week to gain his support to station French troops (along with local gendarmes and an international police force) in Easte [...]
2007-06-29 14:58:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV PREF PINS FR SU
07PARIS2825 GOVERNMENT SELLS ADDITIONAL 2.5 PERCENT STAKE IN FRANCE
[...] SUMMARY: To reduce the public debt, the government sold shares in France Telecom, the French telephone provider, reducing its stake in the company by 5.0 percent to 27.4 percent. The demand from institutional investors was not sufficient to sell a larger stake. The proceeds (2.65 billion euro [...]
2007-06-29 15:47:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV FR
07PARIS2835SUDAN: JUNE 24 ABDULWAHID MEETING WITH SE NATSIOS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-02 14:18:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV PREF PINS SU FR
07PARIS2888CODEL WEXLER STAFFERS DISCUSS EU-TURKEY AT MFA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 7 meeting with Representative Wexler's Staff Director, MFA officials offered a broad overview of French reasoning behind Sarkozy's opposition to Turkish EU membership; his proposal for an EU discussion before the end of the year on fixing the EU's final borders; his com [...]
2007-07-03 17:08:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EUN TU CY AR UNO
07PARIS2889CONGRESSMAN WEXLER'S MEETING WITH SARKOZY'S
[...] (C) Summary: Congressman Wexler and Presidential Diplomatic Adviser Jean-David Levitte discussed Hizbollah and Lebanon, Darfur, Kosovo, Turkey and Iran during a July 2 meeting. Levitte emphasized that Sarkozy continued to hold to the view he espoused during the presidential campaign that Hiz [...]
2007-07-05 07:40:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM FR
07PARIS2890CODEL WEXLER'S JULY 2 MEETING WITH FM KOUCHNER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 2 meeting with Congressman Wexler, FM Kouchner said that the current disarray in the Palestinian Authority presented an historic opportunity for an initiative on the peace process, but he described Israeli "inertia" -- mainly PM Olmert's weakness -- as the main obstacl [...]
2007-07-05 07:42:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EUN NATO UNO UNMIK YI RS IR IS LE
07PARIS2899PARIS CLUB - JUNE 2007 TOUR D'HORIZON
[...] (SBU) Summary: At the June 19 meeting of the Paris Club, creditors agreed in principle to accept Gabon's offer to buy back its previously rescheduled debt at a discount. Terms will be negotiated at the July meeting. This would be the first time the Paris Club has conducted a standalone mark [...]
2007-07-05 08:59:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
07PARIS2912SUDAN - SPECIAL ENVOY FOR SUDAN ANDREW NATSIOS' JUNE
[...] (C) Summary. China Special Envoy for Sudan Liu Guijin told Special Envoy (SE) for Sudan Andrew Natsios on June 25 that a new Security Council resolution would bring official endorsement of the hybrid UN-African Union (AU) peacekeeping force. A new resolution need not refer to UNSCR 1706, but [...]
2007-07-06 08:34:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV PREF PINS FR SU
07PARIS2913SPECIAL ENVOY FOR SUDAN ANDREW NATSIOS' JUNE 25, 2007
[...] (C) Summary. French Presidential Advisor on Africa Bruno Joubert said on June 25 that Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner would hold a meeting with President Sarkozy within a week to gain his support to station French troops (along with local gendarmes and an international police force) in Easte [...]
2007-07-06 08:35:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV PREF PINS FR SU
07PARIS2971DEMARCHE DELIVED: REVEREND MOON'S REQUEST TO VISIT
[...] (SBU) Poloff on July 5 conveyed USG request that France consider lifting the Schengen ban on Unification Church leader Sun Myung Moon and his wife to Denis Fromaget, Deputy Councelor for Religious Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Fromaget responded that he saw no immediate other r [...]
2007-07-10 14:30:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM FR GM PINS PROP SCUL SOCI KIRF
07PARIS306ENGAGEMENT WITH MUSLIM COMMUNITIES - FRANCE
[...] Summary: The Ambassador and all of Mission France support a sustained and focused effort to engage France's Muslim minorities, recognizing that organizing and executing such an effort will continue to require considerable discretion, sensitivity and tact on our part. Although there is some ev [...]
2007-01-25 17:30:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPRC PREL PHUM KPAO KISL FR XG
07PARIS307A/S WELCH PRESSES FRENCH TO CAPITALIZE ON LEBANON
[...] (S) Summary: NEA A/S David Welch met separately January 24 with Dominique Boche, President Chirac's Middle East Advisor, and Jean Felix-Pagagnon, his French MFA counterpart. Welch strongly urged the French to take advantage of the political moment created by the Lebanon Conference, noting that [...]
2007-01-26 09:31:00Embassy ParisSECRETFR IR IS KDEM KPAL LE PGOV PREL
07PARIS3080TURKISH AMBASSADOR ON STATE OF PLAY IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On July 11, Turkish Ambassador Koroturk told the Ambassador that Sarkozy's declared opposition to Turkish EU membership is presenting challenges for French-Turkish relations on a practical level as the French bureaucracy rushes to implement what it interprets as Sarkozy's will, [...]
2007-07-17 16:28:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN TU CY AR FR
07PARIS309NEA DAS DANIN PITCHES INFORMAL LEBANON CONTACT
[...] (S) Summary: NEA DAS Robert Danin met separately on January 23 with his MFA counterpart, Herve Besancenot, and with President Chirac's Middle East adviser, Dominique Boche. Danin proposed establishing a contact group on Lebanon (with the likely participation of the U.S., France, Italy and Ger [...]
2007-01-26 12:16:00Embassy ParisSECRETFR KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY
07PARIS312 OECD: MISSION VIEWS ON ENLARGEMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: USOECD reiterates the importance of having the OECD's impending enlargement include a major emerging economy to ensure the Organization's viability and its effectiveness as a tool to promote a U.S.-friendly global economic system. As a virtual invitee since 1997, Russia presen [...]
2007-01-26 14:47:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD OECD AORC
07PARIS3132FRANCE: U/S LEVEY DISCUSSES NEXT STEPS ON IRAN
[...] (S) Summary: In July 10 - 11 meetings with Elysee, GOF and Banque de France officials, Treasury U/S Stuart Levey, ISN A/S John Rood and accompanying delegation pressed France to consider ratcheting up pressure on Iran by targeting the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC),entities it contro [...]
2007-07-23 08:59:00Embassy ParisSECRETEFIN KNNP PARM IR FR
07PARIS3147DJIBOUTI AND RWANDA: LEGAL ISSUES CONTINUE TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA DAS-equivalent Helene Le Gal on June 19 said that legal issues concerning the death of French magistrate Bernard Borrel continued to aggravate relations with Djibouti. Le Gal confided that she was beginning to believe that Borrel's death may have been the result of foul pl [...]
2007-07-23 15:52:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ICJ RW DJ FR
07PARIS3179U/S REUBEN JEFFERY MEETS WITH FRENCH ECONOMIC
[...] (SBU) Summary: Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Reuben Jeffery, in his first official visit to France July 18-21, underscored the breadth of U.S. economic ties with France and reaffirmed U.S. support for OECD and IEA (septel). In Jeffery's bilateral meeti [...]
2007-07-25 14:16:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD ELAB EUN PREL SENV UNO FR
07PARIS3183FRENCH MFA NEA A/S-EQUIVALENT ON LEBANON, JULY 24
[...] (C) The French are starting to worry about the clock ticking down in Lebanon and the decreasing likelihood of a carefully sequenced settlement that addresses the need to elect a successor to President Lahoud as well as form a new government representing the different factions. NEA A/S-Equiv [...]
2007-07-25 17:57:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
07PARIS3184FRENCH MFA NEA A/S-EQUIVALENT ON LEBANON, JULY 24
[...] (C) The French are starting to worry about the clock ticking down in Lebanon and the decreasing likelihood of a carefully sequenced settlement that addresses the need to elect a successor to President Lahoud as well as form a new government representing the different factions. NEA A/S-Equiv [...]
2007-07-25 18:09:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
07PARIS319PARIS HOSTS INAUGURAL W. MED RSI CONFERENCE
[...] (S) Summary: Ambassador Stapleton hosted the inaugural Western Mediterranean Regional Strategic Initiative (RSI) Conference on December 5-6 in Paris. U.S. Chiefs of Mission and Embassy representatives from France, Italy, Spain, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Portugal and Malta gathered as a first [...]
2007-01-26 16:34:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL PGOV ASEC OTRA PTER FR AG LY IT MT SP
07PARIS3198DAS KRAMER'S JULY 20 MTG WITH ELYSEE RUSSIA ADVISOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 20 meeting, Damien Loras, the Presidency's diplomatic advisor for the Americas, Russia, Central Asia, and non-EU Europe, including the Balkans, told DAS Kramer that France would recognize Kosovo's independence at the conclusion of renewed negotiations. Loras stated that [...]
2007-07-27 09:13:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS RS ZL XT FR
07PARIS3202DAS KRAMER'S JULY 20 PARIS QUAD MEETING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: DAS Kramer met with his "Quad" (UK, France, Germany) counterparts on July 20 in Paris. (Their last meeting had been in London, April 2007.) Discussions included support for reform in Ukraine and key areas for further policy engagement there. Ukraine, all agreed, was generally m [...]
2007-07-27 12:22:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL PGOV EU XH ZL FR
07PARIS3209 PARIS CLUB - JULY 2007 TOUR D'HORIZON AND GABON DEBT
[...] (SBU) Summary: At the July 17-18 meetings of the Paris Club, creditors accepted a stand-alone discounted debt buyback offer from Gabon, the first such operation by the Club. While welcoming Gabon's efforts to use USD 500 million in oil revenues toward debt management, the USG lacked legal aut [...]
2007-07-27 15:43:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
07PARIS321UNESCO: SEEKING NAMES OF INFLUENTIAL WOMEN
[...] Summary: Ref A calls for posts to supply the names of influential women to be included in a roster of women leaders worldwide. We at the U.S. Mission believe that UNESCO can act as an effective multiplier on global issues, including those involving women's empowerment. End Summary. 2. [...]
2007-01-26 16:34:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDUNESCO KWMN PHUM PREL
07PARIS3210FRENCH MFA NEA A/S-EQUIVALENT ON LEBANON, JULY 24
[...] (C) The French are starting to worry about the clock ticking down in Lebanon and the decreasing likelihood of a carefully sequenced settlement that addresses the need to elect a successor to President Lahoud as well as form a new government representing the different factions. NEA A/S-Equiv [...]
2007-07-27 17:00:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
07PARIS322C/T JUDGE ON FRANCE, RWANDA, PAKISTAN, AND HIS
[...] (S) SUMMARY: France,s chief counterterrorism judge, Jean-Louis Bruguiere, told us on January 19 that a recent surge in overall GSPC activities worried French counterterrorism officials, who are convinced there is now a significantly higher threat against France and its interests abroad. Tunisi [...]
2007-01-26 16:37:00Embassy ParisSECRETPTER PREL INTERPOL KJUS TS AG MO RW
07PARIS3250FRANCE WILL BEGIN RATIFICATION PROCESS FOR THE
[...] (SBU) French MFA counterterrorism official, Francois Revardeaux, told poloff at the end of July that the MFA will begin working in September 2007 on ratification of the UN International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism. The Convention's ratification, Revardeaux said [...]
2007-08-01 17:15:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL FR
07PARIS3268 GAO VISIT ON FRENCH FDI REGIME AND PRACTICES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: French interlocutors confirmed to the GAO (during the visit of a GAO team to Paris from July 2 through July 5) that France welcomes Foreign Direct Investment despite a 2005 decree regulating FDI in sensitive sectors. The screening process implemented subsequent to the decree did [...]
2007-08-02 15:13:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV FR
07PARIS3269PRESIDENT SARKOZY AND FRANCE'S INDUSTRIAL POLICY
[...] (C) President Nicolas Sarkozy's calls for a more aggressive industrial policy have elicited criticism in some quarters of the EU, but largely favorable responses at home. Sarkozy's perspective is in line with France's long- time perception of an EC liberal "bias" (a perception partly behind [...]
2007-08-02 15:59:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALETRD WTRO ECON PGOV FR
07PARIS328PARIS CLUB - JANUARY 2007 TOUR D'HORIZON AND MACEDONIA &
[...] (SBU) During the January 23-24 meeting of the Paris Club, creditors granted Sierra Leone completion point treatment under the enhanced HIPC initiative, cancelling 100 percent ($363 million) of Sierra Leone's bilateral debt to the Club. The United States wrote off $44 million in USDA concession [...]
2007-01-29 12:22:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
07PARIS3292NIGER: FRENCH VIEWS OF AREVA EXPULSION CASE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The expulsion of AREVA executive Dominique Pin from Niger on July 26 represented the identification of a scapegoat for Niger's lack of success in quelling MNJ rebel elements and a settling of "personal scores," according to MFA Niger Desk Officer Michael Deslaimes. The July 30 [...]
2007-08-03 15:22:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS EMIN PBTS ENRG LY NG FR
07PARIS3298FRENCH NEXT STEPS ON LEBANON AWAIT CRITICAL
[...] (C) Summary: As of August 3, France was waiting until after the August 5 parliamentary by-elections to decide what to do next in Lebanon, including the possibility of a restricted meeting of Lebanese factions in Beirut per reftel. The MFA's Syria/Lebanon desk officer thought the weekend of [...]
2007-08-06 08:50:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PARM PTER FR LE SY IR
07PARIS3341FRENCH INTENTIONS FOR AFRICA-RELATED MEETINGS AT
[...] (SBU) MFA AF PDAS Caroline Dumas on August 3 provided the following information on Africa-related meetings the French would like to see held on the margins of this year's UNGA. She provided this information in response to our request for clarification in view of the different signals we had [...]
2007-08-08 12:38:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA XA FR
07PARIS3344COUNTERTERRORISM IN FRANCE: PKK, LTTE, ETA,
[...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: Poloff met on August 7 with Louis Blin, the MFA's Acting DAS-equivalent for security and counterterrorism in the Bureau of Strategic Affairs, to discuss current U.S./France counterterrorism cases. Blin expressed disappointment (but not surprise) at Vienna's release and assist [...]
2007-08-08 15:11:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL EFIN PGOV AU IZ PO SP TU FR
07PARIS3363COMOROS: FRENCH MFA SEES NO EASY SOLUTION TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Comoros Desk Officer Stephane Le Brech said on August 7 that there appeared to be no ready solution to the current crisis in the Comoros, because of Anjouan "President" Bacar's intransigence and the improbability of any military solution to the impasse. Le Brech said that t [...]
2007-08-10 10:33:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MOPS EAID PHUM PINR ASEC CN FR
07PARIS3385METN BY-ELECTION RESULT ALLOWS FRANCE TO RELAX A
[...] (C) Summary: The French MFA told us August 9 that FM Kouchner's anticipated August 25 return to Beirut was more tentative than public statements and press reporting have indicated since the hotly contested Metn by-election last weekend has not led to violence. The new DAS-equivalent for th [...]
2007-08-10 16:39:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM FR LE SY IS IR
07PARIS3386METN BY-ELECTION RESULT ALLOWS FRANCE TO RELAX A
[...] (C) Summary: The French MFA told us August 9 that FM Kouchner's anticipated August 25 return to Beirut was more tentative than public statements and press reporting have indicated since the hotly contested Metn by-election last weekend has not led to violence. The new DAS-equivalent for th [...]
2007-08-10 16:40:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM FR LE SY IS IR
07PARIS3399FRENCH BIOTECH FARMERS FACE MULTIPLE PROBLEMS AND
[...] Summary. French biotech farmers are facing multiple challenges as they expand biotech corn acreage four fold in 2007. Despite this increase, talk of a biotech moratorium during the presidential campaign and new reporting requirements chilled what was expected to be an even larger amount follo [...]
2007-08-13 15:20:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ETRD EU FR
07PARIS34FRENCH ATTENDANCE AT LIBERIA PARTNERS FORUM
[...] (U) We passed the information about the February 13-14 Liberia Partners Forum to our contacts in the French Finance and Foreign Ministries. At the MFA, our contacts lauded USG plans to host the Forum, but regretted that a timing conflict with the biennial Africa-France summit of heads of stat [...]
2007-01-05 14:03:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM EFIN PTER ECON FR
07PARIS3402MUSLIM OUTREACH -- SENIOR ADVISOR FARAH PANDITH'S
[...] (SBU) In meetings in Paris July 25 - 26 with a wide range of figures from France's large and diverse Muslim community and France,s new government, EUR Senior Advisor Farah Pandith underlined U.S. interest in respectful dialogue and exchange of ideas with France's Muslim population, the larges [...]
2007-08-14 07:03:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSOCI PTER PGOV EUN FR PINR ECON
07PARIS343OFFICIAL - INFORMAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-30 11:25:00Embassy ParisSECRETAMGT FR
07PARIS3534FRENCH MFA "REFLECTING" ON IMPLICATIONS OF
[...] (C) Summary: French FM Kouchner's visit to Iraq allowed France to re-engage meaningfully with a wide range of Iraqi political and confessional/ethnic leaders and left Kouchner "moved" by the extent of destruction in that country. The French MFA told us August 24 that Kouchner and his staff are [...]
2007-08-24 15:00:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR IZ US
07PARIS3577NEA A/S WELCH DISCUSSES KOUCHNER VISIT TO IRAQ AT
[...] (C) Summary: Visiting NEA A/S Welch used the beginning of his August 21 meeting with the director of French FM Kouchner's private office, Philippe Etienne, to ask about Kouchner's then ongoing visit to Iraq (other subjects reported separately). Etienne expressed pleasure at the generally p [...]
2007-08-28 16:28:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL FR IZ
07PARIS3579PRESIDENT SARKOZY'S AUGUST 27 FOREIGN POLICY
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: On August 27 French President Nicolas Sarkozy delivered a major foreign policy address in Paris to the annual French Chief of Missions Conference. He identified the building of Europe as "the absolute priority of France's foreign policy," and cited Iran as the "mo [...]
2007-08-28 18:13:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PINR FR
07PARIS363A/S FRIED-POLDIR ARAUD ON IRAN, KOSOVO, GEORGIA,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: French Political Director Araud informed EUR A/S Fried during a January 25 meeting that Russian Security Council Chairman Ivanov had revealed to him the previous day while in Paris that he would travel to Tehran February 28 at the behest of President Putin. Araud said the Russian [...]
2007-01-31 12:48:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL KDEM EUN NATO UNO UNMIK FR KCFE RS SR
07PARIS3668FRENCH MFA READOUT ON AUGUST 23 TEHRAN VISIT BY
[...] (C) Summary: The GOF took a hard line during an August 23 trip to Tehran by French presidency strategic affairs adviser Richier and French MFA DAS-equivalent Gellet that Iranian leader Khamanei's foreign policy adviser Velayati hoped would open a new channel to Paris. Gellet explained Augu [...]
2007-09-05 12:50:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR IR
07PARIS3672FRENCH MFA STAFF "REFLECTS" ON IRAQ: UNLIKELY
[...] (C) Summary: Franck Gellet, the French MFA's DAS covering Iraq, stressed August 31 that the lack of progress toward national reconciliation in that country is the main obstacle to internal peace and reconstruction. In that context, he believes the notion of France providing assistance to i [...]
2007-09-05 13:18:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR IZ
07PARIS3708RWANDA: FRANCE SENDING A DELEGATION IN OVERTURE
[...] (C/NF) An MFA delegation will travel next week to Rwanda in an effort to improve diplomatic relations, severed since November 2006, we learned on September 5 from Helene Le Gal, MFA DAS-equivalent for East/Central Africa. She disclosed that MFA A/S-equivalent Jean de Gliniasty and Laurent C [...]
2007-09-07 10:30:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV ICJ RW FR
07PARIS3734FRENCH REEPHASIZE THE PRIORITY FOR A "CONSENSUS"
[...] (C) Summary: Nabih Berri's recent initiatives to resolve Lebanon's political crisis has caused the GOF to reemphasize its position that the next president of Lebanon needs to be a consensus figure. Meetings at the Presidency and the MFA confirmed that the GOF believes "extremists" in March [...]
2007-09-07 18:35:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR LE SY IR
07PARIS3735FRENCH REEPHASIZE THE PRIORITY FOR A "CONSENSUS"
[...] (C) Summary: Nabih Berri's recent initiatives to resolve Lebanon's political crisis has caused the GOF to reemphasize its position that the next president of Lebanon needs to be a consensus figure. Meetings at the Presidency and the MFA confirmed that the GOF believes "extremists" in March [...]
2007-09-07 18:56:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR LE SY IR
07PARIS3741GOF PUTS GROWTH FRONT AND CENTER
[...] (SBU) The Sarkozy government has spent the political rentree talking up proposals to stimulate economic growth. Despite the OECD's September 5 downward revision of French growth estimates to 1.8%, the government is maintaining its 2.25% projection. In an August 30 keynote speech to the annual [...]
2007-09-10 06:06:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV FR
07PARIS3798A/S FRIED DISCUSSES NATO, GEORGIA, KOSOVO, CFE
[...] (S/NF) Summary. On September 10, A/S Dan Fried met with Political Director Gerard Araud at the MFA to discuss developments on NATO, Georgia, Kosovo and the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) treaty. Araud welcomed the U.S. parallel action plans to move forward on the Adapted CFE treaty, bu [...]
2007-09-13 10:48:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL NATO MARR PARM FR GG RS SR
07PARIS3808A/S FRIED CFE TALKS WITH RUSSIA IN FRANCE
[...] (C) Summary. EUR Assistant Secretary Dan Fried and an interagency team met with Russian DFM Kislyak September 11 in Paris to discuss next steps on the U.S. parallel actions plan for ending the current deadlock on fulfillment of Istanbul commitments by Russia and ratification of Adapted CFE by [...]
2007-09-13 14:28:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MARR NATO KFCE FR GG RU MD
07PARIS3919FM KOUCHNER'S SEPT. 19-21 VISIT TO WASHINGTON
[...] (C) The Bernard Kouchner who arrives in Washington Sept. 19 remains both an extremely popular French politician and one of the few of President Sarkozy's ministers who has retained a margin of independent authority. Kouchner, the most prominent of the Socialists who accepted positions in the Sarkoz [...]
2007-09-18 17:09:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL FR EUN NATO UNO UNMIK YI RS IR IS LE
07PARIS3921FRENCH MFA NEA A/S-EQUIVALENT ON LEBANON,
[...] (C) French MFA NEA A/S-Equivalent Jean Felix-Paganon reviewed with Polmincouns September 17 FM Kouchner's visit to Beirut during Kouchner's recent swing through the Levant. He provided little detail and began the discussion of Lebanon as a carryover from a preceding discussion of the peace p [...]
2007-09-19 11:54:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM FR LE SY IR
07PARIS3942SE NATSIOS DISCUSSES SUDAN, CHAD C.A.R. WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Special Envoy for Sudan Andrew Natsios discussed Darfur and related issues with French officials on September 15. Both sides agreed that Abdulwahid el-Nur's continued failure to participate in peace talks, including the October 27 meeting in Libya, posed serious problems, and [...]
2007-09-20 07:51:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF EAID UNGA MARR SU CD CT FR
07PARIS3964USD/P EDELMAN DISCUSSES IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, MISSILE
[...] (U) Please see paragraphs 4 and 7 for requested Washington follow-up actions. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On September 18, USD/P Eric Edelman and State Department Counselor Eliot Cohen met with French Political Director Gerard Araud to discuss Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Missile Defense, CFE and Kosovo [...]
2007-09-21 12:11:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MCAP FR RU SR IZ IR AF
07PARIS403A/S FRIED'S MEETING'S WITH MONIQUE SALIOU AND
[...] (C) Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried met January 24 with Monique Saliou, European Affairs Advisor to Socialist Party (PS) party presidential candidate Segolene Royal and, separately, with Nicolas Bavarez, a leading essayist and political analyst regularly consulted on policy questions by Unio [...]
2007-02-01 13:13:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
07PARIS4071FRENCH READOUT ON IRAQI FM ZEBARI VISIT
[...] (C) Summary: The French MFA,s Iraq desk officer on September 20 described Iraqi FM Zebari,s brief visit to Paris as a useful opportunity to take stock of some bilateral issues FM Kouchner had not raised during his visit to Baghdad last month but little else. Part of this was due to the fact [...]
2007-09-27 16:17:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PROG ETRD EINV FR IZ EU IR
07PARIS412French Elections and the Politics of Globalization
[...] (C) Summary: With French elections ahead in spring 2007, issues associated with globalization risk becoming increasingly politicized. On international trade and domestic reform issues, we will see both the left and the right try to out-protectionist the other in defense of French values and t [...]
2007-02-01 16:21:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PGOV PREL SENV WTO FR
07PARIS4131FRANCE'S NEW RELATIONSHIP WITH NATO
[...] (U) SUMMARY. French Defense Minister Herve Morin used the September 10 - 11 "Summer Defense University" (an annual conference organized by the two houses of French parliament) to lay the foundation for a transformation of France's armed forces including a new relationship with NATO. END SUMMAR [...]
2007-10-02 16:02:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON ELAB PGOV FR
07PARIS4139FRENCH GOVERNMENT FOCUSES INWARDLY ON ENVIRONMENT:
[...] (SBU) Summary: While the world debates global climate issues, France's environmental attention is inward-focused. Sarkozy and State Minister Borloo of the 'mega' Environment Ministry - together with a range of stakeholders - are shaping environmental policies which will largely determine Franc [...]
2007-10-02 16:13:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ECON PGOV FR
07PARIS414FRENCH INFORMED U.S. WILL NOT ATTEND PARIS
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points on February 1 to MFA IO DAS-Equivalent Jacques Pellet to convey the U.S. decision not/not to participate in the February 5-6 Ministerial Conference in Paris entitled "Free the Children from War. Poloff explained that the U.S. decision did not/not reflect di [...]
2007-02-01 17:37:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM UNSC FR
07PARIS4170FRANCE REEVALUATES BIOTECH POLICY; MUCH AT STAKE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-04 14:27:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR SENV ETRD EU FR
07PARIS4183SUDAN/CHAD/C.A.R.: UPDATE ON FRENCH VIEWS TOWARDS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: France now agrees to carry out joint demarches with the U.S. and the UK regarding contributions to the UNAMID mission for Darfur (refs A and B),but only/only with respect to non-EU potential donors. The French will demarche EU members separately, taking into account the need [...]
2007-10-05 12:13:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC KPKO SU CT CD FR
07PARIS4215RWANDA: FRANCE READY TO NORMALIZE RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-10 08:11:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM RW FR
07PARIS422 WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: CHIRAC's IRAN-GAFFE, IPCC CONFERENCE
[...] (SBU) Left-of-center weekly Le Nouvel Observateur devoted its cover story to climate change with an interview of President Chirac, which the magazine characterized as "The President's Legacy for the Environment." In this interview the French President stated: "I want the U.S. to adopt Kyoto and [...]
2007-02-02 15:08:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPRC PREL KPAO FR
07PARIS424 UNESCO REACTS TO UN HIGH-LEVEL PANEL REPORT "DELIVERING AS
[...] This is a guidance request, see para 4. 2. Summary: After some initial hesitation, UNESCO's Director General Matsuura is engaging member states on the results of the UN high level panel report "Delivering as One." In a recent standing-room-only information session attended by UNESCO staf [...]
2007-02-02 15:47:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDUNESCO AORC UNGA PREL PHUM SOCI EAID
07PARIS4271SUDAN/CHAD/C.A.R.: FRENCH PUSHING HARD ON ALL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Romain Serman, an AF advisor at the French presidency, told us on October 16 that President Sarkozy remains personally engaged on Darfur-related issues and is pushing for rapid progress on UNAMID and, especially, MINURCAT. Force generation and financial issues regarding MINURC [...]
2007-10-16 15:33:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO MARR SU CT CD FR
07PARIS4313FRENCH UPDATE ON LEBANON, AS THE "THREE MINISTERS"
[...] (C) Summary: France does not believe the October 23 session of the Lebanese parliament will result in the election of a new Lebanese president and sees the visit by French, Italian, and Spanish foreign ministers October 19-20 as a way to remind Lebanese political figures of their &responsib [...]
2007-10-19 09:41:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM FR LE SY IR IT SP
07PARIS4327THE SARKOZY ECONOMIC AGENDA - LABOR MARKET REFORM
[...] (SBU) France's labor market rigidities are a key impediment to stronger growth and lower unemployment. President Sarkozy has dusted off reforms proposed during his time as Finance Minister to jumpstart the French economy. The key labor market initiative is a more flexible contract between wor [...]
2007-10-23 08:22:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB PGOV FR
07PARIS4352PARIS NOMINEE FOR 2008 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF
[...] (SBU) Per reftel action request, Embassy Paris nominates Fadela Amara, Secretary of State for Urban Policies and founder of the NGO "Ni Putes Ni Soumises" for the 2008 Secretary of State's Annual Award for International Women of Courage (IWOC). Born in France to an impoverished family of Alger [...]
2007-10-25 16:32:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSCUL PHUM KWMN KPAO PREL FR
07PARIS4357PRESIDENT SARKOZY’S FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT TO THE
[...] (SBU) Introduction and Summary: The Nicolas Sarkozy who arrives in Washington November 6 is in robust political health. He completely dominates the politics of France. All the levers of institutional power in a highly centralized state are at his disposal. He remains committed to a revitalization o [...]
2007-10-26 10:50:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL OVIP NATO UNO YI RS IR IS LE FR
07PARIS4358FRENCH NEXT STEPS ON LEBANON
[...] (C) In an unfortunately abbreviated meeting, French MFA DAS-equivalent for the Levant Ludovic Pouille gave us a quick update October 25 on how the French intend to move forward on Lebanon over the next couple of weeks. --FM Kouchner intends to continue his process of pressing the Lebanese [...]
2007-10-26 12:32:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM FR LE SY IR
07PARIS4364SARKOZY ANNOUNCES MARSHALL PLAN FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: On October 25, Nicolas Sarkozy, flanked by Al Gore, Wangari Maathai and Manuel Barroso, concluded the four-month French 'Grenelle' environment process calling for a series of measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, cut pesticide use, and implement a "freeze" on planting GMOs [...]
2007-10-26 14:12:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ECON PGOV FR
07PARIS4420DAS BARKS-RUGGLES' MEETINGS WITH FRENCH
[...] (C) Summary. On October 24-25 in Paris, DRL DAS Erica Barks-Ruggles and Embassy staff advanced U.S. positions regarding thematic and country-specific resolutions proposed for the upcoming UN Third Committee with DAS-equivalent for Human Rights, Humanitarian and Social Affairs Jacques Pellet, [...]
2007-11-06 08:03:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KTIA UN FR
07PARIS4456HANS PETERSON MURDER CASE: EMBASSY'S DELIVERY OF
[...] (U) Embassy drew on talking points and delivered reftel letter from the Cook County, Illinois State Attorney's Office on October 24 to the Americas desk at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Embassy requested that the letter be forwarded to the letter's addressed recipient, Jean-Marie Huet, Dire [...]
2007-11-09 15:27:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALCJAN KCRM FR
07PARIS4463ELYSEE SECRETARY GENERAL FLIES TO BEIRUT NOVEMBER 9
[...] (C) Summary: Claude Gueant, secretary general of the French presidency, arrived in Beirut November 9 for meetings with Lebanese focused on the presidential election -- with an expected emphasis on securing the Maronite Patriarch,s agreement to develop an acceptable list of names. Speculatio [...]
2007-11-09 17:51:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM FR LE SY
07PARIS451PARIS ECOLOGICAL GOVERNANCE CONFERENCE: CHIRAC
[...] (U) Summary: The Paris Conference on Ecological Governance - as anticipated - reiterated the call for the creation of a United Nations Environment Organization (UNEO),as well as the adoption of a Universal Declaration of Environmental Rights and Duties. Following on the heels of the strong [...]
2007-02-05 15:09:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV AORC FR
07PARIS4513CHAD/C.A.R: FRENCH VIEWS ON FORCE GENERATION
[...] (C) Following receipt of reftel, we spoke with MFA Strategic Affairs desk officer Alexis Morel, who is responsible for force generation issues regarding the peacekeeping operation the EU has decided to deploy to Chad and the Central African Republic. Morel said that "we were not surprised" [...]
2007-11-16 12:46:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALMOPS EUN PHUM CD CT FR
07PARIS4514OSCE: FRANCE'S LOW EXPECTATIONS FOR THE NOVEMBER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: French MFA officials told us on November 13 that France is not optimistic that there will be significant developments at the November 29-30 OSCE Madrid Ministerial. Due to Russian intransigence on so many issues, even a Ministerial declaration appears increasingly unlikely, the Fr [...]
2007-11-16 13:24:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALOSCE FR
07PARIS4516GAERC DEMARCHE: FRENCH RESPONSE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 15, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to MFA CFSP Deputy (DAS-equivalent) Emmanuel Cohet, who provided the following responses in advance of the November 19-20 GAERC meeting of EU foreign ministers: A. EU-CHINA SUMMIT: The GOF agrees with the USG position on worki [...]
2007-11-16 15:59:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN BK BM CH IR IS IZ KV LE PK
07PARIS452PARIS ECOLOGICAL GOVERNANCE CONFERENCE: CHIRAC
[...] (U) Summary: The Paris Conference on Ecological Governance - as anticipated - reiterated the call for the creation of a United Nations Environment Organization (UNEO),as well as the adoption of a Universal Declaration of Environmental Rights and Duties. Following on the heels of the strong [...]
2007-02-05 15:10:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV AORC FR
07PARIS4521TOGO: AMBASSADOR DUNN'S CONSULTATIONS WITH THE
[...] (C) SUBJECT: UFC opposition party leader Gilchrist Olympio told visiting U.S. Ambassador to Togo David Dunn on November 8 that he thought that his opposition party deserved a prominent role in Togo's government given the roughly 50 percent of the vote that it won during the October 14 legis [...]
2007-11-16 17:39:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR EAID TO FR
07PARIS4522USD/P EDELMAN DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 9, USD/P Eric Edelman met with senior GOF officials to discuss Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, missile defense, Russia, NATO and ESDP, and Georgia. There are internal discussions about future French contributions to Afghanistan, but there is no consensus yet on fielding [...]
2007-11-19 09:09:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MARR MCAP AF IR RU PK GG FR
07PARIS4533FRENCH MFA OVERVIEW OF NORTH AFRICAN ISSUES
[...] (S) Summary: We reviewed a number of North African issues with French MFA DAS-equivalent for North Africa Nathalie Loiseau earlier this month. She called President Sarkozy,s state visit to Morocco positive and, despite the failure to sell the Moroccans Rafale fighters, excellent for French comm [...]
2007-11-20 16:11:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL PGOV PTER ETRD PINR FR MO AG TU LY
07PARIS4549CHAVEZ DISAPPOINTS IN PARIS: IN MEETING WITH
[...] (S/NOFORN) SUMMARY. Venezuelan President Chavez's November 20 discussions with French President Sarkozy focused "99 percent" on the FARC hostages. Chavez's unfilled promise to bring "proof of life" of Ingrid Betancourt disappointed the French, and left the GOF with lowered expectations for pro [...]
2007-11-21 18:52:00Embassy ParisSECRETPTER PREL PINR FR CO
07PARIS4574FRENCH, BRITISH SHARE CONCERNS ON CHINESE IRAN
[...] (C) Summary. On the margins of the annual OECD Executive Committee meetings on November 12, A/S Sullivan met with UK FCO Director for Global and Economic Issues Scott Wightman and subsequently with French MFA DG for Economic Affairs Christian Masset. The principal subject of their discussion [...]
2007-11-26 18:04:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETTC PARM CM IR FR
07PARIS4592MAURITANIA: AMBASSADOR BOULWARE'S CONSULTATIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: French officials meeting with U.S. Ambassador to Mauritania Mark Boulware in Paris on November 19 hailed Mauritania's transition to democracy, which the French said they would tout as an example to other African countries and use to justify rewarding Mauritania for its good beh [...]
2007-11-29 10:12:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM EAID ECON MR FR
07PARIS4602ELSYEE TAKE ON LEBANON: THE INITIATIVE TO ELECT
[...] (C) French Presidency NEA adviser Boris Boillon told PolMinCouns and poloff November 29 that he is concerned that the March 14-backed initiative to elect LAF commander Michel Sleiman as president has already failed. He criticized the maladroit way he claimed March 14 had prematurely announce [...]
2007-11-29 17:24:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM FR LE SY IR
07PARIS4615WHAT WE CAN EXPECT FROM FRANCE IN AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Summary. On November 7, President Sarkozy addressed the U.S. Congress and announced that France will "remain in Afghanistan for as long as it takes," marking a deepening commitment to Afghanistan under the Sarkozy presidency. Currently, the French Joint Staff is considering proposals for [...]
2007-11-30 15:30:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALNATO MOPS PREL MARR FR
07PARIS4622PARIS CLUB - November 2007 TOUR D'HORIZON
[...] (U) At the November 14, 2007 Paris Club tour d'horizon, Chairman Musca urged countries to stay on message in their contacts with the government of Argentina - Argentina should clear its arrears. Iraq's recent agreement with Bulgaria was deemed roughly comparable to Iraq's Paris Club agreement, [...]
2007-12-03 15:38:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
07PARIS4635FRENCH REACTION TO THE NIE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR
[...] (C) We passed the key judgments for the Iran nuclear NIE and accompanying non-paper to French MFA DAS-equivalent for the Middle East Franck Gellet late December 3 and followed up with an office call December 4 (when we gave him the secret releasable paper). We also gave the French Presidency [...]
2007-12-04 17:44:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL KNNP PARM MNUC FR IR
07PARIS4637SARKOZY RACKS UP SALES, BOLSTERS ROLE FOR ACTIVIST
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During a November 25-27 visit to China French President Sarkozy highlighted to Chinese leaders the global responsibilities that come with being a global power, according to the MFA. Using this broad theme, Sarkozy addressed economic, political and environmental issues while at t [...]
2007-12-04 18:33:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ETRD SENV EFIN FR CH TW
07PARIS4650SARKOZY EAGER TO ACT ON COLOMBIA HOSTAGE SITUATION
[...] (S/NOFORN) SUMMARY. Franco-Colombian hostage Ingrid Betancourt's "proof of life" letter had a profound impact on President Sarkozy and only reinforced his personal engagement, according to Presidential Advisor for the Americas' Damien Loras. Sarkozy is reviewing options following a December 1 telep [...]
2007-12-06 10:35:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR SNAR PINS CO FR
07PARIS4661CHAD/C.A.R. PKO: "20 HELICOPTERS ARE HOLDING UP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: AF Presidential Advisor Romain Serman told U.S. Ambassador to Chad Louis Nigro on December 6 that the issue of financing 20 helicopters was holding up the establishment and deployment of EUFOR to Chad and the Central African Republic. Serman said that France would continue to [...]
2007-12-07 08:54:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR EUN PINS CD CT FR
07PARIS4670DECEMBER GAERC: FRENCH POSITIONS CLOSE TO U.S.'
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 8, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to MFA CFSP Deputy (DAS-equivalent) Emmanuel Cohet, who provided the following responses in advance of the December GAERC meeting of EU foreign ministers: A. KOSOVO: Cohet said that the U.S. and France share an approach, fully [...]
2007-12-07 17:26:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN IR IZ IS BM SU KV FR
07PARIS4682CHAD: AMBASSADOR NIGRO'S DECEMBER 10 MEETINGS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: French MOD and MFA officials expressed both concern and optimism over force generation issues related to the EU's planned mission for Chad and the Central African Republic (C.A.R.) during December 10 meetings with U.S. Ambassador to Chad Louis Nigro. The lack of helicopters re [...]
2007-12-11 10:23:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR EUN PINS CD CT FR
07PARIS4685YOUR DECEMBER 16-18 VISIT TO FRANCE
[...] (C) That the first international follow-on to Annapolis is taking place in Paris reflects the new confidence and greater cooperation that characterize our relationship with France seven months into the Presidency of Nicolas Sarkozy. France's support for our efforts to achieve peace in the Mid [...]
2007-12-11 15:12:00Embassy ParisSECRETOVIP PREL PGOV PINR KPAL EU FR LG SY IS IR
07PARIS4693AF A/S FRAZER'S NOVEMBER 27 MEETINGS IN PARIS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: AF A/S Jendayi Frazer met with Darfur rebel leader Abdul Wahid al Nur and, separately, with Presidential Deputy Diplomatic Advisor Bruno Joubert and MFA AF A/S Jean de Gliniasty on November 27. Abdul Wahid requested a range of U.S. assistance, professed his support for the U.S [...]
2007-12-12 16:49:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR EUN SU IV CD CT SG FR
07PARIS4719FRENCH SUGAR BEET GROWERS SUPPORT BIOTECH
[...] During its annual conference in Paris on December 4, the French Sugar Beet Growers' Association (CGB),representing 35,000 French sugar beet growers, openly expressed its support for biotechnology. The chairman, Dominique Ducroquet, reiterated that in order to remain competitive, French sugar b [...]
2007-12-14 15:24:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR SENV ECON ETRD EU FR
07PARIS4742FRENCH MFA LEVANT DAS ON LEBANON, DECEMBER 18, 2007
[...] (C) French MFA DAS-equivalent for the Levant Ludovic Pouille on December 18 said France was pleased the overall results of the previous day,s Lebanon ministerial. He particularly praised the Secretary's performance at the meeting in the face of initial Egyptian, Arab League, Saudi, Spanish, [...]
2007-12-19 17:55:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM MARR FR LE SY SA EG SP IT
07PARIS4751FORMER GTMO DETAINEES CONVICTED IN FRANCE; GOF
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Five of six French nationals transferred from the Guantanamo detainee facility to France were convicted in Paris on December 19 of "criminal conspiracy with a terrorist organization." A sixth defendant was acquitted. The court ruled entirely in accordance with the (less than maxi [...]
2007-12-20 16:40:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPTER FR
07PARIS483France raises AI vigilance level
[...] On February 5th, following the announcement by UK's DEFRA of the first reported case of AI in a commercial turkey farm in Great Britain, the French Ministry of Agriculture raised its AI risk assessment and vigilance from level 2 (negligible risk) to level 3 (low risk). Impacts of this change i [...]
2007-02-07 15:49:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD TBIO FR
07PARIS486TOUR D'HORIZON WITH MFA AFRICA DIRECTOR
[...] (C) Summary: French MFA A/S-Equivalent for Africa Gliniasty told DCM on February 1 that France had not invited President Mugabe of Zimbabwe to the February 13-15 Africa-France Summit. Gliniasty confided that the Zimbabwean delegation had complained vocally in the course of the AU Summit abou [...]
2007-02-08 08:32:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR SU SO CI FR
07PARIS510AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) Ambassador Stapleton met on February 6 with Michel Barnier, former foreign minister (2004 - 2005) and now Senior Foreign Affairs advisor to Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) presidential nominee Nicolas Sarkozy. Barnier addressed the state-of-play in the French presidential campaign and [...]
2007-02-08 16:51:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
07PARIS514FRENCH AGRICULTURAL ELECTIONS REFLECT SOME CHANGES
[...] Summary. French agricultural stakeholders recently held elections to choose their representatives to the Agricultural Chamber of Commerce, an influential organization for French agriculture that works with the Government of France to manage and implement farm policy. Election results showe [...]
2007-02-09 05:56:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD EU FR
07PARIS540US-DESIGNATED TERRORIST GROUP SUING WIESENTHAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The public trial for defamation brought against Dr. Shimon Samuels, Director for International Affairs of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, by the Committee for Welfare and Aid to the Palestinians (CBSP) concluded on February 2, after two days and 13 hours of testimony. The CBSP, [...]
2007-02-09 15:30:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALSOCI PTER PREL PREF PINS PHUM EAID FR IS
07PARIS575FRANCE: GOF TO PERMIT AIR FRANCE TO SCREEN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Reversing several years of reticence, the French Civil Aviation Authority indicated in an e-mail January 29 that it was now prepared to allow Air France to fully implement TSA Emergency Amendments concerning No-fly, Selectees, and the Master-Crew List. This is good news. The G [...]
2007-02-13 13:56:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR PTER FR
07PARIS613GHASSAN SALAME: LEBANON'S POLITICAL SYSTEM IS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: FORMER LEBANESE CULTURE MINISTER GHASSAN SALAME SHARED WITH US ON FEBRUARY 14 A BLEAK ASSESSMENT OF LEBANON'S POLITICAL SITUATION. SALAME SAID LEBANON'S POLITICAL SYSTEM WAS BROKEN, THAT BOTH SIDES WERE LOSING IN THE CURRENT CRISIS, THAT SYRIA WAS THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM, AND THA [...]
2007-02-16 11:38:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR LE PGOV PREL SY
07PARIS627 WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP PUTIN IN MUNICH AND THE MIDDLE EAST;
[...] (SBU) Although Putin's excoriation of alleged U.S. unilateralism at Wehrkunde and in the Middle East might have been expected to fall on fertile soil in French media, French editorialists generally compared his calculated outbursts unfavorably with Secretary of Defense Gates's measured response [...]
2007-02-16 15:20:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPRC PREL KPAO FR
07PARIS634UNESCO REFORM: SECRETARIAT AND EXPERTS SPLIT ON WAY FORWARD
[...] Summary: In recent weeks, there have been a number of meetings relating to the ongoing review of the Natural Sciences and Social and Human Sciences sectors. The panel itself met January 9-12. During that week, the Indian Ambassador held a January 10 dinner where guests included some panel ex [...]
2007-02-16 16:45:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDUNESCO SCI SENV AORC EAID
07PARIS636GEORGIA/ABKHAZIA WITH DAS BRYZA; FRENCH FAVOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 14 meeting with EUR DAS Bryza, MFA A/S-equivalent for Eastern Europe and Central Asia Terral argued for keeping Georgia/Abkhazia on the back burner for the time being to avoid provoking the Russians on Kosovo; Terral was particularly keen on the smoothest possible [...]
2007-02-20 07:09:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EUN UNO GG UNMIK YI RS
07PARIS654AMBASSADOR'S REVIEW OF ELECTORAL SITUATION WITH
[...] (C) At a meeting February 15, Ambassador reviewed the state of play in the French presidential election with noted author and political insider Jacques Attali. Attali, whose dense network of friendships includes decades-long relationships with President Chirac and the two leading contenders [...]
2007-02-21 12:25:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
07PARIS685RESPONDING TO RUSSIAN THREATS AGAINST MISSILE
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Stapleton took up with Political Director Gerard Araud February 22 our concerns about Russia's reaction to our missile defense initiative with Poland and the Czech Republic and, in particular, Russian threats against those two NATO allies. Araud, who had coincidentally [...]
2007-02-22 16:35:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL EZ FR PL
07PARIS692FRENCH SEEKING TO OPEN STRATEGIC DIALOGUE WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: After five years of cool relations, France hopes to open a "strategic dialogue" with Pakistan based on shared security concerns. Notwithstanding the 2002 terrorist attack in Karachi that killed 11 French nationals, the Pakistan desk officer said the MFA now believes it would only [...]
2007-02-23 16:02:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER AF PK FR MASS KNNP
07PARIS703NEW SATELLITE TV CHANNELS: THIRD IN A SERIES ON FRENCH
[...] (SBU) Embassy Paris is reviewing and recalibrating its media strategy for 2007, in order to maintain the appropriate level of focus of print media while building on our contacts with radio and TV media. This analysis of satellite providers is the third in a series of cables analyzing the media [...]
2007-02-23 18:29:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPRC PREL KPAO FR
07PARIS709ELECTION SNAPSHOT: SARKOZY AND ROYAL STILL THE
[...] (U) Nine weeks from the first round of France's 2007 presidential election, Segolene Royal and Nicolas Sarkozy still dominate the field of presidential hopefuls. They remain strong favorites to win, on April 22, the first round of the Presidential elections. That said, French voters have a [...]
2007-02-26 10:41:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
07PARIS710CHIRAC ADVISOR PROVIDES READOUT ON PA PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Summary: In his February 24 meeting with President Chirac, Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas urged the French to support a resumption of international economic assistance to the PA, but also suggested a continued refusal to engage in political contact with the new governme [...]
2007-02-26 13:43:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR IR IS KPAL LE PGOV PREL SY
07PARIS711SECURITY OFFICIALS VIGILANT IN ADVANCE OF
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Christophe Chaboud, Director of the Ministry of Interior,s Coordination Unit for the Fight Against Terrorism (UCLAT),told us February 21 that the terrorism threat in France remains elevated, and that security officials are especially vigilant in the run up to the French president [...]
2007-02-26 14:13:00Embassy ParisSECRETPTER PGOV PREL FR
07PARIS743CODEL TANNER: MEETING WITH FRENCH POLITICAL
[...] (C) During a meeting with Codel Tanner on February 22, French MFA Political Director Gerard Araud reviewed the current state of the bilateral relationship, commented on NATO's continuing purpose, and compared France's and Britain's historically distinct orientations towards the U.S. He also [...]
2007-02-27 13:14:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR
07PARIS775ACTION REQUEST; TERRORIST ABDALLAH UNDER
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) On February 27 we were contacted by, and subsequently received a letter to the Ambassador from Georges Kiejman who was legal counsel for the USG (as a civil party) during the prosecution of Georges Ibrahim Abdallah. Abdullah was con [...]
2007-02-28 16:01:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER FR
07PARIS776FRENCH POLICY PLANNER SHARES VIEWS ON MIDDLE EAST
[...] (C) Summary: Christian Nakhle, the MFA's lead policy planner for the Middle East, told us on February 27 that he just returned from a 10-day trip to the Gulf and was deeply worried about Bahrain's internal stability, saying he foresaw the possibility of serious political unrest developing withi [...]
2007-02-28 16:17:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR IR IS IZ LE PGOV PREL SY
07PARIS779 JERUSALEM ISSUE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The excavation work at the Temple Mount site in Jerusalem has prompted calls at UNESCO by six Arab states for a rare special session of the Executive Board. Based on the its interpretation of a resolution negotiated between the Palestinian observer and the Israeli Ambassador i [...]
2007-03-01 05:02:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNESCO SCUL IS
07PARIS792EU C/T LIST IN TROUBLE; SOMALIA; PANDITH VISIT
[...] (S) SUMMARY: French diplomats from the MFA,s strategic affairs, security directorate expressed concern on February 27 about the future of the EU terrorist designations list, and explained their rationale for seeking the UN 1267 committee's designation of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (KSM). Officials [...]
2007-03-01 13:35:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNPGOV EU PTER FR
07PARIS797SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] Answers below are keyed to section and paragraph numbers in reftel. Embassy Paris TIP point of contact is Charlie Davis, daviscr3@state.gov. Phone 33 1 43 12 23 93 (or IVG 8-498-2393),fax 33 1 43 12 26 63. Time spent on TIP report: FS-04 poloff: 50 hours. LES-9 50 hours. FS-1 Deputy [...]
2007-03-01 16:00:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
07PARIS807WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: IRAN -- AMERICAN INTERVENTION?;
[...] (SBU) Iran and Iraq dominated French media coverage, with editorialists playing up stories about the possibilities of an eventual American intervention in Iran (although all coming to the conclusion that intervention was unlikely for the moment). Journalists also emphasized what they termed a " [...]
2007-03-02 12:58:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPRC PREL KPAO FR
07PARIS815FRANCE: AIRBUS RESTRUCTURES; UNIONS AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: European aviation giant Airbus presented its "Power 8" restructuring plan February 28, after more than a week of Franco-German wrangling over how job cuts and future production would be distributed between the two countries. The restructuring includes a 10,000 workforce reducti [...]
2007-03-02 16:33:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALEAIR PREL FR
07PARIS829OECD: U.K.'S BRIEFING ON TERMINATED BAE/SAUDI ARABIA
[...] (SBU) The January 16-18, 2007 meeting of the OECD Working Group on Bribery (WGB) included a separate session on January 16th devoted to the U.K.'s termination of an investigation into BAE plc and a defense contract with Saudi Arabia. A condensed readout of that session was included in an over [...]
2007-03-05 14:34:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKCOR ECON EINV ETRD PREL OECD
07PARIS830OECD: REPORT OF JANUARY 16-18, 2007 MEETING OF THE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: At its January 16-18 meeting, the OECD Working Group on Bribery (WGB) heard remarks from Secretary General Gurria on the need for the WGB to combat corruption. The WGB also conducted a Phase 2 peer-review evaluation assessing Poland's implementation of its OECD Anti-Bribery Conv [...]
2007-03-05 14:42:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKCOR ECON EINV ETRD PREL OECD
07PARIS834FRANCE - SPECIAL 301 2007 ANNUAL REVIEW
[...] (SBU) Summary: Following PhRMA's nomination of France for the 2007 Watch List, Embassy officers have met with two of France's major interlocutors in the pharmaceutical sector: the French Pharmaceutical Companies Association LEEM, and the Price Negotiating Committee (CEPS) for reimbursable drugs [...]
2007-03-05 16:16:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV ETRD EUN FR
07PARIS847PART I: AFRICA-FRANCE SUMMIT - CEREMONY OVER
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: The XXIV Africa-France Summit in Cannes was an anodyne event that took place without pyrotechnics under the banner of "Africa and World Equilibrium." Turn-out, with 34 African heads of state in attendance, was below the peak of the 2003 Paris Summit and failed to matc [...]
2007-03-06 08:36:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR KSUM XA FR
07PARIS904ELECTION SNAPSHOT: SARKOZY'S "COMPETENCY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Seven weeks from the first round of France's 2007 presidential election, the leading candidates -- Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy and Poitou-Charentes region President Segolene Royal -- seem to be turning to accentuating their candidacies' respective electoral strengths. Sar [...]
2007-03-09 09:28:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB EUN FR PINR SOCI ECON
07PARIS915 USUNESCO - ADEQUATE MISSION STAFFING
[...] I am very concerned about this mission's continuing ability to support the Secretary's program of transformational diplomacy after the departure this fall of our remaining reporting officer, Nancy Cooper. At that point the only Foreign Service Officers on my staff will be the DCM and the PAO. [...]
2007-03-09 13:59:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDAPER UNESCO
07PARIS917WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: AIRBUS MANEUVERING; IRAQ WAR--TAKING
[...] (SBU) Domestic issues dominated headlines this week, focused on Airbus's plans to restructure, anticipated job cuts and the presidential candidates' support for the ailing company. "Airbus caught in campaign turbulence" and "Airbus trapped in the campaign" were the headlines of economic daily [...]
2007-03-09 14:32:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPRC PREL KPAO FR
07PARTO7(U) SECRETARY RICE'S FEBRUARY 17 MEETING WITH
[...] (U) Classified by: Arnold Chacon, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State. Reason 1.4.(d) SIPDIS 2. (U) February 17, 2007; 12:30; Baghdad, Iraq. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad S/I David Satterfield Shayna Steinger (Embassy [...]
2007-02-21 23:53:00US Delegation, SecretarySECRETOVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL PGOV PINS PTER
07PARTO8(U) Secretary Rice's May 31, 2007 Meeting with
[...] (U) May 31, 2007, 2:00 PM, Vienna, Austria. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried Assistant Secretary Sean McCormack Ambassador Julie Finley General William Fraser, Special Assistant, JCS Brian Besanceney, Deputy Chief of Staff Ted Kontek, John Du [...]
2007-06-05 00:29:00US Delegation, SecretaryUNCLASSIFIEDOVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL PHUM OSCE KCFE RS
07PESHAWAR716NWFP: MILITANTS EXPANDING THEIR HOLD ON SWAT
[...] (C) Swat's militants are expanding their hold, moving north and east in the district. Security forces and local residents have been demoralized by militant gains. Local officials acknowledge the task of re-establishing government control of the district is becoming increasingly difficult. Wh [...]
2007-11-09 15:03:00Consulate PeshawarSECRETPTER MOPS PGOV PK
07PHNOMPENH1000CAMBODIAN BAR ASSOCIATION ALTERING POLICIES,
[...] (SBU) Summary. Last week, the Ambassador met with Cambodian Bar Association (CBA) President Ky Tech laying the groundwork for dialogue to rebuild a relationship between USAID and the CBA after USAID suspended support earlier this year (ref). A renewed relationship addresses the need for a s [...]
2007-08-03 03:52:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KJUS CB
07PHNOMPENH1034CAMBODIA'S TOP TEN TYCOONS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister Hun Sen is making efforts to bridge the gap between the political and private sector by cultivating mutually beneficial relationships with the country's most prominent business tycoons. These business leaders contribute money to the ruling Cambodian Peoples Par [...]
2007-08-09 10:34:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV PHUM PINR CB
07PHNOMPENH1059CHHAY HOUR II JUDGE REMOVED
[...] (U) Summary: This weekend, a Cambodian Royal Decree removed Appeals Court President Ly Vouch Leng from her position for taking bribes to overturn a prison sentence for managers of the Chhay Hour II brothel. The development comes at the heels of Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) commitments t [...]
2007-08-14 10:41:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KWMN KJUS CB
07PHNOMPENH1081IS CAMBODIA'S REPUTATION AS A TRADE LIBERALIZER
[...] (SBU) Summary. Seen as a trade liberalization leader among least developed countries (LDCs) due to its WTO membership, pilot participation in the Integrated Framework, and charismatic trade liberalization guru, Cambodia's initial progress in committing to and implementing trade reforms has s [...]
2007-08-21 08:41:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PGOV KTEX EAGR ELAB CB
07PHNOMPENH1098ICRC'S ROLE IN BURMA, SOUTHERN THAILAND, CAMBODIA
[...] (U) On August 23, incoming and outgoing heads of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Regional Delegation Bangkok paid a courtesy call on the Charge. The Delegation's new Head, Christian Brunner, said that he has already met with Embassy Bangkok officers, and that the ICRC Hea [...]
2007-08-24 09:35:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PREF CB
07PHNOMPENH1156STEADY AS SHE GOES: CAMBODIA'S CONTINUED ECONOMIC
[...] Summary. Business leaders and government officials gathered to tout economic reforms already made and highlight areas needing further attention during the 12th Government-Private Sector Forum, held September 5. Cambodia's economic growth and stability remain impressive, as the country expect [...]
2007-09-11 09:30:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIEDECON ELAB KTEX EAIR ELTN EAGR EFIN CB
07PHNOMPENH1189 DAMMING THE MEKONG: HYDROPOWER'S HIGH PRICE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Existing and planned hydropower projects along the world's eighth largest river reflect the development dilemma of cheaper, low-polluting power vs. healthy fisheries and the interests of downstream communities. Villagers along eastern Mekong tributaries in Cambodia complained [...]
2007-09-17 10:12:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ENRG EIND SENV VM LA CH CB
07PHNOMPENH1193LAW AND REALITY CLASH IN CAMBODIA'S FORESTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: While Cambodian law provides for environmental and social safeguards in the sale of land and in the establishment of Economic Land Concessions (ELCs),poor enforcement of these laws means that land sales and large concessions threaten both the environment and community livelih [...]
2007-09-18 08:21:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALEAGR SENV PHUM PGOV CB
07PHNOMPENH1203KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL ACHIEVES BENCHMARK OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The September 19 announcement of the detention of Nuon Chea, Khmer Rouge "brother number two", marks a turning point in the proceedings of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC). For the first time, a senior KR leader stands in the dock of a credible tribu [...]
2007-09-19 10:23:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPHUM KJUS PREL PINR EAID CB
07PHNOMPENH1247AMBASSADOR PRESSES CAMBODIA TO TAKE FIRMER STAND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In back-to-back meetings with Acting Foreign Minister Long Visalo and Prime Minister's Adviser Om Yentieng, Ambassador delivered reftel demarche, expressing U.S. gratitude for the strong ASEAN statement on Burma, noting that more would need to be done to support the Gambari mis [...]
2007-10-01 09:54:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV BM CB
07PHNOMPENH1303CAMBODIAN GOVERNMENT AGREES TO POSTPONE MONTAGNARD
[...] (SBU) The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) went above and beyond expectation today when it decided to postpone deportation of 20 Montagnards. The 20 individuals were scheduled to be repatriated to Vietnam tomorrow, October 17, because they had been denied by the U.S. Department of Homeland [...]
2007-10-16 10:35:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL CB
07PHNOMPENH1308CAMBODIA TIP ACTION PLAN RECEIVED WITH INTEREST,
[...] (SBU) Summary. Royal Government of Cambodia anti-TIP contacts eagerly received the Cambodia Tier 2 Watch List Action Plan and stated their intent to work towards the goals of the plan's high-priority action items. MOJ Secretary of State Chan Sotheavy was not confident that anti-TIP court ac [...]
2007-10-17 09:47:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL KWMN CB
07PHNOMPENH131PDAS STEPHENS MEETS CAMBODIA'S POLITICAL AND CIVIL
[...] (SBU) Summary. EAP Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Kathleen Stephens visited Cambodia January 20-24. Stephens spoke at EAP Management Conference, met with PM Hun Sen (reftel) and visited a number of USG-funded programs. She also met Interior Minister Sar Kheng, Foreign Minister [...]
2007-01-25 07:35:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL CB
07PHNOMPENH1376 CAMBODIA INCSR REPORT PART I
[...] The following is post's submission for the 2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report Part 1. 2. Begin text: Cambodia I. Summary With the recent discovery of a major methamphetamine laboratory, Cambodia now has a confirmed role in drug production, consumption, and traff [...]
2007-11-07 01:27:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR CB
07PHNOMPENH1426PRM ADMISSIONS OFFICER VISITS CAMBODIA UNHCR AND
[...] (SBU) Summary. On November 19, PRM Office of Admissions Program Officer for Southeast Asia Margaret Burkhardt met with the Phnom Penh UNHCR and IOM offices to discuss the impact of the Montagnard action plan six months after its May 1 implementation date. UNHCR reported an increase in Montag [...]
2007-11-21 11:19:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL CB
07PHNOMPENH1454CONGRESSMAN FALEOMAVAEGA PROMOTES STRONGER TIES,
[...] Summary. Building stronger relations through educational, economic, and agricultural cooperation were key themes of Congressman Eni Faleomavaega's visit to Cambodia from November 22 to 24. During an informal dinner, Congressman Faleomavaega, Delegate from American Samoa and Chairman of the [...]
2007-11-30 06:22:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SOCI ECON EAGR ELAB CB
07PHNOMPENH1463ECONOMICS, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND GOVERNMENT REFORM TOP
[...] (SBU) Summary: Building the political and economic foundation for economic growth and development was the key theme of a November 25-29 visit by Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA). Cantwell, a member of the Senate's Finance and Energy Committees, brought her private sector experience to bear in [...]
2007-12-03 08:46:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PREL ELAB KTEX PHUM KWMN CB
07PHNOMPENH1506 CAMBODIA: TRADE DIAGNOSTIC REPORT PROMPTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Recent discussions between key Cambodian government officials and USAID staff about a USAID-funded trade diagnostic report have led to increased political will to tackle economic reform and a resultant improvement in USAIDQs relationship with the government on economic issues. [...]
2007-12-12 09:13:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON PREL PGOV KCOR CB
07PHNOMPENH1540GARMENT FACTORIES AND TOP BUYER GIVE CAMBODIA'S
[...] (SBU) Summary: Recent conversations with a senior executive from The Gap--the top buyer of Cambodian garments--and the Secretary-General of the Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia (GMAC) yielded different perspectives on the garment industry. Ken Loo of GMAC explained that after a [...]
2007-12-18 09:59:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON KTEX ETRD ENRG CB
07PHNOMPENH16SCENESETTER FOR PDAS KATHLEEN STEPHENS JANUARY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. U.S. strategic interests are at play in Cambodia, although they relate as much to Cambodia's neighbors as to Cambodia. As has long been the case, Cambodia remains something of a "sideshow" in which world and regional powers (China, Vietnam, Thailand and the U [...]
2007-01-05 06:39:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM CB
07PHNOMPENH160SAVING CAMBODIA'S FRESHWATER DOLPHINS: NGOS AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A 120-mile stretch of the Mekong River in northern Cambodia is home to the world's largest group of Irrawaddy dolphins, a critically endangered freshwater species. The dolphins, which are a significant tourist draw in a little-visited corner of the country, have been dying in [...]
2007-01-30 10:55:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV PGOV CB
07PHNOMPENH161ECCC LIMPS ON; RULES COMMITTEE TO MEET AGAIN IN
[...] (SBU) Summary. On January 26, the Review Committee ended its second session debating the draft internal rules and procedures of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC). The press release noted that progress was achieved but there remain several issues where agreement be [...]
2007-01-30 10:59:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM KJUS CB
07PHNOMPENH193CAMBODIA: 4TH QUARTER 2006 REPORT ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (U) Summary: During the last quarter of 2006, the Cambodian police arrested 16 human traffickers and six pimps. At least 31 victims of trafficking were identified during the reporting period, and police removed 28 sex workers from brothels. Police also arrested three foreigners, including t [...]
2007-02-02 10:15:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KWMN KJUS CB
07PHNOMPENH240THE FIGHT FOR THIRD PLACE IN CAMBODIA'S APRIL
[...] (SBU) Summary. Recent discussions with NGOs and political party members suggest that the real race for the April 1 commune council elections will be between FUNCINPEC and the NRP of Prince Norodom Ranariddh probably competing for third place. As the clear front-runner, the ruling CPP conti [...]
2007-02-12 06:12:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM CB
07PHNOMPENH286CAMBODIA: COMMENTS FOR SPECIAL 301 REVIEW
[...] (SBU) Summary. Post recommends that Cambodia not be placed on the Special 301 Watch List for the time being. Cambodia is not fully TRIPS compliant and its IPR enforcement is weak. Although pirated optical discs and counterfeit products are pervasive in the market place, virtually all of the [...]
2007-02-22 01:15:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON KIPR CB
07PHNOMPENH3502007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT FOR CAMBODIA
[...] (U) The following is Embassy Phnom Penh's contribution towards the preparation of the 2007 Trafficking in Persons Report for Cambodia, covering the period March 2006 - March 2007. Responses follow the questions outlined in reftel. The entire report is classified sensitive but unclassified (S [...]
2007-03-05 01:15:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN KFRD ASEC CB
07PHNOMPENH3512007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT FOR CAMBODIA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-05 01:15:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN KFRD ASEC CB
07PHNOMPENH3522007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT FOR CAMBODIA PART III
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-05 01:16:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN KFRD ASEC CB
07PHNOMPENH3542007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT FOR CAMBODIA PART III
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-05 02:08:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN KFRD ASEC CB
07PHNOMPENH377CAMBODIA'S ECONOMY BOOMS, BUT LEAVES MANY BEHIND
[...] Summary. With 13.4% GDP growth in 2005 and 10.4% growth in 2006, Cambodia has managed to become one of the world's fastest growing economies while maintaining low levels of inflation. However, inequality has risen dramatically over the last decade, and Cambodia's narrow economic base -- foc [...]
2007-03-07 10:25:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIEDECON KTEX EPET CB
07PHNOMPENH419UN HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICIAL CANCELS TRIP TO CAMBODIA
[...] (SBU) Summary. UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Cambodia, Yash Ghai, has canceled his planned visit to Cambodia, according to the UN Human Rights Office. UN Human Rights Office Director Margo Picken said that Yash Ghai's visit was postponed for reasons unrelated to Cambodia. She [...]
2007-03-14 11:12:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPHUM KJUS PREL CB
07PHNOMPENH438CAMBODIAN BAR ASSOCIATION SAYS TO ECCC: SHOW ME
[...] (U) On Friday, March 16, the Review Committee of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) issued a press statement announcing that they had resolved all the remaining disagreements between the Cambodian and international judges, although the statement noted that additional [...]
2007-03-20 01:07:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KJUS PREL CB
07PHNOMPENH482AMBASSADOR HANDS CNP COMMISSIONER HOK LUNDY HIS
[...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador presented a pleased Cambodian National Police (CNP) Commissioner General Hok Lundy with his passport and visa to the U.S. He pressed him to do more to combat TIP, particularly in the beach resort of Sihanoukville and to continue investigating how the owner and m [...]
2007-03-28 11:34:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL CB
07PHNOMPENH489CAMBODIAN MONEY LAUNDERING VULNERABILITIES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. An external assessment team recently rated Cambodia as falling far short of international financial regulatory standards and described government officials as being in a "state of denial" about the potential for money laundering. Poor coordination among Cambodian government a [...]
2007-03-29 10:23:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN SNAR KCRM CB
07PHNOMPENH496CAMBODIA'S COMMUNE ELECTIONS: CPP WINNING AMID
[...] (SBU) Summary. Based on preliminary reports from the April 1 commune elections, the ruling party of Prime Minister Hun Sen has won a majority of the nation's 1,621 communes, with the opposition Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) coming in a clear second. It appears that most of the FUNCINPEC votes went [...]
2007-04-02 11:16:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM CB
07PHNOMPENH515METHAMPHETAMINE SUPERLAB DISCOVERED; EIGHTEEN
[...] (SBU) Summary. An April 1 police raid of two locations in Cambodia uncovered a large methamphetamine drug lab and resulted in the arrests of 18 individuals and the seizure of four tons of chemicals. A Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) official who assisted in the aftermath of the raid [...]
2007-04-05 11:26:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV ASEC SENV CB
07PHNOMPENH534CAMBODIAN PM DISCUSSES UPCOMING BURMA TRIP WITH
[...] (C) Summary. During an April 4-7 visit to Cambodia, EAP DAS John met with PM Hun Sen and FM Hor Namhong on US-ASEAN relations, the PM's planned visit to Burma in May, North Korea, elections, and Cambodia's bilateral debt to the U.S. The PM claimed that the ROK and Japan are using Cambodia to [...]
2007-04-10 04:27:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM EFIN ASEAN CB
07PHNOMPENH536DEA SAYS CAMBODIAN SUPERLAB WAS INITIAL PROCESSING
[...] (SBU) A Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) team has determined that Cambodia's newly discovered methamphetamine superlab was capable of completing only the first stage in the thionyl chloride method of methamphetamine production, meaning that an intermediate product, chloroephedrine, must have been [...]
2007-04-11 06:54:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR SENV PGOV ASEC CB
07PHNOMPENH543DAS JOHN MEETS OPPOSITION POLITICAL FIGURES, IFI
[...] (SBU) Summary. Human rights leader Kem Sokha told visiting DAS Eric John that his move into politics was in response to lowered USAID funding to his Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) NGO as well as continued calls from the Cambodian people that he return to political life. Kem Sokha [...]
2007-04-12 08:40:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM EFIN EPET CB
07PHNOMPENH551 MONDULKIRI PROVINCE: TRADITION, ELECTIONS AND THE CHINESE
[...] (U) Summary. During the Embassy's recent election monitoring program, Emboffs visited Cambodia's remote Mondulkiri Province on the Vietnamese border. Mondulkiri is a rapidly-changing region that encapsulates most of the major issues affecting Cambodia and its minority population -- property [...]
2007-04-13 08:41:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KDEM ENV CB
07PHNOMPENH577CAMBODIA DRUG TRENDS: INCREASED SEIZURES REFLECT
[...] (SBU) Summary. Even before the April 1, 2007 raid on a methamphetamine superlab (reftels),significant increases in drug seizures in Cambodia in 2006 pointed to a strong increase in drug trafficking and modest improvements in police effectiveness. Increased trafficking by ethnic Chinese and [...]
2007-04-24 04:13:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV ASEC SENV CB
07PHNOMPENH582CAMBODIA: 2007 1ST QUARTER REPORT ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (U) Summary. During the first quarter of 2007, the Cambodian police arrested seven human traffickers and eighteen pimps. At least 60 victims of sexual trafficking and 39 victims of labor trafficking were identified during the reporting period, and 52 sex workers removed from brothels. Three [...]
2007-04-25 02:44:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KWMN CB
07PHNOMPENH596CAMBODIA NONCOMMITTAL ON WMO DEMARCHE
[...] On April 25, Poleconoff presented points in reftel to two officials from the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology, Long Saravuth, Director of Meteorology Department, and Oum Ryna, Deputy Director of Meteorology Department. The officials indicated that they had already been alerted to [...]
2007-04-27 09:04:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TPHY AORC CB
07PHNOMPENH631AFTER THE APRIL 1 ELECTIONS: CAMBODIA'S POLITICAL
[...] (SBU) Summary. Discussions with political party sources suggest that Cambodia's parties are reviewing their political futures and respective strategies going into the 2008 national elections. The Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) is focused on uniting the non-ruling parties to face off against the CPP [...]
2007-05-07 09:08:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM CB
07PHNOMPENH654CAMBODIAN RESPONSE TO CITES DEMARCHE
[...] On May 3, Poleconoff met with Mr. Suon Phalla of the National CITES Authority to discuss reftel demarche. He revealed that the UN Food and Agriculture Organization had queried the Cambodian government (RGC) about all of the marine proposals under consideration, but the MFA responded that it [...]
2007-05-10 09:35:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KSCA ETRD CB
07PHNOMPENH662CAMBODIA: PROPOSED NIGHT SHIFT WAGE DECREASE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister Hun Sen has asked the National Assembly to lower night shift wages from 200% of daytime pay to 130%. A vote is expected on May 17, and the Free Trade Union (FTU),a large and vocal group loosely allied with the opposition Sam Rainsy Party, has vowed to launch a [...]
2007-05-11 09:28:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ECON PGOV PHUM CB
07PHNOMPENH668CAMBODIA: SUCCESSFUL VISIT BY U.S.-ASEAN BUSINESS
[...] (SBU) Summary. In the latest of a series of trade and investment related visits to Cambodia, a delegation from the U.S.-ASEAN Business Council met May 9 with senior Cambodian government (RGC) officials, including the Ministers of Commerce, Finance and Health. ConocoPhillips representatives u [...]
2007-05-15 04:05:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV CB
07PHNOMPENH679OUR ANTI-CORRUPTION STRATEGY AND THE MCC: CAN WE
[...] (U) This message contains an action request. See paragraph 11. 2. (SBU) Summary. Corruption in Cambodia is systemic and pervasive, and one of the country's key challenges to surmount if its economic profile is to continue to grow in a positive manner. Transparency International ranke [...]
2007-05-16 07:09:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PHUM EAID CB
07PHNOMPENH682BUCKING A DISTURBING TREND IN SOUTHEAST ASIA:
[...] (SBU) Summary. According to a 2006 study by Freedom House, Cambodia stands alone among mainland Southeast Asian countries as having improved its commitment to freedom of the press. At Embassy urging, Cambodia removed all prison terms for criminal defamation -- a weapon of choice in this part [...]
2007-05-17 03:21:00Embassy Phnom PenhSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PHUM KPAO CB
07PHNOMPENH741DRAFT LEGISLATION ON "LAND TAKING" RAISES EYEBROWS
[...] (U) Summary. The Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) recently made available a draft expropriations law formalizing procedures for RGC confiscation of land for public projects. At the same time, the MEF, with counsel from an Asian Development Bank (ADB)-sponsored East-West Management Inst [...]
2007-05-31 11:17:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV ECON CB
07PHNOMPENH751PRINCE RANARIDDH: WILL HE GET AMNESTY AND RETURN
[...] (SBU) Summary. Following a March 13 court verdict sentencing Prince Norodom Ranariddh to 18 months in prison, the Prince's followers petitioned the King for a royal pardon -- even though PM Hun Sen had rejected RGC support for any pardon in advance of Ranariddh's trial. As backroom negotia [...]
2007-06-04 05:05:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM CB
07PHNOMPENH767THE FRONT LINE IN THE CAMBODIAN DRUG STRUGGLE
[...] (SBU) Summary: A remote location, geography conducive to evasion, and a long and poorly patrolled border with Laos make Stung Treng province Cambodia's drug smuggling hot spot, with the value of drugs smuggled estimated in the "dozens of millions" of dollars. During a May 17-19 visit to thi [...]
2007-06-07 09:21:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV KCRM CB
07PHNOMPENH778SAM RAINSY: DISENFRANCHISED VOTERS, KEM SOKHA, AND
[...] (SBU) Summary. In a June 6 meeting with the Ambassador, Sam Rainsy and Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) National Assembly Whip Son Chhay conveyed concerns over voter disenfranchisement in the 2008 national elections because of voting registration problems and also discussed the lack of "proper represe [...]
2007-06-08 04:27:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM CB
07PHNOMPENH788CAMBODIA'S STRIKES WANE, BUT CONTENTIOUS LABOR
[...] (SBU) Summary. Cambodia's often tumultuous labor sector has been notably calm so far in 2007, with working days lost to strikes down 50% from 2006 levels. A crackdown on a particularly notorious union, a recent minimum wage increase, embassy efforts to discourage illegal strikes, and slowly [...]
2007-06-11 01:38:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ECON PGOV CB
07PHNOMPENH853MU SOCHUA ON SRP CONCERNS: VOTER REGISTRATION,
[...] (SBU) Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) Secretary General Mu Sochua met with the Ambassador on June 22 to revisit the ongoing problem of voter registration obstructions in preparation for the 2008 national elections. Mu Sochua detailed National Election Committee (NEC) unresponsiveness to SRP's concerns [...]
2007-06-22 11:33:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM CB
07PHNOMPENH904RUDDERLESS FUNCINPEC NOT RULING ANYTHING OUT
[...] (C) Summary. FUNCINPEC's leaders appear to have no guiding vision for their party and are disjointedly discussing party independence, reunification with the Norodom Ranariddh Party (NRP),and a continued coalition with the ruling CPP. At a June 28 lunch with the Ambassador and DCM, FUNCINPE [...]
2007-07-03 10:24:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM CB
07PHNOMPENH905KHMER KROM MONK'S POSSIBLE FORCED RETURN TO VIETNAM
[...] (SBU) Summary. Over the weekend a Khmer Krom monk in Cambodia was reportedly defrocked and carried off by uniformed authorities. While the monk's whereabouts are not yet confirmed, Ministry of Interior Spokesperson Kheiu Sopheak verified that the monk went to Vietnam. Whether the monk was [...]
2007-07-03 11:41:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM CB
07PHNOMPENH936CAMBODIA: 2007 2ND QUARTER REPORT ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (U) Summary: During the period April to June 2007, the Cambodian police arrested four human traffickers, one German pedophile, and two pimps. At least five victims of trafficking were rescued during the reporting period and ten sex workers were removed from brothels. Cambodian courts senten [...]
2007-07-16 01:16:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KWMN CB
07PODGORICA140"PRO-WESTERN" SERBIAN NATIONALIST IN MONTENEGRO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ANDRIJA MANDIC, LEADER OF THE SERBIAN PEOPLE'S PARTY (SNS) IN MONTENEGRO, TOLD POLOFF APRIL 27 THAT THE DRAFT CONSTITUTION DID NOT GO FAR ENOUGH IN PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF THE SERBIAN PEOPLE. WHILE SINGLING OUT THE IMPORTANCE OF RUSSIA TO MONTENEGRO, MANDIC SAID HE WAS TRYING TO [...]
2007-04-30 17:01:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR MW
07PODGORICA178MONTENEGRO FAILS TO RENEW FORMAL IMF AGREEMENT
[...] (SBU) The GoM on May 27 missed its deadline to agree to a new Standby Arrangement agreement with the IMF. As Montenegro is not currently borrowing from the IMF, the failure is not a default, but may be seen by donors, investors and others as a "black mark" on its economic reform program. The fa [...]
2007-05-31 12:39:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV ECON MW
07PODGORICA182MONTENEGRO MARKS ONE YEAR OF INDEPENDENCE (C-RE7-00522)
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ON MAY 21 MONTENEGRO MARKED THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF INDEPENDENCE. MANY HAVE DESCRIBED MONTENEGRO AS A SOUTH EUROPEAN SUCCESS STORY, REFERRING TO THE PEACEFUL RESOLUTION OF THE INDEPENDENCE QUESTION AND THE VISIBLE PROGRESS THE COUNTRY HAS ACHIEVED ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND EU [...]
2007-06-04 11:55:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON MARR MW
07PODGORICA195RIFT IN MONTENEGRO'S RULING COALITION (C-RE7-00522)
[...] (SBU) A "principled" disagreement over privatization of the large thermo-electric plant in Pljevlja (TE Pljevlja) has led to a rift in Montenegro's ruling coalition. The larger Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) is seeking to finalize the sale of TE Pljevlja to En+ Group, owned by Russian t [...]
2007-06-08 14:14:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ENRG MW
07PODGORICA226FORMER PM DJUKANOVIC AGAIN IMPLICATED IN 1990S CIGARETTE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: FORMER PM MILO DJUKANOVIC AGAIN FACES THE PROSPECT OF INDICTMENT IN BARI, ITALY, ON CHARGES OF CIGARETTE SMUGGLING AND MONEY LAUNDERING, ACCORDING TO ACCOUNTS FROM THE ITALIAN NEWS AGENCY ANSA. THE SMUGGLING, ALLEGEDLY UNDER COLOR OF GOM PERMISSION, BEGAN IN THE 1990S WHEN THE FE [...]
2007-06-29 15:31:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCRM PINR MW
07PODGORICA227SERBS IN MONTENEGRO PROTEST U.S. POLICY ON KOSOVO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: SMALL BUT STRIDENT, TWO LOCALLY-BASED ETHNIC SERB ORGANIZATIONS, THE ASSOCIATION OF DISPLACED PERSONS IN MONTENEGRO AND THE SERBIAN NATIONAL COUNCIL OF MONTENEGRO, HAVE STRONGLY OPPOSED THE USG POLICY SUPPORTING INDEPENDENCE FOR KOSOVO. IN LETTERS TO THE EMBASSY, AND A JUNE 21 D [...]
2007-07-02 10:54:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MW SR
07PODGORICA231SCENESETTER FOR A/S FRIED VISIT TO MONTENEGRO
[...] (SBU) Welcome to Montenegro. Your visit comes as the Montenegrins continue to debate their new draft constitution. The Montenegrin leadership continues its pro-West, pro-American stance, while looking to maintain good relations with Moscow and Belgrade, particularly on Kosovo. The result is a [...]
2007-07-03 11:55:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL AMGT ECON EINV MW
07PODGORICA24RUSSIANS ARE COMING TO MONTENEGRO - BUT SO ARE OTHERS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: THE RUSSIAN PRESENCE ON MONTENEGRO IS VISIBLE, YET OFTEN OVERSTATED BY MONTENEGRINS AND OUTSIDERS ALIKE. SINCE 1999, REPORTED RUSSIAN FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT (FDI) HAS AMOUNTED TO EUROS 135 MILLION, OUT OF A TOTAL OF NEARLY EUROS 1 BILLION. THROUGH THE END OF 2006, THE ONLY L [...]
2007-02-05 13:36:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON EINV MW RS
07PODGORICA243A/S FRIED MEETS WITH MONTENEGRIN OFFICIALS, OPPOSITION
[...] (U) SUMMARY: DURING HIS JULY 8 VISIT TO MONTENEGRO, ASSISTANT SECRETARY DANIEL FRIED MET SEPARATELY WITH FOREIGN MINISTER MILAN ROCEN, PRESIDENT FILIP VUJANOVIC, PRIME MINISTER ZELJKO STURANOVIC, AND SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT RANKO KRIVOKAPIC. HE ALSO HAD AN INFORMAL DISCUSSION OVER DINNER WITH ME [...]
2007-07-10 14:59:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON CVIS CASC PTER MW
07PODGORICA246ABUSE ALLEGATIONS INTENSIFY AS EAGLE'S FLIGHT CASE
[...] (U) Summary: On September 9, 2006 the Montenegrin police arrested 12 individuals, including three American citizens, on suspicion of planning to use violence to disrupt the Parliamentary elections scheduled for September 10. An additional six were named in the indictment, three of whom are no [...]
2007-07-12 13:02:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC PREL MW
07PODGORICA247MONTENEGRO'S NEW CONSTITUTION - REFERENDUM INCREASINGLY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: MONTENEGRO'S POLITICAL PARTIES REMAIN UNABLE TO CLOSE RANKS ON THE DRAFT CONSTITUTION. INCREASINGLY, IT APPEARS THAT 2/3 OF THE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT REQUIRED WILL NOT VOTE FOR THE SAME TEXT. THEY ARE SPLIT OVER "HERITAGE" ISSUES INCLUDING THE CONSTITUENT PEOPLES (IN THE PREAMBL [...]
2007-07-17 10:18:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MW
07PODGORICA29AHTISAARI PLAN CAUSES MILD REACTIONS IN MONTENEGRO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: THE GOM IS URGING PRISTINA AND BELGRADE TO FIND A SOLUTION, BUT IS REMAINING OTHERWISE VAGUE ON THE AHTISAARI PACKAGE IN ORDER TO AVOID ALIENATING EITHER OF ITS NEIGHBORS. OPPOSITION REACTION TO THE PLAN HAS BEEN MOSTLY PRO-SERBIAN; ALBANIAN PARTIES ARE RESPONDING TO IT WITH [...]
2007-02-08 16:27:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PREF MW SR
07PODGORICA33MONTENEGRO: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS: JANUARY 2007
[...] THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE ANNOUNCED THAT CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES WERE EUROS 582.3 MILLION, YIELDING A SURPLUS OF EUROS 34.6 MILLION. A SURPLUS OF ONE MILLION EUROS WAS PLANNED. RECEIPTS WERE 15 PERCENT HIGHER THAN PROJECTED, DRIVEN BY VAT RECEIPTS WHICH WERE 36 PERCENT HIGHER THAN IN 2005 [...]
2007-02-13 14:50:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV KPAO PGOV MW EIND ETRD
07PODGORICA36MONTENEGRO AND WAR CRIMES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: MONTENEGRO HAS BEEN COMMENDED BY ICTY CHIEF PROSECUTOR DEL PONTE FOR ITS COOPERATION WITH THE HAGUE. YET AS ONGOING COURT CASES DEMONSTRATE MONTENEGRO'S PAST IS NOT SPOTLESS. FOUR DISTINCT ACTIONS ARE THE SUBJECT OF ONGOING OR POTENTIAL LAW CASES END SUMMARY 1991 - YUGOSLAV [...]
2007-02-14 08:34:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF KAWC PGOV MW
07PODGORICA50MONTENEGRO: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-02 09:54:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB MW
07PODGORICA72COMMERCIAL ADVOCACY FOR U.S. FIRM - DATACARD - UPDATE
[...] (U) On March 7, the Montenegrin Ministry of Internal Affairs again awarded the contract for the production of passports and identification documents to DataCard Group (USA). The award came after a contentious second round of negotiations. The first award to DataCard in November had been cancel [...]
2007-03-15 16:05:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON PGOV MW
07PORTAUPRINCE1019PM ON HOPE, CITE SOLEIL, AND DRUGS
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis June 6 to discuss a recent issue in the GoH's implementation of the Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement Act of 2006 (HOPE),as well as his contention that the USG and other international donors [...]
2007-06-08 17:59:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID SNAR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1057FIGHTING GANGS: TWO STEPS FORWARD, ONE STEP BACK
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: Since the beginning of 2007, MINUSTAH and the Haitian National Police (HNP) have arrested 750 gang members. The greatest effects are seen in Cite Soleil, where new gang members periodically ris [...]
2007-06-15 17:55:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ASEC KCRM MOPS HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1081POLITICAL PARTIES SELF-REGULATE
[...] (U) Summary: The Assembly of Haitian Political Parties (Convention des Partis Politiques Haitiens, or CPPH, in French) on May 31 and June 1 held a colloquium on political parties and construction of a democracy. The main focus of the workshop was a debate over a proposed law governing polit [...]
2007-06-20 15:37:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1134ELECTORAL COUNCIL TOUTS PROGRESS DESPITE POOR
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The provisional electoral council (CEP) is awaiting action from the executive, specifically President Preval, and parliament before beginning the pending indirect elections process. They purpo [...]
2007-06-27 13:37:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1150THE POLITICAL BASIS FOR VIOLENCE IN GONAIVES -
[...] (C) Summary. MINUSTAH and Haitian National Police (HNP) officials joined in the chorus who believe that the basis for the violence in Gonaives is the political rivalry between Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis and Senator Youri Latortue, both of whom are from Gonaives and are positioning [...]
2007-06-29 17:27:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1198OAS TO REOPEN VOTER REGISTRATION
[...] (U) Summary: The Organization of American States (OAS) is working with the Ministry of Justice's national identity office (ONI) to reopen voter registration inside existing civil registry offices. The OAS, though short of funding, plans to begin registration in August but does not expect a [...]
2007-07-10 12:13:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1235MINUSTAH CONFIDENT IN ABILITY TO KEEP PEACE IN
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Cite Soleil is calm for the moment, but MINUSTAH troops emphasize the need for Haitian National Police (HNP) presence to control persistent crime. MINUSTAH is conducting more foot patrols tha [...]
2007-07-16 18:43:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ASEC MARR MOPS KCRM HA KPKO
07PORTAUPRINCE1239MANGO MAYHEM: REACTION TO THE HAITI-US SUSPENSION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) suspension of mango imports from Haiti has dominated the news since first announced on July 2. The suspension jeopardizes export earnings for thousands of independent growers throughout the country. State Secretary for Agriculture J [...]
2007-07-17 15:25:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EAGR ETRD ECON
07PORTAUPRINCE1276HAITI/CANADA RELATIONS ENHANCED BY PM VISIT
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper's July 20 visit to Haiti was hailed as a success by both Canadian and Haitian representatives. President Preval solicited Canada's help in the struggle [...]
2007-07-26 17:34:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL HA OVIP
07PORTAUPRINCE130VISIT OF SENATOR BILL NELSON TO HAITI, JANUARY
[...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. Senator Bill Nelson (D-Florida) on January 12-13 led a congressional delegation to Port-au-Prince that included the Deputy Commander of the U.S. Southern Command, Major General Glenn Spears. CODEL Nelson [...]
2007-01-25 14:45:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL UNSC HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1308HAITI MONTHLY: JULY, 2007
[...] (U) With this message, post initiates a monthly report on various topics of interest which do not merit a full reporting cable. 2. (C) BOB MANUEL, PHONE HOME. Preval intimate, Bob Manuel, who left Haiti a few months ago in a fit of pique pleading poverty, is currently living in Guatemala. [...]
2007-08-02 17:57:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1329(C) PREVAL FEELS ATTACKED BY VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE
[...] (C) Summary: The Chamber of Deputies passed a vote of no confidence against Minister of Culture and Communication Daniel Elie on July 31. The deputies alleged that the minister had committed malfeasance in his distribution of funds for Haiti's annual Carnival celebration in February. Presid [...]
2007-08-06 13:09:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KCOR KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1344HAITIAN ELECTIONS GOING NOWHERE FAST
[...] (C) Summary: While the Core Group ambassadors are generally supportive of pressuring the GoH to move forward with indirect and senatorial elections, we have not yet presented a united message, in writing, to President Preval. In conversations with Core Group ambassadors, Preval has shown no [...]
2007-08-08 17:36:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1402MINUSTAH SAYS IT BROKERS EXECUTIVE-LEGISLATURE
[...] (C) MINUSTAH reported to Embassy August 16 that it brokered an agreement between President Preval and leaders of the Haitian legislature August 14 that commits leaders of the two branches of government to meet monthly to discuss differences and improve cooperation. The agreement followed the [...]
2007-08-21 18:38:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNSC HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1407MINISTER OF CULTURE SUBMITS RESIGNATION
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Minister of Culture Daniel Elie submitted his resignation to President Preval on August 9 following a vote of no confidence against the Minister in the Chamber of Deputies on July 31 (reftel). [...]
2007-08-22 18:08:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KCOR KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1442HAITIAN SENATE BALKS AT CORRUPTION INVESTIGATIONS
[...] (C) Summary. The latest of a string of controversial investigations by Haiti's zealous anti-corruption chief prosecutor, Claudy Gassant, produced a thus far empty threat from the Senate August 22 to take a no-confidence vote in the Alexis government. After Gassant summoned prominent business [...]
2007-08-28 16:36:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALHA KDEM PGOV PREL UNSC
07PORTAUPRINCE1447EXECUTIVE-LEGISLATIVE COMPROMISE BREWING OVER
[...] (C) Summary: President Preval and Senate leaders are working on a compromise that will have Port-au-Prince Chief Prosecutor Claudy Gassant testify before the Senate, heading off a Senate threat to hold a no confidence vote against the Alexis government over Gassant's previous refusal to testif [...]
2007-08-30 17:11:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNSC HA
07PORTAUPRINCE146LAMBERT ON JEAN-JACQUES' VICTORY
[...] (C) Summary: Chamber of Deputies President Pierre Eric Jean-Jacques (Lespwa - Delmas, West) took advantage of the disorganization among the larger political parties and grouped together the smaller political parties to win his second term, according to Senate President Joseph Lambert. Despite [...]
2007-01-26 13:34:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1524"FUSION" CHAIRMAN GILLES PESSIMISTIC ABOUT
[...] (C) "Fusion" Chairman Serge Gilles is increasingly worried that the lack of strong political party structures has made Haiti's parliament dysfunctional, and that President Preval has no desire to work constructively with parliament, boding badly for Haiti's political future. Many Haitian polit [...]
2007-09-18 16:33:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1533HAITIAN ELECTIONS AWAITING PREVAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) and the office of the Prime Minister are awaiting the order from President Preval to put in motion the elections for renewal of one-third of the Senate, as well as the indirect elections that will complete the decentralization process and [...]
2007-09-19 17:28:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1546PRESIDENT, SENATE PROPOSE ELECTIONS "PAUSE"
[...] (C) Summary: President Preval and Senate President Joseph Lambert are seeking support from Haitian political parties and institutions and the international community for a plan to put off elections for two years and to rework the Haitian constitution. Preval and Lambert, citing the cumbersome [...]
2007-09-21 20:01:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1566SENATORS PITCH ELECTORAL "PAUSE" AND EXTENSION OF
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassadors from the US, Brazil, Canada and France met with the President of the Senate and his colleagues to discuss his proposal for an "electoral pause" which would put Haiti's electoral calendar on hold while allowing for constitutional reform. Lambert argued that the proposa [...]
2007-09-25 16:11:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1593OPPOSITION IN "FUSION" TO ELECTIONS FREEZE
[...] (C) Officials from ''Fusion,'' which otherwise supports President Preval, are strongly opposed to Preval's plan to freeze elections for several years and extend the terms of all Senators to six years. They are still expressing their opposition privately -- both to Embassy officials and to the [...]
2007-10-01 16:31:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1649CONSENSUS NEAR ON RE-FORMING ELECTION COUNCIL;
[...] (C) Summary: Following a meeting of President Preval with political party leaders October 9, a senior government official announced October 10 that the Provisional Election Commission (CEP) has been dissolved. However, some party leaders say there is agreement with the President only that a [...]
2007-10-10 18:46:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1668RELIGION AND SUPPORT FOR LAVALAS IN HINCHE
[...] (C) Summary. Local leaders in the central plateau town of Hinche believe that Lavalas remains a dangerous political force that may win seats in upcoming Senate elections. Some of Hinche's political class fear and detest Lavalas because they were once victims of attacks by Lavalas partisans. [...]
2007-10-15 12:09:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1683ELECTORAL COUNCIL MEMBERS DEFEND THEIR
[...] (C) Summary: The Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) continues in office despite public announcements that President Preval is seeking to form a new provisional council. Six of the CEP's nine counselors claim to be willing and capable of managing both the indirect elections - part of their [...]
2007-10-17 18:00:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1701HAITIAN PRIVATE SECTOR AT ODDS OVER PREVAL'S
[...] (C) Summary. Haiti's private sector leaders are divided over President Preval's proposal to replace the provisional electoral council (CEP),set a date for senatorial elections, and launch a process which would lead to the drafting of a new constitution. One group of leading businesspeople, [...]
2007-10-22 15:44:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALHA PGOV PREL ECON
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